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[ { "docid": "2899166", "text": "forms of theatre, particularly the early naturalistic approach and later \"psychological realism\" developed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Like Stanislavski, Brecht disliked the shallow spectacle, manipulative plots, and heightened emotion of melodrama; but where Stanislavski attempted to engender real human behaviour in acting through the techniques of Stanislavski's system and to absorb the audience completely in the fictional world of the play, Brecht saw this type of theatre as escapist. Brecht's own social and political focus was distinct, too, from surrealism and the Theatre of Cruelty, as developed in the writings and dramaturgy of Antonin Artaud, who sought to affect audiences viscerally,", "title": "Epic theatre" }, { "docid": "2855734", "text": "became the last actor chosen for the Group Theatre's first summer of rehearsals in June 1931 at Brookfield Center in Connecticut. In 1933, he became a member of the Group Theatre, which proved to be one of the most influential companies in the history of the American stage. They were the first to base their work on an acting technique new to the United States, devised by the Russian actor and director Constantin Stanislavski. It was further developed by Group Theatre director Lee Strasberg and became known as The Method or Method Acting. From the start, Odets was relegated to", "title": "Clifford Odets" }, { "docid": "699017", "text": "from its peak in the mid-20th century, acting teachers claiming to teach Stanislavski's unadulterated system are becoming more numerous. There are claims in Indian media that in Indian cinema, a form of method acting was developed independently from American cinema. Dilip Kumar, a Hindi cinema actor who debuted in the 1940s and eventually became one of the biggest Indian movie stars of the 1950s and 1960s, was a pioneer of method acting, predating Hollywood method actors such as Marlon Brando. Kumar inspired many future Indian actors, from Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah to Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Kumar, who pioneered his own", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "699016", "text": "argued that \"Method actors give you a photograph\", while \"real actors give you an oil painting.\" During the filming of \"Marathon Man\" (1976), Laurence Olivier, who had lost patience with method acting two decades earlier while filming \"The Prince and the Showgirl\" (1957), was said to have quipped to Dustin Hoffman, after Hoffman stayed up all night to match his character's situation, that Hoffman should \"try acting... It's so much easier.\" The charge that Strasberg's method distorted Stanislavski's system has been responsible for a considerable revivalist interest in Stanislavski's \"pure\" teachings. As the use of the Method has declined considerably", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "699021", "text": "Method acting Method acting is a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners. These techniques are built on Stanislavski's system, developed by the Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and captured in his books \"An Actor Prepares\", \"Building a Character\", and \"Creating a Role\". Among those who have contributed to the development of the Method, three teachers are associated with \"having set the standard of its success\", each emphasizing different aspects of the approach: Lee Strasberg (the psychological aspects), Stella Adler (the sociological", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "699003", "text": "Method acting Method acting is a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners. These techniques are built on Stanislavski's system, developed by the Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and captured in his books \"An Actor Prepares\", \"Building a Character\", and \"Creating a Role\". Among those who have contributed to the development of the Method, three teachers are associated with \"having set the standard of its success\", each emphasizing different aspects of the approach: Lee Strasberg (the psychological aspects), Stella Adler (the sociological", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "17883114", "text": "trained numerous people from various walks of life using his unique techniques and helped them transform themselves and achieve their maximum potential. Gaurav Nanda has developed his own Methods and Techniques to make people achieve their true potentials, both Psychologically and Psychophysically using various Method Acting Techniques. He has also trained many transformation coaches, corporate trainers, corporate houses, various organizations and institutions from all across the globe. He specializes in various method acting approaches and techniques governing human behaviour; such as Michael Chekov (Russia), Lee Strasberg (America), Jacques Lecoq Pedagogy (Paris), Stanislavski (Russia), Uta Hagen (America), Sanford Meisner (America), Laban", "title": "Gaurav Nanda" }, { "docid": "2899166", "text": "forms of theatre, particularly the early naturalistic approach and later \"psychological realism\" developed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Like Stanislavski, Brecht disliked the shallow spectacle, manipulative plots, and heightened emotion of melodrama; but where Stanislavski attempted to engender real human behaviour in acting through the techniques of Stanislavski's system and to absorb the audience completely in the fictional world of the play, Brecht saw this type of theatre as escapist. Brecht's own social and political focus was distinct, too, from surrealism and the Theatre of Cruelty, as developed in the writings and dramaturgy of Antonin Artaud, who sought to affect audiences viscerally,", "title": "Epic theatre" }, { "docid": "699012", "text": "with Harold Clurman in late 1935. In training, as distinct from rehearsal process, the recall of sensations to provoke emotional experience and the development of a vividly imagined fictional experience remained a central part both of Stanislavski's and the various Method-based approaches that developed out of it. A widespread misconception about method acting—particularly in the popular media—equates method actors with actors who choose to remain in character even offstage or off-camera for the duration of a project. In his book \"A Dream of Passion\", Strasberg wrote that Stanislavski, early in his directing career, \"require[d] his actors to live 'in character'", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "1323000", "text": "congratulations and an offer of support from the Yiddish actor Jacob Ben-Ami, who recommended him to the American Laboratory Theater. Funded by the Theatre Guild, \"the Lab\" had contracted with Richard Boleslavski to stage its experimental productions and with Russian actress and expatriate Maria Ouspenskaya to supervise classes in acting. Former members of the Moscow Art Theatre, they were the first proponents of Konstantin Stanislavski's 'system' in the United States, which soon developed into what came to be known as \"the Method.\" Garfield took morning classes and began volunteering time at the Lab after hours, auditing rehearsals, building and painting", "title": "John Garfield" }, { "docid": "699009", "text": "that developed in the 1910s, rather than the more fully elaborated version of the \"system\" detailed in Stanislavski's acting manuals from the 1930s, \"An Actor's Work\" and \"An Actor's Work on a Role\". The first half of \"An Actor's Work\", which treated the psychological elements of training, was published in a heavily abridged and misleadingly translated version in the US as \"An Actor Prepares\" in 1936. English-language readers often confused the first volume on psychological processes with the \"system\" as a whole. T Many of the American practitioners who came to be identified with the Method were taught by Boleslavsky", "title": "Method acting" }, { "docid": "699010", "text": "and Ouspenskaya at the American Laboratory Theatre. The approaches to acting subsequently developed by their students—including Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and Sanford Meisner—are often confused with Stanislavski's \"system\". Among the concepts and techniques of method acting are substitution, \"as if\", sense memory, affective memory, and animal work (all of which were first developed by Stanislavski). Contemporary method actors sometimes seek help from psychologists in the development of their roles. In Strasberg's approach, actors make use of experiences from their own lives to bring them closer to the experience of their characters. This technique, which Stanislavski came to call emotion memory", "title": "Method acting" } ]

[ { "docid": "3380570", "text": "Psychodrama Psychodrama is an action method, often used as a psychotherapy, in which clients use spontaneous dramatization, role playing, and dramatic self-presentation to investigate and gain insight into their lives. Developed by Jacob L. Moreno, psychodrama includes elements of theater, often conducted on a stage, or a space that serves as a stage area, where props can be used. A psychodrama therapy group, under the direction of a licensed psychodramatist, reenacts real-life, past situations (or inner mental processes), acting them out in present time. Participants then have the opportunity to evaluate their behavior, reflect on how the past incident is", "title": "Psychodrama" }, { "docid": "17883119", "text": "World Wide Expertise On Various Method Acting Approaches,Psychological Techniques & Science Governing Human Behaviour, He Has Developed Various Workshops & Techniques To Train The Human Machine (Human Mind & Body) To Attain Its Maximum Potential, Which Is Passed By His Theatre Company Actor Studio India. Gaurav Nanda Gaurav Nanda is an Indian films, television and theatre actor and One of the Top International Method Acting Training Coaches in the World. He is the Founder of the First \"International Method Acting\" Training School in India called \"Actor Studio India\", which is one of the best Method Acting Techniques Training Studios In", "title": "Gaurav Nanda" }, { "docid": "16107216", "text": "in behavior or by persistence of [character’s] behavior.”. “Control precedence” by emotions is the “feelings, thoughts, impulses, actions or activation going along with aroused emotion that takes precedence over other planned or half executed thoughts, feelings, impulses, etc.” . Control precedence is the main concern for method acting. It proves a challenge for actors to come out of character after employing method acting techniques, sometimes altering their behavior, urging them to follow impulses that would be foreign to their own personal nature. This difficulty of returning to one’s own behavior is the common concern linked with method acting. Psychological effects", "title": "Psychological effects of method acting" }, { "docid": "15282674", "text": "was found to be important in simulations at higher salt concentrations where the conductance of many ion channels, porin among them, is observed to saturate as the salt concentration in the electrolyte baths is further increased. Earlier simulations that did not include a model of hydration shells did not reproduce the conductance saturation behavior. This suggests an additional repulsive potential acting to prevent ion crowding, and hence limiting the concentration of ions and current density in the confined space of the pore even at high bath salt concentration. When the repulsive potential was included moderate channel conductance was observed. The", "title": "Biology Monte Carlo method" }, { "docid": "9759524", "text": "psychology by introducing objective research methods based on observable and measurable behavior. Following Watson's lead, B.F. Skinner further extended this model to cover operant conditioning and verbal behavior. Skinner used the operant chamber, or Skinner box, to observe the behavior of small organisms in a controlled situation and proved that organisms' behaviors are influenced by the environment. Furthermore, he used reinforcement and punishment to shape in desired behavior. In accordance with his view that the sexual drive is a basic human motivation, Sigmund Freud developed a psychosexual theory of human development from infancy onward, divided into five stages. Each stage", "title": "Child development" }, { "docid": "17070582", "text": "remade for Windows 10 computers. Major Milestones Ongoing monthly updates Microsoft Fresh Paint Fresh Paint is a painting app developed by Microsoft and released with the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012. Fresh Paint originated from a Microsoft Research project known as Project Gustav, an endeavor to reproduce the behavior of physical oil paint on a digital medium. To push the boundaries of simulating oil on a digital medium the research team created a physics model that precisely replicated on a screen what would happen in the real world if you combined oil, a surface and a tool such", "title": "Microsoft Fresh Paint" }, { "docid": "12087959", "text": "Madrid. She left Barcelona for Madrid in 2000 by herself and spent four years studying and acting on stage. Her studies included the Stanislavsky Method under acting coach Angel Gutierrez. During that period of time she established herself as a serious stage actress and developed an impressive stage resume, including winning a best actress stage award for work in a Tennessee Williams play at the Karpas Theater as a part of the Trapola theater company. Monica came to the United States in 2006 and immediately found work in several television shows and film productions as well as T.V. commercials in", "title": "Monica Ramon" }, { "docid": "17070580", "text": "Microsoft Fresh Paint Fresh Paint is a painting app developed by Microsoft and released with the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012. Fresh Paint originated from a Microsoft Research project known as Project Gustav, an endeavor to reproduce the behavior of physical oil paint on a digital medium. To push the boundaries of simulating oil on a digital medium the research team created a physics model that precisely replicated on a screen what would happen in the real world if you combined oil, a surface and a tool such as a paint brush. Two publications, Detail-Preserving Paint Modeling for", "title": "Microsoft Fresh Paint" }, { "docid": "18591621", "text": "Information security awareness Information security awareness is an evolving part of information security that focuses on raising consciousness regarding potential risks of the rapidly evolving forms of information and the rapidly evolving threats to that information which target human behavior. As threats have matured and information has increased in value, attackers have increased their capabilities and expanded to broader intentions, developed more attack methods and methodologies and are acting on more diverse motives. As information security controls and processes have matured, attacks have matured to circumvent controls and processes. Attackers have targeted and successfully exploited individuals human behavior to breach", "title": "Information security awareness" }, { "docid": "16469601", "text": "in the 1830s when Vincent presented, in the papers several examples that show how to use his theorem to isolate the real roots of polynomials with continued fractions. However the resulting method had exponential computing time. Below is an explanation of how this method evolved. This is the second method (after VCA) developed to handle the exponential behavior of Vincent's method. The VAS continued fractions method is a \"direct\" implementation of Vincent's theorem. It was originally presented by Vincent from 1834 to 1938 in the papers in a exponential form; namely, Vincent computed each partial quotient \"a\" by a series", "title": "Vincent's theorem" }, { "docid": "4070016", "text": "James Stewart in the four films \"Of Human Hearts\", \"Vivacious Lady\", \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\" (1939) and \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946). She continued acting well into her later years, winning an Emmy Award for an appearance on \"The Waltons\" in 1976. Bondi was born Beulah Bondy in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Eva Suzanna (née Marble), an author, and Abraham O. Bondy, who worked in real estate. The family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana when she was three, and Bondi began her acting career on the stage at age seven, playing Cedric Errol in a production of \"Little Lord", "title": "Beulah Bondi" }, { "docid": "12452762", "text": "William C. Byham William C. Byham (born September 14, 1936) is an American entrepreneur, author and industrial/organizational psychologist. Byham, co-founder (with Dr. Douglas Bray), Chairman and CEO of Development Dimensions International (DDI) is an Industrial/Organization Psychologist who has developed many significant human resource technologies over the course of his career. These innovations include the assessment center method, behavior-based interviewing, the use of behavior-modeling in supervisor and management training, behavioral job analysis methodology as the basis for selection and training programs, and Acceleration Pools to select and rapidly develop people for high-level leadership positions. These technologies have been described in 23", "title": "William C. Byham" }, { "docid": "3191207", "text": "of sexuality in humans is similar to that found in the bonobo, and that the complex human sexual behavior has a long evolutionary history. Human choices in acting on sexuality are commonly influenced by cultural norms which vary widely. Restrictions are often determined by religious beliefs or social customs. The pioneering researcher Sigmund Freud believed that humans are born polymorphously perverse, which means that any number of objects could be a source of pleasure. According to Freud, humans then pass through five stages of psychosexual development and can fixate on any stage because of various traumas during the process. For", "title": "Human" }, { "docid": "20425608", "text": "Method (2017 film) Method () is a 2017 South Korean drama film directed by Bang Eun-jin. The film stars Park Sung-woong, Yoon Seung-ah and Oh Seung-hoon. Veteran actor Jae-ha and idol star Young-woo are cast in a stage play called \"Unchain\" as Walter and Singer, respectively. Young-woo is initially uncooperative during rehearsals, arriving late and failing to display any interest in or enthusiasm for the play. Frustrated by Young-woo's flippant attitude toward acting, Jae-ha pushes him to change his behavior. Young-Woo becomes intrigued by Jae-ha's passion for his work, and devotes himself to his role, reading books Jae-ha gives him", "title": "Method (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "2853109", "text": "in the female hyena has led to the understanding that more aggressive females are better able to compete for resources, including food and mating partners. Research has shown that \"elevated levels of testosterone in utero\" contribute to extra aggressiveness; both males and females mount members of both the same and opposite sex, who in turn are possibly acting more submissive because of lower levels of testosterone in utero. Parthenogenesis. Several species of whiptail lizard (especially in the genus \"Aspidoscelis\") consist only of females that have the ability to reproduce through parthenogenesis. Females engage in sexual behavior to stimulate ovulation, with", "title": "Homosexual behavior in animals" }, { "docid": "15221573", "text": "stern acting coach who was critical of Ktorov's stuttering. But Ktorov, who was a shy person in real life, demonstrated his remarkable persistence and determination; he practiced his lines several hundred times. In 1917 Ktorov made his acting debut on stage of Komissarzhevsky Theatre. Ktorov's stuttering was noticeable only in his real life off-stage, but he never stuttered on-stage. However, director Komissarzhevsky did not believe in Ktorov, and his career seemed to be limited to cameo roles. Ktorov's fate was changed by Illarion Pevtsov who believed in Ktorov's talent and took him as protégé. In 1919 Pevtsov introduced Ktorov to", "title": "Anatoli Ktorov" }, { "docid": "4172109", "text": "Cantometrics Cantometrics (\"song measurements\") is a method developed by Alan Lomax and a team of researchers for relating elements of the world's traditional vocal music (or folk songs) to features of social organization as defined via George Murdock's Human Relations Area Files, resulting in a taxonomy of expressive human communications style. Lomax defined Cantometrics as the study of singing as normative expressive behavior and maintained that Cantometrics reveals folk performance style to be a \"systems-maintaining framework\" which models key patterns of co-action in everyday life. His work on Cantometrics gave rise to further comparative studies of aspects of human communication", "title": "Cantometrics" }, { "docid": "11848738", "text": "and put greater emphasis on chemotherapy. \"Verweij, Jaco J, Eric A T Brienen, et al. “Simultaneous detection and quantification of \"Ancylostoma duodenale\", \"Necator americanus\" and \"Oesophagostomum bifurcum\" in fecal samples using multiplex real-time PCR. (2007) Am. J. of Trop. Med. Hygiene 77 (4) 685-690\" A multiplex PCR method was developed for simultaneously detection of \"A. dudodenale\", \"N. americanus\" and \"O. bifurcum\" in human fecal samples. The method was tested on human fecal samples from an area in Ghana where co-infections with all three species are endemic. Results showed that the method was both highly specific and sensitive, attaining 100% specificity", "title": "Oesophagostomum" }, { "docid": "3937164", "text": "Organizational behavior Organizational behavior (OB) or organisational behaviour is \"the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself\". OB research can be categorized in at least three ways, including the study of: Chester Barnard recognized that individuals behave differently when acting in their organizational role than when acting separately from the organization. Organizational behavior researchers study the behavior of individuals primarily in their organizational roles. One of the main goals of organizational behavior is \"to revitalize organizational theory and develop a better conceptualization of organizational life\". Miner (2006) mentioned", "title": "Organizational behavior" }, { "docid": "4300117", "text": "a revolutionary and important concept in the study of abuse and interpersonal violence, which is a useful model, but may be simplistic. For instance, Scott Allen Johnson developed a 14-stage cycle that broke down the tension-building, acting-out and calm stages further. For instance, there are six stages in the \"escalation\" or tension building stage, which includes triggers, the victim feeling victimized, angry and depressed, isolation and revenge planning. These lead up to the assault by acting out the revenge plan, self-destructive behavior, victim grooming and the actual physical and/or sexual assault. This is followed by a sense of relief, fear", "title": "Cycle of abuse" }, { "docid": "18100623", "text": "types of fish seen in \"Abzû\" were based on real-life creatures from the oceans of Earth, and to fit them into the game each species was distilled down to its most distinctive traits. The team had \"tens of thousands\" of fish within the game. Their swimming styles were directly modeled on the behavior and physics of real fish movements. The number of fish presented problems with running the game, but the programming staff developed a method of simplifying each fish's animation without compromising the game's visuals, which \"multiplied the number of fish possible on screens by 10\". Each fish species", "title": "Abzû" }, { "docid": "3979019", "text": "stem cells as units of selection. Gene–culture coevolution was developed to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution. Selection at the level of the organism can be described as Darwinism, and is well understood and considered common. If a relatively faster gazelle manages to survive and reproduce more, the causation of the higher fitness of this gazelle can be fully accounted for if one looks at how individual gazelles fare under predation. The speed of the faster gazelle could be caused by a single gene, be polygenic, or", "title": "Unit of selection" }, { "docid": "16481632", "text": "Behavior change method A behavior change method, or behavior change technique, is a theory-based method for changing one or several psychological determinants of behavior such as a person's attitude or self-efficacy. Such behavior change methods are used in behavior change interventions. Although of course attempts to influence people's attitude and other psychological determinants were much older, especially the definition developed in the late nineties yielded useful insights, in particular four important benefits: Traditionally, reports of evaluations of behavior change interventions barely described the actual intervention, making it very difficult to identify the most effective methods. This was increasingly recognized in", "title": "Behavior change method" }, { "docid": "6901586", "text": "half plane \"t\" < 0 correspond to quadratic factors with roots formula_26, that is, formula_27, so in general formula_28. Points are colored according to the final point of the Bairstow iteration, black points indicate divergent behavior. The first image is a demonstration of the single real root case. The second indicates that one can remedy the divergent behavior by introducing an additional real root, at the cost of slowing down the speed of convergence. One can also in the case of odd degree polynomials first find a real root using Newton's method and/or an interval shrinking method, so that after", "title": "Bairstow's method" }, { "docid": "12601721", "text": "Paul Helwig Paul Julius Adolf Helwig (27 May 1893 – 7 August 1963) was a German stage-manager, script-writer, philosopher and psychologist, who has contributed in an original way to the analysis of human behavior. He was born in Lübeck, Germany, and died in Munich. His psychological approach has as a starting-point the chains of reactions and events which normally result (and should result !) from acting, and in which one remains involved because they present one possibilities to seize, problems to solve as well as challenges to take. This is typical for the literary drama, but can be seen (and", "title": "Paul Helwig" }, { "docid": "12720324", "text": "The Karamazovs The Karamazovs () is a 2008 Czech film directed by Petr Zelenka with a soundtrack by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. It tells the story of a group of Czech actors who come to Polish steelworks to perform a stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's \"The Brothers Karamazov\" at an alternative drama festival. As rehearsals get under way, we follow not only the emotional story examining issues of faith, immortality and the salvation of the human soul, but also the relationships within the acting troupe itself, which strangely reflect Dostoevsky’s \"great\" themes. The stage drama is transferred to the real", "title": "The Karamazovs" }, { "docid": "17596494", "text": "He was also an associate editor for Journal of General Psychology. Weiss published \"A Theoretical Basis of Human Behavior\" in 1925 and went on to publish a second edition in 1929. He was interested in studying human achievement and how people respond to external stimuli. His method of studying human behavior was considered to be overzealous and radical in comparison to traditional behaviorists. He defined human behaviorism as the reason for human achievement. This is why he believed the study of human behavior needed to be done in a carefully constructed scientific manner. He found previous traditional forms of psychological", "title": "Albert Paul Weiss" }, { "docid": "2857004", "text": "or five separate interaction centers to account for unpaired electrons on the oxygen atom. As water models grow more complex, related simulations grow more computationally intensive. A compromise method has been found in implicit solvation, which replaces the explicitly represented water molecules with a mathematical expression that reproduces the average behavior of water molecules (or other solvents such as lipids). This method is useful to prevent artifacts that arise from vacuum simulations and reproduces bulk solvent properties well, but cannot reproduce situations in which individual water molecules have interesting interactions with the molecules under study. This is a limited list;", "title": "Molecular mechanics" }, { "docid": "11061932", "text": "CPM-GOMS CPM-GOMS is a variation of the GOMS technique in human computer interaction. CPM-GOMS stands for two things: \"Cognitive Perceptual Motor\" and the project planning technique \"Critical Path Method\" (from which it borrows some elements). CPM-GOMS was developed in 1988 by Bonnie John, a former student of Allen Newell. Unlike the other GOMS variations, CPM-GOMS does not assume that the user's interaction is a serial process, and hence can model multitasking behavior that can be exhibited by experienced users. The technique is also based directly on the model human processor - a simplified model of human responses. Evaluators begin a", "title": "CPM-GOMS" }, { "docid": "3559067", "text": "applications intended to replicate real-life human crowd movement, like in evacuation simulations, simulated agents may need to navigate towards a goal, avoid collisions, and exhibit other human-like behavior. Many crowd steering algorithms have been developed to lead simulated crowds to their goals realistically. Some more general systems are researched, that can support different kinds of agents(like cars and pedestrians), different levels of abstraction(like individual and continuum), agents interacting with smart objects, and more complex physical and social dynamics. There has always been a deep-seated interest in the understanding and gaining control of motional and behavior of crowds of people. Many", "title": "Crowd simulation" }, { "docid": "14921565", "text": "has reconstructed the “transcendent method” and developed an “ontetic logic”.[3] To set up the transcendent method, first, Khatami starts from every day experience and reconstructs a method to transcend from this experience by reducing it to its original source step- by- step. This method leads to three continuous levels of human consciousness each of which follow its relevant level of logic. (see Ontetic Reduction) Being contemplated by philosophy is expressed by man himself, and therefore man's relations with the world, as also with Him, become central for the sphere of philosophy. Man is an acting subject, a free agent, capable", "title": "Ontetic philosophy" }, { "docid": "7106247", "text": "to match. Throughout the series, ANI develops more emotions, such as crying and laughing, and tries to learn more about them. Batung, who is part of the slug-like species the Shenn, is portrayed as lacking bedside manners by acting insensitively toward his patients. His negative behavior is attributed to his lack of experience working with human co-workers and patients. The hospital is run by the Chief of Staff Harris DeMilla (Joe Spano), who is often tasked to handle its ethical issues. Created by Trey Callaway, David Simkins, and Milo Frank, \"Mercy Point\" was originally developed as a concept for a", "title": "Mercy Point" }, { "docid": "16624412", "text": "Brad Heller Brad Heller is an American acting teacher, and founder of The Heller Approach acting studio in Los Angeles, CA. He is also an actor, writer, and director. Heller was mentored by original Group Theatre member Don Richardson, who was the only group member to say, \"The Method isn't what acting is about.\" The technique Heller developed, known as The Heller Approach, is primarily based on Muscle memory. The Approach is quite different from Method Acting, which requires you to delve into your personal emotions. Heller's technique uses the same philosophy as that of an athlete. Heller's acting technique", "title": "Brad Heller" }, { "docid": "13655649", "text": "and poetry. During his work with Sanford Meisner in the early 1970s, Loyd Williamson was inspired to develop a method that could be as a physical training counterpart to Sanford Meisner’s acting technique or method. The Technique became a popular method of training actors who were studying the Meisner acting method at acting studios such as William Esper Studio and others. This technique was developed through Williamson training with mentor Anna Sokolow, with whom he worked for twelve years, and performed in her Players Project. He studied with Michael Howard, Sanford Meisner and director Harold Clurman. He also worked for", "title": "Actors Movement Studio" }, { "docid": "3361457", "text": "Sanford Meisner Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997), also known as Sandy, was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his approach differed markedly in that he completely abandoned the use of affective memory, a distinct characteristic of method acting. Meisner maintained an emphasis on \"the reality of doing\", which was the foundation of his approach. Born in Brooklyn, Meisner was the oldest child of Hermann Meisner, a furrier, and Bertha Knoepfler,", "title": "Sanford Meisner" }, { "docid": "296801", "text": "method on the -adic numbers. Because of the more stable behavior of addition and multiplication in the -adic numbers compared to the real numbers (specifically, the unit ball in the -adics is a ring), convergence in Hensel's lemma can be guaranteed under much simpler hypotheses than in the classical Newton's method on the real line. The Newton–Fourier method is Joseph Fourier's extension of Newton's method to provide bounds on the absolute error of the root approximation, while still providing quadratic convergence. Assume that is twice continuously differentiable on and that contains a root in this interval. Assume that on this", "title": "Newton's method" }, { "docid": "20203442", "text": "moving and growing on their own, which directly affects how the player interacts with it in combat, making it a creature they could not have previously used in early games. Monster animation was developed in part with motion capture, with human actors acting out some of the various monster actions. Sets of rules were developed for the monsters to follow to interact in their environment, but they did not resort to any type of scripted event. This often created unexpected monster behavior when testing or demonstrating the game to public audiences. Once monsters were created, then they used those to", "title": "Monster Hunter: World" }, { "docid": "13669196", "text": "trend to blame social problems on biological factors. She dismissed the work as pseudoscience and described its authors' assertion that rape is about sex rather than violence as a half-truth. She criticized them for suggesting that \"human males will rape when their capacity to reproduce successfully is thwarted\", basing claims about human behavior on the study of non-human animals such as insects, falsely characterizing their critics as \"anti-evolution\", holding that certain aspects of \"human sexual conduct\" are \"universally dimorphic\" between the sexes, and favoring biological rather than social explanations of the differences that existed. She wrote that, \"Talk of ‘natural", "title": "A Natural History of Rape" }, { "docid": "11636618", "text": "she demonstrates how a whole can emerge that is more than the sum of its parts. And yet, all the world is a stage. She casts a wide philosophical net as well, drawing out the analogy between such emergent meaning on stage and in life and the strange, almost human-like behavior of ‘mere’ matter at its most fundamental level.” --Jeffrey Satinover, theoretical physicist, author of \"The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man\" \"I was intrigued by this, and found her journey into the process of acting very interesting and clearly described.\"—Brian Goodwin, theoretical biologist,", "title": "Mari Gorman" }, { "docid": "11289904", "text": "1960s, this theory developed from Campbell's recognition of social psychologists' tendency to reduce all human behavior to hedonistic goals. He criticized psychologists like John Thibaut, Harold Kelley, and George Homans, who emphasized theories that place food, sex, and pain avoidance as central to all human processes. According to Campbell, hedonistic assumptions do not adequately explain intergroup relations. Campbell believed that these social exchange theorists oversimplified human behavior by likening interpersonal interaction to animal behavior. Similar to the ideas of Campbell, other researchers also began recognizing a problem in the psychological understanding of intergroup behavior. These researchers noted that prior to", "title": "Realistic conflict theory" }, { "docid": "7303003", "text": "who cannot mate to help the mother reproduce a healthy second brood that can then pass on half of the same genes they share. However, it is costly to the workers to be in this social environment because they cannot reproduce themselves and directly pass down the genes that they have. In both situations, however, it is more beneficial to exhibit the certain social behavior that they do, than to find an alternative strategy of sociality. Male abundance and ability to mate have a major effect on deciding the social behavior of a non-gyne versus gyne bee. Therefore, the sex", "title": "Halictus rubicundus" }, { "docid": "6221118", "text": "Pierre Jaquet-Droz, and Wolfgang von Kempelen. The oldest known automatons were the sacred statues of ancient Egypt and Greece. The faithful believed that craftsman had imbued these figures with very real minds, capable of wisdom and emotion—Hermes Trismegistus wrote that \"by discovering the true nature of the gods, man has been able to reproduce it.\" Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the process of human thought can be mechanized. The study of mechanical—or \"formal\"—reasoning has a long history. Chinese, Indian and Greek philosophers all developed structured methods of formal deduction in the first millennium BCE. Their ideas were", "title": "History of artificial intelligence" }, { "docid": "5421068", "text": "Viewpoints Viewpoints is a technique of composition that acts as a medium for thinking about and acting upon movement, gesture and creative space. Originally developed in the 1970s by choreographer Mary Overlie as a method of movement improvisation, The Viewpoints theory was adapted for stage acting by directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau. Bogart and Overlie were on the faculty of ETW at NYU in the late 1970s and early 1980s during which time Bogart was influenced by Overlie's innovations. Overlie's Six Viewpoints (space, story, time, emotion, movement, and shape) are considered to be a logical way to examine, analyze", "title": "Viewpoints" }, { "docid": "11469594", "text": "and Philosophy. Keller subsequently studied learning in addition to behavior. He was the first to administer Skinners previous findings into real world applications by the process of transcribing auditory signals of Morse code into English. The method he used was called code-voice, which resembled Skinners programmed instruction, which was fancied by the US Army. Code-voice was used mostly in the Signal Corps, although it was also used in other divisions, and became one of the most used methods in radio-operator training. The new method “represented an early application of the laws of learning to practical human affairs and served as", "title": "Fred S. Keller" }, { "docid": "18051597", "text": "study a number of QED processes observed at the pioneering colliders VEP-1 and VEPP-2 in Novosibirsk. He worked out the structure function method for calculation of QED radiative corrections to cross sections of electron-positron annihilation and electron-nucleus scattering processes. Moreover, he developed the method of quasi-real particles, which was the first step to the parton picture in QFT. Professor Fadin's main contributions to QCD comprise the description of the coherence effects in the soft gluon emission and the study of the energy behavior of amplitudes in the Regge limit. The latter lead him to the development of Reggeization theory and", "title": "Victor Sergeevich Fadin" }, { "docid": "4860440", "text": "Social actions In sociology, social action, also known as Weberian social action, refers to an act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals (or 'agents'). According to Max Weber, \"an Action is 'social' if the acting individual takes account of the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course\". The basic concept was primarily developed in the non-positivist theory of Max Weber to observe how human behaviors relate to cause and effect in the social realm. For Weber, sociology is the study of society and behavior and must therefore look at the heart of interaction.", "title": "Social actions" }, { "docid": "16107210", "text": "of psychosis.” Sleep deprivation initiates chemical changes in the brain that can lead to behavior similar to psychotic individuals. These episodes can lead to more lasting psychological damage. In cases where raw emotion that has not been resolved, or traumas have been evoked before closure has been reached by the individual, the emotion can result in greater emotional instability and increased sense of anxiety, fear or shame. The problem seen in method acting comes from the inability of actors to compartmentalize the emotions of the character from their own in daily life. Generally the actors who suffer personality changes and", "title": "Psychological effects of method acting" }, { "docid": "19615630", "text": "with gameplay that encouraged the destruction of wildlife. Davenport considered his motivations as he killed creature after creature, continuing on through the sake of play and pleasure, and they caused him to reflect on how his real world actions too could harm others. The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a 2D Metroidvania style action-adventure video game. Developed by YCJY, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in January 2016. Ports for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, developed by Stage Clear Studios, were released in January 2018. The", "title": "The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human" }, { "docid": "20187157", "text": "the presence of certain drug metabolites during routine drug testing. In 2016, he published work on the skin microbiome of decomposing human cadavers. He also developed and patented a DNA-based forensic method of species identification of trace plant material. Lents has written articles for Skeptic Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Observer, Psychology Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and others. He regularly contributes modules for the Visionlearning science education project. He also maintains The Human Evolution Blog and authors most of its content. He also blogs for Psychology Today under the tagline \"Beastly Behavior: How Evolution Shaped Our Minds", "title": "Nathan H. Lents" }, { "docid": "384688", "text": "top scientific journals such as \"Nature\" and \"Science\". The more general term behavioral ecology is commonly substituted for the term sociobiology in order to avoid the public controversy. Sociobiologists maintain that human behavior, as well as nonhuman animal behavior, can be partly explained as the outcome of natural selection. They contend that in order to fully understand behavior, it must be analyzed in terms of evolutionary considerations. Natural selection is fundamental to evolutionary theory. Variants of hereditary traits which increase an organism's ability to survive and reproduce will be more greatly represented in subsequent generations, i.e., they will be \"selected", "title": "Sociobiology" }, { "docid": "3231557", "text": "N1 (rocket) The N1 (Russian: Н1, from \"Ракета-носитель\", \"Raketa-Nositel\", carrier) was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V. It was designed with crewed extra-orbital travel in mind. Development work started on the N1 in 1959. Its first stage is the most powerful rocket stage ever built. The N1-L3 version was developed to compete with the United States Apollo program to land a man on the Moon, using the same lunar orbit rendezvous method. The basic N1 launch vehicle had three stages, which was to", "title": "N1 (rocket)" }, { "docid": "7926204", "text": "be taken from a single plate. Despite this, the process was not perfect: it did not reproduce a full colour picture, and until 1875 boys were employed to colour in the maps produced by this method. The process, while better than the pantagraph, still required a large amount of labour to prepare the zinc plates for pressing. However, photozincography began to be used fairly rapidly in Europe. Sir Henry was even honoured by the Queen of Spain. Though originally developed to reproduce maps, the process was eventually to be used on a whole series of manuscripts, to preserve them and", "title": "Photozincography" }, { "docid": "11534296", "text": "Ljubljana, which provided human and technical resources and was aided in his work by three research assistants. The tensiomyography method was invented in the late 1980s and has since been improved through many prototypes and developed to the stage where clinical application of the method was possible. Although tensiomyography was initially intended for medical use, the method was also introduced into sports medicine and athletic training in 1996. In recent years, the development and application of the method has shifted more towards sports in cooperation with Srdjan Djordjevič, a biologist, applied physiologist and the founder of the company TMG-BMC Ltd.", "title": "Tensiomyography" }, { "docid": "4840550", "text": "Jan Fennell Jan Fennell, \"The dog listener\", is an English dog trainer who applied the insights of Monty Roberts into horse behavior to the behavior of dogs. Her training method is based on the theory that dogs, being descended from wolves, fit the social model of the pack - an ordered hierarchy with a clearly defined leader. She believes that dogs are unable to understand any other social model, and when co-opted into human families as pets still see themselves as pack members. Fennell argues that most inappropriate dog behavior arises if the owner does not consistently signal that he", "title": "Jan Fennell" }, { "docid": "14555392", "text": "or pick first breaks was trained by users, who were just selecting and presenting to the network examples of trace edits or refraction picks. The network then changes internal weights iteratively until it can reproduce the examples accurately provided by the users. Fabio Boschetti \"et al.\"(1996) introduce a fractal-based algorithm which detects the presence of a signal by analyzing the variation in fractal dimension along the trace. This method works when signal-to-noise ratio is small, but it is considerably slow. A direct correlation method was introduced by Joseph \"et al.\"(1999) which was developed for use in highly time-resolved, low-noise signals", "title": "First break picking" }, { "docid": "14892136", "text": "are \"inextricably interwoven\". Preference (economics) With the help of the scientific method many practical decisions of life can be modelled, resulting in testable predictions about human behavior. Although economists are usually not interested in the underlying causes of the preferences in themselves, they are interested in the theory of choice because it serves as a background for empirical demand analysis. In 1926 Ragnar Frisch developed for the first time a mathematical model of preferences in the context of economic demand and utility functions. Up to then, economists had developed an elaborated theory of demand that omitted \"primitive characteristics\" of people.", "title": "Preference (economics)" }, { "docid": "14892107", "text": "Preference (economics) With the help of the scientific method many practical decisions of life can be modelled, resulting in testable predictions about human behavior. Although economists are usually not interested in the underlying causes of the preferences in themselves, they are interested in the theory of choice because it serves as a background for empirical demand analysis. In 1926 Ragnar Frisch developed for the first time a mathematical model of preferences in the context of economic demand and utility functions. Up to then, economists had developed an elaborated theory of demand that omitted \"primitive characteristics\" of people. This omission ceased", "title": "Preference (economics)" }, { "docid": "8807563", "text": "experiences with humans - including socialization to humans during the critical period for social development - and opportunities to associate human body parts with certain outcomes (such as food being provided by human hands, a human throwing or kicking a ball, etc.) are required. After undergoing training to solve a simple manipulation task, dogs that are faced with an insoluble version of the same problem look at the human, while socialized wolves do not. Dogs reach sexual maturity and can reproduce during their first year in contrast to a wolf at two years. The female dog can bear another litter", "title": "Dog behavior" }, { "docid": "1858521", "text": "new stage of its development - a stage of real professionalisation of the acting art, the Europeanization of the appearance of the spectacle and the permanent establishment of the National Theater as a nationally representative cultural institution. The Bulgarian Theater in the years to 1989 has ideological-party orientation. It is in the service of socialist realism. The arts are called \"the means of education\", and \"socialist realism - the only method of artistic creativity\". Changes in society, culture, the arts, the theater are ubiquitous. The imposition of socialist realism takes place through the repertoire, the new Bulgarian drama, as well", "title": "Culture of Bulgaria" }, { "docid": "15365436", "text": "Rebecca School Rebecca School is a private day school in New York City that specializes in teaching children ages four to twenty-one who have a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The school was founded in 2006 and uses a special teaching method known as Floortime/DIR (Developmental, Individual-difference, Relationship-based) developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan, a child psychiatrist and specialist in autism education who died in 2010. Dr. Greenspan's method was a change from the more traditional methods that sought to change behavior through conditioning using rewards and punishments. His method focuses on children's ability to build relationships.", "title": "Rebecca School" }, { "docid": "13627377", "text": "homework, because of social system expectancies associated with that relationship. At the same time, teachers usually follow the social system's expected rules for behavior, such as treating all students fairly. According to the model, human beings create power through communication by symbolically constituting relationships. They create relationships by naming people as \"same as\" or \"different from\" each other and acting as if those similarities and differences are real and have meaning. As human beings learn relational names from language tutors, they learn expectancies the social system associates with those names. Thus, in the model, relational names are non-sensed or symbolic", "title": "Rhetoric of social intervention model" }, { "docid": "12082937", "text": "Patterns of Sexual Behavior Patterns of Sexual Behavior is a 1951 book by anthropologist Clellan S. Ford and ethologist Frank A. Beach, in which the authors integrate information about human sexual behavior from different cultures, and include detailed comparisons across animal species, with particular emphasis on primates. The book received positive reviews and has been called a classic. It provided the foundation for the later research of Masters and Johnson. A revised edition, titled \"Human Sexuality in Four Perspectives\", was published in 1977. Ford and Beach employ a \"cross-cultural correlational method\" in exploring sexual behavior, a statistical approach suitable for", "title": "Patterns of Sexual Behavior" }, { "docid": "10355897", "text": "the Guardians of the Universe and the Controllers. The females, however, saw no need to involve themselves and, since the Oans were by then immortal and had no more need to reproduce, left their mates and became known as the Zamarons (a near-anagram of Amazons). After billions of years, the Zamarons, Guardians and Controllers evolved (since they did not reproduce, it was the individuals themselves who evolved) into different forms. While the Maltusians were originally human-like but blue-skinned, the Zamarons eventually became something else entirely. In their first appearance, they appeared identical to Caucasian Earth women. The Zamarons developed a", "title": "Zamaron" }, { "docid": "18580291", "text": "that both methods reproduce exactly the solution of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation with the potential given by finite-rank operator. The number of iterations is then equal to the rank of the potential. The method has been successfully used for solution of problems in both nuclear and molecular physics. Method of continued fractions The method of continued fractions is a method developed specifically for solution of integral equations of quantum scattering theory like Lippmann-Schwinger equation or Faddeev equations. It was invented by Horáček and Sasakawa in 1983. The goal of the method is to solve the integral equation iteratively and to construct", "title": "Method of continued fractions" }, { "docid": "7297194", "text": "Human image synthesis Human image synthesis can be applied to make believable and even photorealistic renditions of human-likenesses, moving or still. This has effectively been the situation since the early 2000s. Many films using computer generated imagery have featured synthetic images of human-like characters digitally composited onto the real or other simulated film material. In SIGGRAPH 2000 Paul Debevec et al. of USC presented their method to capture the reflectance field with their extremely simple light stage. The scientific breakthrough required finding the subsurface light component (the simulation models are glowing from within slightly) which can be found using knowledge", "title": "Human image synthesis" }, { "docid": "12937407", "text": "the discrete trial method of applied behavior analysis was developed and documented by Laura Kasbar in 2000 as a way to teach children who do not respond well to other kinds of therapy, including traditional applied behavior analysis (ABA). Kasbar in 2000, and then Dunn and Dunn in 2006, recognized that the precepts of ABA, most notably the very controlled or \"discrete\" presentation of desired information could be more effectively taught using the video medium rather than in vivo (Dunn and Dunn, 2006). Using this method, retention of the information taught is greatly increased. Video modeling was also shown to", "title": "Video modeling" }, { "docid": "16922110", "text": "and establishes a quantitative connection between human insurgency, global terrorism and ecology. Its similarity to financial market models provides a surprising link between violent and non-violent forms of human behavior.\" Open-source warfare Open-source warfare is a method of warfare in which many small, autonomous groups can work together—without a formal means of coordination. The term was coined in Robb's \"Brave New War\" published in April 2007. The term was developed by the author, analyst and entrepreneur John Robb. Early usage of the term and the concept it represents appear in: Robb's \"Brave New War\", was published in April 2007. It", "title": "Open-source warfare" }, { "docid": "10216605", "text": "reach the European level of civility. The Native Americans, according to him, were at a lower stage of development than the Europeans. They were at the same stage as the peoples of the Ancient Times, hence their customs could be juxtaposed with the disregard of time and place. This is the basis out of which his method emerges. What sets Lafitau apart from his predecessors and contemporaries, was the formulation of his method of reciprocal illumination. By juxtaposing one type of behavior, or a set of beliefs and customs, to those of other cultures who have reached the same level", "title": "Joseph-François Lafitau" }, { "docid": "20399248", "text": "providers as Tor traffic and because Tor traffic may also interfere with the business models, service providers may have an incentive to do so. This interference can prevent users from using the most effective means to protect their anonymity online. The Tor browser allows users to obfuscate the origin and end-points of their communications when they communicate on the internet. Obfuscation, the automated generation of \"fake\" signals that are indistinguishable from users' actual online activities, providing users with a noisy \"cover\" under which their real information and communication behavior remains unobservable. Obfuscation has received more attention as a method to", "title": "Human rights and encryption" }, { "docid": "17753234", "text": "relatively high, and a real time test could not be achieved. As systems become larger and more complex, this method of testing only achieves, at a significant cost, a basic hardware and configuration check. The testing of complex logic sequences, is an act of futility without the ability to accurately reproduce the timing relationships between signals. What was needed was the ability to exercise the control system's software in a real time environment. Real time simulation fills this void. Real time simulators such as Automation Master are PC based software packages, which utilize a model to mimic the automated system's", "title": "Automation Master" }, { "docid": "16126914", "text": "Cho Zang-hee Zang-Hee Cho, Ph.D, is a Korean neuroscientist who developed the first Ring-PET scanner and the scintillation detector BGO. More recently, Cho developed the first PET-MRI fusion molecular imaging device for neuro-molecular imaging. 2016–Present \"Brain 2016 Neuroscience\", Neuroscience Summer School. Intensive Course on Neuroscience, Principal Faculty Cho Zang-Hee http://nirc.co.kr. Web developer Janis Rozenfelds. 2004–Present University Professor, Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon Medical School, Inchon, Korea 2006–Present Professor Emeritus, Radiological Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA 1985–2006 Professor, Radiological Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA 1995–1997 Visiting Endowed Chair", "title": "Cho Zang-hee" }, { "docid": "16023140", "text": "groups and were originally published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. These twelve postulates compose a theory of collective induction. See Also Steiner, I. D. (1972). \"Group processes and productivity\". New York: Academic Press. References Collective Induction Collective induction is a task developed by Steiner and used in research on group problem solving. Broadly, the method entails \"the cooperative search for descriptive, predictive, and explanatory generalizations, rules, and principles\" among members in a group working on the same task. James Larson further defined collective induction tasks as \"[tasks] in which problem solvers work cooperatively to induce a", "title": "Collective Induction" }, { "docid": "15310052", "text": "Feedforward, Behavioral and Cognitive Science Feedforward, Behavior and Cognitive Science is a method of teaching and learning that illustrates or indicates a desired future behavior or path to a goal. Feedforward provides information, images, etc. exclusively about what one could do right in the future, often in contrast to what one has done in the past. The feedforward method of teaching and learning is in contrast to its opposite, feedback, concerning human behavior because it focuses on learning in the future, whereas feedback uses information from a past event to provide reflection and the basis for behaving and thinking differently.", "title": "Feedforward, Behavioral and Cognitive Science" }, { "docid": "5774594", "text": "and spent many years pressing lawsuits against alleged infringers. He attempted to enforce a very broad interpretation of his patent, earning himself the ill will of photographers who were using the related glass-based processes later introduced by other inventors, but he was eventually defeated. Nonetheless, Talbot's developed-out silver halide negative process is the basic technology used by chemical film cameras today. Hippolyte Bayard had also developed a method of photography but delayed announcing it, and so was not recognized as its inventor. In 1839, John Herschel made the first glass negative, but his process was difficult to reproduce. Slovene Janez", "title": "History of photography" }, { "docid": "16426539", "text": "was developed in 2000 to address limitations of available assessments in examining real-world expressions of behaviors related to executive function; the scale was normed on data from 1419 parents (815 girls and 604 boys) and 720 teachers (403 girls and 317 boys) from a representative distribution of socioeconomic statuses. By design, the BRIEF is intended to provide a standardized method of asking multiple raters about executive functions in daily life in a manner that is not specific to any particular disorder. Because it is not disorder-specific, the BRIEF may be used to assess executive function behaviors in children and adolescents", "title": "Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function" }, { "docid": "4840554", "text": "and DVD, Fennell has her own TV show explaining the understanding of dogs and demonstrating successful interventions, currently playing on Animal Planet on Friday nights. Jan Fennell Jan Fennell, \"The dog listener\", is an English dog trainer who applied the insights of Monty Roberts into horse behavior to the behavior of dogs. Her training method is based on the theory that dogs, being descended from wolves, fit the social model of the pack - an ordered hierarchy with a clearly defined leader. She believes that dogs are unable to understand any other social model, and when co-opted into human families", "title": "Jan Fennell" }, { "docid": "13096284", "text": "to the other real option valuation methods and it can be used with the most commonly used spreadsheet software without any add-ins. The method is useful in analyses for decision making regarding investments that have an uncertain future, and especially so if the underlying data is in the form of cash-flow scenarios. The method is less useful if optimal timing is the objective. The method is flexible and accommodates easily both one-stage investments and multi-stage investments (compound real options). The method has been taken into use in some large international industrial companies for the valuation of research and development projects", "title": "Fuzzy pay-off method for real option valuation" }, { "docid": "58248", "text": "the American Psychological Association and gave a talk in an auditorium concerning his work. A controversial figure, Skinner has been depicted in many different ways. He has been widely revered for bringing a much-needed scientific approach to the study of human behavior; he has also been vilified for attempting to apply findings based largely on animal experiments to human behavior in real-life settings. Skinner called his approach to the study of behavior radical behaviorism. This philosophy of behavioral science assumes that behavior is a consequence of environmental histories of reinforcement (see Applied behavior analysis). In his words: In this way", "title": "B. F. Skinner" }, { "docid": "981417", "text": "more or less opaque creatures who speak, move, and gesture [...] Acting, on the other hand, no matter how naturalistic, actively deforms or invents by putting an overlay or filter over the person, presenting a simplification of a human being and not allowing the camera to capture the actor's human depths. Thus what Bresson sees as the essence of filmic art, the achievement of the creative transformation involved in all art through the interplay of images of real things, is destroyed by the artifice of acting. For Bresson, then, acting is, like mood music and expressive camera work, just one", "title": "Robert Bresson" }, { "docid": "18907224", "text": "ways in which human evolution developed with and because of hunting behavior, and the effects on modern man of inherited traits related to this evolution. At the time of the publication of \"The Hunting Hypothesis\" there was still significant controversy surrounding the thesis that early man hunted for food. Ardrey's work was often attacked for its focus on human aggression. In particular, Ashley Montagu, representing a camp known as the \"Blank State\" theorists, who believed that man's behavior was entirely socially determined, marshaled fourteen scientists to refute Ardrey and his predecessors (chiefly Konrad Lorenz) in two volumes. Though now generally", "title": "The Hunting Hypothesis" }, { "docid": "8265126", "text": "Albert Bandura and Robert Sears. In 1954, Julian Rotter developed his social learning theory which linked human behavior changes with environmental interactions. Predictable variables were behavior potential, expectancy, reinforcement value and psychological situation. Bandura conducted his bobo doll experiment in 1961 and developed his social learning theory in 1977. These contributions to the field of developmental psychology cemented a strong knowledge foundation and allowed researchers to build on and expand our understanding of human behavior. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), with his book \"Emile, or On Education\", introduced his pedagogic theory where the child should be brought up in harmony", "title": "Social learning (social pedagogy)" }, { "docid": "11233526", "text": "on earth (425 following death) who had become a Buddha. In addition, there are also bodhisattvas who are of the previous stage. The stage preceding that consists of \"shoten-zenjin\". According to Takahashi, the specific method for attaining Buddhahood is to actually incorporate the “\"hasshoudou\"” that was preached by Gotama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, as well as self-reflection based on this \"hasshoudou\" into daily life (a method that Takahashi called “\"gyou soku hikari\"”). By practicing this, human beings can increase their degree of harmony with gods and Buddha, and as a result, attain “\"uchu sokuware\"”. What Takahashi said regarding this", "title": "Shinji Takahashi (religious leader)" }, { "docid": "1507548", "text": "testing deviations from typical simplifications of economic theory such as the independence axiom and neglect of altruism, fairness, and framing effects. On the positive side, the method has been applied to interactive learning and social preferences. As a research program, the subject is a development of the last three decades. A handful of comparative psychologists have attempted to demonstrate quasi-economic reasoning in non-human animals. Early attempts along these lines focus on the behavior of rats and pigeons. These studies draw on the tenets of comparative psychology, where the main goal is to discover analogs to human behavior in experimentally-tractable non-human", "title": "Behavioral economics" }, { "docid": "20593488", "text": "types, acting as a ‘baseline’ for studying the complex landscape of transcription regulation. Specifically, single molecule CAGE profiles were generated using a HeliScope sequencer across 573 human primary cell samples, 128 mouse primary cell samples, 250 cancer cell lines, 152 human post-mortem tissues and 271 mouse developmental tissue samples. A new method to identify the CAGE peaks was developed, called decomposition peak analysis. CAGE tags are clustered by proximity, followed by independent component analysis to decompose the peaks into non-overlapping regions. An enrichment step is applied to ensure the peaks correspond to TSSs, and external data of EST, histone H3", "title": "FANTOM" }, { "docid": "13020058", "text": "deleterious effects related to drug addiction can be considered psychological in nature. (Koob et al.) Models like the one published by Deroche-Gamonet and colleagues in 2004 better approximate the effects of addiction on physiology and psychology, but animal models are inherently limited in their ability to reproduce human behavior. The use of the self-administration methodology to model human drug addiction provides powerful insight into the physiological and behavioral effects of the disease. While self-administration experiments in humans or animals each pose unique barriers to complete understanding of addiction, the scientific community continues to invest a great deal of effort in", "title": "Self-administration" }, { "docid": "7794652", "text": "artificial systems and cells like neurons. The organism level regards to intelligent prosthesis. The human level regards to cooperation between humans and robots. Insbot Insbot is a robotic cockroach developed in 2002 by scientists of the European project LEURRE. It is designed to trick real cockroaches into following its lead, with the goal of finding ways of adapting their behavior as a means of natural pest control. At first, Insbot's predecessor, Alice robot, faced some setbacks due to its size and its inability to properly recognize the cockroaches. But after a series of tests, this newer model was developed. It", "title": "Insbot" }, { "docid": "2900964", "text": "of core faith that affects the way a person behaves. Emotions connected to morals include shame, pride, and discomfort – and these can change the way a person acts. Most importantly, shame and guilt have a large impact on behavior. Lastly, culture highly affects human behavior. Children absorb the beliefs of certain cultures from such a young age that they are greatly affected as they grow up. These beliefs are taken into consideration throughout daily life, which leads to people from different cultures acting differently. These differences affect the way different cultures and areas of the world interact and act.", "title": "Human behavior" }, { "docid": "11721684", "text": "much as curtailing negative behaviors. Some \"rewards\" can be verbal. Some are actual gifts. Instead of yelling at a student displaying negative behaviors, a teacher/leader might recognize a student behaving well with a \"thank you Billy for joining the line\", or \"I like the way you helped Billy find his notebook.\" Recognizing a positive behavior can bring a group's focus away from the students displaying negative behavior, who might just be \"acting out\" for attention. Seeing this, students seeking attention might try displaying good behaviors to get the recognition of the leader. One persons submits this as a reward method:", "title": "Positive discipline" }, { "docid": "3937168", "text": "applied an approach known as the scientific management. Taylor advocated for maximizing task efficiency through the scientific method. The scientific method was further refined by Lillian and Frank Gilbreth, who utilized time and motion study to further improve worker efficiency. In the early 20th century the idea of Fordism emerged. Named after automobile mogul Henry Ford, the method relied on the standardization of production through the use of assembly lines. This allowed unskilled workers to produce complex products efficiently. Sorenson later clarified that Fordism developed independently of Taylor. Fordism can be explained as the application of bureaucratic and scientific management", "title": "Organizational behavior" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2572959", "text": "may be very inaccurate or completely arbitrary. The foundation of virtually all practical color processes, the three-color method was first suggested in an 1855 paper by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, with the first color photograph produced by Thomas Sutton for a Maxwell lecture in 1861. Color photography has been the dominant form of photography since the 1970s, with monochrome photography mostly relegated to niche markets such as art photography. Colour photography was attempted beginning in the 1840s. Early experiments were directed at finding a \"chameleon substance\" which would assume the colour of the light falling on it. Some encouraging", "title": "Color photography" }, { "docid": "338235", "text": "commonly transferred ('printed') onto photographic paper. Printing the negative onto transparent film stock is used to manufacture motion picture films. Alternatively, the film is processed to invert the \"negative\" image, yielding positive transparencies. Such positive images are usually mounted in frames, called slides. Before recent advances in digital photography, transparencies were widely used by professionals because of their sharpness and accuracy of color rendition. Most photographs published in magazines were taken on color transparency film. Originally, all photographs were monochromatic or hand-painted in color. Although methods for developing color photos were available as early as 1861, they did not become", "title": "Photograph" } ]

[ { "docid": "16152940", "text": "App Store. A week after the launch, Color Labs released an update with significant changes to the iOS App interface—allowing users to see photos from events \"Nearby\", a \"Feed\" of relevant photos, and a \"History\" of groups that users can participate in. Words underneath each icon explaining what they did were also added. In July 2011, it was reported that Google offered to buy Color for $200 million before their first launch, but Color Labs turned down the deal. When it launched, the application had around 1 million downloads. By September 2011, the service had a little under 100,000 active", "title": "Color Labs" }, { "docid": "12160981", "text": "the song himself. Adkins did record the song as an iTunes exclusive bonus track on his 2008 album, \"X\". A music video was shot for \"In Color\" in May 2008. It portrays Johnson sitting on a stool, playing acoustic guitar and singing, with various black-and-white photographs (which Johnson borrowed from his grandmother) spread out on the floor around him. Eventually, color begins to sweep across the photos from the outside, working its way in until Johnson himself is also in color. Brady Vercher of Engine 145 gave the song a \"thumb up\". Vercher described the lyrics favorably, saying that they", "title": "In Color (song)" }, { "docid": "2512073", "text": "and to avoid pecking photos with no human, despite great differences in the form, size, and color of both the humans displayed and in the non-human pictures. In follow-up studies, pigeons categorized other natural objects (e.g. trees) and after training they were able without reward to sort photos they had not seen before . Similar work has been done with natural auditory categories, for example, bird songs. Honeybees (\"Apis mellifera\") are able to form concepts of \"up\" and \"down\". Perceptually unrelated stimuli may come to be responded to as members of a class if they have a common use or", "title": "Animal cognition" }, { "docid": "1687514", "text": "the flight aside from taking a xylose capsule. With each orbit sunrise, Carpenter also saw the \"fireflies\". He saw the particles more like snowflakes than fireflies. He also noted that the particles did not seem to be truly luminous, and varied in size, brightness, and color. Some were gray, some were white, and one in particular, said Carpenter, looked like a helical shaving from a lathe. Although they seemed to travel at different speeds, they did not move out and away from the spacecraft as the confetti had in the balloon experiment. Carpenter also took 19 photos of the flattened", "title": "Mercury-Atlas 7" }, { "docid": "14834496", "text": "the Photo League influenced his relationship to fashion photography. “We were photojournalists. If I did a fashion spread for a magazine and I happened to catch some black people in the background of a picture, they would blot that out before the magazine was released. I suppose the idea was to make believe blacks didn't exist and we, the people in the League, really believed in what we were doing. Photos really meant something to us.” In 1954 Kattelson photographed the first Newport Jazz Festival. In 1958 he became a color darkroom technician and manager at a large commercial color", "title": "Sy Kattelson" }, { "docid": "16978430", "text": "parents of Rohan. After Rohan's operation all his friends except sanju and varun went to their home. They waited till rohan's parents did not came. In the night the stalker did come and warned rohan about telling anything to sanju. In the morning sanju finds many lost things of her lying on the bench of the girl's locker room.When she was looking at the photos somebody clicked her photos and pinned that photos on the notice board.professor anu calls her a cheater. Ela get a sms revealing the truth that sanju has told mac to behave like that with ela", "title": "Best Friends Forever?" }, { "docid": "1474531", "text": "had been the Hobgoblin and shown a series of photos of the assassination. Although known in parts of the underworld, this information did not become public until many years later when Macendale revealed it at the end of his trial. For many years Leeds was considered to be the original Hobgoblin. Kingsley's plan had worked: his enemies thought they had killed the Hobgoblin and now he could take his ill-gotten gains and retire to Belize. This paved the way for Macendale to take up the role, an unforeseen development that eventually forced Kingsley to come out of retirement and kill", "title": "Hobgoblin (comics)" }, { "docid": "19941424", "text": "people were happy for the employment that the TV productions provided. Ziv used color film for the television version of \"The Cisco Kid\", which began in 1949 (before color TV sets were sold). Ziv again encountered a lack of belief or understanding of what he was doing. \"The people — the engineers, the laboratory — felt that the color film would never be usable — if color ever came,\" he said. \"It turned out they were all wrong. Color television did come, and as you know, the programs we shot in color in the very early days are still being", "title": "Ziv Company" }, { "docid": "16152938", "text": "Color Labs Color Labs, Inc. was a start-up based in Palo Alto, California. Its main product was the eponymous mobile app for sharing photos through social networking. It allowed people to take photos in addition to viewing other photos also taken in the vicinity. The application grouped photos based on a user's friends so that he or she is more likely to see those that are more relevant. Following skepticism and rumors from Silicon Valley commentators, Color Labs stopped selling the app at the end of 2012. The group started when co-founders Bill Nguyen and Peter Pham received $41 million", "title": "Color Labs" }, { "docid": "3826176", "text": "the iron cross as a symbol of youthful, carefree rebellion). Roth did not own a bike at the time, so he bought a brand-new Harley-Davidson Sportster and then proceeded to paint its gas tank a flat black color. Roth painted white lettering on one side of the tank that said: \"Love is Hate\"; and on the reverse side: \"Hate is Love\". Roth had taken black and white photos of different bikers. He made posters, with titles like \"Beautiful Buzzard\", or \"Gray Cat\" out of these photos, and sold them at car shows. Roth would periodically give these bikers small amounts", "title": "Ed Roth" }, { "docid": "19495089", "text": "sale and a car accident accord. The Colonel and David's grandma lay themselves over him resulting in killing them and David getting injured. After the incident David refuses to eat resulting in Michael getting more upset. He goes into his garage and at first out of anger take it out on the Christmas ornaments until he comes across the old family photos and decides to have an early start on the decoration competition. When he finishes Michael and his neighbours come together to sing It Came Upon the Midnight Clear under David's window with him listening. When they finished singing", "title": "When Angels Sing (novel)" }, { "docid": "13996839", "text": "the eye of the beholder.\" Yet through the method of pairwise comparison, the AHP gives the Jones family a way to evaluate the \"style\" of the cars they are considering. Honda's web site provides photos of each of the alternatives. It also has videos, commercials, rotatable 360° views, color chips, and more, all available to help family members evaluate the Style of each car. The family can compare their alternatives two-by-two on Style, using the tools on the web site to help them make their judgments. They did just that, and here is the record of their judgments: When the", "title": "Analytic hierarchy process – car example" }, { "docid": "17332402", "text": "something else entirely. Ortiz was one of three New York City brokers starring in Bravo's \"Million Dollar Listing New York \" seasons two through five. The second season of \"Million Dollar Listing New York\" showed Ortiz presented photoshopped pictures of hardwood floors and new marble counter-tops, and stainless-steel appliances into promotional pictures of 27 Downing Street, New York, New York. He reasoned, \"If I put the real photos out there, not a single person will ever come inside.\". He did not actually use the photos for the listing but \"he sent the fake photos in an email blast to top", "title": "Luis D. Ortiz" }, { "docid": "19152779", "text": "But when the press started, when I would go out on the - on the tour and do my appearances, and people would come up and say they never thought they'd see the day that it would happen; when people would want to shake my hand, and you'd see tears in their eyes, and they'd say, I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime - that's when, you know, it was definitely a very special honor.\" In July 1984 (two months before the end of her reign), Williams learned that nude photos of her, taken before her involvement with", "title": "Vanessa Williams and Miss America" }, { "docid": "3998995", "text": "take prisoners but we had some bad experiences on Saipan taking prisoners, you take them and then as soon as they get behind the lines they drop grenades and you lose a few more people. You get a little bit leery of taking prisoners when they are fighting to the death and so are you.\" The other reported, \"Very few of them came out on their own; when they did, why, usually one in the front he'd come out with his hands up and one behind him, he'd come out with a grenade.\" Soon after the war, the Allied powers", "title": "Japanese war crimes" }, { "docid": "20120488", "text": "on the scales. Contemporary newspaper reports described the exchange without being specific about the insult, but did say that when asked afterward to pose with Paret for photos, that Griffith replied, \"I'd better not. I'm liable to swing right now.\" The insult levied by Paret was \"\", understood by both boxers to mean \"faggot\". Griffith had worked in a women's hat factory, and later designed hats. Griffith would come out as bisexual in his later years, but in 1962 allegations of homosexuality were considered fatal to an athlete's career and a particularly grievous insult in the culture both fighters came", "title": "Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III" }, { "docid": "12758930", "text": "the center of attention. The girls go to a dance studio to practice movement. Janina wins the challenge and chooses Laura and Nanna to share in her prize: designing personalized Nike sneakers. The week's photo shoot is for Nike where the models must jump on a trampoline all the while showing body control. As it turned out, the first six models' photos did not come out, so they had to do it over again. Although Blanche is seen to be the diva in the house, Ida's non-presence in the competition leads to her elimination. \"Original airdate: May 11, 2009\" The", "title": "Suomen huippumalli haussa (season 2)" }, { "docid": "13406858", "text": "after becoming exhausted by their incompetence, but Phil begs and he agrees. Phil and Claire go to an illegal strip club that Crenshaw frequents, with Claire under the guise of a new prostitute and Phil as her pimp. After doing a pole dance for Crenshaw, they confront him and tell him they are the Tripplehorns. Collins and Armstrong come in and hold them at gunpoint and take them up to the roof with Crenshaw. Miletto arrives with henchmen and it is revealed that Crenshaw has been paid by Miletto to keep him out of jail. When Phil mentions the photos,", "title": "Date Night" }, { "docid": "1834635", "text": "When the cases went as far as decisions by judges (that is, they were not dismissed for lack of jurisdiction or were not settled privately out of court), they have all validated the legal robustness of Creative Commons public licenses. Here are some notable cases: In early 2006, podcaster Adam Curry sued a Dutch tabloid who published photos from Curry's Flickr page without Curry's permission. The photos were licensed under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial license. While the verdict was in favor of Curry, the tabloid avoided having to pay restitution to him as long as they did not repeat the", "title": "Creative Commons license" }, { "docid": "6512296", "text": "said he doubted the validity of the photos, telling Deadspin, \"I'm sure, in the depths of his drug addiction, he was in a lot of bars. He was in and out of bars, \"crackhouses\", everything. There are probably photographs of him in all kinds of places.\" When responding, Narron had not seen the photos and was told they were taken during March 2009, not two months prior when the incident took place. Although this news did not break until August 2009, Hamilton revealed that he had informed his wife, the Texas Rangers, and Major League Baseball the day after the", "title": "Josh Hamilton" }, { "docid": "3794588", "text": "he used many) arranged in advance. His instructions to models are remembered as being brief and to the point. His published work uses lighting to pick out the subject; he frequently used four spotlights, often one of them pointing down from the ceiling. Only rarely do his photos include shadows falling on the background of the set. Horst rarely, if ever, used filters. While most of his work is in black & white, much of his color photography includes largely monochromatic settings to set off a colorful fashion. Horst's color photography did include documentation of society interior design, well noted", "title": "Horst P. Horst" }, { "docid": "5699787", "text": "her disinterest, she puts it in the fire, only to find out that it wasn't what she thought. The next morning after a serious talk, she wakes to find him having a meeting with some serious looking men. When he finds her on the beach later, she confronts him with the knowledge that she knows he's preparing to run. He offers her a lot of money to throw the case (yet admits no wrongdoing) and come with him. When they return to New York, a jealous McCann confronts Banning with photos of Crown and what he has been doing since", "title": "The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "2745442", "text": "larvae are brownish. The brown color of the larvae is independent of leaf color and will occur even on a green leaf. A folded leaf serves as the home for the young larvae. During the day, the larvae remain in the shelter so as to avoid predators and come out at night to feed. Additionally, if larvae are disturbed while rolled up in the leaf, they emit a foul-smelling substance. When these larvae reach later stages, they turn greenish yellow before pupating. Older larvae live in a leaf, rolled up and lined with silk and held together by a line", "title": "Papilio troilus" }, { "docid": "6186467", "text": "Cox had disappeared deliberately. Jacobs came to believe that the presence of 87 dollars in Cox's shared room did not rule out the strong possibility that his visitor had helped him start a new career and life. When he was ready to reveal his findings Jacobs, admittedly not a writer, contacted Maihafer with hopes they could collaborate on a book. They did and the Jacobs investigation is revealed in the book \"Oblivion.\" The book has a section with photos including the snapshot that Cox's roommates took of him on January 7, 1950 sleeping off the effects of the alcohol he", "title": "Richard Colvin Cox" }, { "docid": "2625120", "text": "assistant (also known as ) came over, although Toriyama stated he only allowed him to color. For color pages, Toriyama first drew them with permanent ink and used water-soluble color pens, before touching up with a wet brush. Later in serialization (around volume 13, as stated in volume 18), became his assistant when Hiswashi started his own series, although Hiswashi occasionally still helped out, as did Toriyama's wife when they were close to a deadline. In 2016, Torishima said that although \"Dr. Slump\" was very successful, having debuted at number two in the magazine's reader rankings, Toriyama wanted to stop", "title": "Dr. Slump" }, { "docid": "7433242", "text": "turns out, is a local vagrant who drowned in the river. The sergeant arrives and takes photos and, when the couple leaves, sends one of his officers, PC Craig, to trail them. They go to the graveyard and in a room in the chapel find a half-eaten meal. Following noises to a crypt, they come across a murdered man and are locked in by the vagrant zombie, who brings the other bodies to life by touching their eyes with his blood-stained fingers. The pair manages to make a hole they can escape from and Edna does, only to find herself", "title": "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (film)" }, { "docid": "20867525", "text": "island of Capri as it appears on a bright sunny day. Today the island of Capri is a resort island popular with tourists. The name \"deep sky blue\" for this color did not come into use until the promulgation of the X11 color list in 1987. The name \"Capri\" is still used for this color as well as the name \"deep sky blue\". Maya blue was a pigment widely used by the Mayan civilization. At right is displayed the color jordy blue. The color name \"jordy blue\" has been in use since 2001, when this color was promulgated as one", "title": "Shades of azure" }, { "docid": "1383008", "text": "be sufficient. Of course they are not to smoke simply as they come down the church steps. They are to join in the Easter parade, puffing away. The march went as planned, as did the ensuing publicity, with ripples of women smoking prominently across the country. In 1934, Bernays was asked to deal with women's apparent reluctance to buy Lucky Strikes because their green and red package clashed with standard female fashions. When Bernays suggested changing the package to a neutral color, Hill refused, saying that he had already spent millions advertising the package. Bernays then endeavored to make green", "title": "Edward Bernays" }, { "docid": "1541520", "text": "Hoppus and Jones spent an afternoon together taking \"artsy\" photographs in and around Raynor's backyard. The cover art is a picture of a Buddha statue, which was a present from Hoppus' stepfather that the bassist grabbed on the way to Raynor's for the photos. After developing the photos, they took them to a copy shop to run off color copies. Afterwards, they cut, pasted and rearranged them until they found something suitable. The lyric sheets were handwritten and photocopied. Hoppus and his family in Ridgecrest would spend hours folding and combining pieces of artwork to compile the \"Buddha\" cassette. When", "title": "Buddha (album)" }, { "docid": "183951", "text": "director of photography Francis Kenny and editor Norman Hollyn. It also includes a theatrical trailer, screenplay excerpt, original ending, biographies, 10-page full-color fold-out with photos and liner notes, an 8 cm \"Heathers Rules!\" ruler, and a 48-page full-color yearbook style booklet with rare photos. On July 1, 2008, a new 20th anniversary special edition DVD set was released by Anchor Bay to coincide with the DVD of writer Waters' new film \"Sex and Death 101\". The DVD features a new documentary, \"Return to Westerburg High\". On November 18, 2008, Anchor Bay released a Blu-ray with all the special features from", "title": "Heathers" }, { "docid": "2409559", "text": "Hayes' hometown of Brisbane, the performance was recorded in HD for a DVD release. The Time Machine Tour DVD came out in two editions: the special edition which was limited to 2000 copies and contained a four-panel, fold-out, gleaming white box, a thirty-two page color booklet with 300 photos and notes from the artist, and the regular edition. The special edition DVD, which was only available from Hayes' website, was shipped to purchasers on 1 July, and the regular edition, which was available in shops, was released on 22 July. Hayes did a mini tour in the US in November", "title": "Darren Hayes" }, { "docid": "18673865", "text": "their heartfelt wishes. It became a scenic spot for taking photos. In the stair outside Central Government Offices, citizens tried to rebuild the Lennon Wall. They stuck posters printed with \"It is just the beginning\", \"We will be back\" and \"Umbrella Movement\" on the wall. The staffs of Leisure and Cultural Services Development attempted to stop them. Although police noticed their action, police did not take action to interfere. The creators and some citizens realized that there must be the day when the movement come to an end while these notes may vanish, which is thought to be necessary to", "title": "Lennon Wall (Hong Kong)" }, { "docid": "7091125", "text": "They attach explosives to the foundation of a hotel, to which they demand Colonel Sam William Marshall, who was responsible for the hooding incident, come. When Marshall arrives, Polat wants him to put a sack over his head and to publicly leave the hotel with him, allowing journalists to take photos, taking the same insult he committed to Polat's dead friend. The group threatens to blow up the hotel unless Marshall and some of his men let themselves be led out of the hotel while hooded. Marshall refuses and brings in a group of Iraqi children as human shields. Alemdar", "title": "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" }, { "docid": "5380704", "text": "(3 m) across. It was necessary for one crewmember to stay by the Rover, holding it to make sure it did not slide down the hill, which was now had a 15-degree slope. With time running out on the stop, Scott was able to confirm what Irwin had seen earlier — the rock had a greenish tinge. The color was found to come from magnesium oxide. Back on the Rover, they traveled onward to Spur crater, which was 320 ft (100 m) across and 66 ft (20 m) deep. Reaching the crater's rim they found small fragments, including one with", "title": "Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface" }, { "docid": "8787234", "text": "meows become notes in the music sequence. Notable dialogue did not come until 1934, when Walt Disney voiced Mickey Mouse using a falsetto. Therefore, the comedy of the short comes in large parts to the use of music. This short also introduced Mickey's gloves; Mickey can be seen wearing them in most of his subsequent appearances. Supposedly one reason for adding the white gloves was to allow audiences to distinguish the characters' hands when they appeared against their bodies, as both were black (Mickey did not appear in color until \"The Band Concert\" in 1935). Mickey Mouse takes on multiple", "title": "The Opry House" }, { "docid": "18096869", "text": "a glow stick color. There was no cut to black at 0:17, when they all switched from a house without a broken glass to a house with a broken glass. And there was no cut to black at 0:46, when Mike alone switched to a different reality. So the cuts don't signify any of those things. Byrkit intentionally chose actors who did not know each other. He told an interviewer that, after working on blockbuster films (such as \"\"), \"I come from theater where I was trained to really just concentrate on story and character on a stage with actors", "title": "Coherence (film)" }, { "docid": "19777963", "text": "apologizes to Aina and Sajal wants Rania and Maaz to marry each other, when they found out they were so surprised, at Tabi's mehndi a girl threatens tabi to stay away from affaqq, she zoomed to Afaq's prison of the house and gives him the photos, Aliya was shocked to see the photos. at the shaadi the boys were dancing ( Maaz, Asher,and Afaqq)when the police arrived and took Afaq, when Mohsin blames Aliya for her sons misbehavior, they decide to replace Tabi's Shaadi With Rania's marriage . Then Mohsin finds out Maaz is not Faraz and Sajal son but", "title": "Kuch Na Kaho (TV series)" }, { "docid": "96007", "text": "color they see with some mixture of just two primary colors (in contrast to those with normal sight (trichromats) who can distinguish three primary colors). Dichromats usually know they have a color vision problem, and it can affect their daily lives. Out of the male population, 2% have severe difficulties distinguishing between red, orange, yellow, and green. (Orange and yellow are different combinations of red and green light.) Colors in this range, which appear very different to a normal viewer, appear to a dichromat to be the same or a similar color. The terms protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia come from", "title": "Color blindness" }, { "docid": "16057574", "text": "mum about the topless photos when asked by media. She stated, \"I don’t think that’s a good question for Miss Earth. Real beauty should be not only natural beauty but the beauty should come from the inside\". Her fellow candidates have mixed reactions regarding the issue. However, the organizers of the Miss Earth contest came to the defense of the Russian beauty, saying Pereverzeva did not violate moral standards. They also said Pereverzeva’s Playboy pictorial was not as daring as the Playboy spread of another European contest who was not allowed to participate in the pageant. \"We cannot enforce our", "title": "Miss Earth 2012" }, { "docid": "11440532", "text": "at work. Emily asks Luke to come with her. When Luke volunteers to unlock the door, he is sucked into the dimensional portal and finds himself transported to the deserts of Egypt where he later dies from dehydration in the vast, arid desert. The Hackers think Luke's disappearance is merely a practical joke, but they never learn of his fate, nor find any trace of him. Jamie Lee takes the kids out to nearby Central Park to play where she takes photos of them. A woman picks up a discarded Polaroid photo taken of Susie that hadn't developed earlier. It", "title": "Manhattan Baby" }, { "docid": "7480302", "text": "the Bhallas come to know about this, they decide to welcome him as their son-law, and a lavish engagement party takes place. It is then Ashish finds out that he has cancer, and he begins to create misunderstandings between him and Rani. He tries becoming an alcoholic, but that is considered normal with the Bhalla family; he confesses to Rani that he has loved Sania, a model with ad-agency, which is welcomed by Rani as being truthful and honest. But when Rani notices that he has put up Sania's photos all over his apartment, it is then that she breaks", "title": "Shaadi Se Pehle" }, { "docid": "10975161", "text": "removal from the residence, widely circulated photos of Williams in the hospital showed stab wounds on her legs and her hair seemingly pulled from its roots. Civil rights leaders, community activists and others asserted that the racial motive made the incident subject to prosecution under hate crimes statutes. Authorities did not initially file hate crime charges in the attack, but prosecutors did not rule out such a move down the road. When pressed on the possibility of such charges, authorities said that they were focused on the charges with the toughest penalties, noting that the maximum sentence for a hate", "title": "Megan Williams case" }, { "docid": "8581651", "text": "Bailey Circus for four years and taught photography at the School of Visual Arts. He wrote several instructional books on photography, including \"Jerry Yulsman Tells How to Take Glamour Photographs\" (1960), \"The Complete Book of 8mm Movie Making\" (1972), \"The Complete Book of 35mm Photography\" (1976) and \"Color Photography Simplified\" (1977). His personal approach to photography was expressed when he stated, \"I believe that the main function of photography is a historical one. I think of photos first as historical documents, delineating time and place, and only secondarily as possible works of art.\" His color photos of Kerouac with Joyce", "title": "Jerry Yulsman" }, { "docid": "14940647", "text": "photos on both sides, when arranged together they form completed pictures. Also included is a die-cast metal medallion with the words \"\" (dōbutsukaihō) meaning \"animal liberation\" and a double-sided insert. The outside of the box depicts a forested mountain landscape with clouds, while the inside shows Japanese wisteria hanging on a trellis. The sleeves show the pond at Kawasaki Daishi on one side, and a close-up of hanging wisteria on the other. The LP reissue comes in a pair of custom-made boxes, each holding nine LPs. Each disc comes in a full-color sleeve and has full-color center labels. Also included", "title": "Merzbient" }, { "docid": "18861498", "text": "their affair. Maddy later witnesses Matt trying to give Charlotte a flower and works out that they are dating. Matt takes photos of himself and Charlotte in bed together. Matt informs Charlotte that Maddy knows about them, and she threatens Maddy. Charlotte then ends things with Matt. When Leah tries to work out who she is dating, Charlotte panics and Andy lies that it is him. Matt threatens to release the photos and Charlotte tries to take his phone. He later tells her that the photos are on his laptop. When Leah's house burns down, Matt accuses Charlotte. He later", "title": "Charlotte King (Home and Away)" }, { "docid": "2578508", "text": "day market a miniature model of the airship. Woodbridge was color blind, yet he worked in color, as noted by cartoonist Sergio Aragonés, \"He was such a good friend. He knew everything about history and he knew everything about artwork. When I was starting out and they gave me assignments that had to be in color, George was the one who helped me. Even though he was color blind, he did the most remarkable work in color. He was a wonderful man, and I will miss him very much.\" Woodbridge told Mark Evanier (\"Mad Art\"): \"I regard myself as an", "title": "George Woodbridge" }, { "docid": "9498383", "text": "are not meant to replace standard inkjets. Many manufacturers advertise the cost per page of photos printed on their machines; this theoretically convinces people that they can print their own pictures just as cheaply as retail stores or through online printing services. Most compact photo printers share a similar design. They are small units, usually with large LCDs in order to allow people to browse and edit their photos, as can be done on a computer. The editing options are usually somewhat advanced, allowing the user to crop photos, remove red eye, adjust color settings as well as other functions.", "title": "Compact photo printer" }, { "docid": "5066863", "text": "8 more victories, bringing his unbeaten streak up to 19 straight fights. Rutten left Pancrase as one of the most dominant fighters in the history of the organization. MMA legend Ken Shamrock was the only fighter Rutten did not avenge a loss to. In 2000, when Rutten was PRIDE FC's color commentator, a third fight with Shamrock was entertained. Rutten agreed to come out of retirement to fight Shamrock in PRIDE FC. However, Shamrock stated that he already beat Rutten twice and that a third time wasn't necessary. Later, in 2002, Rutten said that he would not fight Shamrock again", "title": "Bas Rutten" }, { "docid": "6731977", "text": "photos added to them to complete the page. Digital scrapbooking Digital scrapbooking is the term for the creation of a new 2D artwork by re-combining various graphic elements. It is a form of scrapbooking that is done using a personal computer, digital or scanned photos and computer graphics software. It is a relatively new form of the traditional print scrapbooking. Digital scrapbooking kits are available to purchase and download at many websites that specialize in the craft. Kits contain graphics and word-art and are usually themed and color-coordinated. They usually consist of a mix of background images and \"cut out\"", "title": "Digital scrapbooking" }, { "docid": "2669070", "text": "parts of its range, some trees are evergreen or semi-evergreen, with negligible fall color. The leaves are three to seven inches broad with glandular serrate teeth. The base is truncate or slightly heart-shaped. They come out of the bud plicate, downy, pale green, when full grown are bright green, smooth, shining above, paler beneath. They contain tannin and when bruised give a resinous fragrance. While the starry five-pointed leaves of \"Liquidambar\" resemble those of some maples (\"Acer\"), \"Liquidambar\" is easily distinguished from \"Acer\" by its glossy, leathery leaves that are positioned singly (alternate), not in pairs (opposite) on the stems.", "title": "Liquidambar styraciflua" }, { "docid": "11395954", "text": "with its proper family. When the babies are grown, the man from the poor family (who has been led to believe that he did come from the rich family) goes to the house of the other and throws him out. The remainder of the movie deals with the frustrations of mistaken identity. The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1914 film) The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1914) is a British silent drama film. The film, now considered a lost film, was made using the additive color Kinemacolor process. The title comes from the \"Book of Common Prayer\": \"From", "title": "The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1914 film)" }, { "docid": "17244835", "text": "kitchen about 40 times in a row, talked to himself with a whisper, began to wander aimlessly around the room. He took out all our family photo albums, as well as his army photos, and burned them. When asked why he did this, he replied that they interfere, they are from a past life.\" Eventually, Pomazun decided to upgrade the vehicle category of his drivers license with the intention of becoming a taxicab driver and passed the theory test, but in April 2013 he failed the practical test. According to Alexander Pomazun, he had begun to behave aggressively returning from", "title": "2013 Belgorod shooting" }, { "docid": "7473989", "text": "and meant that the day will come, when the Sudeten Area will become a part of Germany. Also in 2007, Topolánek was criticised when he raised his middle finger in the lower house. In October 2008, Topolánek lashed out at a photographer who was taking photographs of his 15-month-old son. BBC reported that at one stage Topolánek pushed the photographer against a wall and threateningly asked why he was taking photos of him. On 30 May 2009, the Italian police seized photos under suspicion of a violation of privacy. One photo, according to world media showed Topolánek naked at Villa", "title": "Mirek Topolánek" }, { "docid": "14373936", "text": "be made public, police said, because they were too sexually explicit. In the first few weeks, police reported that approximately 21 women had come forward to identify themselves, and \"at least six families\" said they believed they recognized loved ones who \"disappeared years ago and were never found\". None of the photos were unequivocally connected to a missing person case or unsolved murder until 2013 when a family member recognized the photo of Christine Thornton, 28, whose body was found in Wyoming in 1982 (see below). As of September 2016, 110 of the original photos remain posted online, and police", "title": "Rodney Alcala" }, { "docid": "3743627", "text": "Sam and later found out that she was pregnant with his child. At first she did not tell him, as she found out when they were estranged, but she eventually told him the truth when they reconciled. While he had mixed feelings, he realized that he was going to love this baby with all of his heart. Mac Cory, who did not know that Sam was related to Mitch, was finally let in on the information. Liz Matthews (Irene Dailey), who had come back to town and resumed secretarial duties for Mac, found Sam's file and told Mac that his", "title": "Sam and Amanda Fowler" }, { "docid": "14791274", "text": "border in northern Israel. The soldiers were in Israeli territory, carrying out routine maintenance and was pre-coordinated with UNIFIL.\" Only then, the spokesperson said, did Israel return fire. The Israel Defense Forces released aerial footage that claims to show the IDF soldiers were standing in Israeli territory when fired on, and \"did not cross the Lebanese border.\" United Nations representatives confirmed the photos. Israeli analysts speculated that a renegade commander sympathetic to Hezbollah may have ordered the attack. Israeli soldiers also showed UNIFIL representatives the observation post they claimed had been fired on, which had bloodstains at the entrance. According", "title": "2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash" }, { "docid": "13063213", "text": "1910s and did not come into general use until much later. Many photographers who did their own darkroom work preferred to go without the seeming luxury of sensitivity to red—a rare color in nature and uncommon even in man-made objects—rather than be forced to abandon the traditional red darkroom safelight and process their exposed film in complete darkness. Kodak's popular Verichrome black-and-white snapshot film, introduced in 1931, remained a red-insensitive orthochromatic product until 1956, when it was replaced by Verichrome Pan. Amateur darkroom enthusiasts then had to handle the undeveloped film by the sense of touch alone. Experiments with color", "title": "Photographic film" }, { "docid": "3303720", "text": "out, much to the relief of the outlaws, who continue working on the newspaper, but comes back with a man's wallet, saying she did it because you need to have crime in a newspaper. The man comes back to retrieve his wallet, when Ethel (William's sister, and also the girl the man is in love with), enters, and a few photos of Ethel fall out of the man's wallet- the Outlaws and Violet Elizabeth are let off the hook, and the rain has stopped – so they go outside and resume their normal outdoor activities. Joan, William's only friend who", "title": "William in Trouble (short story collection)" }, { "docid": "5404489", "text": "lawsuit claimed that the three former employees who filed the lawsuit had been driven out of the company because they had complained about the seminars Applied Scholastics had been contracted to teach there. Applied Scholastics said regarding the case, \"In ten years of business, we've never had anything come up like this.\" In 1998, the group submitted five of its books for approval as supplemental classroom texts to the California Department of Education. The review board found no religious content to object to, although they did object to the lack of portrayals of disabled persons and people of color. The", "title": "Applied Scholastics" }, { "docid": "1415752", "text": "September 1951, production began on the only CBS-Columbia color television model, with the first color sets reaching retail stores on September 28. But it was too little, too late. Only 200 sets had been shipped, and only 100 sold, when CBS discontinued its color television system on October 20, 1951, ostensibly by request of the National Production Authority for the duration of the Korean War, and bought back all the CBS color sets it could to prevent lawsuits by disappointed customers. RCA chairman David Sarnoff later charged that the NPA's order had come \"out of a situation artificially created by", "title": "Color television" }, { "docid": "12829738", "text": "Suzuki St. Pierre and when Daniel learns of this, Betty skips out of the hospital to stop him from using it on \"Fashion Buzz\". After getting the info from an \"ex-boyfriend\" of Suzuki's who works at \"Mode\", Daniel and Betty head to New Jersey, where they discover the truth about Suzuki: his real name is Byron Wu, and he is a straight guy who is married with two sons. Afterward, Byron agrees not to use the photos as they promise to keep his secret. However, the photo featuring Molly holding hands with Daniel did end up in the newspaper with", "title": "Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" }, { "docid": "15251632", "text": "to change the feeling of the episode, and prepare viewers for next week. As guest actor Leonard Nimoy, who plays William Bell, was unavailable to shoot the brief conversation with Blair Brown's Nina Sharp, the producers knew they wanted to do something a little more creative for the scene. They talked to cartoonist Frank Miller and hired a special effects school to do all the modeling, which they accomplished based on photos of Nimoy, because the actor could not come in to have his head scanned; he did some voicework however. The finished scene included an animated version of Nimoy's", "title": "Brown Betty (Fringe)" }, { "docid": "17688921", "text": "Virginia State University. She met her future husband, Leroy W. Clark, while both were students at West Virginia State, though they did not marry until 1960, when both were living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The couple had two children, Mark and Adrienne. She had moved to Philadelphia after college for professional reasons. She was a member of the Bright Hope Baptist Church from 1954 until 2013. Clark moved to Philadelphia when she was hired as an assistant on the now defunct \"Color\" magazine. \"Color\", which was based on \"Life\" magazine, was targeted for African-American readers. However, \"Color\" folded and went out-of", "title": "Augusta Clark" }, { "docid": "19129803", "text": "outlives vinyl and wood by as much as 38%. Majic fiberglass windows are manufactured from pultruded fiberglass. They can be painted any color and come in a variety of different shapes and styles. Wood doors warp in the winter and steel doors often lack charm and decorative appeal. Majic offers a solution to these problems by producing entry doors made out of the same fiberglass they make their windows with. Majic doors don't crack, warp, or rot, and they come in a variety of different design options. However, fiberglass doors come with a higher price tag in comparison to other", "title": "Majic Window" }, { "docid": "858059", "text": "did not remember seeing any stars during EVA. Conspiracists contend that NASA chose not to put the stars into the photos because astronomers would have been able to use them to determine whether the photos were taken from the Earth or the Moon, by means of identifying them and comparing their celestial position and parallax to what would be expected for either observation site. 5. The angle and color of shadows are inconsistent. This suggests that artificial lights were used. 6. There are identical backgrounds in photos which, according to their captions, were taken miles apart. This suggests that a", "title": "Moon landing conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "19682466", "text": "also often made for executives of the manufacturers and railroad companies to hang in their offices. Builder's photos were also reproduced as post cards as well as reprinted in advertisements to promote the railroad companies or manufacturers depicted therein. In the United Kingdom, steam locomotives were often temporarily painted in photographic grey color schemes so they would photograph well in black and white images. Some details in darker-colored areas of the subject were also sometimes painted in a high-contrast bright color to ensure that they would be visible in the photograph. Historians and preservationists use builder's photos as official references", "title": "Builder's photo" }, { "docid": "13207081", "text": "Chronicle\" critic David Wiegand was \"not all that fond\" of \"a concept in search of smarter execution than you get here.\" Another Tribeca reviewer, Ryan Stewart, described the film as one of two from Mood Enhancer (Tribeca's short films program) that \"some will come away loving...There are a handful of genuine laughs in this one\". Color Me Olsen Color Me Olsen is an 18-minute 2007 short independent film directed and written by Darren Stein. It was produced by Bryan Singer. Bright-eyed 18-year-old identical twin brothers come to Hollywood with the age-old dream of becoming stars. When they see the performers", "title": "Color Me Olsen" }, { "docid": "2264641", "text": "photos and get permission to use those photos in news outlets. The content of photos tends to outweigh their quality when it comes to news value. On February 18, 2004, The New York Times published on their front page a photo of AT&T CEO John Zeglis which was taken with a camera phone. Content remains the most important element of photojournalism, but the ability to extend deadlines with rapid gathering and editing of images has brought significant changes. As recently as 15 years ago, nearly 30 minutes were needed to scan and transmit a single color photograph from a remote", "title": "Photojournalism" }, { "docid": "15558209", "text": "rolling out a change to the order of photos visible in a user's timeline, shifting from a strictly chronological order to one determined by an algorithm. Instagram said the algorithm was designed so that users would see more of the photos by users that they liked, but there was significant negative feedback, with many users asking their followers to turn on post notifications in order to make sure they see updates. The company wrote a tweet to users upset at the prospect of the change, but did not back down, nor provide a way to change it back. In response", "title": "Instagram" }, { "docid": "3947071", "text": "along the boardwalk, arranged in color groups, and laid out with property value cards. Trespassing dice are thrown: two standard numeric six-sided dice, and a special color die. The total number tells the player how much they are allowed to spend; the color die tells the player within which color group they can spend. The color die could also tell the player that they can build in any color group (when the die comes up as a \"W\", for \"Wild\"), or that they have to draw a card (when the die comes up as an \"F\", for \"Fortune Card\"). When", "title": "Advance to Boardwalk" }, { "docid": "14303504", "text": "girl toys took on 'boy only' toy colors. This again emphasizes the distinction in color use for children's toys. Gender differences in color associations can also be seen amongst adults. Differences were noted for male and female participants, where the two genders did not agree on which color pairs they enjoyed the most when presented with a variety of colors. Men and women also did not agree on which colors should be classified as masculine and feminine. This could imply that men and women generally prefer different colors when purchasing items. Men and women also misperceive what colors the opposite", "title": "Color psychology" }, { "docid": "2645334", "text": "his replacement on \"Superstars\", his second stint as a color commentator on the show with Vince McMahon, this time with Jim Ross added as the analyst. Later in 1996, McMahon left and Ross switched to the play-by-play role. Perfect also did color commentary at Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and pay-per-views. Perfect also served as the special guest referee for the WWF Championship match between Shawn Michaels and British Bulldog at June's King of the Ring pay-per-view. In the mid-1996, Hennig was placed in an angle with Hunter Hearst Helmsley, where he would come out to the ringside during Helmsley's matches and", "title": "Curt Hennig" }, { "docid": "9425732", "text": "\"Their Eyes Were Watching God\" or Ann Petry’s \"The Street\" was available. People did not care because they were considered to be marginal and unimportant writers.\" Another main factor that ultimately led to the development of Kitchen Table was the racism within the mainstream women's movement during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a result, women of color decided to come up with their own alternative. In her essay \"A Press of our Own: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press\", founder Barbara Smith describes the beginnings of the press this way: \"In October 1980, Audre Lorde said to me", "title": "Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press" }, { "docid": "16554291", "text": "friends with will be there. JR agrees to come to the party and convinces Colin to come by reminding him that Kim will be there. At the party, the TV agent does not show up and JR has difficulty getting along with her former friends, who seem to have more successful lives than her. Meanwhile, Colin gets into a fight with some guys at the party. After Colin recovers, he makes out with Kim. JR walks into the room where Colin is making out, they engage in a heated argument with Kim. Colin later vomits grossed out by Kim. After", "title": "The Color Wheel" }, { "docid": "7514313", "text": "part of the sketch or ad-libbed, until a \"Mad TV\" head writer revealed that the fight was real and Sasso did actually bleed. Hart returned three weeks later to accept Sasso's challenge of an arm-wrestling match. The \"Mad TV\" logo appears against the backdrop of a busy street in Los Angeles. The theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. Cast members are introduced alphabetically, with their names appearing in caption over a slow-motion montage of color still photos of them. When the last featured cast member is introduced, the music stops and", "title": "Mad TV (season 4)" }, { "docid": "16414977", "text": "2012, they were featured in Kerrang!'s Shots of 2011 - The New Breed, which contained photos of new and upcoming bands, and their release show for their EP '... The Blood Never Dries' was rated four Ks out of five by Kerrang!, who did a full-page spread on it: in the review, they labelled them as \"potential stars of the future.\" Kerrang! also later called them \"the new band of [their] dreams\" in an introducing page. They received their first major award nomination in May 2012 when they were nominated for \"Best British Newcomer\" at the 2012 Kerrang! Awards. Kier", "title": "FVK (band)" }, { "docid": "2662057", "text": "255 is the top scale and thus the last block has clipped! When this happens, we lose the contrast of the last 2 blocks, and thus, we cannot recover the image no matter how we adjust it. To conclude, when taking photos with a camera that displays histograms, always keep the brightest tone in the image below the largest scale 255 on the histogram in order to avoid losing details. The main drawback of histograms for classification is that the representation is dependent of the color of the object being studied, ignoring its shape and texture. Color histograms can potentially", "title": "Color histogram" }, { "docid": "843780", "text": "anniversary of Diệm's 1954 ascension to Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam. American pressmen had been alerted to a Buddhist demonstration to coincide with Double Seven Day at the Chanatareansey Pagoda in northern Saigon. When the Buddhists filed out of the pagoda into an adjacent alley, they were blocked by Nhu's secret police. When Peter Arnett and Malcolm Browne began taking photos, the police punched Arnett in the nose, floored him, threw rocks and broke his camera. Browne took photos of Arnett's bloodied face, and while the police smashed his camera, the film survived. Photos of Arnett's bloodied face", "title": "Ngô Đình Nhu" }, { "docid": "15648748", "text": "Photo Stream will not be removed from the computer when they are dropped out of Photo Stream after the user reaches the 1,000-photo or 30-day limit. The service is also integrated with Apple TV, allowing users to view their recent photos wirelessly on their HDTV. iCloud Photo Library is a feature on iOS 8.1 or later and OS X Yosemite (version 10.10) of later, plus web app access. The service stores all of the user's photos, maintaining their original resolution and metadata. Users can access their iCloud Photo Library on supported devices via the new Photos app when available or", "title": "ICloud" }, { "docid": "17512452", "text": "were in camp at the time, produced carte de visite photos of Gordon showing his back. During the examination, Gordon is quoted as saying, Ten days from to-day I left the plantation. Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; he discharged the overseer. My master was not present. I don't remember the whipping. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping and my sense began to come – I was sort of crazy. I tried to shoot everybody. They said so, I did", "title": "Gordon (slave)" }, { "docid": "17221613", "text": "featured baseball legends and MLB mascots, and singer Michael Franti performed at The Color Run's new yoga event, Soul Pose. In 2016 The Color Run partnered with Sparkling Fruit2O for races in Canada where participants were given samples of the carbonated waters and teas at the finish line. The Color Run also partnered with Epson in 2016, where they provided an Epson EcoTank tent for post-race photo ops and new technology to check out. In addition to these companies, The Color Run also partnered with Sally Hansen Canada where they did a giveaway for some beauty products as well as", "title": "The Color Run" }, { "docid": "14570691", "text": "with the color red, Martha always demurred. Being a stranger and shy, as well as unhappy in her unfamiliar surroundings, Martha could not make friends among the students. They sensed that she was different from them, and having heard she was wealthy, they mistook her shyness for disdain. Martha sat alone and apart from them in the dining hall, and seldom spoke to her roommate. When other girls (Huntingdon was an all-female institution at this time) dropped in to visit, she seemed so cold and unfriendly that they eventually stopped coming. Truthfully, many of them had only come out of", "title": "Red Lady of Huntingdon College" }, { "docid": "11291311", "text": "are given out dictating teams. Students/campers have meetings and team time periods throughout color war. Cheers are made up by members of the teams and teams come up with songs to sing and flyers to put up around the location of color war. Multiple events occur, each worth a certain number of points. Events include sports competitions, cheer-offs, as well as knowledge competitions. Sometimes silent lunch is an activity, where every team has to be silent. In some cases, each team gets a day where they have to decorate a lunch room and they do their best to encompass their", "title": "Color war" }, { "docid": "10930614", "text": "Kiss to be composed of founders Gene Simmons (bass), Paul Stanley (singer/guitarist), and Frehley. The release did not say Frehley had quit, but instead stated Frehley was too injured from a recent car crash to tour, but might make appearances onstage when able. The band used group photos containing Ace Frehley for the tour's press kits and ad material during early dates; these were used by promoters for advertising, so many fans did not realize Frehley was replaced until they came to the venues. Before Vincent was announced, new photos were taken and later dates featured the band with Vincent", "title": "Creatures of the Night Tour/10th Anniversary Tour" }, { "docid": "16602587", "text": "eventually come up to fight in the ring. Ken refuses and the next day, ken explains to Billy about the money the fighters make. This angers Billy, who has been going undercover and tracking the dojo down. Billy finally reveals to Ken that he was once a cop and he regrets quitting. Ken knows that Billy wants to take the dojo down because of the kids who are fighting. That night, Billy and Spinelli, who Billy called earlier in the day, reunite at the dojo but come up with nothing. Billy takes photos and as the duo walk out, they", "title": "Showdown (1993 film)" }, { "docid": "2335048", "text": "the past season plus career totals. The practice of showing complete career statistics became permanent in 1963, except for one year, 1971, when Topps sacrificed the full statistics in order to put a player photo on the back of the card as well. Although the 1971 set was an aborted experiment in terms of putting photos on card backs (they would not return until 1992), that year was also a landmark in terms of baseball card photography, as Topps for the first time included cards showing color photographs from actual games. The cards themselves had been in color from the", "title": "Topps" }, { "docid": "13615045", "text": "always capture what he saw and felt on film. He eventually found the answer in painting. Once he lived in Florida he began taking photos of large estates including their grounds, their gardens, their specimen plants, the vistas as seen through their gates and sold them for extra income. The owners often voiced the thought that they wished they could be in color as these were the days before color film or digital cameras. To add color he used cotton twisted on a toothpick dipped in paint. In tinting he had to get acquainted with artist oils. He saw details", "title": "Mulford B. Foster" }, { "docid": "13207079", "text": "Color Me Olsen Color Me Olsen is an 18-minute 2007 short independent film directed and written by Darren Stein. It was produced by Bryan Singer. Bright-eyed 18-year-old identical twin brothers come to Hollywood with the age-old dream of becoming stars. When they see the performers in front of the world-famous Grauman's Chinese Theater impersonating Superman, Dorothy and the Pirate Johnny, they think this could be their big break. Crossing the gender divide, they take on the roles of mega-famous twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, losing themselves in their \"roles\" of the tween superstars, until their fabricated personas threaten to", "title": "Color Me Olsen" }, { "docid": "8301369", "text": "Park did not intend for it to become an attraction for amateur astronomers; the astronomers came to them instead. In 1997 or 1998 Chip Harrison, the park supervisor, noticed a man looking through a telescope at the park at about 1 AM. When Harrison asked why the man had come there, the astronomer said he had noticed an isolated black patch over north central Pennsylvania on nighttime satellite photos. Cherry Springs State Park is in that patch, one of the best locations east of the Mississippi River for stargazing. An increasing number of astronomers began to come to Cherry Springs,", "title": "Cherry Springs State Park" }, { "docid": "14390848", "text": "\"I did manage to take a few 35mm photos during those days, but the lighting was poor and my camera's slow f6.3 lens and slow film speed resulted in much underexposed negatives. Furthermore, the constant activity did not lend itself [to] yanking out the camera and shooting photos. In retrospect, I wish I had taken many more. But, that's life.\" Lt. Ito was awarded the Bronze Star. In a unique and unrecorded event at the end of the war, in May 1945, Ito and elements of the 522nd were ordered to capture and occupy Hitler's headquarters in Berchtesgaden. They captured", "title": "Susumu Ito" }, { "docid": "19233767", "text": "shortly after it was installed, but completely re-installed and recreated when the mural was restored in 2012. Stretching 672 feet, the mural contains 35 different colors that are blended together to create a sense of openness and a new sense of government. At the time, Glaser said, \"The Colors really seemed like the right solution.\" The commissioning of the mural was a collaboration between the architect Evans Woollen, Glaser and the GSA's Art in Architecture program at a cost of $75,000. \"The idea for the colored band at the base of the federal building did indeed come out of conversations", "title": "Color Fuses" }, { "docid": "11170397", "text": "Spree and The Flaming Lips but the band states that what really influences them is color. They became interested in Isaac Newton's Theory of Color and Sound and focus their musical styles on a color. That color represents each song. They have produced two EPs called \"Red\" and \"Yellow\", each song on the EPs reminding the band of that representative color. When questioned as to what will come of their album-naming scheme once the traditional red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet color spectrum has been exhausted, Ryan was quoted as saying, \"It is entirely possible that we will have to expand to non-visible areas of", "title": "Colourmusic" }, { "docid": "3952032", "text": "surrogate father to her two young children. Brudnoy did not come out to his father and stepmother until his illness in 1994; his father Harry was 88 years old when Brudnoy finally phoned him to give him the news and also discuss the health crisis he was undergoing. David was pleasantly surprised that his parents were supportive. Brudnoy had previously come out to his aunt and uncle after they lost a son (also homosexual) to AIDS. Brudnoy came out publicly in 1994, after returning from hospitalization to overcome his long-hidden fight with AIDS. Having attracted a largely conservative audience based", "title": "David Brudnoy" }, { "docid": "19344648", "text": "and I guess they must have penalized us a couple laps or something. I don’t really know. I haven’t really seen it.” Team owner Joe Gibbs said after the race that he thought \"we’ve been doing that for a long time, and I was just curious when that change came. So if we missed something on the change, that’s what I was trying to find out. When did that come out and when they did change it because our guys have been laying it there for a long time.” Wise was also tagged for his crew being over the wall", "title": "2016 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500" }, { "docid": "531320", "text": "as well as locating or identifying potential mates. Surprisingly, given their ability to change color, all octopodes and most cephalopods are considered to be color blind. Coleoid cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish) have a single photoreceptor type and lack the ability to determine color by comparing detected photon intensity across multiple spectral channels. When camouflaging themselves, they use their chromatophores to change brightness and pattern according to the background they see, but their ability to match the specific color of a background may come from cells such as iridophores and leucophores that reflect light from the environment. They also produce visual", "title": "Cephalopod" }, { "docid": "20146389", "text": "Navalny — and Ukrainian politicians (Arsen Avakov, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Oleh Lyashko). As a result of numerous attacks, part of the Russian opposition leaders began to use zelyonka and green color as a \"badge of honor\". After Navalny was attacked in Barnaul, dozens of his supporters posted online photos of themselves \"in green\" (#GreenNavalny), and blogger Nikolai Danilov, who came to Red Square with a face covered with green colour, was detained by the police. When Kasyanov was attacked on the Nemtsov memorial march, the demonstrants began to cry out: \"You won't pour zelyonka over us!\" On May 4, 2017, Alexei", "title": "Zelyonka attack" }, { "docid": "8746640", "text": "a contribution.\" Mankowitz’s photographs of Jimi Hendrix didn’t gain popularity until several years after they were taken. They were taken in black and white, which was Mankowitz’s typical style, but Hendrix’s manager insisted on colour photographs for album covers. Therefore, the pictures were not revealed to the public until 1992, when Mankowitz had his first solo exhibition in London. The collection of Jimi Hendrix photos have since appeared on books, record covers, and magazines. John Varvatos, a men's fashion designer, wrote this about a photo taken by Mankowitz: \"This is from a series of photos Gered Mankowitz did with Jimi", "title": "Gered Mankowitz" }, { "docid": "8561734", "text": "Will by refusing to organise the wedding, then getting help so she does not have to deal directly with the couple but this does not work. Michelle and Will acknowledge their feelings for each other. When Steve does not come home for Michelle's 40th birthday, Michelle goes to Will's home and they kiss. As Michelle and Will are about to sleep together, Michelle sees photos of Will and Saskia and leaves. Michelle goes home and finds Steve has come home. Michelle tells Carla about what happened with her and Will and he tells Michelle that he has called off his", "title": "Michelle Connor" }, { "docid": "14126674", "text": "is defeated, and the truth is brought out. They did it for property. He tells them to take whatever they want, and that he does not need a penny, except for his mother and Helen. The day arrives when the property is divided, and a stranger buys their whole property. The person is a benaami and the real owner is a big person, who then comes out, i.e., David and his wife are shocked. He introduces himself, and everyone is shocked. He tells them he did not come for their money or wealth, although the only one with the right", "title": "Thanthonni" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12680351", "text": "Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii in November 2008. It is the fifth mainstream game of the \"Call of Duty\" series and returns the setting to World War II. The game is also the first title in the \"Black Ops\" story line. \"World at War\" received ports featuring different storyline versions, while remaining in the World War II setting, for the and . A Windows Mobile version was", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680375", "text": "years to make, twice as long as Treyarch's previous entry to the series, \"Call of Duty 3\". The game is powered by an improved version of the \"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare\" engine, with several improvements made to the physics model. Environments are more destructible and can be set on fire with the flamethrower, whose fire propagates. Dismemberment, as well as realistic skin and clothes burning of the characters were added. Not long after, Treyarch released the modding tools for \"Call of Duty: World at War\". These tools were the same ones used to create all the other \"Call", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680351", "text": "Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii in November 2008. It is the fifth mainstream game of the \"Call of Duty\" series and returns the setting to World War II. The game is also the first title in the \"Black Ops\" story line. \"World at War\" received ports featuring different storyline versions, while remaining in the World War II setting, for the and . A Windows Mobile version was", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680393", "text": "of Duty: World at War Zombies\" was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch on November 16, 2009 by Activision, Treyarch, and Ideaworks Game Studio. The game is based on the Nazi Zombies mode in Call of Duty: World at War, and featured a tutorial map and maps called Nacht der Untoten, Shi No Numa and Der Riese, with a downloadable map named Zombie Verrückt. In 2010, an HD iPad version was released with enhanced graphics and the Zombie Verrückt map free to play without buying, but without the Shi No Numa and Der Riese maps. \"Call of Duty: World", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680400", "text": "and \"\". The Xbox 360 version of \"World at War\" received a \"Double Platinum\" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. ELSPA gave the PlayStation 3 release a \"Platinum\" certification, for sales of at least 300,000 copies in the region. As of November 2013, the game has sold 15.7 million copies. Call of Duty: World at War Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3,", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680353", "text": "and repeated in many following Call of Duty entries. Vehicles, in the form of tanks, that players can control appear on certain multiplayer maps. The game also contains downloadable content called \"map packs\", which can be purchased online. A new feature to the series was the addition of a cooperative mode, which supports up to two players locally and four players online. Development for \"World at War\" took two years and began after the release of Treyarch's previous title, \"Call of Duty 3\", which was also set in World War II and was their first title they developed for the", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680395", "text": "the casual and hardcore alike.\" Overall, the \"Official Xbox Magazine\" described the game as being more like an expansion pack in the \"Call of Duty\" series rather than a full game. IGN applauded the developer Treyarch for its decision to stage \"World at War\" in the Pacific theater of World War II. The addition of a co-op mode was also complimented as helping to increase the game's replayability, and the multiplayer mode was described as \"definitely an area where World at War shines.\" Some positive points noted by GameSpot include the \"well-acted dialogue\" of the characters Sgt. Roebuck and Sgt.", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9246417", "text": "of the main series. Released after \"Modern Warfare\", it returns to the World War II setting of earlier titles, featuring the Pacific theater and Eastern front. The game uses the same proprietary game engine as \"Call of Duty 4\" and was released for the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 consoles and the Nintendo DS handheld in North America on November 11, 2008, and November 14, 2008 in Europe. As of June 2009, \"Call of Duty: World at War\" has sold over 11 million copies. It acts as a prologue for Treyarch's next game, \"Black Ops\", which is in the", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "15116227", "text": "vocals are (in chronological order): \"Lullaby of a Dead Man\", \"The One\" and \"Beauty of Annihilation\" from \"Call of Duty: World at War\" and \"Call of Duty: Black Ops\"; \"115\", \"Abracadavre\", \"Pareidolia\" and \"Coming Home\" from \"Call of Duty: Black Ops\"; \"Archangel\" from \"Call of Duty: Black Ops II\"; \"Dead Again\" and \"The Gift\" from \"Call of Duty: Black Ops III\". All songs were written and produced by Kevin Sherwood, sound designer and composer at Treyarch. She also provided vocals for the jingle of an item in the Zombies game mode called \"Juggernog Perk-a-Cola\". On 24 May 2011, she released", "title": "Elena Siegman" }, { "docid": "4929267", "text": "at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a side-story/expansion of the original game \"Call of Duty 2\", which was released on PC and Xbox 360 in the same year. \"Big Red One\" differs from other games in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise in that it focuses on a single Allied formation in World War II: the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, which goes by", "title": "Call of Duty 2: Big Red One" }, { "docid": "12680376", "text": "of Duty\" series games, but with slight changes version to version, which can be downloaded online. Kiefer Sutherland and Gary Oldman were cast as voice actors for the game. Sutherland voices the narrator and squad leader of the American campaign, Sergeant Roebuck, while Oldman voices that of the Soviet campaign, Sergeant Reznov. A full-sized replica PBY Catalina was constructed for motion capture use. The music for \"Call of Duty: World at War\" was composed by Sean Murray. He had worked with Brian Tuey, Treyarch's audio director, on \"\", the sequel to the first \"\". Murray said Tuey “knew I would", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "4929262", "text": "Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a side-story/expansion of the original game \"Call of Duty 2\", which was released on PC and Xbox 360 in the same year. \"Big Red One\" differs from other games in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise in that it focuses on a single Allied formation in World War II: the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, which goes by the nickname \"Big Red One\" due to their", "title": "Call of Duty 2: Big Red One" }, { "docid": "2303287", "text": "on November 10, 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Much like Infinity Ward before them, Treyarch has left World War II battlefield and now heads into the Cold War era, which includes the Vietnam War, titled \"\", which was released on November 9, 2010. A sequel to \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2\" called \"\" was released November 8, 2011. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, and the Nintendo DS handheld. A sequel to \"Call of Duty: Black Ops\", \"\", was released on November 13, 2012 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and", "title": "Call of Duty (video game)" }, { "docid": "9246416", "text": "The game was said to have been in development since only two weeks after the release of \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2\". Sledgehammer was aiming for a \"bug free\" first outing in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, and had also set a goal for Metacritic review scores above 95 percent. The game continues the story from the point at which it ended in the \"\" and continues the fictional battle story between the United States and Russia, which evolves into the Third World War between NATO allied nations and ultra-nationalist Russia. \"\", developed by Treyarch, is the fifth installment", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "12680396", "text": "Reznov, as well as the solid and fast-paced single player/co-op campaign.\" IGN criticized that the scope of the campaign hurt the continuity of the plot, with some missions taking place several years after others and disrupting the flow of the narrative. \"Official Xbox Magazine's\" main criticism was that Treyarch had not expanded upon the success of \"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare\", but had instead created a \"play-it-safe sequel\" that used elements of \"Call of Duty 4\" but added \"nothing noteworthy of its own.\" Other flaws pointed out by the reviewer included the lack of excitement in the campaign storyline", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9246406", "text": "Call of Duty Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise. The series began on Microsoft Windows, and expanded to consoles and handhelds. Several spin-off games have been released. The earlier games in the series are set primarily in World War II, but later games have typically been set in modern times or in futuristic settings. The most recent game, \"\", was released on October 12, 2018. The \"Call of Duty\" games are published and owned by Activision. Infinity Ward, Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games develop several of the titles with the release of the studios' games alternating with", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "14441629", "text": "different maps included with the game. Improvements to loadout options and killstreak rewards are made. A form of virtual currency, COD Points, allows players to purchase weapons and customization options for their in-game character, as well as attachments and customization options for their weapon. Development for the game began in 2009. It runs an enhanced version of the IW 3.0 engine used in Treyarch's past title, \"World at War\". The improvements made allowed for bigger campaign levels to be made as well as enhanced lighting. Treyarch focused specifically on \"Black Ops\" during development; they were developing two games at once", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops" }, { "docid": "18709880", "text": "then reappear in ancient medieval times, where they would be remembered as \"Primis\", heroes who aided the Keepers in sealing away the Apothicons in the Great War, effectively \"completing the cycle\" of the universe. \"Call of Duty: Black Ops III\" is the twelfth game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, and the fourth entry in the \"Black Ops\" series. The game was the second to benefit under publisher Activision's three-year development cycle, the first being \"\". The cycle allows each of the development teams of the \"Call of Duty\" series (Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games) to develop games in", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" }, { "docid": "14441664", "text": "publisher Activision was rumored to be looking for licensing regarding Vietnam War-era music which led to speculation that \"Call of Duty 7\" would be set in Vietnam. In May 2009, Treyarch employee David Kim revealed on his LinkedIn profile that he would work as a senior animator on \"Call of Duty 7\". In November 2009, only a few days before \"Modern Warfare 2\"'s release, Activision officially announced a new \"Call of Duty\" title for 2010 through their third quarter financial call. In February 2010, a casting call for \"Call of Duty 7\" led to speculation that the game would be", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops" } ]

[ { "docid": "12817067", "text": "stated previously, Sergeant Roebuck shares a character model with Mike Dixon from \"Call of Duty 3\", although he is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland, who also voices him in \"World at War\". Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts is the 2008 PlayStation 2 counterpart to \"\". It has its own set of missions involving the U.S. fighting in the Pacific theater and the Battle of the Bulge in Europe, as well as the British advancing on the Rhine River into Germany. This version features 13 missions. \"Final Fronts\" was", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts" }, { "docid": "9246423", "text": "on the American 1st Infantry Division's exploits during World War II. The game was released on GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. \"\" is the PlayStation 2 adaptation of \"Call of Duty: World at War\". Developed by Rebellion Developments, \"Final Fronts\" features three campaigns involving the U.S. fighting in the Pacific theater, the Battle of the Bulge, and the British advancing on the Rhine River into Germany. \"Call of Duty: The War Collection\" is a boxed set compilation of \"Call of Duty 2\", \"Call of Duty 3\" and \"Call of Duty: World at War\". It was released for the Xbox 360", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "12817062", "text": "Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts is the 2008 PlayStation 2 counterpart to \"\". It has its own set of missions involving the U.S. fighting in the Pacific theater and the Battle of the Bulge in Europe, as well as the British advancing on the Rhine River into Germany. This version features 13 missions. \"Final Fronts\" was developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Activision. It is also the last \"Call of Duty\" game to be released on the PlayStation 2. \"Call of Duty: World at War -", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts" }, { "docid": "12131064", "text": "to communicate online. GameSpot scored the game 8.0/10, praising technical achievements of the engine and audio which \"... deliver the true Call of Duty experience\". Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS) Call of Duty: World at War is a 2008 first person shooter video game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, developed for the Nintendo DS. The game takes place during World War II and features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights, and vehicular missions. It was released by Activision alongside the console versions of the game on November 11,", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)" }, { "docid": "12131053", "text": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS) Call of Duty: World at War is a 2008 first person shooter video game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, developed for the Nintendo DS. The game takes place during World War II and features many elements of gameplay typical to the series, including the usage of iron sights, and vehicular missions. It was released by Activision alongside the console versions of the game on November 11, 2008 in North America. Gameplay and controls in \"World at War\" remain similar to \"Modern Warfare\". The directional pad controls movement. The touch screen is", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)" }, { "docid": "12680377", "text": "bring a fresh approach to \"Call of Duty: World at War\"\". Adam Levenson, the audio director of Activision, was called in to help them. Murray said that he wanted to make the music more fun and intense, but also \"a specific musical path that follows the psyche of the gameplay\". The new technology of occlusion, which changes the sound made by nearby object depending on objects blocking its path e.g. walls, has been added to \"World at War\". The game has various levels of \"muffled\" sound depending on the objects it travels though e.g. a more muffled sound through a", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9246410", "text": "video game and the sequel to \"Call of Duty\". It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. The game is set during World War II and is experienced through the perspectives of soldiers in the Red Army, British Army, and United States Army. It was released on October 25, 2005 for Microsoft Windows, November 15, 2005 for the Xbox 360, and June 13, 2006, for Mac OS X. Other versions were made for mobile phones, Pocket PCs, and smartphones. \"Call of Duty 3\" is a World War II first-person shooter and the third installment in the \"Call of", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "12680352", "text": "also made available by Glu Mobile. The narrative for the campaign mode focuses on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters of World War II, involving the United States, Empire of Japan, Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. It is told from the perspectives of Marine Raider Private C. Miller, US Navy Petty Officer Locke and Red Army soldier Private Dimitri Petrenko, and is based on several historical battles. The multiplayer component of the game contains various game modes and a leveling system that allows the player to unlock additional weapons and rewards as they progress, similar to \"Call of Duty 4\"", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680394", "text": "at War\" was released for the Windows Mobile. However, the game features a run and gun genre similar to \"Commando\" from Capcom rather than a first-person shooter, a different storyline, and a different set of characters. The game was developed by Glu Mobile and published by Activision. \"Call of Duty: World at War\" has received generally positive reviews. Describing the game as a whole, GameSpot stated that by returning to the World War II setting, \"\"World at War\" achieves greatness but falls short of excellence.\" IGN concluded that \"World at War\" was a \"solid, confident shooter with plenty to offer", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680374", "text": "of Duty. This zombie story takes place during World War II at an abandoned airfield in a bunker, with only two floor levels. The four characters at this map are unknown United States Marines, it is not until the first map packs of Nazi Zombies that all four characters were given identities and they were not all the same. \"World at War\" was announced on June 23, 2008, by Activision, who confirmed that the game was to be released in fall 2008, and that the series would revert to its customary World War II setting. The game took about two", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "2303262", "text": "Call of Duty (video game) Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the first installment in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, released on October 29, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. The game simulates infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II using a modified version of the id Tech 3 engine. Much of its theme and gameplay is similar to the \"Medal of Honor\" series; however, \"Call of Duty\" showcases multiple viewpoints staged in the British, American, and Soviet theaters of World War II. The game introduced a", "title": "Call of Duty (video game)" }, { "docid": "12680388", "text": "to build teleporters and other mysterious devices, such as the \"Pack-a-Punch Machine\", which upgrades guns, such as the Wunderwaffe DG-2. New weapons such as Monkey Bombs were also added. This map also introduced the official backstory to Zombies mode, which is continued into \"\". All map packs were released for free on Microsoft Windows. The packs were paid DLC for the Xbox 360 and PS3. \"Call of Duty: World at War\" was released for the Nintendo DS on November 11, 2008 in North America, and on November 14 in Europe. It was published by Activision and developed by n-Space, who", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680397", "text": "and the few differences between the Pacific theater missions and European theater missions, stating \"you could just be marching through another European town with a lot more trees.\" \"GameSpot\" criticized the game's use of \"well-worn source material\" and \"déjà vu\" game mechanics, also implying its similarity to the \"Call of Duty\" series' other games. 1UP.com stated that the horror of the game is \"almost too much at times\". GameSpot praised the darker, grittier portrayal of the World War II settings. 1UP.com noted the significantly increased graphic violence and gore (even over the M-rated \"Call of Duty 4\") as a positive", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "2303264", "text": "in November 2009 with the release of \"\", being available via redemption codes included with the \"Hardened\" and \"Prestige\" editions of the game. As a first-person shooter, \"Call of Duty\" places the player in control of an infantry soldier who makes use of various authentic World War II firearms in combat. Each mission features a series of objectives which are marked on the heads-up display's compass; the player must complete all objectives to advance to the next mission. The player can save and load at any time, rather than the checkpoint system utilized in later \"Call of Duty\" games. The", "title": "Call of Duty (video game)" }, { "docid": "17179022", "text": "Call Field Call Field is a former World War I military airfield, located southwest of Wichita Falls, Texas. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army between 1917 until 1919. The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established in 1918 after the United States entry into World War I. Call Field was named for 1st Lieutenant Loren H. Call who reported for aeronautical duty at College Park, Maryland on 19 October 1912. In the winter of 1912–1913, he and Lieutenant E. L. Ellington were sent to Palm Beach, Florida, in charge of", "title": "Call Field" }, { "docid": "9122925", "text": "versa.\" Call of Duty: Roads to Victory Call of Duty: Roads to Victory is a 2007 World War II first-person shooter for the PlayStation Portable and a portable spin-off of \"Call of Duty 3\" for consoles. It was released on March 13, 2007, developed by Amaze Entertainment and published by Activision Publishing. It is the third portable installment of the franchise, first being on the N-Gage and the second on the Pocket PC. In campaign mode several missions are available, throughout World War II. There are 3 campaigns throughout the game: American, Canadian, and the British. The American missions are", "title": "Call of Duty: Roads to Victory" }, { "docid": "9122921", "text": "Call of Duty: Roads to Victory Call of Duty: Roads to Victory is a 2007 World War II first-person shooter for the PlayStation Portable and a portable spin-off of \"Call of Duty 3\" for consoles. It was released on March 13, 2007, developed by Amaze Entertainment and published by Activision Publishing. It is the third portable installment of the franchise, first being on the N-Gage and the second on the Pocket PC. In campaign mode several missions are available, throughout World War II. There are 3 campaigns throughout the game: American, Canadian, and the British. The American missions are Operation", "title": "Call of Duty: Roads to Victory" }, { "docid": "12680373", "text": "After a final showdown on the top floor to reach the Nazi flag, Dimitri is shot by a dying German soldier, whom Reznov kills with a machete. Although wounded, Dimitri manages to plant the Soviet flag, signalling Soviet victory and ending the war in Europe. The first map in the \"Nazi Zombies\" game mode, that came with the Call of Duty: World at War game is titled, \"\"Nacht Der Untoten\"\" (German word translated to 'night of the undead'). The map is fairly simple compared to the ones from the map packs that came later in the DLC expansions for Call", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9246432", "text": "issue #6 released on August 23, 2017. A paperback edition containing all six issues was released on November 15, 2017. The \"Call of Duty Real-Time Card Game\" was announced by card manufacturer Upper Deck. In 2004, Activision, in cooperation with the companies Plan-B Toys and Radioactive Clown, released the \"Call of Duty: Series 1\" line of action figures, which included three American soldiers and three German soldiers from the World War II era. While the American G.I. action figure was made in 2004, Plan-B Toys later discontinued a controversial Nazi SS Guard action figure based on the Nazi Totenkopf officer", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "12680355", "text": "a sequel, \"\" was released. Three other sequels followed: \"\" in 2012, \"\" in 2015, and \"\" in 2018. The Xbox 360 version of \"World at War\" became backwards compatible on the Xbox One in September 2016. \"World at War\" features more mature themes than previous Call of Duty installments and is open-ended, giving the player multiple ways to complete objectives, but otherwise generally plays like previous iterations of the franchise. Players fight alongside AI-controlled teammates. They help during the game's missions by providing cover fire, shooting down enemies, and clearing rooms for entry. When playing the Wii version of", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680398", "text": "improvement in realism saying, \"While enemies died en masse in previous installments, dismemberment and gore were essentially nonexistent. That's no longer the case — here, legs are severed, men cry out in agony as they reach for lost body parts, and gouts of blood fly as bullets pierce flesh.\" and that \"\"World at War\" portrays the horror of WWII more accurately than ever before...\" \"Call of Duty: World at War\" was the second best-selling game for November 2008 in the United States, selling over 1.41 million units. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were the second and ninth best-selling", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680390", "text": "the missions. Players are able to defuse mines and send Morse code with the touch screen, as well as using mortar rounds, an anti-air gun from a battleship, parachuting and using mounted guns. There is also a tank mode which allows the player to turn the main gun and fire machine gun rounds at the same time. The PlayStation 2 version, titled \"Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts\", differs significantly from the main versions. Developed by Rebellion Developments, \"Final Fronts\" features 13 missions set near the end of World War II across three different campaigns. Aside from the", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9246433", "text": "seen in \"Call of Duty\". In 2008, McFarlane Toys announced their partnership with Activision to produce action figures for the \"Call of Duty\" series. McFarlane Toys' first series of action figures were released in October 2008 and consists of four different figures: Marine with Flamethrower, Marine Infantry, British Special Ops, and Marine with Machine Gun. \"Find Makarov\" is a fan-made film that was well received by \"Call of Duty\" publishers, Activision, who contacted We Can Pretend and subsequently produced a second short film, \"Operation Kingfish\". \"\" is a fan-made prequel to \"\" and was first shown at Call of Duty", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "11877911", "text": "of youth to answer the call of duty and the extent of the sacrifices which they made. In this, the work is not displaying a material victory, but instead a victory of the spirit. At the insistence of W. F. J. McCann, president of the Returned Soldiers' League, bronze tablets were cast to line the walls of an inner shrine, on which are listed the names of all South Australians who died during the Great War. Almost 35,000 South Australians served in the First World War. This number amounted to 8.5% of the South Australian population at the time, or", "title": "National War Memorial (South Australia)" }, { "docid": "14441665", "text": "taking place during the Cold War era with some battles taking place in South Vietnam. On April 30, 2010, \"Black Ops\" was officially announced. The game runs on an enhanced \"World at War\" engine (which itself was improved from \"Call of Duty 4\") at 60 frames per second across all platforms, excluding the Wii. It features a streaming texture technology (also seen in \"Modern Warfare 2\"), making bigger levels possible such as \"Payback\" where the player controls a helicopter. Lighting effects have been improved as well. \"Call of Duty: Black Ops\" supports 3-D imaging rendered by the engine itself. This", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops" }, { "docid": "12680380", "text": "first trailer for the game premiered on Xbox Live on June 21, 2008, and arrived on PlayStation Network five days later. A beta of the game's online multiplayer mode was released for the Xbox 360 on October 10, 2008. A PC version of the beta was later released on October 28, 2008. Those who pre-ordered the game at GameStop, Game and EB Games in Australia or North America or who are members of the \"Call of Duty\" official website were given codes which allowed them to download both beta versions of the game. Coinciding with the release of the game,", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "14441670", "text": "a gameplay sequence, the credits, and as an easter egg in the multiplayer map Nuketown) and Creedence Clearwater Revival's \"Fortunate Son\". Eminem's \"Won't Back Down\" (featuring Pink) is used for the credits as well, and additionally appears as an Easter Egg in the Zombie map \"Five\". In the Call of the Dead zombie map the song \"Not Ready to Die\" by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold is featured as an easter egg. The original music was composed by Sean Murray, who also composed \"Call of Duty: World at War\" while Kevin Sherwood composed music for the Zombies mode. The", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops" }, { "docid": "5114277", "text": "Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Konami in Japan and Activision in the rest of the world. It is the second installment of the \"Call of Duty\" series. Announced by Activision on April 7, 2005, the game was released on October 25, 2005, for Microsoft Windows and on November 22, 2005, as a launch title for the Xbox 360. Other versions were eventually released for OS X, mobile phones, and Pocket PCs. The game is set during World War II and the campaign mode is", "title": "Call of Duty 2" }, { "docid": "20115620", "text": "three-year development cycle (the first being Sledgehammer's \"\") in order for a longer development time for each game. A new \"Call of Duty\" title set in World War II was alluded to in a 2014 \"\" launch interview with Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games. In the interview by \"Metro\", the interviewer asked him what the possibilities of where the next \"Call of Duty\" could go in terms of setting. Condrey responded, \"Some of my favorite pieces of entertainment are set in World War II.\" \"Band of Brothers\", I'm a massive fan of \"Band of Brothers\".\" Condrey dived further into", "title": "Call of Duty: WWII" }, { "docid": "12131063", "text": "He fights to the roof where he raises the American flag signaling the end of the battle. The Nintendo DS version received an average score of 77.83% based on 12 reviews on the review aggregator GameRankings, and an average score of 75 out of 100 based on 12 reviews on Metacritic—indicating \"generally favorable reviews.\" IGN scored \"Call of Duty: World at War\" version at 8.3/10, praising elements including a surprising level of complexity for the hardware, \"impressive sound production all around\", fun gameplay, and great multiplayer. Criticism of the game notes some minor glitches, and the absence of a way", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)" }, { "docid": "3271743", "text": "Infinity Ward Infinity Ward, Inc. is an American video game developer. They developed the video game \"Call of Duty\", along with six other installments in the \"Call of Duty\" series. Vince Zampella, Grant Collier, and Jason West established Infinity Ward in 2002 after working at 2015, Inc. previously. All of the 22 original team members of Infinity Ward came from the team that had worked on \"\" while at 2015, Inc. Activision helped fund Infinity Ward in its early days, buying up 30 percent of the company. The studio's first game, World War II shooter \"Call of Duty\", was released", "title": "Infinity Ward" }, { "docid": "12680381", "text": "McFarlane Toys produced four action figures. Three are different varieties of US Marine Corps infantry, and the fourth is a British Special Ops soldier. A collector's edition of \"World at War\" was released on November 11, 2008 in North America and November 14, 2008 in Europe. It includes several bonus items, among them a stainless steel canteen imprinted with the \"Call of Duty\" series logo and a metal storage tin. The collector's edition also gives the player access to an unlockable weapon and the opportunity to earn double experience points in the online multiplayer mode, as well as a specially", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12680378", "text": "thick wall compared to a slightly muffled sound through a thin short wall. For the first time in a Call of Duty game, the player is able to tell the difference between someone walking next to the player and someone walking above or below the player, as well as telling the difference between a shot fired in the distance and a shot fired close by, but behind a solid object. The other technology of Flux was also developed using field recording systems. The \"World at War\" crew traveled to a desert with mountains on both side of the range to", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "9122922", "text": "Market Garden, Operation Avalanche, and Operation Detroit. The Canadian missions are the Battle of the Scheldt, Operation Infatuate, and Operation Blockbuster. The British missions are Operation Market Garden and Operation Varsity. Although there are 14 levels total, each take place during a certain mission from World War II. In multiplayer, up to 6 players may play wirelessly via ad hoc, in nine different maps. Game types are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Hold the Flag, and King of the Hill. \"Roads to Victory\" is the first and only game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise made for the PlayStation", "title": "Call of Duty: Roads to Victory" }, { "docid": "10125516", "text": "suddenly destroy his Mi-24 Hind and join the fray. Distracted, Zakhaev turns to the loyalist forces at which point Price gives Soap a M1911; the latter kills Zakhaev and his escort. Loyalist forces start tending to the wounded immediately. In the epilogue, the missile incident and the ultranationalists' support of Al-Asad are covered up, thus causing the events of \"\". \"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare\" was developed by a team of a hundred people, over the course of two years. After \"Call of Duty 2\", the Infinity Ward team decided to move away from the World War II environment", "title": "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" }, { "docid": "5662642", "text": "support for the Borneo operations, followed by patrol duty in the Netherlands East Indies. On 2 August, she and the destroyer made contact with a ship which they tracked through the night, finding in the morning that it was the hospital ship \"Tachibana Maru\". A boarding party from \"Charrette\" found much ordnance and other contraband and able-bodied troops, who were made prisoners of war. \"Charrette\" and \"Conner\" brought their prize into Morotai 6 August. \"Charrette\" cleared Morotai 13 August 1945 to call at Subic Bay before reporting at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in September for duty escorting ships loaded with occupation", "title": "USS Charrette" }, { "docid": "2303290", "text": "released on December 2, 2009. IGN rated this version 7.5, citing it as not well adapted to the consoles, as well as criticizing the multiplayer for only supporting up to eight players. Call of Duty (video game) Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the first installment in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise, released on October 29, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. The game simulates infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II using a modified version of the id Tech 3 engine. Much of its theme and", "title": "Call of Duty (video game)" }, { "docid": "10125495", "text": "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. An installment in the \"Call of Duty\" series, it was released in November 2007 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows. The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous entries in the series and is instead set in modern times. Developed for over two years, the game uses a proprietary game engine. The story takes place in the year 2011, where a radical leader has executed the president of an", "title": "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" }, { "docid": "9246440", "text": "CODE presented 3,000 copies of \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2\", approximately $180,000 in value, to the U.S. Navy. The copies were delivered to over 300 ships and submarines as well as Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation facilities worldwide. Call of Duty Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise. The series began on Microsoft Windows, and expanded to consoles and handhelds. Several spin-off games have been released. The earlier games in the series are set primarily in World War II, but later games have typically been set in modern times or in futuristic settings. The most recent", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "20115585", "text": "Call of Duty: WWII Call of Duty: WWII is a first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November 3, 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the fourteenth main installment in the \"Call of Duty\" series and the first title in the series to be set primarily during World War II since \"\" in 2008. The game's campaign is set in the European theatre and is centered around a squad in the 1st Infantry Division following their battles on the Western Front and set mainly in", "title": "Call of Duty: WWII" }, { "docid": "19195289", "text": "at ESWC Zénith 2016. They are participating in the Call of Duty World League. Over the past three years, Splyce has been one of the most competitively successful \"Call of Duty\" teams in the world. In 2016, they finished second in the Call of Duty World League Championship. In 2017, Splyce won the Call of Duty World League Championship, defeating FaZe Clan and Luminosity gaming, among others, on their way to capturing the title and over $200,000 in prize winnings. In 2018, Splyce were the runners-up in the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open, the fourth Major International offline event for \"Call", "title": "Splyce" }, { "docid": "19564062", "text": "the first people of the public to do so. Also playable was the game's Zombies mode as well as the multiplayer mode for \"\". The fourth map pack for \"Call of Duty: Black Ops III\", Salvation, was also playable at the convention. Another prominent event of the convention was the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship, a competitive e-sports tournament. The tournament, which is similar to the one held at the first Call of Duty XP convention, featured 32 competitive \"Call of Duty\" teams from around the world. The prize pool was $2,000,000, which became the largest prize pool", "title": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016" }, { "docid": "8008379", "text": "Medal of Honor is \"VARGAS, M. Sando.\" Vargas' military decorations and awards include: Jay R. Vargas Jay R. Vargas (born July 29, 1938), is an American and a retired United States Marine Corps colonel who served in the Vietnam War. He received the Medal of Honor for \"conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty\" in action, in 1968. Vargas is one of four brothers who has served in combat in the United States Armed Forces in time of war — World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.", "title": "Jay R. Vargas" }, { "docid": "8008374", "text": "Jay R. Vargas Jay R. Vargas (born July 29, 1938), is an American and a retired United States Marine Corps colonel who served in the Vietnam War. He received the Medal of Honor for \"conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty\" in action, in 1968. Vargas is one of four brothers who has served in combat in the United States Armed Forces in time of war — World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Vargas attended high school in Winslow, Arizona where he was born. He graduated", "title": "Jay R. Vargas" }, { "docid": "19179669", "text": "of Ghosts, star AR player Formal and Envy mutually agreed to part ways. Moving into , Envy made multiple roster changes throughout a disappointing season. The team managed a top-12 finish at the 2015 Call of Duty Championship, before reaching their only final at UGC Niagara 2015. They ended the season with a 4th place finish at the 2015 MLG World Finals. In April 2016, Envy acquired Bryan “Apathy” Zhelyazkov and Johnathon “John” Perez to join JKap and Austin “SlasheR” Liddicoat for the latter half of the season. Together they won Stage 2 of the NA Call of Duty World", "title": "Team Envy" }, { "docid": "12680379", "text": "test the frequencies of sounds made by World War II weapons. Microphones were placed behind and 60 yards in front of the gun to test the echoes. This was later replicated and developed in the studio for the game software. It means that players will be able to pinpoint a sniper rifle shot, as it reflects off them, as well as hearing the initial 'pop' of a hand grenade blowing up and then the grenade's loud \"whoosh\" sound that begins where the grenade blew up, and ends behind the player. The flux system also combines with the occlusion system. The", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "18785383", "text": "OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming, LLC. is a professional American esports organization, who have teams competing in \"Call of Duty,\" \"\", \"Gears of War\", \"League of Legends\", \"Overwatch\" and \"Fortnite Battle Royale\". It was founded in 2006 by Ryan \"OpTic J\" Musselman and \"OpTic KR3W\". The company is owned by Texas Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman and Hector \"H3CZ\" Rodriguez. OpTic Gaming was established in 2006 by OpTic \"Kr3w\" and Ryan \"J\" Musselman as a \"Call of Duty\" sniping team. In 2007, Musselman stepped down to hand over the team to Hector \"H3CZ\" Rodriguez. The team made its beginnings in the competitive", "title": "OpTic Gaming" }, { "docid": "14441642", "text": "Limited editions of the game offer graphically-enhanced versions of the four zombies maps from \"World at War\", featuring the newer weapons from the rest of the game. There is an unlockable top-down, two-stick arcade-shooter version of Zombies known as \"Dead Ops Arcade\". \"Call of Duty: Black Ops\" takes place between 1961 and 1968 during the Cold War, 20 years after the events of . It portrays a secret history of CIA clandestine black operations carried out behind enemy lines. Missions take place in various locations around the globe such as the Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Hong Kong, Laos, South Vietnam,", "title": "Call of Duty: Black Ops" }, { "docid": "18914723", "text": "to honor them, and memorial plaque on the tower has the following inscribed: \"\"This Clock Tower was erected in memory of those who went from the North Western province at the call of duty and gave their lives for the empire in the World War in 1914–1918\"\" However, soon after 1945, the tower was also dedicated to the valiant officers who sacrificed their lives in the Second World War (1939–1945). Quadrangular shape clock tower is constructed with granite stone, cement and wood. Entire tower, especially top appear like quadrangular castle. The tower has concrete and wood steps inside. Kurunegala Clock", "title": "Kurunegala Clock Tower" }, { "docid": "19978935", "text": "Call the Police (radio program) Call the Police is an old-time radio crime drama in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC June 3, 1947 - September 28, 1948, and on CBS June 5, 1949 - September 25, 1949. Bill Grant, the main character of \"Call the Police\" was a Marine who had served in World War II and whose father had been a policeman who was killed in the line of duty. The younger Grant went to the FBI Academy and then returned to his hometown to find that criminals had taken control. He took on the challenge", "title": "Call the Police (radio program)" }, { "docid": "18823846", "text": "Call of Duty Championship The Call of Duty Championship is an annual \"Call of Duty\" tournament held at the end of the season to determine the World Champion of the Year. To determine qualification, teams must qualify through events before the World Championship. Players must be at least 18 years of age as of the beginning of the tournament in order to participate. The inaugural tournament was first held in 2013 on \"\" for the Xbox 360 and was won by Fariko Impact. Complexity Gaming won the 2014 event. The 2015 iteration of the event was won by Denial eSports", "title": "Call of Duty Championship" }, { "docid": "9484081", "text": "second season featured \"Fight Night Round 3\", \"Guitar Hero II\", \"Quake 4\", \"\" and \"World of Warcraft\" as main circuit games. \"Counter-Strike\", \"Call of Duty 2\" and \"Gears of War\" were planned to also make appearances at a number of events. The circuit's total prize purse was planned to be US$574,000, and travel funds were made available to a number of high-finishing participants. The second season included events at the following times and places throughout 2007: In a surprise move on September 12, 2007, the WSVG main page announced that \"Games Media Properties will no longer produce the World Series", "title": "World Series of Video Games" }, { "docid": "19564065", "text": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016 Call of Duty: Experience 2016 (shortened to Call of Duty: XP 2016 and CoD: XP 2016) was the second \"Call of Duty\" gaming convention held by Activision and Infinity Ward. It took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California from September 2 to September 4, 2016. Serving as the follow-up to the , the event featured the multiplayer reveal for the upcoming title \"\" as well as the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship. The event was held in 2011 to promote \"\" and its multiplayer mode as well as the series' online service", "title": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016" }, { "docid": "19564059", "text": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016 Call of Duty: Experience 2016 (shortened to Call of Duty: XP 2016 and CoD: XP 2016) was the second \"Call of Duty\" gaming convention held by Activision and Infinity Ward. It took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California from September 2 to September 4, 2016. Serving as the follow-up to the , the event featured the multiplayer reveal for the upcoming title \"\" as well as the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship. The event was held in 2011 to promote \"\" and its multiplayer mode as well as the series' online service", "title": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016" }, { "docid": "20115622", "text": "storyline. Activision initially refused to deny claims that Nazi extermination camps would be featured in the game. Adam Rosenberg of Mashable wrote that video games set during World War II tended to be \"Holocaust deniers\" in the sense that they avoided broaching the subject for business reasons, but that this could be the very first \"Call of Duty\" World War II based game where the Holocaust would be depicted. Senior creative director Bret Robbins said in an interview \"Some very, very dark things happened during this conflict and it felt wrong for us to ignore that.\" He further stated \"We", "title": "Call of Duty: WWII" }, { "docid": "18016146", "text": "soldier; Kahn files a lawsuit against Atlas, with the help of Lilith, who now works as a hacktivist. Unbeknownst to the group, the Atlas Corporation has already created clones of Oz, all kept hidden under the Trident facility. As one of the clones opens its eyes, Oz, narrating in the background, reaffirms his hatred of the Atlas corporation. Before being switched to become the co-developers of \"\", Sledgehammer Games was already working on a \"Call of Duty\" game called \"Call of Duty: Fog of War\". \"Fog of War\" was announced before \"Modern Warfare 3\" and after \"Black Ops\". It was", "title": "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" }, { "docid": "8407894", "text": "the Free French Navy. Late in life, he wrote a memoir of his wartime experiences with the characteristically modest title \"Not Really What You'd Call a War\", which described the dilemmas of a poetic and essentially pacifist undergraduate who nonetheless felt it was his moral duty to serve. He wrote occasional poems at this time, some of which featured in a number of anthologies of Second World War poetry. After the war he studied history at University College, Oxford under J.M.Thompson and completed a doctorate at the Sorbonne University. From 1948 until 1967 he was on the staff of Manchester", "title": "Norman Hampson" }, { "docid": "20115619", "text": "arrives and charges them with Geistkraft, bestowing them the title of Raven Lords, allowing them to defeat the God King. Rideau then contacts the four, revealing his true status as a member of the Order of the Ravens, an ancient cult dedicated to serving the Raven Lords; he insists that they must now embrace their newfound titles and destiny, and lead the Order in the ongoing battle against the remaining undead forces. \"Call of Duty: World War II\" is the second game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise developed by Sledgehammer Games, and the third to benefit under publisher Activision's", "title": "Call of Duty: WWII" }, { "docid": "12817064", "text": "Winter Offensive, Victory in Europe, and Victory in the Pacific. The player takes on the role of a Marine in the Pacific campaigns and both British and American soldiers in the European campaign. The War in the Pacific and Victory in the Pacific Campaigns see Private Joe Miller (a reference to \"World at War\" protagonist C. Miller) and his fellow soldiers Sgt. Roebuck and Pvt. Polonsky (also in \"World at War\") fight their way through Japanese defenses on Guadalcanal, Betio, Saipan, and Okinawa. A major difference in the American campaign from \"World at War\" is the fact that both Roebuck", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts" }, { "docid": "8411124", "text": "George Edward Wahlen George E. Wahlen (August 8, 1924 – June 5, 2009) was a United States Army major who served with the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company in World War II and was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was an Army officer in the Korea War and was wounded in the Vietnam War. Whalen was born in Ogden, Utah on August 8, 1924. Wahlen, at age 17", "title": "George Edward Wahlen" }, { "docid": "13501112", "text": "Arthur J. Forrest Arthur Joseph Forrest (May 1, 1895—November 30, 1964) was an American soldier serving in the U.S. Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. Arthur J. Forrest was born May 1, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri, and prior to World War I he was a professional baseball player, having been with Hannibal, MO, and Quincy, IL, of the Three-I League. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 and was sent to France to fight in World War I, therein serving in Company D,", "title": "Arthur J. Forrest" }, { "docid": "19564060", "text": ". Also at the event was a $1,000,000 tournament featuring competitive \"Call of Duty\" teams. For the 2016 event, select people within the \"Call of Duty\" community who had covered the game multiple times received a surprise envelope from Activision, the publisher of \"Call of Duty\", in early June 2016. These envelopes were not to be open until the day after it was received. Once opened, a ticket to the Call of Duty XP 2016 event was revealed as the envelope's contents. Call of Duty XP 2016 took place at The Forum, an arena in Inglewood, California. The convention was", "title": "Call of Duty: Experience 2016" }, { "docid": "9246429", "text": "focusing on the Italian Campaign. \"Call of Duty: Vietnam\" was a third-person shooter set during the Vietnam War. It was in development for at least six to eight months at Sledgehammer Games. The development was stopped because Infinity Ward needed help finishing \"\" due to the employee firings and departures in 2010. \"Call of Duty: Roman Wars\" was a canceled third and first-person video game in the \"Call of Duty\" franchise. The game was set in ancient Rome, and allowed players to take control of famous historical figure Julius Caesar, along with \"low grunts\", and officers of the Tenth Legion.", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "15648960", "text": "Call of Duty: Elite Call of Duty: Elite was an online service created by the Activision subsidiary Beachhead Studios for the multiplayer portion for the first-person shooter video game series \"Call of Duty\". The service featured lifetime statistics across multiple games as well as a multitude of social-networking options. The service previously had a premium subscription option during \"\"; however, following the release of \"\", the service was made free. As of February 28, 2014 at approximately 10:00 a.m. (PST), Activision shut down the Call of Duty: Elite website in favor of their mobile products. While a free version is", "title": "Call of Duty: Elite" }, { "docid": "9289382", "text": "November 1950<br> Entered service at: Merrillan, Wisconsin General Orders No.: 26, 25 April 1951 Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. (2 July 1925 – 5 November 1950) was a United States Army corporal who was killed in action while serving in the Korean War. Corporal Red Cloud posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions \"above and beyond the call of duty\" near Chonghyon, North Korea, on 5 November 1950. Before joining the Army, he had been a United States Marine Corps sergeant who had served in World War II. Born in Hatfield, Wisconsin, Red Cloud, a", "title": "Mitchell Red Cloud Jr." }, { "docid": "12817065", "text": "and Polonsky survive the final battle for Okinawa (also, Sgt. Roebuck shares a similar character model to Sgt. Dixon from \"Call of Duty 3\"). The Winter Offensive and Victory in the Europe campaigns have three protagonists: Pvt. Lucas Gibson of the US 80th Infantry Division of George S. Patton's Third Army, Pvt. Tom Sharpe of the British 6th Airborne Division, and Gunnery Sergeant Alex McCall of the US 4th Armored Division. The Winter Offensive campaign sees the Americans and British move to relieve the city of Bastogne (while the 80th take Ettelbruck in Luxembourg), and the Victory in Europe campaign", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts" }, { "docid": "12680360", "text": "on consoles, or four players online, for the first time in the franchise. The Wii version of the game does not include online co-op, but two players can play through a \"squadmate co-op\" mode which allows both players to experience the game through the same screen and point of view. All versions except the Wii feature the minigame \"Nazi Zombies.\" This is the first time Nazi Zombies ever appeared in any Call of Duty game. The mode consists of 1-4 players fighting an unlimited number of waves of Nazi zombies. Players can work together with other people to kill the", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "3112653", "text": "Stratford engine shed and the royal shelter at King's Lynn both being hit. In 1922, a large marble memorial was installed at Liverpool Street station commemorating GER staff who had answered the call of duty to fight but died in action in the First World War. The memorial was unveiled by Sir Henry Wilson, who was assassinated by two Irish Republican Army gunmen on his way home from the unveiling ceremony. A smaller memorial to Wilson was later placed adjacent to the GER memorial, alongside one to Charles Fryatt, a British mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting", "title": "Great Eastern Railway" }, { "docid": "9246409", "text": "developed by Nokia and published by Activision. Other versions were released for PC, including Collector's Edition (with soundtrack and strategy guide), Game of the Year Edition (includes game updates), and the Deluxe Edition (which contains the \"United Offensive\" expansion and soundtrack; in Europe the soundtrack was not included). On September 22, 2006, \"Call of Duty\", \"United Offensive\", and \"Call of Duty 2\" were released together as \"Call of Duty: War Chest\" for PC. Since November 12, 2007, \"Call of Duty\" games have been available for purchase via Valve's content delivery platform Steam. \"Call of Duty 2\" is a first-person shooter", "title": "Call of Duty" }, { "docid": "19556194", "text": "ex Tribes player and owner of Team idk. In early 2010, Epsilon signed the first big significative deal with Razer, creating a first of many partnerships to come with different brands. While Epsilon was built on originally on the Battlefield Series and Team Fortress 2 success, it made the determining move to go in Console, signing a Call of Duty Irish Team composed with players such as Jurd. The team had a good run at the World Championships, ultimately having the best European Call of Duty Finish of all time. In 2014, Epsilon became the first exclusive eSports team of", "title": "Epsilon eSports" }, { "docid": "19279842", "text": "of that was about to change going into Call of Duty Black Ops 4. Optic Gaming made an executive decision to cut the two player that they picked up the year before. Methodz left Optic Gaming on October 9th 2018 and Octane was released on August 31st, 2018. Through defeat and tough times Optic knew that they had to make roster changes. Optic picked up two world renowned prospects going into Black Ops 4, with the likes of TJ Haly and Brandon Dashy. At the beginning of the Call of Duty Black Ops 4 esports seasons Scump would team with", "title": "Scump" }, { "docid": "10584424", "text": "continued escort duty based at Eniwetok. She guarded convoys to the Marianas, adding Ulithi to her ports of call in November, Tarawa, and Majuro in May 1945, and Iwo Jima in June. She sailed from Eniwetok for the last time 10 August, bound for overhaul at Bremerton, Washington. One of the few photographic records of Naval Seamen on an active duty ship during World War II. The photographs are seen at U.S.S. Clamour The camera and film were confiscated by Cmdr. Lott, and locked in the ship's safe. Post War, on return to Seattle, the photographer, Robert Nielsen, saw that", "title": "USS Clamour (AM-160)" }, { "docid": "7661136", "text": "Hershel W. Williams Hershel Woodrow \"Woody\" Williams (born October 2, 1923) is a retired United States Marine Corps warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He and three soldiers are the only living Medal of Honor recipients from that war. In addition, he is the only surviving Marine to have received the Medal of Honor during the Second World War, and is the only", "title": "Hershel W. Williams" }, { "docid": "18421697", "text": "Direction and Production Design at the Satellite Awards. Hacksaw Ridge Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war drama film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary \"The Conscientious Objector\". The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of", "title": "Hacksaw Ridge" }, { "docid": "12680391", "text": "two campaigns in the Pacific and Western to Central Europe, \"Final Fronts\" also includes a third campaign involving the British advance on the Rhine River. The missions range from infantry, infiltration, sniper, large-scale assaults, night fighting, and tank assaults. The U.S. campaign follows Pvt. Miller and the squad from World at War, but here Miller is of the 2nd Marines Division, instead of the 1st. The game includes his missions from World at War. The Western Europe campaign is from the perspective of Lucas Gibson, of the American 80th Infantry Division. His missions are in Luxembourg and Austria. Most of", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War" }, { "docid": "12131054", "text": "utilized for aiming, as well as switching and reloading weapons, and several minigames. The shoulder buttons are used to fire whatever weapon is equipped. The player double-taps the touch screen, or taps an icon on the touch screen, to go in and out of \"aim-down sight\" mode, which uses the weapon's iron sights to aim more accurately. The game includes a campaign with a series of missions based in World War II's Pacific theater and Eastern front with American, British and Soviet campaigns. Missions are chronological and often sequential. \"World at War\" offers a quick play mode that lets the", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)" }, { "docid": "2303283", "text": "and \"Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design\" in the Interactive Achievement Awards. \"Computer Games Magazine\" named \"Call of Duty\" the sixth-best computer game of 2003, and the editors wrote, \"This game ups the ante in the WWII shooter arena, and makes everything that has come before it seem as outdated as France's army.\" The editors of \"Computer Gaming World\" presented \"Call of Duty\" with their 2003 \"Shooter of the Year\" award. They remarked, \"\"Call of Duty\" won this category without a shot fired—there simply was no debate.\" It was also nominated for \"Best Game\" at the 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards.", "title": "Call of Duty (video game)" }, { "docid": "6146382", "text": "John Basilone John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who was killed in action during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 3, 1940, after serving three years in the United", "title": "John Basilone" }, { "docid": "13001824", "text": "in carrying Charles H. Byran to safety. Although having received severe and dangerous burns about the arms and neck, he descended with a view toward rendering further assistance. The great courage, grit, and determination displayed by Huber on this occasion characterized conduct far above and beyond the call of duty. Huber served in World War I and World War II, leaving the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant. William Russel Huber William Russel Huber (June 16, 1903 – January 25, 1982) a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for heroism", "title": "William Russel Huber" }, { "docid": "20683874", "text": "Call of Duty Championship 2018 The Call of Duty World League Championship 2018 was a \"\" tournament on Playstation 4 that took place on August 15–19, 2018. The tournament was won by Evil Geniuses with a roster consisting of Patrick \"ACHES\" Price, Bryan \"Apathy\" Zhelyazkov, Adam \"Assault\" Garcia and Justin \"SiLLY\" Fargo-Palmer after beating Team Kaliber in the Grand Finals. On July 24–25, 2018 32 teams will play for a chance to qualify for the Call of Duty Championship 2018 in Columbus, Ohio at the MLG Arena. Ten teams will be invited via the CWL National Circuit: the Stage 2", "title": "Call of Duty Championship 2018" }, { "docid": "12131055", "text": "player access any mission they have won in the campaign. \"World at War\" features console-style achievements, where the player receives an award for accomplishing a specific feat during gameplay, such as finishing a campaign or killing a certain number of enemies. There are also \"collectables\", star-shaped pickups, hidden in each mission. A challenge mode exists in which the player must complete a level segment in a limited time while fulfilling special goals such as scoring a certain number of grenade and melee kills. Compared to the previous title developed by N-Space, World at War had improved in-level geometry, more responsive", "title": "Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)" }, { "docid": "15648968", "text": "their support as well as stating that what started as Elite had evolved into the mobile app. Call of Duty: Elite Call of Duty: Elite was an online service created by the Activision subsidiary Beachhead Studios for the multiplayer portion for the first-person shooter video game series \"Call of Duty\". The service featured lifetime statistics across multiple games as well as a multitude of social-networking options. The service previously had a premium subscription option during \"\"; however, following the release of \"\", the service was made free. As of February 28, 2014 at approximately 10:00 a.m. (PST), Activision shut down", "title": "Call of Duty: Elite" } ]

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[ { "docid": "16220725", "text": "Call the Midwife Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Ben Caplan, Emerald Fennell, Victoria Yeates, Jack Ashton, Linda Bassett, Charlotte Ritchie, Kate Lamb, Jennifer Kirby, Annabelle Apsion and Leonie Elliott. The series is produced by Neal Street Productions, a production company founded and owned by the film director and producer Sam Mendes, \"Call the Midwife\"", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16335461", "text": "Herriot did for vets\". Worth wrote the first volume of her memoirs by hand and sent them to Coates to read, and Coates later served as advisor on the books and the TV adaptation. The book is set in Poplar, in the East End of London, where \"Jenny Lee\" (Worth’s maiden name) works as a midwife and district nurse, attached to a convent, Nonnatus House (a pseudonym for the Community of St. John the Divine, where Worth actually worked). The story is split between chapters describing individual mothers and their often-traumatic deliveries, and more light-hearted incidents back at the convent.", "title": "Call the Midwife (book)" }, { "docid": "16335463", "text": "– Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, authors of \"The Sugar Girls\", wrote that their \"aim was to capture a lost way of life, just as Jennifer Worth had done\", describing the midwife books as their \"touchstone\". Call the Midwife (book) Call the Midwife, later called Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s, is a memoir by Jennifer Worth, and the first in a trilogy of books describing her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s. Worth wrote the book after retiring from a subsequent career", "title": "Call the Midwife (book)" }, { "docid": "16335459", "text": "Call the Midwife (book) Call the Midwife, later called Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s, is a memoir by Jennifer Worth, and the first in a trilogy of books describing her work as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London during the 1950s. Worth wrote the book after retiring from a subsequent career as a musician, and it was originally published in July 2002. Reissued in 2007, it became a bestseller, as did the sequel \"Shadows of the Workhouse\" (2005, reissued 2008) and the final volume \"Farewell to the", "title": "Call the Midwife (book)" }, { "docid": "16220725", "text": "Call the Midwife Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Ben Caplan, Emerald Fennell, Victoria Yeates, Jack Ashton, Linda Bassett, Charlotte Ritchie, Kate Lamb, Jennifer Kirby, Annabelle Apsion and Leonie Elliott. The series is produced by Neal Street Productions, a production company founded and owned by the film director and producer Sam Mendes, \"Call the Midwife\"", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16239994", "text": "episode of the television series \"Call the Midwife\", based on her experiences in Poplar, London, in the late 1950s, was dedicated to her. Jennifer Worth Jennifer Worth RN RM (25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British nurse and musician. She wrote a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: \"Call the Midwife\", \"Shadows of the Workhouse\" and \"Farewell to The East End\". A television series, \"Call the Midwife\", based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. Worth, born", "title": "Jennifer Worth" }, { "docid": "16220742", "text": "television,\" while Caitlin Moran claimed the series encapsulated \"how unbelievably terrifying, dreary and vile it was to be a working-class woman 60 years ago.\" Call the Midwife Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Ben Caplan, Emerald Fennell, Victoria Yeates, Jack Ashton, Linda Bassett, Charlotte Ritchie, Kate Lamb, Jennifer Kirby, Annabelle Apsion and Leonie Elliott. The", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16335462", "text": "As well as the name of the convent, names of the characters are generally pseudonymous, with the exception of Cynthia, who remained a close friend of Jennifer Worth's in later life. The success of \"Call the Midwife\" led publishers to release many similar real-life stories about nurses, midwives, and life in the East End of London in the 1950s, most notably Edith Cotterill’s \"Nurse on Call\" (Ebury, 2010), and Dot May Dunn’s midwife memoir \"Twelve Babies on a Bike\" (Orion, 2010). They both went into the \"Sunday Times\" bestseller lists. Some writers acknowledged the inspiration they took from Worth’s writing", "title": "Call the Midwife (book)" }, { "docid": "16239990", "text": "Jennifer Worth Jennifer Worth RN RM (25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British nurse and musician. She wrote a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: \"Call the Midwife\", \"Shadows of the Workhouse\" and \"Farewell to The East End\". A television series, \"Call the Midwife\", based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. Worth, born Jennifer Lee in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, was raised in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. After leaving school at the age of 15 she learned shorthand and typing", "title": "Jennifer Worth" }, { "docid": "12194702", "text": "235 metre tower, was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2010, has achieved an iconic status, and is located on the Isle of Dogs. It has appeared as a location in television, film and literature. Other shows set largely in the East End include \"Ripper Street\", \"Penny Dreadful\", \"Whitechapel\", and \"Call the Midwife\". Film has also explored the issues and themes affecting the East End. Many early films were made in Hoxton, at Gainsborough Studios. With their association with German cinema realism, many of these were made in the streets around the studio. In more modern", "title": "East End of London in popular culture" }, { "docid": "7693197", "text": "Clare (Diocese of Ploynesia, Fiji) Community of St Barnabas and Cecelia, South Australia In her autobiographical series Call the Midwife, British author Jennifer Worth portrayed her time working as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London in the late 1950s alongside the Community of St. John the Divine. In the books, and the BBC television drama series of the same name, the order is renamed the Sisters of St. Raymond Nonnatus. Anglican religious order Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of both sexes) in the Anglican Communion", "title": "Anglican religious order" }, { "docid": "16383093", "text": "for History Workshop Online, Barrett wrote that, while their methodology was indebted to oral history, the end result was a work of narrative non-fiction. The authors were inspired by Jennifer Worth's \"Call the Midwife\", which was their 'touchstone' as they wrote. The book is accompanied by a blog, where Barrett and Calvi discuss broader issues of life and work in the East End of London in the period covered by the book, as well as posting photographs and audio clips of the women they interviewed. In 2013, Barrett and Calvi's second book together, \"GI Brides\", was published by Harper, based", "title": "Duncan Barrett" }, { "docid": "16220726", "text": "executive producer Pippa Harris, and Caro Newling. The first series, set in 1957, premiered in the UK on 15 January 2012. The series was created by Heidi Thomas, originally based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth who worked with the Community of St. John the Divine, an Anglican religious order, at their convent in the East End in London. The order was founded as a nursing order in 1849. The show has extended beyond the memoirs to include new, historically sourced material. For the most part it depicts the day-to-day lives of the midwives and those in their local neighbourhood", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16239992", "text": "in 1963, and they had two daughters. Worth retired from nursing in 1973 to pursue her musical interests. In 1974, she was appointed a licentiate of the London College of Music, where she taught piano and singing. She obtained a fellowship in 1984. She performed as a soloist and with choirs throughout Britain and Europe. She later began writing, and her first volume of memoirs, \"Call the Midwife\", was published in 2002. The book became a best-seller when it was reissued in 2007. \"Shadows of the Workhouse\" (2005; reissued 2008) and \"Farewell to the East End\" (2009) also became best-sellers.", "title": "Jennifer Worth" }, { "docid": "16211342", "text": "workers at Ford’s Dagenham plant featured in the popular movie \"Made in Dagenham\". In the same article, Calvi also commented on the discrepancy between the way the East End of London is often represented – 'linked in the popular imagination with gangsters, criminals and prostitutes (or the grim squalor of \"Call the Midwife\")' – and the reality of life for the families of the women she interviewed – 'honest, hard-working families' who 'brought up their children to contribute to the family income'. In a separate article, her co-author Duncan Barrett made a similar point: 'The women we spoke to recalled", "title": "The Sugar Girls" }, { "docid": "16211346", "text": "Lyle and the East End of London. The Sugar Girls The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End is a bestselling work of narrative non-fiction based on interviews with women who worked in Tate & Lyle's East End factories in Silvertown from the mid-1940s onwards. Written by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, the book was published by Collins in 2012. The authors were inspired to write it by Jennifer Worth's \"Call the Midwife\". In the East End of the 1940s and 1950s, thousands of girls left school every year at fourteen and went", "title": "The Sugar Girls" }, { "docid": "16335460", "text": "East End\" (2009). By the time of Jennifer Worth’s death in June 2011, her books had already sold almost a million copies. In 2012, the popular BBC adaptation of the trilogy boosted sales further, and all four of the author's books about the East End (the \"Midwife trilogy\" and \"In the Midst of Life\" (2010) went back into the charts. Worth wrote the book in response to an article by Terri Coates in the \"Royal College of Midwives Journal\", which argued that midwives had been under-represented in literature and called on \"a midwife somewhere to do for midwifery what James", "title": "Call the Midwife (book)" } ]

[ { "docid": "18640233", "text": "began touring in a production of Arthur Miller's \"The Crucible\". In 2014, she joined the cast of the BBC period drama \"Call the Midwife\" as Sister Winifred, a midwife who moves to Poplar, London in the late 1950s to work at Nonnatus House. She is engaged to musician Paul Housden, with whom she lives in London. Victoria Yeates Victoria Natalie Yeates (born April 19, 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Sister Winifred in the period drama series \"Call the Midwife\". She also appeared in the film \"\". Yeates was born and raised in", "title": "Victoria Yeates" }, { "docid": "19045918", "text": "and the sixth season of the period drama \"Call the Midwife\". His recent projects include the ITV Movie \"Peter & Wendy\" and \"The C Word\", a BBC TV-movie based on the book and blog by Lisa Lynch. Malagnini is currently composing the music for the seventh season of \"Call the Midwife\". Primetime Emmy Awards The Music + Sound Awards, International The Music + Sound Awards, UK Televisual Bulldog Awards, UK Maurizio Malagnini Maurizio Malagnini is an Italian composer who lives in London. Maurizio Malagnini is a composer based in London, who earned a master's degree with honors from the Royal", "title": "Maurizio Malagnini" }, { "docid": "2030641", "text": "Lady Sybil dies (in season 3, episode 5) of eclampsia shortly after child birth. In \"Call the Midwife\", a medical drama television series set in London in the 1950s and 1960s, the character (in season 1, episode 4) named Margaret Jones is struck with pre-eclampsia, ultimately proceeding from a comatose condition to death. The term \"toxemia\" was also used for the condition, in the dialogue. In \"House M.D.\", a medical drama television series set in the U.S., Dr. Cuddy, the hospital director, adopts a baby whose teenage mother dies from eclampsia and had no other parental figures available. Eclampsia Eclampsia", "title": "Eclampsia" }, { "docid": "16880095", "text": "In January 2018, she made her debut the hit BBC series \"Call the Midwife\" as Jamaican nurse Lucille Anderson, whose character was based on the many Caribbean nurses who moved to the UK to assist the growing demand of the NHS in the 1960s. Television Films Leonie Elliott Leonie Samantha Elliott (born 15 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for her role as Lucille Anderson in the BBC series \"Call the Midwife\". She also starred as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama \"Danny and the Human Zoo\". Elliott was born in Brent, London. Her family emigrated from", "title": "Leonie Elliott" }, { "docid": "16880092", "text": "Leonie Elliott Leonie Samantha Elliott (born 15 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for her role as Lucille Anderson in the BBC series \"Call the Midwife\". She also starred as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama \"Danny and the Human Zoo\". Elliott was born in Brent, London. Her family emigrated from Jamaica in the 1960s; like her character on \"Call the Midwife\", her aunt moved to England to train as a nurse. She began acting at 8 years old. She attended The Harris School of speech and drama, and trained as an actress at the Identity School", "title": "Leonie Elliott" }, { "docid": "16220734", "text": "Portugal); ERT (Greece); ABC in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand, where its debut recorded a 35% share of the audience – 20% above average. In July 2012 BBC Worldwide announced it has sold the global Video on Demand rights of the programme to Netflix. According to BBC Worldwide America executive vice-president of sales and co-productions Matt Forde, BBC expects to sign another 13 to 15 deals for \"Call the Midwife\" with other international download-to-own and VoD services by the end of 2012. The second series of \"Call the Midwife\" has been sold to PBS for transmission from 31 March", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16220739", "text": "drew an average household audience rating of 2.1, translating into 3.0 million viewers – 50 percent above PBS' primetime average for the 2011–12 series. The autumn 2012 PBS broadcast of the first series of \"Call the Midwife\" in the United States received widespread critical acclaim, earning a Metacritic score of 8.0. \"The Wall Street Journal\" declared that \"this immensely absorbing drama is worth any trouble it takes to catch up with its singular pleasures\", while \"The Washington Post\" stated that \"the cast is marvelous, the gritty, post-war set pieces are meticulously recreated\". \"TV Guide\" called the series \"a delight to", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "18507541", "text": "Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Intemperance at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. Having recently begun to expand into screen work, Taaffe's latest role was in CBC series \"X Company\", an emotionally driven character drama set in World War II, and Victorian era detective drama, \"Ripper Street\". Additional TV credits include guest roles in the BBC’s \"New Tricks\", \"Call the Midwife\", \"Atlantis\", \"Death in Paradise\", \"Informer\" as well as ITV’s \"Vera\" and \"The Borgias\". Emily Taaffe Emily Anne Taaffe born in Dublin, is an Irish actress. She lives in South London. The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn", "title": "Emily Taaffe" }, { "docid": "16220737", "text": "viewers. It was the No.1 rated programme on UK TV for all weeks of its transmission, ending March 11th 2018. The first series was released in a Region 2, two-disc set on 12 March 2012. Series 2 was scheduled for release on 1 April 2013 in the UK (region 2) with a collector's edition, \"Call the Midwife Collection\", containing series 1, 2 and the 2012 Christmas Special, released on the same date. In the United States, the first series was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 6 November 2012. Series 2 was scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray on", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "17896600", "text": "Emerald Fennell Emerald Lilly Fennell (born 1 October 1985) is a British actress and author. She is best known for her role as Nurse Patsy Mount in the BBC drama series, \"Call the Midwife\". Born in London, Fennell went to Marlborough College. She then studied English at Oxford University where she acted in university plays. There she was spotted by Lindy King of United Agents, who also represents Keira Knightley. Her sister is Coco Fennell, who is a fashion designer. She starred in the Channel 4 sitcom \"Chickens\" with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet. Then she joined the", "title": "Emerald Fennell" }, { "docid": "5860349", "text": "1980s and continues to be used each year for the brand's Christmas advertisements. The song is also occasionally sung by Ulster Rugby fans at away matches, particularly after 'magic moments' of play. The Perry Como version is featured in the 1998 film, \"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\", when Raoul arrives at a Vegas hotel where Dr. Gonzo is located, briefly in \"Dogma\" (1999), \"Police Academy\" (1984), \"Two Weeks Notice\" (2002), \"\" (2004), \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" (2005), Episode 3 of the first season of the 2012 BBC series \"Call the Midwife\", which is set in 1957, and", "title": "Magic Moments" }, { "docid": "14546369", "text": "services \"reconfigured\", with its 24-hour A&E department replaced with a 12-hour Urgent Care Centre and its consultant-led maternity unit replaced with a midwife-led unit. The issue of cuts to Chase Farm was a key local issue in Enfield North constituency at the 2010 general election. Following the election in May, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley visited Chase Farm to call a halt to all hospital reconfiguration plans, saying they could only proceed if the plans passed the four tests he had set down. Since this announcement, NHS London and NHS Enfield have stated, following a review, that they believe the four", "title": "Nick de Bois" }, { "docid": "17623559", "text": "Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (born 6 October 1985) is a British actor. He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between 1996 and 2004, where he was Head Boy. He read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2007 to 2009. Hawkins has performed acting roles in film, on television and on the stage. In 2017 he joined the cast of the BBC television show \"Call the Midwife\" as Christopher Dockerill. He plays the recurring character Alex Lambert in the BBC medical drama", "title": "Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985)" }, { "docid": "9108884", "text": "2015. In an episode of \"Call the Midwife\" (March 2016), he played Joe Blacker. Alongside his acting career, he is also a Doctor of Literature and lectures at two London Universities in English & Drama. Drama at Kingston University and is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at London Southbank University. He wrote 'Out of the Cage' a play about women munition workers in the First World War in 2013/14. It subsequently got published and premiered at the Park Theatre London in January 2015. A national tour of the play was put in motion for 2017. He then", "title": "Alex McSweeney" }, { "docid": "6060485", "text": "speaker at the Cambridge Science Festival in March 2015. He published a guest essay in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in April 2015, discussing issues of medical accuracy and communication in \"Call the Midwife\". In January 2016, McGann published a companion book to \"Call the Midwife\" called \"Doctor Turner's Casebook\", in which he revisits key medical cases featured in the TV series and discusses their historical and social contexts. The BBC screened a documentary special based on the book, titled \"Call The Midwife: The Casebook\", on 15 January 2017. In July 2017, McGann published \"Flesh and Blood:", "title": "Stephen McGann" }, { "docid": "16215541", "text": "Jessica Raine Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama \"Call the Midwife\". Raine was born in Eardisley, Herefordshire, where she was raised on her father's farm. She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall), and his wife Sue, who trained as a dancer and then worked as a nurse. Educated in Kington, Herefordshire, she wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her", "title": "Jessica Raine" }, { "docid": "6357437", "text": "playing Sinéad in the BBC TV sitcom \"Carrie and Barry\". She has gone on to appear in \"Rillington Place (BBC)\", \"Call the Midwife (BBC)\", \"Doctor Who (BBC)\", \"Lewis (ITV)\", \"The Watcher (UFA)\", \"The Last Trace (UFA)\", \"The Marchioness Disaster (Granada Yorkshire)\", \"Doctors (BBC)\" and \"Island at War (Granada)\". Sarah has had an extensive career on stage and was the original Bobbie in Mike Kenny's \"The Railway Children\" at York Theatre Royal. She transferred with the production to London Waterloo Station, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment (2011). She has also played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (2005). Other", "title": "Sarah Quintrell" }, { "docid": "16220735", "text": "2013 and to SVT (Sweden) for transmission from 19 May 2013. In February 2013, BBC Worldwide reported that \"Call the Midwife\" had been sold in over one hundred global territories, with global sales contributing to the UK's position as the second largest TV exporter behind the United States. In February 2017, it was reported that the BBC had exported \"Call the Midwife\" to 237 global territories. A second series of eight episodes aired in the UK in early 2013. The series achieved a consolidated series average of 10.47 million viewers. A third eight-part series aired in the UK from January", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "11205043", "text": "Mary Cronk Mary Cronk MBE, is an independent midwife from England who was awarded her MBE for services to midwifery over her many years of practice. Cronk was born in 1932. She first studied nursing at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and in 1957 she started training as a midwife at Queen Charlotte's in London. Cronk worked for the National Health Service in the UK where she facilitated more than 1600 births, mainly as home births. In 1991 she opened her own practise and started working as an independent midwife. Cronk joined English National Board of the United Kingdom Central Council for", "title": "Mary Cronk" }, { "docid": "4207174", "text": "End as Mama Morton in the musical \"Chicago\" (2003) and Gertrude in \"Hamlet\" (2005), and made her RSC debut in the 2012 revival of \"The Merry Wives of Windsor\". Her film appearances include \"Darkness Falls\" (1999) and \"London Road\" (2015). She guest starred in the Call the Midwife 2017 Christmas special. Dobson was born in Stepney, London. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Dobson appeared in a few series in the early 1980s, including the Jim Davidson sitcom \"Up the Elephant and Round the Castle\" (1983), but she is best known for playing the", "title": "Anita Dobson" }, { "docid": "18563152", "text": "Theresa Kufuor Theresa Kufuor (born 25 October 1937) is the wife of John Kufuor, the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, and former First Lady of Ghana. She is a retired nurse and midwife. Theresa Kufuor started her education at the Catholic Convent, OLA, at Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. She later went to London, where she was educated as a Registered General Nurse, in the Southern Hospital Group of Nursing. Edinburgh, Scotland. After further study at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, she qualified as a State Certified Midwife with a Certificate", "title": "Theresa Kufuor" }, { "docid": "932096", "text": "who lament being \"a million miles away from Stepney Green.\" In her 2002 memoir \"Call the Midwife\", Jennifer Worth writes a graphic account of 1950s Stepney at the height of its urban decay describing bombsites, condemned buildings, filth, and rampant prostitution. Stepney Stepney is a district in London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road called Stepney Green. The area built up rapidly in the 19th century, mainly to accommodate immigrant workers and displaced London poor, and developed a", "title": "Stepney" }, { "docid": "5014030", "text": "give away their presence by their ringing call. During the day, the midwife toad hides under stones and logs or in underground tunnels. They often hide in dry, sandy soil, which is easier to dig into using their forelegs and snout. It emerges at dusk to forage for food, but always returns to the same hiding places before dawn. During the winter, the common midwife toad hibernates in its hole or in a burrow that has been deserted by a small animal. The Midwife toad crawls around the area close to its hiding place at night to search for food.", "title": "Midwife toad" }, { "docid": "10858900", "text": "with Jersey Boys on Strictly Come Dancing, GMTV, This Morning, Alan Titchmarsh, The Paul O'Grady Show, Loose Women, Children In Need, and The 80th Royal Variety Performance. In March 2014 he appeared in the season 3 finale of \"Call the Midwife\" as Philip Worth. London Theatre Interview with Stephen Ashfield Leadvocals (together with Katie Birtill) of Rudolph's Music Library 2012. Stephen Ashfield Stephen Ashfield is an Olivier Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and since graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London, he has enjoyed a", "title": "Stephen Ashfield" }, { "docid": "16249898", "text": "devotion to Call finally prevails, though, and he sets out after Call, where he is soon joined by the celebrated Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes. The series also follows the family of 19-year-old Joey Garza. Joey's mother, Maria, is the midwife of Ojinaga, a small Mexican village on the Rio Grande. She has had a string of brief, failed marriages and has three children, of which Joey is the oldest. Joey, in possession of a Swiss sniper rifle, learns that Call is after him and having shot a gringo, hides out in Crow Town, an outlaw village deep in the borderland", "title": "Streets of Laredo (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "16220731", "text": "poor East End in the 1950s. The Sisters and midwives carry out many nursing duties across the community. However, with between 80 and 100 babies being born each month in Poplar alone, the primary work is to help bring safe childbirth to women in the area and to look after their countless newborns. \"Call the Midwife\" is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, featuring narration – and an appearance in the 2014 Christmas Special – by Vanessa Redgrave as an older Jenny. The ship in the opening titles is the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line liner in dry dock", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "259970", "text": "income, to be able to gain their freedom. It is not known from these epitaphs how certain slave women were selected for training as midwives. Slave girls may have been apprenticed, and it is most likely that mothers taught their daughters. The actual duties of the midwife in antiquity consisted mainly of assisting in the birthing process, although they may also have helped with other medical problems relating to women when needed. Often, the midwife would call for the assistance of a physician when a more difficult birth was anticipated. In many cases the midwife brought along two or three", "title": "Midwifery" }, { "docid": "16914743", "text": "also one of the physicians of the City of London Lying-in Hospital on City Road where he was a man-midwife extraordinary. He was also listed on the Royal Kalendar of 1766 as man-midwife to the Queen, which must have been Charlotte, wife of George III, and makes it likely that he attended the Queen when her sons, the future George IV and William IV were born. Wathen was married three times, his third wife being Elizabeth Malthus, whom he married on 19 March 1750 at St Mary-at-Hill, London. She was the daughter of Sydenham Malthus (c. 1678–1757), a barrister, but", "title": "Samuel Wathen" }, { "docid": "16610577", "text": "Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's \"Call the Midwife\". The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary. In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child. Hannah has starred in \"Dead Boss\" as Christine. She is perhaps best known for her work on \"Call the Midwife\". Her character was introduced as Nurse Cynthia Miller. During the course", "title": "Bryony Hannah" }, { "docid": "10974624", "text": "training course at Walton Road Hospital in Rice Lane, Liverpool, eventually becoming a state registered nurse. Mary became a domiciliary health visitor and midwife, and was on-call day or night, where she was needed as a midwife. Her eldest son, Paul, said his first memory was watching her cycling away when it was snowing heavily. After she had been diagnosed with cancer, Mary still carried on cycling to work, but often doubled up in pain and had trouble breathing. The day Mary was due to have a mastectomy operation, she cleaned the McCartney house and laid her two sons' school", "title": "Jim and Mary McCartney" }, { "docid": "11395725", "text": "BBC Two comedy \"Grandma's House\". Since 2015, she plays Nurse Phyllis Crane on the BBC drama series \"Call the Midwife\" Linda Bassett Linda Bassett (born 4 February 1950) is an English actress. Her television credits include Victoria Wood's \"Dinnerladies\" (1999), \"Lark Rise to Candleford\" (2008–11), \"Grandma's House\" (2010–12) and \"Call the Midwife\" (2015–present). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1999 film \"East Is East\" and for the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for the 2013 revival of the play \"Roots\" at the Donmar Warehouse. Bassett was born in Pluckley,", "title": "Linda Bassett" }, { "docid": "17058868", "text": "They met when they were both in \"Hotel Babylon\", but started their relationship several years later. In August 2015, representatives of George confirmed that she and Boot had split up after three years of marriage. In April 2016, she began dating her Call The Midwife co-star Jack Ashton when they went to South Africa to film the show's Christmas special. In September 2017, their daughter, Wren Ivy, was born. Helen George Helen George (born Helen Thomas; 19 June 1984) is an English actress. She plays Trixie Franklin on the BBC TV drama series \"Call the Midwife\". In 2015, she participated", "title": "Helen George" }, { "docid": "18470520", "text": "of the future plans of male medical professionals to take over the practice entirely, sparking her dislike of male intervention in the midwife practice. In 1705-1720, Stone was staying in Taunton, Somerset, England where there were no other “man-midwives,” meaning there was no obstetric surgeon in the town. Thus, all of the obstetric emergencies befell Stone as she was the most advanced midwife around and many duties and tasks were set upon her to perform. At the peak of her career she took care of about three hundred births per year. Although most went well, not all of the births", "title": "Sarah Stone (midwife)" }, { "docid": "4409529", "text": "and \"Darkest Hour\" (2017). Examples of television series include \"Robin Hood\" (1953), \"Middlemarch\" (1994), \"Pride and Prejudice\" (1995), \"The Tudors\", \"Mad Men\", \"Boardwalk Empire\", \"Call the Midwife\", \"Downton Abbey\", \"Deadwood\", \"Halt and Catch Fire\", \"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman\", \"Father Brown\", \"Stranger Things\", \"The Americans\", \"Little House on the Prairie\", \"That '70s Show\", \"The Get Down\", \"Another Period\", \"Better Call Saul\" and \"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\". Historical period drama The term historical period drama (also historical drama, period drama, costume drama, and period piece) refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film", "title": "Historical period drama" }, { "docid": "16610579", "text": "was to leave \"Call The Midwife\", and would not participate in Series 7.. Shortly afterwards it was announced that she would star in the posthumous premiere of Olivier Award winner Kevin Elyot's final play \"Twilight Song\", alongside Adam Garcia and Paul Higgins. Bryony Hannah Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's \"Call the Midwife\". The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence", "title": "Bryony Hannah" }, { "docid": "16220728", "text": "as the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the fifth series. \"Call the Midwife\" achieved very high ratings in its first series, making it the most successful new drama series on BBC One since 2001. Since then, five more series of eight episodes each have aired year-on-year, along with an annual Christmas special broadcast every Christmas Day since 2012. It is also broadcast in the United States on the PBS network, with the first series starting on September 30, 2012. In December 2015, the Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall announced the show had been commissioned for a 2016 Christmas", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "19889459", "text": "Joan Court Joan Court (13 April 1919 – 1 December 2016) was a British midwife and social worker who set up the Battered Child Research Department at the NSPCC, a prominent figure in the Animal Rights movement, and an author. The second of two children, Joan Court was born on 13 April 1919 in Knightsbridge Square, London, England, where her father Cecil was a solicitor with the family firm. Joan's mother Muriel was the daughter of the mayor of St Albans, Henry Gibson. Joan's parents separated in 1922 when she was three years old, Muriel taking the two children to", "title": "Joan Court" }, { "docid": "19889483", "text": "Joan's cousin Monica was a very well-known witch Joan Court Joan Court (13 April 1919 – 1 December 2016) was a British midwife and social worker who set up the Battered Child Research Department at the NSPCC, a prominent figure in the Animal Rights movement, and an author. The second of two children, Joan Court was born on 13 April 1919 in Knightsbridge Square, London, England, where her father Cecil was a solicitor with the family firm. Joan's mother Muriel was the daughter of the mayor of St Albans, Henry Gibson. Joan's parents separated in 1922 when she was three", "title": "Joan Court" }, { "docid": "18003505", "text": "in the past decade. She also directed the first \"Call the Midwife\" Christmas Special (2013), for which she won a BAFTA for directing. She is the only woman ever to have won this award. Other directing credits include the multi-award winning \"Five Daughters\" (2010), \"Jamaica Inn\" (2014), \"Cider with Rosie\" (2015), and the feature film \"Swallows and Amazons\" (2016) for BFI/Studio Canal/BBC films. Her credits include \"Jamaica Inn\", \"Call the Midwife\", for which she won a British Academy Television Craft Award in 2013, \"Five Daughters\", \"\" (2006), and \"The Other Boleyn Girl\" (2003). A 2013 interview with her appears on", "title": "Philippa Lowthorpe" }, { "docid": "15512708", "text": "date of delivery was determined by taking the phase of the moon into consideration. A delivery during a full moon was considered dangerous to the child and the mother. The arrival of the midwife at the home of the expectant mother varied. Sometimes the family would call the midwife when the labor started and sometimes she would arrive at the home a few days before the anticipated birth. This was probably dependent on the proximity of the midwife to the woman’s house. The midwife and her assistant would assist with chores around the house if they were able to arrive", "title": "Childbirth in rural Appalachia" }, { "docid": "11323748", "text": "Great Missenden Church, Buckinghamshire. She wrote: Mrs. Cellier is an important character in Alison Macleod's historical novel \"The Portingale\", a biography of Queen Catherine of Braganza. Elizabeth Cellier Elizabeth Cellier (commonly known as Mrs. Cellier and dubbed the \"Popish Midwife\"), flourished 1668–1688, London, England, was a notable Catholic midwife in seventeenth-century England. She stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the \"Meal-Tub Plot\" against the future James II but was acquitted. She later became a pamphleteer and made attempts to advance the field of midwifery. Elizabeth Cellier was a noted London midwife, who came into prominence", "title": "Elizabeth Cellier" }, { "docid": "8878809", "text": "Annabelle Apsion Jane Annabelle Apsion (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actress, best known for playing Joy Wilton in \"Soldier Soldier\" and Violet Buckle in ‘’Call the Midwife’’. Apsion is also known for her portrayals of Kirsty in \"My Good Friend\", Beverly in \"The Lakes\", Patricia Hillman in \"Coronation Street\", and Mrs. Beech in Michelle Magorian's \"Goodnight Mister Tom\". She has appeared in two separate episodes of \"Midsomer Murders\", \"Death in Chorus\" and \"Dead Man's 11\", as two different characters. She also played a part in the docu-drama about the Hillsborough Disaster, which aired in 1996", "title": "Annabelle Apsion" }, { "docid": "17896602", "text": "Bloomsbury Children's Books in January 2013: \"Shiverton Hall\", a children's fantasy. In December 2012, it was released as an ebook by Bloomsbury USA. \"The Creeper\", a sequel, was published mid-2014. ISFDB catalogues them as the Shiverton Hall series. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2014. She then released Monsters in September 2015, her first adult horror book. Emerald Fennell Emerald Lilly Fennell (born 1 October 1985) is a British actress and author. She is best known for her role as Nurse Patsy Mount in the BBC drama series, \"Call the Midwife\". Born in London, Fennell went", "title": "Emerald Fennell" }, { "docid": "16211344", "text": "readable account of women's lives in and around the Tate & Lyle East London works in the Forties and Fifties is written as popular social history, played for entertainment. If it doesn’t become a TV series to rival \"Call the Midwife\", I'll take my tea with ten sugars.' In a quotation featured on the cover of the paperback, Melanie McGrath, author of the books \"Silvertown\" and \"Hopping\", described the book as 'An authoritative and highly readable work of social history which brings vividly to life a fascinating part of East End life before it is lost forever.' On 8 April", "title": "The Sugar Girls" }, { "docid": "18470530", "text": "published her treatise. After her treatise was published, Stone moved to London and disappeared from public eye and records, thus giving no exact date or estimation of when she died. Sarah Stone (midwife) Sarah Stone (active 1701-1737) was an English midwife and author during the Early Modern period. She advocated for the better education of female midwives, speaking out against the rise of male-midwives in her line of work. She is considered a “champion of her sex and a disciple and advocate of the Enlightenment.” Although her date of birth is unknown, Sarah Stone was born to the midwife Mrs.", "title": "Sarah Stone (midwife)" }, { "docid": "20230533", "text": "first midwife or nurse to receive that honour. Mary Renfrew Mary Renfrew FRSE, (born 1955) is a British midwife and academic. Renfrew graduated in nursing from the University of Edinburgh in 1975, and in midwifery from the same institution in 1978. She obtained a PhD on breastfeeding in 1982, while at the Medical Research Council's reproductive biology unit in Edinburgh. She was at the national perinatal epidemiology unit of the University of Oxford from 1988 to 1994, where she set up National Midwifery Research Initiative. Following that, she was professor of midwifery at the University of Leeds until 2003, then", "title": "Mary Renfrew" }, { "docid": "6060484", "text": "the award-winning BBC drama \"The Hanging Gale\". He portrayed the character of Sean Reynolds in \"Emmerdale\" from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, he starred with Jamie Theakston in the hit West End play \"'Art'\". In 2006, he played the role of the Reverend Shaw in the original West End cast of the musical \"Footloose\". He can currently be seen playing Dr. Turner in BBC TV series \"Call the Midwife\". In addition to his acting, McGann is a public speaker and communicator of science. He graduated from Imperial College London with a master's degree in Science Communication. He was a guest", "title": "Stephen McGann" }, { "docid": "19374640", "text": "Kate Lamb Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series \"Call the Midwife\" from 2015 to 2017. Lamb was born in Cardiff but grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, a pupil at Greenhill School. Her first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of \"Toad of Toad Hall\". After GCSEs she attended the United World College in Swaziland before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University. She also trained at the London Academy", "title": "Kate Lamb" }, { "docid": "8878811", "text": "appeared in include \"About a Boy\", \"The War Zone\", \"Lolita\", \"This Year's Love\" and \"Ironclad\". Outside of acting, she has appeared as a guest panellist on Five's \"The Wright Stuff\" during 2008 and 2009. In 2014, Apsion portrayed Annette Walker in an episode of the detective drama \"Suspects (TV series),\" and more recently she appeared in episodes of Call the Midwife as Violet Buckle (née Gee) and in episodes of Doc Martin as Jennifer Cardew. Apsion is a former student of Godalming College and the University of Wales. Annabelle Apsion Jane Annabelle Apsion (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London)", "title": "Annabelle Apsion" }, { "docid": "6198802", "text": "club. A depiction of the Gateways club featured in \"Call the Midwife\" Series 5 Episode 7 as a place visited by the character Patsy Mount and her girlfriend Delia Busby. The club features significantly in the novel 'Time of Obsessions' by John Roman Baker (Wilkinson House, 2017). The main protagonist Greg moves into a flat on Bramerton Street and becomes a regular at the club. There is also a significant lesbian character named Prue. Gateways club The Gateways club was a noted lesbian nightclub located at 239 Kings Road on the corner of Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London, England. It was", "title": "Gateways club" }, { "docid": "13866642", "text": "Love Or Money\". She has appeared on television as teenage runaway Mary in BBC drama \"Call the Midwife\", as cancer patient Annabelle Taylor in BBC drama \"Holby City\", as Ruth in \"The Great Fire\", and as Della Morgan in \"Doctors.\" McAllister's other theatre work includes \"Brighton Beach Memoirs\", \"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe\", \"Don Juan Comes Back from the War\", \"The Tinker's Wedding\", and \"The Way Home\" by award-winning writer Chloe Moss. McAllister is also a rising star of the London poetry scene. She is a recent UK Anti-slam Champion, has won multiple poetry slams across Europe, and", "title": "Amy McAllister" }, { "docid": "9369248", "text": "Charlotte Ritchie Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She is a member of the classical crossover band All Angels. She has been a main cast member in Channel 4's \"Fresh Meat\" and the BBC's \"Siblings\". From 2015 to 2018 she was a cast member of the BBC's \"Call the Midwife\", playing Barbara Gilbert (later Hereward). Charlotte Ritchie was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London and she joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. She finished a degree in English and Drama at the University", "title": "Charlotte Ritchie" }, { "docid": "8774280", "text": "played the leading role of David Hothouse in the UK premiere of \"Stalking The Bogeyman\". The production received widespread critical & public acclaim with McCarthy receiving a Best Actor nomination at the Off West End Awards. So far in 2017, McCarthy has played Emmett Forrest in Leicester Curve's production of Legally Blonde at the Opera Garnier in Monte Carlo and, most recently, joined the cast of BBC drama Call The Midwife. In 2018, he joined the cast of Call The Midwife as Terry Davidson, before playing Erwin Bach in the original West End cast of Tina, The Musical at the", "title": "Gerard McCarthy" }, { "docid": "13270786", "text": "from 2004-2006. He founded Ian Johnson Publicity Limited in 2006. Specialising in high-end Drama including \"Wallander\" and \"Call the Midwife\", Ian Johnson Publicity has since expanded to the United States working on programs with \"Starz\", \"HBO\" and \"Showtime\". https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/nov/19/weekend.garethmclean Ian Johnson also does corporate publicity for some of the UK's leading independent film and television production companies: Ian Johnson (publicist) Ian Johnson is a public relations manager based in London, specialising in online, television and film publicity. In the early 1990s, Johnson worked in the Channel 4 Press Office. In 1992 he was part of the launch Press Office team", "title": "Ian Johnson (publicist)" }, { "docid": "16220732", "text": "at the King George V Dock and the road is Saville Road, Silvertown, east London. Many of the exterior scenes are shot at the Chatham Historic Dockyard. On 11 February 2013, Ben Stephenson, BBC Controller for Drama, announced that he had commissioned a 2013 Christmas special, and a third series of eight episodes to air in 2014. The fourth series aired in the US in 2015, finishing its eight-episode run on 17 May. A Christmas special aired in 2015 as well. A fifth series was commissioned for 2016, shortly after series four was done filming. A sixth series was commissioned,", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "6357435", "text": "Sarah Quintrell Sarah Elizabeth Quintrell (born in Lambeth, London) is an English writer and actress, best known for writing multi-award winning single drama \"Ellen\" (Channel 4, 2016) and the five part crime drama\"The Trial: A Murder In The Family\" (Channel 4, 2017). In 2017 she was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. As an actor, Sarah has had an extensive career on stage as well as appearing in television such as \"Rillington Place (2016)\", \"Call the Midwife (2016)\" and \"Doctor Who\". Quintrell's writing debut \"Ellen\", was broadcast on Channel 4, late 2016. Directed by Mahalia Belo and starring Jessica Barden, Yasmin", "title": "Sarah Quintrell" }, { "docid": "14754591", "text": "In 1646 Rich was living \"in St. Olives parish in Southwark, at one Mris Williams, a midwife\", and in 1659 he occupied a house called the Golden Ball in Swithin's Lane, near London Stone. The first work issued by Rich was \"Semography, or Short and Swift Writing, being the most easiest, exactest, and speediest Method of all others that have beene yet Extant. … Invented and Composed for the Benefit of others by the Author hereof William Cartwright, and is now set forth and published by his Nephew, Ieremiah Rich, immediate next to the Author deceased\", London, 1642. Rich made", "title": "Jeremiah Rich" }, { "docid": "11203104", "text": "storage facility. It had a key role in Operation Sandcastle, where a large quantity of Nazi Tabun weapons were stored prior to eventual disposal at sea. There is a local legend told about a midwife from Llandwrog. It is said that the she was once summoned by a stranger to an underground palace where she helped a queen give birth to a child. The stranger then gave the midwife some ointment for the baby's eyes. When the midwife accidentally touched it to her own eyes, the queen instantly changed into the midwife's former serving-maid, Eilian. Weeks later, when the midwife", "title": "Llandwrog" }, { "docid": "5659180", "text": "heard in the extended DVD cut of the \"Family Guy\" episode \"Airport '07\", during \"Peter Griffin's Champagne Dance Party\" (a parody of \"The Lawrence Welk Show\"). It is also briefly heard in \"Call the Midwife\", Series 1 Episode 6, set in late 1957. In the late 1970s a version with revised lyrics was used as a TV jingle for Oscar Mayer. In the early 1990s the song was used in a McDonald's advertising campaign in the UK to promote their new range of hot dogs. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) \"Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)\" is an American popular song", "title": "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" }, { "docid": "17159631", "text": "twist was added in later, because Moffat felt the monster should be more fleshed out, and Cross chose to mirror the love plot between Emma and the Professor. Cross wanted to tell the story with \"a small cast and as few locations as possible\". Jessica Raine was offered the part of Emma Grayling, and later said that she had not realised \"what an institution \"Doctor Who\" is\" until she arrived on set. She said it was produced very differently from her series \"Call the Midwife\". Raine had also worked with Matt Smith before on a play. Cross said that Raine", "title": "Hide (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "6738839", "text": "set in the Kent hop picking season of 1939. The series starred Shane Taylor (\"Band of Brothers\"), Steve Nallon (\"Spitting Image\") and Candis Nergaard (\"Call the Midwife\"). The murder mystery series was directed by award-winning director Samuel Supple and produced by Violafilms. Shaun Williamson Shaun Williamson (born 29 November 1965) is an English actor, singer, media personality, and occasional presenter, best known for his role as Barry Evans in \"EastEnders\" and as a satirical version of himself in the BBC/HBO sitcom \"Extras\". A former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, he is widely known for his portrayal", "title": "Shaun Williamson" }, { "docid": "16220741", "text": "million. The critical reception for series two has praised the programme's sharp blend of prime-time period charm and hard-hitting social commentary. Caitlin Moran in \"The Times\" called this \"an iron hand in a velvet glove\", while Allison Pearson in \"The Daily Telegraph\" lauded its ability to \"tickle the middle of the brow while touching the most anguished parts of the human condition\". In particular, commentators have noted the attention given to female social issues in the drama's post-war, pre-pill setting. Alison Graham in the \"Radio Times\" dubbed \"Call the Midwife\" \"a magnificently subversive drama\" and \"the torchbearer of feminism on", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16220733", "text": "which included a 2016 Christmas episode that took place in South Africa. On 23 November 2016, the BBC announced a three-year deal with Neal Street Productions, commissioning a seventh, eighth and ninth series, all with Christmas specials. The new commission will keep the series on air until at least 2020. In May 2012, BBC Worldwide and the American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced that the first series of \"Call the Midwife\" would premiere in the United States on 30 September 2012. BBC Worldwide has also sold the programme to SVT (Sweden); NRK (Norway); RÚV (Iceland); Yle (Finland); AXN White (Spain;", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16220738", "text": "18 June 2013. Series 3 was released on Blu-ray on 20 May 2014. Series 4 was released on Blu-ray on 19 May 2015. A second series of \"Call the Midwife\" was immediately commissioned after the drama's opening episode attracted an audience of nearly 10 million viewers. The second episode increased its audience to 10.47 million, while the third continued the climb to 10.66. Episode 4's rating of 10.89 million overtook 2010 ITV hit \"Downton Abbey\" as the largest first series audience for original drama on British television in recent years. In the United States, the series 1 transmission on PBS", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "16220736", "text": "2014, with a consolidated average of 10.53 million. On 28 February 2014, BBC confirmed that \"Call the Midwife\" had been commissioned for a 2014 Christmas special and fourth series, to air in 2015. On 3 November 2014, BBC announced that an eight-episode fifth series had been commissioned; it began airing on 17 January 2016; the fifth series takes the story into 1961. The sixth series began airing in the UK on 22 January 2017, taking the drama into 1962. Season seven, again consisting of eight episodes, began airing on Sunday, 21 January, 2018, with episode one viewed by 9.87 million", "title": "Call the Midwife" }, { "docid": "11323742", "text": "Elizabeth Cellier Elizabeth Cellier (commonly known as Mrs. Cellier and dubbed the \"Popish Midwife\"), flourished 1668–1688, London, England, was a notable Catholic midwife in seventeenth-century England. She stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the \"Meal-Tub Plot\" against the future James II but was acquitted. She later became a pamphleteer and made attempts to advance the field of midwifery. Elizabeth Cellier was a noted London midwife, who came into prominence through the pretended \"Meal-Tub Plot\" of 1680. Nothing seems known of her life until her marriage with Peter Cellier, a Frenchman, and her conversion from Anglicanism.", "title": "Elizabeth Cellier" }, { "docid": "18470522", "text": "to gain deserved recognition there. Stone remained in differing view than the man-midwives and advocated for the importance of women in the practice because they had been doing it for centuries. Stone wrote a treatise to advocate for her argument and it gained popularity when it came out in 1737. However, not long after her work came out, Sarah Stone moved to London where there was no information about her recorded after that year. Sarah Stone was a well-regarded midwife of her time. She was an excellent example of English midwifery. Stone could be compared to Madame Angélique du Coudray", "title": "Sarah Stone (midwife)" }, { "docid": "20506457", "text": "series was adapted by Heidi Thomas, who created \"Call the Midwife\", and directed by Vanessa Caswill. It was produced by Playground Television UK with PBS Masterpiece. \"Little Women\" is set in Concord, Massachusetts, but was filmed in County Wicklow, Ireland. Filming took place in the coastal town of Bray and at the Ardmore Studios from July 2017. Irish costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh created the clothing for the miniseries. The UK media reception for the programme was very positive. Euan Ferguson in \"The Observer\" said: \"The grit and pain of the girls' struggles to define themselves, in that fast-changing age,", "title": "Little Women (2017 TV series)" }, { "docid": "16646818", "text": "Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company. The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. Nicolas Brown joined in 2013 to work across the film and TV portfolio. The company's movies include \"Revolutionary Road\", \"Jarhead\" and \"Starter for 10\". Their TV dramas include the award-winning \"\" with Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch, \"Penny Dreadful\" and \"Call the Midwife\". In theatre Neal Street has produced \"The Bridge Project\", \"Shrek the Musical\" and the musical adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". More recently in 2017/8, Neal", "title": "Neal Street Productions" }, { "docid": "18992260", "text": "Cathy Warwick (midwife) \"Not to be confused with Cathy Warwick the chess player.\" Dame Catherine Lilian \"Cathy\" Warwick is a Scottish midwife, trade union leader, and abortion rights activist. She has been the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives since 2008, and is also Chair of Trustees of BPAS, one of the UK's leading providers of abortion services. She received a nursing degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1975, and completed a one-year midwifery course at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in 1976. She is an Honorary Professor of Midwifery at King's College London School of Midwifery. She was", "title": "Cathy Warwick (midwife)" }, { "docid": "18258896", "text": "Catholic\" at the Tricycle Theatre, London in 2013. Cathcart died at her home in Brighton, on 4 September 2014, aged 48, from an asthma attack. Clare Cathcart Clare Cathcart (3 October 1965 – 4 September 2014) was a Northern Irish actress. She was known for her appearances in \"New Tricks\" and \"Call the Midwife\" in which she played Mrs Torpy. Cathcart also appeared in the TV programmes \"Holby City\", \"Come Fly with Me\"\", \"\"Doctors\", \"The Bill\", and \"Casualty\". Onstage, she appeared in \"The Comedy of Errors\" at the National Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke. Her film appearances include \"Hotel Splendide\",", "title": "Clare Cathcart" }, { "docid": "16215544", "text": "Vic's revival of Middleton and Rowley's 17th-century tragedy, \"The Changeling\". In 2012 Raine starred in \"Beyond Ballets Russes\" at the London Coliseum. In film and television, Raine has appeared in \"Garrow's Law\" and \"Robin Hood\", directed by Ridley Scott. She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama \"Call the Midwife\". After the success of the first series, she shot a Christmas special and a second series. At the end of series 2, Raine was asked to commit to eight more series of the programme. On 9 March 2014, it was", "title": "Jessica Raine" }, { "docid": "6276832", "text": "part in the 1968 student protests in London, and in organisations of the revolutionary Greek Left during the struggle against the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. During this period, he was a member of the Greek group called Revolutionary Socialist Groups in London, which published the newspaper \"Μαμή\" (\"Midwife\", from the Marxian dictum, \"violence is the midwife of revolution\") for which he wrote several articles. Fotopoulos married Sia Mamareli (a former lawyer) in 1966; the couple have a son, Costas (born in 1974), who is a Composer and Pianist. Fotopoulos was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Polytechnic of", "title": "Takis Fotopoulos" }, { "docid": "12655275", "text": "in the back of their minds. In time the building is complete, but before it is set to officially open, a young woman and her husband arrive in the village. The woman is in labor, and so Chadwick and the midwife (Joyce MgBaronye) agree to admit the woman as the home's first patient. That evening, while tending the woman, the midwife catches sight of movement and hears noises coming from outside. Frightened, she soon hears a knock at the door, but it turns out only to be Iruka coming to check up on the expectant mother. Relieved, the midwife resumes", "title": "Daybreak in Udi" }, { "docid": "2271153", "text": "The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By", "title": "The Call of the Wild" }, { "docid": "8513512", "text": "squad typically consisted of an obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife, and a helper such as a hospital orderly. The service was activated following a phone call for assistance, and the team members would 'fly' (meaning 'travel quickly') to the scene. The anaesthetic equipment initially was quite simple and consisted of a Schimmelbusch mask to administer chloroform. Later more sophisticated equipment was used. Of great importance was intravenous infusion equipment, intravenous fluids and later the provision of group O blood. Obstetric Flying Squad An Obstetric Flying Squad is a form of medical retrieval team that is composed of an obstetrician, anaesthetist, midwife and", "title": "Obstetric Flying Squad" }, { "docid": "10244765", "text": "Michael Reiss Michael J. Reiss, FRSB FRSA (born 1960) is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is Assistant Director, Research and Development. Reiss's father was an obstetrician; his mother, a midwife. His father was Jewish; his mother, an agnostic. Reiss had a secular upbringing in north London. He began his career as a schoolteacher at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge in 1983. In 1989, he became a Lecturer and Tutor in the Department of Education at the", "title": "Michael Reiss" }, { "docid": "10244770", "text": "complain that Ofsted's proposed new curriculum for primary schools did not mention evolution. In 2010 Reiss debated Michael Behe on the topic of Intelligent Design. Michael Reiss Michael J. Reiss, FRSB FRSA (born 1960) is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is Assistant Director, Research and Development. Reiss's father was an obstetrician; his mother, a midwife. His father was Jewish; his mother, an agnostic. Reiss had a secular upbringing in north London. He began his career as a", "title": "Michael Reiss" }, { "docid": "17143178", "text": "the Midwife\". Main features as a soloist in several tracks on the \"Call the Midwife\" album released in February 2013. In November 2015 Main won the \"Children in Need\" \"Strictly Come Dancing\" special with dancer Brendan Cole. In 2017, Main was cast in the lead role of Princess Fiona, in the second UK tour of Shrek the Musical. Main will share the role with The X Factor contestant Amelia Lily. Main's first performance was on 12 December 2017, at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Laura Main Laura Main is a Scottish actress known for her role as Sister Bernadette (later Doctor Turner's", "title": "Laura Main" }, { "docid": "12946794", "text": "with performers such as Marie Lloyd, Gus Elen and Albert Chevalier establishing the image of the humorous East End Cockney and highlighting the conditions of ordinary workers. This image, buoyed by close family and social links and the community's fortitude in the war, came to be represented in literature and film. However, with the rise of the Kray twins in the 1960s the dark side of East End character returned with a new emphasis on criminality and gangsterism. The success of Jennifer Worth's memoir \"Call the Midwife\" (2002, reissued 2007), which became a major best-seller and was adapted by the", "title": "East End of London" }, { "docid": "16734765", "text": "film \"The Age of Adaline\", when Ellis first met Adaline. In \"The Twilight Zone\" episode \"The Fugitive,\" Old Ben quotes the poem to Jenny after she gives him a kiss. Sister Monica Joan recites the poem to midwife Jenny Lee in season 3 of \"Call the Midwife\". Jenny kiss'd Me Jenny kiss'd Me (original title: \"Rondeau\") is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. It was first published in November 1838 by the \"Monthly Chronicle\". The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle. According to anthologist Martin", "title": "Jenny kiss'd Me" }, { "docid": "11292106", "text": "the Develop Award for Audio Accomplishment in 2009. For \"Fable III\" Saxon directed a cast of over 80 actors, including Ben Kingsley, Michael Fassbender, Simon Pegg, Naomie Harris and John Cleese. Saxon provided MoCap and voiceover direction for \"Killzone 2\" (Sony). She also directed \"Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King\", and for \"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed\" (LucasArts) she cast European roles. In 2018, Kate directed episodes 2 and 3 for \"Call The Midwife\" series 8, which will be on TV in 2019. Kate regularly directs \"Eastenders\". In 2013, Saxon trained in multi-cam directing on the set of \"EastEnders\"", "title": "Kate Saxon" }, { "docid": "866107", "text": "could negatively impact the newborn's \"emotional wellbeing.\" By the 1970s, the call for natural childbirth was spread nationwide, in conjunction with the second-wave of the feminist movement. While it is still most common for American women to deliver in the hospital, supporters of natural birth still widely exist, especially in the UK where midwife-assisted home births have gained popularity in recent years. Childbirth statistics in US before 1915 were not recorded but moving forward the US has had historically poor maternal mortality rates in comparison to other developed countries. There is more reliable data on maternal mortality from Britain from", "title": "Childbirth" }, { "docid": "10878922", "text": "his long life through a series of flashbacks. Ryall's last appearance was in \"Call the Midwife\", where he played Tommy Mills. This episode was aired on BBC One on 1 March 2015 and was dedicated to his memory in the closing credits. Ryall had one son and two daughters: Jonathan Ryall (born 1966), who was the manager of the Australian band Glide; Imogen Ryall (born 1967), who is a singer and Charlie Ryall (born 1986), who is also an actor. Ryall died on 25 December 2014 aged 79. David Ryall David John Ryall (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014)", "title": "David Ryall" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5026936", "text": "act together to form a good composition. These paintings all show the same subject, the Raising of Lazarus, and essentially the same figures, but have very different compositions: Composition (visual arts) In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or 'ingredients' in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. The composition of a picture is different from its subject, what is depicted, whether a moment from a story, a person or a place.", "title": "Composition (visual arts)" }, { "docid": "5026915", "text": "the only ones shown. The term composition means 'putting together' and can apply to any work of art, from music to writing to photography, that is arranged using conscious thought. In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as \"design, form, visual ordering,\" or \"formal structure,\" depending on the context. In graphic design for press and desktop publishing, composition is commonly referred to as page layout. The various visual elements, known as \"elements of design\", \"formal elements\", or \"elements of art,\" constitute the vocabulary with which the visual artist composes. These elements in the overall", "title": "Composition (visual arts)" }, { "docid": "3658285", "text": "coined the term \"Art autre\" (the Other Art) to describe the new style. Wols was noted for his etchings and for his use of stains (\"taches\") of color dabbed onto the canvas (as exemplified by his painting \"Composition\", c. 1950). His painted work contains figurative elements as well as free improvisations and abstract elements. Spontaneity and immediateness determine the creative work of Wols, who never underwent any formal artistic training. Randomness (initially inspired by the Surrealist psychic Automatism) plays an important role in his unstructured compositions. In later years Wols was particularly interested in the combination of powerful brushstrokes with", "title": "Wols" }, { "docid": "9210846", "text": "work closely followed the essential tenets of French academism. Like the Renaissance painters they admired, the nineteenth-century academicians used historical, religious, or allegorical painting to communicate an idea. Within the parameters of this literary art, Collin made subtle modifications to the accepted academic style, introducing elements of the impressionist technique into his allegorical scenes. Such formal techniques as formal composition and bright color evoked the light filled landscapes of impressionism rather than the dark chiaroscuro of Renaissance painting. During the last few decades of the nineteenth century, academic painting in France was in crisis, eclipsed by the new artistic movements", "title": "Raphaël Collin" }, { "docid": "5026914", "text": "Composition (visual arts) In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or 'ingredients' in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. The composition of a picture is different from its subject, what is depicted, whether a moment from a story, a person or a place. Many subjects, for example Saint George and the Dragon, are often portrayed in art, but using a great range of compositions even though the two figures are typically", "title": "Composition (visual arts)" }, { "docid": "5026936", "text": "act together to form a good composition. These paintings all show the same subject, the Raising of Lazarus, and essentially the same figures, but have very different compositions: Composition (visual arts) In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or 'ingredients' in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. The composition of a picture is different from its subject, what is depicted, whether a moment from a story, a person or a place.", "title": "Composition (visual arts)" }, { "docid": "5026925", "text": "subject of the piece. The empty spaces around, above, and within, is negative space. The artist determines what the center of interest (focus in photography) of the art work will be, and composes the elements accordingly. The gaze of the viewer will then tend to linger over these points of interest, elements are arranged with consideration of several factors (known variously as the \"principles of organization, principles of art,\" or \"principles of design\") into a harmonious whole which works together to produce the desired statement – a phenomenon commonly referred to as unity. Such factors in composition should not be", "title": "Composition (visual arts)" }, { "docid": "9223725", "text": "fitness of the artist, as symmetrical forms are difficult to produce. These hypothesis and findings provide evidence for evolutionary biases on preference for symmetry and as reinforcement for cultural biases. Research suggests that symmetrical preference due to its evolutionary basis, biological basis and cultural reinforcement, might be replicable cross-culturally. Compositional balance refers to the placement of various elements in a work of art in relation to each other, through their organization and positioning, and based upon their relative weights. The elements may include the size, shape, color, and arrangement of objects or shapes. When balanced, a composition appears stable and", "title": "Psychology of art" } ]

[ { "docid": "14241876", "text": "and like Bevan worked under a noticeable influence from 'expressionistic' forms of German art. Bevan himself wrote his thesis at art school on the highly expressive German eighteenth-century sculptor, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, and acknowledged Messerschmidt's influence on his own work. In an interview in 2011 Bevan stated: 'I've used elements [of Messerschmidt] in the past, but recently I decided to work specifically through these sculptures. So I used formal elements from the sculptures to make self-portraits because it's believed that a lot of these sculptures were self-portraits. So I used the formal elements of his to work through my own", "title": "Tony Bevan" }, { "docid": "17298176", "text": "birdhouses. Bitters is also known for his thumb pots. He has raised what was once humble, decorative and functional into objects of art by applying all the elements of formal art. Bitters’ pots and planters are distinctively earthy and textural and it is easy to overlook at texture, while a hallmark of his work, “is only one of the elements,” according to Bitters. “The surface of the container must be treated in attitude like a painting involving the variation of a theme, thick and thin line, color, relationships of form, scale, proportion, calligraphy, texture, and finally, the organization of all", "title": "Stan Bitters" }, { "docid": "8857627", "text": "adaptation by means of natural selection. Starting from the premise that the human mind has evolved in an adaptive relation to its environment, literary Darwinists undertake to characterize the phenomenal qualities of a literary work (tone, style, theme, and formal organization), locate the work in a cultural context, explain that cultural context as a particular organization of the elements of human nature within a specific set of environmental conditions (including cultural traditions), identify an implied author and an implied reader, examine the responses of actual readers (for instance, other literary critics), describe the socio-cultural, political, and psychological functions the work", "title": "Darwinian literary studies" }, { "docid": "6802245", "text": "design trends from his lifetimes from Art Nouveau to Op art. Much of his work has an industrial quality, stemming from his training as an architect. However, there is a dream like quality as well, painting impossible palaces and other structures, with innumerable halls and rooms, secret passages and stairs which are often absurd. Irony and surfeit are generally expressed through the almost hallucinogenic repetition of elements and formal disorder, but it is the result of conscious thought. He classifies his work as eclectic and hybrid. His art is not political, it is art for art’s sake and he states", "title": "Pedro Friedeberg" }, { "docid": "8973057", "text": "art as an historical source, believing that an integrative approach can provide the key to the political and ideological concepts of the historical period being studied. Architecture and art emerge as a means of communication, through a topos of symbols, and like language and literature, they represent vital clues in the study of cultural and political history. In her work with the Mughal Empire, informed by written sources, she utilises the art historian’s technique of formal analysis: utilising elements of the aesthetics of art, architectural form, building type, garden and urban design to form an understanding of the period. This", "title": "Ebba Koch" }, { "docid": "2840234", "text": "Art film An art film is typically a serious, independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is \"intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal\", \"made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit\", and contains \"unconventional or highly symbolic content\". Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing \"formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films\". These qualities can include (among other elements): a sense of social realism; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director;", "title": "Art film" }, { "docid": "4085420", "text": "no organization is ever completely rule-bound: instead, all real organizations represent some mix of formal and informal. Consequently, when attempting to legislate for an organization and to create a formal structure, it is necessary to recognize informal organization in order to create workable structures. However, informal organization can fail, or, if already set in order, can work against mismanagement. Formal organizations are typically understood to be systems of coordinated and controlled activities that arise when work is embedded in complex networks of technical relations and boundary-spanning exchanges. But in modern societies, formal organizational structures arise in highly institutional contexts. Organizations", "title": "Formal organization" }, { "docid": "1746823", "text": "administrative unit or office in a company or organization, which solicits and recruits qualified individuals who are willing to mentor, provides training to the mentors, and then helps to match the mentors up with a person in need of mentoring. While formal mentoring systems contain numerous structural and guidance elements, they still typically allow the mentor and mentee to have an active role in choosing who they want to work with. Formal mentoring programs which simply assign mentors to mentees without giving these individuals a say have not performed well. Even though a mentor and a mentee may seem perfectly", "title": "Mentorship" }, { "docid": "20557494", "text": "of deaf adult), for example, could be a contributor to De'VIA. Similarly, a Deaf artist does not necessarily belong to the De'VIA genre if their work does not use defined formal art elements common to De'VIA, such as contrastive colors and exaggerated facial features, to portray the Deaf experience. The following nine artists were those who attended Betty G. Miller's workshop entitled \"Expression: American Deaf Art,\" which took place at Gallaudet University in May of 1989. Led by Miller and her co-facilitator Paul Johnston, this group spent four days discussing the experiences and elements of Deaf art. At the culmination", "title": "De'VIA" }, { "docid": "16609712", "text": "USA 2013), International women's Day 2013 ( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Art for Peace for a Better World 2013 (National Art Gallery of Izmir, Turkey). Hanieh Mohammad Bagher Hanieh Mohammad Bagher (born August 12, 1980) is an Iranian artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her work is influenced between the intersection of painting, inlay, sculpture, and spatial analysis. Hanieh was born in 1980 in Tehran capital city of Iran. Hanieh studied in formal classes at cultural heritage organization of Iran. She received her certificate in professional drawing, painting, engraving and carving from Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization in Tehran, Iran", "title": "Hanieh Mohammad Bagher" }, { "docid": "2219777", "text": "Understanding Comics Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. It explores formal aspects of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements have been used. It expounds theoretical ideas about comics as an art form and medium of communication, and is itself written in comic book form. \"Understanding Comics\" received praise from notable comic and graphic novel authors such as Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Garry Trudeau (who reviewed the book for the \"New York Times\"). Although", "title": "Understanding Comics" }, { "docid": "9361063", "text": "subject matter, was first manifest in the series of paintings \"The Valley of the Queens\", inspired by a visit to Thebes. \"Three thousand years or non-European art, a strong narrative tradition, formal qualities such as the fluidity of the graphic line, monumentality of scale, vivid color and sense of pattern--all these elements had profound, immediate, and lasting impact on his work.\" Beginning in the mid-1970s, Colescott began creating works based on iconic paintings from art history. His \"Olympia\", in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, reimagines Manet's \"Olympia\" with the black servant as an equal. Colescott's \"George Washington", "title": "Robert Colescott" }, { "docid": "14126043", "text": "His family was catholic and very pious, and his grandfather was a priest. However, Rad Hourani rejects any religious limitations. He completed high school studies but never pursued a formal degree in art or fashion, which allowed him to avoid being influenced by academic structures. Rad Hourani’s work is multidimensional, and he expresses his vision through multiple disciplines including photography, film and graphic elements, as well as fashion design. His ideology is thus not only reflected in the design of his garments, but uniformally across all his work, creating a form of total work of art that encompasses his limitless", "title": "Rad Hourani" }, { "docid": "13404313", "text": "The general nature of the use I try to make of the art of painting is, I hope, apparent; that is, to express the sum of relationships which is a total human being. With art, as with atomic physics, the problem in the world today is to bring the human being abreast of the techniques and inventions of material culture—to achieve an adequate modern spiritual integrity. According to Dan Wingren, a fellow Texan artist writing on Culwell's work in the 1970s, Culwell uses these symbols to suggest formal and spatial relationships: The principal elements of Culwell’s pictorial vocabulary are virtually", "title": "Ben Culwell" }, { "docid": "12978301", "text": "seven elements in drawing. The Best Maugard method was fundamental to modernist aesthetic in Mexico. His style and method was a proposal for defining mexicanidad (Mexicanness). His approach to explaining universalism in drawing is based on the principles of formal abstraction and fusion; which then creates an alternative to the rhetorical, didactic, and figurative art that is later known as the “Mexican School”. His method introduced a visual vocabulary and grammar for the foundation of Mexican art by drawing on elements extracted from pre-Hispanic art, which he argued determined the characteristics of Mexican popular art in combination with elements from", "title": "Adolfo Best Maugard" }, { "docid": "13385714", "text": "themes and styles in his craft. Using a remarkable range of formal discourses and methods, Pell's work often employs elements of intertextuality, metafiction and reflexivity, decenterization, pastiche, appropriation, found materials, and sampling. Through various mediums such as mail art, text-and-collage, gallery exhibits, and book object(Artist's book), his style uses satire, sarcasm, wit, and humor (wordplay, dark humor, absurdist humor, shock humor, visual and textual puns) to comment, criticize, and occasionally openly mock America's traditional cultural attitudes and values though work that is as much conceptual and performance art as it is fiction. Derek Pell has published work under various pseudonyms,", "title": "Derek Pell" }, { "docid": "16503164", "text": "defines \"formal organization\" twice as \"a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.\" The chapter outlines how Barnard developed the definition and explains that the concept of organization is abstract. It specifies that a formal organization is part of a \"cooperative system,\" a \"complex of physical, biological, personal, and social components which are in a specific systematic relationship by reason of the cooperation of two or more persons for at least one definite end.\" Chapter VII, \"The Theory of Formal Organization\" on pages 82–95, sets forth the three elements necessary for organizations: \"(1) communication; (2)", "title": "The Functions of the Executive" }, { "docid": "998645", "text": "action to reach a common goal or construct a tangible product. This action is usually framed by formal membership and form (institutional rules). Sociology distinguishes the term organisation into planned formal and unplanned informal (i.e. spontaneously formed) organisations. Sociology analyses organisations in the first line from an institutional perspective. In this sense, organisation is an enduring arrangement of elements. These elements and their actions are determined by rules so that a certain task can be fulfilled through a system of coordinated division of labour. Economic approaches to organisations also take the division of labour as a starting point. The division", "title": "Organization" }, { "docid": "4126113", "text": "heterarchy as the flexibility of the formal relationships inside an organization. Domination and subordination links can be reversed and privileges can be redistributed in each situation, following the needs of the system. A heterarchical network could be used to describe neuron connections or democracy, although there are clearly hierarchical elements in both. The term heterarchy is used in conjunction with the concepts of holons and holarchy to describe individual systems at each level of a holarchy. Heterarchy A heterarchy is a system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to", "title": "Heterarchy" }, { "docid": "19510534", "text": "bleak paintings in funereal tones to vivid, bold colored, heavily textured paintings that often incorporated images of fantasy and whimsy; Aiki's work from the early 1960s onward would often include bright oranges, greens and purples. Although she had studied and graduated from art school with formal training, she would include strong elements of naïve art (primitivism) and humorous influences in her works during this period, taking inspiration from fairy tales and poetry. In the spring of 1969, Estonian art historian Tui Koorti coordinated a personal exhibition of Ellinor Aiki's works at the Tartu Art Museum, with about a hundred of", "title": "Ellinor Aiki" }, { "docid": "2219785", "text": "Andy Hertzfeld. \"Understanding Comics\" was parodied by Dylan Sisson in his \"Filibusting Comics: The Next Chapter\", published by Fantagraphics in 1995, and later translated into Spanish. It was parodied again, in Tim Heiderich and Mike Rosen's \"Misunderstanding Comics\", self-published via Kickstarter in 2012. Understanding Comics Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. It explores formal aspects of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements have been used. It expounds theoretical ideas about comics as an art form and medium of", "title": "Understanding Comics" }, { "docid": "19066142", "text": "Schulman and did honors with George William Eggers. To gain exposure to a wider range of styles he also studied at the National Academy Museum and School with George Lawrence Nelson, Carl Anderson, Leon Kroll and Gordon Samstag, and at the Educational Alliance with Abbo Ostrowsky. In spite of his predominately academic training, Wilson was particularly attracted to Analytic Cubism and experimented with elements of abstraction even in his earliest figurative work. Following his formal art education, he shared a studio in Chelsea with several of his CCNY classmates and worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) as an art", "title": "Ben Wilson (American artist)" }, { "docid": "522788", "text": "workplace, for example, online dating services and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. The use of collaborative software in the work space creates a collaborative working environment (CWE). Finally, collaborative software relates to the notion of collaborative work systems, which are conceived as any form of human organization that emerges any time that collaboration takes place, whether it is formal or informal, intentional or unintentional. Whereas the groupware or collaborative software pertains to the technological elements of computer-supported cooperative work, collaborative work systems become a useful analytical tool to understand the behavioral and organizational variables that are associated to", "title": "Collaborative software" }, { "docid": "10286021", "text": "degree of professional and individual expertise and experience. The knowledge worker is astutely aware, not only of the means and purpose of their work, but also its political and social dimensions. Much of this knowledge is tacit and shared among the work group becoming embedded in its culture. There is a broad expanse of uncharted territory between the real knowledge work that occurs in an organization and the formal organizational structure and espoused practices. The concentration on formal organizational programs aimed at the individual workers ignored the real nature of work practices that reside in a space between the organization", "title": "Network-centric organization" }, { "docid": "855584", "text": "evince \"becoming\" in character and community. Storytelling festivals feature the work of several storytellers. Elements of the oral storytelling art form include visualization (the seeing of images in the mind's eye), and vocal and bodily gestures. In many ways, the art of storytelling draws upon other art forms such as acting, oral interpretation and performance studies. Several storytelling organizations started in the U.S. during the 1970s. One such organization was the National Association for the Perpetuation and Preservation of Storytelling (NAPPS), now the National Storytelling Network (NSN) and the International Storytelling Center (ISC). NSN is a professional organization that helps", "title": "Storytelling" }, { "docid": "20680686", "text": "to him. Blocks of color delineate space and suggest suggest a lack of movement. Art historian and scholar Jean Gillies argues that the less details the viewer has to look at, the slower the eye will move across the work. The idea comes from the notion that when viewing a work of art, the eye jumps from detail to detail in order to perceive the whole. By reducing the number of elements, Hopper creates a slow moving or even still scene. Gilles argues the formal techniques function to give the subjects a timeless quality as if they are frozen in", "title": "Room in New York" }, { "docid": "9712865", "text": "one where no informal organization existed.\" However, the contemporary approach—one suggested as early as 1925 by Mary Parker Follett, the pioneer of community centers and author of influential works on management philosophy—is to integrate the informal organization and the formal organization, recognizing the strengths and limitations of each. Integration, as Follett defined it, means breaking down apparent sources of conflict into their basic elements and then building new solutions that neither allow domination nor require compromise. In other words, integrating the informal organization with the formal organization replaces competition with coherence. At a societal level, the importance of the relationship", "title": "Informal organization" }, { "docid": "13030417", "text": "came from an architectural student who, courting Roy's older sister, needed to keep the youngster occupied with something else. Receiving no formal art training, Carless was inspired and mentored by the late Duncan Macpherson, editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Star, who nominated Carless to membership in the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in 1971. Roy was the first labour cartoonist to be accepted by the organization. Most of Carless' originals are now in Canada's national archives (Library and Archives Canada). Copies are also in several Presidential libraries and in university collections. His work has hung in shows in the Art", "title": "Roy Carless" }, { "docid": "9712867", "text": "50 students may contain several informal groups that constitute the informal organization within the formal structure of the class. These groups may develop out of fraternity or sorority relationships, dorm residency, project work teams, or seating arrangements. Dress codes, hairstyles, and political party involvement are reinforced among the group members. They provide social status and satisfaction that may not be obtained from the formal organization. In a large organization (or classroom), a worker (or student) may feel like an anonymous number rather than a unique individual. Members of informal groups, however, share jokes and gripes, eat together, play and work", "title": "Informal organization" }, { "docid": "11655934", "text": "in Contemporary Culture Archive, Tribe explains \"I thought of it as Artforum meets AltaVista (AltaVista was one of the first web search engines), as a kind of bottom-up alternative to the top-down hierarchies of the art world.\" Rhizome established an online archive called the ArtBase in 1999. The ArtBase was initially conceived exclusively as a database of net art works. Today, the scope of the ArtBase has expanded to include other forms of art engaged with technology, including games, software, and interdisciplinary projects with online elements. The works are submitted by the artists themselves. In addition to hosting archived work,", "title": "Rhizome (organization)" }, { "docid": "20480253", "text": "Lizzie Wilkerson Lizzie Wilkerson (1895–1984) was an African-American folk artist known for paintings that reflected her life on a farm. She was born Lizzie Henderson near Covington, Georgia, the youngest of 21 children. In 1919, she married Dewey Wilkerson, a mechanic, and moved to Atlanta. She never received formal training as an artist and began making art late in life. She worked in watercolor and pen, creating imaginatively detailed and expansive images in which elements of farm life fill the page, often creating an all-over effect reminiscent of textile patterns. She also made some dolls. Wilkerson's work was little known", "title": "Lizzie Wilkerson" }, { "docid": "10775605", "text": "look at patterns used for system organization... to illustrate the discipling and examine the ways in which architectural design can impact software design. Our selection emphasizes informal descriptions, touching lightly on formal notations and specifications and on tools to support them.\" In this work Garlan and Shaw \"describe an architecture of a system as a collection of computational components together with a description of the interactions between these components—the connectors.\" A component is simply described as \"the elements that perform computation.\" In 2011 Shaw and Garlan were awarded the Outstanding Research Award for 2011 by the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)", "title": "Mary Shaw (computer scientist)" }, { "docid": "9712873", "text": "organization. Although informal organizations create unique challenges and potential problems for management, they also provide a number of benefits for the formal organization. Formal plans. policies, procedures, and standards cannot solve every problem in a dynamic organization; therefore, informal systems must blend with formal ones to get work done. As early as 1951, Robert Dubin recognized that \"informal relations in the organization serve to preserve the organization from the self-destruction that would result from literal obedience to the formal policies, rules, regulations, and procedures\". No college or university could function merely by everyone following the \"letter of the law\" with", "title": "Informal organization" }, { "docid": "5145049", "text": "updates central elements from the work of Max Weber and produces a critical analysis of the impact of social-structural change on human interaction and identity. The central theme in Weber's analysis of modern society was the process of rationalization; a far-reaching process whereby traditional modes of thinking were replaced by an ends/means analysis concerned with efficiency and formalized social control. Weber argued that the archetypal manifestation of this process was the bureaucracy; a large, formal organization characterized by a hierarchical authority structure, well-established division of labor, written rules and regulations, impersonality and a concern for technical competence. Bureaucratic organizations not", "title": "The McDonaldization of Society" }, { "docid": "9850379", "text": "topics. A seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. A workshop includes all the elements of the seminar, but with the largest portion emphasizing “hands-on-practice” or laboratory work. A symposium is a formal gathering in an academic setting where participants are experts in their fields. Entertainment for these events varies from kick-op brunches to start, special industry guest speakers, and mixers, dinners afterwards. There are also booths set up for trade shows to display a companies strengths and for better marketing. Corporate charity events, whether concerts, golf tournaments,", "title": "Corporate entertainment" }, { "docid": "16062945", "text": "Mark Rothko, Mondriaan, De Stijl (Rietveld chair) and more subtle references to Jannis Kounellis and Joseph Beuys. Bijl adapts these classical works to his own corporate style. He seeks a more abstract formal language that is in many respects more ambiguous than his earlier vocabulary. Bijl undermines systems but at the same time he is depended on these systems. Bijl's work is often rebellious and tends to the illegality. His work is clearly rooted in street culture and possesses elements of graffiti, performance and installation art. As said earlier the symbols and logos are often the Leitmotiv in Bijls work.", "title": "Marc Bijl" }, { "docid": "2173545", "text": "Rolland to direct civil engineers, a reversal of the traditional roles in Australia. Rolland played a pivotal role in the design, development and coordination of all surface elements including pool design, paving, conceptual lighting and art work locations. Horticultural experts from the Australian National Botanic Gardens and a government nursery were consulted on plant selection. Permanent irrigation has been limited to only the more formal areas. Irwinconsult was commissioned to provide structural engineering, including quality assurance of all structural elements, to deliver a building with a designed life-span of 200 years. Construction began in 1981, and the House was intended", "title": "Parliament House, Canberra" }, { "docid": "10988338", "text": "Anne Krafft Anne Krafft (born 3 April 1957 in Oslo, Norway) is an artist, producing oil and acrylic paintings, graphic arts, drawings, ceramics, glass and digital photography. Formal education was received in Trondheim, Norway at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art(Kunstakademiet i Trondheim) in 1977-81. During the 80's, Krafft was a significant artist and drew a lot of attention with her simplified, almost primitive expressions. She used elements from expressionism mixed with art-deco from the 20s and post-modernism. Typical for young artists that manifested on the 80s, was the non binding application of elements from different eras of the art", "title": "Anne Krafft" }, { "docid": "5462732", "text": "legacy of Metaphysical painting influenced the work of Felice Casorati, Max Ernst, and others. Exhibitions of Metaphysical art in Germany in 1921 and 1924 inspired the use of mannequin imagery in works by George Grosz and Oskar Schlemmer. Many paintings by René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, and other Surrealists make use of formal and thematic elements derived from Metaphysical painting. Between the two World Wars in Italy there were numerous architectural vulgarisations of the metaphysical poetics of the \"Piazze d'Italia\", whose timeless atmosphere seemed to be congenial to the propaganda needs of the time. Squares of metaphysical flavor were built in", "title": "Metaphysical art" }, { "docid": "11343244", "text": "by Architect Kenzo Tange is more of an articulated structure. The distinct elements synchronise so beautifully to form a rigid looking structure. Articulation (architecture) Articulation, in art and architecture, is a method of styling the joints in the formal of architectural design. Through degrees of articulation, each part is united with the whole work by means of a joint in such a way that the joined parts are put together in styles ranging from exceptionally distinct jointing to the opposite of high articulation—fluidity and continuity of joining. In highly articulated works, each part is defined precisely and stands out clearly.", "title": "Articulation (architecture)" }, { "docid": "17277043", "text": "book on management and organization, entitled \"\"Organizing a factory: an analysis of the elements in factory organization\",\" which second edition was published in 1907. In this work Woods aimed to present an analysis of the elements in factory organization, the fundamental principles of factory management, and the methods to be used in every department of factory operation. In the Preface (1905) he further explained: Woods visualized the fundamental principles of factory management in a series of four diagrams, showing organization elements (I); authorities (II); segregation of authority (III); and expenditure divisions of a factory (IV). This visualisation is an early", "title": "Clinton Edgar Woods" }, { "docid": "15805473", "text": "experiences and visual language. In 1989 he created a powerful series in the subjective-figurative style. Such works as: \"Perestoroga\" (The Warning), \"Staryi z palytseiu\" (The Old Man with a Cane) and \"Vidchay\" (Despair) amongst others. Keeping to his individual artistic tradition, from the late 1980s and into the early 1990s he brings new elements and unique formal solutions to his works, creating an original world where his characters exist in the past, present and future simultaneously or – in parallel dimensions. The key element in Oleg Minko's art work through the years is the image of Man and his fate.", "title": "Oleg Minko" }, { "docid": "2889608", "text": "wanted the dancers to move to their natural breathing patterns as they represented the natural movement of water. \"Drama of Motion\" (1930) was the next step in her experiment of dancing without music. She wanted dance to be an art that could stand on its own without the need of music or emotion and concentrated on the formal elements of movement such as design, rhythm, and dynamics. Her best known work however, brought music and emotion back into play. \"The Shakers\" (1931) was inspired by a Christian sect known as Shakers. They required members to be celibate and are known", "title": "Doris Humphrey" }, { "docid": "5974208", "text": "of individual pitches. He believes the West has mastered formal structures, whereas the East remains unexcelled in controlling subtle inflections of tones. By emulating Western achievement in formal design, he employs these nuances not as mere decoration, but as a clear structural element. The art of calligraphy, in its various levels of meaning, serves constantly as the music's philosophical underpinning. A controlled spontaneity and quiet intensity derived from an intimate knowledge of his art and his culture, together with a growth process as organic and inevitable as that of nature, remain requisite stylistic elements. Ultimately, he seeks not so much", "title": "Chou Wen-chung" }, { "docid": "1196958", "text": "the \"idea of the leader\", but rather is what emerges from digging deep to find the underlying concerns of those who are impacted by the leadership. An organization that is established as an instrument or means for achieving defined objectives has been referred to as a \"formal organization\". Its design specifies how goals are subdivided and reflected in subdivisions of the organization. Divisions, departments, sections, positions, jobs, and tasks make up this work structure. Thus, the formal organization is expected to behave impersonally in regard to relationships with clients or with its members. According to Weber's definition, entry and subsequent", "title": "Leadership" }, { "docid": "14322515", "text": "Kulturanova AAC Kulturanova (Association for Alternative Creation) is a non-government, non-profit organization aimed at popularization and affirmation of art and cultural spirit. It was founded in May 2001. in Novi Sad (the capital of Vojvodina, major region in Serbia). Organization was founded as an umbrella organization for various non-formal independent art groups, individuals and young artists from Novi Sad. Kulturanova organization focuses its development on urban youth culture and raising awareness on relevant social issues, with the vision of building creative platforms for youth of Novi Sad and region. Association kulturanova formed in 1999. but it was 2001. when the", "title": "Kulturanova" }, { "docid": "18569756", "text": "graffiti and letter/number transfers. Although these 1965 collages have a post-Pop Art feel, their employment of a personal code and incorporation of mechanical, automatic and lyrical formal elements defy categorisation. His 1967 work, exhibited in the Gallery of the Institute of North American Studies in Barcelona, consisted of a series of minimalist 'signs' made with industrial spray paint. Ramos-Poquí was granted the American Elias Ahuja Art Specialist Fellowship to New York, where he had a studio from 1967 to 1968. Ramos-Poquí belongs to the generation of Catalan artists of the 1960s who emigrated to Paris, London and New York, including", "title": "Guillem Ramos-Poquí" }, { "docid": "4422307", "text": "used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, i.e. art which has no derivation from figures or objects. Figurative art is not synonymous with figure painting (art that represents the human figure), although human and animal figures are frequent subjects. The formal elements, those aesthetic effects created by design, upon which figurative art is dependent, include line, shape, color, light and dark, mass, volume, texture, and perspective, although it should be pointed out that these elements of design could also play a role in creating other types of imagery -- for instance abstract, or non-representational or non-objective two-dimensional", "title": "Figurative art" }, { "docid": "18637770", "text": "2008, art critic Glen Helfand included Pederson's exhibition \"\"Unlet Me Go\"\" as a selection in his top ten \"exhibitions, events, and films\" from 2007 based on \"joy, originality, and serious subtext.\" Her work has been described by curators as possessing a graceful use of balance, deliberation, and incongruity, while marrying elements in unexpected or impracticable ways. She is noted for \"restrained gestures,\" \"contemplative\" investigations of energy and time. Critics have described her work as \"sparse [and] smart,\" having a \"savvy humbleness,\" and \"slight in a cerebral way,\" while citing her \"aesthetic sensibility and formal courage\" and ability to produce a", "title": "Mitzi Pederson" }, { "docid": "6154952", "text": "Dong Qichang Dong Qichang (; courtesy name Xuanzai (玄宰); 1555–1636), was a Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist of the later period of the Ming Dynasty. His work favored expression over formal likeness. He also avoided anything he deemed to be slick or sentimental. This led him to create landscapes with intentionally distorted spatial features. Still his work was in no way abstract as it took elements from earlier Yuan masters. His views on expression had importance to later \"individualist\" painters. He considered there to be a Northern school, represented by Zhe, and a Southern school represented by literati", "title": "Dong Qichang" }, { "docid": "4530832", "text": "Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization with the mission of turning abandoned, underutilized buildings in New York City into artist studios and exhibition spaces. Recognizing that New York was a worldwide magnet for contemporary artists, and believing that traditional museums were not providing adequate exhibition opportunities for site-specific art, in 1971 Heiss established a formal, alternative arts organization with architecture/theater critic Brendan Gill called The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, and began renovating abandoned buildings in New York City. In 1976, Heiss opened the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in a deserted", "title": "MoMA PS1" }, { "docid": "8313060", "text": "Laurel True Laurel True (born 1968) American artist, architectural artist, muralist and mosaic artist. True, founder of one of the first formal mosaic institutes in the United States, Institute of Mosaic Art, was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. True's career began in 1990 with an apprenticeship with outsider mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar working on site-specific architectural mosaics and evolved into one focused on large-scale public and community mosaic projects. An instructor and lecturer in the US since the mid-1990s, True maintains an active studio practice and travels through her organization, The Global Mosaic Project, to work on public projects involving", "title": "Laurel True" }, { "docid": "14903791", "text": "Previously residencies include Helsinki International Artist Programme, ARTSPACE, Sydney and Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo, Japan. Sam Smith works across sculptural construction and moving image, in an exploration of filmic language and its relationship to object. Intersecting the formal and conceptual frameworks that have previously separated these artistic disciplines he invests film and video with ideas relating to three-dimensional space while expanding object-based work into temporal territory, asking us to rethink sculpture as montage and cinematic editing as object construction. Recent works Encompassing video, sculpture and architectural elements, 'Form Variations' (2014) is a single channel video installation housed inside a", "title": "Sam Smith (artist)" }, { "docid": "8884442", "text": "religion, philosophy, science, even statecraft and law. Here all the main elements of Riegl's mature conception of the \"Kunstwollen\" are clearly expressed: its active nature, through which art becomes, not the imitation of reality, but the expression of a desired reality; its historical contingency; and its relation to other elements of \"worldview.\" By means of this theoretical apparatus, Riegl could claim to penetrate to the essence of a culture or an era through formal analysis of the art that it produced. Riegl's final completed monograph, \"Das holländische Gruppenporträt\" (\"The group portraiture of Holland\") (1902), focused on the Dutch baroque, and", "title": "Alois Riegl" }, { "docid": "15116832", "text": "of incorporation of the industrial forms of organization, even though nothing is manufactured. He also makes clear the difference between the technique used in cultural industry and the technique used in works of art. In the works of art the technique refers to the formal organization of the object, with its inner logic, whereas in cultural industry it refers to the distribution and the mechanical production. Thus technique in cultural industry is external to the object, whereas in the works of art it is internal. Adorno says that the masses are secondary and are \"an appendage of the machinery\" in", "title": "Culture Industry Reconsidered" }, { "docid": "20078354", "text": "Fan Tchunpi Fan Tchunpi or Fang Junbi (; 1898–1986), was a Chinese artist known for her brush-and-ink paintings in the traditional \"guóhuà\" style. Trained in Western painting techniques while living in France, her work is known for its combination of European and Chinese formal elements. Called \"one of the most important and prolific Chinese artists of the modern era,\" her work has been the subject of retrospective exhibitions at the Hood Museum of Art, the Musée Cernuschi, and the Fung Ping Shan Museum. Born in Fuzhou, Fan was the eleventh child of a wealthy merchant family. In 1912, she moved", "title": "Fan Tchunpi" }, { "docid": "3375058", "text": "that the aesthetic qualities of works of visual art derive from the visual and spatial properties.\" According to the observation that works of art can in general contain formal properties and nonformal properties, the philosopher Nick Zangwill has delineated three types of formalism as they are encountered at the turn of the 21st century. First, Zangwill identifies \"extreme formalists\" who think \"that all works of art are purely formal works—where a work is purely formal if all its aesthetic properties are formal aesthetic properties,\" then he defines \"anti-formalist\" thinkers as those who \"think that no works of art have formal", "title": "Formalism (art)" }, { "docid": "2477238", "text": "the deteriorated and unfinished sections of Garfield Park. Some of the most notable areas are the existing lawns which became the setting for development of the Prairie style of landscape architecture. His most notable work in Garfield Park can be seen in the formal flower garden south of Madison Street where he combined Prairie style elements with traditional formal elements and in the Conservatory. Garfield Park was initially intended to be used for passive recreation such as strolling and picnicking. Jensen's expertise as an engineer led him to design a large lagoon as a means of draining the park site", "title": "Garfield Park (Chicago)" }, { "docid": "17497898", "text": "the Institution\"), he gives the example of set theory, which is at the basis of formal logic, which cannot function without having first defined the \"elements\" which are to be assigned to sets. This initial \"schema of separation\" (\"schéma de séparation\", σχήμα του χωρισμού) of the world into distinct elements and categories therefore, precedes the application of (formal) logic and, consequently, science. The concept of \"Chaos\" that one encounters frequently in Castoriadis' work. According to that, the Greeks developed an imaginary by which the world is a product of Chaos, as narrated by both Homer and Hesiod. The word has", "title": "Cornelius Castoriadis" }, { "docid": "17757729", "text": "1978 which has become the second largest African-American architectural practice in the South. Her work with the National Organization of Minority Architects included the creation of formal connections with the American Institute of Architects. During the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Love-Stanley designed and oversaw the installation of a \"Celebrate Africa\" exhibit and performance. Later she provided design services for Youth Art Connection, a gallery and art hub for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. Love-Stanley served on several historic preservation boards as well as on the City of Atlanta's Zoning Review Board. Love-Stanley served for eight years on", "title": "Ivenue Love-Stanley" }, { "docid": "13375527", "text": "Army Contracting Command The Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a contracting services command of the United States Army. \"On October 1, 2008, the Army recognized the formal establishment of the Army Contracting Command as a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This new Army organization performs the majority of contracting work for the U.S. Army, and consists of two subordinate commands responsible for installation and expeditionary contracting, and other Army contracting elements.\" There are three parts to the Army Contracting Command: Expeditionary Contracting Command Brigades, Mission Installation Contracting Commands, and Contracting centers. Expeditionary Contracting Command is a", "title": "Army Contracting Command" }, { "docid": "18422543", "text": "lumia to painting. Wilfred planned to turn lumia into a formal art form, an \"eighth art\"; Wilfred wanted lumia to be its own art form of expression. The three main elements of lumia, defined by Wilfred, are form, color, and motion in a dark space. The most important are said to be form and motion. Wilfred's original contribution to lumia was the introduction of a fourth dimension - time. Since 1924, lumia accompanied music, dance, and drama. In a musical sense, Lumia is used to accompany music by adding a visual effect. Wilfred mentioned that Lumia has three factors, \"Form,", "title": "Lumia art" }, { "docid": "6809262", "text": "reinforced by the Mexican muralism movement. While focused on Mexico, her work was not political. Her first works were formal and rigid focusing on Mexican folklore with bright colors and marked by influence from Diego Rivera, along with geometric forms from Carlos Mérida and the use of fruit from Rufino Tamayo, classified as costumbrista, but also contain Expressionist type elements in the style of María Izquierdo. Her early work is considered to be fragile and insecure due to her lack of formal training and much of the costrumbrista element was purposely integrated with an eye to selling the work in", "title": "Olga Costa" }, { "docid": "138393", "text": "system, which can be used for rewriting strings, was influential on formal grammars. An alphabet, in the context of formal languages, can be any set, although it often makes sense to use an alphabet in the usual sense of the word, or more generally a character set such as ASCII or Unicode. The elements of an alphabet are called its letters. An alphabet may contain an infinite number of elements; however, most definitions in formal language theory specify alphabets with a finite number of elements, and most results apply only to them. A word over an alphabet can be any", "title": "Formal language" }, { "docid": "1583947", "text": "Painters of the Renaissance\"): The results are: Simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naïve art. It has, however, become such a popular and recognizable style that many examples could be called \"pseudo-naïve\". Whereas naïve art ideally describes the work of an artist who did not receive formal education in an art school or academy, for example Henri Rousseau or Alfred Wallis, 'pseudo naïve' or 'faux naïve' art describes the work of an artist working in a more imitative or self-conscious mode and whose work can be seen as more imitative than original. Strict naïvety is unlikely to", "title": "Naïve art" }, { "docid": "3002895", "text": "an appreciation and knowledge on how to implement the formal and color advancements of European modernism, something Henri did not focus on, to his art. In 1925, the Société Anonyme put on an exhibit in New York with several pieces by the French artist Fernand Léger. Davis had a large amount of respect for Léger because like Davis, Léger sought the utmost formal clarity in his work. Davis also appreciated Léger's work for the subject matter: storefronts, billboard and other man-made objects. In the early 1930s after returning from a trip to Europe to visit several art studios, Davis was", "title": "Stuart Davis (painter)" }, { "docid": "4085422", "text": "a loose coupling between their formal structures and actual work activities. - (John Meyer and Brian Rowan, 1976) The deviation from rule making on a hzmigher level was documented for the first time in the Hawthorne studies (1924–1932) and called \"informal organization\". At first this discovery was ignored and dismissed as the product of avoidable errors, until it finally had to be kairecognized that these unwritten laws of work of everyday life often had more influence on the fate of the enterprise than those conceived on organizational charts of the executive level. Numerous empirical studies in sociological organization research followed,", "title": "Formal organization" }, { "docid": "20619341", "text": "came her interest in form “as a symbol and a plastic constituent” and after 1949, as Colin Graham has said, her “main formal development after that date lay in her use of space, which became increasingly shallow.\" She was also known to mainly work in egg tempera instead of oil paints, especially after 1934, which was connected to her interest in Medieval European painting and mixed her colors through overlapping layers on her canvas instead of her palette. Besides formal elements, she was also greatly interested in spirituality and human spiritual beliefs and practices. To Peterson, formal elements were not", "title": "Margaret Peterson (artist)" }, { "docid": "20887166", "text": "show titled \"Abstract Imagist\"). Allen identified Sharpe as a key proponent of one strain of Chicago art: an organic blend of Imagism and mainstream American abstraction; others have noted elements of Pop Art and a clear connection to the modernist tradition of painters such as Kandinsky, Klee, Miró, and Gorky. \"Art in America\"’s Joanna Frueh suggested Sharpe’s formal experiments were a quest to realize the inspiration experienced by early modernists and the Abstract Expressionists, within an independent language that rivaled but did not imitate them. In the early 1970s, Sharpe began creating rhythmic, abstract works composed of repeated, brightly colored", "title": "David Sharpe (artist)" }, { "docid": "19253822", "text": "the unique elements of the design that dealt with energy efficiency, personnel safety and the facility’s ability to respond to the special needs of employees such as wheel chair access and adjusting work bench height to accommodate shorter personnel. Since 1993 many domestic and international laboratory projects have continued to incorporate many of the “State of the Art-Green” laboratory design elements first developed by Koenigsberg and his firm. Shortly after arriving in Florida, Koenigsberg volunteered to join the Palm Beach County Sheriff Office’s “Citizen-On-Patrol (COP) organization. The program was founded in the early nineties and with its 1,800 active members", "title": "Jerry Koenigsberg" }, { "docid": "18078381", "text": "first solo art exhibition in New York was in 1970 at Reese Palley Gallery in Soho. He exhibited his sculpture installations in 1971 at Bradford College and his work was included in the \"Lucht Kunst\" ( Air Art ) exhibit at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. In 1972 his work was exhibited at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Sculpture and photo documentation pieces were included in an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, titled, \"Earth, Air, Fire and Water : Elements of Art.\" Virginia Gunter, curator of \"Elements\" exhibit, wrote a feature article on Hayes'", "title": "Gerald Hayes (artist)" }, { "docid": "4085419", "text": "Formal organization A Formal organization is an organization with a fixed set of rules of intra-organization procedures and structures. As such, it is usually set out in writing, with a language of that ostensibly leave little discretion for interpretation. In some societies and in some organizations, such rules may be strictly followed; in others, they may be little more than an empty formalism. Formal rules are often adapted to subjective interests—social structures within an enterprise and the personal goals, desires, sympathies and behaviors of the individual workers—so that the practical everyday life of an organization becomes \"informal\". Practical experience shows", "title": "Formal organization" }, { "docid": "7179137", "text": "1955. A painting from that year, \"Still Life in Yellow\", shows that his personal style was fully developed, with the formal elements that came to characterize his work. In 1955, \"Souvenir of Venice\" (1954) was acquired for the Museum of Modern Art New York, making Obregón one of the few Colombians in the museum's collection. In 1962, he won the Salón de Artistas Colombianos Prize, establishing him as a major 20th century Colombian artist. Obregón is primarily a painter. His compositions are usually divided horizontally into two areas of different pictorial value or size, but of equal visual intensity. Other", "title": "Alejandro Obregón" }, { "docid": "16111032", "text": "of the independence era in Mexico (1810–21) produced works showing the insurgency's heroes. A portrait of secular cleric José María Morelos in his military uniform was painted by an unknown artist. The portrait is typical of those from the late eighteenth century, with framing elements, a formal caption, and new elements being iconography of the emerging Mexican nationalism, including the eagle atop the nopal cactus, which became the central image for the Mexican flag. Morelos was the subject of a commissioned statue, with Pedro Patiño Ixtolinque, who trained at the Academy of San Carlos and remained an important sculptor through", "title": "Mexican art" }, { "docid": "3765954", "text": "Burleigh, constructed working studios in the backyard of their home in South Central Los Angeles. Opie's work is characterized by a combination of formal concerns, a variety of printing technologies, references to art history, and social/political commentary. It demonstrates a mix between traditional photography and unconventional subjects. An example of formal concerns include addressing issues of the horizon line in the \"ice house\" and \"surfer\" series. She has printed photographs using chromochrome, iris prints, Polaroids, and silver photogravure. Examples of art history references include the use of bright color backgrounds in portraits which reference the work of Hans Holbein and", "title": "Catherine Opie" }, { "docid": "3531", "text": "the Quran, although unchanged, are to this day understandable and frequently used in both formal and informal Arabic. The simplicity of the language makes memorizing and reciting the Quran a slightly easier task. The writer al-Khattabi explains how culture is a required element to create a sense of art in work as well as understand it. He believes that fluency and harmony the Quran possess are not the only elements that make it beautiful and create a bond between the reader and the text. While a lot of poetry was deemed comparable to the Quran in that it is equal", "title": "Arabic" }, { "docid": "11691791", "text": "commercial printing processes. In “Knowing ‘The Unknowns’: The Artwork of Chitra Ganesh,” Svati P. Shah encourages viewers to consider the formal elements of Ganesh’s work instead of simply viewing them as existing in opposition to the art history canon. Shah describes the origins of the subjects’ of \"The Unknowns\" as coming from the “margins of a mythic history” and Ganesh’s ability to interrogate \"the gaze\" through this series. Ganesh has also contributed to publications such as the anthology \"Juicy Mother 2\", which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and was edited by Jennifer Camper. She has held residencies", "title": "Chitra Ganesh" }, { "docid": "19499476", "text": "lifestyle. The \"Cafes\" as compositions thus work for the artist as a kind of privileged case study to give the opportunity to experiment around a number of issues, which concern the painting steadily: his interest in the study of the history of art; case reports in the facades as a scenographic role during the baroque period; or the timelessness and rhythmic repetitions that can be associated with his interest in Byzantine art; the meeting of set design and direction by painting, printing of architectural elements, their geometry, and their organization in axes allow the artist to experiment with synthetic values", "title": "Cafe Neon (Night)" }, { "docid": "17913742", "text": "She received her BA from Smith College and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Morris's artistic process may be characterized as fluid and spontaneous, manifesting abstract ideas through painterly forms and compositional acuity. She has said of her own work that \"the process of painting involves a sense of what one wants in their internal world.\" Employing many formal elements of design and promoting the idea of the unconscious, Morris avoids describing subject matter as she does not want to dictate what interpretations her painted forms may elicit. Some of her influences are the physical", "title": "Rebecca Morris" }, { "docid": "13449732", "text": "and native flora and fauna. A glass-encased library connects cantilevered classroom buildings. There are facilities on campus for athletics and the arts, a production studio and computer lab, science labs, and seminar rooms. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade receive formal instruction in art. They study the basic elements of line, shape, color, form, and texture while working in paints, pastels, clay, papier mache, pencils and ink. Art is also incorporated across the curriculum, particularly in Lower School classes as students learn to express ideas in a variety of ways. Middle and Upper School students participate in an art studio", "title": "Pine School" }, { "docid": "1640843", "text": "an \"either/or\" medium ‒ some photographs are indeed simple records of reality, but with the right elements some are indeed works of art. William Howe Downs, art critic for the \"Boston Evening Transcript\", summed up this position in 1900 by saying \"Art is not so much a matter of methods and processes as it is an affair of temperament, of taste and of sentiment ... In the hands of the artist, the photograph becomes a work of art ... In a word, photography is what the photographer makes it ‒ an art or a trade.\" All of these elements ‒", "title": "Pictorialism" }, { "docid": "16976333", "text": "marrying of natural elements with man-made organization also fascinates the artist. “As you change the edge to man-made and then let it go back to nature, it creates these natural punctuation marks or pauses. It’s interesting to see how far you have to go to create contrast.” \"You have the idea in your head but you can’t work on a grand scale, you just have to start. You start by placing objects … it is almost as if you are sketching out. And then you have to use the space as a catalyst. What makes an environmental art piece successful", "title": "Kate Borcherding" }, { "docid": "13404314", "text": "constant, and were present in the wartime paintings. It is an iconography of power-centers and relationships. Natural energies are suggested by stars, rivers, and flamelike shapes. These are often contrasted with less animated blocks and masses. Organic energies are suggested by cellular forms, biomorphic shapes, and close approximations to heads, hands, roots, and leaves. These elements are subordinate, however, to the formal aspect of his art. He knew about Clive Bell’s theory of “significant form” as early as 1937, and has consistently used his formal means to create what he calls “modern space.” He eschews the tricks of linear perspective", "title": "Ben Culwell" }, { "docid": "9541456", "text": "Bradley W. Schenck Bradley W. Schenck is an American artist and game designer. Schenck's art is widely recognized for its strong themes and rigorous structure applied to fantastic subjects that is reminiscent of the work of members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His work has been strongly influenced by traditional Celtic art and the Art Nouveau style. Nonetheless, while his style contains elements and motifs from these styles, Schenck has developed a style which includes a wide range of elements from art both classic and modern which he executes with his own strong sense of line and space. Schenck began his", "title": "Bradley W. Schenck" }, { "docid": "10984125", "text": "Ōkyo (1733–1795) to work at the screen-doors of the Daijō-ji, a temple in Hyōgo prefecture. Later he would meet up with Ōkyo again, when they both sought shelter in the same temple after a fire devastated parts of Kyōto. What was apparently a good working partnership in Hyōgo now became friendship. Around 1789 Goshun returned to the Shijō-district of Kyōto, by now he had begun to incorporate elements of Ōkyos decorative and realistic art styles. He was never a formal member of Ōkyos Maruyama-school, the older friend had declined his offer to accept him as disciple stating he wanted him", "title": "Matsumura Goshun" }, { "docid": "15893320", "text": "\"Purification of the Temple.\" The one at the National Gallery in Washington is called \"Christ Cleansing the Temple.\" The painting which bears this actual title belongs to the Minneapolis Institute of Art and it is somewhat different from all the other versions of this legendary Christian scene. It is considered by several authors as the masterpiece of the Venetian period of El Greco. Despite containing some Cretan elements acquired during his formal training, this painting can be fully considered a work of the Italian Renaissance. Perspective emphasizes the handling of the anatomy, the application of color and drama of the", "title": "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (El Greco, Washington)" }, { "docid": "998647", "text": "the organisation is able to solve tasks that lie beyond the abilities of the single elements. The price paid by the elements is the limitation of the degrees of freedom of the elements. Advantages of organisations are enhancement (more of the same), addition (combination of different features) and extension. Disadvantages can be inertness (through co-ordination) and loss of interaction. Among the theories that are or have been influential are: A leader in a formal, hierarchical organisation, who is appointed to a managerial position, has the right to command and enforce obedience by virtue of the authority of his position. However,", "title": "Organization" }, { "docid": "19372498", "text": "1975, she formed an organization called Women Artists Living in Brooklyn and served as a juror for \"Washington to Washington\", an exhibition held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Blum participated in the first formal panel on \"Gender and Art\" to be held in Seattle, which coincided with her solo exhibition in 1977 at NN Gallery. On the panel, she stated her belief that \"there is gender in art, that female consciousness exists and should be encouraged,\" which contrasted with the idea that art is gender-neutral. In 1980, after moving to Cocoa Beach, Florida, Blum formed the", "title": "June Blum" }, { "docid": "20309287", "text": "used geometric shapes and lines that were mostly mathematical and technical. He exemplified formal elements related to the Neo-Concrete movement. Although technical is his own right, he was not affiliated with the Concretist group, and he created his own forms of art. His areas of expression is what separated him from the Concrete movement into the neo-concrete movement, but since he generally used formal and somewhat rigid geometric lines and shapes, he was considered part of the Neo-Concrete movement. In the 1950s, he created many pieces of art with ink on paper that utilize lines to create aesthetically pleasing angles", "title": "Hércules Barsotti" }, { "docid": "9359470", "text": "University. His work is represented in the collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art, Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College, Miami University Art Museum, Morrisson-Reeves Library, Centerville, Indiana Library and a devoted group of private collectors. A painting titled \"November Meadows\" painted during the time he was an instructor at Miami University hangs today over the mantle in the formal living room of the Miami president's home, Lewis Place. The Richmond Art Museum held a retrospective of his work in 2001 and was said to be the largest exhibition of his work ever mounted. George", "title": "George Herbert Baker" }, { "docid": "16046167", "text": "died in April 1985 in Onil, Alicante, after a long illness. Sempere's work is defined by the abstraction of its elements, geometric repetition and linearity, all of which evolved into his synthesis of Op Art and constructivism with elements of kinetic art. His personal contribution to the development of kinetic art is a series of abstract geometric constructions that demonstrate the perceptual effects of optical vibration and the illusion of motion. Light also plays an important role in his artistic work. Perhaps influenced by Levantine sources, Sempere uses it as the main element to organize his creations harmoniously. His paintings", "title": "Eusebio Sempere" }, { "docid": "14495295", "text": "Park. Dan Peterman Dan Peterman is an internationally known artist who is recognized for his work with ecologically themed installation art. Additionally, he is employed as associate professor of art at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Peterman's work is an example of adaptive reuse though he was practicing it long before it had an official title. Peterman takes existing objects and manipulates them to show their original purpose while exposing the possibility for newness. His work explores the \"intersection of art and ecology\" and he \"embraces a wide variety of formal and situational strategies, and employs a range of materials", "title": "Dan Peterman" }, { "docid": "14495293", "text": "Dan Peterman Dan Peterman is an internationally known artist who is recognized for his work with ecologically themed installation art. Additionally, he is employed as associate professor of art at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Peterman's work is an example of adaptive reuse though he was practicing it long before it had an official title. Peterman takes existing objects and manipulates them to show their original purpose while exposing the possibility for newness. His work explores the \"intersection of art and ecology\" and he \"embraces a wide variety of formal and situational strategies, and employs a range of materials including", "title": "Dan Peterman" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2599529", "text": "telling his story to an empathetic audience in first class, which includes Billy Idol, he learns that Glenn and Julia are on the same flight after a female flight attendant informs everyone that Glenn said the same terms he said about Julia while trying to seduce her. With the help of Billy and the flight crew, over the loudspeaker, he sings a song he has written called \"Grow Old With You,\" dedicated to Julia. As Robbie approaches Julia singing, Glenn tries to attack him only to be blocked by Billy Idol and a flight attendant. When Glenn threatens Billy, a", "title": "The Wedding Singer" } ]

[ { "docid": "18007641", "text": "in a crowded room,' and the music builds as she concludes, 'I thought we would grow old/Mirrors in the smoke/Left me here to choke.'\" Jessica Urgiles from \"The State Press\" wrote, \"In \"If You Say So\", Michele reflects on the last conversation she had with Monteith and her inability to cope with his death. The rawness of the song will touch the hearts of Gleeks with its emotional and sincere lyrics, 'I can’t get away from the burning pain, I lie awake/And the fallen hero haunts my thoughts/How could you leave me this way?'\" Kyle Anderson of \"Entertainment Weekly\" wrote,", "title": "If You Say So" }, { "docid": "14863050", "text": "Lucy Barfield Lucy Barfield (2 November 1935 – 3 May 2003) was the godchild of C.S. Lewis. \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\" is dedicated to Lucy, who also lent her name to the book's heroine, Lucy Pevensie. Lewis's letter and the dedication to \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\" reads: My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result, you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be", "title": "Lucy Barfield" }, { "docid": "5254129", "text": "great sages of the past. Today, when I come to Shu, I want to visit your father's tomb, clean it up, and pay my respects to him. I hope you will tell me where it is.\" Jiang Wan replied: \"I know that you are someone who understands me and I hope to become friends with you. Now that you have made such a polite request, it would be rude of me to reject you. My late father fell sick and passed away in Fu County. After the fengshui masters said that Fu County was a good location, we had him", "title": "Jiang Wan" }, { "docid": "13926732", "text": "the game tied at five, in the eighth inning of Game 7. Na Ji-wan Na Ji-wan (Hangul: 나지완, Hanja: 羅智莞) (born May 19, 1985 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean outfielder who plays for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. While attending Shinil Junior High School in Seoul, Na was a power pitcher who could throw 88-mile fastballs. In , he was selected for the South Korean national youth baseball team (under-16). The team won the gold medal at the inaugural Asian Youth Baseball Championship, and Na was named MVP of the", "title": "Na Ji-wan" }, { "docid": "13926726", "text": "Na Ji-wan Na Ji-wan (Hangul: 나지완, Hanja: 羅智莞) (born May 19, 1985 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean outfielder who plays for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. While attending Shinil Junior High School in Seoul, Na was a power pitcher who could throw 88-mile fastballs. In , he was selected for the South Korean national youth baseball team (under-16). The team won the gold medal at the inaugural Asian Youth Baseball Championship, and Na was named MVP of the competition, appearing in all the games as a pitcher. In , he", "title": "Na Ji-wan" }, { "docid": "18467610", "text": "to Daniel Padilla's signature song \"Na Sa ’Yo Na Ang Lahat\" and were both composed by Jungee Marcelo. Bernardo states that she and Padilla would listen to the music of Michael Bublé and their favorite love song is \"Grow Old With You\". \"You Don't Know Me\" was written by singer-songwriter and Star Records artist Marion Aunor. It is about a blooming relationship that fails to take off because of the lack of effort of one of those involved to genuinely get to know the other. In an interview with \"Philippine Entertainment Portal\", she revealed that her label's head Roxy Liquigan", "title": "Kathryn (album)" }, { "docid": "11041286", "text": "- Nagkākaən na 'kō.<br> What time is it?/May I know what time is it? - Onōŋ ōras na?/Onōŋ ōras na tābî?<br> I will go out - Migluwas akō.<br> I can't sleep. - Dirî akō makatorog.<br> Are you afraid of the dark? - Nakatātakot ikā sa maŋitŋit?<br> He said he will pick me up. - Sabi niyā susuŋkātən konō 'kō.<br> How old are you? - Gaamnō na ikā (naykā) kaguraŋ?<br> When will you be back? - Kūnu ikā migbalik? Family titles:<br> Amâ - Father<br> Inâ - Mother<br> Itay - Dad<br> Inay - Mom<br> Mānoy - older brother<br> Mānay - older sister<br>", "title": "Rinconada Bikol language" }, { "docid": "3635376", "text": "After this meeting with Tang Wan, Lu You went to the North to struggle against the foreign Jin dynasty, before returning to southern Shu (蜀, today's Sichuan) to pursue his dream of unifying China. When Tang Wan read Lu You's poem in the garden, she immediately wrote one in the same form in response. Less than a year later, she died. In the year before Lu You’s death, at age 85, he wrote another poem called “Shen's Garden” to commemorate Tang Wan, his first love. A traditional Shaoxing opera was written about Lu You and Tang Wan, and their love", "title": "Lu You" }, { "docid": "16400099", "text": "I am doing nothing - ang hegalo thaidong How are you - Padi hw/kumun thaido na? I am fine - ang kumun thaidong Do you love me - na ango kumun mano na? No, do not love you - ja, nago kumun manyang I love you - ang nago kumun manong Where are you going ?- pajing/padona liw naga? I go to church - ang church nona ling Will you come with me - na angare fiw na Where are you from - Na pajinge phana fido I am from Nagaon - (Ang nagaon ne phana fido) Have you eaten", "title": "Tiwa language (India)" }, { "docid": "10916421", "text": "and endless interrogations, Ciepliński went deaf in one ear. These tortures lasted for three years. In a letter smuggled from prison, Ciepliński wrote to his wife, \"I was lying in a puddle of my own blood, I had no idea what I was asked about and what I was saying\". He also wrote to his beloved son, Andrzej: \"\"You see, son, together with mom we always prayed so you would grow up praising Christ, serving our Country, and making us happy. I wanted to help you with my experience, but unfortunately these are perhaps my last words to you. I", "title": "Łukasz Ciepliński" }, { "docid": "10073352", "text": "Mixed Emotions (band) Mixed Emotions was a German pop music group formed in 1986 by vocalists Drafi Deutscher (9 May 1946 – 9 June 2006) and Oliver Simon (14 May 1957 – 31 July 2013). Deutscher sang, wrote/co-wrote and produced/co-produced all Mixed Emotions' songs, many of which were co-written with regular producer and musical contributor Christopher Evans Ironside. Their best known hit is probably that from their first year, the song \"You Want Love (Maria, Maria)\". Other well-known songs are \"Bring Back (Sha Na Na)\", \"Sweetheart - Darlin' My Dear\", \"Just for You\" and \"I Never Give Up\". After five", "title": "Mixed Emotions (band)" }, { "docid": "8954288", "text": "with simple melodies and, predictably, \"I Don't Love You Anymore\" fits that description exactly. \"When I Met You\" benefits from an enchanting pennywhistle played by Tots Tolentino, who also plays exciting saxophone lines on \"Tuyo Na'ng Damdamin\" (A Dry Feeling) and \"Kahit Na Magtiis\" (Even If Suffers). Popular Philippine singer Sharon Cuneta joins Rivera on the love song \"Ikaw\" (You). The blending of Rivera and backing female singers on \"Don't Say Goodbye\" is impressive. Despite the obvious talents present, Aawitin Ko Na Lang... suffers from having too many slow songs, a number of which are nondescript.\" Aawitin Ko Na Lang", "title": "Aawitin Ko Na Lang" }, { "docid": "5657844", "text": "sisters, who wrote popular series such as \"My Girl\", \"You're Beautiful\" and \"My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox\"; Kim Eun-sook, the screenwriter of \"Lovers in Paris\", \"Secret Garden\", \"The Heirs\", \"Descendants of the Sun\" and \"\"; Lee Kyung-hee, famous for \"I'm Sorry, I Love You\" and \"The Innocent Man\"; male writer Choi Wan-kyu of \"Midas\" and \"Triangle\"; Noh Hee-kyung, the author of \"That Winter, the Wind Blows\"; and \"It's Okay, That's Love\"; and Park Ji-eun, who wrote \"My Husband Got a Family\" and \"My Love From the Star\". Acknowledged TV directors include Lee Byung-hoon, who directed \"Dae Jang Geum\" and", "title": "Korean drama" }, { "docid": "5254110", "text": "to the people; he does not see the superficial aspects as a priority. I hope that you, My Lord, will examine this issue more closely.\" Liu Bei respected Zhuge Liang's opinion so he did not punish Jiang Wan. However, he still hastily removed Jiang Wan from office. After his dismissal, Jiang Wan dreamt of an ox's head hanging on a door with blood dripping down. He hated his dream so he asked Zhao Zhi (趙直), a fortune teller, to explain its meaning. Zhao Zhi told him: \"One who sees blood is also one who has a keen sense of judgment.", "title": "Jiang Wan" }, { "docid": "12448056", "text": "embassy had only a piano arrangement. The same air was chosen by the women's hockey team for a 1951 away match against the Netherlands. \"Amhrán na bhFiann\" is usually sung or played in march time. Different tempos may be used, however, and the verse and chorus are occasionally played. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish national broadcasting company, played an orchestral version in a slow tempo at the close of transmission from 1962 onwards. This was produced by Gerard Victory and arranged by Brian Boydell on the advice of a Canadian consultant who said, \"I wan’ it BIG! I envisage", "title": "Amhrán na bhFiann" }, { "docid": "6559121", "text": "Everything's just like It Used to Be\"), which became the album's biggest hit. Other hits included \"Padaju zvijezde\" (\"The Stars Are Falling\"), \"Lažeš\" (\"You're Lying\"), \"Da te bogdo ne volim\" (\"If I Could Only Not Love You\") and \"Jer kad ostariš\" (\"Because, When You Grow Old\"). The song \"Pediculis pubis\" (misspelling of \"Pediculosis pubis\") featured Bora Đorđević, the leader of Bijelo Dugme's main competitors at the time, Riblja Čorba, on vocals; he co-wrote the song with Bregović and sung it with Bregović and Vojičić. The album also featured Radio Television of Skopje Folk Instruments Orchestra, folk group Ladarice on backing", "title": "Bijelo Dugme" }, { "docid": "19965675", "text": "show with his hit song “Nasa Iyo Na Ang Lahat,” from the double platinum-selling album, “DJP.” Padilla continued with “Yugyugan Na,” Michael Buble’s “Everything,” Rivermaya’s “Liwanag sa Dilim” (with Khalil Ramos) and The Beatles’ “Something.” As in his previous concert, Daniel performed a set of mostly old songs—Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle,” The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” (with Toni Gonzaga) and “I Got You (I Feel Good)” Daniel also sang “In My Life” with his mother, Karla Estrada. Even not made into the guest list, Vice Ganda came up to the stage asked by Padilla's mom Karla. He was", "title": "DOS (concert)" }, { "docid": "8564124", "text": "some very slowly, the old ones, the sick ones; some with nervous agility. They fear the sergeant. They hurry as much as they can. In vain! Much too much noise, much too much commotion! And not fast enough! The Feldwebel shouts: \"Achtung! Stillgestanden! Na wird's mal! Oder soll ich mit dem Jewehrkolben nachhelfen? Na jut; wenn ihrs durchaus haben wollt!\" (\"Attention! Stand still! How about it, or should I help you along with the butt of my rifle? Oh well, if you really want to have it!\")The sergeant and his subordinates hit (everyone): young or old, (strong or sick), guilty", "title": "A Survivor from Warsaw" }, { "docid": "15187511", "text": "to William I. On 13 March 1945 Samusenko was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class. In his 1975 book the Russian author Y.A. Zhukov wrote that Samusenko was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, although Garin discounted this rumor in \"Tsvety na tankakh\". According to Garin, it came from a soldier named Balandin, who told battalion commander Zhukov that Samusenko had fought in Spain: My [Balandin's] submachine gunner Kolka... approached her and said: \"[...] I saw you already under Huesca... ¡No pasarán!\" And she replies: \"I don't remember you\" [...] Zhukov then asked", "title": "Aleksandra Samusenko" }, { "docid": "18257387", "text": "creator and PD Na Young-seok attributed the show's success to its cast and their spontaneity, saying, \"It's because older people with a lot of experience, have lots of stories to tell. When you travel with people with a lot of experience who have gone through the success and failures in life, you learn a lot from them. Their stories teach us something about life.\" tvN executive Lee Deok-jae added, \"I think it's because the program dealt with the universal issue of declining communications between old and young generations, and suggested solutions in ways that entertain viewers. I think entertainment programs", "title": "Grandpas Over Flowers" }, { "docid": "15334298", "text": "er-rissala: Write the letter) She/it wrote: \"ketb-et\" We wrote: \"kteb-na\" You (plural) wrote: \"kteb-tu\" / \"kteb-tiu They wrote: \"ketb-u\" The stem \"kteb\" turns into \"ketb\" before a vowel suffix because of the process of \"inversion\" described above. The present tense of \"kteb\" is as follows: I am writing: \"ka-ne-kteb\" You/ae (masculine) writing: \"ka-te-kteb\" You are (feminine) writing: \"ka-t-ketb-i\" He's/it is writing: \"ka-ye-kteb\" She is/it is writing: \"ka-te-kteb\" We are writing: \"ka-n-ketb-u\" You (plural) are writing: \"ka-t-ketb-u\" They are writing: \"ka-y-ketb-u\" The stem \"kteb\" turns into \"ketb\" before a vowel suffix because of the process of \"inversion\" described above. Between the", "title": "Moroccan Arabic" }, { "docid": "13893539", "text": "mé, cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé Cuirfidh mé suas chuig Sadhbh Sheáin thú Cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé 'S cuirfidh sí buairthín sa ngleann ort I summon you, I summon you, I summon you I summon you Michael and Mary I summon you, I summon you, I summon you The little fair Canavans I'll send you, I'll send you, I'll send you I'll send you up to Sadhbh Sheáin's I'll send you, I'll send you, I'll send you And she will put a curse (lit. a small worry) on you in the glen Na Ceannabháin Bhána Na Ceannabháin Bhána \"The", "title": "Na Ceannabháin Bhána" }, { "docid": "19973366", "text": "\"Hawak Kamay\" (lit. Holding Hands) along with her fans. After thanking the public, Constantino made way for Padilla. Padilla started his performance with \"Ako’y Sayo at Ika’y Akin Lamang (lit. I’m yours and you are mine), followed with \"Grow old with you.\" He also performed \"Nasa Iyo Na Ang Lahat\" and \"Prinsesa\". After half an hour, Constantino joined Padilla for \"Naaalala\", when she excitedly threw his jacket to the crowd. Both singers thanked the public for their love, but Constantino asked fans if they want an encore for Padilla, they said \"Yes\". Padilla agreed singing the Constantion's \"Salamat\" (lit. The", "title": "Daniel Padilla Rocks with Yeng Constantino" }, { "docid": "20007588", "text": "one last road trip where they settle how they really feel for each other. Director JP Habac conceived the idea for the film by citing his nightly drinking sessions he had had with his friends. He stated in Filipino: \"\"Alam mo na yan, inuman tapos may kaibigan kang masyadong nalasing, tapos sinigaw niya yung mga salitang yan\" (You know what it is, drinking and there is that friend who gets intoxicated, and then he shouts those words).\" Additionally, he stated: \"\"Gusto ko talaga magpakita ng sine na totoo at yung mapapaisip ka. Marami na tayong mga cute na pelikula. I", "title": "I'm Drunk, I Love You" }, { "docid": "8048378", "text": "heard you say you don't like old women,' I retorted. 'I shall soon be old. Will you provide for me? Will Sir Arthur? Will Carte? No, of course you won't. Well, I am going to marry a man who will.' Bond wrote of her feelings at the end of her last performance: Twenty years of hard work, twenty years of fun and frolic and jolly companionship, twenty years of living in an atmosphere of tuneful nonsense, with the glare of the footlights in my eyes and the thunders of applause in my ears. How terribly I should miss it all!", "title": "Jessie Bond" }, { "docid": "951662", "text": "could never make sure about that Water Baby.\" \"I have seen Babies in water and Babies in bottles; the Baby in the water was not in a bottle and the Baby in the bottle was not in water. My friend who wrote the story of the Water Baby was a very kind man and very clever. Perhaps he thought I could see as much in the water as he did – There are some people who see a great deal and some who see very little in the same things.\" \"When you grow up I dare say you will be", "title": "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" }, { "docid": "17813780", "text": "be given to someone else.\" \"Music Aloud\" rated the album 9 out of 10 and wrote, \"The A R Rahman-Imtiaz Ali-Irshad Kamil team delivers yet another musical treat! Totally worth the wait\". At \"Koimoi\", Manohar Basu wrote, \"For all those who had thought Rahman was losing his Midas touch, well he is back with a bang! The songs in this album are mixed – some you'll take an instant liking for and the rest just grow on you. But each of its numbers is so intoxicating that I promise you will have one hell of a hard time to get", "title": "Highway (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "13864020", "text": "no matter how many times I watch you perform, I don’t get nervous, because I know that you are so great, you are so talented.) \"\"Gusto ko lang malaman mo na gustong gusto ko na meron sa'yong nag-a-assist sa'yo na lalaki ngayon. Isang malaking bagay na makita ko ang assistant mo may lalaki diyan sa baba, hindi man katabi mo pero assistant mo,\"\" Padilla added. (I just want you to know that I really like it that there’s a guy assisting you now. It’s a huge thing for me to see that you have a male assistant there below; he", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent" }, { "docid": "17149939", "text": "off a tour, called \"O Que Te Faz Voltar\" (English: What Makes You Return). Canto dos Malditos na Terra do Nunca Canto dos Malditos na Terra do Nunca, abbreviated CMTN, is a Brazilian alternative rock band known for the deep voice of the female vocalist, Andréa Martins, and for their songs, which combine poetic lyrics and heavy guitars. After initial success, including heavy rotation of \"Olha Minha Cara\" on MTV Brasil and a \"Best New Artist\" nomination, they disbanded, but reunited in 2012 and have gone on tour. From a young age, Andréa wrote music, saying \"I wrote some things,", "title": "Canto dos Malditos na Terra do Nunca" }, { "docid": "5723611", "text": "drummer Dragan \"Đera\" Đerić and vocalist Živorad \"Žika\" Milenković, formed the band Glogov Kolac (\"Hawthorn Stake\") with guitarist Rajko Kojić. After only one performance Glogov Kolac, disbanded. Bajagić refused Boban Petrović's invitation to join Zdravo, while Kojić joined the band SOS and later Riblja Čorba. In 1978, on suggestion of Bajagić's former bandmate Rajko Kojić, Bajagić was invited to join Riblja Čorba as rhythm guitarist. Bajagić recorded six albums with the band. He wrote songs \"Ja sam se ložio na tebe\" (\"I Was Hot for You\"), \"Baby, Baby I Don't Wanna Cry\", \"Muzičari koji piju\" (\"Musicians Who Drink\") and \"Kad", "title": "Momčilo Bajagić" }, { "docid": "16363775", "text": "Bodjie Dasig Darius Delphin Dasig (June 10, 1963 – March 13, 2012), also known as Bodjie Dasig, was a Filipino singer, songwriter and music producer. He first came into prominence for writing the song \"Alé [nasa langit na ba ako]\" (\"Miss [am I in heaven]\") and \"Maáalala Mo Pa Rin\" ('\"You Will Still Remember\") for singer Richard Reynoso, and \"Ayoko na Sana\" (\"I Hope Not To\") for Ariel Rivera. He also wrote and sang the hit song \"Sana Dalawa ang Puso Ko\" (\"I wish I had two hearts\") for his band Bodjie's Law of Gravity, which became the theme song", "title": "Bodjie Dasig" }, { "docid": "6694970", "text": "older emperor. (It is not known how old Sun Wan was at this point, but Sun Xiu himself died at age 29, so it was unlikely that Sun Wan was even a teenager.) At the recommendation of the general Wan Yu, who was friendly with Sun Hao (son of the former crown prince Sun He), Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu wanted to declare Sun Hao emperor instead. When they reported this to Empress Dowager Zhu, she said: \"I am just a widow. What do I know about the important affairs of state? As long as the empire is not harmed,", "title": "Empress Zhu (Eastern Wu)" }, { "docid": "5254125", "text": "Jiang Wan while the latter was talking to him. Someone once told Jiang Wan: \"Sir, when you speak to Yang Xi, he completely ignores you. He is so rude and disrespectful to you. Isn't that too much?\" Jiang Wan replied: \"People have different personalities in the same way they have different appearances. The ancients had long cautioned us about people who pretend to be nice in front of you and speak ill of you behind your back. Yang Xi never intended to praise me. If he openly disagreed with me, he would reveal my weaknesses. That was why he ignored", "title": "Jiang Wan" }, { "docid": "14314865", "text": "I Love You Too (2010 film) I Love You Too is a 2010 Australian romantic comedy film, and the directorial film debut of Daina Reid. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Peter Helliar. It stars Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage, Yvonne Strahovski, Peter Helliar and Megan Gale, and was produced by Princess Pictures on a budget of . Principal photography began on 4 May 2009 and took place in Melbourne. Jim (Brendan Cowell) is a thirty-three-year-old, emotionally stunted man who works at a miniature railway, and refuses to grow up. He lives in the granny flat at the back of", "title": "I Love You Too (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "4806668", "text": "that \"It actually comes from when I was in my old flat and my dentist had changed hands, and I had this Asian dentist who wrote a letter in pidgin English saying 'oh I'm gonna be your new dentist now, if you wanna use your old dentist you have to do this, but if you happy with you need do nothing' and it was in brackets and it was like 'Wow.' So we kept that because it suits what we do\". Although the album is technically a compilation of the previous EPs plus new songs Umlaut and 2 Up 2", "title": "Alfie (band)" }, { "docid": "6647759", "text": "and Puranic, scriptural and tradition backed ritual called Pancha-Samskara or \"the five impressions\" and another name is Samashrayanam. The individual receives the following: Sri Alavandhar Stotram/Stotra Ratnam by Bhagawad Sri Yamunacharya features following shloka which defines Saranagathi Na Dharma Nishthosmi Na Cha Atmavedi Na BhaktimansTvat Charanaravinde | Akinchanonanyagati Sharanyam Tvat Padamoolam Sharanam Prapadye || O Lord, I do not know Dharma, I do not know Dnyana, I do not have Bhakti in your divine Lotus Feet. All I have is I am Akinchan (one who does not have anything), and Ananyagati (One who is totally dependent ONLY on You). This", "title": "Saranagati" }, { "docid": "18752415", "text": "Green's \"elegantly wry, acerbic, hooky pop style. Her blasé delivery might seem impenetrable at first, but there is warmth and wit to her work that rewards those who are patient enough to hear its message.\" Tim Sendra of Allmusic dubbed it a \"nice progression from her debut,\" complimenting its \"really good pop songs that'll have you singing along after the first spin.\" \"Spin\" Dan Weiss wrote that \"\"I Want to Grow Up\" involves aspirations rather than answers, and thus little is resolved of the album’s many inner conflicts. Only the sweet-and-sour music they’re set to offers any kind of relief.\"", "title": "I Want to Grow Up" }, { "docid": "7771008", "text": "fifties life. You know... grow up, get a college degree in case, god forbid, you ever have to go to work, marry well, have children and...that's the problem...and what??? For Sandy, it's the summer she begins to question her choices and give in to her fantasies. \"When \"Wifey was\" published some people thought I would never write another children's book, some thought I had written a real book at last, some were angry that I hadn't used a pseudonym, others that I even had such thoughts! Plus, I began to hear from old boyfriends. And those who wanted to be.\"", "title": "Wifey (novel)" }, { "docid": "3859976", "text": "if you are her fan you can appreciate the other aspects of her performances without completely losing faith in her future projects.\" Despite mixed reactions and box office failure, Deol won numerous awards for her performance including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut at the 48th Filmfare Awards. Deol's second film was Arjun Sablok's love triangle \"Na Tum Jaano Na Hum\" opposite Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan. The film flopped at the box office. Taran Adarsh of IndiaFm praised her acting and wrote \"it is Esha Deol who surprises you with a mature performance. Although her looks are", "title": "Esha Deol" }, { "docid": "20655148", "text": "director. There were—my 12-year-old self learned—a few main ways to become a director. You could start out as a cinematographer. I had no equipment. You could be a famous actor. I can act. But that doesn't mean I can act well. Or...you can be a writer. In my comp classes, I wrote everything in present tense. One frustrated teacher finally wrote in the margin: \"This is not prose! It reads like a screenplay.\" So, that's how I started.Savio and his family was the initial host family to Christian Gerhartsreiter who years later became a convicted murderer and kidnapper. In his", "title": "Edward Savio" }, { "docid": "13864017", "text": "I wasn’t scared at all by everything you did, because I know you can really do it. Your form is perfect; you’ve got precision.) The last to comment was Vice Ganda. \"\"Tapos na?\"\" (It's over already?), he asked jokingly. \"\"Tapos na, 'di ba? Thank you so much because you saved the night. Wala. Lampaso yung kalaban. Nilampaso mo yung kalaban.\"\" (It’s over, right? Thank you so much because you saved the night. You’ve swept away the competition and your competitors.) Vice Ganda also added, \"\"Lalong nagpaganda pa 'yung simbolismo nung ginagawa mo, 'yung simbolismo na ginagawa mo na pinapakita mo", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent" }, { "docid": "18695825", "text": "episode, Bell said \"I think for all of us, “who you really are” is revealed in these kind of situations. Which side are you on, how do you feel about that, who do you stand with, how do you feel about that? So very much on point with that is Lady Sif, and one of the things on point with that is Skye, but one of the things that I think is nice about that title is it also reflects on the rest of the team as well.\" In February 2015, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na", "title": "Who You Really Are" }, { "docid": "9518234", "text": "<poem> The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green Many is the time my true love I've seen Many an hour I have watched him all alone He's young, but he's daily growing. Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong You have married me to a boy who is too young I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen He's young, but he's daily growing. Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong I have married you to a great lord's son He'll be a man for you when I am dead and gone He's young,", "title": "The Trees They Grow So High" }, { "docid": "16170977", "text": "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha (English: \"You Didn't Speak Nor Did I Say Anything\") is an Indian soap opera which aired on the Hindi entertainment channel Colors TV from 9 January5 October 2012. Its season 2 was aired on September 12, 2013 onwards. It was dubbed as Nenjam Pesuthey on Polimer TV. It was followed by Season 2. \"Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha\" is a story about a widowed,mother of two children Mrs. Megha vyas (Aakanksha Singh) who lives with her in laws,fighting for justice to her dead and", "title": "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha" }, { "docid": "5082191", "text": "at this point. We still have too much work to do. I admit that Raúl [Castro] and Che [Guevara] are flirting with Marxism ... but you have the situation under control ... Forget about resigning ... But if in a while you believe the situation is not changing, you have the right to resign.\" In September 1959, Matos wrote: \"Communist influence in the government has continued to grow. I have to leave power as soon as possible. I have to alert the Cuban people as to what is happening.\" On 19 October, he sent a second letter of resignation to", "title": "Huber Matos" }, { "docid": "3627195", "text": "Baby\". Regarding the decision to continue with a new line-up, Schwartzman stated, \"I met all the guys who played with Rooney for so many years in high school, and it was sort of like a high school relationship where you marry your high school sweetheart kind of thing, right out of school. And I think as you grow up, you realize, like, 'Who am I? What do I want?', and you start to connect with new people. And I started to meet all these other musicians that I had collaborated with, and it was over that hiatus that I kind", "title": "Rooney (band)" }, { "docid": "19874344", "text": "scored their first hit with the single \"Everlasting Love\", which Ortiz co-wrote with Luigi De Dios and Rina Caniza. This was followed in 1992 by two other hits,\"“Muntik na Kitang Minamal\" (\"\"I almost loved you\"\") and “Now That I Have You,” from their second album \"Sixby6\". That same year, The CompanY performed at their major concert with the Manhattan Transfer at the Araneta Coliseum In 2014, The Company welcomed OJ Mariano as their newest member, replacing Jay Marquez. In The Company's existence in the music industry, they make their distinct sound with the influence of different artists and groups all", "title": "The Company (vocal group)" }, { "docid": "19952302", "text": "the MYX Hit Chart, and the next week peaked at No. 2 on both chart.“I Got You (I Feel Good)” music video rank #19 on Pinoy MYX Countdown 2015 Yearender Padilla promoted the album during the “Most Wanted” concert. He were performed some of the tracks from the album live, including Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You),” Andy Williams’ “Moon River,” and James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good).”. Padilla kicked off “I Feel Good” album tour at Starmall Alabang on August 2, 2015. He sang Grow Old With", "title": "I Feel Good (album)" }, { "docid": "20721529", "text": "most suitable' is the answer to the question you are about to ask me.\" Li Fu thanked him and asked: \"Indeed. Earlier on, I forgot to ask you, Sir, who can take charge of state affairs after you, Sir, pass on. That's why I came back. If you don't mind me asking further, who can take charge after Jiang Wan?\" Zhuge Liang replied: \"Wenwei can succeed him.\" Li Fu continued asking but Zhuge Liang did not reply. Li Fu then left and returned to Chengdu. In the early Yanxi era (238–257) of Liu Shan's reign, when the Shu general Jiang", "title": "Li Fu" }, { "docid": "12017117", "text": "He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep. “He said to him the third time, “Simon son of Jonas do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will", "title": "Marian art in the Catholic Church" }, { "docid": "10838342", "text": "was at Wan at that time, became worried that Meng Da would proceed with the revolt quickly, so he wrote a letter to Meng to calm him down. Sima Yi wrote, \"General, you previously left Liu Bei and dedicated yourself to our state. Our state entrusted you with the duty of guarding the border and tasked you with planning an invasion on Shu. This is an obvious sign that our state trusts you. The people of Shu are fools and they hate you deeply. Zhuge Liang wants you back in Shu only because he has no other choice. What Guo", "title": "Xincheng Rebellion" }, { "docid": "5861613", "text": "Kishore Biyani, was a critical and box office failure. Na Tum Jaano Na Hum Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (, , translation: \"Neither you nor I know\") is a 2002 Indian romantic drama film starring Hrithik Roshan, Esha Deol and Saif Ali Khan. The film was directed by Arjun Sablok. Esha Malhotra (Esha Deol) is a bright, spirited girl who has just left college. She finds a note from a past student of her school that coincides with her own feelings of love. She calls into a radio station and requests a song, repeating the words left on the note.", "title": "Na Tum Jaano Na Hum" }, { "docid": "5861608", "text": "Na Tum Jaano Na Hum Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (, , translation: \"Neither you nor I know\") is a 2002 Indian romantic drama film starring Hrithik Roshan, Esha Deol and Saif Ali Khan. The film was directed by Arjun Sablok. Esha Malhotra (Esha Deol) is a bright, spirited girl who has just left college. She finds a note from a past student of her school that coincides with her own feelings of love. She calls into a radio station and requests a song, repeating the words left on the note. An anonymous man calls in soon after, stating that", "title": "Na Tum Jaano Na Hum" }, { "docid": "19891357", "text": "and performed John Legend's hit \"All of Me\". Joao Constancia garnered a score of 94% from the audience and performed Adam Sandler's \"Grow Old With You\". Niel Murillo garnered a score of 96% and performed \"Mahal na Mahal\" by Sam Concepcion making him an instant fan favorite. His audition clip on YouTube gained the most views out of all the auditionees. Russell Reyes garnered a score of 80% and performed a soulful rendition of Stevie Wonder's \"Lately\". Tristan Ramirez got a score of 90% from the audience and performed \"Ikaw lang ang Aking Mahal\" by Brownman Revival. During the Middle", "title": "BoybandPH" }, { "docid": "5174648", "text": "example that young women can make it on their own\". The singer revealed in an interview with \"Rolling Stone\", the writers had to re-write the original lyrics of the song. \"I asked them to change the words to 'Born to Make You Happy.' It was a sexual song,\" she revealed. \"I said, 'This may be a little old for me.' Because of the image thing, I don't want to go over the top. If I come out being Miss Prima Donna, that wouldn't be smart. I want to have a place to grow\". \"Born to Make You Happy\" received mixed", "title": "Born to Make You Happy" }, { "docid": "16208172", "text": "band sings \" Na na na na \" to the end of the song against an accompanied piccolo trumpet. The lyrics for \"Yellow Pansy Street\" are mellower than \"T.W.L\" and the mood of the song is a complete 180 from the upbeat, carefree, mood of \"T.W.L\". While the former speaks of doing your best, \"Yellow Pansy Street\" speaks of lost love and remembering what could have been. \" You're crying, aren't you? You're crying?/I'm worried/Yesterday, the yellow pansy were blooming alongside the street/You're crying, aren't you?/I said I'm worried/If I had known/I wonder would you have smiled and laughed? \"", "title": "T.W.L/Yellow Pansy Street" }, { "docid": "11969748", "text": "\"sexy\" and \"sultry\". However, Tod Martens, in another review for the \"Los Angeles Times\", criticized their performance. He commented: \"[They appeared] onstage looking like they had escaped a taping for a sexed-up Jazzercise video.\" He also wrote that Scherzinger never commanded the song except on \"the cut's final seconds when she turned her vocals up to a growl\" and noted JabbaWockeez's appearance as \"annoy[ing]\". \"When I Grow Up\" was also performed at \"So You Think You Can Dance\" on June 13, 2008. On August 2, 2008 the Dolls performed the song and presented at the MTV Asia Awards 2008 in", "title": "When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song)" }, { "docid": "18752416", "text": "Nick Freed, writing for Consequence of Sound, described the album as an \"exploration of a day in the life of a 30-year-old with an infectious punk rock soundtrack.\" Rob Sheffield at \"Rolling Stone\" compared the album's sound to Juliana Hatfield and the Muffs. Noel Gardner of \"NME\" wrote that \"While \"I Want To Grow Up\" doesn’t exactly break new ground, it compensates by being affecting, relatable and having occasional gnarly solos.\" Ben Ratliff at \"The New York Times\" wrote that \"Around her songs, there is a basic air of competence, toughness, self-reliance — she's organized her sound, has identified her", "title": "I Want to Grow Up" }, { "docid": "3703519", "text": "Old Trick New Dog Old Trick New Dog is a 1998 album from David Cassidy on his own Slamajama Records label. In addition to new songs, it also features several remakes of songs from \"The Partridge Family\". The single lifted from the album - \"No Bridge I Wouldn't Cross\" - was an Adult Contemporary Top 25 hit in the USA. The track - \"You Were The One\" - was co-written by David Cassidy and Tony Romeo who wrote many of the most popular songs for Cassidy and The Partridge Family in the 1970s, including I Think I Love You, \"Summer", "title": "Old Trick New Dog" }, { "docid": "11357789", "text": "What I Can Do for You \"What I Can Do for You\" is a single by Sheryl Crow from the album \"Tuesday Night Music Club\" released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993 and the single includes a rare speedier version of LP track \"The Na-Na Song\" (i.e. \"Volvo Cowgirl 99\"). \"What I Can Do for You\" managed only number 97 when first released at the end of 1993, but was re-released after the success of \"All I Wanna Do\" and \"Strong Enough\". Two CD singles were released, with the second one being a limited edition including a", "title": "What I Can Do for You" }, { "docid": "16170983", "text": "mafia. Megha takes him to the hospital and the fear of losing him makes her realise her feelings for Mohan after understanding that she fell in love with him but,she conceals her feeling because she believes that marrying Mohan will ruin his life as this marriage will only become burden for him and also because of Mohan's mother who hates Megha and her children. After some drama both get married. Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha (English: \"You Didn't Speak Nor Did I Say Anything\") is an Indian soap opera which aired", "title": "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha" }, { "docid": "20325564", "text": "Me What You Wanna,” \"Runway,\" \"I Want You,” \"Over,” \"Ole School Luv,\" \"Lost Myself,\" \"Immortal,\" “B Rida,” “Gypsy” where she was doing a featuring for Charly B, and “Candy Crush” featuring Marlow Skye, along with many more that have yet to be released. In both 2011 and 2013, she was invited by Brandon Bakshi to participate in and signed to the BMI Writers Camp which was held at Anchor Recording Studio in Kingston; singer/songwriter Oceana who was part of her team recorded “Everybody (Na Na Na),” the official song of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as Reggie Saunderson,", "title": "Nordia Coco Witter" }, { "docid": "2451728", "text": "and Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail over the marriage of a 41-year-old man to an 11-year-old girl in Kelantan, saying all facts of the case were clear and established for the government to take action against child marriage. Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail continues to attract criticism from activists over her perceived reluctance to take action against the 41-year-old man who married an 11-year-old child, with a coalition of women's groups urging swift action to be taken to protect the girl, a Thai national who lives in Kelantan. The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) said", "title": "Child marriage" }, { "docid": "17903766", "text": "Mummy\" is the movie for you.\" IndieWire's David Ehrlich gave the film a D-, calling it the worst film of Cruise's career and criticizing its lack of originality, saying: \"It's one thing to excavate the iconography of old Hollywood, it's another to exploit it. This isn't filmmaking, it's tomb-raiding.\" Owen Gleiberman of \"Variety\" wrote: \"The problem at its heart is that the reality of what the movie is—a Tom Cruise vehicle—is at war with the material. The actor, at 54, is still playing that old Cruise trope, the selfish cocky semi-scoundrel who has to grow up. ... The trouble is", "title": "The Mummy (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "13240782", "text": "and flames start to build around them. Cassie described it as \"a very sexy, sensual video but at the same time it's very honest,\" detailing, \"I think as an artist, with every video you grow and you change, and I definitely have changed physically since my last video \"Official Girl,\" and become more of a woman so I'm more comfortable in my own skin and I move differently, so I think that's definitely reflected.\" \"Rap-Up\" wrote that the video featured the \"most-talked-about haircut on the Internet,\" after Cassie created buzz with a new look when she shaved the right side", "title": "Must Be Love (Cassie song)" }, { "docid": "19783197", "text": "ko lang malaman mo na gustong gusto ko na meron sa'yong nag-a-assist sa'yo na lalaki ngayon. Isang malaking bagay na makita ko ang assistant mo may lalaki diyan sa baba, hindi man katabi mo pero assistant mo,\"\" Padilla added. (I just want you to know that I really like it that there’s a guy assisting you now. It’s a huge thing for me to see that you have a male assistant there below; he may not be next to you, but he’s still your assistant.) The viewers slammed the judge through social media sites. One Twitter user called him out", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 6)" }, { "docid": "8187651", "text": "Dochter Lady Jean\", and \"The Bonny Hind\". The Ballad of Lizie Wan was the inspiration for the title song from English recording artist Kate Bush's album \"The Kick Inside\". It is directly referenced in an early demo recording of the song in the second verse: \"You and me on the bobbing knee / Welling eyes from identifying with Lizzy Wan's story.\" The final version of the song replaces the direct reference and describes the ballad as \"old mythology.\" Lizie Wan \"Lizie Wan\" is Child ballad 51 and a murder ballad. It also known as \"Fair Lizzie\". The heroine (called variously", "title": "Lizie Wan" }, { "docid": "4641373", "text": "his old seat in the Cabinet (which Fitzwilliam rejected). The Duke of Portland wrote: If any injury has been done to \"you\", if any blow has been aimed at your political character and reputation, it is I who have attempted it; revenge yourself on me, renounce me, but assist in saving your country—I will retire, I will make any extirpation or atonement that can satisfy you—you are younger, more active, more able than I am, you can do more good. If my...renunciation of the world will restore you to the public service, God forbid I should hesitate a moment. Fitzwilliam", "title": "William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam" }, { "docid": "5108835", "text": "gunpoint. If I could go back in time, I would politely tell everyone to go fuck themselves, but back then...no. I paced and paced and even took up smoking for a while, so stressed out was I. \"Dead Silence\" featured Australian actor Ryan Kwanten (\"True Blood\" television series), and is based on the premise of a legend, whereby the ghost of a ventriloquist, Mary Shaw, removes the tongue of any person who screams in its presence. Rather than a gore movie, Wan described the film as \"a creepy doll movie. It's in the spirit of those old \"Twilight Zone\" episodes", "title": "James Wan" }, { "docid": "8211029", "text": "the shrine, translated to Chinese is \"Na Tuk Kong\", where \"Kong\" is a term of respect. Dato Haji Keramat is a very powerful local earth deity that helps many people who sincerely pray to him. He detests alcohol. In the Ming chronicle, during the reign of Emperor Wan Li 1573–1620 (万历皇帝), a man known as Zhang who lived in Brunei, originally from Zhangzhou in Fujian province, was appointed \"Datuk\" of Brunei. For certain reasons of injustice done to him, Datuk Zhang committed suicide, and so his countrymen wanted justice for him. Na Tuk Kong Na Tuk Kong are local guardian", "title": "Na Tuk Kong" }, { "docid": "4730147", "text": "of all who see them, and which are readily distinguishable by their size, and the beautiful style in which they are directed. You cannot imagine the delight with which I devoured their costents. I am glad you wrote so much of our dear pet. 0, my Dita, the longing I feel to take the dear little thing to my heart is agonising! Yesterday I was on shore, and saw a beautiful child of about the same age as ours. I was almost crazy at the sight. Twenty months old! How she must prattle by this time! I fancy I can", "title": "Tanka people" }, { "docid": "2269706", "text": "through the streets of Chatham, his grand figure and handsome face attracted crowds of admirers, and to the last he is spoken of as singularly handsome. Nelson wrote to Duncan's son, Henry, a fellow Royal Navy officer, on 4 October 1804, including a newspaper with the account of Duncan's death, \"There is no man who more sincerely laments the heavy loss you have sustained than myself; but the name of Duncan will never be forgot by Britain, and in particular by its navy, in which service the remembrance of your worthy father will, I am sure, grow up in you.", "title": "Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan" }, { "docid": "7533276", "text": "according to the Season 1 promotional booklet of \"Highlander: The Series\". In \"Highlander\", when Connor MacLeod wins the Prize, he screams out, \"I know everything! I am everything!\" He later tells Brenda Wyatt, \"I can love and have children, live and grow old,\" all previously unavailable to him because Immortals are sterile and cannot live anywhere for very long without raising suspicion. Ramírez tells him, \"You are generations being born and dying. You are at one with all living things. Each man's thoughts and dreams are yours to know. You have power beyond imagination.\" The way in which the last", "title": "Immortal (Highlander)" }, { "docid": "20366112", "text": "Jim and myself. I wrote the lyrics for it and some of them are about Dave. I don't know how it came about, but the first line that I came up with was \"H, old babe, sing a song to make out that your playing is easy.\"\" \"Know Who You Are\" was released on 7\" vinyl by Polydor Records in the UK only. The B-side, \"Dapple Rose\", was written by Lea and Powell. Also included on \"Play It Loud\", Powell recalled of his lyrics in a 2009 fan forum interview: \"I've always had a fondness for horses and where I", "title": "Know Who You Are" }, { "docid": "17447158", "text": "a not-so-ordinary errand guy who becomes embroiled in a decades-long mystery involving two reporters (played by Park Min-young and Yoo Ji-tae). Despite lackluster ratings, \"Healer\" drew a cult following among domestic and international viewers. In 2017, Song took the lead as the main writer for the drama. Set in the Goryeo dynasty, it tells the story of a young and ambitious monarch Won Im Si-wan with a desire to conquer, and two people who shape his destiny; childhood friend Rin Hong Jong-hyun and a beautiful woman named San Im Yoon-ah. Song Ji-na Song Ji-na (born September 12, 1959) is a", "title": "Song Ji-na" }, { "docid": "16974432", "text": "Daily Bhaskar.com wrote \"In parts thoughtful, engaging and funny, this is a film then about ambition. As for sexual harassment, I would go with the women's rights activist (Deepti Naval) judging this case: \"Flirtation \"agar woman ko pasand na ho, toh harassment hoti hai\".\" If I were you, I'd definitely go for this movie too!\" Taran Adarsh wrote \"INKAAR is for spectators of serious cinema. Caters to a niche audience!\" Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com has given 2 out of 5 stars, quoting \"\"Inkaar\" trivialises something serious like sexual harassment into a terrible joke.\" Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2 out", "title": "Inkaar (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "15165540", "text": "in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. Schuster was also one of the first songwriters to form his own publishing company. His best known songs include \"Hold Me,\" \"In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town,\" \"Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes,\" \"I Am an American,\" \"Go Home and Tell Your Mother,\" \"Any Day Now,\" \"I'm Alone Because I Love You\" and \"Let’s Grow Old Together.\" Schuster died in New York, aged 55, in October 1946. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ira Schuster Ira Schuster (October 13, 1889 – October 10, 1946) was an American songwriter, who", "title": "Ira Schuster" }, { "docid": "5254127", "text": "being unreasonable in how I handle issues. If I am unreasonable in the way I handle issues, then I am indeed muddleheaded. Why do you need to ask him?\" When Yang Min committed an offence later and ended up being imprisoned, his colleagues feared the worst for him. However, Jiang Wan did not hold a grudge against Yang Min and even helped him obtain a pardon. These two incidents showed that Jiang Wan was a reasonable and well-meaning person. Jiang Wan's elder son, Jiang Bin (蔣斌), inherited his father's peerage and became the next Marquis of Anyang Village (安陽亭侯). Like", "title": "Jiang Wan" }, { "docid": "2360958", "text": "at St. John's. Kettles and pans, Say the bells at St. Ann's. Old Father Baldpate, Say the slow bells at Aldgate. Maids in white Aprons Say the bells of St Catherine's. You owe me ten shillings, Say the bells of St. Helen's. When will you pay me? Say the bells at Old Bailey. When I grow rich, Say the bells at Shoreditch. Pray when will that be? Say the bells of Stepney. I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell at Bow. Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off", "title": "Oranges and Lemons" }, { "docid": "14882012", "text": "wasn’t Ariel who wrote the song. I did mention it to him casually during one taping for \"Forever in My Heart\" and he just said, 'That’s nice'\". \"Say That You Love Me\" has a significance in Velasquez's life. She expressed falling in love with the song, when Louie Ocampo re-arranged it during her tenth anniversary concert held at University of the Philippines Diliman. \"Di Bale Na Lang\" marks the first time in her career that she has done some rap verses. She was mentored by Filipino rapper-composer Andrew E., saying \"it was fun doing the song, fun working with Andrew.", "title": "Covers (Regine Velasquez album)" }, { "docid": "20015780", "text": "you doing here?\"\" \"\"Na, Robin,\"\" said the miller, \"\"I s'ould put that question to you, for I am at home and ye'are no.\"\" \"\"Why,\"\" said Robin, I cam doun to see Kate Kemp.\"\" \"\"I was just gaun the same gate,\"\" said the miller. \"\"Then ye need gang nae further,\"\" said Burns, \"\"fur baith her and the cow's lost and the old man is perfectly wud at the want o'them. But come, we'll tak' a turn or two in the holm till we see if she cast up.\"\" James Andrew was content to accompany his competitor for Kate's affections and at", "title": "Kate Kemp" }, { "docid": "17733157", "text": "Shining Romance Shining Romance () is a South Korean daily television drama series starring Lee Jin, Park Yoon-jae and Jo An. It aired on MBC from December 23, 2013 to June 20, 2014 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:15 for 122 episodes. \"Super mom\" Oh Bit-na has been a housewife for five years to her plastic surgeon husband and five-year-old daughter named Yeon-doo. One day, she coincidently meets her childhood friend, Ha-joon. Ha-joon still remembers his promise to Bit-na that they made in elementary school. Their promise was to grow up and marry with each other. But Chae-ri, who has", "title": "Shining Romance" }, { "docid": "18452359", "text": "vocals, with \"Newsday\" calling the track Minaj's \"most undeniable hit\" since her song \"Super Bass\", and \"The Guardian\" describing Minaj's vocals as a highlight from the album. The song's lyrics, on the other hand, have been subject to criticism from feminist media, with many of them calling the lyrics sexist. Katie Barnes of Feministing described the song's second verse (\"Yes I do the cooking/ Yes I do the cleaning/ Plus I keep the na-na real sweet for your eating/ Yes you be the boss and yes I be respecting / Whatever that you tell me cause it's game you be", "title": "Hey Mama (David Guetta song)" }, { "docid": "13778256", "text": "Ainsworth, in a letter to James Crossley 7 December 1840, wrote: \"You told me that you have a \"second\" part of De Foe's \"History of the Plague\". Pray bring this with you. I will take the greatest care of it, but it is quite necessary I should see it, as I commence a new Romance with the New Year, under the title of \"The Plague of London\". If you have any other tract relating to the period, or to the Fire, I shall feel obliged by the loan of it\". \"Old St. Paul's\" ran in \"The Sunday Times\" from 3", "title": "Old St. Paul's (novel)" }, { "docid": "17874687", "text": "pressure from work and begins to suffer from severe headaches. He strives to recover his lost memories from the time he was an 18-year-old high school student, especially those of his first love, Mimi, as he unravels their mysterious fate. The official theme of the series, \"Because I Love You\", was performed by Wendy (Son Seung-wan)who later would debut in now-popular girl-group Red Velvet along other SMROOKIES,Kang Seulgi and Bae Joohyun (Irene). It aired in Thailand on PPTV beginning March 15, 2015, dubbed as \"Patitin Rak Raek Pob\". (\"\"ปฏิทินรักแรกพบ\"\", literally: \"Love at First Sight Calendar\"). Mimi (2014 TV series) Mimi", "title": "Mimi (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "20834252", "text": "in places such as the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Magdala, Mount Carmel, the Kremlin in Moscow, and Vladivostok. Other books by Dushkova include \"Ognennaya Bibliya\" (\"The Fiery Bible\"), \"Evangelie ot Sofii – Sily i Premudrosti Bozhiey\" (\"The Gospel of Sophia – the Power and Wisdom of God\"), and \"Taynaya Doktrina Lyubvi\" (\"The Secret Doctrine of Love\"). She also wrote books intended for children and youth: \"Skazki dlya Messii\" (\"Fairy Tales for the Messiah\"), \"Skazki kotorye rastut vmeste s nami\" (\"Fairy Tales which Grow Together with Us\"), \"77\" \"Zhemchuzhin siyayushchikh na chetkakh Vremeni\" (\"77 Pearls Shining on", "title": "Zinovia Dushkova" }, { "docid": "18117885", "text": "Mona (I Need You Baby) \"Mona (I Need You Baby)\" is a song written by Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) and was the B-side to his 1957 single \"Hey! Bo Diddley\". According to Diddley's obituary in \"The New York Times\", \"Mona\" was a song of praise he wrote for a 45-year-old exotic dancer who worked at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit. The song also became the template for Buddy Holly's \"Not Fade Away\". In 1990, Australian actor/musician Craig McLachlan released a version with his band \"Check 1–2\". It was their second single from their album, \"Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2\".", "title": "Mona (I Need You Baby)" }, { "docid": "14008956", "text": "that we did on the new album that we sort of did twenty years late. An old friend our ours, Dan Hartman, wrote this song. I remember back in the day he came up to me and said 'You know, I have this great song I wrote for you guys. It's you, you know? – you have to sing this song.' And unfortunately we had just finished an album, we couldn't put it on the album so I said sorry Dan. About six months later I was watching MTV and there it was, and it was a hit for him,", "title": "I Can Dream About You" }, { "docid": "3635375", "text": "after his first marriage broke up. One spring day, at age 31, eight years after their divorce, he passed by Shen's Garden (沈園) and by chance encountered Tang Wan and her husband. Tang Wan asked her husband to let her send a cup of wine to Lu You. When her hands passed the wine to him, he saw her eyes brimmed with tears. His heart was broken, and he drank the cup of bitter wine to the bottom. He turned away and on the spot wrote the poem \"Fonqhwang Hairpinin\" (Chai Tou Feng, 釵頭鳳) on the wall of Shen's Garden.", "title": "Lu You" }, { "docid": "15434452", "text": "and successful businesswoman selling power plants to the Chinese. With an adoring English lover, she appears to have everything going for her. On her fortieth birthday, Margaret receives the first bundle of letters she wrote to herself when she was seven years old. A jumble of colourful collages, photographs, and wildly creative puzzles seem to have come from a different girl entirely. In a letter the seven-year-old Margaret writes, \"Dear me. Today I am seven years old and I'm writing you this letter to help you remember the promises I made when I was 7, and also to remind you", "title": "With Love... from the Age of Reason" }, { "docid": "2143631", "text": "her grow up and eventually end as an old woman,\" Moore told \"Mustard\" magazine in January 2006. \"But I got to the point where I'd said to IPC, \"Look, you know that you've ripped these characters off from us. If you were to give us the rights back, I would gladly write another three books of Halo Jones. Whereas if you don't I will never write Halo Jones and you won't get any money from the character. And they thought, 'Yeah, let's hang on to the character forever and you never get any rights to it and never write any", "title": "The Ballad of Halo Jones" }, { "docid": "19832083", "text": "really worthy. Alam kong lima lang ang tracks nitong album na ito pero she made my head bang (I know that this album only has five tracks, but she made my head bang). To the dance tracks “Para-Paraan” which is so teen pop and “Me & You”, the only English song, to “Mr. Antipatiko” and “Aba Bakit Hindi?” na super kilig ang lyrics (yup call me corny but this song i really like) and “Bahala Na” that gives you na meron talagang forever. Hahaha! Wagi itong album na ito para sa akin.\" ! scope=row| Philippines (PARI) Nadine Lustre (album) Nadine", "title": "Nadine Lustre (album)" }, { "docid": "1522537", "text": "ya\" changes to \"na no ya\" (\"na n ya\"), but \"ya\" + \"nen\" does not change to \"na nen\". \"No da\" is never used with polite form, but \"no ya\" and \"nen\" can be used with formal form such as \"nande desu nen\", a formal form of \"nande ya nen\". In past tense, \"nen\" changes to \"-ten\"; for example, \"I love you\" would be \"suki ya nen\" or \"sukkya nen\", and \"I loved you\" would be \"suki yatten.\" In the interrogative sentence, the use of \"nen\" and \"no ya\" is restricted to emphatic questions and involves interrogative words. For simple", "title": "Kansai dialect" }, { "docid": "2671807", "text": "have to serve him, and he is ruining my whole life. You shall become wise, my dear girl, you husband shall by ten years grow, and the waning moon on the early part of each month, will be a full moon by the fifteenth and sixteenth days. You know, my dear aunt, when that boy grows up, I too shall grow old, the flower is blooming and the other has withered away, the full moon has risen and the sun has fallen. </poem> Hakka hill song Hakka hill songs (; ) are rural songs sung in the Hakka language by", "title": "Hakka hill song" }, { "docid": "4403951", "text": "other times, she attempted unsuccessfully to separate herself from Roosevelt. Though the pair remained friends throughout their lives, they continued to grow apart in the years that followed. In 1937, Roosevelt wrote to Hickok that \"I never meant to hurt you in any way, but that is no excuse having done it . . . I am pulling back from all my contacts now . . . Such cruelty & stupidity is unpardonable when you reach my age.\" After an incident with her diabetes while traveling, Hickok resigned her FERA post for health reasons in late 1936. On the advice", "title": "Lorena Hickok" }, { "docid": "15827284", "text": "song for Andriano's wife, he wrote it as \" a simple \"I miss you\" song, with a hint of, \"I know I'm gone a lot, but please don't leave me.\" [It] sounds a little like well-worn territory for some, I suppose. But I've never felt like this in my life, and I'm 34 years old and have been married for 9 years\". He wrote it to express his relief that he found someone who can help him through his \"real-life problems\", and that he married her as soon as he could. Dan wrote this song to talk about his desire", "title": "Hurricane Season (album)" }, { "docid": "19777954", "text": "angry and said to put the frame back she said she will not put the frame and if he does she will throw the frame outside she told that I am your wife now Nadia I nowhere in her life. After a few days, Ayna went to her old home and was remembering her good old memories with Sajal and her mother. Mohsin arrived home and was waiting for Ayna when she came he told her where are you going everyday at this time and saying bad stuff to her. She then says that she doesn't want to live with", "title": "Kuch Na Kaho (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20190206", "text": "28 December Vladimir Posse wrote to the author: \"What a merciless, cruel revelation. Nothing theatrical, but the effect is immense, all-pervading and continues to grow long after the story novella had been read.\" Chekhov received numerous highly emotional letters from his followers, one of whom, Viktor Mirolyubov, the then editor of \"Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh\", wrote on 9 February: \"Three times I had to stop reading. You know the feeling, when eyes are swelled with tears and something fills the chest as if you are sent flying. [...] It is not your gift that matters, but your heart, your deep feeling...", "title": "In the Ravine" }, { "docid": "9789843", "text": "about the script.\" Chomet said, \"I think Tati wrote the script for Sophie Tatischeff. I think he felt guilty that he spent too long away from his daughter when he was working.\" In a June 2010 interview for \"The National\", Chomet gave his personal reasons for his attraction to the script: \"I have two young children, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. But I also have a daughter who is 17 whom I don't live with because I separated from her mother. She was 12 when I started the project and you can feel things changing.\" This appears to mirror the", "title": "The Illusionist (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "13996675", "text": "\"it's about this guy I've been stalking since I was 15. I wrote the song when I was 16 with my mom, and I was like, \"This song's so dope, I know it is\". \"Dinosaur\" came \"about [when] this old guy who was hitting on me, and his toupee was kind of falling off, and I was like, \"Oh my God, you're so old, you're prehistoric, you're like a dinosaur. D-I-N-O-S-A-you are a dinosaur.\" Explaining the reasoning behind the title track being placed at the end of the album's track list, Kesha said: Musically, \"Animal\" is of the dance-pop and", "title": "Animal (Kesha album)" } ]

[ "2005" ]

[ { "docid": "19845336", "text": "alongside the 10 rupee banknote. The first ₹10 coin minted in 2005 had a diameter of 27 mm and featured the lettering \"भारत\" and \"INDIA\" on the top, with Lion capital with 'Satyameva Jayate' in Hindi below at left, and the date of mint below it on the obverse. On the reverse of the coin it featured the \"Four heads sharing a common body\" – cross with a dot in each quadrant in the center, with the lettering \"दस रुपये\" and \"TEN RUPEES\" on the outer ring. The second design featured two horizontal lines. The coin featured the lettering \"भारत\"", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "19845336", "text": "alongside the 10 rupee banknote. The first ₹10 coin minted in 2005 had a diameter of 27 mm and featured the lettering \"भारत\" and \"INDIA\" on the top, with Lion capital with 'Satyameva Jayate' in Hindi below at left, and the date of mint below it on the obverse. On the reverse of the coin it featured the \"Four heads sharing a common body\" – cross with a dot in each quadrant in the center, with the lettering \"दस रुपये\" and \"TEN RUPEES\" on the outer ring. The second design featured two horizontal lines. The coin featured the lettering \"भारत\"", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "19845340", "text": "of sending SMS text messages about the 10 coins with 10 and 15 radiating lines. Both are valid. Indian 10-rupee coin The Indian 10-rupee coin (10) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. The ₹10 coin is the highest-denomination coin minted in India since its introduction in 2005. The present ₹10 coin in circulation is from the 2011 design. However, the previous ₹10 coins minted before 2011 are also legal tender in India. All ₹10 coins containing with and without the rupee currency sign are legal tender, as stated by the Reserve Bank of India. Along with the standard designs,", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "19845335", "text": "Indian 10-rupee coin The Indian 10-rupee coin (10) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. The ₹10 coin is the highest-denomination coin minted in India since its introduction in 2005. The present ₹10 coin in circulation is from the 2011 design. However, the previous ₹10 coins minted before 2011 are also legal tender in India. All ₹10 coins containing with and without the rupee currency sign are legal tender, as stated by the Reserve Bank of India. Along with the standard designs, there are 21 different designs for this denomination and are minted as circulating commemorative coins, this is used", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "2719082", "text": "rupees. Although it is still legal tender, the 50-paise (\"athanni\") coin is rarely seen in circulation. The coins are minted at the four locations of the India Government Mint. The 1, 2, and 5 coins have been minted since independence. Coins minted with the \"hand picture\" were minted from 2005 onwards. The Government of India has the only right to mint the coins and one rupee note. The responsibility for coinage comes under the Coinage Act, 1906 which is amended from time to time. The designing and minting of coins in various denominations is also the responsibility of the Government", "title": "Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "5950589", "text": "housing the High Court of Kerala was laid on 14 March 1994 by the then Chief Justice of India, Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah. The estimated cost of construction was 10 crore Indian rupees. The construction was completed in 2005 at a cost of 85 crore Indian rupees. The completed High Court building was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Justice Y. K. Sabharwal on 11 February 2006. The new High Court building is equipped with modern amenities like videoconferencing, air conditioned courtrooms, internet, facilities for retrieval of order copies and publishing of the case status via the internet. The", "title": "Kerala High Court" }, { "docid": "2719081", "text": "minted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Between 2005 and 2008 new, lighter fifty-paise, one-, two- and five-rupee coins were introduced, made from ferritic stainless steel. The move was prompted by the melting-down of older coins, whose face value was less than their scrap value. The demonetisation of the 25-(chawanni) paise coin and all paise coins below it took place, and a new series of coins (50 paise – nicknamed \"athanni\" – one, two, five and ten rupees, with the new rupee symbol) were put into circulation in 2011. Coins commonly in circulation are one, two, five and ten", "title": "Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "4717010", "text": "Fokker 100 aircraft on lease from AerCap. In January and April 2005 two further airplanes of this type were leased to Cosmic Air. At its height in 2005 international services were launched. Financial problems became public in November of the same year, when the airline had to halt its domestic operations after the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation refused to sell it fuel unless it cleared past debts of 125 million rupees. Operations were restarted after Cosmic Air managed to pay its first instalment of 5 million rupees. Still, Cosmic Air incurred a loss of 620 million rupees for 2005. Another", "title": "Cosmic Air" }, { "docid": "5152971", "text": "violent death of a man in the street during the Partition of India riots of 1947, Besides adding several mythological figures into his work, highlighted by the depictions of goddess Kali and demon Mahishasura. Tyeb Mehta held the then record for the highest price an Indian painting has ever sold for at auction ($317,500 USD or 15 million Indian rupees) for \"Celebration\" at Christie's in 2002. In May 2005, his painting \"Kali\" sold for 10 million Indian rupees (approximately equal to 230,000 US dollars) at Indian auction house Saffronart's online auction. A reinterpretation of the tale of demon Mahishasura by", "title": "Tyeb Mehta" }, { "docid": "13058635", "text": "14 billion Indian rupees (more than $US300 million). In Chhattisgarh, Salwa Judum, an anti-insurgency operation which was aimed at countering the naxalite violence in the region was launched in 2005. The militia consisting of local tribal youth received support and training from the Chhattisgarh state government. The state came under fire from pro-Maoist activist groups for \"atrocities and abuse against women\", employing child soldiers, and looting and destruction of property, allegations rejected by a fact finding commission of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) in 2008. The commission, which had been appointed by the Supreme Court of India,", "title": "Naxalite–Maoist insurgency" }, { "docid": "7324501", "text": "picked by Gujarat Lions for 30 lakh rupees. In 2004, he struggled with injuries, and was criticised by India A coach Sandeep Patil, who believed that he had a mental problem dealing with his injuries. He was also sent to Australian Institute of Sport for bio-mechanical analysis on his bowling action, to improve its efficiency. In August 2005, he transferred to Maharashtra, and after taking 10 wickets against England in a tour match for the Board President's XI, he was rewarded with his selection in the Indian Test Squad for the 2nd Test against England in Mohali, when he made", "title": "Munaf Patel" } ]

[ { "docid": "4274540", "text": "Mohur A mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the princely states which existed alongside it, the Mughal Empire, Kingdom of Nepal, and Afghanistan. It was usually equivalent in value to fifteen silver rupees. It was last minted in British India in 1918, but some princely states continued to issue the coins until their accession to India after 1947. Similar coins were also issued by the British authorities in denominations of 2/3 mohur (10 rupees), 1/3 mohur (5 rupees) and the double mohur (30 rupees), and some of the", "title": "Mohur" }, { "docid": "1749358", "text": "In India presently (from 2010 onwards), 50 paise coin (half a rupee) is the lowest valued legal tender. Coins of rupees 1, 2, 5 and 10 and bank notes of rupees 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2000 are commonly in use for cash transaction. A taka in West Pakistan was worth two paises while this word was used alternatively for rupee in East Pakistan. After its independence, Bangladesh started to officially call its currency \"taka\" (BDT) in 1971. Early 19th-century East India Company rupees were used in Australia for a limited period. Decimalisation occurred in Ceylon (Sri", "title": "Rupee" }, { "docid": "19845337", "text": "and \"INDIA\" on the top, with Lion Capital in the middle and year of printing at bottom on the obverse. The reverse of the coin featured 15 notches and numeral 10 in the middle and at below line the word Rupees in English and रुपये in Hindi was written. This coin is rumored to be a fake one due to chaos on social media. However, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued an official statement to address these rumors declaring that the old the design prior to 2011 is valid and is legal tender. The third design of the ₹10", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "1749364", "text": "6th century BC. Ancient India had some of the earliest coins in the world, along with the Chinese wen and Lydian staters. The rupee coin has been used since then, even during British India, when it contained 11.66 g (1 tola) of 91.7% silver with an ASW of 0.3437 of a troy ounce (that is, silver worth about US$10 at modern prices). At the end of the 19th century, the Indian silver rupee went onto a gold exchange standard at a fixed rate of one rupee to one shilling and fourpence in British currency, i.e. 15 rupees to 1 pound", "title": "Rupee" }, { "docid": "2943841", "text": "and 5 cents (the 5 cents was substantially reduced in size), nickel-plated-steel 20 cents and ½ rupee, and cupro-nickel 1 and 5 rupees. Cupro-nickel 10 rupees were introduced in 1997. Coins currently in circulation are the 5 cents, 20 cents, ½ rupee, 1, 5, 10 and 20 rupees. Coins below 1 Rupee in value are generally regarded as \"supermarket\" small-change. The 1 cent coin has not been seen in circulation for many years, and the last series of 1 cent coins issued in 1987 are only seen as collectors' items. In 2007, a bi-metallic 20-rupee coin was issued to commemorate", "title": "Mauritian rupee" }, { "docid": "585233", "text": "and fiat money. In situations where there is commodity money, the coin retains its value if it is melted and physically altered, while in a fiat money it does not. Usually in a fiat money the value drops if the coin is converted to metal, but in a few cases the value of metals in fiat moneys have been allowed to rise to values larger than the face value of the coin. In India, for example fiat Rupees disappeared from the market after 2007 when their content of stainless steel became larger than the fiat or face value of the", "title": "Commodity money" }, { "docid": "12104776", "text": "the first of which was received by G K Vasan, Cabinet Minister of Shipping. Mumbai Mint issued Rs 1000 Commemorative Coin with the same picture as on the Rs 5 coin. It was the first 1000 Rupees coin to be released in the Republic of India coinage. This coin was a Non Circulative Legal Tender (NCLT). On 1 April 1954, the Reserve Bank of India released a 1000 currency note featuring a panoramic view of the Brihadeeswar temple marking its cultural heritage and significance. In 1975, the then government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi demonetised all 1,000 currency notes", "title": "Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur" }, { "docid": "4274542", "text": "word \"mudra\" which also means \"seal\". Gold mohurs issued by the Moghul Empire, the British East India Company or the British Crown are valuable collector items and sell in auctions for high prices. The double mohur (minted between 1835 and 1918) with a value of 30 rupees is the highest denomination circulating coin issued till date. An 1835 double mohur was sold at a Bangalore auction for Rs. 11.5 lakhs making it the highest ever coin bid in India. Mohur A mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the", "title": "Mohur" }, { "docid": "1962114", "text": "are minted by Government of India (GoI), the RBI works as an agent of GoI for distributing and handling of coins. RBI also works to prevent counterfeiting of currency by regularly upgrading security features of currency. For printing currency, RBI has four facilities at Dewas, Nasik, Mysore and Salboni. The RBI is authorized to issue notes up to value of Rupees ten thousands and coin up to one thousands. New notes of Rupees 500 and 2000 have been issued on 8 November 2016. The old series note of Rupees 1000 and 500 are considered illegal and just paper from midnight", "title": "Reserve Bank of India" }, { "docid": "18375012", "text": "Yoga was first proposed by the current Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi during his speech at the UNGA, on 27 September 2014. He stated: Following this initial proposal, the UNGA held informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled \"International Day of Yoga\", on 14 October 2014. The consultations were convened by the delegation of India. In 2015 Reserve Bank of India issued a 10 rupees commemorative coin to mark the International Day of Yoga. On 11 December 2014, India's Permanent Representative Asoke Mukherji introduced the draft resolution in UNGA. The draft text received broad support from 177 Member", "title": "International Day of Yoga" }, { "docid": "4541051", "text": "3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya) paisa and one rupee. Since rupees retained their pre-decimal value, pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees remained in circulation after decimalisation. The word \"naya\" was dropped in 1964 and a new denomination, the 3 paisa, was introduced into circulation. A 20 paisa coin was minted in 1968. Neither of these coins gained much popularity. The 1, 2 and 3 paisa coins were phased out gradually in the 1970s. In 1982, a new 2 rupee coin was introduced experimentally to replace 2 rupee notes. The 2 rupee coin was not minted again", "title": "Coins of the Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "2943848", "text": "1000 rupees note. 25, 50, 500 rupee notes Revised security features and the change of material from paper to polymer. Mauritian rupee The rupee (sign: ₨; ISO 4217 code: \"MUR\"; pronunciation: [ʁupi]) is the currency of Mauritius. One rupee is subdivided into 100 \"cents\". Several other currencies are also called rupee. In 1877, coins for 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 cents were introduced, with the lower three denominations in copper and the higher two in silver. Coin production ceased in 1899 and did not recommence until 1911, with silver coins not produced again until 1934, when ¼, ½ and", "title": "Mauritian rupee" }, { "docid": "6589711", "text": "used. In 1917, Indian 2½ rupees notes were overprinted for use in Burma, with 50 rupees in 1927 and 100 rupees between 1927 and 1937 also being overprinted for the same purpose. In 1937, 5, 10 and 100 rupees notes of the Reserve Bank of India were overprinted with the text \"Legal Tender in Burma Only\". In 1938, the first regular issue of Burmese notes was made by the Reserve Bank of India, in denominations of 5, 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 rupees. In 1942, the Japanese issued notes for 1, 5 and 10 cents, ¼, ½, 1, 5, 10", "title": "Burmese rupee" }, { "docid": "2719135", "text": "had the same shapes and sizes of the previous series but were composed of different materials. In 1976, commemorative seven-sided 2 rupee and ten-sided 5 rupee coins were introduced in limited numbers. In 1978, devaluation prompted aluminum to be the replacement of nickel-brass in the 5 and 10 cents, while shortly after 1 and 2 cents were discontinued. Cupro-nickel 2 rupees and aluminium-bronze 5 rupees coins were introduced in 1984 fully replacing the corresponding banknotes. In 1987, commemorative 10 rupees were released which like the 5 cent coin was square with round edges. In 1998 a bimetallic commemorative 10 rupee", "title": "Sri Lankan rupee" }, { "docid": "1876043", "text": "50 cents, 1, 5 and 10 rupees. Standard issue notes began to be issued in 1918, with notes for 50 cents and 1 rupee, followed by 5, 10 and 50 rupees in 1928. The 50 cents and 1 rupee notes were issued until 1951 and phased out in favor of the coins. 20- and 100-rupee notes were first introduced in 1968, whilst the 5-rupee note was replaced by a coin in 1972. In 1976, the Seychelles Monetary Authority took over the issuance of paper money, issuing notes for 10, 25, 50 and 100 rupees. This series featured the first president", "title": "Seychellois rupee" }, { "docid": "15300704", "text": "Sri Lankan commemorative notes Significant events of national importance have been occasions for the issue of commemorative notes in Sri Lanka. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic coin. The 200 rupees commemorative note was the first time a Sri Lankan note had been issued in polymer plastic produced by", "title": "Sri Lankan commemorative notes" }, { "docid": "4834255", "text": "to the SEC B as well. The product did not boast any USP. It still differentiated itself on the purity and quality of its experience. The brand stood for a celebratory attitude. \"Celebrate the feeling\" was the new message. This was simply an extension of the previous message \"For the gracious people\". ITC has launched its smallest size which is of 64 mm and costs 150 Rupees for a 10-pack of cigarettes. Gold Flake was the main sponsor of the Gold Flake Open tennis tournament from 1997 until 2001. It was an ATP tennis tournament held in Chennai, India. The", "title": "Gold Flake" }, { "docid": "15300706", "text": "person has been used on Sri Lankan currency notes. It is a paper note, with a limited number issued. Sri Lankan commemorative notes Significant events of national importance have been occasions for the issue of commemorative notes in Sri Lanka. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic coin. The 200", "title": "Sri Lankan commemorative notes" }, { "docid": "2719077", "text": "the designation \"India\". Their denominations were anna, pice, and anna (all in copper), 2 annas, , and one rupee (silver), and five and ten rupees and one mohur (gold). The gold denominations ceased production in 1891, and no -anna coins were issued after 1877. In 1906, bronze replaced copper for the lowest three denominations; in 1907, a cupro-nickel one-anna coin was introduced. In 1918–1919 cupro-nickel two-, four- and eight-annas were introduced, although the four- and eight-annas coins were only issued until 1921 and did not replace their silver equivalents. In 1918, the Bombay mint also struck gold sovereigns and 15-rupee", "title": "Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "2719138", "text": "replaced the 10 rupee note with an 11-sided, nickel-steel electroplated coin. <br> The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued commemorative coins since 1957. On 15 December 2010, to mark the 60th Anniversary, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a frosted proof crown size multi-colour silver commemorative coin in the denomination of 5,000 rupees. It was the first multi-colour coin issued by the Central Bank. Commemorative coins issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka: The Government of Ceylon introduced its first rupee banknote issue in 1885. A five rupee note (1885–1925) was followed by a 10 rupee (1894–1926)", "title": "Sri Lankan rupee" }, { "docid": "4541064", "text": "of the increasing demand for coins, the Indian government was forced to mint coins in foreign countries at various points in the country's history. Mints in Daegu, Korea, Slovakia (Kremnca), and Russia (Moscow) have also been used. The first Indian commemorative coin was issued in 1964 to mourn the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Since then, numerous coins of these type on almost all denomination from 5 paisa to 10 rupees have been issued. These coins based on famous personalities (usually issued on their birth or death centenary, or in rare cases on their death),", "title": "Coins of the Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "6955045", "text": "the 'INDIA BATAV' pattern. The counterstamps foreign coins are forgeries made in the beginning of the 1900s. The Dutch administration, since 1810 led by Governor-General Jan Willem Janssens, was replaced following the British invasion of Java in 1811, and the appointment of Stamford Raffles as Governor-General. Raffles initially re-established the 8 Real (rather than the rijksdaalder) as the standard coin, recalling 8.5 million rijksdaalder of banknotes for silver. Spanish Dollar bankpaper was issued in 1812. Subsequently the British minted silver rupees (of the same weight as previous issues, and still worth 30 stuivers or 120 duit) and half rupees, the", "title": "Netherlands Indies gulden" }, { "docid": "12927020", "text": "Indian 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp The 10 Rupees Postage stamp depicting Mahatma Gandhi, issued by India in 1948, is one of India's most famous stamps. On 15 August 1948, on the occasion of the first anniversary of India's Independence Day, Gandhi was honored as the first Indian to be depicted on stamps of India. A set of 100 of these stamps was overprinted with the word \"Service\" and provided only to the Governor General of India for his official use. The 10 Rupees \"Service\" overprinted stamp is one of India's rarest and most highly valued stamps. The original", "title": "Indian 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp" }, { "docid": "19839364", "text": "financial aid was known as the Oudh Bequest. The maximum amount the cities could receive was 186,148 rupees, when one British pound equalled about 10 rupees. The first portion of the Oudh Bequest reached Najaf and Karbala around 1850, after Maryam Begam and Sultan Mahal's deaths. About 120,000 rupees (£10,000) annually reached the cities by the end of the 1850s. From its beginning in 1850, two Iraqi religious leaders (Sayyid Ali Naqi al-Tabatabie and Morteza Ansari) transferred the bequest from India through agents. Morteza Ansari had devised a mode of distribution which included \"junior \"mujtahids\", low-ranking indigent \"ulama\", Persian and", "title": "Oudh Bequest" }, { "docid": "19839363", "text": "the British East India Company with a 10-million-rupee loan. Although its principal did not have to be repaid, the loan's five-percent annual interest had to be applied to specific objects (including four women: Nawwab Mubarak Mahal, Sultan Maryam Begam, Mumtaz Mahal, and Sarfaraz Mahal, who received 10,000, 2,500, 1,100 and 1,000 rupees per month respectively). Others, including servants and associates of Sarfaraz Mahal, were to receive 929 rupees. After the women's deaths, two-thirds of the allowance (or all of it in case of \"intestacy\") would be given to \"mujtahids\" in Najaf and Karbala for it to reach \"deserving persons\". This", "title": "Oudh Bequest" }, { "docid": "6390788", "text": "during his five-year rule from 1540 to 1545, set up a new civic and military administration and issued a coin of silver, weighing 178 grains, which was termed the \"Rupiya\". The silver coin remained in use during the Mughal period, Maratha era as well as in British India. Among the earliest issues of paper rupees include the \"Bank of Hindostan\" (1770–1832), the \"General Bank of Bengal and Bihar\" (1773–75, established by Warren Hastings), and the \"Bengal Bank\" (1784–91). The Indian rupee was a silver-based currency during much of the 19th century, which had severe consequences on the standard value of", "title": "History of the rupee" }, { "docid": "4274541", "text": "princely states issued half-mohur coins (equal to 7 rupees and 8 anna). The \"mohur\" coin was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri during his rule in India between 1540 and 1545 and was then a gold coin weighing 169 grains (10.95 grams). He also introduced copper coins called \"dam\" and silver coins called \"rupiya\" that weighed 178 grains (11.53 grams). Later on, the Mughal emperors standardized this coinage of tri-metallism across the sub-continent in order to consolidate the monetary system. The word \"mohur\" or \"mohor\" is from the Persian word \"muhr\", which means \"seal\" and is cognate with the Sanskrit", "title": "Mohur" }, { "docid": "2719064", "text": "Mughal period, Maratha era as well as in British India. Among the earliest issues of paper rupees include; the \"Bank of Hindustan\" (1770–1832), the \"General Bank of Bengal and Bihar\" (1773–75, established by Warren Hastings), and the \"Bengal Bank\" (1784–91). Historically, the rupee was a silver coin. This had severe consequences in the nineteenth century when the strongest economies in the world were on the gold standard. The discovery of large quantities of silver in the United States and several European colonies resulted in a decline in the value of silver relative to gold, devaluing India's standard currency. This event", "title": "Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "2943842", "text": "the 40th anniversary of the Bank of Mauritius, and this has now become a coin in general circulation. The first banknotes were issued by the government dated 1876 in denominations of 5, 10 and 50 rupees. 1 rupee notes were added in 1919. In 1940, emergency issues were made of 25 and 50 cents and 1 rupee. In 1954, 25 and 1000 rupees were introduced. The Bank of Mauritius was established in September 1967 as the nation’s central bank, and has been responsible for the issue of banknotes and coins since that time. The bank issued its first notes in", "title": "Mauritian rupee" }, { "docid": "2719131", "text": "presented for exchange were demonetized in June 1831. The Indian rupee was made Ceylon's standard coin on 26 September 1836, and Ceylon reverted to the Indian currency area. Pound-denominated treasury notes continued to circulate after 1836, along with the rupee. The legal currency remained British silver and accounts were kept in pounds, shillings and pence. However, payments were made in rupees and annas at the \"fictitious par\" (fixed accounting rate) of 2 shillings per rupee (i.e., 1 pound = 10 rupees). The Bank of Ceylon was the first private bank to issue banknotes on the island (1844) and Treasury notes", "title": "Sri Lankan rupee" }, { "docid": "19845338", "text": "coin, minted since 2011 features the lettering \"भारत\" on left and \"INDIA\" on right on the outer ring, and the year of mint and mint mark below. At the center part of the coin's obverse is the Lion capital with the lettering \"सत्यमेव जयते\" below it. On the reverse it features 10 notches with the sign below it, and the number 10 below the sign. The mintmark is featured at the bottom on the obverse of the ₹10 coin. In July 2016, some shopkeepers in India were reported to be refusing to accept the 10 coin entirely, the result of", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "8216114", "text": "size of the penny and halfpenny until decimalization. In recent times, the first circulating bi-metallic coin was the Italian 500 lire, first issued in 1982. Morocco, with its 5-dirhams coin in 1987; France, with a 10-francs coin in 1992; Monaco, with a 10 francs; Thailand, with a 10 baht, in 1988; and Hong Kong, with a $10 coin, in 1993, Hungary, with a 100-forint coin in 1996, and Brazil with the 1 real coin issued bi-metallic coins for circulation all based on the minting process of the Italian 500 lire coin. India introduced 10-rupee bi-metallic coins in 2009 that are", "title": "Bi-metallic coin" }, { "docid": "15989787", "text": "of the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. In 1997 he influenced Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif to commit 500 million rupees for the Punjab Rural Support Programme. When Shoaib came to India in 1994 as part of the UNDP project, Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao asked him to test the project in Andhra Pradesh, where it took off in three districts — Kurnool, Anantapur and Mehboobnagar. At the end of the U.N pilot, on Shoaibs suggestion, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, agreed to continue it. In this context, India launched a national programme called National Rural Livelihood", "title": "Shoaib Sultan Khan" }, { "docid": "19907588", "text": "its fate into independent India's Bombay State and after its split into Gujarat. Ilol State Ilol is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.. Ilol was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising four more villages, ruled by of Kshatriya Kolis of Jhala clan. It had a combined population of 3,806 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 20,982 Rupees (three quarters from land), paying tributes of 1,863 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State, 428 Rupees to Idar State and 17 Rupees to Ahmadnagar State. On 10 July 1943, Ilol ceased to exist, being among the", "title": "Ilol State" }, { "docid": "19907587", "text": "Ilol State Ilol is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.. Ilol was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising four more villages, ruled by of Kshatriya Kolis of Jhala clan. It had a combined population of 3,806 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 20,982 Rupees (three quarters from land), paying tributes of 1,863 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State, 428 Rupees to Idar State and 17 Rupees to Ahmadnagar State. On 10 July 1943, Ilol ceased to exist, being among the princely states merging under the 'Attachment Scheme' into the Gaekwar Baroda State, following", "title": "Ilol State" }, { "docid": "15905092", "text": "soon build up a lucrative practice. In 1914, Dutta founded the Comilla Banking Corporation at the suggestion of community leader Akhil Chandra Dutta with support from Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharya (1848-1944). He started the bank with a declared capital of 4,000 rupees and raised another 2,500 rupees. In order to raise the capital he sold his own house for 1,500 rupees. Initially he drew a monthly remuneration of eight rupees from the bank. Dutta did an economic survey of eastern India, and began investments in the tea industry. Through the Comilla Banking Corporation he began to issue loans to prospective investors", "title": "Narendra Chandra Dutta" }, { "docid": "19142422", "text": "businesses in rural villages in India has also been launched and is about to close in November-2015. The participants were asked to highlight close sustainable examples where off-grid system is being practiced providing a platform for \"energy entrepreneurs\" to discuss the ways for achieving off-grid systems. This competition has also good rewards for successful winners i.e. Cash Prize of I million Indian Rupees, a trip to world Sustainable Development Forum to showcase their business on the main stage, etc. In Pakistan the Agha Khan University Examination Board in October-2015 launched a \"Poster Competition\" with the title \"when ideas flow villages", "title": "Smart villages in Asia" }, { "docid": "11092459", "text": "the Osaka Mint, and that the name MALAYSIA was the Japanese name for that region, at that time. The Japanese invaded Burma in January 1942. They conquered Mandalay on 21 May 1942 forcing the British to retreat into India. The Japanese held Burma until the second Allied campaign of 1944; although an official surrender did not take place until August 1945. In 1942 the Japanese issued paper scrip currency of 1, 5 and 10 cents and ¼, ½, 1, 5 and 10 Rupees. In 1943, the Japanese commuted the sentence of Dr. Ba Maw, an outspoken advocate for Burmese self-rule,", "title": "Japanese invasion money" }, { "docid": "11700977", "text": "of South India, was increased to two rupees and eight annas, and decreased from three rupees and four annas in Bengal and Assam to two rupees and fourteen annas, and from three rupees to two rupees and eight annas in North India. Section 39 of the Bombay Salt Act, which was the same as Section 16-17 of the Indian Salt Act, empowered a salt-revenue official to break into places where salt was being illegally manufactured and seize the illegal salt being manufactured. Section 50 of the Bombay Salt Act prohibited the shipping of salt overseas. The India Salt Act of", "title": "History of the British salt tax in India" }, { "docid": "19907571", "text": "into independent India's Bombay State and after its split Gujarat. Ghorasar Ghorasar is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India. Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in Mahi Kantha, ruled by Hindu Koli Chieftains. It had a combined population of 6,291 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 23,415 Rupees (just over half from land), paying tributes of 3,501 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State and 488 Rupees to Kaira. On 10 July 1943 Ghorasar ceased to exist, being among the princely states merging under the", "title": "Ghorasar" }, { "docid": "19907570", "text": "Ghorasar Ghorasar is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India. Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in Mahi Kantha, ruled by Hindu Koli Chieftains. It had a combined population of 6,291 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 23,415 Rupees (just over half from land), paying tributes of 3,501 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State and 488 Rupees to Kaira. On 10 July 1943 Ghorasar ceased to exist, being among the princely states merging under the 'Attachment Scheme' into the Gaekwar Baroda State, following its fate", "title": "Ghorasar" }, { "docid": "1121906", "text": "Lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written Lac or Lacs; Devanāgarī: लाख) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 10). In the Indian convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 \"lakh\" rupees, written as 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000. It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is often used in Indian, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan English. In Pakistan, the word \"lakh\" is used mostly in local languages", "title": "Lakh" }, { "docid": "6885380", "text": "was replaced in 1925 by the Afghani, which is the currency today, but continued to be in circulation until 1978. The rupee itself was first issued by Pashtun monarch Sher Shah Suri during his rule of northern India in the sixteenth century; India still uses its own variant of the rupee (along with Pakistan - \"see\" Pakistani rupee - since its creation in 1947), whereas Afghanistan does not. In 1919, Treasury notes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 rupees. Afghan rupee The Afghan rupee was the currency of Afghanistan until 1925. Before 1891, silver rupees", "title": "Afghan rupee" }, { "docid": "3986678", "text": "poet-sants. Tukaram's life was the subject of 68th issue of Amar Chitra Katha, India's largest comic book series. Government of India Issued 100 rupees Silver commemorative coin in 2002. The 18th-century biographer Mahipati, in his four volume compilation of the lives of many Bhakti movement sants, included Tukaram. Mahipati's treatise has been translated by Justin Abbott. A translation of about 3,700 poems from Tukaram Gatha in English was published, in three volumes, between 1909 and 1915, by Fraser and Marathe. In 1922, Fraser and Edwards published his biography and religious ideas incorporating some translations of Tukaram's poems, and included a", "title": "Tukaram" }, { "docid": "19099747", "text": "& universities of Bengal, and also celebrated by different groups abroad, as a tribute to Tagore and his works. Throughout the globe, Tagore's birth anniversary is largely celebrated at Santiniketan, Birbhum in West Bengal, chiefly in Visva-Bharati University, the institution founded by Tagore himself for the cultural, social and educational upliftment of the students as well as the society. Government of India Issued 5 Rupees coin in 2011 to mark the 150 Birth Anniversary in the honor of Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindra Jayanti Rabindra Jayanti (রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী) is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Bengalis around the world, in the", "title": "Rabindra Jayanti" }, { "docid": "14107693", "text": "is Yale Fellow, Schwab Fellow and Ashoka Fellow. She was a speaker at TEDxGateway in 2013. and she spoke at Ted 2018 at Vancouver Forbes India Leadership Award 2017: Entrepreneur With Social Impact Chetna is the mother of three sons and lives in Mhaswad, where Mann Deshi Mahila Bank has its headquarters. Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank is a microfinance bank which lends to women in rural areas. In response to the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes by the Indian government, Mann Deshi bank is now helping rural people by providing 500 rupees of coin in exchange for", "title": "Chetna Sinha" }, { "docid": "5546514", "text": "we need to overcome every trial,\" the pope stated before the ceremony ended. The canonization was greeted with the bursting of firecrackers and the toll of church bells. St Mary’s Forane church at Kudmaloor, her home parish, also celebrated a special Mass. The grave at St Mary’s Forane Church in Bharananganam where the Franciscan Clarist Sister was buried had a chapel built there, which houses her mortal remains. Reserve bank of India Issued a 5 Rupees Commemorative Coin in 2009 marking the birth centenary of Saint Alphonsa. Her tomb at St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Bharananganam, has become a pilgrimage", "title": "Saint Alphonsa" }, { "docid": "2936685", "text": "electronic voting machines for these elections. According to the magazine \"India Today\", 115.62 billion rupees (approx US$2.6 billion) were expected to have been spent in campaigning for the elections by all political parties combined. Most of the money was spent on the people involved in the election. The Election Commission limited poll expenses to Rs. 2.5 million ($57,000 approx.) per constituency. Thus, the actual spending is expected to have been approximately 10 times the limit. About 6.5 billion rupees (approx. $150 million) are estimated to have been spent on mobilising 150,000 vehicles. About a billion rupees are estimated to have", "title": "2004 Indian general election" }, { "docid": "16380104", "text": "activities. The earnings of street children fluctuate greatly, but they usually only make enough for subsistence. Most street children in India earn between 200 ($4.00) and 830 rupees a month, with older children making more than younger children. Self-employed children also typically make more than children who are employed under an employer. The largest expense in a street child's budget is food, which often costs 5–10 rupees a day. In order to cut down on food expenses, many children drink tea to dull hunger. The money street children earn that is not spent on food is usually quickly spent on", "title": "Street children in India" }, { "docid": "6940971", "text": "a specified weight, punched with several dies, each carrying a symbol. These very early coins were issued at a point in time when India was still separated from the Greek world by Persia (Persia proper did not use silver coins at the time). The Sanskrit word \"rūpyakam\" (रूप्यकम्) means \"wrought silver\" or a coin of silver. The term could also be related to \"something provided with an image, a coin,\" from Sanskrit \"rūpa\" \"shape, likeness, image.\" The word \"Rupee\" was adopted by Sher Shah Suri, a renagade governor who broke off from the Mughal Empire during his short rule of", "title": "Silver coin" }, { "docid": "3465646", "text": "Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and in Burma. The terms \"lakh\" (100,000 or 1,00,000 in the Indian system) and \"crore\" (10,000,000 or 1,00,00,000 in the Indian system) are used in Indian English to express large numbers. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh rupees, written as 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000, while 30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees becomes 3 crore rupees, written as 3,00,00,000 with commas at the thousand, \"lakh\", and \"crore\" levels, and 1,000,000,000 (one billion) rupees (one hundred crore rupees or one", "title": "Indian numbering system" }, { "docid": "2957325", "text": "in 2013, leaving the 1 Rupee coin as the minimum legal tender. On 15 October 2015, the Pakistani government introduced a revised 5 rupee coin with a reduced size and weight and having a golden color, made from a composition of copper-nickel-zinc, and also in 2016 a Rs.10 coin was introduced into circulation. On 1 April 1948, provisional notes were issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the Government of India on behalf of the Government of Pakistan, for use exclusively within Pakistan, without the possibility of redemption in India. Printed by the India Security Press in Nasik, these", "title": "Pakistani rupee" }, { "docid": "19802813", "text": "state, in the charge of the colonial Bundelkhand Agency. It had a population of 5,231 in 1901, a revenue of 25,000 Rupees and surface of 101 km2. It ceased to exist de facto when the states were seized in 1947, and formally on 3 March 1948 by accession to India. The privy purse was fixed at 34,000 Rupees. Garrauli State Garrauli (also Garrouli; Hindi Name गर्रौली) is a fort and former Rajput princely state in present Madhya Pradesh, central India. Garrauli became a princely state in 1812, when a sanad (feudal deed) from the British Government was granted to its", "title": "Garrauli State" }, { "docid": "7374737", "text": "facilities to build vessels up to 1.1 million tons and repair vessels up to 1.25 million tons, the largest such facilities in India. In August 2012, the Government of India announced plans of divestment to raise capital of Rs. 15 billion (15,000 million Rupees) for further expansion through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) towards the end of the fiscal year. However, this did not materialise until August 2017, when the company conducted its IPO and listed its shares on the BSE and NSE. The government finalised the decision of stake sale on 18 November 2015. 33.9 million (33.9 million) shares", "title": "Cochin Shipyard" }, { "docid": "6306979", "text": "the Government asked the Supreme Court to allow use of the pesticide in all states except Kerala and Karnataka, as these states are ready to use it for pest control. But the court did not consider this request. India will phase out all endosulfan use by 2017. On January 10, 2017, The Supreme Court ordered the State Governments to release the remaining undisbursed payment of compensation quantified (Rupees Five lakhs each) to all the affected persons within three months. Endosulfan was banned in New Zealand by the Environmental Risk Management Authority effective January 2009 after a concerted campaign by environmental", "title": "Endosulfan" }, { "docid": "3608447", "text": "well as the words \"The United States of America\", \"E Pluribus Unum\", \"$10\", \"1/2 oz.\", and \".9999 Fine Gold\". When a President served without a First Spouse, as Thomas Jefferson did, a gold coin was issued bearing an obverse image emblematic of Liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of that era, and bearing a reverse image emblematic of themes of that President. One exception is the coin depicting suffragist Alice Paul which represents the era of the Chester A. Arthur presidency, as Arthur was a widower. The act, as written, explicitly states that the First Spouse coins are to", "title": "Presidential $1 Coin Program" }, { "docid": "6955034", "text": "As the silver Indian rupee was a popular coin locally (reduced in value from 30 to 27 stuivers in 1735), a local version of it was issued in 1747, with Arabic text (reading 'Dirham [money] of the Dutch Company' and 'For the island Java the Great'), and only the date in Roman script, valued at 30 stuivers, identical in weight to the Surat rupee of the Mughal Empire. This continued only until in 1750, as it did not generate much profit. Subsequently, as with imported gold coinage, some imported rupees were counterstamped between 1753 and 1761, and given a 30", "title": "Netherlands Indies gulden" }, { "docid": "6868728", "text": "issued in 1919 and one thousand rupee notes were issued in 1926. After the setting up of the India Currency Notes Press at Nashik, Hyderabad notes came to be printed there. In 1942, the Government of Hyderabad established the Hyderabad State Bank, with the responsibility, \"inter alia\", of managing the OS. Hyderabad continued to mint its own coins until 1948, when India occupied the state after the Nizam refused to cede it to the new republic. In 1950, the Indian rupee was introduced alongside the local currency, with the relationship of 7 Hyderabad rupees = 6 Indian rupees being used.", "title": "Hyderabadi rupee" }, { "docid": "8480593", "text": "the Union Government announced a 3.2 billion rupee (USD 80 million) relief package for the victims of the riots. In contrast, Amnesty International's annual report on India in 2003 claimed the \"Gujarat government did not actively fulfill its duty to provide appropriate relief and rehabilitation to the survivors\". The Gujarat government initially offered compensation payments of 200,000 rupees to the families of those who died in the Godhra train fire and 100,000 rupees to the families of those who died in the subsequent riots, which local Muslims took to be discriminatory. 2002 Gujarat riots The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known", "title": "2002 Gujarat riots" }, { "docid": "13011849", "text": "and barbers. These practitioners charge far less than licensed dentists, often charging as little as 125 rupees for a procedure such as a bridge—which, at a licensed dentist, could be as expensive as 10,000 rupees. Many learn the trade from their parents. Street dentistry is not confined to India. In Paris in 2003, 23 unlicensed dentists who practiced out of cafes and grocery stores were arrested. The dentists involved were Syrian immigrants who provided dental services mostly for other immigrants who did not have health insurance. In 1998, a man was arrested in Van Nuys, California for operating an unlicensed", "title": "Street dentistry" }, { "docid": "12480087", "text": "read. The movie ends with Amal picking up Pooja, the two smiling at each other, and a voiceover by G.K. saying that he could not imagine what the man who did not want three rupees would do with three hundred million rupees. Amal (film) Amal () is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed and written by Richie Mehta. Set in modern-day New Delhi, India, it tells the story of a poor autorickshaw driver, Amal Kumar. The film was originally released as a short film in 2004, with the same lead actor but a mostly different cast, before it was readapted", "title": "Amal (film)" }, { "docid": "6290933", "text": "of the erstwhile princely states received whatever little allowances the princely governments had been providing them. For the 565 princely states, Privy Purses ranged from 5000 Rupees per annum to amounts in millions. 102 Privy Purses were of more than a lakh rupees with an upper ceiling of 2 lakh rupees for all except 11 states. Only six of the most important Princely states in India were provided with Privy Purses above 1,000,000 Rupees : Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, Baroda, Jaipur and Patiala. For certain other states, while certain amounts were guaranteed for the time being, it was liable to be", "title": "Privy Purse in India" }, { "docid": "7727751", "text": "His family had a debt of 3.5 lakh rupees, which he had to pay up. His family could not bore the exps education. Hence, he dropped out of the school and vowed to pay the debt on his family. In the 1980s he started manufacturing flexible packaging (mainly plastic tubes) for goods such as toothpaste under the name Essel Packaging. He followed up with a leisure park EsselWorld in north Mumbai, then known as Bombay. In 1992, he launched Zee Television in collaboration with Li Ka Shing, and first online lottery and first Dish TV in India. Chandra launched India's", "title": "Subhash Chandra" }, { "docid": "20671968", "text": "each other, give her owner and master as Benjamin Fergusson, her origin as Calcutta, and her burthen as 275 tons. Phipps is in the second group, but also reports that there was a \"Margaret\", of 300 tons (bm), launched at Chittagong in 1794. A report from 1809 lists a \"Margaret\", of 250 tons, owned by Downie and Maitland, with John Kitson, master. Citations References Margaret (1804 ship) Margaret was launched at Calcutta in 1804 and cost 59,000 sicca rupees to build. Shortly after her launch she sailed to England for the British East India Company (EIC). Captain Benjamin Fergusson sailed", "title": "Margaret (1804 ship)" }, { "docid": "1121909", "text": "The root of the word \"lakh\" might be the Pali \"lakkha\" (masculine noun, \"mark, target, stake in gambling\"), from which the numerical meaning, \"one hundred thousand\" is derived. Another possible root could be the Sanskrit \"laksha\" (Devanagari: लक्ष \"lakṣa\"), which has similar meanings in that language. Lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written Lac or Lacs; Devanāgarī: लाख) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 10). In the Indian convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 \"lakh\" rupees, written as", "title": "Lakh" }, { "docid": "19824457", "text": "in civil cases to 5,000 Rupees, in criminal matters to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fines up to 2,000 Rupees. It ceased to exist on 15 February 1948 by accession to Saurashtra State (later merged into Bombay State, now part of Gujarat). Succession was by primogeniture, kinship details unavailable. The dynastic line is nominally continued. Jalia Devani Jalia Devani (Hindi जलिया देवानी) is a former Hindu Rajput non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat, western India. The princely state, in Halar prant, was ruled by Jadeja Rajputs. It comprised 10 villages, covering 36 square miles (93 km²), with", "title": "Jalia Devani" }, { "docid": "19845339", "text": "a rumour circulating on social media. It was initially claimed that coins with a 15 notch reverse design lacking the '₹' symbol were fake, compared to the 10 notch version using the symbol introduced in 2011. It was later clarified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that the \"alleged fake\" coin was the earlier 2008 design, which predated the adoption of the '₹' symbol in 2010, and was still in legal circulation, along with the 2011 design and those refusing to accept it could face legal action. In February 2018, the Reserve Bank of India began an awareness campaign", "title": "Indian 10-rupee coin" }, { "docid": "11700971", "text": "system was a success, and in 1781-82, the salt revenue was 2,960,130 rupees. The Company received salt revenue of 6,257,750 rupees in 1784-85. From 1788 onwards, the Company began selling salt wholesalers by auction. As a result, the British East India Company increased the tax to 3.25 rupees a \"maund\", and the wholesale price of salt increased from 1.25 to about 4 rupees a \"maund\". This was an exorbitant rate that few could afford. In 1804, the British monopolized salt in the newly conquered state of Orissa. In return, they advanced money to the \"malangis\" against future salt production, resulting", "title": "History of the British salt tax in India" }, { "docid": "5982845", "text": "Goznak was also called the Leningrad Paper Mill during the Soviet period. In 1997, Perm Printing Factory launched telecards for public telephones. During the first year of the new site more than one million cards were produced. The quality of cards is fully in line with the international standard. In 1999, the Moscow Mint, for the first time in the history of Russia won the tender for the manufacture of currency for India. In October 1999, they signed an agreement with India for the manufacture of copper-nickel coins two and five rupees. In 2006 the Association of the State Companies", "title": "Goznak" }, { "docid": "6248211", "text": "to visit this place. Similarly, Gajurmukhi is also the religious spot for pilgrimages from Nepal and India. Mai river and its four tributaries also emerge in Ilam district. The famous Mane Bhanjyang (Mane pass) connects Ilam with Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Ilam was much in the news in the past during the Maoist insurgency, from here the Maoists launched massive attacks frequently. Tourists going to Ilam can expect to pay around 7000 rupees a week for accommodation and food. Ilam is divided into 4 urban and 6 rural municipalities. Ilam District Ilam district () is one of 14", "title": "Ilam District" }, { "docid": "20708592", "text": "Fairlie (1810 ship) Fairlie was launched at Calcutta in 1810 and sailed to England. There she became a regular ship for the British East India Company (EIC). Including her voyage to England, she made four voyages for the EIC. From around 1821 on she became a Free Trader. She continued to trade with India under a license from the EIC, but also made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales (1834), and Tasmania (1852). She made several voyages carrying immigrants to South Australia, New South Wales, and British Guiana. She foundered in November 1865. \"Fairlie\" cost 130,000 rupees to", "title": "Fairlie (1810 ship)" }, { "docid": "15972996", "text": "or competed by announcing Loan waivers for farmers. Loan waivers include the following. On 29 February 2008, P. Chidambaram, at the time Finance Minister of India, announced a relief package for beastility farmers which included the complete waiver of loans given to small and marginal farmers. Called the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, the 600 billion rupee package included the total value of the loans to be waived for 30 million small and marginal farmers (estimated at 500 billion rupees) and a One Time Settlement scheme (OTS) for another 10 million farmers (estimated at 100 billion rupees). During", "title": "Loan waiver" }, { "docid": "10815251", "text": "on 26 November 1870 to a poor family near Sagar, India. The family had to be supported by Hari Singh's eldest brother who provided an allowance of 50 rupees per month. Hari Singh's father was a carpenter,and a farmer but the young boy did not have an interest in this trade. At the age of ten, Hari Singh won a scholarship of two rupees per month which enabled him to attend a night school in Sagar. Later, with the help of another scholarship he went to Jabalpur to undertake further studies. Mathematics was his favourite subject and for this he", "title": "Hari Singh Gour" }, { "docid": "16260354", "text": "Indian 10-rupee note The Indian 10-rupee banknote (10) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The 10 note was one of the first notes introduced by the Reserve Bank of India as a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 1996, which is presently in circulation, this is used alongside with 10 rupee coin. The 10-rupee banknote has been issued and had been in circulation since colonial times, and in continuous production since Reserve Bank of India took over the functions of the controller of currency in India in 1923. On 5 January 2018, the Reserve Bank of India", "title": "Indian 10-rupee note" }, { "docid": "13214710", "text": "its footprint all over India. TMB was rated as the fastest growing Private Sector Bank continuously for the five years from 2010 to 2015. It was also rated as the Best Bank in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, due to its robust growth. During the years of 2016 and 2017 it did total business of 541 billion rupees. The bank's planned outlay for the financial year is to reach business worth 600 billion rupees, add an additional 24 branches, and increase its ATMs to 1150. The bank has won the Lokmat BFSI Best Private Sector Bank 2014-15 award. The", "title": "Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited" }, { "docid": "16218509", "text": "coin replacement. The new 10-cent coin had the same reverse as the 1967 to 2006 minted coins and the same obverse as the 1999-onward coins, but the coins were reduced in size. The new 10-cent coins are made of steel, plated with copper. The new coins are 20.5 mm in diameter and 3.30 grams in weight. They have unmilled edges. The old 10-cent coins were demonetised on 1 November 2006. New Zealand ten-cent coin The New Zealand ten-cent coin is the lowest-denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 10-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced", "title": "New Zealand ten-cent coin" }, { "docid": "19824456", "text": "Jalia Devani Jalia Devani (Hindi जलिया देवानी) is a former Hindu Rajput non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat, western India. The princely state, in Halar prant, was ruled by Jadeja Rajputs. It comprised 10 villages, covering 36 square miles (93 km²), with a population of 2,444 in 1901 (2,688 in 1921), yielding 16,230 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land; later 17.000), paying 1,525 Rupees tribute to the Gaekwar Baroda State. During the British Raj, it was a Fifth Class state, in the charge of the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency. The Jurisdictional competence of the Taluka were limited", "title": "Jalia Devani" }, { "docid": "16757515", "text": "HTC Desire, HTC's flagship product of 2010. The Desire X was launched 29 August 2012 in Berlin during the IFA trade show. Although the price of the phone was not disclosed during the unveiling ceremony, the handset was expected to be released in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region in September 2012. Desire X was launched in India on October 2012 with a price tag of 19,500 rupees. HTC Desire X The HTC Desire X (codenamed Protou) is a smartphone designed and developed by HTC. The Desire X is a midrange handset incorporating a dual-core 1", "title": "HTC Desire X" }, { "docid": "9053244", "text": "2007 or from 2009 onwards. New Zealand twenty-cent coin The New Zealand twenty-cent coin is the second-lowest-denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 20-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand florin coin. Its original reverse of a kiwi was changed in 1990 when the image was moved onto the one-dollar coin. In 2006 its size was reduced and its edge altered to a Spanish flower as part of a revision of New Zealand's coins, which also saw its alloy become nickel-plated steel. On 10 July 1967, New", "title": "New Zealand twenty-cent coin" }, { "docid": "9053238", "text": "New Zealand twenty-cent coin The New Zealand twenty-cent coin is the second-lowest-denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 20-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand florin coin. Its original reverse of a kiwi was changed in 1990 when the image was moved onto the one-dollar coin. In 2006 its size was reduced and its edge altered to a Spanish flower as part of a revision of New Zealand's coins, which also saw its alloy become nickel-plated steel. On 10 July 1967, New Zealand's former pre-decimal pound currency,", "title": "New Zealand twenty-cent coin" }, { "docid": "16915105", "text": "Kanaginahal Kanaginahal is a village in the Gadag district of Karnataka State in India. The first co-operative society of India was registered in 1905 at Kanaginahal village. Gadag is famous for the Sri Narayana Temple built during the Chalukyan Empire.And also there is sharanabasweshwar temple it's also known as 2nd kalaburgi. The first co-operative movement in Asia was stated here in Kanaginahal. Under the leadership of Sri Siddanagouda SannaRamanagouda Patil (1843–1933) The Agricultural Credit Cooperative Society of Kanaginahal was launched in Kanaginahal on 8 July 1905 with the initial sum of two thousand rupees. It was the first of its", "title": "Kanaginahal" }, { "docid": "19060228", "text": "Minister Narendra Modi formally launched IDFC Bank on 19 October 2015. The bank serves corporate and private customers in India including the infrastructure sector that IDFC specialized in from its founding in 1997. The bank also aims to provide services to people in rural areas and to the self-employed. The bank IDFC Bank is the first in India to launch aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution. One of its largest loans into e-commerce includes a 300 crore rupees one to Flipkart. On 8 November 2017, IDFC Bank entered into a strategic partnership with digital payments solution company MobiKwik to launch a co-branded", "title": "IDFC Bank" }, { "docid": "9951988", "text": "which concluded at the Tulsi Ghat, on the Ganges. Sankat Mochan Foundation was founded in 1982 as a non-profit, non-political organization under the \"Societies Act\" of the Government of India by Pandit Mishra. The vision of Sankat Mochan Foundation is to SMF runs the Swatcha Ganga (Clean Ganges) program, and so SMF is sometimes referred to as \"Swatcha Ganga\". Historically, Sankat Mochan Foundation has managed support from both the Indian government and private foreign donors. The Ganga Action Plan launched in 1986 by the Government of India has not achieved any success despite expenditure of over five billion rupees. The", "title": "Sankat Mochan Foundation" }, { "docid": "2719084", "text": "of the Brihadeeswarar Temple, respectively. In 2012 a 60 coin was also issued to commemorate 60 years of the Government of India Mint, Kolkata. 100 coin was also released commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India. Commemorative coins of 125 were released on 4 September 2015 and 6 December 2015 to honour the 125th anniversary of the births of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and B. R. Ambedkar, respectively. In 1861, the government of India introduced its first paper money: 10 note in 1864, 5 note in 1872, 10,000 note in 1899, 100 note in 1900, 50 note in 1905,", "title": "Indian rupee" }, { "docid": "16218507", "text": "New Zealand ten-cent coin The New Zealand ten-cent coin is the lowest-denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 10-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand shilling coin. In 2006 its size was reduced as part of a revision of New Zealand's coins, which also saw its alloy become copper-plated steel. Due to inflation, the purchasing power of the ten-cent coin continues to decrease. As of 1 April 2018, it represents 0.61% country's minimum hourly wage for workers age 16 or over. On 10 July 1967, New Zealand's", "title": "New Zealand ten-cent coin" }, { "docid": "5277928", "text": "a coin. One Rupee Note is an asset, just like other coins. So \"I promise to pay the bearer.\" is not written on the note. You already hold an asset. While RBI Notes are a liability. One Rupee Note and One Rupee coins are legal tenders for unlimited amounts. One rupee defines the unit of the currency! It is the base of the currency system. A 1000 rupees RBI note says \"I promise to pay the bearer the sum on one thousand rupees\". Hence RBI notes which are a liability promises to pay you an asset. This asset is defined", "title": "Finance Secretary" }, { "docid": "20782244", "text": "Netherlands 5 cent coin of World War II and the Bangladesh 5 poisha coin, are oriented as a square, while others, such as the Netherlands Antilles 50 cent and the Jersey 1 pound coin, are oriented as a diamond. Siege money, such as Klippe coins or the siege money of Newark, was often in the shape of a lozenge. The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen introduced pentagonal and rial coins in 1948. The Belgian Congo had an hexagonal 2 franc coin, and did the Kingdom of Egypt (2 piastres), and Burma (25 pyas). India used to have 3 paise and 20", "title": "Coinage shapes" }, { "docid": "4514108", "text": "individuals, \"naishka‐śatika\" or \"naishka‐sahasrika\" (some one worth a hundred \"nishkas\" or a thousand \"nishkas\"). Panini uses the term \"rūpa\" to mean a piece of precious metal (typically silver) used as a coin, and a \"rūpya\" to mean a stamped piece of metal, a coin in the modern sense. The term \"rūpya\" continues into the modern usage as the rupee. Some scholars state that ancient India had an abundance of gold but little silver. The gold to silver ratio in India was 10 to 1 or 8 to 1. In contrast, in the neighbouring Persia, it was 13 to 1. This", "title": "Coinage of India" }, { "docid": "894357", "text": "half a groschen into 6. After 1871, 12 old pfennigs would be converted into 10 pfennigs of the mark, hence 10-pfennig coins inherited the \"Groschen\" name and 5-pfennig coins inherited the \"sechser\" name. Both usages are only regional and may not be understood in areas where a Groschen coin did not exist before 1871. In particular, the usage of \"sechser\" is less widespread. In northern Germany the 5-mark coin used to be also called \"Heiermann\" (etymology is unclear), whereas in Bavaria the 2-mark coin was called \"Zwickl\" (as the €2 coin is now). There were four series of German mark", "title": "Deutsche Mark" }, { "docid": "1121907", "text": "rather than in English media. In Indian English, the word is used both as an attributive and non-attributive noun, and with either a marked (\"-s\") or unmarked plural, as in: \"1 \"lakh\" people\" or \"1 \"lakh\" of people\"; \"200 \"lakh\" rupees\"; \"5 \"lakh\" of rupees\"; \"rupees 10 lakh\"; or \"5 \"lakh\" of rupees\". In the abbreviated form, usage such as \"5L\" (for \"rupees 5 \"lakh\"\") is common. In this system of numeration 100 \"lakh\" is called one \"crore\" and is equal to 10 million. In colloquial Urdu, especially in the city of Karachi, the word \"peti\" (\"suitcase\") is also used", "title": "Lakh" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18801860", "text": "Patricia Clarkson. \"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" was originally set to be released on February 17, 2017, in the United States by 20th Century Fox, but the studio rescheduled the film's release for January 26, 2018, in theatres and IMAX, allowing time for O'Brien to recover from injuries he sustained during filming. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $288 million worldwide. Thomas, Newt, and Frypan are the last of the free \"Gladers\" immune to the Flare virus that has ravaged the world's population. They and The Right Arm resistance conduct a rescue operation where they retrieve", "title": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "18248681", "text": "he returns to direct, the film will not be split into two films. On July 9, 2015, it was revealed that filming is set to begin in February 2016. On September 16, 2015, it was confirmed that Ball would return to direct the third film. Filming was scheduled to start in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on March 14, 2016. Following lead Dylan O'Brien's severe accident on set, it was later rescheduled to film between March and June 2017 in South Africa for a January 26, 2018 release. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18438924", "text": "grossing over $312 million worldwide. The film series concluded with the release of the third film, \"\" on January 26, 2018. The film features Thomas, who wakes up trapped in a maze with a group of other boys. He has no memory of the outside world other than dreams about an organization known as WCKD (World Catastrophe Killzone Department). Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his purpose and a way to escape. Development for the film began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights", "title": "Maze Runner (film series)" }, { "docid": "17277474", "text": "Brenda, Jacob Lofland who starred as Aris Jones, and Giancarlo Esposito who played Jorge Gallaraga. A second sequel, \"\" was released on January 26, 2018. The Maze Runner (film) The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in \"The Maze Runner\" film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17277447", "text": "on July 12, 2013. \"The Maze Runner\" was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Critics considered it to be better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations. The film topped the box-office during its opening weekend with a $32.5 million debut, making it the seventh-highest grossing debut in September. The film earned over $348 million worldwide at the box-office, against its budget of $34 million. A sequel, \"\", was released on September 18, 2015 in the United States. A third and final film, \"\", was released on January 26, 2018. A teenager wakes up", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "18438927", "text": "novel \"The Death Cure\". In September 2015, Ball was hired to direct the film. Ball said that the film would not be split into two films. Principal photography took place in Cape Town, South Africa between March and June 2017 for a January 26, 2018 release. All \"Maze Runner\" films opened at number-one at the North American box-office during their opening weekend. In North America, the \"Maze Runner\" film series is the fifth highest grossing film series based on young adult books, after the film series of \"Harry Potter\", \"The Hunger Games\", \"The Twilight Saga\", \"and The Divergent Series\" respectively,", "title": "Maze Runner (film series)" }, { "docid": "18801871", "text": "forward two weeks. The film premiered on January 26, 2018, in theatres and IMAX. \"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on April 24, 2018. \"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" grossed $58million in the United States and Canada, and $230.1million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $288.2million, against a production budget of $62million. In the United States and Canada, \"The Death Cure\" was released alongside the wide expansion of \"Hostiles\", and was expected to gross around $20 million from 3,786 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $1.5 million from Thursday night previews,", "title": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "16062227", "text": "film began principal photography on 14 March 2016 in Cache Creek, British Columbia. On 19 March 2016, \"Maze Runner\" star Dylan O'Brien was critically injured on-set when he was struck by a car during a stunt sequence. On 20 March 2016, director Wes Ball announced production was shut down to allow O'Brien time to recuperate from his injuries. On 22 April 2017, the studio again delayed the release in order to allow more time for post-production. \"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" was released on January 26, 2018. The Death Cure The Death Cure is a 2011 young adult dystopian science", "title": "The Death Cure" } ]

[ { "docid": "14107757", "text": "Minho are the first people in the Glade to survive the night in the maze. Thomas proposes that the walls of the Maze aren't random, but that their movements are actually a code, leading to the discovery that the Maze is spelling out words. Thomas also discovers that the cliff that they all thought was just a cliff turns out to be where the Grievers leave the Maze or \"The Griever Hole\" as he and Minho call it. If they can come and go over the edge of the Cliff, then maybe so can the Gladers. This drives Thomas to", "title": "The Maze Runner" }, { "docid": "18469201", "text": "to find a way out of The Glade. To do so, the runners venture into the Maze every day, to map it in an attempt to find a pattern in the Maze that would lead them to find an exit. When Thomas, a curious newcomer, arrives at the Glade and ventures into the Maze, unusual things begin to happen. \"The Scorch Trials\" is the second book released in the series, on September 18, 2010. \"The Death Cure\" is the third book released in the series, on October 11, 2011. \"The Kill Order\" is the fourth book released in the series,", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "17383273", "text": "write a prequel for the series, but that the plans did not become official until he had completed the third book in the trilogy. In the prologue, Thomas goes through the Swipe and is put in the Box, as he is one of the candidates needed inside. He is told that Teresa will get the Swipe as well. Thomas is then sent into the Maze with Teresa, setting the events of \"The Maze Runner\" in motion. Set thirteen years before the prologue and events of \"The Maze Runner\", the novel begins in New York City when the world is hit", "title": "The Kill Order" }, { "docid": "18801874", "text": "on an A+ to F scale. Maze Runner: The Death Cure Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, based on the novel \"The Death Cure\" written by James Dashner. It is the sequel to the 2015 film \"\" and the third and final installment in the \"Maze Runner\" film series. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry", "title": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "18801859", "text": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, based on the novel \"The Death Cure\" written by James Dashner. It is the sequel to the 2015 film \"\" and the third and final installment in the \"Maze Runner\" film series. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar, and", "title": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "14107765", "text": "on the film, and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams with Lee Stollman as producers. Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the Grievers for the film. Filming started on 13 May 2013, and ended 12 July 2013. The Maze Runner The Maze Runner is a 2009 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and the first book released in \"The Maze Runner\" series, although it is the third in narrative order. The novel was published on October 7, 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by", "title": "The Maze Runner" }, { "docid": "14107753", "text": "The Maze Runner The Maze Runner is a 2009 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and the first book released in \"The Maze Runner\" series, although it is the third in narrative order. The novel was published on October 7, 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. Thomas wakes up in a metal elevator that brings him to a place called \"the Glade\". He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. He gradually", "title": "The Maze Runner" }, { "docid": "18438926", "text": "2015. In the finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze. In March 2015, T.S. Nowlin, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, was hired to write \"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" based on the", "title": "Maze Runner (film series)" }, { "docid": "17277446", "text": "awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn he's been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number of other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing labyrinth — all while establishing a functioning society in what they call the Glade. Development of \"The Maze Runner\" began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with film studios Temple Hill Entertainment and TSG Entertainment. Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013 and officially concluded", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "8129683", "text": "Maze runner In electronic design automation, maze runner is a connection routing method that represents the entire routing space as a grid. Parts of this grid are blocked by components, specialised areas, or already present wiring. The grid size corresponds to the wiring pitch of the area. The goal is to find a chain of grid cells that go from point A to point B. A maze runner may use the Lee algorithm. It uses a wave propagation style (a wave are all cells that can be reached in n steps) throughout the routing space. The wave stops when the", "title": "Maze runner" }, { "docid": "18469205", "text": "\"The Death Cure\", and the lives of the Gladers before Thomas' insertion into the Maze, since during the events in the book he is working for WCKD. This book gives a background of the series, providing the reader with information they have been asking themselves. The book ends with the final moments before Thomas enters the Box, when he is betrayed and sent into the Maze at the beginning of \"The Maze Runner\". Book retailer Barnes & Noble included \"The Maze Runner\" book as part of its showcasing of new writers for the end of 2009 and the beginning of", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "18469202", "text": "on August 14, 2012. It is the first novel in narrative order, set prior to the events of \"The Fever Code\" and 13 years before the events in \"The Maze Runner\". It is followed in narrative order by \"The Fever Code\". Of the novel, Dashner stated that he wanted to expand the world, but not focus on the main characters of the main \"Maze Runner\" trilogy. He also stated that he had originally planned to write a prequel for the series, but that the plans did not become official until he had completed the third book in the trilogy. \"The", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "4905833", "text": "race itself. After a dramatic meeting with Boardman, Muller agrees to meet the aliens. He flies to the edge of the galaxy, is taken inside an alien ship, and there seems to have his whole psyche read by the aliens. When he returns, Muller meets Rawlins and discovers that his repulsion field has now vanished. To Rawlins' disappointment, however, instead of returning to Earth and its comforts and pleasures, Muller decides to return to the maze. The worldly-wise Boardman is sure he will come back out in a few years, but Rawlins does not think so. At the end of", "title": "The Man in the Maze (novel)" }, { "docid": "7892053", "text": "batter before he reaches first base, this fourth out prevents a run from scoring. Thus the runner from third is marked as left on base and his apparent run does not count; the runner from second is also left on base and his out is nullified; the batter-runner is out, which now becomes the actual third out. There are runners at first and third with two outs. The runners are attempting to steal on the pitch. The batter grounds to the shortstop. The runner from third base reaches home; then, the shortstop tags the runner who has rounded second (third", "title": "Fourth out" }, { "docid": "5063645", "text": "hidden in the mountains between the Mirror Maze and the Honeycomb Maze. (Occasionally there was a Power Stick hidden in the Mirror Maze itself.) Once the runner found two, they entered the Honeycomb Maze. In this section, the runner had to lower their visor and rely on the partner to guide them through the network of doors and walls. Once through the Honeycomb Maze, the runner raised the visor and entered a small briefing room. Here, the Lady of the Maze reappeared to give the runner instructions on what to do inside the Chamber of Knowledge, which the runner entered", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "18469199", "text": "The Maze Runner (series) The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. The series consists of \"The Maze Runner\" (2009), \"The Scorch Trials\" (2010) and \"The Death Cure\" (2011), as well as two prequel novels, \"The Kill Order\" (2012) and \"The Fever Code\" (2016), and a companion book titled \"The Maze Runner Files\" (2013). The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. \"The Maze Runner\" is the first book in the series and", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "18248654", "text": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film based on James Dashner's novel \"The Scorch Trials\", the second novel in \"The Maze Runner\" book series. The film is the sequel to the 2014 film \"The Maze Runner\" and the second installment in \"The Maze Runner\" film series. It was directed by Wes Ball, with a screenplay by T.S. Nowlin. Adding to the original film's cast of Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Ki Hong Lee, and Patricia", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18248661", "text": "the way but survives. They manage to enter the place, only to find out that the facility is filled with chained Cranks. The group meets Brenda and Jorge, who leads a dangerous band of survivors and have used the Cranks as their own guard dogs. When the two find that the group had come from WCKD and is also looking for the Right Arm resistance, the two agree to take them to the Right Arm, abandoning their group of survivors. Moments later, WCKD, led by Janson, storms the place, only for the facility to be destroyed by Jorge's explosives. Thomas", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "5063646", "text": "using one of the two Power Sticks. Inside the Chamber of Knowledge, the runner was asked three different true or false questions by three of the six different guardians. A correct answer caused one of the three gates blocking the way out to open. If the runner answered incorrectly, the same guardian asked another true or false question. If the runner missed this question, one more true or false question was asked. If the runner missed all three, the gate automatically opened after five seconds. Once all three gates were open, the runner exited the chamber (and the maze itself)", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "18438923", "text": "Maze Runner (film series) Maze Runner is an American film trilogy consisting of science-fiction dystopian action adventure films based on \"The Maze Runner\" novels by the American author James Dashner. Produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the films star Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Dexter Darden and Patricia Clarkson. Wes Ball directed all three films. The first film, \"The Maze Runner\", was released on September 19, 2014 and became a commercial success grossing over $348 million worldwide. The second film, \"\" was released on September 18, 2015, and was also a success,", "title": "Maze Runner (film series)" }, { "docid": "7892048", "text": "outs count before runs are scored. It is common that a runner reaches home plate a moment before the third out is made by force out. Such a case is routine; the runner doesn't score but is counted as left on base. It is also common that the third out might come on a non-force tag out after another runner reaches home plate. By extension of these two rules, the \"fourth out\" covers the case where the third out is not a force out, but a subsequent out is. Since the force out counts before the run scores, it must", "title": "Fourth out" }, { "docid": "17277448", "text": "inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity. A group of male youths greet him in a large grassy area called the \"Glade\" enclosed by tall stone walls. The boys (\"Gladers\") have formed a rudimentary society, with each assuming specialized tasks. Their leader, Alby, says that every boy eventually recalls his name but not his past. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding them is the only way out. During the day, designated Runners search the Maze for an escape route, returning before nightfall when the entrance closes. No one has ever survived a night in the", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "5063644", "text": "called the Mirror Maze. In this section, the contestant navigated a series of mirrors. Once the runner reached the end of the Mirror Maze, the \"Mirror Man\" blocked the path, not moving unless the runner correctly answered a question posed by Roth. A correct answer meant that the runner passed, while an incorrect answer or pass meant that the runner was asked another question. A contestant missing three questions had to wait five more seconds before being allowed to proceed. Once the runner had passed the Mirror Maze, the runner had to find two of several Power Sticks that were", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "4319786", "text": "In that race, she was only 15th after the first run but excelled in the second, \"because she was angry.\" In addition to the silver medal, Maze finished 14th in the downhill and fifth in the super-G. Maze concluded the 2009 season sixth in the overall standings with 852 points, her best result to that date. She also finished third in the giant slalom standings. In the 2010 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and had runner-up finishes in slalom and giant slalom. That season, Maze had fifteen top 10 results and finished fourth in the overall standings. Again,", "title": "Tina Maze" }, { "docid": "18469204", "text": "of \"The Maze Runner series\". It is the second book in narrative order, preceded by \"The Kill Order\" and followed by \"The Maze Runner\". The book is set in between the events of \"The Kill Order\" and immediately before \"The Maze Runner\". The novel is written from the various points of view of \"The Gladers\". The book primarily focuses on the training that Thomas and the others undergo before being sent into the Maze, however, it also explores the relationships between the Gladers before they underwent \"the Swipe\" that suppressed their memories, describes \"the Purge\" that is briefly mentioned in", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "3588019", "text": "tag is considered a force out. An appeal play may also be a force play; for example, with runners on first and third bases and two out, the batter gets a hit but the runner from first misses second base on the way to third. After a proper appeal, this runner will be called out. This is a force out because the runner was out for failing to touch a base to which he was forced; this force out is the third out and thus the run does not score. However, most appeals are not force plays, because appeals usually", "title": "Force play" }, { "docid": "41324", "text": "but only two have occurred since 1980. In a variation on the steal of home, the batter is signaled to simultaneously execute a sacrifice bunt, which results in the \"squeeze play.\" The \"suicide squeeze\" is a squeeze in which the runner on third begins to steal home without seeing the outcome of the bunt; it is so named because if the batter fails to bunt, the runner will surely be out. In contrast, when the runner on third does not commit until seeing that the ball is bunted advantageously, it is called a \"safety squeeze.\" In more recent years, most", "title": "Stolen base" }, { "docid": "16062214", "text": "The Death Cure The Death Cure is a 2011 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American writer James Dashner and the third book published in the \"Maze Runner\" series (the fifth and last in narrative order). It was published on 11 October 2011 by Delacorte Press and was preceded in publication order by \"The Maze Runner\" and \"The Scorch Trials\" and followed by the series prequels, \"The Kill Order and The Fever Code\". In narrative order, it is the last book in the series. Thomas is held in solitary confinement but is eventually released by WICKED's Assistant Director", "title": "The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "8129684", "text": "target is reached, and the path is determined by backtracking through the cells. Maze runner In electronic design automation, maze runner is a connection routing method that represents the entire routing space as a grid. Parts of this grid are blocked by components, specialised areas, or already present wiring. The grid size corresponds to the wiring pitch of the area. The goal is to find a chain of grid cells that go from point A to point B. A maze runner may use the Lee algorithm. It uses a wave propagation style (a wave are all cells that can be", "title": "Maze runner" }, { "docid": "4319783", "text": "overall standings with 650 points: 366 in giant slalom, where she finished fourth. At the 2005 World Championships Maze finished sixth in super-G and 10th in the combined. In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively. The", "title": "Tina Maze" }, { "docid": "14107758", "text": "think they need memories to get out, so he intentionally gets stung by a Griever so he can go through \"the Changing\" – the process that people go through after getting the Grief Serum, a syringe of medicine that arrives in the Box along with the other supplies and is administered to people who have been stung by Grievers. The Changing can trigger memories and most often does. Thomas and the Gladers find out what the pattern is, which causes most of the Gladers to decide to make a run for the exit, knowing that it could be suicidal trying", "title": "The Maze Runner" }, { "docid": "18469207", "text": "nonstop action.\" However, she thought the \"only drawback\" was the \"fictionalized slang\" that although it \"feels realistic and fits with his characters, it gets old pretty fast. On the plus side, however, it's used so often that the reader almost becomes desensitized and learns to ignore The Maze Runner (series) The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. The series consists of \"The Maze Runner\" (2009), \"The Scorch Trials\" (2010) and \"The Death Cure\" (2011), as well as two prequel novels, \"The Kill Order\" (2012) and \"The Fever Code\"", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "17277445", "text": "The Maze Runner (film) The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in \"The Maze Runner\" film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, and Patricia Clarkson. The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas, portrayed by O'Brien, who", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "18248665", "text": "determined to take them down to save his friends and save civilization, as his friends and the Right Arm agree to help and prepare to fight back. On October 13, 2013, almost a year before \"The Maze Runner\"'s release, it was reported that Fox had started work on \"The Scorch Trials\". It was revealed that T.S. Nowlin – who had recently worked on the \"Fantastic Four\" reboot – would adapt \"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials\", taking over from Noah Oppenheim, with returning director Wes Ball supervising Nowlin's script. The early development of \"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials\" suggested to many", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18438928", "text": "earning $242 million. Worldwide, it is the fourth highest grossing film series based on young-adult books, after the film series of \"Harry Potter\", \"The Twilight Saga\", and \"The Hunger Games\" respectively, earning $949 million from a $157 million total production budget. Maze Runner (film series) Maze Runner is an American film trilogy consisting of science-fiction dystopian action adventure films based on \"The Maze Runner\" novels by the American author James Dashner. Produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the films star Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Dexter Darden and Patricia Clarkson. Wes Ball", "title": "Maze Runner (film series)" }, { "docid": "18248674", "text": "happy about the result. The franchise follows a similar trajectory to \"The Divergent Series\" which dipped slightly from its first installment ($54.6 million) to ($52.2 million). Still, both the movies prove \"the consistency of the young-adult audience,\" says Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak's senior analyst. \"They're not growing at a huge rate, but we're also not seeing a massive drop-off.\" In its second weekend, the film fell by 53% to $14 million slipping in third place behind \"Hotel Transylvania 2\" ($47.5 million) and \"The Intern\" ($18.2 million). In comparison, \"The Maze Runner\" dropped 46% in its second weekend earning $17.4 million in", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18248680", "text": "said, \"\"Maze Runner\"s action, suspense and twists give movie fans of all ages a chance to embrace their inner on-the-run teenager.\" Rafer Guzman of \"Newsday\" said, \"the teen dystopian franchise continues to play rough, and now even rougher, with satisfying results.\" Bilge Ebiri of \"Vulture\" said \"essentially, \"The Scorch Trials\" makes up for the humdrum Apocalypse of its first half by going a little bonkers in its second.\" In March 2015, it was confirmed that Nowlin, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, has been set to adapt the third book, \"The Death Cure\". Ball confirmed that, if", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "17277449", "text": "Maze. While in a competition with another boy named Gally, the boy suddenly remembers his name: Thomas. The next day, he is attacked by Ben, a Runner who has been stung and left delirious by a Griever – deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Ben is forced into the Maze and left to die, as there is no cure for his condition. Alby and Minho, the lead Runner, later retrace Ben's steps inside the Maze. Minho reappears at dusk dragging Alby, who is stung, but they are unable to reach the closing entrance in time. Thomas runs", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17277466", "text": "Rotten Tomatoes assigns the film a score of 65% based on 163 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's consensus states: \"With strong acting, a solid premise, and a refreshingly dark approach to its dystopian setting, \"The Maze Runner\" stands out from the crowded field of YA sci-fi adventures\". Metacritic gives the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of \"A-\" on an A+ to F scale. According to Tim Ryan of \"The Wall Street Journal\", critics considered the", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "18469206", "text": "2010. Kirkus Reviews wrote, \"Hard to put down, this is clearly just a first installment, and it will leave readers dying to find out what comes next\". Jessica Harrison of the Deseret Morning News labeled \"The Maze Runner\" as \"a thrilling adventurous book for kids ages 13+ that will get readers' hearts pumping and leave them asking for more.\" She noted that it \"starts out a bit slow\" but as it matched Thomas's confusion and picked up pace as he became more accustomed, she wrote that \"it's almost as if Dashner is easing the reader into what becomes a fast-paced,", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "16062223", "text": "of the Immunes whom the Right Arm \"sold\" to gain access to WICKED, and gives directions to a \"safe place\" where Thomas should take them all. Thomas and his friends re-enter the Maze and find the captured Immunes. However, they learn the Right Arm does not intend to occupy WICKED headquarters but instead intend to destroy it. Explosions rock the Maze and falling debris kills some of the Immunes inside. Triggered by the commotion, the Grievers come out of storage, but Teresa shows Thomas how to shut them down. She, however, dies from falling debris in an effort to save", "title": "The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "2944193", "text": "with a tag out at home plate is usually not attempted because of the possibility of the catcher not being able to tag the runner and/or block the plate. If the runner at third base is known as a good or fast baserunner, the first basemen will make considerable effort to make sure the third base runner does not advance to home plate for a run by \"looking\" him back to third base. The primary goal of the first baseman in this instance is to ensure the runner doesn't advance and that the team records at least one out, especially", "title": "First baseman" }, { "docid": "13714303", "text": "on a mission to the castle of an animal kingdom to make peace and ask its inhabitants to join Big Green, bringing a gift of gold as a token of goodwill. The animals generally dismiss the gift, and usually capture ApeTrully who calls for help from First Squad. Members of First Squad (usually everyone except Mr. No Hands, who does come along on occasion) deploy by descending through a maze of tubes and landing on turtles fitted with tank treads, and then are launched through a tunnel and out over the water. When they arrive where ApeTrully is being held,", "title": "Hero: 108" }, { "docid": "12491798", "text": "the maze was a hunter, and if the hunter tagged a player, he was out. Additionally, if the player was carrying any beacons when he was tagged, the beacons would be out of play. The others could monitor the progress of the runner (and the hunter) on an overhead camera shot and guide the runner. John ran first and was tagged by the hunter while carrying two beacons. The other three all successfully retrieved one of the remaining beacons each, winning $15,000. Extreme Challenges: One by one, the players each received a harrowing or physically difficult challenge, chosen at random:", "title": "The Mole (Australia season 5)" }, { "docid": "9025825", "text": "Corn maze A corn maze or maize maze is a maze cut out of a corn field. The first corn maze was in Annville, Pennsylvania. Corn mazes have become popular tourist attractions in North America, and are a way for farms to generate tourist income. Many are based on artistic designs such as characters from movies. Corn mazes appear in many different designs. Some mazes are even created to tell stories or to portray a particular theme. Most have a path which goes all around the whole pattern, either to end in the middle or to come back out again,", "title": "Corn maze" }, { "docid": "7892051", "text": "such an appeal is made, the runner from first base is out on a force out, because he failed to touch his force base (second base). As a result: This rule merely places the occurrence of the force out before any tag play when it ends the inning. Suppose there are runners on second and third base with two outs, and the batter hits a ground ball to third base. The runner from third scores, but the runner from second base is tagged out for the third out. Since the runner from third reached home plate before the third out", "title": "Fourth out" }, { "docid": "14107762", "text": "would be an experiment, to study their minds. Terrible things would be done to them – awful things; completely hopeless – until the victims turn everything on its head.\" The book was later published in 2009. Dashner wrote the book from December 2005 to March 2006. \"Kirkus Reviews\" wrote: \"Hard to put down, this is clearly just a first installment, and it will leave readers dying to find out what comes next.\" Jessica Harrison of the \"Deseret Morning News\" labeled \"The Maze Runner\" as \"a thrilling adventurous book for kids ages 13+ that will get readers' hearts pumping and leave", "title": "The Maze Runner" }, { "docid": "5063650", "text": "the Chamber of Knowledge, and Lightning Mountain (which consisted of the same set as the first season's Prize Mountain). The Mirror Maze remained unchanged. However, the run to find the power stick was removed from this part of the game, and the Mirror Man's question was posed by the Mirror Man himself and his face was larger than last season's. If a contestant gave a wrong answer or ran out of time to answer, another question was read. A runner failing to answer that question correctly had to wait at least three seconds before proceeding. Once the runner arrived at", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "747570", "text": "survival of human culture after an apocalypse, as opposed to the survival of humanity itself. James Dashner's \"The Maze Runner\" trilogy (2009–11) takes place after sun flares have scorched the earth. As a result, the governments of the world released a virus to kill off some of the world's population to save resources. The virus turned out to be highly contagious, and it made you lose control of your mind until you were an animal inside your head. This led to it being nicknamed, \"The Flare\". The series was made into movies by 20th Century Fox, with \"The Maze Runner\"", "title": "Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction" }, { "docid": "18248678", "text": "consensus states, \"\"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials\" is an action-packed sequel at the cost of story, urgency, and mystery that the original offered.\" Metacritic gives the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of \"B+\" on an A+ to F scale. The main criticisms of the film were its narrative, particularly its changes from the source material, and lack of character development. \"Forbes\" said the film suffered from \"middle movie syndrome\", claiming that it did not offer an introduction nor a", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18801873", "text": "million respectively, and outpacing the two previous films. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 42% based on 144 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"\"Maze Runner: The Death Cure\" may offer closure to fans of the franchise, but for anyone who hasn't already been hooked, this bloated final installment is best left unseen.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B+\"", "title": "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" }, { "docid": "17277471", "text": "to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But \"Maze Runner\" feels only partially formed\", giving it a score of 2/4. \"Time\" magazine's Richard Corliss said \"like Jean-Paul Sartre's \"No Exit\"-tentialism, but more crowded and with the musk of bottled-up testosterone\". Wesley Morris of the website Grantland said \"I think I have a touch of apocalepsy – excessive sleepiness caused by prolonged exposure to three and four-part series in which adolescents rebel against oppressive governments represented by esteemed actors\". Steven Rea of \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\" gave the film a 2.5 out of 4 rating and said \"it's bleak business, and as it hurries", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17818075", "text": "developing \"The Eye of Minds\", Dashner wanted to avoid creating a world that was too similar to his earlier work, the \"Maze Runner\" series. Dashner enjoyed employing the virtual reality setting, as it allowed him an \"endless\" amount of worlds and settings for the novel. He drew inspiration for the book from multiple book and film sources, particularly \"The Matrix\" and \"Inception\". Dashner has stated that he plans for the series' story arc to only span three books, as he felt that it \"really [works] out well for what I want to happen overall\" but that he does view the", "title": "The Eye of Minds" }, { "docid": "17153841", "text": "its opening weekend earning $13.1 million behind \"The Maze Runner\" ($32.5 million). On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 66% based on 147 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"A Walk Among the Tombstones\" doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichés, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film", "title": "A Walk Among the Tombstones (film)" }, { "docid": "1823342", "text": "to strike out, but still become a runner and reach base safely if the catcher is unable to catch the third strike cleanly, and he then does not either tag out the batter or force him out at first base. In Japan, this is called , or \"swing and escape\". In Major League Baseball, it is known as an uncaught third strike. When this happens, a strikeout is recorded for both the pitcher and the batter, but no out is recorded. Because of this, a pitcher may occasionally be able to record more than three strikeouts in one half-inning. It", "title": "Strikeout" }, { "docid": "17277452", "text": "Minho start to run away as traps activated by lasers nearly kill them. That night, the Maze entrance does not close while others open, letting Grievers pour in. A massacre ensues as the Gladers struggle to fight back or hide. Alby, Zart, Clint, and several others are killed. Afterwards, Gally punches Thomas and blames him for everything that happened. Thomas, who has been having disconnected memory flashes since arriving, stabs himself with a severed Griever stinger in an attempt to revive his memory. The others inject him with the last anti-venom. Unconscious, he recalls that he and Teresa worked for", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "13164562", "text": "the complexity and fun of the gameplay, and said it was the best Game Gear release to come out in months. They gave it an average score of 8 out of 10. In a retrospective review for Allgame, Jonathan Sutyak gave \"Arena: Maze of Death\" a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. He praised the open exploration of levels, password feature, easy controls, and advanced graphics, and concluded that the game \"will appeal to action and adventure fans alike.\" Arena: Maze of Death Arena/Maze of Death (known in Europe as Arena) is an isometric action video game created by", "title": "Arena: Maze of Death" }, { "docid": "17383272", "text": "The Kill Order The Kill Order is a 2012 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and published on August 14, 2012 by Delacorte Press. It is the first prequel book in \"The Maze Runner\" series and the fourth installment overall. The book is set prior to the events of \"The Fever Code\" and 13 years before \"The Maze Runner\" book. Of the novel, Dashner stated that he wanted to expand the world but not focus on the main characters of the main \"Maze Runner\" trilogy. He also stated that he had originally planned to", "title": "The Kill Order" }, { "docid": "18311624", "text": "\"Necessary Roughness\" where he impressed and entertained the room, which led to booking the role. In April 2013, Cooper was cast as Chuck in 20th Century Fox's \"The Maze Runner\". Cooper related to the character of 'Chuck' in James Dashner's international bestselling adventure story, \"The Maze Runner\". He contacted Wes Ball through Twitter for the role in the film. Blake Cooper Blake Cooper (born October 10, 2001) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Chuck in \"The Maze Runner\". Cooper was born in Atlanta, Georgia on a small animal farm. He grew up as a Boy", "title": "Blake Cooper" }, { "docid": "5063641", "text": "questions. In the speed round, if a player buzzed in and was incorrect or unable to identify the picture, the host read a clue to the opponent without further revealing the picture. Before being allowed to enter the maze, the runner was briefed on the maze's layout by the \"Lady of the Maze\". In the Roth season this was simply the face of an older woman (played by Renae Jacobs); in the Lopez season, the likeness of a younger redhead woman appeared with a high-pitched voice (played by Clea Montville). The \"Lady of the Maze\" also appeared again when the", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "6225940", "text": "Uncaught third strike In baseball and softball, an uncaught third strike (sometimes referred to as dropped third strike or non-caught third strike) occurs when the catcher fails to cleanly catch a pitch for the third strike. In Major League Baseball, the specific rules concerning the uncaught third strike are addressed in Rules 5.05 and 5.09 of the Official Baseball Rules: On an uncaught third strike with (1) no runner on first base, or (2) with a runner on first base and two outs, the batter immediately becomes a runner. The strike is called, but the umpire does not call the", "title": "Uncaught third strike" }, { "docid": "20345641", "text": "rarely seen in their 126-year NL history. The team trailed with 2-outs in the top of the 9th with a runner on third base, when a third strike on Yairo Munoz eluded the Phillies' catcher, allowing Yadier Molina to score and the Cardinals to tie it at 4–4. They went ahead in the 10th from a solo Tommy Pham home run, happily setting up for a remarkable come-from-behind win in the bottom half. But reliever Matt Bowman could not get the third out after issuing a hit, and then after an out moved him to second, manager Matheny ordered an", "title": "2018 St. Louis Cardinals season" }, { "docid": "20727589", "text": "inside him, where the best books come from\". In June 2015, director Jim Loach started pre-production for the film with screenwriter David Scearce, who wrote the screenplay, based on Robert Lipsyte's novel. The film went into production several months later when Donald Sutherland and \"The Maze Runner\" star Blake Cooper joined the cast on September 23, 2015. Sutherland plays Dr. Kahn, and Blake Cooper plays character Bobby. On October 5, 2015, Judy Greer and Luke Wilson joined the film alongside Sutherland and Cooper, to play Bobby's parents. The film was released on May 11, 2018. One Fat Summer One Fat", "title": "One Fat Summer" }, { "docid": "18248658", "text": "places the children in a walled maze in a glade as part of its scientific testing. Years later, shortly after being rescued from the Maze, Thomas and the remaining Gladers – Teresa, Newt, Minho, Frypan, and Winston – are taken to a facility run by Mr. Janson. He explains that the facility is a safe haven, protecting them from WCKD, the Flare virus and the \"Cranks\", and provides them clothes, food, and sanitation, where other survivors of multiple mazes are also present. Thomas becomes suspicious about their activities and manages to find out what is really happening behind the closed", "title": "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "18469203", "text": "Maze Runner Files\" is a companion book to \"The Maze Runner\" series. It was released on 1 January 2013 as an e-book. It is 50 pages long. The book is divided into three parts: \"Confidential Files\", \"Recovered Correspondence\", and \"Suppressed Memories\". It contains information about the Flare, WICKED and some of the Gladers. It also reveals events such as Thomas and Teresa's first conversation, Minho's Phase Three Trial, Frypan's past, e-mails between WICKED correspondents, and more. \"The Fever Code\" is the fifth book released in the series, on September 27, 2016. It is the second prequel and the fifth installment", "title": "The Maze Runner (series)" }, { "docid": "12037957", "text": "groups have completed their five minutes, one player will be chosen to catch a rooster for an additional $10,000. Mariachi Maze: The six players are brought to a maze and split into three groups of two. Each group of two will have a navigator and a runner. The runner takes a wrestling belt and, with help from the navigator, tries to get to the exit without being touched by a wrestler. If the wrestler tags the runner, that group's turn is over. In addition, a mariachi band is in the middle of the maze and will play music whenever they", "title": "The Mole (U.S. season 4)" }, { "docid": "17277468", "text": "the \"San Jose Mercury News\" was \"hooked by the combination of fine acting, intriguing premise and riveting scenery\". Matthew Toomey of ABC Radio Brisbane gave the film a grade of A−, giving praise to its intriguing premise saying that \"it held [his] attention for its full two hour running time\". Justin Lowe of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said it was \"consistently engaging\", and Ella Taylor of \"Variety\" wrote \"as world-creation YA pictures go, \"The Maze Runner\" feels refreshingly low-tech and properly story-driven\". Michael O'Sullivan of \"The Washington Post\" said \"\"The Maze Runner\" unravels a few mysteries, but it spins even more\",", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17277462", "text": "many fan projects, the most prominent being Maze Runner Chat, a podcast featuring news discussions and occasional cast interviews. The podcast is produced by MazeRunnerFans.com, a popular fan website for the series. \"The Maze Runner\" was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray combo pack December 16, 2014. The combo pack includes two hours of bonus features and extras as well as an exclusive comic book. The film grossed $102,427,862 in North America and more than $245.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $348.3 million. Prior to its release in the U.S. and Canada, box office analysts", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17277473", "text": "Comic-Con International that filming for the sequel would commence sometime between March and May 2015, should \"The Maze Runner\" become a success when it hits the theaters. However, two weeks prior to the film's release 20th Century Fox decided to move ahead with the sequel and pre-production began in early September 2014 in New Mexico. Cast members Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki-Hong Lee and Patricia Clarkson reprised their roles for the sequel, as did director Wes Ball. It was announced that Aidan Gillen would be joining the film to play Janson (\"Rat-Man\"), as had Rosa Salazar who portrayed", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "17277451", "text": "him punished, but Newt, the group's second-in-command, instead designates Thomas as a Runner. Minho shows Thomas a hand-constructed model of the Maze based on previous exploration. The Maze's numbered sections open and close in a regular sequence. Thomas realizes that the device corresponds to a section within the Maze. The girl, Teresa, has two syringes filled with an unknown substance. One is used on Alby, and he recovers from the Griever sting. Minho and Thomas venture back into the Maze with the device and discover a possible exit. A laser then scans the two, and the exit closes. Thomas and", "title": "The Maze Runner (film)" }, { "docid": "12900794", "text": "next challenge and go to bed. The others were taken to Richmond Maze, described as a \"human-style computer game,\" and told to split into pairs, one with a runner and one with a navigator. One at a time, each runner would enter the maze, being guided by radio by their navigator, who had an overhead camera shot of the maze. The runners were pursued by two hunters, who, if they tagged the runners, could eliminate them. If any of the runners found the maze's exit, or if among them they survived inside the maze for a total of three minutes,", "title": "The Mole (Australia season 1)" }, { "docid": "3820446", "text": "batter makes a fair hit, unless it is the third strike, the batter does not have to try to advance safely to the first base. However, if the batter hits a foul ball on the third strike and does not try to advance, only that player is out and the runners continue with the next batter. If the pitcher delivers two bad pitches (ball), the batter is granted a walk to the first base only if all bases are unoccupied. If there are runners on the field, the point runner (the runner at the highest-numbered base) is granted a walk", "title": "Pesäpallo" }, { "docid": "8896875", "text": "runner has to be \"forced\" in - that stipulation means that there is no base available. Under this rule, the invisible runner on second would only advance to third on a double because they were not technically forced to score. If the team playing offense does not have enough players to continue, the next player at bat is replaced by an invisible runner. Typically, the live runner must verbally announce: “invisible runner on _______ base”, or “ghost runner on _______”, before they can walk off base. Should the runner not make the announcement, they are liable to be tagged out", "title": "Invisible runner rule" }, { "docid": "4859859", "text": "didn’t seem able or interested in untangling the snarl, then I, at least, should do and try everything in my power before giving up.\" A year after painting \"The Maze\", Kurelek attempted suicide. Freedom at last from the prison of \"The Maze\" would come with Kurelek's later conversion to Roman Catholicism; this evolution is depicted in the film \"William Kurelek's The Maze\". In 1971, he painted \"Out of the Maze\" which he presented as a gift to Maudsley Hospital. The work depicts Kurelek with his wife and four children saying grace at a picnic near a pond on the prairie.", "title": "The Maze (painting)" }, { "docid": "5798137", "text": "as life, as Agni (fire), as sun, as air, as space, as wind, as that which has form and as that which does not have form. The third Prashna of the Upanishad asks six questions: (1) Whence is life born? (2) when born, how does it come into the body? (3) when it has entered the body, how does it abide? (4) how does it go out of the body? (5) how does life interface its relation with nature and senses? (6) how does life interface with Self? Sage Pippalada states that these questions are difficult, and given the student's", "title": "Prashna Upanishad" }, { "docid": "5063642", "text": "runner had reached the halfway point. In the earliest episodes, the players were given 10 seconds for each picture, which grew clearer as time passed, and the first person to buzz-in and identify the picture won one point for each second left on the clock, and an opportunity to answer the question about the picture to double the points. When one player earned 50 points or more, and thus the right to enter the maze, the other players played more pictures without the clock, at 10 points per picture, until another player reached 50 points. The maze had three sections:", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "3001181", "text": "played was reduced to standard of 13. Throughout the run, 3D maps of varying sophistication were used to highlight where the host and team were. Until the end of the third series, each contestant on the team could win a prize for themselves that they chose before taking on the Maze if the team succeeded at collecting 100 or more gold tokens, but from the fourth series, this format was changed to the team choosing a prize that they shared together if they won the final challenge. During the first series, a runner-up prize could also be chosen by each", "title": "The Crystal Maze" }, { "docid": "13598403", "text": "In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished third behind Tina Maze and Maria Höfl-Riesch. The 2014 season was Veith's most successful season so far. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, winning by over a half-second. Three days later, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom, just .02 seconds behind gold medalist and World Cup rival Tina Maze of Slovenia. The Giant Slalom was held in the rain. In the next three races after the Olympics, Veith had a runner-up finish", "title": "Anna Veith" }, { "docid": "5063651", "text": "the entrance to the Ice Cave, the Lady of The Maze showed the runner a distorted picture on a monitor (as in the first round). A runner identifying it within five seconds took the shorter path through the cave, but otherwise had to take the longer path. In either case, the runner was required to lower the visor before entering the Ice Cave. While navigating the cave, the runner had to find a Power Stick; in addition, the contestant also had to avoid kicking two groups of sensors and Mirror Man placards that were placed on the cave floor. If", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "14958846", "text": "The Scorch Trials The Scorch Trials is a 2010 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and the second book, fourth chronologically, in \"The Maze Runner\" series. The novel was published on 18 September 2010 by Delacorte Press. It is preceded by \"The Maze Runner\", and followed by \"The Death Cure\". A was released on 18 September 2015 by 20th Century Fox. The book starts with Thomas sleeping in the dormitory with the other teenagers – known as \"the Gladers\", who had escaped from the Maze in the previous book – where they had", "title": "The Scorch Trials" }, { "docid": "5191695", "text": "in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when they enter the changeover box, or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look backwards, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand, and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing the changeover box and to stop after baton is exchanged. Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while", "title": "4 × 100 metres relay" }, { "docid": "6023410", "text": "would have a \"1\" lit. The runner had 60 seconds to activate the \"1\" and hit the button at the maze exit to win anything at all. To win the $10,000, the runner had to activate all the push-buttons, exit the maze \"and\" push the button within one minute. The total prize was determined by how many \"zeroes\" were reached in addition to the one: the 1 plus three zeroes won $1,000, the 1 plus two zeroes won $100, and so on. However, if the contestant activated only zeroes or failed to stop the clock, they won nothing. Champions were", "title": "The Money Maze" }, { "docid": "1903188", "text": "inventory objects to map the maze. Instead, this \"all different\" maze required the player to recognize the wording changes to find maze exits and its solution. Don Woods was doing doctoral research in graph algorithms, and he designed this maze as (almost) a complete graph, with two exceptions important to gameplay. The phrase \"you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike\" has become memorialized and popularized in the hacker culture, where \"passages\" may be replaced with a different word, as the situation warrants. This phrase came to signify a situation when whatever action is taken does not", "title": "Colossal Cave Adventure" }, { "docid": "3588020", "text": "do not involve a forced runner. It is not a force out when a runner is put out while trying to tag up after a caught fly ball. Because this out is similar to a true force out, in that the runner can be put out by a fielder possessing the ball at the base that the runner needs to reach, there is a widespread misconception that this out is a force out. But it is not, which means the run would count if it scored before the third out is made on a runner trying to tag up. Force", "title": "Force play" }, { "docid": "2544488", "text": "back-up first base in case the first baseman misses or mishandles a throw.<br> In certain game situations, when a runner is on first and the batter bunts the ball or hits the ball softly, which causes the third baseman to rush in to get the ball and throw to first base, the catcher must cover third base so that the runner from first base does not advance to third base on the play and this then forces the third baseman to cover home plate. Any failure by the catcher can have dire consequences for his team. Passed balls are possible", "title": "Catcher" }, { "docid": "13717538", "text": "level. In the game, the player has a first person view of a maze that he or she has to navigate. The task is to locate and use the exit door of the labyrinth within a certain time limit. Whilst many mazes have multiple exit doors, the player must find the key hidden somewhere in the labyrinth. Once the key is obtained the player can leave and progress to the next maze. However, if the player could not find a way out of the labyrinth within the time limit he has to repeat the level upon finding the exit. At", "title": "Tunnel Runner" }, { "docid": "18759874", "text": "2015 he created a chocolate maze made entirely out of chocolate fingers with the help of a food artist and built to the model of the size in the film \"The Maze Runner\" to celebrate the film's DVD and Blu-ray release and help promote the film. For this he was featured in the \"Daily Mail\". Also known for his fun yet insightful interviews with celebrities, musicians & film stars, Armstrong has interviewed Bella Thorne for her role in the film The Duff\",\" Liam Payne before his performance at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in 2017, Hugh Jackman for the", "title": "Doug Armstrong (YouTuber)" }, { "docid": "6192409", "text": "his speed. He was the starting center fielder when Dave Stieb threw his only no-hitter, the first no-hitter in Toronto history. He is best remembered as a player for a bizarre incident during the 1990 season, where a series of wild throwing errors resulted in him (on base as a pinch-runner) rounding third base and mauling over third base coach John McLaren, knocking him out in the process (Williams himself was winded, but eventually ended up scoring the run). This humorous clip would be played over and over in blooper reels for years to come. The Blue Jays then put", "title": "Kenny Williams (baseball)" }, { "docid": "9822645", "text": "Steve Pence, who later served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (2003–2007). In 2007, Maze ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky as the running mate of Jonathan Miller; however, they dropped out of the race prior to the primary election and endorsed eventual general election winner Steve Beshear. Maze won re-election to a third term as Jefferson County Attorney in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed to a vacant judgeship on the Jefferson Circuit Court. In 2012, Maze was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Irv Maze Irvin G. \"Irv\" Maze is a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge, former Circuit", "title": "Irv Maze" }, { "docid": "5063652", "text": "the runner touched one of these objects, several large icicles descended from the cave ceiling, blocking the runner's path. Upon finding the Power Stick and getting through the Ice Cave, the player lifted their visor and enter the Chamber of Knowledge. There were now only four guardians in this portion of the maze, and only one correct answer was required to exit. If the answer was incorrect, the runner had to answer another true or false question, and if the player missed that one, a five-second penalty was assessed before the gates unlocked. The runner now faced a single television", "title": "Masters of the Maze" }, { "docid": "3729104", "text": "baseman away from first base, the pitcher will cover first base instead. On a ground ball to either the shortstop or the second baseman, the other of those will cover second base. With a runner on first base, when a ground ball is hit to the third baseman, second base will be covered by the second baseman, because unlike the shortstop he does not have to turn his back to the third baseman in order to get to second base. Likewise, with a runner on first base, when a ground ball is hit to the first baseman, second base will", "title": "Covering a base" }, { "docid": "17218481", "text": "up in a maze with Diddy. Then, they see each other and the maze falls apart and the breakdown starts as Diddy and Scherzinger dance in a lighted room. At the end of the video, Scherzinger walks away and also Diddy stops her and both of them stare at each other with Diddy saying, \"press play.\" The video ends with Diddy and Scherzinger staring at each other when a symbol of the press play shows in the middle. Track CD Single Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Press Play\". Come to Me (Diddy song) \"Come to Me\" is a", "title": "Come to Me (Diddy song)" }, { "docid": "3654909", "text": "to run past second and on to third. In this situation, a defensive play against such an unforced runner will be called a tag play and, if successful, a tag out. To get the runner out on a tag play, the fielder must tag him with the ball before the runner gets to the targeted base. Tag plays are much more difficult to execute than force plays. Tag plays can also be utilized in other cases when the runner is \"in jeopardy\". A baserunner is in jeopardy when: A tag is therefore the most common way to retire baserunners who", "title": "Tag out" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19374034", "text": "season 4 episode \"Rocky Road.\" On July 20, it was announced that Jessy Schram would be reprising her role as Cinderella in the third episode of the season. The episode explored a connection that her character has to someone from the Land of Untold Stories, as well as the start of her friendship with Snow White. That same episode also introduced Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters. David Anders returned this season as Victor Frankenstein. The character has a connection with Jekyll and Hyde. On August 15, it was announced that Jonny Coyne would be reprising his role as Dr. Lydgate from", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19374023", "text": "Shortly after, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis announced that original cast members Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, and Jared Gilmore, as well as Emilie de Ravin who joined the main cast in season two, would also exit the show at the end of the season. The residents of Storybrooke are faced with threats from the Evil Queen and Mr. Hyde, both with different agendas following the arrival of refugees from the Land of Untold Stories. This leads to events to test Emma's savior abilities that results in the arrival of the Black Fairy to begin the Final Battle that was prophesied", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19078588", "text": "get close to Belle, whom he hopes to kill, since he blames Rumplestiltskin for the death of Mary Lydgate. Hook manages to arrive in time and kill Jekyll. As Jekyll dies, so too does Hyde. Later on, Hook learns that among the many people from the Land of Untold Stories who have returned are Nemo and his half-brother Liam. Believing Nemo dead, Liam seeks vengeance against Hook for both the deaths of Nemo and their father. On board the \"Nautilus\", Hook is nearly killed by Liam, but is rescued by Henry, who begins to look at Hook as a surrogate", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19725841", "text": "Hopefully the next time they find resolution to these conflicts, it will prove to have a more lasting impact and allow them to journey somewhere new.\" It was also the final episode reviewed by the site. The Savior (Once Upon a Time) \"The Savior\" is the first episode and season premiere of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on September 25, 2016. In this episode, the residents must deal with Mr. Hyde's sudden arrival in Storybrooke as the new owner, as well as bringing the residents from The Land of Untold", "title": "The Savior (Once Upon a Time)" } ]

[ { "docid": "19110107", "text": "Swan Song (Once Upon a Time) \"Swan Song\" is the eleventh episode and midseason finale of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on December 6, 2015. In this episode, Hook and the Dark Ones try to take over Storybrooke, but in the end, Hook is redeemed, and dies. Also, in the end, Emma, her parents, Regina, Robin, Henry, and Mr. Gold go to the Underworld to bring back Hook. In flashbacks, Hook is reunited with his father. The cloaked forms of 11 resurrected Dark Ones are featured in the forest. The", "title": "Swan Song (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19374041", "text": "direction as the reason for their departures. Gilmore expressed similar sentiments. Meanwhile, Goodwin and Dallas had informed the showrunners a year prior that they intended to leave the show at the end of the sixth season. Once Upon a Time (season 6) The sixth season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on March 3, 2016. It debuted on September 25, 2016, and concluded on May 14, 2017. In January 2017, it was stated that the sixth season would end the main storyline, and for a seventh season, the series would be softly rebooted with a", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19374021", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 6) The sixth season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on March 3, 2016. It debuted on September 25, 2016, and concluded on May 14, 2017. In January 2017, it was stated that the sixth season would end the main storyline, and for a seventh season, the series would be softly rebooted with a new storyline. Existing fictional characters introduced to the series during the season include Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, the Count of Monte Cristo, Captain Nemo, Lady Tremaine, Beowulf, Tiger Lily and the Tin Man. Original new characters include", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19374035", "text": "\"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\", in the fourth episode of the season. On August 26, it was announced that Faran Tahir was cast as Captain Nemo, and would have ties to Captain Hook. On September 22, it was announced that Tzi Ma would be reprising his role as the Dragon sometime in the season. Gabrielle Rose would also be returning as David's mother, Ruth, who appeared via flashback in episode 7. On September 27, it was announced that Sean Maguire would be returning as Robin Hood. The former main character, who died on-screen near the end of season 5,", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19374022", "text": "Gideon, the Black Fairy, Mary Lydgate, and Robert. The show also reintroduced Jafar and Dr. Arthur Lydgate, who previously appeared in \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\". This season also marks the final appearance of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) as a series regular. Morrison announced she would be departing the series after the sixth-season finale, but if the series receives a seventh season renewal she has agreed to appear in at least one episode. After serving as a series regular for two seasons, Rebecca Mader also announced that season six would be her last on the show as a regular.", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "20154403", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on May 11, 2017. It consisted of 22 episodes, airing on Fridays, having premiered on October 6, 2017. This season marked a significant change for the series, as it was announced at the end of the sixth season that the majority of the main cast members would not be returning for season 7. Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, and Robert Carlyle were the only ones remaining. Andrew J. West and Alison Fernandez were announced as new regulars in May", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "docid": "19374038", "text": "the Tin Man, played by Alex Désert, and the Cowardly Lion from the \"Wizard of Oz\" tale. On February 16, TVLine released casting call descriptions for two characters who appear in the season 6 finale, with potential to continue into season 7 if the show is to be renewed. One is a man in his late 20s-early 30s who \"was once optimistic and hopeful but now is a friendless, cynical recluse\" but \"still possesses a dormant, deep-seated spark of hope that waits for the right person to reignite it.\" The other is a 10-year-old girl who \"comes from a broken", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "1348655", "text": "NAMBLA\", wherein the McCormicks have a baby exactly like Kenny, including the characteristic orange parka, shortly after the former Kenny dies. Mr. McCormick exclaims, \"God, this must be the fiftieth time this has happened\", to which Mrs. McCormick quickly replies, \"Fifty-second\". This explanation is expanded upon in the Season 14 episodes \"\", \"Mysterion Rises\" and \"Coon vs. Coon and Friends\", in which Kenny, while playing superheroes with his friends, claims his \"super power\" is immortality. He actually dies several times during these episodes—even committing suicide more than once—reawakening alive and unharmed in his bed each time. He is frustrated and", "title": "Kenny McCormick" }, { "docid": "16131755", "text": "7, 2013 in paperback form. Once Upon a Time (season 1) The first season of the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\" premiered on October 23, 2011 and concluded on May 13, 2012. The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The series centers around the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke, and the Evil Queen's (Lana Parrilla) plot to destroy everyone's happiness so she can be the only one with a happy ending. \"Once Upon a Time\"s first season received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised its cast, visuals, and twists on fairy tales, though some criticized", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16131738", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 1) The first season of the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\" premiered on October 23, 2011 and concluded on May 13, 2012. The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The series centers around the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke, and the Evil Queen's (Lana Parrilla) plot to destroy everyone's happiness so she can be the only one with a happy ending. \"Once Upon a Time\"s first season received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised its cast, visuals, and twists on fairy tales, though some criticized its uneven tone. The pilot", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 1)" }, { "docid": "17151907", "text": "joyous moment of love for her daughter before succumbing to the poison of which Gold has been cured. She dies in Regina's arms, acknowledging with her last words that a loving relationship with her would have fulfilled her life in a way that power couldn't. Gold reclaims the dagger. Mary Margaret rushes in to stop Regina, who accuses her: \"You did this.\" \"The Miller's Daughter\" was written by consulting producer Jane Espenson, while being directed \"V\" alum Ralph Hemecker. Ratings and viewership were slightly up from the previous episode. \"The Miller's Daughter\" had an 18-49 rating of 2.3/6 and was", "title": "The Miller's Daughter (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20659516", "text": "a B+. Breadcrumbs (Once Upon a Time) \"Breadcrumbs\" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season and the 149th episode overall of the American fantasy-drama series \"Once Upon a Time\". Written by Jane Espenson & Jerome Schwartz, and directed by Ron Underwood, it premiered on ABC in the United States on April 6, 2018. In the episode, Henry is offered a new job in New York City, but his feelings for Jacinda and Lucy, his book showing up at the scene of the Candy Killer's murders, and Nick's plans to use him, could make that difficult for Henry to leave.", "title": "Breadcrumbs (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17968163", "text": "It's Not Easy Being Green (Once Upon a Time) \"It's Not Easy Being Green\" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 60th episode overall, which aired on April 6, 2014. In this episode, with Rumplestiltskin as her slave, Zelena challenges Regina to a fight to the death and shocks the Evil Queen with the revelation of their familial connection, even while the town lays Neal to rest. Meanwhile, back in the past, in the land of Oz, a jealous Zelena asks the Wizard to send her", "title": "It's Not Easy Being Green (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20659506", "text": "Breadcrumbs (Once Upon a Time) \"Breadcrumbs\" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season and the 149th episode overall of the American fantasy-drama series \"Once Upon a Time\". Written by Jane Espenson & Jerome Schwartz, and directed by Ron Underwood, it premiered on ABC in the United States on April 6, 2018. In the episode, Henry is offered a new job in New York City, but his feelings for Jacinda and Lucy, his book showing up at the scene of the Candy Killer's murders, and Nick's plans to use him, could make that difficult for Henry to leave. In Henry's", "title": "Breadcrumbs (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19725897", "text": "Heartless (Once Upon a Time) \"Heartless\" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on November 6, 2016. In this episode, the Evil Queen blackmails Snow and David into giving her their shared heart, while flashbacks show that Snow White and David encountered each other before they met and fell in love. Wilby walks through the forest. The Enchanted Forest events take place after \"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter\" and \"White Out\" and before \"Red Handed\" and \"The Shepherd\". The Storybrooke events take place after \"Dark Waters\".", "title": "Heartless (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17641570", "text": "6 out of 10, saying \"The little beats of “Ariel” were stronger than its convoluted sum. But we’ll happily take the reunion with Neal and a pleasing character introduction.\" Ariel (Once Upon a Time) \"Ariel\" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 50th episode overall. This episode also marks the debut of Ariel, played by Joanna García Swisher. In this episode, the group finds a way to rescue Neal (Michael Raymond-James) from captivity through the Echo Cave; though it requires everyone to reveal their deepest secrets", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17591319", "text": "Lost Girl (Once Upon a Time) \"Lost Girl\" is the second episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 46th episode overall. It was first broadcast on October 6, 2013. This episode features the core characters continuing to search for Henry (Jared S. Gilmore). Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) presents Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) with a map of Henry's (Jared S. Gilmore) location, though it can only be successfully used if Emma embraces her true identity. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) gets some startling advice; and back in fairy-tale land, the", "title": "Lost Girl (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19374040", "text": "be returning to \"Once Upon a Time\" as a series regular in the event the series was renewed by ABC. However, Morrison noted that she had signed a contract to appear in one episode in season 7. On May 12, 2017, showrunners Horowitz and Kitsis confirmed that five more cast members, in addition to Morrison, would not be returning to the show for a seventh season: Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Jared Gilmore, Emilie de Ravin, and Rebecca Mader. In their personal goodbyes to fans, both de Ravin and Mader cited the show's decision to move forward in a new creative", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "17591332", "text": "that \"Actually, this whole episode is moot.\" Lost Girl (Once Upon a Time) \"Lost Girl\" is the second episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 46th episode overall. It was first broadcast on October 6, 2013. This episode features the core characters continuing to search for Henry (Jared S. Gilmore). Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) presents Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) with a map of Henry's (Jared S. Gilmore) location, though it can only be successfully used if Emma embraces her true identity. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) gets some startling", "title": "Lost Girl (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19374033", "text": "of Aladdin (Deniz Akdeniz), and his story featuring the return of Jafar, now portrayed by Oded Fehr (the role had been previously played by Naveen Andrews on \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\"). Andrews was unavailable due to his previous commitment to Netflixs \"Sense8\". It was also announced that \"Galavant\"s Karen David was cast as Princess Jasmine. She made her debut in the fourth episode of the season. In early July, it was announced that Raphael Sbarge would be reprising his role as Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archie Hopper in the season premiere. The character's last appearance was in the", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19078652", "text": "Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time) Robin of Locksley, later known as Robin Hood, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". He is portrayed by British actor/singer Sean Maguire, who became a series regular in the fifth season after making recurring appearances in the third and fourth season. He is the second actor to play the role in the series, as it was first played by Tom Ellis in the second season, but scheduling conflicts prevented Ellis from reprising the role, resulting in Maguire taking the role afterwards. In the Enchanted Forest, Robin of Locksley", "title": "Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "14666022", "text": "\"A storm is gathering upon our land and when it has passed [Abija Hornbrook writes to his daughter] you may see a new nation upon this continent and you will know that I have helped to form it...a time of kings...Yes, this nation shall belong to the gentlemen who founded it. When the war comes Tom fights under the command of Stonewall Jackson. When Jackson dies, Tom deserts, and goes back to West Virginia. Once there he falls in love with Cathi. \"Time\" had a favorable opinion upon the novel: \"Novelist Grubb...has now attempted what might have been a commonplace", "title": "A Dream of Kings (novel)" }, { "docid": "17288207", "text": "at her core, she is a steadfastly filled with optimism. It was later announced that Sunny Mabrey was cast as the character. After \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\" was canceled, it was reported that Michael Socha, who plays the Knave of Hearts, was in talks to join the main cast in Season 4. On April 2014, it was confirmed that Michael Socha will become a regular for Once Upon a Time's fourth season. On September 12, 2013, ABC released the original cast promotional photos for the season. However, due to fan backlash, the photos were removed. Instead, new photos", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19374032", "text": "she would be returning for the sixth season. Robert Carlyle was confirmed to be returning for the sixth season as Rumplestiltskin along with Rebecca Mader as Zelena and Jared Gilmore as Henry Mills. It was announced that Giles Matthey was cast as Morpheus, who is slated to appear in the first episode of the season. On July 20, it was announced that Craig Horner would be portraying the Count of Monte Cristo, who was introduced in the second episode of the season. At the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International it was revealed that the season would see the introduction", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "17883958", "text": "still the same road.\" New York City Serenade (Once Upon a Time) \"New York City Serenade\" is the twelfth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 56th episode overall. The episode marks the mid-season premiere of the show, following the executive producers' decision to split the season into two volumes. It aired on March 9, 2014, with a special entitled \"Wicked is Coming\" preceding the premiere. The episode also marks the first appearance of Rebecca Mader as Zelena, The Wicked Witch of the West, who is the primary antagonist", "title": "New York City Serenade (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17883941", "text": "New York City Serenade (Once Upon a Time) \"New York City Serenade\" is the twelfth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 56th episode overall. The episode marks the mid-season premiere of the show, following the executive producers' decision to split the season into two volumes. It aired on March 9, 2014, with a special entitled \"Wicked is Coming\" preceding the premiere. The episode also marks the first appearance of Rebecca Mader as Zelena, The Wicked Witch of the West, who is the primary antagonist for the second half", "title": "New York City Serenade (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20154410", "text": "it was announced that Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, and Robert Carlyle would be the only series regulars from season 6 to continue onto season 7. It was teased that the three would be portraying their original characters but with cursed identities, similar to the circumstances in season 1. In July, the first promo of the season revealed that Killian is now a Seattle police officer with the last name Rogers, who is living with an unexplained sense of loss. In August, it was revealed that Regina is now a bar owner named Roni, who is more dressed down and is", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "docid": "20714838", "text": "Wish Granny who have fallen on tough times. It was cut for time, because it was the only scene that could be cut without disrupting the whole flow. However, the scene can still be seen in promotional pictures. This scene is included on the Once Upon a Time: The Complete Seventh and Final Season Blu-ray, but not the DVD. The episode received good reviews. \"TV Fanatic\" gave the episode a 4.0 out of 5 stars. \"Entertainment Weekly\"'s Justin Kirkland gave the episode no ratings. Homecoming (Once Upon a Time) \"Homecoming\" is the twenty-first episode of the seventh season and the", "title": "Homecoming (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17999494", "text": "of the season, \"A Tale of Two Sisters\", achieved a weekly viewership ranking of #21. Once Upon a Time (season 4) The fourth season of the ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on May 8, 2014. On May 13, 2014, it was revealed that the season would be split into two parts, the first half airing during autumn 2014, and the second half during spring 2015 of the 2014–15 television season. It premiered on September 28, 2014, and concluded on May 10, 2015. On April 20, 2014, it was confirmed that former \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\"", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19078468", "text": "or non-acceptance of immortality, which you’d expect to be the reverse in a way. That’s quite beautiful and was lovely to play.\" Belle (Once Upon a Time) Belle Gold (née French), briefly known as Lacey, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". She is portrayed by Emilie de Ravin, who became a series regular in the second season and onwards after making recurring appearances in the first season, and has become a fan favorite since her debut. She is both based on the character from \"Beauty and the Beast\" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078413", "text": "Belle (Once Upon a Time) Belle Gold (née French), briefly known as Lacey, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". She is portrayed by Emilie de Ravin, who became a series regular in the second season and onwards after making recurring appearances in the first season, and has become a fan favorite since her debut. She is both based on the character from \"Beauty and the Beast\" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and the Disney princess of the 1991 film of the same name. Emilie de Ravin remained a series regular until the show’s sixth", "title": "Belle (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18322635", "text": "Rocky Road (Once Upon a Time) \"Rocky Road\" is the third episode of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on October 12, 2014. In this episode, Elsa is framed, while flashbacks show Elsa meeting her aunt, The Snow Queen. This episode marks the introduction of Michael Socha as Will Scarlet to the main cast, who recently featured in the spin-off series \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\". The Snow Queen's ice cream shop, \"Any Given Sundae\", is shown in the forest. The Arendelle events take place after \"A Tale of Two", "title": "Rocky Road (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18322653", "text": "themselves.\" \"TV Fanatic\" gave the episode 4.6 out of 5 stars. Rocky Road (Once Upon a Time) \"Rocky Road\" is the third episode of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on October 12, 2014. In this episode, Elsa is framed, while flashbacks show Elsa meeting her aunt, The Snow Queen. This episode marks the introduction of Michael Socha as Will Scarlet to the main cast, who recently featured in the spin-off series \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\". The Snow Queen's ice cream shop, \"Any Given Sundae\", is shown in the", "title": "Rocky Road (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "12221957", "text": "and Meg are dispatched to find help, Christine reveals to Gustave that the Phantom is his real father and the shocked boy flees (\"Look with Your Heart\" (Reprise)). Christine tells the Phantom that her love for him will never die, then they share a final kiss and she dies in his arms (\"Once Upon Another Time\" (Reprise)). Gustave returns with Raoul, who looks on silently and sadly, and Gustave lays his head on his mother's lap. The Phantom surrenders Christine's body to Raoul, then moves to the edge of the pier and collapses to his knees in grief. Gustave goes", "title": "Love Never Dies (musical)" }, { "docid": "17999474", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 4) The fourth season of the ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on May 8, 2014. On May 13, 2014, it was revealed that the season would be split into two parts, the first half airing during autumn 2014, and the second half during spring 2015 of the 2014–15 television season. It premiered on September 28, 2014, and concluded on May 10, 2015. On April 20, 2014, it was confirmed that former \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\" star Michael Socha would be a series regular as his character Will Scarlet / the", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 4)" }, { "docid": "17999480", "text": "the movie\" and explained that Maleficent has already been slotted into the mythology in previous seasons. Another special, similar to the special that aired between the season 3 mid-season finale and premiere, aired an hour before the mid-season premiere on March 1, 2015 and was titled \"Secrets of Storybrooke\" and narrated by starring cast member, Jennifer Morrison. The special focused on the topic of what it takes to have familiar fairy-tale characters who have been flipped on their heads from their respective origins. After \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\" was canceled, it was reported that Michael Socha, who portrayed", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20154412", "text": "Lucy. After that episode's airing, they were confirmed as series regulars for season 7. West will be taking over the role from Jared S. Gilmore, who has been confirmed to appear in at least the first two episodes of the season. On July 6, 2017, it was announced that Dania Ramirez and Gabrielle Anwar would be two additional series regulars for season 7. Additionally, Adelaide Kane, Mekia Cox, and Rose Reynolds were cast in recurring roles for the upcoming season. On July 15, it was announced that Ramirez would be portraying Cinderella, albeit a different version from the one previously", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "docid": "13869405", "text": "first place on TV.com, both episodes sharing an 8.8 over 10. Todd VanDerWerff of \"The A.V. Club\" rated this episode a C-. Once Upon a Time in Texas \"Once Upon a Time in Texas\" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series \"Heroes\" and sixty-sixth episode overall. The episode aired on November 2, 2009. Hiro Nakamura arrives three years in the past to save the love of his life, Charlie Andrews. Shortly after arriving, Hiro encounters Sylar, who proceeds into the diner. Charlie pours coffee for her would-be assassin, who startles her after", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Texas" }, { "docid": "13869394", "text": "Once Upon a Time in Texas \"Once Upon a Time in Texas\" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series \"Heroes\" and sixty-sixth episode overall. The episode aired on November 2, 2009. Hiro Nakamura arrives three years in the past to save the love of his life, Charlie Andrews. Shortly after arriving, Hiro encounters Sylar, who proceeds into the diner. Charlie pours coffee for her would-be assassin, who startles her after Sylar reveals he knows about her aneurysm. Hiro watches from afar, wondering how he can stop Sylar. Meanwhile, in the present, Samuel", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Texas" }, { "docid": "13030078", "text": "Once Upon a Time in Springfield \"Once Upon a Time in Springfield\" is the tenth episode of \"The Simpsons\" twenty-first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 10, 2010. It was promoted as the 450th episode of the series, but is actually the 451st, and aired alongside \"The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!\". The episode is dedicated to Eartha Kitt, who died December 25, 2008, over one year before the episode first aired. In the episode, \"The Krusty the Clown Show\" is once again reconstructed. This time, in a", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" }, { "docid": "16532959", "text": "Among them are the cunning Cora and the ruthless Captain Hook, who follow Emma and Mary Margaret to Storybrooke to get even with Regina and Rumplestiltskin. People outside of Storybrooke are also allowed in, including Greg Mendell and Tamara, who both have a secretive past involving magic which leads to Henry's captivity in Neverland. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On May 10, 2012, ABC renewed \"Once Upon a Time\" for a second season, which premiered on September 30, 2012. Co-creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis spoke about the repercussions of the first season finale's events, stating, \"Magic as we know always comes with a", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 2)" }, { "docid": "17981086", "text": "efforts to get his boat back, his true love, but really the vessel is just a stand-in for his actual true love, Emma, who—due to yet another unfortunate curse!—seems farther away from him than ever by the end of the episode.\" The Jolly Roger (Once Upon a Time) \"The Jolly Roger\" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 61st episode overall, which aired on April 13, 2014. In this episode, Ariel pleads with Hook to search for Eric, whom she believes disappeared upon his return to", "title": "The Jolly Roger (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "2869529", "text": "a coma for over a month. However, upon awakening, he finds that the doctors used 21st century medical technology to repair his ruined face and eye along with his accident injuries. Discharged from the hospital, Hex and Gina encounter Booster Gold, who has arrived to send Hex back to his own time. Although Hex tries to dissuade her, Gina insists on coming with him, but dies soon after they arrive back in the 19th century when they are crossing the desert without water. Alone once again, Hex buries her and moves on. Soon after, Hex once again meets Tellulah Black,", "title": "Jonah Hex" }, { "docid": "20154406", "text": "the return of Rumplestiltskin of the Wish Realm who intends to doom everyone to a miserable end, and amplify his own powers. His defeat ultimately leads to Regina's decision to merge all the realms, uniting them into one: the United Realms, with Regina crowned the Good Queen. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In January 2017, while season 6 was still in production, ABC president Channing Dungey spoke of a possible \"reset\" of the show's narrative in the event that the show received a season 7 order. After much speculation, executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis later confirmed that certain characters would have their", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "docid": "14300752", "text": "evil stepmother, wishes her to be dead. Seeking refuge in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, she accidentally meets the Stooges, who are house sitting for them while they are away. Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Snow White, but dies soon after. The king mourns her, but in time, he remarries because of the pleading of his people. His new Queen is a beautiful, but evil woman who soon becomes jealous", "title": "Snow White and the Three Stooges" }, { "docid": "12766056", "text": "Liu. Chun was hired for the show based on his and writing partner Mike Weiss' original pilot, \"Getting in Good\", a tongue-in-cheek drama set in the highly competitive world of Manhattan private school admissions. Chun also recently sold a spec pilot to The CW that Dan Jinks is currently producing. Chun was a staff writer for the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time (TV series)\". He wrote, alongside of Scott Nimerfro, episodes 11 \"Shattered Sight\" and 17 \"Heart of Gold (Once Upon a Time)\" of the Fourth Season, and Episodes 6 \"The Bear and the Bow\" (with Andrew Chambliss),", "title": "Tze Chun" }, { "docid": "12221932", "text": "Phantom explains that he fled out of fear that she would reject him again when she saw his face in the morning light (\"Beneath a Moonless Sky\"). Both concede that they once thought their love had a chance, but the circumstances of the present day make it impossible (\"Once Upon Another Time\"). They are startled by a scream from Gustave, who awakens from a nightmare and rushes into the room (\"Mother Please, I'm Scared!\"). Christine introduces the Phantom as an old friend named Mr. Y, and he promises to show the boy around Phantasma the next day. In the rehearsal", "title": "Love Never Dies (musical)" }, { "docid": "18916707", "text": "the Fury, the developments in Camelot (Dancing! A grand ball! Wizards stuck in trees, just like on Game of Thrones!). Count me all-in on \"Once Upon A Time\" Season 5.\" Gwen Ihnat of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the episode a positive review, giving it a B. She notes \"Sure, there's a price for everything, and in a perfect fairy-tale world, no one gets away scot-free from the consequences of their actions. \"Once Upon A Time\" is deftly drawing on the show's own history to show how much of a problem that will be for Regina, the only one left who", "title": "The Price (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17439508", "text": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time) Henry Daniel Mills is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". Henry is the boy Emma Swan gave up to adoption; Regina Mills adopted him. Henry was originally portrayed as a child by Jared S. Gilmore, who won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor in 2012. For the show's seventh and final season, Andrew J. West later took over the role of Henry as an adult and father to a eight-year-old girl named Lucy, with Gilmore also making three guest appearances", "title": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078556", "text": "Hook (Once Upon a Time) Captain Killian \"Hook\" Jones is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". He is portrayed by Irish actor/musician Colin O'Donoghue, who became a series regular in the second season after making recurring appearances and became a fan favorite since his debut. He is based on the character from J. M. Barrie's play, \"Peter and Wendy\". In the Enchanted Forest, Killian Jones is the younger brother of Liam Jones. As children, their father abandoned them and sold them into servitude to Captain Silver. However, with the help of the god Hades, the", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20458111", "text": "Arendelle, Elsa shrunk and trapped him and the Jolly Roger inside a bottle, unknowingly trapping Ariel inside as well. With the introduction of \"Frozen\" characters, the season 4 of \"Once Upon a Time\" saw a 31-percent increase in ratings from the autumn of 2013 (9.3 million viewers), marking its best ratings in almost two years. Elsa (Once Upon a Time) Elsa appears as a recurring character in the fourth season of the television series \"Once Upon a Time\", where she is portrayed by Georgina Haig. Elsa is loosely based on a character of the same name from the \"Frozen\" franchise.", "title": "Elsa (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18830994", "text": "Jacob and Nathaniel for a mental hospital arc, starting at the end of this season and into the sixth season. Once Upon a Time (season 5) The fifth season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on May 7, 2015. It began airing on September 27, 2015, and ended on May 15, 2016. On June 9, 2015, the promotion of Rebecca Mader and Sean Maguire to series regulars was announced for the fifth season, portraying their characters Zelena / Wicked Witch of the West and Robin Hood, respectively, while a few days later, Michael Socha was", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 5)" }, { "docid": "20458268", "text": "Eventually, Anna reunites with her sister, helps Ingrid see the errors of her ways, and marries Kristoff. With the introduction of \"Frozen\" characters, the season 4 of \"Once Upon a Time\" saw a 31-percent increase in ratings from the autumn of 2013 (9.3 million viewers), marking its best ratings in almost two years. Anna (Once Upon a Time) Anna is a fictional character that appears in the fourth season of \"Once Upon a Time\", with actress Elizabeth Lail portraying the character. Anna is loosely based on the character with the same name from the 2013 animated film \"Frozen. Following the", "title": "Anna (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078622", "text": "as said earlier, only true love could pass this test. Many fans call their relationship \"Captain Swan.\" Christina Perri even dedicated her song \"The Words\" to this popular fictional couple. The couple has been nominated for People's Choice Awards best on-screen chemistry and Teen Choice Award's Best TV Liplock. Hook (Once Upon a Time) Captain Killian \"Hook\" Jones is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". He is portrayed by Irish actor/musician Colin O'Donoghue, who became a series regular in the second season after making recurring appearances and became a fan favorite since his debut. He", "title": "Hook (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "3559674", "text": "role in one episode of the show's spin-off \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\". In 2015, she once more reprised the role when she returned to the show for an episode of its fourth season, and in 2016, she appeared again for two episodes of the show's fifth season, most notably its landmark 100th episode. In A&E's series \"Damien\", Hershey portrayed series regular Ann Rutledge, the world's most powerful woman, who has been given the task to make sure Damien fulfills his destiny as the Antichrist. The role marks Hershey's most recent TV gig following \"Once Upon a Time, The", "title": "Barbara Hershey" }, { "docid": "19040806", "text": "Nimue (Once Upon a Time) \"Nimue\" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on November 8, 2015. In this episode, Merlin helps Emma, while Regina, Mary Margaret, David, Hook, and Robin are tricked by Zelena. In Camelot's past, Merlin falls in love with the woman who becomes the first Dark One. Middlemist flowers are scattered in the forest. The first Camelot flashback about Merlin take place 1,000 years before Arthur becomes king in \"The Broken Kingdom\" and the rest of Camelot flashbacks about Merlin take place 500", "title": "Nimue (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17925269", "text": "Witch Hunt (Once Upon a Time) \"Witch Hunt\" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 57th episode overall, which aired on March 16, 2014. In this episode, Emma Swan arrives in Storybrooke with Henry, only to discover that no one remembers how they were transported back – or the past year they had spent back in fairy tale land. Emma teams up with Regina in an attempt to uncover who created the new curse. Meanwhile, in the fairy tale land that was during the past year,", "title": "Witch Hunt (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17737184", "text": "figure out a way to bring him back as he's been my favorite character on the show since the very beginning. But, whether Gold comes back or not, it is clear that when Once Upon a Time comes back in three months, the focus will be on getting Emma and Henry's memory back.\" Rebecca Martin from \"Wetpaint\" also commented on it, saying \"Things we expected to happen in the Once Upon a Time Season 3 midseason finale: Peter Pan dying. Things we did not expect to happen in the Once Upon a Time Season 3 winter finale: Rumplestiltskin dying. Things", "title": "Going Home (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19725884", "text": "to Hook, who plans to bury them \"20,000 Leagues under the sea.\" Unfortunately, after Emma kissed him as she is about to order dinner, Hook lied to her as he kept the fate shears inside his jacket. The episode saw a decrease from the previous outing, posting a 1.0/3 among 18-49s with 3.35 million viewers tuning in. Street Rats (Once Upon a Time) \"Street Rats\" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on October 23, 2016. In this episode, Jasmine recruits Aladdin to help save her kingdom", "title": "Street Rats (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20694436", "text": "Flower Child (Once Upon a Time) \"Flower Child\" is the nineteenth episode of the seventh season and the 152nd episode overall of the American fantasy-drama series \"Once Upon a Time\". Written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Tessa Blake, it premiered on ABC in the United States on April 27, 2018. In the episode, Gothel is ready to revive the Coven and wants Tilly to be part of the plan, and Lucy turns to another solution to save Henry, who is now dealing with the reaction from Jacinda about the tests. In the past, Gothel's origins of", "title": "Flower Child (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19725875", "text": "Street Rats (Once Upon a Time) \"Street Rats\" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on October 23, 2016. In this episode, Jasmine recruits Aladdin to help save her kingdom from Jafar's grip, while in Storybrooke Zelena is pampered by the Evil Queen, who is plotting to trick Hook and The Charmings, forcing Emma to come clean as they discover the truth about Jasmine and her search for Aladdin. The hourglass is featured in the forest. The Agrabah events take place after \"The Serpent\" and before \"The", "title": "Street Rats (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18017335", "text": "episode a B+, noting that \"As we slog through \"Once Upon A Time\" every week, occasionally we are rewarded with episodes like this one. What with \"OUAT’s\" frequent off-pacing, it seemed like enough events happened in “A Curious Thing” to fill a few episodes, but so many annoying questions this Oz half-season were cleared up. It was just so satisfying.\" A Curious Thing (Once Upon a Time) \"A Curious Thing\" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 63rd episode overall, which aired on April 27, 2014.", "title": "A Curious Thing (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17937335", "text": "accomplishes some resolution, and now there’s no reason for us ever to see her again. Unlike characters who get their explanatory episodes and then are pretty much left hanging, like Ariel and Cinderella and the still-missing Tinkerbell.\" The Tower (Once Upon a Time) \"The Tower\" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 58th episode overall, which aired on March 23, 2014. In this episode, as Emma Swan, Captain Hook, Regina Mills, and David Nolan search for the Wicked Witch of the West in Storybrooke, Zelena puts", "title": "The Tower (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "1383037", "text": "half of the season, changes when she discovers what she is. The two become closer as Dawn becomes Buffy's sole focus once she drops out from college to protect her, going as far as to warn her friends she is prepared to kill anyone who attempts to go near Dawn in the finale. Dawn suffers more pain when her mother (Kristine Sutherland) dies unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm, which leads to Dawn resorting to black magic to try to bring her back from the grave, an action she immediately reverses upon realizing the consequences of her actions. It is eventually", "title": "Dawn Summers" }, { "docid": "18830978", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 5) The fifth season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on May 7, 2015. It began airing on September 27, 2015, and ended on May 15, 2016. On June 9, 2015, the promotion of Rebecca Mader and Sean Maguire to series regulars was announced for the fifth season, portraying their characters Zelena / Wicked Witch of the West and Robin Hood, respectively, while a few days later, Michael Socha was confirmed to not be returning as a series regular as Will Scarlet / Knave of Hearts. The fifth season also", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16532967", "text": "possible spin-off based on the character. However, Stan's recasting was repudiated by series co-creator Adam Horowitz, saying that Stan \"is a very busy man, I don't know when he will be making his way back toward us\". He later confirmed that Stan would definitely not be re-appearing in 2013. Principal photography for the season began in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 16, 2012 and completed on April 5, 2013. The town of Steveston doubles as Storybrooke for the series. Once Upon a Time (season 2) The second season of the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 2)" }, { "docid": "2566061", "text": "to be a dancer and actress. After some successes as a gang, Bugsy ambushes the boys and shoots little Dominic, who dies in Noodles' arms. In rage, Noodles stabs Bugsy and severely injures a police officer. Noodles is arrested, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Adult Noodles is released from jail in 1932 and is reacquainted with his old gang: Max, Patsy, and Cockeye, who are now major players in the bootlegging industry during Prohibition. Noodles also reunites with Deborah, seeking to rekindle their relationship. Meanwhile, during a robbery, the gang meet Carol, who becomes Max's girlfriend. The gang", "title": "Once Upon a Time in America" }, { "docid": "20228881", "text": "Hyperion Heights \"Hyperion Heights\" is the first episode of the seventh season and the 134th episode overall of the American fantasy-drama series \"Once Upon a Time\". Directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by series co-creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, it premiered on ABC in the United States on October 6, 2017. This episode marks a soft reboot in the series, with a new storyline being settled in with new characters and a new setting. The seventh season revolves around an older Henry Mills, who moved from Storybrooke to another realm in order to figure out what his story is.", "title": "Hyperion Heights" }, { "docid": "15765711", "text": "upon those who submitted, while the bolder spirits retired to the inaccessible heights of the Lovćen, and thence descended upon the Turkish camp. But nature was once more on the side of the mountaineers. The Pasha realised the truth of the saying that in Montenegro \"a small army is beaten, a large one dies of hunger.\" The bare rocks afforded no subsistence to his host; so, leaving a small army of occupation behind, he returned to the fertile plains of Albania. At once the Montenegrin eagles swooped down from their eyrie upon the Turkish garrisons, while the warlike tribes of", "title": "Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro" }, { "docid": "17288192", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 3) The third season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on May 10, 2013. Executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis also noted that the season would be split into two volumes, with the first premiering on September 29, 2013 through December 15, 2013, and the second from March 9, 2014 through May 11, 2014. The first volume's plot revolved around the main characters traveling to Neverland from Storybrooke to retrieve a kidnapped Henry Mills from the possession of Peter Pan. After successfully retrieving Henry, the characters returned to Storybrooke,", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 3)" }, { "docid": "6904394", "text": "influence that increases with the number of heads impaled upon it. The \"Deadgate\" goes from dormant to active once it has a number of heads equal to its height, doubling the radius of its aura. Any living creature who dies within the region influenced by the \"Deadgate\" and is brought back to life will suffer terrible visions, and any living creature who tries to sleep within the area will have horrible nightmares. When the \"Deadgate\" is active, the spirit of any creature who dies within its influence will travel to the \"Deadgate\", where it is absorbed and imprisoned by it,", "title": "Orcus (Dungeons & Dragons)" }, { "docid": "18040752", "text": "There's No Place Like Home (Once Upon a Time) \"There's No Place Like Home\" is episode twenty-two of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 66th episode overall, which aired on May 11, 2014. The episode serves as the conclusion of a two-part season finale with \"Snow Drifts\", written by series creators Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, and directed by Ralph Hemecker. Commentators responded positively to the episode, commenting mainly on Jennifer Morrison's role, the time-travel storyline as a whole, and the introduction of a central character for the fourth season.", "title": "There's No Place Like Home (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19080607", "text": "with just a wave of her hand. After much persistence, the wife manages to persuade her husband to take in the baby and they decide to call her Zelena. \" Sometime during her childhood, Zelena's adoptive mother dies. During her time as a teenager, Zelena, who by now is discovering her powers was about to be punished by her father, but is saved by Cora, and is brought to the Enchanted Forest to help save Regina after she tampered with a wand that left her unconscious. Zelena then saved Regina and the two become bonded but when Cora tells them", "title": "Zelena (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19080599", "text": "Zelena (Once Upon a Time) Zelena, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West and cursed as Kelly West in the seventh season, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". She is portrayed by Rebecca Mader and was first introduced in the second half of the third season. After making recurring appearances in both the third and fourth seasons, Mader was promoted to series regular for the fifth and sixth seasons. She returned as a recurring guest star in the seventh season. The Wicked Witch of the West is based on the character of", "title": "Zelena (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17104266", "text": "he demands to know more, she asks him to take on the \"burden\" of her prophetic powers. He agrees, but is overcome by a multitude of visions, while the Seer is left dying. She tells him that, with time, he will learn to understand. As she dies, she informs him that he'll be led to his son by a boy who will also be his undoing. Rumplestiltskin states his intention to kill that boy. In New York City, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), Henry (Jared S. Gilmore), and Mr. Gold (Carlyle) arrive at an apartment building that Gold's magic identified as", "title": "Manhattan (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "16532956", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 2) The second season of the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on May 10, 2012. It premiered on September 30, 2012 and concluded on May 12, 2013. The season's plot follows the introduction of magic by Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold into Storybrooke, leaving the fate of both the real world and the Fairytale Land that was intertwined, resulting in new threats emerging. Furthermore, Rumplestiltskin locates his son, only to find he is Henry Mills' father, and outsiders Greg Mendell and a woman named Tamara arrive in Storybrooke with the intention to remove magic", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19110111", "text": "meet Hook, he takes back his offer, and despite Brennan's insistence that he had changed, Hook kills Brennan, making Hook the person he is now. As Brennan dies, however, he tells Hook that it's never too late to change, to become a better man. Hook, remembers about the last time he saw his father, when Gold arrives to confront him but Hook is steadfast in carrying out his plan. Meanwhile, Emma is determined to stop Hook and everyone follows her and tell the others to split up. Regina and Robin then run into Zelena, who vows to get custody of", "title": "Swan Song (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "20043801", "text": "and heartbroken. She gets involved with Alcibiades Chitral, a drug lord who operates in her neighborhood, and starts using her and her husband's car as a front for his activities. The story keeps introducing various new men in her life, such as Hector Camerando, a jai alai pro who helps Mrs. Bliss with some tips on dogs, and Tommy Auveristas, an imposter. Junior Yellin, a once upon a time lover with whom Mrs. Bliss had had a passionate encounter in her husband's butcher shop, also makes a re-entry into her life. She eventually dies when Hurricane Andrew hits Miami and", "title": "Mrs. Ted Bliss" }, { "docid": "17288209", "text": "\"Return of the Jedi\". Foliage wrangler Sarah McCulloch spoke of the set-up saying, \"It took us five days to assemble all the plants. We have 200 real plants that have to be watered and pruned every day and heated at night, 30 actual tree stumps and 450 fake branches\" to which silk leaves were added. The Storybrooke scenes were again shot in Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. Once Upon a Time (season 3) The third season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was announced on May 10, 2013. Executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis also noted that", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 3)" }, { "docid": "11652789", "text": "Bonnie has nightmares and is afraid of the dark, so Rhett sings a lullaby (\"Once Upon a Time\"). Scarlett tells Mammy that she wants to love Bonnie, but the child only cares for her father (\"Every Child\"). By 1871, Bonnie is learning to ride her pony, but when she tries to take a jump, she is thrown to the ground. Bonnie dies, and Scarlett blames Rhett. In his grief, he refuses to bury her as she was afraid of the dark, and it takes kind words from Melly to comfort him. Rhett says a final goodbye to Bonnie (\"Once Upon", "title": "Gone with the Wind (musical)" }, { "docid": "16100795", "text": "peasant man, who sexually and physically abuses her. The couple live with the husband's family at their khutor, who also treat Varvara badly. One day, her father-in-law tries to force himself on her, and she pushes him away. He strikes his head on a stone and dies. Varvara and her husband move to another khutor, quite rundown, and set about making it habitable. Varvara soon gives birth to a daughter. However, the onset of the First World War leads to turmoil – and Varvara and her child are separated from her husband. Varvara is forced from her khutor, but eventually", "title": "Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman" }, { "docid": "18971146", "text": "rating out of 10. In a review from \"Rickey.org\", Nick Roman said, \"“Siege Perilous” is certainly as good a starting point as any for Once Upon A Time to once again explore what makes a hero.\" Gwen Ihnat of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the episode a positive review, giving it a B+. She notes \"We have writer/producer Jane Espenson to thank for this episode’s script, her first of this season.\" Christine Orlando of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.0 out of 5 stars. Siege Perilous (Once Upon a Time) \"Siege Perilous\" is the third episode of the fifth season", "title": "Siege Perilous (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19078660", "text": "in the Underworld, since Hades could use that to have power over her. Though his life is threatened by the deranged Prince James, he is saved by Emma and David. Upon returning to Storybrooke, Robin gives his life to save Regina from Hades, surprisingly being avenged by Zelena. He is given a funeral, leaving Regina broken-hearted once again. At his funeral, Zelena and Regina agreed to name his daughter after him. In season 6 episode \"Wish You Were Here\", the Evil Queen used one of her genie wishes to wish that Emma Swan had never become the savior. The wish", "title": "Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "14827080", "text": "follows a teenaged witch who likes to hang out and fight enemies using her magical powers, without letting her friends at Riverdale High find out. This series was aimed primarily towards young girls ages 6 to 14, and contained an adult laugh track. Following its first season, the series was reduced to a half-hour when the Goolies were spun off into their own show. The show's opening strapline is: \"Once upon a time, there were three witches, who lived in the little town of Riverdale. Two aunts, Hilda and Zelda, are choosing the ingredients to create an evil wicked witch.", "title": "Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970 TV series)" }, { "docid": "19374029", "text": "their storylines wrapped up in the season six finale include Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, Belle, and Zelena. The season finale revealed that Henry Mills will remain a series protagonist, with the setting shifting to a later time period in which he is portrayed as an adult by Andrew J. West. In January 2017, \"TV Line\" reported that the series would feature a musical episode later in the season. Creators Kitsis and Horowitz had spoken about the desire to do a musical installment previously, but didn't \"even know where to begin.\" Kitsis and Horowitz confirmed the report in February.", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "10347444", "text": "of conidia on conidiophores. These conidia are disseminated by rain splash or wind onto new infection courts such as leaves, young fruit, or blossoms. Upon infection the pathogen continues to produce conidia throughout the season resulting in a polycyclic disease cycle. Once the host plant starts to senesce the teleomorph form of the disease (\"G. cingulata]]\") will start to sexually produce ascospores in perithecia to restart the cycle. \"C. gloeosporioides\" is a hemibiotroph, meaning it lives part way between the biotrophic and saprophytic lifestyles. The pathogen prefers a living host, but once the host tissue dies, or the pathogen finds", "title": "Glomerella cingulata" }, { "docid": "18700015", "text": "Time\" episodes in recent memory. Flashbacks within flashbacks, and a story that diverges from the overarching narrative we’ve been following for this entire half season all contribute to making “Heart of Gold” feel like it’s from a different show entirely.\" but added that despite the subpar twist, the episode's plotline was done well. Heart of Gold (Once Upon a Time) \"Heart of Gold\" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on April 12, 2015. In this episode, Emma Swan must deal with the truth about her parents'", "title": "Heart of Gold (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18307257", "text": "God’s sake (although I guess Elsa could just conjure up another one).\" A Tale of Two Sisters (Once Upon a Time) \"A Tale of Two Sisters\" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on September 28, 2014. The episode introduces several characters from \"Frozen\" to the series. The episode also has the characters deal with the consequences of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) and Killian \"Hook\" Jones's (Colin O'Donoghue) time traveling in the third season finale. Commentators gave generally positive reviews for the premiere, with most complimenting the", "title": "A Tale of Two Sisters (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "18307241", "text": "A Tale of Two Sisters (Once Upon a Time) \"A Tale of Two Sisters\" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", which aired on September 28, 2014. The episode introduces several characters from \"Frozen\" to the series. The episode also has the characters deal with the consequences of Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) and Killian \"Hook\" Jones's (Colin O'Donoghue) time traveling in the third season finale. Commentators gave generally positive reviews for the premiere, with most complimenting the new characters and the new direction the series was taking; however, some", "title": "A Tale of Two Sisters (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "7576824", "text": "beginning of season 6, or when House was recovering from a bus crash and drug overdose while diagnosing Amber. In the final episode of the series (season 8), \"Everybody Dies\", Foreman and Wilson are the only two people who are aware that House did not die: House faked his death in order to spend time with Wilson (who was diagnosed with terminal cancer), and as they ride off together, Foreman finds House's hospital ID badge being used to support a shaky table in his office they had argued over earlier and slowly realizes that House is alive. He nods, sits", "title": "Eric Foreman" }, { "docid": "19374028", "text": "not have to fear [anything feeling] incomplete.\" On May 8, Morrison confirmed that she had declined an offer to remain on the show and that the sixth season would be her last, signaling the end of Emma's time on the show as the main protagonist. On May 11, Rebecca Mader announced that she would also be leaving the show at the end of the season, citing creative decisions beyond her control. On May 12, season six was announced to be the last for four additional main actors: Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Jared Gilmore, and Emilie de Ravin. Thus, characters seeing", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19080648", "text": "Margot about going back and asks if she wants to come but Margot decides to stay in Hyperion Heights to be with Tilly. Zelena (Once Upon a Time) Zelena, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West and cursed as Kelly West in the seventh season, is a fictional character in ABC's television series \"Once Upon a Time\". She is portrayed by Rebecca Mader and was first introduced in the second half of the third season. After making recurring appearances in both the third and fourth seasons, Mader was promoted to series regular for the fifth and sixth seasons.", "title": "Zelena (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17288197", "text": "curse as the Wicked Witch of the West has plans of her own. Emma and Henry are brought back to Storybrooke to help break the latest curse to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, which leads to a trip to the past with dire consequences. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On May 10, 2013, after the success of Disney's 2013 film \"Oz the Great and Powerful\", ABC renewed \"Once Upon a Time\" for a third season, which premiered on September 29, 2013. The same month, it was revealed that the season will feature crossover episodes connecting with the upcoming spin-off series \"Once Upon", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 3)" }, { "docid": "5846037", "text": "Once Upon a Time in China and America Once Upon a Time in China and America, also known as Once Upon a Time in China VI, is a 1997 Hong Kong–Chinese martial arts film directed by Lau Kar-wing and Sammo Hung in his last directorial effort until \"The Bodyguard\", who also worked on the film's fight choreography. The film is the sixth and final installment in the \"Once Upon a Time in China\" film series. It also saw the return of Jet Li as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung, who was replaced by", "title": "Once Upon a Time in China and America" }, { "docid": "20282019", "text": "\"TVOvermind\" gave the episode a 5.0 out of 5 stars rating, stating “I’ve been skeptical at best during this new season, and long seasons can feel like a slog sometimes, but “Beauty” was an exercise in catharsis and told a story that almost every fan, both new and old, wanted to know. I haven’t had an emotional experience like this watching Once Upon A Time in several years, and I have nothing but kudos for this effort.” Beauty (Once Upon a Time) \"Beauty\" is the fourth episode of the seventh season and the 137th episode overall of the American fantasy-drama", "title": "Beauty (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17244540", "text": "solid results this season, 'Lacey' backtracks on a lot of those developments to create some conflict before the finale.\" Lacey (Once Upon a Time) \"Lacey\" is the 19th episode of the second season of the American ABC fantasy/drama television series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 41st episode overall. It aired on April 21, 2013. In this episode, Mr. Gold goes on a date with Belle. In flashbacks, Rumpelstiltskin forces Belle to accompany him on his search to catch a thief. It was co-written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, while being directed by Milan Cheylov. Robin Hood shooting", "title": "Lacey (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "19414809", "text": "Only You (Once Upon a Time) \"Only You\" is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\" and the first part of the show's fifth-season finale, which aired on May 15, 2016. In this episode, Henry and Violet leave Storybrooke to destroy magic, so Emma, Regina, and Mr. Gold go after them. Meanwhile, Snow, David, Hook, and Zelena find themselves in a strange new land. The title logo is attached to a flying dirigible. The Land Without Magic events take place after \"Last Rites\". The Land of Untold Stories events take", "title": "Only You (Once Upon a Time)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11038172", "text": "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from? Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? is a book by American biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever. Dever has been prominent in the debate between biblical \"maximalists\" and \"minimalists\" over the historicity of the Bible (specifically the Old Testament). This book, which coincided with Dever's retirement from the University of Arizona, where he served as professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology for many years, was written on a semi-popular level to explain the background and origin of the people Dever describes as", "title": "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from?" }, { "docid": "3803925", "text": "FIFA World Cup, before announcing his retirement from international football in 2007. He did, however, temporarily come out of retirement in order to represent England at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, before retiring again with 38 senior England caps. Following his retirement in 2013, Carragher joined Sky Sports where he appears as a pundit alongside Graeme Souness, Gary Neville and Jamie Redknapp. Born in Bootle, Merseyside, Carragher attended the FA's school of excellence in Lilleshall in his youth. Although a childhood Everton supporter, he joined Merseyside rivals Liverpool in 1988, and regularly turned up at Liverpool's School of Excellence wearing", "title": "Jamie Carragher" }, { "docid": "630678", "text": "\"\", a BBC documentary about the band's history and the various solo albums the members have released. Although he participated in the documentary and promoted it, Hackett was critical following its broadcast, saying that it was biased and did not give him editorial involvement, adding that it ignored his solo work despite him speaking at length about it. The documentary does not feature Wilson's time in Genesis. Hackett remains cynical about a Genesis reunion, saying: \"Look at the documentary and you'll get an idea of the priorities that come across.\" In 2015, Collins announced an end to his retirement, and", "title": "Genesis (band)" }, { "docid": "4865117", "text": "vital starting point for a good book is an \"idea\". She said of ideas that \"they come from everywhere and nowhere, from outside and inside. I have so many, I won't be able to write them down in one lifetime.\" The characters, Cornelia Funke elaborates, \"Mostly they step into my writing room and are so much alive, that I ask myself, where did they come from. Of course, some of them are the result of hard thinking, adding characteristics, manners, etc., but others are alive from the first moment they appear\", and pointed out that Dustfinger from \"Inkheart\" was one", "title": "Cornelia Funke" }, { "docid": "10536468", "text": "passionate debate and an eventual winnowing of philosophies over several decades of evolution. Where did initial inspirations for the Wobbly philosophy come from? Historian Melvyn Dubofsky is worth quoting at length: Wobblies ... took their basic concepts from others: from Marx the concepts of labor value, commodity value, surplus value, and class struggle; from Darwin the idea of organic evolution and the struggle for survival as a paradigm for social evolution and the survival of the fittest class; from Bakunin and the anarchists the \"propaganda of the deed\"* and the idea of direct action; and from Sorel the notion of", "title": "Industrial Workers of the World philosophy and tactics" }, { "docid": "11527341", "text": "duo the following year , they did come out of retirement once in a while to perform at a special occasion, such as in 1963, when they sang for the \"Boston Herald-Traveler\" Quarter Century Club. After their retirement, Zides became the public relations director for eight Boston-area bowling alleys, while Currier moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where he occasionally performed as a solo act. Max Zides died in 1975. Thomas Currier died in 1986. Hum and Strum Hum and Strum were a popular vaudevillian musical duo from the Boston, Massachusetts area. Their singing career began in the early 1920s and lasted", "title": "Hum and Strum" }, { "docid": "15209492", "text": "in the universe. The book finishes by considering the answer to the ultimate question: where did all of the information in the Universe come from? The ideas address concepts related to the nature of particles, time, determinism, and of reality itself. Vedral believes in the principle that information is physical. \"Creation ex nihilo\" comes from Catholic dogma, the idea being that God created the universe out of nothing. Vedral says that invoking a supernatural being as an explanation for creation does not explain reality because the supernatural being would have to come into existence itself too somehow presumably from nothing", "title": "Decoding Reality" }, { "docid": "7205881", "text": "as the multiverse are speculative and untestable and thus do not amount to science. Physicist Paul Davies of Arizona State University has written that the very notion of physical law is a theological one in the first place: \"Isaac Newton first got the idea of absolute, universal, perfect, immutable laws from the Christian doctrine that God created the world and ordered it in a rational way\". John Lennox has argued that science itself sits more comfortably with theism than with atheism and \"as a scientist I would say... where did modern science come from? It didn't come from atheism... modern", "title": "Criticism of atheism" }, { "docid": "15564571", "text": "the lot of women in patriarchal families, which the feminists did not dare to oppose. And they hardly dared to mention this 'risky' question: that of liberation from foreign rule.\" Nationalist movements like the Lao Dong Party used the liberation of women to show where they planned to lead the country and emphasized the poor rights for women during colonial rule and under French influence. These nationalist movements stressed the idea that women were oppressed under the French occupation and espoused the idea that liberation for women could only come through a nationalist revolution. They recognized that gender equality was", "title": "Women in Vietnam" }, { "docid": "7278354", "text": "a new nine bed wing was opened. Community Memorial Hospital admitted its first patient on November 29, 1951. On July 2, 1993. The Meadows independent retirement community was opened. Bob and Jane Davison donated the land where the Meadows is built. Bob Davison donated the land with his wife, Jane; Bob Kay brought the idea of an independent retirement facility to Clarion and then did much of the research on the project and Bob Eaton contributed design ideas along with Bob Orcutt. In 2006 an addition was built at the south-east corner of the complex and the entire building was", "title": "Wright Medical Center" }, { "docid": "328745", "text": "or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.\" In 1844, Smith elaborated on this idea in his King Follett discourse: ...the soul—the mind of man—the immortal spirit. Where did it come from? All learned men and doctors of divinity say that God created it in the beginning; but it is not so: the very idea lessens man in my estimation...We say that God Himself is a self-existing being...Man does exist upon the same principles...[The Bible] does not say in the Hebrew that God created the spirit of man. It says, \"God made man out", "title": "Pre-existence" }, { "docid": "3198499", "text": "had many confrontations and managed teams to face one another, but never had a match against each other. Steamboat's last ROH appearance was at Final Battle 2004 where he and Foley finally made peace. In early 2005, Steamboat returned to WWE as a road agent and was introduced as a WWE Legend on the \"Homecoming\" edition of \"Raw\" in October 2005. In early 2006, Ricky Steamboat told WWE management that he would like to come out of retirement at WrestleMania 22 and work a match with Ric Flair, but the idea was nixed. Ricky Steamboat has been the special referee", "title": "Ricky Steamboat" }, { "docid": "427844", "text": "laws of the United States and its treaties come under the jurisdiction of federal courts. Cases under international maritime law and conflicting land grants of different states come under federal courts. Cases between U.S. citizens in different states, and cases between U.S. citizens and foreign states and their citizens, come under federal jurisdiction. The trials will be in the state where the crime was committed. No part of the Constitution expressly authorizes judicial review, but the Framers did contemplate the idea. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Precedent has since established that the courts could exercise judicial", "title": "United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "8603876", "text": "of the concert floor (usually where the mosh pit is located). Hemlock started doing the Wall of Death back in the late 1990s at their shows. Frontman Chad Smith admits he did not come up with the idea, but he did bring it to the metal world, and passed it on to other bands that toured with Hemlock (i.e. Chimaira, 36 Crazyfists ) and they passed it on, and now it is a favorite at most metal shows. In Hemlock's version of the wall of death, the band starts playing music while the lead singer counts down from 10. After", "title": "Hemlock (band)" }, { "docid": "1318066", "text": "Ghibli announced it was temporarily halting production following the retirement of director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-founded the studio with the late Isao Takahata. On February 2017, Toshio Suzuki announced that Miyazaki had come out of retirement again to direct a new feature film, \"How Do You Live?\", with Studio Ghibli. The name Ghibli was given by Hayao Miyazaki from the Italian noun \"ghibli\", based on the Libyan-Arabic name for the hot desert wind of that country, the idea being the studio would \"blow a new wind through the anime industry\". It also refers to an Italian aircraft, the Caproni Ca.309", "title": "Studio Ghibli" }, { "docid": "2074657", "text": "we expected. I had no idea that he knew as much about football as he did. He made points that other analysts we brought in never made, and his points were more salient, more interesting, and better stated. He was giving his riff, analyzing the plays and providing the humor. Amazing would not be an overstatement. Then I thought, Maybe he's shooting his wad here, and that's all we're going to get. But he kept going. Hell, it was almost perfect. Don and I looked at each other and said, 'Wow. Where did this come from?'.\" ABC told Sports Illustrated", "title": "Dennis Miller" }, { "docid": "2920332", "text": "they left the tunnel, the experience of seeing the tunnel from the outside inspired the idea of vaster landscapes. The tunnel approach also limited an effective means for local multiplayer. This prompted the team to change from the tunnel to a spread-out track for \"Amplitude\". The flatter track enabled players to have a better concept of where they were on the instrument spread, though the decision was criticized by fans of \"FreQuency\". The second factor they considered was that both \"Frequency\" and \"Amplitude\", published at a time where most video game coverage was based on print media, did not come", "title": "Amplitude (video game)" }, { "docid": "20894232", "text": "song in the film, \"is \"meant\" to be jarring on many levels\", since its the first time the audience can see Ally as a pop star. The reviewer noticed that it was the point where Ally felt furthest away from her modest beginnings. The performance had a number of dancers \"grinding\" against her onstage, an idea which Ally had previously rebuffed in the film. Spanos also found that the lyrics of the song, like \"Why'd you come around me with an ass like that?\" are meant to off-guarding. \"Why Did You Do That?\" was relegated as an argument against pop", "title": "Why Did You Do That?" }, { "docid": "10190974", "text": "intentions to retire from international cricket after the West Indies tour. The announcement came just after two days, where Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq also announced his retirement in the same tour. The critics cited the retirement of two Pakistani greats at the same time is as \"The End of an era, end of a subculture\", revealing the Pakistan cricket will have to find new faces for their future successes. The stats revealed that what will Pakistan miss after their retirements as well. However, in a conversation in Karachi, Younis opened his idea about the retirement, where he can extend his international", "title": "Younis Khan" }, { "docid": "16424301", "text": "The Social Conquest of Earth The Social Conquest of Earth is a 2012 non-fiction book by biologist Edward O. Wilson. Wilson adapted the title of Paul Gauguin's famous mural as a theme -- \"What are we?\", \"Where did we come from?\", \"Where are we going?\"—for discussing his topic of eusocial behavior in several arthropod taxa and a few mammalian species, and its role in making humans as a species unique. Wilson argues, building on the paper \"The evolution of eusociality\" (2010) by Wilson, Martin Nowak and Corina Tarnita in \"Nature\", for more importance of group selection and against the idea", "title": "The Social Conquest of Earth" }, { "docid": "13934505", "text": "forgiven.\" Sanctus Real lead guitarist Chris Rohman also gave his side of the story to NewReleaseTuesday,\"It came out of an experience, as a band, where we just needed forgiveness from each other. We had no idea that when we released it to radio that it would have the effect that it did. We started a spot on our website where people could come and share stories about forgiveness. It was flooded by people opening up the deepest things they've struggled with in their lives - things that have effected them personally and also things that they've held against other people.", "title": "Forgiven (Sanctus Real song)" }, { "docid": "11038173", "text": "the \"protoIsraelites.\" It followed an earlier book, \"What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?\", in which Dever, contrary to the \"minimalists\", asserted that the writers of the Old Testament knew a good deal about the Israelites' past. Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from? Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? is a book by American biblical scholar and archaeologist William G. Dever. Dever has been prominent in the debate between biblical \"maximalists\" and \"minimalists\" over the historicity of the Bible (specifically the Old Testament). This book,", "title": "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from?" }, { "docid": "16998219", "text": "level did not come until the 1969–70 season. He scored only 17 runs from four innings, and was not selected for Western Australia again. Muggleton was also a keen baseballer, playing for Western Australia in Claxton Shield matches and for the Melville Braves at club level, where his father had coached for 16 seasons. After his retirement from playing, Muggleton remained involved with Melville in several different roles, serving as coach during the 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, and 1990–91 seasons, and as president during the 1978–79 and 1981–82 seasons. He is a life member of the club. Brian Muggleton Mervyn Brian", "title": "Brian Muggleton" }, { "docid": "6936703", "text": "Elliot explains. \"It was the best produced, had the most complex songwriting; it's the most progressive reggae that's been made. Steel Pulse, Aswad, Reggae Regular, Misty in Roots, Mikey Dread, Dennis Bovell and Linton Kwesi Johnson were doing groundbreaking stuff. I want to pick up where those artists left off. Of course, we don't come close to what those artists did, but I think that's where the idea comes from—that reggae can take other forms. I guess I'm just saying that I see our music as progressive reggae.\" Martin performed vocals with Iowa reggae band Public Property on their album", "title": "John Brown's Body (band)" }, { "docid": "3049395", "text": "college match billed as the \"Battle on Blake\". Then, one week later on February 27, the Colorado Avalanche lost to the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 as part of the 2016 NHL Stadium Series. The day before that also hosted the Alumni exhibition game where the Colorado Avalanche alumni defeated their Detroit Red Wings counterparts. Alan Roach was the main PA announcer since Coors Field opened in 1995. In the spring preceding the 2007 Rockies season, Roach announced his retirement from his post at Coors Field to spend more time over the summer with his family. He did come back to", "title": "Coors Field" }, { "docid": "10717395", "text": "\"El Paso Times\", Riddle was quoted: \"\"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell. And it's cleverly disguised as having a tender heart. It's not a tender heart. It's ripping the heart out of this country.\"\" The quote came after a Border and International Affairs Committee meeting during the Seventy-eighth Texas Legislature, in which the state faced a budget deficit of $10 billion, and was linked to a discussion Riddle had during the hearing regarding proposed health", "title": "Debbie Riddle" }, { "docid": "16272630", "text": "that in the future wrestlers would have to sign contracts to make sure they do retire after their retirement matches and finally stripping Queens Revolution of all three of their tag team championships. JWP also refunded tickets for all events from Yoneyama's retirement announcement to her supposed retirement match. Yoneyama later apologized for betraying the trust of her fans and co-workers and claimed that she had come to the decision to retire after her mandible fracture, feeling that, with her recent lengthy JWP Openweight Championship reign, she had done all she could in JWP and did not want to continue", "title": "Kaori Yoneyama" }, { "docid": "19132910", "text": "altered his job career totally. She is the one giving him chance to switch from a clerk to production. The way Winnie Yu influenced Tsui is not by words but by what she did. Tsui admired Winnie Yu for how she would work on an immature idea with him and would not give up discussing and working just to make the idea perfect. She is the kind of person that bans ones idea but would come back the other day with another new idea and then discard that new idea once again because it is not good enough. Her perseverance", "title": "Roy Tsui" }, { "docid": "10123432", "text": "deal to purchase the holdings but failed. This has ended up in the Supreme Court, where we found out in an affidavit that another group led by Joey O'Brien, former owner of Ski Martock in the Maritimes, has also been looking at purchasing the holdings. There has been talk of a group organizing a CO-OP to purchase the hill, but at this time this is little more than Facebook speculation, and the people behind this idea have never come forward, thus making it look like a dream idea. Although the resort did not open for the 2015-16 season, the ski", "title": "Mount Baldy Ski Area" }, { "docid": "8560101", "text": "and the 1966 event was held in St. Moritz as well, following which the idea was discontinued. A Winter Games was proposed for 2010 in India, complementing the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The proposed venue was Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, where the Indian National Winter Games had previously been held, but the idea did not come to fruition. Commonwealth Winter Games The Commonwealth Winter Games was a multi-sport event comprising winter sports, last held in 1966. Three editions of the Games have been staged. The Winter Games were designed as a counterbalance to the Commonwealth Games, which", "title": "Commonwealth Winter Games" }, { "docid": "4165480", "text": "replied \"I don't know where this idea that I will promote my album in Belgrade came from? \"Bassivity\" did that promotion on their own. I don't plan to go to Serbia, at least in the coming months. I don't want to go to a country that promotes the burning of mosques, and yet thousands of young people are howling on the streets. If I come to Serbia for an album promotion, which I promised to do, I am sure that it will not be for a while.\" Svet also tried to bring some of Edo mistakes from the past to", "title": "Edo Maajka" }, { "docid": "17330138", "text": "idea stays interesting for very long. For me, the interesting thing was never the superhero part of it. It was more the family dynamic, and how do superhero things play into that.\" He said he wanted to include some unused ideas from the first film, and that the new story would focus on Helen Parr / Elastigirl. Though the sequel was released fourteen years after the first, Bird did not want to use a narrative element like a timeskip or to come up with new characters, and instead continued from where the first film left off. This allowed him to", "title": "Incredibles 2" }, { "docid": "2355077", "text": "like this that he didn’t know about it, yet money, both in local and foreign currencies, exchanged hands,” he asked. Femi Gbajabiamila corroborated Nnamani's account but put the figure differently, “The money totaled over N10 billion. How could N10bn be taken out of the national treasury for a project when you were the sitting President, yet that project was not your idea? Where did the money come from?” In the following quotes, Nnamani said President George W. Bush warned Obasanjo to desist from his plan to contest presidential election for the third term: “If you want to be convinced that", "title": "Olusegun Obasanjo" }, { "docid": "11471505", "text": "Given the unusual nature of Gould's conception of the piece, Bernstein determined that he would make a few remarks from the podium to better prepare the audience for the performance to come. He did this at the Thursday concert, widely seen as a \"preview\" of the rest of the run, to which critics did not come; however, he repeated his speech at the Friday concert, which was usually the one chosen for review. Bernstein's remarks from the podium: Bernstein's remarks occasioned much comment from nearly all the critics present. Some viewed his idea favorably, others less so. Harold C. Schonberg,", "title": "New York Philharmonic concert of April 6, 1962" }, { "docid": "11053922", "text": "vacation with their young children. They got lost and found themselves on Embassy Row. One of the children said, \"Let's go to Florida's embassy, and they will tell us where we are.\" They explained that only foreign countries had embassies and that states did not. The idea, however, intrigued Chiles. In the first year following Lawton Chiles' election to the United States Senate in 1970, Rhea was walking by 200 East Capitol Street. At the time, the neighborhood was unsafe and the properties were unsightly. For these reasons, most people did not come east of the Capitol. Chiles walked past", "title": "Rhea Chiles" }, { "docid": "663189", "text": "until I am in retirement to call out my name\", said Lewis. \"I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free.\" In 2011, in response to a demand on Twitter from Bowe that he \"put [his] gold medal on and let's fight for that!!\", Lewis replied \"I thought we already did.\" Lewis worked as a boxing analyst for HBO on Boxing After Dark from 2006 until 2010. Lewis was a classic upright boxer, who beat opponents from the outside with his dominant 84\" reach. His jab, which was often a pawing shot", "title": "Lennox Lewis" }, { "docid": "13294962", "text": "the things that brought me to this film,\" affirmed Bridges, \"was the idea of helping to create a modern-day myth to help us navigate through these technological waters [...]. I dig immediate gratification as much as anybody, but it happens so fast that if you make a decision like that, you can go far down the wrong path. Think about those plastic single-use water bottles. Where did that come from? Who decided that? You can have a couple of swigs of water [...] and those bottles don't disintegrate entirely. Microscopic animals eat the plastic, and the fish eat those, and", "title": "Tron: Legacy" }, { "docid": "13844352", "text": "while King admired Horne's intelligence and administrative skill but distrusted his ambition. \"Horne was a yes man\", King mused later, \"but a very able man all the same ... I have never liked him and never knew why.\" King's biographer speculated that his dislike for Horne stemmed from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox's attempt to relieve King of one of his COMINCH-CNO titles. At the First Quebec Conference in August 1943, Knox surprised King with the suggestion that King relinquish his CNO title to Horne. Upon returning to Washington, King confronted Horne. \"Where in hell did this idea come", "title": "Frederick J. Horne" }, { "docid": "17484312", "text": "visit. Formerly managing editor at the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" and later, editor at the \"Chicago Daily News\", where he worked for Field's ex-husband. The two quickly married. Larry Fanning came to investigate the possibility of purchasing the \"Anchorage Daily News\", the owners of which were nearing retirement. Both Kay Fields and Fanning grew interested in the idea, and though the financial prospects did not look good, they were not dissuaded, seeing the public service possibilities of the newspaper, wanting to provide an alternative voice and feeling that it would become a family venture involving her children, as well. After some", "title": "Kay Fanning" }, { "docid": "10275380", "text": "Erica aims at her, but Erica is shot by Cane before she can pull the trigger. Rose and Cane exchange fire. After he is shot, Cane asks if Rose loved him, and she replies that she did. Cane's wound is fatal, and Rose rides out of Oracle, declaring she will never come back. \"Gunslinger\"s screenplay was written by Mark Hanna and Charles B. Griffith, from an idea by Corman, who proposed a Western film where a sheriff is murdered while on duty, and the sheriff's widow inherits the job. Griffith was hired when Jonathan Haze showed several of Griffith's screenplays", "title": "Gunslinger (film)" }, { "docid": "1741527", "text": "while Bart declares his retirement as undefeated video boxing champ. Later, the Simpsons visit a jazz club to hear Bleeding Gums Murphy sing a blues number written by Lisa. \"Moaning Lisa\" was the first episode of the series to focus on Lisa. The idea for it was suggested by \"The Simpsons\" producer James L. Brooks, who wanted to do an episode where Lisa was sad but she did not know why. The writers also felt that they had done several \"jokey\" episodes on the show and wanted to try something new that was \"really emotional and sweet\". The song Lisa", "title": "Moaning Lisa" }, { "docid": "4975417", "text": "out its gravitational negative energy, leaving a sun with zero energy. This led him to speculate what would prevent a quantum transition from the vacuum from creating a new sun. Jordan was not suggesting that our universe could have come about by a quantum fluctuation of the vacuum, but how matter might be generated if we existed in an eternal universe. In the early 1970s, a Ukrainian from Soviet Russia named P. I. Fomin (Peter Ivanovych Fomin) seems to have independently come up with the idea that our universe could have come about by a quantum process. However, he did", "title": "Edward Tryon" }, { "docid": "12724515", "text": "Roll' is about me. If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet. Which would have been devastating - to think that everything, everywhere was like it was where I come from. That would have been profoundly discouraging. Movies didn't do it for me. TV didn't do it for me. It was the radio that did it.\" The song also appears on the albums \"\"; \"Live MCMXCIII\"; \"Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition\"; \"American Poet\"; \"Another View\"; \"Rock 'n' Roll Animal\"; \"Live in Italy\"; \"\".; \"\". \"Rock & Roll\"", "title": "Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)" }, { "docid": "11981543", "text": "idea to divert water from the Welland River to augment the water supply. The idea of a navigable canal across the Niagara Peninsula had come up in the past and it did not take long before Merritt's idea was expanded to include such a navigable waterway. In spite of initial plans, the water source for the canal was initially the Grand River via the Feeder Canal, as opposed to the Welland River. The modern canal receives it water directly from Lake Erie. Twelve Mile Creek was not necessarily the best route for the canal, but it was the location of", "title": "Twelve Mile Creek (Ontario)" }, { "docid": "7945394", "text": "ahead, write something, just keep the title.\"\" \"Gas-s-s-s\" was an idea of Corman's, about a world where everybody over thirty had died. Corman later said \"my first thought was to do a science fiction film with allegorical overtones.\" Armitage remembers the concept just being \"a sentence, and that's what we went with ... He let you make it your own, and I did.\" Corman said that although \"there was some good work in\" Armitage's first draft, \"the points I was trying to make in the script either did not come through or came through too obviously different parts, and it", "title": "Gas-s-s-s" }, { "docid": "5873957", "text": "by the Roughriders. \"Source\": On June 14, 2014, Young announced his retirement. After announcing his retirement, he did say for a \"guaranteed offer\", he would come out of retirement. Young stated he also planned to work at the University of Texas in some form following his retirement. On August 14, 2014, Young had been hired by the University of Texas to work for its Division of Diversity and Community Engagement as a development officer for program alumni relations and raising money for programs that assist first-generation and low-income college students. As a result of his strong on-field performance and his", "title": "Vince Young" }, { "docid": "10473453", "text": "Magnum's Tony (the hat) Clarkin, a likeable 'Brummie' of eccentric appearance. He came to my studio where we listened to lyrics and he scribbled out a little sketch indicating the figure on the throne, the group of young children and the industrial wasteland. The aircraft (like ducks on a wall) and the unreasoning shark missiles in their silos were my own contribution. \"Tony had joked that his idea for the title of the record had come from his impression of Jet Records who appeared to leave everything until the last minute, though he did explain a deeper significance, one which", "title": "The Eleventh Hour (Magnum album)" }, { "docid": "348172", "text": "world... Up to this point, the conviction had prevailed in Europe that monarchy best served the interests of the nation. Now the idea spread that the nation should govern itself. But only after a state had actually been formed on the basis of the theory of representation did the full significance of this idea become clear. All later revolutionary movements have this same goal... This was the complete reversal of a principle. Until then, a king who ruled by the grace of God had been the center around which everything turned. Now the idea emerged that power should come from", "title": "Republicanism" }, { "docid": "10950632", "text": "Inherence Inherence refers to Empedocles' idea that the qualities of matter come from the relative proportions of each of the four elements entering into a thing. The idea was further developed by Plato and Aristotle. That Plato accepted (or at least did not reject) Empedocles' claim can be seen in the \"Timaeus\". However, Plato also applied it to cover the presence of form in matter. The form is an active principle. Matter, on the other hand is passive, being a mere possibility that the forms bring to life. Aristotle clearly accepted Empedocles' claim, but he rejected Plato's idea of the", "title": "Inherence" }, { "docid": "7424766", "text": "in Metallica's long form video \"A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica\". In the scene, they humorously confront the members of Metallica; \"We need to talk about the black album\"; Guest, in character as Nigel Tufnel confronts James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett with \"Where did the idea come from to do an all-black album, Metallica representatives?\", causing Hetfield and Hammett to immediately begin coughing as a way to delay responding. In another scene in the Metallica video, the band members are shown working in the studio when the test graphics for their album art arrive for their", "title": "Smell the Glove" }, { "docid": "13538598", "text": "Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards. \"-\" denotes the single did not chart. Come Alive (Mark Schultz album) Come Alive is an album by Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter Mark Schultz, released on August 25, 2009. Schultz got the idea for the album's second single, \"He Is,\" from his wife. Before the release of the album, Schultz toured with Point of Grace in a nationwide Come Alive Tour. This album received positive reviews by Allmusic. \"A youth minister who left behind aspirations for stardom in Nashville, singer/songwriter Mark Schultz has ultimately pursued his", "title": "Come Alive (Mark Schultz album)" }, { "docid": "13543972", "text": "story that's new and fresh...but I have wanted to go back into space...I think outer space adventure is a good thing for us right now, 'cause Earth is so grim...so we've been talking about it, but very generally.\" Scott remarked that, if the series were to continue, the most logical course would be to explore the origins of the space jockey and the Aliens. Weaver supported this idea, saying \"I think it would be great to go back, because I'm asked that question so many times: 'Where did the Alien come from?' People really want to know in a very", "title": "Alien (film)" }, { "docid": "9016974", "text": "Julie Andrews was not yet committed for the part of Mary Poppins. She did not like the song that was written for her, believing it did not have enough snap to it. The original song was called \"\"The Eyes of Love\"\". Walt Disney instructed the Sherman Brothers to come up with something more catchy. Robert Sherman, the primary lyricist of the duo, arrived home from work one evening, having worked all day trying to come up with a song idea. As he walked in the door, his wife, Joyce, informed him that the children had gotten their polio vaccine that", "title": "A Spoonful of Sugar" }, { "docid": "7953343", "text": "such he accepted Pope Francis invitation to come to the Colloquium on Marriage, held in the Vatican, where he spoke on 18 November 2014. In 2014 Moore commented on reparative therapy, saying, \"The utopian idea if you come to Christ and if you go through our program, you're going to be immediately set free from attraction or anything you're struggling with, I don't think that's a Christian idea. Faithfulness to Christ means obedience to Christ. It does not necessarily mean that someone's attractions are going to change.\" He added, \"The Bible doesn't promise us freedom from temptation. The Bible promises", "title": "Russell D. Moore" }, { "docid": "11698555", "text": "confronts her about it, and she admits that she did pose for the magazine when she was 18. Mr. Cocker is angry that she never told him, and refuses to see her (\"You Give Love A Bad Name (Reprise)\"). Michael has forgotten about the concert idea that helped get him elected,and so Corey steps up, asking Mr. Cocker if he can put on the concert. Mr. Cocker agrees, and calls an assembly where he announces the concert will commence, under Corey's direction. At first, the students are unenthused, but with some urging from the faculty, they eventually come around (\"Man", "title": "Back to the 80s (musical)" }, { "docid": "11948032", "text": "record result of 4 parliamentary seats. As part of the negotiations Green MP Shane Rattenbury was elected Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, the first time the Speaker did not come from the governing party. Representing her party, Porter was elected Deputy Speaker under Rattenbury. As a member of the Legislative Assembly, she prepared and introduced legislation to provide a statutory framework for retirement villages in the ACT. Her efforts were strongly supported by the ACT Retirement Village Residents Association under the presidency of Pam Graudenz and eventually saw the unanimous passage of legislation on 22 August 2012. The legislation", "title": "Mary Porter (politician)" }, { "docid": "4721025", "text": "about the play value of its games. Kasar's decision to mothball Cosmos infuriated Alcorn, and he left the company. He hoped to receive the same retirement benefits that Busnell, Williams, and Keenan were enjoying. According to Alcorn, being put \"on the beach\" by Manny Gerard meant receiving an expense account, a monthly check, and a company car. Alcorn's plans, however, nearly did not come to pass. According to Warner Communications, Alcorn was not entitled to the same retirement package as Bushnell and Keenan. Warner attorneys claimed that Alcorn had negotiated his severance separated from the other board members and that", "title": "Allan Alcorn" }, { "docid": "7126051", "text": "Bunnymen songs, they might as well reform Echo & the Bunnymen; however, McCulloch was initially opposed to the idea. McCulloch changed his mind and, having persuaded Pattinson to come out of retirement, Echo & the Bunnymen was reformed in mid-1996. McCulloch felt Echo & the Bunnymen could not reform without Pattinson and described the bassist's involvement as \"integral\". McCulloch went on to say it was important to \"feel like the original group\". He has also said, \"Right from the first demo [of \"Evergreen\"] we realised that we'd still got that chemistry.\" The recording of \"Evergreen\" started at the beginning of", "title": "Evergreen (Echo & the Bunnymen album)" }, { "docid": "6719617", "text": "leaving Noelle, weeping, to face the future alone. The story's origin is revealed in an interview with its writer, Anthony Lawrence: \"Q: How did “The Man Who Was Never Born” come about?\" A: I had this idea in my mind, a kind of a beauty and the beast idea, and so it kind of developed from that, because that was one of my old favorites, Jean Cocteau’s \"Beauty and the Beast\", the French version, which was a beautiful film. I was thinking of that film, and also just the idea that had always kind of fascinated me. Joseph Stefano loved", "title": "The Man Who Was Never Born" }, { "docid": "17139193", "text": "McGregor's rise in the UFC, he often made public insults towards Floyd Mayweather Jr. and pushed for a boxing match with him. Floyd Mayweather Jr. also eventually entertained this idea despite having retired in 2015 and McGregor's never having boxed professionally. After rumours of a McGregor-Mayweather bout started gaining traction, Dana White initially dismissed the proposed match vehemently since McGregor was contracted under the UFC. On 30 November 2016, McGregor obtained a professional boxing licence from the California State Athletic Commission. On 7 March 2017, Mayweather publicly announced he would come out of retirement for a boxing match with McGregor", "title": "Conor McGregor" }, { "docid": "13053699", "text": "Trotsky hostility, and when it began. But a huge \"political\" divider became Stalin's idea of \"Socialism in one country\" vs Trotsky's \"Ever ongoing revolution\". Stalin's idea, was in the mid 1920's actually revolutionary in itself. The entire Bolshevik concept had been to begin at home, in Russia. And then \"export\" the revolution to the West. By 1925 it had become apparent that all revolutionary movements in Germany and elsewhere had failed. In Italy had even a counter socialistic movement, Fascism, come to power. From these perspectives did not that few Bolsheviks suddenly see Stalin's idea as sound when compared to", "title": "Rise of Joseph Stalin" }, { "docid": "3135196", "text": "of Bobinsk, the battle of Dresden and the battle of Leipzig. He also distinguished himself in the French campaign of 1814, notably in the battle of Lesmont on 2 February 1814 and the battle of Champaubert on 10 February 1814, where he was severely wounded in the head. He retired to Gisors when Napoleon first fell and did not come out of retirement for the Hundred Days. He became president of Gers' electoral college in 1817 and was elected as that department's deputy on 20 September, by 513 out of 797 votes. He sat in the Royalist majority and was", "title": "Joseph Lagrange (soldier)" }, { "docid": "14224380", "text": "Strozier did postgraduate work at the Sorbonne and at the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1945. In 1936 he married Margaret Burnett. They had three children. Following 1945, Strozier served as professor of romance languages and Dean of Students at the University of Chicago. While Dean at the University of Chicago, Strozier was a member of the advisory council of the National Student Association. On June 27, 1957, Strozier was nominated for the presidency of Florida State University. Strozier's appointment was necessitated due to the retirement of Doak S. Campbell, who had come to FSU", "title": "Robert M. Strozier" }, { "docid": "8591162", "text": "delighted to come back to Lockheed.\" Allan Lockheed, Jr., said, \"It was a tremendous boost to his morale to be able to rejoin the company.\" In 1961, Allan Lockheed moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he lived in semi-retirement. However, he continued to do consulting work with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Once, when someone asked Lockheed what he did in the early days of aviation, he answered, \"I survived!\" Allan Lockheed died of liver cancer in Tucson on May 28, 1969, at the age of 80. Lockheed was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, in 1986.", "title": "Allan Lockheed" }, { "docid": "12628732", "text": "Buckle was transferred to Exeter City, where he played as a first team regular for two seasons, making 65 appearances. He also spent one season at Wigan Athletic, scoring 11 goals in 20 Lancashire Combination appearances. He later took the post of player-manager at Prestatyn, but he retired not long after. However, he did come out of retirement for one season in 1961 to play for Dolgellau in the Welsh league. Buckle died on 14 June 1990 at the age of 65. Ted Buckle Herbert Edward William Buckle (28 October 1924 – 14 June 1990) was an English footballer who", "title": "Ted Buckle" }, { "docid": "5275088", "text": "on 7 March 1973. That retirement did not last long. Drummer Ted Easton persuaded him to come to play to his (Easton's) club in the Netherlands during the mid-1970s, and a new recording of a song he had first cut with Roy Fox in 1931, \"Oh, Monah\", became a big hit in the Netherlands. It was to be his final flourish on trumpet, but he continued to sing after moving to Gosport, Hampshire, in 1977 – where a square was renamed in his honour in 1994, and was always happy to stand up and do so in a local pubs", "title": "Nat Gonella" }, { "docid": "8580635", "text": "Alloa Athletic, a permanent contract did not come to fruition. Main joined Rangers in January 2011 as temporary cover for goalkeeping coach Jim Stewart, who was undergoing knee surgery. Main stayed in this position until 3 March. He officially announced his retirement as a player on 26 March 2011. Alan Main Alan David Main (born 5 December 1967) is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A product of the Scottish Highland Football League, Main began his senior professional football career in the Highland League, where he made his debut as a 15 year old, for his home", "title": "Alan Main" }, { "docid": "9087224", "text": "has created an idea for her 'great novel' which she never wrote. Theo is stunned to find that Cecily's idea consists of Theo coming to live with the Kaldors. Cecily explains that she first saw Theo on the ferry to Victoria, imagined a better life for Theo, but her idea faded when she could not come up with a conclusive ending. It appears that Theo's longing for a family and Cecily's idea for a book came together and made Theo's dream, but when Cecily's idea faded, so did the dream. Rae's relationship with Cal fails, so she comes to live", "title": "Awake and Dreaming" }, { "docid": "15566369", "text": "middle of August when an initial fee in the region of £30 million was agreed between the two clubs. Prior to this, the Gunners' first signing came in the form of young English-Finnish right-back Carl Jenkinson from Charlton Athletic on 8 June for an initial fee of around £1 million, while the first major signing did not come until 11 July with the signing of Gervinho from French champions Lille for more than £10 million. The only notable exits in July came in goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who retired for the second time, having come out of his first retirement in", "title": "2011–12 Arsenal F.C. season" }, { "docid": "15946569", "text": "De vita solitaria Solitude is necessary for a life of contemplation, for both saints (such as Augustine or Pope Celestine V) and philosophers. Petrarch merged the medieval interest in spiritual meditation with Cicero's idea of philosophical \"otium\". His idea of a happy life is that of meditative retirement in the peace of the countryside, where it is possible to pursue both literary studies and religious meditation away from the distractions of urban life also referred to as the \"active life\" . Petrarch divided this work into two books from the beginning. A later translator further broke it down into tractate", "title": "De vita solitaria" }, { "docid": "3700281", "text": "to the directors, the idea for the film did not come from the newspaper comic strip by David Low but from a scene cut from their previous film, \"One of Our Aircraft Is Missing\", in which an elderly member of the crew tells a younger one, \"You don't know what it's like to be old.\" Powell has stated that the idea was actually suggested by David Lean (then an editor) who, when removing the scene from the film, mentioned that the premise of the conversation was worthy of a film in its own right. Powell wanted Laurence Olivier (who had", "title": "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" }, { "docid": "13475483", "text": "is a strong relationship between the two. This causes problems with the idea that the doctrine of privity should be abolished, as the idea that third parties can claim benefits from promises that they gave nothing for clashes with the doctrine of consideration, which prevents parties who did not contribute something to the agreement from benefiting from it. It has been argued, however, that privity is not even a distinct doctrine, but rather simply part of consideration. Consideration is a rule that there must be a \"benefit or detriment\" involved in any contract, and that this must initially come from", "title": "Privity in English law" }, { "docid": "12424298", "text": "force in the development of Hungarian social sciences, especially linguistics, ethnography, history, archaeology, and Orientalism, and in the development of Hungarian arts, from architecture to applied and decorative arts. Turanist scientists greatly contributed to the development of Hungarian and international science and arts. This is a short list of Turkist/Turanist scientists and artists, who have left a lasting legacy in Hungarian culture: The idea of a Hungarian Oriental Institute originated from Jenő Zichy. Unfortunately, this idea did not come true. Instead, a kind of lyceum was formed in 1910, called \"Turáni Társaság\" (The Hungarian Turan Society (also called The Hungarian", "title": "Hungarian Turanism" }, { "docid": "7823364", "text": "Forces Retirement Home – Washington. Both Homes are model retirement centers, where residents can maintain an independent lifestyle in an environment designed for safety, comfort and personal enrichment. Military veterans from all service branches can live at either Home. A few less than 900 men and women, with an average age in the eighties, currently reside at the homes. Residents are free to come and go as they please. Meals are served in the Dining Halls three times daily. The Wellness Center offers medical, dental, optometric and podiatry service on site. Extensive on-site recreational facilities (swimming pool, gym, movie theatre,", "title": "Armed Forces Retirement Home" }, { "docid": "8652801", "text": "the end of the second leg at Tannadice Park. He signed for Örebro SK in 1989 because of the guaranteed first-team football. He spent seven years at the Behrn Arena playing almost 150 matches. In 1996 he moved to Dundee United where he joined up with fellow Swedes Göran Marklund and Kjell Olofsson. He played 79 games for United, scoring four goals, including one in the New Firm derby. He returned to Sweden and to Örebro in 1999 and retired in 2001. He did come out of retirement in 2003 as player-manager of IF Heimer. Zetterlund took over the reins", "title": "Lars Zetterlund" }, { "docid": "14114437", "text": "former players were later interviewed by the club. Robertson's time in Dumfries included 237 league appearances. Graeme Robertson left Queens in 1987 to join Dunfermline Athletic where he played in the top division of Scottish football. Robertson then had a couple of seasons with both Partick Thistle and Ayr United, before retiring as a player, although Robertson did briefly come out of retirement in season 1999-2000 to play for Albion Rovers in six league matches. Robertson has remained involved in football in a number of coaching roles, that include Raith Rovers and Livingston. After a period in Scotland, Robertson moved", "title": "Graeme Robertson (Scottish footballer)" }, { "docid": "4691310", "text": "risky for the time: a front aerial walkover. However, because she was injured, she did not attempt this move during the competition, and did not win a medal. She retired from gymnastics after the 1972 Olympics. In 1974, the producers of a theater-in-the-round version of \"Peter Pan\" offered Rigby the title role. Rigby commented that she was \"scared to death\" during rehearsals; only 20 and just a year into \"retirement,\" she had no idea what she would be doing with the rest of her life when the role came along. To her surprise, she discovered that she enjoyed playing Peter", "title": "Cathy Rigby" }, { "docid": "4843966", "text": "shutout. The shutout tied him with Frank Brimsek for the most shutouts by an American-born goaltender in NHL history. Vanbiesbrouck did not play during the playoffs, but the Devils advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they played the Colorado Avalanche and lost in seven games. Vanbiesbrouck retired immediately after Game 7 on June 10, 2001. He stated that \"it's time\" and he wanted to leave the game healthy. He was retired for only eight months before he agreed to terms with the Devils to come out of retirement. He posted a 2–3–0 record as the Devils back up, finishing", "title": "John Vanbiesbrouck" }, { "docid": "4916647", "text": "back to the asylum. Trey Parker says on the DVD commentary that he got the main idea for the episode while hiking on vacation in Tasmania, Australia. This is significant because Parker felt it was refreshing to have an idea just come to him rather than having to actively try to come up with ideas with the rest of the writing staff. Parker said he instantly had everything worked out except for what it would be that Cartman did to anger the other boys. It wasn't until late in the production of the episode, when nearly all animation was finished,", "title": "The Death of Eric Cartman" }, { "docid": "240978", "text": "drew the conclusion based on the \"Prose Edda\", as Snorri does not mention Lóðurr. Since the contents of the \"Poetic Edda\" are assumed to have been forgotten around 1400 when the rímur was written, Haukur argues for a traditional identification. Þorgeirsson also points to \"Þrymlur\" where the same identification is made with Loki and Lóðurr. Haukur says that unless the possible but unlikely idea that the 14th- and 15th-century poets possessed written sources unknown to us is true, the idea must have come from either an unlikely amount of sources from where the poets could have drawn a similar conclusion", "title": "Loki" }, { "docid": "7974331", "text": "stone. For although this cause does not transfer any of its actual or formal reality to my idea, it should not on that account be supposed that it must be less real.” Since the idea of God contains the level of (objective) reality appropriate to an infinite substance it is legitimate to ask where an idea with this level of reality came from. After considering various options Descartes concludes that it must come from a substance that has at least the same level of (formal) reality. Therefore, an infinite substance, i.e. God, must exist. Further considerations: Additional argument for the", "title": "Trademark argument" }, { "docid": "15946576", "text": "the accompaniment of a woman. There are over 120 manuscript copies that still exist of \"De vita solitaria\", which demonstrates its popularity through the centuries. De vita solitaria Solitude is necessary for a life of contemplation, for both saints (such as Augustine or Pope Celestine V) and philosophers. Petrarch merged the medieval interest in spiritual meditation with Cicero's idea of philosophical \"otium\". His idea of a happy life is that of meditative retirement in the peace of the countryside, where it is possible to pursue both literary studies and religious meditation away from the distractions of urban life also referred", "title": "De vita solitaria" }, { "docid": "4105366", "text": "viewing cupolas on their trains through the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the 1920s. These dome car designs did not prove successful, and further refinements to the idea didn't come for a few decades. The first successful dome cars were conceived by Cyrus Osborn of General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). In 1944, while traveling in an EMD-built Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive through Glenwood Canyon in Colorado, he recognized the wonderful views the passengers could enjoy from a panoramic dome. His idea was to provide a full 360-degree view from above the train in newly built \"Vista-Dome\" cars. Mr. Osborn", "title": "Dome car" }, { "docid": "20809398", "text": "\"The Athenaeum\" starting in September, 1832. In his biography \"Life of Shelley\", Medwin had written that he sought to have the review published to demonstrate that, contrary to claims, Shelley did not write the novel and did not have any role in its creation: \"I have heard it asserted that the idea [of \"Frankenstein\"] was [Percy Bysshe] Shelley's, and that he assisted much in the development of the plot.\" Notwithstanding Medwin's own claims, the drafts and proofs of the novel showed that this statement was accurate. Shelley had come up with the idea for the novel, as Mary herself acknowledged", "title": "On Frankenstein" }, { "docid": "18097507", "text": "money from local farmers to pay Armstrong, who canceled two shows elsewhere to come to Blokker and was apparently quite touched by the idea. He commented afterward, \"They didn't seem to know my music, but they were terribly grateful that I came. Man, I hope those kids get their clubhouse\". Armstrong and his orchestra played for four hours but were asked to stop: it was getting late and the town did not have accommodations for the ten thousand people who had come from all over the Netherlands and Belgium. His biggest coup was, undoubtedly, engaging The Beatles for two shows", "title": "Ben Essing" }, { "docid": "7533258", "text": "was standing in front of a suit of armor, and he wondered, 'What would it be like if that guy was alive today?' And that's where everything fell into place — the idea that there are Immortals and they were in conflict with each other, leading secret lives that the rest of us are unaware of.\" In the \"Highlander\" universe, the origin of the Immortals is unknown. Panzer states, \"We don't know where they come from. Maybe they come from the Source.\" It is not known yet what the Source actually is. An attempt to explain the origin of the", "title": "Immortal (Highlander)" }, { "docid": "12813690", "text": "sacked from his post at Lillestrøm due to disappointing results in a demanding environment. He then had a brief tenure as manager of Danish Superliga club Ikast fS. He was head coach for the Canada women's national football team from 1999 to 2008. In 2003, he led the Canadian team to fourth place in the 2003 Women's World Cup. He led the Canadian team to the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they finished in an impressive 5th place. He announced his retirement at the end of his contract with Canada in December 2008. He has subsequently come out of retirement and", "title": "Even Pellerud" }, { "docid": "3081664", "text": "as to the interpretation of quantum mechanics, culminating with Bell's theorem and the advent of quantum information theory. In 1933, Podolsky and Lev Landau had the idea to write a textbook on electromagnetism beginning with special relativity and emphasizing theoretical postulates rather than experimental laws. This project did not come to fruition due to Podolsky's return to the United States, where he had immigrated in 1913. However, in the hands of Lev Landau and E. Lifshitz, the outline they produced became \"The Classical Theory of Fields\" (1951). On the same basis, Podolsky and K. Kunz produced \"Fundamentals of Electrodynamics\", Marcel", "title": "Boris Podolsky" }, { "docid": "1649993", "text": "Edo. The players were Yasui Sanchi, Ito Showa, Sakaguchi Sentoku, Hattori Seitetsu, and Ōta Yūzo. They were discussing Shusaku, to the point where they had come to the idea that Shusaku was the strongest player of the time, but Ota did not agree. He said he was in the middle of a series of games with Shusaku, tied at 3 apiece. Akai Gorosaku, who was a famous sponsor of Go during the time, had heard this and decided to sponsor an unheard of 30-game go competition (a \"Sanjubango\") between Ota and Shusaku. The series had begun in 1853, when Ota", "title": "Hon'inbō Shūsaku" }, { "docid": "11568222", "text": "is assigned to investigate the death of a mage whose brother believes did not die of natural causes as claimed, but was murdered for his money. (Additional note: Debra Doyle helped Rosemary Edghill come up with the idea for the book) Cold Case by Diane Duane: Detective Sergeant Rob DeFalco has the ability to speak to ghosts and works on cases for the police where he speaks to the victims of the murder to solve the cases which have been put on hold for a while. He is assigned to discover the killer of Tamara Eldridge, but there's another death", "title": "Murder By Magic" }, { "docid": "11041798", "text": "Charon dispelling all his rage and creating the Lawbringers. The vision ends with Charon casting Appolyon into limbo. Javi tells the Lawbringers that they are Charon's 'waste', the parts of him he did not want and then leaves on the idea of going to see Appolyon as they are teleported away by Shrakti. The group suddenly appear in a place they do not know. Surrounded by lava the group come to face with a strange man dressed in a doctor's suit who later turns out to be Appolyon. He takes them to his tower where he explains the origins of", "title": "Mark of Charon" }, { "docid": "19969801", "text": "used informally. Nachmanides states that it is an \"obligation imposed upon us to search through the subjects of the Torah and the precepts and bring to light their hidden contents\". What \"powers\" Chidushim? MaaYana Shel Torah asks regarding \"VaYayLech Moshe\" (31:1) - where did he go? and answers that he went into everyone: \"NichNas Moshe Rabbeinu LeToch ToCho Shel Kol Adam MiYisroel.\" This, he writes, is the basis of people having/writing ChiDuShim. Although \"any chiddush (novel idea) which a reputable disciple will ever come up with was already given to Moses by Sinai,\" in one rabbi's understanding of a particular", "title": "Chidush" }, { "docid": "9734399", "text": "that other folks couldn't also learn – firemen are not created by God to do CPR. You could train the public.\" Cobb said, \"That sounds like a very good idea.\" Cobb decided to use an abbreviated course of training. \"We weren't going to do it by traditional ways where they had to come for 20 hours (of training). So they had to do it at one sitting – how long will people participate? – well, maybe three hours and that's pretty much the way it was.\" Cobb cautiously did not state how long it would take to train 100,000 people.", "title": "History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation" }, { "docid": "1653940", "text": "characters equal playtime. Like its predecessor, \"Sonic Adventure 2\" received positive reviews. A concept for \"Sonic Adventure 3\" was reworked into the 2008 game \"Sonic Unleashed\". In 2017, Iizuka stated there were no plans for a third \"Sonic Adventure\" game, saying it would not advance the series' design. He did not rule out the idea, saying \"If we can get the gameplay to evolve and get to a place where \"Adventure 3\" makes sense, then you might see an \"Adventure 3\" come out\". The plot of \"Sonic Adventure\" was adapted in the second season of the 2003 \"Sonic the Hedgehog\"", "title": "Sonic Adventure" }, { "docid": "15605543", "text": "by aliens. Scott said, \"NASA and the Vatican agree that [it is] almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way ... That's what we're looking at [in the film], at some of Erich von Däniken's ideas of how did we humans come about.\" Spaihts originated the idea that David, the android, is like humans but does not want to be anything like them, eschewing a common theme in \"robotic storytelling\" such as \"Blade Runner\". He also developed the theme that while the human crew is searching for their", "title": "Prometheus (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "10029494", "text": "region and use the freed troops elsewhere where they were in better positions, and recapture the region when things had turned better. However, unlike his outspoken superior Chen Cheng, who openly advocated this idea, Hou kept quiet and faithfully carried on to the end the impossible tasks set by Chiang. Hou had earned Chiang’s deep trust, but this would come at a heavy price: when Chiang personally sent two of his senior officers to replace the much more capable Chen Tie, Hou and Hui did not voice their concern regarding two new commanders' incompetence. At the same time, Hou and", "title": "Battle of Tashan" }, { "docid": "4188272", "text": "mother and her two daughters, both of whom leave home in order to escape her tyranny. The mother is subsequently thought to have perished in a fire but continues to pursue one of the girls for fifteen years. The proposed film did not come to fruition for a variety of reasons. Almodóvar turned instead to \"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown\" which could be conveniently shot in Madrid. When he eventually made \"High Heels\" it was fundamentally different from his original idea. Only the title remained. The plot was developed around the idea of someone confessing a crime", "title": "High Heels (film)" }, { "docid": "16687276", "text": "in 1884. In 1885, Wiggins' retirement as a weather prophet was reported in \"Once a Month\". \"The days of weather prophets are not yet over, despite the immense scientific advancements of meteorology – for who did not hear a year or so ago of \"Wiggins\" Predictions, and how fleets of ships actually remained in port in the United States, deterred from putting to sea by the Wiggins prophesy of terrific storms on the east coast of America? These storms did not come off and Wiggins retired into the shade\" After the Charleston Earthquake of 1886, Wiggins announced that a more", "title": "Ezekiel Stone Wiggins" }, { "docid": "11022534", "text": "that name ever since.\" The title, which he describes as sounding \"like the hardest core fantasy thing out there\", makes use of the metal umlaut. The idea behind the game first came to Schafer about fifteen years prior to its release, but its core concepts did not completely come together until after the completion of \"Psychonauts\" (2005), when he presented his idea for the game to the team, they became excited at the concept and decided to make that their next title. Part of the game's inspiration came from the fantasy worlds that the lyrics and album covers of metal", "title": "Brütal Legend" }, { "docid": "20240287", "text": "1954 when he was struck down by flu and he retired from playing that season. Following his retirement from playing Turton returned to his first club, Frickley Colliery, as trainer. In October 1956 he was forced to come out of retirement as a player due to injuries at the club, with his form being so good that he retained his place in the first team. Cyril Turton Cyril Turton was an English footballer who played as a centre back for Frickley Colliery and Sheffield Wednesday. Turton began his football career as an amateur for Frickley Colliery where he played for", "title": "Cyril Turton" } ]

[ "Queen Latifah", "Dakota Fanning", "Hilarie Burton", "Paul Bettany", "Alicia Keys", "Sophie Okonedo", "Jennifer Hudson" ]

[ { "docid": "11789840", "text": "Actor in a Motion Picture (Nate Parker), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Sophie Okonedo). The movie won the Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. The Secret Life of Bees (film) The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as executive producer. The film is noted for Queen Latifah's critically acclaimed performance as August Boatwright. The", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "51660", "text": "Babbity Bumble and her brood \"(pictured)\". Kit Williams' treasure hunt book \"The Bee on the Comb\" (1984) uses bees and beekeeping as part of its story and puzzle. Sue Monk Kidd's \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2004), and the 2009 film starring Dakota Fanning, tells the story of a girl who escapes her abusive home and finds her way to live with a family of beekeepers, the Boatwrights. The humorous 2007 animated film \"Bee Movie\" used Jerry Seinfeld's first script and was his first work for children; he starred as a bee named Barry B. Benson, alongside Renée Zellweger. Critics", "title": "Bee" }, { "docid": "11789832", "text": "The Secret Life of Bees (film) The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as executive producer. The film is noted for Queen Latifah's critically acclaimed performance as August Boatwright. The film was released in North America on October 17, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2008. Lily Owens lives on a peach orchard, in South Carolina in 1964. Her", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "5530491", "text": "Morning America\"'s \"Read-This\" Book club picks, and was nominated for the Orange Prize in England. The book was adapted into a film in 2008, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Will Smith, with Jada Pinkett Smith, as executive producer. Queen Latifah played August Boatwright; Dakota Fanning played Lily. Alicia Keys played June Boatwright; Jennifer Hudson played Rosaleen; and Sophie Okonedo played May Boatwright. The Secret Life of Bees (novel) The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "11789840", "text": "Actor in a Motion Picture (Nate Parker), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Sophie Okonedo). The movie won the Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. The Secret Life of Bees (film) The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as executive producer. The film is noted for Queen Latifah's critically acclaimed performance as August Boatwright. The", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "3716522", "text": "same year Burton co-starred in the supernatural horror film \"Solstice\" opposite Amanda Seyfried and Elisabeth Harnois. In June 2008, Burton appeared in the thriller \"The List\" as Jo Johnston and was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina while Burton was on production break for \"One Tree Hill\". The film had a limited release and went on to make $132,863 in the US alone. That same year, Burton appeared in the Fox Searchlight Pictures drama \"The Secret Life of Bees\" as Deborah Owens, the deceased mother of Dakota Fanning's character. In January 2009, Burton was cast in the drama \"Bloodworth\" opposite Hilary", "title": "Hilarie Burton" }, { "docid": "8963703", "text": "in the independent drama film \"Half Nelson\" alongside Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling. Wilds appeared in such music videos as \"Roc Boys\", \"Teenage Love Affair\" and \"Ghetto Mindstate\", among others. In 2006, Wilds joined the cast of the HBO drama television series, \"The Wire\" (then into its fourth season) in a major recurring role. He portrayed Michael Lee, a smart but troubled middle school student who lives in poverty and cares for his younger brother. In 2007, he appeared alongside Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Dakota Fanning in \"The Secret Life of Bees\", the film adaptation of the novel of", "title": "Tristan Wilds" }, { "docid": "4483864", "text": "Actress for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in \"Hotel Rwanda\" (2004) and nominated for a Golden Globe Award for a Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her work in \"\" (2006). She played alongside Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Dakota Fanning as May Boatwright, a woman who struggles with depression, in the film \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008); opposite Sam Neill and Alice Krige as Sandra Laing in \"Skin\" (2009), and portrayed Winnie Mandela in the BBC drama \"Mrs. Mandela\" broadcast in January 2010. In May 2013, Okonedo played the role of Hunter in a BBC radio", "title": "Sophie Okonedo" }, { "docid": "13603128", "text": "an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Nate Hartley - \"Drillbit Taylor\" - Paramount Pictures ★ Dakota Fanning - \"The Secret Life of Bees\" - Fox Searchlight ★ Brandon Soo Hoo - \"Tropic Thunder\" - DreamWorks SKG ★ Christian Serratos - \"Twilight\" - Summit Entertainment ★ \"\" - New Line Cinema ★ Brandon Walters (Australia) - \"Australia\" - 20th Century Fox ★ Cainan Wiebe - \"A Pickle\" ★ - \"Pudge\" ★", "title": "30th Young Artist Awards" }, { "docid": "2788874", "text": "Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of \"American Idol,\" placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in \"Dreamgirls\" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in \"Sex and the City\" (2008), \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008), and \"Black Nativity\" (2013). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery", "title": "Jennifer Hudson" }, { "docid": "2788889", "text": "feature film \"Sex and the City\" as Louise, Carrie Bradshaw's assistant. Filming finished in December 2007 and the movie was released on May 30, 2008. In October 2008, Hudson made her third film appearance in \"The Secret Life of Bees\" as Rosaleen, the mother figure of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning). Also starring in the film are fellow Oscar nominees Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo, as well as Alicia Keys. The film opened on October 17, 2008, and grossed over $37 million at the box office. The film won two People's Choice Awards in January 2009 in the categories, Favorite Drama", "title": "Jennifer Hudson" }, { "docid": "2788915", "text": "school supplies to families in need in the Chicago area. Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of \"American Idol,\" placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in \"Dreamgirls\" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in \"Sex and the City\" (2008), \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008), and \"Black Nativity\" (2013). In 2015, she", "title": "Jennifer Hudson" } ]

[ { "docid": "5530480", "text": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel) The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and was a \"New York Times\" bestseller. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book was later was adapted into a film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Set in the fictitious town of Sylvan, South Carolina, in 1964, \"The Secret Life of Bees\" tells the story of a 14-year-old white", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "11789838", "text": "Carolina, and Watha, North Carolina. and ended a few months later. The film was screened in September 2008 at the 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival, and had an October 17, 2008, theatrical release. Original music for \"The Secret Life\" of Bees was produced by Mark Isham. The movie features the following songs: The soundtrack for the movie was not released as an album. \"The Secret Life of Bees\" received mixed to positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 59% based on 136 reviews, with the consensus \"\"The Secret Life of Bees\" has charm, but is largely", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "900350", "text": "prominence after her breakthrough performance at age seven in the 2001 film \"I Am Sam\". Her performance earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history. She later appeared in the mega productions of Hollywood in such acclaimed blockbuster films as \"Man on Fire\", \"War of the Worlds\", \"Charlotte's Web\", \"Hounddog\", \"The Secret Life of Bees\", \"Coraline\", \"The Runaways\", \"The Motel Life\", and the franchise \"The Twilight Saga\". Fanning's younger sister, Elle Fanning is also a child and teen actress who has starred in many film roles", "title": "Child actor" }, { "docid": "12652846", "text": "Nate Parker Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) is an American actor who has appeared in \"Beyond the Lights\", \"Red Tails\", \"The Secret Life of Bees\", \"The Great Debaters\", \"Arbitrage\", \"Non-Stop\", \"Felon\", and \"Pride\". Parker's directorial debut feature film, \"The Birth of a Nation\", in which he also starred, made history at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival when Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for $17.5 million, breaking the record for the most paid for a Sundance Film Festival production, surpassing \"Little Miss Sunshine\", which had been acquired by Searchlight for $10 million ten years earlier. Parker was born", "title": "Nate Parker" }, { "docid": "5441545", "text": "powers and smuggles the bee aboard a flight to New York. Bauer, her nearly-divorced husband, Martin, who is aboard and her friend, U.S. State Department project representative, Scotty, face potential mass-killing after turbulence releases the bees aboard. Flying Virus Flying Virus (also known as Killer Buzz) is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer. Anwar plays a journalist who uncovers a government conspiracy to release virus-carrying killer bees. After a series of Amazonian Indian attacks on U.S. owned petroleum installation in Brazil, both governments start a secret 'special program'.", "title": "Flying Virus" }, { "docid": "5441544", "text": "Flying Virus Flying Virus (also known as Killer Buzz) is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer. Anwar plays a journalist who uncovers a government conspiracy to release virus-carrying killer bees. After a series of Amazonian Indian attacks on U.S. owned petroleum installation in Brazil, both governments start a secret 'special program'. In fact colonel Ezekial's men use GM killer bees to eradicate the tribes. During an Indian attack, reporter Ann Bauer is stung, yet survives after a mysterious rescue. Dr. Stephen North realizes the venom has priceless healing", "title": "Flying Virus" }, { "docid": "4483860", "text": "Actress at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. She later received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the miniseries \"\" (2006) and BAFTA TV Award nominations for the drama series \"Criminal Justice\" (2009) and the television film \"Mrs. Mandela\" (2010). Her other film roles include \"Æon Flux\" (2005), \"Skin\" (2008), \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008), and \"Christopher Robin\" (2018). On stage, Okonedo starred as Cressida in the 1999 Royal National Theatre production of \"Troilus and Cressida\". She made her Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of \"A Raisin in the Sun\" and received a Drama Desk Award nomination for", "title": "Sophie Okonedo" }, { "docid": "705035", "text": "ranked in at number 80 the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists. She also starred in \"The Secret Life of Bees\" Her role earned her a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards. She also received three nominations at the 2009 Grammy Awards and won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for \"Superwoman\". In an interview with \"Blender\" magazine, Keys allegedly said \"'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other, 'gangsta rap' didn't exist\" and went on to say that it was created by \"the government\". The magazine also", "title": "Alicia Keys" }, { "docid": "5530481", "text": "girl, Lily Melissa Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. She lives in a house with her abusive father, whom she refers to as T. Ray. They have a no-nonsense maid, Rosaleen, who acts as a surrogate mother for Lily. The book opens with Lily's discovery of bees in her bedroom. Then, after Rosaleen is arrested for pouring her bottle of \"snuff juice\" on three white men, Lily breaks her out of the hospital and they decide to leave town. They begin hitch-hiking toward Tiburon, SC, a place written on", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "7347222", "text": "is based on Grillo-Marxuach's life experience. Despite the character's phobia, Monaghan enjoyed working with the bees. The ones used in the episode were male drones, which meant they lacked stingers and were docile enough to easily handle. Monaghan's head and arms were covered in sticky honey to encourage the bees to land and stay on him during filming. To simulate Jack and Kate's escape from the bees, the special effects team created \"CG bees\" and then added them in post-production. Michael Zinberg directed and Sora Jung guest starred. \"House of the Rising Sun\" first aired in the United States on", "title": "House of the Rising Sun (Lost)" }, { "docid": "5530486", "text": "They stop at a store to pick up a few things. Zach gets arrested after one of his friends, who they had met at the store, throws a coke bottle at a white man and none of them will tell who did it. Zach and his friends are arrested and put in jail. The Boatwright house decides not to tell May in fear of an unbearable emotional episode. The secret does not stay hidden for long and May becomes catatonic with depression. May leaves the house and August, June, Lily and Rosaleen find her lying dead in the river with", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "7039949", "text": "4 Extra. The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue is a British radio comedy series, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. Written by Stephen Sheridan, it starred James Grout, Margaret Courtenay and Jean Heywood and was produced by Lissa Evans. It concerned the Reverend Timothy Carswell, a timid and somewhat naive vicar who is assigned to an apparently respectable parish which is actually a hotbed of (among other things) gossip, passion, geriatric prostitution and murder ... all of which is going on under Reverend Carswell's unsuspecting nose. The series has been repeated on", "title": "The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue" }, { "docid": "7039948", "text": "The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue is a British radio comedy series, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. Written by Stephen Sheridan, it starred James Grout, Margaret Courtenay and Jean Heywood and was produced by Lissa Evans. It concerned the Reverend Timothy Carswell, a timid and somewhat naive vicar who is assigned to an apparently respectable parish which is actually a hotbed of (among other things) gossip, passion, geriatric prostitution and murder ... all of which is going on under Reverend Carswell's unsuspecting nose. The series has been repeated on BBC7/BBC Radio", "title": "The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue" }, { "docid": "6713027", "text": "Keith Bogart Keith Bogart is an actor who has starred in film, television and theatre. He is best known for his role in the horror film \"\". He also starred in the 1999 movie \"The Secret Life of Girls\". Bogart made his directorial debut in 2007 with \"The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven\", which he also produced. Written by Don DeLillo and starring John Larroquette and Tyler Hoechlin. The film appeared at the 2007 South by Southwest film festival. Bogart starred as Drew Buchanan on the soap opera \"One Life to Live\" from 1988-1989. He appeared at the", "title": "Keith Bogart" }, { "docid": "1969063", "text": "Secret Life of Lily Langtree\" at the Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles. In 1989, Koenig starred in the science fiction film \"Moontrap\" as Mission commander Colonel Jason Grant. In 1997, Koenig starred in \"Drawing Down the Moon\", an independent film about a Wiccan woman who attempts to open a homeless shelter in a small Pennsylvania town. Koenig played Joe Merchant, a local crime lord obsessed with chaos theory who sends his thugs to intimidate her into shutting down the shelter. In 2004, Koenig co-starred in \"Mad Cowgirl\", an independent movie about a meat-packing health inspector dying from a brain", "title": "Walter Koenig" }, { "docid": "8208848", "text": "in a made-for-television horror film, \"Killer Bees\" (1974). \"Killer Bees\" starred Gloria Swanson, Craig Stevens, Kate Jackson, and Edward Albert. Getz then moved to New York City, where he became active in local theater while doing an 18-month stint as Neil Johnson on the soap opera \"Another World\". Getz appeared in \"The Happy Hooker\" (1975) and followed up with several other roles before starring in the Coen Brothers' neo-noir thriller \"Blood Simple\" (1984). He played the doomed lover of a married woman (Frances McDormand) who woefully misinterprets his increasingly complex circumstances. In 1985, he co-starred in the unsuccessful police drama", "title": "John Getz" }, { "docid": "11789834", "text": "of her mother, dead almost 10 years. One is a label: \"Black Madonna Honey\", Tiburon, S.C., and Tiburon becomes their destination. In two days they reach Tiburon and find their way to the home of August Boatwright and her sisters May and June. August has used her skills as a beekeeper to build a successful business. She has also built a strong community of black women who gather regularly in prayer, overseen by a life-sized statue of a black woman whose arm reaches out in blessing. Despite the unlikeliness of Lily’s lies about their circumstances, August takes them in, in", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "4417541", "text": "what Pandora had said to him upon their first meeting. This touched him to create the Talamasca in the year 748 along with the Vampire who created Marius and another ghost who was the spirit of a just killed Vampire named Hesketh. Some information of the origins of the Talamasca is mentioned by David Talbot in the book \"Merrick\", where it is written: \"A humming sound distracted me somewhat, because I was afraid that it came from bees. I have a very great fear of bees, and like many members of the Talamasca, I fear some secret regarding bees which", "title": "Talamasca Caste" }, { "docid": "847572", "text": "fountain Arethusa and was advised to establish altars, sacrifice cattle, and leave their carcasses. From the carcasses, new swarms of bees rose (see Bugonia). A variation of this tale was told in the 2002 novel by Sue Monk Kidd, \"The Secret Life of Bees\". In later times, \"Aristaios\" was a familiar Greek name, borne by several archons of Athens and attested in inscriptions. Aristaeus A minor god in Greek mythology, attested mainly by Athenian writers, Aristaeus (; \"Aristaios\"), was the culture hero credited with the discovery of many useful arts, including bee-keeping; he was the son of the huntress Cyrene", "title": "Aristaeus" }, { "docid": "4423171", "text": "her secret life as a prostitute. Ricardo Trêpa and Leonor Baldaque also appear in supporting roles. Oliveira's 2007 film \"Christopher Columbus - The Enigma\" (\"Cristóvão Colombo – O Enigma\") was shot partly in New York and starred Ricardo Trêpa. In 2009 Oliveira made \"Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl\" (\"Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura\"), based on a short story by Eça de Queirós. The film starred Ricardo Trêpa and Catarina Wallenstein, who won Best Actress at the 2009 Portuguese Golden Globe Awards. Oliveira's 2010 film \"The Strange Case of Angelica\" starred Spanish actress Pilar López de Ayala and was entered into", "title": "Manoel de Oliveira" }, { "docid": "18148453", "text": "Madres egoístas Madres egoístas (\"Selfish mothers\") is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa in 1991. Enrique Novi, Julieta Rosen and Orlando Carrió starred as protagonists, Chantal Andere starred as co-protagonist, while Alberto Mayagoitia and María del Sol starred as the main antagonists. This is the story of Raquel Rivas Cantú, a young orphaned heir to a fortune who is raised by her love of Mariana keys, which for years has hated secret because of a past and a life which she says was stolen by the Cantú Rivas. Raquel will marry Pablo, an honest widower with a", "title": "Madres egoístas" }, { "docid": "6156634", "text": "starred Ralph Waite, Susan Anspach and Richard Arnold. It is the true story of John Chapman, a college president who took a sabbatical and went out and got a job as a general laborer, to try to experience life outside his well-ordered but insulated college environment. \"The Secret Life of John Chapman\" was produced for CBS and generated a 44 share. \"Berlin Tunnel 21\" was executive produced by Abrams in 1981. The film starred Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, and José Ferrer. An American soldier and a German engineer join forces, in Berlin, 1961, to build a tunnel under the Berlin", "title": "Gerald W. Abrams" }, { "docid": "17263256", "text": "Line was forced to revert the film rights back to Goldwyn, who won his lawsuit and took the property to Paramount Pictures. During pre-production discussions between Paramount and DreamWorks on \"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events\" (which starred Carrey), Steven Spielberg, head of DreamWorks, rekindled interest in working with Carrey; the duo previously considered \"Meet the Parents\", but the outing fell apart. In May 2003, Spielberg agreed to direct, and brought in DreamWorks to co-finance \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty\" with Paramount (which would acquire DreamWorks in 2006). By November, Zach Helm was rewriting the script, but Spielberg", "title": "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)" }, { "docid": "8390218", "text": "essays. \"Cutlass\" was directed by Kate Hudson. From September to the end of the year, Fanning filmed \"Push,\" which centers on a group of young American expatriates with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities who hide from the Division (a U.S. government agency) in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division. Fanning played Cassie Holmes, a 13-year-old psychic. In January 2008, Fanning began filming the film adaptation of \"The Secret Life of Bees\", a novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Set in South Carolina in 1964, the story centers on Lily Owens (Fanning), who escapes her", "title": "Dakota Fanning" }, { "docid": "11789836", "text": "Zack's mother cannot, and the event breaks May. Though Zack is returned the next day, it is too late for May who in pain has drowned herself. With May's funeral comes some reconciliations and truths. June, strong and proud, agrees to wed her long-time boyfriend. Rosaleen is asked to be part of the household family. Lily, who already believes she probably killed her mother, as we see in flashbacks, now blames herself for Zack's kidnapping and May’s death. She smashes several jars of honey and packs her things to run away, unloved and unloveable. Before she runs, August challenges Lily’s", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "11419237", "text": "who gets pregnant in a pact. In 2010, she starred in The CW's series \"Life Unexpected\" as Lux Cassidy, a teenager who, while in the process of being emancipated, gets back in her birth parents' lives. The show, while set in Portland, Oregon was actually filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. In late autumn 2010, she starred as Allie Pennington in the Disney Channel original film \"Avalon High\", which is based on Meg Cabot's book of the same name. Robertson played Cassie Blake in The CW's 2011 television series \"The Secret Circle\", but the series was cancelled in 2012 after its", "title": "Britt Robertson" }, { "docid": "6730268", "text": "is loved as one is. \"When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions\" (Harper SanFrancisco, 1990) tells of her painful midlife crisis. Finally, \"The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine\" (Harper SanFrancisco, 1996), discussed her encounter with women's spirituality. Her first novel, \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2002), is set during the American civil rights movement of 1964, telling the story of a white girl who runs away from home to live with a woman who now works as an independent bee-keeper and honey-maker with many of her sisters.", "title": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, { "docid": "17952128", "text": "of three stories. \"Rachel's Secret\" received a Starred review in \"Booklist\" \"Rachel's Secret\" was also an iTunes Book of the Week, May 10–17. \"Rachel's Secret\" begins with the Kishinev Pogrom in 1903 and reveals life for Russian Jews at this time, living under the last Tsar. The story also has a Russian protagonist, Sergei, who starts out as anti-Semitic, but starts to question himself and his culture when he witnesses the atrocious events. The novel received generally favourable reviews. To help make the leap from non-fiction journalism to historical fiction, Sanders completed the University of Toronto's Creative Writing Certificate in", "title": "Shelly Sanders" }, { "docid": "11662251", "text": "Co., of Long Acre. The lighthouse was still under construction in late November 1866 when Henry Norris was sued by a painter in court in Whitehaven who had not been paid for lettering a notice board at the lighthouse. <br> <br> St Bees Lighthouse St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on St Bees Head near the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England. The first lighthouse on the site began its life in 1718 on land bought by Trinity House, one of the UK's General Lighthouse Authorities. It was constructed by Thomas Lutwige, who paid a lease of £20", "title": "St Bees Lighthouse" }, { "docid": "15125876", "text": "Emily Alyn Lind Emily Alyn Lind (born 2001/2002) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her recurring role as young Amanda Clarke on the ABC series \"Revenge\", and for her role as Ariel on the CBS medical drama \"Code Black\". Lind is the daughter of producer John Lind and actress Barbara Alyn Woods. She has an older sister, Natalie Alyn Lind, and a younger sister, Alyvia Alyn Lind, who are also actresses. Lind made her film debut in 2008 in \"The Secret Life of Bees\". Since then she has appeared in such films as \"Dear Dumb Diary\",", "title": "Emily Alyn Lind" }, { "docid": "5530482", "text": "the back of an image of the Virgin Mary as a black woman, which Deborah, her mother, had owned. They spend a night in the woods with little food and little hope before reaching Tiburon. There, they buy lunch at a general store, and Lily recognizes a picture of the same \"Black Mary\" but on the side of a jar of honey. They receive directions to the origin of that honey, the Boatwright residence. They are introduced to the Boatwright sisters, the makers of the honey: August, May, and June, who are all black. Lily makes up a story about", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "9152184", "text": "artistic writings of Evan Wyler. The \"Variety\" reviewer wrote: \"Alexa Vere de Vere, the absolutely fabulous whirlwind who blows through the delightful, pointed comedy 'As Bees in Honey Drown,' is a creation worthy of Isherwood, Capote, Bankhead and Tennessee Williams. In fact, as written by Douglas Carter Beane and played by Off Broadway treasure J. Smith-Cameron, Alexa is a creation of those worldly icons... A smart and very funny vivisection of the greed for fame, glamour and the good life (or at least a new life), “Bees” is yet another slam-dunk for Off Broadway’s Drama Dept.\" As Bees In Honey", "title": "As Bees In Honey Drown" }, { "docid": "3484459", "text": "Bees\" writer, and Jim Stewartson, \"I Love Bees\" technical lead who produced the first commercial 3D game delivered by the internet. Weisman stated that the goal of \"I Love Bees\" was to utilize every person who interacted with the game, and to use any electronic resource to do so: \"If we could make your toaster print something we would. Anything with an electric current running through it. A single story, a single gaming experience, with no boundaries. A game that is life itself.\" 42 Entertainment conceived \"I Love Bees\" as a radio drama, and used the pay phones as a", "title": "I Love Bees" }, { "docid": "6713028", "text": "Williamstown Theatre Festival in \"A Streetcar Named Desire\" with Christopher Walken, Sigourney Weaver and Blythe Danner, and in the West coast premiere of Robert Coovers \"The Babysitter\". He has made guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from \"\", \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"ER\" \"Joan of Arcadia\", \"Nash Bridges\", \"Party of Five\" and \"\". Keith Bogart Keith Bogart is an actor who has starred in film, television and theatre. He is best known for his role in the horror film \"\". He also starred in the 1999 movie \"The Secret Life of Girls\". Bogart made his", "title": "Keith Bogart" }, { "docid": "5530485", "text": "gave them hope, and the figure had been passed down for generations. Lily meets Zach, August's godson. They soon develop intimate feelings for each other. They share goals with each other while working the hives. Both Lily and Zach find their goals nearly impossible to meet but still encourage each other to attempt them. Zach wants to be the \"ass-busting lawyer\", which means he would be the first black lawyer in the area. Lily wants to be a short story writer. Lily attempts to tell August the truth but is interrupted by Zach, who takes her for a honey run.", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "9652255", "text": "wherein she portrayed an abducted teen named Lindsey Vaughn, who witnesses her best friend's death. She also appeared on \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\" in a recurring role as Patty Mary. In 2010, Mantegna starred in the independent feature \"And Soon the Darkness\". She also appeared in the TeenNick television series \"Gigantic\". On December 9, 2010, Mantegna was announced as the 2011 Miss Golden Globe for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Award Ceremony. In 2011, Mantegna starred in the found footage feature \"Apartment 143\" and in the independent romantic comedy, \"Getting That Girl\". In addition to film roles,", "title": "Gia Mantegna" }, { "docid": "5530484", "text": "refusals of marriage to, her boyfriend Neil. Lily and Rosaleen also get to see the sisters' form of religion. They hold service at their house which they call \"The Daughters of Mary.\" They keep a statue of \"Black Mary\", or \"our lady of chains\", which was actually a figurehead from the bow of an ancient ship, and August tells the story of how a man by the name of Obadiah, who was a slave, found this figure. The slaves thought that God had answered their prayers asking for rescue, and \"to send them consolation\" and \"to send them freedom\". It", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "7988011", "text": "Party\". He starred opposite Matthew Modine in the 20th Century Fox movie, \"The Trial\", released in 2010. His latest appearance was on \"Talent\", a web series from the producers of \"Pretty Little Liars\", as Gabe on www.thetalentshow.com. He also guest starred on \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\" as Frank for four episodes. Wayne also appeared on \"The Lying Game\" as Justin Miller, a boy that Laurel was seriously dating but broke up with because he was using Laurel to get revenge on her father, Ted, a surgeon who operated on his mother that died on the operating table.", "title": "Randy Wayne" }, { "docid": "5530483", "text": "being an orphan. Lily and Rosaleen are invited to stay with the sisters. They learn the ways of the Boatwrights, as well as the ways of bee keeping. With a new home and a new family for the time being, Lily learns more about the Black Madonna honey that the sisters make. She begins working as August's bee keeping apprentice to repay her for her kindness, while Rosaleen works around the house. Lily finds out that May had a twin sister, April, who committed suicide with their father's shotgun when they were younger. She watches June's ongoing flirtations with, and", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "5410626", "text": "Star\", \"The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour\", and \"A Killer in the Family\". The following year, Wyss starred in the television film \"My Mother's Secret Life\" before starring in Wes Craven's horror film \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" (1984) as Tina Gray (the first person murdered onscreen by Freddy Krueger), along with Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and Johnny Depp. The following year, Wyss guest starred in the television series \"Otherworld\" before starring in the films \"Silverado\" as Phoebe and \"Better Off Dead\" as Beth, who sunk the main character into his depression by breaking up with", "title": "Amanda Wyss" }, { "docid": "4627087", "text": "My Children\" and \"One Life to Live\" as part of the \"baby switch\" storyline on both shows. In the second season of \"The Secret World of Alex Mack\", she guest-starred as a ghost who regretted the decisions of her long-estranged granddaughter, revealed at the end to be the show's main villain, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon). She guest-starred in \"Scrubs\" as Mrs. Wilk in five episodes from the show's fifth season. She played Shirley Smith on ABC's \"General Hospital\". In the fall of 2011, Learned played Katherine Chancellor on the CBS daytime soap opera, \"The Young and the Restless\", filling in", "title": "Michael Learned" }, { "docid": "10335172", "text": "in the hit ABC Family drama, \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\", from its beginning in July 2008, until the series finale in early June 2013. In 2009, Raisa guest-starred on the USA network's TV series \"In Plain Sight\" and co-starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called \"Boo\", which aired on YouTube. Raisa appeared in a music video for pop duo Savvy & Mandy and guest starred in the second season of \"\". In 2013, Raisa starred in the Christmas-themed movie \"Christmas Bounty\" alongside Mike \"The Miz\" Mizanin. Since early 2018, Raisa has starred in the", "title": "Francia Raisa" }, { "docid": "5263490", "text": "on G4's \"Attack of the Show!\" program on April 21, 2011, he confirmed that this was due to his and Hamm's friendship with producer Shauna Robertson, who put their names in the credits as an Easter egg. He played Ted Hendricks, Walter Mitty's detestable corporate boss, in the 2013 remake of \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty\". Scott appeared in the films \"Our Idiot Brother\" (2011) as Jeremy and \"Bachelorette\". He also starred as Jason Fryman in \"Friends with Kids\" (2012). He starred as Caleb Sinclaire in the 2010 film \"The Vicious Kind\", a more dramatic role than his previous", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "docid": "2468819", "text": "New Zealand and platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In 2000, she released her second album, \"Walk of Life\". In 2003, she retired from the recording industry and launched an acting career. Piper's transition into acting began in 2003. She played Rose Tyler, companion to The Doctor from 2005 to 2006, in the BBC sci-fi series \"Doctor Who\", reprising the role in 2008, 2010, and 2013. From 2007 until 2011, she starred as the high-flying escort Belle de Jour in the television series \"Secret Diary of a Call Girl\". She also starred as Brona Croft/Lily in the Showtime series \"Penny", "title": "Billie Piper" }, { "docid": "14558062", "text": "of American literature, (2) in-class theater and literacy Residency workshops, and (3) The Living Library, and (4) Professional Development workshops. The first book performed by Literature to Life was Toni Morison's \"The Bluest Eye\" in 1994. Other books that have been adapted for Literature to Life's theatrical performances include Ray Bradbury's \"Fahrenheit 451\", Tim O'Brien's \"The Things They Carried\", Richard Wright's \"Black Boy\", Jonathan Safran Foer's \"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close\", Sue Monk Kidd's \"The Secret Life of Bees\", Khaled Hosseini's \"The Kite Runner\", and Lois Lowry's \"The Giver\". In a time in which arts education funding is severely threatened,", "title": "Literature to Life" }, { "docid": "11789833", "text": "father T-Ray is widowed, abusive, and often angry with her. On her 14th birthday, the harvest is starting, societal and personal unrest consumes her life, and a string of events, a mix of mystical, terrifying, and unjust, pushes her to run away to find a better life. With Lily goes Rosaleen, their housekeeper. Lily is blonde and naively confident; Rosaleen is African American, in her 20's, politically aware, and proud. Rosaleen was beaten hours earlier in front of Lily, and somehow Lily gets her out of the hospital and both on the road. Lily has but a few hoarded mementos", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (film)" }, { "docid": "16341146", "text": "Secret History of Empress Wu Secret History of Empress Wu, also known as Wu Zetian Mishi, is a Chinese television series based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of Empress Regnant. The series was directed by Cheng Feng and starred three actresses — Yin Tao, Liu Xiaoqing and Siqin Gaowa — as Wu Zetian, each playing the empress at a different stage of her life. It was first broadcast in mainland China on Hunan Satellite TV on 5 November 2011. The series was co-produced by Hunan Broadcasting System, Hunan Satellite", "title": "Secret History of Empress Wu" }, { "docid": "11662247", "text": "St Bees Lighthouse St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on St Bees Head near the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England. The first lighthouse on the site began its life in 1718 on land bought by Trinity House, one of the UK's General Lighthouse Authorities. It was constructed by Thomas Lutwige, who paid a lease of £20 per year for the site. It stood 9 metres tall and was 5 metres in diameter topped with a large metal grate on which the lighthouse keeper would burn coal. To make money Lutwige levied charges of 3½ pence per tonne", "title": "St Bees Lighthouse" }, { "docid": "6730266", "text": "Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from Sylvester, Georgia, best known for her 2001 novel \"The Secret Life of Bees\". Kidd was born in Sylvester, Georgia, and attended local schools. She graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 1970. She worked in her twenties as a Registered Nurse and college nursing instructor at the Medical College of Georgia. She was influenced in her 20s by the writings of Thomas Merton to explore her inner life. In her 30s, she took writing courses at Emory University and Anderson College in", "title": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, { "docid": "6730272", "text": "and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, before Florida, her current residence. Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from Sylvester, Georgia, best known for her 2001 novel \"The Secret Life of Bees\". Kidd was born in Sylvester, Georgia, and attended local schools. She graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 1970. She worked in her twenties as a Registered Nurse and college nursing instructor at the Medical College of Georgia. She was influenced in her 20s by the writings of Thomas Merton to explore her inner life. In her 30s, she", "title": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, { "docid": "17439714", "text": "role of scarecrow. After he got the part, he decided to pursue acting. He graduated from Longmeadow High School. DeLuca is graduate of Fordham University in New York where he was a Theatre major. In 2009, DeLuca had his acting and tv debut, when he guest starred in shows \"Ugly Betty\" and \"30 Rock\". In 2011, he guest starred in tv shows \"Lights Out\" and \"Wizards of Waverly Place\". That same year he also starred as Bucky Buchanan in Disney Channel unsold pilot \"Zombies and Cheerleaders\". In early 2012, DeLuca guest starred in an episode of \"The Secret Life of", "title": "John DeLuca" }, { "docid": "880651", "text": "left after the June 15 performance due to pregnancy. In late 2004, she starred in the play \"Modern Orthodox\" on Broadway, opposite Jason Biggs and Craig Bierko. In 2006 she starred in the television film \"The Wives He Forgot,\" and that fall and winter starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the national tour of the Broadway revival of the musical \"Sweet Charity\". She also played a supporting role as Molly McIntire's mother Helen in \"\". Ringwald starred in the ABC Family network's series \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\", which debuted on July 1, 2008, playing the title teenager's", "title": "Molly Ringwald" }, { "docid": "10209859", "text": "imagination. Literature to Life has received multiple grants from the Carnegie Corporation, an organization that has supported more than 550 New York City arts and social service institutions since its inception in 2002, and which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. Books that have been adapted for Literature to Life's theatrical performances include Ray Bradbury's \"Fahrenheit 451\", Tim O'Brien's \"The Things They Carried\", Richard Wright's \"Black Boy\", Jonathan Safran Foer's \"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close\", Sue Monk Kidd's \"The Secret Life of Bees\", Khaled Hosseini's \"The Kite Runner\", and Lois Lowry's \"The Giver\".", "title": "The American Place Theatre" }, { "docid": "14383455", "text": "guest-starred as Dr. Arthur Malcolm, a pedophile who molested his daughter, Samantha, and gave her porcelain dolls away to another girl. Rosalie Ward guest-starred as Bethany Wallace, a woman who is abducted by Samantha Malcolm. In the episode \"Risky Business\", John Pyper-Ferguson guest-starred as Wilson Summers, a father who created a viral internet game that convinces young teenagers to commit suicide. In the episode \"Parasite\", Victor Webster guest-starred as Bill Hodges, a serial killer who has a wife and two other lovers. Annabeth Gish guest-starred as Bill's wife, Rebecca, and Valerie Cruz guest-starred as Bill's secret lover, Brooke Sanchez. In", "title": "Criminal Minds (season 5)" }, { "docid": "5010773", "text": "Joe Clements Joseph \"Joe\" Clements is an Australian actor who played Senior Sergeant Allan Steiger in the television soap opera, \"Neighbours\", from 2004 to 2007. Clements had a role as 'Simmo' in 1993 Australian sitcom \"Newlyweds\", and has had guest roles in \"Water Rats\" (1996), \"Blue Heelers\" (2001), and \"The Secret Life of Us\" (2005). Clements performs as Ned Kelly in a live performance of the outlaw's life story at the Old Melbourne Gaol on a regular basis. He starred in the 2001 movie \"When Good Ghouls Go Bad\" along with \"Back to the Future\" star Christopher Lloyd. He played", "title": "Joe Clements" }, { "docid": "6304942", "text": "several Young Artist Award nominations. When \"Unfabulous\" ended in 2007, Jow co-starred in the animated film \"Bratz: The Movie\" as Quinn and has guest-starred on the shows \"Wizards of Waverly Place\", \"The Young and the Restless\", \"iCarly\", \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\" and the Disney show \"Hannah Montana\" and co-starred in the 2009 science fiction comedy \"Aliens in the Attic\". In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of The CW fantasy drama \"The Vampire Diaries\". She played Anna, a vampire. Jow briefly re-appeared in the third season. That same year, Jow co-starred in the fantasy romance film", "title": "Malese Jow" }, { "docid": "5530487", "text": "a rock on her chest, an apparent suicide. A vigil is held that lasts four days. In that time, Zach is freed from jail with no charges, and black cloth is draped over the beehives to symbolize the mourning. May's suicide letter is found and in it she says, \"It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.\" August interprets this as urging June to marry Neil. May is later buried. Life begins to turn back to normal after a time of grieving, bringing the Boatwright house back together. June, after several rejections, agrees", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "docid": "15637538", "text": "she can so Ricardo isn't in danger due to a few bad guys who want rob Ricardo ranch since they heard there is a secret area in the ranch that has gold. Jennifer dad Armando teams up with them to avenge his dad's death which has nothing to do with Ricardo his dad chose to end his life and blames Rocardo for that. Dos hogares Dos hogares (English title: \"Two Homes, Double Life\") is a Spanish-language Mexican drama thriller telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2011. Anahí, Carlos Ponce and Sergio Goyri starred as protagonists, while Alfredo Adame,", "title": "Dos hogares" }, { "docid": "4969198", "text": "United States at that time. Love & Basketball was based somewhat around Gina Prince-Blythewodd’s personal life, growing up, her experiences, etc. (Cabrera, 2008). She brought herself into that film which is why some critiques say the film was so well done. This film is one of the most successful films directed by a black woman, which created a union between the subject matter and the medias recognition of woman playing basketball and soccer (Bobo, 252) She directed the feature film \"The Secret Life of Bees,\" which was adapted from the best-selling book by Sue Monk Kidd. It was released by", "title": "Gina Prince-Bythewood" }, { "docid": "19523562", "text": "an understudy for a Toronto production of \"Beauty and the Beast\", before getting her first lead role in \"The Associates\". Following the cancellation of \"The Associates\", she was cast in \"Blue Murder\" as the new lead detective after Maria del Mar left the series. After completing filming on \"Blue Murder\", she starred in a production of John Krizanc's play \"Tamara\" for Toronto's Necessary Angel Theatre. She has also had guest roles in \"Doc\", \"Puppets Who Kill\", \"This Is Wonderland\", \"One Life to Live\", \"Rent-a-Goalie\" and \"Army Wives\", and appeared in the television miniseries \"Olive Kitteridge\" and \"The Secret Life of", "title": "Tamara Hickey" }, { "docid": "4762975", "text": "she played Tony Danza's teenage daughter. After playing Natalie Sanford in the independent film \"The Secret Life of Girls\" Delfino was cast as Maria DeLuca on \"Roswell\". On hiatus she performed in the small role of Vanessa in \"Traffic\" as well as Natalie in \"The Secret Life of Girls\". She also acted in \"Reeseville\", \"Celeste in the City\", and in \"R.S.V.P.\". She played Trudi in the film \"State's Evidence\", which covers the topic of violence in schools. Delfino starred in a number of episodes of the NBC show \"Quarterlife\", also shown on MySpaceTV, which started airing November 11, 2007. As", "title": "Majandra Delfino" }, { "docid": "9027260", "text": "film song \"\"Koi diya jale kahin (rum pum bum)\"\", sung by Asha Bhosle from the movie \"Bees Saal Baad\". He also appeared in a television show on STAR Plus, \"Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam\". In 2004, he starred in the film \"\" which also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Shriya Saran and Anupam Kher. He was to act in the movie \"Dus\" but the project got shelved. In 2008, he played the negative role of Mohan Kanta, a British Indian army man who betrays his revolting pro-independence military regiment in the horror film \"1920\", written and directed by Vikram Bhatt.", "title": "Indraneil Sengupta" }, { "docid": "3484449", "text": "Love Bees\" won numerous awards for its innovation and helped spawn numerous other alternate reality games for video games. Alternate reality games or ARGs are designed to involve fans of video games or other media in a form of viral marketing which CNET described as encompassing \"real-life treasure hunting, interactive storytelling, video games and online [communities]\". \"I Love Bees\" began when jars of honey were received in the mail by people who had previously participated in alternate reality games. The jars contained letters leading to the I Love Bees website and a countdown. At around the same time, theatrical trailers", "title": "I Love Bees" }, { "docid": "12022389", "text": "The Glass Bees The Glass Bees (German: Gläserne Bienen) is a 1957 science fiction novel written by German author Ernst Jünger. The novel follows two days in the life of Captain Richard, an unemployed ex-cavalryman who feels lost in a world that has become more technologically advanced and impersonal. Richard accepts a job interview at Zapparoni Works, a company that designs and manufactures robots including the titular glass bees. Richard's first-person narrative blends depiction of his unusual job interview, autobiographical flashbacks from his childhood and his days as a soldier, and reflection on the themes of technology, war, historical change,", "title": "The Glass Bees" }, { "docid": "13867426", "text": "the Anglican church of St Bees parish, and is now a grade I listed building. There is sculptural and place-name evidence for the existence of a pre-Norman religious site; though no existing buildings from that time. The St Bees place-name is derived from \"Kirkeby Becok\" - the \"Church town of Bega\", which was used in the 12th Century. St Bega is a mysterious figure from pre-Norman Britain, and is said to have been an Irish princess who fled across the sea to St Bees to avoid an enforced marriage. Legend has it that she then lived a life of piety", "title": "St Bees Priory" }, { "docid": "8607926", "text": "to Bravo's \"The Real Housewives\". Episodes often hinge on the \"real\" Kevin Hart's desperately unsuccessful attempts to climb Hollywood's celebrity social ladder (which always backfire in humiliating ways), and the character's barely-hidden jealousy of his more successful celebrity friends. A sneak peek was shown as a segment during the 2012 BET Awards and the official promo was released in October 2012. In 2015, Hart starred in the films \"Get Hard\" with Will Ferrell and \"The Wedding Ringer\". In 2016, he starred in the movies \"Central Intelligence\" with Dwayne Johnson and \"The Secret Life of Pets\" In 2017, he starred in", "title": "Kevin Hart" }, { "docid": "17122310", "text": "Emily Wilson (actress) Emily Wilson (born May 28, 1985 in Westminster, Colorado) is an American actress. Wilson began her acting career in 2005 in the TV series \"NCIS\" (\"SWAK\"). In 2006, she was the Audition Revealed - Winner on \"KTLA Morning News\". In 2007, Wilson guest starred on \"MADtv\", \"Californication\", and \"Side Order of Life\". Wilson was in \"Meet The Spartans\" (2008) and \"The House Bunny\" (2008). In 2009, she guest starred on \"Secret Girlfriend\". In 2010, Wilson was in the independent film \"The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down\" and \"L.A. Vampire\". She also guest starred on \"Entourage\"", "title": "Emily Wilson (actress)" }, { "docid": "11290448", "text": "lost in the 2nd round. Rex Garrod co-presented \"The Secret Life of Machines\" with Tim Hunkin. Rex Garrod Rex Garrod is an inventor and roboteer, notable for building the radio controlled car which starred in \"Brum\" and co-presenting \"The Secret Life of Machines\". He also entered several successful robots into the early series of British TV series \"Robot Wars\". \"Brum\" was a British television series which ran intermittently between 1991 and 2002. It told the story of a small car called Brum, which in reality was a giant remote control car. Garrod is credited with both designing and building Brum.", "title": "Rex Garrod" }, { "docid": "2349237", "text": "Evil\" and \"Ambush\". David's brothers Bruce and Keith also appeared in the series, with Keith playing David's character as a teenager for a brief period. David, Keith, and Robert appeared together in a humorous cameo on \"The Fall Guy\", on an episode called \"October the 31st\" in which their father co-starred. Robert appeared with his father in an episode of the first \"Twilight Zone\" revival television series in 1986. The episode segment titled \"Still Life\" featured Robert as a photographer who discovers an unusual camera and his father as a college professor who helps him discover the camera's secret. David's", "title": "John Carradine" }, { "docid": "16341147", "text": "TV, and Zhejiang Changcheng Film and Television Media Group, with a budget of 60,000,000 yuan. Shooting started on 18 February 2011 and ended on 6 May in the same year. Filming locations include Wuxi and Hengdian World Studios. Secret History of Empress Wu Secret History of Empress Wu, also known as Wu Zetian Mishi, is a Chinese television series based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of Empress Regnant. The series was directed by Cheng Feng and starred three actresses — Yin Tao, Liu Xiaoqing and Siqin Gaowa — as", "title": "Secret History of Empress Wu" }, { "docid": "10362369", "text": "that the tidied up gem of a mess still gives off an awful stink.\" A Woman's Secret A Woman's Secret is a 1949 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, and starred Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame and Melvyn Douglas. The film was based on the novel \"Mortgage on Life\" by Vicki Baum. In a story told in a series of flashbacks, singer Marian Washburn (O'Hara) loses her voice. Aided by her pianist, Luke Jordan (Douglas), they promote a young singer, Susan Caldwell (Grahame). When Susan decides to quit the business, she is shot and seriously wounded in the Park Avenue apartment", "title": "A Woman's Secret" }, { "docid": "5447898", "text": "in the made-for-television movie \"Student Seduction\" which premiered on Lifetime in 2003. He also starred in the 2006 film \"Surf School\". Sevier guest-starred on the show \"Instant Star\" for a two-episode arc as \"Hunter\", an ex-convict out for revenge. In 2007 he appeared in an episode of \"The Dresden Files\" and in the film \"The Secret\". In 2008, he co-starred in \"A Broken Life\", appeared in an episode of \"Smallville\" and played a character called Horace Briggs in \"Still Waters\", an episode of \"Murdoch Mysteries\". Corey played the part of Carter in Ryan Little's 2007 film \"House of Fears\". Portraying", "title": "Corey Sevier" }, { "docid": "10362363", "text": "A Woman's Secret A Woman's Secret is a 1949 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, and starred Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame and Melvyn Douglas. The film was based on the novel \"Mortgage on Life\" by Vicki Baum. In a story told in a series of flashbacks, singer Marian Washburn (O'Hara) loses her voice. Aided by her pianist, Luke Jordan (Douglas), they promote a young singer, Susan Caldwell (Grahame). When Susan decides to quit the business, she is shot and seriously wounded in the Park Avenue apartment in New York that she and Marian share. When the police arrive, Marian confesses.", "title": "A Woman's Secret" }, { "docid": "3238727", "text": "She starred in and co-produced, with her own production company (MI-Bar Productions), the NBC TV movie romantic comedy \"The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick\" (1988). She also starred in and produced the romantic comedy TV movie \"Opposites Attract\" (1990), co-starring John Forsythe. In 1978, she starred in the feature film \"Harper Valley PTA\", based on the popular country song. This led to a namesake television series in 1981. In both the movie and the TV series, Eden played the show's heroine, Stella Johnson. The show won 11 of its 13 time slots during its first season. It was a comedy", "title": "Barbara Eden" }, { "docid": "14980117", "text": "also has a scandalous secret. Guest starring in \"Boots on the Ground\" (aired May 15, 2011) is Jeri Ryan as Naomi Halloran, a former CIA official who has started a private security company worth hundreds of millions. This no-nonsense businesswoman also is harboring a secret. Julie White guest starred as New York City’s premiere marriage broker, one who fetches $700,000 for her services in the episode \"The Last Street in Manhattan\". Andrea Roth also guest starred during the season in the episode \"Trophy Wine\", in a case where a wine importer is found dead of a heart attack after being", "title": "Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 10)" }, { "docid": "7097505", "text": "revolving around Melbourne's Tactical Response team (based on Critical Incident Response-style teams). He played the role of communications specialist Leon Broznic; alongside Callan Mulvey and Catherine McClements who played Evan's girlfriend Carmen in \"The Secret Life of Us\". In 2010 he made a cameo appearance as an old friend of Sarah's in the final episode of \"Wilfred\". In 2016, Johnson starred as Molly Meldrum in the miniseries \"Molly\". Johnson's first film role was in the 1995 film \"Angel Baby\" where he played Check-Out Cashier. \"Angel Baby\" was the tale of two people suffering from schizophrenia who meet at therapy and", "title": "Samuel Johnson (actor)" }, { "docid": "8424167", "text": "that Hargrove has managed to isolate \"the smell of fear\" into a liquid form. Manfred tells her this must mean that Hargrove has been baiting the bees with this substance. Vicki's snooping doesn't go unnoticed; bees soon attack her in her room at the cottage. She eventually escapes to Manfred's house, where she decides to stay until she can catch the next boat off the island. When Manfred acts suspiciously, Vicki sleuths some more and discovers his secret laboratory, and he admits that he has been causing all of this. He adds that he had intended to kill Hargrove all", "title": "The Deadly Bees" }, { "docid": "15736104", "text": "On March 14, 2012, CBS renewed \"Criminal Minds\" for an eighth season, which aired on September 26, 2012. In the season premiere \"It Takes a Village\", Timothy V. Murphy reprises as Ian Doyle, and Robin Atkin Downes guest-starred as Lachlan McDermott, an international criminal who seeks vengeance against Doyle for murdering his brother Jimmy. In the episode \"Proof\", Andy Milder guest-starred as Ben Bradstone, a mentally challenged serial killer who removes his victims' five senses with sulfuric acid. Johanna Braddy guest-starred as Ben's niece, Tammy, and Tracy Middendorf guest-starred as Tammy's mother, Lyla, who Ben had a secret obsession over.", "title": "Criminal Minds (season 7)" }, { "docid": "1473060", "text": "last acting role, aside from playing herself in \"Airport 1975\", was in the made-for-TV horror film \"Killer Bees\" (1974). After near-retirement from films, Swanson appeared in many plays throughout her later life, beginning in the 1940s. She toured with \"A Goose for the Gander\", \"Reflected Glory\", and \"Let Us Be Gay\". After her success with \"Sunset Boulevard\", she starred on Broadway in a revival of \"Twentieth Century\" (1951) with José Ferrer, and in \"Nina\" with David Niven. Her last major stage role was in the 1971 Broadway production of \"Butterflies Are Free\" at the Booth Theatre. Swanson appeared on \"The", "title": "Gloria Swanson" }, { "docid": "3348846", "text": "to star as Kate McNab in \"Slings and Arrows\", a comedy mini-series about backstage theatre life at the fictional New Burbage Shakespearean Festival. She was written out of the second season of the program following her success in the United States. She received two Gemini Award nominations for her work on the program, winning one. McAdams' break-out role came in 2004, when she starred in the comedy film \"Mean Girls\" opposite Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried, based on Rosalind Wiseman's book \"Queen Bees and Wannabes\". McAdams was 25 years old when she was cast as the mean high", "title": "Rachel McAdams" }, { "docid": "543074", "text": "broke all box-office records for the play, running for 189 performances. Olivier was enraged at the notices after the first night, which praised the virility of his performance but fiercely criticised his speaking of Shakespeare's verse, contrasting it with his co-star's mastery of the poetry. The friendship between the two men was prickly, on Olivier's side, for the rest of his life. In May 1936 Olivier and Richardson jointly directed and starred in a new piece by J. B. Priestley, \"Bees on the Boatdeck\". Both actors won excellent notices, but the play, an allegory of Britain's decay, did not attract", "title": "Laurence Olivier" }, { "docid": "7221063", "text": "\"Stompingrounds\", was featured on House M.D. The song \"Mary May & Bobby\" was playing at the Purity Ball during Tessa and Ryan's bathroom scene in episode 22 of ABC's (TV series) Suburgatory's second season. Purdy's song \"Mary\" (off the album \"Julie Blue\") was featured in the film \"The Secret Life of Bees\". He has also had a song, \"Miss Me\", in the Drew Barrymore and Justin Long movie \"Going the Distance\". Several of Purdy's songs are featured in the 2013 film \"Straight A's\". Also, Purdy's song \"Outlaws\" was featured in the movie \"A Case of You\". Purdy played the lead", "title": "Joe Purdy" }, { "docid": "15642693", "text": "song \"The Here and The Now\" together. Performing together at shows, they eventually became a duo in 2005. and worked on the song \"Heaven's My Home\" which was featured in the 2008 film \"The Secret Life of Bees\". In 2008 they released a six-song EP entitled \"Sam & Ruby\" that was recorded in Brooker's apartment, which would later catch the attention of record label Rykodisc. Rykodisc signed Sam & Ruby and later released their debut album, \"The Here And The Now\" in August, 2009. The album would later be named \"Album of the Year\" by the Associated Press in their", "title": "Sam & Ruby" }, { "docid": "15642691", "text": "Sam & Ruby Sam & Ruby are an American musical duo composed of Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu. Sam & Ruby are based in Nashville and have recorded two EPs and one full-length record, and are currently signed to the Rykodisc record label. Their song \"Heaven's My Home\" was featured on the movie and soundtrack \"The Secret Life of Bees\". They are both members of the A Capella group The Collective featured on Season 3 of NBC's The Sing-Off. Brooker and Amanfu first met in 1999 in Nashville, where both were currently living at the time. Brooker was originally from", "title": "Sam & Ruby" }, { "docid": "1177067", "text": "versus $17,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,654. There were 7.7% of families and 9.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including 12.0% of under eighteens and 18.2% of those over 64. Scenes from the 2008 movie \"The Secret Life of Bees\" were filmed in Watha. Watha, North Carolina Watha is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 190 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Watha is located at (34.642460, -77.962561). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has", "title": "Watha, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "7125311", "text": "Shondrella Avery Shondrella Dupre Avery (born April 26, 1971) is an American actress, model and comedian. Her film roles include as LaFawnduh Lucas in the independent comedy \"Napoleon Dynamite\" (2004), and supporting roles in \"Domino\" (2005) and \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008). Avery was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in South Central Los Angeles, as the oldest of 10 children. She has created a one-woman show titled \"Ain't I Enough,\" based on her experiences growing up with her enormous family, which has aired on HBO. She graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts", "title": "Shondrella Avery" }, { "docid": "15642694", "text": "top ten albums of the year list. Sam & Ruby would later go on to release a six-song EP entitled \"Press On\" in February, 2010. Sam & Ruby Sam & Ruby are an American musical duo composed of Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu. Sam & Ruby are based in Nashville and have recorded two EPs and one full-length record, and are currently signed to the Rykodisc record label. Their song \"Heaven's My Home\" was featured on the movie and soundtrack \"The Secret Life of Bees\". They are both members of the A Capella group The Collective featured on Season 3", "title": "Sam & Ruby" }, { "docid": "19379908", "text": "Jasmine Burke Jasmine Burke (born August 13, 1983) is an American actress. She is starring as Dr. Christie Johnson in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, \"Saints & Sinners\". Burke was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and studied theatre and business at Kennesaw State University. She began her acting career appearing in small parts in films \"Daddy's Little Girls\" (2007), \"The Secret Life of Bees\" (2008), and \"Mississippi Damned\" (2009). On television, she has appeared in \"Making The Band 3\",\"The Vampire Diaries\", \"Drop Dead Diva\", and \"Army Wives\", and well as VH1 film \"\". She played the leading", "title": "Jasmine Burke" }, { "docid": "163611", "text": "Malaysia. It is a traditional breakfast dish. Solidified cooked grits can be sliced and fried directly in vegetable oil, butter, or bacon grease, or they can first be breaded in beaten egg and bread crumbs. Dessert grits are made with milk, cream, chocolate, chocolate tahini, brown sugar, and salt and can be served optionally with berries or fruit. Grits are discussed in the 1992 comedy film \"My Cousin Vinny\". Grits are used as a punishment for a teenage girl in the 2008 film \"The Secret Life of Bees\". Grits Grits is a food made from corn (maize) that is ground", "title": "Grits" } ]

[ "October 23 , 2012" ]

[ { "docid": "6880390", "text": "Retina Display. Other new or changed features include a second Thunderbolt port, a HDMI port, and a thinner MagSafe port, dubbed the \"MagSafe 2\". Apple introduced a 13-inch version on October 23, 2012 with specifications similar but slightly inferior to the 15-inch version's, such as less powerful processors. The new models omit Ethernet and FireWire 800 ports, though Apple offers Thunderbolt adapters for both interfaces. They also omit a SuperDrive, making the 15-inch model Apple's first professional notebook since the PowerBook 2400c to ship without a built-in optical drive. Instead of a hard disk drive, the new models ship with", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880390", "text": "Retina Display. Other new or changed features include a second Thunderbolt port, a HDMI port, and a thinner MagSafe port, dubbed the \"MagSafe 2\". Apple introduced a 13-inch version on October 23, 2012 with specifications similar but slightly inferior to the 15-inch version's, such as less powerful processors. The new models omit Ethernet and FireWire 800 ports, though Apple offers Thunderbolt adapters for both interfaces. They also omit a SuperDrive, making the 15-inch model Apple's first professional notebook since the PowerBook 2400c to ship without a built-in optical drive. Instead of a hard disk drive, the new models ship with", "title": "MacBook Pro" } ]

[ { "docid": "11428065", "text": "premium Ultrabooks having high resolution screens (1080p or greater) as standard or upgrades, the MacBook Air has been increasingly criticized for sticking with a low-resolution screen. Many in the tech community had expected Apple to release a MacBook Air with Retina Display by mid-2013, similar to the MacBook Pro Retina which came out in 2012. The October 2013 refresh of the 13\" MacBook Pro Retina, with a slimmer chassis and a lower price point, was mentioned as a potential MacBook Air alternative as the battery life is not much shorter while not being considerably bulkier. Apple released an entry-level version", "title": "MacBook Air" }, { "docid": "12384315", "text": "it did during the transition from Motorola 68000 architecture a decade earlier. The Macintosh is the only mainstream computer platform to have successfully transitioned to a new CPU architecture, and has done so twice. All current Mac models ship with at least 8 GB of RAM as standard other than the 1.4 GHz Mac Mini, MacBook Pro (without Retina Display), and MacBook Air. Current Mac computers use ATI/AMD Radeon or Nvidia GeForce graphics cards as well as Intel graphics built into the main CPU. All current Macs (except for the MacBook Pro without Retina Display) do not ship with an", "title": "Macintosh" }, { "docid": "14636726", "text": "display, Retina HD Display, Liquid Retina HD Display, Super Retina HD Display, or Retina 4K/5K Display: Higher resolution Retina screens are standard on the 3rd-generation MacBook Pro and new MacBook, released in 2013 and 2015, respectively. The 4th-generation MacBook Pro, released in 2016, retains the same Retina display of the previous generation. Reviews of Apple devices with Retina displays have generally been positive on technical grounds, with comments describing it as a considerable improvement on earlier screens and praising Apple for driving third-party application support for high-resolution displays more effectively than on Windows. While high-dpi displays such as IBM's T220", "title": "Retina display" }, { "docid": "6880396", "text": "placed at the bottom of the screen bezel; instead, it is found on the underside of the chassis, similar to an iOS device. It is the first Macintosh laptop to not have its model name visible during normal use, as every prior laptop had its model name on the screen bezel or keyboard. The third generation MacBook Pro received positive reviews of the Retina Display, flash storage and power. It was criticized, however, for its high price and lack of an Ethernet port and optical drive. Roman Loyola of \"Macworld\" said that the Retina MacBook Pro was \"groundbreaking\" and made", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880364", "text": "MacBook Pros come with ExpressCard/34 slots, which replace the PC Card slots found in the PowerBook G4. All first generation 15-inch models have two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port, while the 17-inch models have three USB 2.0 ports as well as one FireWire 400 port. When first introduced, the MacBook Pro did not come with FireWire 800 or S-Video ports, although FireWire 800 was added in the next 15-inch model revision and is present in every version of the 17-inch design. S-Video capability can be attained through the use of a DVI to S-Video adapter. External displays", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "14636736", "text": "(FHD) screens standard since 2012 and often QHD or QHD+ as optional upgrade displays. Retina screens are standard on the 3rd-generation MacBook Pro and MacBook, released in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Apple implemented a Retina display in the third generation of its entry-level laptop line, the MacBook Air, in 2018. Retina display Retina display is a brand name used by Apple for its series of IPS LCD, and OLED displays that have a higher pixel density than traditional Apple displays. Apple has applied to register the term \"Retina\" as a trademark in regard to computers and mobile devices with the", "title": "Retina display" }, { "docid": "18646954", "text": "MacBook (12-inch) The MacBook (known colloquially as the \"Retina MacBook\" or \"12-inch MacBook\") is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in March 2015 by Apple Inc. The MacBook has a similar appearance to the MacBook Air, but is thinner and lighter, and is available in colors called space gray, silver, gold, and rose gold. It offers a high-resolution Retina Display, a Force Touch trackpad, a redesigned keyboard, and only two ports: a headphone jack and a USB 3.1 Type-C port for charging, data transfer and video output. In the MacBook product line, the MacBook sits below the MacBook Pro", "title": "MacBook (12-inch)" }, { "docid": "18895226", "text": "and the 2015 MacBook Pro, users can increase the rate of fast forward of videos simply by exerting a larger pressure on the Force Touch Trackpad. On iPhones, the technology has been used extensively as a shortcut to previewing images, videos and finding shortcuts and previously not available features on the home screen of the phone. Force Touch is currently embedded into the screen of the Apple Watch and the trackpads of the MacBook Pro Retina, MacBook (Retina), MacBook Air 2018, and the Magic Trackpad 2. 3D Touch is included in iPhone 6S and later models. 3D Touch works using", "title": "Force Touch" }, { "docid": "17066491", "text": "sizes include TS1 (0.8 mm, used on every iPhone after and including the iPhone 4), TS4 (1.2 mm, used on the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with Retina display), and TS5 (1.5 mm, used on the 2009 MacBook Pro battery). The TS designation is ambiguous as it is also used for the Torq-set screw drive. The first Apple product to include pentalobe screws internally was the Mid 2009 MacBook Pro 15-inch model. Three pentalobe screws were used to attach the battery to the internal frame. A 1.5 mm flat-blade (slotted) screwdriver could easily remove these screws, which were originally", "title": "Pentalobe security screw" }, { "docid": "6880389", "text": "also investigating similar cases across the United States. On February 20, 2015, Apple instituted the This \"will repair affected MacBook Pro systems, free of charge\". The program covered affected MacBook Pro models until December 31, 2016 or four years from original date of sale. On June 11, 2012 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple introduced the third generation MacBook Pro, marketed as the \"MacBook Pro with Retina display\" to differentiate it from the predecessor model. The new model includes Intel's third generation Core i7 processors (Ivy Bridge microarchitecture), USB 3.0, and a high-resolution 15.4\" IPS 2880×1800-pixel", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880362", "text": "is thinner than its predecessor and is the first to include a high-resolution Retina Display. A 13-inch variant was released in October 2012. The fourth generation MacBook Pro was announced on October 27, 2016. It replaces the function keys with an interactive, multi-touch \"Touch Bar\" and a Touch ID sensor integrated into the Power button. The original 15-inch MacBook Pro was announced on January 10, 2006 by Steve Jobs at the Macworld Conference & Expo. The 17-inch model was unveiled on April 24, 2006. The first design was largely a carryover from the PowerBook G4, but uses Intel Core CPUs", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "9654120", "text": "shipping after a successful closing of the campaign. Unlike previous Modbook models, the new Modbook Pro X is a tablet-to-laptop convertible, based on Apple's top-end 15.4-inch Retina MacBook Pro models and also incorporates the Apple Touch Bar, making it the first tablet computer with that technology. Modbook The Modbook is a brand of a pen-enabled Mac tablet computers first manufactured by Axiotron, Inc. from 2008 to 2010, and then by Modbook Inc. from 2012 to present. It is an aftermarket Mac conversion based on certain models of the Macbook and Macbook Pro product lines manufactured by Apple. Manufactured using the", "title": "Modbook" }, { "docid": "13637508", "text": "been criticized for the use of proprietary parts and screws on their late MacBook models and recent iPhone products. In mid-2012, Apple introduced the Retina display MacBook Pro with a slimmer and lighter design. After its release, many criticized the new MacBook Pro design that it introduced trade offs that included soldered RAM onto the motherboard, a glued battery on the aluminum uni-body chassis, the LED screen was fused onto the glass, and the use of a proprietary PCI-E solid-state drive as opposed to a SATA interface. Many criticized these practices as a way for Apple to keep consumers out", "title": "Criticism of Apple Inc." }, { "docid": "16301115", "text": "RAM, 8 GB available storage, OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later, on any of the following Macs: As in 10.7, the earliest models supporting AirDrop are the late-2008 MacBook Pro, late-2010 MacBook Air, late-2008 MacBook, mid-2010 Mac Mini, and early-2009 Mac Pro with an AirPort Extreme card. Any Mac released in or after 2011, except the MacBook, supports AirPlay Mirroring. Power Nap is supported on the mid-2011 or newer MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with Retina display. The technical basis for these requirements is incompatibility with 32-bit EFI and 32-bit kernel extensions (most importantly, drivers for GPUs shipped", "title": "OS X Mountain Lion" }, { "docid": "6880399", "text": "pricing, and the MagSafe 2 power connector's lack of backwards compatibility with the older MagSafe design. The Retina Display on the MacBook Pro have been criticized for \"image retention\", specifically for displays manufactured by LG. In 2017, one year after the introduction of the fourth generation of the MacBook Pro, the original lead developer of Tumblr Marco Arment wrote an evocative article in which he declared the third-generation MacBook Pro the best laptop ever made. The sentiment was shared by many users of various social platforms. Since the battery is glued in and cannot be easily disassembled for recycling (an", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "2481132", "text": "and only thick, it was the lightest and smallest of all of Apple's PowerBooks at the time, and remains one of Apple's smallest notebooks ever produced. Only the MacBook Air, the Retina MacBook Pro and the Retina MacBook weigh less, though they are wider and deeper (but considerably thinner). The Duo had the most in common with the original MacBook Air which only included one USB 2.0 port, one video port (requiring an adapter) and one speaker port, but no ability for expansion. The PowerBook Duo line was replaced by the PowerBook 2400, which was slightly larger in size than", "title": "PowerBook Duo" }, { "docid": "11047152", "text": "repair a Late-2013 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, one must be an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician and pass an exam for repairing 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros (Late 2013 to Early 2015). All technicians who received certification after November 20, 2014 are certified to repair any Mac released before 2015. These certifications are designed for individuals who need a high skill-level in the use of Apple's pro applications or for professionals who provide support for Final Cut Pro software and peripheral devices. These certifications are designed for IT professionals who support Mac OS X or who perform Mac OS X", "title": "Apple certification programs" }, { "docid": "6880398", "text": "to a MacBook Air or ultrabook, one of the two branches of the MacBook Pro family tree is still probably the most universally useful laptop you can buy.\" Joel Santo Domingo of \"PC Magazine\" gave the MacBook Pro an \"Editor's Choice\" rating. He praised its \"brilliant Retina display\", the thin design, port selection and speedy storage, and highlighted the expandability via Thunderbolt ports which support up to seven devices each. David Pogue of \"The New York Times\" praised the 15-inch model's screen, keyboard, sound, start-up time, cosmetics, battery life, storage, and RAM capacity. They criticized the lack of a SuperDrive,", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "14636719", "text": "in width and height to compensate for the smaller pixels. Apple calls this mode \"HiDPI mode\". The goal of Retina displays is to make the display of text and images extremely crisp, so pixels are not visible to the naked eye. This allows displays to rival the smooth curves and sharpness of printed text and immediacy of photographic prints. These better quality displays have been gradually released over a number of years, and the term is now used for nearly all of Apple products containing a screen, including Apple Watch, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and", "title": "Retina display" }, { "docid": "18646965", "text": "were filed against Apple regarding the keyboard issue with one alleging a \"constant threat of nonresponsive keys and accompanying keyboard failure\" and accusing Apple of not alerting consumers to the issue. In June 2018, Apple announced a Service Program to \"service eligible MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards, free of charge\". Notes: MacBook (12-inch) The MacBook (known colloquially as the \"Retina MacBook\" or \"12-inch MacBook\") is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in March 2015 by Apple Inc. The MacBook has a similar appearance to the MacBook Air, but is thinner and lighter, and is available in colors called space", "title": "MacBook (12-inch)" }, { "docid": "14835258", "text": "also as means of viewing entertainment content. In this time frame, with the notable exception of Apple, almost all desktop, laptop, and display manufacturers gradually moved to promoting only 16:9 aspect ratio displays. By 2011, the 16:10 aspect ratio had virtually disappeared from the Windows laptop display market (although Mac laptops are still mostly 16:10, including the 28801800 15\" Retina MacBook Pro and the 25601600 13\" Retina MacBook Pro). One consequence of this transition was that the highest available resolutions moved generally downward (i.e., the move from 19201200 laptop displays to 19201080 displays). nHD is a display resolution of 640360", "title": "Graphics display resolution" }, { "docid": "5946059", "text": "original 9.7\" range of iPads, which was subsequently followed by the iPad Air 2 with Touch ID in 2014. Apple also released various major Mac updates, including the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, whilst also discontinuing the original MacBook range for a short period, before reintroducing it in 2015 with various new features, a Retina Display and a new design that implemented USB-C, while removing all other ports. Apple also updated the Mac Pro and iMac lines with a drastically different smaller/thinner, but more powerful designs. On November 25, 2013, Apple acquired a company called PrimeSense. On May 28, 2014,", "title": "History of Apple Inc." }, { "docid": "17629311", "text": "of a proprietary power connector, its lack of expandable storage, and the lack of Retina display. On October 16, 2012, Apple announced a media event scheduled for October 23 at the California Theatre in San Jose, California. The company did not predisclose the subject of the event, but it was widely expected to be the iPad Mini. On the day of the event, Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced a new version of MacBook family and new generations of the MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, and the iMac before the iPad mini and the higher end fourth-generation iPad. It was released on", "title": "IPad Mini (1st generation)" }, { "docid": "14153464", "text": "CPU, but in a separate die manufactured in a different process. Intel refers to this as a Level 4 cache, available to both CPU and GPU, naming it \"Crystalwell.\" Linux support for this eDRAM is expected in kernel version 3.12, by making the codice_1 driver aware and capable of using it. Integrated Iris Pro Graphics was adopted by Apple for their late-2013 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops (with Retina Display), which for the first time in the history of the series did not have discrete graphics cards, although only for the low-end model. It was also included on the late-2013 21.5-inch", "title": "Intel Graphics Technology" }, { "docid": "18895231", "text": "Mobile, the device was eventually cancelled sometime in 2014. Force Touch Force Touch is a technology developed by Apple Inc. that enables trackpads and touchscreens to distinguish between different levels of force being applied to their surfaces. First unveiled on September 9, 2014, during the Apple Watch introduction, Force Touch is a pressure-sensitive multi-touch technology. The technology is designed to add another method of input to Apple’s devices. Beginning with the Apple Watch, Force Touch has been introduced to many of the products within Apple’s lineup, including the MacBook with Retina display, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air 2018, and Magic Trackpad", "title": "Force Touch" }, { "docid": "18895222", "text": "Force Touch Force Touch is a technology developed by Apple Inc. that enables trackpads and touchscreens to distinguish between different levels of force being applied to their surfaces. First unveiled on September 9, 2014, during the Apple Watch introduction, Force Touch is a pressure-sensitive multi-touch technology. The technology is designed to add another method of input to Apple’s devices. Beginning with the Apple Watch, Force Touch has been introduced to many of the products within Apple’s lineup, including the MacBook with Retina display, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air 2018, and Magic Trackpad 2. On flagship iPhone models, namely the iPhone 6S,", "title": "Force Touch" }, { "docid": "6880407", "text": "finishes, the traditional silver color and a darker \"space gray\" color. The MacBook Pro model name returns to the bottom of the screen bezel in Apple's San Francisco font after being absent from the third generation. As with the Retina MacBook, the new models replace the backlit white Apple logo on the rear of the screen with a glossy black opaque version. MagSafe, a magnetic charging connector, has been replaced with USB-C charging. Unlike MagSafe, which provided an indicator light within the user’s field of view to indicate the device's charging status, the USB-C charger has no visual indicator. Instead,", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "5946062", "text": "Plus have high storage options. On October 27, 2016, Apple announced the new 13 and 15 inch Macbook Pro with a retina Touch Bar. On March 21, 2017, Apple announced the iPad (2017). This is the iPad Air 2 successor, equipped with a faster processor, and starts at $329. Apple also announced the (Product)RED iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. On June 5, 2017, Apple announced iOS 11 as well as new versions of macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Apple also released updated versions of the iMac, MacBook Pro, and MacBook. Apple also released the new 10.5 and 12.9 inch iPad", "title": "History of Apple Inc." }, { "docid": "6880408", "text": "the MacBook Pro emits a chime when connected to power. The Macintosh startup chime that has been used since the first Macintosh in 1984 is now disabled by default. The laptop now boots automatically when the lid is opened. The battery life of the new models also received mixed reception, with outlets reporting inconsistent battery life and inaccurate estimates of time remaining on battery by the operating system. Apple addressed the latter by hiding the display of estimated battery time remaining entirely in a macOS update. \"Consumer Reports\" did not initially recommend the 2016 MacBook Pro models, citing inconsistent and", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "14636729", "text": "be made on the computer screen but also enjoyed on one. Regarding font choices, you not only need not choose a font optimized for rendering on screen, but should not. Fonts optimized for screen rendering look cheap on the retina MacBook Pro—sometimes downright cheesy—in the same way they do when printed in a glossy magazine. Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate Technologies, has challenged Apple's claim. He says that the physiology of the human retina is such that there must be at least 477 pixels per inch in a pixelated display for the pixels to become imperceptible to the human eye", "title": "Retina display" }, { "docid": "6880397", "text": "people \"rethink how they use technology\". He praised the inclusion of USB 3.0 and the slimmer body. Dan Ackerman of CNET commented \"I've previously called the 15-inch MacBook Pro one of the most universally useful all-around laptops you can buy. This new version adds to that with HDMI, faster ports, and more portability. But it also subtracts from that with its exclusion of an optical drive and Ethernet port, plus its very high starting price. The Pro and Retina Pro are clearly two laptops designed for two different users, and with the exception of all-day commuters who need something closer", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "686945", "text": "as Linux on MacBooks, as different cards require different device drivers. The MacBook Air Mid 2012 13\", MacBook Air Mid 2011 13\" and MacBook Air Late 2010 (11\", A1370 and 13\", Model A1369) each use a Broadcom BCM 943224 PCIEBT2 Wi-Fi card (main chip BCM43224: 2 × 2 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). The MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 uses Broadcom BCM94331CSAX (main chip BCM4331: 3 x 3 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, up to 450Mbit/s). In early 2007, Apple announced that most Intel Core 2 Duo-based Macs, which had been shipping since November 2006, already included AirPort Extreme cards", "title": "AirPort" }, { "docid": "13839054", "text": "with Thunderbolt 2 was Apple's late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro, on 22 October 2013. Thunderbolt 3 was developed by Intel and shares Type-C connectors with USB while requiring special, \"active\" cables for maximum performance. Compared to Thunderbolt 2, Intel's Thunderbolt 3 controller (codenamed \"Alpine Ridge\") doubles the bandwidth to 40 Gbit/s (5 GB/s), halves power consumption, and simultaneously drives two external 4K displays at 60 Hz (or a single external 4K display at 120 Hz, or a 5K display at 60 Hz when using Apple's implementation for the late-2016 MacBook Pros) instead of just the single display previous controllers can", "title": "Thunderbolt (interface)" }, { "docid": "6880401", "text": "models during a press event at their headquarters on October 27, 2016. All models, except the baseline 13-inch model, introduced the Touch Bar, a multi-touch enabled OLED strip built into the top of the keyboard in place of the function keys. The Touch Bar models also include a sapphire-glass covered Touch ID sensor at the right end of the Touch Bar which doubles as a power button. The models also introduce a \"second-generation\" butterfly mechanism keyboard that provided more travel than the first iteration implemented on the Retina MacBook. The 13-inch model has a trackpad that is 46% larger than", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "9936858", "text": "iMac would have non-replaceable soldered memory similar to the MacBook Air and Retina display MacBook Pro though tear-downs show that it uses removable memory but accessing the modules requires ungluing the screen and removing the motherboard. The 27 in version features an access port to upgrade memory without disassembling the display. Apple also upgraded the computers' processors, using Intel's Ivy Bridge microarchitecture-based Core i5 and Core i7 microprocessors. Video cards are now Nvidia as standard. USB 3.0 ports are now included for the first time. The 2012 iMac also features the option of a Fusion Drive which combines an SSD", "title": "IMac (Intel-based)" }, { "docid": "6243443", "text": "Apple Modem The Apple USB Modem is a combined 56 kbit/s data modem and 14.4 kbit/s fax external USB modem introduced by Apple Inc. after the internal 56k modem was dropped on the October 12, 2005 iMac G5 revision. While it looks similar, it should not be confused with Apple's optional USB Ethernet Adapter accessory, available for its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina range of laptops since 2008. Apple introduced its first true modems in 1984, the \"Apple Modem 300\" & \"1200\" modems (V21/V22). Prior to that they offered a third party Apple-badged comparatively low-tech acoustic coupler. Those were", "title": "Apple Modem" }, { "docid": "6880395", "text": "to sell the 2015 15-inch model until July 2018. The Retina Display MacBook Pro largely follows the design of the previous generation with its aluminum enclosure and separated black keys. The most apparent body changes are a thinner chassis and a display with a redesigned hinge and thinner bezel and the removal of the internal optical drive. The power button is moved from the upper right corner of the chassis onto the keyboard, taking the place of the optical disc eject button. At thick, the 15-inch model is 25 percent thinner than its predecessor. The model name is no longer", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880392", "text": "although it has a proprietary connector and form factor. The battery is glued into place; attempts to remove it may destroy the battery and/or trackpad. The entire case uses proprietary pentalobe screws and cannot be disassembled with standard tools. While the battery is glued in, recycling companies have stated that the design is only \"mildly inconvenient\" and does not hamper the recycling process. On February 13, 2013, Apple announced updated prices and processors for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and increased the RAM of the high-end 15-inch model to 16 GB. On October 22, 2013, Apple updated the line", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880393", "text": "with Intel's Haswell processors and Iris Graphics, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Thunderbolt 2, and PCIe-based flash storage. The chassis of the 13-inch version was slightly slimmed to to match the 15-inch model. The lower-end 15-inch model only included integrated graphics while the higher-end model continued to include a discrete Nvidia graphics card in addition to integrated graphics. Support for 4K video output via HDMI was added but limited the maximum number of external displays from three to two. On July 29, 2014 Apple announced updated prices and processors for the Haswell MacBook Pro with Retina Display. On March 9, 2015, the 13-inch", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "15774836", "text": "of PCs. As of April 2018, MacBook (Retina) 12\" laptops only have a USB-C port, which cannot communicate with a Thunderbolt adapter. However, newer MacBook Pro have Thunderbolt 3 ports. Although these ports have the same connector as USB-C, they are compatible with the Thunderbolt protocol, and can use a Thunderbolt Display with a Thunderbolt 3-to-2 adapter. In April 2017, Apple confirmed that a new generation of Apple-branded displays will be released after 2017 alongside with the next generation of the Mac Pro. Apple Thunderbolt Display The Apple Thunderbolt Display is a 27-inch flat panel computer monitor sold by Apple", "title": "Apple Thunderbolt Display" }, { "docid": "13839056", "text": "follows previous practice, where higher-end devices such as the second-generation Mac Pro, iMac, Retina MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini use two-port controllers; while lower-end, lower-power devices such as the MacBook Air use the one-port version. Support was added to Intel's Skylake architecture chipsets, shipping during late 2015 into early 2016. Devices with Thunderbolt 3 ports began shipping at the beginning of December 2015, including notebooks running Microsoft Windows (from Acer, Asus, Clevo, HP, Dell, Dell Alienware, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, and Sony), as well as motherboards (from Gigabyte Technology), and a 0.5 m Thunderbolt 3 passive USB-C cable (from Lintes Technology).", "title": "Thunderbolt (interface)" }, { "docid": "11452722", "text": "speed increased to 1.8 GHz. On October 30, 2018, the MacBook Air underwent a major design change, dropping the USB Type-A ports, MagSafe, and the SD card slot in favor of two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports and a headphone jack. It was updated with a Retina display and Intel Y-series Amber Lake i5 CPUs, as well as a Force Touch trackpad, a third generation butterfly mechanism keyboard, and the Touch ID sensor found in the fourth generation MacBook Pro, but without the Touch Bar. The base price was also raised, although the base configuration of the 2017 model was retained. The", "title": "MacBook family" }, { "docid": "12384316", "text": "optical media drive that includes a dual-function DVD/CD burner. Apple refers to this as a SuperDrive. Current Macs include two standard data transfer ports: USB and Thunderbolt (except for the Retina MacBook, which only has a USB-C port and headphone port). MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini computers now also feature the \"Thunderbolt\" port, which Apple says can transfer data at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second. USB was introduced in the 1998 iMac G3 and is ubiquitous today, while FireWire was mainly reserved for high-performance devices such as hard drives or video cameras. Starting with the", "title": "Macintosh" }, { "docid": "6880507", "text": "Apple continued to sell the MacBook to educational institutions until February 2012. A new, redesigned MacBook line was launched on March 9, 2015. Available in silver, gold or space grey, it is thinner than the MacBook Air and removes the traditional MagSafe charging port (along with all other ports, except the headphone jack) in favor of the multi-purpose USB-C port. It also features a Retina display. On April 19, 2016, Apple updated the 12-inch Retina MacBook with new sixth-generation Intel Core M processors, longer battery life and a rose gold option; on June 5, 2017, the MacBook also received seventh-generation", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "20745571", "text": "impact the behaviors and values of individuals through the use of technology in people's daily lives. The MacBook Pro is a prime example of techno-globalism from a consumer standpoint. Due to the wild success of the MacBook Pro around the globe, the unibody case design and the aesthetics of the MacBook Pro is highly valued in the countries where it is sold. It is surprising that China and the U.S, for instance, two countries with drastically different cultures and art tastes have all come to appreciate the engineering of this piece of technology. The example of the MacBook Pro goes", "title": "Techno-globalism" }, { "docid": "20389725", "text": "Book 2 supports Surface Dial. The Surface Book 2 received broadly positive reviews, being compared favorably to Apple's Macbook Pro line. Devindra Hardawar of Engadget said of the 15-inch model, \"The Surface Book 2 is exactly what we've wanted from a high-end Microsoft laptop. It's powerful, sturdy and its unique hinge doesn't come with any compromises.\" Hardawar also directly compared the Surface Book 2 to Apple's Macbook Pro saying, \"It's the closest a PC maker has come to taking on the MacBook Pro, both in style and substance.\" Tom Warren, of The Verge, also gave the Surface Book 2 positive", "title": "Surface Book 2" }, { "docid": "17066490", "text": "Pentalobe security screw The pentalobe security screw (Apple nomenclature), or pentalobe screw drive, is a five-pointed tamper-resistant system used by but not limited to Apple in their products. Pentalobe screws were adopted by Apple starting in 2009, when they were first implemented in the 15-inch MacBook Pro. They have since been used on other MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iPhone models. Apple attracted criticism upon the introduction of the pentalobe screw; it was seen by some as an attempt to lock individuals out of their devices. Inexpensive pentalobe screwdrivers, manufactured by third parties, are relatively easy to obtain. Pentalobe screw", "title": "Pentalobe security screw" }, { "docid": "11047151", "text": "diagnostics of all Macintosh desktops, portables, and servers. This certification is required to perform warranted hardware repairs for an Apple Authorized Service Provider. Previously, the hardware certification came in the combination of Apple Certified Desktop Technician (ACDT) and Apple Certified Portable Technician (ACPT), but has been combined into a single hardware certification. This certification also includes an extensive knowledge of Apple's operating system OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard including its installation, settings, troubleshooting, and applications. Before November 2014, the Apple Certified Macintosh Technician did not cover the Retina MacBook Pro lineup, as well as all Macs released after 2012. To", "title": "Apple certification programs" }, { "docid": "6880412", "text": "i9 MacBook Pro was slower than the 2017 MacBook Pro and stated, \"This isn't a problem with Intel's Core i9, it's Apple's thermal solution.\" When Lee put the i9 MacBook Pro inside a freezer, the render times were over 8 minutes shorter. On July 24, Apple released a software fix for the new 2018 MacBook Pros which addressed the thermal throttling issue. Apple said \"there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro\". A \"limited number\" of 13-inch MacBook", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880403", "text": "macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. Devices using HDMI, previous generation Thunderbolt, and USB will require an adapter to connect to the MacBook Pro. The models come with a 3.5 mm headphone jack, although TOSLINK functionality of older generation MacBook Pros has been removed. Other updates to the MacBook Pro include dual and quad-core Intel \"Skylake\" Core i5 and i7 processors, improved graphics, and displays that offer a 25% wider color gamut, 67% more brightness, and 67% more contrast. All versions are able to output to a 5K display, with the 15-inch models capable of two. The 15-inch models include a discrete", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880516", "text": "found on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, alleging a smaller viewing angle, washed-out colors, and dimmer backlighting. Similarly, AppleInsider and Engadget concluded it \"may well be Apple's best MacBook to date\" and \"these are terrific choices—not only from an industrial design standpoint, but in specs as well\" respectively, while also drawing attention to a lower quality display as compared with the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Charlie Sorrel of Wired News reached a similar conclusion about the MacBook display, citing its poor contrast and lack of vertical angle in comparison with the MacBook Pro and even the older white", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "6880528", "text": "than originally provided may be used without problems. Apple formerly offered a “MagSafe Airline Adapter” for use on certain compatible airplanes. It had a DC input (instead of AC like the original MagSafe chargers) and would power the computer, but would \"not\" charge the battery. Some Apple desktop displays included a MagSafe connector cable which allowed charging of Apple laptops. MagSafe 2 was introduced on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display at the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference on July 11, 2012. It is incompatible with the older MagSafe connectors without an adapter, and returns to the T-shaped", "title": "MagSafe" }, { "docid": "6880415", "text": "ports or an SD card slot. \"Ars Technica\" noted that the second-generation keyboard with firm keys was a \"drastic departure\" from previous Retina MacBook keyboards. It further noted that resting palms may brush the trackpad occasionally causing inadvertent cursor jumps onscreen as the laptop interprets this as input, without one's hands or wrists actually resting on it. Also noted was an increase of bandwidth and approximately 40 percent increased read speed of the flash storage. \"Engadget\" praised the thinner, lighter design, improved display and audio, and increased speed of the graphics and flash storage, but criticized the lack of ports", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "17565784", "text": "audio input/output ports. It supports a resolution of 3840 x 2160 (commonly known as \"4K\" or \"Ultra HD\"). Tony Bradley from PC World wrote: \"A funny thing happened to me when I started playing around with a Surface Pro 2: It became my favorite computer. I'm not a Windows hater by any stretch of the imagination, but I also didn't expect to come to rely on the Surface Pro 2 as much as I did. Normally I use an 11-inch MacBook Air as my primary PC, and I have an iPad mini and a Samsung Series 7 Slate as secondary", "title": "Surface Pro 2" }, { "docid": "6880375", "text": "quoted at eight hours, with 80 percent of this charge remaining after 1,000 charge-discharge cycles. At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8, 2009, it was announced that the 13-inch unibody MacBook would be upgraded and re-branded as a MacBook Pro, leaving only the white polycarbonate MacBook in the MacBook line. It was also announced that the entire MacBook Pro line would use the non user-removable battery first introduced in the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The updated MacBook Pro 13- and the 15-inch would each have up to a claimed seven hours of battery life, while the 17-inch would keep", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "12574959", "text": "model was upgraded to a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor. Quad-core i7 CPUs were also used in the late-2012 desktop Mac mini computers. In October 2014, Apple refreshed the line, adding Haswell CPUs, improving the graphics, lowering the base-model price by $100. The only change to the body was the removal of the two holes used to open the case, as the RAM was no longer upgradable because it was soldered to the logic board; this idea is similar to the Retina MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air and the Mid 2014 21.5-inch iMac. On October 30, 2018, after four years,", "title": "Mac Mini" }, { "docid": "6243447", "text": "wireless system instead of dial-up. The highly miniaturized product, about the size of a cigarette lighter and with a 4.6-inch long USB cable, won a RED DOT design award for good design. Apple Modem The Apple USB Modem is a combined 56 kbit/s data modem and 14.4 kbit/s fax external USB modem introduced by Apple Inc. after the internal 56k modem was dropped on the October 12, 2005 iMac G5 revision. While it looks similar, it should not be confused with Apple's optional USB Ethernet Adapter accessory, available for its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina range of laptops since", "title": "Apple Modem" }, { "docid": "16301126", "text": "Youku, Tudou and Sina Weibo are integrated into share sheets. Dictation, new in Mountain Lion, is a system-wide voice input mechanism that requires a broadband Internet connection. Facebook gained full integration following an update in late 2012. Some of the features include single-sign on and integration in Notification Center, Contacts and Share Sheets. Gatekeeper, also new to Mountain Lion, is an anti-malware feature based on digital signatures and the Mac App Store. Power Nap allows flash storage-based Macintoshes (late 2010 MacBook Air and later, or the MacBook Pro with Retina display) to synchronize with iCloud (Reminders, Calendars, Photo Stream, Notes,", "title": "OS X Mountain Lion" }, { "docid": "12384259", "text": "this time, Apple phased out the Macintosh name in favor of \"Mac\", a nickname that had been in common use since the development of the first model. Since their transition to Intel processors in 2006, the complete lineup is entirely based on said processors and associated systems. Its current lineup includes four desktops (the all-in-one iMac and iMac Pro, and the desktop Mac Mini and Mac Pro), and three laptops (the MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro). Its Xserve server was discontinued in 2011 in favor of the Mac Mini and Mac Pro. Apple has also developed a series of", "title": "Macintosh" }, { "docid": "15412983", "text": "all Apple Inc. products marketed with the label \"Retina Display\" (such as iPhone 4 onwards, iPad 3 onwards, iPad Mini 2 onwards, MacBook Pro with Retina display) feature IPS LCDs with LED backlighting. <div style=\"float:left;\"> In this case, both linear polarizing filters P and A have their axes of transmission in the same direction. To obtain the 90 degree twisted nematic structure of the LC layer between the two glass plates without an applied electric field (\"OFF\" state), the inner surfaces of the glass plates are treated to align the bordering LC molecules at a right angle. This molecular structure", "title": "IPS panel" }, { "docid": "94438", "text": "panels will be halted due to a lack of demand.\" The resolution for computer monitors has increased over time. From 320x200 during the early 1980s, to 1024x768 during the late 1990s. Since 2009, the most commonly sold resolution for computer monitors is 1920x1080. Before 2013 top-end consumer LCD monitors were limited to 2560x1600 at , excluding Apple products and CRT monitors. Apple introduced 2880x1800 with Retina MacBook Pro at on June 12, 2012, and introduced a 5120x2880 Retina iMac at on October 16, 2014. By 2015 most major display manufacturers had released 3840x2160 resolution displays. Every RGB monitor has its", "title": "Computer monitor" }, { "docid": "4423396", "text": "per application, and received regular updates after this point, including links to iCloud and a high-DPI version designed to match Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display. On January 27, 2010, Apple announced iWork for iPad, to available as three separate $9.99 applications from the App Store. This version has also received regular updates including a version for pocket iPhone and iPod touch devices, and an update to take advantage of Retina Display devices and the larger screens of recent iPhones. On October 22, 2013, Apple announced an overhaul of the iWork software for both the Mac and iOS. Both suites", "title": "IWork" }, { "docid": "6880367", "text": "added as an option for the 17-inch model. Processors were updated to \"Penryn\" cores, which are built on the 45 nanometer process (65 nanometer \"Merom\" cores were previously used), and hard drive and memory capacities were increased. Multi-touch capabilities, first introduced with the MacBook Air earlier that year, were brought over to the MacBook Pro's trackpad. When the 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro was introduced on October 14, 2008, the pre-unibody model with the same screen size was discontinued, while the 17-inch pre-unibody model continued to be sold. The original case design was discontinued on January 6, 2009, when the 17-inch", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "20722333", "text": "back up his Macbook Pro laptop which included recordings from the \"Come Over When You're Sober\" sessions. The project was first backed up in the headquarters of First Access Entertainment in London before his secondary laptop being backed up in an Apple store by his mother Liza Womack. His producer Smokeasac revealed that Peep had made several unreleased songs, ones specifically made for a possible sequel to his debut album entitled \"Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1\". In a tweet shortly after Peep's death, Smokeasac tweeted that he and Peep made \"beautiful music\" during 2017 and that he still", "title": "Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2" }, { "docid": "14636725", "text": "The sole exception to this has been the iPhone 6 Plus, which renders its display at triple the number of pixels in each direction, before down-sampling to a 1080p resolution. The displays are manufactured worldwide by different suppliers. Currently, the iPad's display comes from Samsung, while the MacBook Pro, iPhone, and iPod Touch displays are made by LG Display and Japan Display Inc. There was a shift of display technology from twisted nematic (TN) liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) to in-plane switching (IPS) LCDs starting with the iPhone 4 models in June 2010. Apple markets the following devices as having a Retina", "title": "Retina display" }, { "docid": "6880360", "text": "MacBook Pro The MacBook Pro (sometimes abbreviated as MBP) is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple Inc. It is the high-end model of the MacBook family and is currently available in 13- and 15-inch screen sizes. A 17-inch version was available between April 2006 and June 2012. The first generation MacBook Pro is externally similar to the PowerBook G4 it replaces, but uses Intel Core processors instead of PowerPC G4 chips. The 15-inch model was introduced first, in January 2006; the 17-inch model followed in April. Both received several updates and Core 2 Duo", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880383", "text": "screen, and sturdy unibody build, which allowed easier upgrading of internal components as compared to the original models. Some reviewers also noted that the new MacBook Pro ran more quietly and at cooler temperatures than first generation machines. Others, however, criticized the amount of heat generated by the new design. Reviewers lamented the loss of a matte screen option for the 2008 unibody MacBook Pro, noting the reflectiveness of the screen in sunlight, even when its brightness was turned all the way up. CNET's Dan Ackerman commented of the mid-2009 models: \"According to Apple, the new display offers a wider", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "13839064", "text": "including those from LaCie on their \"2big\" range. The late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro was the first product to have Thunderbolt 2 ports, following which manufacturers started to update their model offerings to those featuring the newer, faster, 20Gbit/s connection throughout 2014. Again, among the first was Promise Technology, who released updated \"Pegasus 2\" versions of their R4 and R6 models along with an even larger R8 (8-drive) RAID unit, offering up to 32 TBs or storage. Later, other brands similarly introduced high capacity models with the newer connection type, including G-Technology (with their \"G-RAID Studio\" models offering up to", "title": "Thunderbolt (interface)" }, { "docid": "11452721", "text": "logo on the back of its lid, instead having a polished metal logo. The MacBook Air is Apple's least expensive notebook computer. The 2017 base model comes with a 13-inch screen, and was Apple's thinnest notebook computer until the introduction of the MacBook in March 2015. This MacBook Air model features two USB Type-A 3.0 ports and a Thunderbolt 2 port. This model of MacBook Air does not have a Retina Display. A MacBook Air model with an 11-inch screen was available from October 2010 to October 2016. In 2017, the MacBook Air received a small refresh, with the processor", "title": "MacBook family" }, { "docid": "6880509", "text": "its predecessor – the iBook G4 – the MacBook is wider than the 12-inch model due to its widescreen display. In addition, the MacBook was one of the first (the first being the MacBook Pro) to adopt Apple's MagSafe power connector and it replaced the iBook's mini-VGA display port with a mini-DVI display port. The iBook's discrete graphics chip was initially replaced by an integrated Intel GMA solution, though the latest revisions of the MacBook were upgraded with the more powerful Nvidia GeForce 9400M and later the 320M. While the MacBook Pro largely followed the industrial design standard set by", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "11428066", "text": "of the 13\" MacBook Pro on October 27, 2016, which was specifically targeted towards MacBook Air users. The 11.6\" MacBook Air, introduced in October 2010, is only slightly larger and heavier (when closed) than the iPad 2. The 11.6\" Air has been regarded as thin and light compared to other ultraportables, such as the Sony VAIO Z and the 11\" Samsung Series 9. As of 2013, several Ultrabooks such as the Sony VAIO Pro have managed smaller dimensions than the MacBook Air by using carbon fiber construction. On October 30, 2018, Apple unveiled a redesigned 13.3\" MacBook Air model, with", "title": "MacBook Air" }, { "docid": "14835336", "text": "8.4, 10.1 and Note Pro 12.2, as well as the Gigaset QV1030, also feature a WQXGA resolution display. In 2012 Apple released the 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display that features a WQXGA display. QSXGA (Quad Super Extended Graphics Array) is a display resolution of 25602048 pixels with a 5:4 aspect ratio. Grayscale monitors with a 25602048 resolution, primarily for medical use, are available from Planar Systems (Dome E5), Eizo (Radiforce G51), Barco (Nio 5, MP), WIDE (IF2105MP), IDTech (IAQS80F), and possibly others. Recent medical displays such as Barco Coronis Fusion 10MP or NDS Dome S10 have native panel", "title": "Graphics display resolution" }, { "docid": "6880370", "text": "hot. Users complained that upgrading system memory was harder than in older Apple notebooks. Since the dimensions for the 15-inch MacBook Pro were tweaked slightly from the 15-inch PowerBook G4, older accessories such as notebook sleeves did not work with the new models. Some users noted a slight flickering when the screen was on lower brightness settings. Apple increased the battery capacity by 10 Wh, going from 50 in the PowerBook G4 to 60, but the more powerful Core Duo CPU required more power. Battery life therefore remained about the same as in previous models, at three-plus hours. On October", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880363", "text": "instead of PowerPC G4 chips. The 15-inch MacBook Pro weighs the same as the 15-inch aluminum PowerBook G4, but is deeper, wider, and thinner. Other changes from the PowerBook include a built-in iSight webcam and the inclusion of MagSafe, a magnetic power connector designed to detach easily when yanked. These features were later brought over to the MacBook. The optical drive was reduced in size in order to fit into the slimmer MacBook Pro, hence it runs slower than the optical drive in the PowerBook G4 and cannot write to dual layer DVDs. Both the original 15- and 17-inch model", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "17066497", "text": "TS sizes are used by iFixit.com, and PL sizes by Wiha, a German tool company: These pentalobe heads are not to be confused with Torx Plus Security heads, because they have 6 edges. Pentalobe security screw The pentalobe security screw (Apple nomenclature), or pentalobe screw drive, is a five-pointed tamper-resistant system used by but not limited to Apple in their products. Pentalobe screws were adopted by Apple starting in 2009, when they were first implemented in the 15-inch MacBook Pro. They have since been used on other MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iPhone models. Apple attracted criticism upon the introduction", "title": "Pentalobe security screw" }, { "docid": "18646955", "text": "in terms of average specifications. Compared to the MacBook Air which at the time had 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch screen sizes, the 12-inch MacBook is considered a more premium device due to its higher resolution Retina Display, more compact form factor, the absence of fan, and higher storage and memory. However, the processor and graphic performance is inferior to the MacBook Air. Many reviewers have also criticized the shallow travel of the redesigned keyboard keys. On April 19, 2016, Apple updated the MacBook with new sixth-generation Intel Core M processors, Intel HD 515 graphics, faster RAM, longer battery life, faster storage", "title": "MacBook (12-inch)" }, { "docid": "6880519", "text": "its predecessor, and uses a multi-touch glass trackpad like the one found on the MacBook Pro. The video-out port is Mini DisplayPort. The bottom of the MacBook features a rubberized non-slip finish. This was prone to peeling off and Apple offered free replacements fitted by authorised agents until at least 2015 internationally. The built-in battery of the late 2009 revision, a feature introduced earlier in the year with the MacBook Pro, is claimed by Apple to last seven hours compared with five hours in the older models. However, in tests conducted by Macworld, the battery was found to last only", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "11452724", "text": "MacBook family The MacBook family is a brand of Macintosh laptop computers by Apple Inc. that merged the PowerBook and iBook lines during Apple's transition to Intel processors. The current lineup consists of the MacBook (2006–2012; 2015–present), the MacBook Air (2008–present), and the MacBook Pro (2006–present). The MacBook family were initially housed in designs similar to the iBook and PowerBook lines which preceded them, now making use of a unibody aluminum construction first introduced with the MacBook Air. This new construction also has a black plastic keyboard that was first used on the MacBook Air, which itself was inspired by", "title": "MacBook family" }, { "docid": "11452718", "text": "MacBook family The MacBook family is a brand of Macintosh laptop computers by Apple Inc. that merged the PowerBook and iBook lines during Apple's transition to Intel processors. The current lineup consists of the MacBook (2006–2012; 2015–present), the MacBook Air (2008–present), and the MacBook Pro (2006–present). The MacBook family were initially housed in designs similar to the iBook and PowerBook lines which preceded them, now making use of a unibody aluminum construction first introduced with the MacBook Air. This new construction also has a black plastic keyboard that was first used on the MacBook Air, which itself was inspired by", "title": "MacBook family" }, { "docid": "6880411", "text": "a membrane underneath keys to prevent malfunction from dust. Testing on the 2018 Core i9 15-inch model shows thermal throttling slows performance, according to \"PC Magazine\" \"the Core i9 processor Apple chose to use inside the MacBook Pro (i9-8950K) has a base clock frequency of 2.9GHz, which is capable of bursting up to 4.8GHz when necessary. However, testing carried out by YouTuber Dave Lee showed that the Core i9 couldn't even maintain 2.9GHz, let alone 4.8GHz. In fact, it ended up running at 2.2GHz due to the heat generated inside the chassis forcing it to throttle. Lee found the 2018", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "6880527", "text": "or red if the battery is charging. MagSafe can be found on the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebook computers, as well as the Apple LED Cinema Display. The MacBook and the 13-inch MacBook Pro use a 60 W MagSafe charger, whereas the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro use an 85 W MagSafe charger. The MacBook Air has a lower-powered 45 W version of the MagSafe adapter. The power brick is smaller, but the MagSafe connector is the same as on the 60 W and 85 W chargers. According to Apple, an adapter with the same or higher wattage", "title": "MagSafe" }, { "docid": "20903783", "text": "the laptop's display, performance and design saying \"Huawei’s new MateBook X Pro is the best laptop right now.\" Seifert also compares the keyboard of the Matebook X Pro to Apple's MacBook Pro saying \"The keyboard has low travel (1.22mm), but it’s not as low profile or annoying to type on as the keyboard on a MacBook Pro.\" Daniel Rubino from \"Windows Central\" also compared the Matebook X Pro to Apple's MacBook Pro noting, \"It may look like a MacBook Pro, but Huawei's latest goes beyond our expectations.\" concluding that the Matebook X Pro is \"An excellent performer with few drawbacks.\"", "title": "Huawei MateBook X Pro" }, { "docid": "6880419", "text": "time by default. The coprocessor powering the touch bar and higher TDP of the stronger CPU models are responsible for this behavior. YouTube tech reviewer Dave Lee was very critical of the high price of the MacBook Pro. He ultimately said that \"for most people, [the MacBook Pro] is just way too expensive and overpriced.\" The macOS operating system has been pre-installed on all MacBook Pros since release, starting with version 10.4.4 (Tiger). Along with OS X, iLife has also shipped with all systems, beginning with iLife '06. The MacBook Pro comes with the successor to BIOS, Extensible Firmware Interface", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "13839049", "text": "six daisy-chained peripherals are supported per Thunderbolt port, and that the display should come at the end of the chain. In February 2011, Apple introduced its new line of MacBook Pro notebook computers and announced that the technology's commercial name would be \"Thunderbolt\", with MacBook Pros being the first machines to feature the new I/O technology. In May 2011, Apple announced a new line of iMacs that include the Thunderbolt interface. The Thunderbolt port on the new Macs is in the same location relative to other ports and maintains the same physical dimensions and pinout as the prior MDP connector.", "title": "Thunderbolt (interface)" }, { "docid": "6880515", "text": "and the removal of the FireWire 400 port (thus it doesn't support Target Disk Mode, used for data transfers or operating system repairs without booting the system). The design had stylistic traits of the MacBook Air which were also implemented into the design of the MacBook Pro. This model is thinner than the original polycarbonate MacBooks, and it made use of a unibody aluminum case with tapered edges. The keyboard of the higher-end model included a backlight. Although Gizmodo concluded it to be \"our favorite MacBook to date,\" they did claim, at this time, its display was inferior to that", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "17066493", "text": "MacBook Pro. None of the three 17-inch models of the MacBook Pro have used any pentalobe screws. The MacBook Air has seen more extensive use of pentalobe screws than the MacBook Pro. All five versions of the 11-inch MacBook Air (late-2010, mid-2011, mid-2012, mid-2013 and early-2014) include eight 2.5 mm-long and two 8 mm-long external pentalobe screws. The last five versions of the 13-inch MacBook Air (late-2010, mid-2011, mid-2012, mid-2013 and early-2014) use eight 2.6 mm-long and two 9 mm-long pentalobe screws. Pentalobe screws have been used only externally on MacBook Air models. Third-party manufacturers have marketed a variety of", "title": "Pentalobe security screw" }, { "docid": "6880391", "text": "a solid state drive housed in a proprietary flash module design rather than a 2.5\" notebook drive. Apple also claims improved speakers and microphones and a new system for cooling the notebook with improved fans. The new case design does not have a Kensington lock slot, so alternative products are required to physically secure the computer. The Retina models also have fewer user-accessible upgrade or replacement options than previous MacBooks. Unlike in previous generations, the memory is soldered onto the logic board and is therefore not upgradable. The solid state drive is not soldered and can be replaced by users,", "title": "MacBook Pro" }, { "docid": "9654113", "text": "Modbook The Modbook is a brand of a pen-enabled Mac tablet computers first manufactured by Axiotron, Inc. from 2008 to 2010, and then by Modbook Inc. from 2012 to present. It is an aftermarket Mac conversion based on certain models of the Macbook and Macbook Pro product lines manufactured by Apple. Manufactured using the original motherboard and all other core components of a previously purchased, genuine Apple laptop computer, the Modbook is able to run the Mac operating system unmodified and maintain the same level of compatibility with any Mac application, as the initial donor MacBook or MacBook Pro system.", "title": "Modbook" }, { "docid": "11209433", "text": "processors were the iMac and the 15-inch MacBook Pro, both announced at the Macworld Conference and Expo in January 2006. Throughout the year the Mac mini was transitioned to the Intel architecture, with users having choice of either Core Solo or Core Duo CPUs. The iBook product line was phased out by the MacBook and on August 7, 2006, the Power Mac G5 was discontinued in favor of the Mac Pro, based on the new Intel Xeon \"Woodcrest\". The Xserve was also transitioned to an Intel Xeon \"Woodcrest\". In the second half of 2006 Apple launched new iMac and MacBook", "title": "Macintosh hardware" }, { "docid": "3116017", "text": "debut nine months earlier. The PowerBook G4 is the last generation of the PowerBook series, and was succeeded by the Intel-powered MacBook Pro line in the first half of 2006. The latest version of OS X any PowerBook G4 can run is Mac OS X Leopard, released in 2007. When Apple switched to Intel x86 processors in 2006, the PowerBook G4's form and aluminum chassis were retained for the MacBook Pro. The first generation of the PowerBook G4 was announced at Steve Jobs' MacWorld Expo keynote on January 9, 2001. The two models featured a PowerPC G4 processor running at", "title": "PowerBook G4" }, { "docid": "9190954", "text": "the chain can be set to different IDs than the active host system's devices. When Apple dropped the SCSI interface, starting with the AGP Power Mac G4 and “Pismo” PowerBook G3 FireWire Target Disk mode replaced the earlier disk mode implementation, also receiving official support beyond laptops to all subsequent Macs with built-in Firewire. Thunderbolt supports Target Disk Mode. The 12-inch Retina MacBook (early 2015) has only one expansion port, a USB-C port that supports charging, external displays, and Target Disk Mode. Using Target Disk Mode on this MacBook requires a cable that supports USB 3.0 or USB 3.1, with", "title": "Target Disk Mode" }, { "docid": "11428045", "text": "Pro and compared to the MacBook. However, its features reflect different priorities. The Air was originally released as a premium ultraportable positioned above the previous MacBook. Since then, the Air has become Apple's entry-level laptop due to the MacBook's discontinuation in 2011, as well as lowered prices on subsequent iterations. Steve Jobs introduced the first MacBook Air during a speech at his keynote at the 2008 Macworld conference held on January 15, 2008. The first-generation MacBook Air was a 13.3\"-only model, initially promoted as the world's thinnest notebook (1.94cm MacBook may be compared with 1.98cm for a previous record model,", "title": "MacBook Air" }, { "docid": "1982880", "text": "In late 2008 Apple's revisions of the MacBook and MacBook Pro incorporated a \"Tactile Touchpad\" design with button functionality incorporated into the tracking surface. Beginning in the second generation of MacBook Pro, the entire touchpad surface acts as a clickable button. Laptops today feature multitouch touchpads that can sense in some cases up to five fingers simultaneously, providing more options for input, such as the ability to bring up the context menu by tapping two fingers, dragging two fingers for scrolling, or gestures for zoom in/out or rotate. Psion's MC 200/400/600/WORD Series, introduced in 1989, came with a new mouse-replacing", "title": "Touchpad" }, { "docid": "6880518", "text": "Apple Remote is not included. On May 18, 2010, the MacBook was refreshed with a faster processor, a faster graphics card, improved battery life, and the ability to pass audio through the Mini DisplayPort connector. On July 20, 2011, the MacBook was discontinued for consumer purchases, but was still available to educational institutions until February 2012. Unlike the MacBook Air, the MacBook follows the same design first seen in the MacBook Pro; however, it is rounder on the edges than previous laptops in the MacBook line. This model has an all-white fingerprint-resistant glossy palm rest, unlike the grayish surface of", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "6880517", "text": "MacBook. Peter Cohen wrote an article discussing the loss of the FireWire port for Macworld, saying \"The absence of FireWire ports is certainly an inconvenience for some users. But it shouldn’t be considered a deal-breaker for most of us, anyway.\" \"Notes:\" On October 20, 2009, Apple released a MacBook that introduced a new polycarbonate (plastic) unibody design, faster DDR3 memory, a multi-touch trackpad, an LED-backlit display, and a built-in seven-hour battery. The polycarbonate unibody MacBook, like its aluminum predecessor, lacks FireWire and, like the 13-inch MacBook Pro, has a combined audio in/out port. There is no infrared port and the", "title": "MacBook" }, { "docid": "4306", "text": "begin producing Intel-based Mac computers in 2006. On January 10, 2006, the new MacBook Pro and iMac became the first Apple computers to use Intel's Core Duo CPU. By August 7, 2006, Apple made the transition to Intel chips for the entire Mac product line—over one year sooner than announced. The Power Mac, iBook and PowerBook brands were retired during the transition; the Mac Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Pro became their respective successors. On April 29, 2009, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported that Apple was building its own team of engineers to design microchips. Apple also introduced Boot Camp in", "title": "Apple Inc." }, { "docid": "3116031", "text": "proved to be too power-hungry and heat-intensive to use in a notebook form factor. The stalling development of the G5 is also said to be another main factor in Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors. After awaiting a new professional-grade notebook to replace the G4, on January 10, 2006, Apple released the 15\" MacBook Pro, its first Intel-based notebook. A 17\" version of the MacBook Pro followed on April 24, 2006. The new \"MacBook Pro\" name was given to the new series of notebooks after Apple changed the portable naming schemes from \"Power\" for professional products (and \"i\" for", "title": "PowerBook G4" }, { "docid": "14787578", "text": "2014, the EPEAT system expanded to support product registrations in India. With the addition of India, EPEAT was available in 43 countries. In 2012, Apple's Retina MacBook Pro debuted on EPEAT with a Gold rating after briefly deciding to remove all of its products from EPEAT. The laptop was accepted following a number of \"clarifications\" of the standard, for example specifying that the presence of USB ports was now considered sufficient to meet the upgradability requirement, and that tools to disassemble the laptop need only be available for purchase by the public. iFixit.org labelled the laptop as \"the least repairable,", "title": "Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool" }, { "docid": "13637509", "text": "of the hardware they purchased, as well as eliminating self-repair from the consumer. iFixit, an electronics do-it-yourself website, named the 2012 Retina MacBook Pro \"the least repairable notebook on the market.\" Apple has similarly faced controversy for the closed ecosystem surrounding its music store, iTunes; Because of this, Steve Jobs was ordered to attend a court hearing regarding antitrust violations specifically with iPods and iTunes. Apple has not licensed its FairPlay DRM, or its formerly proprietary lossless format codec Apple Lossless (ALAC), to any other company, thus preventing content—either purchased from the iTunes store, or Apple Lossless encoded in the", "title": "Criticism of Apple Inc." } ]

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[ { "docid": "20843354", "text": "De Groot won her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open. In doubles, De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships. After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open. De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018. She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji. Outside of the", "title": "Diede de Groot" }, { "docid": "20902470", "text": "Miss Cosmos 2018 held at Malaysia and won the sub title Most Talent 2018. She received Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial Awards on 2nd September 2018, at Mumbai and Women Achievers Award at Bangalore on 28th September 2018 for her achievement in the Entertainment field. https://www.mirchi9.com/bollywood/archana-gautam-miss-bikini-india/ https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/uttar-pradesh/meerut/archana-gautam-wants-to-win-the-miss-bikini-universe-crown-see-photos https://www.amarujala.com/tags/archana-gautam http://english.tupaki.com/movienews/article/Archana-Gautam-Wears-Pink-Bikini/74422 http://www.santabanta.com/wallpapers/archana-gautam/ http://filmytown.com/archana-gautam-sizzles-in-her-single-baby-dont-you-hurt-me/ Archana Gautam Archana Gautam (born, 1st September 1995) is a Indian Actress, Model and Beauty pageant title holder, who won Miss Bikini India 2018, represented India at Miss Cosmos World 2018 and won sub title of Most Talent 2018. Archana Gautam is a professionally qualified girl, has done her BJMC", "title": "Archana Gautam" }, { "docid": "14904641", "text": "Jack Sock Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world in doubles, and regularly partnered with Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil until July 2016. Together they won the 2014 Wimbledon Grand Slam championship, a victory that helped vault them into the Top 10 of the ATP doubles rankings. Additionally, he won the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow U.S. player Melanie Oudin as well as the 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open men's doubles titles with Mike Bryan. Following his US Open win, Sock reached", "title": "Jack Sock" }, { "docid": "13552286", "text": "Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the title at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon, and the 2018 French Open as well as several Masters 1000 tournaments along with Nicolas Mahut. In singles he has reached two ATP career finals (at the 2015 Winston-Salem Open and the 2018 Shenzhen Open), and achieved his career high singles ranking of World No. 50 on 22 October 2018. Herbert won the Wimbledon boys' doubles title with partner Kevin Krawietz in 2009, beating French duo of Julien Obry and Adrien", "title": "Pierre-Hugues Herbert" }, { "docid": "18551877", "text": "the final, before losing to Federer, who by winning the French Open for the first (and, as of 2018, only) time completed his own Career Grand Slam and equalled Pete Sampras' then-record of 14 Major titles. Nadal later withdrew from Wimbledon due to a knee injury, while Federer, who lost to Nadal in the previous year's final, would regain the title and return to world number one in the rankings, displacing Nadal who dropped to No. 2 as a result of being unable to defend the Wimbledon title which he won in 2008. It should be noted that just as", "title": "2009 Australian Open – Men's singles final" }, { "docid": "19765562", "text": "Iga Świątek Iga Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She has won seven ITF career singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 174 in September of 2018. As a junior, she won the 2018 Junior Wimbledon title. She was also the 2018 French Open Girls' Doubles champion with Caty McNally, and won the Junior Fed Cup with Poland in 2016. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, she won gold medal in girls' doubles with Kaja Juvan. Iga Świątek was born to 1988 Olympic rower Tomasz Świątek who competed", "title": "Iga Świątek" }, { "docid": "16706080", "text": "Wellington. She won the national singles title 13 times in a row from 1895 to 1907, winning in total 32 national titles. She defeated Blanche Hillyard the Wimbledon champion, and won two mixed doubles titles with Anthony Wilding; unfortunately there were fewer opportunities at Wimbledon for women players. In May 1896 Nunneley won the singles title at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney, defeating Mabel Shaw in the final. The following year she lost her title in the challenge round to Phoebe Howlitt. Nunneley retired from the Wellington Public Library in 1935. She had her tennis gold medals made", "title": "Kathleen Nunneley" }, { "docid": "10578448", "text": "of 1 March 2017, she held this position for 71 weeks. She was the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. She has won The Australian Open 2018 and 27 WTA singles titles incl 2017 WTA Finals (and made 52 finals) as of March 2018, and is currently ranked number 2 in the WTA rankings. Frederik Løchte Nielsen became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon championship title in 2012. Nielsen and his partner Marray, who had only played three tournaments together previously, also became the first wild card ever to win the Wimbledon", "title": "Sport in Denmark" }, { "docid": "20458633", "text": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Vesnina was unable to compete due to an injury. Makarova played alongside Vera Zvonareva, but lost in the second round to Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs. Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0. Krejčiková and Siniaková were the first team to win both the French Open and Wimbledon women's doubles titles in the same year since Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in 2003, and also the first team to have won", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles" }, { "docid": "17053946", "text": "appearance as a qualifier at the Rome Masters, losing to Nikoloz Basilashvili. Paired with Andrea Pellegrino, he won the double title in the 2018 Internazionali di Tennis Città dell'Aquila. His first singles title on the ATP Challenger Tour was at the 2018 Wolffkran Open. Filippo Baldi Filippo Baldi (born 10 January 1996) is an Italian tennis who was single semifinalist at the 2013 Australian Open Junior and single quarterfinalist at the 2014 Wimbledon Junior in the Singles competition. With Gianluigi Quinzi he won the 2012 Junior Davis Cup defeating the Australian team: it was the first time ever for an", "title": "Filippo Baldi" }, { "docid": "20465896", "text": "fourth Wimbledon title and 13th overall Grand Slam title. This was his first title of the season, which catapulted him from 21st back into the 10th spot in the rankings. He also became the lowest ranked male player to win a Wimbledon title since Goran Ivanišević won it in 2001 as a wildcard. Djokovic started his US Open series campaign with straightforward wins against Mirza Bašić and Peter Polansky in Toronto, but fell in the third round to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Next for Djokovic was the Cincinnati Masters, the only Masters 1000 tournament he hadn't won. After beating Steve Johnson in", "title": "2018 Novak Djokovic tennis season" }, { "docid": "1906299", "text": "Grand Slam title. Their first encounter was in the 3rd round in the 2008 Paris Masters, which Federer won in straight sets. They have played five Grand Slam matches, two in Wimbledon, two in the US Open, and at latest in the 2018 Australian Open final, of which Federer leads 4–1. They have played two Grand Slam finals, the 2017 Wimbledon final, which Federer won in straight sets and the 2018 Australian Open final, which Federer won in five sets. Many players and analysts consider Federer the greatest tennis player of all time. He has also been called the greatest", "title": "Roger Federer" }, { "docid": "19612353", "text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title. The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "16519151", "text": "Radwańska took advantage of a sloppy Williams, coming back and winning the set. In the final and deciding set, Williams took the final five games to take the match. It was Williams' fifth Wimbledon singles title, tying her with sister Venus; this is also her 14th Slam singles title and her first since 2010 Wimbledon. She also recorded 102 aces in the entire tournament, the most of any men and women. After the win she moved to number 4 in rankings. After she won the Wimbledon singles title, former world no. 1 John McEnroe described Williams as the greatest female", "title": "2012 Serena Williams tennis season" }, { "docid": "5593550", "text": "Clijsters, and at the 2014 US Open to Serena Williams. She won the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles title and also holds two WTA titles in doubles. In 2008, Wozniacki won the title of WTA Newcomer of the Year. In 2017, Wozniacki won the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time in her career. Wozniacki won her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open and returned to the No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018. Wozniacki was born in Odense, Denmark, the daughter of Polish immigrants, Piotr Woźniacki and Anna. Anna played on the Polish women's national", "title": "Caroline Wozniacki" }, { "docid": "10151838", "text": "injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Karina Habšudová, who became the #17 seed. 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while", "title": "1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "14104523", "text": "Wimbledon Championships, and made her second Grand Slam fourth round at the US Open. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, six years after her Wimbledon breakout tournament. Giorgi reached the WTA Tour event singles final at the 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open and won her first title at the 2015 Topshelf Open. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26 in October 2018. Giorgi is known for her aggressive style of game and her powerful flat groundstrokes, and is considered to be one of the hardest hitters of the ball on the", "title": "Camila Giorgi" }, { "docid": "14173058", "text": "Debbie Freeman Debbie Freeman (born 5 June 1962) is an Australian former tennis player who won Junior Wimbledon in 1980. In 1978, Freeman won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Kathy Mantle. In 1980, Freeman became the first Australian to win Girls' Singles title at Wimbledon. At the moment she is the only Australian to win the Junior Girls Wimbledon title. Freeman received a telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, congratulating her on her win. Freeman however failed to capitalise on her Junior titles, losing first-round matches at the US Open, Wimbledon and the French Open", "title": "Debbie Freeman" }, { "docid": "12872972", "text": "2017 French Open, her greatest achievements have all come in doubles, having won the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open mixed doubles titles alongside Daniel Nestor, the 2016 French Open women's doubles title with Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open women's doubles title with Tímea Babos. Mladenovic was the women's doubles runner-up in three other Grand Slam tournaments - the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2016 US Open and the 2018 US Open. Mladenovic had been representing France at the Fed Cup since 2012. Her Fed Cup win-loss record is 9–7 in singles and 11–2 in doubles. She represented France", "title": "Kristina Mladenovic" }, { "docid": "20458628", "text": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the second round by Jonathan Erlich and Marcin Matkowski. Mike Bryan and Jack Sock won the title, defeating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5. It was Bryan's 17th Grand Slam men's doubles title (a new Open Era record), and his first with a partner other than his brother Bob. Bryan regained the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament, becoming the oldest no. 1 player in the history of", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles" }, { "docid": "20458629", "text": "the ATP rankings. Mate Pavić, John Peers and Nicolas Mahut were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the second round by Jonathan Erlich and Marcin Matkowski. Mike Bryan and Jack Sock won the title, defeating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5. It was Bryan's 17th Grand Slam men's doubles title (a new Open Era record), and his first with a partner other than his brother Bob.", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles" }, { "docid": "1616777", "text": "won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record nine times (surpassing Helen Wills Moody's eight Wimbledon titles), including a run of six consecutive titles, widely regarded as the best performance by any professional player at a major event. She and Billie Jean King each won 20 combined Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. Navratilova is also one of just three women ever to have accomplished a Career Grand Slam in women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam \"boxed set\"), a distinction she shares only with Margaret Court and Doris Hart. Navratilova holds the records for most", "title": "Martina Navratilova" }, { "docid": "20458634", "text": "both the Wimbledon junior and senior doubles titles together. Tímea Babos will attain the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Makarova, Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Latisha Chan were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Vesnina was unable to compete due to an injury. Makarova played alongside Vera Zvonareva, but lost in the second round to Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs. Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles" }, { "docid": "20849812", "text": "League title after defeating defending Swiss League champion Chamil Cooray of Sri Lanka in the final. Both men and women carrom players representing India won the singles and doubles titles at the World Cup. India's Prashant More won the men's singles world title and India's S. Apoorva claimed the women's singles title defeating the Swiss League winner Kajal Kumari. Sri Lanka sent 8 players including four men and four women for the event including former carrom world champion Nishantha Fernando (2012) and 2 time Swiss League winner Chamil Cooray. This is the first World Cup appearance for Sri Lanka since", "title": "2018 Carrom World Cup" }, { "docid": "19620877", "text": "In July 2017, in a repeat of the final a year earlier, Hewett won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles, alongside Reid, winning 6-7(5-7), 7-5, 7-6(7-3) against Houdet and Peifer. Hewett won the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough, UK. He ended 2017 ranked No 2 in the world, a career-high for him. On 29 January 2018 Hewett became the world number 1. In March 2018 Hewett won his first Super Series singles title at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, USA. On 2 September 2018 he claimed his second Super Series title at the US Open", "title": "Alfie Hewett" }, { "docid": "13961024", "text": "Marcelo Demoliner Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open in June, 2018, after having reached 6 finals at that level. Runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018, Demoliner has also reached the 3rd round in the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, 2016 US Open and 2017 Australian Open. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. He reached a career high ranking of world number 34 in doubles in November 2017.", "title": "Marcelo Demoliner" }, { "docid": "12660673", "text": "saw a novice graded Hotstox driver 313 Dave Hobbs take the win on a wet night at Wimbledon. Mick Rogers won the World Final (renamed to avoid a title clash with the Spedeworth Nationals) at Buxton. The race was a bruising affair for some of the Spedeworth visitors who fell victim to one or two Northern V8's. 98 Peter Scott was a big threat who was fenced heavily by 45 John Adams to help ensure the title stayed North. Andy Turner moved on to F1's. 334 Dave Atkinson campaigned the ex Ray Witts tarmac car and quietly worked his way", "title": "V8 Hotstox" }, { "docid": "17441987", "text": "No. 15 in the doubles rankings. Melichar, who also is working as a coach for Madison Brengle, won the mixed doubles title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya. Nicole Melichar Nicole Melichar () is an American tennis player. She was born in the Czech Republic, but moved to Florida with her parents shortly after her birth. Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport aged just one year old. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125K series doubles title as well as", "title": "Nicole Melichar" }, { "docid": "17351154", "text": "doubles and the US Open girls' doubles titles with fellow Czech Kateřina Siniaková. Together with Siniaková, she won the women's doubles at the 2018 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon . Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (born 18 December 1995) is a Czech tennis player. Krejčíková has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles WTA 125K series title, as well as nine singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 14 August 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 121. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 4 in", "title": "Barbora Krejčíková" }, { "docid": "17548952", "text": "Harry S. Barlow Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (5 April 1860 – 16 July 1917) was a British amateur lawn tennis player, active at the end of the 19th century. In 1892 he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Ernest Lewis they defeated another famous team of tennis brothers, Herbert Baddeley and Wilfred Baddeley, in four sets. In total Barlow would reach three doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships during his career (1892, 1893, 1894). At the 1889 Wimbledon Championships, Barlow beat Willoughby Hamilton in five sets in the semi finals. William Renshaw defeated Barlow 3–6, 5–7, 8–6,", "title": "Harry S. Barlow" }, { "docid": "20802690", "text": "one in the second, to claim the 2008 Wimbledon doubles title after a mere fifty-eight minutes of play, on the score of 6–2, 6–2. The doubles title was Serena & Venus' third in Wimbledon, and the seventh overall together, since the 1999 French Open. The win also marked the third time the sisters won the doubles title of Wimbledon while one of them won the singles title, and the second in which they won the doubles while both of them played the singles final. The final Sunday, featuring the men's singles final, saw Rafael Nadal win the first Wimbledon title", "title": "2008 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries" }, { "docid": "14173059", "text": "in the following year. She retired from professional tennis soon after. Debbie Freeman Debbie Freeman (born 5 June 1962) is an Australian former tennis player who won Junior Wimbledon in 1980. In 1978, Freeman won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Kathy Mantle. In 1980, Freeman became the first Australian to win Girls' Singles title at Wimbledon. At the moment she is the only Australian to win the Junior Girls Wimbledon title. Freeman received a telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, congratulating her on her win. Freeman however failed to capitalise on her Junior titles, losing", "title": "Debbie Freeman" }, { "docid": "7744283", "text": "his era. As Private First Class Brown won the singles title of the prestigious Pacific Coast Championships in October 1945, the second oldest tennis tournament in the U.S. Brown won it four times, twice in singles, twice in doubles. Then, fresh out of the Army after WWII, he reached the 1946 Wimbledon semifinals, in which he led that year's eventual champion, France's Yvon Petra, by two sets before losing. In demand as a doubles partner amongst the world's best, both men and women, Brown, with Jack Kramer, won the 1946 Wimbledon mens doubles against Australia's Geoff Brown and Dinny Pails.", "title": "Tom Brown (tennis)" }, { "docid": "16577118", "text": "Ernest Lewis Ernest Wool Lewis (5 April 1867 – 19 April 1930) was a former co-world No. 1 British amateur lawn tennis player who was active at the end of the 19th century. Ernest Lewis reached the final of the first Wimbledon Championships gentlemen's doubles competition held in 1884. Partnering E.L. Williams they lost the final to the famous tennis brothers Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw in four sets. With partner George Hillyard he reached and lost the 1889 and 1890 gentlemen's doubles finals. In 1892 he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Harry S. Barlow", "title": "Ernest Lewis" }, { "docid": "11442313", "text": "year, she reached another quarterfinal at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and won her first title in three years when she won the 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open. In doubles, Lisicki won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2011 with Samantha Stosur and in 2013 with Mona Barthel and the 2014 Miami Masters with coach Martina Hingis. She also reached the doubles final at Wimbledon in 2011 with Stosur and came fourth in the mixed doubles event at the 2012 London Olympics with Christopher Kas. Between 2014 and 2018 Lisicki held the world record for the fastest serve by a female", "title": "Sabine Lisicki" }, { "docid": "19765567", "text": "of January 2019. Following WTA Auckland Open she will go to Melbourne to play in the qualifying round of the Australian Open. Iga Świątek Iga Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She has won seven ITF career singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 174 in September of 2018. As a junior, she won the 2018 Junior Wimbledon title. She was also the 2018 French Open Girls' Doubles champion with Caty McNally, and won the Junior Fed Cup with Poland in 2016. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires,", "title": "Iga Świątek" }, { "docid": "5217813", "text": "finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000. The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles", "title": "2000 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "16272306", "text": "Open. In March, Smith travelled to USA and played on the Challenger circuit, reaching the final of the León Challenger in Mexico. In May, Smith lost in the qualifying for the French Open. In June, Smith qualified for and lost in round 1 of 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In July, Smith won his first ATP World Tour doubles title in Atlanta Open. Smith competed on the Challenger circuit for the rest of 2018 with limited success. \"Current through the 2018 US Open.\" John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey \"JP\" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly", "title": "John-Patrick Smith" }, { "docid": "7088702", "text": "day later to Agassi, who in addition to his run to the Wimbledon Final, had recently won the 1999 French Open. This tournament is also notable as being the last Grand Slam in which former World No. 1 Boris Becker would compete and the first Wimbledon appearances for future champions Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. Pete Sampras (Champion) 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pete Sampras successfully defended his title, defeating Andre Agassi in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. With this win, his sixth at Wimbledon, Sampras broke", "title": "1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "docid": "5524163", "text": "and won the Italian doubles and the Canadian singles and doubles championships. Without any coaching, in 1950 Savitt reached the U. S. Tennis Championship semifinals at Forest Hills, losing to Art Larsen. In 1951, at the age of 24, Savitt won the Wimbledon Singles Championship. Along the way he beat Larsen, the # 1 US player, in straight sets, and Herbert Flam, the # 2 US player. He also won the Australian Open Singles title, winning in straight sets in the 61-minute final. He became the first American since Don Budge, 13 years earlier, to win both Wimbledon and the", "title": "Dick Savitt" }, { "docid": "8669770", "text": "Łukasz Kubot Łukasz Kubot (; born 16 May 1982) is a Polish professional tennis player. Kubot is a doubles specialist and won the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles title with Robert Lindstedt as well as the 2017 Wimbledon men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo. On January 8, 2018 he achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 1. He has also had success in singles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 in April 2010 and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław", "title": "Łukasz Kubot" }, { "docid": "20843353", "text": "the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles. The following year, she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles. De Groot made her first Grand Slam at the 2017 Australian Open. After appearing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. At her last Grand Slam appearance of 2017, de Groot was a finalist at the 2017 US Open. At the start of 2018, she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open.", "title": "Diede de Groot" }, { "docid": "1635119", "text": "Wimbledon title. She won the singles title at the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships in 1895 and 1898 , a prestigious tournament at the time . At the 1900 Summer Olympics, where women participated for the first time, Cooper Sterry won the tennis singles event. On 11 July 1900 she defeated Hélène Prévost in the final in straight sets and became the first female Olympic tennis champion as well as the first individual female Olympic champion. With Reginald Doherty, she won the mixed doubles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Hélène Prévost and Harold Mahony. In 1901 she", "title": "Charlotte Cooper (tennis)" }, { "docid": "15724845", "text": "title in Wuhan. She also won the WTA Elite Trophy on debut, thus becoming the first player to win both categories of year-ending championships on debut, having won the WTA Finals in 2011 on debut. She ended 2016 as world No. 11. Highlights of Kvitová's 2017 season include winning the title in Birmingham, her first title on grass outside of Wimbledon, and a quarterfinal appearance at the US Open. She finished 2017 as world No. 29. In 2018, Kvitová won titles in back-to-back tournament appearances, namely the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy and the Qatar Total Open. On clay, she won", "title": "Petra Kvitová career statistics" }, { "docid": "16601426", "text": "2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen. Marray and Nielsen defeated Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Marray became the first British player to win the men's doubles title at Wimbledon since Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey in 1936. Nielsen is only the second Danish winner of a Grand Slam title, following his own grandfather, Kurt Nielsen, who won the mixed doubles at the", "title": "2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles" }, { "docid": "13785881", "text": "in Maresfield near Uckfield in Sussex. She trains at the Le Tennis tennis club in the village. A club known for its success of producing quality tennis players. From 2016 to 2018 Watson was in a relationship with fellow tennis player Lloyd Glasspool. Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player and a Wimbledon mixed doubles champion. She is a former British No. 1 and current British No. 2 behind Johanna Konta She won the Mixed Doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Henri Kontinen. In October 2012, Watson won her first", "title": "Heather Watson" }, { "docid": "17326998", "text": "Kristy Pigeon Kristy Pigeon (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired tennis player who was active at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Pigeon won the Junior Wimbledon title in July 1968, defeating Australian Lesley Hunt in two sets. Directly following Wimbledon she gained the singles title at the Welsh Open Championships in Newport with a victory in the final over Fay Moore. In August 1968 she won the singles title at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships in Haverford. Later that month she won the United States girls lawn tennis championship in Philadelphia after a", "title": "Kristy Pigeon" }, { "docid": "16537536", "text": "and lost in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6. Australia won the final 3–0. In the same year, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open which she lost to eventual champion Billie Jean King. Suurbeek played in the ladies' singles competition at Wimbledon in 1967, 1968 and 1969 but did not make it past the second round. In 1980, she was voted Female Player of the Year by the USA Tennis Florida Adult Competitive Tennis Council. In 1983 she won the USTA National Indoor Women`s 35 Championships in St. Louis and was ranked first in the USTA women`s 35s.", "title": "Astrid Suurbeek" }, { "docid": "20596960", "text": "in the Open Era. Then at the French Open, Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title, beating Dominic Thiem in the final in three sets. Going into Wimbledon Championships, Nadal reached the semifinals for the first time since 2011, where he faced long-time rival Novak Djokovic, in a match that lasted 5 hours and 17 minutes, spread over two days, becoming the second-longest Wimbledon semifinal in history. Djokovic defeated Nadal in five sets with the fifth set being 10–8. At the Rogers Cup, Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final to win a record-extending 33rd Masters 1000 title. Nadal was", "title": "2018 ATP Finals" }, { "docid": "5426083", "text": "injury affected his eyesight. Drobný is the only male tennis player who ever won a Wimbledon singles title while wearing glasses. Billie-Jean King and Martina Navratilova are the only female Wimbledon champions wearing glasses. Arthur Ashe, who was known for playing with spectacles, had switched to contact lenses by the time he won Wimbledon in 1975. Drobný has won the most clay court titles of any one player (over 90). From 1938 to 1949 Drobný played center in the Czechoslovak ice hockey league. He was a Silver medalist with the Czechoslovak ice hockey team in the 1948 Olympics. In the", "title": "Jaroslav Drobný" }, { "docid": "12870183", "text": "4, 2018. Ashworth won the bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in speed skating. Ashworth died on October 4, 2018 in Wilmington, New York. Jeanne Ashworth Jeanne Chesley Ashworth (July 1, 1938 – October 4, 2018) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. Ashworth competed in the first Olympic speed skating event for women. She won the bronze medal, finishing behind a German and Russian. During the late 50's and 60's, when Ashworth was at the height of her career, she won 11 national championships. She was", "title": "Jeanne Ashworth" }, { "docid": "19168452", "text": "Joe Salisbury Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British tennis player mainly playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 29 October 2018. Salisbury made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in the doubles draw partnering David O'Hare, where they lost to the Bryan brothers in the first round. He reached the semifinals in the 2018 Wimbledon doubles in partnership with Frederik Nielsen. He won his first title on the ATP Tour at the", "title": "Joe Salisbury" }, { "docid": "20153876", "text": "having two match points. \"Current through the 2018 ATP World Tour.\" Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 71, achieved in November 2018. He played college tennis for the Auburn Tigers. Mies won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Garden Open in Rome, partnering Oscar Otte. Mies made his ATP World Tour and Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships in doubles with partner Kevin Krawietz as a qualifier, where they lost in the third", "title": "Andreas Mies" }, { "docid": "18898941", "text": "grand slam finals. This was the first time the top two seeds have met in a men's grand slam final since the 2014 French Open, which pitted Rafael Nadal (1) against Djokovic (2). Federer, a winner of 17 grand slams, was appearing in his 26th grand slam final and tenth Wimbledon final. He was seeking a record eighth Wimbledon title, which would rank him above Pete Sampras, who won the tournament seven times. Djokovic, a winner of eight grand slams, was appearing in his 17th grand slam final and fourth Wimbledon final. He was seeking his third Wimbledon title, and", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final" }, { "docid": "13298954", "text": "In 2015, Sharapova made the final of the Australian Open, won her third title in Rome, was a semi-finalist at Wimbledon and won both matches in Russia's 3–2 defeat to the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final. (i) = Indoor \"Current through the 2018 US Open. Sharapova's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. <nowiki>*</nowiki>As of September 25, 2017 Sharapova has had five double bagel – two sets won at love (6–0, 6–0) – victories in Grand Slams to date. Two of these victories came in back-to-back rounds at the 2013 Australian Open, making Sharapova", "title": "Maria Sharapova career statistics" }, { "docid": "17548954", "text": "West of England Championships three times South of England Championships two times, Surrey Championships two times, and the Welsh Championships, twice and the Championship of London one time. Harry S. Barlow Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (5 April 1860 – 16 July 1917) was a British amateur lawn tennis player, active at the end of the 19th century. In 1892 he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Ernest Lewis they defeated another famous team of tennis brothers, Herbert Baddeley and Wilfred Baddeley, in four sets. In total Barlow would reach three doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships during", "title": "Harry S. Barlow" }, { "docid": "5211285", "text": "a Grand Slam title. The next two Grand Slams were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open). She also became the first French Open women's title winner after having saved a match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 4th round). In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet (aged 16 and 17 respectively) won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boys' singles, where Gaël Monfils won. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Justine Henin-Hardenne were both unsuccessful in defending", "title": "2004 French Open" }, { "docid": "10151837", "text": "1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final. Steffi Graf (Champion) Chanda Rubin withdrew due to", "title": "1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "19469924", "text": "second round before coming back to win in five sets. In the third round, Nadal defeated world No. 20 Andre Agassi in straight sets in Agassi's last career match at Wimbledon. Nadal also won his next three matches in straight sets, which set up his first Wimbledon final, which was against Federer, who had won this tournament the three previous years. Nadal was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966, to reach the Wimbledon final, but Federer won the match in four sets to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title. During the lead up to the US Open,", "title": "2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season" }, { "docid": "20977486", "text": "announced on the night of the ceremony. The nominees were: England Netball team was announced as the winners of the team of the year award. Billie Jean King became the third woman and third tennis player to be given the Lifetime achievement award. King had won 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles competitions through out her career, with 20 coming at Wimbledon. In 1961 King and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. Through out her career King was world singles number one in six years and won 129", "title": "2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award" }, { "docid": "6827172", "text": "which won the cup in 1969. As a youngster, Peaches won 17 junior titles including the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 1964. She attended Queens College in New York City. She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the 1970 Houston Women's Invitation. Bartkowicz retired as a player in 1971. She has been enshrined in the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. She was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010.", "title": "Jane Bartkowicz" }, { "docid": "6068337", "text": "Karen Hantze Susman Karen Susman (née Hantze; born December 11, 1942) is a retired female tennis player from the United States. She won the 1962 women's singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Věra Pužejová Suková in the final 6–4, 6–4, but did not defend her title in 1963. She won three Grand Slam women's doubles titles, all with Billie Jean King. She also won the 1960 Wimbledon junior girls' singles title. Susman and King, as an unseeded team, won the 1961 women's doubles title at Wimbledon, defeating the third-seeded team of Jan Lehane O'Neill and Margaret Court in the final 6–3,", "title": "Karen Hantze Susman" }, { "docid": "19676205", "text": "Carlene Starkey Carlene Starkey (born circa 1940) is a former American badminton player. She is married to former badminton player Rod Starkey. She was member of the American team that won the Uber Cup in 1963. Carlene Starkey and Larry Saben obtained the mixed doubles title of the U.S. Open in 1968, while together with Caroline Hein and Diane Hales, Carlene won the US National Badminton titles in the women´s doubles category in 1971 and 1975. Carlene also competed in the Mexican Open where she won the women´s singles in 1974. In the women´s doubles event, she won the title", "title": "Carlene Starkey" }, { "docid": "18856534", "text": "title against Paula Badosa Gilbert who retired in the final. Harriet Dart Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996 in London) is a British tennis player. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a surveyor. Dart has a career-high WTA singles ranking of World No. 150 achieved in November 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 112 achieved in October 2018 after a run to the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Jay Clarke at Wimbledon. She made her WTA debut at the 2015 Aegon International. Dart has won 14 titles on the ITF women's", "title": "Harriet Dart" }, { "docid": "20360450", "text": "Roy Emerson (who won 6 titles in the 1960s) before losing in the quarter finals to Neale Fraser. Shea lost in round two of Wimbledon. He reached the last 16 at U. S. championships, losing to Fraser. In 1957 Shea lost in round two of Roland Garros, round one of Wimbledon and round three at U. S. championships. Shea then lost in round one of Wimbledon 1958 and round two at U. S. championships in 1959 and then retired. In later life he played a lot of golf recreationally. Gilbert Shea Gilbert Shea (born 5 October 1928) is a former", "title": "Gilbert Shea" }, { "docid": "10050020", "text": "unable to play the Challenge Round due to a tennis elbow. The Ladies singles competition was won by Lottie Dod who won the title at an age of 15 years and 285 days and became the youngest ever Wimbledon singles champion. Herbert Lawford defeated Ernest Renshaw, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 Lottie Dod defeated Blanche Bingley, 6–2, 6–0 Patrick Bowes-Lyon / Herbert Wilberforce defeated Edward Barratt-Smith / James Herbert Crispe, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 1887 Wimbledon Championships The 1887 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The", "title": "1887 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "9810946", "text": "Victoria Azarenka and Olga Govortsova (Belarussian spelling being Volha Havartsova) in the 2004 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles, before Erakovic teamed with Michaëlla Krajicek to win the 2004 US Open girls' doubles title, beating Niculescu and her Romanian teammate Mădălina Gojnea. Erakovic became the first player from New Zealand to win a Grand Slam title (singles or doubles) since James Greenhalgh and Steven Downs won the boys' doubles at Wimbledon and the French Open in 1993; before that, it was David Lewis, who won the 1981 Australian Open boys' doubles title in partnership with Australian Tony Withers. She then partnered Azarenka", "title": "Marina Erakovic" }, { "docid": "16711125", "text": "2013 Wimbledon Championships, claiming her first Wimbledon title and becoming the first French Grand Slam champion since Amélie Mauresmo at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. By winning a Grand Slam title in her 47th appearance, she broke the previous women's record of 45, set by Jana Novotná in 1998, for most appearances in a Grand Slam tournament before winning. This was later broken again by Flavia Pennetta, who won the 2015 US Open on her 49th Grand Slam appearance. The exits of Li Na and Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals ensured that the eventual tournament victor would be a first-time Grand", "title": "2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "2538906", "text": "the Gold Coast of Australia and has coached numerous top ranked Australian juniors. He is opening academies in Ko Sumui, Thailand and in the Caribbean St Vincent, St Lucia and Dominican Republic as well. Cash continues to be a draw card on both the ATP and Champions Cup legends tours having won the Hall of Fame event in Newport Rhode Island in 2008 and 2009. Cash won the over-45's Wimbledon doubles title with fellow Australian Mark Woodforde in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He has now collected junior, tour and legends Wimbledon titles. To date, he remains the only person", "title": "Pat Cash" }, { "docid": "14670134", "text": "replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Melanie Oudin and Kateryna Bondarenko, who became the #33 and #34 seeds. 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. She did not lose a set throughout the entire tournament. The victory meant that Serena and her sister Venus had won nine of the last eleven Wimbledon titles between them, with only 2004 and 2006 going to another player. Zvonareva reached her first ever Grand Slam final", "title": "2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "18846104", "text": "Karol Fageros Karol Fageros (April 27, 1934 – April 4, 1988) was an American female tennis player who was active in the 1950s. As a junior, she won the Orange Bowl Championships in the under-18 category in 1951 and 1952. In 1954 she won the Canadian Championships singles title after a victory in the final against Ethel Norton. Together with Norton she also won the doubles title. Fageros best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships in which she was defeated by Rosie Reyes. In the Wimbledon doubles and mixed", "title": "Karol Fageros" }, { "docid": "8485213", "text": "Donald Johnson Donald James \"Don\" Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Johnson attended Fairview High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, and won the PIAA State Singles Championship in 1984. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po). He also won the doubles", "title": "Donald Johnson" }, { "docid": "5937427", "text": "6–3, 6–2, 6–2. She was also victorious in the mixed doubles tournament winning the title with multiple Wimbledon champion William Renshaw. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first ever Ladies' Singles title at Wimbledon. Playing in white corsets and petticoats, from a field of thirteen competitors, she defeated Lilian 6–8, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to claim the title and a silver flower basket valued at 20 Guineas. 1885 was a year of great success for Maud, who remained unbeaten in singles and lost only one set. Maud repeated her success at the 1885 Wimbledon", "title": "Maud Watson" }, { "docid": "5431464", "text": "by a tennis player until Venus Williams matched this record at the 2016 Olympic Games. In 1923 she captured the title at the World Covered Court Championships. Godfree won the Wimbledon singles title twice. In the 1924 final, Godfree recovered from a set and 4–1 (40–15) down against Helen Wills Moody to win the title. This was the only defeat at Wimbledon for Moody who would go on to win eight titles. In the 1926 final, Godfree recovered from a 3–1 and game-point-against deficit in the third set to defeat Lili de Alvarez. The 1924 Wimbledon final was not Godfree's", "title": "Kathleen McKane Godfree" }, { "docid": "20923387", "text": "title year later. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (born 16 July 1999), is an Uzbekistani Women Grandmaster (2016). In 2011, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won bronze medal the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U12. In 2015, she won Asian Girls Championship in age category U20. In 2017, she is second Asian Zone 3.4 after Dinara Saduakassova and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. In 2018, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won Uzbekistan Women Chess Championship. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova played for Uzbekistan in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International", "title": "Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova" }, { "docid": "15680051", "text": "2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Novak Djokovic defeated the defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title, having previously won the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open. In losing to Djokovic in the final, Nadal ended his 20-match Wimbledon winning streak dating back to 2008, having missed the 2009 championships due to injury. This was also the first time since 2002 that neither Roger Federer nor Nadal had won Wimbledon. Both Nadal and Djokovic were", "title": "2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "docid": "7089064", "text": "2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pete Sampras successfully defended his title for the fourth consecutive year, defeating Pat Rafter in the final, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships. Sampras' 7th Wimbledon title equalled William Renshaw's record, and was an Open Era record in the Gentleman's Singles until 2017, when Roger Federer won his 8th title. His victory was his 13th Grand Slam title, surpassing Roy Emerson as the overall leader in Grand Slam singles titles. This was to be Sampras' last Wimbledon title. With his first round victory against", "title": "2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "docid": "7100151", "text": "became the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) and the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina won the French Open earlier that year) to win a Grand Slam title. Venus Williams, who had appeared in the previous four Wimbledon finals, winning in 2000 and 2001, suffered her earliest exit from Wimbledon since her debut, being upset in the second round by Karolina Šprem. This was also the last Grand Slam singles tournament that former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova competed in; having been awarded a wild card, she won her first round match and became,", "title": "2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "5217809", "text": "2000 Wimbledon Championships The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final. It was the", "title": "2000 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "4500695", "text": "record nine Grand Slam tournament finals. From 2006 to 2008, they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and also met in the title match of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2011 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open. Nadal won six of the nine, losing the first two Wimbledon finals. Four of these matches were five-set matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. Nadal is the only player who has competed and won against Federer in the", "title": "Rafael Nadal" }, { "docid": "2143666", "text": "also 20 in 1948. He also won the prestigious season-ending WCT Finals, beating Björn Borg in four sets. McEnroe won 10 singles and 17 doubles titles that year (for a total of 27 titles, which marked an open-era record) finishing at number 3 in the ATP year-end rankings. At Wimbledon, McEnroe reached the 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles final—his first final at Wimbledon—where he faced Björn Borg, who was gunning for his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. At the start of the final, McEnroe was booed by the crowd as he entered Centre Court following heated exchanges with officials during his semifinal", "title": "John McEnroe" }, { "docid": "2681306", "text": "He lost two sets along the way to reach the final, in which he faced Rosewall. In the first all-Australian final since 1922 Hoad was victorious in four sets to gain his first Wimbledon and third successive Grand Slam championship title. Hoad also won the doubles title with Rosewall, their third Wimbledon title, outclassing Orlando Sirola and Nicola Pietrangeli in the final in straight sets. Following his Wimbledon title he entered the Midlands tournament and was beaten in the semifinal by Mike Davies. In August Hoad won the singles title at the German Championships, held on the clay courts at", "title": "Lew Hoad" }, { "docid": "15733846", "text": "Mate Pavić Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player specialising in doubles. He became a Grand Slam champion after winning the 2018 Australian Open men's doubles title. Pavić also reached the 2017 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles finals, and the 2018 French Open men's doubles finals, all partnering Oliver Marach. He also won mixed doubles titles at the 2016 US Open in partnership with Laura Siegemund and at the 2018 Australian Open with Gabriela Dabrowski.. Together with Dabrowski, Pavić also made it to the 2018 French Open mixed doubles finals. In May 2018 Pavić rose", "title": "Mate Pavić" }, { "docid": "19970512", "text": "Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou (; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hsu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1027 achieved on 19 June 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 484 achieved on 23 April 2018. On the junior tour, Hsu has a career high ranking of no.5 achieved on 12 June 2017. In 2017, Hsu won the 2017 Australian Open boys' doubles championships title alongside Zhao Lingxi. He then won the 2017 Wimbledon boys' doubles championships title with Axel Geller and the 2017 US Open boys' doubles championships title with", "title": "Hsu Yu-hsiou" }, { "docid": "3379218", "text": "won her sixth title in 1900. Suzanne Lenglen broke Dod's record of three consecutive singles wins by winning from 1919 to 1923. Apart from entering women's tournaments, Dod sometimes also played and won matches against men (who usually played with a handicap), and on one occasion defeated star players Ernest Renshaw and George Hillyard (the husband of Blanche) when doubling with Herbert Baddeley. This was actually the all-comers final as Helena Rice did not defend her 1890 Wimbledon title, such resulting in the winner of the All-Comers' final actually having won the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1891 by", "title": "Lottie Dod" }, { "docid": "10050025", "text": "1889 Wimbledon Championships The 1889 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 1 July until 13 July. It was the 13th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1889. William Renshaw won his seventh singles title, which as late as 1977 was thought to be a feat unlikely to ever be surpassed. However, in 2000 Pete Sampras equaled this total, and in 2012 Roger Federer also won a seventh title. Ultimately the record was broken by", "title": "1889 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "18836324", "text": "Muguruza became the first Spanish woman to make the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1996. Muguruza won the title two years later. This tournament is notable for being the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2017 French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko. 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "docid": "5492939", "text": "Henman by two sets to love and had a match point in the fifth set before Henman prevailed. Llodra also won his first ATP singles title two weeks later at 's-Hertogenbosch. On 20 November 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another. In July, Llodra won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon partnering Arnaud Clément, beating Bob and Mike Bryan, thus winning his third Grand Slam doubles title. He and Clément were ecstatic and Llodra", "title": "Michaël Llodra" }, { "docid": "5217815", "text": "Salerni, 7–6, 6–3 2000 Wimbledon Championships The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final.", "title": "2000 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "docid": "17854630", "text": "Marin Čilić career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Croatian professional tennis player Marin Čilić. To date, Čilić has won 18 ATP singles titles including one grand slam singles title at the 2014 US Open, one ATP Masters 1000 title at the 2016 Western & Southern Open and a record four titles at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors. Other highlights of Čilić's career thus far include finals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. Čilić achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 3 on 29 January 2018. In August 2008, Čilić reached", "title": "Marin Čilić career statistics" }, { "docid": "1446750", "text": "women for eighth place on the all-time list, but gives her sole possession of No. 4 on the Open Era List, trailing only the nine titles of Martina Navratilova and the seven of Serena and Steffi Graf. From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments in that span. At the 2018 US Open, Williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in Grand Slams played, with 80. With her run to the 2017 Wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first", "title": "Venus Williams" }, { "docid": "20458621", "text": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion and top seed, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kevin Anderson despite leading by two sets to love and having a match point in the third set. Novak Djokovic claimed his fourth Wimbledon title, defeating Anderson in the final 6–2, 6–2, 7–6. The win moved him to 13 grand slam titles, and outright fourth place on the all time men's singles grand slam wins list, passing Roy Emerson. The win was also Djokovic's first title on the ATP tour for over 12 months, his last win coming at", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "docid": "9066011", "text": "in Paris. Leslie Godfree Leslie Allison Godfree (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1971) was a British male tennis player who was especially successful in doubles and mixed doubles. Educated at Brighton College, Godfree played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1920 to 1930. While in singles he dropped out of the competition after the first or second round each year, he won the doubles title partnering Randolph Lycett in 1923. In January 1926, he married Kathleen McKane, a two time Wimbledon singles champion. In the same year, the newly married couple took the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, being the", "title": "Leslie Godfree" }, { "docid": "9066009", "text": "Leslie Godfree Leslie Allison Godfree (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1971) was a British male tennis player who was especially successful in doubles and mixed doubles. Educated at Brighton College, Godfree played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1920 to 1930. While in singles he dropped out of the competition after the first or second round each year, he won the doubles title partnering Randolph Lycett in 1923. In January 1926, he married Kathleen McKane, a two time Wimbledon singles champion. In the same year, the newly married couple took the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, being the only married", "title": "Leslie Godfree" }, { "docid": "1906239", "text": "by the later champion Stan Wawrinka. This (as of 2018) was Federer's last appearance in this Grand Slam tournament. As the new expanded grass season began, Federer won his record eighth Gerry Weber Open and become only the third man in the Open Era to win a title eight times. Federer entered Wimbledon as the second seed. He played a flawless match to defeat Andy Murray in straight sets in the semifinals and advance to his 10th Wimbledon final in a repeat against Novak Djokovic. Federer lost the match in four sets. He defeated Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic in", "title": "Roger Federer" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7994751", "text": "the end by the physician, and the entire device is swung in an arc-like motion onto the tendon in question. The Queen Square and Babinski hammers are usually held perpendicular to the tendon in question, and are passively swung with gravity assistance onto the tendon. The Jendrassik maneuver, which entails interlocking of flexed fingers to distract a patient and prime the reflex response, can also be used to accentuate reflexes. In cases of hyperreflexia, the physician may place his finger on top of the tendon, and tap the finger with the hammer. Sometimes a reflex hammer may not be necessary", "title": "Reflex hammer" } ]

[ { "docid": "13804909", "text": "school because of your headaches?15 2. How many days in the last 3 months was your productivity at work or school reduced by half or more because of your headaches? (Do not include days you counted in question 1 where you missed work or school.) 45 3. On how many days in the last 3 months did you not do household work because of your headaches? 20 4. How many days in the last three months was your productivity in household work reduced by half of more because of your headaches? (Do not include days you counted in question 3", "title": "Migraine Disability Assessment Test" }, { "docid": "14021309", "text": "screens!\" The game is \"dedicated to Sharon, Shane, and Megan for Time given.\" The following is from the Instructions page of Hero's Heart \"The Game: HERO is a game of logic. It does not require quick reflexes, nor will they do you any good. You must use your eyes and your mind to think your way through these puzzles. Each level will always play exactly the same, perfectly repeatable. You are the Hero, and your task is to collect all of the hearts. The blue hearts may not be collected until a Creeper turns them red.\" \"Nothing moves until you", "title": "Hero's Heart (video game)" }, { "docid": "8762568", "text": "no matter how talented one is, that individual will fail. If you do not commit with heart and soul, you are doomed to make a mistake out of fear and hesitance where reflexes are imperative. Drink the Water \"Drink the Water\" is a song recorded by Jack Johnson on the album \"Brushfire Fairytales\" released on February 1, 2001 under the Universal label. It was inspired by an accident during a big surf where Jack Johnson wiped out and nearly drowned. He had hit an underwater reef on a fall and cut his head wide open. Jack was the youngest pro-surfer", "title": "Drink the Water" }, { "docid": "9484482", "text": "Metropolitan Area, on WNEW, Channel 5 (Metromedia Broadcasting). It was hosted by Lou Steele (The Creep), who became familiar to Channel 5 viewers as the guy who started off the \"10 o'clock News\" by asking: \"It's 10 p.m.; do you know where your children are?\" \"Creature Features\" first aired from July to August 1969 on a test run, and was found to be a hit. It was continued on the air from November 1969 to August 1973, but was cancelled due to poor ratings and competition from WPIX's \"Chiller Theatre\". Over the next six years the show would be rebroadcast", "title": "Creature Features" }, { "docid": "4382805", "text": "with you, and you have no right to treat them otherwise, unless they commit clear indecency. If they do that, then forsake them in their beds and hit them, but without causing injury or leaving a mark. If they obey you, then do not seek means of annoyance against them. You have rights over your women and your women have rights over you. Your rights over your women are that they are not to allow anyone whom you dislike to tread on your bedding (furniture), nor allow anyone whom you dislike to enter your houses. And their right over you", "title": "Marriage in Islam" }, { "docid": "12479960", "text": "Creature Features (WNEW) Creature Features a classic horror film show broadcast in the New York Metropolitan Area, on WNEW, Channel 5 (Metromedia Broadcasting). It was hosted by Lou Steele (The Creep), who became familiar to Channel 5 viewers for starting off the \"10 o'clock News\" by asking: \"It's 10 p.m.; do you know where your children are?\" \"Creature Features\" first aired from July to August 1969 on a test run, and was found to be a hit. The movies broadcast were taken from the classic horror movies of the 1930s and 1940s, the horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s,", "title": "Creature Features (WNEW)" }, { "docid": "13804910", "text": "where you did not do household work.) 45 5. On how many days in the last 3 months did you miss family, social or leisure activities because of your headaches? 10 The patient's score consists of the total of these five questions. Additionally, there is a section for patients to share with their doctors: What your Physician will need to know about your headache: A. On how many days in the last 3 months did you have a headache? (If a headache lasted more than 1 day, count each day.) 65 B. On a scale of 0 - 10, on", "title": "Migraine Disability Assessment Test" }, { "docid": "10398812", "text": "vocals on the track \"Bring Me All Your Lovin'.\" \"I'll Still Love You More\" was written by Diane Warren, who also wrote Yearwood's hit from the previous year, \"How Do I Live.\" As listed in liner notes. Choir on \"Where Your Road Leads\": Bergen White, Kimberly Fleming, Vicki Hampton, Mark Iveey, Mike Elred, Lisa Cochran, Dennis Wilson, Lisa Silver. Choral vocals arranged by Bergen White. Strings on \"Heart Like a Sad Song\" and \"Where Your Road Leads\" by the Nashville String Machine. Strings on \"Where Your Road Leads\" by Steve Nathan. Where Your Road Leads Where Your Road Leads is", "title": "Where Your Road Leads" }, { "docid": "18252423", "text": "a freekick specialist. In 2014, he described his unusual freekick technique: \"Everyone asks how I do it. You use the side of your foot, but you're hitting it more with your heel. If you hit with the middle of the side of your foot it just curls. If you hit it the way I do, it goes straight and moves at the same time.\" His style of play has also been compared to playmaker Mesut Ozil. Marcus Maddison Marcus Harley Maddison (born 26 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Peterborough", "title": "Marcus Maddison" }, { "docid": "8820180", "text": "NUnitAsp NUnitAsp is a tool for automatically testing ASP.NET web pages. It's an extension to NUnit, a tool for test-driven development in .NET. NUnitAsp is a class library for use within your NUnit tests. It provides NUnit with the ability to download, parse, and manipulate ASP.NET web pages. With NUnitASP, your tests don't need to know how ASP.NET renders controls into HTML. Instead, you can rely on the NUnitASP library to do this for you, keeping your test code simple and clean. For example, your tests don't need to know that a DataGrid control renders as an HTML table. You", "title": "NUnitAsp" }, { "docid": "10341404", "text": "You Do Your Thing You Do Your Thing is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2004 (see 2004 in country music) and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced the duo's first Number One hit on the \"Billboard\" country music charts in \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"; other singles included the title track, \"Gone\", and \"Something to Be Proud Of\" (also a Number One). \"If It's the Last Thing I Do\" was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album, \"Steers & Stripes\", and in", "title": "You Do Your Thing" }, { "docid": "4659757", "text": "and perform extraordinary feats! Wae Gong (External Power): Wae Gong is the physical part of the martial art where you take what you have cultivated through your Nae Gong practices and apply them. Wae Gong is divided into 21 areas of focus, including long and short forms, basic striking techniques, kicking test, and various self-defense techniques including defense against grabs and holds, defense against kicks, joint locks, throws, sweeps, and open handed defenses against various types of weapons. In addition to these, practitioners of Hwa Rang Do take advantage of the various sparring systems to truly test their skills in", "title": "Hwa Rang Do" }, { "docid": "9889794", "text": "have side effect: predicate, action; cannot have side effect: test, function) must be specified by the programmer. As the rule evaluation is based on calling simpler and simpler rules, at the bottom there should be some primitive rules that do the actual work. That is where CDL1 is very surprising: it does not have those primitives. You have to provide those rules yourself. If you need addition in your program, you have to create a rule that has two input parameters and one output parameter and the output is set to be the sum of the two inputs by your", "title": "Compiler Description Language" }, { "docid": "11515380", "text": "Do you know where your children are? \"Do you know where your children are?\" is a question used as a public service announcement (PSA) for parents on American television especially from the late 1960s through the late 1980s. One of the first adopters of the phrase was Mel Epstein, the Director of On-Air Promotions at New York's WNEW-TV, who began using the phrase in 1967 in response to rising crime in the city. Another hypothesis has the phrase originating at \"a small ABC affiliate in western New York\", referring to WKBW-TV in Buffalo. The question \"Do you know where your", "title": "Do you know where your children are?" }, { "docid": "14812318", "text": "test an interactive Lego building attraction where visitors build houses, cars, skyscrapers, etc. After building then you can test them out, Lego Mindstorms a Lego computer games and robotics attraction. Sky cruiser an aerial monorail ride where you control your vehicle by pedaling it around the track above the paths of Legoland Malaysia with incredible views of the city outside Legoland complex and the park, Kid power towers a zierrer junior drop tower ride where you propel your vehicle seat upward to top of tower and then let go of your vehicle seat rope and that drops you down the", "title": "Legoland Malaysia Resort" }, { "docid": "10341405", "text": "2004 by James Otto on his album \"Days of Our Lives\". Both of these renditions were titled \"The Last Thing I Do\". As listed in liner notes. As listed in liner notes. You Do Your Thing You Do Your Thing is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2004 (see 2004 in country music) and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced the duo's first Number One hit on the \"Billboard\" country music charts in \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\"; other singles included the title track, \"Gone\", and", "title": "You Do Your Thing" }, { "docid": "8245085", "text": "hold yourself in the rest position. If you do so, your performance in the event will be terminated. Correct performance is important. You will have two minutes to perform as many sit-ups as you can.\" \"The two-mile run is used to assess your aerobic fitness and your leg muscles' endurance. You must complete the run without any physical help. At the start, all soldiers will line up behind the starting line. On the command 'go,' the clock will start. You will begin running at your own pace. You are being tested on your ability to complete the 2-mile course in", "title": "United States Army Physical Fitness Test" }, { "docid": "20808093", "text": "to have reflexes to catch some mostly flying objects (like fish or baked pigs) and do something with them like bring them to the first free table. Very simple, and very boring.\" Hardcore Gaming 101 said \" imagine a whole game completely based on running and fetching objects. That is Astérix & Obélix Take On Caesar. Yes in this game you rarely even meet the Romans at all, you spend your time serving wild boars to village people (not the band, even though these guys dress quite similar) or fetching misteltoes from trees. It's an absolutely baffling choice of gameplay,", "title": "Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (video game)" }, { "docid": "10970664", "text": "however. If you save up long enough and fill up your entire cobalt meter you gain an extra life at the cost of your whole supply. You can upgrade your speed with the S symbols and pick up the rotating shield by finding the grey circle symbols. The shield will start to rotate faster if you find more upgrades. It's possible to pick up too many speed upgrades, which means you'll most likely fly into a wall and die unless you have exceptional reflexes. Bosses Giganticrab is the level one boss. He has three eyes on top of his head", "title": "Burai Fighter" }, { "docid": "8245083", "text": "The vertical position means that the base of your neck is above the base of your spine. After you have reached or surpassed the vertical position, lower your body until the bottom of your shoulder blades touch the ground. Your head, hands, arms, or elbows do not have to touch the ground. At the end of each repetition, the scorer will state the number of sit-ups you have correctly completed. A repetition will not count if you fail to reach the vertical position, fail to keep your fingers interlocked behind your head, arch or bow your back and raise your", "title": "United States Army Physical Fitness Test" }, { "docid": "9949105", "text": "swing your kicking leg through. Use your arms for balance, position your non-kicking foot close to the side of the ball, and keep your eyes on the ball. If you want to keep the ball low you must keep the knee of your kicking foot over the ball and not lean back as you strike the centre of the ball with your laces, following through. If you want increased power and height, hit the ball near the bottom, lean back further and follow through the ball more. Ideally you do not want the ball to bounce before it reaches a", "title": "Passing (association football)" }, { "docid": "19803259", "text": "Do You Want It Right Now \"Do You Want It Right Now\" is a 1985 song by singer Siedah Garrett for the film \"Fast Forward\". It was a bigger hit for Degrees Of Motion in 1991. It has also been recorded by Taylor Dayne for her debut album \"Tell It to My Heart\". A lyric sample of it was also used in Gat Decor's song \"Passion\" as well as in Armand Van Helden's 2007 hit \"I Want Your Soul\". In 1988, Taylor Dayne recorded her version of \"Do You Want It Right Now\" for her debut album \"Tell It to", "title": "Do You Want It Right Now" }, { "docid": "14681757", "text": "Liberty, falling down stairs or falling out of cabs. She's the opposite. She's quiet but there's a few surprises in store. I'm a mum now and you never know what you'll do to protect your children or where your strength will come from until you test it. She's a ma!\" Channel 4 publicity describe Gabby as \"strong yet nurturing\" and make note of her ability to be \"extremely tolerant\", unless pushed to her breaking point. Channel Five's soap opera reporting website Holy Soap described her as being a gentle mum-of-two who is ready to make some big changes in her", "title": "Gabby Sharpe" }, { "docid": "6604773", "text": "you want to clear your neighborhood out, first thing you do is go get the Black Muslims, bean pies and all. And your neighborhood is then clear. After that statement, he pointed out the police's inability to resolve the crime problem: The police can't do it. He then had critical remarks for Black Christians' seeming inability to create positive social change for the urban population to which he was referring: I'm telling you Christians, what's wrong with you? Why can't you hit the streets? Why can't you clean it out yourselves? Cosby also attacked black naming conventions, saying: We are", "title": "Pound Cake speech" }, { "docid": "5267700", "text": "also featured on the \"On the Line\" soundtrack. The \"Out of Reach\" track from the album \"Into Your Head\" appeared in a season 2 episode of the hit TV series \"Lizzie McGuire\". The band contributed a song titled \"Always Know Where You Are\" to Disney's \"Treasure Planet\" soundtrack in 2002. BBMak also covered the song \"Do You Believe in Magic\" for Disney's \"Peter Pan\" sequel, \"Return to Never Land\", which also had great success in North America. In August 2002, BBMak released their second album titled \"Into Your Head\", which reintroduced the group with more emphasis on harmonies. The album", "title": "BBMak" }, { "docid": "5251415", "text": "It's Your Thing \"It's Your Thing\" is a funk single by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1969, the funk anthem was an artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968. The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: \"\"It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to\"\". The song is ranked #420 on the \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. After scoring one popular hit with the label with", "title": "It's Your Thing" }, { "docid": "5068518", "text": "it ain’t the same, probably fame got you lame,” adds Joe in the second verse. Ammo lashed back in the song We Hit `Em Up Too in their second album saying: “I gave you love but you wanna show me hate/Watcha gonna do when it’s too late/It’s about the time why don’t you tell em’ why/Cos back here We Hit Em’ Up Too” (Yogi B); “You dissed my album cover bein’ clownish but yours be worse/Cos your s*** be lookin’ something straight from the circus/For real though now you phat with that lady in your clique” says Point. “We were", "title": "Malaysian hip hop" }, { "docid": "16397510", "text": "These tests are beneficial because they help measure your potential; it gives you a good indicator of where your talents are. By viewing your scores, you can make intelligent career decisions. The higher score you have, the more job opportunities that are available to you. The Wiesen Test of Mechanical Aptitude is a measure of a person's mechanical aptitude, which is referred to as the ability use machinery properly and maintain the equipment in best working order. The test is 30 minutes and has 60 items that can help predict performance for specific occupations involving the operation, maintenance, and servicing", "title": "Mechanical aptitude" }, { "docid": "11371967", "text": "to have an eyesight check before they are allowed to rebook a test. If successful, the DVSA standard eyesight test must still be completed at the candidate's next practical driving test. The \"Show me tell me\" changed on 4 December 2017. The examiner will ask you one:‘tell me’ question (where you explain how you’d carry out a safety task) at the start of your test and before you start driving. The new element is where you show how you would carry out a safety task while you’re driving. These are phrased in the form \"Show me...\" and \"Tell me...\"; as", "title": "United Kingdom driving test" }, { "docid": "6349271", "text": "the personality test, although a fourth appears in the lyric booklet with \"Angel Dust\"; question 179 \"Do others push you around?\". Two of the questions used were shortened slightly for their use in the song, question 27 \"Do you often sing or whistle just for the fun of it?\" had the words 'the' and 'of it' removed, and question 196 \"Do you sometimes feel that your age is against you (too young or too old)?\" was shortened to \"Do you feel sometimes that age is against you?\". The third and unchanged line is question 69, \"Does emotional music have quite", "title": "Land of Sunshine" }, { "docid": "4884512", "text": "\"I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)\" and \"Raise Your Hand\", which was covered by both Janis Joplin and Bruce Springsteen. The song \"Big Bird\" (featuring Booker T. Jones on organ and guitar, Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, and Donald \"Duck\" Dunn on bass) was written while Floyd waited in a London airport for a plane back to the United States for Otis Redding's funeral. Although not a US hit, it became an underground favorite in the UK, was later covered by The Jam, and was featured on the video game \"Test Drive Unlimited\". Floyd's career", "title": "Eddie Floyd" }, { "docid": "20653327", "text": "the series' character designs. Prior to its print debut, the series won the 29th annual Fantasia Grand Prize, an award given to novels published under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label. Within the first nine days of its release, the first volume had sold over 12,889 copies. As of May 2017, the first two volumes had sold a combined 100,000 copies. Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? Dachima Inaka launched the light novel series, with illustrations by Pochi Iida, under Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label on January 20, 2017. Ai Kayano voiced the titular mother in", "title": "Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?" }, { "docid": "20653325", "text": "Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? Dachima Inaka launched the light novel series, with illustrations by Pochi Iida, under Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label on January 20, 2017. Ai Kayano voiced the titular mother in a series of promotions for the light novels. As part of a promotional campaign for the series, Animate announced that they would give away a 16-page short story booklet to anyone who brought their mother to purchase one of the four winners of the 29th Fantasia Prizes. During their panel at Sakura-Con on March 31, 2018, North American publisher Yen", "title": "Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?" }, { "docid": "11875138", "text": "then be derived. Each boundary has a valid boundary and an invalid boundary value. Test cases are supposed to be designed based on the both valid and invalid boundary values. Typically, we choose one test case from each boundary for an effective test coverage of these scenarios. Finding defects using Boundary value analysis test design technique can be a very effective and can be used at all test levels. You can select multiple test cases from valid and invalid input domains based on your needs or previous experience but remember you do have to select at least one test case", "title": "Boundary testing" }, { "docid": "15045975", "text": "weight and fitness level with the use of the adjustable menu and short fitness test, which you can retake as many times as you want. You can choose to do the menu of workouts under the three UFC fighters or you can choose separate preset 30 or 60 day workouts or make your own customized workouts. As you progress, there are prizes and trophies you earn and instructional and motivational videos that you unlock. There are also separate activities you can choose for fun or as a break from your work out. You don't need to be a gamer to", "title": "UFC Personal Trainer" }, { "docid": "5995312", "text": "first just love people and gain that trust with people where they know that I really do love them and care about their well-being, so that when they are running into problems, they will hopefully, at some point, come to me and ask me, 'What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents?' And I can turn to them and say without blinking, 'Jesus Christ'. In a 2018 interview with Michael Rosenbaum, Levi called himself \"I'm very spiritual but not particularly religious\" and while avowing", "title": "Zachary Levi" }, { "docid": "6237940", "text": "the chorus-verse pattern. The song opens with the lines \"Hit me\" and the first verses sung by Beyoncé follow: \"I put it right there made it easy for you to get to / Now you want to act like you don't know what to do\". The chorus follows during which the group repeatedly sings the lines \"Can you keep up?\". Rowland's second verses follow where she sings the lines \"Put it on me deep in the right direction\". The chorus is repeated twice before the bridge by Williams. After the bridge, the group sings the lines \"Here's your papers, baby", "title": "Lose My Breath" }, { "docid": "19319526", "text": "nest which you do not want. Then, spray liquid insecticide around the perimeter of your house. Make sure so wear proper clothing at all times before you do this. Vacuum your whole entire house especially where you think the infestation is. Throw away any items that are already infested. Wash all your clothing and fabrics with soap and hot water. If you want, you can go the extra length by steam cleaning your furniture and carpentry. Close your screen less doors and windows at all times to prevent the beetles from entering your house. Inspect all plants and flowers before", "title": "Anthrenus sarnicus" }, { "docid": "11371971", "text": "exercise will be carried out on every extended test and one third of normal tests. This might be an emergency stop, or the candidate might be asked to make a controlled stop in a specific location. During dangerous weather conditions, such as rain and snow, this test can be left out for safety reasons. The Driving test changed on December 4, 2017. The manoeuvres have now changed and you will not be asked to do a Turn in the Road or a Reverse to the left, If you are taking driving lessons your Instructor should still teach you these reversing", "title": "United Kingdom driving test" }, { "docid": "8245081", "text": "return to, and pause in, the correct starting position before continuing. If you rest on the ground or raise either hand or foot from the ground, your performance will be terminated. You may reposition your hands and/or feet during the event as long as they remain in contact with the ground at all times. Correct performance is important. You will have two minutes in which to do as many push-ups as you can.\" \"The sit-up event measures the endurance of the abdominal and hip-flexor muscles. On the command 'get set,' assume the starting position by lying on your back with", "title": "United States Army Physical Fitness Test" }, { "docid": "11237552", "text": "will move apart, so your fingers will move apart also. Note whether this is the case. From the front Inspect for: normal and symmetrical shoulder and quadriceps muscle bulk, no knee swellings, no deformity of mid or hind feet. Now ask the patient to do the following noting any painful, restricted or asymmetrical movements: Test rotation of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Gently hold the patient's hips still and ask them to: \"Turn your shoulders round as far as you can to the left, then do the same to the right.\" Test lateral flexion of the thoracic and lumbar spine:", "title": "GALS screen" }, { "docid": "6565133", "text": "may start weeks or months after the tickbite. Initially, they may include flu-like illness, fever, headache, sore throat, fatigue, aching muscles and joints. More serious are meningitis, Bell's palsy (weakness of the face muscles), swelling of joints, and heart problems with palpitations and breathlessness. Lyme disease is difficult to distinguish from many other illnesses like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) because the symptoms may be similar. If you have symptoms that could be Lyme disease, even if you do not remember a tickbite, see your doctor. Diagnosis is helped by a blood test called a Western Blot test, but your doctor", "title": "Ixodes holocyclus" }, { "docid": "17935245", "text": "the next stage of increasingly difficult gameplay. \"...The tasks get harder. Sometimes you may find your instruments mislabeled, for example.\" If mistakes are made, damage will occur to the ship in the form of different players control panels breaking, and if too many mistakes are made, the group's ship is consumed by a supernova and the game ends. \"There also are events that require everyone to do something three-dimensional with their phones. If you hit a wormhole, you have to tip your devices upside down. To avoid asteroids, you have to all shake your devices, ideally without flinging them across", "title": "Spaceteam" }, { "docid": "1880328", "text": "have to say anything unless you wish to do so, but I must warn you that if you fail to mention any fact which you rely on in your defence in court, your failure to take this opportunity to mention it may be treated in court as supporting any relevant evidence against you. If you do wish to say anything, what you say may be given in evidence. or even (in circumstances where no adverse inference can be drawn from silence): You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say may be given in evidence. The Criminal", "title": "Right to silence" }, { "docid": "3140202", "text": "the child. Having suffering can strengthen us in many ways because it can test and strengthen our faith, it can bring us closer to God in a very fundamental and intimate way, or it can loosen the bonds to the material world and make us clever to God as our refuge (201). Clever to God means being or feeling closer to him and knowing what you should do. They talk about the Mahayana visualization practice, it's where you mentally visualize taking on another person's pain and suffering and in return you give them all of your resources, good health, fortune", "title": "The Art of Happiness" }, { "docid": "7987865", "text": "with right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson as host. The format was designed to test how well total strangers would work together. Ultimately, the series never aired. Who Do You Trust? Who Do You Trust? is an American television game show, originally hosted by comedian Johnny Carson (with the title Do You Trust Your Wife? until July 1958), which aired from September 30, 1957, to November 15, 1957, at 4:30 pm, Eastern on ABC, and from November 18, 1957, to December 27, 1963 at 3:30 pm, Eastern - a schedule that helped garner a significant number of young viewers coming home from", "title": "Who Do You Trust?" }, { "docid": "7731617", "text": "one of 700 individuals described by the publisher as \"leading figures in the history of American law, from the colonial era to the present day.\" In addition to \"How to Talk Back to Your Television Set\" (Little-Brown; Bantam, 1970) and \"Test Pattern for Living\" (Bantam, 1972), he is the author of \"Your Second Priority: A Former FCC Commissioner Speaks Out\" (2008), \"Are We There Yet: Reflections on Politics in America\" (2008), \"What Do You Mean and How Do You Know? An Antidote for the Language That Does Our Thinking for Us\" (2009), \"Virtualosity: Eight Students in Search of Cyberlaw\" (2009),", "title": "Nicholas Johnson" }, { "docid": "13377778", "text": "what she said and what she did. She went to a bookshelf in her office in the old math building, scanned the titles, took down a calculus text, handed it to me, and said, 'Study this book during the summer. The week before classes start in the fall, I will give you a test. If you pass, I will let you take your sophomore and junior mathematics courses concurrently. By the time you reach your senior year, you will be on track.' Years later, Elvy told me that she had no idea I would actually do it. But, I had", "title": "Ron Larson" }, { "docid": "13433537", "text": "the episode featuring Neil Jordan as a \"bizarre encounter\", in which the writer and filmmaker \"grew more and more bemused\" as Byrne questioned him in great detail about his religious faith. Jordan answered such questions as \"Do you think your religion might return to you on your deathbed?\" and \"Do you think there's a day of reckoning?\" with \"I really haven't got a clue\" and \"I don't know, Gay\" but when he commented that \"every time I'm in a plane and it's hit by lightning I bless myself\", Byrne replied \"Hah!\", as if, according to Boland, Jordan had \"just revealed", "title": "The Meaning of Life (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15963585", "text": "and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Yarden to enter and possess. “(Devarim 30:15-18) \"It was there at Marah that the LORD set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. He said, 'If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I", "title": "Spiritual test" }, { "docid": "3901608", "text": "instruction, and gave him up to the institution, according to Dlugosz in \"Vitae Episcop. Posnan.\", saying: I give you up, my son, not into the ranks of students but of bishops. Remember, when you have become a bishop, do not forget your current standing, in which you see both your mother and me, your brothers and sisters: this lack of means in which you were born is greater than could fade from your memory if you had the greatest fortune. When you become a bishop, do this for me, make a church of brick in this place where I give", "title": "Jastrzębiec coat of arms" }, { "docid": "6668488", "text": "\"Whole Again\" were re-recorded. \"Do What You Want\", a song that prominently features the vocals of Kerry Katona, is not included on the re-issue while \"See Ya\" and \"I Want Your Love\" were not re-recorded and were relegated to bonus tracks at the end of the album. \"Do What You Want\" and the placement of \"See Ya\" and \"I Want Your Love\" on the main album were replaced by new songs \"Tomorrow & Tonight\", \"You Are\" and, lead single for the re-issue (sixth overall), \"Eternal Flame\". \"Eternal Flame\" would become another big hit for the group, becoming their second No.", "title": "Right Now (Atomic Kitten album)" }, { "docid": "14115040", "text": "meaning unambiguous. Kesha herself has been frank about this straightforward interpretation of the lyrics. The lyrics have been interpreted as a shot at the way men objectify women by speaking about them the way that they do in the music industry. \" Andrew Burgess of MusicOMH felt that the line \"I don't really care where you live at, just turn around boy, let me hit that. Don't be a little bitch with your chit-chat; just show me where your dick's at\" was a way of belittling her male peers. Fraser McAlpine of BBC noted that it was cultural progress that", "title": "Blah Blah Blah (Kesha song)" }, { "docid": "6840209", "text": "the choice of either hitting the ball off of the table or “Bodying” it to either side for a better shot off of the ground. Because a player’s hands and arms are considered extensions of the paddle, you cannot Body the ball with either your hands or arms. If you do, this is considered a shot. You also cannot body the ball with your foot or your leg below the knee. This is a “Foot” and the player that does this should pick up the ball and serve. Additionally, you cannot Body a ball that has already hit the floor,", "title": "Beer pong (paddle game)" }, { "docid": "5590786", "text": "hep jive. Lots of people are going around saying \"hip.\" Lots of squares are coming out with \"hep.\" Well the hipster is here to inform you what the jive is all about. The jive is hip, don't say hep That's a slip of the lip, let me give you a tip Don't you ever say hep it ain't hip, NO IT AIN'T It ain't hip to be loud and wrong Just because you're feeling strong You try too hard to make a hit And every time you do you tip your mitt It ain't hip to blow your top The", "title": "Hip (slang)" }, { "docid": "8950945", "text": "from harm? No one from Veterans? By whom are you paid? No one from Commerce? How do you trade? No one from Housing? Who buildeth your shacks? No one from Treasury? Who takes your tax? No one from Post Office? Who sells your stamp supply? No one from Military? Who keeps your powder dry? And no one from Security? How, then, can you be social? If you have no single bureaucrat To decide things equivocal? Even the Department of the Interior Is from Armstrong’s roster missed. Tell me, Armstrong County, How do you exist? All Hail to Armstrong County, Where", "title": "Armstrong County, South Dakota" }, { "docid": "3909496", "text": "shoes for when the cockroach moves into the corner and you can't get at it with your foot or the broom anymore. You just jam your toe into the corner and hit as hard as you can. And if you did it right you got the full bug. So this slang means — bammm! — you have to give it everything you've got. Make the maximum effort, do everything possible, get the full bug.\" \"Eddie\": \"Dave plays the acoustic guitar and harmonica on the intro of 'The Full Bug.' My lines in the middle of that are different. I've been", "title": "Diver Down" }, { "docid": "5328999", "text": "circuit with a show based on her experiences with wildlife, titled \"Harassed by Hippos and Battered by Cod: A Humble Way to Make a Living\". On 16 February 2009, she made her first appearance in \"Countdown\"'s Dictionary Corner. She founded the web site \"Stuff Your Rucksack\" that helps organisations around the world find the items they need by matching them with travellers. On 29 July 2009, Humble was the subject for the programme \"Who Do You Think You Are?\" where she discovered that she had family connections to the Hartley Colliery Disaster. Her paternal grandfather Bill Humble was a test", "title": "Kate Humble" }, { "docid": "18862041", "text": "map. An obvious weak point will appear on the forehead, which should be hit in order to wound the Guardian. If you manage to deal enough damage, the Guardian gets wounded. If you do not deal damage fast enough, the rampage ends and a new race for power begins. When the opponent rampages, you have 20 seconds to get to your own Guardian. All the power you've gathered so far will become a breakable shield. The enemy Heroes will try to deal a wound, so protect your Guardian to prevent this. You can kill enemies, which will grant you power", "title": "Gigantic (video game)" }, { "docid": "5966046", "text": "written by Rod Serling and directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starred Harrison's idol, Charlton Heston, and Edward G. Robinson as Heston's nemesis, Dr Zaius. Harrison appeared as Zira, the role ultimately played by Kim Hunter, while Harrison's Talent School classmate fellow contract actor, James Brolin, took on Roddy McDowall's role of Cornelius. \"I think they always had me in mind for Nova. But they needed someone to do the screen test, and you keep trying to employ your actors. So. I did the screen test. The part that was hard for me was actually doing the mask,where they put all", "title": "Linda Harrison (actress)" }, { "docid": "13466607", "text": "David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch is the second EP by alternative rock band Fight Like Apes. It was released on 2 November 2007. The EP is slightly more than eleven minutes in length. Two of the four tracks from this EP were reworked for \"Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion\", the band's debut album. The reworked songs were \"Do You Karate?\" and \"Snore Bore Whore\". The EP's lead track \"Do You Karate?\" was a minor hit on", "title": "David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch" }, { "docid": "11438282", "text": "Your Balls Hang Low?\" are recorded as: <poem> Do your balls hang low? Do they dangle to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Do they itch when it's hot? Do you rest them in a pot? Do you get them in a tangle? Do you catch them in a mangle? Do they swing in stormy weather? Do they tickle with a feather? Do they rattle when you walk? Do they jingle when you talk? Can you sling them on your shoulder Like a lousy fucking soldier? Do your balls hang", "title": "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" }, { "docid": "3995090", "text": "contributed to the band's recordings. In early 1986, Beggars' Banquet compiled all the 12\" mixes of the band's singles onto a UK-only LP entitled \"Seven Singles Deep\", which hit No. 52 on the British album charts. In July 1986, The Icicle Works had a top 75 chart hit with the almost punk-sounding \"Understanding Jane\", which peaked at No. 52. The pop-oriented follow-up single \"Who Do You Want For Your Love\" peaked at No. 54, and January 1987's \"Evangeline\" peaked at No. 53. All three songs found their way on to the 1987 album \"If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy", "title": "The Icicle Works" }, { "docid": "18274750", "text": "a bigger hit in Canada, where it reached #11. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit in both nations. All tracks written and composed by Dyer and Scott; except where indicated. Who Do You Think You Are (Candlewick Green song) \"Who Do You Think You Are\" is a song written by the British songwriting-team Des Dyer and Clive Scott. The song was first recorded by the pop group Candlewick Green and released in late December 1973. The song peaked at #21 in the United Kingdom in February 1974. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods covered \"Who Do You Think You Are\"", "title": "Who Do You Think You Are (Candlewick Green song)" }, { "docid": "17855272", "text": "ones more prove them wrong, I know you can hear me, tell them, Cowards, Ogaden heroes don’t die, Dead isn’t rare, it waits for us all, but a few pass the test, None can compare your lifelong mission, even, Dying your way struggling for the best, Wake up Doc ones more prove them wrong, I know you can hear me, tell them, cowards, Ogaden heroes don’t die, You look so peaceful lying there, Where your father Sirad Dolal rest, A hero as well, you followed his lead, True to your passion like a father and son, Wake up Doc ones", "title": "Mohamed Sirad Dolal" }, { "docid": "11515381", "text": "children are?\", preceded by an announcement of the current time, is typically asked around 10:00 PM or 11:00 PM, depending on the market and the time of the local youth curfew, usually immediately preceding the station's late-evening newscast. The PSA was featured on Time magazine's \"Top 10 Public-Service Announcements\" list. The PSA was often parodied. The line appeared in \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Bart After Dark\", upon which Homer Simpson responded to the television, \"I told you last night — no!\" And as the tagline for the 1999 movie 200 Cigarettes. Do you know where your children are? \"Do you know", "title": "Do you know where your children are?" }, { "docid": "10454464", "text": "where you hold the clutch in and power the shifter through the gears and hope you hit it right. His fast reflexes seldom saw him second off the line when the Christmas tree light went green. He died participating in the sport he loved. News articles in the October 7, 1968, editions of both the Ledger Star and Virginian Pilot newspapers of Norfolk, Virginia, and The Jacksonville Daily News of Jacksonville, North Carolina, state that Iuliano was killed on October 5, 1968, when his car overturned during a race at the Highway 258 Drag Strip near Jacksonville, NC. He was", "title": "George William Iuliano" }, { "docid": "7776727", "text": "Chibi-PC. But there are still some differences such as Telly Vision being replaced with a robot connected to the wall named Chet. There's a reader that reads cartridges you collect and adds minigames and utilities to the shop for you to put into your park. The Chibi-PC has more features then from the first game including a park projects section where you ask your friends to do the projects you want them to do. You can mess with the tiller, the height, and roads and rivers. There's also a smogling forecast where you can check how many smoglings or smogglobs", "title": "Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol" }, { "docid": "14754214", "text": "confident in their offering that they give it to you in a trial test format. Once you make up your mind that you do like the product or service which you tried the company knows they will have your business. However a free trial in exchange for credit card details can not be stated as a free trial, as there is a component of expenditure. Forced free trial A forced free trial is a direct-marketing technique, usually for goods sold by regular subscription, in which potential buyers are sent a number of free samples of a product, usually periodic publications.", "title": "Forced free trial" }, { "docid": "11438279", "text": "inexcusable!\" The following lyrics are from one particular variant of the song: <poem> Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie 'em in a bow? Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulder Like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low? Do your ears stand high? Do they reach up to the sky? Do they droop when they are wet? Do they stiffen when they're dry? Can you wave them at your neighbor With an element of flavor? Do your ears stand high? Do your ears flip-flop?", "title": "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" }, { "docid": "10705393", "text": "both business and military setting scenarios which subjects would read and indicate how likely they were to do the list of behaviors related to that scenario. Consist of either taking the test on paper or written out examples online. The online version offers a few advantages such as, faster results. It is often the case that Situational Judgement Test have multiple correct answers even though an answer might be more preferred by the hiring organization. You are the leader of a manufacturing team that works with heavy machinery. One of your productions operators tells you that one machine in the", "title": "Situational judgement test" }, { "docid": "4043401", "text": "The two patrol Los Angeles at night and give assistance to police forces on the ground. When Lymangood first encounters Murphy, the latter is conducting what he describes as a personal test. As Murphy explains to Lymangood later, he has read somewhere (screenwriters Don Jakoby and Dan O'Bannon do not specify the source) that \"if you really think you're going over the edge, the first thing you lose is your sense of time. With your eyes shut, you can't tell twenty-five seconds from five!\" Murphy is instructed to attend a sunrise demonstration in the Mojave Desert at \"Pinkville\", and is", "title": "Blue Thunder" }, { "docid": "2171980", "text": "discuss technical details. By January 12, U.S. President Richard Nixon's Foreign Policy Adviser Henry Kissinger enthusiastically espoused plans for the mission, and expressed these views to NASA administrator George M. Low: \"As long as you stick to space, do anything you want to do. You are free to commit--in fact, I want you to tell your counterparts in Moscow that the President has sent you on this mission.\" By April 1972, both the United States and the USSR signed an Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, committing both the USSR and the", "title": "Apollo–Soyuz Test Project" }, { "docid": "13470576", "text": "the indoor scene, there are plenty of clubs from which to choose. Most are fairly casual – this is not an environment where you’ll be restricted from wearing your flip flops in hot weather – but since most also cater to the young, hip crowd, stylish, hip clothes are welcome too. When you go clubbing, be aware that most locals don’t even hit the clubs until around 2 a.m., if you’re seeking the company of locals. Most of the clubs in the coastline area cater to tourists, so if you do want to hang with locals and perhaps in a", "title": "Limnatis, Limassol" }, { "docid": "1270483", "text": "would be for Frazier to persistently attack Ali's body, including punches to the hips when Ali effectively covered up his torso along the ropes. Benton said, \"My expression to Joe was what you've got to do is stay on top of him, and hit the son of a bitch anywhere, hit him on the hips, hit him on the legs. You hit him anywhere!\" Frazier's strategy followed the boxing axiom \"if you kill the body, the head will die.\" As he described it, \"Once I've stopped your organs—when those kidneys and liver stop functioning, he can't move so fast ...", "title": "Thrilla in Manila" }, { "docid": "1561985", "text": "905) If you keep fast, then do it a way so that you adopt the compassion, well being and ask for good will of everyone. \"\"Let your mind be content, and be kind to all beings. In this way, your fast will be successful.\"\" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 299) Serve God who alone is your Savior instead indulge into ritual, he is only one who will save you every where: \"\"I do not keep fasts, nor do I observe the month of Ramadaan. I serve only the One, who will protect me in the end. ||1||\"\" (Guru Granth Sahib", "title": "Fasting" }, { "docid": "1463855", "text": "a few covers, mostly on their first album), including \"Younger Girl\" (which missed the Hot 100), which was a hit for The Critters in mid-1966. \"Do You Believe in Magic\" reached #9 on the Hot 100, and the band followed it up with a series of hit singles and albums throughout 1965 and 1966, all produced by Jacobsen. The Lovin' Spoonful became known for such folk-flavored pop hits as \"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice\", which reached #10, and \"Daydream\", which went to #2. Other hits included \"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?\" (another #2 hit)", "title": "The Lovin' Spoonful" }, { "docid": "12866507", "text": "if the club is moving correctly, there is nothing you can do with your body that produce a poor shot. Conversely, if the club is moving incorrectly, there is nothing you can do with your body that will correct the problem and avoid the poor shot. By way of analogy, regardless of what he does with his body, if the marksman does the right thing with the rifle, the bullet must hit the target. If the golfer does the right thing with the golf club, the ball must go to the target. Not only does this approach identify and deal", "title": "Manuel de la Torre (golfer)" }, { "docid": "13482315", "text": "job where you needed to be able to talk to people? You wouldn't be able to easily talk to customers, other employees, or your boss. You couldn't answer phones or make calls, greet customers, do presentations. You couldn't call your pet's name. You wouldn't even be able to use a fast food drive-through or tell your waitress what you wanted to order! You couldn't say, \"I love you,\" to your child, parent, or significant other. How would you cope with the functional disorder? With the changes and the stress those changes caused? The example in the above link deals with", "title": "Acquired characteristic" }, { "docid": "11438280", "text": "Can you use them as a mop? Are they stringy at the bottom? Are they curly at the top? Can you use them for a swatter? Can you use them for a blotter? Do your ears flip-flop? Do your ears stick out? Can you waggle them about? Can you flap them up and down As you fly around the town? Can you shut them up for sure When you hear an awful bore? Do your ears stick out? Do your ears give snacks? Are they all filled up with wax? Do you eat it in the morning Do you eat", "title": "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" }, { "docid": "1751855", "text": "like that.\" Davis said that \"Helmet in the Bush\" \"is about meth. It's about when you do meth and you look down at your dick and it's literally a helmet in the bush [laughs]\". \"Basically it's what happens when you do too much drugs and your girl wanna get with you and you got some man problems down below. Just another reason not to do drugs, children,\" Fieldy elaborated. \"Faget\" lyrical themes are about lead vocalist Jonathan Davis' time in high school where he was relentlessly bullied primarily by jocks for wearing eyeliner, listening to new wave and enjoying arts.", "title": "Korn (album)" }, { "docid": "14132577", "text": "and your score. With 10 waves of fiery madness, you can grow your way to the top spot in the leaderboards. \"Dragonvale Wings\" is a flight simulation game, similar to the hit \"Flappy Bird\", where you play a young fire dragon from Dragonvale. Navigate your way through the floating islands, collecting coins and gems for more points. \"Ninjump Smash\" is an arcade style game where you play as the famous Ninjump ninja, breaking through walls to reach the highest score. Dragonvale World is an offshoot of the popular \"DragonVale\" game. It features many of the same aspects as Dragonvale but", "title": "Backflip Studios" }, { "docid": "14331262", "text": "does not divulge the privileged material. Subdivision (c) provides for protective orders. Subdivision (d) specifies the times at which parties may employ the various methods of discovery. Subdivision (e) provides for supplementation, which requires a person to correct any submitted information as it is necessary. For example, if you submit your medical records, and then your doctor calls you to say a crucial medical test just came in, you may be required to send that new report to the other party without being specifically requested to do so. Subdivision (f) provides a special meeting between the parties to organize their", "title": "Civil discovery under United States federal law" }, { "docid": "9864956", "text": "\"Where is he/she going?\" (where he/she goes), \"Where is his/her father going?\" (where his/her father goes), \"Who speaks our Rama language?\" (who our Rama language speaks), \"With whom did you go?\" (who with you-went). Questions words with a non-verbal predicate: \"What is your name?\", \"How is your family?\" Sentences may be negated by placing after the verb or predicate, e.g. \"I do not live on Rama Cay\", \"You do not speak Rama\", \"My house is not big\", \"That dog is not mine\", or by placing \"aa\" before the verb, e.g. \"They didn't look for the manatee\", \"I don't want to", "title": "Rama language" }, { "docid": "18892130", "text": "signed him as a staff writer in April 1964. Just over a week after moving to Nashville, Lane appeared on the Grand Ole Opry with Tubb. Lane said, \"What do you do after you've reached all your dreams in 8 days?\" A year later, Lane won a BMI songwriting award with the hit song \"My Friend on the Right\" recorded by Faron Young. Today, at the Sony/ATV building writers' quarters where young songwriters sketch out songs, Red Lane's portrait now hangs. Lane's career as a solo singer was mediocre. He was offered a recording contract by Chet Atkins and had", "title": "Red Lane" }, { "docid": "19392312", "text": "there were privileged. That is to say, you were protected from lawsuits. Hiss has now challenged you to make the same charge publicly. He says that if you do, he will test your veracity by filing a suit for slander or libel. Are you willing to say now that Alger Hiss is or ever was a Communist?<br>CHAMBERS: Alger Hiss was a Communist and may be now.<br>FOLLIARD: Mr. Chambers, does that mean that you’re now prepared to go into court and answer to a suit for slander or libel?<br>CHAMBERS: I do not think that Mr. Hiss will sue me for slander", "title": "Edward T. Folliard" }, { "docid": "13485495", "text": "tactical game-play modes, or fight in combat focused skirmish.* Equip your units with a vast assortment of upgrades. Do you upgrade your infantry with guided anti-tank missiles? Or do you suppress the enemy with mortar fire? Perhaps even both? The choice is yours and the options are endless. The research system let´s you develop military technology upgrades for your units but also missile technology as well as your choice of weapons of mass destruction. Attack your opponents with Biological. Chemical or Nuclear weapons. Dynamically created battlefields where weather and day/night-cycle effects the outcome. An extensive political system with multi-nation negotiations.", "title": "Storm: Frontline Nation" }, { "docid": "11739947", "text": "end from 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Testing times may vary at any other testing locations other than California and Oregon. The computer-based test session will vary depending on what was confirmed in the confirmation email. For paper-based testing, you must bring your admission ticket, sharpened number 2 pencils with erasers, and proper identification. For computer-based testing, all you must bring is paper identification as described in “Identification Policy.” CBEST test sites do not allow the following on site: any smoking and the use of tobacco products, visitors, weapons of any kind, cell phones, electronic communication devices, calculators, handwritten or", "title": "California Basic Educational Skills Test" }, { "docid": "12094964", "text": "Coolidge \"Anytime...Anywhere\" album cover Anytime...Anywhere Anytime...Anywhere is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of Boz Scaggs' \"We're All Alone\" (#7), a cover of The Temptations' \"The Way You Do The Things You Do\" (#20), and the album's biggest hit, \"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher\" (#2), a remake of Jackie Wilson's \"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher", "title": "Anytime...Anywhere" }, { "docid": "12094963", "text": "Anytime...Anywhere Anytime...Anywhere is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of Boz Scaggs' \"We're All Alone\" (#7), a cover of The Temptations' \"The Way You Do The Things You Do\" (#20), and the album's biggest hit, \"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher\" (#2), a remake of Jackie Wilson's \"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher\". Source: Rita", "title": "Anytime...Anywhere" }, { "docid": "11438281", "text": "it in the bath? Do you eat it with a scone Or do you eat it on its own? Do your ears give snacks? </poem> In the United Kingdom, a shorter version with differences in the lyrics is heard, commonly sung in Cubs and Brownies events: <poem> Do your ears hang low? Can you swing them to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you swing them over your shoulder like a regimental soldier Do your ears hang low? </poem> The lyrics of the World War I version of \"Do", "title": "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" }, { "docid": "6828660", "text": "bowl again. When I went on the West Indies tour I had no confidence, even though I got 17 wickets at an average of about 25, and 10 of them were in first-class games. I only bowled about 78 overs on tour. When you lose your confidence it's not a nice feeling – you can't do what you used to do, but I'm only sorry it was the wrong day at the wrong time [in Sydney], because if I was myself, I assure you, in my opinion, I would have played more Test cricket, but that's only my assumption. I", "title": "John Watkins (Australian cricketer)" }, { "docid": "18060217", "text": "(makes you hit harder) and ZIP (makes you hit the try fruit in the exact spot). The characters that appear in the game are: Annoying Orange: Splatter Up Annoying Orange: Splatter Up is the second Annoying Orange game, after \"\". It is available for download on iOS and Google Play. The latest update for the game, version 1.1.2, was released on January 27, 2014. It was developed by American indie studio Thruster Games. Splatter Up is a baseball game where screaming fruit is thrown at you and your task is to swipe your finger from the bottom right, hitting it", "title": "Annoying Orange: Splatter Up" }, { "docid": "8245080", "text": "then be sent to the end of the line to be retested. After the first 10 push-ups have been performed and counted, however, no restarts are allowed. The test will continue, and any incorrectly performed push-ups will not be counted. An altered, front-leaning rest position is the only authorized rest position. That is, you may sag in the middle or flex your back. When flexing your back, you may bend your knees, but not to such an extent that you are supporting most of your body weight with your legs. If this occurs, your performance will be terminated. You must", "title": "United States Army Physical Fitness Test" }, { "docid": "10305640", "text": "Love\" in 1956. The idea came to him in Kansas City, where he heard a group of children trying to out-brag one another using a particular rhythm. \"It was like an African chant, and I wanted words that would suit it\", Bo Diddley recalled. Inspired by Muddy Waters 1954 hit \"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man\", he wanted to outdo songwriter Willie Dixon's lyrical swagger: He also sings about a skull, a tombstone, a graveyard, and a scream in the night to convey a sense of foreboding. The use of the homonym \"who do\" is an allusion to \"hoodoo\", a Louisiana/Mississippi", "title": "Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)" }, { "docid": "1568546", "text": "1974 to the end of the ABC run in 1987, \"Bandstand\" featured another instrumental at its mid-show break: Billy Preston's synth hit \"Space Race.\" When ABC picked up the game show \"Do You Trust Your Wife?\" from CBS in November 1957, they renamed the program as \"Who Do You Trust?\" and scheduled the program at 3:30 pm ET—almost in the middle of \"Bandstand\". Instead of shortening or moving \"Bandstand\", ABC opted to just begin \"Bandstand\" at 3 pm, cut away to \"Who Do You Trust?\" at 3:30 pm, then rejoin \"Bandstand\" at 4 pm. In Philadelphia, however, WFIL opted to", "title": "American Bandstand" }, { "docid": "12070882", "text": "All\" and \"Roll with Me\" (both 2008). Besides these, Montgomery Gentry has reached Top Ten with 10 additional hit singles. All 15 of these songs have also crossed over to the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, where the duo's highest peak is \"If You Ever Stop Loving Me\" at number 30. Montgomery Gentry's first, third and fourth albums — 1999's \"Tattoos & Scars,\" 2002's \"My Town\" and 2004's \"You Do Your Thing\" — are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. 2001's \"Carrying On\", 2005's \"\" and 2006's \"Some People Change\" are", "title": "Montgomery Gentry discography" }, { "docid": "20900276", "text": "rode away, without noticing that he is wounded. Sándor Kossuth met Görgei at the Galamb-tavern, where the Hungarian troops had to retreat if they were forced to do that, where the high commander told him:<br> - \"Go and \"[tell the medics to bandage] \"your wound, Sándor, because you are wounded.\"<br> - \"Gosh, the crook really hit\" [my thigh, right] \"where I told him to shoot.\"<br> Görgei ordered that if the enemy would try to advance towards Vének in the Szigetköz, the Hungarian troops to hold them. At 6 o'clock General György Klapka arrived on the battlefield, right when Görgei was", "title": "Battle of Győr" }, { "docid": "13991838", "text": "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) \"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)\" was the second single from British singer Samantha Fox's 1986 debut album \"Touch Me\". The hard rock song was Fox's second consecutive number one in Sweden, supplanting Fox's \"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)\". It was also a top ten hit in the UK, Switzerland, and Germany. The lyrics taunt the listener with lines such as \"Are you strong enough?\" and \"I could get you underneath my thumb.\" Fox performed the song on a 1986 episode of \"Top of the Pops\", and to this day remains", "title": "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" }, { "docid": "18944886", "text": "the 1951 hits, \"I Want to Be with You Always\", \"Always Late (With Your Kisses)\", \"Mom and Dad's Waltz\"; and the 1952 hit \"Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)\". The only tracks not hit singles at the time of release, were \"Look What Thoughts Will Do\", and \"If You Can Spare the Time\". Upon the album's release sometime from mid to late 1952, it went mostly unnoticed. Listen to Lefty Listen to Lefty is a 1952 studio album recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The album includes many of his hit singles released from 1950, including two of his most well", "title": "Listen to Lefty" } ]

[ "George VI" ]

[ { "docid": "572500", "text": "during the tour, which had major significance in the relations between the United States and the United Kingdom through the ensuing war years. In September 1939, Britain and the self-governing Dominions other than Ireland declared war on Nazi Germany. George VI and his wife resolved to stay in London, despite German bombing raids. They officially stayed in Buckingham Palace throughout the war, although they usually spent nights at Windsor Castle. The first night of the Blitz on London, on 7 September 1940, killed about one thousand civilians, mostly in the East End. On 13 September, the King and Queen narrowly", "title": "George VI" }, { "docid": "12428990", "text": "RAF Spilsby RAF Spilsby was a Royal Air Force station during the Second World War and the Cold War located in the rural village of Great Steeping, near the market town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. During the Second World War the Air Ministry attempted to build an airfield at Gunby Hall that would have covered most of the estate and necessitated the demolition of the magnificent and historic hall. The then owner, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd personally appealed to King George VI and the Air Ministry relented, redrawing the plans that resulted in the building of the resited RAF", "title": "RAF Spilsby" }, { "docid": "7071562", "text": "only run twice before World War II, during which Kempton Park was closed for racing and used as a prisoner-of-war camp. The two pre-war runnings were each contested by four horses. The winner of the first, Southern Hero, remains the race's oldest ever winner. After the war the racecourse re-opened, and the event returned in 1947 on a new date – Boxing Day. In the 1960s it was a handicap. The King George VI Chase is now the second most prestigious chase in England, surpassed only by the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Fourteen horses have won it more than once, Desert", "title": "King George VI Chase" }, { "docid": "9327126", "text": "Air Force pilot, who early in the Second World War had brought down the first German bomber to crash in England since 1918. In 1941, he was recovering from injuries incurred in a dogfight. The young Rosemary met the glamorous young ace, and married him after a whirlwind two-week courtship. Townsend later joined the Royal Household in 1944 under an \"equerries of honour scheme\". With Townsend, she had two sons, Giles (1942–2015) and Hugo (born 1945). King George VI acted as godfather to Hugo, who was briefly a monk and later married Yolande Princesse de Ligne, fourth daughter of Antoine,", "title": "Rosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camden" }, { "docid": "7774940", "text": "of the 800,000 Jews who had escaped from Nazi-controlled Europe.\" The Canadian economy, like the economies of many other countries, improved in an unexpected way with the outbreak of the Second World War. When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Mackenzie King was finally convinced that military action would be necessary, but advised George VI, King of Canada, to wait until September 10, after parliament had debated the matter, to declare war (unlike World War I, when Canada was automatically at war as soon as Britain was). Ultimately, more than one million Canadians served in armed forces. One of", "title": "Canada in the World Wars and Interwar Years" }, { "docid": "16086711", "text": "1950 Grand National The 1950 Grand National was the 104th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 25 March 1950. Nearly 500,000 people packed into Aintree for the first royal National since the Second World War. In attendance were King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, their daughter Princess Elizabeth, and a number of other members of the royal family. Royal interest centred on Monaveen, the co-third-favourite who was jointly owned by the Queen and Princess Elizabeth. Despite leading the field, Monaveen made a bad mistake at The Chair, nearly unseating his", "title": "1950 Grand National" }, { "docid": "5010688", "text": "National War Memorial (Canada) The National War Memorial (titled The Response) is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939. Originally built to commemorate the Canadians who died in the First World War, it was in 1982 rededicated to also include those killed in the Second World War and Korean War and again in 2014 to add the dead from the Second Boer War and War in Afghanistan, as well as all Canadians killed in all conflicts past and future. It now", "title": "National War Memorial (Canada)" } ]

[ { "docid": "16687895", "text": "England Away England Away is the third novel by British author John King, published by Jonathan Cape in 1999. The final part of the loose Football Factory trilogy, it follows characters from \"The Football Factory\" and \"Headhunters\" novels who come together as they head into Europe for an England football match against Germany in Berlin. The main character, Tommy Johnson, narrates their passage through Amsterdam to Berlin, while back in a London pub Bill Farrell, from an older generation, remembers the similar route he traced as a soldier in the second world war, confronting a horrific war memory in the", "title": "England Away" }, { "docid": "11857192", "text": "Stuttgart Café opened in 1712. It was replaced in 1798 by the \"König von England\" inn (King of England Inn). This was shortly after the moat surrounding the Old Castle had finally been filled in leaving the square the way it stands today. The square was officially renamed Schillerplatz in 1934 in memory of one of Baden-Württemberg's most famous writers and intellectuals. During the Second World War of the buildings around Schillerplatz were burnt down but all were reconstructed after the war with the exception of the \"King of England Inn\". The underground car park was built in 1972-3. 'Stuttgart", "title": "Schillerplatz (Stuttgart)" }, { "docid": "1907729", "text": "Stewart Menzies Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, (; 30 January 1890 – 29 May 1968) was Chief of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1939 to 1952, during and after the Second World War. Stewart Graham Menzies was born in England in 1890 into an immensely wealthy family, as the second son of John Graham Menzies and Susannah West Wilson, daughter of ship owner Arthur Wilson of Tranby Croft. His grandfather, Graham Menzies, was a whisky distiller who helped establish a cartel and made huge profits. His parents became friends of King Edward VII who at the", "title": "Stewart Menzies" }, { "docid": "20502919", "text": "in the Auxiliary Territorial Service who died in 1942. Stokenchurch War Memorial Stokenchurch War Memorial is located outside the Memorial Hall, Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England and commemorates the men of the village who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was built in 1925 alongside a memorial hall erected at the same time on land donated by Marcus Slade Q.C. It includes the names of two women who died during the Second World War, Eleanor Slade, a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary who died following a", "title": "Stokenchurch War Memorial" }, { "docid": "2568222", "text": "I in 1106. From 1066, when William II conquered England, becoming King William I, the title Duke of Normandy was often held by the King of England. In 1087, William died and the title passed to his eldest son, Robert Curthose, while his second surviving son, William Rufus, inherited England. In 1096, Robert mortgaged Normandy to William, who was succeeded by another brother, Henry I, in 1100. In 1106, Henry conquered Normandy. It remained with the King of England down to 1144, when, during the civil war known as the Anarchy, it was conquered by Geoffrey Plantagenet, the Count of", "title": "Duke of Normandy" }, { "docid": "2867063", "text": "ITV companies, the station also produced a nightly Epilogue under the title of \"Faith for Life\", produced largely from the continuity studio. In 1980, Westward produced \"Maggie's Moor\", a seven part networked children's drama series about a young girl living on Dartmoor during the Second World War. It starred Tamar le Bailly as Maggie and was produced and directed by John King, the father of wildlife photographer and presenter Simon King, who featured as \"The Buzzard Boy\" in Episode 5. Agriculture was an important industry in South West England during Westward Television's franchise. Approximately 80% of land in South West", "title": "Westward Television" }, { "docid": "4394324", "text": "a Ford cars sub-agency and naming it Whitehouse Motors. When the second World War broke out, the motor business folded, but by then King had diversified into more general engineering work and so prospered from defence contracts and making parts for aircraft. He benefited hugely from War Ministry contracts and was able to use rare American machine tools that he acquired under the Lend Lease programme. After the war King moved to Canada for a time, before returning to England and building a factory on wasteland in Ferrybridge, Yorkshire to establish Ferrybridge Industries. After renaming it the Pollard Ball and", "title": "John King, Baron King of Wartnaby" }, { "docid": "660512", "text": "Beaconsfield, Tim Rice who is from Amersham and Andy Riley who is from Aylesbury. During the Second World War a number of European politicians and statesmen were exiled in England. Many of these settled in Bucks as it is close to London. President Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia lived at Aston Abbotts with his family while some of his officials were stationed at nearby Addington and Wingrave. Meanwhile, Władysław Sikorski, military leader of Poland, lived at Iver and King Zog of Albania lived at Frieth. Much earlier, King Louis XVIII of France lived in exile at Hartwell House from 1809 to", "title": "Buckinghamshire" }, { "docid": "9836977", "text": "the First World War. It is also considered \"doubly thankful\", in that it lost no service personnel during the Second World War. The church dedicated to St Michael was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. In 1823 Catwick was in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. The living of the ecclesiastical parish and St Michael's Church was under the patronage of the King. Population at the time was 190. Occupations included five farmers and a corn miller. Three yeomen resided in the village.", "title": "Catwick" }, { "docid": "20502918", "text": "Stokenchurch War Memorial Stokenchurch War Memorial is located outside the Memorial Hall, Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England and commemorates the men of the village who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was built in 1925 alongside a memorial hall erected at the same time on land donated by Marcus Slade Q.C. It includes the names of two women who died during the Second World War, Eleanor Slade, a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary who died following a crash in 1944, and Florence Mary Steptoe a private", "title": "Stokenchurch War Memorial" }, { "docid": "2304972", "text": "between the countries: Indeed, Portugal would use it again against its neighbours in 1640, to expel the Spanish Habsburg kings from the country, and again during the Peninsular War. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance would also be used by Britain (in succession from England) in the Second World War (allowing the Allies to establish bases on the Azores) and during the 1982 Falklands War. 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum The 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum was a time of civil war in Portuguese history when no crowned king reigned. It began when King Ferdinand I died without a male heir, and ended when King John I", "title": "1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum" }, { "docid": "13723516", "text": "Ruth Adam Ruth Augusta Adam, née King (14 December 1907 – 3 February 1977), was a British feminist writer, She was born on 14 December 1907 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, daughter of Rupert William King, a Church of England vicar. She attended St Elphin's girls' boarding school in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, from 1920 to 1925. In 1925, she became a teacher in elementary schools in impoverished mining areas of Nottinghamshire. Her first novel, \"War On Saturday Week\", dealt with political extremism in Britain during the years leading up to the Second World War. Her second novel, \"I'm Not Complaining\" (1938), depicted", "title": "Ruth Adam" }, { "docid": "2882988", "text": "William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke William de Valence (died 18 May 1296), born Guillaume de Lusignan, was a French nobleman and knight who became important in English politics due to his relationship to King Henry III of England. He was heavily involved in the Second Barons' War, supporting the King and Prince Edward against the rebels led by Simon de Montfort. He took the name de Valence (\"of Valence\") after his birth-place, Valence, near Lusignan. He was the fourth son of Isabella of Angoulême, widow of John, King of England, and her second husband, Hugh X of Lusignan,", "title": "William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke" }, { "docid": "2739754", "text": "World War II, as opposed to Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy who, although allied with France during the First World War, had fought against France as king of Fascist Italy during the Second World War. The station was renovated after the Second World War and the work introduced a new artistic technique known as \"gemmail\", which is often called \"block glass\" or \"glass brick\" in English. Sometimes it is also called a \"station musée\" (station-museum). While one can find some of the glass brick along the platform for Line 9, more of it can be found in along", "title": "Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro)" }, { "docid": "12041166", "text": "Clifton Hotel (England) The Clifton Hotel is a small, late Victorian hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The hotel stands on the North Bay cliff tops and was home to soldiers on home duty during both the First World War and Second World War. The location of the building offers commanding views of the North Sea. During the First World War, the hotel was known as the \"Clarence Gardens Hotel\" and was home to Wilfred Owen, soldier and war poet, who wrote many of his early war poems while on service and the single occupant of the tower room. A", "title": "Clifton Hotel (England)" }, { "docid": "16425630", "text": "During the First World War the hospital became the Wharncliffe War Hospital with all mental patients sent to other hospitals across the north of England in March 1915 and 1,500 beds then being made available to the War Office for the treatment of sick and wounded soldiers. King George V toured the War Hospital in September 1915 during a visit to Sheffield. The War Hospital closed in July 1920 having dealt with an estimated 37,000 casualties since the start of the war. The hospital was once more utilised for emergency use during the Second World War, with one third of", "title": "Middlewood Hospital" }, { "docid": "8630567", "text": "World War, with a further death in the Korean War. The Brunner Mond salt works in Brooks Lane also erected a cenotaph in memory of the 16 men from the works who fell in the First World War, and the two men from the works who fell in the Second World War (). The period between the First and Second World Wars and following the Second World War saw extensive housebuilding within the town, with significant new houses being built in the King Street area to the north, Cledford to the south and the Nantwich Road/St. Annes Road region to", "title": "History of Middlewich" }, { "docid": "15756834", "text": "Attack on Springfield The Attack on Springfield (October 1675) was an Indian attack on the settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts during King Philip's War. Springfield was the second and final New England settlement burned to the ground during the war; the first was Providence Plantations. King Philip's War decimated 82% of the Indian warriors and 23% of the colonists. The attack on Springfield was one of the Indians' greatest depredations during the war. In 1675, Eastern Massachusetts Wampanoag Indian sachem Metacomet (known as \"King Philip\") incited his tribe to hostility against the New England colonists, then toured New England seeking support", "title": "Attack on Springfield" }, { "docid": "20618326", "text": "Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye is an English-born Nigerian jurist who was the country's second female judge. Dulcie Ethel King was born on 29 May 1923 at Gravesend, Kent in England. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II and then enrolled to study law at the Middle Temple Inns of Court. She married Chief David Ojo Abiodun Oguntoye, the first Ijesha lawyer, whom she had met during the War, on 16 November 1946, and they moved to Ibadan. He gave her the name \"Adunola\". He married another five wives after her. They", "title": "Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye" }, { "docid": "19583983", "text": "Sam Beaver King Sam Beaver King MBE (20 February 1926 – 17 June 2016) was a Jamaican-British campaigner. He first came to England as an engineer in the RAF during the Second World War but returned to Jamaica in 1947. Failing to settle there, King took passage to London on the famous 1948 \"Empire Windrush\" sailing. He later became the first black mayor of Southwark and a campaigner in support of West Indian immigrants to the country. King was born at Priestman's River in Portland, Jamaica, on 20 February 1926. He was one of ten siblings in a strong Christian", "title": "Sam Beaver King" }, { "docid": "2581360", "text": "Ernest King Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. As COMINCH-CNO, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the United States Navy's second most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. Born in Lorain, Ohio, King served in the Spanish–American War while still attending the United States Naval", "title": "Ernest King" }, { "docid": "3761966", "text": "Second Barons' War The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the future King Edward I. The war featured a series of massacres of Jews by Montfort's supporters including his sons Henry and Simon, in attacks aimed at seizing and destroying evidence of Baronial debts. After a rule of just over a year, Montfort was killed by forces loyal to the King in the Battle", "title": "Second Barons' War" }, { "docid": "10948965", "text": "the Kingdom of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel III remained Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Royal Armed Forces. Hence, Mussolini needed the consent of the King (who always looked at France as the center of European politics) to declare war and enter the Second World War. Initially the King and his staff (conscious of the Italian lack of preparation to war) did not approve Mussolini's intentions, but when France was clearly defeated in June 1940, the Italian Royal Army (\"Regio Esercito\") was abruptly sent to war. Mussolini made the mistake to believe that the United Kingdom would accept", "title": "Royal Italian Army during World War II" }, { "docid": "16372673", "text": "War I. The monument was unveiled on 6 September 1922. It was rededicated on 1 March 1981, such that the fallen of the Second World War could also be commemorated. The Lewes War Memorial is on the National Heritage List for England. There is also a war memorial at Sydenham, London, England, which commemorates the fallen soldiers of World War I and II who were employees of the south suburban gas company. The monument features a bronze figure of Victory. In addition, bronze plaques listed the names of the fallen soldiers, and those from the company who served in the", "title": "Elsie March" }, { "docid": "15569322", "text": "Bill King (rugby) William Henry \"Bill\" King was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. King was the second oldest of four brothers who all played for Sydenham; Tom, Frank and Bert. Usually a loose forward, King could play in the backs when required. He started his career playing rugby union for the Sydenham Rugby Club before switching to rugby league halfway through the inaugural Canterbury Rugby League season in 1913. King served in the New Zealand Army during World War I. After the war King returned to the Canterbury team. He was selected for New Zealand", "title": "Bill King (rugby)" }, { "docid": "8311812", "text": "offshore. \"He who would all England win, should at Weybourne Hope begin.\" During the Second World War defences were constructed around Weybourne as a part of British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War. The beaches were blocked by landmines and extensive scaffolding barriers; further inland there were pillboxes, barbed wire entanglements, a long anti-tank ditch and other defences. During the Second World War, Weybourne Camp was a highly secret site and was an Anti-Aircraft Artillery range. This, along with a complementary camp at Stiffkey, represented the main live-firing training ranges for Anti-Aircraft Command in the Second World War. Here", "title": "Weybourne, Norfolk" }, { "docid": "8487868", "text": "Hundred Years' War (1369–89) The Caroline War was the second phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, following the Edwardian War. It was so-named after Charles V of France, who resumed the war nine years after the Treaty of Brétigny (signed 1360). The Kingdom of France dominated this phase of the war. The Black Prince, eldest son and heir of Edward III of England, spent a huge sum of money in order to restore Peter the Cruel to the throne of Castile. The Castilian King was unable to repay him, however, so the Black Prince raised the", "title": "Hundred Years' War (1369–89)" }, { "docid": "8606284", "text": "reign of her husband's younger brother King Prajadhipok. In 1938, as war looms, the Princess and her daughter emigrated to the United Kingdom, following the example of Prajadhipok who went in exile there in 1935. First she lived at Fairhill Villa in Camberley, Surrey, she later moved to Brighton. During the Second World War the Princess volunteered for the British Red Cross, donating winter clothes and other equipments to British soldiers; she later received a letter of recommendation from the organization. She would spend 22 years in England, she made her own living by investing in stocks and bonds; living", "title": "Suvadhana" }, { "docid": "9204453", "text": "War Medal (Norway) The War Medal () is a Norwegian war decoration for service during Second World War. The Norwegian War Medal was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway by Royal Decree on 23 May 1941 with the addition of the Royal Decree of 13 November 1942. It may be awarded to Norwegian and foreign members of the military who in a meritorious way have participated in the Second World War for Norway. The War Medal may also awarded posthumously to all Norwegians and foreigners who fought in the Norwegian forces and merchant marine and fell for the Norwegian", "title": "War Medal (Norway)" }, { "docid": "11437098", "text": "also installed light fittings, and designed a memorial to the First World War. In the extension of the churchyard are the war graves of two First World War soldiers, and an airman from the Second World War. St Leonard's Church, Middleton St Leonard's is an Anglican parish church in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Much of the present building was erected in 1412 by Thomas Langley (born in Middleton in 1363) who served as Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England. He re-used", "title": "St Leonard's Church, Middleton" }, { "docid": "9809194", "text": "84,830 killed with estimates of another 100,000 dying from war-related disease.\" The population of England in 1650 was estimated at only 5.1 million, meaning that the war deaths totalled 3.6 percent of the population. Following the second civil war, the New Model Army and the Independents in Parliament were determined that the King should be punished, but they did not command a majority. Parliament debated whether to return the King to power and those who still supported Charles's place on the throne, mainly Presbyterians, tried once more to negotiate with him. Furious that Parliament continued to countenance Charles as King,", "title": "High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I" }, { "docid": "7214725", "text": "John Harvey (actor) John Harvey (27 September 1911 – 19 July 1982) was an English actor. He appeared in 52 films, two television films and made 70 television guest appearances between 1948 and 1979. Born in London, England, he began his acting career on the stage in the 1930s as one of the Harry Hanson's Court Players at the Peterborough Repertory. While there, he met the actress Diana King. Harvey and King were married, remaining together for more than forty years, until his death. During the Second World War, he was commissioned in the Royal Air Force. Post-war, he performed", "title": "John Harvey (actor)" }, { "docid": "20976801", "text": "John de Hausted John de Hausted (died 1337) was a 13th-14th century English nobleman who fought in both the Anglo-French War and in the First War of Scottish Independence. Hausted was the second son of Robert de Hausted of Horpole. During 1307, John received a grant of the manor of Deusangre, other lands in Northumberland. In 1317, Hausted was in the Scotch expedition of King Edward II of England and was invested with the power of receiving into protection all those who in Northumberland who submitted to the authority of the king. In 1323, he held the castle and honour", "title": "John de Hausted" }, { "docid": "11692599", "text": "on David's death in 1371. Treaty of Berwick (1357) The Treaty of Berwick, signed at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, in 1357, officially ended the Second War of Scottish Independence. In this second phase of the Wars of Scottish Independence, which began in 1333, King Edward III of England attempted to install Edward Balliol on the Scottish throne, in place of King David II, son of Robert the Bruce. Under the terms of the treaty, David II was released by the English, who had captured him at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. The English demanded a ransom of 100,000 merks, or", "title": "Treaty of Berwick (1357)" }, { "docid": "11692597", "text": "Treaty of Berwick (1357) The Treaty of Berwick, signed at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, in 1357, officially ended the Second War of Scottish Independence. In this second phase of the Wars of Scottish Independence, which began in 1333, King Edward III of England attempted to install Edward Balliol on the Scottish throne, in place of King David II, son of Robert the Bruce. Under the terms of the treaty, David II was released by the English, who had captured him at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. The English demanded a ransom of 100,000 merks, or £67,000 sterling for his release,", "title": "Treaty of Berwick (1357)" }, { "docid": "3761983", "text": "The total casualties of the war are estimated at 15,000. Second Barons' War The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the future King Edward I. The war featured a series of massacres of Jews by Montfort's supporters including his sons Henry and Simon, in attacks aimed at seizing and destroying evidence of Baronial debts. After a rule of just over a year, Montfort was", "title": "Second Barons' War" }, { "docid": "7449132", "text": "The next major civic celebration was the 1939 Royal visit of the King and Queen as part of their tour of Canada which marked the end of the depression and the likelihood of another world war. The outbreak of the Second World War resulted in major changes for Vancouver. Local militia units quickly recruited extra members and Vancouver's Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, for example, had a battalion overseas in England within 4 months, and they remained in Europe fighting until the end of the war. The British Columbia Regiment, 15th Field Regiment RCA, 6th Field Engineers, HMCS Discovery and others", "title": "History of Vancouver" }, { "docid": "905417", "text": "Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, the second of two children of Amber (\"née\" Parkinson) and Captain John Vivian Ritchie (b. 1928), former Seaforth Highlanders serviceman and advertising executive. John's father was Major Stewart Ritchie, who died in France, in 1940, during World War II. John's mother was Doris Margaretta McLaughlin (b. 1896), daughter of Vivian Guy McLaughlin (b. 1865) and Edith Martineau (b. 1866), the latter by whom she shares close common ancestors with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The McLaughlins have a pedigree going back to King Edward I of England. Both Richie's parents remarried to prominent individuals. His", "title": "Guy Ritchie" }, { "docid": "2816168", "text": "not from the King of Great Britain, but from the St. Francis Indian chief, called King Philip by his white neighbors, after Metacomet, who had also been called King Philip by whites, and who had led many successful raids on New England settlements during the 1670s. This grant was sold to one land-speculation company, while a second group of Indians from the same tribe made representations to another company of Europeans that their chief had been deposed and that they were empowered to issue a grant to the second company. Following the Revolutionary War, both companies surveyed the territories and", "title": "Republic of Indian Stream" }, { "docid": "13246219", "text": "the First World War and the Vietnam War. Other events the book places blame on the British Empire for include the Second World War, the fathering of the United States and the drug trade. All of these incidents had a long-lasting, negative impact on the world. Grasse argues that the British rule emerges as no better and even worse than the imperialism practised by other nations and the strong myth of the civilising mission remains untroubled by the evidence today. Other arguments made in the book involve the popularity of homosexuality among the British nobility that the King James Bible", "title": "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World" }, { "docid": "8613649", "text": "Britain using a secret weapon. The weapon emitted a sound wave which paralysed anyone who wasn't protected against it. Rudolph set up a police state, similar in emblems and uniforms to medieval England at the time of King John, and Kane led the resistance against him. In spite of the title, the strip had no connection with the Second World War! Drawn by John Stokes, it was in fact a reprint; hence it, too, was an indication of the comic's troubled financial status (reprints being cheaper than new strips). It originally ran in \"Lion\" from 1964, under the titles \"Britain", "title": "Smash! (comics)" }, { "docid": "19049839", "text": "Alice Ross-King Alice Ross Appleford, (née Ross-King; 5 August 1887 – 19 August 1968) was an Australian civilian and military nurse who took part in both World Wars. She has been described as Australia's most decorated woman. During the First World War she served in hospitals in Egypt and France and was one of only seven Australian nurses decorated with the Military Medal for gallantry. In the Second World War she held a senior post within the Australian Army Medical Women's Service. In 1949 she was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest award made by the International Committee of", "title": "Alice Ross-King" }, { "docid": "3848333", "text": "works in Brooks Lane also erected a cenotaph in memory of the 16 men from the works killed in the First World War, and the two who died during the Second World War. In the period between the end of the First World War until shortly after the Second World War, there was extensive housebuilding in the town; a significant number of houses were built in the King Street area to the north, the area bounded between Nantwich Road and St. Anne's Road to the west, and especially in Cledford to the south. The 1970s commenced with the building of", "title": "Middlewich" }, { "docid": "2094729", "text": "King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–78 between Indian inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their Indian allies. The war is named for Metacomet, the Wampanoag chief who adopted the name Philip because of the friendly relations between his father Massasoit and the Mayflower Pilgrims. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the Treaty of Casco Bay in April 1678. Massasoit had maintained a long-standing alliance with the colonists.", "title": "King Philip's War" }, { "docid": "20618328", "text": "Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic by Head of State Olusegun Obasanjo. She was honoured as the Iyalode of the town of Imesi-Ile. Oguntoye's autobiography, \"Your Estranged Faces\" was published in 2013. In 2016, the Nigerian Legal Awards honoured her for her contribution to the country's legal profession. Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye is an English-born Nigerian jurist who was the country's second female judge. Dulcie Ethel King was born on 29 May 1923 at Gravesend, Kent in England. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II and then enrolled to", "title": "Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye" }, { "docid": "8607135", "text": "John Warham Dr John Warham (11 October 1919 – 12 May 2010) was an Australian and New Zealand photographer and ornithologist notable for his research on seabirds, especially petrels. Warham was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, in England, and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School at Retford, Nottinghamshire. From 1940 he served in the British Army during the Second World War in Europe, being demobilised in 1946. He moved to Australia from England in 1953. Following much photography and study of Australian birds, and the publication of illustrated papers on their biology in the \"Emu\", he returned to England to", "title": "John Warham" }, { "docid": "4858126", "text": "This was a trigger event for the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which the Dutch lost their North American territories. Charles II of England awarded territories to his brother James, Duke of York (who later became King James II), and the region between New England and Maryland became proprietary colonies (as opposed to a royal colony). James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the English Civil War: John Berkeley and George Carteret, who had been with the Duke in exile", "title": "Paulus Hook, Jersey City" }, { "docid": "14600528", "text": "was largely in control of royal affairs, especially after his daughter Anne Hyde married the king's brother James (he became king in 1685). When the Second Anglo-Dutch War ended in failure in 1667, the king removed Clarendon in a severe confrontation; the earl was accused of treason and was banished to France. Charles was willing to talk to every faction in England, Ireland and Scotland, even with the Quakers, who were hated by practically everyone else. Charles gave out high offices in England with an eye toward favouring his longtime allies, and making sure his erstwhile enemies received at least", "title": "Stuart period" }, { "docid": "13817450", "text": "(king George II) most honourable privy council,\" who died 1742. The churchyard contains the war graves of 37 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and four of World War II. St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch The church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch, is a Church of England religious building in Hornchurch, England. It is a Grade I listed building. During the Anglian ice age around 450,000 years ago, the ice sheet reached The Dell, a few metres south of the current location of the church. This is the furthest south reached by any ice sheet in Britain during the Pleistocene epoch.", "title": "St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch" }, { "docid": "10880688", "text": "numbers in excess of 9000 lives. The Centre is used by researchers, students, school children, authors and members of the public studying for degrees, books or simply their family history. The Centre's mission is \"\"To collect and encourage access to the surviving testimony of men and women who lived through the years of the Second World War, and to ensure that different audiences share and learn from the personal recollections preserved in the collection\"\". The Second World War Experience Centre The Second World War Experience Centre based in Walton, West Yorkshire, England, which is near Wetherby, is a registered charity", "title": "The Second World War Experience Centre" }, { "docid": "365904", "text": "one of them stabbed Richard's right buttock with substantial force, as the cut extends from the back all the way to the front of the pelvic bone and was most probably an act of humiliation. It is also possible that Richard suffered other injuries which left no trace on the skeleton. In 2004, the British historian John Ashdown-Hill had used genealogical research to trace matrilineal descendants of Anne of York, Richard's elder sister. A British-born woman who emigrated to Canada after the Second World War, Joy Ibsen (), was found to be a 16th-generation great-niece of the king in the", "title": "Richard III of England" }, { "docid": "18017363", "text": "Digby Tatham-Warter Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War. He was most known for carrying an umbrella into battle. Digby was born in Atcham, Shropshire, England. He was the second son of Henry de Grey Tatham-Warter, a landowner with several estates in the south west of England. Digby's father fought in the First World War with the Artists Rifles; he was gassed in the trenches and died when Digby was 11. Digby was educated at", "title": "Digby Tatham-Warter" }, { "docid": "2438387", "text": "Prayer Fellowship. St Katharine's, Parmoor, Frieth, Henley-on-Thames is now a retreat home and conference centre welcoming all for day or residential visits. During the Second World War Frieth was home to King Zog of Albania. King Zog lived at Parmoor House with his wife Queen Geraldine, their son Crown Prince Leka (the late King Leka I), and the King's sisters, nephews and nieces. The King also had a group of bodyguards who lived nearby and some Ministers who lived at Lane End. After the war they left to go to Egypt but one nephew stayed in Frieth. Frieth Church was", "title": "Frieth" }, { "docid": "8385187", "text": "Norman Wodehouse Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse (18 May 1887 – 4 July 1941) was a Royal Navy officer killed in the second World War. He had gained 14 caps for England at rugby union, including six as captain between 1910 and 1913. Wodehouse joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the Atlantic Fleet in 1904. During World War I, Wodehouse served in the battleship at the Battle of Jutland, as a gunnery officer. Although several other members of his team were killed in the battle, Wodehouse survived, and went on to secure the position of aide-de-camp to King", "title": "Norman Wodehouse" }, { "docid": "13727661", "text": "Cecil Frederick King Captain Cecil Frederick King (19 February 1899 – 24 January 1919), Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre was a World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories. Cecil Frederick King was born to Frederick Hamilton King and Norah Carter King at Seven Oaks, Kent, England, the third of their four children. He attended Verites, Charterhouse School, and became a member of the Officers Training Corps there in 1912. At the beginning of World War I, he was living in Chelmsford. He joined the Essex Regiment Officers Training Corps as a private. He", "title": "Cecil Frederick King" }, { "docid": "3144156", "text": "built by the East India Company in the 1700s survive and give the town its distinctive Georgian flavour. The town briefly hosted Napoleon in 1815 during his exile on St. Helena and later served as a base for the Royal Navy's efforts to suppress the slave trade. It had no role during the First World War and only played a minor role during the Second World War. Jamestown was founded in 1659 by the English East India Company and named after James, Duke of York, the future King James II of England. A fort, originally named the Castle of St", "title": "Jamestown, Saint Helena" }, { "docid": "19274967", "text": "the soldiers who fought in them—rather than exclusively commemorating victorious commanders—only started to be commonplace after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars. The aftermath of the First World War (1914–1918) produced significantly more memorials than any other single conflict; thus this list is dominated by First World War memorials, many of which were later re-dedicated or added to reflect losses from the Second World War (1939–1945). Unusually, Southampton Cenotaph was rededicated to the dead from multiple conflicts later in the 20th century. Grade I listed war memorials in England There are 20 Grade I listed", "title": "Grade I listed war memorials in England" }, { "docid": "14413170", "text": "their rights to Scottish lands. One of these \"disinherited\" was Edward Balliol, son of a former Scottish king. With the discreet backing of Edward III of England, Balliol demanded the return of his ancestral lands, and when these were not forthcoming invaded Scotland, following which he had himself crowned King of Scots, despite the young David II already holding the title. What followed became both a war of succession and civil war, as some Scottish citizens rose in defense of David II and others cast their lot with Edward Balliol, who was soon joined in his efforts by the English", "title": "Second War of Scottish Independence" }, { "docid": "20052049", "text": "Peter Folkes Peter Leonard Folkes (born 3 November 1923) is an English painter. Peter Folkes was born in Beaminster, Dorset, UK. He studied painting at the West of England College of Art, Bristol (1941–50) with his education being interrupted, though not curtailed, by The Second World War. Military service, in World War II, took Folkes to Africa, Sicily and Italy, as a draughtsman in the Signal Corps; he was mentioned in dispatches. In September 1950 Folkes became senior art-master at King Edward VI School, Southampton and later, after a year painting in America on a Goldsmiths Travelling Scholarship, awarded in", "title": "Peter Folkes" }, { "docid": "4636949", "text": "Stoke Military Hospital Stoke Military Hospital was an army medical facility in Plymouth, England. The facility, which was sited on the north side of Stonehouse Creek, was designed for use by the British Army and styled to match the Royal Naval Hospital on the south side of the creek. It was built using Napoleonic prisoners of war, who were housed in prison ships on the Hamoaze, and was completed in 1797. It was used extensively during the Crimean War and the Second Boer War and then again in the First World War and Second World War. At the end of", "title": "Stoke Military Hospital" }, { "docid": "13700333", "text": "Second Balkan War, was engineering revanchist strategies against Greece and Serbia. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused Germany and Austria-Hungary, and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Entente) to declare war on each other, starting World War I. Greece, like Bulgaria, initially maintained neutrality during the conflict. The Greek leadership was divided between the Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, who supported Great Britain on the side of the Allies and King Constantine who was educated in Germany and married to the Kaiser's sister. The king admired Prussian militarism", "title": "Noemvriana" }, { "docid": "19174344", "text": "Oldham War Memorial Oldham War Memorial is a war memorial in Oldham, England, comprising a large bronze sculpture group on a granite plinth. It was built to commemorate the men of Oldham who were killed in the First World War. Bronze plaques on the wall of the churchyard nearby list the fallen, including Mabel Drinkwater, a nurse who died after an operation at Oldham Royal Infirmary. A mechanised roll of honour was added in the 1950s, listing the men from Oldham who were killed in the Second World War. The memorial became a Grade II listed building in 1973. The", "title": "Oldham War Memorial" }, { "docid": "10000306", "text": "who in the course of his reign became James I of England while retaining the more northerly realm, border clashes were common and the monarchs of both countries relied on Scottish Earls of March and Lord Warden of the Marches to defend and control the frontier region. In 1333, during the Second War of Scottish Independence, Scotland was defeated at the Battle of Halidon Hill. Thereafter, Edward Balliol, the titular King of Scots, made formal his promises to the English king, Edward III and yielded a considerable portion of southern Scotland to England at the 1334 Treaty of Newcastle. A", "title": "Anglo-Scottish border" }, { "docid": "20098494", "text": "him back to England for researching further the strike law. The break of the First World War interrupted his researches, and went back to Hungary for serving as a Hussar Captain. he fought in the Italian and in the Russian front and after the War he was invested with the Signum Laudis medal and the Karl Troop Cross. After the World War I, King Charles IV of Hungary was not allowed to continue on the Hungarian throne and the admiral Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was elected as regent of the Kingdom. Tibor's father, who was over 63 years old for", "title": "Tibor Farkas" }, { "docid": "4140675", "text": "King Rat (film) King Rat is a 1965 World War II film directed by Bryan Forbes, starring George Segal and James Fox. They play Corporal King and Marlowe, respectively, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp near Singapore. Among the supporting cast are John Mills and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted from James Clavell's novel \"King Rat\" (1962), which in turn is partly based on Clavell's experiences as a POW at Changi Prison during the Second World War. Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese prison camp. One of only a handful of Americans", "title": "King Rat (film)" }, { "docid": "4140681", "text": "thread and made it a composite of character studies.\" King Rat (film) King Rat is a 1965 World War II film directed by Bryan Forbes, starring George Segal and James Fox. They play Corporal King and Marlowe, respectively, two World War II prisoners of war in a squalid camp near Singapore. Among the supporting cast are John Mills and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted from James Clavell's novel \"King Rat\" (1962), which in turn is partly based on Clavell's experiences as a POW at Changi Prison during the Second World War. Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese", "title": "King Rat (film)" }, { "docid": "14600510", "text": "Second English Civil War was fought in 1648–1649; Charles lost and was executed in January 1649. The monarchy was temporarily displaced by the Commonwealth of England from 1649 to 1660. Oliver Cromwell ruled directly from 1653 to his death in 1658, whereupon his Commonwealth disintegrated. The Convention Parliament welcomed Charles II, son of Charles I, to return from exile and become king. The war period (1642–1651) saw a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists, with most of the fighting in England. The first (1642–1646) and second (1648–1649) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I", "title": "Stuart period" }, { "docid": "1935711", "text": "Ports Section, operated harbours and ports for the army and used mainly specialised vessels such as tugs and dredgers. During the Second World War the Royal Engineers' Blue Ensign was flown from the Mulberry harbours. Bishop Gundulf, a monk from the Abbey of Bec in Normandy came to England in 1070 as Archbishop Lafranc's assistant at Canterbury. His talent for architecture had been spotted by King William I and was put to good use in Rochester, where he was sent as bishop in 1077. Almost immediately the King appointed him to supervise the construction of the White Tower, now part", "title": "Royal Engineers" }, { "docid": "10261716", "text": "Dá Rí, meaning \"war of the two kings\") was a conflict between Jacobites (supporters of Catholic King James II) and Williamites (supporters of Protestant Prince William of Orange) over who would be King of England, Scotland and Ireland. It is also called the Jacobite War in Ireland or the Williamite–Jacobite War in Ireland. While James II was unpopular in England, he had widespread popular support in Ireland, and following the Glorious Revolution, in which he was overthrown by William of Orange who became William III of England, William landed a multi-national force in Ireland, composed of English, Scottish, Dutch, Danish", "title": "Ballymore, County Westmeath" }, { "docid": "14712226", "text": "and toddler son. She is interred at Starlight, as are Homer Twitchell, George King, Clark Holland, and Monroe Willis, and two Twitchell sisters who died from yellow fever. Adele had refused to move to Vermont; so Twitchell had brought some of his northern relatives to Red River Parish. In 1876, having returned to New England, Twitchell married a childhood sweetheart, the former Henrietta Cushman Day of Hampden, Massachusetts, by whom he had his second son, Emmus, a veteran of World War I. In April 1878, U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes named former Senator Twitchell consul at Kingston in Ontario province", "title": "Marshall H. Twitchell" }, { "docid": "4731685", "text": "6–3. The Second World War cut short Hapgood's playing career (he was only 30 when hostilities broke out). Hapgood served in the Royal Air Force during the war, whilst also playing for Arsenal and England in unofficial matches. In June 1940, he was one of five Arsenal players who guested for Southampton in a victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage. He also appeared as a guest player for West Ham United later in Second World War. It was during the war that Hapgood fell out with the Arsenal management, after he was loaned out to Chelsea and eventually left the", "title": "Eddie Hapgood" }, { "docid": "19687612", "text": "Leeds Rifles War Memorial The Leeds Rifles War Memorial is a First World War memorial outside Leeds Minster on Kirkgate in Leeds, West Yorkshire in northern England. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, one of 15 instances of his War Cross and the only one commissioned by a regiment. The memorial, dedicated to members of the Leeds Rifles who fell in the First World War (with later additions for the Second World War), was unveiled on Remembrance Sunday, 13 November 1921, and is today a grade II listed building. In the aftermath of the First World War and", "title": "Leeds Rifles War Memorial" }, { "docid": "2625897", "text": "the House of Lords as an Irish Representative peer. Henry married Frances Margaret Christina King-Tenison, daughter of Edward King-Tenison, of Kilronan Castle, County Roscommon, and assumed in 1883 by Royal licence the additional surname of Tenison. He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, Henry, the ninth Earl, who fought in both the Second Boer War and the First World War and sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative peer. As of 2012 the titles are held by the ninth Earl's great-grandson, Robert, the twelfth Earl, who succeeded in 2002, the titles having descended from", "title": "Earl of Kingston" }, { "docid": "12671869", "text": "like many Englishmen in the colony. Ships carrying captured war combatants began to leave New England ports during King Philip's War (1675-78) and continued for the three years of the war. The policy concerning war enemies was that \"no male captive above the age of fourteen years should reside in the colony.\" It is estimated that at least a thousand New England Indian warriors were sold as slaves during King Philip's War, with over half of those coming from Plymouth. In the New England Colonies, the first settlements of Pilgrims and the other Puritans who came later taught their children", "title": "New England Colonies" }, { "docid": "8860675", "text": "History of Skipton The small town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England has been around as far back as 1085, is listed in the \"Domesday Book\", and has roles in history during the English Civil War and as the site of a prisoner-of-war camp during both the First World War and Second World War. Skipton has an entry in the Domesday Book, the great survey of England compiled in 1085 by William I. Skipton Castle was built in the 11th century, probably around 1090 by Robert de Romille, who came over from Normandy with William I in 1066. The castle", "title": "History of Skipton" }, { "docid": "7397154", "text": "and as 'Soldier Atkins' in the \"Minder\" episode \"Rocky Eight and a Half\" (both characters being boxing trainers). (He was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats, and served as its \"King Rat\". David Lodge (actor) David William Frederick Lodge (19 August 1921 in Rochester, Kent, England – 18 October 2003 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) was an English character actor. During the Second World War, he served in the RAF. Before turning to acting he worked as a circus clown. He also appeared in Gang Shows and variety before making his screen debut in \"The Cockleshell Heroes\" and", "title": "David Lodge (actor)" }, { "docid": "2094777", "text": "southern Maine. Many colonists from northeastern Maine and Massachusetts temporarily relocated to larger towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to avoid Wabanaki raids. King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–78 between Indian inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their Indian allies. The war is named for Metacomet, the Wampanoag chief who adopted the name Philip because of the friendly relations between his father Massasoit and the Mayflower Pilgrims. The war continued in the most northern reaches of", "title": "King Philip's War" }, { "docid": "14297267", "text": "Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial The Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial stands on the Promenade at Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It has two inscriptions in black lettering, after which are listed the names of those remembered The memorial remembers the 216 men who died in the First World War, the 180 in the Second World War and the single man who was killed in the Korean War. The war memorial, made of bronze and granite, was completed in 1921 and designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson. A bronze lion sits atop a stepped base. On 20 January 1993 the monument was registered", "title": "Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial" }, { "docid": "1738853", "text": "King William's War King William's War (1688–1697, also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–97), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg. It was the first of six colonial wars (see the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War) fought between New France and New England along with their respective Native allies before France ceded its remaining mainland territories in North America", "title": "King William's War" }, { "docid": "3578337", "text": "Canadian servicemen. It is surrounded by a Screen Wall memorial and a low kerb listing Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars whose graves in the cemetery could not be marked by headstones. In all, the cemetery contains 208 graves of Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War, and 107 graves of the Second World War. There are also many foreign nationality war graves that include, from First World War, 77 Belgians and six Germans, and from the Second, eight Czechoslovakian and six Polish war graves Many Irish migrants who came to England during the Great Famine are buried", "title": "St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green" }, { "docid": "12479105", "text": "a union between the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Church of England while donating his huge collection of British books numbering 24, 000 to the Greek people in a library named after his father, the \"Gennadeion\". Venizelos was a Greek liberal politician who served as Prime Minister several times between 1910 and 1933. In World War I, Venizelos tried to bring Greece into the war on the Allied side, causing a clash with King Constantine I and hence leading to the National Schism between supporters of the King and the Prime Minister. In 1915, Venizelos stated in an interview with", "title": "Anglophile" }, { "docid": "14556553", "text": "1795–1918 – see History of Poland (1795–1918)) had just reemerged from the ashes of World War I. The Second Polish Republic had been formed in 1921, following the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) against Germany, and success in the Polish–Ukrainian War (1918–19) and Polish–Soviet War (1919–21) – see History of Poland (1918–1939). Unemployment was high, and poverty was widespread. The main Polish political figure of the time was Józef Piłsudski, then the elected leader, who later seized power in a coup in 1926. At the time of the partition of Poland, the last king of Poland was the reformer-king, Stanisław August", "title": "King Matt the First" }, { "docid": "14540677", "text": "for the Second World War are on panels set into the surrounding wall. Within each year, the names are grouped by service, then by rank and surname. World War I: World War II: Plymouth Naval Memorial The Plymouth Naval Memorial is a war memorial in Devon, England to British and Commonwealth sailors who were lost in the World Wars. After World War I, the Royal Navy wanted to find a way to commemorate sailors who had died at sea and had no known grave. An Admiralty committee recommended building memorials at the three main naval ports in Great Britain –", "title": "Plymouth Naval Memorial" }, { "docid": "750241", "text": "the Republic contained a strong Orangist party hostile to Cromwell. The leading personage of the Royal House of Orange was young Prince William who was the grandson of Charles I the lately beheaded king of England. Thus, the Commonwealth of England feared that the Orange party was under the influence of exiled English royalists. In reality, however, the Dutch Republic had only recently had its independence from Spain recognised (at the conclusion of the Eighty Years' War in 1648), so had no desire to aid their hated former master. The Dutch were also busy building up their shipping and trading", "title": "Second Anglo-Dutch War" }, { "docid": "5338487", "text": "Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, Duke of Bavaria (3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996) was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only surviving child from that marriage. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last king of Bavaria, who was deposed in 1918. Following the First World War, Albrecht's grandfather King Ludwig was deposed. Albrecht and the family moved from Bavaria to the Austrian Tyrol. Prior to the Second World War, his family, the House of Wittelsbach, were", "title": "Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria" }, { "docid": "13292973", "text": "was finding the war too costly on his part. Dual monarchy of England and France The dual monarchy of England and France existed during the latter phase of the Hundred Years' War when Charles VII of France and Henry VI of England disputed the succession to the throne of France. It commenced on 21 October 1422 upon the death of King Charles VI of France, who had signed the Treaty of Troyes which gave the French crown to his son-in-law Henry V of England and Henry's heirs. It excluded King Charles's son, the Dauphin Charles, who by right of primogeniture", "title": "Dual monarchy of England and France" }, { "docid": "4640205", "text": "Hundred Years' War (1337–1360) The Edwardian War was the first phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England. It was named after King Edward III of England, who claimed the French throne in defiance of King Philip VI of France. The dynastic conflict was caused by disputes over the French feudal sovereignty over Aquitaine and the English claims over the French royal title. The Kingdom of England and its allies dominated this phase of the war. Edward had inherited the duchy of Aquitaine, and as Duke of Aquitaine he was a vassal to Philip VI of France. Edward", "title": "Hundred Years' War (1337–1360)" }, { "docid": "14701710", "text": "victory in the First English Civil War (1642–1646), the Scottish Covenanter regime supported the King in the Second Civil War (1648–1649), in which their forces were defeated at the Battle of Preston. England was increasingly dominated by the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell. The King was executed and England was declared a Commonwealth. As soon as news of Charles I's execution reached Scotland, his son was proclaimed king as Charles II. Charles accepted the offer from the Covenanters, arriving in June 1650 and signing the Covenants. The English responded with an invasion that defeated the Scots at the Battle", "title": "Restoration (Scotland)" }, { "docid": "14297268", "text": "as a Grade II structure at British Listed Buildings. Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial The Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial stands on the Promenade at Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It has two inscriptions in black lettering, after which are listed the names of those remembered The memorial remembers the 216 men who died in the First World War, the 180 in the Second World War and the single man who was killed in the Korean War. The war memorial, made of bronze and granite, was completed in 1921 and designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson. A bronze lion sits atop a stepped", "title": "Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial" }, { "docid": "20602001", "text": "began to have Puritan sympathies and to oppose the policies of King Charles I of England, prior to the English Civil War. Anne's portrait was painted by Daniel Mytens, and is now held by the British Embassy at The Hague. Anne died in 1642, shortly before war broke out between the King and Parliament. Mandeville inherited the earldom in November 1642, only a few months after his wife's death. He married a further three times, his third wife being Essex Cheeke, who was Anne's second cousin; he had children by only one of his last three wives. Viscount and Viscountess", "title": "Anne Montagu, Viscountess Mandeville" }, { "docid": "13196759", "text": "Rangers, who won the 1939–40 Emergency League and all of the six Southern League tournaments played, plus four of six Southern League Cups, the one-off Scottish War Emergency Cup in 1940, one of five Summer Cups and the one-off Victory Cup in 1946. Football was affected less in World War II than it was during World War I. England played 29 unofficial wartime internationals between 11 November 1939 and 5 May 1945, 14 against Wales and 15 against Scotland. With the outbreak of the Second World War, Germany did not cease to play internationals but was limited to neutral, axis", "title": "Association football during World War II" }, { "docid": "649154", "text": "venture in the Mediterranean was evidently not a success; within a few years Edgar returned to England. After King William's death in 1087, Edgar supported William's eldest son Robert Curthose, who succeeded him as Duke of Normandy, against his second son, William Rufus, who received the throne of England as William II. Edgar was one of Robert's three principal advisors at this time. The war waged by Robert and his allies to overthrow William ended in defeat in 1091. As part of the resulting settlement between the brothers, Edgar was deprived of lands which he had been granted by Robert.", "title": "Edgar Ætheling" }, { "docid": "6489497", "text": "for the time being, King Robert's attempt to open up a second front against the English in the War of Scottish Independence. Although King Robert's victory over Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn had effectively secured the independence of the Kingdom of Scotland, it did not bring the war with England any closer to an end. Even repeated Scots raids into the northern counties of England had little effect on a king seemingly blind to political and military realities. Something more decisive was needed to end the stalemate. It came in 1315 with an invitation from Ireland, too tempting", "title": "Battle of Faughart" }, { "docid": "17414842", "text": "was dissatisfied with the result. There was talk at the time of the book being picked up as a film by 20th Century Fox, but it was never made. Antis (dog) Antis (1939–1953), also known as Ant, was a dog who received the Dickin Medal in 1949 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service in England and North Africa during the Second World War. During the winter of the Phoney War at the start of the Second World War, Václav Robert Bozděch and Pierre Duval were sent on a reconnaissance mission over the German front in", "title": "Antis (dog)" } ]

[ "The Silence Breakers" ]

[ { "docid": "1659022", "text": "and Sherron Watkins in 2002), Melinda Gates (jointly with Bill Gates and Bono, in 2005), Angela Merkel in 2015 and \"The Silence Breakers\" in 2017. Prior to 1999, four women were granted the title as individuals: three as \"Woman of the Year\"—Wallis Simpson (1936), Queen Elizabeth II (1952), and Corazon Aquino (1986)—and one as half of the \"Man and Wife of the Year\", Soong Mei-ling (1937). \"American Women\" were recognized as a group in 1975. Other classes of people recognized comprise both men and women, such as \"Hungarian Freedom Fighters\" (1956), \"U.S. Scientists\" (1960), \"The Inheritors\" (1966), \"The Middle Americans\"", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "430569", "text": "make it once\". In 2017, \"Time\" named The Silence Breakers, women and men who came forward with personal stories of sexual harassment, as Person of the Year. In recent years, \"Time\" has assembled an annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Originally, they had made a list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. These issues usually have the front cover filled with pictures of people from the list and devote a substantial amount of space within the magazine to the 100 articles about each person on the list. In some cases, over", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "20433909", "text": "2017 list of top business and cultural leaders. Fowler was one of five women featured on the cover of \"Time\" magazine's Person of the Year issue for 2017, as representative of \"The Silence Breakers\", for reporting on the sexual harassment she experienced at Uber. She was also named Financial Times Person of the Year by the British business newspaper \"Financial Times\". In April 2017, Fowler joined the payment processing company Stripe as the editor-in-chief of a new quarterly publication called Increment. She also started a science book club, published a book on microservices, and married Chad Rigetti in 2017. In", "title": "Susan Fowler" }, { "docid": "20409333", "text": "female activists dubbed \"the silence breakers\", as the \"Time\" Person of the Year for 2017. Tarana Burke Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an African-American civil rights activist from The Bronx, New York who founded the Me Too movement. In 2006, Burke began using the phrase \"Me Too\" to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society, and the phrase developed into a broader movement, following the 2017 use of #MeToo as a hashtag following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. \"Time\" named Burke, among a group of other prominent activists dubbed \"the silence breakers\",", "title": "Tarana Burke" }, { "docid": "20409325", "text": "Tarana Burke Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an African-American civil rights activist from The Bronx, New York who founded the Me Too movement. In 2006, Burke began using the phrase \"Me Too\" to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society, and the phrase developed into a broader movement, following the 2017 use of #MeToo as a hashtag following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. \"Time\" named Burke, among a group of other prominent activists dubbed \"the silence breakers\", as the \"Time\" Person of the Year for 2017. Burke attends public speaking events across", "title": "Tarana Burke" }, { "docid": "20409329", "text": "be in service and shape the movement to make it about \"empowermental empathy\". \"Time\" named Burke, among a group of other prominent female activists dubbed \"the silence breakers\", as the \"Time\" Person of the Year for 2017. In 2018, she attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards as a guest of Michelle Williams. Burke received the 2018 Prize for Courage from The Ridenhour Prizes, which is awarded to individuals who demonstrate courageous defense of the public interest and passionate commitment to social justice, for popularizing the phrase “me too” as a way to empathize with sexual assault survivors more than a", "title": "Tarana Burke" } ]

[ { "docid": "15234711", "text": "United Kingdom named Bouazizi as \"Person of 2011\", \"The Jerusalem Post\"'s Amotz Asa-El named him \"Person of the Jewish Year 5771\" and \"The Protester\" was named \"Time\" 2011 Person of the Year. Mohamed Bouazizi, who was known locally as \"Basboosa\", was born in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on 29 March 1984. His father, a construction worker in Libya, died of a heart attack when Bouazizi was three, and his mother married Bouazizi's uncle some time later. Along with his six siblings, Bouazizi was educated in a one-room country school in Sidi Salah, a small village from Sidi Bouzid. Although several media", "title": "Mohamed Bouazizi" }, { "docid": "1659031", "text": "he had refused. \"Time\" denied that they had made any such promises or conditions to Trump, who was named a runner-up. \"Time\" magazine also holds an online poll for the readers to vote for who they believe to be the \"Person of the Year\". While many mistakenly believe the winner of the poll to be the \"Person of the Year\", the title, as mentioned above, is decided by the editors of \"Time\". In the first online poll held in 1998, wrestler and activist Mick Foley won with over 50% of the votes. Foley was removed from the poll, and the", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "13264231", "text": "Sonia Friedman Sonia Anne Primrose Friedman (née Freedman; born April 1965) is a British West End and Broadway theatre producer. On 27 January 2017 Friedman was named Producer of the Year for the third year running at The Stage Awards, becoming the first person to win the award three times. In 2018, Friedman was featured in TIME100, Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was named Broadway Briefing's Show Person of the Year. Friedman is the youngest daughter of Clair Llewelyn Friedman (née Sims), a concert pianist, and the eminent Russian violinist Leonard Friedman, who was leader of", "title": "Sonia Friedman" }, { "docid": "2566559", "text": "was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He was also declared winner of the Time magazine reader's poll for Person of the Year in 2014 and as well as in 2016. \"Forbes Magazine\" ranked him the 15th-Most-Powerful Person in the World in 2014 and the 9th-Most-Powerful Person in the World in 2015, 2016 and 2018. In 2015, Modi was ranked the 13th-Most-Influential Person in the World by \"Bloomberg Markets Magazine\". In the same year he was named one of \"Time\"s \"30 Most Influential People on the Internet\" as the second-most-followed politician on Twitter and", "title": "Narendra Modi" }, { "docid": "7414137", "text": "Year (Expert magazine) - one or several individuals who significantly influenced economic, business, political or societal development in Russia. 'Person of the Year' is nominated in the final issue each year (#48 or #49, always end of December). Since the first announcement all 'Persons of the Year' were nationals of the Russian Federation. The nomination is similar to Person of the Year by the US Time magazine; the cover of the magazine always features 'Person of the Year'. According to general director Valery Fadeyev, Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska has offered to set up a media holding named after the", "title": "Expert (magazine)" }, { "docid": "12677390", "text": "village to a knight named Aynard, in recognition of his service to the King for safely escorting Margaret from Paris to Esztergom in 1186. His origin is obscure, but he would certainly have been selected for the military responsibility from those who the French king trusted. The only identifiable person in the king's entourage named Aynard was at one time the Viscount of Limoges, who had been outlawed by the Anglo-Norman court of Henry II in 1183. This person was assassinated in Paris in the year 1199. Aynard's family built the Premonstratensian church beginning in 1220. The church was destroyed", "title": "Zsámbék" }, { "docid": "11339804", "text": "the announcement of their \"Person of the Year\". Its critics underlined that \"Time\" ignores its digital democracy among its readers. \"Time\" supporters argue that an online poll is not representative as it has no scientific value. The hyperlink to the online poll results has been removed. A 2014 \"New York Daily News\" article, which named the \"You\" naming as one of the ten most controversial \"Person of the Year\" moments in the history of \"Time\", also remarked that \"2006 had its fair share of newsmakers\" while highlighting both \"Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\". You (Time Person", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "11339798", "text": "\"The Atlantic\" for being too much of a pop culture gimmick. A \"New York Daily News\" article named the 2006 award as one of the ten most controversial \"Person of the Year\" moments in the history of \"Time\". However, the news-magazine experienced generally successful sales. While most earlier choices for \"Person of the Year\" have been historically important individuals, many of them infamous rather than internationally popular (Adolf Hitler was 1938's \"Man of the Year\", and Ayatollah Khomeini won in 1979), a few were inanimate. The personal computer was the \"Machine of the Year\" for 1982, while the \"Endangered Earth\"", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "1659020", "text": "having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. By the end of the year, it was decided that a cover story featuring Lindbergh as the Man of the Year would serve both purposes. Since the list began, every serving President of the United States has been a Man or Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge (in office at time of the first issue), Herbert Hoover (the subsequent U.S. President), and Gerald Ford. Most were named Man or Person of the Year either the year they were elected or while", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "1659024", "text": "not just granted to individuals. Pairs of people such as married couples and political opponents, classes of people, and inanimate objects have all been selected for the special year-end issue. In 1949, Winston Churchill was named \"Man of the Half-Century\", and the last issue of 1989 named Mikhail Gorbachev as \"Man of the Decade\". The December 31, 1999 issue of \"Time\" named Albert Einstein the \"Person of the Century\". Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners-up. Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "18317703", "text": "humanitarian actors to the areas where they are most needed. Calling Ebola healthcare workers \"the ones who answered the call\", in December the editors of \"Time\" magazine named the Ebola health workers as Person of the Year. Editor Nancy Gibbs said, \"The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight. For tireless acts of courage and mercy, for buying the world time to boost its defenses, for risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are Time's 2014 Person of the Year.\" Both Médecins Sans", "title": "Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic" }, { "docid": "11339799", "text": "was the \"Planet of the Year\" for 1988. Collections of people as well as a symbolic representative of multiple individuals had also won the award before; for example, \"U.S. Scientists\" were named \"Men of the Year\" in 1960. Similar media awards had already recognized the growing significance of online community and user-generated content: \"You!\" were ranked first in \"Business 2.0\" list of \"50 people who matter now\" in July 2006; while ABC News had listed bloggers as \"People of the Year\" for 2006. In accordance with \"Time\" annual process, different bureaus suggested different candidates. \"You\", or \"the YouTube guys\", was", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "322008", "text": "natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic. In 1997, the Princess was one of the runners-up for \"Time\" magazine's person of the Year. In 1999, \"Time\" magazine named Diana one of the . In 2002, Diana ranked third on the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, above the Queen and other British monarchs. In 2006, the Japanese public ranked Diana twelfth in The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan. In 2018, Diana ranked fifteenth on the \"BBC History\"'s poll", "title": "Diana, Princess of Wales" }, { "docid": "7310750", "text": "few of the announced recipients of each item are appreciative. The last item mentioned is the old Dark jug, an antique and prized family heirloom, although not of any great monetary value or artistic merit. She reveals the recipient will not be named now, but in a year's time and produces a heavily sealed envelope which has either a named person or a description of a person who best exemplifies what she feels are worthy qualities. In the year that follows, Aunt Becky has died and the family members try their best to live up to what Aunt Becky would", "title": "A Tangled Web" }, { "docid": "15579153", "text": "Mike Person Michael Sean Person (born May 17, 1988) is an American football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the 49ers in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Montana State. Person has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, and Indianapolis Colts. Person was two-time offensive lineman of the year in high school. He was named team MVP for Dawson County High School during his senior year. He was selected as an honorable mention", "title": "Mike Person" }, { "docid": "1659028", "text": "elephant Dumbo from the Disney movie of the same name was selected to be \"Mammal of the Year\", and a cover was created showing Dumbo in a formal portrait style. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 pre-empted the cover. The U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was named Man of the Year for a record third time, although Dumbo's Mammal of the Year profile still appeared on the inside pages of the magazine. Film-maker Michael Moore claims that director Mel Gibson cost him the opportunity to be Person of the Year alongside Gibson in 2004. Moore's controversial political", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "20241590", "text": "who were stuck in difficult situations at the time as well, like Billy Preston and De'Anthony Melton. The announcement also influenced at least one person to train by themselves for a year before entering an NBA draft, as another five-star recruit named Darius Bazley originally planned on not going to college at the University of Syracuse in order to try out for the NBA G League before deciding against that as well, claiming that it was the only league where winning does not matter after all. Robinson was named one of 69 players who planned to participate in the NBA", "title": "Mitchell Robinson" }, { "docid": "3373979", "text": "2015, Jenner was listed as one of \"Entertainment Weekly\" 2015 Entertainers of the Year. In December 2015, she was named Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of 2015. Also in that month, she was listed on \"Time\" magazine's eight-person shortlist for the 2015 Person of the Year, and Bing released its list of the year's \"Most Searched Celebrities\", which Jenner was at the top of, and declared Jenner's \"Vanity Fair\" cover the second in a list of \"top celeb moments of 2015.\" She was the second most searched for person on Google in 2015. In April 2016, she was listed in", "title": "Caitlyn Jenner" }, { "docid": "16710641", "text": "hoped he would be nominated in the next presidential elections. Cupcakes, chocolate and necklaces bearing the \"CC\" initials were created, restaurants in Egypt named sandwiches after him, blogs shared his pictures, and columns, op-eds, television shows and interviews discussed the \"new idol of the Nile valley\" in the Egyptian mainstream media. On 6 December 2013, el-Sisi was named \"\"Time\" Person of the Year\" in \"Time\" magazine's annual reader poll. The accompanying article noted \"Sisi's success reflected the genuine popularity of a man who led what was essentially a military coup in July against the democratically elected government of then President", "title": "Abdel Fattah el-Sisi" }, { "docid": "20568898", "text": "James Franco was accused by five women, including Sarah Tither-Kaplan, who claimed that when she was a student of Franco, he forced them to undress and remove the plastic protections during the filming of sexual scenes. Franco did not attend the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards ceremony afterwards. \"Time\" magazine named the \"Silence Breakers\" behind the #MeToo movement \"Time\" Person of the Year in 2017. Public opinion was against not only those who committed sexual abuse but those who covered or silenced it. Actors such as Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and director Quentin Tarantino admitted knowing the sexual crimes of Weinstein.", "title": "Sexual abuse in Hollywood" }, { "docid": "13264237", "text": "being Director / Producer of \"The Great British Bake Off\"). Sonia lives with the writer Joe Murphy in their East End pub and they have two dogs. Sonia Friedman Sonia Anne Primrose Friedman (née Freedman; born April 1965) is a British West End and Broadway theatre producer. On 27 January 2017 Friedman was named Producer of the Year for the third year running at The Stage Awards, becoming the first person to win the award three times. In 2018, Friedman was featured in TIME100, Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was named Broadway Briefing's Show Person of", "title": "Sonia Friedman" }, { "docid": "11660780", "text": "a standard non-disclosure agreement with her. IBM turned to Bill Gates, who was already providing the ROM BASIC] interpreter for the PC. Gates offered to provide 86-DOS, developed by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products. IBM rebranded it as PC DOS, while Microsoft sold variations and upgrades as MS-DOS. The impact of the Apple II and the IBM PC was fully demonstrated when \"Time\" named the home computer the \"Machine of the Year\", or Person of the Year for 1982 (3 January 1983, \"The Computer Moves In\"). It was the first time in the history of the magazine that an", "title": "History of personal computers" }, { "docid": "8239209", "text": "the investigation did not conclude that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing. On 4 December 2018, senior senators from both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party publicly contradicted Trump's equivocation. On 11 December 2018 Jamal Khashoggi was named \"Time Magazine\"s person of the year for his work in journalism along with other journalists who faced political persecution for their work. \"Time Magazine\" referred to Khashoggi as a \"Guardian of the Truth\". Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was born in Medina on 13 October 1958. His grandfather, Muhammad Khashoggi, who was of Turkish origin (né Muhammed Halit Kaşıkçı), married", "title": "Jamal Khashoggi" }, { "docid": "8877561", "text": "Volume 2. Jensen was named \"Person of the Year\" by \"Press Action\" for publishing \"Endgame\", which they called \"the most important book of the decade.\" 2008: Named a “visionary” as one of Utne Reader magazine’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World.” 2008: Grand Prize winner, Eric Hoffer Book Award for Thought to Exist in the Wild, Derrick Jensen, Photographs by Karen Tweedy-Holmes. 2006: Named \"Person of the Year\" by Press Action for the publication of Endgame. 2003: The Culture of Make Believe was one of two finalists for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. 2000: Hackensack, NJ, Record declared", "title": "Endgame (Derrick Jensen books)" }, { "docid": "18271288", "text": "in the competition’s team on the year. The Junior Warriors finished 7th to make the finals. They defeated the Roosters and the Broncos before being eliminated by the Penrith Panthers in the preliminary final. Ben Matulino was named as the Warriors player of the year, his second time winning the award. The other finalists for the award were Simon Mannering and Shaun Johnson. Johnson was awarded the People's choice award, Albert Vete was named the Club person of the year and Tuimoala Lolohea was named the NRL rookie of the year. John Palavi was named the NSW Cup side's player", "title": "2015 New Zealand Warriors season" }, { "docid": "20053875", "text": "Salome Karwah Salomé Karwah ( – February 21, 2017) was a Liberian nurse who was named co-Person of the Year by \"Time magazine\" in 2014 for her efforts to combat the West African Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia. She appeared on the cover of \"Time\" in December 2014 with other health care workers and colleagues working to end the epidemic. Karwah survived ebola herself before returning to work to help other patients afflicted with the disease. The actions of Karwah, who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) (MSF) and other health care professionals, are believed to have saved", "title": "Salome Karwah" }, { "docid": "11339803", "text": "listing 'Time Person of the Year, 2006' in Twitter bios, a reference to the gimmicky selection of 'You' that year?\" Additionally, the decision raised some criticism as it was described as ideological and even hypocritically political. Some weeks before the announcement, \"Time\" decided to ask the users in a poll, \"Who Should Be Person of the Year?\" After several weeks, the poll winner by a wide margin was Hugo Chávez, the leader of Venezuela, with 35% of the votes. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came in second. \"Time\" decided to ignore those results and did not mention them in", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "2767732", "text": "directors of Goldman Sachs since 2008. He sits on the World Steel Association's executive committee, and is a member of the Global CEO Council of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the World Economic Forum's International Business Council, and the European Round Table of Industrialists.He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Cleveland Clinic. In 2005 \"The Sunday Times\" named him \"Business Person of 2006\", the \"Financial Times\" named him \"Person of the Year\", and \"Time\" magazine named him \"International Newsmaker of the Year 2006\". In 2007,", "title": "Lakshmi Mittal" }, { "docid": "19723282", "text": "Joseph Morris (sailor) Joseph (Joe) Morris is a sailor who lives in the United States and attended Yale University where he earned the New England College Sailor of the Year Award in 2012. He was named captain twice (2011, 2012) and was a four-time ICSA All-American skipper. Prior to Yale, he was a five-time National Champion. He and teammate Thomas Barrows competed on behalf of the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics, participating in the men's two-person high-performance 49er class event. Morris and Barrows – who were also teammates at Yale – won the US Olympic Trials and qualified", "title": "Joseph Morris (sailor)" }, { "docid": "20053888", "text": "and then die in the larger yet silent epidemic of health system failure … I have no words.\" Karwah's life was remembered on BBC Radio 4's obituary programme \"Last Word\" by \"Time\" magazine’s Africa correspondent, Aryn Baker. Salome Karwah Salomé Karwah ( – February 21, 2017) was a Liberian nurse who was named co-Person of the Year by \"Time magazine\" in 2014 for her efforts to combat the West African Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia. She appeared on the cover of \"Time\" in December 2014 with other health care workers and colleagues working to end the epidemic. Karwah survived ebola", "title": "Salome Karwah" }, { "docid": "5437210", "text": "Pretermitted heir A pretermitted heir is a term used in the law of property to describe a person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the \"testator\" (the person who wrote the will) did not include the person in the testator's will. Omission may occur because the testator did not know of the omitted person at the time the will was written. A will may contain a clause that explicitly disinherits any heirs unknown at the time that the will is executed, or any heirs not named in the will. While such a clause will not", "title": "Pretermitted heir" }, { "docid": "14984426", "text": "Ethiopian Person of the Year Ethiopian Person of the Year is an annual issue of the Ethiopian news portal Jimma Times, formerly Yeroo private newspaper, which names and profiles person(s) who was (were) the most influential on events and had the most impact on Ethiopian people during the previous Ethiopian calendar year. Jimma Times's tradition of selecting the \"Ethiopian Person of the Year\" honor began during the new Ethiopian millennium (year 2000) when the multi-Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele was selected. It established the multi-language (Afaan Oromo, Amharic &English) private newspaper Yeroo the following year. The word Yeroo means \"Time\" or", "title": "Ethiopian Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "6161958", "text": "named her Person of the Year in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In September 2006, Kandić was named to the Order of Danica Hrvatska, awarded by the President of Croatia to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of moral values. In April 2018, she was honored for her work with the \"Hartën e Artë të Kosovës\" (\"Golden Map of Kosovo\") award by Ramush Haradinaj, at the time Prime Minister of Kosovo and former leader of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Her awards include the following: Nataša Kandić Nataša Kandić (; born in 1946) is a Serbian human rights activist", "title": "Nataša Kandić" }, { "docid": "3190803", "text": "phenomenon had previously been noted by others. Historical acclaim for discoveries is often assigned to persons of note who bring attention to an idea that is not yet widely known, whether or not that person was its original inventor – theories may be named long after their discovery. In the case of eponymy, the idea becomes named after that person, even if that person is acknowledged by historians of science not to be the one who discovered it. Often, several people will arrive at a new idea around the same time, as in the case of calculus. It can be", "title": "Stigler's law of eponymy" }, { "docid": "15434820", "text": "book ACATISTE was named as the best book of the year. 2012 - The Art magazine HOT CHOCOLATE named Paata Shamugia the person of the Year. 2015 - Paata Shamugia won SABA literary prize for the second time - and his book SCHIZO-NATIONAL ANTHEMS was named as the best book of the year. Paata Shamugia Paata Shamugia (in Georgian: პაატა შამუგია) – the most influential and provocative contemporary Georgian poet. His texts, according to Georgian literary scholars, comprise a high amount of self-irony and sometimes, even weird linguistic performances as well. In 2015 year he became the first Georgian poet", "title": "Paata Shamugia" }, { "docid": "5137570", "text": "episode began with \"Leading Off\", a round where the 3 contestants and \"The Schwab\" took turns naming an athlete on a list relating to a major achievement; for example, \"In the year 1975, name the top 16 players that led the National League in home runs that year.\" This round consisted of three such lists, and each contestant was given a turn to begin a list. During the first season, the full list was displayed on screen for the home viewers, with each person who had not been named displayed in white letters, and each person correctly named having their", "title": "Stump the Schwab" }, { "docid": "17785980", "text": "(Star of Bravery) by Government of Pakistan. The award will be received by Aitzaz Hasan's family on 23 March, Pakistan's national day. On 12 January, the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) bestowed a global bravery award on Hasan. Aitzaz was named as Herald's Person of the year 2014. Herald's annual Person of the Year project sets out to recognize those individuals in Pakistan who had a profound influence on the news and who embodied, for good or ill, what was important about the year. Hasan, whose sacrifice attained further poignancy after the December 16 attack on Peshawar's Army Public School,", "title": "Aitzaz Hasan" }, { "docid": "2805546", "text": "to the campaign. The letter stated: On November 5, 2008, Chicago posted banners throughout the downtown business district featuring Fairey's Obama \"HOPE\" portrait. Fairey created a similar but new image of Barack Obama for \"Time magazine\", which was used as the cover art for the 2008 Person of the Year issue. The original iconic \"HOPE\" portrait was featured on the cover of \"Esquire Magazine\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s February 2009 issue, this time with a caption reading, \"WHAT NOW?\" Shepard Fairey's influence throughout the presidential election was a factor in the artist himself having been named a Person of the Year for 2008 by", "title": "Shepard Fairey" }, { "docid": "205612", "text": "in 1986. In 1998, the U.S. Navy named the third and last \"Seawolf\"-class submarine honoring former President Carter and his service as a submariner officer. It became one of the few Navy vessels to be named for a person living at the time of naming. That year he also received the United Nations Human Rights Prize, given in honor of human rights achievements, and the Hoover Medal, recognizing engineers who have contributed to global causes. He won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, which was partially a response to President George W. Bush's threats of war against Iraq and Carter's criticism", "title": "Jimmy Carter" }, { "docid": "2843578", "text": "return to pitch in the majors. Nuxhall remains the youngest person to play in a major league game in history. During his lifetime, it was believed that a 14-year-old named Fred Chapman pitched five innings in one 1887 game. However, in 2009, the Society for American Baseball Research discovered that this player's name and age were both incorrect. The 1887 player was actually named Frank Chapman, and he was 25 years old at the time of his only major league appearance. There have also been sources listing Billy Geer, who played for the 1874 New York Mutuals of the National", "title": "Joe Nuxhall" }, { "docid": "6525437", "text": "a spotlight on individuals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty for our nation.\" On September 20, the American Political Science Association (APSA) presented Petraeus with its 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Award in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist. On December 9, 2010, Barbara Walters picked Petraeus for the Most Fascinating Person of 2010. Walters called the top commander in Afghanistan \"an American hero\". Petraeus was chosen as \"one of Time magazine's 50 \"People Who Mattered\" in December 2010. The same year he was named number 12 of 50 people who mattered in 2010", "title": "David Petraeus" }, { "docid": "15176490", "text": "2007, the Television Critics Association awarded \"Heroes\" with the prestigious Outstanding Program of the Year title during their 23rd Annual TCA Awards ceremony. The cast of \"Heroes\" was named in the 2006 \"Time\" Magazine's Person of the Year issue under \"People Who Mattered\". The first DVD release of \"Heroes\" was a sampler disc, containing only the first episode, and was released in Ireland and the UK on September 3, 2007. UK Region 2 split \"Heroes\" into two halves on its initial release; part one being released on October 1, 2007 and part two on December 10, 2007. When the second", "title": "Heroes (season 1)" }, { "docid": "17051127", "text": "2003 Cool List. The following year he rose to number one alongside his bandmate Pete Doherty, the first and () only time the list has been topped by more than one person. To commemorate the 2004 list, the cover of the \"NME\" issue promoting it was a 3D lenticular image of Doherty, which the magazine claimed was a \"world first\". The year after, Alex Turner, the lead singer of British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, was named the coolest person of the year, with \"NME\" citing his \"authenticity\" as the reason for his placing. Turner would go on to feature", "title": "NME's Cool List" }, { "docid": "14228384", "text": "the tax year. The child must be under 18 at the beginning of the tax year, or permanently incapacitated since before he or she was 21 or had left full-time education, or in full-time education for a minimum of two years. A child includes a stepchild or an adopted child. If the child resides with both parents for part of the year, both parents can claim the full credit. The Single Person Child Carer credit cannot be claimed by a person who qualifies for the Married Person's Tax Credit, or a person living together with another person as a married", "title": "Tax credits in the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "8929396", "text": "public, and Jobs became a millionaire. Brennan worked as a waitress in Palo Alto. Later, Brennan agreed to give an interview with Michael Moritz for \"Time\" magazine for its Time Person of the Year special, released on January 3, 1983, in which she discussed her relationship with Jobs. Rather than name Jobs the Person of the Year, the magazine named the computer the \"Machine of the Year\". In the issue, Jobs questioned the reliability of the paternity test (which stated that the \"probability of paternity for Jobs, Steven... is 94.1%\"). Jobs responded by arguing that \"28% of the male population", "title": "Steve Jobs" }, { "docid": "18040175", "text": "shot a second time while demonstrating on Mohamed Mahmoud St. near Tahrir Square, but this shotgun was loaded with one large pellet, which hit him directly in the eye. Harara plans to undergo transplant surgery in Germany, and if that is unsuccessful, he will learn braille so he can find work. Harara was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2011. Ahmed Harara Ahmed Harara (Egyptian Arabic: \"أحمد محمد علي \"حرارة, born February 12, 1980) is an Egyptian political activist who was blinded in both eyes in separate protesting incidents during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. The nickname 'Harara' means", "title": "Ahmed Harara" }, { "docid": "1659030", "text": "call Mel up, he agrees. They set the date and time in LA. I'm to fly there. He's flying from Australia. Something happens when he gets home... Next thing, Mel calls up and says, 'I'm not doing it. I've thought it over and it is not the right thing to do.' So they put Bush on the cover.\" On November 24, 2017, U.S. president Donald Trump posted on the social media network Twitter that \"Time\" editors had told him he would \"probably\" be named Person of the Year for a second time, conditional on an interview and photo shoot which", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "19348808", "text": "contributed to the launch of the “Me Too” movement when he came forward publicly about abuse suffered in the industry as a young actor, offering a platform to survivors of sexual assault. Blaise was the first to give a voice to male victims of sexual assault, who have traditionally been stigmatized. Blaise was named one of Time Magazine's Time Person of the Year in 2017 for his work in the movement, alongside fellow celebrities Taylor Swift, Ashley Judd and Alyssa Milano, as well as lesser known activists Susan Fowler and Adama Iwu. Blaise Godbe Lipman Blaise Godbe Lipman is an", "title": "Blaise Godbe Lipman" }, { "docid": "17062359", "text": "included on \"Time\"'s list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the world. His work has been hailed by critics for centering on often overlooked cultures and characters—most notably black people. He frequently collaborates with actor Michael B. Jordan, who has appeared in all of his feature films, as well as composer Ludwig Göransson, who has scored all of his films. In 2018, he was named the runner-up of \"Time's\" Person of the Year. Coogler was born on May 23, 1986 in Oakland, California. His mother, Joselyn (née Thomas), is a community organizer, and his father, Ira Coogler,", "title": "Ryan Coogler" }, { "docid": "19510385", "text": "World Radio Presenter of the Year Award, and the Irish Post Media Person of the Year Award. In November 2005 Brolly was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack. At the time he described the experience as like being \"hit in the chest with a baseball bat\". He subsequently gave his backing to the Derek Higgs Start a Heart Appeal, an appeal named in honour of former Coventry City F.C. director Derek Higgs (who died from a heart attack in 2008), and which sought to raise funds for fifty defibrillators that would be placed at locations around Coventry. He", "title": "Bob Brolly" }, { "docid": "1404956", "text": "where the soft power was defined as \"a comprehensive toolkit for achieving foreign policy objectives building on civil society potential, information, cultural and other methods and technologies alternative to traditional diplomacy.\" In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin was named \"Time\" Person of the Year. In 2013, he was named most powerful person by Forbes magazine. In 2015, Russia led the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union. In 2017, Russia had the fourth largest diplomatic network in the world. In the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018, the BBC reported that \"Its extensive diplomatic network reflects", "title": "Soft power" }, { "docid": "5261410", "text": "became Executive Chairman at Twitter. Kordestani is one of the founders of PARSA Community Foundation, a Persian heritage, entrepreneurship and philanthropic society. Kordestani is considered one of the wealthiest residents in Northern California. His net worth is estimated to be $1.9 billion. Kordestani has a son, Milan, who is a competitive equestrian. In the May 8, 2006 issue of \"Time Magazine\", Kordestani was named one of Time's \"100 People who shape our world\". Kordestani was selected as the Persian Person of the Year in 2007 by Persian Awards. Omid Kordestani Omid R. Kordestani (, born 1963) is an Iranian-Kurdish American", "title": "Omid Kordestani" }, { "docid": "17950398", "text": "the year\", the editors of \"Time\" magazine in December 2014 named the Ebola health workers as Person of the Year. Editor Nancy Gibbs said: \"The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight. For tireless acts of courage and mercy, for buying the world time to boost its defenses, for risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are Time's 2014 Person of the Year.\" According to an October 2015 report by the CDC, Guinean healthcare workers had 42.2 times higher Ebola infection rates than", "title": "West African Ebola virus epidemic" }, { "docid": "11067054", "text": "as a judge (alongside fellow chef Giada De Laurentiis) on an episode of the Food Network series \"Iron Chef Showdown\" that was originally set to air on December 13, 2017; however, the episode got pushed back to January 10, 2018, with Besh having been digitally edited out. Lindsey Reynolds, the former Besh Restaurant Group staff member who helped expose the company's culture of sexual harassment, is one of the people TIME magazine named among of the national #MeToo movement as 2017's Time Person of the Year. Many of his restaurants celebrate Louisiana regional cooking, including Restaurant August, Besh Steakhouse, Lüke,", "title": "John Besh" }, { "docid": "20948854", "text": "the consulate by five suspects and given to a local collaborator for disposal. Saudi officials continued to deny that the Saudi Royal Family was involved in, ordered, or sanctioned the killing. Germany, Norway and Denmark have stopped the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia over the incident, and Canada is considering freezing its arms deal. On 11 December 2018, Jamal Khashoggi was named Time Magazine's person of the year for his work in journalism along with other journalists who faced politcal persecution for their work. Time Magazine referred to Khashoggi as a \"Guardian of the Truth\". Khashoggi was a Saudi", "title": "Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi" }, { "docid": "19723283", "text": "for Olympic selection from combined results of the Sailing World Cup in Miami, Fla. and the 49er World Championships in Clearwater. Joseph Morris (sailor) Joseph (Joe) Morris is a sailor who lives in the United States and attended Yale University where he earned the New England College Sailor of the Year Award in 2012. He was named captain twice (2011, 2012) and was a four-time ICSA All-American skipper. Prior to Yale, he was a five-time National Champion. He and teammate Thomas Barrows competed on behalf of the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics, participating in the men's two-person high-performance", "title": "Joseph Morris (sailor)" }, { "docid": "20461497", "text": "named Franklin Miranda from Union City, New Jersey, who wished to meet him in person. In addition to spending time with the patient, Hernandez also donated money to his family to help pay their rent for a year. On October 22, 2018, Hernandez met and spent the day with Tati, an eight-year-old Brooklyn girl terminally ill with brain cancer whose dying wish was to meet him, taking her out for a shopping spree at the residential Macy’s. 6ix9ine Daniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996), known professionally as 6ix9ine (pronounced \"six nine\"), Tekashi69, or Tekashi 6ix9ine, is an American rapper, singer,", "title": "6ix9ine" }, { "docid": "3929633", "text": "2001 there have been ascents of other routes which are recognized and rated to be more difficult. The name of the route was disputed: routes in France are named by the person who first bolted the route, while in the U.S. they are typically named by the first person to successfully climb the route. In 1989, Jean-Christophe Lafaille bolted the whole pitch and named it \"Biographie\". In 1996, Arnaud Petit added an anchor in the middle of the route, and did the first ascent of the first half in that year. Around 2007 the anchor chains marking the end of", "title": "Realization (climb)" }, { "docid": "5814797", "text": "Year in Communications, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition similarly honored her as its Person of the Year in 1997. Cullen also hosted two weekly public television programs: the statewide award-winning quiz show The Pennsylvania Game and the prime-time public affairs program Cullen-Devlin on WQEX-TV. The \"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\" named Lynn one of Pittsburgh's fifty most influential cultural power brokers. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in American Media. Cullen has also authored a chapter in a college journalism textbook on live television news reporting and provides op-ed pieces for local print media. Before moving", "title": "Lynn Cullen" }, { "docid": "2192975", "text": "Pope Saint John Paul II declared her the thirty-third Doctor of the Church, the youngest person, and one of only four women so named, the others being Teresa of Ávila (Saint Teresa of Jesus), Hildegard of Bingen and Catherine of Siena. Devotion to Thérèse has developed around the world. According to some biographies of Édith Piaf, in 1922 the singer — at the time, an unknown seven-year-old girl — was cured from blindness after a pilgrimage to the grave of Thérèse, who at the time was not yet formally canonized. Zelie and Louis Martin were the first spouses to be", "title": "Thérèse of Lisieux" }, { "docid": "20352652", "text": "of Communications, Information and Information Technology, replacing Neneh Macdouall-Gaye in the position. At the time she was the youngest person ever appointed to the Gambian cabinet. She lost her ministry a year later, but was later named Minister of Health and Social Welfare. She runs a communication and program management consultancy firm called Ace Communications Executive (ACE). Fatim Badjie Fatim Mbenga Badjie (born November 13, 1983) is a Gambian entrepreneur. Born in Banjul, Badjie is the daughter of Dembo M. Badjie, who served as Gambia's ambassador to Sierra Leone,India and China for a time; she is a member of the", "title": "Fatim Badjie" }, { "docid": "5877653", "text": "and it became effective on May 30, 1938. Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal claiming, \"Our streets are no longer safe.\" The last person legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a 33-year-old black singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938. Rainey Bethea Rainey Bethea (c. 1909 – August 14, 1936) was the last person in the United States. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky. Mistakes in performing the hanging, and the", "title": "Rainey Bethea" }, { "docid": "4284416", "text": "successful restaurant owner, and from an affluent land-owning family. The person who constructed the explosives was a man named as Abdallah Barghouti. For his part in this and a string of other attacks, in which 66 civilians were killed, he was handed down 67 life sentences on 30 November 2004. Izz al-Masri was escorted to the restaurant by Ahlam Tamimi, a 20-year-old female university student and part-time journalist, who had disguised herself as a Jewish tourist for the occasion. She later commented that she was not sorry for what she had done and does not recognize Israel's existence. \"Despite the", "title": "Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing" }, { "docid": "206009", "text": "\"Until I Find You\" to third person less than a year before publication). \"In One Person\" features a 60-year-old, bisexual protagonist named William, looking back on his life in the 1950s and '60s. The novel shares a similar theme and concern with \"The World According to Garp\", which was Irving says, in part about \"people who hate you for your sexual differences.\" He won a Lambda Literary Award in 2013 in the Bisexual Fiction category for \"In One Person\", and was also awarded the organization's Bridge Builder Award to honor him as an ally of the LGBT community. On June", "title": "John Irving" }, { "docid": "6525432", "text": "when asked his opinion of Tillerson. According to Petraeus, he does not vote in elections, having stopped following his promotion to major general in 2002 as part of a desire to be seen as apolitical. He has confirmed that he did not vote in the 2016 election. Petraeus's decorations and badges include the following: In 2007, \"Time\" named Petraeus one of the 100 most influential leaders and revolutionaries of the year as well as one of its four runners up for Time Person of the Year. He was also named the second most influential American conservative by \"The Daily Telegraph\"", "title": "David Petraeus" }, { "docid": "7715189", "text": "featured in a \"Vogue\" magazine spread. In 2013, she was also named in the \"Time\" 100, becoming the first woman listed as number one on \"Fortune\" magazine's annual list of the top 40 business stars under 40 years old. Mayer made \"Fortune\" magazine history in 2013, as the only person to feature in all three of its annual lists during the same year: Businessperson of the Year (No. 10), Most Powerful Women (at No. 8), and 40 Under 40 (No. 1) at the same time. In March 2016, \"Fortune\" then named Mayer as one of the world's most disappointing leaders.", "title": "Marissa Mayer" }, { "docid": "3585917", "text": "on numerous occasions. He was recognized with a Rocky Mountain News' Business Person of the Year Award in 1996, and honoured a second time in 2001. Ergen also won the Frost & Sullivan 2001 CEO of the Year of the Satellite Industry. In 2000 he was named 'Space Industry Business Man of the Year.' Ergen was named one of the 'World's Best CEOs' by Barron's magazine in 2007. He was also mentioned in Forbes Magazine 'Top Ten CEOs' list. Ergen co-founded the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. He was in the 2012 class of inductees to the Consumer Electronics Hall", "title": "Charlie Ergen" }, { "docid": "5880044", "text": "no change. When the Earth loses its radiance, changing the people’s prayer to sighs of grief, one soul crosses time. Perhaps that person was the harbinger who awoke for that.\" Affranchi Char is a 19-year-old man who was raised on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The \"cell chips\" inside his brain contain strange memories and information. Affranchi was raised by a man named Gaba Suu, one of the island's elders. On his deathbed, Gaba Suu tells Affranchi to go into space, but his lover Everly Key is strongly opposed. One day, a giant humanoid machine washes up on the", "title": "Gaia Gear" }, { "docid": "11339797", "text": "You (Time Person of the Year) \"You\" were chosen in 2006 as \"Time\" magazine's Person of the Year. The magazine set out to recognize the millions of people who anonymously contribute user-generated content to wikis and other websites such as Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and the multitudes of other websites featuring user contribution. While the status had been given before to inanimate objects, with the personal computer being the \"Machine of the Year\" for 1982, as well as collections of people or an abstract representative of a movement, the choice of \"You\" attracted criticism from commentators in publications such as", "title": "You (Time Person of the Year)" }, { "docid": "4970167", "text": "match-winning try in Australia's 16–12 victory. In the process, he became the top try-scorer in Tri-Nations history with a tally of 9 tries. In the week leading up to the final, Lockyer was named the Golden Boot Award-winner for international player of the year for the second time. Lockyer was also named Dally M five-eighth and representative player of the year, the Broncos' best back, and people's choice player of the year, as well as being a finalist in the Queensland Sports Star of the Year award. 2006 was arguably Lockyer's finest ever season, as he'd become the first person", "title": "Darren Lockyer" }, { "docid": "800831", "text": "Merkel to stay at the helm until 2021, while half of those surveyed voters called for a change at the top before the end of the legislature. Merkel has been widely described as the \"de facto\" leader of the European Union throughout her tenure as Chancellor. Merkel has twice been named the world's second most powerful person following Vladimir Putin by \"Forbes\" magazine, the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman. On 26 March 2014, Merkel became the longest-serving incumbent head of government in the European Union. In December 2015, Merkel was named as \"Time\" magazine's Person of the Year,", "title": "Angela Merkel" }, { "docid": "206072", "text": "£600 million, ranking her as the joint 197th richest person in the UK. \"Time\" named her a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans. In October 2010, Rowling was named the \"Most Influential Woman in Britain\" by leading magazine editors. She has supported charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and launched her own charity, Lumos. Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, her name, before her remarriage, was Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of", "title": "J. K. Rowling" }, { "docid": "13807986", "text": "in 1953. It is later revealed that he is a 162-year-old vampire. Damon also begins falling for Elena. Elena finds a picture of a woman named Katherine Pierce who looks exactly like her. Stefan reveals that it is the woman who made him and Damon feud 145 years ago, and the person who turned them into vampires. He also told her that he is the person that saved her the night of her parents death. At the end of season one, Elena discovers that Grayson and Miranda weren't her biological parents, and that a woman named Isobel and her uncle", "title": "Elena Gilbert" }, { "docid": "9544236", "text": "Tom Borrelli Award The Tom Borrelli Award is presented by the National Lacrosse League to the league's \"Media Person of the Year\". The award was originally awarded to the Writer of the Year, but \"was changed to Media Person of the Year in 2011 to allow for a wider range of media members to be considered for the award, including broadcasters.\" The award is named for Tom Borrelli (1957–2008), a writer for The Buffalo News who covered the Buffalo Bandits from the team's inception in 1992 to his death in 2008. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall", "title": "Tom Borrelli Award" }, { "docid": "11853357", "text": "panel forums on topics such as government contracting, health care, access to capital, and international trade, among others. Events will also offer procurement sessions with corporate buyers and prime contractors who will discuss small business partnering and mentoring opportunities for small businesses seeking government contracts. On the final day of National Small Business Week, State Small Business Person of the Year winners from across the country meet in Washington, D.C. to see which of them will be named National Small Business Person of the Year. The National Small Business Person of the Year and runners-up will be selected from among", "title": "National Small Business Week" }, { "docid": "430568", "text": "past 12 months. The distinction is supposed to go to the person who, \"for good or ill\", has most affected the course of the year; it is, therefore, not necessarily an honor or a reward. In the past, such figures as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin have been Man of the Year. In 2006, Person of the Year was designated as \"You\", a move that was met with split reviews. Some thought the concept was creative; others wanted an actual person of the year. Editors Pepper and Timmer reflected that, if it had been a mistake, \"we're only going to", "title": "Time (magazine)" }, { "docid": "19845307", "text": "central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration. Merkel played a crucial role in managing the financial crisis at the European and international level. Merkel has been widely described as the \"de facto\" leader of the European Union throughout her tenure as Chancellor. Merkel has twice been named the world's second most powerful person by \"Forbes\" magazine, the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman. In December 2015, Merkel was named as \"Time\" magazine's Person of the Year, with the magazine's cover declaring her to be the \"Chancellor of the Free World.\" On 26", "title": "Foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government" }, { "docid": "974355", "text": "happy person.\" Matt Groening called him \"a master\", and director Joe Dante said, \"He was one of those guys who was a dream to work with. I don't know anybody who didn't like him.\" Dan Snierson of \"Entertainment Weekly\" concluded that Hartman was \"the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper\" and \"a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with.\" In 2007, \"Entertainment Weekly\" ranked Hartman the 87th greatest television icon of all time, and \"Maxim\" named Hartman the top \"Saturday Night Live\" performer of all time. Rehearsals for \"The Simpsons\"", "title": "Phil Hartman" }, { "docid": "8540554", "text": "\"The Doll People's Christmas (picture book)\" This children's tale is about a doll made of china named Annabelle, who has existed for more than one hundred years. The book is set in the present time period and is told in third person. Annabelle and her family belong to an 8 year old girl named Kate Palmer. The dolls can move, talk, and play the miniature piano in their house but always return to the same spot they started from when a human approaches. The consequence of being seen moving is being \"frozen\" for twenty-four hours, also called Doll State. If", "title": "The Doll People" }, { "docid": "12755416", "text": "never met in person or spoke. Meier thought \"Josh\" was attractive. As Meier began to exchange messages with this person, her family said she seemed to have had her \"spirits lifted\". This person claimed to have moved to the nearby city of O'Fallon, was homeschooled and did not yet have a phone number. A 16-year-old male named \"Josh Evans\" was registered on the account used for bullying messages to Meier. But Lori Drew, the mother of Sarah Drew, a former friend of Meier, later admitted creating the MySpace account. At the time of the suicide, the Drew and Meier families", "title": "Suicide of Megan Meier" }, { "docid": "4752743", "text": "Fowler Prize, named after famed scholar William Chauncey Fowler who was a friend of the school and created the prize and its $30 reward. In 1876, during the time Bright attended Lafayette, the subject of the prize was the study of American poet William Cullen Bryant. Bright competed in, and won the Fowler Prize this year, and during commencement was awarded the prize by Bryant himself at the graduation ceremony. Bright was the first person to receive a Ph.D. in English from Johns Hopkins, in 1882. After teaching briefly at Cornell, he returned to Johns Hopkins in 1885, where he", "title": "James Bright" }, { "docid": "5877625", "text": "Rainey Bethea Rainey Bethea (c. 1909 – August 14, 1936) was the last person in the United States. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky. Mistakes in performing the hanging, and the surrounding media circus, contributed to the end of public executions in the United States. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Bethea was a black man orphaned after the death of his mother in 1919 and his father in 1926. Little is known of his time before he arrived in Owensboro in", "title": "Rainey Bethea" }, { "docid": "1786064", "text": "Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary. Her song \"Everyway That I Can\" was determined to be the Contest's ninth most popular entrant of its fifty years. In the same year, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Turkey, released the textbook \"They succeeded\" for the fourth grade social studies and Erener was named in the book as the person who \"won the first place for our country at the Eurovision contest for the first time\". In May 2006, Sertab Erener's outfit for Eurovision was sold at an auction for 4,500. The proceeds were donated to the campaign \"Daddy Take Me", "title": "Sertab Erener" }, { "docid": "1347580", "text": "one of the first scientists to propose that AIDS was caused by a virus, thus subsequently developing combination antiretroviral therapy to combat it. Dr. Ho was named Time Magazine Person of the Year in 1996. Min Chueh Chang was the co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill and is known for his pioneering work and significant contributions to the development of in vitro fertilization at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Tu Youyou is a prominent medical scientist and chemist who became the first native Chinese in history to receive the Nobel Prize in natural sciences when she received the", "title": "Han Chinese" }, { "docid": "5229159", "text": "exceed 20% of the recipient's income during the year and it is not transferable between spouses. A person resident and domiciled in Ireland is liable to Irish income tax on his total income from all sources worldwide. In this sense, a person who spends: is considered to be resident. Presence in Ireland of not more than 30 days in a tax year is ignored for the purposes of the two year test. Since 1 January 2009, a person is treated as present in Ireland for a day if present at any time during the day; before this, a person was", "title": "Taxation in the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "1659019", "text": "Time Person of the Year Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine \"Time\" that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\". The tradition of selecting a \"Man of the Year\" began in 1927, with \"Time\" editors contemplating the news makers of the years. The idea was also an attempt to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year of not", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "5025737", "text": "years of Maya's life and career are not well known. It is possible that Maya started his career during the reign of Amenhotep III. He may be the same person as a royal scribe named Maya who is attested in Malkata in year 34. He may also be the same person as a courtier named May known from a tomb in Amarna during the reign of Akhenaten. The May from Amarna shares some of the titles with Maya, but he was not a treasurer. Maya is well known from the reign of Tutankhamen however. As the Overseer of the treasuries,", "title": "Maya (treasurer)" }, { "docid": "20410569", "text": "to the impact of his revelations. \"FP's\" \"Global Conversation visualization\" showed that Snowden \"occupied a role in 2013's global news media coverage just slightly less important than President Barack Obama himself.\" Snowden headed TechRepublic's \"Ten Tech Heroes of 2013\". Editor Jack Wallen noted that besides raising public awareness of surveillance and government secrecy, Snowden's leaks were significant for technology professionals. Snowden was named \"Time\"′s Person of the Year runner-up in 2013, behind Pope Francis. \"Time\" was criticized for not placing him in the top spot. In 2014, Snowden was named among \"Time\"s 100 Most Influential People in the world. In", "title": "Awards received by Edward Snowden" }, { "docid": "8694893", "text": "salary of $2,000,000, stock awards of $1,849,241, and option awards of $8,669,747. His total compensation decreased by 37.4% compared to 2007. Due to his achievements at Ford, he was included in the 2009 \"Time\" 100 list. The entry, written by Steve Ballmer, says, \"[Mulally] understands the fundamentals of business success as well as any business leader I know\". In 2011, Mulally was named Person of the Year by the \"Financial Times\" ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards. He was also named the 2011 CEO of the Year by \"Chief Executive\" magazine. In 2012, Mulally was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor", "title": "Alan Mulally" }, { "docid": "11784618", "text": "degree from DCU, Davis said \"I feel the award is an acknowledgement of what people did to make the Games so successful. It was a great honour to be CEO, but around me were all these people who were working with me to make it happen.\" Over the years Davis has received many distinctions and achievements including Person of the Year (2003), Woman of the Year (2003), Marketer of the Year (2003), Mayo Person of the Year (2004), Woman of our Time Award – Social and Personal magazine (2003), Best of the Irish Award (2003), Business & Finance Person of", "title": "Mary Davis (activist)" }, { "docid": "1272400", "text": "executives who attempt to address the issues. Bezos has cited Warren Buffett (of Berkshire Hathaway), Jamie Dimon (of JPMorgan Chase), and Bob Iger (of Walt Disney) as major influences on his leadership style. In 1999, Bezos received his first major award when \"Time\" named him Person of the Year. In 2008, he was selected by \"U.S. News & World Report\" as one of America's best leaders. Bezos was awarded an honorary doctorate in science and technology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. In 2011, \"The Economist\" gave Bezos and Gregg Zehr an Innovation Award for the Amazon Kindle. In 2012,", "title": "Jeff Bezos" }, { "docid": "15230006", "text": "was dedicated to longtime faculty member and economic entomologist Charles H. Fernald in March 1921, even though the college had a rule that no buildings were to be named for a person until after their death; on January 7, 1921, President Kenyon L. Butterfield and the trustees of the college waived that rule in order to tell Fernald, who was in very poor health at the time, about the future naming of the building. His son, Henry T. Fernald, also served as a professor and the department head between 1899 and 1930. Within the year of the building's completion, the", "title": "Fernald Hall" }, { "docid": "1659033", "text": "by the poll, but by the magazine's editors. Time Person of the Year Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine \"Time\" that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that \"for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year\". The tradition of selecting a \"Man of the Year\" began in 1927, with \"Time\" editors contemplating the news makers of the years. The idea was also an attempt to remedy", "title": "Time Person of the Year" }, { "docid": "18515041", "text": "no. 1, and held the ranking for the entire year. She became the first person since Steffi Graf in 1990 to hold the top ranking for two consecutive years. It is also fifth time that Williams ended as the number 1 player in the year. She was also voted WTA Player Of The Year for the seventh time in her career, and on December 14, 2015, it was announced that \"Sports Illustrated\" named Serena their 2015 Sportsperson of the Year, the third solo woman to earn this honor. On December 22, 2015, Serena announced as the 2015 ITF World Champion", "title": "2015 Serena Williams tennis season" }, { "docid": "1703822", "text": "at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards. It beat several other national and international broadcasters, including Al Jazeera English and the BBC. The channel won a BAFTA Award in the News Category on 10 May 2015, for Alex Crawford's coverage of the 2014 Ebola crisis. In 2018, Sky News was named Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year, the eleventh time the channel had won the award. In November 2014, Sky News sponsored the Young Person in Business category of the National Chamber Awards. It was won by Oliver Bryssau of Origin Broadband, which was named Business of the Year.", "title": "Sky News" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3641555", "text": "states of Victoria and South Australia in 1970 and 1971, respectively. By 1973, the use of fitted seat belts by vehicle occupants was made compulsory for the rest of Australia and some other countries during the 1970s and 1980s. The subsequent dramatic decline in road deaths is generally because of seat belt laws and subsequent road safety campaigns. Seat belts are not required for bus occupants, reversing drivers, and those driving some slow moving vehicles. The laws for these differ depending on the state or territory with jurisdiction. All provinces in Canada have primary enforcement seat belt laws. In 1976,", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "619841", "text": "by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin for Volvo—who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment. In addition to designing an effective three-point belt, Bohlin demonstrated its effectiveness in a study of 28,000 accidents in Sweden. Unbelted occupants sustained fatal injuries throughout the whole speed scale, whereas none of the belted occupants were fatally injured at accident speeds below 60 mph. No belted occupant was fatally injured if the passenger compartment remained intact. Bohlin was granted for the device. The world's first seat belt law was put in place in 1970, in the state of Victoria, Australia, making the wearing of a", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "3641555", "text": "states of Victoria and South Australia in 1970 and 1971, respectively. By 1973, the use of fitted seat belts by vehicle occupants was made compulsory for the rest of Australia and some other countries during the 1970s and 1980s. The subsequent dramatic decline in road deaths is generally because of seat belt laws and subsequent road safety campaigns. Seat belts are not required for bus occupants, reversing drivers, and those driving some slow moving vehicles. The laws for these differ depending on the state or territory with jurisdiction. All provinces in Canada have primary enforcement seat belt laws. In 1976,", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "11650123", "text": "afforded by seat belts. In 1966, he developed the first set of automobile safety standards. In 1970, he developed an improved shoulder harness to restrain the upper body and prevent injuries that occur when the occupant hits the dashboard or windshield. States drafted the New York State seat belt law in 1983, the first such law in the US. Similar laws have now been adopted in 49 states, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration credits these laws with dramatically increasing seat belt use and decreasing injuries and fatalities from traffic accidents. States received the Distinguished Career Award from the", "title": "John D. States" }, { "docid": "12041657", "text": "interests was road safety and driving. He was a founding member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Road Trauma Committee, which was partially responsible for the introduction of compulsory seat belts in cars in Victoria, in 1970, the first state in the world to pass such a law (Seat belt legislation). In May 1965 Ryan supported a motion to investigate the causes of road accidents in Australia. In 1996 the Peter Ryan Prize for Surgical Research for final year St Vincent’s medical students was established in his honour. Peter John Ryan Peter John Ryan OAM, MS, FRCS, FRACS, FISA", "title": "Peter John Ryan" }, { "docid": "16359233", "text": "legality of seat belts varies from state to state, with the first state to pass the law requiring all passengers to wear a seat belt being New York on December 1, 1984. Currently, there are no countries whose automobiles do not offer seat belts and it is a standardized practice worldwide. During the development of the seat belt, the federal legislation created several agencies responsible for automobile and road safety: The National Traffic Safety Agency, the National Highway Safety Agency, and the National Highway Safety Bureau, which were merged by the 1970 Highway Safety Act into the combined National Highway", "title": "Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc." }, { "docid": "6226933", "text": "On March 1, 1971, he was named a minister without portfolio when Davis replaced Robarts as Premier. He was re-elected with a much increased majority in the 1971 election. He was promoted to Minister of Public Works and Minister of Government Services on February 2, 1972. The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a minority government in the 1975 election. Snow was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Oakville, and was promoted to Minister of Transportation and Communications on October 7, 1975. During his time as minister, he introduced mandatory seat belt legislation for adults and child restraint seats for children.", "title": "James Snow" }, { "docid": "702837", "text": "claiming that the devices were unfeasible and inappropriate. Chrysler made a driver-side airbag standard on 1988–1989 models, but it was not until the early 1990s that airbags became widespread in American cars. Airbags for passenger cars were introduced in the United States in the mid-1970s, when seat belt usage rates in the country were quite low. Ford built an experimental fleet of cars with airbags in 1971, followed by General Motors in 1973 on Chevrolet vehicles. The early fleet of experimental GM vehicles equipped with airbags experienced seven fatalities, one of which was later suspected to have been caused by", "title": "Airbag" }, { "docid": "619848", "text": "initial delivery in 1958, replaced with the three-point seat belt the following year. The three-point belt was developed by Nils Bohlin who had earlier also worked on ejection seats at Saab. Volvo then made the new seat belt design patent open in the interest of safety and made it available to other car manufacturers for free. The BIS is a three-point harness with the shoulder belt attached to the seat itself, rather than to the vehicle structure. The first car using this system was the Range Rover Classic. Fitment was standard on the front seats from 1970. Some cars like", "title": "Seat belt" } ]

[ { "docid": "3641565", "text": "buses. Those below the age of six are prohibited to occupy the front seats of motor vehicles even if wearing a seat belt. Jeepneys are only required to have lap belts for the front seat passengers and the driver. The table below gives an overview of when seat belt legislation was first introduced in different countries. It includes both regional and national legislation. <nowiki>*</nowiki> - actually only vehicles registered after 15 June 1976; in previous registered vehicles fitting is optional † - required by the law, but no penalty for violation at the time ‡ - required by the law,", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "3641556", "text": "Ontario was the first province to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts. In the United Kingdom, seat belts must be worn at all times if they are fitted to a vehicle unless reversing. Passengers may be exempt from wearing a seat belt for different reasons. Since September 18, 2006, children travelling in the UK must also use an appropriate child seat in addition to the standard seat belt, unless they are 12 years old and/or have reached at least in height. In the UK, a requirement for anchorage points was introduced in 1965, followed by", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "20286345", "text": "Traffic Management and Punishment Law. His efforts were largely unsuccessful until 2006, when Jason Hu and his wife were hurt in a similar incident. Though fines were introduced for drivers if passengers were not wearing seat belts while traveling on freeways, a related proposal to make seat belt use compulsory did not pass at the time. A bill proposed by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 2011 was later passed and took effect as law, with a special provision that placed fines directly on the passengers of taxis if they did not comply with verbal and written instructions for", "title": "Chen Tsiao-long" }, { "docid": "10402929", "text": "Seat belt laws in the United States Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions. This law has since been modified to require three-point seat belts in outboard-seating positions, and finally three-point seat belts in all seating positions. Initially, seat belt use was voluntary. New York was the", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" }, { "docid": "619885", "text": "belt law allows an officer to issue a citation for lack of seatbelt use without any other citation, whereas a secondary seat belt law allows an officer to issue a seat belt citation only in the presence of a different violation. In the United States, fifteen states enforce secondary laws, while 34 states, as well as the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, enforce primary seat belt laws. New Hampshire lacks both a primary and secondary seat belt law. Some have proposed that the number of deaths was influenced by", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "11330735", "text": "signed autographs following the performance. Covington died in an automobile accident in Palm Springs, California, on June 4, 2013. He slammed into a retaining wall after losing control of his car at a curve in the road. He was 67. There is controversy as to whether he was wearing a seat belt. A witness removed the seat belt and was administering CPR before paramedics and law enforcement arrived at the scene. Later photos taken of the seat belt show the car's airbag indentation marks on the seat belt when the airbag deployed. According to Palm Springs Police, alcohol and drugs", "title": "Joey Covington" }, { "docid": "3641561", "text": "reach the age of 15. A primary offense means that a police officer can pull a driver over for the seat belt law violation alone, and secondary offense indicates that one can be punished for a seat belt law violation only if they are already pulled over for another reason. By January 2007 25 states and the District of Columbia had primary seat belt laws, 24 had secondary seat belt laws, and New Hampshire had no laws. In 2009, Public Health Law Research published several evidence briefs summarizing the research assessing the effect of a specific law or policy on", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "619883", "text": "of death and serious injury. One large observation studying using US data showed that the odds ratio of crash death is 0.46 with a three-point belt, when compared with no belt. In another study that examined injuries presenting to the ER pre- and post-seat belt law introduction, it was found that 40% more escaped injury and 35% more escaped mild and moderate injuries. The effects of seat belt laws are disputed by those who observe that their passage did not reduce road fatalities. There was also concern that instead of legislating for a general protection standard for vehicle occupants, laws", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "619839", "text": "1955) offered seat belts as options, while Swedish Saab first introduced seat belts as standard in 1958. After the Saab GT 750 was introduced at the New York Motor Show in 1958 with safety belts fitted as standard, the practice became commonplace. Glenn Sheren, of Mason, Michigan, submitted a patent application on March 31, 1955 for an automotive seat belt and was awarded US Patent 2,855,215 in 1958. This was a continuation of an earlier patent application that Mr. Sheren had filed on September 22, 1952. However, the first modern three point seat belt (the so-called \"CIR-Griswold restraint\") used in", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "10402936", "text": "that mandatory-seatbelt laws reduced traffic fatalities by 8% and serious traffic-related injuries by 9%, respectively. Primary-seatbelt laws seem to be more effective at reducing crash deaths than secondary laws. Seat belt laws in the United States Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions. This law has since", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" }, { "docid": "11312760", "text": "requiring seat belt use by at least all occupants of the front seat. New Hampshire is the only state with no such requirement for adults (anyone under eighteen must use a seat belt). Some states also require rear seat occupants to wear seat belts. In 24 states, the seat belt law is considered to be only a \"secondary offense\", meaning that a police officer can only ticket a person for violating the seat belt law if the driver has already been stopped for another reason. The effectiveness of seat belt laws varies considerably throughout the country, with some areas observing", "title": "Driving in the United States" }, { "docid": "619855", "text": "first introduced pretensioners on the 1981 S-Class. In the event of a crash, a pretensioner will tighten the belt almost instantaneously. This reduces the motion of the occupant in a violent crash. Like airbags, pretensioners are triggered by sensors in the car's body, and many pretensioners have used explosively expanding gas to drive a piston that retracts the belt. Pretensioners also lower the risk of \"submarining\", which occurs when a passenger slides forward under a loosely fitted seat belt. Some systems also pre-emptively tighten the belt during fast accelerations and strong decelerations, even if no crash has happened. This has", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "15752483", "text": "separate child restraint laws. A subsequent offense may be higher. Seat belt legislation in Canada Seat belt legislation in Canada is left to the provinces. All provinces in Canada have primary enforcement seat belt laws, which allow a police officer to stop and ticket a driver if s/he observes a violation. Ontario was the first province to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on January 1, 1976. This table contains a brief summary of all seatbelt laws in Canada. This list includes only seatbelt laws, which often do not", "title": "Seat belt legislation in Canada" }, { "docid": "15752482", "text": "Seat belt legislation in Canada Seat belt legislation in Canada is left to the provinces. All provinces in Canada have primary enforcement seat belt laws, which allow a police officer to stop and ticket a driver if s/he observes a violation. Ontario was the first province to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on January 1, 1976. This table contains a brief summary of all seatbelt laws in Canada. This list includes only seatbelt laws, which often do not themselves apply to children; however, all provinces and territories have", "title": "Seat belt legislation in Canada" }, { "docid": "10830165", "text": "introduced a kite-mark BS 3254 for car seats, and Britax was one of the first to comply to the standard. In 1960, one of their seatbelts saved Donald Campbell when he crashed at 400 mph. Its belts were made from Terylene (now known as PET) made by ICI. Also in 1960 it bought the Cyclemaster motorcycle company in Byfleet. In June 1963, it introduced a new type of seat belt that allowed the belt to move but locked in rapid deceleration, as all belts are now today, known as inertia reel, and which it called an 'automatic belt'. In the", "title": "Britax" }, { "docid": "3622236", "text": "was amber, turning left in front of oncoming traffic, and gaps in following distance) were measured at various sites before and after the law. Changes in these behaviors in Newfoundland were similar to those in Nova Scotia, except that drivers in Newfoundland drove slower on expressways after the law, contrary to the risk compensation theory . In Britain in 1981 at a time when the government was considering the introduction of seat belt legislation, John Adams of University College London, suggested that there was no convincing evidence of a correlation between the seat-belt legislation and reductions injuries and fatalities based", "title": "Risk compensation" }, { "docid": "619847", "text": "belt is a Y-shaped arrangement, similar to the separate lap and sash belts, but unitized. Like the separate lap-and-sash belt, in a collision the three-point belt spreads out the energy of the moving body over the chest, pelvis, and shoulders. Volvo introduced the first production three-point belt in 1959. The first car with a three-point belt was a Volvo PV 544 that was delivered to a dealer in Kristianstad on August 13, 1959. However, the first car model to feature the three-point seat belt as a standard item was the 1959 Volvo 122, first outfitted with a two-point belt at", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "3641554", "text": "Seat belt legislation Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of deaths on the road have been prevented. Different laws apply in different countries to the wearing of seat belts. In Australia, after the introduction of mandatory front outboard mounting points in 1964, the use of seat belts by all vehicle passengers was made compulsory in the", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "5665388", "text": "Atwater v. City of Lago Vista Atwater v. Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court decision which held that a person's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the subject is arrested for driving without a seatbelt. The court ruled that such an arrest for a misdemeanor that is punishable only by a fine does not constitute an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. Texas law provides for police officer discretion in arresting any person caught committing a misdemeanor, such as violating its mandatory seat belt laws. Violation of its seat belt law in 1999", "title": "Atwater v. City of Lago Vista" }, { "docid": "3641573", "text": "argued that seat belt legislation was \"coercive\" and that \"a mandatory-seat-belt law violates the right to bodily privacy and self-control\". A counterpoint to the libertarian view is that by reducing death and serious injury, mandatory seat belt use and enforcement of seat belt laws results in substantial social benefits. For example, an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in 2010 non-fatal injuries to motor vehicle occupants cost the United States $48 billion in medical expenses and lost work. An example is an unbelted driver who kills or injures another road user because he/she slides out", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "17946087", "text": "supporter of the proposed mandatory seat-belt law. The mandatory seat-belt law passed the House on July 16, 1985 and, after it passed the Senate, was signed into law. The law was struck down by voters via a ballot question in the 1986 election. In 1987, Woodward supported a bill that would raise the age for mandatory car-seat restraints from 5 to 12. He also sponsored legislation that would require the installation of breath alcohol ignition interlock devices on cars of repeat drunk driving offenders. Woodward opposed the \"Gay Rights Bill\", which prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation in the areas", "title": "Francis H. Woodward" }, { "docid": "2141508", "text": "protests against petrol rationing, which was repealed in 1950. The organisation campaigned for the compulsory wearing of seat belts, and for the introduction of unleaded petrol. Seat belt legislation became law in the United Kingdom in 1983 as required by the Transport Act 1981. They have lobbied successive governments over what they describe as 'unfair motoring taxes'. In February 1972, the AA relocated from its central London offices to Basingstoke. It began broadcasting \"AA Roadwatch\" traffic reports on commercial radio stations the following year. \"AA Relay\" was also introduced in 1973, a service that will deliver a broken down vehicle,", "title": "The Automobile Association" }, { "docid": "619861", "text": "was strong lobbying against the passive restraint requirement by the auto industry. Adams was criticized by Ralph Nader, who said that the 1983 deadline was too late. The VW Rabbit also offered this safety feature. By early 1978, Volkswagen had reported 90,000 Rabbits sold with automatic seat belts. General Motors introduced a three-point non-motorized passive belt system in 1980 to comply with the passive restraint requirement. However, it was used as an active lap-shoulder belt because of unlatching the belt to exit the vehicle. Despite this common practice, field studies of belt use still showed an increase in wearing rates", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "619890", "text": "will be injury free if an impact were to occur. Seatbelts in buses are sometimes believed to make recovering from a roll or tip harder for students and staff as they could be easily trapped in their own safety belt. In 2015, for the first time, NHTSA endorsed seat belts on school buses. In the European Union, all new long distance buses and coaches must be fitted with seat belts. Australia has required lap/sash seat belts in new coaches since 1994. These must comply with Australian Design Rule 68, which requires the seat belt, seat and seat anchorage to withstand", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "702856", "text": "Traverse, Acadia, and Enclave will be the first vehicles to use a center airbag for center passengers in the front row. The seat belt airbag is designed to better distribute the forces experienced by a buckled person in a crash by means of increased seat belt area. This is done to reduce possible injuries to the rib cage or chest of the belt wearer. Cessna Aircraft also introduced seat belt airbags. They are as of 2003 standard on the 172, 182, and 206. Airbag(s) mounted to the exterior of vehicles, so called \"pedestrian airbags\", are designed to reduce injuries in", "title": "Airbag" }, { "docid": "3641564", "text": "1995, and those weighing more than 3.5 tons are exempted from this rule. The third and fourth stages, which will deal with baby and child seats and the number of passengers in a vehicle, have not taken effect. In the Philippines, a seat belt law, Republic Act No. 8750, was approved in August 5, 1999. The law took effect in 2000 and requires all public and private vehicles, except motorcycles and tricycles, to have their front seats equipped with seat belts. Front seats as defined by the law includes the first row of seats behind the driver for public utility", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "13618111", "text": "teachable moment is often best demonstrated with a significant emotional or traumatic event, the emphasis being on the 'moment' versus the lesson. An example would be, after a high-speed motor vehicle accident, when the use of a seat belt has obviously saved a life, or conversely, when the lack of a seat belt has caused loss of life. Law enforcement and first responders are often taught and encouraged to use appropriate situations to 'teach' the public. Teachable moments are not limited to episodes following error or miscreancy, where vulnerability opens the learner to teaching. There is also much work on", "title": "Teachable moment" }, { "docid": "12133726", "text": "to exclude their LGBT co-workers. Russo pointed out that rather than being only a liberal issue, it was a conservative judge, a Bush appointee, who said, \"It's hard to avoid the inference, 'We lack ethics, we lack integrity because these people are here.'\" In 2007, Russo was caught in a law enforcement campaign to catch seat belt scofflaws. Russo was ticketed and the incident ended up in the local media. In a \"San Francisco Chronicle\" interview, Russo acknowledged that he wasn't wearing his seat belt when he was pulled over by officers at about 5:30 p.m. on Piedmont Avenue in", "title": "John A. Russo (politician)" }, { "docid": "12368334", "text": "moldings became thinner, and most American Civics received automatic seat belts due to changes in federal highway safety law. The sedan and wagon featured powered automatic shoulder belts that retracted from the b-pillar to a position halfway down the a-pillar when the door was open, while the hatchback received a standard style shoulder and lap belt mechanism that was attached to the door and was intended to remain buckled at all times. While this setup did satisfy the federal regulations, the front doors had to be opened very wide to allow access between the belt and the seat. Many Civic", "title": "Honda Civic (fourth generation)" }, { "docid": "3641559", "text": "belts have been mandatory equipment since the 1968 model year per Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. New York State passed the first law in the US mandating the use of seat belts in 1984 under the leadership of John D. States, an orthopedic surgeon who dedicated his career to improving automotive safety. Depending on which state a driver is in, not wearing a seat belt in the front seat is either a primary offense or a secondary offense, with the exception of New Hampshire, which does not have a law requiring people over age 18 to wear a seat", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "2163995", "text": "NHTSA program was gradually expanded in scope. In 1984, New York State passed the first U.S. law requiring seat belt use in passenger cars. Seat belt laws have since been adopted by 49 states (New Hampshire has not). NHTSA estimates the resulting increased seat belt use saves 10,000 per year in the United States. In 1986, the central 3rd brake light was mandated in North America with most of the world following with similar standards in automotive lighting. In 1989, companies in Israel implemented Advanced Brake Warning systems, where the driver would be alerted as to how hard the driver", "title": "Automobile safety" }, { "docid": "3641558", "text": "be fitted with seat belts. In one such attempt in 1979 similar claims for potential lives and injuries saved were advanced. William Rodgers, then Secretary of State for Transport in the Callaghan Labour Government (1976–1979), stated: \"On the best available evidence of accidents in this country - evidence which has not been seriously contested - compulsion could save up to 1000 lives and 10,000 injuries a year.\" In the United States, seat belt legislation varies by state. The state of Wisconsin introduced legislation in 1961 requiring seat belts to be fitted to the front outboard seat positions of cars. Seat", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "6346795", "text": "when usage fell by one percent, and 2017 when usage fell by four tenths of one percent. Seat belt use rates in the United States Seat belt use rates in the United States has been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 90% in 2016. Seat belt use in the country in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 70.2% in New Hampshire to a maximum of 96.9% in Georgia. 19 states had use rates above 90%. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2008 survey, seat belt use remained lower among 16- to 24-year-olds than other age groups, with", "title": "Seat belt use rates in the United States" }, { "docid": "10402932", "text": "properly restrained is a primary offense and brings a much larger fine.) If a driver commits a primary violation (e.g., for speeding) he may additionally be charged for not wearing a seatbelt. In most states the seat belt law was originally a secondary offense; in many it was later changed to a primary offense: California was the first state to do this, in 1993. Of the 30 with primary seat belt laws, all but 8, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas, originally had only secondary enforcement laws. This table contains a brief summary of", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" }, { "docid": "3198173", "text": "efforts failed to significantly affect usage in large, metropolitan areas, and in by the end of the effort, national seat belt usage had reached only 15%. In 1984, New York became the first state to enact a mandatory seat belt use law, and by 1990 37 other states had followed suit. The vast majority of these laws were \"secondary safety belt laws\", meaning that an officer had to observe another traffic violation before issuing a citation for a seat belt infraction. Despite this, the national usage rate climbed from 15% to 50%. The national television ad [airing] on several major", "title": "Click It or Ticket" }, { "docid": "4511211", "text": "An additional point was scored for the seat belt reminder that is provided for the driver. In 2008, the Getz was also assessed with four stars out of five by the Australasian NCAP, based on the test performed by the Euro NCAP. In Australia, the 2002–04 Getz was assessed in the 2006 Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR) as providing \"significantly worse than average\" protection for its occupants in the event of a crash. In late 2008, the i20 was introduced, replacing the Getz in most markets. In Europe, the Getz co-existed with the i20 until it was completely phased out", "title": "Hyundai Getz" }, { "docid": "10402935", "text": "damages far greater than if they had been using a seatbelt. However, when in court, most states protect motorists from having their damages reduced in a lawsuit due to the nonuse of a seatbelt, even if they were acting in violation of the law by not wearing the seatbelt. Currently, damages may be reduced for the nonuse of a seatbelt in 16 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida (See F.S.A. 316.614(10)), Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Seat belt laws are effective in reducing car crash deaths. One study found", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" }, { "docid": "3641570", "text": "precautions they take against crashes. Adams accepts the hypothesis that wearing seat belts improves a vehicle occupant’s chances of surviving a crash. In order to explain the disparity between the agreed improvement in crash survival and the observed results, Adams and Wilde argue that protecting someone from the consequences of risky behaviour may tend to encourage greater risk taking. Wilde states, \"to compel a person to use protection from the consequences of hazardous driving, as seat belt laws do, is to encourage hazardous driving. A fine for non-compliance will encourage seat belt use, but the fact that the law fails", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "3641566", "text": "but low enforcement ♣ - definitely introduced by this date, possibly earlier Studies by road safety authorities conclude that seat belt legislation has reduced the number of casualties in road accidents. Experiments using both crash test dummies and human cadavers also indicated that wearing seat belts should lead to reduced risk of death and injury in car crashes. Studies of accident outcomes suggest that fatality rates among car occupants are reduced by between 30 and 50 percent if seat belts are worn. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that death risks for a driver wearing a lap-shoulder", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "2373430", "text": "in 1964 and introduced its own booster seat in 1978. In 1991, the 960 introduced the first three-point seat belt for the middle of the rear seat and a child safety cushion integrated in the middle armrest. Also in 1991, it introduced the Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) on the 700, 940/960 and 850 models, which channels the force of a side impact away from the doors and into the safety cage. In 1994, to add to its SIPS, Volvo was the first to introduce side airbags and installed them as standard equipment in all models from 1995. At the", "title": "Volvo Cars" }, { "docid": "619888", "text": "accounting for the endogeneity of seatbelt usage, Cohen and Einav found no evidence that the risk compensation effect makes seatbelt wearing drivers more dangerous, a finding at variance with other research. Other statistical analyses have included adjustments for factors such as increased traffic, and other factors such as age, and based on these adjustments, a reduction of morbidity and mortality due to seat belt use has been claimed. However, Smeed's law predicts a fall in accident rate with increasing car ownership and has been demonstrated independently of seat belt legislation. In the US, six states—California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, New", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "8651663", "text": "a maximum combined weight (comprising both seat and child) of 33kg. The center-to-center distance between the anchors of ISOFIX (and also LATCH) systems is 280 mm. For Group 2/3 seats there is a system called ISOFIT which anchors the seat to the vehicle so it cannot slide around when not in use. In the case of Isofit, the child is held into the seat using the vehicle's existing seat belt system, not the safety seat's straps. On September 19, 2014, the Australian government legalized the use of ISOFIX child seats. Prior to this date, their sale (and use) in Australia", "title": "Isofix" }, { "docid": "18984872", "text": "Ward Belt, South Australia Ward Belt (originally known as \"Ward's Belt\") is a locality to the west of Gawler in South Australia. The area was named after James Ward and his wife, who arrived in South Australia in the \"Olivia\" in 1853. The area is predominantly used for grain, beef and sheep farming. When the Max Fatchen Expressway was completed in 2011, it divided Buchfelde so the portion north of the expressway was reassigned to Ward Belt. This included the area of the Gawler Aerodrome which was formerly in Buchfelde but is now in Ward Belt. The foundation stone for", "title": "Ward Belt, South Australia" }, { "docid": "19892723", "text": "Canowie Belt, South Australia Canowie Belt is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the \"long established local name\". The name is adapted from \"Kanya-owie\", an Aboriginal word for \"rock waterhole\", and was associated with the Canowie Station pastoral lease. A school at Canowie Belt opened as \"Yongala Blocks\" in 1904 and closed in 1967. The school had suffered early difficulties when it was found that the walls \"cracked badly\" after only ten weeks of usage. Canowie Belt", "title": "Canowie Belt, South Australia" }, { "docid": "619834", "text": "Seat belt A seat belt (also known as a seatbelt or safety belt) is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt functions to reduce the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision by reducing the force of secondary impacts with interior strike hazards, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped) and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the vehicle rolls over. When in", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "14480526", "text": "and lower seat stays then fold over as the main frame folds – the whole bike collapses under its own weight.\" The Picnica was apparently commercially successful, but was offered mainly in Japan, where it sold for around 35 000 Japanese yen. The belt-drive version retailed for 45 000 yen. Bridgestone Picnica The Bridgestone Picnica (Japanese: Burijisuton Pikunika: ブリヂストン 「ピクニカ」) line of collapsible bikes, some models featuring belt-drives, were introduced in the early 1980s and carried in the Bridgestone Cycle USA catalogs from 1985 through 1990. It weighs 29 pounds, and belt-drive models use a tooth-belt drive like auto timing", "title": "Bridgestone Picnica" }, { "docid": "2815481", "text": "for more effective seat belt protection and automatic application of the brakes to lessen the severity of the predicted crash. The E-Pretensioner would also work to reduce seat belt slack whenever the brakes are applied and the brake assist system is activated. A styling update appeared on November 4, 2005, changing both the front grille and rear tail lights. LED was introduced for the rear tail lights. In September 2002, a straight-4 DOHC i-VTEC 2.4 L K24A engine was made available on the USA-spec vehicle only. This model was also sold in parts of Southeast Asia as the Honda Accord", "title": "Honda Inspire" }, { "docid": "12573530", "text": "controversial, with notable critics such as Professor John Adams suggesting that their use may lead to a net increase in road casualties due to a phenomenon known as risk compensation. However, actual observation of driver behaviors before and after seat belt laws does not support the risk compensation hypothesis. Several important driving behaviors were observed on the road before and after the belt use law was enforced in Newfoundland, and in Nova Scotia during the same period without a law. Belt use increased from 16 percent to 77 percent in Newfoundland and remained virtually unchanged in Nova Scotia. Four driver", "title": "Traffic collision" }, { "docid": "3641571", "text": "to increase people's desire to be safe encourages compensatory behaviour.\" Studies and experiments have been carried out to examine the risk compensation theory. In one experiment subjects were asked to drive go-karts around a track under various conditions. It was found that subjects who started driving belted did not drive any slower when subsequently unbelted, but those who started driving unbelted did drive consistently faster when subsequently belted. A study of habitual non-seat belt wearers driving in freeway conditions found evidence that they had adapted to seat belt use by adopting higher driving speeds and closer following distances. In another", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "6346794", "text": "rate of 75%. The survey also found that seat belt use continued to be higher among females (86%) than males (79%). According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2013 survey, seat belt use in jurisdictions with stronger seatbelt enforcement laws continue to exhibit generally higher use rates than those with weaker laws. The following list shows the national percentage of vehicle occupants using seat belts between 1983 and 2017: The only years in which the rate did not increase over the previous year were 1994 when usage fell by eight percent, 1996 when usage fell by seven percent, 2006", "title": "Seat belt use rates in the United States" }, { "docid": "11707898", "text": "1970s/early 1980s. Coachways are coach interchanges built close to motorway/trunk road junctions which link to local transport, as distinct from interchanges in the middle of towns. Speed limiters were introduced in coaches in 1988. These were initially set at 70 mph, but reduced to 65 mph in 1994. In 1993 ten people died in a coach crash on the M2 motorway, provoking calls to make the it compulsory to wear a seat belt. (In 2006 a regulation was passed to require all passengers over the age of 3 years to wear a seat belt if one is available. Previous legislation", "title": "Coach transport in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "702840", "text": "a standard mandating a particular technical solution, which could rapidly become outdated and might not be a cost-effective approach. Nevertheless, as countries successively mandated seat belt restraints, there was less emphasis placed on other designs for several decades. The auto industry and research and regulatory communities have moved away from their initial view of the airbag as a seat belt replacement, and the bags are now nominally designated as Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or Supplemental Inflatable Restraints. In 1981, Mercedes-Benz introduced the airbag in West Germany as an option on its flagship saloon model, S-Class (W126). In the Mercedes system,", "title": "Airbag" }, { "docid": "10402931", "text": "officer may only stop or cite a driver for a seatbelt violation if the driver committed another primary violation (such as speeding, running a stop sign, etc.) at the same time. New Hampshire is the only U.S. state that does not by law require adult drivers to wear safety belts while operating a motor vehicle. In 15 of the 50 states, the seat belt law is considered a secondary offense, which means that a police officer cannot stop and ticket a driver for the sole offense of not wearing a seatbelt. (One exception to this is Colorado, where children not", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" }, { "docid": "3641575", "text": "injuries notes, \"Seatbelts save lives. However, they may cause injury to adjacent structures and when they malfunction can cause injury to the abdominal viscera, bony skeleton and vascular structures. The motor industry has attempted to reduce these injuries by modification of vehicle design and safety equipment.\" Seat belt legislation Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "1566524", "text": "legal battle, Goldman ultimately recognized Watson's invention and paid one dollar in damages for counterfeit, in exchange for which Watson granted Goldman an exclusive operating license (apart from the three licenses that had already been granted). In 1909, Bessie DeCamp invented a seat belt for chairs, go-carts or carriages. This was well before shopping carts with child seating areas were invented. Goldman introduced a child seating area on shopping carts in 1947. For whatever reason, it wasn't until 1967 that seat belts for shopping carts were introduced by David Allen. It was high tech for the time, because it was", "title": "Shopping cart" }, { "docid": "2487867", "text": "his ability to get legislation passed during the session. A right-to-work law and a repeal of the state's prevailing wage law – both advocated by Fletcher – failed early in the session, but both had been considered unlikely to pass before the session started. Among the bills that did pass the session were a mandatory seat belt law, a law requiring children under 16 years old to wear a helmet when operating an all-terrain vehicle, and legislation allowing the Ten Commandments to be posted on Capitol grounds in a historical context. The Assembly passed a biennial budget, but did not", "title": "Ernie Fletcher" }, { "docid": "20508998", "text": "Dolores Atiyeh Dolores Atiyeh (November 8, 1923 – August 29, 2016) was an American healthcare activist and advocate for the arts who served as the First Lady of Oregon from 1979 until 1987 during the administration of her husband, Governor Vic Atiyeh. As First Lady, Atiyeh lobbied for House Bill 2139, a mandatory children's immunization bill, which was passed in 1981, and championed a proposed mandatory seat belt rule for children under 5-years-old. The mandatory seat belt rule for children, a controversial proposal in the 1980s, became law in 1983. Atiyeh was born Dolores Hewitt, on November 8, 1923, in", "title": "Dolores Atiyeh" }, { "docid": "19892724", "text": "Post Office opened on 1 December 1902 and closed on 31 December 1946. Canowie Belt Baptist Church opened in 1904, but has since closed. In 1911, the church reported that \"the subject of baptism was not very prominent\" in their meetings so as to have regard for non-Baptist parishioners in their area. The Canowie Belt Hall opened in July 1909. Canowie Belt, South Australia Canowie Belt is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the \"long established local", "title": "Canowie Belt, South Australia" }, { "docid": "619860", "text": "a countermeasure against low usage rates of manual seat belts, particularly in the United States. The 1972 Volkswagen ESVW1 Experimental Safety Vehicle presented passive seat belts. Volvo tried to develop a passive three point seatbelt. In 1973, Volkswagen announced they had a functional passive seat belt. The first commercial car to use automatic seat belts was the 1975 Volkswagen Golf. Automatic seat belts received a boost in the United States in 1977 when Brock Adams, United States Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration, mandated that by 1983 every new car should have either airbags or automatic seat belts. There", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "4309867", "text": "\"Astron\" engines were initially imported, with the Lonsdale, South Australia engine plant producing the \"Astron\" from October 1979. Sigma SE offered equipment including five-position, reclining rear seats. An interior boot lid release, roof console (incorporating dome lamp, map reading lamp, seat belt and door ajar warning lamps), steel belt radial ply tyres, laminated windscreen, distinctive grille, smoked glass on all instrument dials, front seat back pockets, and \"Ivanhoe\" cloth trim were also standard with the SE (with leather optional). The SE was further distinguished by its body-coloured hubcaps with silver trim. From launch, Chrysler also offered a \"Sportspack\" option for", "title": "Chrysler Sigma" }, { "docid": "2822160", "text": "in the United Kingdom only requires wearing seat belts where these are fitted in the vehicle. While there was previously an exemption in the law meaning those making local deliveries were not required to wear a seat belt, which would in theory have included drivers and passengers in milk floats with seat belts fitted, the law was changed in 2005 to deliveries less than apart. In August 1967, the UK Electric Vehicle Association put out a press release stating that Britain had more battery-electric vehicles on its roads than the rest of the world put together. It is not clear", "title": "Milk float" }, { "docid": "1916254", "text": "steering boxes/racks are mounted behind the front axle on the front bulkhead, at the rear of the front crumple zone. Collapsible steering columns were invented by Béla Barényi and were introduced in the 1959 Mercedes-Benz W111 Fintail, along with crumple zones. This safety feature first appeared on cars built by General Motors after an extensive and very public lobbying campaign enacted by Ralph Nader. Ford started to install collapsible steering columns in 1968. Audi used a retractable steering wheel and seat belt tensioning system called procon-ten, but it has since been discontinued in favor of airbags and pyrotechnic seat belt", "title": "Steering" }, { "docid": "20127291", "text": "resultant damage. Seat belt syndrome Seat belt syndrome is a collective term that includes all injury profiles associated with the use of seat belts. It is defined classically as a \"seat belt sign\" (seat belt marks on the body) plus an intra-abdominal organ injury (e.g. bowel perforations) and/or thoraco-lumbar vertebral fractures. The seat-belt sign was originally described by Garrett and Braunstein in 1962 as linear ecchymosis of the abdominal wall following a motor vehicle accident. It is indicative of an internal injury in as many as 30% of cases seen in the emergency department. Disruption of the abdominal wall musculature", "title": "Seat belt syndrome" }, { "docid": "20127289", "text": "Seat belt syndrome Seat belt syndrome is a collective term that includes all injury profiles associated with the use of seat belts. It is defined classically as a \"seat belt sign\" (seat belt marks on the body) plus an intra-abdominal organ injury (e.g. bowel perforations) and/or thoraco-lumbar vertebral fractures. The seat-belt sign was originally described by Garrett and Braunstein in 1962 as linear ecchymosis of the abdominal wall following a motor vehicle accident. It is indicative of an internal injury in as many as 30% of cases seen in the emergency department. Disruption of the abdominal wall musculature can also", "title": "Seat belt syndrome" }, { "docid": "3641572", "text": "study, taxi drivers who were habitual non-wearers were timed over a route with passengers who did, and others who did not, insist on the driver wearing a belt. They completed the route faster when belted. In addition to risk compensation, Adams has suggested other mechanisms that may lead to inaccurate or unsupportable predictions of positive benefits from seat belt legislation. Opponents have objected to the laws on libertarian principles. Some do so on the grounds that seat belt laws infringe on their civil liberties. For example, in a 1986 letter to the editor of the \"New York Times\", a writer", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "16359236", "text": "\"jackknife\" over her lap belt, causing internal bleeding and eventual fatal injuries. Delbert and his daughter Alexa both survived the accident because of the type 2 seat belt they were able to use in their seated position. The survivors, Delbert and Alexa, brought the tort suit against Mazda in a California state court claiming that the van had a defective design because it was equipped with lap-only seat belts in the back seats, including where Thanh was sitting. Mazda responded with an argument in regards to the 1989 version of FMVSS 208 which preempted any state law tort claims and", "title": "Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc." }, { "docid": "7572052", "text": "Jennifer are arguing about whether they should wear seat belts when they ride in a car. Susan says that you should. Jennifer says you shouldn't... Jennifer says that she heard of an accident where a car fell into a lake and a woman was kept from getting out in time because of wearing her seat belt, and another accident where a seat belt kept someone from getting out of the car in time when there was a fire. What do you think about this?\" Jonathan Baron (2000) notes that subject X responded in the following manner: It is clear that", "title": "Neglect of probability" }, { "docid": "6311166", "text": "Australian sedition law Australian sedition law was an area of the criminal law of Australia relating to the crime of sedition. Effectively defunct for nearly half a century, these laws returned to public notice in 2005 when changes were included in an Anti-terrorism Bill announced by Prime Minister Howard prior to a \"counter-terrorism summit\" of the Council of Australian Governments on 27 September. The Bill was introduced on 3 November and passed into law on 6 December 2005 after government amendments adding some protection for the reporting of news and matters of public interest were introduced in response to community", "title": "Australian sedition law" }, { "docid": "12352421", "text": "the Commonwealth. Australian copyright law originates in British copyright law which was established by the British parliament through the Australian Courts Act 1828. The British Statute of Anne 1709, which awarded copyright protection to books, acted as a blueprint for the extension of copyright to new types of subject matter in the 18th and 19th Century. When copyright law was introduced into Australia in 1928 British copyright law had been extended beyond literary property to include engravings and sculptures. Over the course of the 19th century it was extended to other works, including paintings, drawings and photographs. Prior to Australia's", "title": "Copyright law of Australia" }, { "docid": "12104586", "text": "the seat belts. When activated, the CMBS has three warning stages. The first warning stage includes audible and visual warnings to brake. If ignored, the second stage would include the E-Pretensioner's tugging on the shoulder portion of the seat belt two to three times as an additional tactile warning to the driver to take action. The third stage, in which the CMBS predicts that a collision is unavoidable, includes full seat belt slack takeup by the E-Pretensioner for more effective seat belt protection and automatic application of the brakes to lessen the severity of the predicted crash. The E-Pretensioner would", "title": "Collision avoidance system" }, { "docid": "20509000", "text": "First Lady of Oregon from 1979 to 1987 during Governor Atiyeh's two terms in office. In addition to the more traditional roles as first lady, Atiyeh championed a range of policy issues related to health, safety, and the arts during her tenure. She helped to shepherd a mandatory children's immunization bill through Oregon legislature, which was signed into law in 1981. However, the first lady faced a tougher political fight over a proposed seat belt rule for children under 5-years-old during Governor Atiyeh's second term. The children's seat belt bill proved controversial, but ultimately passed in 1983 due to lobbying", "title": "Dolores Atiyeh" }, { "docid": "619882", "text": "who drove Hondas with seat belt reminders used a seat belt, while 84% of people who drove Hondas without seat belt reminders used a seat belt. Observational studies of car crash morbidity and mortality, experiments using both crash test dummies and human cadavers indicate that wearing seat belts greatly reduces the risk of death and injury in the majority of car crashes. This has led many countries to adopt mandatory seat belt wearing laws. It is generally accepted that, in comparing like-for-like accidents, a vehicle occupant not wearing a properly fitted seat belt has a significantly and substantially higher chance", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "10392258", "text": "trails multiple times a day by one of the park rangers. The goats keep the overgrowth of the grass, bushes, and weeds at bay. The park also has some fowl that control the tick population as an alternative to insecticides. The park is named after Norman J. Levy, who was a New York State Senator and a champion for the environment. He sponsored the first mandatory seat belt law in the United States. There were signs put up on Meadowbrook Parkway to honor his role in the seat belt legislation. Norman Levy Park and Preserve Norman Levy Park and Preserve", "title": "Norman Levy Park and Preserve" }, { "docid": "3641562", "text": "public health. One stated, \"Safety belt laws work, but there is strong evidence to support that primary enforcement safety belt laws are more effective than secondary enforcement laws in increasing seat belt use and reducing crash injuries.\" Another found that \"there is strong evidence that enhanced seat belt enforcement interventions can substantially increase seat belt use and its associated benefits.\" In many developing countries, pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaw operators and moped users represent the majority of road users. In India, all cars manufactured after March 25, 1994 are equipped with front seat belts. The rule was extended for rear seats in", "title": "Seat belt legislation" }, { "docid": "13801169", "text": "Yilgarn. When Western Australia introduced representative government in 1870, he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council seat of Fremantle. He was instead made an unofficial member of the chamber, and became an official member of the Legislative Council when he won the seat of Fremantle in 1873. He transferred to the Legislative Assembly, when that body was created in 1890, winning the district of Fremantle. He was made commissioner of crown lands and minister for mines that same year by Premier John Forrest. According to R. T. Appleyard, \"[u]nder Marmion the gold-mining industry became the economic vehicle which transformed a", "title": "William Marmion" }, { "docid": "619872", "text": "1967, Volvo started to install lap belts in the rear seats. In 1972, Volvo upgraded the rear seat belts to a three-point belt. In crashes, unbelted rear passengers increase the risk of belted front seat occupants' death by nearly five times. As with adult drivers and passengers, the advent of seat belts was accompanied by calls for their use by child occupants, including legislation requiring such use. Generally children using adult seat belts suffer significantly lower injury risk when compared to non-buckled children. The UK extended compulsory seatbelt wearing to child passengers under the age of 14 in 1989. It", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "702855", "text": "the passenger seat. This is to prevent the pelvis from diving below the lap belt during a frontal impact or submarining. Later Toyota models such as the Yaris added the feature to the driver's seat as well. In 2009, Toyota developed the first production rear-seat center airbag designed to reduce the severity of secondary injuries to rear passengers in a side collision. This system deploys from the rear center seat first appearing in on the redesigned Crown Majesta. In late 2012 General Motors with supplier Takata introduced a front center airbag, it deploys from the driver's seat. The 2013 GM", "title": "Airbag" }, { "docid": "5462290", "text": "Grain Belt (beer) Grain Belt is a brand of beer brewed in the American state of Minnesota, by the August Schell Brewing Company. The beer has been produced in a number of varieties. Grain Belt Golden was the original style introduced in 1893. The current offerings are: Grain Belt Premium, first introduced in 1947; Grain Belt Premium Light; Grain Belt Nordeast, introduced in April 7, 2010; and the newest offering, Grain Belt Lock & Dam, introduced in 2016. It was originally produced by the Minneapolis Brewing Company which formed with the merger of four smaller brewers in 1891. Soon after", "title": "Grain Belt (beer)" }, { "docid": "16844712", "text": "a 255 hp 327 CID version was produced. Nash offered optional seat belts in some models by 1949, and in all models the following year. Ford followed suit in 1955, but it was the Swedish company Saab who introduced seat belts as standard equipment, in the Saab GT 750 shown at the 1958 New York Motor Show. The first modern three-point seat belt, the CIR-Griswold restraint used in most consumer vehicles today, was patented in 1955 (US patent 2,710,649) by the Americans Roger W. Griswold and Hugh DeHaven. It was developed into its modern form by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin", "title": "American automobile industry in the 1950s" }, { "docid": "7881836", "text": "of 24 July 1900, but again without success. On 24 April 1901, he won the seat of Greenough, holding it until the election of 28 June 1904, when he was defeated by John Nanson. The following year Nanson resigned the seat to study law in England, and Stone won the seat for a second time on 27 October 1905. This time he held it until the election of 11 September 1908, when he was again defeated by Nanson, who had returned to Western Australia that year. Stone continued to contest elections for the rest of his life, contesting a further", "title": "Patrick Stone" }, { "docid": "3061888", "text": "belts\"; \"Don't forget your keys\"; \"Thank you\" (after fastening seat belt, closing the door tightly or removing the key from the ignition switch); \"Your engine oil pressure is low - prompt service is required\". Also standard was a Landau vinyl roof with electroluminescent opera lamps. This was the only Chrysler New Yorker generation with an inline-four engine. 1983 was a limited production year for the FWD New Yorker. When introduced in 1983, it shared many elements with the Chrysler E-Class and had a waterfall grille that was slightly different from the 1984-1988 versions. Restyled wraparound taillights and a revised front", "title": "Chrysler New Yorker" }, { "docid": "6523841", "text": "the child is large enough to use an adult seat belt. This is usually, but not always, when the child is 1.49 (4ft 9in) tall. The child needs to meet five criteria before moving out of the booster seat, including the child's seating position, shoulder belt position, lap belt position, knee position, and ability to sit properly for the length of the trip. Generally, countries that regulate passenger safety have child safety laws that require a child to be restrained appropriately depending on their age and weight. These regulations and standards are often minimums, and with each graduation to the", "title": "Child safety seat" }, { "docid": "3973313", "text": "the engine bay. The use of self-levelling rear air suspension available in Caprice brought advantages when hauling heavy loads and improved vehicle dynamics when towing. Safety in the WH model was also enhanced, with the addition of side impact head & torso airbags and pyrotechnic seat belt pretensioners along with drivers steering wheel and passenger dashboard airbags all as standard. If the seat belt pretensioners trigger, the doors automatically unlock, both engine and fuel pump shut down and all interior lights will switch on. Also new to the WH are the electric wing mirrors, which when reversing, the passenger mirror", "title": "Holden Caprice" }, { "docid": "6346793", "text": "Seat belt use rates in the United States Seat belt use rates in the United States has been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 90% in 2016. Seat belt use in the country in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 70.2% in New Hampshire to a maximum of 96.9% in Georgia. 19 states had use rates above 90%. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2008 survey, seat belt use remained lower among 16- to 24-year-olds than other age groups, with a rate of 77%; and also was lower among African Americans than other races, with a use", "title": "Seat belt use rates in the United States" }, { "docid": "5993904", "text": "18° and then plunged to an extreme negative G of -0.824g. The NTSB investigation found a potential issue that could have prevented the death and many injuries. Nobody could remember hearing the typical fasten seat belt chime when the fasten seat belt light came on about two minutes before the turbulence event and no announcements of the fasten seat belt light being on were made in either English or Japanese. As a result of the incident, United Airlines released a bulletin entitled \"Turbulence Encounter and Passenger Fatality\" which went into detail the events of Flight 826 and emphasized the importance", "title": "United Airlines Flight 826" }, { "docid": "9547293", "text": "belts had been loose, but the lap belt was not broken or cut when the belts were unbuckled to cut Earnhardt from the car. However, NASCAR's investigation concluded that each of the EMTs who attended to Earnhardt after the crash reported that the buckle position of Earnhardt's harness was off-center by , which would have been impossible had the lap belt not broken. A subsequent medical investigation revealed that belt failure did not play a significant role in Earnhardt's death. At the time of the accident, Simpson Performance Products—the company which manufactured the seat belts—manufactured the seat belts used in", "title": "Death of Dale Earnhardt" }, { "docid": "619851", "text": "In NASCAR, the 6-point harness became popular after the death of Dale Earnhardt, who was wearing a five-point harness when he suffered his fatal crash; as it was first thought that his belt had broken, and broke his neck at impact, some teams ordered a six-point harness in response. Aerobatic aircraft frequently use a combination harness consisting of a five-point harness with a redundant lap-belt attached to a different part of the aircraft. While providing redundancy for negative-g manoeuvres (which lift the pilot out of the seat); they also require the pilot to un-latch two harnesses if it is necessary", "title": "Seat belt" }, { "docid": "15230688", "text": "Ford Mustang was introduced in April 17, 1964 during New York World's Fair. In 1965, Ford introduced the seat belt reminder light. With the 1980s, Ford introduced several highly successful vehicles around the world. During the 1980s, Ford began using the advertising slogan, \"Have you driven a Ford, lately?\" to introduce new customers to their brand and make their vehicles appear more modern. In 1990 and 1994 respectively, Ford also acquired Jaguar Cars and Aston Martin. During the mid- to late 1990s, Ford continued to sell large numbers of vehicles, in a booming American economy with a soaring stock market", "title": "Ford Motor Company" }, { "docid": "11942895", "text": "the alleged flash did not happen. There was some media discussion in April 2006 suggesting that Diana was a faithful seat belt user and therefore the fact that both her and Dodi's seat belts either failed or were not used was sinister and might suggest sabotage. Her sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale later said that Diana \"was religious in putting on her seat belt\". Other sources question if she did in fact use her seat belt all the time, as was suggested. \"What is certain is that she was not wearing a seat belt and this made things worse. We would", "title": "Death of Diana, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories" }, { "docid": "5665393", "text": "her seat belt, and drove her to the police station to be booked. According to the court document, \"booking officers had her remove her shoes, jewelry, and eyeglasses, and empty her pockets. Officers took Atwater's 'mug shot' and placed her alone in a jail cell for about one hour.\" A magistrate released Atwater on $310 bond. She later paid three $50 fines for each violation of Texas's seat belt law (one for her and each of her children). The charges of driving without a license and without proof of insurance were dismissed. Atwater and her husband, Michael Haas, an emergency", "title": "Atwater v. City of Lago Vista" }, { "docid": "5687808", "text": "belt design was made free for the public to use. In most industrial countries, occupants are required by law to use seat belts. Book Ref: Dredge, Richard. Volvo. Haynes Publishing: Sparkford, UK, November 2003 http://www.scienceheroes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=146 \"Safety Belt\", filed August 1959, issued July 1962. Nils Bohlin Nils Ivar Bohlin (July 17, 1920 – September 21, 2002) was a Swedish mechanical engineer and inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo. Born in Härnösand, Sweden, he received a diploma in mechanical engineering from Härnösand Läroverk in 1939. In 1942 he started working for the aircraft maker Saab as an", "title": "Nils Bohlin" }, { "docid": "10402930", "text": "first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on December 1, 1984. Officer Nicholas Cimmino of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety wrote the nation's first ticket for such violation. New Hampshire is the only state that has no enforceable laws for the wearing of seat belts in a vehicle. U.S. seatbelt laws may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement. Primary enforcement allows a police officer to stop and ticket a driver if he or she observes a violation. Secondary enforcement means that a police", "title": "Seat belt laws in the United States" } ]

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[ { "docid": "20282504", "text": "regular season games were broadcast exclusively in the United States on Facebook Watch, beginning with the April 4 game between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. 2018 Major League Baseball season The 2018 Major League Baseball season began on March 29, 2018. The regular season ended on October 1, extended a day for tiebreaker games to decide the winners of the National League Central and National League West divisions. The postseason began on October 2. The 2018 World Series began on October 23, and ended on October 28 with the Boston Red Sox defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in", "title": "2018 Major League Baseball season" }, { "docid": "20342056", "text": "2018 Washington Nationals season The 2018 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' 14th season as the baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, the 11th season at Nationals Park, and the 50th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The regular season began on March 29, 2018, and ended on September 30, 2018. Nationals Park hosted the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 17, 2018, the first time it hosted a Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the fifth MLB All-Star Game held in Washington, D.C., and the first since", "title": "2018 Washington Nationals season" } ]

[ { "docid": "20413520", "text": "2018 MLB Little League Classic The 2018 MLB Little League Classic was a regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game that was played on August 19, 2018, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, during the 2018 MLB season and the 2018 Little League World Series. The game was played between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. It was televised on ESPN's \"Sunday Night Baseball\" and MLB Network, and it also aired on ESPN Radio. On August 20, 2017, the first MLB Little League Classic was held as the Pirates beat the Cardinals, 6–3. Both teams entered the game within six games", "title": "2018 MLB Little League Classic" }, { "docid": "20413521", "text": "of the wild card. The game was widely publicized for its playoff implications. The game was aired nationally on ESPN \"Sunday Night Baseball\" and MLB Network. It was aired in Spanish on ESPN Deportes. The game was broadcast on ESPN Radio and Westwood One. It was streamed world-wide on ESPN.com and the ESPN app, as well as multiple streaming-based websites such as Hulu. 2018 MLB Little League Classic The 2018 MLB Little League Classic was a regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game that was played on August 19, 2018, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, during the 2018 MLB season and the", "title": "2018 MLB Little League Classic" }, { "docid": "20376786", "text": "Pearce had three RBIs on two home runs in the game, giving him a total of three home runs and eight RBIs in the series—he was named World Series MVP. The team's motto during the season, \"do damage\", became \"damage done\" upon their victory. Red Sox players who made their MLB debuts during the 2018 regular season: Notable transactions of/for players on the 40-man roster during the 2018 regular season: Boston's first 15 selections in the 2018 MLB draft, held on June 4–6, are listed below. All of the Red Sox' picks, through the 40 rounds of the draft, are", "title": "2018 Boston Red Sox season" }, { "docid": "20345585", "text": "the regular season against each other in Chicago since 1991. MLB pushed up the start of the 2018 season in order to accommodate the addition of four extra off-days during the six-month season. Busch Stadium ranked third out of the 30 baseball stadiums by \"Forbes\" magazine on March 19. The methodology includes: overall aesthetics of the ballpark design, including integration with additional structures, such as in Baltimore and San Diego; its setting; the visuals from within the seating bowl or surrounding views; the amenities offered at the facility; historic relevance; and external development that adds to the experience. AT&T Park", "title": "2018 St. Louis Cardinals season" }, { "docid": "18413219", "text": "his second major league start; he pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings against Toronto, giving up two hits and striking out three. Merritt is one of only two pitchers in MLB history to have started just one game in the regular season before pitching in the postseason, the other being Matt Moore. On July 13, 2018, Merritt was designated for assignment. After clearing waivers, Merritt was outrighted to the minor leagues on July 21. He elected free agency on November 3, 2018. On November 14, 2018, Merritt signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Ryan Merritt Ryan Adam", "title": "Ryan Merritt" }, { "docid": "17040503", "text": "start a regular-season MLB game at Hiram Bithorn; the first being Javier Vazquez, who made four starts there in 2003 with the Montreal Expos. Owning an 8-7 record with a 3.54 ERA over 18 starts, Berríos was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. In the All-Star Game, Berríos pitched one scoreless 5th inning, earning a hold in the game. Berríos has played for the Puerto Rican national team twice, in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, winning in both tournaments the silver medal. Berríos is married to Jannieliz Márquez. They have three children:", "title": "José Berríos" }, { "docid": "7393737", "text": "its teams open the 2011 season on a Thursday (March 31) or Friday (April 1) rather than the traditional Monday, in order to prevent the World Series from extending into November. Similarly, most teams opened the 2012 season on Thursday (April 5) or Friday (April 6). However, subsequent seasons through 2017 returned to Monday openers for most teams. For the 2018 season, all 30 teams were scheduled to open the season on Thursday, March 29 (the earliest domestic start for a regular season in MLB history, and the first time since 1968 that all major league teams were scheduled to", "title": "Opening Day" }, { "docid": "13577070", "text": "in 53 appearances. In 2017, he pitched 64 innings in 70 appearances with a 4–2 record and 4.22 ERA. Hendriks was designated for assignment on 25 June 2018, and sent outright to Triple-A Nashville. He was called up to the major league club on 1 September 2018. During the regular season, Hendriks appeared in 25 games with Oakland, pitching 24 innings with a 0–1 record and 4.13 ERA. The Athletics will use Hendriks as their opener in the 2018 American League Wild Card Game. Hendriks is the first Australian born player to ever start an MLB postseason game. Hendriks pitched", "title": "Liam Hendriks" }, { "docid": "8640465", "text": "the four-man crews of the regular season). Also, television broadcasting rights for all are negotiated by MLB - since 2012, the network owning the rights to the Wild Card Game for a particular league has also had the rights to any tiebreaker(s) that might occur in that league. Current MLB scheduling practices stipulate a break of at least one day between the scheduled end of the regular season and the start of the postseason. The schedule is designed to maximize the probability that tiebreakers can take place on the day after the scheduled end of the regular season with no", "title": "One-game playoff" }, { "docid": "8998201", "text": "between the Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies. He was the first Mexican-born umpire in major league history. He worked 30 MLB games in his first season, and became a full-time MLB umpire in 2000; through the end of the 2016 season, he has umpired 2111 regular season MLB games and has issued 56 ejections. Márquez has officiated three World Series (2006, 2011, 2015), four League Championship Series (2003, 2008, 2013, 2016), and seven Division Series (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018), as well as the 2006 All-Star Game and 2018 All-Star Game. Márquez was at second base on", "title": "Alfonso Márquez" }, { "docid": "15519529", "text": "batted in, and finished ninth in voting for NL MVP. Harrison began the 2015 season as the starting third baseman for the Pirates, agreeing to a four-year contract extension through 2018, with club options for 2019 and 2020, shortly after the season's start. Following the 2015 season, the Pirates' regular starting Second baseman, Neil Walker, was traded to the New York Mets. Josh Harrison then became the starting second baseman for the 2016 season. On August 23, 2017, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Harrison became the first player in MLB history to break up a no-hitter in extra innings with", "title": "Josh Harrison" }, { "docid": "20401127", "text": "Kemp had two doubles and a homer for five RBI but the pitching faltered. Caleb Ferguson, making his MLB debut hit two batters, walked three and allowed four runs in only 1 innings as the Dodgers lost 11–9. The Dodgers had another bullpen game in the finale of the series when rookie Dennis Santana was scratched from his first scheduled MLB start moments before the start of the game, forcing the Dodgers to use a franchise record nine pitchers in the nine inning game. Joc Pederson hit two home runs and Cody Bellinger had three hits, including a homer of", "title": "2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "13867519", "text": "teams finished the season with identical win–loss records of 86–76. The Twins, who had won the regular season series against the Tigers, 11 games to 7, were thus awarded home field due to a rules change prior to the 2009 season. It was the third tie-breaker played in MLB from 2007–2009. It was also the second consecutive tiebreaker for the AL Central title after 2008, when the Chicago White Sox defeated the Twins to win the division. The Twins became the first (and, as of 2018, only) MLB team to contest tie-breaker games of any sort (divisional and/or wild card)", "title": "2009 American League Central tie-breaker game" }, { "docid": "17507555", "text": "Game. On September 3, 2018, deGrom tied an MLB record by completing his 25th straight start allowing three or fewer runs. DeGrom recorded his 1,000th career strike out in his final start of the season on September 26 at Citi Field. He finished the season with a 1.70 ERA, which was the third-lowest of any pitcher with 30 starts in a season since MLB lowered the mound following the 1968 season. On November 14, deGrom was announced as the National League Cy Young Award winner; he received all but one first place vote. His 10 wins were the fewest in", "title": "Jacob deGrom" }, { "docid": "12845143", "text": "the \"SEC Preview Show\" with Gary Danielson and Brian Jones. In 2007, Amsinger co-hosted the \"World Series of Video Games\" with the former MTV host Susie Castillo. In 2008, Amsinger also hosted the Tour de France for CBS. Amsinger is currently a studio host at MLB Network, regularly appearing on \"MLB Tonight\" as a host and in special event coverage including MLB's All-Star Game and post-season games. Amsinger also hosted MLB Productions' weekly show during the 2012 MLB regular season, \"Player Poll\". During the MLB offseason, Amsinger does play-by-play for select men's college basketball games on the Big Ten Network.", "title": "Greg Amsinger" }, { "docid": "20852773", "text": "In the second Classic, played on August 19, 2018, the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 8–2. The third Classic was announced on the date that the second Classic was played. 2019 MLB Little League Classic The 2019 MLB Little League Classic is a regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game scheduled to be played on August 18, 2019, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, during the 2019 MLB season and the 2019 Little League World Series. The game is scheduled to be played between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is scheduled to be televised on ESPN's \"Sunday Night", "title": "2019 MLB Little League Classic" }, { "docid": "16817778", "text": "aimed at the Northern California region, the network began to expand as a complement to their Bay Area station, beginning with a re-branding to Comcast SportsNet California in September 2008, and becoming the official broadcaster of the Oakland Athletics (who were originally served by CSN Bay Area in addition to the San Francisco Giants) for the 2009 MLB season, broadcasting an increased regular season of 145 regular season games (an increase of 37 from in 2008) On TV, Glen Kuiper covers play-by-play, and Ray Fosse provides color commentary. Fosse also does color commentary on the radio when the A's are", "title": "Major League Baseball on NBC Sports" }, { "docid": "7112013", "text": "\"Game of the Week\" games would start at 7 p.m. EDT. The \"Baseball Night in America\" moniker was used for all \"MLB on Fox\" games in that span. In 2014, the Fox Sports 1 cable network began airing regular-season games over 26 Saturdays. As a result, MLB regular season coverage on the over the air Fox network was reduced to 12 weeks. From 1985 to 1997, the CBS Radio network aired its own incarnation of the \"Game of the Week\", broadcasting games at various times on Saturday afternoons and/or Sunday nights. In 1998, national radio rights went to ESPN Radio,", "title": "Major League Baseball Game of the Week" }, { "docid": "20768535", "text": "tiebreakers. The first ever such meeting was the 2018 National League Wild Card Game in which the Rockies defeated the Cubs and the second was the NLDS in which the Brewers defeated the Rockies. The 2018 NLCS winner will become the first tiebreaker team since the 2007 Colorado Rockies to reach the World Series. Los Angeles was 4–3 in their seven games against Milwaukee during this year's regular season. For the 2018 regular season. Brewers announcer and former MLB player Bob Uecker threw the ceremonial first pitch. Clayton Kershaw started game one for the Dodgers, while Gio González started for", "title": "2018 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "20941234", "text": "MLB London Series The MLB London Series is a series of regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) games to be played in London, United Kingdom. The series will begin with the Boston Red Sox hosting two games against the New York Yankees at London Stadium on June 29–30, 2019. This will be the first time that MLB teams have played in Europe. On May 8, 2018, it was announced that MLB had entered a two-year agreement to hold baseball games at London Stadium during the and 2020 seasons. The inaugural series will be played between the Red Sox and Yankees,", "title": "MLB London Series" }, { "docid": "20451190", "text": "Harrisburg during the season, posting a 3.31 ERA for the Senators with 72 strikeouts and 28 walks, when on June 19 the Nationals recalled him to make his second career MLB appearance, first MLB start, and first appearance at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., in that evening's Beltway Series game against the Baltimore Orioles. On November 30, 2018, Rodríguez was traded to the Cleveland Indians, along with minor leaguer Daniel Johnson and a player to be named later, for Yan Gomes. Jefry Rodríguez Jefry Rodríguez (born July 26, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of", "title": "Jefry Rodríguez" }, { "docid": "9090327", "text": "Reds announced that Farrell had joined their organization as a scout, his role to be \"evaluating the club's system and also serving on special assignments\". In March 2018, it was announced that Farrell would join ESPN's \"Baseball Tonight\" as an analyst, in time for the start of the regular season. Farrell has three sons, all of whom were selected in the MLB Draft. Jeremy, an infielder, played college baseball at Virginia, then was in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system from 2008 through 2012, and in the Chicago White Sox system from 2013 through 2015. Shane, a right-handed pitcher out", "title": "John Farrell (manager)" }, { "docid": "18786872", "text": "the first half of the season, he was the team's regular left fielder, usually batting second, behind Mookie Betts. On July 8, Benintendi was named as a candidate in the American League's All-Star Final Vote, for a spot in the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. At that point in the season, Benintendi had a slash line of .293/.379/.515 with 14 home runs and 55 RBIs. In the Final Vote, fans selected Jean Segura of the Seattle Mariners. In the 2018 MLB playoffs, Benintendi recorded the final outs to seal victories for the Red Sox in Games 4 and 5 of the", "title": "Andrew Benintendi" }, { "docid": "20792363", "text": "to be ready by the start of the 2023 season. However, in December 2018, the project was abruptly cancelled. Ybor Stadium Ybor Stadium was a proposed baseball park in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. If approved and constructed, it would have served as the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. In 2017, the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) finished the season with an average paid attendance of 15,477 per game, the lowest in MLB, perhaps because of the MLB-lowest 31,042 capacity of Tropicana Field. The Rays have been looking for a", "title": "Ybor Stadium" }, { "docid": "2227470", "text": "to start using a DH full-time), there is debate within MLB to unify the rules of the two leagues, with either the American League returning to its pre-1973 rules and having the pitcher hit, like the National League, or the National League adopting the DH. In January 2016, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that consideration was given to the National League adopting the DH for the 2017 season when a new collective bargaining agreement would take effect. However, he later backtracked on this statement to say that he does not see unification coming any time soon. Accordingly, the DH rule", "title": "Designated hitter" }, { "docid": "20768534", "text": "the past six seasons. Overall, this is their 13th NLCS trip, tying the Cardinals for most appearances by a team. This is the first ever playoff matchup between the Brewers and Dodgers. The two cities did meet with the pennant on the line in 1959 when the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Braves (now the Atlanta Braves) in a best-of-three playoff. However, MLB counts the tie-breaker series as regular season games. This is also the first ever League Championship Series between two teams that won tiebreakers, and only the third postseason meeting of any sort between two MLB teams involved in", "title": "2018 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "431733", "text": "sideline, as he and Bills owner Ralph Wilson had maintained a friendly rivalry and were the last living original AFL owners at that time (Adams and Wilson would die in 2013 and 2014, respectively). Bud Adams established the Titans/Oilers Hall of Fame after the 40th season of the franchise to honor past players and management Bold denotes still active with team \"Italics\" denote still active but not with team Passing yards (regular season) (as of start of 2018 season) Rushing yards (regular season) (as of start of 2018 season) Receiving yards (regular season) (as of Week 17 of the 2017", "title": "Tennessee Titans" }, { "docid": "16595187", "text": "record before defeating Anthony Ranaudo and #4 LSU. Keuchel pitched 8.1 innings and allowed only four runs. The following week, the Razorbacks lost at #21 Alabama, 2–1, with Keuchel taking the loss. The final regular season series was against Drew Pomeranz and #9 Ole Miss at Baum Stadium. The Razorbacks committed four errors in Keuchel's last regular season start, and he was tagged with the loss, ending the regular season with a 7–3 record. After his junior year at Arkansas, the Houston Astros selected Keuchel in the seventh round of the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. He signed with", "title": "Dallas Keuchel" }, { "docid": "16402752", "text": "the Springfield Cardinals (AA) for three seasons. Shildt guided Springfield to its first Texas League Championship before being recognized as Baseball America's Team of the Year in 2012. Following two seasons as the manager for the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) Mike was again promoted in 2017, this time to the MLB team, as the quality control coach. After a rough start to the 2017 season, third base coach Chris Maloney was reassigned in the organization, and Shildt became the full-time Cardinals third base coach for the rest of the 2017 season. When José Oquendo was brought back for the 2018 season", "title": "Mike Shildt" }, { "docid": "6241266", "text": "timeslot on channel 25. Such deferrals of the newscast to KOCB were originally done only when KOKH was scheduled to air a Fox-produced MLB All-Star Game, MLB postseason or World Series game during prime time; in May 2017, the \"Primetime News at Nine\" deferrals expanded to encompass deferrals necessitated by prime time college football and Major League Baseball telecasts aired on Saturday nights during those sports's respective regular seasons. KOCB would start airing KOKH's newscasts on a regular basis on August 9, 2010, when it station began airing a rebroadcast of the \"Primetime News at Nine\" each weeknight at 12:00", "title": "KOCB" }, { "docid": "20910560", "text": "best record in the NL. They swept the Colorado Rockies in the 2018 National League Division Series, and advanced to the 2018 National League Championship Series. They then lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. With the loss, the Cubs finished the season as the top Wild Card. They lost to the Rockies in the Wild Card Game on October 2. 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game The 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 regular season, played between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs to determine the champion", "title": "2018 National League Central tie-breaker game" }, { "docid": "6209107", "text": "January had been lost by the police, leading to the dismissal. Lyons' leave of absence extended through the remainder of the 2017 MLB season. Lyons returned to NESN for the 2018 MLB season, calling Red Sox spring training games with Dave O'Brien, and during the regular season has served as an in-studio analyst and fill-in color commentator. In the mid-1990s, Lyons worked for WMVP in Chicago, and as an analyst for ESPN and ESPN2. He was part of the Arizona Diamondbacks' broadcast crew in 2003 and 2004. Lyons made his debut video game appearance as a broadcaster in \"All-Star Baseball", "title": "Steve Lyons (baseball)" }, { "docid": "11333730", "text": "in Western Canada, does not offer MLB Network. The 720p high definition simulcast of MLB Network launched simultaneously to the regular channel. After much discussion, MLB Network decided to use the 720p format instead of 1080-line-interlace because it believes 720p shows the motion of baseball more accurately and will degrade less when recompressed by cable operators to save bandwidth (most of the regional Fox Sports Networks use the same format). As Mark Haden (VP of engineering and IT of MLB Network) says: \"That's our best shot of maintaining quality to viewers.\" All studio programs and original shows are shot in", "title": "MLB Network" }, { "docid": "20342111", "text": "their worst monthly winning percentage (.407) since they went 11-16 in July 2013. After a hot start, Bryce Harper found himself in a 5-for-35 slump at the end of April, but he finished the month with 38 walks on the season, the second-most walks in a season by April 30 in MLB history. Scherzer was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for April after running up a 1.62 ERA over 39 innings of work in the month and commanding the MLB lead in strikeouts with 57 and wins with five. On May 1, for the second game of", "title": "2018 Washington Nationals season" }, { "docid": "16953308", "text": "In 26 regular season games pitched with the Astros, Pressly had a 0.77 ERA and walked only three batters. Ryan Pressly Thomas Ryan Pressly (born December 15, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected Pressly from the Red Sox in the 2012 Rule 5 draft. Pressly made his MLB debut with the Twins on April 4, 2013. The Twins traded him to Houston in 2018. Pressly attended American Heritage Academy in Carrollton, Texas, for his", "title": "Ryan Pressly" }, { "docid": "20813333", "text": "2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season The 2018–19 Big 12 men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will start in December 2018 and will conclude in March 2018. The Big 12 Tournament will be held from March 13 through 16 and will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. There were no head coaching changes following the 2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season. \"Note:\" Stats are through the beginning of the season. All", "title": "2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season" }, { "docid": "8817958", "text": "scaled baseball field. For much of the 2015-16 season, NHL Network studio programming originated from re-themed versions of MLB Network's existing sets (much of the NHL regular season falls during the MLB offseason). In April 2016, coinciding with the start of the playoffs, NHL Network introduced a dedicated, 1,200 square-foot arena-themed set. Comcast, owners of the league's current cable partner NBCSN, is also the largest cable television provider in the United States. The company was contractually obligated to carry NHL Network on its systems by the summer of 2007 at the latest, so it would be available in time for", "title": "NHL Network (U.S. TV network)" }, { "docid": "20369647", "text": "2018 San Diego Padres season The 2018 San Diego Padres season was 50th season of the San Diego Padres franchise. The Padres played their home games at Petco Park as members of the Major League Baseball's National League West Division. On December 12, 2017, the first day of the MLB Winter Meetings, the Padres traded Jabari Blash to the New York Yankees for Chase Headley and Bryan Mitchell. This will be Headley's second stint with the Padres, having played with them to start his career. To make room in the 40-man roster for both players, the Padres traded Ryan Schimpf", "title": "2018 San Diego Padres season" }, { "docid": "2120711", "text": "MLB, in addition to starter Kazuyuki Hoashi from Seibu Lions. However, of the 3 major signings, only Peña made regular contributions. Hoashi was injured in his first regular season start and did not rejoin the team for the rest of the season. Penny was in the downward spiral of his career and started only 1 game for the Hawks before being released. The team had to deal with their off season losses to their pitching staff from within the organization. Settsu was elevated to the team's ace, while young pitchers such as Kenji Otonari and Hiroki Yamada were given bigger", "title": "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks" }, { "docid": "20813334", "text": "stats and records are from time at current school only. 2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season The 2018–19 Big 12 men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will start in December 2018 and will conclude in March 2018. The Big 12 Tournament will be held from March 13 through 16 and will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. There were no head coaching changes following the 2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.", "title": "2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season" }, { "docid": "3080322", "text": "Columbia, or some neutral site, as the union believed its members should only play in major-league venues. The extended road trip could have lasted over two months, but was shortened due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, which began on August 12 and ended up cancelling the remainder of the 1994 MLB season and delaying the start of the 1995 season. The Seahawks had to play both preseason games and the first three regular-season home games of the 1994 regular season at nearby Husky Stadium. The Kingdome held a reopening ceremony the weekend of November 4–6, 1994, which culminated", "title": "Kingdome" }, { "docid": "20856095", "text": "Four teams from Istanbul will continue to take part in the 2018–19 season. 1 – won by default 2 – default 2018–19 Turkish Women's First Football League The 2018–19 season of the Turkish Women's First Football League is the 23rd season of Turkey's premier women's football league. The league season will start with the first week matches on 21 October 2018. he league season will start with the first week matches on 21 October 2018. The regular season will conclude with the 18th week matches on 28 April. 2019. Ten teams will compete with two promoted teams, ALG Spor of", "title": "2018–19 Turkish Women's First Football League" }, { "docid": "9798103", "text": "work, Wegner has been involved in church activities and the \"BLUE for kids\" outreach of UMPS CARE, the MLB Umpires' charity. Mark Wegner Mark Patrick Wegner (born March 4, 1972) is a Major League Baseball umpire. He worked in the National League from 1998 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He was promoted to Crew Chief for the 2018 MLB season when Dale Scott retired after the 2017 MLB season. Wegner has umpired in seven Division Series (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013), five League Championship Series (2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), and two World Baseball", "title": "Mark Wegner" }, { "docid": "20215380", "text": "meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finishes", "title": "2018–19 Liga I" }, { "docid": "6322930", "text": "Ángel Hernández (umpire) Ángel Hernández (born August 26, 1961) is an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999, and has worked throughout MLB since 2000. In July 2017, Hernández filed a federal lawsuit against MLB, alleging racial discrimination led to him being overlooked for World Series games and crew chief promotions. He has since umpired in the 2017 All-Star Game, 2017 American League Division Series, and the 2018 American League Division Series in addition to regular-season work. Hernández was born in Cuba and now lives in Florida. In 2015 he returned", "title": "Ángel Hernández (umpire)" }, { "docid": "3261027", "text": "the NL in home runs, and he has also led the NL once each in batting average, doubles and RBI. He is significantly above-average in career regular season batting average (.302), walk rate (10.9 percent) and Isolated Power (.252). He holds the MLB all-time record for most times grounded into a double play (374). With 14 seasons of 100 or more RBI produced, he is tied with Alex Rodriguez for the most in MLB history. Pujols got his 3,000th career hit on May 4, 2018, becoming the 32nd player in MLB history to do so. Pujols also became the fourth", "title": "Albert Pujols" }, { "docid": "20941240", "text": "games, while Salter also noted that they were both among the league's most iconic teams. He contrasted the NFL's reluctance to send its high-profile teams to London, as they would be too disruptive to their lucrative and comparatively-limited schedules (with a 16-game regular season in comparison to MLB's 162-game regular season). The series will begin with two games in 2019. MLB London Series The MLB London Series is a series of regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) games to be played in London, United Kingdom. The series will begin with the Boston Red Sox hosting two games against the New", "title": "MLB London Series" }, { "docid": "19957495", "text": "the United States. The Chargers' regular season schedule was released on April 19. Notes NFL London Games 2018 Los Angeles Chargers season The 2018 season is the Los Angeles Chargers' 49th as a member of the National Football League, their 59th overall, their 3rd in the Greater Los Angeles Area and their second under head coach Anthony Lynn. Despite a slow 1–2 start, the Chargers improved on their 9–7 record from last year with a Week 14 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. They also recorded a 10-win season for the first time since 2009 when they were in San Diego,", "title": "2018 Los Angeles Chargers season" }, { "docid": "20871280", "text": "2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season The 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season is the 26th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia. The following teams are participating in the 2018–19 season. HK Orange 20 is a project to prepare the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team does not play a complete regular season and cannot advance to the playoffs or get relegated. The first eight teams in standings after the regular season (56 games) will advance to the playoffs. Since the 2018-19 season, the league also includes two teams from", "title": "2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season" }, { "docid": "19083684", "text": "MLB season, the rules were amended to allow a manager to order an automatic intentional walk. MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) discussed the possibility of introducing the pitch clock at the major league level for the 2018 season. MLB opted against imposing it unilaterally, over the opposition of the MLBPA. Before the 2018 season, MiLB took major actions, including adding pitch clocks at all levels and beginning each extra inning with a runner on second base. Also, the Arizona Diamondbacks of MLB announced they would introduce their first bullpen car in 2018. Pace of play Pace of play", "title": "Pace of play" }, { "docid": "20486921", "text": "Pedro Araújo (baseball) Pedro Araújo (born July 2, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018. Araújo signed as an international free agent with the Chicago Cubs. Spending most of the 2017 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, and also briefly appearing for the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League, Araújo pitched to a 1.76 earned run average (ERA) with 87 strikeouts in innings pitched. After the regular season, the Cubs assigned him to the Mesa Solar", "title": "Pedro Araújo (baseball)" }, { "docid": "20861821", "text": "head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Results updated through February 25, 2018. Regular Season 2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season The 2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will start in early January 2019 and end in March, after which 14 member teams will participate in the 2019 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. \"Note:\" Stats shown are before the beginning of the", "title": "2018–19 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season" }, { "docid": "20132831", "text": "the regular season. He made his professional regular season debut and his first career start during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season-opener against the Chicago Bears and recorded five solo tackles and deflected a pass in the 29–7 home victory at Raymond James Stadium. On October 5, 2017, he recorded a season-high fourteen tackles in a 14–19 loss against the New England Patriots. On April 12, 2018, Beckwith was in a car accident with former LSU teammate Lamin Barrow and suffered a fractured ankle which required surgery. He was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list on September 1, 2018 to start", "title": "Kendell Beckwith" }, { "docid": "15637342", "text": "in the mid-February with a former MLB players, Felix Pie, and Jair Jurrjens. He re-signed with the team for the 2017 season, and became a free agent following the season. On March 4, 2018, Billings signed with the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Following a start on August 24 in which he gave up 5 earned runs in 1.1 innings, he was released from the Guardians. Bruce Billings Bruce Billings (born November 18, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado", "title": "Bruce Billings" }, { "docid": "20856094", "text": "2018–19 Turkish Women's First Football League The 2018–19 season of the Turkish Women's First Football League is the 23rd season of Turkey's premier women's football league. The league season will start with the first week matches on 21 October 2018. he league season will start with the first week matches on 21 October 2018. The regular season will conclude with the 18th week matches on 28 April. 2019. Ten teams will compete with two promoted teams, ALG Spor of Gaziantep and Hakkarigücü Spor from Hakkari, which replace the relegated teams 1207 Antalyaspor and İlkadım Belediyesi Yabancılar Pazarı Spor from Samsun.", "title": "2018–19 Turkish Women's First Football League" }, { "docid": "9319021", "text": "On 28 March 2018, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland announced that Paine would continue as captain for the Fourth Test, confirming him as the 46th Captain of the Australian test team. This completed a remarkable comeback for Paine, who at the start of the season had to be convinced by Tasmania coach Adam Griffith not to retire, and had not been a regular member of Tasmania's side when selected in the Australian Ashes squad. In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season. On 8 May 2018, Paine was named ODI captain for", "title": "Tim Paine" }, { "docid": "16915991", "text": "2014 World Series, their third championship in five seasons. Heston did not participate in any postseason activity but received his first championship ring for his regular season contributions. Heston was slated to start the 2015 season in AAA Sacramento, but was called up on April 7 to replace the injured Matt Cain. He got his first MLB win in his second start for the Giants on April 8, 2015, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–2 and throwing 6 innings. Heston gave up two runs, neither earned, but had five strikeouts gaining the win. On May 12, 2015, Heston pitched a complete", "title": "Chris Heston" }, { "docid": "2687412", "text": "umpiring crews were established in 2000, all numbers are available to a Major League Baseball umpire, as each retired number was reserved per league. Only one umpire number has been retired since the current format was established, 42, because of the Major League Baseball policy instituted in 1997. \"Regular season major league games umpired.\" West is still active; total reflects games through the end of the 2018 season. Careers beginning prior to 1920: Careers beginning from 1920 to 1960: Careers beginning since 1960: Other noteworthy umpires have included: Below are the crews of umpires for the 2018 MLB season. Crews", "title": "Umpire (baseball)" }, { "docid": "9798099", "text": "Mark Wegner Mark Patrick Wegner (born March 4, 1972) is a Major League Baseball umpire. He worked in the National League from 1998 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He was promoted to Crew Chief for the 2018 MLB season when Dale Scott retired after the 2017 MLB season. Wegner has umpired in seven Division Series (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013), five League Championship Series (2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), and two World Baseball Classics (2009, 2013). He also officiated in the 2008 All-Star Game, the 2014 and 2018 National League Wild Card Games, and", "title": "Mark Wegner" }, { "docid": "20810968", "text": "2 poll. 2018–19 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team 2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team The 2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team will represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by eighth year head coach Cori Close, will play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion. They are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins started the season 3–5, their worst start since the 2014–15 season. !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season !colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's", "title": "2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team" }, { "docid": "20910946", "text": "Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week. 2018–19 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season The 2018–19 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January 2019 and will conclude in March with the 2019 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. \"Notes:\" Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists. Prior to the start of the season,", "title": "2018–19 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season" }, { "docid": "20910553", "text": "Card spot. The Rockies defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 National League Wild Card Game. They lost to the Brewers in the 2018 National League Division Series in three games. 2018 National League West tie-breaker game The 2018 National League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 regular season, played between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers to determine the champion of the National League's (NL) West Division. It was played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2018. The game was won by Los Angeles, 5–2. The Dodgers", "title": "2018 National League West tie-breaker game" }, { "docid": "20789589", "text": "with the Down East Wood Ducks and was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders during the season. He was selected to represent the Rangers at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. The Rangers promoted Pelham to the major leagues on September 4, 2018. After the 2018 regular season, Pelham played for the Surprise Saguaros of Major League Baseballs developmental Arizona Fall League. C. D. Pelham Christian Devont'a Pelham (born February 21, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Pelham attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, South Carolina and Spartanburg Methodist College. After his", "title": "C. D. Pelham" }, { "docid": "19205925", "text": "2018. Head coach Hue Jackson named Callaway the third wide receiver on the depth chart to start the regular season, behind Jarvis Landry and Josh Gordon. He made his professional regular season debut in the Cleveland Browns’ season-opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers and returned a kick for an eight-yard gain during their 21–21 tie. On September 16, 2018, Callaway earned his first career start and replaced Josh Gordon due to a hamstring injury. He recorded three receptions for 81-yards and scored his first career touchdown during a 21–18 loss at the New Orleans Saints in Week 2. Callaway caught his", "title": "Antonio Callaway" }, { "docid": "20412157", "text": ".253/.270/.389 in 23 games. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the Fall Stars Game. Lowe began the 2018 season with the Biscuits and also played for the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League. Lowe was named to the 2018 MLB Pipeline second team of the year after hitting .297/.391/.558 with 22 home runs in 380 at bats. The Rays promoted Lowe to the major leagues on August 4, 2018. After a slow start, Lowe recorded his first big league hit on August 15 and hit his first big", "title": "Brandon Lowe" }, { "docid": "20450341", "text": "between the two teams. The Red Sox added Beeks to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. He began the 2018 season with Pawtucket. Beeks was promoted to Boston's active roster on June 7, 2018, in order to make his MLB debut in a start against the Detroit Tigers. Beeks gave up five first-inning runs and took the loss; he was optioned back to Pawtucket the next day. Beeks was recalled to Boston on July 10; he pitched innings that day, allowing four hits and three runs, and was then returned to Triple-A. On July 25, 2018, Beeks was traded", "title": "Jalen Beeks" }, { "docid": "17324818", "text": "modified set position, to help mitigate struggles he had faced in previous seasons. On June 1, 2018, Foltynewicz pitched his first career complete game and shutout against the Washington Nationals. He struck out eleven batters and walked two. He was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game after owning a 6–5 record and a 2.37 ERA over his first 17 starts of the season. Foltynewicz made his final start of the 2018 season against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 28. He pitched five innings and struck out nine batters, becoming the first Braves pitcher since Javier Vázquez in 2009 to", "title": "Mike Foltynewicz" }, { "docid": "20603672", "text": "will not be discussed here, since no such ties existed this season. Tournament MVP in bold. 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the concluding event of the 2017–18 season of the Northeast Conference (NEC), held from March 7–11, 2018. Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the NEC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season NEC play. Regular-season co-champion Saint Francis of Pennsylvania won the tournament and with it the NEC's automatic berth in the 2018 NCAA Division", "title": "2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "20401074", "text": "making the Astros the only MLB team at the time to have all of their starting pitchers having at least one selection to participate in the MLB All-Star game. On September 26, 2018, Houston won the American League West division title after the Oakland Athletics were defeated by the Seattle Mariners, following a 4–1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. 2018 Houston Astros season The 2018 Houston Astros season was the 57th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, their 54th as the Astros, sixth in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 19th", "title": "2018 Houston Astros season" }, { "docid": "20342103", "text": "below .500 on the season. Cole, who had pitched to a 13.06 ERA in 10 innings of work for Washington, was designated for assignment on April 20. The Nationals selected the contract of veteran right-hander Carlos Torres from Class-AAA Syracuse the same day. That evening, the Nationals opened a series in Los Angeles against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game that was promoted as probably the best pitching match-up of the 2018 regular season: It pitted two three-time Cy Young Award winners against each other as starting pitchers for only the tenth time in MLB history, in the form", "title": "2018 Washington Nationals season" }, { "docid": "20810967", "text": "2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team The 2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team will represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by eighth year head coach Cori Close, will play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion. They are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins started the season 3–5, their worst start since the 2014–15 season. !colspan=9 style=| Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season !colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings ^Coaches did not release a Week", "title": "2018–19 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team" }, { "docid": "16537798", "text": "arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $835,000 deal for the 2018 season. Having worn uniform number 67 with the Red Sox since his MLB debut, Workman changed to uniform number 44 for 2018. Workman was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket prior to the start of the 2018 Boston Red Sox season, following limited success during spring training (9 appearances, 5.59 ERA, 1.76 WHIP). On June 5, Workman was called up to Boston after Drew Pomeranz was placed on the disabled list. Workman made 21 relief appearances during June and July, pitching innings with a 2.89 ERA. He was returned to Triple-A", "title": "Brandon Workman" }, { "docid": "20451186", "text": "as 96 miles per hour (155 km/hr) by the time he was 20, as perhaps the best in the Nationals' system. During the 2017 National League Division Series, Rodríguez was among a few pitching prospects the Nationals brought up to provide live pitching in a simulated game for the team's major-league hitters. The Nationals added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. In a preseason listing before the start of the 2018 season, \"MLB Pipeline\" ranked Rodríguez as the Nationals' 17th-best prospect and suggested he could end up in a late-inning bullpen role. He began the 2018 season", "title": "Jefry Rodríguez" }, { "docid": "496078", "text": "the Diamondbacks, so they played 79 home games at Chase Field. In 2019 the Red Sox are due to host the inaugural MLB London Series. A regular season two match series against the Yankees. The series will be played on June 29–30 at London Stadium. These will be the first regular season MLB games held in Europe. Together with the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB sponsors the World Baseball Classic, an international baseball tournament contested by national teams. In 1998, both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit more than the long-standing single-season MLB record of 61 home runs. Barry Bonds", "title": "Major League Baseball" }, { "docid": "3737831", "text": "which are known as \"split-squad\" games. Several MLB teams used to play regular exhibition games during the year against nearby teams in the other major league, but regular-season interleague play has made such games unnecessary. The two Canadian MLB teams, the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League and the Montreal Expos of the National League, met annually to contest the Pearson Cup; this tradition ended when the Expos moved to Washington DC for the 2005 season. Similarly, the New York Yankees played in the Mayor's Trophy Game against various local rivals from 1946 to 1983. It also used to", "title": "Exhibition game" }, { "docid": "20309544", "text": "Baseball (MLB) approached the United States Department of Defense with an idea to host a regular season MLB game at a military base. The following March, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred publicly announced that the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves would play a regular season game at Fort Bragg on July 3, 2016, the day before Independence Day, to honor the nation's military. MLB and the MLB Players Association spent $5 million to convert an unused golf course on the base into a stadium with a capacity of 12,500. Tickets for the game were free to military personnel and their families", "title": "Fort Bragg Game" }, { "docid": "20862236", "text": "the top seven teams of the league after the 13th matchday on December 30th, which will join the host. A total of 14 teams contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the 2017–18 Liga Femenina 2. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> 2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The 2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Dia for sponsorship reasons, is the 56th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. Regular season will start on 13 October 2018 with the first matchday of the regular season and it will end on 7 April 2019 with the", "title": "2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto" }, { "docid": "1937910", "text": "calendar week). Both of the major leagues share an \"All-Star break\", with no regular-season games scheduled on the day before or two days after the All-Star Game itself. Some additional events and festivities associated with the game take place each year close to and during this break in the regular season. No official MLB All-Star Game was held in 1945 including the official selection of players due to World War II travel restrictions. Two All-Star Games were held each season from 1959 to 1962. The most recent All-Star Game was held on July 17, 2018, at Nationals Park, home of", "title": "Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "20768458", "text": "2018 National League Wild Card Game The 2018 National League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's 2018 postseason between the National League's two wild card teams, the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs earned home field advantage by virtue of having a better regular season record. The game occurred on October 2, 2018, with the Rockies victorious by a score of 2–1 in 13 innings—the longest winner-take-all game in MLB history. The Rockies advanced to face the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series. For sponsorship reasons with Hankook Tire the game", "title": "2018 National League Wild Card Game" }, { "docid": "20910548", "text": "2018 National League West tie-breaker game The 2018 National League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 regular season, played between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers to determine the champion of the National League's (NL) West Division. It was played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2018. The game was won by Los Angeles, 5–2. The Dodgers became the second seed in the NL playoffs and advanced to play the NL East champion Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series. The Rockies were hosted by the NL", "title": "2018 National League West tie-breaker game" }, { "docid": "20667153", "text": "starting weak side linebacker against Jatavis Brown. Head coach Anthony Lynn named White the backup weakside linebacker, behind Jatavis Brown, to start the regular season. An hour before kickoff for their season-opener, it was reported that head coach Anthony Lynn has elected to instead start a White, alongside Kyle Emanuel and middle linebacker Denzel Perryman. He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Los Angeles Chargers’ season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs and recorded six combined tackles in their 38–28 loss. On September 16, 2018, White recorded four solo tackles, broke up two passes, and", "title": "Kyzir White" }, { "docid": "20603670", "text": "2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the concluding event of the 2017–18 season of the Northeast Conference (NEC), held from March 7–11, 2018. Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the NEC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season NEC play. Regular-season co-champion Saint Francis of Pennsylvania won the tournament and with it the NEC's automatic berth in the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. For the first time, the NEC Women's Basketball Tournament did not use", "title": "2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "20696195", "text": "were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech. The Mustangs were led by third-year coach Chad Morris during the entire regular season until December 6, when he resigned to become the head coach at Arkansas. On December 11, SMU hired Sonny Dykes as head coach, and he led them in their bowl game. The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Mustangs predicted to finish in fourth place in the AAC West Division. To start the 2018 season, the Mustangs traveled to Denton, Texas to take on the Mean Green in the", "title": "2018 SMU Mustangs football team" }, { "docid": "18171574", "text": "and was promoted to the major leagues on May 18. On May 20, 2017, Ruiz hit his first major league home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer. Ruiz started the 2018 season at Gwinnett. The Baltimore Orioles claimed Ruiz off waivers on December 10, 2018. Rio Ruiz Rio Noble Ruiz (born May 22, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected in the fourth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros. Shortly before the start of the 2015 Major League Baseball season,", "title": "Rio Ruiz" }, { "docid": "20768460", "text": "Card Game to require any tiebreaker game, as the only other Wild Card Game to require a tiebreaker was the 2013 AL Wild Card Game. The Cubs and Rockies became the first teams in MLB history to lose tiebreaker games at the end of the regular season yet still enter postseason play, as they played in the first divisional tie-breaker games needed since MLB's addition of a second Wild Card team in 2012. The Cubs entered the Wild Card Game with a record of 95–68, while the Rockies entered at 91–72. They met six times during the regular season with", "title": "2018 National League Wild Card Game" }, { "docid": "20748387", "text": "been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season. Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Notes: 2018–19 Dallas Stars season The 2018–19 Dallas Stars season is the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 26th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018. The regular season schedule was released on", "title": "2018–19 Dallas Stars season" }, { "docid": "20748300", "text": "been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season. Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Notes: 2018–19 Colorado Avalanche season The 2018–19 Colorado Avalanche season is the 40th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018. The regular season schedule was released on", "title": "2018–19 Colorado Avalanche season" }, { "docid": "20862235", "text": "2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The 2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Dia for sponsorship reasons, is the 56th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. Regular season will start on 13 October 2018 with the first matchday of the regular season and it will end on 7 April 2019 with the 26th matchday. The playoffs (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) will be held between 10 April and 5/9 May 2019. The 2019 Spanish Cup will return to the Final Eight format, not used since 2009. It will be played between 28 February and 3 March 2019, featuring", "title": "2018–19 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto" }, { "docid": "10686181", "text": "cable airwaves in 1994 through Prime Sports Midwest, which became FSN Midwest in November 1996. The Cardinals have been on FSN Midwest since then. The Cardinals will again air 130 regular-season games on FSN Midwest in 2010, with the other 32 on either ESPN, Fox or NBC affiliate KSDK-TV 5. For many seasons, Joe Buck and Al Hrabosky were the commentators, but Dan McLaughlin has since replaced Buck, who now does MLB and NFL games for Fox-TV. When the Montreal Expos were relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2004, the issue arose regarding television rights for the new franchise. Since at", "title": "Major League Baseball on regional sports networks" }, { "docid": "810480", "text": "a maximum of six games, with the League Champion starting with an automatic one game advantage. Major League Baseball (MLB) itself does not use the term \"playoffs\" for championship tournaments. Instead they use the term \"postseason\" as the title of the official elimination tournament held after the conclusion of Major League Baseball's regular season. Since the , it has consisted of a first round single-elimination knockout game between the two wildcards in each league, a best-of-5 second round series called the Division Series, and two rounds of best-of-seven series for the League Championship and World Series. MLB uses a \"2-3-2\"", "title": "Playoffs" }, { "docid": "12918947", "text": "Series. In conference postseason play, it has won two Big East Conference Baseball Tournaments. In regular season play, it has won two Metro Conference titles, four Big East Conference titles, one American Athletic Conference title, and one Atlantic Coast Conference title. Louisville also set the ACC record for most conference wins in a season with 25 on May 16, 2015. As of the start of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, eight former Cardinals have appeared in Major League Baseball. Seven former Cardinals have appeared in MLB games during the 2016 season: Adam Duvall, Cody Ege, Chad Green, Dean Kiekhefer,", "title": "Louisville Cardinals baseball" }, { "docid": "20910556", "text": "2018 National League Central tie-breaker game The 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 regular season, played between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs to determine the champion of the National League's (NL) Central Division. It was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on October 1, 2018. The Brewers won, 3–1, and became the top seed in the NL playoffs. The Cubs hosted the NL West runner-up Colorado Rockies in the NL Wild Card Game on October 2, with the Rockies advancing to face the Brewers in the National League", "title": "2018 National League Central tie-breaker game" }, { "docid": "20725438", "text": "2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series The 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series is the twelfth edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-six series between an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and, for the second time in series history, the national team, Samurai Japan. The manager of Samurai Japan sees in this championship a big opportunity for Japan to gain momentum for the 2020 Olympics. On May 1, 2018, MLB announced that it would send an all-star team to tour Japan after the end of the current season, with six games scheduled against a select Nippon Professional Baseball", "title": "2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series" }, { "docid": "9605603", "text": "2010 season as well. Votto became just the first Reds player since Pete Rose in 1975 to start all 162 regular season games in a season, and just the fourth player in franchise history to do so. At the end of the season, among all active players he was first in career on base percentage (.428), second in OPS (.969), third in batting average (.313), fourth in walks (996), and fifth in slugging percentage (.541). End of season awards for Votto included selection as first baseman on \"Baseball America\"'s All-MLB Team, and his second Lou Marsh Trophy. Votto also finished", "title": "Joey Votto" }, { "docid": "9153407", "text": "some NFL and MLB venues that share parking lots, and as such the NFL typically schedules teams to play on the road when their MLB counterpart is at home. The following teams play in close proximity to MLB stadiums: While both the NFL and MLB teams play in downtown stadiums in Cleveland, Denver and Minneapolis, the teams do not share the same parking lots as they play in different parts of the downtown area. As such, it is possible for the Browns, Broncos and Vikings to play home games on the same day the Indians, Rockies and Twins, respectively, play", "title": "NFL regular season" }, { "docid": "20345569", "text": "March 27 game: L 0–1. Tommy Pham (CF) was named to MLB writer Anthony Castrovince's \"2018 All-Underrated Team\" on February 7. Rookie Jack Flaherty will start the first Grapefruit League opener for the Cardinals against the Miami Marlins on (Fri.) February 23. He was 0–2 with a 6.33 ERA in six games (five starts) in 2017. MLBPipeline ranks him as the #38 prospect in baseball. Paul DeJong (SS), signed a six-year contract extension finalized on March 5, worth a guaranteed total of $26 million, through the 2023 season. The deal also includes two option years and a total possible value", "title": "2018 St. Louis Cardinals season" }, { "docid": "20730306", "text": "the season, longtime assistant coach Ashley Howard left the Wildcats to become the head coach at La Salle. !colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season !colspan=12 style=| Big East regular season !colspan=9 style=|Big East Tournament Source <nowiki>*</nowiki>AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings<br>^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team The 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team will represent Villanova University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 18th year, the Wildcats will play their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the", "title": "2018–19 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "20634192", "text": "!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition !colspan=9 style=|Regular season !colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Tournament Source Source <nowiki>*</nowiki>AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings<br>^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll 2018–19 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team The 2018–19 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans are led by 24th-year head coach Tom Izzo and play their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans finished the 2017–18 season 30–5, 16–2 in Big Ten play to win the regular season championship.", "title": "2018–19 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "20888255", "text": "2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season The 2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference held its media day in October 2018. Conference play begin in December 2018 and concluded on March 2019. UConn hired former Rhode Island and Wagner coach Dan Hurley after firing Kevin Ollie following his sixth season as head coach. \"Notes:\" The AAC media poll was released on October 15, 2018, with UCF predicted to finish first in the AAC. Throughout the regular", "title": "2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2984405", "text": "Ushanka An ushanka (, literally \"ear flap hat\"), also called a \"ushanka-hat\" (), is a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw, and lower chin from the cold. An alternate manner is to bend the flaps back and tie them behind the head, which is called \"ski-style\" — this offers less protection from the elements, but much better visibility, essential for high-speed skiing. The dense fur also offers some protection against blunt impacts to the head. The word \"ushanka\" derives", "title": "Ushanka" }, { "docid": "2984405", "text": "Ushanka An ushanka (, literally \"ear flap hat\"), also called a \"ushanka-hat\" (), is a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw, and lower chin from the cold. An alternate manner is to bend the flaps back and tie them behind the head, which is called \"ski-style\" — this offers less protection from the elements, but much better visibility, essential for high-speed skiing. The dense fur also offers some protection against blunt impacts to the head. The word \"ushanka\" derives", "title": "Ushanka" }, { "docid": "2984414", "text": "are used to parody the Russian military as a way of being a stereotypical communist. Trapper hats are \"a sort of hybrid between the aviator cap and the ushanka—they combine the style of the former with the furriness of the latter\". They are considered more casual than the military-derived ushanka. Ushanka An ushanka (, literally \"ear flap hat\"), also called a \"ushanka-hat\" (), is a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw, and lower chin from the cold. An alternate", "title": "Ushanka" }, { "docid": "2984411", "text": "sealable openings in the flaps for wearing headphones. The ushanka was used by the East German authorities before German reunification, and remained part of the German police uniform in winter afterwards. In the Finnish Defence Forces, a gray hat is used with M62 uniform and a green one of different design is a part of M91 and M05 winter dress. Armoured troops have a black hat (M92), while generals may wear a white M39 hat. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police use a \"regulation hat\" (between an ushanka and an aviator hat), made of muskrat fur. This replaced the former Astrakhan", "title": "Ushanka" } ]

[ { "docid": "14515386", "text": "Boyar hat The boyar hat (, more correct Russian name is горлатная шапка, gorlatnaya hat) was a fur hat worn by Russian nobility between the 15th and 17th centuries, most notably by boyars, for whom it was a sign of their social status. The higher hat indicated the higher status. In average, it was one ell in height, having the form of a cylinder with more broad upper part, velvet or brocade top and the main body made of fox, marten or sable fur. When taken off, the hat was often held above the forearm, between hand and elbow, or", "title": "Boyar hat" }, { "docid": "14515387", "text": "worn as a muff. Today the hats of this type are sometimes used in the Russian fashion. Boyar hat The boyar hat (, more correct Russian name is горлатная шапка, gorlatnaya hat) was a fur hat worn by Russian nobility between the 15th and 17th centuries, most notably by boyars, for whom it was a sign of their social status. The higher hat indicated the higher status. In average, it was one ell in height, having the form of a cylinder with more broad upper part, velvet or brocade top and the main body made of fox, marten or sable", "title": "Boyar hat" }, { "docid": "12186829", "text": "giving a rug cap to a person as a gift is a sign of friendship. The Russian name for the doppa is tubeteika. In Russia, the folk costume consists of a kosovorotka for men and a sarafan for women. Among Turkic peoples, traditional Turkic costumes are worn. Russian Muslims wear a variety of fur hats including the karakul (hat), which is called an \"astrakhan hat\" in Russia, the ushanka, and the papakhi, see Islam in Russia. A Russian \"diplomat hat\", which is a boat shaped \"cossack hat\", is also worn. Nikita Khrushchev is said to have popularized it. Men in", "title": "Taqiyah (cap)" }, { "docid": "18409423", "text": "the region's cultural landscape. Before the arrival of the Russian fur traders (promyshlennikis), caribou and beaver skins were used for traditional clothing but subsequently, the Eskimos were persuaded to sell most furs and substitute manufactured materials. The Russians encouraged the Eskimos to adopt Western-style dress in order to release more furs for trading. The Russian borrowings or loanwords used in Yup’ik language date from the period of the Russian America: \"malagg'aayaq\" (Yukon-Kuskokwim Yup'ik) \"palagg'aayaq\" (Unaliq-Pastuliq Yup'ik) \"palagg'aayar\" (Nunivak Cup'ig) \"paallaguaq\" (Egegik Yup'ik) \"fur hat with large ear-flaps\" from Russian малаха́й (malakháy); \"esslaapaq ~ ess'laapaq ~ selapaq ~ cillapak\" \"broad-brimmed hat\"", "title": "Yup'ik clothing" }, { "docid": "2598045", "text": "trade played a vital role in the development of Siberia, the Russian Far East and the Russian colonization of the Americas. As recognition of the importance of the trade to the Siberian economy, the sable is a regional symbol of the Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Siberian Novosibirsk, Tyumen and Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia. The European discovery of North America, with its vast forests and wildlife, particularly the beaver, led to the continent becoming a major supplier in the 17th century of fur pelts for the fur felt hat and fur trimming and garment trades of Europe. Fur was relied", "title": "Fur trade" }, { "docid": "7212430", "text": "each. The hat, was the Stetson 3X Beaver, with a 1½\" orange hat band and a thin, 32\" long, tan leather head strap to hold the hat in place. Before the turn of the century the Stetson 3X Beaver, as its name implies, was made from genuine beaver pelt; however, it is not known what type of fur, if any, the original FHP Stetsons were made from. The uniform of the FHP and its ornaments originated with the military. The Patrol's Stetson hat design had first appeared during the Civil War, was beige in color, rounded on top instead of", "title": "Florida Highway Patrol" }, { "docid": "11198175", "text": "The police in Russia are called полиция (\"Politsiya\"). The Police is operating under MVD, and currently the police is under wide reform. Until 2011 the police was called милиция (\"Militsiya\"). This change of name started at the Russian Revolution via a Communist political idea of \"\"replacing the capitalist police by a people's militia\"\"; but the name \"militsiya\" has persisted after the Communist system collapsed. The standard Russian police baton is made of rubber. The normal service uniform is black with red piping and hat band. Fur hats and heavy greatcoats are worn in winter. The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF)", "title": "Law enforcement by country" }, { "docid": "16225543", "text": "back of the head. This is the most warm fur hat available in the world market. The prices depend on the type and quality of fur, but can cost up to $650.00 (about 20,721 rubles). Fur boots are also in cold climates. Reindeer fur boots are popular in both Siberia and around the world. Like most of Siberia's fur products, these boots can be extremely expensive. These boots range from a starting cost of $330–$400 (about 10,00-12,00 rubles) to a maximum of about $630 (about 20,000 rubles). These are a reindeer fur version of the Russian valenki boot. Fur boots", "title": "Siberian fur trade" }, { "docid": "2644788", "text": "silk top hat in England is credited to George Dunnage, a hatter from Middlesex, in 1793. The invention of the top hat is often erroneously credited to a haberdasher named John Hetherington. Within 30 years top hats had become popular with all social classes, with even workmen wearing them. At that time those worn by members of the upper classes were usually made of felted beaver fur; the generic name \"stuff hat\" was applied to hats made from various non-fur felts. The hats became part of the uniforms worn by policemen and postmen (to give them the appearance of authority);", "title": "Top hat" }, { "docid": "11597612", "text": "It is this new structure which now carries the name Chinaman's Hat. The present structure is one of four \"haul outs\" or resting sites in the bay, and is occupied by a bachelor community of the Australian fur seals. It is a popular destination for scuba divers and snorkelers. Visitors to the site are warned to keep their distance, since the seals can at times behave aggressively towards people who approach too close. Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip) Chinaman's Hat is an octagonal structure serving as a shipping channel marker and haul-out for local brown fur seals, in the South Channel", "title": "Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip)" }, { "docid": "15348237", "text": "Papakha Papakha ( ; ; , ; ; ), also known as astrakhan hat in English, is a wool hat worn by men throughout the Caucasus and also in uniformed regiments in the region and beyond. The word \"papakha\" is of Turkic language origin (cf Turkish \"papak\", Azeri \"papaq\"). There are two different Russian papakhas. One, called a \"papaha\", is a high fur hat, usually made of karakul sheep skin. The hat has the general appearance of a cylinder with one open end, and is set upon the head in such a way as to have the brim touch the", "title": "Papakha" }, { "docid": "1326043", "text": "1780, what is traditionally considered to be the first hat shop in Danbury was established by Zadoc Benedict. (Hatmaking had existed in Danbury before the Revolution.) The Benedict shop had three employees, and they made 18 hats weekly. By 1800, Danbury was producing 20,000 hats annually, more than any other city in the U.S. Due to the fur felt hat coming back into style for men and increasing mechanization in the 1850s, by 1859 hat production in Danbury had risen to 1.5 million annually. By 1887, thirty factories were producing 5 million hats per year. Around this time, fur processing", "title": "Danbury, Connecticut" }, { "docid": "7660494", "text": "to underline their high political status. In the Soviet Union this hat also took the nickname the pie-hat because it resembled traditional Russian pies. A Jinnah cap is a fur qaraqul hat named after the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The cap was worn by many of the early politicians of Pakistan, especially the founding party: the Pakistan Muslim League. The Jinnah cap and shalwar kameez are the national dress of Pakistan. Many Pakistani politicians and heads of state including President Ayub Khan have worn the Jinnah cap. It is also worn in Nepal by men mostly of Indo-Aryan", "title": "Karakul (hat)" }, { "docid": "7660492", "text": "Karakul (hat) A karakul (or qaraqul) hat (Pashto/Persian: قراقلی) is a hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep. The triangular hat is part of the costume of the native people of Kabul which has been worn by many generations of men in Afghanistan. The fur from which it is made is referred to as \"Astrakhan\", \"broadtail\", \"qaraqulcha\", or \"Persian lamb\". Qaraqul means black fur in Turkic, similar types of hats are common among Turkic peoples. The hat is peaked, and folds flat when taken off of the wearer's head. The qaraqul hat is typically worn by", "title": "Karakul (hat)" }, { "docid": "7778290", "text": "of revenge, George secretly steals Heather's clock. Jerry directs Elaine to a source for a replacement hat to make up for the one George lost; one of Kramer's friends sells Russian hats in Battery Park. However, the Peterman accountant isn't fooled by the substitute hat, which is made of nutria fur. To save her job, Elaine sets off for the jungles of Burma to seek the approval of J. Peterman himself. Elaine locates Peterman, but he refuses to approve her purchases without seeing the hat. George thinks that Heather is wise to his theft of her clock and is willing", "title": "The Chicken Roaster" }, { "docid": "17524003", "text": "styles of animal hat have been published. Animal hat An animal hat is a novelty hat made to resemble an animal or other character. It is often similar to a beanie, with facial features, added ears and sometimes details such as whiskers, although versions made from fake fur are also known by this name. While they were known before 2010, animal hats became an American fashion trend in the winter of 2010-11. Despite ongoing criticism, including the animal hat being listed as a 2012 fashion faux pas despite also being a \"serious fashion statement,\" they stayed popular into 2013. Books", "title": "Animal hat" }, { "docid": "2653619", "text": "official records of hats before 3000 BC, they probably were commonplace before that. The 27-30,000 year old Venus of Willendorf figurine may depict a woman wearing a woven hat. One of the earliest known confirmed hats was worn by a bronze age man (nicknamed Ötzi) whose body (including his hat) was found frozen in a mountain between Austria and Italy, where he'd been since around 3250 BC. He was found wearing bearskin cap with a chin strap, made of several hides stitched together, essentially resembling a Russian fur hat without the flaps. One of the first pictorial depictions of a", "title": "Hat" }, { "docid": "4284449", "text": "was at pains to stress his Russian origin, appearing everywhere in a fur coat and hat. When spring arrived, he took to more resplendent garb, sporting a top hat and English frock coat. He was beginning to relish the belated discovery that there were distinct advantages to being Count Alexei Tolstoy, now that he was among people who knew nothing of his humiliated upbringing. It was a happy time. Russian poets and painters crowded Paris, and long and noisy sessions continued deep into the night at the restaurant \"La Closerie des Lilas\". There Tolstoy came to know the poet Constantine", "title": "Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy" }, { "docid": "18119809", "text": "known for her wide-brimmed designs. Many of the hats she wears are created by Philip Treacy. Picture hats still appear on the fashion catwalk; notably Marc Jacobs included oversized fur designs harking back to in the late Victorian age his 2012 autumn-winter show at New York Fashion Week. Picture hat A picture hat, also sometimes known as a Gainsborough hat, is an elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim. It has been suggested that the name may be derived from the way the broad brim frames the face to create a 'picture'. This is a very broad category of hat;", "title": "Picture hat" }, { "docid": "12688993", "text": "Hattertown, Connecticut Hattertown is a village in the town of Newtown, Connecticut, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Hattertown Historic District and includes a smaller local historic district. Hattertown takes its name from the hat-manufacturing trade around which the village grew in the early 19th century. \"Hatting\" was a major economic activity in western Connecticut in the 19th century, having started in Danbury in about 1780. Hats were made from felt formed from animal fur. As hat production increased, the manufacturing activity spread from Danbury to surrounding areas where the supply of fur-bearing animals", "title": "Hattertown, Connecticut" }, { "docid": "17524002", "text": "Animal hat An animal hat is a novelty hat made to resemble an animal or other character. It is often similar to a beanie, with facial features, added ears and sometimes details such as whiskers, although versions made from fake fur are also known by this name. While they were known before 2010, animal hats became an American fashion trend in the winter of 2010-11. Despite ongoing criticism, including the animal hat being listed as a 2012 fashion faux pas despite also being a \"serious fashion statement,\" they stayed popular into 2013. Books dedicated exclusively to knitting and crocheting various", "title": "Animal hat" }, { "docid": "17540411", "text": "Russian Snegurochka, who often depicted in long silver-blue robes and a furry cap or a snowflake-like crown. She is a unique attribute of Ayaz Ata; no traditional gift-givers from other cultures are portrayed with a similar companion. The traditional appearance of Ayaz Ata resembles that of Ded Moroz, with his coat, boots and long white beard. Specifically, Ayaz Ata is often shown wearing a heel-length fur coat, a semi-round fur hat, and valenki or jackboots on his feet. Unlike Santa Claus, he is often depicted as walking with a long magical staff. He is often depicted in long silver-blue robes", "title": "Ayaz Ata" }, { "docid": "11597608", "text": "Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip) Chinaman's Hat is an octagonal structure serving as a shipping channel marker and haul-out for local brown fur seals, in the South Channel of Port Phillip in the Australian state of Victoria. It is in the Mornington Peninsula Shire, east-south-east of Pope's Eye. Along with the latter it served as a navigation beacon at the Heads of the bay. The term \"Chinaman's Hat\" is the local name once associated with the site of a former military structure, Station M, but now transferred to a new seal platform erected by Victoria's Park Authority in 2002. The postwar", "title": "Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip)" }, { "docid": "2644793", "text": "standard covering is now fur plush or \"melusine\" as (the London hat merchant) Christys' calls it. A grey flat fur felt top hat is the popular alternative. It is common to see top hats in stiff wool felt and even soft wool though these are not considered on the same level as the silk or fur plush or grey felt varieties. The standard crown shape nowadays is the 'semi-bell crown'; 'full bell crowns' and 'stovepipe' shaped toppers are rarer. Because of the rarity of vintage silk hats, and the expense of modern top hats, the vintage/antique market is very lively,", "title": "Top hat" }, { "docid": "4199610", "text": "Akubra Akubra is an Australian hat manufacturer. The company is associated with bush hats made of rabbit fur felt with wide brims that are worn in rural Australia. The term 'Akubra' is sometimes used to refer to any hat of this kind, however the company manufactures a wide range of hat styles including fedora, Homburg, bowler, pork pie, and trilby. The name is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word for head covering. In 1874 Benjamin Dunkerley (1840 - 20 February 1918) who came from a family of cotton weavers and who had experience working as hatter in Stockport,", "title": "Akubra" }, { "docid": "14487816", "text": "DJ Trexx & Olga Pratilova. It reached the top of the Swedish Singles Chart on 27 March 2009 and stayed for 4 weeks at the top of the charts. \"Tingaliin\", the Russian version, was designed as the final entrance in Melodifestivalen in Stockholm of the \"Tingeling\" series. The Russian segment consisted of a pre-recorded sketch followed by a musical anthem performed on-stage. The sketch was set in Moscow, where the characters Pål Potter, (performed by the actor Rikard Ulvshammar) and music director Rolf Pihlman, wearing a fur hat (performed by Henrik Dorsin) contact the Russian \"Schlager mafia\" and the Russian", "title": "Tingaliin" }, { "docid": "10637275", "text": "and fills many gaps in the artist's career. Details of the work: Oil on canvas Painted in Paris, on December 4, 1937. The painting is not signed but dated as \"4D37\" in the upper right corner. It is a deposit of State since 2007, the company Albertis Foundation joined the museum MNAC reference number 214090. In addition to being in the museum´s collection, the picture was shown in the following exhibitions: \" Picasso. Woman in Hat and Fur Collar The Woman in Hat and Fur Collar (Marie-Thérèse Walter) is a painting by Pablo Picasso exhibited at the National Art Museum", "title": "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar" }, { "docid": "7778287", "text": "blew off was vital to Seth keeping his job. He then notes that they weren't even that close in college stating: \"I only knew you through Moochie!\" He then learns that Seth has lost his job and discovers that Seth is working as the assistant manager at Kenny Rogers Roasters. Later, Jerry shakes Elaine's rain-soaked rat hat while at Kenny Rogers Roasters, covering the food with rat fur and prompting a shutdown of the restaurant. Elaine, acting as the Peterman Catalog president, has fun charging numerous expensive purchases to the Peterman account, including a new sable Russian hat for George", "title": "The Chicken Roaster" }, { "docid": "6173750", "text": "was called \"suknja\" (if the fabric was woven) or \"gunj\" (if it was rolled). It was of different lengths. In modern Serbian language, \"suknja\" is name for the women's skirt, while \"gunj\" is a thick, leather or fur, wool-padded vest which was often decorated with silver buttons. Sheep fur and leather were the most common so as some sorts of capes, blue or green. The cape with sleeves, made of fur, was called \"šuba\". Hats included shallow caps, proper hats and winter, \"šubara\" hat. Footwear consisted of some rudimental type of opanak. The law on mines from 1411, issued by", "title": "Serbia in the Middle Ages" }, { "docid": "10637271", "text": "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar The Woman in Hat and Fur Collar (Marie-Thérèse Walter) is a painting by Pablo Picasso exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) in Barcelona, Spain. It was painted in Paris in 1937, and is one of the numerous portraits Picasso did of Marie-Thérèse Walter, his lover between 1927 and 1935, approximately, and the mother of his daughter Maya. In these portraits, Picasso carries out an exhaustive analytic exercise in which the youth and personality of Marie-Thérèse are subjected to a thousand metamorphic transfigurations. The artist merges the frontal", "title": "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar" }, { "docid": "20393307", "text": "here brand of Western Hospitality with all folks and critters who cross our path\". The one leading the oath adds, \"On the count of three, raise your hat and shout a big ole' Calgary 'YAHOO!!!'\" The \"YAHOO!!!\" shout echoes the traditional cowboy call heard at the Calgary Stampede. Smithbilt Hats, the official hat maker for the Calgary Stampede, produces the Calgary White Hat in straw, canvas, Merino wool, and 100% rabbit fur. The straw and canvas models are typically selected by tourists, with a retail price of around CAD$25 per hat, while the rabbit fur felt model, at CAD$225, is", "title": "Calgary White Hat" }, { "docid": "3892935", "text": "3 L instead of ). Regardless, using a hat as a water container is apt to seriously damage a modern hat. On one hand, fur felt hats were designed in part so they could be used in the rain. However, wool felt hats were designed for dry climates, and most straw hats can only handle a light rain for a brief time. While a very high quality felt hat made from animal fur may hold water, over time, any cloth container will leak. Furthermore, modern hats may react to getting wet differently, though this depends on the quality of the", "title": "Cowboy hat" }, { "docid": "13299743", "text": "Boss of the Plains The Boss of the Plains was a lightweight all-weather hat designed in 1865 by John B. Stetson for the demands of the American West. It was intended to be durable, waterproof and elegant. This design and the term \"Stetson\" eventually became all-but-interchangeable with what later became known as the cowboy hat. The Boss was designed with a high crown to provide insulation on the top of the head, and a wide stiff brim to provide shelter from both sun and precipitation for the face, neck and shoulders. The original fur-felt hat was waterproof and shed rain.", "title": "Boss of the Plains" }, { "docid": "14924191", "text": "protection was needed to keep the soft fabric from falling on people’s hair, this is where the lining came from. Even though modern hats are stiff enough not to collapse, the custom remains. Individual sizing eliminated the need for the tie string, but the bow remains at the back of the hat, serving as a memorial to bygone hatters. What has evolved from necessity later became fashion. Hats like the cowboy hat were designed from the fur up, to provide a lightweight all-weather shield from the climatic conditions of the American West. Hats like the baseball cap were designed to", "title": "Headgear" }, { "docid": "2598059", "text": "contact between Europeans and the native peoples of what is now the United States and Canada. In 1578 there were 350 European fishing vessels at Newfoundland. Sailors began to trade metal implements (particularly knives) for the natives' well-worn pelts. The first pelts in demand were beaver and sea otter, as well as occasionally deer, bear, ermine and skunk. Fur robes were blankets of sewn-together, native-tanned, beaver pelts. The pelts were called \"castor gras\" in French and \"coat beaver\" in English, and were soon recognized by the newly developed felt-hat making industry as particularly useful for felting. Some historians, seeking to", "title": "Fur trade" }, { "docid": "11191135", "text": "Promyshlenniki The promyshlenniki (from Russian промысел (\"promysel\"), literally \"a trade\" or \"business\" or \"industry\") were Russian and indigenous Siberian contract workers drawn largely from the state serf and townsman class who engaged in the Siberian, maritime and later the Russian American fur trade. Initially the Russians in Russian America were Siberian fur hunters, although many later worked as sailors, carpenters, artisans and craftsmen. Promyshlenniki formed the backbone of Russian trading operations in Alaska. By the early 1820s, when the share system was abandoned and replaced by salaries, their status remained in name only; they became employees of the Russian-American Company", "title": "Promyshlenniki" }, { "docid": "16225515", "text": "Siberian furs: through hunting the animals themselves or through trading. \"Promyshlenniki\" was the Russian name for the small groups of Russian traders and trappers who took part in the Siberian fur trade. They were free-men who used fur trapping as a way of making a living. They worked together as a group making traps, collecting food and drink, and building camps in the harsh climate. These groups would evenly split the fur caught between all the members of the group. Working in groups gave these trappers protection against harsh Siberian winters, against unexpected attacks, and other dangers they could encounter", "title": "Siberian fur trade" }, { "docid": "18442421", "text": "Russian exploration of the Pacific Northwest The Russian Empire began its interest of the Pacific Northwest in the 18th century, initially curious if there was a land connection between the Eurasian and North American Continents. Two expeditions were led by Vitus Bering, with the findings proving the separation of two continents through the Bering Sea. Being the first European nation to chart much of what comprises the modern American state of Alaska, many locations retain Russian place names. The discovery of sizable fur bearing populations by Bering drew the attention of promyshlenniki previously engaged in the Siberian fur trade. Based", "title": "Russian exploration of the Pacific Northwest" }, { "docid": "6913824", "text": "purchase fur seal and sea otter furs obtained by the Russians. The Russian Czar was to get 20% of all profits. American ships brought food and other supplies to the Russian settlements, assisted in fur hunts, and took furs away. The company constructed settlements in what are today Alaska, Hawaii and California. The Russian traders after visiting California in 1806 built Fort Ross, California in 1812 on the California coast in Sonoma County, California—just north of San Francisco. This was the southernmost outpost of the Russian-American Company. To keep unwanted Spanish intrusion away the Russians built a palisaded fort equipped", "title": "Maritime history of California" }, { "docid": "4479442", "text": "a spodik. Due to an edict by the Grand Rabbi of Ger designed to stop the extravagance of the hats, Gerrer Hasidim are only allowed to purchase fake fur spodiks that cost less than $600. Other groups that wear Spodiks include Alexander, Amshinov, Ashlag, Kotzk, Lublin, Modzitz, Ozrov-Henzin, and Radzin. Spodik A spodik (or spodek) is a tall fur hat worn by some Hasidic Jews, particularly members of sects originating in Congress Poland. Spodiks are to be distinguished from shtreimels, which are a similar type of fur hat worn by Hasidim. Shtreimels are shorter in height, wider, and disc-shaped, while", "title": "Spodik" }, { "docid": "4479441", "text": "Spodik A spodik (or spodek) is a tall fur hat worn by some Hasidic Jews, particularly members of sects originating in Congress Poland. Spodiks are to be distinguished from shtreimels, which are a similar type of fur hat worn by Hasidim. Shtreimels are shorter in height, wider, and disc-shaped, while spodiks are taller, thinner in bulk, and of cylindrical shape. Spodiks are made from fisher tails. Nowadays they are made also from fox fur. Ger Hasidim, being the largest Hasidic community of Polish origin, are the most famous for wearing spodiks. Virtually all married men among the Gerer Hasidim wear", "title": "Spodik" }, { "docid": "5835985", "text": "Budenovka A budenovka () is a distinctive type of hat, an archetypal part of the Communist military uniforms of the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) and later conflicts. Its official name was the \"broadcloth helmet\" (шлем суконный). Named after Red cavalry commander Semyon Budyonny, it was also known as the \"frunzenka\" after the Commissar Mikhail Frunze. It is a soft, woolen hat that covers the ears and neck. The cap features a peak and folded earflaps that can be buttoned under the chin. The hat was created as part of a new uniform for the Russian army by Viktor Vasnetsov, a", "title": "Budenovka" }, { "docid": "17616207", "text": "in the mountains talking loud, its name is Ch'i. By knowing this name and shouting it, you will prevent it from harming you. Another name for it is Jo-nei; you may use both these names together. There is another mountain power, this one in the shape of a drum, colored red, and also with only one foot. Its name is Hui. Still another power has the shape of a human being nine feet tall, dressed in fur-lined clothes and wearing a large straw hat. Its name is Chin-lei. Another is like a dragon, variegated in color and with red horns,", "title": "Xiao (mythology)" }, { "docid": "19308673", "text": "Potap Kuzmich Zaikov Potap Kuzmich Zaikov (17??-1791) was a Russian navigator that operated across the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska during the developing Maritime Fur Trade from the 1770s to 1791. Working primarily in what became Russian America, Zaikov would over the course of his career would be employed by several groups of Russian fur merchants. Zaikov at first worked for the Panov brothers, who also employed Evstratii Delarov. Zaikov departed from Okhotsk in 1772 aboard the Panov vessel \"Vladimir\", staffed with 57 Russians and 10 Yakuts. The winter was spent at the mouth of the Vorovskaya river", "title": "Potap Kuzmich Zaikov" }, { "docid": "19308677", "text": "\"La Princesa\" and Gonzalo López de Haro of the \"San Carlos\". Zaikov died on Unalaska Island in 1791. Potap Kuzmich Zaikov Potap Kuzmich Zaikov (17??-1791) was a Russian navigator that operated across the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska during the developing Maritime Fur Trade from the 1770s to 1791. Working primarily in what became Russian America, Zaikov would over the course of his career would be employed by several groups of Russian fur merchants. Zaikov at first worked for the Panov brothers, who also employed Evstratii Delarov. Zaikov departed from Okhotsk in 1772 aboard the Panov vessel \"Vladimir\",", "title": "Potap Kuzmich Zaikov" }, { "docid": "2598085", "text": "of driving the Americans away. This was accomplished by about 1840. In its late period the maritime fur trade was largely conducted by the British Hudson's Bay Company and the Russian-American Company. The term \"maritime fur trade\" was coined by historians to distinguish the coastal, ship-based fur trade from the continental, land-based fur trade of, for example, the North West Company and the American Fur Company. Historically, the maritime fur trade was not known by that name, rather it was usually called the \"North West Coast trade\" or \"North West Trade\". The term \"North West\" was rarely spelled as the", "title": "Fur trade" }, { "docid": "18292732", "text": "More recently, Somerville made a hat hired by the then Kate Middleton. This was sold at a charity auction in 2012 for more than twice its guide price. Other noted wearers of Somerville hats included Kiri te Kanawa, Joan Collins and Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher wore a fur hat he created during a state visit to the Soviet Union in 1987 to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. Somerville made hats for two James Bond film villains – the oversized black hat worn by Xenia (Famke Janssen) in \"GoldenEye\" and the fur hat sported by Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) during the skiing chase sequence", "title": "Philip Somerville" }, { "docid": "9143676", "text": "house they visit has a pessimistic fish who \"always tries to flatten the fun\". Karlos becomes angry and accuses the Cat of not being a real cat, and his hat of not being a real hat. But the Cat indignantly asserts his legitimacy by singing his name in several languages. The tune becomes so catchy that everyone, even Karlos, joins in and contributes, telling the Cat that in Russian he is a \"chapka in a shlyapa\". (An interesting point to note is that in the Russian portion of the song, the Cat describes himself as a \"chapka in a shlyapa\",", "title": "The Cat in the Hat (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11000460", "text": "popular cheap material for civilian clothing as well. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his \"Gulag Archipelago\" records the expression \"Stalin's fur\" in the meaning of no fur of any kind, in reference to the dress of Gulag inmates, supposedly derived in an analogy with \"fish fur\". Fish fur Fish fur () is a Russian language ironic expression used to describe poor quality of coats and other clothes worn for warmth. In modern times it is also used for fake fur, especially of poor quality. The term traces back to a Russian proverb \"A poor man's fur coat is of fish fur.\" (", "title": "Fish fur" }, { "docid": "5767795", "text": "blond mink, silver striped fox and red fox. These were mainly bought by the rich. Those who could not afford this wore pelts of wolf, Persian lamb or muskrat. It was common for ladies to wear a matching hat. However, in the 1950s, a 'must have' type of fur was the mutation fur (naturally nuanced colours) and fur trimmings on a coat that were beaver, lamb fur, Astrakhan and mink. To this day, some people consider fur as a trend and wear it. Fur is generally thought to have been among the first materials used for clothing and bodily decoration.", "title": "Fur clothing" }, { "docid": "17920607", "text": "to American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft, the Cossacks themselves were a light troop, but they were preceded by a still lighter, a flying advance guard, called the \"promyshleniki\", a kind of Russian \"coureurs des bois\".] for North American fur trade and maritime fur trade) of the period of the Russian America (1733–1867) began settling Interior Alaska starting in the 1810s, establishing a trading post at Nulato on the Yukon River (of Koyukon homeland) and one (in the 1819 \"Copper Fort\") at Taral (Russian Тарал, native Ahtna name \"Taghaelden\") on the Copper River (of Ahtna homeland). British traders established", "title": "Tanana Athabaskans" }, { "docid": "6937989", "text": "fur hat, and tall boots which added a foot to his height. Although, if this was accurate, he would have been taller than Robert Wadlow, now cited as the world's tallest man. Machnow died in 1912 due to pneumonia and likely complications of Acromegaly although there are other versions of the story. Some believed he had been poisoned by rivals or envious competitors (Machnow was a rather well known wrestler), but no evidence for this is available. He was the father of four children none of whom reached a height greater than two meters. Feodor Machnow Feodor Machnow (Russian: Фёдор", "title": "Feodor Machnow" }, { "docid": "10311985", "text": "open and capable of carrying goods and people from one island to another. The word baidarka is the Russian name used for Aleutian style sea kayak. The word has its origins from early Russian settlers in Alaska, who created it by confusingly adding a diminutive, the suffix \"-ka-\" to the name of another, larger boat called baidara in Aleut. The ancient Unangan name is iqyax. Before the arrival of the Russians, the one-hole baidarkas (kayaks) were found in abundance, along with some two-hole boats. The Russians later came to hunt fur-bearing animals, and the Russian influence on the design of", "title": "Aleutian kayak" }, { "docid": "8068488", "text": "(and sometimes berets for women) are worn in spring and summer months and a Russian style fur hat (the Ushanka hats) in winter. A variant of the Disruptive Pattern Material, the Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform (green), the ERDL pattern, the M81 Woodland and the Tigerstripe is also being worn by a few and rare images of North Korean army officers and service personnel. In Non-Dress uniforms, a steel helmet (Soviet SSh-68 combat helmet) seems to be the most common headgear, and is sometimes worn with a camouflage covering. Standard military boots are worn for combat, women wear low heel shoes", "title": "Korean People's Army Ground Force" }, { "docid": "16225542", "text": "best quality fitch fur comes from Siberia. The fitch, or European polecat, is a ferret-like animal, and the corsac is a type of fox that is also found in Siberia. However, these furs are less popular because foxes are common to virtually every fur-trading country in the world. The Siberian ushanka is a full fur hat, consisting entirely of warm fur. It is commonly made out of black foxes, red foxes, silver foxes, shadow foxes, blue foxes, brown foxes, raccoons, martens, or black beavers. It covers the top of the head and comes down to also cover the ears and", "title": "Siberian fur trade" }, { "docid": "12254751", "text": "made of raccoon pelt and hide have sometimes been used as part of traditional Scottish highland men's apparel since the 18th Century, especially in North America. Such sporrans may or may not be of the \"full-mask\" type. Historically, Native American tribes not only used the fur for winter clothing, but also used the tails for ornament. The famous Sioux leader Spotted Tail took his name from a raccoon skin hat with the tail attached he acquired from a fur trader. Since the late 18th century, various types of scent hounds, called \"coonhounds\", which are able to tree animals have been", "title": "Raccoon" }, { "docid": "19520746", "text": "based in Genova. Only few photos of Nelson Le Follet are left. The only existent photo, from the early 1900s, shows a fascinating Enrico, dressed with a coat in sea otter fur and beaver fur reverts and a cylinder hat. Nelson le Follet Nelson Le Follet, stage name of Bartolomeo Viganego, also known as Enrico or Enrichetto (14 May 1859 in San Fruttuoso – 20 September 1943 in Chiavari), has been an Italian illusionist, impersonator and acrobat. During his youth, he had been an athlete of the Christopher Columbus Gymnastics Society, thus dedicating himself to performing acrobatic acts in famous", "title": "Nelson le Follet" }, { "docid": "8587988", "text": "King William's War, the beaver fur trade declined dramatically while the deerskin trade boomed. This was in part due to a shift in changing fashions in London, where a new kind of hat made from leather was becoming popular. This new hat required deerskin and colonial South Carolina increased the scale of its deerskin exports dramatically. Trade in other kinds of fur fell sharply. The end of a diversified fur trade altered the relationship between European colonists and Native Americans, in many cases caused an increase in tension and conflict. For example, it was an important factor in the events", "title": "Deerskin trade" }, { "docid": "2644794", "text": "with models in wearable condition typically hard to find; price often varies with size (larger sizes are typically more expensive) and condition. In the past, top hats were made by blocking a single piece of wool or fur felt and then covering the shell with fur plush. Since the invention of silk plush a new method using \"gossamer\" was invented and used up to the present day though the older method is more common for toppers made today. A town-weight silk top hat is made by first blocking two pieces of gossamer (or \"goss\" for short), which is made of", "title": "Top hat" }, { "docid": "2733358", "text": "he could make cloth out of fur without tanning. Fur felt hats are lighter, they maintain their shape, and withstand weather and renovation better. Stetson made an unusually large hat from felt he made from hides collected on the trip, and wore the hat for the remainder of the expedition. Although initially worn as a joke, Stetson soon grew fond of the hat for its ability to protect him from the elements. It had a wide brim, a high crown to keep an insulating pocket of air on the head, and was used to carry water. As their travels continued,", "title": "Stetson" }, { "docid": "11353265", "text": "frequently devastating effects of the fur trade on aboriginal peoples; about how furs as staple products induced an enduring economic dependence among the European immigrants who settled in the new colony and about how the fur trade ultimately shaped Canada's political destiny. Harold Innis begins \"The Fur Trade in Canada\" with a brief chapter on the beaver which became a much desired fur due to the popularity of the beaver hat in European society. He remarks that it is impossible to understand the developments of the fur trade, or of Canadian history, without some knowledge of the beaver's life and", "title": "Harold Innis and the fur trade" }, { "docid": "7959329", "text": "Beaver hat A beaver hat is a hat made from felted beaver fur. They were fashionable across much of Europe during the period 1550–1850 because the soft yet resilient material could be easily combed to make a variety of hat shapes (including the familiar top hat). Smaller hats made of beaver were sometimes called beaverkins, as in Thomas Carlyle's description of his wife as a child. Used winter coats worn by Native Americans were actually a prized commodity for hat making because their wear helped prepare the skins; separating out the coarser hairs from the pelts. To make felt, the", "title": "Beaver hat" }, { "docid": "7959327", "text": "Beaver hat A beaver hat is a hat made from felted beaver fur. They were fashionable across much of Europe during the period 1550–1850 because the soft yet resilient material could be easily combed to make a variety of hat shapes (including the familiar top hat). Smaller hats made of beaver were sometimes called beaverkins, as in Thomas Carlyle's description of his wife as a child. Used winter coats worn by Native Americans were actually a prized commodity for hat making because their wear helped prepare the skins; separating out the coarser hairs from the pelts. To make felt, the", "title": "Beaver hat" }, { "docid": "2644804", "text": "top hat is a hard, black silk hat, with fur now often used. The acceptable colors of hats are much as they have traditionally been, with \"white\" hats (which are actually grey), a daytime racing color, worn at the less formal occasions demanding a top hat, such as Royal Ascot, or with a morning suit. In the U.S. top hats are worn widely in coaching, a driven horse discipline as well as for formal riding to hounds. The collapsible silk opera hat, or \"crush hat\", is still worn on occasions, and black in color if worn with evening wear as", "title": "Top hat" }, { "docid": "18409358", "text": "sun beaming from one's face. The ruff on a fancy parka was constructed of not merely one or two layers of fur but of three or four of different tints and thicknesses. The \"yurturuaq\" ia a small dark piece of fur at the very top of light-colored garment hood ruff (said to represent a black bear sitting on a mountain of snow) or small light piece of fur on dark-colored garment hood ruff (said to represent a polar bear). Fancy hat (\"nacarpiaq\" in Yup'ik, literally \"real hat\", \"nacarpig'ar\" in Cup'ig) a Yup'ik men's ceremonial headdress (\"angutet nacait\" \"men's hats\") with", "title": "Yup'ik clothing" }, { "docid": "17636943", "text": "of finishing two hundred and seventy-four Russian dumplings (pelmeni) in six minutes was included in a compilation by Bleacher Report, titled \"Top 10 Unbreakable and Disgusting Competitive Eating Records\". His win at the 2009 Indian donut eating contest earned him another world record for chowing down forty-four doughnuts in twelve minutes. Boone is the reigning World Champion of the World League Of Competitive Eating (WLOCE), HQ in Bangalore, India. Hailing himself as the \"Mouth of the South\", Boone often attends eating competitions dressed in \"overalls and a foxtail-decorated fur hat\". His unconventional antics, which have often caused disruption at competitions,", "title": "Dale Boone" }, { "docid": "11000459", "text": "Fish fur Fish fur () is a Russian language ironic expression used to describe poor quality of coats and other clothes worn for warmth. In modern times it is also used for fake fur, especially of poor quality. The term traces back to a Russian proverb \"A poor man's fur coat is of fish fur.\" ( У бедняка шуба на рыбьем меху). The expression has often been used to describe the uniform of the Soviet Army. In particular, elements of winter uniform (\"ushanka\", collars, mittens) of ordinary soldiers and lower ranks were made of wool pile, which has been a", "title": "Fish fur" }, { "docid": "10637273", "text": "preserves the sitter's essential features. The clear connection of Picasso's works and his love life is taken for granted today, and when his art of the early 1930s is discussed, the growing phrased used is \"the Marie-Therese period.\" Picasso's affair with Marie-Therese was a secret, and she would gradually usurp the throne then occupied by Olga Khokhlova, the artist's legal wife. Marie-Therese will be subject to constant transformations. Some range from portraits that are instantly recognizable to transcendent universal symbols. Fantastic reinventions of the human body were always at the core of Picasso's genius. In Woman in Hat and Fur", "title": "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar" }, { "docid": "15294510", "text": "Aviator hat An aviator hat, also known as a bomber hat, is a usually a leather cap with large earflaps, a chin strap and, often, a short bill that is commonly turned up at the front to show the lining (often fleece or fur). It is often worn with goggles. It may be made of other materials, such as felt. Aviator hats became popular in the early days of the 20th century as open-cockpit airplanes grew in use. Pilots needed a hat to keep their heads and ears warm, as well as goggles to protect their eyes in flight. With", "title": "Aviator hat" }, { "docid": "6007419", "text": "Shelekhov founded the second permanent Russian settlement in Alaska (after Unalaska, permanently settled from 1774) on the island's Three Saints Bay. In 1790, Shelekhov, back in Russia, hired Alexander Andreyevich Baranov to manage his Alaskan fur enterprise. Baranov moved the colony to the northeast end of Kodiak Island, where timber was available. The site later developed as what is now the city of Kodiak. Russian colonists took Koniag wives and started families whose surnames continue today, such as Panamaroff, Petrikoff, and Kvasnikoff. In 1795, Baranov, concerned by the sight of non-Russian Europeans trading with the Natives in southeast Alaska, established", "title": "Russian America" }, { "docid": "2676033", "text": "agreed that all Australian Forces with the exception of the Artillery would wear the slouch hat. It was to be looped up on one side—Victoria and Tasmania on the right and the other colonies (later states) on the left. This was done so that rifles could be held at the slope without damaging the brim. After Federation, the slouch hat became standard Australian Army headgear in 1903 and since then it has developed into an important national symbol. The slouch hat (also known as a Hat KFF, or Hat Khaki Fur Felt) is worn as the standard ceremonial headress for", "title": "Slouch hat" }, { "docid": "7778289", "text": "up at her door in a wooden horse? Elaine is able to justify all her recent purchases as business expenses, except for George's hat, which cost a staggering $8,000. Heather is unimpressed by George, so he leaves his new hat behind in Heather's apartment. Elaine needs the hat to justify her purchase: \"If I don't have that fur hat by four o'clock, they're gonna take me down like Nixon.\" When George tries to reclaim it, Heather insists that it is not in her apartment. George and Elaine go there to search but cannot find the hat, and as an act", "title": "The Chicken Roaster" }, { "docid": "10141507", "text": "Canadian military fur wedge cap The Canadian military fur wedge cap, \"envelope busby\", or colloquially \"The Astrakhan\" is a uniform hat worn by the Canadian military and RCMP. The outside of the cap is entirely covered in real (e.g. seal skin or Persian lamb) or synthetic fur and is shaped like a wedge. When not being worn the cap folds flat. The cap is about high but is normally worn with the apex of the wedge shape depressed back into the interior of the cap to form a longitudinal trough at the crown, reducing the overall height. Often the cap", "title": "Canadian military fur wedge cap" }, { "docid": "6293921", "text": "Shapoklyak Shapoklyak ( - Old Lady Shapoklyak) was a popular villain from a story about Cheburashka written by Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. The first appearance of Shapoklyak (in the movie) was in the animated film \"Gena the Crocodile\" (1969) by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). She appears as an old woman, wearing an outdated hat and carrying a purse, in which she carries her pet rat Lariska. In the film \"Cheburashka Goes to School\" (1983) she admits that she has not received secondary education and is sent to school together with Cheburashka. Her name is the Russian word for the hat", "title": "Shapoklyak" }, { "docid": "12840974", "text": "had exhausted the supply of beavers in Kanienkeh (\"the land of the flint\"-the Iroquois name for their homeland in what is now upstate New York), and moreover Kanienkeh lacked the beavers with the thick pelts that the Europeans favored and would pay the best price for, which were to be found further north in what is now northern Canada. The Five Nations launched the \"Beaver Wars\" to take control of the fur trade by allowing themselves to be only middlemen who would deal with the Europeans. The Wendat homeland, Wendake, lies in what is now southern Ontario being bordered on", "title": "North American fur trade" }, { "docid": "18530579", "text": "showed a high-crowned white mushroom hat worn with a double-breasted gaberdine suit in the spring shows. The mushroom shape has had a number of revivals in high fashion. During the mid 1980s, Frederick Fox created a much-photographed mushroom-style design for Diana, Princess of Wales – worn tilted and known as the 'flying saucer'. More recently, Stephen Jones designed oversized hats in fur – including mushroom-like designs – for the fall/winter 2012 Marc Jacobs' show at New York Fashion Week. Mushroom hat A mushroom hat (also sometimes referred to as a mushroom brim hat or dish hat) is a millinery style", "title": "Mushroom hat" }, { "docid": "10141511", "text": "days in Royal Military College of Canada. The fur wedge cap is prominently featured in the Cecil B. DeMille film \"North West Mounted Police\" (1940), with the mounted police characters all wearing the cap despite the fact that the movie is set in the summer time. (In real usage, the cap was not intended to be worn in summer.) A civilian version of the cap without the bag was fashionable in Canada during the 1970s. Canadian military fur wedge cap The Canadian military fur wedge cap, \"envelope busby\", or colloquially \"The Astrakhan\" is a uniform hat worn by the Canadian", "title": "Canadian military fur wedge cap" }, { "docid": "9521901", "text": "für seine Haupt- und Titelrolle einen solch idealen Vertreter gefunden hat, wie Sie, lieber Karl Erb es sind. Ihr Name ist mit diesem Stück deutscher Kunst fur alle Zeiten ruhmreich verbunden.'<br> \"(I consider it as one of the very occasional fortunate circumstances in my life as an artist, that my greatest work at its first appearance in the world has found for its chief and title role such an ideal interpreter as you, dear Karl Erb, are. Your name is for all time praiseworthily united with this piece of German art.)\" In the original performances, Maria Ivogün (later wife of", "title": "Palestrina (opera)" }, { "docid": "18361477", "text": "rights to an ice harvesting monopoly, the RAC would lease all lands of Russian America south of Mount Saint Elias. All Russian fur traders would additionally operate only in the name of the HBC. The historian John Galbraith appraised Rutkovski's considered offer as \"Such a proposal would have been unhesitatingly accepted had it been made twenty years earlier. But the same uncertainties of the value of the fur trade which induced the Russians to make such an offer in 1865 prevented the Hudson's Bay Company from accepting.\" Additionally, by this point the British had already formulated plans to create stations", "title": "RAC–HBC Agreement" }, { "docid": "20317092", "text": "period: For the marshals and generals, a ceremonial cap was introduced, modeled on the everyday, the parade uniform-dress uniform according to the pattern of the everyday jacket, but with ceremonial epaulettes, dressed-out trousers without boots, with edges along the line, and also authorized officer's model caps were allowed in the summer Everyday form for building; For the marshals, generals and colonels were abolished hats (they were replaced by astrakhan hat-earflaps of gray color, for the colonels - from the fur of tsigeyki): The edges of the ceremonial uniforms of officers, ensigns, servicemen of the extended service and women servicemen, as", "title": "Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces" }, { "docid": "5128876", "text": "murals, particularly Scene 6 from Temple 9 showing . The paintings of Bezeklik, while having a small amount of Indian influence, is primarily influenced by Chinese and Iranian styles, particularly Sasanian Persian landscape painting. Albert von Le Coq was the first to study the murals and published his findings in 1913. He noted how in one of the Caucasian-looking figures with green eyes, wearing a green fur-trimmed coat and presenting a bowl with what he assumed were bags of gold dust, wore a hat that he found reminiscent of the headgear of Sasanian Persian princes. The Buddhist Uyghurs of the", "title": "Bezeklik Caves" }, { "docid": "193792", "text": "smooth, hairless skin with what appears to be glandular depressions, though as a semi-aquatic species it might not have been particularly useful to determine the integument of terrestrial species. The oldest undisputed known fossils showing unambiguous imprints of hair are the Callovian (late middle Jurassic) \"Castorocauda\" and several contemporary haramiyidans, both near-mammal cynodonts. More recently, studies on terminal Permian Russian coprolites may suggest that non-mammalian synapsids from that era had fur. If this is the case, these are the oldest hair remnants known, showcasing that fur occurred as far back as the latest Paleozoic. Some modern mammals have a special", "title": "Hair" }, { "docid": "7982518", "text": "from the Russian name for the animal, \"\"korsák\"\" (корса́к), derived ultimately from Turkic \"karsak\". The corsac fox is threatened by hunting for the fur trade. The corsac fox is a medium-sized fox, with a head and body length of , and a tail long. Adults weigh from . It has grey to yellowish fur over much of the body, with paler underparts and pale markings on the mouth, chin, and throat. During the winter, the coat becomes much thicker and silkier in texture, and is straw-grey in colour, with a darker line running down the back. For a fox, it", "title": "Corsac fox" }, { "docid": "3756738", "text": "from the fur of the Canadian black bear. However, an officer's bearskin is made from the fur of the Canadian brown bear as the female brown bear has thicker, fuller fur and is dyed black. An entire skin is used for each hat. The British Army purchase the hats, which are known as caps, from a British hatmaker which sources its pelts from an international auction. The hatmakers purchase between 50 and 100 black bear skins each year at a cost of about £650 each. If properly maintained, the caps last for decades. On 3 August 1888, \"The New York", "title": "Bearskin" }, { "docid": "4640763", "text": "becomes very coarse, which does not sell as well in the fur fashion industry as the fine, soft fur of puppies. \"The One Hundred and One Dalmatians\" describes Cruella as the last of her prosperous and notorious family, with a personal net worth of . She is married to a furrier, whose first name is never mentioned, even by Cruella, and it appears she married him solely due to his occupation rather than because she loved him. When Mrs Dearly asks Cruella what her married name is, Cruella retorts that - in contrast to the usual patriarchal custom - she", "title": "Cruella de Vil" }, { "docid": "5767805", "text": "fur trade was one of the driving forces of exploration of North America and the Russian Far East. Fur clothing Fur clothing is clothing made of furry animal hides. Fur is one of the oldest forms of clothing, and is thought to have been widely used as hominids first expanded outside Africa. Some view fur as luxurious and warm; however, others reject it due to moral concerns for animal rights. The term 'fur' is often used to refer to a coat, wrap, or shawl made from the fur of animals. Controversy exists regarding the wearing of fur coats, due to", "title": "Fur clothing" }, { "docid": "2664163", "text": "Spanish to establish colonies in the region, no more attempts were made as other geopolitical and domestic matters drew the attention of the authorities. With the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, the Spanish formally withdrew all formal claims to lands north of the 42° north. The Imperial Russian government established the Russian-American Company in 1799, a monopoly among Russian subjects for fur trading operations in Russian America with the Ukase of 1799. In part from the growing Russian activities to the north, the Spanish created the Catholic Missions to create colonies in Alta California. Plans for creating Russians colonies in what", "title": "Oregon boundary dispute" }, { "docid": "2653618", "text": "police Custodian helmet protects the officer's head, a sun hat shades the face and shoulders from the sun, a cowboy hat protects against sun and rain and a Ushanka fur hat with fold-down earflaps keeps the head and ears warm. Some hats are worn for ceremonial purposes, such as the mortarboard, which is worn (or carried) during university graduation ceremonies. Some hats are worn by members of a certain profession, such as the Toque worn by chefs. Some hats have religious functions, such as the mitres worn by Bishops and the turban worn by Sikhs. While there are not many", "title": "Hat" }, { "docid": "18410501", "text": "new fashion in 1914: \"Do not be astounded if you notice a smartly gowned woman with a hat of huge proportions...The new large hats are broad brimmed and have low crowns, which are not discernible when the hat is worn, hence they resemble cartwheels tilted at a becoming angle\". These early versions might be covered in velvet, taffeta or silk; some included flower, fur or feather trims. The cartwheel hat appeared in films and fashion during the 1930s – an American newspaper described the latest Paris fashion for straight and curled-brim cartwheel designs in 1934. The correspondent described crowns so", "title": "Cartwheel hat" }, { "docid": "4728289", "text": "actually refer to themselves as Qaraqalpaqs, whilst the Uzbeks call them Qoraqalpogs. The word means \"black hat\" and has caused much confusion in the past, since historians linked them with other earlier peoples, who have borne the appellation \"black hat\" in Slavic vernacular. Many accounts continue to link the present day Karakalpaks with the Turcic confederation known as the Cherniye Klobuki of the 11th century, whose name also means \"black hat\" in Russian. Cherniye Klobuki were mercenary military troops of the Kievan Rus. Apart from the fact that their names have the same meaning, there is no archaeological or historical", "title": "Karakalpaks" }, { "docid": "5657230", "text": "Montera A montera is the hat traditionally worn by many males and females in the folk costumes of the Iberian peninsula. It has come to name also but not exclusively the ones used by bullfighters, introduced to the event in 1835 by Francisco \"Paquiro\" Montes as accompaniment to the \"traje de luces\", or \"suit of lights\".The montera is quite renowned to bullfighters of Spain, or España. The montera is habitually covered in astrakhan fur with an inner lining of velvet. The image of a saint is sometimes printed on the lining as a talisman of good luck. The top of", "title": "Montera" }, { "docid": "5657231", "text": "the montera is often decorated with a special design. The \"bulbs\" on the sides of the montera represent the horns of a bull. Montera A montera is the hat traditionally worn by many males and females in the folk costumes of the Iberian peninsula. It has come to name also but not exclusively the ones used by bullfighters, introduced to the event in 1835 by Francisco \"Paquiro\" Montes as accompaniment to the \"traje de luces\", or \"suit of lights\".The montera is quite renowned to bullfighters of Spain, or España. The montera is habitually covered in astrakhan fur with an inner", "title": "Montera" }, { "docid": "4579903", "text": "white is known to be one of the most tameable types of hamsters. The hamster has no fully accepted common name, Winter white dwarf hamster and Russian dwarf hamster are among the most often used. Confusion arises because of their physical similarity to the Campbell's dwarf hamster, consequently the name Djungarian hamster and Russian dwarf can refer to both Winter white and Campbell's dwarf hamsters. The term \"Winter white\" derives from the fact that in the wild the hamster changes it's fur colour to white for the winter months, this camouflages the hamster and reduces predation when snow is on", "title": "Winter white dwarf hamster" }, { "docid": "2665991", "text": "Welsh hats were made in the same way and with the same materials as top hats. Most surviving examples were made by Christys of Stockport and London, and Carver and Co of Bristol who also made top hats. Some were made by Welsh hat makers. The shell was made of buckram (linen fabric), strengthened with shellac or resin and covered with black silk plush (sometimes confusingly known as beaver) but some were made of felt (originally beaver fur, but later fur from other animals). During the 20th century most Welsh hats for adults were made of card covered in black", "title": "Welsh hat" }, { "docid": "1540433", "text": "century and well into the 20th century, a wide range of hats was manufactured to suit all tastes and purses. The names used by the competing manufacturers to describe their products was bewildering and some of these were; felt hats, silk hats, fur hats, wear fur hats, soft hats, stiff hats, velour hats, wool hats, straw hats and, of course, the ubiquitous cloth cap. In the 1930s the 'Attaboy' trilby hat was introduced by the Denton Hat Company. This brand quickly became famous and it was in production for many years. Ladies' hats were not forgotten either and at least", "title": "Denton, Greater Manchester" }, { "docid": "4199611", "text": "England immigrated to Australia. Once established he sent for his wife Harriet and six children. In 1876 Dunkerley and David Glenhill established the Kensington Hat Mills in Glenorchy, near Hobart in Tasmania. The business rapidly expanded and was soon employing 30 workers and producing 750 hats per week. However the business was declared bankrupt in 1879. Once the restrictions on his bankruptcy were lifted Dunkerley in 1885 re-established Kensington Hat Mills in partnership with H.J Hull. To improve production Dunkerley invented and registered in 1892 a fur-cutting machine that mechanised the difficult and tedious task of stripping the fur from", "title": "Akubra" }, { "docid": "5967499", "text": "pimping - for good. The film ends with Willie walking happily down the streets. Willie Dynamite is always shown with a bright colored outfit, stereotypical outfit for the pimp. He is always wearing a hat that matches the rest of his outfit. He is first seen wearing a bright candy red suit with a white-striped red jacket and matching white-striped red hat. The second outfit that he is seen in is a clover green suit with a red scarf. With this, he is also wearing a large fur coat and hat. When he is detained by the police for the", "title": "Willie Dynamite" } ]

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[ { "docid": "348222", "text": "RNA Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, and, along with lipids, proteins and carbohydrates, constitute the four major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life. Like DNA, RNA is assembled as a chain of nucleotides, but unlike DNA it is more often found in nature as a single-strand folded onto itself, rather than a paired double-strand. Cellular organisms use messenger RNA (mRNA) to convey genetic information (using the nitrogenous bases of guanine, uracil, adenine, and cytosine, denoted by the", "title": "RNA" }, { "docid": "348232", "text": "RNA as their template for synthesis of a new strand of RNA. For instance, a number of RNA viruses (such as poliovirus) use this type of enzyme to replicate their genetic material. Also, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is part of the RNA interference pathway in many organisms. Messenger RNA (mRNA) is the RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome, the sites of protein synthesis (translation) in the cell. The coding sequence of the mRNA determines the amino acid sequence in the protein that is produced. However, many RNAs do not code for protein (about 97% of the transcriptional output", "title": "RNA" }, { "docid": "348234", "text": "RNA chain, RNA includes small RNA and long RNA. Usually, small RNAs are shorter than 200 nt in length, and long RNAs are greater than 200 nt long. Long RNAs, also called large RNAs, mainly include long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and mRNA. Small RNAs mainly include 5.8S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), 5S rRNA, transfer RNA (tRNA), microRNA (miRNA), small interfering RNA (siRNA), small nucleolar RNA (snoRNAs), Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA), tRNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA) and small rDNA-derived RNA (srRNA). Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries information about a protein sequence to the ribosomes, the protein synthesis factories in the cell. It is coded so", "title": "RNA" }, { "docid": "1391896", "text": "the case of messenger RNA (mRNA) the RNA is an information carrier coding for the synthesis of one or more proteins. mRNA carrying a single protein sequence (common in eukaryotes) is monocistronic whilst mRNA carrying multiple protein sequences (common in prokaryotes) is known as polycistronic. Every mRNA consists of three parts: a 5' untranslated region (5'UTR), a protein-coding region or open reading frame (ORF), and a 3' untranslated region (3'UTR). The coding region carries information for protein synthesis encoded by the genetic code to form triplets. Each triplet of nucleotides of the coding region is called a codon and corresponds", "title": "Gene expression" }, { "docid": "6847434", "text": "make a smaller, mobile molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA), which carries the instructions for making a protein to the site where the protein is manufactured (in a process known as translation). Many different types of proteins can affect the level of gene expression by promoting or preventing transcription. In prokaryotes (such as bacteria), these proteins often act on a portion of DNA known as the operator at the beginning of the gene. The promoter is where RNA polymerase, the enzyme that copies the genetic sequence and synthesizes the mRNA, attaches to the DNA strand. Some genes are modulated by activators,", "title": "Inducer" } ]

[ { "docid": "16274640", "text": "or in suspension. Hi5 cells produce abundant microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), making it suitable to study all three types of small silencing RNAs. High Five cells High Five (officially called BTI-Tn-5B1-4) is an insect cell line that originated from the ovarian cells of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. It was developed by the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY. High Five cells have become one of the most commonly used cell lines for recombinant protein expression using baculovirus or transfection, and have been demonstrated, in a number of cases, to express more", "title": "High Five cells" }, { "docid": "20875213", "text": "Therefore, it is also possible that the \"xerDC\" motif actually operates at the level of single-stranded DNA. In terms of secondary structure, RNA and DNA are difficult to distinguish when only sequence information is available. \"xerDC\" RNAs sometimes partially overlap predicted genes. However, these genes are relatively small and their putative protein products are not similar to any known conserved protein domain, suggesting that the genes might be false positive predictions. XerDC RNA motif The \"xerDC\" RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. \"xerDC\" motif RNAs are found in Clostridia. \"xerDC\" RNAs function as cis-regulatory", "title": "XerDC RNA motif" }, { "docid": "11189935", "text": "small interfering RNAs. This therapy causes RNA interference, in which short segments of double stranded RNA acts to silence targeted oncogenes post-transcription. SR-B1 mediation reduces siRNA degradation and off-target accumulation while enhancing delivery to targeted tissues. In \"metastatic and taxane-resistant models of ovarian cancer, rHDL-mediated siren delivery improved responses. SCARB1 Scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SRB1) also known as SR-BI is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SCARB1\" gene. SR-BI functions as a receptor for high-density lipoprotein. Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) is an integral membrane protein found in numerous cell types/tissues, including the", "title": "SCARB1" }, { "docid": "2352257", "text": "a workhorse of the RNAS for much of the First World War. In 1916, Herbert Smith became Chief Engineer of the Sopwith company, and under his design leadership its other successful World War I types included the larger Type 9901. This aircraft, better known as the 1½ Strutter due to its unconventional cabane strut arrangement, was used from 1916 by the RNAS, RFC and the French \"Aviation Militaire\" as a single-seat bomber, two-seat fighter and artillery spotter and trainer. Soon after came the small and agile single-seat Scout, which quickly became better known as the Pup because of its obvious", "title": "Sopwith Aviation Company" }, { "docid": "12749668", "text": "Embryomics Embryomics is the identification, characterization and study of the diverse cell types which arise during embryogenesis, especially as this relates to the location and developmental history of cells in the embryo. Cell type may be determined according to several criteria: location in the developing embryo, gene expression as indicated by protein and nucleic acid markers and surface antigens, and also position on the embryogenic tree. There are many cell markers useful in distinguishing, classifying, separating and purifying the numerous cell types present at any given time in a developing organism. These cell markers consist of select RNAs and proteins", "title": "Embryomics" }, { "docid": "2200235", "text": "Dot1 catalytic domain. The C-terminal is important for the substrate specificity and binding of Dot1 because the region carries a positive charge, allowing for a favorable interaction with the negatively charged backbone of DNA. Due to structural constraints, Dot1 is only able to methylate histone H3. There are three different types of protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) and three types of methylation that can occur at arginine residues on histone tails. The first type of PRMTs (PRMT1, PRMT3, CARM1⧸PRMT4, and Rmt1⧸Hmt1) produce monomethylarginine and asymmetric dimethylarginine (Rme2a). The second type (JBP1⧸PRMT5) produces monomethyl or symmetric dimethylarginine (Rme2s). The third type (PRMT7)", "title": "Histone methyltransferase" }, { "docid": "2189191", "text": "mCx43, mCx47) detected but without immunocytochemical evidence for the corresponding protein within ultrastructurally-defined gap junctions. Those mRNAs appear to be down-regulated or destroyed by micro interfering RNAs ( miRNAs ) that are cell-type and cell-lineage specific. Neurons within the retina show extensive coupling, both within populations of one cell type, and between different cell types. Gap junctions were so named because of the \"gap\" shown to be present at these special junctions between two cells. With the increased resolution of the transmission electron microscope (TEM) gap junction structures were first able to be seen and described in around 1953. The", "title": "Gap junction" }, { "docid": "20839522", "text": "Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif The Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. Flavobacterium-1 motif RNAs are found in metagenomic samples from the environment, and only one example of this motif is present in a classified organism. This organism is \"Flavobacterium\" sp. SCGC AAA160-P02, which belongs to the bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes. Flavobacterium-1 RNAs likely function in \"trans\" as small RNAs, and do not exhibit a clear association with any type of protein-coding gene. Most genes nearby to Flavobacterium-1 RNAs fail to match known conserved protein domains, suggesting that they participate in a poorly studied biological process.", "title": "Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif" }, { "docid": "20839521", "text": "Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif The Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. Flavobacterium-1 motif RNAs are found in metagenomic samples from the environment, and only one example of this motif is present in a classified organism. This organism is \"Flavobacterium\" sp. SCGC AAA160-P02, which belongs to the bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes. Flavobacterium-1 RNAs likely function in \"trans\" as small RNAs, and do not exhibit a clear association with any type of protein-coding gene. Most genes nearby to Flavobacterium-1 RNAs fail to match known conserved protein domains, suggesting that they participate in a poorly studied biological process.", "title": "Flavobacterium-1 RNA motif" }, { "docid": "14846092", "text": "remaining in use with the RNAS after the outbreak of World War I, being used for coastal patrol work at RNAS Great Yarmouth, and later for training purposes at RNAS Eastchurch. In 1915, the RNAS, pleased with their Short pushers, wanted to place orders for further S.38-type aircraft for use as basic trainers. As Short Brothers was busy building later types, orders were instead placed with subcontractors, twelve aircraft being built by Pemberton-Billing Ltd and 24 S.38s by White and Thompson, with deliveries continuing until 1916 and the type remaining in service until 1917. The type had two fatal accidents:", "title": "Short S.38" }, { "docid": "15493649", "text": "It binds to RNA, same residues used to recognize DNA may still be used to recognize RNA. The strategy used by zinc figure to distinguish these two type of nucleotides may contain distinct structural arrangement of this domain. CCCH and CCHC zinc fingers bind to an AU-rich RNA element. Different from CCHH zinc figure, the shape of the protein is the primary determinant of specificity. In Ray and Kazan's paper, they address the question about sequence preference of RBPs. In their research, one single RBP is incubated with a vast molar excess of a complex pool of RNAs. The protein", "title": "RNA-binding protein database" }, { "docid": "19106633", "text": "A smaller version of Cas9 from the bacterium \"Staphylococcus aureus\" is a potential alternative to Cpf1. CRISPR-Cas systems are separated into two classes. Class 1 uses several Cas proteins together with the CRISPR RNAs (crRNA) to build a functional endonuclease. Class 2 CRISPR systems use a single Cas protein with a crRNA. Cpf1 has been recently identified as a Class II, Type V CRISPR/Cas systems containing a 1,300 amino acid protein. The Cpf1 locus contains a mixed alpha/beta domain, a RuvC-I followed by a helical region, a RuvC-II and a zinc finger-like domain. The Cpf1 protein has a RuvC-like endonuclease", "title": "CRISPR/Cpf1" }, { "docid": "10294067", "text": "exonucleases in the cell. La protein is found in the nucleus in all eukaryotic organisms and associates with several types of RNAs transcribed by RNA pol III. La protein interacts with these RNAs (including the 5S rRNA) through their 3' oligo-uridine tract, aiding stability and folding of the RNA. In eukaryotic cells, ribosomal protein L5 associates and stabilizes the 5S rRNA forming a pre-ribosomal ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP) that is found in both cytosol and the nucleus. L5 deficiency prevents transport of 5S rRNA to the nucleus and results in decreased ribosomal assembly. In prokaryotes the 5S rRNA binds to the", "title": "5S ribosomal RNA" }, { "docid": "1606824", "text": "Non-coding RNA A non-coding RNA (ncRNA) is an RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein. The DNA sequence from which a functional non-coding RNA is transcribed is often called an RNA gene. Abundant and functionally important types of non-coding RNAs include transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), as well as small RNAs such as microRNAs, siRNAs, piRNAs, snoRNAs, snRNAs, exRNAs, scaRNAs and the long ncRNAs such as Xist and HOTAIR. The number of non-coding RNAs within the human genome is unknown; however, recent transcriptomic and bioinformatic studies suggest that there are thousands of them. Many of the", "title": "Non-coding RNA" }, { "docid": "535885", "text": "RNA molecules longer than 200 bases that do not have protein-coding potential. These include: ribosomal RNAs, or rRNAs (the RNA components of ribosomes), and a variety of other long RNAs that are involved in regulation of gene expression, epigenetic modifications of DNA nucleotides and histone proteins, and regulation of the activity of protein-coding genes. Small discrepancies between total-small-ncRNA numbers and the numbers of specific types of small ncNRAs result from the former values being sourced from Ensembl release 87 and the latter from Ensembl release 68. Although the human genome has been completely sequenced for all practical purposes, there are", "title": "Human genome" }, { "docid": "12749669", "text": "present inside, and surface antigens present on the surface of, the cells making up the embryo. For any given cell type, these RNA and protein markers reflect the genes characteristically active in that cell type. The catalog of all these cell types and their characteristic markers is known as the organism's embryome. The word is a portmanteau of embryo and genome. “Embryome” may also refer to the totality of the physical cell markers themselves. As an embryo develops from a fertilized egg, the single egg cell splits into many cells, which grow in number and migrate to the appropriate locations", "title": "Embryomics" }, { "docid": "10709632", "text": "of various RNAs and degrade abnormal RNAs. Different type of RNA substrates include ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), transfer RNAs (tRNAs), small nuclear RNAs(snRNAs), Long transcripts of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) etc. But the mechanism by which TRAMP complex identifies various substrates is unknown. The TRAMP complex works more efficiently in RNA processing by engaging Exosome complex exonuclease RrP6 wherein Nab3(RNA binding protein) plays a crucial role. Post-transcriptional modifications due to various enzymes like methyltransferase Hmt1p (Rmt1p) may have an indirect effect on chromatin maintenance. The chromatin structures are affected when RNA substrates of TRAMP complex are", "title": "TRAMP complex" }, { "docid": "1391895", "text": "are structurally similar to snoRNAs. In eukaryotes most mature RNA must be exported to the cytoplasm from the nucleus. While some RNAs function in the nucleus, many RNAs are transported through the nuclear pores and into the cytosol. Notably this includes all RNA types involved in protein synthesis. In some cases RNAs are additionally transported to a specific part of the cytoplasm, such as a synapse; they are then towed by motor proteins that bind through linker proteins to specific sequences (called \"zipcodes\") on the RNA. For some RNA (non-coding RNA) the mature RNA is the final gene product. In", "title": "Gene expression" }, { "docid": "10295198", "text": "the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. U35 is encoded in intron 6 of ribosomal protein L13A and intron 3 of ribosomal protein S11 in humans and at homologous positions in mouse and chicken ribosomal protein genes. U35 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) residue C4506. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD35 snoRNA U35 (also known as SNORD35) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD35" }, { "docid": "20790913", "text": "the ER lumen. Type IV is subdivided into IV-A, with their N-terminal domains targeted to the cytosol and IV-B, with an N-terminal domain targeted to the lumen. The implications for the division in the four types are especially manifest at the time of translocation and ER-bound translation, when the protein has to be passed through the ER membrane in a direction dependent on the type. Bitopic protein Bitopic proteins (also known as single-pass or single-spanning proteins) are transmembrane proteins that span the lipid bilayer only one time. These proteins may constitute up to 50% of all transmembrane proteins, depending on", "title": "Bitopic protein" }, { "docid": "17932713", "text": "##Evidence-Data-END## WFIKKN2 WAP, follistatin/kazal, immunoglobulin, kunitz and netrin domain containing 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WFIKKN2 gene. The WFIKKN1 protein contains a WAP domain, follistatin domain, immunoglobulin domain, two tandem Kunitz domains, and an NTR domain. This gene encodes a WFIKKN1-related protein which has the same domain organization as the WFIKKN1 protein. The WAP-type, follistatin type, Kunitz-type, and NTR-type protease inhibitory domains may control the action of multiple types of proteases. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: AY358142.1, AK127743.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns :: single sample supports all introns ERS025083, ERS025084", "title": "WFIKKN2" }, { "docid": "17932712", "text": "WFIKKN2 WAP, follistatin/kazal, immunoglobulin, kunitz and netrin domain containing 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WFIKKN2 gene. The WFIKKN1 protein contains a WAP domain, follistatin domain, immunoglobulin domain, two tandem Kunitz domains, and an NTR domain. This gene encodes a WFIKKN1-related protein which has the same domain organization as the WFIKKN1 protein. The WAP-type, follistatin type, Kunitz-type, and NTR-type protease inhibitory domains may control the action of multiple types of proteases. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: AY358142.1, AK127743.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns :: single sample supports all introns ERS025083, ERS025084 [ECO:0000348]", "title": "WFIKKN2" }, { "docid": "17514455", "text": "Circular RNA Circular RNA (or circRNA) is a type of RNA which, unlike the better known linear RNA, forms a covalently closed continuous loop, i.e., in circular RNA the 3' and 5' ends normally present in an RNA molecule have been joined together. This feature confers numerous properties to circular RNAs, many of which have only recently been identified. Many circular RNAs arise from otherwise protein-coding genes. They have been categorized as noncoding RNA, but more recently, they have been shown to code for proteins. Some circular RNAs have recently shown potential as gene regulators. Like many other alternative noncoding", "title": "Circular RNA" }, { "docid": "20869036", "text": "Rho-independent transcription terminators. SsnA RNA motif The \"ssnA\" RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. \"ssnA\" motif RNAs are found in Clostridiales. \"ssnA\" motif RNAs likely function as cis-regulatory elements, in view of their positions upstream of protein-coding genes. Specifically, they occur upstream of genes that are homologous to the \"ssnA\" gene of \"Escherichia coli\", even though \"ssnA\" RNAs are not themselves in \"E. coli\", or related organisms. This gene's biological function is not yet known (as of 2018), but it is predicted as a type of metallo-dependent hydrolase. \"ssnA\" RNAs are closely (within 20-30", "title": "SsnA RNA motif" }, { "docid": "20869035", "text": "SsnA RNA motif The \"ssnA\" RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. \"ssnA\" motif RNAs are found in Clostridiales. \"ssnA\" motif RNAs likely function as cis-regulatory elements, in view of their positions upstream of protein-coding genes. Specifically, they occur upstream of genes that are homologous to the \"ssnA\" gene of \"Escherichia coli\", even though \"ssnA\" RNAs are not themselves in \"E. coli\", or related organisms. This gene's biological function is not yet known (as of 2018), but it is predicted as a type of metallo-dependent hydrolase. \"ssnA\" RNAs are closely (within 20-30 base pairs) by", "title": "SsnA RNA motif" }, { "docid": "17929833", "text": "environmental conditions and a big background in computer science in constructing solar maps. First of all, the type of data collected in making a solar map varies to the type of solar map that is being made. There would be some types of solar maps that would include other types of information than others. As long as the information presented on the solar map pertains to information of measurements of Solar Energy or solar radiation the map can be considered a solar map. In order for a solar map to be made, two main types of data must be collected.", "title": "Solar map" }, { "docid": "20847992", "text": "unit. Therefore, it is possible that \"mcrA\" RNAs are located upstream of protein-coding genes merely because they happen to be adjacent in these long phage transcripts. McrA RNA motif The \"mcrA\" RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. \"mcrA\" motif RNAs are found in the genus \"Listeria\", as well as two phages that infect such species: \"Listeria\" phage 2389 and \"Listeria\" phage B025. \"mcrA\" RNAs are often found upstream of genes that encode restriction endonucleases of the \"mcrA\" type. These endonucleases are typically found in phages. This fact could suggest that the RNAs function as", "title": "McrA RNA motif" }, { "docid": "17574362", "text": "human cells, as well as a limited number of model organisms relevant to specific human diseases. The initial focus is on cellular states including stemness, immortality, proliferation, differentiation, senescence, and stress. The reference epigenome for each sample comprises high resolution maps of DNA methylation and key regulatory histone modifications, with corresponding information about the type and expression level of all transcribed genes (protein coding as well as non-coding / small RNAs). The data produced are made freely available to the research community via the IHEC Data Portal, European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA), and other venues. In addition, participating research projects are", "title": "International Human Epigenome Consortium" }, { "docid": "387774", "text": "the extent and types of splicing can be very different between the major divisions. Eukaryotes splice many protein-coding messenger RNAs and some non-coding RNAs. Prokaryotes, on the other hand, splice rarely and mostly non-coding RNAs. Another important difference between these two groups of organisms is that prokaryotes completely lack the spliceosomal pathway. Because spliceosomal introns are not conserved in all species, there is debate concerning when spliceosomal splicing evolved. Two models have been proposed: the intron late and intron early models (see intron evolution). Spliceosomal splicing and self-splicing involve a two-step biochemical process. Both steps involve transesterification reactions that occur", "title": "RNA splicing" }, { "docid": "2000583", "text": "In the virological taxonomy they appear as Satellites/Satellite nucleic acids/Subgroup 3: Circular satellite RNAs. Virusoid Virusoids are circular single-stranded RNAs dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation. The genome of virusoids consist of several hundred nucleotides and does not code for any proteins. Virusoids are essentially viroids that have been encapsulated by a helper virus coat protein. They are thus similar to viroids in their means of replication (rolling circle replication) and due to the lack of genes, but they differ in that viroids do not possess a protein coat. Virusoids, while being studied in virology, are subviral particles", "title": "Virusoid" }, { "docid": "20835581", "text": "large operons, it is possible that the D12-methyl RNAs are simply one of the genetic elements in a long, phage transcriptional unit. D12-methyl RNA motif The D12-methyl RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. D12-methyl motifs are found in metagenomic DNA samples, and have not yet been found in a classified organism. It is ambiguous whether D12-methyl RNAs function as cis-regulatory elements or whether they operate in \"trans\". On the one hand, they are located upstream of protein-coding genes of a variety of types. This fact could suggest that D12-methyl RNAs function in \"cis\". However,", "title": "D12-methyl RNA motif" }, { "docid": "13136965", "text": "thousand protein-coding genes appear to have HBx-binding sites. In addition to protein coding genes, about 15 microRNAs and 16 Long non-coding RNAs are also affected by the binding of HBx to their promoters. Each altered microRNA can affect the expression of several hundred messenger RNAs (see microRNA). The hepatitis B virus is classified as the type species of the \"Orthohepadnavirus\", which contains three other species: the \"Ground squirrel hepatitis virus\", \"Woodchuck hepatitis virus\", and the \"Woolly monkey hepatitis B virus\". The genus is classified as part of the \"Hepadnaviridae\" family, which contains two other genera, the \"Avihepadnavirus\" and a second", "title": "Hepatitis B virus" }, { "docid": "17508999", "text": "messenger RNAs, each of which codes for a single protein. Chimeric RNA Chimeric RNA, sometimes referred to as a fusion transcript, is composed of exons from two or more different genes that have the potential to encode novel proteins. These mRNAs are different from those produced by conventional splicing as they are produced by two or more gene loci. In 1956, Francis Crick proposed what is now known as the \"central dogma\" of biology: DNA encodes the genetic information required for an organism to carry out its life cycle. In effect, DNA serves as the \"hard drive\" which stores genetic", "title": "Chimeric RNA" }, { "docid": "773213", "text": "sequences in particular conformations. They propagate themselves in host cells by making conformational changes in other molecules of protein with the same amino acid sequence, but with a different conformation that is functionally important or detrimental to the organism. Once the protein has been transconformed to the prion folding it changes function. In turn it can convey information into new cells and reconfigure more functional molecules of that sequence into the alternate prion form. In some types of prion in fungi this change is continuous and direct; the information flow is Protein → Protein. Some scientists such as Alain E.", "title": "Central dogma of molecular biology" }, { "docid": "3014756", "text": "sequence is read from a specific starting point. Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaei both longed to understand how information gets transmitted from DNA to protein. At this time there was a race to crack the code of the DNA language. At the same time, Severo Ochoa was busy working on the coding problem with the help of Leon Heppel, a skillful biochemist capable of making artificial RNAs of defined compositions. Ochoa had a big staff, and Nirenberg was worried he would not be able to keep up. Many NIH scientists helped Nirenberg in deciphering the mRNA codons for amino acids.", "title": "Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment" }, { "docid": "8551630", "text": "that can be hijacked for therapy. In recent years, non-coding RNAs have emerged as a new area of investigation within the mammalian transcriptome. Micro RNAs, long non-coding RNAs, pseudogenes and circular RNAs vastly outnumber the protein coding mRNA dimension. The Pandolfi Lab recently contributed to determine the importance of this non-coding RNAs dimension in tumorigenesis, through \"in vivo\" modeling efforts in the mouse. Pandolfi has also presented a theory describing how non-coding RNAs as well as protein coding messenger RNAs can cross-talk through a new RNA language by acting as “competing endogenous RNAs” (ceRNAs). This in turn attributes a “non-coding”", "title": "Pier Paolo Pandolfi" }, { "docid": "18708011", "text": "types of methylation, such as N-terminal methylation and prenylcysteine methylation, additional processing is required, whereas other types of methylation such as arginine methylation and lysine methylation do not require pre-processing. Arginine can be methylated once (monomethylated arginine) or twice (dimethylated arginine). Methylation of arginine residues is catalyzed by three different classes of protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs): Type I PRMTs (PRMT1, PRMT2, PRMT3, PRMT4, PRMT6, and PRMT8) attach two methyl groups to a single terminal nitrogen atom, producing asymmetric dimethylarginine (N G,N G-dimethylarginine). In contrast, type II PRMTs (PRMT5 and PRMT9) catalyze the formation of symmetric dimethylarginine with one methyl group", "title": "Protein methylation" }, { "docid": "11790989", "text": "Long non-coding RNA Long non-coding RNAs (long ncRNAs, lncRNA) are defined as transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that are not translated into protein. This somewhat arbitrary limit distinguishes long ncRNAs from small non-coding RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), and other short RNAs. Long intervening/intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) are sequences of lncRNA which do not overlap protein-coding genes. In 2007 a study found only one-fifth of transcription across the human genome is associated with protein-coding genes, indicating at least four times more long non-coding than coding RNA sequences. However, it", "title": "Long non-coding RNA" }, { "docid": "6585873", "text": "automobiles, and hazardous materials (hazmats) warning signs for commercial vehicles. There are other types, such as the \"wide load\" signs used when mobile homes are transported by road. Commercial vehicle placards are of two general types, the single indicator, where in specific information of a fixed nature is displayed by the sign, such as the yellow \"oxidizing agent\" sign below, and the NFPA \"fire diamond\" style device which can be changed to depict new information as the contents of the vehicle change, and which carries information about the compound being carried, placard is similar to posters and logos, its flammability", "title": "Placard" }, { "docid": "9850039", "text": "rRNAs: 18S, 5.8S, and 28S. The transcription of rRNA genes takes place in a specialised structure of the nucleus called the nucleolus, where the transcribed rRNAs are combined with proteins to form ribosomes. RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is responsible for the transcription of all mRNAs, some snRNAs, siRNAs, and all miRNAs. Many Pol II transcripts exist transiently as single strand precursor RNAs (pre-RNAs) that are further processed to generate mature RNAs. For example, precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs) are extensively processed before exiting into the cytoplasm through the nuclear pore for protein translation. RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes small non-coding", "title": "Eukaryotic transcription" }, { "docid": "5034831", "text": "Aircraft type club Aircraft type clubs are organizations that provide information and support to a single aircraft type or a group of aircraft types from the same manufacturer or family of aircraft. There are hundreds of aircraft type clubs around the world providing services to most certified, amateur-built, warbird and ultralight aircraft types that have been produced in any significant numbers. In some cases, especially those dealing with highly popular aircraft designs, there may be two or more competing type clubs offering services for the same aircraft type or types. Most aircraft type clubs are independent of the manufacturer. While", "title": "Aircraft type club" }, { "docid": "17106191", "text": "urea protein denaturant can not fully dissociate the dCas9 RNA-protein complex from dsDNA target. dCas9 has been targeted with engineered single guide RNAs to transcription initiation sites of any loci where dCas9 can compete with RNA polymerase at promoters to halt transcription. Also, dCas9 can be targeted to the coding region of loci such that inhibition of RNA Polymerase occurs during the elongation phase of transcription. In Eukaryotes, silencing of gene expression can be extented by targeting dCas9 to enhancer sequences, where dCas9 can block assembly of transcription factors leading to silencing of specific gene expression. Moreover, the guide RNAs", "title": "Cas9" }, { "docid": "11323916", "text": "\"PFKM\" only shares a 68% similarity with that of the liver-type \"PFKL\". This 85-kDa protein is one of two subunit types that comprise the seven tetrameric PFK isozymes. The muscle isozyme (PFK-1) is composed solely of PFKM. The liver PFK (PFK-5) contains solely the second subunit type, PFKL, while the erythrocyte PFK includes five isozymes composed of different combinations of PFKM and PFKL. These subunits evolved from a common prokaryotic ancestor via gene duplication and mutation events. Generally, the N-terminal of the subunits carries out their catalytic activity while the C-terminal contains allosteric ligand binding sites. In particular, the binding", "title": "PFKM" }, { "docid": "17508998", "text": "were not present in the original RNA. Some chimeric RNAs have been confirmed by other methods however. Although rare in higher eukaryotes, various lower eukaryotes including nematodes and trypanosomes make extensive use of trans-splicing to generate chimeric RNAs. In these organisms, splicing reactions between a protein coding RNA and a universal sequence result in the attachment of a splice-leader to the 5' end of the RNA, generating a functional messenger RNA. This system allows the use of operons - collections of protein-coding genes with a shared function that are simultaneously transcribed into a single RNA and then spliced into individual", "title": "Chimeric RNA" }, { "docid": "11318618", "text": "as 2,337 nucleotides in the coding region, encoding 779 amino acids. This coding region only shares a 68% similarity between PFKL and the muscle-type PFKM. This 80-kDa protein is one of three subunit types that comprise the five tetrameric PFK isozymes. The liver PFK (PFK-5) contains solely PFKL, while the erythrocyte PFK includes five isozymes composed of different combinations of PFKL and the second subunit type, PFKM. The muscle isozyme (PFK-1) is composed solely of PFKM. These subunits evolved from a common prokaryotic ancestor via gene duplication and mutation events. Generally, the N-terminal of the subunits carries out their catalytic", "title": "PFKL" }, { "docid": "2838848", "text": "Dale's Pharmacology, 2015.) Uncommonly, a collection of amyloid can grow large enough to be classed as an amyloidoma, a macroscopic lump of amyloid that can cause mass effect. The cells in the body have two different ways of making proteins. Some proteins are made of one single piece or sequence of amino acids; in other cases, protein fragments are produced, and the fragments come and join together to form the whole protein. But such a protein can sometimes fall apart into the original protein fragments. This process of \"flip flopping\" happens frequently for certain protein types, especially the ones that", "title": "Amyloidosis" }, { "docid": "3154549", "text": "receptor, the receptor undergoes structural changes and it binds and activates the olfactory-type G protein on the inside of the olfactory receptor neuron. The G protein (G and/or G) in turn activates the lyase - adenylate cyclase - which converts ATP into cyclic AMP (cAMP). The cAMP opens cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels which allow calcium and sodium ions to enter into the cell, depolarizing the olfactory receptor neuron and beginning an action potential which carries the information to the brain. The primary sequences of thousands of olfactory receptors are known from the genomes of more than a dozen organisms: they", "title": "Olfactory receptor" }, { "docid": "15517920", "text": "of cell organization. The ionizing radiation-induced stress response is very complex and involves many cellular processes. Dr. Chaudry is investigating the involvement of small non-coding micro-RNA in the response of human cells exposed to ionizing radiation. Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are small non-protein-coding single-stranded RNAs of ~22 nucleotides that function as negative gene regulators. miRNA negatively regulate their targets either by binding with perfect or nearly perfect complementarity to protein coding mRNA sequences to induce the RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) pathway. Most miRNAs do not cleave their mRNA targets as a mechanism of gene regulation. These miRNAs bind to imperfect complementary sites", "title": "M. Ahmad Chaudhry" }, { "docid": "43643", "text": "and extrudes through the cell wall. They are long and thick thread-like appendages, protein in nature. A different type of flagellum is found in archaea and a different type is found in eukaryotes. A fimbria also known as a pilus is a short, thin, hair-like filament found on the surface of bacteria. Fimbriae, or pili are formed of a protein called pilin (antigenic) and are responsible for attachment of bacteria to specific receptors of human cell (cell adhesion). There are special types of specific pili involved in bacterial conjugation. Cell division involves a single cell (called a \"mother cell\") dividing", "title": "Cell (biology)" }, { "docid": "8548924", "text": "CXC and CC families. Two types of chemokines that bind to these receptors are inflammatory chemokines and homeostatic chemokines. Inflammatory chemokines are expressed upon leukocyte activation, whereas homeostatic chemokines show continual expression. Chemokine receptor Chemokine receptors are cytokine receptors found on the surface of certain cells that interact with a type of cytokine called a chemokine. There have been 20 distinct chemokine receptors discovered in humans. Each has a 7-transmembrane (7TM) structure and couples to G-protein for signal transduction within a cell, making them members of a large protein family of G protein-coupled receptors. Following interaction with their specific chemokine", "title": "Chemokine receptor" }, { "docid": "20835580", "text": "D12-methyl RNA motif The D12-methyl RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. D12-methyl motifs are found in metagenomic DNA samples, and have not yet been found in a classified organism. It is ambiguous whether D12-methyl RNAs function as cis-regulatory elements or whether they operate in \"trans\". On the one hand, they are located upstream of protein-coding genes of a variety of types. This fact could suggest that D12-methyl RNAs function in \"cis\". However, many of the associated genes are typical of those located in prophages. Since phage genomes often consist of a small number of", "title": "D12-methyl RNA motif" }, { "docid": "2736487", "text": "the similarity in structure of B-type lamins between invertebrates and vertebrates. Furthermore, organisms that only contain a single lamin contain a B-type lamin. Other studies that have investigated the structural similarities and differences between A- and B-type lamins have found that the positions of introns/exons in B-type lamins have been conserved in A-type lamins, with more variations in the A-type lamins. This suggests that the common ancestor of these lamin types was a B-type lamin. Due to their properties as a type of IF protein, lamins provide support for maintaining the shape of the nucleus. They also play an indirect", "title": "Lamin" }, { "docid": "6856139", "text": "program, which is a compile-time error in C: This issue does not arise in most programming practice in C, because since the codice_19 type carries no information, it is useless to pass it anyway; but it may arise in generic programming, such as C++ templates, where codice_19 must be treated differently from other types. In C++ however, empty classes are allowed, so it is possible to implement a real unit type; the above example becomes compilable as: The second notable difference is that the void type is special and can never be stored in a record type, i.e. in a", "title": "Unit type" }, { "docid": "348341", "text": "wide acceptance. Like DNA, RNA can store and replicate genetic information; like protein enzymes, RNA enzymes (ribozymes) can catalyze (start or accelerate) chemical reactions that are critical for life. One of the most critical components of cells, the ribosome, is composed primarily of RNA. Ribonucleotide moieties in many coenzymes, such as Acetyl-CoA, NADH, FADH and F420, have long been thought of as surviving remnants of covalently bound coenzymes in an RNA world. Although RNA is fragile, some ancient RNAs may have evolved the ability to methylate other RNAs to protect them. If the RNA world existed, it was probably followed", "title": "RNA world" }, { "docid": "17043390", "text": "while their proper assembly endows them with a novel function. Therefore, tandem BRCT domains can be regarded as a form of a single, linear solenoid domain as well. Solenoid protein domain Solenoid protein domains are a highly modular type of protein domains. They consist of a chain of nearly identical folds, often simply called \"repeats\". They are extremely common among all types of proteins, though exact figures are unknown. In proteins, a \"repeat\" is any sequence block that returns more than one time in the sequence, either in an identical or a highly similar form. Repetitiveness does not in itself", "title": "Solenoid protein domain" }, { "docid": "43443", "text": "scratch) physics-based modeling. Another aspect of structural bioinformatics include the use of protein structures for Virtual Screening models such as Quantitative Structure-Aactivity Relationship models and proteochemometric models (PCM). Furthermore, a protein's crystal structure can be used in simulation of for example ligand-binding studies and \"In silico\" mutagenesis studies. \"Network analysis\" seeks to understand the relationships within biological networks such as metabolic or protein–protein interaction networks. Although biological networks can be constructed from a single type of molecule or entity (such as genes), network biology often attempts to integrate many different data types, such as proteins, small molecules, gene expression data,", "title": "Bioinformatics" }, { "docid": "19972567", "text": "predicted to be found in the endoplasmic reticulum. The same kind of investigation of protein localization in other types of species returned conflicting results. Many programs predicted the protein to be present in the cytosol. This suggests the possibility of incorrect naming, i.e. the protein may not be integral membrane due to other predicted locations. This type of conclusion will require further information. Not enough consensus exists as to where in the body SMIM23 is expressed. Databases indicate mainly in the testes, but this may be due to the lack of data. The promoter region of SMIM23 is approximately 1192", "title": "SMIM23" }, { "docid": "11478626", "text": "technique to switch between different types of the protein flagellin. As a result, flagella with different structures are assembled. Once an adaptive response has been mounted against one type of flagellin, or if a previous encounter has left the adaptive immune system ready to deal with one type of flagellin, switching types renders previously high affinity antibodies, TCRs, and BCRs ineffective against the flagella. Site-specific recombinations are usually short and occur at a single target site within the recombining sequence. For this to occur there are typically one or more cofactors (to name a few: DNA-binding proteins and the presence", "title": "Phase variation" }, { "docid": "20866225", "text": "Poribacteria-1 RNA motif The Poribacteria-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. The Poribacteria-1 motif is found only in the candidate bacterial phylum known as Poribacteria, and all 6 Poribacteria-1 RNAs are actually found in one organism, Candidatus Poribacteria sp. WGA-4E. All but one of these RNAs occur within roughly 6 kilobases of genomic DNA, and each of the 5 RNAs occurs between a different pair of protein-coding genes. This arrangement could suggest that the motif functions on the level of single-stranded DNA as \"attC\" sites that are part of an integron. It is also", "title": "Poribacteria-1 RNA motif" }, { "docid": "10295266", "text": "members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. U73 is encoded within the introns of ribosomal protein S3a and contains a 12 nucleotide region of complementarity to a conserved sequence in 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). U73 has been demonstrated to function as a 2'-O-ribose methylation guide RNA for pre-28S rRNA. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD73 snoRNA U73 (also known as SNORD73) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD73" }, { "docid": "10244458", "text": "replication. Mutant human Y RNAs lacking the conserved binding site for Ro60 protein still support DNA replication, indicating that binding to Ro protein and promoting DNA replication are two separable functions of Y RNAs. Although Y RNA-derived small RNAs are similar in size to microRNAs, it has been shown that these Y RNA fragments are not involved in the microRNA pathway. In its free state, Ro binds to a variety of misfolded RNAs including misfolded 5S rRNAs, and is thought to act as some sort of quality control mechanism. Crystal structures of Ro complexed either with Y RNA or another", "title": "Y RNA" }, { "docid": "20842908", "text": "RNAs. HTH-XRE RNA motif The HTH-XRE RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. HTH-XRE motifs are found in Clostridiales. HTH-XRE RNAs are often found upstream of genes encoding proteins with the XRE-like helix-turn-helix protein domain. However, in many cases, HTH-XRE RNAs are not upstream of a protein-coding gene. Additionally, genes encoding XRE-like domains are extremely common in bacteria, so it is possible that the association between this protein domain and the HTH-XRE RNA arises purely by coincidence. Overall, it is ambiguous whether HTH-XRE RNAs function as cis-regulatory elements or whether they operate in \"trans\" as", "title": "HTH-XRE RNA motif" }, { "docid": "8718140", "text": "of chromatin, where it has access to these nascent RNAs. The proteins involved in the hnRNP complexes are collectively known as heterogeneous ribonucleoproteins. They include protein K and polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB), which is regulated by phosphorylation catalyzed by protein kinase A and is responsible for suppressing RNA splicing at a particular exon by blocking access of the spliceosome to the polypyrimidine tract. hnRNPs are also responsible for strengthening and inhibiting splice sites by making such sites more or less accessible to the spliceosome. Cooperative interactions between attached hnRNPs may encourage certain splicing combinations while inhibiting others. hnRNPs affect several", "title": "Heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein particle" }, { "docid": "12659700", "text": "of function of either SL21p or SL26p individually causes only a weak cold-sensitive phenotype, whereas knockdown of both is lethal, as is a SL75p knockdown. Based on these results, the SmY RNAs are believed to have a function in trans-splicing. SmY RNA SmY ribonucleic acids (SmY RNAs) are a family of small nuclear RNAs found in some species of nematode worms. They are thought to be involved in mRNA trans-splicing. SmY RNAs are about 70–90 nucleotides long and share a common secondary structure, with two stem-loops flanking a consensus binding site for Sm protein. Sm protein is a shared component", "title": "SmY RNA" }, { "docid": "11441108", "text": "protein coding RNAs to code four proteins of 681 and 636 amino acids while remaining PAK6 transcripts are non-coding RNAs. There are five transcripts in murine PAK6 gene, of which two transcripts are protein coding and other two non-coding RNAs(Gene from review). Following the general structural organization of the group II PAKs, PAK6 also contains a kinase, and a GTPase interacting domain. This gene encodes a protein that shares a high degree of sequence similarity with p21-activated kinase (PAK) family members. The proteins of this family are Rac/Cdc42-associated Ste20-like Ser/Thr protein kinases, characterized by a highly conserved amino-terminal Cdc42/Rac interactive", "title": "PAK6" }, { "docid": "10676448", "text": "domain. The binding occurs in a cleft formed between alpha helix 1, alpha helix 2 the GXXG loop (contains a highly conserved sequence motif) and the variable loop. The binding cleft is hydrophobic in nature with a variety of additional protein specific interactions to stabilise the complex. Valverde and colleagues note that, \"Nucleic acid base-to-protein aromatic side chain stacking interactions which are prevalent in other types of single stranded nucleic acid binding motifs, are notably absent in KH domain nucleic acid recognition\". Structurally there are two different types of KH domains identified by Grishin which are called type I and", "title": "KH domain" }, { "docid": "10295301", "text": "members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. U95 was identified by computational screening of the introns of ribosomal protein genes for conserved C/D box sequence motifs and expression experimentally verified by northern blotting. U95 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) residues A2802 and C2811. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD95 snoRNA U95 (also known as SNORD95 or Z38) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD95" }, { "docid": "12659697", "text": "SmY RNA SmY ribonucleic acids (SmY RNAs) are a family of small nuclear RNAs found in some species of nematode worms. They are thought to be involved in mRNA trans-splicing. SmY RNAs are about 70–90 nucleotides long and share a common secondary structure, with two stem-loops flanking a consensus binding site for Sm protein. Sm protein is a shared component of spliceosomal snRNPs. SmY RNAs have been found in nematodes of class Chromadorea, which includes the most commonly studied nematodes (such as \"Caenorhabditis\", \"Pristionchus\", and \"Ascaris\"), but not in the more distantly related \"Trichinella spiralis\" in class Dorylaimia. The number", "title": "SmY RNA" }, { "docid": "8841691", "text": "Below are \"examples\" of how one telecommunications provider, CenturyLink, has published their choice for circuit IDs for three different types of circuit connections. For \"carrier circuits\", CenturyLink uses a format like: AAAAA/BBBBBB/CCCCCCCCCCC/DDDDDDDDDDD Where: \"Example:\" The above example circuit ID represents an unframed T3 circuit between two locations in Minnesota with a \"serial number\" of HN101. Some telecom providers also build a bit of intelligence (or meaning) into this unique prefix information. For instance, a T3U circuit type that carries a specific type of network traffic might use the HN designation at the beginning followed by a number in the 100-block", "title": "Circuit ID" }, { "docid": "7375838", "text": "d-orbitals are singly degenerate, so a JT geometry distortion will not results in any stabilization and therefor does not occur in C geometry. Blue copper protein types structure The figure 1 shows the structure of blue copper protein Type-I. This structure is strongly distorted coordination shape. There are 2-histidines, 1 methionine and 1 cysteine present in this type-I structure. Example for Type-I blue copper protein are plastocyanine , azurin and nitrite tedactase. The figure 2 shows the structure of Type-II blue copper protein which is non-blue copper protein. This structure is essentially planar coordination shape. There are 3 histidine ,", "title": "Copper protein" }, { "docid": "8898679", "text": "Argonaute The Argonaute protein family plays a central role in RNA silencing processes, as essential components of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). RISC is responsible for the gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference (RNAi). Argonaute proteins bind different classes of small non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). Small RNAs guide Argonaute proteins to their specific targets through sequence complementarity (base pairing), which then leads to mRNA cleavage or translation inhibition. The name of this protein family is derived from a mutant phenotype resulting from mutation of AGO1 in \"Arabidopsis thaliana\", which was", "title": "Argonaute" }, { "docid": "17694692", "text": "Sunbeam Bomber The Sunbeam Bomber was a prototype single-engined, single seat bomber aircraft of the First World War. Only one example flew as the type proved to be unsuccessful and was abandoned. Following the outbreak of the First World War, the Sunbeam Motor Car Company became a major supplier of licence-built aircraft for the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), in addition to its existing work as a designer and builder of aero-engines and motor vehicles. In November 1916, a requirement for a single-engined, single-seat bomber was issued on behalf of the RNAS, and when Sunbeam decided to design an aircraft", "title": "Sunbeam Bomber" }, { "docid": "1774949", "text": "natural mutations), less miRNA is available to control the expression of BRAF, and the increased amount of BRAF protein causes cancer. This sort of competition for regulatory elements by RNAs that are endogenous to the genome has given rise to the term ceRNA. PTEN. The PTEN gene is a known tumor suppressor gene. The PTEN pseudogene, PTENP1 is a processed pseudogene that is very similar in its genetic sequence to the wild-type gene. However, PTENP1 has a missense mutation which eliminates the codon for the initiating methionine and thus prevents translation of the normal PTEN protein. In spite of that,", "title": "Pseudogene" }, { "docid": "9674808", "text": "models capturing aspects of the properties of native protein conformations. Several lines of evidence have been presented in favor of the notion that primary protein sequence contains all the information required for overall three-dimensional protein structure, making the idea of a de novo protein prediction possible. First, proteins with different functions usually have different amino acid sequences. Second, several different human diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, can be linked to loss of protein function resulting from a change in just a single amino acid in the primary sequence. Third, proteins with similar functions across many different species often have", "title": "De novo protein structure prediction" }, { "docid": "14072810", "text": "negative strand is synthesized to serve as a template for transcribing RNAs of one genome size and several subgenome sized RNAs. The E2 protein forms a petal-shaped 20 nm long projection from the virus's surface. The E2 protein is thought to be involved in pathogenesis by helping the virus enter the host cytoplasm. The E2 protein initially has 1447residues, and then a short hydrophobic sequence is cleaved. After glycosylation of the protein in the golgi, the protein is then incorporated into the new virus. There are several functional domains within the E2 protein. A 20 residue hydrophobic segment at the", "title": "Transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus" }, { "docid": "9784100", "text": "are present in each capsomere. Each capsid is made from 5 VP1, 5 VP2, and 50 VP3 proteins. The capsid does not have an envelope. The genome is a single molecule of single stranded with a length of 4.7 kilobases. It has only two open reading frames. The 3' open reading frame is the structural capsid protein, cap, which can be spliced to form two RNAs, one for virion protein 1 (VP1) and the other goes on to eventually make VP2 and VP3. The second gene, rep, can be spliced into four different, nonstructural, regulatory proteins that all aid in", "title": "Dependoparvovirus" }, { "docid": "19492156", "text": "transcribe ribosomal RNA and tRNA, two types of RNA vital to ribosomal assembly and mRNA translation. SINEs, like tRNAs and many small-nuclear RNAs possess an internal promoter and thus are transcribed differently than most protein-coding genes. In other words, short-interspersed nuclear elements have their key promoter elements within the transcribed region itself. Though transcribed by RNA polymerase III, SINEs and other genes possessing internal promoters, recruit different transcriptional machinery and factors than genes possessing upstream promoters. The RNA coded by the short-interspersed nuclear element does not code for any protein product but is nonetheless reverse-transcribed and inserted back into an", "title": "Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs)" }, { "docid": "17497602", "text": "Vibrio cholerae ToxT activated RNAs In molecular biology, Vibrio cholerae ToxT activated RNAs are small RNAs which are produced by the bacterium \"Vibrio cholerae\". They are regulated by the transcriptional activator ToxT and may play a role in \"V. cholerae\" virulence. Two ToxT activated RNAs have been described: TarA (ToxT activated RNA A) and TarB (ToxT activated RNA B). The TarA small RNA regulates PtsG, a glucose transporter involved in the regulation of glucose uptake. Regulation of PtsG by TarA may be dependent upon the Hfq protein, an RNA chaperone. TarB inhibits the expression of Toxin coregulated pilus biosynthesis protein", "title": "Vibrio cholerae ToxT activated RNAs" }, { "docid": "20842844", "text": "GntR-DTE RNA motif The gntR-DTE RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. gntR-DTE motifs are found in some, but not all species within the genus Streptomyces. It is ambiguous whether gntR-DTE RNAs function as cis-regulatory elements or whether they operate in \"trans\" as small RNAs. Of the 7 known examples of \"gntR\" RNAs, 6 are upstream of protein-coding genes, suggesting a cis-regulatory function. However, having more than 10% of the RNAs no upstream of a protein-coding gene would be unusually high for a cis-regulatory RNA. Additionally, the reverse-complement of the RNA would be consistently upstream", "title": "GntR-DTE RNA motif" }, { "docid": "14391182", "text": "antisense RNAs suggest that their terminator is more likely to be constitutive. Later bioinformatics work uncovered an additional set of RNAs called (\"c4-2\" RNAs) that appear to function as c4 antisense RNAs, but have a somewhat altered secondary structure. A conserved RNA structure adopted by the a1, b1 site was identified and called the \"c4-a1b1\" motif. This structure overlaps an earlier family of predicted RNAs called IsrK, which was identified among numerous RNA molecules that bind to the Hfq protein, a protein that mediates many antisense RNA interactions. Later work on IsrK showed that its transcription was increased during late", "title": "C4 antisense RNA" }, { "docid": "348386", "text": "each coding triplet in the messenger RNA there is a distinct transfer RNA that matches and which carries the correct amino acid for that coding triplet. The attached amino acids are then linked together by another part of the ribosome. Once the protein is produced, it can then fold to produce a specific functional three-dimensional structure although during synthesis some proteins start folding into their correct form. A ribosome is made from complexes of RNAs and proteins and is therefore a ribonucleoprotein. Each ribosome is divided into two subunits: When a ribosome finishes reading an mRNA molecule, these two subunits", "title": "Ribosome" }, { "docid": "5432196", "text": "one gene belonging to the \"cas\" core. CRISPR-Cas systems fall into two classes. Class 1 systems use a complex of multiple Cas proteins to degrade foreign nucleic acids. Class 2 systems use a single large Cas protein for the same purpose. Class 1 is divided into types I, III, and IV; class 2 is divided into types II, V, and VI. The 6 system types are divided into 19 subtypes. Each type and most subtypes are characterized by a \"signature gene\" found almost exclusively in the category. Classification is also based on the complement of \"cas\" genes that are present.", "title": "CRISPR" }, { "docid": "7612636", "text": "RNAs distribute broadly in cells not only in the nucleus as DNAs do, but also in large portions in the cytoplasm. This theory has been supported by a series of discoveries from rat livers, human leukocytes, etc. Actually, monitoring a system by applying the isotopical label [O]-HO shows greater oxidation in cellular RNA than in DNA. Oxidation randomly damages RNAs, and each attack bring problems to the normal cellular metabolism. Although alteration of genetic information on mRNA is relatively rare, oxidation on mRNAs in vitro and in vivo results in low translation efficiency and aberrant protein products. Though the oxidation", "title": "DNA oxidation" }, { "docid": "15989194", "text": "a feature, the larger its number of variant types. For a given protein, once its amino acid sequence is determined, its sequence feature variant type is determined. SFVTs can be used to study the protein functions across many related species. Such studies have been carried out on several human pathogens. SFVTs are also available on Influenza Research Database for flu proteins and on Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource for Dengue virus. Sequence feature variant type The Sequence Feature Variant Type (SFVT) refers to the defined sequence variation (mutation) of a given sequence feature in a protein. Consider a protein,", "title": "Sequence feature variant type" }, { "docid": "10295345", "text": "C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. snoRNA Z17B is predicted to guide the 2'-O-ribose methylation of 18S rRNA at position U121. Two forms of this snoRNA are found in the intron of the ribosomal protein L23a gene. Small nucleolar RNA Z17 snoRNA Z17 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) and also often referred", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA Z17" }, { "docid": "10295242", "text": "the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. In the human genome there are two identical copies of snoRNA U62 (called U62A and U62B) both of which are located within the introns of the same host gene which encodes a hypothetical protein (KIAA0515). U62 is predicted to guide the 2'O-ribose methylation of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) reside A590. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD62 snoRNA U62 (also known as SNORD62) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD62" }, { "docid": "10295200", "text": "members of the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. U36 is encoded within the intron of ribosomal protein rpL7a, and has two regions of complementarity to 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA. This complementarity suggests that U36 acts as a 2'-O-ribose methylation guide. This snoRNA is also related to other snoRNAs (snoR47 and Z100) identified in the rice plant \"Oryza sativa\". Small nucleolar RNA SNORD36 snoRNA U36 (also known as SNORD36) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is located", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD36" }, { "docid": "16187714", "text": "with a reductase (StyB, StyA2B). The reductase utilizes solely NADH to reduce the FAD, which is then transferred to the styrene monooxygenase (StyA, StyA1). Two types of that enzyme are described so far: StyA/StyB (designated E1), first described from \"Pseudomonas\" species, and StyA1/StyA2B (designated E2), first described from Actinobacteria. The E1-type is more abundant in nature and comprises a single monooxygenase (StyA) supported by a single reductase (StyB), whereas the E2-type has a major monooxygenase (StyA1) which is supported by fusion protein of a monooxygenase and reductase (StyA2B). The latter one is the source of reduced FAD for the monooxygenase", "title": "Styrene monooxygenase" }, { "docid": "10294413", "text": "Pyrococcus C/D box small nucleolar RNA \"Pyrococcus\" C/D box small nucleolar RNA are non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecules identified in the archaeal genus \"Pyrococcus\" which function in the modification of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell, which is a major site of ribosomal RNA and snRNA biogenesis, but there is no corresponding visible structure in archaeal cells. This group of ncRNAs are known as small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNA) and also often referred to as a guide RNAs because they direct associated protein enzymes to add", "title": "Pyrococcus C/D box small nucleolar RNA" }, { "docid": "188434", "text": "shuttling RNAs from the nucleus and the cytoplasm by binding to the RRE RNA element. The \"vif\" protein (p23) prevents the action of APOBEC3G (a cellular protein that deaminates cytidine to uridine in the single-stranded viral DNA and/or interferes with reverse transcription). The \"vpr\" protein (p14) arrests cell division at G2/M. The \"nef\" protein (p27) down-regulates CD4 (the major viral receptor), as well as the MHC class I and class II molecules. \"Nef\" also interacts with SH3 domains. The \"vpu\" protein (p16) influences the release of new virus particles from infected cells. The ends of each strand of HIV RNA", "title": "HIV" }, { "docid": "578795", "text": "characters. Soon afterwards, he summarized his invention in his book \"A method of making moveable wooden types for printing books\". Although the wooden type was more durable under the mechanical rigors of handling, repeated printing wore the character faces down, and the types could only be replaced by carving new pieces. This system was later enhanced by pressing wooden blocks into sand and casting metal types from the depression in copper, bronze, iron or tin. This new method overcame many of the shortcomings of woodblock printing. Rather than manually carving an individual block to print a single page, movable type", "title": "Movable type" }, { "docid": "13702590", "text": "showed that the snoRNAs present within \"A. fumigatus\" are conserved across other strains of fungus. This study also identified several partial tRNA sequences within the cDNA libraries which corresponded to either the 5’ or 3’ halves of tRNA molecules. These partial tRNAs are thought to have been created by enonuclolytic cleavage within the anti-codon loop. It has been suggested that these partial tRNA stall protein synthesis however, further studies are required to determine their exact function. The table below summarised the type, genome location and corresponding target sites of the ncRNAs identified in \"A. fumigatus\". Non-Coding RNAs present in \"", "title": "Aspergillus fumigatus non-coding RNAs" }, { "docid": "8642998", "text": "abstract syntax in a type safe fashion. Here is an embedding of the simply typed lambda calculus with an arbitrary collection of base types, tuples and a fixed point combinator: And a type safe evaluation function: The factorial function can now be written as: We would have run into problems using regular algebraic data types. Dropping the type parameter would have made the lifted base types existentially quantified, making it impossible to write the evaluator. With a type parameter we would still be restricted to a single base type. Furthermore, ill-formed expressions such as codice_1 would have been possible to", "title": "Generalized algebraic data type" }, { "docid": "10295236", "text": "the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. In the human genome there are two closely related copies of U85 (called U58A and U58B). They are both encoded in the introns of the ribosomal protein RPL17 gene. Both snoRNAs are predicted to guide 2'O-ribose methylation of the large 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) subunit on residue G4198. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD58 snoRNA U58 (also known as SNORD58) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD58" }, { "docid": "10295216", "text": "the box C/D family function in directing site-specific 2'-O-methylation of substrate RNAs. U46 is encoded in intron 2 of the ribosomal protein S8 gene in human, and is hypothesised to guide methylation of 2'-O-ribose residues on 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). The homologue of this snoRNA in \"Arabidopsis thaliana\" is called snoZ153. Some human U40 sequences have been annotated in the sequence databases (Genbank) as U46. Small nucleolar RNA SNORD46 snoRNA U46 (also known as SNORD46) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located", "title": "Small nucleolar RNA SNORD46" }, { "docid": "11306137", "text": "Sjögren syndrome antigen B Sjögren syndrome type B antigen (SS-B) also known as Lupus La protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"SSB\" gene. La is involved in diverse aspects of RNA metabolism, including binding and protecting 3-prime UUU (OH) elements of newly RNA polymerase III-transcribed RNA, processing 5-prime and 3-prime ends of pre-tRNA precursors, acting as an RNA chaperone, and binding viral RNAs associated with hepatitis C virus. La protein was originally defined by its reactivity with autoantibodies from patients with Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus. Sjögren syndrome antigen B has been shown to", "title": "Sjögren syndrome antigen B" } ]

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[ { "docid": "14888751", "text": "Merriam-Webster states it is \"widely disapproved as non-standard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated\". \"Webster's Third New International Dictionary\", published in 1961, went against then-standard practice when it included the following usage note in its entry on : \"though disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech, used orally in most parts of the U.S. by many cultivated speakers esp. in the phrase \"ain't I\".\" Many commentators disapproved of the dictionary's relatively permissive attitude toward the word, which was inspired, in part, by the belief of its editor, Philip Gove, that \"distinctions of", "title": "Ain't" }, { "docid": "575016", "text": "the word was \"sacred\", and \"a word of immense power, to be used sparingly\". \"Cunt\" has been attested in its anatomical meaning since at least the 13th century. While Francis Grose's 1785 \"A Classical Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue\" listed the word as \"C**T: a nasty name for a nasty thing\", it did not appear in any major English dictionary from 1795 to 1961, when it was included in \"Webster's Third New International Dictionary\" with the comment \"usu. considered obscene\". Its first appearance in the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" was in 1972, which cites the word as having been in use", "title": "Cunt" } ]

[ { "docid": "2429875", "text": "the left half of the dictionary, otherwise continue similarly with the right half of the dictionary. This algorithm is similar to the method often used to find an entry in a paper dictionary. An algorithm is said to run in polylogarithmic time if \"T\"(\"n\") = O((log \"n\")), for some constant \"k\". For example, matrix chain ordering can be solved in polylogarithmic time on a parallel random-access machine. An algorithm is said to run in sub-linear time (often spelled sublinear time) if \"T\"(\"n\") = o(\"n\"). In particular this includes algorithms with the time complexities defined above, as well as others such", "title": "Time complexity" }, { "docid": "19548770", "text": "\"San zidian yinde\" 三字典引得, for \"A Chinese-English Dictionary\", (1711) \"Peiwen Yunfu\" rime dictionary, and (1716) \"Kangxi Dictionary\". The dictionary is alphabetically collated by Beijing Mandarin pronunciation romanized in the Wade-Giles system, \"a\", \"ai\", \"an\", \"ang\", etc. Within each syllabic pronunciation section, characters sharing the same phonetic element and different graphic radicals are arranged together, for instance, the phonetic \"ai\" 艾 (number 32) \"mugwort; artemisia\" is followed by \"ai\" 哎 (33, with the mouth radical) \"an interjection of surprise\", \"ai\" 餀 (34, food radical) \"food which has been spoilt\", and \"ai\" 鴱 (35, bird radical) \"the hen of the tailor-bird\". Pronunciations", "title": "A Chinese-English Dictionary" }, { "docid": "15936172", "text": "into the Chindwin Valley (Matisoff 2013:13). Kadu vowels consist of eight monophthongs and a diphthong /ai/. Kadu has 20 consonants. The final consonants need to be nasals /m, n, ŋ/ or voiceless stops /p, t, k, ʔ/. Kadu has three tones; high, mid, and low. CCVVC C: Consonant V: Vowel C: necessary, this can be any Kadu consonant except unvoiced nasals. C: optional, this can be only /l, w, y/. V: necessary, this can be any Kadu vowel, however, /ɘ/ appears only in the form of CɘC. V: optional. C: optional, this can be only /p, t, m, n, ʔ,", "title": "Kadu language" }, { "docid": "19131492", "text": "team first needed to develop an easy-to-understand tool for managing and developing the AI. This tool was dubbed the \"Luminous AI Graph\", which represented the multi-layered construction of an AI. The amount of effort put into the AI was directly inspired by experiences of developing games for the previous console generation: the emphasis had been put on graphics, causing the AI and other gameplay-related elements to suffer. Between the release of its commercial demo and the full release, the AI underwent further refinement. The AI functions were divided into three different categories: \"meta\", which governed the environment and in-game progression;", "title": "Development of Final Fantasy XV" }, { "docid": "14179150", "text": "to \"J. Bosworth & T. N. Toller\", this was a revision by Thomas Northcote Toller, based on Bosworth's 1838 dictionary, Bosworth's papers, and additions by Toller. Thomas Northcote Toller issued a supplement in 1921. Alistair Campbell issued an edition with \"enlarged addenda and corrigenda\" in 1972. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary is a dictionary of Old English, a language that is also known as Anglo-Saxon. Four editions of the dictionary were published. It has often (especially in earlier times) been considered the definitive lexicon for Old English. It is often referred to by the names of its compilers, for", "title": "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary" }, { "docid": "6415864", "text": "and shortened. Five are prefixable vowels: \"a, e, ē, o, ō\". They are called prefixable because they form a complete syllable when prefixed before \"i\" and \"y\": for instance, \"ai au\". Two are suffixable: \"i\" and \"y\". And \"y\" is sometimes prefixable before \"i\", as in \"myia\" and \"harpyia\". Six are diphthongs: \"ai au ei eu oi ou\". The remaining seventeen letters are consonants [pronounced-with]: \"b, g, d, z, th, k, l, m, n, x, p, r, s, t, ph, kh, ps\". They are called consonants because they do not have a sound on their own, but they form a", "title": "Ancient Greek phonology" }, { "docid": "14120645", "text": "Jargon File The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was published in paperback form in 1983 as The Hacker's Dictionary (edited by Guy Steele), revised in 1991 as The New Hacker's Dictionary (ed. Eric S. Raymond; third edition published 1996). The Jargon File (referred to here as \"Jargon-1\"", "title": "Jargon File" }, { "docid": "14120665", "text": "like \"Wired\" (August 1996), and even in mainstream venues like \"People\" magazine (October 21, 1996). Jargon File The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was published in paperback form in 1983 as The Hacker's Dictionary (edited by Guy Steele), revised in 1991 as The New Hacker's Dictionary (ed.", "title": "Jargon File" }, { "docid": "8979667", "text": "diesel electric locomotives. The introduction of the T class diesel electric locomotive from 1955 onwards on VR's branch line network spelt the beginning of the end for the N class, gradually being retired as successive orders of Ts were delivered throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. Many were put into storage, used only for seasonal grain traffic. In December 1958, the original class leader N 110 (later renumbered N 419) was the first N to be scrapped. While most of the class remained into the 1960s, wholesale withdrawals during 1965 and 1966 wiped out their numbers. The end for", "title": "Victorian Railways N class" }, { "docid": "13241893", "text": "Komlós and Szémeredi showed that given a universal hashing family of hash functions, at least half of those functions have that property. Dietzfelbinger et al. present a dynamic dictionary algorithm that, when a set of n items is incrementally added to the dictionary, membership queries always run in constant time and therefore O(1) worst-case time, the total storage required is O(n) (linear), and O(1) expected amortized insertion and deletion time (amortized constant time). In the dynamic case, when a key is inserted into the hash table, if its entry in its respective subtable is occupied, then a collision is said", "title": "Dynamic perfect hashing" }, { "docid": "13524144", "text": "for a Malayalam - Kannada Dictionary also. \"K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram\" is an award given by organisation \"Samskara pattambi\" in memory of K. N. Ezhuthachan. It was first given in 2014 to Sunil P. Ilayidom. Malayalam short story writer T. P. Venugopalan received \"K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram\" in the year 2016 for his work \"Kunnumpuram kaarnival\"(A compilation of Malayalam short stories). K. N. Ezhuthachan Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981), commonly known as Dr.K.N.Ezhuthachan was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of", "title": "K. N. Ezhuthachan" }, { "docid": "11301093", "text": "CMDN. Israel: The Movement Notation Society & Tel Aviv University; 1991. Hebrew translation of the English textbook of a Chinese dance notation method. Cohen, E.; Namir, L., Schlesinger, I. M. Paris: A new dictionary of sign language. The Mouton, The Hague; 1977. A dictionary of sign language. Eshkol, N.; Harries J.G., Zeidel, S., Shoshani, M. The hand book. Israel: The Movement Notation Society; 1972. Eshkol, N.; Harries, J.G., Sella, R., Sapir, T. The quest for T'ai Chi Chuan. Israel: The Movement Notation Society & Tel Aviv University; 1986. An EW reader and study of Cheng's short form of this martial", "title": "Eshkol-Wachman movement notation" }, { "docid": "14207370", "text": "produce the final two supplements, covering people who had died through 1980, without the Council's participation. (Macmillan acquired the dictionary's publisher Charles Scribner's Sons in 1984.) When Macmillan in 1993 applied to the ACLS for permission to publish a further supplement, the Council refused. In mid 1995 Macmillan announced that it would put the old D.A.B. on CD-ROM, with updates to the existing entries as well as new biographies of people left out of the old dictionary. Professor Stanley N. Katz, then president of the Council, protested that the publisher had no legal right to do so without the Council's", "title": "Dictionary of American Biography" }, { "docid": "2347929", "text": "Dictionary\"). The book contained an orthography, developed by Delaporte, consisting of 32 characters: b, p, d, t, g, k, q, j, r, w, m, n, ñ, c, f, h, l, s, z, i, e, a, à, â, o, ò, ô, ö, u, ù, û, and ü. The dictionary was nearly 100 pages, with 65 devoted to a glossary and a dozen to alphabetically arranged phrases in German and Nauruan. About 1650 German words appear in the dictionary, along with about 1300 'unique' Nauruan forms (excluding diacritical marks). With help from his wife and a Nauruan named Timothy Detudamo, Delaporte translated", "title": "Philip Delaporte" }, { "docid": "6690045", "text": "courtship practised in the early 1920s and '30s. He combined the story with the romanticised idea of young Britons being posted to jungle outposts and being \"thrown in the deep end\" when they had to learn the local language in express time. And so a human \"sleeping dictionary\" was allocated to each of them. \"The Sleeping Dictionary\" was filmed on location in Sarawak, Malaysia, within an hour's drive from the state capital of Kuching. The secondary location of the longhouse was specially constructed at great expense (RM125,000) at Batang Ai, about 15 minutes drive on the secondary road to the", "title": "The Sleeping Dictionary" }, { "docid": "11489407", "text": "K, L, M, N, NG, O, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, V, Z Mara Alphabet (small letters):a, aw, y, b, ch, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, m, n, ng, o, ô, p, r, s, t, u, v, z Mara diphthongs:ao, yu, ai, ei, ia, ie, ua The plural form of a noun is formed by affixing one of the following terms to the end of the noun: Words inside bracket were how a foreign author N.E. Parry (1937) wrote according to his understanding of the sound. But now the Maras have their own alphabet and the correct", "title": "Mara language" }, { "docid": "8796592", "text": "Pisa: Giardini Editori. 237-266. 1988: (with B. Levin) \"Admitting impediments\". In: Information in Text, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the New OED Centre, University of Waterloo, Canada. pp. 97-114. Also in Lexical Acquisition: Using On-Line Resources to Build a Lexicon, U. Zernik (ed.), Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. Inc. (1991). pp. 233-262. 1990: (with F. E. Knowles) \"Interim report on the EURALEX / AILA Research Project into Dictionary Use\", in T. Magay & J. Zigany (eds) Proceedings of BudaLex ’88, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. pp. 381-392. 1991: \"Corpus lexicography: the bilingual dimension\", in A. Zampolli & N. Calzolari (eds.) Computational Lexicology", "title": "B. T. S. Atkins" }, { "docid": "7478976", "text": "NOA soldiers. CURE decides to put Ai's ability to the test, and the projected being destroys the creature. Yuuji is quarantined after coming into contact with one of the creatures, but is released when he recovers from his injuries. However, his blood tests later indicate that the virus has evolved and is attacking the nanomachines in his body. CURE orders Yuuji's arrest, but he escapes and takes Ai hostage. When his condition worsens during their journey, Ai heals him with her powers. Other NOA soldiers catch up with Yuuji and Ai and help them escape, but they are soon found", "title": "Zaion: I Wish You Were Here" }, { "docid": "829566", "text": "from pseudo-French \"bêche de mer\", which has taken the form \"besdemea\", has become more popular. Its alphabet uses A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, digraph NG, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, and Y; along with the \"AE\" and \"AO\". Before 1995, an older orthography had an \"É\", (now written E); \"AI\" and \"AU\" instead of \"AE\" and \"AO\". For hiatus, \"AÏ\" and \"AÜ\" (now written \"AI\" and \"AU\") were used, and \"M̄\" was used for , and \"P̄\" for – the orthography after 1995 has no diacritics and writes these", "title": "Bislama" }, { "docid": "3513961", "text": "function, in the Russian Academy's Dictionary of 1789–94, marks the point from which it can be considered as an established part of the Russian orthographical standard. There were still some objections to the letter even as late as 1817, when M. T. Kačenovskij was questioning whether \"yet another hard э\" was necessary when the language already had \"a soft ѣ and a hard е\". In contemporary Russian, is used to represent , in initial position ( 'electricity') and postvocalic position ( 'duel'). Among such words are only a few native Russian roots: (это 'this is', этот/эта/это 'this (m./f./n.)', эти 'these',", "title": "E (Cyrillic)" }, { "docid": "18485874", "text": "Pala Porul Vilakkam\", Rottler's Tamil–English Dictionary, Winslow's Tamil–English Dictionary, Pope's Compendious Tamil–English Dictionary, Classical Tamil–English Dictionary, Tamil Pocket Dictionary, Tranquebar Dictionary, N. Kadhirvel Pillai's Dictionary, Sangam Dictionary, and \"Ilakkiya Sol Agaraadhi\". When the 67,542-words Winslow's Tamil–English Dictionary, which was sourced on the unpublished work of Rev. Joseph Night and Rev. Samuel Hutsings, was published in 1862 by the American Mission Press, it was considered the best lexicon available at that time. This dictionary by Miron Winslow was based on the works of Johann Rottler, which itself was inspired from Johann Fabricius's work in the mid-18th century. Winslow was sent out", "title": "Tamil Lexicon dictionary" }, { "docid": "13364183", "text": "Those comments and allegations are not accepted.\" In the Commons, John Battle responded that he was in possession of correspondence \"in which the same T&N plc sought to convince Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes that, for tax purposes, J.W. Roberts of Armley was still in business as an integral part of T&N and should be taken into account when calculating tax reductions. Is it too cynical to suggest that JWR is counted in only for profits, but discounted when it comes to its responsibility for local lives?\" In 1987 Chase Manhattan Bank (Chase) began legal proceedings against T&N (\"Chase Manhattan", "title": "Armley asbestos disaster" }, { "docid": "477942", "text": "entertaining that n----- will necessitate our killing a thousand n------ in the South before they will learn their place again.\" Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States who was visiting the White House on the same day, said he found a rabbit's foot in Washington's coat pocket when he mistakenly put on the coat. \"The Washington Post\" described it as \"the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit, killed in the dark of the moon\". The \"Detroit Journal\" quipped the next day, \"The Austrian ambassador may have made off with Booker T. Washington's coat at the", "title": "Booker T. Washington" }, { "docid": "12018423", "text": "Jaan Puhvel Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist. As a student of Georges Dumezil, he also specializes in comparative mythology. He is known for his Hittite Etymological Dictionary. Currently (as of 2014), the dictionary has progressed to words beginning with PE, PI, PU, in nine volumes. Since volume 5 (2001), the project complements the Chicago Hittite Dictionary, which began with letter L in 1980, and which has covered L, M, N, P, S. Letters still missing between the two projects are thus R, T and Z (see Hittite cuneiform). Puhvel has been characterized as one", "title": "Jaan Puhvel" }, { "docid": "17817167", "text": "Andhra Pradesh in 1959 where he worked hard to lend shape to the nascent Kannada department. In addition to his teaching duties at the University, he also taught at several Women's and Arts Colleges. He involved himself in the affairs of the \"Telugu Sahitya Akademi\" and during these years put together his \"\"Mahakavyalakshana\"\". He translated Sophocles' \"\"Trakiya Pengal\"\" during his tenure at Osmania University. Later he translated \"\"Prometheus Bound\"\" by Aeschylus into Kannada. His dictionary titled \"\"Sreevatsa Nighantu\"\" took form while at Osmania University. After being transferred from women's college to the University's Post Graduate department, T. V. Venkatachala Sastry", "title": "T. V. Venkatachala Sastry" }, { "docid": "513314", "text": "to another the \"B\", \"B\" and τ bias functions can be assembled. First the \"B\" function converts the (\"N\", \"T\", \"τ\") value into (2, \"T\", \"τ\"), from which the \"B\" function converts into a (2, \"τ\", \"τ\") value, thus the Allan variance at \"τ\". The Allan variance measure can be converted using the τ bias function from \"τ\" to \"τ\", from which then the (2, \"T\", \"τ\") using \"B\" and then finally using \"B\" into the (\"N\", \"T\", \"τ\") variance. The complete conversion becomes where Similarly, for concatenated measurements using \"M\" sections, the logical extension becomes When making measurements to", "title": "Allan variance" }, { "docid": "3074396", "text": "Zhao's letter to order Deng Ai's men to put down their weapons. Deng Ai was arrested and placed in a prison cart for his journey to Luoyang. When he was arrested, Deng Ai exclaimed: \"I am a loyal subject, yet I meet with such a fate! Whatever that happened to Bai Qi in the past has just happened to me in the present.\" After Deng Ai was escorted away, Zhong Hui started a rebellion against Wei in Chengdu on 1 March 264, but the rebellion failed when some Wei officers, who were unwilling to participate, mutinied against Zhong Hui and", "title": "Deng Ai" }, { "docid": "20867565", "text": "Sentience (EP) Sentience (stylised as S E N T I E N C E) is the debut extended play by electronic music producer 1788-L. It was released by Canadian record label Deadbeats on August 24, 2018. Four songs were released with the album, including two singles, \"Full / Burst\" with Totto, and \"Nu / Ver / Ka\". On July 25, 2018, 1788-L launched a website where someone could ask any questions to an AI. If asked certain questions, several details surrounding the extended play would be revealed, including the title, tracklist, that it would be released in August and the", "title": "Sentience (EP)" }, { "docid": "6236828", "text": "battles with a modified Armored Core known as a \"u/AC\" or an Unmanned Armored Core. u/ACs are AI controlled Armored Cores which compete exclusively in battling tournaments. u/ACs battle independent of the Architect's control, so the Architect must influence how the u/AC fights by customizing various part combinations and loading various program functions into the u/AC's AI. The North American version of the PSP game has since been modified to allow players the option of actually piloting their u/AC in battle instead of letting the AI fight for you. In the game, this is called a \"N-u/AC\" (\"N\" standing for", "title": "Armored Core: Formula Front" }, { "docid": "6001339", "text": "exemplifying verbal paradigms in Unami in the independent order, indicative mood and present tense. The TI themes have the same inflection as AI stems for all conjuncts (NB that indefinite subject forms of consonant-final themes are not attested, but the vowel-final themes follow the AI pattern.) Three forms are illustrated from each type. Verbal prefixes are used only in the independent order, although some forms of the independent order lack a prefix. There are three of them: /n-/ (first person), /k-/ (second person), and /w-/ (third person). If a stem has an underlying initial vowel, a /t/ is inserted after", "title": "Unami language" }, { "docid": "12749307", "text": "E, F, Q, and X are not used except in loanwords): A B D G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z These characters together are called \"Pimato\". Semivowels /w j/ and rhotic /r/ only occur in most of the other dialects of the Dusun/Kadazan languages. Forschner (1978) and Antonissen (1958) list two fricatives /v z/ for the Rungus and Penampang Kadazan dialects. [x] is also listed as an allophone of /k/ in word-medial position. The vowels are divided into: Simple vowels: /i u a o/ Diphthongs: \"aa ai\" (sometimes pronounced", "title": "Dusun language" }, { "docid": "16554161", "text": "attention from those distressed by the Presidency of Donald Trump and bad news. @MetaphorMagnet is an AI bot that generates metaphorical insights using its knowledge-base of stereotypical properties and norms. A companion bot @MetaphorMirror pairs these metaphors to news tweets. Another companion bot @BestOfBotWorlds uses metaphor to generate faux-religious insights. @Pentametron finds tweets incidentally written in iambic pentameter using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, pairs them into couplets using a rhyming dictionary, and retweets them as couplets into followers' feeds. @RedScareBot tweets in the persona of Joseph McCarthy in response to Twitter posts mentioning \"socialist\", \"communist\", or \"communism\". @tinycarebot promotes simple", "title": "Twitter bot" }, { "docid": "16703677", "text": "\"M\"(\"C\"(T)) as follows. On a separable Hilbert space \"H\", consider the C*-algebra \"W\"(\"n\") generated by weighted shifts of fixed period \"n\" with respect to a fixed basis. \"W\"(\"n\") embedds into \"W\"(\"nm\") in the obvious way; any \"n\"-periodic weighted shift is also a \"nm\"-periodic weighted shift. \"W\"(\"n\") is isomorphic to \"M\"(\"C\"*(\"T\")), where \"C\"*(\"T\") denotes the Toeplitz algebra. Therefore, \"W\" contains the compact operators as an ideal, and modulo this ideal it is \"M\"(\"C\"(T)). Because the map from \"W\"(\"n\") into \"W\"(\"nm\") preserves the compact operators, it descends into an embedding \"β\" : \"M\"(\"C\"(T)) → \"M\"(\"C\"(T)). It is this embedding that is used", "title": "Bunce–Deddens algebra" }, { "docid": "14763427", "text": "was able to connect to the New York Automobile Company officers including; George H. Bond, Sr. secretary and Ernest I. White, prime mover. Associated with this endeavor were Fred D. White, Arthur R. Peck, Edward N. Trump, Alexander T. Brown, founder of the Brown-Lipe Company, and Louis Will of Will & Baumer Candle Company. His designs may have caught the attention of the group of New York City businessmen, however, the men couldn't decide whether to put Wilkinson's car into production. One day when he was visiting the C. E. Lipe shop, where the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company die-casting", "title": "John Wilkinson (Franklin automobile)" }, { "docid": "6284328", "text": "Teetotum A teetotum (or T-totum) is a form of gambling spinning top. It has a polygonal body marked with letters or numbers, which indicate the result of each spin. In its earliest form the body was square (in some cases via a stick through a regular six-sided die ), marked on the four sides by the letters A (Lat. \"aufer\", take) indicating that the player takes one from the pool, D (Lat. \"depone\", put down) when a fine has to be paid, N (Lat. \"nihil\", nothing), and T (Lat. \"totum\", all), when the whole pool is to be taken. Other", "title": "Teetotum" }, { "docid": "3654130", "text": "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED) is an English language dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement of the twenty-volume \"Oxford English Dictionary\" (\"OED\"). The first editor, William Little, worked on the book from 1902 until his death in 1922. The dictionary was completed by H. W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T. Onions. An abridgement of the complete work was contemplated from 1879, when the Oxford University Press took over from the Philological Society on what was then known as \"A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles\". However, no", "title": "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary" }, { "docid": "3939436", "text": "\"T\" is exactly the Lie algebra formula_11 of \"T\". Therefore, the Lie algebra of \"G\" decomposes into formula_11 together with 1-dimensional subspaces indexed by the set Φ of roots: For example, when \"G\" is the group \"GL\"(\"n\"), its Lie algebra formula_14 is the vector space of all \"n\" × \"n\" matrices over \"k\". Let \"T\" be the subgroup of diagonal matrices in \"G\". Then the root-space decomposition expresses formula_14 as the direct sum of the diagonal matrices and the 1-dimensional subspaces indexed by the off-diagonal positions (\"i\", \"j\"). Writing \"L\"...,\"L\" for the standard basis for the weight lattice \"X\"(\"T\") ≅", "title": "Reductive group" }, { "docid": "4801426", "text": "improvement in this area. Another side-effect of combat AI occurs when two AI-controlled characters encounter each other; first popularized in the id Software game \"Doom\", so-called 'monster infighting' can break out in certain situations. Specifically, AI agents that are programmed to respond to hostile attacks will sometimes attack \"each other\" if their cohort's attacks land too close to them. In the case of \"Doom\", published gameplay manuals even suggest taking advantage of monster infighting in order to survive certain levels and difficulty settings. Georgios N. Yannakakis suggests that academic AI developments may play roles in game AI beyond the traditional", "title": "Artificial intelligence in video games" }, { "docid": "3740809", "text": "The \"Shuoyuan\" mentioned: Ying Zheng learnt that Lao Ai was not really a eunuch, and had plotted with the Queen Dowager to make their illegitimate son become successor. In 238 BC, Lao Ai launched a revolt in an attempt to seize power from Ying Zheng, but the rebellion was crushed and Lao Ai was executed along with three generations of his relatives. Ying Zheng stripped his mother of her position as the Queen Dowager and ordered the two sons she secretly had with Lao Ai to be put into sacks and beaten to death. Lü Buwei was implicated in the", "title": "Lü Buwei" }, { "docid": "3959104", "text": "Initial consonants of Teochew, are represented in the Guangdong Romanization system as: B, BH, C, D, G, GH, H, K, L, M, N, NG, P, R, S, T, and Z. \"Examples\": Vowels and vowel combinations in the Teochew dialect include: A, E, Ê, I, O, U, AI, AO, IA, IAO, IO, IU, OI, OU, UA, UAI, UE, and UI. \"Examples:\" Many words in Teochew are nasalized. This is represented by the letter \"n\" in the Guangdong Pengim system. \"Example (nasalized)\": Ending consonants in Teochew include M and NG as well as the stops discussed below. \"Examples\": Teochew retains many consonant", "title": "Teochew dialect" }, { "docid": "16697067", "text": "area of \"K\" is denoted \"t\"(\"K\"). If \"K\" has an \"n\"-equidissection, then \"t\"(\"K\") = 1; otherwise it is less than 1. The authors show that for a quadrilateral \"K\", \"t\"(\"K\") ≥ 4\"n\"/(4\"n\" + 1), with \"t\"(\"K\") = 8/9 if and only if \"K\" is affinely congruent to the trapezoid \"T\"(2/3). For a pentagon, \"t\"(\"K\") ≥ 2/3, \"t\"(\"K\") ≥ 3/4, and \"t\"(\"K\") ≥ 2\"n\"/(2\"n\" + 1) for \"n\" ≥ 5. Günter M. Ziegler asked the converse problem in 2003: Given a dissection of the whole of a polygon into \"n\" triangles, how close can the triangle areas be to equal? In", "title": "Equidissection" }, { "docid": "16703680", "text": "into \"W\"(\"n\") descends into an (unital) embedding from \"M\"(\"C\"(T)) into \"M\"(\"C\"(T)). This is the connecting map \"β\" from the definition of the Bunce–Deddens algebra that we need to analyze. For simplicity, assume \"n\" = \"n\" and \"n\" = 2\"n\". The image of the above operator \"T\" ∈ \"W\"(\"n\") under the natural embedding is the following 2\"n\" × 2\"n\" operator matrix in \"W\"(2\"n\"): Therefore, the action of the \"β\" on the generator is A computation with matrix units yields that and where So In this particular instance, \"β\" is called a twice-around embedding. The reason for the terminology is as follows:", "title": "Bunce–Deddens algebra" }, { "docid": "16813323", "text": "Join.Create(); Synchronous.Channel[] hungry; Asynchronous.Channel[] chopstick; j.Init(out hungry, n); j.Init(out chopstick, n); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { class Lock { public readonly Synchronous.Channel Acquire; public readonly Asynchronous.Channel Release; class Buffer<T> { public readonly Asynchronous.Channel<T> Put; public readonly Synchronous<T>.Channel Get; class ReaderWriterLock { private readonly Asynchronous.Channel idle; private readonly Asynchronous.Channel<int> shared; public readonly Synchronous.Channel AcqR, AcqW, RelR, RelW; public ReaderWriterLock() { class Semaphore { public readonly Synchronous.Channel Acquire; public readonly Asynchronous.Channel Release; A mobile agent is an autonomous software agent with a certain social ability and most importantly, mobility. It is composed of computer software and data", "title": "Join-pattern" }, { "docid": "5749201", "text": "\"n\". If the experimental errors are normally distributed the parameters will belong to a Student's t-distribution with \"m\" − \"n\" degrees of freedom. When \"m\" » \"n\" Student's t-distribution approximates a normal distribution. Note, however, that these confidence limits cannot take systematic error into account. Also, parameter errors should be quoted to one significant figure only, as they are subject to sampling error. When the number of observations is relatively small, Chebychev's inequality can be used for an upper bound on probabilities, regardless of any assumptions about the distribution of experimental errors: the maximum probabilities that a parameter will be", "title": "Weighted least squares" }, { "docid": "12337862", "text": "suggested by the proof that these diagrams give the same 3-manifold. First, do the surgery on \"K\", replacing a tubular neighborhood of \"K\" by another solid torus \"T\" according to the surgery coefficient \"n\". Since \"J\" is a meridian, it can be pushed, or \"slam dunked\", into \"T\". Since \"n\" is an integer, \"J\" intersects the meridian of \"T\" once, and so \"J\" must be isotopic to a longitude of \"T\". Thus when we now do surgery on \"J\", we can think of it as replacing \"T\" by another solid torus. This replacement, as shown by a simple calculation, is", "title": "Slam-dunk" }, { "docid": "6772932", "text": "underlying causes), Hendler saw a parallel with the 1980s winter and warned of a coming AI winter in the 2010s. There are also constant reports that another AI spring is imminent or has already occurred: Several explanations have been put forth for the cause of AI winters in general. As AI progressed from government-funded applications to commercial ones, new dynamics came into play. While \"hype\" is the most commonly cited cause, the explanations are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The AI winters can be partly understood as a sequence of over-inflated expectations and subsequent crash seen in stock-markets and exemplified by", "title": "AI winter" }, { "docid": "8796596", "text": "Charles J. Fillmore, J. B. Lowe & N. Urban) \"The Dictionary of the Future: a Hypertext Database\". Presentation and on-line demonstration at the Xerox-Acquilex Symposium on the Dictionary of the Future, Uriage, France. 1995: \"Analysing the verbs of seeing: a frame semantics approach to corpus lexicography\". In: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1994, (eds.) S. Gahl, C. Johnson & A. Dolbey, BLS, UC Berkeley, CA. 1995: (with Beth Levin) \"Building on a Corpus: A linguistic and lexicographical look at some near-synonyms\". In: International Journal of Lexicography, 8 : 2. 85-114. 1995: \"The Dynamic Database\".", "title": "B. T. S. Atkins" }, { "docid": "8796591", "text": "dictionaries\" in The Dictionary and the Language Learner, A. P. Cowie (ed.), Niemeyer, Tübingen. 29-43 1987: \"Semantic-ID tags: corpus evidence for dictionary senses\", in The Uses of Large Text Databases, proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the New OED Centre, University of Waterloo, Canada. 17-36. 1988: (with J. Kegl & B. Levin) \"Anatomy of a verb entry: from linguistic theory to lexicographic practice\". In: International Journal of Lexicography, 1:2 Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 84-126. Also in Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker, Linguistica Computazionale IX-X. (eds.) A. Zampolli, N. Calzolari & M. Palmer (1994)", "title": "B. T. S. Atkins" }, { "docid": "16437775", "text": "flow conductance \"C\" by formula_52 we get The dependences of formula_54 on (\"T\"-\"T\") and on (\"p\"-\"p\") are quadratic. This is typical for expressions of the entropy production rates in general. They guarantee that the entropy production is positive. In this Section we will calculate the entropy of mixing when two ideal gases diffuse into each other. Consider a volume \"V\" divided in two volumes \"V\" and \"V\" so that \"V\" = \"V\"+\"V\". The volume \"V\" contains \"n\" moles of an ideal gas \"a\" and \"V\" contains \"n\" moles of gas \"b\". The total amount is \"n\" = \"n\"+\"n\". The temperature", "title": "Entropy production" }, { "docid": "7776562", "text": "is known as the language of \"G\". More formally, the relation ⇒ on the set \"T\"(\"N\") is defined as follows: A tree \"t\"∈ \"T\"(\"N\") can be derived in a single step into a tree \"t\" ∈ \"T\"(\"N\") (in short: \"t\" ⇒ \"t\"), if there is a context \"S\" and a production (\"A\"→\"t\") ∈ \"P\" such that: Here, a \"context\" means a tree with exactly one hole in it; if \"S\" is such a context, \"S\"[\"t\"] denotes the result of filling the tree \"t\" into the hole of \"S\". The tree language generated by \"G\" is the language \"L\"(\"G\") = {", "title": "Regular tree grammar" }, { "docid": "17386828", "text": "with the respective verses of the Quran where they occur, thus the Dictionary also forms a sort of concordance of the Holy Quran. The writer says, “The whole project was based on standard dictionaries of Arabic language such as the Lisan al-Arab, the Taj al-'Arus, the Mufradat of Imam Raghib, the Arabic English Lexicon by E. W. Lane and the Aqrab AI-Mawar etc. The current edition has been published by Islam International Publications Limited, “Islamabad”, Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ UK (2006). . Dictionary of the Holy Quran The Dictionary of the Holy Quran was prepared in 1969, by", "title": "Dictionary of the Holy Quran" }, { "docid": "19149322", "text": "Consider an array of \"N\" sensors that receive one desired and \"M\" undesired broadband interferences. Let the measurement of \"n\" sensor be modeled by the expression: where n=1,2...,N; m=0,1...,M; s(t) are signals travelling across the array, and ŋ(t) represents zero-mean white random noise at the \"n\" sensor, uncorellated from sensor to sensor. The parameters a and T are amplitude gain and time delays of the signal s(t) when received at \"n\" sensor. Without loss of generality, we shall assume that s(t) is the desired signal and s(t),s(t)...,s(t) are the undesired interferences. Additionally we shall assume that T=0, and a =1.", "title": "Velocity filter" }, { "docid": "7217367", "text": "\"V\", so that \"V\" typically decreases as \"T\" increases. The Shockley diode equation doesn't describe the \"leveling off\" of the I–V curve at high forward bias due to internal resistance. This can be taken into account by adding a resistance in series. Under \"reverse bias\" (when the n side is put at a more positive voltage than the p side) the exponential term in the diode equation is near zero and the current is near a constant (negative) reverse current value of −\"I\". The reverse \"breakdown region\" is not modeled by the Shockley diode equation. For even rather small \"forward", "title": "Shockley diode equation" }, { "docid": "5662319", "text": "as t, d, r, s, n and a few others, it is replaced by the sound of the initial consonant of the following noun, thus doubling it. For example: for \"the Nile\", one does not say \"al-Nīl\", but \"an-Nīl\". When followed by a moon letter, like m-, no replacement occurs, as in \"al-masjid\" (\"the mosque\"). This affects only the pronunciation and not the spelling of the article. To put \"al\"- into perspective, there are many ways in which Arabic words can be made definite. These include the use of personal pronouns like \"me\", the use of proper nouns like \"Saudi", "title": "Arabic definite article" }, { "docid": "15359260", "text": "\"over it\" for a long time, and just sort of picked a bad time to bail. He loves doing design, and being hang-out-at-home-type of husband, which is cool. I kind of called \"NOT IT\" when it came to making an announcement, but I guess so did everyone else. T&N put a lot of initial money into the record, only to see the band fall apart before the release, causing them to basically drop the entire promotion campaign. Sorry to those who were led on by thinking we were still active. Jesse is recording, Brandon is designing, John is tattooing, Zach", "title": "Dead Poetic" }, { "docid": "7597864", "text": "specified type, when certain kinds of ambiguities are detected, or whatever. On these occasions, the system will put a question to the human translator. He may, for example, ask to be consulted on questions of pronominal reference.\" In this part, idea of translation memory was shown as a dictionary operation. \"Suppose, for example, that a word is put in the local store – that part of the dictionary that persists only as long as this document is being worked on – if it occurs in the text significantly more frequently than statistics stored in the main dictionary indicate. A phrase", "title": "Martin Kay" }, { "docid": "1619384", "text": "Etaoin shrdlu Etaoin shrdlu (, ) is a nonsense phrase that sometimes appeared in print in the days of \"hot type\" publishing because of a custom of type-casting machine operators. It appeared often enough to become part of newspaper lore, and \"etaoin shrdlu\" is listed in the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" and in the \"Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary\". It is the approximate order of frequency of the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language. The letters on type-casting machine keyboards (such as Linotype and Intertype) were arranged by letter frequency, so e-t-a-o-i-n s-h-r-d-l-u were the lowercase keys in", "title": "Etaoin shrdlu" }, { "docid": "5613765", "text": "of high frequencies, which tend to be attenuated in physical/analogue instruments when compared to digital ones. Reportedly, the 01/W was originally intended to be named the M10, but the marketing department read the name upside down. Korg 01/W The Korg 01/W was a workstation synthesizer, released in 1991, and was intended to replace the M1 and T series. The workstation/ROMpler was based on AI², an improved version of the AI (Advanced Integrated) Synthesis technology found in the M1. The success of the AI² architecture ensured it was used in the majority of subsequent Korg synths of the 1990s. There was", "title": "Korg 01/W" }, { "docid": "9792908", "text": "relative clauses. The three degrees of proximity as well as the two degrees of evidential precision still come into play when these forms are used as relative pronouns. It is of note that the t- pronoun may precede the n- form, or two n-/n- forms may co-occur, but the n- form may never precede the t- form. This means that taŋ…naŋ and naŋ…naŋ are acceptable but not *naŋ…taŋ. Yabem has a rich serial verb construction system (SVC). It incorporates both different subject (switch-subject) SVCs and same subject SVCs. The SVC system is symmetrical. The two verbs of the SVC must", "title": "Yabem language" }, { "docid": "6017260", "text": "father\". Writing style in syllabics can differ with respect to \"pointing\". In the Online Cree Dictionary, examples can be found of words with vowel length not distinguished due to lack of pointing. Plains Cree's Standard Roman Orthography (SRO) uses fourteen letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet to denote the dialect's ten consonants (\"p\", \"t\", \"c\", \"k\", \"s\", \"m\", \"n\", \"w\", \"y\" and \"h\") and seven vowels (\"a\", \"i\", \"o\", \"ā\", \"ī\", \"ō\" and \"ē\"). Upper case letters are not used. The stops, \"p\", \"t\", \"k\", and the affricate, \"c\", can be pronounced either voiced or unvoiced, but the symbols", "title": "Plains Cree" }, { "docid": "18426830", "text": "output was stimulated with the introduction of page layout languages such as PostScript, and later PDF, which made such page compositions very easy; as exemplified by the \"GNU Enscript\" program as early as 1995. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary is notable for using N-up printing as a means to physically compress the large multi-volume dictionary into a much smaller and thus more accessible work. The first Compact OED edition of 1971 used a 4-up layout (4 original pages per resulting page); while the second edition of 1991 used a 9-up format, giving a total of 18 original pages being visible", "title": "N-up" }, { "docid": "17631095", "text": "etc. Over 1500 acronyms and abbreviations used in modern Indonesian language are put into a separate section of the dictionary. Pages: 336 Copies: 500 ( Most of the copies were submitted to the Embassy of the Republic Indonesia in Ukraine and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). The presentation of the dictionary was held on September 17, 2013 at President Hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine. Resepsi Diplomatik dalam rangka memperingati HUT RI ke-68 KBRI Kyiv dan Peluncuran Kamus Bahasa Indonesia-Ukraina (id.) Indonesian-Ukrainian dictionary Indonesian-Ukrainian dictionary by Mykhailo Izhyk is the first lexicographical work of Indonesian language in Ukrainian linguistics. It was", "title": "Indonesian-Ukrainian dictionary" }, { "docid": "14487375", "text": "more and more troops in an effort to stop illegal border crossings. They also put into effect a decree which proclaimed that anyone helping the Jews would be put to death. A captain from the SS confronted Marinelli, asking for collaboration and information. Marinelli agreed to his requests and the SS captain left. Marinelli, seeing the upcoming danger decided it was best to leave. On the 22 of September, of that same year, Marinelli, along with his family, fled to Switzerland. He remained in a refugee camp until 4 July 1945. \"Gli Auti Ai Profughi Ebrei Ed Ai Perseguitati.\" Guardia", "title": "Leonardo Marinelli" }, { "docid": "16880850", "text": "Ai-Mai-Mi The story follows the lives of the girls Ai, Mai, Mi and Ponoka-senpai, who together form the \"Manga Club\" where they fight against alien invaders, face fierce rivals and do all sorts of crazy things when they are not drawing manga. Ponoka-senpai's shell-shocked reaction to a forex market crash from volume 2 of the manga and episode 9 of the anime became an internet meme called . In 2014, DMM FX, the world's second largest forex company by trading volume at the time, had a collaboration with \"Ai Mai Mi\" where new users could receive T-shirts with Ponoka's glassy", "title": "Ai-Mai-Mi" }, { "docid": "16074409", "text": "where \"N\" is the diagonal matrix with the same diagonal as \"N\" and \"N\" is the Hadamard product of \"N\" with itself (i.e. each entry of \"N\" is squared). The expected number of steps before being absorbed when starting in transient state \"i\" is the \"i\"th entry of the vector where 1 is a length-\"t\" column vector whose entries are all 1. The variance on the number of steps before being absorbed when starting in transient state \"i\" is the \"i\"th entry of the vector where t is the Hadamard product of t with itself (i.e. each entry of t", "title": "Absorbing Markov chain" }, { "docid": "16748307", "text": "recorded in 2005, mostly in Tokyo at Prime Sound Studio Form, Magnet Studio and Real & Beats Studio. \"Queen\" was recorded at Landmark Studio in Yokohama. Additional instrument recording occurred in Philadelphia and New York City in the United States. The album featured continued production work from previous Ai collaborators 813, T. Kura and 2 Soul, who had all worked together with Ai on \"2004 Ai\". T. Kura produced three new songs (\"If,\" \"Sha La La\" and \"Sunshine\"), while 813 produced \"Summer Breeze,\" and 813 member DJ Yutaka produced \"California\" on his own. 2 Soul worked on the ballad \"Story,\"", "title": "Mic-a-holic Ai" }, { "docid": "17822692", "text": "their work. He has advocated for redesigning incentives in the technology industry to steer business leaders toward prioritizing social responsibility alongside fiduciary duties. Within DeepMind he set up a research unit called DeepMind Ethics & Society to study the real-world impacts of AI and help technologists put ethics into practice. Suleyman is also a founding co-chair of the Partnership on AI – an organisation that includes representatives from companies such as Amazon, Apple, DeepMind, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft. The organisation studies and formulates best practices on AI technologies, advances the public’s understanding of AI, and serves as an open", "title": "Mustafa Suleyman" }, { "docid": "3500294", "text": "manga. Running Press also published a 128-page coloring book, \"Color Me Manga: Princess Ai\", on November 12, 2007. In 2005, the Los Angeles-based company Bleeding Edge released a series of action figures based on \"Princess Ai\". These included and figures of Princess Ai in various states and attires based on scenes in the manga, including: \"Angelic,\" \"Borrowed Threads,\" \"Club Cupid,\" \"Evening,\" \"Fell To Earth,\" and \"Rock 'n' Roll\" Ai. At the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, a Princess Ai cosplay contest was held, with Bleeding Edge providing the action figures as prizes. Princess Ai Princess Ai (, \"Purinsesu Ai Monogatari\"; English:", "title": "Princess Ai" }, { "docid": "3236910", "text": "such that \"xz = zy\". Then it follows that \"x* z = z y*\". Fuglede's theorem In mathematics, Fuglede's theorem is a result in operator theory, named after Bent Fuglede. Theorem (Fuglede) Let \"T\" and \"N\" be bounded operators on a complex Hilbert space with \"N\" being normal. If \"TN = NT\", then \"TN*\" = \"N*T\", where \"N*\" denotes the adjoint of \"N\". Normality of \"N\" is necessary, as is seen by taking \"T\"=\"N\". When \"T\" is self-adjoint, the claim is trivial regardless of whether \"N\" is normal: Tentative Proof: If the underlying Hilbert space is finite-dimensional, the spectral theorem", "title": "Fuglede's theorem" }, { "docid": "3236903", "text": "Fuglede's theorem In mathematics, Fuglede's theorem is a result in operator theory, named after Bent Fuglede. Theorem (Fuglede) Let \"T\" and \"N\" be bounded operators on a complex Hilbert space with \"N\" being normal. If \"TN = NT\", then \"TN*\" = \"N*T\", where \"N*\" denotes the adjoint of \"N\". Normality of \"N\" is necessary, as is seen by taking \"T\"=\"N\". When \"T\" is self-adjoint, the claim is trivial regardless of whether \"N\" is normal: Tentative Proof: If the underlying Hilbert space is finite-dimensional, the spectral theorem says that \"N\" is of the form where \"P\" are pairwise orthogonal projections. One", "title": "Fuglede's theorem" }, { "docid": "19214150", "text": "(n-1) coefficients of the denominator equal to the corresponding coefficients of the numerator. In this case, when the MacLaurin series for t is derived, by dividing the denominator into the numerator, the result is: with the first (\"n\" − 1) derivatives of t (considered as a function of \"ω\") at \"ω\" = 0 all equal to zero. In this particular expression, the maximally flat response is of order \"n\". With the maximally flat characteristic, the delay remains constant, equal to the zero-frequency value, over a finite range of frequencies, but beyond this range the delay decreases smoothly with increasing frequency.", "title": "Lattice delay network" }, { "docid": "18145581", "text": "but at the cost of significantly reduced maximum range of only . Tests of the IIIB waited while the AI team moved from St Athan to Worth Matravers in May, and were eventually overtaken by events. Development of both models was cancelled in June 1940. Word that Lewis was developing his own solutions to the minimum range problem reached the AI team at St Athan some time in early 1940. Bowen was extremely upset. He had become used to the way the researchers had been put into an ill-advised attempt at production but now Rowe was directly removing them from", "title": "AI Mk. IV radar" }, { "docid": "5777344", "text": "\"et al.\" (eds) \"Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology\", Edinburgh T&T Clark 1993; Cranmer, F.A. 'Christian Doctrine and Judicial Review: the Free Church Case Revisited', (2002) 6 \"Ecclesiastical Law Journal\" 203–216; Johnston, C. N. [Lord Sands] 'Doctrinal Subscription in the Church of Scotland', (1910) \"Juridical Review\" XVII 201–220; Rodger, A.F. [Lord Rodger of Earlsferry] \"The Courts, the Church and the Constitution: Aspects of the Disruption of 1843\", Edinburgh UP 2008 98-104. Bannatyne v Overtoun Bannatyne v Overtoun [1904] AC 515 (also called General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland v Lord Overtoun: Macalister v Young 1904 7 F", "title": "Bannatyne v Overtoun" }, { "docid": "8784641", "text": "the \"n\"-torsion of its dual are dual to each other when \"n\" is coprime to the characteristic of the base. In general - for all \"n\" - the \"n\"-torsion group schemes of dual abelian varieties are Cartier duals of each other. This generalizes the Weil pairing for elliptic curves. The theory was first put into a good form when \"K\" was the field of complex numbers. In that case there is a general form of duality between the Albanese variety of a complete variety \"V\", and its Picard variety; this was realised, for definitions in terms of complex tori, as", "title": "Dual abelian variety" }, { "docid": "15854185", "text": "at its maximum. While his ship stays in the center zone the pilot gets the (Morse) code letter T (— \"dash\") through his receiving set. If he veers to the right, the T changes to an A (· — \"dot-dash\"); if he swings to the left, the T gives way to N (— · \"dash-dot\"). All the pilot has to do when he hears N or A is to correct his course. The navigation equipment developed at McCook Field took the concept one step further by wiring the RDF receiver into the cockpit instrument panel. Three lights provided visual cues", "title": "Bird of Paradise (aircraft)" }, { "docid": "6874597", "text": "elected vice-president in 1928, and president in 1933-35. Sugden had little knowledge of art, but took much interest in the books committee work. Sugden was first chairman of Melbourne University Press, 1922-25. Sugden did a considerable amount of writing during his life. Before leaving England he had done voluntary work for volume I of the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1893 appeared \"Comedies of T. Maccius Plautus\", translated in the original metres. This was followed by Miles Gloriosus, by T. Maccius Plautus, translated in the original metres (1912), \"The Psalms of David\", translated into English verse (1924), \"A Topographical Dictionary to", "title": "Edward Sugden (Methodist)" }, { "docid": "2429874", "text": "input of size \"n\" is of the order of \"n\". An example of logarithmic time is given by dictionary search. Let us consider a dictionary which contains \"n\" entries, sorted by alphabetical order. We suppose that, for , one may access to the th entry of the dictionary in a constant time. Let denote this th entry. Under these hypotheses, the test if a word is in the dictionary may be done in logarithmic time: consider formula_8 where formula_9 denotes the floor function. If formula_10 then we are done. Else, if formula_11 continue the search in the same way in", "title": "Time complexity" }, { "docid": "2429872", "text": "\"b\" if necessary so that \"a\"≤\"b\"\" is called constant time even though the time may depend on whether or not it is already true that \"a\" ≤ \"b\". However, there is some constant \"t\" such that the time required is always \"at most\" \"t\". Here are some examples of code fragments that run in constant time : If \"T\"(\"n\") is O(\"any constant value\"), this is equivalent to and stated in standard notation as \"T\"(\"n\") being O(1). An algorithm is said to take logarithmic time when \"T\"(\"n\") = O(log \"n\"). Since log \"n\" and log \"n\" are related by a constant", "title": "Time complexity" }, { "docid": "14870361", "text": "celluloid representation\". In 2001, Milla Jovovich was cast as Alice, the protagonist of the film. In the film, the Umbrella Corporation operates a top-secret genetic research facility named The Hive. Located deep beneath Raccoon City, The Hive has been sealed by The Red Queen (the AI that controls the Hive) due to the release of the T-Virus into the facility. The Red Queen kills every living thing in the facility to ensure that the T-Virus doesn't reach the surface, but the T-Virus reanimates them, transforming the humans into ravenous zombies and the animals into highly aggressive mutants. Alice (Milla Jovovich)", "title": "Resident Evil (film series)" }, { "docid": "163320", "text": "image generates an output code indicating its color index. When processing an uncompressed GIF, a standard GIF decoder will not be prevented from writing strings to its dictionary table, but the code width must never increase since that triggers a different packing of bits to bytes. If the symbol width is n, the codes of width n+1 fall naturally into two blocks: the lower block of 2 codes for coding single symbols, and the upper block of 2 codes that will be used by the decoder for sequences of length greater than one. Of that upper block, the first two", "title": "GIF" }, { "docid": "14541255", "text": "from a higher-level system design of the switching fabric. Hence the technology yielding T determines n for a given t. T also limits t for a given n. Real switching fabrics have real requirements for n and t, and therefore since T must be an actual number set by a possible technology, real switches cannot be arbitrarily large n or small t. In higher-speed switches, the limit from T can be halved by using a more expensive, less reliable two-port RAM. In these designs, the read and write usually occur at the same time. The switch must still arbitrate when", "title": "Time-slot interchange" }, { "docid": "2020689", "text": "1925 by the new dictionary which had largely been compiled by T. W. Rhys Davids over 40 years, but was finished by his student William Stede. Currently another dictionary is being compiled by Margaret Cone, with the first of three volumes (A - Kh) published in 2001. By 1922, when T. W. Rhys Davids died, the \"Pāli Text Society\" had issued 64 separate texts in 94 volumes exceeding 26,000 pages, as well a range of articles by English and European scholars. In 1994 the Pāli Text Society inaugurated the Fragile Palm Leaves project, an attempt to catalogue and preserve Buddhist", "title": "Pali Text Society" }, { "docid": "186426", "text": "in the following chart. This writing system was developed by American Protestant missionaries during 1820–1826. It was the first thing they ever printed in Hawaii, on January 7, 1822, and it originally included the consonants \"B, D, R, T,\" and \"V,\" in addition to the current ones (\"H, K, L, M, N, P, W\"), and it had \"F, G, S, Y\" and \"Z\" for \"spelling foreign words\". The initial printing also showed the five vowel letters (\"A, E, I, O, U\") and seven of the short diphthongs (\"AE, AI, AO, AU, EI, EU, OU\"). In 1826, the developers voted to", "title": "Hawaiian language" }, { "docid": "9714966", "text": "in the next generation (the mother cell and the daughter cell). If the population dynamic is exponential with a growth rate \"r\" (i.e. \"n\"(\"t\") ~ α.e, where \"n\"(\"t\") is the size of the population at time \"t\"), then this measure of the generation time is given by: Indeed, formula_2 is such that \"n\"(\"t\" + \"T\") = \"R\" \"n\"(\"t\"), i.e. e = \"R\". This definition is a measure of the distance between generations rather than a renewal time of the population. Since many demographic models are female-based (that is, they only take females into account), this definition is often expressed as", "title": "Generation time" }, { "docid": "11305274", "text": "grows as formula_1. For example, when \"n\" = 50 it takes about 225 trials on average to collect all 50 coupons. Let \"T\" be the time to collect all \"n\" coupons, and let \"t\" be the time to collect the \"i\"-th coupon after \"i\" − 1 coupons have been collected. Think of \"T\" and \"t\" as random variables. Observe that the probability of collecting a coupon is \"p\" = (\"n\" − (\"i\" − 1))/\"n\". Therefore, \"t\" has geometric distribution with expectation 1/\"p\". By the linearity of expectations we have: Here \"H\" is the \"n\"-th harmonic number. Using the asymptotics of", "title": "Coupon collector's problem" }, { "docid": "1445577", "text": "example, all idioms based upon nautical expressions such as \"show him the ropes\" and \"three sheets to the wind\" are put together. Bilingual dictionaries have an additional problem when dealing with idioms – as well as explaining the idiom, they also have to translate it. In doing so, they will commonly provide both a literal translation and a free translation. For example, the phrase \"can be counted on the fingers of one hand\", meaning few in number, may translated literally into Chinese as \"qu zhe ke shu\" and, more sensibly, as \"liao liao wu ji\" (only a handful). Idiom dictionary", "title": "Idiom dictionary" }, { "docid": "6169468", "text": "or mathematics D/NLT (Nature, Life and Technology) with the N&T profile. It is possible to combine courses, which is quite common. Profiles can be combined as well, for instance \"Natuur en Techniek\" with additional biology doubles as \"Natuur en Gezondheid\". Therefore, the four profiles are often put into two groups, the M-line for the first two profiles listed and the N-line for the last two listed. Students can also choose to do an extra additional course. For instance, a student following \"Natuur en Techniek\" can attend a third foreign language if the school has sufficient facilities to do so or", "title": "Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs" }, { "docid": "12417112", "text": "AI, formerly flown by Charles Nungesser is in the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome collection, and was flown in the weekend airshows there. Morane-Saulnier AI The Morane-Saulnier AI (also Type AI) was a French parasol-wing fighter aircraft produced by Morane-Saulnier during World War I. The AI was developed as a refinement of the Morane-Saulnier Type N concept, and was intended to replace the Nieuport 17 and SPAD VII in French service, in competition with the SPAD XIII, which it was built as a back-up for. Its Gnome Monosoupape \"9N\" 160 CV rotary engine was mounted in a circular open-front cowling. The strut", "title": "Morane-Saulnier AI" }, { "docid": "3484873", "text": "the other direction, note that by the above expression of \"t\", if 2 ≤ \"m\" ≤ \"n\", we have Fix \"m\", and let \"n\" approach infinity. We get (again, we must use liminf's because we don't yet know that \"t\" converges). Now, take the above inequality, let \"m\" approach infinity, and put it together with the other inequality. This becomes so that We can then extend this equivalence to the negative real numbers by noting formula_43 and taking the limit as n goes to infinity. The error term of this limit-expression is described by where the polynomial's degree (in \"x\")", "title": "Characterizations of the exponential function" }, { "docid": "350006", "text": "property), and is given in general below. The claim is that we can convert our algorithm for identifying squaring programs into one that identifies functions that halt. We will describe an algorithm that takes inputs \"a\" and \"i\" and determines whether program \"a\" halts when given input \"i\". The algorithm for deciding this is conceptually simple: it constructs (the description of) a new program \"t\" taking an argument \"n\", which (1) first executes program \"a\" on input \"i\" (both \"a\" and \"i\" being hard-coded into the definition of \"t\"), and (2) then returns the square of \"n\". If \"a\"(\"i\") runs", "title": "Rice's theorem" }, { "docid": "1637654", "text": "these two effects created an alternation between -ā- and -ai- found in class 3 weak verbs, with -ā- < -aja- < -əja- and -ai- < -əi- < -əji-. I-mutation was the most important source of vowel alternation, and continued well into the history of the individual daughter languages (although it was either absent or not apparent in Gothic). In Proto-Germanic, only -e- was affected, which was raised by -i- or -j- in the following syllable. Examples are numerous: The system of nominal declensions was largely inherited from PIE. Primary nominal declensions were the stems in /a/, /ō/, /n/, /i/, and", "title": "Proto-Germanic language" }, { "docid": "3970738", "text": "formula_8 (called \"i\"-th \"determinant divisor\") equals the greatest common divisor of all formula_9 minors of the matrix \"A\" and formula_10. The first goal is to find invertible square matrices \"S\" and \"T\" such that the product \"S A T\" is diagonal. This is the hardest part of the algorithm. Once diagonality is achieved, it becomes relatively easy to put the matrix into Smith normal form. Phrased more abstractly, the goal is to show that, thinking of \"A\" as a map from formula_11 (the free \"R\"-module of rank \"n\") to formula_12 (the free \"R\"-module of rank \"m\"), there are isomorphisms formula_13", "title": "Smith normal form" }, { "docid": "3074368", "text": "put him in charge of maintaining records of agricultural output. Deng Ai had an acquaintance, Shi Bao (石苞), who was about the same age as him. They were quite close to Guo Xuanxin (郭玄信), who served as an Internuncio (謁者). When Ji Ben, an imperial physician, started a rebellion in Xu (許; present-day Xuchang, Henan) in 218, Guo Xuanxin was implicated and initially placed under house arrest until an officer came to escort him to the imperial capital for trial. Deng Ai and Shi Bao were among the escorts. While travelling for about ten \"li\", Guo Xuanxin chatted with them", "title": "Deng Ai" }, { "docid": "14003733", "text": "has order \"n\"! except when \"n\" is 6 or 7, in which case the Schur cover has order 3⋅\"n\"!. Schur covers can be described using finite presentations. The symmetric group \"S\" has a presentation on \"n\"−1 generators \"t\" for \"i\" = 1, 2, ..., n−1 and relations These relations can be used to describe two non-isomorphic covers of the symmetric group. One covering group formula_1 has generators \"z\", \"t\", ..., \"t\" and relations: The same group formula_1 can be given the following presentation using the generators \"z\" and \"s\" given by \"t\" or \"t\"\"z\" according as \"i\" is odd or", "title": "Covering groups of the alternating and symmetric groups" }, { "docid": "1582081", "text": "is unitarily diagonalizable. Let \"T\" be a bounded operator. The following are equivalent. If \"N\" is a normal operator, then \"N\" and \"N*\" have the same kernel and the same range. Consequently, the range of \"N\" is dense if and only if \"N\" is injective. Put in another way, the kernel of a normal operator is the orthogonal complement of its range. It follows that the kernel of the operator \"N\" coincides with that of \"N\" for any \"k\". Every generalized eigenvalue of a normal operator is thus genuine. λ is an eigenvalue of a normal operator \"N\" if and", "title": "Normal operator" }, { "docid": "9378186", "text": "officer and a guard. He was arrested on the scene, and was subsequently charged with intentional homicide. In the following six months, while Yang Jia was detained and trials were held, his mother has mysteriously disappeared. This video is a documentary that traces the reasons and motivations behind the tragedy and investigates into a trial process filled with shady cover-ups and questionable decisions. The film provides a glimpse into the realities of a government-controlled judicial system and its impact on the citizens' lives. 2010, video, 2h 6m “The future dictionary definition of 'crackdown' will be: First cover one’s head up", "title": "Ai Weiwei" }, { "docid": "16883653", "text": "by the Tarzan tales. Kurtzman sends up T*rz*n's attitude of superiority, as when T*rz*n (Tarzan) confronts an African tribe, or when J*ne (Jane) gives T*rz*n basic English lessons. Elder's first efforts had Goodman depicted with more monkey-like features—thick, black eyebrows, a large mouth, and small jaw and chin. Kurtzman and Elder desired to have a more \"lovable\" Goodman, so Elder reworked Goodman's appearance in later stories, redrawing Goodman's features to conform with this new look for later reprintings of the \"Goodman Meets T*rz*n\" story. \"Help!\"s most famous story was \"Goodman Goes Playboy\", first published in the February 1962 issue of", "title": "Goodman Beaver" }, { "docid": "7806348", "text": "make new friends and find her own dreams. \"Dōbutsu no Mori\" was not released outside Japan, and Nintendo of America currently has no plans for an English release. The film opens with Ai, an 11-year-old young girl, moving into the Animal Village during the summer. After being put to work by Tanukichi to deliver goods, Ai befriends four of the village's residents: Bouquet, Sally, Albert, and Yū, participating in several activities. Ai begins to find a series of anonymous messages in bottles that state that a miracle will occur during the upcoming Winter Festival if pine trees are planted in", "title": "Dōbutsu no Mori (film)" }, { "docid": "10738556", "text": "\"Sis\" in the ratings. The show owed its success to its creative staff who never ceased to think of ways to make it interesting to audiences. Although there were claims that \"Sis\" has lost its luster following \"Homeboy\"'s critical and commercial acclaim, all of it was put into rest following the latter show's cancellation. Other shows that \"Sis\" faced stiff competition from ABS-CBN were \"Boy & Kris\" featuring the Philippines' king of talk Boy Abunda (from \"HomeBoy\") and Kris Aquino (2007–2009) and \"Ruffa and Ai\" (February–October 2009) hosted by Ruffa Gutierrez and Ai Ai delas Alas. The show showed a", "title": "SiS (TV series)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3065994", "text": "voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five, fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award. , the current holder of the award is James Harden of the Houston Rockets. Every player who has won this award and has been eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been inducted. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won", "title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "1811616", "text": "14 All-NBA teams, which is tied for the fourth-most in league history, and 12 All-NBA first teams, which is an NBA record. With four MVP awards, he is part of a select group of players who have won the award four times, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and Bill Russell; James and Russell are the only players to win four MVP awards in a five-year span. James has also won three Finals MVP Awards, which is tied for the second-most all-time, and earned All-Defensive honors every season from 2009 to 2014. While he has never won the Defensive", "title": "LeBron James" }, { "docid": "11467459", "text": "Macauley (1951), Cousy (1957), Pettit (1958, 1962), Chamberlain (1960), Adrian Smith (1966), Rick Barry (1967), Jerry West (1972), Tom Chambers (1987), Jordan (1988), Karl Malone (1993), John Stockton (1993), O'Neal (2004, 2009), Bryant (2011) and Davis (2017); Pettit and O'Neal did this multiple times. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the distinction of playing in the most All-Star Games (18) without winning the All-Star Game MVP, while Adrian Smith won the MVP in his only All-Star Game. NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given", "title": "NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "1727845", "text": "as a good clutch player, as evidenced by his three NBA Finals MVP awards and his playoff career averages being higher than his regular season statistics. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell further compliments Duncan on his passing ability, and rates him as one of the most efficient players of his generation, a view shared by 19-time NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Because of his versatility and success, basketball experts widely consider Duncan to be the greatest power forward in NBA history, while coach Popovich and teammates Parker and Ginóbili have also credited much of San Antonio's success to him. Duncan's detractors,", "title": "Tim Duncan" }, { "docid": "223614", "text": "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as", "title": "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" }, { "docid": "5571988", "text": "Erving (won MVP awards in both the ABA and NBA), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 time MVP), Magic Johnson (3 time MVP), Larry Bird (3 time MVP), Michael Jordan (6 time finals MVP), John Stockton (#1 in career assists and steals), Karl Malone (14 time all NBA team), Kobe Bryant (NBA's third all-time leading scorer), Tim Duncan (15-time NBA all-star), Shaquille O'Neal (3 time finals MVP) and Jason Kidd (#2 in career assists and steals). Notable players in the NBA today include LeBron James (4 MVP awards), Stephen Curry (2 time MVP), Dwyane Wade (10 time all-star), and Kevin Durant (MVP, 4", "title": "Sports in the United States" } ]

[ { "docid": "4494181", "text": "first player in NBA history to be named the NBA All-Star Game MVP, the NBA regular season MVP, and the NBA Finals MVP in the same season. That same year, he was named to the All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team, as well as being named as ABC's \"Wide World of Sports\" Athlete of the Year, and the Sporting News NBA MVP. Reed's most famous performance took place on May 8, 1970, during game seven of the 1970 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers in Madison Square Garden. Due to a severe thigh injury, a torn muscle", "title": "Willis Reed" }, { "docid": "6263828", "text": "NBA history. This series is also notable in that West, with an average of nearly 38 points a game, won the Finals Most Valuable Player award, despite being on the losing team. This was the first year a Finals MVP award was given, and it remains the only time in NBA Finals history that the MVP was awarded to a player on the losing team. It also marks the first time ever in NBA Finals history that a Game 7 was won by the road team. The Los Angeles Lakers had won 55 games in the regular season (2nd best", "title": "1969 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "5571987", "text": "the national champions of NCAA Division I men's college basketball. Most U.S. states also crown state champions among their high schools. Many high school basketball teams have intense local followings, especially in the Midwest and Upper South. Indiana has 10 of the 12 largest high school gyms in the United States, and is famous for its basketball passion, known as Hoosier Hysteria. Notable NBA players in history include Wilt Chamberlain (4 time MVP), Bill Russell (5 time MVP), Bob Pettit (11 time all NBA team), Bob Cousy (12 time all NBA team), Jerry West (12 time all NBA team), Julius", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "docid": "3326098", "text": "2003 draft is known for having one of the most talented draft pools in draft history. Four of the top five picks are NBA All-Stars and \"Redeem Team\" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James. Many players have been in the starting line-ups of their respective teams; nine have participated in an All-Star Game, Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006 and won the NBA All Star Game MVP in 2010. Luke Walton was a two-time NBA Champion in 2009 and 2010, Boris Diaw won the Most Improved Player Award in 2006, Jason", "title": "2003 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "274543", "text": "Abdul-Jabbar has won more, with six), six Finals MVPs (NBA record), and three All-Star Game MVPs, Jordan is the most decorated player in NBA history. Jordan finished among the top three in regular-season MVP voting 10 times, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. He is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal (doing so twice with the 1984 and 1992 U.S. men's basketball teams). Since 1976, the year of the NBA's merger with the American Basketball Association, Jordan and", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "14590101", "text": "2010–11 NBA season The 2010–11 NBA season was the 65th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 20, 2011, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The season concluded with the Dallas Mavericks defeating the Miami Heat in six games, 4 games to 2, to win their first NBA title, and Dirk Nowitzki was named Finals MVP. Chicago's Derrick Rose was named the 2010–11 NBA MVP. The 2010 off-season had one of the most talented free agent pools in recent NBA history. The list of free agents included All-Stars LeBron James, Chris", "title": "2010–11 NBA season" }, { "docid": "2802831", "text": "leading them to eight consecutive playoff appearances. In 2004, he led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Garnett has been named to 15 All-Star Games, winning the All-Star MVP award in 2003, and is currently tied for third-most All-Star selections in NBA history. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2007–08, and has been selected nine times for All-NBA Teams and 12 times for All-Defensive Teams. Garnett also holds several Timberwolves franchise records. In 2007, after 12 seasons with the Timberwolves, Garnett joined the Boston Celtics in", "title": "Kevin Garnett" }, { "docid": "11333136", "text": "Erving and All-Stars Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and Bobby Jones they dominated the regular season, starting the season with 49 wins against 7 losses and winning 65 games in what is still the second most winning year in franchise history. Erving led as the team captain and was named the NBA All Star Game MVP, while Malone was named league MVP, and when reporters asked how the playoffs would run, he answered, \"four, four, four\"—in other words, predicting that the Sixers would need to only play four games in each of the three playoff series to win the title. Malone,", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "803907", "text": "29, 2016; the previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan. On April 13, 2016, Golden State set the NBA record for most wins in a single season. The team finished the season with a record of 73–9. On May 10, 2016, Stephen Curry was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second straight season. Curry is the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP honors and became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP award by unanimous vote, winning all 131 first-place votes. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green", "title": "Golden State Warriors" }, { "docid": "15069479", "text": "by forwards with six. Only one center has won, Courtney Sims in 2008–09. NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award The NBA Development League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual NBA Development League (D-League) award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the regular season. The league's head coaches determine the award by voting and it is usually presented to the honoree during the D-League playoffs. No player has been named the MVP more than once, and no international player has won the award. Ansu Sesay was the inaugural winner while playing for the", "title": "NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "3569464", "text": "Dwight Howard in 2009. The Lakers defeated Orlando in five games, with Bryant earning the Finals MVP award. The Lakers met the Celtics once again in , trailing 3–2 before winning the last two at home, marking the first time in the history of the Celtics that they lost a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Bryant was named Finals MVP, with the triumphs in 2009 and 2010 becoming Phil Jackson's 10th and 11th NBA titles. With these championship victories, Jackson surpassed both Red Auerbach's record for most NBA titles of all time. He also passed Auerbach's and National Hockey", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "3130583", "text": "and won two MVP Awards and led Houston to its first NBA Finals in 1981, before joining the Philadelphia 76ers, where, teamed with Julius Erving and Bobby Jones, he won an NBA Championship in 1983, as well as a third League MVP. Never a dominant defender, his quickness and tenacity made him one of the best rebounders in NBA history, particularly on the offensive end; he led the league in rebounds six times in a seven-year period and still holds the NBA record for offensive rebounds. In the mid-1980s, the 7'4\" (2.23 m) Eaton was the most prolific shot-blocker in", "title": "Center (basketball)" }, { "docid": "12897771", "text": "along with Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and Hakeem Olajuwon and only the second player in NBA history to win the Finals MVP and league MVP back-to-back along with Jordan. Overall, the Miami Heat 2012–13 season is considered one of the most historic runs in NBA history. In the offseason, the Heat focused on retaining their team outside the Big 3. Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis opted into their contracts for an extra year. Mario Chalmers picked up the team option for another year with the team. James Jones stayed on the team after mulling over retirement.", "title": "History of the Miami Heat" }, { "docid": "19517180", "text": "win 30 road games in back-to-back seasons, joining the 1995–96 and 1996–97 Chicago Bulls. Stephen Curry set numerous three-point NBA records this season; including most three-pointers made in a single game with 13 and most consecutive games (regular-season and postseason combined) with a made three-pointer with 196. Curry also surpassed 300 three-pointers in the regular-season for the second time in NBA history; he finished with 324. Draymond Green won the Defensive Player of the Year Award at the NBA Awards, the first time a Warrior has won it. Kevin Durant won the NBA Finals MVP award, the third time a", "title": "2016–17 Golden State Warriors season" }, { "docid": "15069478", "text": "NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award The NBA Development League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual NBA Development League (D-League) award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the regular season. The league's head coaches determine the award by voting and it is usually presented to the honoree during the D-League playoffs. No player has been named the MVP more than once, and no international player has won the award. Ansu Sesay was the inaugural winner while playing for the Greenville Groove. By position, guards have dominated the award with 11 winners, followed", "title": "NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "2397351", "text": "shots, he is ranked 8th in active players for defensive win shares as of July 2014. Nowitzki is the sixth player in NBA history, and the first European, to hit the 30,000-point milestone. Apart from being the Mavericks' all-time leader in points, rebounds, field goals, field goal attempts, 3-pointers, 3-point attempts, free throws, and free-throw attempts, Nowitzki has made the NBA All-Star games thirteen times and the All-NBA Teams twelve times. He was voted NBA MVP of the 2006–07 NBA season, becoming the first European player to receive the honor, as well as the MVP of the 2011 NBA Finals.", "title": "Dirk Nowitzki" }, { "docid": "7899514", "text": "has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and was also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. Reed, who spent all of his 10-year playing career with the Knicks, won the NBA championships twice in 1970 and 1973. In both NBA Finals, he was named as the Finals MVP. He also won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1970 and was selected to five All-NBA Teams and seven All-Star Games. He became a head coach after ending his playing career. He coached the Knicks", "title": "1964 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "19083230", "text": "by the Cavaliers franchise. NBA Finals MVP winner LeBron James propelled the Cavaliers to the historic comeback. James had a historically great Finals performance, becoming the first player in NBA history to lead all players in a playoff series in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. James' heroics coupled with the suspense of Cleveland's comeback have led many sports critics to deem the 2016 NBA Finals as one of the most exciting in NBA history. This was Cleveland's second consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and third overall, seeking to win their first ever NBA championship. This would also be", "title": "2016 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "10145534", "text": "MVP, a four-time All-star game MVP, a two-time Finals MVP, an eleven-time all-NBA first team, and a five-time NBA Champion. The first player picked by the Bobcats, Emeka Okafor, was named the 2004–05 Rookie of the Year and voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Charlotte Hornets draft history The original Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) were established in 1988 as an expansion team, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team's roster was filled with unprotected players at the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft, and five days later the Hornets made their first picks out of college players", "title": "Charlotte Hornets draft history" }, { "docid": "16396690", "text": "1977. The other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. The team has qualified for the playoffs in 34 seasons of their 48-season existence, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003, tied for the second longest streak in NBA history. Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie Pippen). Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year. Four Blazer rookies (Geoff Petrie,", "title": "Portland Trail Blazers all-time roster" }, { "docid": "6477879", "text": "a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them the season before. Said head coach Billy Cunningham, \"\"The difference from last year was Moses.\"\" Malone was named MVP of the 1983 Finals, as well as league MVP for the third time in his career. The 76ers completed one of the most dominating playoff runs in league history with a 12–1 mark after league and NBA Finals MVP Moses promised \"\"Fo', fo', fo\"\" (as in \"\"four, four, four\"\"—four wins to win round 1, four wins to win round 2, etc.), but it actually wound up as \"\"Fo', fi',", "title": "1983 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "18809939", "text": "team selected local high school phenomenon and future NBA MVP LeBron James. As if celebrating a new era in Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, the team's colors were changed from orange, black and blue back to wine and gold, with the addition of navy blue and a new primary logo. James' status as both an area star (having played his high school basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in nearby Akron) and as one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history has led many to view his selection as a turning point in the franchise's history. Embraced by Cleveland", "title": "History of the Cleveland Cavaliers" }, { "docid": "12897697", "text": "particular had a great season, leading the league in blocks and winning Defensive Player of the Year. He was also named as the Center for the All-NBA First Team (beating out Shaquille O'Neal) and was the runner-up for NBA Most Valuable Player, with Karl Malone winning the award. Had Mourning won MVP over Malone, he would have joined Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. Miami would have a conference-best 33–17 record to claim their first-ever No. 1 seed in the NBA Playoffs. In the", "title": "History of the Miami Heat" }, { "docid": "7724950", "text": "2003 NBA Playoffs The 2003 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2002–03 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets, 4 games to 2, in the NBA Finals. Tim Duncan was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time. This postseason featured the most series decided by 6 games in NBA Playoff history. This postseason is notable for being the first time that all series were conducted in a best-of-seven format. It was also the only time in playoff history that no team", "title": "2003 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "802752", "text": "in league history and the best single-season record at that time, moving from 47–35 to 72–10, becoming the first NBA team to win 70 or more games. Jordan won his eighth scoring title, and Rodman his fifth straight rebounding title, while Kerr finished second in the league in three-point shooting percentage. Jordan garnered the elusive triple crown with the NBA MVP, NBA All-Star Game MVP, and NBA Finals MVP. Krause was named NBA Executive of the Year, Jackson Coach of the Year, and Kukoc the Sixth Man of the Year. Both Pippen and Jordan made the All-NBA First Team, and", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "14622993", "text": "their 69th game of the season by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers at home, and became the fourth team in NBA history to reach 69 wins in a single season, joining the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers, 1995–96 Chicago Bulls and 1996–97 Chicago Bulls. On April 13, 2016, Golden State set the record for most wins in a single season, beating Memphis, and finishing 73–9. On May 10, 2016, Stephen Curry was named the NBA Most Valuable Player for the second straight season. Curry is the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP honors and became the first player in NBA history", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "docid": "1833137", "text": "Heat. Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers, and he led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In 2006, he scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in league history behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2008. After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, he led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, earning the Finals MVP Award on both occasions. He continued to be among the top players", "title": "Kobe Bryant" }, { "docid": "13035910", "text": "of the WNBA. The game ended up being the second most lopsided game in Celebrity Game history to date. The East Team's 88 points were the most ever scored by one team, and their 29-point margin of victory was the second largest ever. Even though last year's MVP and the East Team player Win Butler scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, his teammate Brandon Armstrong won the 2017 All-Star Celebrity Game MVP award with 16 points and 15 rebounds. <section end=2017/> <section begin=2018/> The 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles was played on Friday, February 16, 2018 at", "title": "NBA All-Star Celebrity Game" }, { "docid": "1811551", "text": "LeBron James LeBron Raymone James Sr. (; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often considered the best basketball player in the world and regarded by some as the greatest player of all time, James' accomplishments are extensive and include four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, three All-Star Game MVP awards, and an NBA scoring title. He is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader and has amassed fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, twelve All-NBA First Team designations,", "title": "LeBron James" }, { "docid": "5836060", "text": "points down in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against Portland. The Indiana Pacers, coached by the Lakers' old nemesis, Larry Bird, proved to be slightly less of a problem, however, and in six games, the Lakers claimed their first NBA championship since 1988. Shaquille O'Neal picked up both MVP and Finals MVP awards in 2000. Having also shared the 2000 All-Star Game MVP award, he was only the third player in NBA history to win all three awards in the same season. Kobe Bryant was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team, the youngest player", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "docid": "803564", "text": "Rockets beat in both championship seasons but were defeated by Utah in five other occasions. NBA Most Valuable Player Award NBA Finals MVP NBA Scoring Champions NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Most Improved Player NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team All-Star All-Star head coach All-Star Game MVP Bold denotes still active with team.", "title": "Houston Rockets" }, { "docid": "16726028", "text": "Miami Heat accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association. NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Finals MVP NBA All-Star Game MVP NBA Scoring Champion NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Most Improved Player Award Best NBA Player ESPY Award NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie", "title": "Miami Heat accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "15133065", "text": "NBA All-Star selections NBA All-Star head coach NBA All-Star Game MVP NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest Chicago Bulls accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Chicago Bulls. NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Most Improved Player Award NBA Finals MVP Best NBA Player ESPY Award NBA Sportsmanship Award J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year NBA", "title": "Chicago Bulls accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "20167370", "text": "Curry took the game 95–93. James had carried the limping Cavaliers to a Game 3 win and a 2–1 lead over the Warriors. The Warriors would win the next three games to take home the 2015 NBA Championship. Andre Iguodala would win the NBA Finals MVP, although James averaged 35.8 PPG, 13.3 RPG, and 8.8 APG in a losing effort. The Warriors opened the 2015–16 season going 24–0, the most wins without a loss to start a season in NBA history and the second-longest winning streak in NBA history (28). By the All-Star break, the Warriors' record was a stellar", "title": "Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry" }, { "docid": "5836065", "text": "with the Lakers eventually defeating the Kings in overtime and advancing to the NBA Finals. The championship series against the New Jersey Nets was a mere formality, as the Lakers swept all four games in one of the most lopsided NBA Finals ever. By securing their third straight NBA Championship, the Lakers of 2000–2002 earned their place in NBA history. O'Neal won his third consecutive Finals MVP award joining only Michael Jordan as players to have achieved such honors, and Jackson won his ninth championship as a head coach, tying Celtics legend Red Auerbach, while surpassing Pat Riley as the", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "docid": "802872", "text": "NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year NBA Sportsmanship Award J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA Finals Most Valuable Player NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Star Game <nowiki>*</nowiki> Starter NBA All-Star Game head coaches NBA All-Star Game MVP Three-point Shootout Slam Dunk Contest Skills Challenge Rookie/Rising Stars Challenge Rookie/Rising Stars Challenge MVP Two Ball Contest WTAM (1100 AM) and WMMS (100.7 FM) currently serve as the flagship", "title": "Cleveland Cavaliers" }, { "docid": "1833232", "text": "in NBA history, behind only Chamberlain's 100. He has scored at least 50 points 24 times in his career, which is third in league history behind Jordan (31) and Chamberlain (118); six times Bryant scored at least 60. He was just the third player in NBA history to average 40 points in a calendar month, which he has accomplished four times. Bryant was voted the league MVP in 2008 and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of", "title": "Kobe Bryant" }, { "docid": "1811553", "text": "Award in 2009 and 2010. However, after falling short of the championship expectations set by the media, fans, and himself, James departed Cleveland in 2010 as a free agent to sign with the Miami Heat. This move was announced in an ESPN special titled \"The Decision\", and is one of the most controversial free agent decisions in American sports history. In Miami, James won his first NBA championship in 2012, and followed that with another title a year later. He was named league MVP and NBA Finals MVP in both championship years. In 2014, James opted out of his contract", "title": "LeBron James" }, { "docid": "16726029", "text": "First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team NBA All-Star Skills Challenge Champion NBA All-Star Three-point Shootout Champion NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest Champion NBA All-Star selections Miami Heat accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association. NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Finals MVP NBA All-Star Game MVP NBA Scoring Champion NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Most Improved Player Award Best NBA Player ESPY Award NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the", "title": "Miami Heat accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "19528720", "text": "Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team NBA All-Star Selections NBA All-Star Game MVP NBA Rising Stars Challenge MVP NBA Slam Dunk Contest NBA Three-Point Shootout NBA Skills Challenge Minnesota Timberwolves accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bold denotes still active with team. \"Italic\" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2017–18 season) Other statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2017–18 season) NBA MVP NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Most Improved Player J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship", "title": "Minnesota Timberwolves accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "11467454", "text": "NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player(s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two All-Star Games. Ed Macauley and Paul Arizin were selected as the 1951 and 1952 MVP winners respectively. The voting is conducted by a panel of media members, who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game.", "title": "NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "6477398", "text": "first player in NBA history to win three straight Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards. He joined Magic Johnson as the only other player to win the award three times. The NBA started awarding the Finals MVP in 1969. | align=\"left\" | || 6 || 6 || 41.8 || .508 || .526 || 1.000 || 1.8 || 5.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 13.5 | align=\"left\" | || 6 || 0 || 27.0 || .475 || .667 || .778 || 3.0 || 2.5 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 8.8 A month after the Bulls' third straight championship, Michael", "title": "1993 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "3326099", "text": "Kapono won the three point shootout back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008, James Jones won the three point shootout in 2011, Leandro Barbosa won the Sixth Man Award in 2007, Kyle Korver set the NBA record for three point shooting percentage in 2010 (53.6%), and in the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 seasons LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, and the NBA Finals MVP in 2012, 2013 and 2016. Carmelo Anthony won the 2013 NBA Scoring Title and is the only player in NBA history to win at least three Olympic gold medals. Zaza Pachulia won NBA", "title": "2003 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "9365193", "text": "1989 NBA Playoffs The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988–89 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Joe Dumars was named NBA Finals MVP. The Pistons had one of the most dominant playoff runs in NBA history, finishing 15–2 with their only losses to the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Lakers won the Western Conference title without losing a game, and entered the NBA Finals as the heavy favorites. However,", "title": "1989 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "11560267", "text": "goals made Most field goals attempted Most three-point field goals made Most three-point field goals attempted Most free throws made Most free throws attempted Most rebounds Most offensive rebounds (since 1973–74) Most defensive rebounds (since 1973–74) Most assists Most steals Most blocks Most personal fouls General Specific Los Angeles Lakers accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association. NBA MVP NBA Finals MVP NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Coach of", "title": "Los Angeles Lakers accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "3130586", "text": "defeated the University of Houston, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, to win the NCAA championship. The Nigerian-born Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets and paired with power forward Ralph Sampson in what was dubbed the 'Twin Towers' duo. In his second season, 1985–86, the Rockets upset the Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Olajuwon established himself as a dominant player, leading the Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In the 1993–94 season he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP), Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP", "title": "Center (basketball)" }, { "docid": "1881387", "text": "first professional sports championship to Houston since the Houston Oilers won the American Football League championship in 1961. Olajuwon dominated Ewing in their head–to–head match-up, outscoring him in every game of the series and averaging 26.9 points per game on 50% shooting, compared to Ewing's 18.9 and 36.3%. For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Olajuwon was at the pinnacle of his career. In 1994, he became the only player in NBA history to win the MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season. He was also the first foreign-born", "title": "Hakeem Olajuwon" }, { "docid": "16195257", "text": "as well as his second Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award the following year, this time in a 4 game sweep over James’s Cavaliers. 2012 NBA Finals The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011–12 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to 1 to win their second NBA title. Heat Small forward LeBron James was named the Finals MVP. This marked the fourth time in franchise history that the Oklahoma City", "title": "2012 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "3569452", "text": "Jordan's departure, the Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, won the 1994 and 1995 NBA titles. During this time, Olajuwon became the only player in history to win the NBA MVP, NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP awards in the same season. That was the only year that both the NBA and NHL Finals went to seven games, with the Rockets facing the New York Knicks in 1994. With their win in Game 7, the Rockets denied New York from winning both the NBA and NHL titles in the same year, as the New York Rangers won", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "8725282", "text": "year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. As a professional, he has won two NBA championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and two Olympic gold medals. Durant has also been selected to eight All-NBA teams and nine NBA All-Star teams. Off the court, Durant is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and", "title": "Kevin Durant" }, { "docid": "804213", "text": "existence, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003, tied for the second longest streak in NBA history. The Trail Blazers' 34 playoff appearances rank third in the NBA only behind the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs since the team's inception in 1970. Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie Pippen). Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year. Four Blazer", "title": "Portland Trail Blazers" }, { "docid": "3065993", "text": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. Until the , the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since the , the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Each member of the", "title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "11880579", "text": "1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season The 1963–64 season was the Royals 16th season in the NBA and its seventh in Cincinnati. The Royals finished in 2nd place with a 55–25 record, the second best record in the NBA. The team's outstanding roster included Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Team Captain Wayne Embry, Jack Twyman, Bucky Bockhorn, Bob Boozer, Tom Hawkins, Adrian Smith, Bud Olsen, Larry Staverman and coach Jack McMahon . The team is noteworthy for having both the NBA MVP in Robertson and the NBA Rookie of the Year in Lucas, a rare occurrence in NBA history. The team played most", "title": "1963–64 Cincinnati Royals season" }, { "docid": "274479", "text": "of the Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten scoring titles (both all-time records), five MVP Awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three All-Star Game MVP Awards, three steals titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "19869408", "text": "active, but not with team. Milwaukee Bucks accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Milwaukee Bucks. NBA MVP of the Year NBA Finals MVP NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Most Improved Player NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team NBA All-Star selections NBA All-Star head coaches Bold denotes still active", "title": "Milwaukee Bucks accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "19869407", "text": "Milwaukee Bucks accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Milwaukee Bucks. NBA MVP of the Year NBA Finals MVP NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Most Improved Player NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team NBA All-Star selections NBA All-Star head coaches Bold denotes still active with team. \"Italic\" denotes still", "title": "Milwaukee Bucks accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "20010329", "text": "Philadelphia 76ers accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Philadelphia 76ers. NBA MVP NBA Finals MVP NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Most Improved Player of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Sportsmanship Award J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA scoring champion NBA All-Star Game head coaches All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team Bold denotes still active with", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "1811607", "text": "and perimeter, called the defensive sets, and provided scoring when needed. During a game against Australia, he recorded the first triple-double in U.S. Olympic basketball history with 11 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists. Team USA went on to win their second straight gold medal, again defeating Spain in the final game. James contributed 19 points in the win, becoming the all-time leading scorer in U.S. men's basketball history. He also joined Michael Jordan as the only players to win an NBA MVP award, NBA championship, NBA Finals MVP, and Olympic gold medal in the same year. Afterwards, Krzyzewski said", "title": "LeBron James" }, { "docid": "9744908", "text": "youngest all-star in NBA history at 19 years of age, and rookie Tim Duncan. Bryant had a team-high 18 points. Michael Jordan earned MVP honors, scoring 23 points, grabbing 6 rebounds, and dishing out 8 assists despite having the flu. This was Jordan's third MVP award.The Game featured four all-stars from the Los Angeles Lakers. This marks the first All-Star game to feature both Kobe Bryant, who was the youngest player in NBA history to be in the all-star game and Michael Jordan. Jordan came out of retirement one final time in 2001 and played two more seasons (and selected", "title": "1998 NBA All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "5836018", "text": "had the advantage as they were clearly considered the better team entering the series by most observers. However, they once again failed to top their rivals and the Celtics emerged from the series as victorious yet again, winning their 11th NBA Championship in 13 seasons. That 1969 championship series is also notable in that Jerry West was named the first-ever Finals MVP; this remains the only time that a member of the losing team has won the award. 1970 saw Jerry West win the NBA scoring title at 31.2 points per game, and the Lakers returned to the Finals where,", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "docid": "14622928", "text": "NBA in assists during the 1950s. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain. Known as \"Wilt the Stilt\", Chamberlain quickly began shattering NBA scoring and rebounding records and changed the style of play forever. During each of his three seasons as a Philadelphia Warrior, Chamberlain led the NBA in both scoring and rebounding. In his first season, he was named NBA Rookie of the Year, the NBA All-Star Game MVP, and the league's regular season MVP after averaging 37.6 points per game and 27.0 rebounds per game. In his second season, he set still-standing records when he averaged", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "docid": "803697", "text": "en route to facing the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. The series against the Nets marked the first time two former ABA teams played each other for the NBA Championship. The Spurs won the series 4–2, giving them their second NBA Championship in franchise history. Duncan, after having been named NBA MVP, was also named Finals MVP. Coming off their second NBA Championship, the retirement of David Robinson left a void in San Antonio's daunting defense, while playoff hero Steve Kerr and veteran forward Danny Ferry also retired. Meanwhile, backup point guard Speedy Claxton was left for the", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "docid": "2220317", "text": "the line, joining Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, and Mark Price in the 50–40–90 club. Nash would repeat this feat three more times in the 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 campaigns. Nash (four times) and Larry Bird (two times) are the only players to have accomplished this feat more than once. A two-time NBA MVP, Nash is only the second point guard (along with Magic Johnson) to win the MVP award multiple times and the third guard in NBA history to earn back-to-back MVPs (joining Johnson and Michael Jordan). Only ten other NBA players have won back-to-back MVP awards: Johnson, Jordan, Bill", "title": "Steve Nash" }, { "docid": "17652129", "text": "average point differential (14.0) in Finals history. San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). 2013–14 San Antonio Spurs season The 2013–14 San Antonio Spurs season was the 47th season of the franchise, their 41st in San Antonio and the 38th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs entered the season as runner-ups of the 2013 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in seven games, marking the first time the Spurs lost in the NBA Finals. They also entered the season with an NBA-record ten international players. In the playoffs, the Spurs", "title": "2013–14 San Antonio Spurs season" }, { "docid": "16195248", "text": "an NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers in a game with 14. With three minutes remaining in the game, both teams took their starters out of the game, with the Heat still leading by more than 20 points. With their Game 5 win, the Heat won their second NBA championship in team history, and the first for several Heat players, including James, who was named the NBA Finals MVP after averaging 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the finals, capping it all off with his first triple double of the season in the final game. For the Thunder,", "title": "2012 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "274511", "text": "in NBA history, 72–10; this record was later surpassed by the 2015–16 Golden State Warriors. Jordan led the league in scoring with 30.4 ppg and won the league's regular season and All-Star Game MVP awards. In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series (Miami Heat 3–0, New York Knicks 4–1, Orlando Magic 4–0). They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 4–2 in the NBA Finals to win their fourth championship. Jordan was named Finals MVP for a record fourth time, surpassing Magic Johnson's three Finals MVP awards. He also achieved only the second sweep of the MVP Awards", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "17996871", "text": "2015 NBA Finals The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2014–15 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeated the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games (4–2) for the Warriors' first title in 40 years and their fourth in franchise history, becoming the first team since the 1990–91 Chicago Bulls to win a championship without any prior Finals experience from any player on their roster. Golden State's Andre Iguodala was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). The Warriors were led", "title": "2015 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "1877492", "text": "Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea, but were declined. However, he would continue to epitomize physical fitness for years to come, including participating in several marathons. Chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the NBA. The 1972 NBA Finals MVP is holder of numerous official NBA all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. He led the NBA in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once.", "title": "Wilt Chamberlain" }, { "docid": "1877391", "text": "career. Although he suffered a long string of professional losses, Chamberlain had a successful career, winning two NBA championships, earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards, the Rookie of the Year award, one NBA Finals MVP award, and was selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams. He was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996. Chamberlain was known by several nicknames during his basketball playing career. He", "title": "Wilt Chamberlain" }, { "docid": "274514", "text": "fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award. During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, Jordan posted the first triple double in All-Star Game history in a victorious effort; however, he did not receive the MVP award. Jordan and the Bulls compiled a 62–20 record in the 1997–98 season. Jordan led the league with 28.7 points per game, securing his fifth regular-season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team and the All-Star Game MVP. The Bulls won the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season, including surviving a seven-game series with", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "11903379", "text": "Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year and 30th time in franchise history, extending their NBA record for most Finals appearances. On June 14, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 4–1 in the best of seven series to become the 2009 NBA Champions, winning the 15th Championship for the franchise. Kobe Bryant was awarded the 2009 NBA Finals MVP. Following the season, Trevor Ariza signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets. On July 15, 2009, the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2009 ESPY Awards for Best Team and Best", "title": "2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers season" }, { "docid": "10008717", "text": "postseason instead of just the championship game or series, unlike the playoff MVP awards presented in the other major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada (the Super Bowl MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, and the World Series MVP), although in its history the trophy has never been given to someone that was not in the finals. Doug Gilmour and Peter Forsberg, in 1986 and 1999, respectively, are the only players who have topped the postseason in scoring without making it to the Finals. NHL players have often grown beards when their team is in the playoffs, where", "title": "Stanley Cup playoffs" }, { "docid": "6477082", "text": "named NBA Finals MVP. Hal Douglas narrated the season-ending documentary for NBA Entertainment. Bulls and Jazz won a combined 133 regular season games, second most in Finals history. Until 2016, the 1997 NBA Finals was the last to feature teams that won a total of at least 130 regular season games. For the Chicago Bulls, the campaign was almost identical to their record-breaking 1995–96 season. They began the season 12–0, and by the All-Star break, was 42–6, putting them on pace to win 70 games for a second year in a row. But some late-season injuries and poor play denied", "title": "1997 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "5340888", "text": "won the lottery and obtained the first selection. The Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies were second and third respectively. Allen Iverson, a sophomore from Georgetown was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. It is widely considered to be one of the deepest and most talented NBA drafts in history, with one-third of the first round picks later becoming NBA All-Stars. The draft class produced three players who won NBA MVP awards (Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash), seven other drafted players who became All-Stars (Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Stephon Marbury, Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojaković, Antoine Walker),", "title": "1996 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "14794039", "text": "Bryant as its playing coach challenging the PBA All-Stars, with Chot Reyes as the head coach and the Smart Gilas Philippine national basketball team. The event was organized by Smart Communications and the MVP Sports Foundation, headed by Manuel V. Pangilinan, team owner of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Meralco Bolts in the PBA. Note: Due to the ongoing NBA lockout, the Smart All-Stars cannot affiliate themselves with the NBA or their teams. The list below indicates the NBA teams where the player is associated before the lockout began. Smart All-Stars: PBA All-Stars: This how the MVP", "title": "2010–11 PBA season" }, { "docid": "3065997", "text": "that failed to win at least 50 regular-season games since the . Every player to have won the award has made at least one appearance as a player in the NBA Finals, with the exceptions of Steve Nash and Derrick Rose. NBA Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served", "title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "802252", "text": "setting up one of the most famous moments in NBA history. Reed limped onto the court before the seventh game, determined to play through the pain of his injury. He scored New York's first two baskets before going scoreless for the remainder of the contest. Although he was not at full strength, Reed's heroics inspired the Knicks, and they won the game by a score of 113–99, allowing New York to capture the title that had eluded them for so long. Reed, who had been named the All-Star MVP and the league's MVP that season, was named MVP of the", "title": "New York Knicks" }, { "docid": "20010330", "text": "team. \"Italic\" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2017–18 season) Other Statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2017–18 season) The following Nationals and 76ers players were selected to the NBA All-Star Game. Philadelphia 76ers accomplishments and records This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Philadelphia 76ers. NBA MVP NBA Finals MVP NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Most Improved Player of the Year NBA Coach of the Year", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers accomplishments and records" }, { "docid": "5761542", "text": "Kentucky in overtime to win the national championship. After college, Simon played five games with the Orlando Magic during the 1999 NBA season. He played for two seasons for the Dakota Wizards of the CBA, whom he led to a CBA championship in 2002. Simon earned enough awards and honors in 2001–2002 to make him the most decorated player in CBA history. He received honors as Player of the Week four times. He was named the CBA Newcomer of the Year, the CBA MVP, and the Playoff MVP. He also holds the CBA record for most free throws made in", "title": "Miles Simon" }, { "docid": "5836039", "text": "Johnson. The strategy worked, and the Lakers accumulated 65 wins, the second-most in franchise history up to that point. Johnson also won his first MVP award. Although the Showtime Lakers were famous for their scoring, they were also a great defensive team. Michael Cooper won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1987. After passing the Nuggets, Warriors, and SuperSonics in the playoffs, the Lakers headed to the Finals for the sixth time since 1980. Johnson then notched his last Finals MVP award as the Lakers defeated their arch-rival Celtics in the finals, highlighted by Johnson's running \"baby", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "docid": "15290752", "text": "2012. The playoffs started on April 28 and ended on June 21 when the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of their series, 121–106, winning the Finals, 4–1 and to capture the franchise's second NBA title. LeBron James was named both the Regular Season MVP and the NBA Finals MVP. Free agency started on December 9, 2011. The lockout was the fourth work stoppage in the history of the NBA. It began at UTC (12:01 am EDT) on July 1, 2011. The main issues dividing the owners and the players were revenue sharing and the structure", "title": "2011–12 NBA season" }, { "docid": "1833193", "text": "game with 15 rebounds. Bryant won his fifth championship and earned his second consecutive NBA Finals MVP award. This marked the first time the Lakers won a Game 7 against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Bryant said that this was the most satisfying of all of his five championships. Bryant wanted a sixth championship to match Jordan's total. The Lakers started the 2010–11 season by winning their first eight games. In his ninth game of the season, playing against the Denver Nuggets, Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 26,000 career points. Bryant also recorded", "title": "Kobe Bryant" }, { "docid": "657761", "text": "up for the Celtics. During his introductory press conference, after Auerbach's contentious negotiations with agent Bob Woolf, Bird announced he \"would have played for free\". This was after Woolf asked for the most lucrative contract in NBA history, to which Auerbach was quick to point out that Bird had not played a game in the NBA yet. Bird is the only man to be named an MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year in the NBA. Bird, a wing who played the small forward and power forward positions, was nominated to twelve All-Star teams. He won two", "title": "Larry Bird" }, { "docid": "802731", "text": "until the 2015–16 Warriors. Many experts and analysts consider the 1996 Bulls to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history. Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. The Bulls share rivalries with the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and the Miami Heat. The Bulls' rivalry with the Pistons was highlighted heavily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. On January 16, 1966 Chicago was granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls. The Chicago Bulls became the third", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "docid": "18131103", "text": "NBA TV, and showed 5 plays for each category, totaling to 20 plays. The Shaqtin' a Fool Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award presented at the Shaqtin' a Fool special during the conclusion of the NBA Playoffs. In the 2011–12 and the 2012–13 season, fans voted online for their favorite play of the year, and whichever player whose play accumulated the most votes for that season was awarded with the Shaqtin' a Fool MVP. In the 2013–14 season, the MVP was decided through the most appearances made by one player in a single season. In the event of", "title": "Shaqtin' a Fool" }, { "docid": "11467456", "text": "twice. James' first All-Star MVP in 2006 made him the youngest to have ever won the award at the age of 21 years, 1 month. Kyrie Irving, winner of the 2014 All-Star Game MVP, is the second-youngest at 21 years, 10 months. They are notable as being the two youngest to win the award, both as Cleveland Cavaliers. Four of the games had joint winners—Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959, John Stockton and Malone in 1993, O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000, and O'Neal and Bryant in 2009. O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP", "title": "NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "3978882", "text": "but is considered an \"international\" player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, D.C. Parker and Nowitzki are the only winners to have been trained totally outside the U.S.; Olajuwon played college basketball at Houston and Duncan at Wake Forest. Cedric Maxwell is the only Finals MVP winner eligible for the Hall of Fame who has not been voted in. On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the award would be renamed the \"Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player", "title": "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "docid": "13115292", "text": "History of the Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before moving to Houston, Texas. In the Rockets' debut season, they won 15 games. After drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1968 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969. After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone replaced him. Malone won two Most Valuable Player (MVP)", "title": "History of the Houston Rockets" }, { "docid": "14622988", "text": "Stephen Curry was named the 2014–15 NBA Most Valuable Player, the first Warrior to do so since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960. In the first round of the playoffs, they swept the New Orleans Pelicans, defeated Memphis Grizzlies in the second round in six games and defeated Houston Rockets in five games of the Western Conference Finals. The Warriors advanced to their first NBA Finals since 1975, where they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their fourth NBA title, and their first in 40 years. Andre Iguodala was named Finals MVP. Other highlights of the season included Stephen", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "docid": "1833156", "text": "67 games, tied for fifth-most in NBA history. This followed with O'Neal winning the MVP and Bryant being named to the All-NBA Team Second Team and All-NBA Defensive Team for the first time in his career (the youngest player ever to receive defensive honors). While playing second fiddle to O'Neal in the playoffs, Bryant had some clutch performances including a 25-point, 11 rebound, 7 assist, 4 block game in game 7 of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. He also threw an alley-oop pass to O'Neal to clinch the game and the series. In the 2000 Finals", "title": "Kobe Bryant" }, { "docid": "472306", "text": "recorded 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals in a 123–107 win, while playing guard, forward, and center at different times during the game. Johnson became the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP award, and his clutch performance is still regarded as one of the finest in NBA history. He also became one of four players to win NCAA and NBA championships in consecutive years. Early in the 1980–81 season, Johnson was sidelined after he suffered torn cartilage in his left knee. He missed 45 games, and said that his rehabilitation was the \"most down\" he", "title": "Magic Johnson" }, { "docid": "19083250", "text": "The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3–1 series deficit to win the NBA Finals. They became the first NBA Champion to clinch all their playoff series on the road since the 1999 San Antonio Spurs, as well as the first road team to win a Finals Game 7 since the 1978 Washington Bullets. The Cavaliers won their first championship in franchise history, ending a nearly 52-year pro sports championship drought for the city of Cleveland. LeBron James was named the unanimous Finals MVP, becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to", "title": "2016 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "11066715", "text": "1980–81 Boston Celtics season In 1980–81 the Boston Celtics went 62-20 under coach Bill Fitch. Despite losing center Dave Cowens to retirement late in training camp, the Celtics went on to capture the 1981 NBA Championship over the Houston Rockets. The highlight was that this championship was achieved just two years after Larry Bird had been drafted. Cedric Maxwell was named NBA Finals MVP. After the 1979-80 season, Auerbach completed what may be the most lopsided trade in NBA history. Auerbach had always been a fan of stockpiling draft picks, so even after the success of 1979-80 the Celtics had", "title": "1980–81 Boston Celtics season" }, { "docid": "2397306", "text": "spite of this historic playoffs loss, Nowitzki was named the NBA's regular-season Most Valuable Player and beat his friend and back-to-back NBA MVP Nash with more than 100 votes. He also became the first European player in NBA history to receive the honor. The 2007–08 campaign saw another first-round playoffs exit for Nowitzki and his Mavericks. Despite a mid-season trade that sent veteran NBA All-Star Jason Kidd to Dallas, the Mavericks finished seventh in a highly competitive Western Conference. Nowitzki averaged 23.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, and a career-high 3.5 assists for the season. In the playoffs, they faced rising star", "title": "Dirk Nowitzki" }, { "docid": "11066718", "text": "series 4–2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Boston won 4-0) 1980–81 Boston Celtics season In 1980–81 the Boston Celtics went 62-20 under coach Bill Fitch. Despite losing center Dave Cowens to retirement late in training camp, the Celtics went on to capture the 1981 NBA Championship over the Houston Rockets. The highlight was that this championship was achieved just two years after Larry Bird had been drafted. Cedric Maxwell was named NBA Finals MVP. After the 1979-80 season, Auerbach completed what may be the most lopsided trade in NBA history. Auerbach had always been a fan of stockpiling", "title": "1980–81 Boston Celtics season" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19510487", "text": "9:00pm, the first season's first two episodes and eleventh episode aired on a Tuesday at 10:00pm, while the second season's fourteenth episode, \"Super Bowl Sunday\", aired on a Sunday at 10:15pm. This Is Us (TV series) This Is Us is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that premiered on NBC on September 20, 2016. The series follows the lives and families of two parents, and their three children, in several different time frames. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Ron Cephas", "title": "This Is Us (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15933584", "text": "Zuhause im Glück – Unser Einzug in ein neues Leben Zuhause im Glück – Unser Einzug in ein neues Leben (English: Happy at home – moving into a new life) - is a German television series, which is aired at 8:15 pm every Tuesday on RTL II. The first show could be watched on TV on 4 October 2005. On 2 November 2010 the 100th episode was aired. The concept of the show is based on the US-American show \"\", which is produced by the TV channel ABC. In this TV show, it is shown how the interior architect Eva", "title": "Zuhause im Glück – Unser Einzug in ein neues Leben" } ]

[ { "docid": "18295545", "text": "this channel on Galaxy Satellite 19. Viet Show TV, Vietoday TV, and Viet Shopping TV are sister channels under Viet Show Television Corporation. US & Canada GALAXY SATELLITE 19 National Wide DIRECTV 2079 North California KTSF 26.6 COMCAST CABLE 173 CROSSING TV 238 SAN BRUNO CABLE 382 South California KJLA 57.5 Viet Show TV Viet Show Television (or \"Viet Show TV\", or VSTV) is a Vietnamese-American television network established in 2008 and operating mainly in California. Viet Show TV's headquarters are located in San Jose, where it produces and broadcasts TV shows for Vietnamese-Americans in the US. Viet Show TV", "title": "Viet Show TV" }, { "docid": "18263223", "text": "out-lived three 1956 TCN series debuts that are more commonly mentioned in television retrospectives – \"The Johnny O'Connor Show\", \"Campfire Favourites\" and \"Accent on Strings\". TCN-9's other 1956 series debuts included \"Fun Farm\" (1956–1957), \"The Home Show\" (1956–1957) and \"What's My Line\" (1956–1958). Give Us This Day (Australian TV program) Give Us This Day is an Australian religious television short program aired from 1956 to 1958 on TCN-9. It is significant as one of the very earliest Australian-produced television programs. It was among the television shows aired during the first \"official\" week of television in Sydney. \"Give Us This Day\"", "title": "Give Us This Day (Australian TV program)" }, { "docid": "19306522", "text": "a hidden camera follows the sufferings of the De Vries family. 8. Vanwege Maartje (\"Because of Maartje\"): a female politician tries to obstruct her colleague when she is invited by the TV show \"Nova\". 9. Feliz Navidad: A house wife hears she's allergic to Christmas and decides to undergo intense therapy. 10. Rondom Ons (\"About us\"): In this fictional TV talk show (a spoof of the TV talk show \"Rondom Tien\", \"About Ten\") some actual Dutch media celebrities are interviewed about their \"recognition appearances\". Their \"ilness\" is treated in the Psychiatric Broadcasting Center Clinic. 11. Een zijden draad (\"A silk", "title": "30 minuten" }, { "docid": "15943845", "text": "has no way to use more than one of the lifelines on one single question. The Chinese version of this show is called \"全星全益\"(In simplified Chinese, pinyin: \"Quan Xing Quan Yi\"), which is presented by Zhou Qun. This version is airing on Anhui TV network, and its premiere was aired on 23 October 2013. The show is airing at 22:00(UTC+8) every Wednesday on Anhui TV, and the theoretical top prize is CN￥149,000. The Chinese Version's cash cards' cash values is ranging from CN￥1,000(US$164) to CN￥20,000(US$3,282), and the cash values are the integer multiples of CN￥1,000. A perfect game is worth", "title": "Holding Out for a Hero (game show)" }, { "docid": "8838451", "text": "glad that people like what they see, and we hope we can keep bringing the gaming goodness for many years to come.\" Janet Carr told News.com.au, \"When we first started [\"Good Game\"] we knew there was nothing out there in mainstream media that satisfied us as gamers, and so we made the show from within the community... The TV show is just part of this community and there is really no screen between us and them.\" News.com.au said, \"\"Good Game\" thrives from online interaction with its viewers, offering free episodes and even gaming sessions with the team\", citing Carr's explanation:", "title": "Good Game (TV program)" }, { "docid": "6925297", "text": "Byline (TV series) Your Kaiser Dealer Presents Kaiser-Frazer \"Adventures In Mystery\" Starring Betty Furness in \"Byline\" is a brief series of live mysteries that aired from November 4 through December 9, 1951, on ABC television. In the 1950s, when companies directly sponsored entire TV programs, it was not unusual for a sponsor to place its name directly on the title of the show (such as \"The US Steel Hour\" or \"The Bell Telephone Hour\"). The full fourteen-word title by sponsor Kaiser Motors is believed to be the longest for any program in US television history. The show was usually known", "title": "Byline (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14365310", "text": "\"When Disaster Strikes\" episodes include: When Disaster Strikes (TV series) When Disaster Strikes is a documentary television series that exposes the inside human drama of disaster recovery. Produced by Parallax Film Productions, the show has aired on Discovery Channel US FOX Broadcasting, International and History Television in Canada. This six-part series profiles the victims, the disaster, and the backbreaking work it takes to set things right, exploring the human story behind the headlines. \"When Disaster Strikes\" covers fires, floods, hurricanes, landslides, sewage-filled basements – every situation is different and requires a creative, no-nonsense plan. The only thing common to the", "title": "When Disaster Strikes (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1461514", "text": "show, \"Spandau Ballet – True Gold\", in which they performed several hits and were interviewed in front of a studio audience. The band performed their 1980s hit single \"True\" and a new song called \"This is the Love\" on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" on 11 November 2014. It was their US late-night TV debut and their first US TV appearance since 1985 when they played on \"Soul Train\". They were there to promote their new greatest hits collection called \"The Story – The Very Best of Spandau Ballet\", which also contains three new songs. The album reached the UK Top 10.", "title": "Spandau Ballet" }, { "docid": "15164905", "text": "the private TV station TV Zimbo. When a contestant gets the fifth question correct, he will leave with at least 10,000 Kz. When a contestant gets the tenth question correct, he will leave with at least 150,000 Kz. Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan game show) Quem quer ser milionário? (English translation: \"Who wants to be a millionaire\") is an Angolan game show based on the original British format of \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?\". The show is hosted by Jorge Antunes. The main goal of the game is to win 3 million kwanzas (US$18,000) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions", "title": "Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan game show)" }, { "docid": "14365309", "text": "When Disaster Strikes (TV series) When Disaster Strikes is a documentary television series that exposes the inside human drama of disaster recovery. Produced by Parallax Film Productions, the show has aired on Discovery Channel US FOX Broadcasting, International and History Television in Canada. This six-part series profiles the victims, the disaster, and the backbreaking work it takes to set things right, exploring the human story behind the headlines. \"When Disaster Strikes\" covers fires, floods, hurricanes, landslides, sewage-filled basements – every situation is different and requires a creative, no-nonsense plan. The only thing common to the disasters are emotionally devastated victims.", "title": "When Disaster Strikes (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7628793", "text": "All About Us (TV series) All About Us is an American teen sitcom series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions. The series' premiere episode was directed by Fred Savage. The show was canceled after one season when NBC decided to abandon its TNBC lineup and instead lease its Saturday mornings to Discovery Networks starting in fall 2002. The series focuses on the development of four teenage girls who live and attend high school in Chicago. In the show, the girls' divergent talents,", "title": "All About Us (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13018216", "text": "was the top trending US TV show. On IMDb, \"Glee\" is the seventh highest ranking TV series of the period 2002–2012. Fans have recreated many of its musical numbers in tribute to the show, sharing them on YouTube. Based on this trend, show producers included instrumental versions of some songs on the show's soundtracks. Similarly, \"Glee\" fans have created portmanteaus of character couples, such as \"Finchel\" for Finn and Rachel, \"Samcedes\" for Sam and Mercedes, \"Klaine\" for Kurt and Blaine, and \"Brittana\" for Brittany and Santana. This fact has been referenced in various second-season episodes, notably \"Furt\", which is itself", "title": "Glee (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7375562", "text": "the film \"Very Good Dunya Very Bad Log\" (1998) Fakhr Alam has done shows for all major TV networks of Pakistan - GEO, ARY, TV one, INDUS, AAJ TV and more. For GEO Television, Fakhar-e-Alam hosted the show \"Bolain Kya Baat Hai\" (English: Tell us what is the matter?) telecast on GEO Super in which he interviewed various sports personalities and discussed cricket and other sports-related events. Fakhr-e-Alam starred in an entertainment show called \"The Big Show\" on CNBC PAKISTAN from 17 December 2011. Fakhr-e-Alam's show \"Aghaz-e-Safar\" will be on air from 18 April 2014. This show is produced and", "title": "Fakhar-e-Alam" }, { "docid": "13835942", "text": "Weekly\" placed the project on their \"Must-See List\". Actor Eion Bailey created the show. Imagine This! TV Imagine This! TV is a progressive documentary-like reality series. Each episode follows the lives of the cast through a weeklong service project developed to help a community somewhere in the world that is in need. The pilot episode, \"Sacred Valley of Peru\", was released in 2009 throughout the US in public screenings. Since then, the show has created an interactive website where members can direct show episodes through project proposals that create sustainable solutions to real world issues. They also have released two", "title": "Imagine This! TV" }, { "docid": "13835941", "text": "Imagine This! TV Imagine This! TV is a progressive documentary-like reality series. Each episode follows the lives of the cast through a weeklong service project developed to help a community somewhere in the world that is in need. The pilot episode, \"Sacred Valley of Peru\", was released in 2009 throughout the US in public screenings. Since then, the show has created an interactive website where members can direct show episodes through project proposals that create sustainable solutions to real world issues. They also have released two teaser trailers online both on YouTube and the show website. In July 2009, \"Entertainment", "title": "Imagine This! TV" }, { "docid": "18594193", "text": "Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series) Inspector Gadget (also known as Inspector Gadget 2.0) is an American Canadian French CGI animated television series produced by DHX Media. It is a sequel to the original series, which aired from 1983 to 1986. The show was announced on June 11, 2013, with 26 episodes. The show debuted on January 3, 2015 on Boomerang in France and officially premiered on Teletoon in Canada on September 7, 2015. As of November 20, 2017, the show is airing in the US on Universal Kids. When Dr. Claw is thawed out of his iceberg prison and reactivates", "title": "Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17991069", "text": "Raj TV Raj TV is a Tamil language Indian general entertainment channel based in Chennai, India, which was launched on 14 October 1994. The channel features a variety of soap operas, game shows, newscasts, films and shows of general entertainment. It airs serials such as \"Ganga Yamunaa\", \"Mann Vasanai\", \"Poovizhi Vasalile\", \"Kanchana\" and \"Indira-Puthumai Penn\". It airs \"Rajageetham\" (a reality show), \"Koppiyam\" (an anthology series), and \"Agada Vigadam\" (a debate show). Raj TV started broadcasting in the US as Raj TV US. Raj TV US is an American Category B specialty channel. It broadcasts programs from Raj TV as well", "title": "Raj TV" }, { "docid": "3649866", "text": "7, 2003, Oswald started airing on Noggin and continued to air after September 28, 2009 when it was renamed as Nick Jr., but was removed on March 11, 2013. The show aired in reruns on \"Nick on CBS\" for 1 year from September 15, 2001, to September 7, 2002. Sammy Starfish has his regular US voice. In Canada, the show has been aired on Treehouse TV. In Southeast Asia and New Zealand it is aired on Nick Jr.. In Japan, a Japanese dubbed version of the show has aired on WOWOW. In India the show was aired on Cartoon Network's", "title": "Oswald (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4400314", "text": "do; they then buy slots on TV channels to show their programmes. Often the same programme from an organization is shown on several channels at different times as they buy slots. The vast majority of organizations which do this are US-based. In the UK this tends to make Christian TV channels appear to be US-based, as most material originates there. Some UK TV channels have invested in making programmes to complement advertising, most notably GOD TV and Revelation TV. Religious broadcasting Religious broadcasting refers to the dissemination of television and/or radio content that intentionally has religious ideas, religious experience, or", "title": "Religious broadcasting" }, { "docid": "20721645", "text": "Besties (TV series) Besties is an upcoming American comedy television series set to premiere on Freeform. \"Besties\" begins when \"self-absorbed Jesi and conservative, over-achiever Becca go from strangers to sisters when they find out through a genetic testing company that they share the same birth mother in this contemporary ensemble comedy about identity, self-discovery and what ultimately defines us. On May 15, 2018, it was announced that Freeform had given the production a series order. The show was created by Kenya Barris and Ranada Shepard, both of whom were expected to serve as executive producers. Production companies involved with the", "title": "Besties (TV series)" }, { "docid": "11496316", "text": "WDEM-CD Channel 17.2 Ke Semana! Ke Semana! is a bilingual magazine TV show produced by CEALFilms in Columbus Ohio. \"Ke Semana!\" is hosted by Cecilia Mandriotti. \"Ke Semana!\" is the very first bilingual TV show of its style in the Midwest of the United States. This visits different places and events throughout the US, and Cecilia interviews successful personalities of the community and famous actors and singers. \"Ke Semana!\" it was broadcast on Azteca America TV 48 from February 2008 to August 2008 and on Local on Demand Channel 1111 on Time Warner Cable It was relaunched in August 2009", "title": "Ke Semana!" }, { "docid": "11496315", "text": "Ke Semana! Ke Semana! is a bilingual magazine TV show produced by CEALFilms in Columbus Ohio. \"Ke Semana!\" is hosted by Cecilia Mandriotti. \"Ke Semana!\" is the very first bilingual TV show of its style in the Midwest of the United States. This visits different places and events throughout the US, and Cecilia interviews successful personalities of the community and famous actors and singers. \"Ke Semana!\" it was broadcast on Azteca America TV 48 from February 2008 to August 2008 and on Local on Demand Channel 1111 on Time Warner Cable It was relaunched in August 2009 in Telemundo Columbus", "title": "Ke Semana!" }, { "docid": "5530995", "text": "High-Definition, High-Resolution cameras tha GMA uses. On 21 June 2012, the issue was resolved and the original audio type was restored. For the first time in GMA history, \"Idol sa Kusina\", a program originally aired on QTV then GMA News TV and simulcast on GMA Life TV moved to GMA Pinoy TV on 14 July 2012. In September 2012, for the first time in GMA Pinoy TV's history, \"24 Oras\", the network's flagship newscast program will had a four-hour-delayed telecast, meaning in the US, the show aired 7:30am (US-PST), 10:30am (US-EST), and 4:30am (Hawaii). This is the first time the", "title": "GMA Pinoy TV" }, { "docid": "5717884", "text": "Urdu press that two Indian agents were sitting on Geo TV. Some people say that he is too hard on the US. He treated Pakistani Information Minister very roughly in his show on the US drone attacks. The US Ambassador in Pakistan wrote a letter to the Geo TV management in September 2009 complaining about Mir on incorrect reporting. Mir has been the target of death threats and at least two assassination attempts due to his reporting on Pakistan Taliban as well political parties. In 2014, Mir was injured in a gun attack when he was attacked by unknown men", "title": "Hamid Mir" }, { "docid": "1416099", "text": "he had with \"Extras\", \"particularly in the second series\". \"You can forgive Gervais a certain arrogance after the success of \"The Office\", but...\" He remarks on the confused tone of the series, taking in the clash between the broad comedy of characters Barry (Shaun Williamson) and Darren (Stephen Merchant), and the apparent parody of this style with \"When The Whistle Blows\", and \"given their total indulgence of Gervais, the BBC is portrayed as interfering, its comedy department run by a rather crudely stereotyped gay couple\". \"The Ricky Gervais Show\" is an animated TV show that debuted on US cable network", "title": "Ricky Gervais" }, { "docid": "15112614", "text": "Ryan of \"The Huffington Post\" published her own list of reasons for renewal, titled: 'Enlightened' Renewal: 8 Reasons HBO Must Bring Back This Show. Upon reviewing the season 2 finale, a longtime champion of the show, \"TIME\"s James Poniewozik touched on the renewal prospects, writing: \"And in \"Enlightened\", whether it planned things this way, HBO has the best thing TV is doing right now—a show no other network would probably make, telling a story that the movies couldn’t tell, not at such length and depth. Without HBO, this story would not exist, and HBO is a company in the without-us-nothing", "title": "Enlightened (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6974319", "text": "& Again\" for now thanks for joining us, I'm Jane Pauley, and we're history!\"- Jane Pauley's closing phrase to end each episode of the series. Time and Again (TV series) Time and Again was a retrospective television series aired on MSNBC from the network's inception in 1996 until 2000; it was hosted by Jane Pauley. The show ran 60 minutes, but sometimes 30 minutes on weekends when followed by \"Remember This?\" a quiz-show hosted by Al Roker. The show occasionally aired on the NBC broadcast network as well. The show's format consists of showing clips from NBC News's archives, revolving", "title": "Time and Again (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12589799", "text": "Operation Transformation (TV series) Operation Transformation is a health and fitness programme airing on RTÉ One in Ireland. The show is a cross-media event broadcast via radio, web and television on RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ.ie and RTÉ One (dubbed the three-sixty by Gerry Ryan) since 2008. Prior to this it had been limited to radio but has since expanded onto the web and television. It is comparable to US television show The Biggest Loser. The fifth series, which began in January 2012, is hosted by Kathryn Thomas with the radio element provided by RTÉ Radio 1's \"The John Murray Show\". Initially", "title": "Operation Transformation (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10012478", "text": "steps for her closing number and also miscues during the runthrough. The US TV show \"After Hours\" also showed rehearsal footage of songs such as \"After All\", \"Hold On\" and \"I'll Be There For You\" during an interview promoting the tour. The shots were possibly taken for her Atlantic City show as Cher mentions that that is where she is when being interview although this is not certain. Heart of Stone Tour The Heart of Stone Tour (also known as Cher Tour 1990) was the second solo concert tour by American singer-actress Cher. The tour supported her twenty-first studio album,", "title": "Heart of Stone Tour" }, { "docid": "8108894", "text": "Aruj TV in Pushto. Episodes of the show are available on iTunes and Hulu. The show was rerun on Kabillion on Demand. The show has also been released through YouTube. On August 28, 2012, Sony Pictures released \"Jumanji: The Complete First Season\" on DVD in region 1. This was a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and is part of the \"Sony Pictures Choice Collection\" in partnership with Warner Bros. online store. It is also available through Amazon.com and their CreateSpace MOD program. On February 17, 2015, Mill Creek Entertainment re-released season 1 on DVD in Region 1.", "title": "Jumanji (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10781205", "text": "The Adrenaline Project The Adrenaline Project is a Canadian extreme sports reality TV show. Season one premiered September 29, 2007 on YTV's \"Get Real!\" at 7:00 p.m. ET, & on FOX's 4Kids TV at 8:00 a.m. ET. The show is hosted by former MuchMoreMusic VJ Richard Cazeau, and also features Boomer Phillips. Season two was hosted by Boomer Phillips and the 26 episode season premiered September 6, 2008 6:00pm ET on YTV. This season was not seen in the US, as 4Kids TV cancelled the series on April 5, 2008, and was not moved to its successor block, The CW4Kids.", "title": "The Adrenaline Project" }, { "docid": "8745183", "text": "on YouTube. Following this move, the blogosphere was awash with accolades with NTV's US correspondent (BMJ) Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi terming it a techno-revolution for mass media among Kenyans across the globe. Ali Mandhry hosts a cooking show on NTV Kenya, \"Tamu Tamu: Kenyan Cuisine with a Twist\" the first Kenyan cooking show on an outdoor setup showcasing the Kenyan cultures. \"List of programs broadcast by NTV (Kenya)\" NTV (Kenyan TV channel) NTV is a Kenyan general entertainment channel. The channel began operating on April 4, 2005, and is a revamp from the previous Nation TV station under the Nation", "title": "NTV (Kenyan TV channel)" }, { "docid": "7628794", "text": "perspectives, and family experiences become the platform for illustrating alternative approaches to understanding and solving problems. It was the first TNBC series shot on videotape that did not have the use of laugh track. All About Us (TV series) All About Us is an American teen sitcom series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions. The series' premiere episode was directed by Fred Savage. The show was canceled after one season when NBC decided to abandon its TNBC lineup and instead lease its", "title": "All About Us (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16146555", "text": "also available on the online HGTV player in Canada and the US until the show got cancelled. Full episodes were also available on the iTunes Store until the series was cancelled. The series was also available on Amazon Video until 2010. People cannot currently watch this series online. The Unsellables (UK TV series) The Unsellables is a British reality game show that debuted on 11 May 2009. The television series ended on 5 June 2009. The show aired on BBC One, the television show was also distributed by the BBC. The Unsellables focuses on helping people who have troubles selling", "title": "The Unsellables (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "7457626", "text": "\"Mr Pastry\" film was subsequently made but portrayed the lead character as a pathetic figure coming out of prison and totally different from the TV series' bumbling comic. His act first appeared on the US \"Ed Sullivan Show\" in 1954, and thereafter Hearne appeared on the show frequently. Buster Keaton was reportedly a fan. Hearne was the subject of \"This Is Your Life\" in 1959 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. In 1963, Hearne became President of the Lord's Taverners charity and he subsequently raised money for hundreds of hydrotherapy pools. In 1970, he", "title": "Richard Hearne" }, { "docid": "4504332", "text": "special \"Michael McDonald: Model Citizen\" premiered on Showtime on October 9, 2010. Filmed in Orange County at the OC Pavilion, it has been described as \"Part stand-up comedy, part one man show, this special is for anyone who – like Michael – finds humor in the strange world all around us.\" McDonald was also a writer, director, and producer of the ABC TV series \"Cougar Town\". He directed a number of episodes of the show, including \"Letting You Go\", \"Everything Man\", \"When a Kid Goes Bad\", \"Stop Dragging My Heart Around\", and \"Don't Come Around Here No More\". McDonald also", "title": "Michael McDonald (comedian)" }, { "docid": "16370190", "text": "2006), Phoenix Talking Show (TV program, 2007), Women One Village (TV program, 2008), Super Boy (TV music show, 2010), No.1 Mission (TV reality show, 2010), Let us Sing Love Songs! (TV music show, 2010), Super Girl (TV music show, 2010), Sparkling Red Star (TV program, 2012), Women One Village (TV program, 2012), Legend of Music (TV program, 2012), Perfect Voice (TV music show, 2012), Dance Club (TV reality show, 2012), Perfect Voice (TV music show, 2012), Legend of Songs (TV music show, 2013). Shadow is a guest professor at Beijing Dance Academy, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Queens College New", "title": "Shadow Zen" }, { "docid": "13365672", "text": "action at Gleneagles in Perthshire. This edition opens at Turnberry in Ayrshire, where Colin Montgomerie shows us round his Links Golf Academy. The oldest golf club in the world, Muirfield - home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. The Scottish Golf Show The Scottish Golf Show is a Scottish television series, which aired on Scottish TV and Grampian TV (now both known as STV). \"The Scottish Golf Show\" was narrated by Iain Anderson and produced, directed & edited by Scott Brown. The series was first broadcast in 2005, and was re-aired in 2006, and again in May 2009 on", "title": "The Scottish Golf Show" }, { "docid": "18683177", "text": "Television began shopping it to other networks. It was announced in July 2014 that TV Land had ordered the series and, unlike previous networks, granted the Gaffigans full creative control. Jim Gaffigan said of the announcement: \"I am thrilled that TV Land is giving us this opportunity to do this show that Peter, Jeannie and I have been fine-tuning for three years.\" TV Land president Larry W. Jones said the series was perfect for its target audience of Generation Xers who are raising families. Jones said: \"We love Jim Gaffigan's brand of humor. The second we saw this show we", "title": "The Jim Gaffigan Show" }, { "docid": "5531009", "text": "the first Tagalog-dubbed Koreanovela aired on this channel. The shows with English subtitles are noted in the next section \"currently broadcast\". \"Basta Every Day, Happy!\" was supposed to premiere on 12 May 2014 (in some territories like the US on the evening of 11 May 2014) and air throughout its entire duration on GMA Pinoy TV but the programming department of GMA International, GMA's international subsidiary, decided to move the show over to GMA Life TV as it adheres more to GMA Life TV's overall theme as a lifestyle channel as well as the show is a replacement for \"\",", "title": "GMA Pinoy TV" }, { "docid": "14763745", "text": "¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Panamanian game show) ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (English translation: \"Who wants to be a millionaire?\") is a Panamanian game show based on the original British format of \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?\". The show is hosted by Atenógenes Rodríguez. The main goal of the game is to win US$100,000 by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are three \"lifelines\" - fifty fifty, phone a friend and ask the audience . \"¿Quién quiere ser millonario?\" is broadcast from 2009 to 2011. It is shown on the Panamanian TV station Telemetro. When a contestant gets the fifth", "title": "¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Panamanian game show)" }, { "docid": "17395678", "text": "with 5/5. Wyner C from \"Two Cents TV\" gave a good review to the episode saying that it was a \"sweet little episode\" and that the show is best when the family is together. Michael Adams of \"411mania\" gave the episode 7/10 saying that it was an alright episode, funny but predictable. \"This episode did give us 2 possible season finale moments in Haley possibly going back to school, and Claire working with and inheriting Jay's company. If Claire is the bread-winner next season, and Phil is the stay at home dad, THAT will make for some good TV. Anyway,", "title": "My Hero (Modern Family)" }, { "docid": "16028449", "text": "Albums Chart for 2001 and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry after charting continuously from its release in August to the end of the year. In the US, \"Is This It\" entered the \"Billboard\" 200 at number 74 after selling 16,000 units in the first week. 20,000 copies were shipped in America per week from October 2001 to January 2002, when a performance by the Strokes on nationwide TV show \"Saturday Night Live\" caused a temporary rise in sales. A 60% increase allowed the album to reach a peak of number 33 on the \"Billboard\" 200 from its", "title": "Is This It" }, { "docid": "6925298", "text": "simply as Byline during its six-week prime time run, and as News Gal when the series aired Saturdays at noon on the DuMont Television Network for two weeks in October 1951. Byline (TV series) Your Kaiser Dealer Presents Kaiser-Frazer \"Adventures In Mystery\" Starring Betty Furness in \"Byline\" is a brief series of live mysteries that aired from November 4 through December 9, 1951, on ABC television. In the 1950s, when companies directly sponsored entire TV programs, it was not unusual for a sponsor to place its name directly on the title of the show (such as \"The US Steel Hour\"", "title": "Byline (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18295544", "text": "Viet Show TV Viet Show Television (or \"Viet Show TV\", or VSTV) is a Vietnamese-American television network established in 2008 and operating mainly in California. Viet Show TV's headquarters are located in San Jose, where it produces and broadcasts TV shows for Vietnamese-Americans in the US. Viet Show TV broadcasts on different channels, both local and nationwide. The audience can enjoy free-to-air programs from VSTV by tuning to channel KTSF 26.6 in northern California and KJLA 57.5 in southern California. Audiences can also watch Viet Show's TV programs through Comcast Cable 238 and DirecTV 2079. North American audiences can watch", "title": "Viet Show TV" }, { "docid": "17756080", "text": "Talk TV (Philippine TV series) Talk TV is a morning talk show on ABS-CBN, hosted by broadcasters turned couple Julius Babao and Christine Bersola-Babao, newly transferred personality Ryan Agoncillo and actress Janette McBride. This show was aired on March 12, 2001 and ended on July 19, 2002. The show served as the replacement of Today with Kris Aquino, after the latter took the seat of Korina Sanchez in the magazine show Balitang K (turned into Balitang Kris). When Kris Aquino took over the hosting role of Korina Sanchez in her magazine show Balitang K (Sanchez was then promoted as Chief", "title": "Talk TV (Philippine TV series)" }, { "docid": "19348488", "text": "is a \"Did you know?\" feature, and the final part of the show is called \"They said ________ about him\". The show has two seasons, each containing 15 episodes. All of the episodes are also available to view on YouTube. The idea of the program is based on the book: \"The guidance of the Prophet's biography in social change\", (). The show has also been aired in Malaysia via TV AlHijrah, a Islamic-oriented TV station, during the Ramadan of 2011 under its romanized Arabic name \"Law Kana Bainana\" with Malay subtitles. If he were among us If he were among", "title": "If he were among us" }, { "docid": "15831267", "text": "endurance, they would have forced him to watch \"Russian Dolls\".\" \"AM New York\" describes the show as \"so busily edited ...that there’s no flavor of any kind\" adding that \"If nothing else, this show might make us more appreciative of all the effort those “Jersey Shore” folks put into their portrayals.\" Russian Dolls (U.S. TV series) Russian Dolls is an American reality television series on Lifetime. The series debuted on August 11, 2011 and finished on October 7, 2011. The series follows the lives of eight Russian-American families living in Brighton Beach, New York. The show premiered on August 11,", "title": "Russian Dolls (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "18121559", "text": "Checkpoint (TV program) Checkpoint is a Dutch children's TV show broadcast by the Evangelische Omroep on Zapp. It can be described as a jumble between , \"Jackass\" and \"Fear Factor\" for youth. The show is presented by Klaas van Kruistum. In this show tests are carried out which can be sent in by the viewers. However, most tests are not based upon scientific methods. It is rather a show in which stunts are performed. The ninth season of \"Checkpoint\" will air in September 2014. Since 2009, when the show aired for the first time, its structure has chanced a couple", "title": "Checkpoint (TV program)" }, { "docid": "10641014", "text": "Shahrazad Ali Shahrazad Ali (born April 27, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia, US), raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an author of several books, including a paperback called \"The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman\". The book was controversial bringing \"forth community forums, pickets and heated arguments among blacks in many parts\" of the US when it was published in 1989. Stories about the book appeared in the \"Los Angeles Times\", \"New York Times\", \"Washington Post\", \"Newsday\", and \"Newsweek\". Ali appeared on \"Tony Brown's Journal\", the \"Sally Jessy Raphaël Show\", \"The Phil Donahue Show\", and \"Geraldo\" TV programs—and was ridiculed on \"In", "title": "Shahrazad Ali" }, { "docid": "16040796", "text": "East, Europe and the UK, and have featured in international film festivals. She worked as a TV presenter on Rotana Cinema TV Channel co-hosting the Egyptian talk show \"Lady of Ladies\" as well as holding a regular guest spot on Egypt's Show. Recently she hosted a weekly talk show \"from London\" on ANB TV in London. She also hosted \"Syria on the Table\" TV talk show series. Diyab was listed in Aliqtisadi Magazine as one of the most influential women in Syria for 2011. She was profiled in the \"Women Like Us\" exhibition that celebrated inspirational Muslim women. She is", "title": "Halla Diyab" }, { "docid": "20323850", "text": "\"an incredible mess\" and feeling the episodes got better when imagining them as a comedy. Keene felt some of the bright spots of the episodes were Lockjaw, and Medusa once she is exiled to Earth, but ultimately concluded, \"Marvel's excessively miscalculated series is nearly performance art. It's theater of the absurd. Or maybe it's just a sloppy and hastily thrown together TV show to satisfy a corporate obligation\". Maureen Ryan, writing for \"Variety\", felt \"Iron Fist\" looked \"like \"Citizen Kane\" next to this slapped-together, incoherent, cheap-looking mess... Even for those of us who review TV programs for a living, it's", "title": "Inhumans premiere" }, { "docid": "7142306", "text": "other sports analysis shows under the title \"SportsZone\". Prior to 2011, the station aired Labor Day coverage of the US Open tennis tournament from CBS, because of WDJT's commitment as the local \"Love Network\" affiliate for the annual \"Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon\", along with the first three hours of the show in primetime so WDJT could carry CBS programming; this ended when MDA decided to pursue other formats for the telethon (a six-hour show on the night before Labor Day, then a two-hour network broadcast on ABC). From 2008 to 2012, the men's final for each US Open", "title": "WMLW-TV" }, { "docid": "16121912", "text": "Real Deal (U.S. TV series) Real Deal is an American television series aired on the History channel which premiered in December 2011. The show brings together sellers of antiques, collectables and historical artifacts with professional buyers. The show is based on the UK TV show \"Dickinson's Real Deal\", except the US show lacks the independent sellers and an on-screen host. It follows the \"sellers\" who try to pitch their items to the \"dealers\". The dealers will offer an amount after a brief evaluation of the item, based on their professional evaluation and years of experience. After debating on the price,", "title": "Real Deal (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "12986057", "text": "Jim McMullan as Officer Don Burdick and Dirk Benedict as officer Gil Foley. Benedict would later earn fame as Lt. Starbuck in the original 1978 TV show \"Battlestar Galactica\" and as Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the TV show \"The A-Team\". Ted Hartley played their boss Capt. McKeegan and Lou Frizzell played Mitch, the crusty mechanic. On July 12, 2016, Sony Pictures released \"Chopper One: The Complete Series\" on DVD in region 1. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and is part of the \"Sony Pictures Choice Collection\" in partnership with Amazon.com and their CreateSpace", "title": "Chopper One" }, { "docid": "15624481", "text": "Barking (TV series) Barking is a late night sketch comedy show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1998, starring Mackenzie Crook, David Walliams, Omid Djalili, Peter Kay, Dave Lamb, Rhys Thomas, Catherine Tate and Marcus Brigstocke. The series featured up-and-coming comedians, most of whom went on to successful careers. The show was released on DVD in November 2011. Episode 1: This first episode features a guided tour of Buckingham Palace, a WI meeting that goes horribly wrong and introduces us to Mr Bagshaw: bully, sadist, social misfit and Maths teacher. There is also a special guest appearance from an Airfix Matthew", "title": "Barking (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8947354", "text": "that year. In the US it peaked at number one on both the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks and the Album Rock Tracks charts; it made No. 28 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 Airplay chart. When asked about where the inspiration for \"Tomorrow\" came from, Johns said: That was on a TV show. There was this poor guy taking a rich guy through a hotel to experience the losses of the less fortunate than him. The rich guy is just complaining because he just wants to get out and the poor guy is saying you have to wait till tomorrow to", "title": "Tomorrow (Silverchair song)" }, { "docid": "19670813", "text": "Ben Dowell of the \"Radio Times\" praised the opening episode as \"a clever, chilling and original thriller\" and \"a strong opener to what promises to be a gripping four-part series\". Dowell goes on to praise the acting as \"first rate, even if a lot of the acting requires rather a lot of frenetic emoting as this horror story unfolds\". The show also received praise for its tone and style, with Phill Fisk of \"The Guardian\" calling it \"a grim, gloomy thriller with a latent moral edge\". One of Us (TV series) One of Us is a British drama television miniseries", "title": "One of Us (TV series)" }, { "docid": "8976596", "text": "Luke Scott, who offers the part of Anita Pallenberg in a film about the early history of The Rolling Stones, with the understanding that the schedule would be compatible with her primary TV job. This was not the first romantic relationship between Harriet and Luke, as flashbacks reveal that they were dating at the time of Matt's departure from \"Studio 60\", back when Luke was a staff writer for the show. Harriet Hayes Hannah Harriet Hayes is a fictional character on the US television series \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\", played by Sarah Paulson. The character is loosely based", "title": "Harriet Hayes" }, { "docid": "575037", "text": "1992, and a notable use occurred in \"Sex and the City\". In the US, an episode of the NBC TV show \"30 Rock\", titled \"The C Word\", centred around a subordinate calling protagonist Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) a \"cunt\" and her subsequent efforts to regain her staff's favour. Characters in the popular TV series, \"The Sopranos,\" often used the term. Jane Fonda uttered the word on a live airing of the \"Today Show\", a network broadcast-TV news program, in 2008 when being interviewed about \"The Vagina Monologues\". In 2018, controversy erupted when Canadian comedian Samantha Bee used the term as", "title": "Cunt" }, { "docid": "17847112", "text": "performing again. The next three episodes were concerned with rehearsals for the comeback gig, midway through which Blue joined the show and told their stories as well. The final episode featured the sold-out comeback gig and backstage action. When asked why they chose to join the comeback gig, Blue said: \"Phil Mount, \"The Big Reunion\"s producer, has always been a long time supporter of the band, giving us our first TV break, he really wanted us to be surprise special guests announced halfway through the series and to perform on the Hammersmith Apollo show. This sounded like a lot of", "title": "The Big Reunion (series 1)" }, { "docid": "16330387", "text": "We wanted to choreograph it ourselves. I have enough trust in Joel and he has enough trust in me that he won't hurt me.\" “I’ll Let You Know When I Get There” received mixed reviews. The A.V. Club's Meredith Blake rated this episode a C+, saying \"I feel as though [the] show has already violated some tacit, unspoken agreement with its audience: it led us down a long path to a dead end, without giving us much in exchange for our time.\" Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic rated the episode 4 out of 5 stars, commenting \"Hopefully, the show doesn't", "title": "I'll Let You Know When I Get There" }, { "docid": "20605546", "text": "was a TV presenter on the quiz game show, the Tiger Duck Club. In 2010, Großer worked as a moderator for the SWR TV show Kaffee oder Tee. List of films Pamela has worked in: Pamela Großer Pamela Großer (born June 11, 1977) is a German Actor and TV host. Großer is married and has 3 children. When she was a teenager, Pamela landed the role of Manuela \"Molle\" Brendel in the TV show, News from the Suderhof. This role lasted from 1991 to 1993. Although she played Molle in the first 2 seasons, News from the Suderhof changed almost", "title": "Pamela Großer" }, { "docid": "16210142", "text": "Lyrics\", airs on Trans TV. The top prize for this version is 100.000.000 Rupiah (about $10,000). The Iranian version of Don't Forget the Lyrics called \"Sher yadet nare\" premiered on September 14, 2012 and aired on Manoto 1.Hosted by Omid Khalili Tajrishi. فارسى The jackpot for this version is US$10,000. The Israeli version for \"Don't forget the lyrics\" is called \"Sing it\". The host of the show Is Asi Azar. The show is broadcast on Channel 2 television. The Italian version aired for a pilot on December 2007 on Italia 1 titled \"Canta e Vinci\", then it had a season", "title": "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" }, { "docid": "3104901", "text": "True TV commencing interviews for a TV show that shows a normal person's life 24/7. This idea was thought up by a TV producer named Cynthia (Ellen DeGeneres). They interview Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey) and his brother, Ray (Woody Harrelson). When the producers see the interview Cynthia decides to use Ed and interviews only Ed. The show hits the airwaves under the title \"Ed TV.\" It is a total failure at first, as only boring things happen and the producers want to pull the plug, except for Cynthia. Ed TV gets interesting suddenly on Day 3 when Ed visits Ray.", "title": "EDtv" }, { "docid": "5044830", "text": "This is the first foreign series co-created by this station. This station is the exclusive broadcasting company in Poland. . In 1999, the series was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. In 2002, \"V.I.P.\" was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Single Camera Editing. The show premiered in syndication on September 26, 1998. As of February 2009, the show can be streamed for free in the US on Internet Movie Database, Hulu, and Minisodes and full episodes are available on Crackle. In Canada, episodes are available on Netflix. Episodes in", "title": "V.I.P. (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1366840", "text": "Region 1 (including the US and Canada) and Region 2 (Europe, including the UK), an option is given to watch the show with or without the laugh track. \"They're a lie,\" said Gelbart in a 1992 interview. \"You're telling an engineer when to push a button to produce a laugh from people who don't exist. It's just so dishonest. The biggest shows when we were on the air were \"All in the Family\" and \"The Mary Tyler Moore Show\" both of which were taped before a live studio audience where laughter made sense,\" continued Gelbart. \"But our show was a", "title": "M*A*S*H (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19912897", "text": "\"Grimm\" Season 4 Episode 4 is no different. This touched something deeply serious, a less-than-savory part of our history whose specters haunt us today. The Wesen who threw the brick were hiding behind masks, which brought to mind certain other hate-based, mask-wearing racist organizations.\" MaryAnn Sleasman from \"TV.com\", wrote, \"TV audiences can be a demanding bunch. We want this and we want that and it better be done right, dammit or there will be certain hell to pay (on the internet, at least). When a show takes a wrong turn, the patience required to stick around and wait for it", "title": "Dyin' on a Prayer" }, { "docid": "3913624", "text": "Chicken of the Sea Mermaid. One of the photographs in the book documents this. (She is mostly known for playing Yeoman Janice Rand in the first season of the original \"Star Trek\" TV series). Jessica Simpson famously ate a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna on her TV show \"\", in which she asked her then-husband Nick Lachey: \"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says Chicken... by the Sea [sic].\" Chicken of the Sea Chicken of the Sea is an El Segundo, California-based provider of packaged seafood, formerly US-owned", "title": "Chicken of the Sea" }, { "docid": "11779045", "text": "Adriana Abascal Adriana Abascal (born October 31, 1970) is a Mexican-born model, who has appeared on the covers of magazines including Elle, Vogue, Bella, Marie Claire, Hola! and Vanity Fair, she is also an executive producer, TV show host (US & Latin America), and an author. She won the title of Señorita Mexico in 1988 and participated in \"Miss Universe 1989\". Abascal became a host of the Emmy-nominated TV show \"Todobebé\" which aired nationally on Telemundo and syndicated across Latin America. In 2002, she wrote the book “Una mujer, cada Mujer” (One woman, every Woman), distributed in the US, Mexico,", "title": "Adriana Abascal" }, { "docid": "17162474", "text": "As luck might have it, Kuldeep is ousted instead and Zameer (the Reality hater) stays on the reality show. As the show progresses, unexpected things keep on happening, as the reality of reality TV is revealed. Things go so wrong that these four, who had come to Mumbai to be superstars, end up being reality stars. Nikhil Taneja, the creator of the show says, \"It took us almost a year and a half to conceptualize the show. We have treated it like a feature film. Anyone who enjoys reality and friendship will love it.\" This group of 4 friends are", "title": "MTV Reality Stars" }, { "docid": "872672", "text": "many other films before \"The Great Gildersleeve\" show and movies. Abigale Uppington is in the film \"County Fair\" along with Harold Peary, and his future radio show co-star Shirley Mitchell (who also played Leila Ransom in \"The Great Gildersleeve\"); the Uppington character also appeared in \"Barnyard Follies\". The Jordans, throughout their time on radio, had resisted bringing their show to television. \"They were trying to push us into TV, and we were reluctant,\" Jim Jordan told an interviewer many years later. \"Our friends advised us, 'Don't do it until you need to. You have this value in radio—milk it dry.'\"", "title": "Fibber McGee and Molly" }, { "docid": "14653113", "text": "episodes are held by the Library of Congress Welcome Aboard (TV series) Welcome Aboard is an American variety show that was televised live on Sundays at 7:30pm EST on NBC. The series was initially titled Admiral Presents the Five Star Revue—Welcome Aboard, when it was sponsored by Admiral but was retitled when sponsorship was dropped in December 1948. The premiere episode featured Martin and Lewis (after their June 20, 1948 appearance on \"The Ed Sullivan Show\"), and Phil Silvers. The second episode on October 10 also featured Martin and Lewis, and a kinescope of this latter show is preserved in", "title": "Welcome Aboard (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14653112", "text": "Welcome Aboard (TV series) Welcome Aboard is an American variety show that was televised live on Sundays at 7:30pm EST on NBC. The series was initially titled Admiral Presents the Five Star Revue—Welcome Aboard, when it was sponsored by Admiral but was retitled when sponsorship was dropped in December 1948. The premiere episode featured Martin and Lewis (after their June 20, 1948 appearance on \"The Ed Sullivan Show\"), and Phil Silvers. The second episode on October 10 also featured Martin and Lewis, and a kinescope of this latter show is preserved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Three additional", "title": "Welcome Aboard (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5044004", "text": "riding high from \"Rock Around the Clock\" topping the US music charts), Pat Boone, LaVern Baker, Roy Hamilton, Johnnie Ray and others. This was the first film Presley ever appeared in, and is the \"movie short\" referred to by Randle when he introduced Presley on his first national TV appearance on \"Stage Show\" in early 1956. It was Bill Haley's second film appearance after his group appeared in the 1954 short film, \"Round Up of Rhythm\". A plaque commemorating one of the filmed performances is located at Brooklyn High School in Cleveland, and was installed by the Rock and Roll", "title": "The Pied Piper of Cleveland" }, { "docid": "4108512", "text": "their coverage of the Glastonbury Festival and the host of ITV2's coverage of events such as the British Comedy Awards and the BRIT Awards. She also presented a documentary for Sky One on the rise of popularity of the US hit TV Show \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\", called \"Buffy: Television With Bite\". This was done when the show was returning for its sixth season in 2001. In 2003, Laverne was a regular team captain, along with Jason Byrne, on \"Elvis Has Left The Building\" a comedy music panel show hosted by Colin Murphy for BBC Northern Ireland. In 2004 she", "title": "Lauren Laverne" }, { "docid": "8838418", "text": "responded: \"we're busier than ever, but we've got things down to a pretty tight production schedule now\". According to series producer Janet Carr, making the show was \"an immense challenge, but... great fun\". In response to receiving a Lizzie Award, she said, \"Being acknowledged like this is just the icing on the cake. We have a very small, hardworking team, and this award is dedicated to everyone who has helped make \"Good Game\" the show that it is.\" Bajo has said, \"There's lots of late nights for all of us, so the show receiving these awards has been really uplifting.\"", "title": "Good Game (TV program)" }, { "docid": "17954778", "text": "in Crime\"’s impressive ratings (6.5 million last week) suggest it will tide plenty of us over until Downton’s return this autumn. Jolly good show\". The \"Irish Independent\"’s Pat Stacey was much less impressed, saying, \"When the hero and heroine of your mystery drama are a posh 1950s married couple called Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, you’re probably half-hobbled already. When Tommy is played by David Walliams, you might as well invest in a pair of crutches. Jessica Raine is fine as the crime fiction-addicted Tuppence […] but Walliams is grossly miscast. You never for a second believe these two could be", "title": "Partners in Crime (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "3782781", "text": "was the last Fromage as Ed's relationship with \"Citytv\" ended when new owners re-branded the channel, but the Ultra-Fromage style was a template for what would become \"I Hate Hollywood\" on \"CHCH-TV\" \"Ed & Red's Night Party\" ended its CITY-TV run on August 31, 2008. Creator Steven Kerzner stated that, while the weekly TV show was ending, the character would likely live on in other projects that were already in the works. After two years off the air, Ed returned to television on CHCH-TV Hamilton with a new show \"This Movie Sucks!\" which is similar to his old show on", "title": "Ed the Sock" }, { "docid": "13402713", "text": "Radio, BBC Thames Valley FM, BBC 6 Music and Heart 106.2. Phil has presented live Premiership and European football for the US satellite TV network - Showtime. He has also appeared on Channel 4 presenting football from Hong Kong. At the moment Phil hosts drivetime on BBC Radio Berkshire. He used to present the first hour of the BBC Radio Oxford breakfast show as well as a show on Saturday morning. Phil is married and has three children. Phil Kennedy Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster who currently presents on BBC Berkshire. Phil's radio career began on Radio Jackie when", "title": "Phil Kennedy" }, { "docid": "6591061", "text": "to show-run Dancing with the Stars from inception to season 18. Following this he show-ran \"Utopia and You the Jury as well serving as executive producer on My Kitchen Rules for Fox, and is show runner of \"The Gong Show on ABC. He is currently resident in Los Angeles, working as executive producer on numerous projects for broadcast networks. He has won BAFTA, RTS, Broadcast and Montreux TV Festival Awards for his work in the U.K and been nominated for multiple Producers Guild and eight Emmy Awards for his work in the US. He has won People's Choice, GLAAD, NAACP", "title": "Conrad Green" }, { "docid": "12511828", "text": "Television show A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often scheduled well ahead of time and appear on electronic guides or other TV listings. A television show might also be called a television program (), especially if it lacks a narrative structure. A television series is usually released in episodes that follow a narrative, and are usually divided into \"seasons\" (US and Canada) or \"series\"", "title": "Television show" }, { "docid": "6381610", "text": "Head Productions and BBC Four. In 2008, Hawes was appointed lead director on the BBC fantasy series \"Merlin\", which began broadcasting in September 2008. \"Merlin\" has been picked up by NBC in the US where it premiered in summer 2009. As such, it is the first UK-produced show to make the switch to a US network in 30 years. Later in 2008 he also directed a new version of \"The 39 Steps\", again for BBC One. Hawes picked up a Best Director trophy for this at the 2009 Shanghai TV Festival. Hawes began 2009 directing a BBC TV film, \"Enid\",", "title": "James Hawes" }, { "docid": "4775973", "text": "På spåret På spåret (idiomatic translation \"On the Track\") is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly half of all Swedes saw the game show. \"På spåret\" is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the", "title": "På spåret" }, { "docid": "11665387", "text": "JoJo Wright JoJo Wright (“JoJo On The Radio”) is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets. In addition, JoJo co-hosts the MSN Internet show, “Go See This Movie,” and has been a celebrity commentator on numerous shows including: CNN's “Showbiz Tonight”, MTV's “US Weekly’s Top 10 Moments of ‘The Hills’ special,” “KTLA Morning News”, “E! News,” and TV Guide specials. Also, he is featured", "title": "JoJo Wright" }, { "docid": "11665378", "text": "JoJo Wright JoJo Wright (“JoJo On The Radio”) is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets. In addition, JoJo co-hosts the MSN Internet show, “Go See This Movie,” and has been a celebrity commentator on numerous shows including: CNN's “Showbiz Tonight”, MTV's “US Weekly’s Top 10 Moments of ‘The Hills’ special,” “KTLA Morning News”, “E! News,” and TV Guide specials. Also, he is featured", "title": "JoJo Wright" }, { "docid": "11104041", "text": "of loneliness when watching their favorite TV show. They refer to this finding as the social surrogacy hypothesis. Furthermore, when an event such as a fight or argument disrupts a personal relationship, watching a favorite TV show was able to create a cushion and prevent the individual from experiencing reduced self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy that can often accompany the perceived threat. By providing a temporary substitute for acceptance and belonging that is experienced through social relationships, TV helps to relieve feelings of depression and loneliness when those relationships are not available. This benefit is considered a positive consequence of", "title": "Social aspects of television" }, { "docid": "5670952", "text": "time later, \"Public Enemies\" was cancelled and replaced with another Late Night show, hosted by Miyashiro only, and different Peruvian guest-stars. However, This show lasted briefly before being cancelled when the whole Journalist and Reporting team of the Show left Miyashiro's Show to work along with Beto Ortiz in a future New TV Project. He is currently considering to return to TV on a Late Night Show via Frecuencia Latina, former TV network that released him earlier in 2010. Paris, France, 1995 UNESCO (U.N. Cultural Fund) Gold Medal at the Port de Bouc International Festival of Young Journalists. Awarded to", "title": "Beto Ortiz" }, { "docid": "6899635", "text": "Death Do Us Part\" is filmed in Canada as a co-production between Court TV and Canada's Global Television Network. The show debuted in Canada on Global on March 21, 2007, under the title \"Love You To Death\". 'Til Death Do Us Part (U.S. TV series) \" 'Til Death Do Us Part\" goes by the motto \"To Love, Honor, and Perish\". The series was narrated and hosted by cult film director John Waters, who played \"The Groom Reaper.\" The scripted program re-enacted real-life courtroom stories involving marriages and families whose seemingly picture-perfect lives end in a murderous way. The series had", "title": "'Til Death Do Us Part (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "15112609", "text": "favorable reviews\", based on 22 reviews. \"TIME\"s James Poniewozik wrote a piece titled \"Enlightened: The Best New Show No One But You, If You Are Bothering to Read This Post, Is Watching.\" In it he writes that: \"\"Enlightened\", I guess, is the Velvet Underground of this TV season: that handful of people who are into the show are really into it. So here's one more effort to get you to consider watching this weird, perceptive show. And when I say \"you,\" I'm talking about that guy over there. If you've read this far, I assume that you already watch it.\"", "title": "Enlightened (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19443011", "text": "are expecting \"Ballykissangel\" or \"Grafters\" they're in for a surprise. This is not just another police show, it was seat of the pants stuff for us and the dramatic possibilities are endless.\" Tompkinson also commented on the work of real life undercover police officers. \"There's only about 30 of these officers in this country, and they've got no fixed abode and no safety net when things go wrong. It's terrifying really. They're always acting, pretending to be somebody else. I found that fascinating that here was a real job with lives at risk, but where they act all the time.", "title": "In Deep (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10609536", "text": "later in the year with a special that would bring the series' closure. The one-hour special aired on 30 March 2013 in the UK and 5 July 2013 in the US. The genesis of the show came when Davis worked with Gervais and Merchant in an episode of the second series of \"Extras\", when he co-starred with Daniel Radcliffe. Gervais said that real Warwick is funny and tells great stories and Stephen Merchant commented of Davis that he helped come up with the idea. Gervais and Merchant approached the BBC about developing a show centred on a character based on", "title": "Life's Too Short (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13192828", "text": "\"Pop\" was released in 1997 under the name \"The Crowd\", which they later changed to avoid confusion with a US band of the same name. They followed this with 1998's \"Groovy\", featuring Singaporean musician Ray Aziz on drums. Aziz also played drums on their 2002 release \"Action\", released on Zip Records. Popland was featured by Singapore's national newspaper, \"The Straits Times\", played on several Singapore TV shows and various radio stations. Their music was used in the Warner Bros. hit TV show \"High School Reunion\". The duo split in 2006 when Mathews decided to pursue a solo career. In 2006,", "title": "Kevin Mathews" }, { "docid": "17855557", "text": "online, through websites such as YouTube showing extended clips of different segments, have steadily climbed into multiple millions. The show's YouTube channel also features Web Exclusives which are occasionally posted when the main show is taking a week off. Across the TV airings, DVR, on-demand and HBO Go, \"Last Week Tonight\" averaged 4.1 million weekly viewers in its first season. \"Last Week Tonight\" has received widespread critical acclaim. Matthew Jacobs of \"The Huffington Post\" named Oliver's program as 2014's best television show, writing \"the year's most surprising contribution to television is a show that bucked conventional formats, left us buzzing", "title": "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" }, { "docid": "13205468", "text": "TV show. This animated series ran from September 8 to December 5, 1986 in daytime syndication, and produced 65 episodes. The series is technically called simply \"Ghostbusters\", but home video releases used the name \"Filmation's Ghostbusters\" to avoid confusion. In the US, reruns of the show previously aired on CBN Cable; The Family Channel; as part of Qubo Night Owl, which lasted from 2010 to 2013; and most recently on the Retro Television Network until 2015. Jake Kong Jr. and Eddie Spencer Jr. are the sons of the original Ghost Busters from the live action series of the same name;", "title": "Ghostbusters (1986 TV series)" }, { "docid": "6032356", "text": "movie and an oddity. It was billed as \"The Last Soviet Film.\" A notable quote is when the midget patriarch says \"remember there is no sex in our country.\" The phrase is a quotation of a famous episode from the \"perestroika\"-era TV show \"US-Soviet Space Bridge\" hosted by Vladimir Pozner when an American asked a question about TV advertisements exploiting sex in the Soviet Union, and a Soviet lady (, Liudmila Ivanova) proudly answered \"There is no sex in the USSR!\". In fact, she said \"Well, sex... (laugh) we don't have it, and we are absolutely against it!\", which was", "title": "The Wild East" }, { "docid": "8840332", "text": "the film version of \"Starsky and Hutch\". Zsa Zsa Padilla revived this in 1998, making it the first Filipino revival. Piolo Pascual also covered this song for the soundtrack of the film of the same title in the Philippines. The song was also used in the film \"Johnny English Reborn\" (2011). Don't Give Up on Us (song) \"Don't Give Up on Us\" is a song by American-British singer David Soul. Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show \"Starsky and Hutch\", Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer. His debut, the", "title": "Don't Give Up on Us (song)" }, { "docid": "12560783", "text": "Stewart Raffill Stewart Raffill is a British screenwriter and film director. Raffill was born in England. He grew up in the Midlands near Coventry, and spent a lot of time on his uncle's farm. He worked with horses and wanted to be a jockey but was too tall. When he was 18 he moved to the US. Raffill broke into the film industry as an animal supervisor, eventually owning his own company which would rent out animals to film and TV show. He did this on such films as \"The Lion\" (1962), \"Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.\" (1966) for Disney, \"Tarzan", "title": "Stewart Raffill" }, { "docid": "10953004", "text": "Chakravakam (TV serial) Chakravakam is a highly popular Telugu serial created by Manjula Naidu. The show airs on Gemini TV. Chakravakam, a version of this serial translated into Malayalam, airs on Surya TV. A version translated into Kannada entitled Chakravaka airs in Udaya TV. A repeat telecast of the show first aired on 11 July 2016 at 2:30pm on Gemini TV, and now it airs at 12:30pm. A total of 1,111 episodes have aired thus far. Gemini describes the serial as \"a high power emotional drama\" that confronts the basic question of whether love can survive when our children and", "title": "Chakravakam (TV serial)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6775150", "text": "Petroleum industry in Nigeria Nigeria is the largest oil and gas producer in Africa. Crude oil from the delta basin comes in two types: light, and comparatively heavy – the lighter around 36 gravity and the heavier, 20–25 gravity. Both types are paraffinic and low in sulfur. The history of oil exploration in Nigeria dates back to 1907 when Nigerian Bitumen Corporation conducted exploratory work in the country, at the onset of World War I the firm's operation were stopped. Thereafter, licenses were given to D'Arcy Exploration Company and Whitehall Petroleum but neither company found oil of commercial value and", "title": "Petroleum industry in Nigeria" }, { "docid": "7470833", "text": "discussion, the motion was unanimously supported. The Society was formally incorporated, by Royal Charter, as of 17 June 1907, and its bylaws were published in the \"Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry\". By that time, it had expanded to include a number of satellite chapters, including Canada, New South Wales, New York and New England as well as locations within Great Britain. The first headquarters of the newly fledged Society of Chemical Industry was established in 1881 at Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, London. After a series of changes of address, the Society finally moved to its fifth and", "title": "Society of Chemical Industry" } ]

[ { "docid": "7195952", "text": "400 tones of acrylonitrile leaked from the LG-Yongxing plant and polluted air and underground water around adjacent areas. In late April, 2012, three million bees died in an orchard in Xiepu Town next to the Petro-Chemical Zone because of pollutants discharged by a chemical plant. Research has shown that the ratio of deaths from cancer in Zhenhai rose significantly between 2007 and 2009. From May16 to 17, 2002, residents in Zhenhai launched protests against environmental degradation caused by the chemical industry, blocking the district's traffic on its main streets. In October, 2012, angry people staged demonstrations against a giant petro-chemical", "title": "Zhenhai District" }, { "docid": "14544795", "text": "Turning manufacturing into the second fastest growing sector in the Nigerian economy [Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS)] b) Mobilised strategic investment and expansions in key strategic sectors where Nigeria was previously import dependent such as (sugarcane to sugar policy), sugar, auto, Petro chemical, refinery, fertiliser and cement. c) Recorded significant growth in the number of companies in the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector from 17.2 million in 2010 to 32.4 million in 2014, and the attendant employment created by this sector also increased astronomically from 37 million in 2010 to 60 million in 2014 (NBS). d) Initiated the", "title": "Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga" }, { "docid": "16242223", "text": "compressors especially for the Steel industry with powers up to 1000 HP. After 1960, when Ateliers François s.a. was formed, a range of oil free reciprocating compressors with PTFE piston rings were developed and these successfully operated when high quality air was needed in the brewing, chemical, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. In the reciprocating piston oil free compressor technology, the L design is typical to AF. The early 1980s saw the first entry, into the world of bottling liquids, of PET material. To form bottles, which are blown into a mould, required much higher than normal pressure of air", "title": "AF Compressors" }, { "docid": "12821405", "text": "was commissioned in 1975. Haldia petro-chemical complex is one of the largest in India. It is a major industry which created jobs directly and indirectly in and around Haldia. Haldia Petrochemicals is the lead company. Amongst the other companies operating in the Haldia urban industrial complex are: Exide, Shaw Wallace, Tata Chemicals, Hindustan Lever and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Within Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk subdivision had a literacy rate of 85.98%,", "title": "Haldia subdivision" }, { "docid": "20133106", "text": "established in Philadelphia, which was a center for the chemical industry and where Thackray was leading efforts on documenting the history of chemistry. Thackray enlisted the help of chemist Charles C. Price, who introduced Thackray to chemical industry executive and philanthropist John C. Haas. Haas pledged financial support for Thackray's proposal and introduced Thackray to other influential people in the chemical industry, especially DuPont Co. CEO Edward Jefferson. The fundraising netted US $300,000 to bolster Thackray's proposal. In January 1982, the American Chemical Society established the Center for the History of Chemistry, initially housed at the University of Pennsylvania. Thackray", "title": "Arnold Thackray" }, { "docid": "20665931", "text": "PENGASSAN Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria popularly known as PENGASSAN is a Nigerian trade union formally established in November 1979. The union's jurisdiction is upper and middle level employees in the petroleum and gas industry as opposed to NUPENG, whose jurisdiction include junior staff members of the oil and gas industry. The impetus behind is establishment was to safeguard and promote the welfare of workers and national interest in the industry and regulate terms and conditions of employment. The union was affiliated with International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions. When the union", "title": "PENGASSAN" }, { "docid": "16931267", "text": "Delta region is brought about by the promotion of capitalist democracy through interstate systems. In the 1990s, the discourse around conflict in the Delta increasing focus on male youth groups activity against the industry as \"militant attacks\"; by 2000, these men were translated into terrorists by the interstate system. The history of protests in Nigeria suggests that petro-protest developed from strategies of community justice within women's organizations often supported by male youth groups. According to Watts, oil has seven properties that aid in the explanation as to why violence is often found in areas of petroleum extraction. In the instance", "title": "Petro-sexual politics" }, { "docid": "10410816", "text": "operation was on the Union Pacific Railroad burning distillate fuel oil. Later, operation was on the Pittsburgh and Lake Eire Railroad using residual oil fuel. The vast majority of the early applications of Westinghouse land-based gas turbines were for industrial mechanical drives in the petro-chemical industry, both in the US and abroad. Large multiple orders were placed by pipeline companies looking for compressor drives to be placed at remote locations. But by the mid-1950s gas turbine power plants were becoming recognized as a practical alternative to steam turbine generators for certain applications, first for industry and later for electric utilities.", "title": "Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division" }, { "docid": "10165500", "text": "the dubious practices it employed in purchasing it, created friction with local Maori, leading to war in the 1860s. New Plymouth became a fortified garrison town and its residents suffered hunger and disease. Farming was impeded and immigration and trade came to a halt. In the aftermath of the war, as improved road and rail links with other towns resulted in a rapid growth of population and economic stability, the town became a major exporting port for dairy produce from the Taranaki district and the administrative centre for Taranaki's petro-chemical industry. The area where New Plymouth was founded had for", "title": "History of New Plymouth" }, { "docid": "12188509", "text": "a second phase for the plant is underway. Petro Rabigh Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) is a Saudi Arabia-based company which produces and markets refined hydrocarbon and petrochemicals. The company was a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical which is now publicly held. It is traded on the Saudi Stock Exchange (TADAWUL:2380). Petro Rabigh's operates a capacity refinery located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, which produces naphtha, kerosene, gasoline, diesel and fuel oil. The company held its initial public offering in January 2008. Ownership of the company is 37.5% to Saudi Aramco, 37.5% to Sumitomo Chemical, and", "title": "Petro Rabigh" }, { "docid": "12188508", "text": "Petro Rabigh Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) is a Saudi Arabia-based company which produces and markets refined hydrocarbon and petrochemicals. The company was a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical which is now publicly held. It is traded on the Saudi Stock Exchange (TADAWUL:2380). Petro Rabigh's operates a capacity refinery located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, which produces naphtha, kerosene, gasoline, diesel and fuel oil. The company held its initial public offering in January 2008. Ownership of the company is 37.5% to Saudi Aramco, 37.5% to Sumitomo Chemical, and 25% to the public. A feasibility study for", "title": "Petro Rabigh" }, { "docid": "690746", "text": "chemical industry has been concentrated in three areas of the world, Western Europe, North America and Japan (the Triad). The European Community remains the largest producer area followed by the US and Japan. The traditional dominance of chemical production by the Triad countries is being challenged by changes in feedstock availability and price, labour cost, energy cost, differential rates of economic growth and environmental pressures. Instrumental in the changing structure of the global chemical industry has been the growth in China, India, Korea, the Middle East, South East Asia, Nigeria, and Brazil. Just as companies emerge as the main producers", "title": "Chemical industry" }, { "docid": "14585923", "text": "by Shell Darcy. On 30 April 1956, Shell Darcy changed its name to Shell-BP Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited to reflect BP's interest. In 1979, it changed its name again to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) following the nationalisation of BP's interest by the government. Oloibiri Oilfield was discovered on Sunday 15 January 1956 by Shell Darcy. It was the first commercial oil discovery in Nigeria; this discovery ended 50 years of unsuccessful oil exploration in the country by various international oil companies and launched Nigeria into the limelight of the Petro-State. Following the discovery of", "title": "Oloibiri Oilfield" }, { "docid": "20330725", "text": "finally after long talks and negotiations Azerbaijan agreed to the terms of oil exploitation that actually reflected the nation’s interests. The biggest oil contract signed in Gulustan palace in Baku with the Western companies on September 20, 1994 was a turning point in the history of oil industry of Azerbaijan. One of the key objectives of the oil strategy was to establish petro-chemical and oil refineries, the building block of the national economy which were founded not long after the “Contract of the Century”. First economic reforms started in the early stage of independence, namely 1991-1993 with the liberalization of", "title": "Economic development in Azerbaijan" }, { "docid": "15785683", "text": "Block. Haldia oil refinery is one of the ten refineries of the Indian Oil Corporation. It was commissioned in 1975. It is located outside Haldia CD Block. Haldia petro-chemical complex is one of the largest in India. It is a major industry which created jobs directly and indirectly in and around Haldia. Haldia Petrochemicals is the lead company. Amongst the other companies operating in the Haldia urban industrial complex are: Exide, Shaw Wallace, Tata Chemicals, Hindustan Lever and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. The entire industrial complex is located outside Haldia CD Block. Haldia CD Block has 1 ferry service and 73", "title": "Haldia (community development block)" }, { "docid": "3764284", "text": "under the Molecular Biotechnology programme in 2004). The only diploma course under the Chemical division is Dip. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Technology. Diploma in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technology (Dip. CPT) prepares students in petro-chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. The course does not prepare students to work in pharmacies as retail executives or pharmacy technicians. Such career prospects are only applicable to the Dip. Pharmaceutical Sciences. Rather, graduates from Dip. CPT are able to work at manufacturing plants, Jurong Island, and other petro-chemical industries. The Nanyang Polytechnic School of Design (NYP SDN) in Singapore is a technical school providing training in industrial", "title": "Nanyang Polytechnic" }, { "docid": "20446491", "text": "Ministry of the Chemical Industry (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Chemical Industry (Minkhimprom; ) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The People's Commissariat of Chemical Industry was to coordinate and direct the following branches of the chemical industry: nitrogen, basic chemistry, mineral chemical, lacquer and paint, aniline dye, iodine and bromine, rubber, caoutchouc, and plastics. By ukase of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of 28 March 1941, the People's Commissariat of Rubber Industry USSR was established. It was to include enterprises producing caoutchouc, rubber, tires, and asbestos. The People's Commissariat of Chemical Industry and the People's Commissariat", "title": "Ministry of the Chemical Industry (Soviet Union)" }, { "docid": "11417107", "text": "production. Large numbers of joint ventures with foreign firms helped introduce new technology and management to the industry. China's machinery manufacturing industry can provide complete sets of large advanced equipment, including large gas turbines, large pump storage groups, and nuclear power sets, ultra-high voltage direct-current transmission and transformer equipment, complete sets of large metallurgical, fertilizer and petro-chemical equipment, urban light rail transport equipment, and new papermaking and textile machinery. Machinery and transportation equipment have been the mainstay products of Chinese exports, as China's leading export sector for successive 11 years from 1996 to 2006. In 2006, the export value of", "title": "Industry of China" }, { "docid": "19806241", "text": "social technology from Jive Software. Then, the CEO of Jive, Elisa Steele created a partnership to launch the community. During the Offshore Technology Conference, former Houston Mayor, Annise Parker proclaimed Pink Petro Day on May 2, 2015 to celebrate with over 300 executives and professionals. Pink Petro marked its first year with The HerWorld Energy Forum, on International Women’s Day, hosted at Halliburton headquarters in Houston and live-streamed around the globe. In 2017, Emerson teamed up with Pink Petro to support women professionals in the energy industry.. In 2018, NES Global Talent joined Pink Petro along with ExxonMobil, Anadarko and", "title": "Pink Petro" }, { "docid": "19146906", "text": "Winthrop-Sears Medal The Winthrop-Sears Medal is awarded annually by The Chemists' Club of New York in conjunction with the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) to recognize entrepreneurial achievement in the chemical industry for the betterment of humanity. The medal is named in honor of two of America’s earliest chemical entrepreneurs, John Winthrop, Jr., son of the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and considered the first chemist in America, and John Sears, creator of the Massachusetts salt industry. The award was established in 1970. From 2003 to 2017, it was awarded in conjunction with the Chemical", "title": "Winthrop-Sears Medal" }, { "docid": "12669770", "text": "the field of Technology were awarded on the basis of a research thesis. The M.Tech. course, partly by papers and partly by research started in 1967 got a greater response in the year 1969. These courses are Petro-Chemical Technology, Oil Technology, Paint Technology and Chemical Engineering. In the year 1971 two courses in the specialized fields of Food Technology and Petro-Chemical Technology of three years duration started functioning. The admission of 10 students in each branch was approved. M.Tech. (Food Technology) was also started in the same year. In the year 1976 B.Sc. Tech. course in the field of Cellulose", "title": "Laxminarayan Institute of Technology" }, { "docid": "20446493", "text": "of qualified specialists, and to reduce administrative costs. \"Source\": Ministry of the Chemical Industry (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Chemical Industry (Minkhimprom; ) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The People's Commissariat of Chemical Industry was to coordinate and direct the following branches of the chemical industry: nitrogen, basic chemistry, mineral chemical, lacquer and paint, aniline dye, iodine and bromine, rubber, caoutchouc, and plastics. By ukase of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of 28 March 1941, the People's Commissariat of Rubber Industry USSR was established. It was to include enterprises producing caoutchouc, rubber, tires, and asbestos. The", "title": "Ministry of the Chemical Industry (Soviet Union)" }, { "docid": "20451095", "text": "Widnes. The chemical industry is 6.8% of UK manufacturing; around 85% of the UK chemical industry is in England. In 2015, the UK chemical industry exported £50bn of products. The industry employs about 30,000 in research and development. Regulation of the UK chemical industry is largely under the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals legislation (REACH). Teesside and Cheshire are areas with an established chemical industry. Significant chemical plants in the UK include: Significant chemical companies in the UK have been: Relevant organisations related to the UK chemical industry are the Institution of", "title": "Chemical industry in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "8546230", "text": "Tank services The tank services industry exists to assist companies in maintaining their tanks. Regular maintenance, as well as other services are required for many types of above ground storage tank systems used in the energy and petro-chemical industry. Some of the areas that tank service companies provide assistance with are: At the start of any project, an API certified aboveground storage tank inspector should be on hand to provide inspection and consultation services, and to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards in the region. Each tank upgrading project has specific requirements and presents unique challenges. Proper procedure will", "title": "Tank services" }, { "docid": "17346743", "text": "de Carvalho, Coach: Alberto de Carvalho 2007 FIBA Africa Championship 2006 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The 2006 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (21st edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Lagos, Nigeria, from November 18 to 26, 2006. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Dodan Warriors, was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage. The tournament was won by Petro Atlético from Angola. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Petro Atlético roster<br>Carlos Morais, Domingos Bonifácio, Eduardo Mingas, Feliciano Camacho, Fernando Albano, Frederick Gentry, Jorge", "title": "2006 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup" }, { "docid": "17346742", "text": "2006 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup The 2006 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (21st edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Lagos, Nigeria, from November 18 to 26, 2006. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Dodan Warriors, was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage. The tournament was won by Petro Atlético from Angola. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Petro Atlético roster<br>Carlos Morais, Domingos Bonifácio, Eduardo Mingas, Feliciano Camacho, Fernando Albano, Frederick Gentry, Jorge Tati, Leonel Paulo, Luís Costa, Mílton Barros, Shannon Crooks, Víctor", "title": "2006 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup" }, { "docid": "15373915", "text": "Petrovision Petrovision is a professional convention as well as a technocratic event organized by the Society of Petroleum Technologists (SPT), Branch of Petroleum Refining and Petro Chemicals (Discontinued from 2012), Department of Chemical Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai. It aims at providing a scaffold for burgeoning technologists and engineers to exhibit their innate abilities and inherent talents and also acts as a liaison between them and the delegates from reputed chemical industries. Popularly known as A.C. Tech., Alagappa College of Technology, one of the constituent campus of Anna University along with CEG, Chennai was established on 4", "title": "Petrovision" }, { "docid": "2349913", "text": "to be at their expense in benefiting the eastern provinces. Particularly vilified was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, whose Liberals didn't hold a seat west of Manitoba. Ed Clark, a senior bureaucrat in the Trudeau Liberal government, helped develop the National Energy Program earning himself the moniker \"Red Ed\" in the Alberta oil industry. Shortly after Brian Mulroney took office, Clark was fired. Petro-Canada, established in 1976, was responsible for implementing much of the Program. Petro-Canada was backronymed to \"Pierre Elliott Trudeau Rips Off Canada\" by opponents of the National Energy Program. According to Mary Elizabeth Vicente, an Edmonton librarian who", "title": "National Energy Program" }, { "docid": "20790789", "text": "Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria was founded by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1977 to replace the Nigerian Building Society. Between 1978 and 1985, it was the only mortgage institution in Nigeria. According to the constitution of Nigeria, the Federal Mortgage Bank was established to meet the housing needs of all citizens of the country. It is regarded as the apex mortgage finance institution in the country and regulates the activities of primary mortgage loan originators. A direct government intervention to expand the mortgage industry in Nigeria, the bank was established by the", "title": "Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "19182824", "text": "Banking in Nigeria The banking industry in Nigeria started during the colonial era with the establishment of Colonial Banks, with the primary aim of meeting the commercial needs of the Colonial Government. The banking system in Nigeria is regulated through the Central Bank of Nigeria. This apex bank started operation on July 1, 1959. In 1892, the African Banking Corporation and British West Africa, now First Bank of Nigeria, were established in Nigeria. In 1925, the Anglo-Egyptian Bank and National Bank of South Africa gave birth to Barclays Bank in Nigeria. In 1948, the British and French Bank for Commerce", "title": "Banking in Nigeria" }, { "docid": "14402588", "text": "Maritime Academy of Nigeria The Maritime Academy of Nigeria is a federally owned educational institute in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Originally called the Nautical College of Nigeria, it was established in 1979 to educate and train shipboard officers, ratings and shore-based management personnel. The first batch of cadets graduated in 1983. In 1988 the college's mandate was expanded to training all levels and categories of personnel for all facets of the Nigerian maritime industry. By the end of 2008, the academy had trained about 4,300 Nigerian Merchant Navy officers and more than 65,000 other workers in marine operations. The", "title": "Maritime Academy of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "18071513", "text": "United Chemical Company The United Chemical Company (, ) - the state-owned company in Kazakhstan established in 2009 by the decision of the Board of Directors of the \"National Welfare Fund \"Samruk-Kazyna\" JSC as of November 28, 2008; the main operator of the State Program on Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development for the chemical industry. Currently, the United Chemical Company implements a number of investment projects, which include the productions existing and being modernized, as well as the ventures newly established in the Kazakhstan’s chemical industry. Their products are intended for various industries, including the gold mining industry, agriculture, etc.", "title": "United Chemical Company" }, { "docid": "7835497", "text": "Zé Kalanga Paulo Baptista Nsimba (born 12 August 1983), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan footballer who plays as a winger for Onze Bravos. Also known as Ricardo Eloy he began his career at Angolan club Petro Atletico in his hometown of Luanda. He made his debut for the Angolan national team in 2004 against Nigeria, and has been a regular feature in the side since. His bright and promising performances for Angola on the right wing at the 2006 World Cup earned him a move to Romanian club Dinamo Bucureşti where in his first season he was part of", "title": "Zé Kalanga" }, { "docid": "18581548", "text": "and hardness. Steel is typically coated or finished to increase its corrosion resistance properties. Steel is used in the petroleum and petro-chemical industries. 316L Stainless steel became industry standard for fittings, piping and controls in gas cabinets and distribution systems in the early 1980s. The material is further improved by electropolishing to render wetted surfaces extremely impervious to the most reactive gasses creating a non-shedding surface. A large industry has grown around supplying these ultra-specialized components and materials. Gas cabinet A gas cabinet is a metallic enclosure which is used to provide local exhaust ventilation system for virtually all of", "title": "Gas cabinet" }, { "docid": "19182825", "text": "and Industry started operations in Nigeria, which metamorphosed into the United Bank for Africa. The first domestic bank In Nigeria was established in 1929 and called Industrial and Commercial Bank. The bank liquidated in 1930 and was replaced by Mercantile Bank in 1931. The African Continental Bank was created in 1949 as the only sustainable indigenous bank after the liquidation of the Industrial and Commercial Bank. The year 1947 shows the emergence of an agricultural bank called the Nigerian Farmers and Commercial Bank. In 2010, the Central Bank of Nigeria re-modified the existing universal banking model that permits the holder", "title": "Banking in Nigeria" }, { "docid": "9842121", "text": "than 40 countries worldwide. In 2011, the company has sold military products to 29 countries worldwide. The first smoothbore gun for Altay main battle tank was introduced in 2011. Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( or MKEK or \"Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi\" or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with military products. Its roots lie in the \"Tophane-i Amire\" (\"Royal Arsenal\") built in the latter part of the 15th Century to supply the Ottoman Empire's artillery corps with", "title": "Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation" }, { "docid": "1230182", "text": "the first commercially successful rice mill in the state, stimulating development of rice farming in the area; he also started an irrigation company (since 1933 established as the Lower Neches Valley Authority) to support rice culture. Rice became an important commodity crop in Texas, and is now cultivated in 23 counties. A big change occurred in 1901 with the Spindletop gusher, which demonstrated the potential of the huge oil field. With Spindletop, several energy companies developed in Beaumont, and some continue. The area rapidly developed as one of the major petro-chemical refining areas in the country. Along with Port Arthur", "title": "Beaumont, Texas" }, { "docid": "9903306", "text": "He was a pioneer in the Nigerian maritime industry and was the first indigenous company to own an interest in a shipping line. He established Henry Stephens Shipping Company and the Nigeria Shipping Company with two lines: Nigeria-Far East Line and the Nigeria-South America Line and acquired three drybulk ships. The Nigeria- South America Line provided liner services between Brazil and the Nigerian Far East Line provided liner services to Japan and the Far East. He also ventured into commodity brokerage and in 1969 he bought and held a seat on the London Stock Exchange. His company Henry Stephens was", "title": "Henry Fajemirokun" }, { "docid": "16992540", "text": "Nigeria Entertainment Awards The Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA Awards) were established in New York City in January 2006 to serve the growing African population in North America. It recognizing the contributions of African entertainers to the entertainment industry. The event aims to promoting the image and culture of Nigeria. This has increased the awareness of a new edgy style of African entertainment that has helped promote Nigerian acts to the world. The following are the current categories as of 2016. The first edition was held at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park on", "title": "Nigeria Entertainment Awards" }, { "docid": "20689632", "text": "Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park was established by Decree #548 dated December 21, 2011 of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and was registered on May 11, 2012. President Ilham Aliyev has visited Sumgayit Chemical Industry Park three times. On October 3, 2013, a groundbreaking ceremony of the Sumgayit Chemical Industry Park was held with the participation of the head of state. In 2015 and 2017, President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening and groundbreaking ceremonies of several enterprises during his visit to Sumgayit Chemical Industry Park. Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park located in Sumgayit, 32.5 km from Baku,", "title": "Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park" }, { "docid": "10479615", "text": "Jon Wimer in Santa Ana, California and began operations in March, 1984. The business plan was written by Wimer and Peter Pitsker, an automation industry veteran and Stanford graduate. They presented the plan for a TMR (Triple Modular Redundant) based system that would improve the safety and reliability in industrial applications. Among the customers they targeted were the petro-chemical giants, such as Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP. Pitsker and Wimer presented the business plan to Los Angeles based investor Chuck Cole, who was also a professor at USC. Cole was interested, so he contacted his personal attorney, future two-time Los", "title": "Triconex" }, { "docid": "2486158", "text": "narrow margin of 548 votes. Connarty was selected as the Labour candidate for Falkirk East at the 1992 general election following the retirement of the sitting MP, Harry Ewing. Connarty was elected with a majority of 7,969 votes. He used his maiden speech on 13 May 1992 to raise concerns about the fragility of the petro-chemical industry at Grangemouth, the largest town in Falkirk East. Following the 1997 general election he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Film and Tourism Tom Clarke but this appointment lasted only until 1998 when Clarke was sacked from the government. Connarty", "title": "Michael Connarty" }, { "docid": "19806240", "text": "Pink Petro Pink Petro is a company, a social media community created for women professionals in the energy industry and headquartered in Houston, Texas. Katie Mehnert, an energy industry entrepreneur, founded the company in 2014, with the support of Shell, Halliburton, Jive Software and KPMG. The Pink Petro story started in 2013, aboard a Boeing 777 from London to Houston when Mehnert laid down her ideas on three cocktail napkins. With support from Cindy Patman, a senior director of diversity and corporate affairs at Halliburton and support from Royal Dutch Shell, she launched an online platform based on cloud enterprise", "title": "Pink Petro" }, { "docid": "9078356", "text": "Rasayani Rasayani is located on SH-83, about five kilometres off NH4. Rasayani is composed of a cluster of villages namely Ambivali, Dapivali, Mohopada, Chambarli, Waveghar, Rees, kambe, Karade, Gulsunde, Turade, Sawle. Apparently, the name Rasayani was originally coined by the noted Marathi writer P.L.Deshpande. There are many chemical manufacturing and processing companies located here. The word \"Rasayan - रसायनी\" (in devnagri script) means Chemical and India's first Chemicals industry \"Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.\" was established here in 1960's, hence he decided to name the place \"Rasayani\". It derives its name mainly from chemical industry HOCL. As of today the biggest", "title": "Rasayani" }, { "docid": "18341775", "text": "Rahmon Ade Bello Rahmon Ade bello (born October 1948) is a Nigerian professor of Chemical engineering, educational administrator and former vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Rahmon was born on October 1948 in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. He was educated at Egbado College in Ilaro, a town in Ogun State. He proceeded to the Polytechnic of Ibadan, where he received an OND in Mechanical Engineering . In 1974, he obtained a Bachelor of science (B.sc) degree in Chemical Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University. He holds a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and", "title": "Rahmon Ade Bello" }, { "docid": "12688142", "text": "defendant in a lawsuit brought against the owners of Kin-Buc. Petro Processors of Louisiana was waste disposal company that served the petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River, including Exxon, Shell, Allied Chemical & Dye Company, and Dow Chemical Company. However, a Petro dumpsite overflowed, \"flooding 500 acres with waste\", including carbon tetrachloride and hexachlorobutadiene. The film includes an interview with Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, who said he was \"close to the industrial complex because of its effect on the economy.\"\"We've made tradeoffs, accommodations, or compromises, if you will, taking the position that the need for jobs and industrial development and", "title": "The Killing Ground (film)" }, { "docid": "15373918", "text": "researchers in our country. It provided a platform for students, teachers and technocrats to discuss and discover problems and opportunities in production and utilization of Energy. This year Petrovision is off with a bang,bigger and mightier. Petrovision '12 was scheduled to be held 19–20 January 2012. It is proposed to have events such as Technical Seminars, Debate, Paper Presentation, Heat Exchanger Design, Quiz, Industry Defined Problems, etc. The seminars will be covered by experts from various refineries and reputed chemical industries. As the branch of Petroleum Refining and Petro Chemicals (PRPC) has been discontinued from the year 2012, Petrovision 2013", "title": "Petrovision" }, { "docid": "19433239", "text": "Lawyer, in the year 1992, he was appointed a Notary Public by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and in the space of less than 10 years was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He was deeply and actively involved in political cases and election petition matters, an area of law where his industry and practice is noted and respected. He worked in the law firm of Murtala Aminu & Co. Yola. After twelve years practice in the law firm, six years of which he was the Head of Chambers, he established his own law firm, Tayo Jegede", "title": "Eyitayo Jegede" }, { "docid": "8282796", "text": "waters and westerly position, was particularly suited. Milford Haven has the largest port in Wales, and the third largest port in the United Kingdom. Shipping operations in Milford Haven are managed by the independent Milford Haven Port Authority as a trust port. The port authority has responsibility for managing Milford Docks, Milford Marina and Pembroke Port and Ferry Terminal. In 2012, it was announced that the Milford waterway was to be declared an Enterprise Zone by the coalition government, due to its importance to the energy sector. Milford Haven's association with the petro-chemical industry started with the opening of the", "title": "Milford Haven Waterway" }, { "docid": "17939249", "text": "the gloves, the shoes, and the hats. Between 1830 and 1850, more heavy industry began to locate in Paris. One tenth of all the steam engines in France were made in the capital. The industrial enterprises were usually located in the outer parts of the city, where there was land and access to the rivers or canals needed to move heavy goods. The metallurgy industry established itself along the Seine in the eastern part of the city. The chemical industry was located near La Villette, in the outer part of the city, or at Grenelle. Factories were established to make", "title": "Paris during the Second Empire" }, { "docid": "7303825", "text": "of houses were planned and built according to a formal plan. Lennoxtown was at first known as 'Newtown of Campsie', to distinguish it from the Sirktown' or Clachan' of Campsie, at the foot of Campsie Glen. During the 19th century Lennoxtown grew to be the largest centre of population in Campsie Parish. Another important industry was soon established – a chemical works, founded by Charles Macintosh (of waterproof clothing fame) and his associates. At first their principal product was alum, a chemical employed in the textile industry. Alumschist, the basic ingredient in the process, was mined in the area. The", "title": "Lennoxtown" }, { "docid": "15245890", "text": "OCI (company) OCI or OCI Company Ltd. () is a green energy and chemical company founded in 1959, with its head office in Seoul, South Korea. The company's name is an initialism of its former corporate name, Oriental Chemical Industries (). In 2012, it realized 3,218 billion KRW in revenues, more than 70% of total revenue generated abroad. Main products of OCI include petro and coal chemicals, inorganic chemicals, and renewable energy products. In 2011, OCI was awarded Best Performing Chemical Company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Asia Pacific Region as well as being receiving the first 'Green", "title": "OCI (company)" }, { "docid": "18570848", "text": "Bisi Onasanya Olabisi “Bisi” Stephen Onasanya (born August 18, 1961) is a former Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. He was before this appointment the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Pension Custodian, and began his career with Arthur Young, an American audit firm. A chartered accountant, Onasanya is credited with pioneering initiatives in Nigeria’s nascent pension custody industry that helped define best industry practices. At First Bank Nigeria Limited where he held diverse portfolios before his appointment as Group Managing Director, he coordinated the bank’s Century 2 Enterprise Transformation Project, widely acknowledged", "title": "Bisi Onasanya" }, { "docid": "10471073", "text": "output in Quang Ngai Province increased by 144.7% and the share of industry in the province's GDP surged from 36.2% in 2008 to 46.3% in 2009. On 16 August 2009, refinery's operations were suspended due to a \"technical repair\" in the residue fluid catalytic cracking unit. The unit was expected to be repaired by 9–10 September 2009. Dung Quat refinery has a designed capacity of 6.5 million tons of crude oil annually, or . The capacity would be expanded to 10 million tons per year by 2013–2014. In addition to fuels, the refinery will also produce petro-chemical products. The refinery", "title": "Dung Quất Refinery" }, { "docid": "14283117", "text": "GSE Systems GSE Systems, Inc. develops and markets software-based simulation and training products to nuclear, oil, and gas electricity generators, and the chemical process industries. It also sells software for monitoring and optimizing plant and signal analysis to the power industry. GSE Systems was established in 1994 from three simulation companies that came together. They were part of an original heritage from Singer-Link where they were involved in high-intensity simulation applications such as flight simulators. Since 1994 the company has grown through acquisitions. The primary businesses continue to be process control focused in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry, and", "title": "GSE Systems" }, { "docid": "17524132", "text": "Baton Rouge, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 in the field of Business Education. Richard taught school briefly after his graduation from LSU and then ventured into the petro-chemical industry. His most recent position has been as sales manager for Byron Talbot Contractors. Richard served two stints as a Democrat on the Lafourche Parish School Board, from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1994. In 1998, while still a Democrat, Richard was elected to the at-large seat on the Thibodaux City Council. He polled 2,511 votes (61.1 percent) to defeat another Democrat, Stella", "title": "Dee Richard" }, { "docid": "9739133", "text": "Wharf) were being completed in 1930 and provided the growing harbour with additional berthage capacity and increased land for port activities. Initially used mainly by the timber trade, it gradually changed to the current bulk petro-chemical storage. As of the late 2000s, the area was still used by the bulk liquid industry, with 500,000 tonnes of liquids and cement being transported via Wynyard Wharf each year. This provides NZ$1.2 billion of yearly turnover, and 4000 jobs in the Auckland economy. There are also more than 100 marine companies around the area, with a NZ$400 million yearly turnover, exporting items worth", "title": "Wynyard Quarter" }, { "docid": "12979753", "text": "in western Ukraine, Oleg Vyshniakov, established an inter-ministerial committee for Ukrainian-Israeli trade and economic cooperation, as well as an economic business forum, which launched in November 2015 in Kiev. Leading developers in the fields of Industry and Trade in Ukraine and Israel are taking part of this program. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko paid a state visit to Israel on December 22, 2015, where he met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and addressed the Knesset. Rivlin visited Ukraine in September 2016. Israel–Ukraine relations Israel–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Israel and Ukraine. Both countries recognized each", "title": "Israel–Ukraine relations" }, { "docid": "19679626", "text": "offices in Philadelphia, PA. The American Section is directed by a set of officers including a chair and vice-chair, and an executive committee. Craig A. Rogerson, Chairman, President, and CEO of Hexion Inc. was named chair of SCI in March 2018. Previous chairpersons include Max Tishler, Ralph Landau, Harold Sorgenti, Charles O. Holliday, and Christopher D. Pappas. The major activities of the American Section are two yearly events for the presentation of awards. SCI America presents the Perkin Medal (established 1906), the Chemical Industry Medal, first awarded 1933), and the SCI's Gordon E. Moore Medal (first awarded 2004). The first", "title": "Society of Chemical Industry (American Section)" }, { "docid": "18984970", "text": "National Films and Video Censor Board (NFVCB). The emergence of television in Nigeria was a significant development in the Nigerian film industry. The Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTV), Nigeria's first television station, began operation in the then Western Region in October 1959. The other two regions of the country soon followed suit; with the establishment of the Eastern Nigeria Television Service (ENTV) in Enugu, in 1960, and the Radio Television Kaduna (RKTV) in Kaduna, in March 1962. Also in 1962, The Federal Government established a fourth station, the Nigerian Television Service, in the then capital, Lagos. The numbers grew rapidly", "title": "Golden Age of Nigerian Cinema" }, { "docid": "3631313", "text": "18,000 students are enrolled at the university. Students come from primarily Liaoning Province, and others come from provinces across China. More than 200 students from Bangladesh, Ghana, Mauritius, India, Nepal, Nigeria, and Pakistan study under the graduate and master programmes of engineering fields and business. Shenyang University of Chemical Technology Shenyang University of Chemical Technology (; SUCT) is a university in Shenyang, Liaoning, China under the provincial government. Partially run by the state and mainly by the local government, it is an institute of mostly science with specialization and advantage in the fields of chemical industry, integration in the field", "title": "Shenyang University of Chemical Technology" }, { "docid": "3487044", "text": "a father of confederation and his family who built their home, Chandler House, commonly referred to as Rocklynn which is now a nationally recognized historic property. Premier Louis Robichaud's government during the 1960s created an industrial park and deepwater loading pier at nearby Dorchester Cape as part of a regional economic development program. Envisioned to be used by the petro-chemical industry, the government constructed a new road and railway spur along with an electrical substation and the pier as well as a building that was envisioned to be used as a fertilizer plant. The industrial park had no tenants and", "title": "Dorchester, New Brunswick" }, { "docid": "19238207", "text": "and Michael Solicitors. The partnership was dissolved in 1960 and his practice became Chris Ogunbanjo & Co. The new practice specialized in corporate law. Ogunbanjo's familiarity with corporate law led him to be a significant shareholder in various Nigerian companies like: West African Batteries, Metal Box Toyo, Union Securities, 3M Nigeria, ABB Nigeria, Roche Nigeria and Chemical and Allied Products Ltd. Ogunbanjo married Hilda Ladipo in 1953. His wife was editor of AMBER, a women's lifestyle magazine established in the 1960s but later acquired by Daily Times. Chris Ogunbanjo Christopher Oladipo Ogunbajo is a Nigerian corporate lawyer and philanthropist. He", "title": "Chris Ogunbanjo" }, { "docid": "19015216", "text": "and process operators in the petroleum, chemical, petrochemical and oil industries. Sent in print and digitally to over 45,000 users worldwide Petro Industry News highlights measurement, monitoring and analytical technologies, new product announcements, application articles and case studies. Measurement Analysis China is sent to readers in China and Chinese speaking countries, the publication is written in simplified Chinese and features the latest analytical instruments that are user in the laboratory, life science, environmental and petrochemical industries. International Labmate organises and runs its’ own specialist conferences and exhibitions the company is also contracted by other organisations to run their events. Listed", "title": "International Labmate Ltd" }, { "docid": "19015206", "text": "Technology a focused journal for environmental monitoring and analysis in Asia. With this growth the Company is also award “The Queens Award for Export” by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. In 1999 Petro Industry News is launched the magazine has a worldwide readership and high lights new applications, new product releases, case studies on measurement and analysis of petroleum, petrochemical, chemical and oil products. The magazine is read by scientists, process operators, instrument managers and analytical chemists. In 2002 the company expands into conference and exhibition organisation and launches the MCERTS series of exhibitions with “The Source testing Association”. The events", "title": "International Labmate Ltd" }, { "docid": "15837645", "text": "impossible using thermal separation methods. For example, it is impossible to separate the constituents of azeotropic liquids or solutes which form isomorphic crystals by distillation or recrystallization but such separations can be achieved using membrane technology. Depending on the type of membrane, the selective separation of certain individual substances or substance mixtures is possible. Important technical applications include the production of drinking water by reverse osmosis (worldwide approximately 7 million cubic metres annually), filtrations in the food industry, the recovery of organic vapours such as petro-chemical vapour recovery and the electrolysis for chlorine production. In waste water treatment, membrane technology", "title": "Membrane technology" }, { "docid": "686996", "text": "several chemical factories and oil refineries were established, such as Bayer, BASF, Monsanto Company. The chemical and petrochemical industry is widely represented in the port region and comprises the world's second largest cluster of petrochemical industry, next to Houston (United States). In 1967 \"Amoco Chemical Belgium N.V.\", now BP, was founded in Geel. Pharmaceutical industry was founded in Beerse in the 1960s, with Janssen Pharmaceutica and more recently with Genzyme in Geel. Soudal (silicon) in Turnhout and Ravago (plastics) in Arendonk became leading companies in their markets. The diamond industry and trade is traditionally located in Antwerp. At the end", "title": "Antwerp Province" }, { "docid": "19792313", "text": "Afterschool Graduate Development Centre (AGDC), to cater to youth-led businesses at the micro level. The programme is designed to provide capacity building and funding up to ₦200,000 to micro enterprises. BOI plans to support 1 million micro entrepreneurs create 5 million jobs by 2022. The Bank of Industry has a strong branch network across Nigeria with 24 branches, a headquarters in Lagos State, Nigeria and a corporate office in Abuja, Nigeria. BOI Investment and Trust Company Limited (BOI-ITC) was established in 1978 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BOI's predecessor, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB). It was set up as", "title": "The Bank of Industry" }, { "docid": "18657293", "text": "Talabi Braithwaite Talabi Adebayo Braithwaite (2 July 1928 – 2 May 2011) was a Nigerian insurance broker, and one of the leaders of the insurance industry in Nigeria. He was the first President of the Insurance Institute of Nigeria (IIN), now the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN). Talabi Braithwaite was born on 2 July 1928 in Lagos. He attended the CMS Grammar School, Lagos and in 1946 obtained a first grade Senior Cambridge Certificate with exemption from London Matriculation. In 1949 he went to London where he gained experience in general insurance at the Royal Exchange, London. He was", "title": "Talabi Braithwaite" }, { "docid": "5298446", "text": "Heavy Industry) 1973. Established Tongyang Polyester Co., Ltd.; established Tongyang Dyeing Co., Ltd. 1972. Exported tire cords to Southeast Asian countries for the first time 1971. Established R&DB Labs, a first in Korea 1970. Acquired Hanil Nylon Co., Ltd. 1969. Developed Korea’s first 154kV high-voltage transformer 1968. Completed the Ulsan Plant 1967. Completed the tire cord plant in Ulsan 1966. Established Tongyang Nylon Co., Ltd. Hyosung Hyosung Corporation is a South Korean industrial conglomerate, founded in 1966. It operates in various fields, including the chemical industry, industrial machinery, IT, trade, and construction. It is known in Korea mostly for high-end", "title": "Hyosung" }, { "docid": "20666658", "text": "Joseph E. Ehaneku Joseph E. Ehaneku (born October 1, 1962) in Nnarambia Ahiara Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, is a Nigerian academic and the current Vice-Chancellor and Consultant Chemical Pathologist, of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. Joseph started his Education in St. Joseph's Primary School Eke-Nguru, where he received his primary school leaving certificate. He proceeded to Mbaise Secondary School, Aboh-Mbaise, where he received his secondary school leaving certificate. He attended University of Ibadan where he got his first Degree (BSc) and later his PGD in University College Hospital. There he also earned his MSc. He later completed his PhD", "title": "Joseph E. Ehaneku" }, { "docid": "20451096", "text": "Chemical Engineers (IChemE), the Chemical Industries Association, and the Society of Chemical Industry. The chemical industry in Europe is represented by the European Chemical Industry Council or CEFIC. Chemical industry in the United Kingdom The chemical industry in the United Kingdom is one of the UK's main manufacturing industries. At one time, the UK's chemical industry was a world leader. The industry has also been environmentally damaging, and includes radioactive nuclear industries. Sir William Henry Perkin FRS discovered the first synthetic dye mauveine in 1856, produced from aniline, having tried to synthesise quinine at his home on Cable Street in", "title": "Chemical industry in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "13800100", "text": "Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates SOCMA, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, is an international trade association that represents the interests of the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. According to the organization’s charter, SOCMA's stated mission is to \"accelerat[e] the potential for members' growth,\" \"increase[e] public confidence in the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry,\" and \"influenc[e] the passage of rational laws and regulations.\" The \"Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association,\" as it was previously known, was established on September 15, 1921 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. The event was followed by an organizational meeting", "title": "Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates" }, { "docid": "7884503", "text": "Hanwha Chemical Hanwha Chemical Co, Ltd. () is a South Korean chemical company headquartered in Seoul and an affiliate of the Hanwha Group. Established in 1965, Hanwha Chemical has been at the forefront of the advancement of Korea’s chemical industry. Starting with Korea’s first production of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), Hanwha Chemical has been producing a full array of basic petrochemical products including LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene), LLDPE (Linear Low Density Polyethylene), and CA (Chlor-Alkali), all of which serve as the foundation for an extensive range of industries. Hanwha Chemical’s products exist in people’s daily lives in various forms and contribute", "title": "Hanwha Chemical" }, { "docid": "19806242", "text": "Wood Mackenzie. Pink Petro advocates the creation of a new culture that better integrates women in the energy industry. PinkPetroTV is an online television channel produced by Pink Petro in cooperation with the TV Worldwide Internet TV network. In March 2016, Pink Petro organized the HERWorld Energy Forum, a daylong conference on energy innovation, technology, policy and workforce. It was streamed across the globe with local events being coordinated by internal women’s networks at Halliburton, Shell, GE, KPMG, and Enbridge. The conference grew in 2017 and attracted gender expert Josh Levs, media executive, Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, and former Federal Energy", "title": "Pink Petro" }, { "docid": "7597207", "text": "the Scientific Council and the rector Mustafa Babanli. The Academy has eight faculties – Geology and Exploration Faculty, Gas, Petroleum and Mining Faculty, Chemical Technologies Faculty, Petro-mechanics Faculty, Energetics Faculty, Automatization of Production Processes Faculty, Engineering Economics, International Economic Relationships and Management Faculty and the Institute for Specialization and Re-education of Workforce for Industrial Organizations. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, ASOA has worked with a dozen Western universities to Westernize and modernize its programs, in particular with Georgia State University to develop a modern Masters of Business Administration program. ASOA trains students in more than 50 fields: geological", "title": "Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University" }, { "docid": "13583123", "text": "of Chemical Industry. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the \"Journal Citation Reports\", the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.587. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology The Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1882 as the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. In 1950 it changed its title to Journal of Applied Chemistry and volume numbering restarted at 1. In 1971 the journal changed its title to Journal of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology and in 1983 it obtained the current title. It covers chemical", "title": "Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology" }, { "docid": "3459254", "text": "name was established as \"Petro Grigorenko\". The same spelling is engraved on his gravestone at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA. The same spelling is also retained by his surviving American descendants: son Andrew and granddaughters Tatiana and Olga. Petro Grigorenko Petro Grigorenko or Petro Hryhorovych Hryhorenko or Pyotr Grigoryevich Grigorenko (, , – 21 February 1987) was a high-ranking Soviet Army commander of Ukrainian descent, who in his fifties became a dissident and a writer, one of the founders of the human rights movement in the Soviet Union. For 16 years,", "title": "Petro Grigorenko" }, { "docid": "17808391", "text": "year, and some spills have been leaking for years. Vast swathes of the Delta have been seen covered with tar and stagnant lakes of crude due to oil spills of the past. ExxonMobil of Nigeria was cited for the reported use of dispersants near the coast to contain the oil spill. These dispersants were considered a violation of environmental standards in the oil industry. Rev. Samuel Ayadi, Akwa Ibom State Chapter Chairman of Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), said that ExxonMobil was in the habit of using dangerous chemical dispersants which are scientifically proven to be toxic to human", "title": "2010 ExxonMobil oil spill" }, { "docid": "10653799", "text": "to industry via his work on various government and other committees. Richardson died on 4 January 2011. A full list was published in \"Chemical Engineering Research and Design\" in 2006. Richardson's first paper was on the fire hazards of liquid methane and further papers on fire hazards followed until 1952 when he began to move into multi-phase flow (particularly gas–liquid flows) and rheology which became his main focus: his research was honoured in two issues of \"Chemical Engineering Research and Design\". He co-wrote a textbook on chemical engineering with John Coulson (published in 1954), which developed into an established series", "title": "Jack Richardson (chemical engineer)" }, { "docid": "14223067", "text": "trades can carry out alterations and easy maintenance. For the health of the householder, and the planet, an eco-house should be built with materials that are free, wherever possible, from toxins or harmful products of the petro-chemical industry. One of the wider issues of energy efficiency is the embodied energy within the construction materials. (Embodied energy is the energy taken up with producing and transporting the materials used). Wood is a primary building material for eco-housing. This is because trees grow using energy from the sun, they don’t pollute, they produce oxygen, absorb CO2, they provide a wild life habitat,", "title": "Ecohouse" }, { "docid": "7755683", "text": "at Imperial College, London. He earned a higher degree in mining engineering from the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Leoben, Austria (1967–1968). He obtained a degree in Mineral Economics from McGill University, Montreal in 1978, and an honorary doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna in Italy. His first job in the mining industry was as an Assistant Mining Engineer with A B Statsgruvor of Sweden (1962–1964). After returning to Nigeria, Lukman was appointed an Inspector of Mines, later Senior Inspector and then Acting Assistant Chief Inspector in the Federal Ministry of Mines & Power in", "title": "Rilwanu Lukman" }, { "docid": "3631309", "text": "Shenyang University of Chemical Technology Shenyang University of Chemical Technology (; SUCT) is a university in Shenyang, Liaoning, China under the provincial government. Partially run by the state and mainly by the local government, it is an institute of mostly science with specialization and advantage in the fields of chemical industry, integration in the field of science, engineering, economy, management and arts. It has become a multi-level teaching system for postgraduates, undergraduates, and the education of Branch Institute (state-owned and society-run), foreign students, adults, and continuous education. In 1952, Shenyang Chemical Industry Technical School was established. In 1958 it was", "title": "Shenyang University of Chemical Technology" }, { "docid": "18291860", "text": "Petro Tyschtschenko Petro Taras Ostap Tyschtschenko (born 16 April 1943 in Vienna) is an Austrian-born German businessman best known for his work in the European market for the American computer company Commodore International. Tyschtschenko's father fled from his former homeland Ukraine to Austria during World War I, and met his wife there. They married in 1941 and had a son, Petro, in 1943. The family later moved to Bavaria in Germany, where Petro went to school and did his armed service in the German Bundeswehr in 1966. Tyschtschenko first came into contact with Commodore in 1982, when he saw a", "title": "Petro Tyschtschenko" }, { "docid": "6029249", "text": "make fuels from synthesis gas derived from coal and recovers 1-hexene from these fuel streams, where the initial linear alpha olefin concentration in a narrow distillation cut may be 60%, with the remainder being vinylidenes, linear and branched internal olefins, linear and branched paraffins, alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids and aromatic compounds. Dehydration of alcohols to linear alpha olefins by passing alcohols in a vapor phase over acidic alumina catalyst has been practiced periodically by Ethyl Corporation (later BP, now Ineos), Chevron Phillips, Sasol (formerly Vista Chemical) and Godrej Industries Ltd, an Indian petro- and specialty chemical company. Normally, this process", "title": "Linear alpha olefin" }, { "docid": "15025576", "text": "Wellcome and Silas Burroughs formed a partnership in September 1880, and established an office in Snow Hill in Central London. The London Wholesale Drug and Chemical Protection Society was formed in 1867, which became the Drug Club in 1891, the forerunner of the present-day Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. In 1883 Burroughs Wellcome & Co. opened their first factory, at Bell Lane Wharf in Wandsworth, utilising compressed medicine tablet-making machinery acquired from Wyeth of the United States. Burroughs Wellcome & Co. established its first overseas branch in Sydney in 1898. The Glaxo department of Joseph Nathan and Co was", "title": "Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "3703612", "text": "Valley, which is one of the largest collections of petro-chemical operations in North America; the CN Rail Tunnel, which is the busiest rail artery in the U.S.; and is the genesis of important trade arteries, interstates I-94 and I-69. Miller focused her efforts on building a stronger presence of homeland security assets at Selfridge, enhancing the security of our airways, roadways, railways, and waterways, in addition to securing our food and water supplies by enhancing Northern Border security. The Committee on Homeland Security was established in 2002 to provide congressional oversight for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and better", "title": "Candice Miller" }, { "docid": "6355657", "text": "American Institute of Chemical Engineers The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional organization for chemical engineers. AIChE was established in 1908 to distinguish chemical engineers as a profession independent of chemists and mechanical engineers. As of 2018, AIChE had over 60,000 members, including members from over 110 countries worldwide. Student chapters at various universities around the world have also been established throughout its history. The student chapters tend to focus on providing networking opportunities in both academia and in industry as well as increasing student involvement locally and nationally. In 1905, \"The Chemical Engineer\" rounded out its", "title": "American Institute of Chemical Engineers" }, { "docid": "15741035", "text": "had represented Texas's 14th congressional district since 1997 and ran for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination, did not seek re-election to the House of Representatives. State representative Randy Weber won the Republican party nomination over Tim Day, a retired businessman and film-maker; George Harper, a Tea Party activist and civil designer in the petro-chemical industry; John Faulk; John Gay, a former Spring Independent School District administrator; Robert Gonzalez, the chair of the Clear Lake Tea Party; Pearland City Councilmember Felicia Harris; Jay Old, an attorney; and Michael J. Truncale, an attorney and regent of the Texas State University System. Other", "title": "2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas" }, { "docid": "5858442", "text": "first Bachelor of Science degree from A.C. College at Guntur in 1958. He then earned his B.Sc.(Tech) in Pharmaceuticals and Fine chemicals from the University Department of Chemical Technology of University of Mumbai (now Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai), followed by a PhD in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1969. Reddy died of cancer on 15 March 2013 at the Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad. Kallam Anji Reddy Kallam Anji Reddy (1 February 1939 – 15 March 2013) was an Indian entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, the founder-chairman of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, which he established in 1984,", "title": "Kallam Anji Reddy" }, { "docid": "9842119", "text": "Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( or MKEK or \"Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi\" or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with military products. Its roots lie in the \"Tophane-i Amire\" (\"Royal Arsenal\") built in the latter part of the 15th Century to supply the Ottoman Empire's artillery corps with cannon, powder, and shot. This was reorganized in 1832 as the \"Tophane Müşavirliği\" (\"Arsenal of Ordnance and Artillery Marshalship\") and was later formed in a department of \"Harbiye Nezareti\"", "title": "Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation" }, { "docid": "15447656", "text": "Nicolai N. Petro Nicolai N. Petro is the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence (2017-2019) and Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, in the United States. He also served as the US State Department's special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union under President George HW Bush. Petro received his B.A. \"summa cum laude\" in history in 1980, M.A. in public administration in 1982, and Ph.D. in foreign affairs in 1984 all from the University of Virginia. His first full-time teaching appointment was at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where in 1987 he founded", "title": "Nicolai N. Petro" }, { "docid": "15101767", "text": "Organization of Ukraine and others for taking systematic steps for improving the health and promoting sports activities among students. University initiated a new trend in sports movement of students with disabilities. University President Petro M. Talanchuk is recognized by the world scientific circles. On January 6, 2003 Petro Talanchuk was elected as an Honorary Member of World Innovation Foundation (USA). The Foundation was established by the Economic Prosperity Institute in 1992 and its president Dr. Jerome Karl is a Nobel Laureate. In 2004 Petro Talanchuk was named the International Socrates Prize-winner established by Europe Business Assembly International Corporation of Social", "title": "Open International University of Human Development \"Ukraine\"" }, { "docid": "20451094", "text": "Chemical industry in the United Kingdom The chemical industry in the United Kingdom is one of the UK's main manufacturing industries. At one time, the UK's chemical industry was a world leader. The industry has also been environmentally damaging, and includes radioactive nuclear industries. Sir William Henry Perkin FRS discovered the first synthetic dye mauveine in 1856, produced from aniline, having tried to synthesise quinine at his home on Cable Street in east London. Perkin's work, alone, led the way to the British chemical industry. 21% of the UK's chemical industry is in North West England, notably around Runcorn and", "title": "Chemical industry in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "3301937", "text": "so. This was cross-checked by inspectors of the United Nations. India has an advanced commercial chemical industry, and produces the bulk of its own chemicals for domestic consumption. It is also widely acknowledged that India has an extensive civilian chemical and pharmaceutical industry and annually exports considerable quantities of chemicals to countries such as the United Kingdom, United States and Taiwan. As early as 26 June 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru, soon to be India's first Prime Minister, announced: India's nuclear programme can trace its origins to March 1944 and its three-stage efforts in technology were established by Homi Jehangir Bhabha when", "title": "India and weapons of mass destruction" }, { "docid": "7685829", "text": "bank has been actively involved in building the nation's money and equity centers, forming securities regulatory board and introducing treasury instruments into the capital market. In 1948, an inquiry under the leadership of G.D Paton was established by the colonial administration to investigate banking practices in Nigeria. Prior to the inquiry, the banking industry was largely uncontrolled. The G.D Paton report, an offshoot of the inquiry became the cornerstone of the first banking legislation in the country: the banking ordinance of 1952. The ordinance was designed to prevent non viable banks from mushrooming, and to ensure orderly commercial banking. The", "title": "Central Bank of Nigeria" }, { "docid": "9897931", "text": "goods and started the manufacturing of cycle tyres and tubes in 1967. Throughout his career, he established various factories in the country, spanning, the transport and food industry, he also built a secondary school at Ijebu-Ode. He was a member and later president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in the early 70s. Adeola Odutola Timothy Adeola Odutola (1902-1995), OBE, CFR, CON, was a prominent Nigerian businessman from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. He was one of the pioneers of modern Nigerian indigenous entrepreneurship and the first president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. He attended Ijebu", "title": "Adeola Odutola" }, { "docid": "7884506", "text": "global competitiveness in the polyurethane industry. Polysilicon is raw material for solar energy and an eco-friendly energy resource free of carbon emission and noise pollution. Hanwha Chemical’s technologies and know-how in petrochemicals built over the years gives the company advantage in the Polysilicon business. Polysilicon is essential for building a future for our next generation that is clean and sustainable. Hanwha Chemical Hanwha Chemical Co, Ltd. () is a South Korean chemical company headquartered in Seoul and an affiliate of the Hanwha Group. Established in 1965, Hanwha Chemical has been at the forefront of the advancement of Korea’s chemical industry.", "title": "Hanwha Chemical" }, { "docid": "9325720", "text": "Charles Herty Charles Holmes Herty, Sr. (December 4, 1867 – July 27, 1938) was an American academic, scientist, and businessman. Serving in academia as a chemistry professor to begin his career, Herty concurrently promoted collegiate athletics including creating the first varsity football team at the University of Georgia. His academic research gravitated towards applied chemistry where he revolutionized the turpentine industry in the United States. While serving as the president of the American Chemical Society, Herty became a national advocate for the nascent American chemical industry and left academia to preside over the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association (SOCMA) and", "title": "Charles Herty" } ]

[ "Beth Smith" ]

[ { "docid": "3258773", "text": "Sarah Chalke Sarah Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American actress and voice artist. She is known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series \"Scrubs\", the second Rebecca \"Becky\" Conner and Andrea on the ABC sitcoms \"Roseanne\" and \"The Conners\", Stella Zinman on the CBS sitcom \"How I Met Your Mother\", and Beth Smith on Adult Swim's adult animated science-fiction series \"Rick and Morty\". She also had a recurring role on the third season of the ABC/TBS sitcom \"Cougar Town\". Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia.", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "3258773", "text": "Sarah Chalke Sarah Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American actress and voice artist. She is known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series \"Scrubs\", the second Rebecca \"Becky\" Conner and Andrea on the ABC sitcoms \"Roseanne\" and \"The Conners\", Stella Zinman on the CBS sitcom \"How I Met Your Mother\", and Beth Smith on Adult Swim's adult animated science-fiction series \"Rick and Morty\". She also had a recurring role on the third season of the ABC/TBS sitcom \"Cougar Town\". Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia.", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "19761539", "text": "Beth Smith, and the grandfather of Morty and Summer Smith. He is said to have been away from the family for several years prior to the events of the show. He frequently travels on adventures through space and other planets and dimensions with his grandson Morty. In the third season of the show, it is revealed that he is 70 years old. Rick is portrayed as a mad scientist; utilizing his mathematical and scientific prowess in conjunction with apathy and egotistical cynicism, he emerges safely from any situation, regardless of the consequences of his self-preservation. Rick also, in some episodes,", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" } ]

[ { "docid": "3258778", "text": "Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)\", which premiered April 3, 2013, and which was cancelled one month later. She played Polly, a single and very uptight divorced mother who found herself moving back in with her parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) because of the economic downturn. Also in 2013, she played a frantic mother named Casey Hedges in the \"Grey's Anatomy\" season-9 episode \"Can't Fight This Feeling\". Chalke also voices Beth on the show \"Rick and Morty\". On April 28, 2017, it was announced that a revival of \"Roseanne\" was in the works, and that most of", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "17689783", "text": "Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of the family. The series originated from an animated short parody film of \"Back to the Future\", \"The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti,\" created by Roiland for Channel 101, a short film festival co-founded by Harmon. When Adult Swim approached Harmon for television show ideas, he and Roiland decided to develop a program based on the short. The series has received universal acclaim for its originality, creativity and humor. The show revolves around the adventures of the members of the Smith household, which consists of parents Jerry and Beth,", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19761551", "text": "backstory. The character was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, who first met at Channel 101 in the early 2000s. In 2006, Roiland created \"The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti\", an animated short parodying the \"Back to the Future\" characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly, and the precursor to \"Rick and Morty\". The idea for \"Rick and Morty\", in the form of \"Doc and Mharti\" was brought up to Adult Swim, and the ideas for a family element and Rick being a grandfather to Morty were developed. Roiland considers his voice for Rick to be a \"horrible", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "14268849", "text": "Comedy Central as \"Blonde Craig\". He now works as a voice actor, including voicing the title characters of \"Rick and Morty\", for which he is also co-creator, co-writer and executive producer with Dan Harmon. In addition, he has voiced several other characters in \"Rick and Morty\". Since 2010, he has co-hosted The Grandma's Virginity Podcast with \"Rick and Morty\" writer, Ryan Ridley, and \"Steven Universe\" producer, Jackie Buscarino. He stated at the \"Rick and Morty\" panel at San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 that one of his main influences was Pendleton Ward and that he enjoyed watching \"The Ren & Stimpy", "title": "Justin Roiland" }, { "docid": "20673821", "text": "published work was the Oni Press miniseries \"Rick and Morty: Lil' Poopy Superstar\" (2016), a five-issue spinoff of the main \"Rick and Morty\" comic series, of which Graley was the writer and illustrator. Graley's original series \"Kim Reaper\" was released by Oni Press in 2017. Her first middle grade novel \"Glitch\" is due to be released by Scholastic Graphix. Sarah Graley Sarah Graley is a British cartoonist, best known for the ongoing webcomic, \"Our Super Adventure\", and the \"Kim Reaper\" comic series. Graley graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication (Illustration). During her studies,", "title": "Sarah Graley" }, { "docid": "17689786", "text": "vary from one reality to another. The show's original Rick identifies himself as \"Rick Sanchez of Earth Dimension C-137\", in reference to his original universe, but this does not necessarily apply to every other member of the Smith household. For instance, in the first-season episode \"Rick Potion #9\", after turning the entire world population into monsters, Rick and Morty move to a different dimension, leaving Summer, Beth and Jerry behind. Following the conclusion of the third season, co-creators Harmon and Roiland wanted to have assurance that there would be many more seasons of \"Rick and Morty\" in the future, so", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19256315", "text": "the day it aired in adults 18–49, behind the weekly episode of \"Game of Thrones\". The season finale was watched by 2.6 million live plus same day viewers and it was the most-watched telecast across all age groups. In an interview with \"The Hollywood Reporter\", female writers Jane Becker, Sarah Carbiener and Jessica Gao addressed negative comments regarding their involvement in writing the third season of \"Rick and Morty\", recalling a post on Reddit that called them \"the social justice warriors that Dan had to hire.\" Gao stated, \"The people who say [hiring writers should be a meritocracy] have never", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19256322", "text": "General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production\". With two nominations, \"The Ricklantis Mixup\" was another awarded episode of the season, that won its writers Ryan Ridley and Dan Guterman an Annie Award for \"Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production\". Justin Roiland won an IGN Award for \"Best Comedic TV Performance\", while Christian Slater was nominated for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for his performance in \"Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender\". Rick and Morty (season 3) The third season of \"Rick and Morty\", an American animated television series created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, originally aired on Cartoon", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19625155", "text": "the alien and leaves. The antenna summons two increasingly large members of the alien's species which Clone Morty defeats, before being killed and revived again. Back at the garage, two versions of Rick emerge and begin to fight. The clone must determine which of them to kill; the remaining version is run over by the spaceship of the real Rick, who kills Clone Morty for wielding a firearm. Clone Morty is greeted at the garage by Rick and Morty after a visit to Purgatory. Rick reveals that the past events were a ploy for Clone Morty to make an Omega", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "19838256", "text": "the citizens of the microverse. Zeep Xanflorp, a scientist in the microverse, creates his own microverse, thus stopping the flow of energy to Rick's car. The episode largely takes place in Zeep's microverse, with Rick, Morty and Zeep attempting to escape it. After viewing \"Ball Fondlers: The Movie\" in an alternate dimension, Rick, Morty and Summer get into Rick's car in order to get what Rick dubs 'the best ice cream in the multiverse', but cannot as the car does not start. Upon further investigation, he finds that his car battery is malfunctioning. Rick takes Morty inside the car battery", "title": "The Ricks Must Be Crazy" }, { "docid": "19625154", "text": "preserve. Clone Morty teleports to the scene, where they are caught trespassing. Rick equips Clone Morty with firearms to fight off the Galactic Federation while the spaceship is being repaired. However, Clone Morty is abandoned at the nature preserve and is instructed to commit suicide. In Purgatory, Clone Morty decides once more to return to the garage. He is commanded by Rick to incubate an egg found at the nature preserve until it hatches. From out of the egg hatches a childlike alien who has the clone complete a makeshift signalling device. When Rick returns to the garage, he kills", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "14268851", "text": "and voice actor Justin Roiland. The studio is best known for producing \"Rick and Morty\" for Adult Swim. In August 2016, Roiland set up a video game studio, initially named Squanchtendo, and later renamed to Squanch Games in December 2017. Justin Roiland Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer and director. He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of Adult Swim's \"Rick and Morty\", in which he voices the show's titular characters, the voice of Oscar on Disney Channel's \"Fish Hooks\", the Earl of Lemongrab on Cartoon Network's \"Adventure Time\" and", "title": "Justin Roiland" }, { "docid": "17689800", "text": "to avoid looking \"too normal to live in the \"Rick and Morty\" universe.\" When recording dialogue, Roiland does a considerable amount of improvisation, in order to make the characters feel more natural. The general formula of \"Rick and Morty\" consists of the juxtaposition of two conflicting scenarios: an extremely selfish, alcoholic grandfather dragging his grandson along for interdimensional adventures, intercut with domestic family drama. Co-creator Dan Harmon has described the series as a cross between Matt Groening's two shows \"The Simpsons\" and \"Futurama\", balancing family life with heavy science fiction. The series is inspired by British-style storytelling, as opposed to", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "11901303", "text": "featured guest appearances from Sarah Chalke and Marshall Manesh. Television critics reacted positively to the episode, who praised the storyline and Spears' performance. According to the Nielsen ratings, \"Ten Sessions\" was watched by 10.62 million viewers, which was the show's highest rating for the third season of the series. Ted (Josh Radnor) is at the clinic to remove his lower-back butterfly tattoo, where he is attracted to his doctor, Stella (Sarah Chalke). They agree to go to a movie, \"Plan 9 from Outer Space\", but Ted does not realize Stella had brought her friends along with her, and it was", "title": "Ten Sessions" }, { "docid": "17689784", "text": "their children Summer and Morty, and Beth's father, Rick Sanchez, who lives with them as a guest. According to Justin Roiland, the family lives outside of Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington. The adventures of \"Rick and Morty\", however, take place across an infinite number of realities, with the characters travelling to other planets and dimensions through portals and Rick's flying car. Rick is an eccentric and alcoholic mad scientist, who eschews many ordinary conventions such as school, marriage, love, and family. He frequently goes on adventures with his 14-year-old grandson, Morty, a kind-hearted but easily distressed boy, whose", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19625156", "text": "Detergent by combining the seed and baby-alien goo, and do the laundry to perfection. The idea for Owlchemy Labs to work on a virtual reality video game for \"Rick and Morty\" came after series co-creator Justin Roiland invited the development team to his residence to play games. The first drafts of dialog were written by Owlchemy Labs and rough voice recordings by CEO Alex Schwartz were sent to Roiland as a template for the final performance. \"Virtual Rick-ality\" was met with \"generally favourable\" reviews, according to Metacritic. Destructoid's Chris Carter thought the game exemplified the potential of virtual reality adventure", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "19761538", "text": "times where he has been proven wrong. He is formally referred to as Rick Sanchez C-137 (alias: \"Terror Rick\") by the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks, in reference to his original universe, \"C-137\", and penchant for instigating wars with inter-galactic empires. Both Rick and Morty are voiced by Roiland. Volume 1 of the \"Rick and Morty\" comic series follows the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 while most issues of subsequent instalments follow the Rick and Morty of \"C-137\"; the video game \"Pocket Mortys\" follows the Rick and Morty of C-123. Rick Sanchez from Earth dimension C-137 is the father of", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "17689810", "text": "he contrasted it with other Adult Swim series as \"often seems overly reliant on simply being frenetic at the expense of being witty\" and enjoyed it as \"a welcome attempt to dream just a little bigger\". David Sims of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the series an \"A−\". In reviewing the first two episodes, he complimented the animation for its \"clean, simple style\". He stated that while the series has \"a dark, sick sensibility\", he praised its \"effort to give each character a little bit of depth\", further applauding Roiland's voice talent for the eponymous characters. Rick and Morty Rick and", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "20346764", "text": "Terryfold \"Terryfold\" is a song written by American actor, voice actor, and animator Justin Roiland and recorded by American indie pop band Chaos Chaos. The song also features vocals from Roiland. It was released onto music streaming platforms and made available for digital download on August 27, 2017. The song was created for the American animated comedy series \"Rick and Morty\", and was played during \"Rest and Ricklaxation\", the sixth episode of the series' third season. The song played twice during \"Rest and Ricklaxation\", the sixth episode of the third season of \"Rick and Morty\". The title characters, Rick and", "title": "Terryfold" }, { "docid": "19625151", "text": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality is a virtual reality game compatible with HTC Vive, Playstation VR and Oculus Rift developed by Owlchemy Labs and published by Adult Swim Games for Microsoft Windows on April 20, 2017. It is based on the American animated series \"Rick and Morty\", whose series co-creator Justin Roiland aided in the development. A port for the PlayStation 4 has been released on April 10, 2018. Using HTC Vive, Playstation VR or Oculus Rift, the player controls V.R. Morty, the clone of Morty Smith, the grandson of mad scientist Rick Sanchez. The", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "17808208", "text": "1 of the \"Rick and Morty\" comic series follows the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 while most issues of subsequent instalments follow the Rick and Morty of \"C-137\"; the video game \"Pocket Mortys\" follows the Rick and Morty of C-123. Morty is 14 years old and is a student at Harry Herpson High School along with his older sister Summer. Morty seems to be suffering from anxiety and is easily stressed, largely as a result of traumatic experiences during his adventures with Rick. He is often dismissed as idiotic by Rick and others, but is shown to be wiser", "title": "Morty Smith" }, { "docid": "17689782", "text": "Rick and Morty Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures. The series premiered on December 2, 2013, and the third season concluded on October 1, 2017. In May 2018, the series was picked up for an additional 70 episodes over an unspecified number of seasons. Roiland voices the eponymous characters, with Chris", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19273487", "text": "of the episode, drawing comparisons to \"Doctor Who\" and \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\", some of Harmon's inspirations. Pilot (Rick and Morty) \"Pilot\" is the first episode of the American animated television sitcom \"Rick and Morty\". Written by series creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and directed by Roiland, the episode premiered on Adult Swim on December 2, 2013. The series introduces protagonists, alcoholic scientist Rick Sanchez and his innocent teenage grandson Morty Smith, as they embark on a dangerous interdimensional adventure to fetch Mega tree seeds. The pilot had a mixed to positive reception and was seen by", "title": "Pilot (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "17808207", "text": "Morty Smith Morty Smith is one of the title characters from the Adult Swim animated television series \"Rick and Morty\". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Morty is an anxious teen based on Marty McFly from \"Back to the Future\". Known for his awkward, anxious, second-guessing, and doubtful personality, the character has been well-received. He is a young, good-natured, and impressionable boy who can be somewhat easily manipulated. He is formally referred to as Morty Smith C-137 by the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks, in reference to his original universe, \"C-137\". Both Morty and Rick are voiced by Roiland. Volume", "title": "Morty Smith" }, { "docid": "20288291", "text": "session after Morty wet himself in class and Summer was caught huffing pottery glaze. Therapist Dr. Wong asks why Rick is absent. Beth replies that he has turned himself into a pickle. Dr. Wong asks what each family member believes was in the syringe. Morty and Summer are certain that it is anti-pickle serum. Beth avoids the question and insults her children. As the group are saying I-messages, Rick enters to get the syringe. Dr. Wong asks why he lied to Beth, Rick responds that he does not respect therapy. Dr. Wong replies that the family uses \"intelligence to justify", "title": "Pickle Rick" }, { "docid": "19761555", "text": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) Rick Sanchez is one of the title characters from the Adult Swim animated television series \"Rick and Morty\". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Sanchez is a genius misanthropic alcoholic scientist inspired by Emmett \"Doc\" Brown from \"Back to the Future\". Known for his reckless, nihilistic behavior and his rude, pessimistic personality, the character has been well received. He is a mad scientist who seems to know everything in the universe and thus finds life a traumatizing and pointless experience. However, despite assuming to be the smartest person in the universe, there have been", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19761537", "text": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) Rick Sanchez is one of the title characters from the Adult Swim animated television series \"Rick and Morty\". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Sanchez is a genius misanthropic alcoholic scientist inspired by Emmett \"Doc\" Brown from \"Back to the Future\". Known for his reckless, nihilistic behavior and his rude, pessimistic personality, the character has been well received. He is a mad scientist who seems to know everything in the universe and thus finds life a traumatizing and pointless experience. However, despite assuming to be the smartest person in the universe, there have been", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19273485", "text": "is discovered that Morty has missed a semester of school in the time he's spent on adventures with Rick. Rick takes Morty to another dimension, known as Dimension 35-C, which has the perfect conditions for growing \"Mega Trees\", which Rick requires for his research. In order to get past intergalactic customs, Morty hides the Mega Tree seeds in his rectum, but when their cover is blown, Rick and Morty escape while engaging in a shootout with bureaucratic alien insects. Ultimately, the seeds are used to briefly make Morty highly intelligent, causing his parents to believe he is fine with his", "title": "Pilot (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "17941678", "text": "the Clovers. Morty has a nervous crush on a girl at school named Jessica. On the night of the Flu Season Dance at his school, Harry Herpson High, his desire leads him to ask Rick for a love serum to make his interest in Jessica requited, and Rick acquiesces, giving him a serum derived from voles. Upon Morty giving Jessica (who, unbeknownst to Morty, has the flu) the serum, it latches onto the flu virus and goes airborne, spreading through the entire planet in a matter of minutes and causing every person not directly related to Morty to fall in", "title": "Rick Potion No. 9" }, { "docid": "17808210", "text": "ideas for a family element and Rick being a grandfather to Morty were developed. The character has received positive reception. VerbStomp described Morty as \"Perhaps the picture of childhood innocence, or perhaps the product of parental neglect. Morty is unintelligent, skiddish [...] and distressed, likely due to his traumatic experiences while venturing into new worlds with Rick.\" Morty Smith Morty Smith is one of the title characters from the Adult Swim animated television series \"Rick and Morty\". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Morty is an anxious teen based on Marty McFly from \"Back to the Future\". Known for", "title": "Morty Smith" }, { "docid": "19761542", "text": "reaction that compels animals to breed\". When Rick and Morty irreversibly mutate all humans on Earth except for their family members, they abandon their original dimension, Dimension C-137 (and their family in that dimension), for a new one. Rick locates a universe in which the alternate version of himself has undone the damage inflicted by the love potion, but where the new dimension's Rick and Morty have been killed, allowing the C-137 Rick and Morty to take their place. Despite Morty's trauma concerning this knowledge, Rick is nonchalant about moving to the new dimension. In the episode \"Close Rick-counters of", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "17689809", "text": "Park\" and even \"Beetlejuice\"\", ultimately opining that its humor felt \"entirely original\". Neil Genzlinger of \"The New York Times\" praised the series and stated that it was \"Grandparenting at its unhinged finest.\" In a review shortly after the second-season premiere, Sean Sebastian of \"Junkee\" said that although the crude animation and over-the-top voice acting might have discouraged some viewers to continue watching, \"Rick and Morty\" is \"exceptionally well-made\" and that \"the more you dissect it, the more you find it has to say.\" Todd Spangler of \"Variety\" gave the series a lukewarm review; while he found the series was passable,", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19273484", "text": "Pilot (Rick and Morty) \"Pilot\" is the first episode of the American animated television sitcom \"Rick and Morty\". Written by series creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and directed by Roiland, the episode premiered on Adult Swim on December 2, 2013. The series introduces protagonists, alcoholic scientist Rick Sanchez and his innocent teenage grandson Morty Smith, as they embark on a dangerous interdimensional adventure to fetch Mega tree seeds. The pilot had a mixed to positive reception and was seen by about 1.1 million viewers when airing. Rick establishes himself as a bad influence on his grandson Morty when it", "title": "Pilot (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19625152", "text": "clone was created to help Rick and Morty with menial tasks, such as laundry and spaceship repair. He is given a wristwatch from which a hologram of Rick appears to relay orders. Movement from one spot to another is done by warping, and a being called Mr. Youseeks can be summoned to aid in unreachable chores. Rick creates a clone of his grandson Morty in their garage, demanding that he do the laundry. With the chore complete, Rick explains the clone is not of use anymore and shoots him. Clone Morty appears in Purgatory, but is given the choice to", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "20288288", "text": "(as Jaguar) and Susan Sarandon (as Dr. Wong). It won the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, which was the first Emmy Award won by \"Rick and Morty\". Rick turns himself into a pickle in the garage, but Morty is unimpressed. Beth and Summer enter, late for family counseling. Rick claims he cannot go in his current form. Morty accuses him of doing this to miss the appointment, pointing out a mechanism above Rick that will drop a syringe onto him in 10 minutes. Beth takes the syringe and leaves with Morty and Summer. A cat comes into", "title": "Pickle Rick" }, { "docid": "19761552", "text": "Doc Brown manic impression\". The character has received positive reception. Speaking of Rick's relatability and likability, Dan Harmon stated that \"we’ve all been Rick. But Rick really does have bigger fish to fry than anybody. He understands everything better than us. So you give him the right to be jaded and dismissive and narcissistic and sociopathic\". Emily Gaudette of \"Inverse\" wrote that fans have \"come to love [Rick] over two seasons of misadventures\". David Sims of \"The Atlantic\" noted Rick's \"bitter amorality\" and called the character \"a genius who comfortably thinks of himself as the universe's cleverest man and is", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19273444", "text": "that requests the help of two heroes to steal a giant's treasure in order to raise money. Morty and Rick climb up a giant beanstalk to the giants' world, but an accident sees them arrested for murdering a giant. They are tried in a Giant's Court, but are acquitted through a technicality. The heroes stop at a tavern for a drink, where Morty confronts Rick over his constant negativity before heading to the bathroom. There, he meets Mr. Jellybean, an at first friendly character who, after Morty finishes washing his hands, restrains Morty when he attempts to leave, shoves him", "title": "Meeseeks and Destroy" }, { "docid": "20288296", "text": "part of the joke,\" though notes that the bodyguards are \"European.\" Writer Ryan Ridley has said that the episode is \"not a spoof of anything in particular,\" though it does reference \"127 Hours\" and \"Gravity\". Series creator Dan Harmon has stated that the episode is largely inspired by \"Breaking Bad\" episode \"4 Days Out\", where Walter White is \"up against primal forces\" and has to \"fall back on his basic science knowledge to keep them alive.\" Jaffe writes that \"Summer and Morty seem much more affected\" by the therapist's concerns than Beth and Rick. Matar agrees, stating that \"Morty and", "title": "Pickle Rick" }, { "docid": "18270799", "text": "Rick and Morty (season 2) The second season of the animated television series \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim in the United States on July 26, 2015 with \"A Rickle in Time\", and concluded on October 4 with \"The Wedding Squanchers\". This season aired a total of ten episodes. The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters. Other cast members of the season, who each have voiced one or more characters, include: Jay Johnson, Tom Kenny, Jill Talley, Paul F. Tompkins, Scott Chernoff, Ryan Elder, Will", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18270796", "text": "Rick and Morty (season 1) The first season of the American animated television series, \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on December 2, 2013 with \"Pilot\" and ended on April 14, 2014 with \"Ricksy Business\", with a total of eleven episodes. The first season received critical acclaim. The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters. Other cast members of the season, who each have voiced one or more characters, include: Eric Bauza, Dan Harmon, Phil Hendrie, Brandon Johnson, Ryan Ridley,", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19273445", "text": "into a stall, and tries to rape him. Morty fights him off but is visibly shaken. Meanwhile, Rick is beginning to enjoy himself; performing karaoke, and winning several hands of cards, collecting a sizable amount of money. Morty begs Rick to go home, and admits to losing the bet. Rick sees a battered Mr. Jellybean leaving the bathroom and, realizing what happened, keeps Morty's spirits up by offering to give his card winnings to the poor villagers, which Morty accepts. After arriving in the village and handing over the money, the villagers declare Rick and Morty heroes and ask them", "title": "Meeseeks and Destroy" }, { "docid": "17689787", "text": "that they would be able to focus on the show and minimize their involvement in other projects. After prolonged contract negotiations, Adult Swim announced a long-term deal with the creators in May 2018, ordering 70 new episodes over an unspecified number of seasons. Talking about the upcoming fourth season a few months earlier, Harmon had said that he wishes for it to consist of more than ten episodes, and writer Ryan Ridley had said that he does not expect it to air any sooner than late 2019. \"Rick and Morty\" was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The duo", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19761543", "text": "the Rick Kind\", after numerous Ricks in alternate dimensions are murdered, the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks accuses Rick C-137 and orders for him to be arrested. Rick C-137 finds himself captured by an \"evil\" Rick, but is saved by a legion of alternate-dimension Mortys led by Morty C-137. In the first episode of the second season, \"A Rickle in Time\", Rick nearly sacrifices himself to save Morty but saves his own life when he realizes that doing so is possible. In the episode \"Get Schwifty\", it is revealed that Rick was once in a rock band called the Flesh Curtains,", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "20288308", "text": "a list of season 3 \"Rick and Morty\" episodes. Russell calls it \"one of the single most entertaining \"Rick and Morty\" episodes to date\", writing that it \"lays essential groundwork for season three's progression\"; \"doesn't lack for incredibly animated, uber-bloody and powerfully funny action sequences\"; and \"boasts what may be season three's strongest B-plot\". In September 2018, \"Pickle Rick\" won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. It is the first Emmy for the show. Pickle Rick \"Pickle Rick\" is the third episode of the third season of the Adult Swim animated television series \"Rick and Morty\". Written by", "title": "Pickle Rick" }, { "docid": "3258780", "text": "died from breast cancer that was undiagnosed while in its early stages. She has since encouraged breast cancer detection and prevention, and starred in the Lifetime movie \"Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy\". She is an ambassador for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video parodying a National Organization for Marriage's advertisement opposing same-sex marriage, \"Gathering Storm\". She was the 2009 ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure program, for which she also designed a T-shirt. Sarah Chalke Sarah Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "19625158", "text": "criticized its optimization, citing issues of faulty controls, long loading screens and \"severe\" stuttering, all of which resulted in having to reboot the game. Jube complained that the required tasks became monotonous and presented a lack of engagement overall. The game was nominated for the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best Virtual Reality Game at the New York Game Awards 2018, and for \"VR Game of the Year\" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards. Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality is a virtual reality game compatible with HTC Vive, Playstation VR and Oculus Rift developed by", "title": "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" }, { "docid": "20288292", "text": "sickness\" and advocates \"repairing, maintaining, and cleaning.\" In the car on the way home, Rick apologizes to Beth for lying. Beth gives him the syringe, allowing him to revert to human form. Morty and Summer express interest in further therapy; Rick and Beth ignore them, discussing plans to go out drinking. In a post-credits scene, the villain Concerto has tied Rick and Morty onto a large piano; Jaguar flies in, kills Concerto, and flies out. Rick tells Morty \"that's why you don't go to therapy.\" The episode differs from previous season three episodes in that it is entirely set on", "title": "Pickle Rick" }, { "docid": "17808209", "text": "than his grandfather in terms of understanding people's feelings, and is capable of explosive anger and moral outrage in objection to Rick's attitude and actions. The character was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, who first met at Channel 101 in the early 2000s. In 2006, Roiland created \"The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti\", an animated short parodying the \"Back to the Future\" characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly, and the precursor to \"Rick and Morty\". The idea for \"Rick and Morty\", in the form of \"Doc and Mharti\" was brought up to Adult Swim, and the", "title": "Morty Smith" }, { "docid": "19838259", "text": "Morty and Zeep stranded in the teenyverse. Following Morty's demand (and several months trapped in the primordial teenyverse), Rick and Zeep put aside their strong differences and create a way to get back to Zeep's world. However, when they get back, Zeep attempts to kill Rick and Morty by destroying his miniverse while they are still inside, but fails, after a brawl with Rick that ultimately defeats him. After Rick and Morty safely make their way back to their universe, Zeep realises he must stop his experimentation with miniverse technology or Rick would \"toss a broken battery\" and in doing", "title": "The Ricks Must Be Crazy" }, { "docid": "19302484", "text": "Pocket Mortys Pocket Mortys, also known as Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys, is a free-to-play \"Rick and Morty\"-themed role-playing video game developed by Big Pixel Studios and published by Adult Swim Games. The game was released worldwide on 13 January 2016 for iOS and Android devices. The game is set in the \"Rick and Morty\" \"Rickstaverse\" and the mechanics serve as a parody on the \"Pokémon\" franchise. \"Pocket Mortys\" is based on the multiple timeline concept as described in episode 10 of season 1, \"Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind\". The game uses a style and concept similar to the", "title": "Pocket Mortys" }, { "docid": "19256301", "text": "three will have one, potentially two gals in the room.\" Eventually, four female writers were added to the staff, and—counting out the co-creators of the show, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon—the writing room for the third season was gender-balanced. The writing staff consisted of eleven writers, who collectively wrote and repeatedly rewrote each episode. Harmon noted that the writers' ideas were blended and refined during the writing process, and that the name of the writer that appeared in the opening credits of an episode is usually that of the person who had been assigned to prepare the episode's outline. Sarah", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19761541", "text": "of his universe. Rick destroys the miniature universe inside his own miniature universe, killing everyone inside. He does not demonstrate remorse for his actions, and instead shows satisfaction. Nearing the end of the episode, Rick knows that his own microverse would power his battery, or he would toss them out and create a new one. Rick's intelligence is portrayed to transcend that of metaphysical beings, as demonstrated in the episode \"Something Ricked This Way Comes\", where he outsmarts Satan. Rick reveals his disdain for love in the episode \"Rick Potion #9\", in which he claims that it is \"a chemical", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19256306", "text": "than expected to complete because of his perfectionism. As a result, the third season of \"Rick and Morty\" consisted of only ten episodes instead of fourteen, as was initially intended. The third season of \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired Sundays at 11:30 p.m EST. on Adult Swim, the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of Cartoon Network. The network offered free livestreams for the first two episodes of the season, with the remaining episodes requiring a cable subscription to watch the show live as it aired. Following the conclusion of the show's third season, Adult Swim made a livestream marathon of \"Rick", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19761549", "text": "to threaten, harm or kill on a whim to get his own way. He does not fear to speak his mind and give his harsh opinions of the things about his family that easily irritate him. His huge ego and reckless, ethically questionable behaviour often lead to him making enemies and getting himself and his family in trouble. In the pilot, Rick is revealed to be an atheist, as he tells Summer that \"there is no God.\" Harmon has said that \"anarchist\" is a close ideological descriptor of Rick. In \"The Rickshank Redemption\", Rick professes his longing for the Szechuan", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19273439", "text": "Meeseeks and Destroy \"Meeseeks and Destroy\" is the fifth episode of the first season of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on January 20, 2014. The episode was written by Ryan Ridley and directed by Bryan Newton. In the episode, Rick provides the family with a solution to their problems, freeing him up to go on an adventure led by Morty. The episode has been well received, and was seen by about 1.6 million viewers when it was first aired on the Adult Swim channel. After a particularly traumatic adventure, Morty wants to quit all future escapades. Morty", "title": "Meeseeks and Destroy" }, { "docid": "14165698", "text": "Stand Against Fear Stand Against Fear (also called Unlikely Suspects) is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film starring Sarah Chalke as a cheerleader who takes action when she faces sexual intimidation from football players at her school. The film is a part of the \"Moment of Truth\" franchise and aired on NBC on December 16, 1996. The film was based on a real-life incident, which occurred at Santa Clara High School in California. Krista Wilson (Sarah Chalke) is a cheerleading captain at Centennial High School who, along with other members of her squad, is subjected to sexual harassment by members", "title": "Stand Against Fear" }, { "docid": "5224318", "text": "\"Happy\", \"All Your Sisters\" and \"Look on Down from the Bridge\" are featured in the 2005 David Jacobson movie \"Down in the Valley\" starring Evan Rachel Wood and Edward Norton. \"Look On Down from the Bridge\" is featured in the end credits of the 1999 \"The Sopranos\" episode \"Meadowlands\", and in the 2011 movie \"Texas Killing Fields\". \"Look on Down from the Bridge\" also plays at the end of Rick and Morty (S1:E6) \"Rick Potion No. 9,\" when Rick and Morty bury their dead alternative selves from the replacement dimension, and as Morty enters the house in shock from the", "title": "Among My Swan" }, { "docid": "18270801", "text": "Dan Guterman and Alex Rubens served as writers. All episodes in the first season originally aired in the United States on Adult Swim. All episodes are rated TV-14, with the exception of \"Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate\", which was rated TV-MA. The second season was released on DVD (Region 1) and Blu-ray on June 7, 2016. Rick and Morty (season 2) The second season of the animated television series \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim in the United States on July 26, 2015 with \"A Rickle in Time\", and concluded on October", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 2)" }, { "docid": "17689794", "text": "reluctance from the show's staff. The network's reason behind the rating was that it would soon begin broadcasting in prime-time, competing with major programs. The main theme for \"Rick and Morty\" by Ryan Elder was originally used in a rejected Cartoon Network pilot Roiland made called \"Dog World\", which was referenced in the episode \"Lawnmower Dog\". Harmon has noted that the writers room at the show's studio bears a striking resemblance to the one used for \"Community\". In comparing the two, he noted that the writing staff of \"Rick and Morty\" was significantly smaller, and more \"rough and tumble verbally\".", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19256313", "text": "and \"a necessary corrective to an arc that was in danger of going off the rails completely\". \"Rick and Morty\" completed its third season with overall viewership numbers increased by 81% over the previous season, and delivered the highest ratings in Adult Swim's history. \"Rick and Morty\" was the most popular television comedy within the 18–24 and 18–34 age ranges in the United States, based on \"Live+7\" ratings data spanning from December 2016 to September 2017. This rating system tracks live viewership plus streaming and on-demand viewing over an initial week-long period, and provides a more accurate picture of delayed", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "18270798", "text": "McMahan was also given writing credit. All episodes in the first season originally aired in the United States on Adult Swim, and are rated TV-14. However, the uncensored version of the episodes released on DVD and Blu-ray are rated TV-MA. The first season was released on DVD (Region 1) and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014. Before its release, Roiland had confirmed that it would contain uncensored audio tracks. Rick and Morty (season 1) The first season of the American animated television series, \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim.", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19256319", "text": "some of them acting out and mistreating the company's workers. In the wake of these events, the \"Rick and Morty\" fanbase received a bad reputation, with James Grebey of \"Inverse\" noting that \"\"Rick and Morty\" is a good show, but it’s quickly gaining a (frankly well-earned) reputation for having a really, really shitty fan base. Even series co-creator Dan Harmon hates a certain segment of his misogynistic fan base.\" Cameron Williams of \"Junkee\" attributed this \"toxic behavior\" to the rise of an aggressive type of entitled fan in the past decades, and examined the motivation of these people, noting that", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19256300", "text": "see \"Rick and Morty\" join the exclusive club of shows with over nineteen episodes\", and Justin Roiland added \"I am blown away by the seemingly instant success of \"Rick and Morty\". I look forward to continuing their adventures!\" In an October 2015 interview with \"The Hollywood Reporter\", Roiland revealed that the team had received a lot of scripts from female writers for the upcoming season, which had never happened before. He stated that \"We've gone from having zero spec scripts [in the running from female] candidates, to having five or six of them, so it's looking very likely that season", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17689808", "text": "third season, Adult Swim made a livestream marathon of \"Rick and Morty\" available to watch on its official website in select regions, hoping to dissuade viewers from watching other illegal livestreams. \"Rick and Morty\" has received universal critical acclaim, holding a 97% approval rating by critics on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. David Weigand of \"San Francisco Chronicle\" described it as \"offbeat and occasionally coarse... the take-away here is that it works\". He praised the animation direction by James McDermott for being \"fresh, colorful and as wacky as the script\", and states that the series possesses \"shades of \"Futurama\", \"South", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "19283984", "text": "being and instructs Morty and Summer to break off their collars, but the resulting chain of uncertainty further splits their realities into dozens of different timelines. After defeating the testicle monster, Rick notes that time is falling apart. Summer's collar transports her back to her time, but one of the Mortys' collar is broken. With the garage falling away piece by piece, the Morty with the broken collar falls into the spaceless void and Rick jumps after him. He gives Morty his collar and instead prepares to face death. But then, Rick spots Morty's collar floating below him, fixes it,", "title": "A Rickle in Time" }, { "docid": "19256297", "text": "off, as the show continues to follow the adventures of the members of the Smith household. When Jerry asks Beth to choose between him and Rick, the strength of their marriage is tested. Jerry is confronted with the loss of his family, while Beth begins to discover her independence again. Morty and Summer deal with their parents' separation by seeking more control over their lives. Rick's nihilistic way of life continues to prevent him from bonding with his family, as he remains unable to change his self-destructive behavior. The third season of \"Rick and Morty\" delivered the highest ratings in", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19256296", "text": "Rick and Morty (season 3) The third season of \"Rick and Morty\", an American animated television series created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered with \"The Rickshank Rickdemption\", which aired unannounced on April 1, 2017, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' prank. As a result of production delays, the remaining episodes began airing weekly nearly four months later, on July 30, 2017. The season comprised ten episodes, and its initial airing concluded on October 1, 2017. The premiere picks up where the second-season finale left", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17689802", "text": "that they are aware of the fact that they are characters of a TV show. Thereunder, Troy Patterson of \"The New Yorker\" notes that \"Rick and Morty\" \"supplies an artful answer to the question of what follows postmodernism: a decadent regurgitation of all its tropes, all at once, leavened by some humanistic wistfulness.\" Sean Sebastian of \"Junkee\" says that the show can be both hilarious and deeply disturbing at the same time as it excels at the \"intersection between big ideas, flippancy and wit.\" \"Rick and Morty\" has been described as \"a never-ending fart joke wrapped around a studied look", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "17689785", "text": "naïve but grounded moral compass plays counterpoint to Rick's Machiavellian ego. Morty's 17-year-old sister, Summer, is a more conventional teenager, who worries about improving her status among her peers and sometimes follows Rick and Morty on their adventures. The kids' mother, Beth, is a generally level-headed person and assertive force in the household, though self-conscious about her professional role as a horse surgeon. She is dissatisfied with her marriage to Jerry, a simple-minded and insecure person, who disapproves of Rick's influence over his family. Different versions of the characters inhabit other dimensions throughout the multiverse and their personal characteristics can", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "17787164", "text": "In 2012, Hanson provided his voice for the game \"Detective Grimoire\", a Kickstarter project which was successfully funded on August 3, 2012. Hanson has also provided his voice for \"Hex Heroes, \", \"Target Acquired\", \"Red vs. Blue\", \"Cyanide & Happiness\", and \"Rick & Morty\". Since 2016, Hanson is a regular on Cartoon Network's \"Mighty Magiswords\" providing the voice of Gateaux, the monosyllabic partner of sorceress Moribidia, played by Mary Faber. He also plays many other recurring characters such as Fibby Croax, Delivery Man Steve, Zonq and many other additional characters. According to series creator, Kyle Carrozza, Hanson was originally approached", "title": "Arin Hanson" }, { "docid": "3258774", "text": "She is the middle of three daughters born to Douglas and Angela Chalke. Her mother is from Rostock, Germany. According to a \"Scrubs\" commentary track, she used to attend the German school in her hometown twice a week. Her first language is English, but she speaks German fluently and French \"fairly well.\" This was incorporated into her \"Scrubs\" character, Elliot Reid, who spoke German and French at the same levels. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994. Chalke's acting career began at age eight when she began appearing in musical theater productions. At 12, she became", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "4081466", "text": "of recognition. Chaos Chaos provided vocals to George Watsky on the song \"Brave New World\" off of his album x Infinity, which released on August 19, 2016. On August 27, 2017, The duo released the single \"Terryfold\", which features lead vocals from \"Rick and Morty\" co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland, who was a longtime fan. The song became the band's first charting single when it debuted at #33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Rock Songs chart in September 2017. After releasing the singles \"Dripping with Fire\" and \"On Turning 23\" in late 2017 and \"Pink Politics\" in April 2018, the", "title": "Chaos Chaos" }, { "docid": "19761545", "text": "return to Earth due to Rick's status as a wanted criminal. Rick turns himself into the Federation to allow his family to return home, and is incarcerated on a prison planet under the charges of having committed \"everything\". But in the season three premiere \"The Rickshank Redemption\", by taking out the Council of Ricks while saving Morty and Summer, it is revealed that Rick actually turned himself in to access the Federation's supercomputer and wipe it out financially. Rick also indirectly convinces Beth to divorce Jerry for trying to convince the family to sell him out. The premiere episode of", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19256320", "text": "\"it’s hard to feel special when you’re a face in the crowd of millions of people. A lot of bad behaving fans look for an excuse to be oppressed so they can separate themselves from the mainstream.\" Emily Gaudette of \"Newsweek\" said that, with the spike in popularity, the show has obtained an army of online devotees, and commented on groups like the self-described \"Real Ricks\", who identify themselves with the series' main character and believe that high intellect is an excuse for mistreating others. Gaudette noted that these groups do not represent the \"Rick and Morty\" fanbase, but they", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "14213188", "text": "alongside future-\"Scrubs\" star Sarah Chalke. In the 1999 movie \"Running Home\", Ayre co-starred with \"Babylon 5\" actress Claudia Christian, who is quoted as describing him as \"a very good actor and very easy to work with.\" Ayre also has appeared in odd episodes of such notable science fiction shows as \"The Outer Limits\", \"Stargate SG-1\" and \"The Dead Zone\", among other TV appearances. Appearing as 'Loran' in \"The Light\" (\"Stargate SG-1\" Season 4, episode 18), Ayre was required to cry, but eschewed the usual tricks of the trade, since he can \"cry on cue.\" Ayre has also lent his voice", "title": "Kristian Ayre" }, { "docid": "13437925", "text": "the season (except Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke who are absent for two). An accompanying web series that aired on ABC's website called \"\" was also created to coincide with the season, starring the new interns with guest appearances by the main cast. Another way ABC cut costs is to have the main cast absent in a few episodes. Series star Zach Braff is absent for an episode for the first time in the series, and only lends his voice to another episode. After a rumor-induced build-up to season eight, and it being believed that season seven was the last,", "title": "Scrubs (season 8)" }, { "docid": "20092325", "text": "Morty attempts to console her. After she attempts to push him away, Morty shows Summer the graves that he dug in their backyard (from the episode \"Rick Potion No. 9\"). He reveals the truth that the Morty from her reality is dead, and that he is not, in fact, her brother, but a brother from another reality. He then concludes by saying \"Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody is going to die... Come watch TV?\" Summer agrees to stay, and the two of them go back downstairs to watch TV with Rick and Jerry. The television in the", "title": "Rixty Minutes" }, { "docid": "19761548", "text": "sociopathic, emotionally abusive, dismissive, narcissistic, self-centered, incredibly intelligent and alcoholic mad scientist who often drags his 14-year-old grandson, Morty, and sometimes other members of his family on dangerous adventures. His intelligence makes him believe that existence is miserable and pointless, largely due to his knowledge of infinite universes and timelines with endless possibilities. However, he has proven to be quite wrong on several occasions, even by his more naive grandson. While he has shown signs of loving his family and caring deeply about his best friend Birdperson, he has also been shown to be very self-centered, emotionally abusive and willing", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "19273839", "text": "Lawnmower Dog \"Lawnmower Dog\" is the second episode of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on December 9, 2013, was written by Ryan Ridley, and directed by John Rice. In the episode, Rick gives Jerry a device to enhance the dog's intelligence while Rick and Morty get lost in the dreams of Morty's math teacher. The episode was well received, with approximately 1.5 million viewers when airing. The title is a reference to the movie \"The Lawnmower Man\" (1992), in which a scientist enhances the intellect of a simple-minded gardener. Meanwhile, the plot involving Rick and Morty's adventure", "title": "Lawnmower Dog" }, { "docid": "7987079", "text": "Spencer Grammer Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science fiction series \"Rick and Morty\" and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comedy-drama series \"Greek\". Grammer, born in Los Angeles, California, is the child of comedian and actor Kelsey Grammer and Doreen Alderman, and was named after her paternal aunt, who was murdered in 1975. She has six paternal half-siblings: three half-sisters (the actress Greer Grammer, Mason, and Faith) and three half-brothers (Jude, Gabriel, and James). She also", "title": "Spencer Grammer" }, { "docid": "4320412", "text": "voice of the \"Progressive Box\" in commercials for Progressive Insurance. Parnell voices Jerry on the Adult Swim show \"Rick and Morty\". On March 16, 2018, Parnell was cast in the main role of Wayne on the CBS sitcom \"Happy Together\". Chris Parnell Thomas Christopher Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, and singer. He is best known as a cast member on NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1998 to 2006 and for his role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's comedy series \"30 Rock\". In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX comedy", "title": "Chris Parnell" }, { "docid": "4320404", "text": "Chris Parnell Thomas Christopher Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, and singer. He is best known as a cast member on NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1998 to 2006 and for his role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's comedy series \"30 Rock\". In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX comedy series \"Archer\" and Jerry Smith on the Adult Swim sci-fi comedy series \"Rick and Morty\". He is also notable for his voice work on the animated PBS series \"WordGirl\", particularly as the narrator. He also voices \"The Progressive Box\" in", "title": "Chris Parnell" }, { "docid": "7139724", "text": "2008's \"100 Sexiest People\" in a special edition of the Australian magazine \"Who\". Fellow Conchord member McKenzie appeared on the same list. In 2015, Clement voiced a horse in two DirecTV commercials. In the same year, he voiced a \"mind-reading fart\" on an episode of the Adult Swim animated series \"Rick and Morty\", where he performed the song \"Goodbye Moonmen\". Clement also starred in the independent film, \"People Places Things\", which received positive reviews. In 2016, Clement lent his voice to Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab, in the Disney animated film \"Moana\", both in English, and the Māori dub. He", "title": "Jemaine Clement" }, { "docid": "20197276", "text": "Morty step away to the garage rather than participate in the impending argument. A short while later, Beth announces she is leaving Jerry. As the new status quo is established and Rick is left alone with Morty, he reveals to Morty that his ulterior motive was to make both the Galactic Federation and Jerry \"go away\", punishing Jerry for his betrayal in the second-season finale and ensuring his role as Morty's \"de facto\" male influence. This devolves into Rick going on a nonsensical tirade, in homage to his rant at the conclusion of the pilot episode, about how their adventures", "title": "The Rickshank Rickdemption" }, { "docid": "17689790", "text": "evolved beyond his original intentions and their obvious origin within the film from which it was culled. Harmon would later create and produce \"Community\", an NBC sitcom, while Roiland would work primarily in voice acting for Disney's \"Fish Hooks\" and Cartoon Network's \"Adventure Time\". In 2012, Harmon was briefly fired from \"Community\". Adult Swim, searching for a more prime-time, \"hit\" show, approached Harmon shortly afterward, who initially viewed the channel as unfit for his style. He also was unfamiliar with animation, and his process for creating television focuses more heavily on dialogue, characters, and story. Instead, he phoned Roiland to", "title": "Rick and Morty" }, { "docid": "7345913", "text": "worked on \"Gravity Falls\" as the voice of Sherlock Holmes (season 1, episode 3), \"Rick and Morty\" as an amoeba named Dr. Xenon Bloom (season 1, episode 3), \"People Like Us\" as a bank manager (season 2, episode 5), \"\" as the voice of Coach Green (season 1, episode 9), \"My Hero\" as a man from the BBC (season 2, episode 5), \"Green Wing\" as a car salesman (season 1, episode 1), and \"Bob's Burgers\" as a cat agent (season 7, episode 10). Oliver guest starred as Booth Wilkes-John in the 25th season episode \"Pay Pal\", of the FOX animated", "title": "John Oliver" }, { "docid": "19761547", "text": "to trick his interrogator into implanting a virus into the mind-reading device he was attached to, allowing him to hijack his body and escape from the Federation prison. At the end of the episode, Rick again insists, in a rant to Morty, that the death of his wife and daughter was a fake memory, though this may be simply him denying the truth to hide his feelings. Rick's catchphrase is \"Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub\", first introduced in the episode \"Meeseeks and Destroy\". In Birdperson's native language, the catchphrase translates to \"I am in great pain. Please help me\". Rick is a", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "17941684", "text": "season, both because he thought it was paced well, and due to the fact that he loved how insane it got in the end. Rick Potion No. 9 \"Rick Potion #9\" is the sixth episode of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on January 27, 2014, was written by Justin Roiland, and directed by Stephen Sandoval. In the episode, a love potion goes wrong, creating a virus that begins to infect the entire world population, making everyone fall in love with Morty. The episode received critical acclaim, receiving praise for its story, subplot, and ending, and was seen", "title": "Rick Potion No. 9" }, { "docid": "17941677", "text": "Rick Potion No. 9 \"Rick Potion #9\" is the sixth episode of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on January 27, 2014, was written by Justin Roiland, and directed by Stephen Sandoval. In the episode, a love potion goes wrong, creating a virus that begins to infect the entire world population, making everyone fall in love with Morty. The episode received critical acclaim, receiving praise for its story, subplot, and ending, and was seen by about 1.7 million viewers when airing. The title of the episode is in reference to the 1959 song \"Love Potion No. 9\" by", "title": "Rick Potion No. 9" }, { "docid": "19283983", "text": "timelines together, but Morty and Summer's continued uncertainty prevents the fusion from working. Rick's own uncertainty that his other self is potentially conspiring against him results in chaos. Soon, a Fourth Dimensional Being with a testicle for a head appears and scolds Rick for attempting to piece time together with just a crystal. He gives Rick, Morty and Summer time-stabilizing collars that restore order by fusing the timelines into a single one. However, since Rick obtained the time crystal by illegal means, the being tells them that they will go to Time Prison for eternity. Rick attempts to trick the", "title": "A Rickle in Time" }, { "docid": "19273847", "text": "welcome surprise when compared to the pilot\", giving it a 10/10. Lawnmower Dog \"Lawnmower Dog\" is the second episode of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on December 9, 2013, was written by Ryan Ridley, and directed by John Rice. In the episode, Rick gives Jerry a device to enhance the dog's intelligence while Rick and Morty get lost in the dreams of Morty's math teacher. The episode was well received, with approximately 1.5 million viewers when airing. The title is a reference to the movie \"The Lawnmower Man\" (1992), in which a scientist enhances the intellect of", "title": "Lawnmower Dog" }, { "docid": "20092329", "text": "shows (especially improvised ones), the output is hit or miss.\" Rixty Minutes \"Rixty Minutes\" is the eighth episode of the first season of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on March 17, 2014. The episode was written by Tom Kauffman and Justin Roiland, and directed by Bryan Newton. In the episode, Rick and Morty watch cable from other dimensions, while Jerry, Beth, and Summer watch alternate reality versions of themselves using a pair of interdimensional goggles. The episode was well received and watched by about 1.48 million viewers in the United States. After Rick expresses his disgust for", "title": "Rixty Minutes" }, { "docid": "20092321", "text": "Rixty Minutes \"Rixty Minutes\" is the eighth episode of the first season of \"Rick and Morty\". It premiered on Adult Swim on March 17, 2014. The episode was written by Tom Kauffman and Justin Roiland, and directed by Bryan Newton. In the episode, Rick and Morty watch cable from other dimensions, while Jerry, Beth, and Summer watch alternate reality versions of themselves using a pair of interdimensional goggles. The episode was well received and watched by about 1.48 million viewers in the United States. After Rick expresses his disgust for the quality of modern television, he replaces the Smith family's", "title": "Rixty Minutes" }, { "docid": "20092323", "text": "and says they are focusing on the wrong things. When Jerry, Beth and Summer beg Rick to show them their alternate lives, he pulls out a pair of Inter-Dimensional Goggles that will allow them to see through the eyes of their alternate selves. Morty stays with Rick and the two continue to watch various commercials and clips from alternate realities. While Rick and Morty are watching Interdimensional cable, Jerry, Beth and Summer are in the kitchen taking turns using the goggles. Jerry sees himself doing cocaine with Johnny Depp while Beth sees herself operating on a person instead of a", "title": "Rixty Minutes" }, { "docid": "19761550", "text": "sauce once available at McDonald's as a promotional item for the film \"Mulan\". Rick is a polymath who is agnostic about scientific specialties; he seems to dabble in everything from electrical engineering to nanomedicine to quantum mechanics to nuclear biology. Rick has been stated to be pansexual by Justin Roiland, one of the show's creators and executive producers. This was shown in \"Auto Erotic Assimilation\", when Rick connects with Unity, an ex-lover who is a collective hive mind of assimilated individuals from the planet they occupy. Throughout the series, Rick's sexuality has also been heavily hinted at, mostly in his", "title": "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)" }, { "docid": "3258775", "text": "a reporter on the Canadian children's show \"KidZone\". In 1993, she took over the role of Rebecca Conner-Healy on \"Roseanne\" after Lecy Goranson left the series; Chalke made a cameo appearance as a different character in the \"Roseanne\" episode \"Halloween: The Final Chapter\" (#178, originally aired October 31, 1995) after Goranson returned. Chalke later returned to the role of Becky after Goranson departed for a second time. After the show ended, Chalke returned briefly to Canada, where she starred in the CBC Television drama \"Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy\" (1998–1999). In 2001, she was cast as Dr. Elliot Reid", "title": "Sarah Chalke" }, { "docid": "19256321", "text": "\"tend to suck all the oxygen out of the virtual room.\" Series co-creator Justin Roiland said on his Twitter account that he sees more good than bad in the series' fanbase, and chooses to focus on that. \"Rick and Morty\" received a total of eight nominations for its third season in 2017 and 2018, of which it won an IGN Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, both in the categories for \"Best Animated Series\". Furthermore, the episode \"Pickle Rick\" received three nominations, of which it won an Emmy Award for \"Outstanding Animated Program\" and an Annie Award for \"Best", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17941681", "text": "reference to famous director of body horror films David Cronenberg), Rick decides the situation is beyond repair; rather than make another attempt to fix the world, he instead finds another dimension in which two specific events occurred: an alternate version of himself and Morty successfully created a working antidote and turned everything back to normal, and also died soon afterwards. Rick and Morty enter the new reality, the latter visibly traumatized by the transpired events and his counterpart's gruesome death, and they bury their alternate selves in the backyard before quietly assuming their place, leaving no one but themselves with", "title": "Rick Potion No. 9" } ]

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The Authority is the state-level counterpart to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Authority is led by a Board of Directors, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The Board in turn appoints the Administrator of the Authority, who serves as the chief executive officer of", "title": "Oklahoma Health Care Authority" }, { "docid": "661573", "text": "Medicaid Medicaid in the United States is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, like nursing home care and personal care services. The Health Insurance Association of America describes Medicaid as a \"government insurance program for persons of all ages whose income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care\". Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 74 million", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "11465767", "text": "of coverage has been accepted by the state where the person resides. Meanwhile, Medicaid benefits must be the same as the essential benefit in the newly created state exchanges. The federal government will fully fund the expansion of Medicaid initially, with some of the financial responsibility gradually devolving back to the states by 2020. In 2011, there were 7.6 million hospital stays billed to Medicaid, representing 15.6% (approximately $60.2 billion) of total aggregate inpatient hospital costs in the United States. The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a joint state/federal program to provide health insurance to children in families who", "title": "Health insurance in the United States" }, { "docid": "14775511", "text": "and early intervention strategies. The division is responsible for the assessment and investigation of all reports to the Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline. The MO HealthNet Division (MHD) administers the MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) program. MO HealthNet provides medical services to eligible participants within defined program benefits in somewhat the same way insurance companies provide coverage for their policyholders. The services provided include those required by the federal government such as hospital and physician services. Also included are optional services such as pharmaceutical and personal care services authorized by the Missouri General Assembly and identified in state statute. A mandatory Medicaid managed", "title": "Missouri Department of Social Services" }, { "docid": "4070388", "text": "part of an overall retirement plan to protect assets from the high costs and burdens of extended health care. Other benefits of long-term care insurance: In the United States, Medicaid will provide long-term care services for the poor or those who spend-down assets because of care and exhaust their assets. In most states you must spend down to $2000. If there is a living spouse/partner they may keep an additional amount. A welfare program, Medicaid does provide medically necessary services for people with limited resources who \"need nursing home care but can stay at home with special community care services.\"", "title": "Long-term care insurance" }, { "docid": "6430807", "text": "the United States. Out-of-pocket spending accounted for 18% of national long-term care spending, private long-term care insurance accounted for 7%, and other organizations and agencies accounted for the remaining expenses. Moreover, 67% of all nursing home residents used Medicaid as their primary source of payment. Private Long-Term Care Insurance in 2017 paid over $9.2 Billion in benefits and claims for these policies continue to grow. The largest claim to one person is reported to be over $2 million in benefits Medicaid is one of the dominant players in the nation's long-term care market because there is a failure of private", "title": "Long-term care" }, { "docid": "11465762", "text": "afford private coverage. Other public programs include military health benefits provided through TRICARE and the Veterans Health Administration and benefits provided through the Indian Health Service. Some states have additional programs for low-income individuals. In 2011, approximately 60 percent of stays were billed to Medicare and Medicaid—up from 52 percent in 1997. In the United States, Medicare is a federal social insurance program that provides health insurance to people over the age of 65, individuals who become totally and permanently disabled, end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and people with ALS. Recent research has found that the health trends of", "title": "Health insurance in the United States" }, { "docid": "661623", "text": "to the direct reduction in out-of-pocket expenditures.\" A 2016 paper found that Medicaid has substantial positive long-term effects on the health of recipients: \"Early childhood Medicaid eligibility reduces mortality and disability and, for whites, increases extensive margin labor supply, and reduces receipt of disability transfer programs and public health insurance up to 50 years later. Total income does not change because earnings replace disability benefits.\" The government recoups its investment in Medicaid through savings on benefit payments later in life and greater payment of taxes because recipients of Medicaid are healthier: \"The government earns a discounted annual return of between", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "12880438", "text": "shown evidence that standing wheelchairs may provide specific health benefits. Some of these health benefits include improved circulation, urinary health, bowel function and bone density. Standing wheelchairs may also improve over all quality of life and independence among users. Medicare may help fund some portion of a standing wheelchair, while Medicaid funding varies from state-to-state in the U.S. Many insurance companies, vocational rehabilitation organizations, and medical case managers are increasingly funding standing wheelchairs because of the long-term health and quality of life benefits that come from passive standing. Funding (government funding or insurance) for standing equipment is achievable, but usually", "title": "Standing wheelchair" }, { "docid": "4607539", "text": "Medicare dual eligible Dual-eligible beneficiaries (Medicare dual eligibles or \"duals\") refers to those qualifying for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits. In the United States, approximately 9.2 million people are eligible for \"dual\" status spending an estimated $319.5 billion in 2011 alone. Dual-eligibles make up 14% of Medicaid enrollment, yet they are responsible for approximately 36% of Medicaid expenditures. Similarly, duals total 20% of Medicare enrollment, and spend 31% of Medicare dollars. Dual-eligibles are often in poorer health and require more care compared with other Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The reason that the cost for dual-eligible long-term care is high is", "title": "Medicare dual eligible" }, { "docid": "20843574", "text": "Medically indigent adult Medically Indigent Adults (MIAs) in the health care system of the United States are persons who do not have health insurance and who are not eligible for other health care such as Medicaid, Medicare, or private health insurance. This is a term that is used both medically and for the general public. According to data reported by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in 2017, 45% of non-elderly adults do not have medical insurance because of cost. Those who are \"medically indigent earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to purchase either health insurance", "title": "Medically indigent adult" }, { "docid": "11994205", "text": "states that have not expanded Medicaid had a higher uninsured rate than those that did. The causes of this rate of uninsurance remain a matter of political debate. Nearly half those without insurance cite its cost as the primary factor. Rising insurance costs have contributed to a trend in which fewer employers are offering health insurance, and many employers are managing costs by requiring higher employee contributions. Many of the uninsured are the working poor or are unemployed. Health insurance coverage is provided by several public and private sources in the United States. Analyzing these statistics is more challenging due", "title": "Health insurance coverage in the United States" }, { "docid": "12914825", "text": "longer working. Medicare is another prominent program, among other healthcare provisions such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Not including Social Security and Medicare, Congress allocated almost $717 billion in federal funds in 2010 plus $210 billion was allocated in state funds ($927 billion total) for means tested welfare programs in the United States, of which half was for medical care and roughly 40% for cash, food and housing assistance. Some of these programs include funding for public schools, job training, SSI benefits and medicaid. , the public social spending-to-GDP ratio in the United States was below", "title": "Social programs in the United States" }, { "docid": "13393141", "text": "of 2003 (MMA) put Medicare Part D into effect on January 1, 2006, expanding Medicare benefits to include subsidized prescription products for Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. Drug coupons may not be used for prescription products paid for in full or in part by any government sponsored insurance such as Medicare Part D, Medicaid, MediCal Tricare, etc. However, patients in the so-called Medicare Part D \"doughnut hole\" who pay cash for their medication may use coupons. Citation needed Coupons are prevalent in product categories where there is a lot of competition, such as dermatology products, lipid modifying agents and", "title": "Drug coupon" }, { "docid": "4024921", "text": "care; and tax benefits aimed at making health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access. During Jindal tenure, over 11,000 uninsured children were added to the State's Children's Health Insurance Program. He also opposed a federal government-run, single-payer system, but supported state efforts to reduce the uninsured population. He has also supported expanding services for autistic children, and promoted a national childhood cancer database. In collaboration with Health Secretary Alan Levine, Jindal drafted the Louisiana Health First Initiative. This plan focused on expanding health insurance coverage for the state's indigent population, increasing Medicaid choice, reducing", "title": "Bobby Jindal" }, { "docid": "13968299", "text": "budgetary strain on U.S. state and federal governments, particularly through Medicare and Medicaid spending (Medicaid provides long-term care for the elderly poor). Maintaining the long-term fiscal health of the U.S. federal government is significantly dependent on healthcare costs being controlled. In addition, the number of employers who offer health insurance has declined and costs for employer-paid health insurance are rising: from 2001 to 2007, premiums for family coverage increased 78%, while wages rose 19% and prices rose 17%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Even for those who are employed, the private insurance in the US varies greatly in its", "title": "Health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration" }, { "docid": "19992590", "text": "federal Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program (TANF), eligible families may receive up to 60 months of cash assistance. Under the Safety Net Assistance (SNA) program, single individuals without children, and families who have already received cash assistance for 60 months, may receive benefits. An individual or family may receive SNA for up to 24 months unless exempt from work requirements or HIV-positive, after which the local government directly pays rent and utilities with a small cash allowance. NY State of Health is the state health insurance marketplace and also determines eligibility for Medicaid and Child Health Plus. The federal", "title": "Welfare in New York" }, { "docid": "2450058", "text": "Democrats for eliminating a requirement that anyone applying for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) services provide proof of U.S. citizenship\". According to Tancredo, \"[t]he new Democrat plan would raise taxes and make it easier for illegal aliens to obtain taxpayer-funded medical benefits.\" Tancredo has made it a point in all of his public speeches to differentiate between those who enter the United States legally and those who come illegally. He frequently attends naturalization ceremonies to support new citizens for \"doing it the right way\". A journalist at RedState has criticized Tancredo for accepting political contributions from anti-illegal", "title": "Tom Tancredo" }, { "docid": "661576", "text": "standards. Research suggests that Medicaid improves recipients' financial security. However, the evidence is mixed regarding whether Medicaid actually improves health outcomes, although \"the best existing evidence says [having health insurance] improves health\". Medicaid and Medicare are the two government sponsored medical insurance schemes in the United States and are administered by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning in the 1980s, many states received waivers from the federal government to create Medicaid managed care programs. Under managed care, Medicaid recipients are enrolled in a private health plan, which receives a fixed monthly premium from the state.", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "10943753", "text": "Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits The Under Secretary for Benefits, in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, directs the Veterans Benefits Administration through regional offices in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The Under Secretary is responsible for the administration of benefits provided by the Department to veterans and dependents, including compensation, pension, education, home loan guaranty, vocational rehabilitation, and life insurance. The current Under Secretary is Paul R. Lawrence, who was sworn in on May 15, 2018. The previous Under Secretary, Allison A. Hickey, resigned in October 2015. The Under Secretary", "title": "Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits" }, { "docid": "13488633", "text": "months. 8.02 million people had signed up through the health insurance marketplaces. An additional 4.8 million joined Medicaid. Enrollment for 2015 began on November 15, 2014 and ended on December 15, 2014. Private non-ACA health care exchanges also exist in many states, responsible for enrolling 3 million people. These exchanges predate the Affordable Care Act and facilitate insurance plans for employees of small and medium size businesses. Health insurance exchanges in the United States expand insurance coverage while allowing insurers to compete in cost-efficient ways and help them to comply with consumer protection laws. Exchanges are not themselves insurers, so", "title": "Health insurance marketplace" }, { "docid": "1700522", "text": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards. In addition to these programs, CMS has other responsibilities, including the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), quality standards in long-term care facilities (more commonly referred to as", "title": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services" }, { "docid": "9717281", "text": "mental health benefits on his family's health plan. As a result, the O'Clairs were forced to relinquish full custody of their child in order to make him eligible for Medicaid which paid for all the services which Timothy needed. However, when Timothy returned home, he once again was bound by the limits of his parents medical insurance benefits. In 2003, Timothy's parents joined other mental health advocates and lent Timothy's name to the parity movement in New York State and petitioned the state government to pass a law that would require health plans to provide coverage for mental health ailments", "title": "Timothy's Law" }, { "docid": "9759081", "text": "Making employer-provided insurance portable by converting the current tax exclusion for health benefits into a tax deduction for individuals; for example, the deduction that a typical family of four would receive would be $19,000 nearly 50% more than the $13,000 they spent on health care; The establishment or identification of a \"State Health Help Agency\" in each U.S. state government which would administer the HAPI plans in each state, help its citizens evaluate the options available, oversee enrollment, and help with the transition from Medicaid and CHIP, among other responsibilities; The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and State Children's Health", "title": "Healthy Americans Act" } ]

[ { "docid": "3077625", "text": "of private companies to administer portions of their SCHIP benefits. These programs, typically referred to as Medicaid managed care, allow private insurance companies or health maintenance organizations to contract directly with a state Medicaid department at a fixed price per enrollee. The health plans then enroll eligible individuals into their programs and become responsible for assuring SCHIP benefits are delivered to eligible beneficiaries. In Ohio, SCHIP funds are used to expand eligibility for the state's Medicaid program. Thus all Medicaid rules and regulations (including cost sharing and benefits) apply. Children from birth through age 18 who live in families with", "title": "Children's Health Insurance Program" }, { "docid": "3390047", "text": "reducing some other benefits. TennCare TennCare is the state Medicaid program in the U.S. state of Tennessee. TennCare was established in 1994 under a federal waiver that authorized deviations from the standard Medicaid rules. It was the first state Medicaid program to enroll all Medicaid recipients in managed care. When first implemented, it also offered health insurance to other residents who did not have other insurance. Over time, the non-Medicaid component of the program was significantly reduced. TennCare was started in the early 1990s under Governor Ned McWherter as a health care reform initiative that had the twin goals of", "title": "TennCare" }, { "docid": "11465768", "text": "earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance. The statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act. CHIP programs are run by the individual states according to requirements set by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and may be structured as independent programs separate from Medicaid (separate child health programs), as expansions of their Medicaid programs (CHIP Medicaid expansion programs), or combine these approaches (CHIP combination programs). States receive enhanced federal funds for their CHIP programs at a rate above the regular Medicaid match. Health benefits", "title": "Health insurance in the United States" }, { "docid": "11252941", "text": "health reform plan. EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) is the child health component of Medicaid. Federal statutes and regulations state that children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to EPSDT benefits and that States must cover a broad array of preventive and treatment services. Unlike private insurance, EPSDT is designed to address problems early, ameliorate conditions, and intervene as early as possible. For the 25 million children enrolled in Medicaid and entitled to EPSDT in 2012, the program is a vital source of coverage and a means to improve the health and", "title": "EPSDT" }, { "docid": "11252912", "text": "EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) is the child health component of Medicaid. Federal statutes and regulations state that children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to EPSDT benefits and that States must cover a broad array of preventive and treatment services. Unlike private insurance, EPSDT is designed to address problems early, ameliorate conditions, and intervene as early as possible. For the 25 million children enrolled in Medicaid and entitled to EPSDT in 2012, the program is a vital source of coverage and a means to improve the health and well-being of beneficiaries.", "title": "EPSDT" }, { "docid": "18675383", "text": "benefit funds. The company buys life insurance policies for a portion of their value, paying the policy premiums then collecting the death benefits. The purchase of a life insurance policy is paid into an FDIC insured account which sends monthly payments to a long-term care provider. The company is headquartered in Maine and has offices in California and New York. Seniors with a life insurance policy are not eligible for Medicaid. Orestis created a model for middle-class people to pay for long-term care when they cannot pay out of pocket or through Medicaid. He made legislation reform recommendations based on", "title": "Life Care Funding" }, { "docid": "16348895", "text": "state per §122C-116. According to G.S. §122C-115.4, LMEs are responsible for management and oversight of the public system of mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services at the community level. Medicaid \"is a health insurance program for low-income individuals and families who cannot afford health care costs. Medicaid serves low-income parents, children, seniors, and people with disabilities.\" According to the Fiscal Research Division of the N.C. General Assembly, \"Medicaid is the fastest growing program in the state budget. In 2009, the authorized state budget for Medicaid was $3.2 billion, or 15% of the state's $21.2 billion authorized operating budget—an", "title": "Mental health reform in North Carolina" }, { "docid": "18859388", "text": "State Senator Jeff Klein was introduced to the New York Assembly in 2008. It aimed to offset the costs of the New York Medicaid program by focusing on accelerated death benefits. The bill was signed into law by Governor David Paterson on December 14, 2010 and expanded the definition of “life insurance.” The change included the ability to provide a living benefit to pay for long term care, meaning people who have been in nursing homes for over three months can apply accelerated death benefits toward housing and care costs. National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) passed the Life Insurance", "title": "Long Term Care Benefit Plan" }, { "docid": "17785204", "text": "who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and other crosscutting areas. The Division of Health Care Delivery Systems is responsible for functions related to health services, health organizations and health care delivery systems. The division's focus includes consumer information such as patient's bill of rights, incentives for private health insurance and health care, matters concerning the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), health care organization, and the interaction between public and private health care and insurance. The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP) is responsible for policy development and coordination, and for the conduct and coordination of research,", "title": "Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation" }, { "docid": "10280293", "text": "Health Insurance Premium Payment Program The Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP) is a Medicaid program that allows a recipient to receive free private health insurance paid for entirely by their state's Medicaid program. A Medicaid recipient must be deemed 'cost effective' by the HIPP program of their state. Ultimately, the program was made optional, and its use is minimal. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90) authorized states to implement a HIPP program. HIPP is for families who have at least one person who gets Medicaid and can get private insurance through a family member’s work. As of", "title": "Health Insurance Premium Payment Program" }, { "docid": "13825315", "text": "the federal poverty level (FPL). Above 200% of the FPL, the percentage of the credit that can be claimed decreases by 1 percentage point for each $1,000 earned over 200% of the FPL. Section 102 directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a payment system to allow for the credit to be paid directly to the insurance provider to cover premium expenses in advance. Under Section 103, individuals who are otherwise eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, a state child health insurance program (SCHIP), TRICARE, veterans' benefits, federal employee health benefits (FEHBP), or a group health plan subsidized", "title": "Empowering Patients First Act" }, { "docid": "18859386", "text": "sale of a life insurance policy can keep people off Medicaid. By exchanging a life insurance policy for a Long Term Care Benefit Plan, the benefits go toward long term care including assisted living, home health care, and nursing homes. The conversion takes away the responsibility of premium payments from the family and there is no wait period before benefits begin. The policy transfer is subject to regulatory standards in each state. Benefits are deposited into a FDIC-insured benefit account that follows federal and state banking regulations and is held by a nationally chartered bank and trust company. The benefit", "title": "Long Term Care Benefit Plan" }, { "docid": "688504", "text": "Lou Gehrig's disease). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administers Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (\"Obamacare\"). Along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, the CMS also implements the insurance reform provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and most aspects of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 as amended. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is responsible for determining Medicare eligibility, eligibility for and", "title": "Medicare (United States)" }, { "docid": "9473233", "text": "fee on businesses with 11 employees or more that do not provide health insurance. Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental and eyeglass benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid. However, the state legislature overrode all of the vetoes. Romney said of the measure overall, \"There really wasn't Republican or Democrat in this. People ask me if this is conservative or liberal, and my answer is yes. It's liberal in the sense that we're getting our citizens health insurance. It's conservative in that we're not", "title": "Governorship of Mitt Romney" }, { "docid": "661618", "text": "stays. Medicaid does not pay benefits to individuals directly; Medicaid sends benefit payments to health care providers. In some states Medicaid beneficiaries are required to pay a small fee (co-payment) for medical services. Medicaid is limited by federal law to the coverage of \"medically necessary services\". Since Medicaid program was established in 1965, \"states have been permitted to recover from the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients who were over age 65 when they received benefits and who had no surviving spouse, minor child, or adult disabled child.\" In 1993, Congress enacted the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which required", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "2703866", "text": "in 2011. SCHIP is a federal-state partnership that serves certain children and families who do not qualify for Medicaid but who cannot afford private coverage. Other public programs include military health benefits provided through TRICARE and the Veterans Health Administration and benefits provided through the Indian Health Service. Some states have additional programs for low-income individuals. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, health advocacy companies began to appear to help patients deal with the complexities of the healthcare system. The complexity of the healthcare system has resulted in a variety of problems for the American public. A study found", "title": "Health insurance" }, { "docid": "17593284", "text": "Maryland Health Connection The Maryland Health Connection (administered by the Maryland Health Benefits Exchange) is the health insurance exchange in the U.S. state of Maryland, created in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The marketplace is offered to individuals and families who are not covered through their employers. It allows enrollees to compare health insurance plans and provides those who qualify with access to tax credits. It also provides access to Medicaid enrollment for low-income Marylanders. Enrollment started on October 1, 2013. As of February 1, 2014, 29,059 people had enrolled in private health plans through Maryland", "title": "Maryland Health Connection" }, { "docid": "661546", "text": "by making its benefits available to everyone over sixty-five, regardless of need, and by linking payments to the existing private insurance system. In 1966 welfare recipients of all ages received medical care through the Medicaid program. Medicaid was created on July 30, 1965 under Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965. Each state administers its own Medicaid program while the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) monitors the state-run programs and establishes requirements for service delivery, quality, funding, and eligibility standards. A number of improvements were made to the Social Security program in terms of both", "title": "Great Society" }, { "docid": "3008350", "text": "payment of property taxes and insurance for the borrower's expected remaining life span. FHA implemented the LESA to reduce defaults based on the nonpayment of property taxes and insurance. The American Bar Association guide advises that generally, The money received from a reverse mortgage is considered a loan advance. It therefore is not taxable and does not directly affect Social Security or Medicare benefits. However, an American Bar Association guide to reverse mortgages explains that if borrowers receive Medicaid, SSI, or other public benefits, loan advances will be counted as \"liquid assets\" if the money is kept in an account", "title": "Reverse mortgage" }, { "docid": "17166845", "text": "those without health insurance to pay a penalty) would increase the uninsured by 13 million by 2027, reducing the budget deficit by $338 billion over 10 years as subsidies fall. CBO also estimated that ending the mandate would encourage healthier people to drop out of the marketplaces, thus raising premiums by up to 10%. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for about 74 million people (as of 2017) with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, like nursing home care and personal care services. Medicaid is the", "title": "Health care finance in the United States" }, { "docid": "7834176", "text": "Arkansas, suffered severe and permanently disabling injuries in a car accident on January 2, 1996, and filed suit against those she believed responsible. Following her accident, Ahlborn was granted Medicaid benefits to pay for her extensive medical treatment. The Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), which administers Medicaid in Arkansas with state and federal funds, intervened pursuant to Ark. Code § 20-77-310, et seq., which required anyone receiving third-party compensation for Medicaid benefits to assign those rights to the State. ADHS accordingly sought to claim a lien on any damages Ahlborn might recover from the defendants. In 2002, an out-of-court", "title": "Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Ahlborn" }, { "docid": "2446407", "text": "them pension and benefits. McCarthy, who has dyslexia, testified in support of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and co-sponsored an act to fund early detection of dyslexia. In September 2007, McCarthy supported an increase of $35 billion for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the national program to provide health care for children from families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private health insurance. She said, \"No child in the 4th Congressional District, Long Island, or anywhere throughout our nation should ever go without medical care.\" The increase passed but was later vetoed", "title": "Carolyn McCarthy" }, { "docid": "13438466", "text": "the other 99 largest Dayton companies in that time frame. After the passing of the Affordable Care Act, CareSource worked with provider partners in 2013 to create an affordable option for Ohioans. They entered the Health Insurance Exchange and created a product which allowed the company to enter the commercial insurance market. In 2014, MyCare Ohio was launched to integrate Medicare and Medicaid benefits. CareSource used this opportunity to create a plan which assimilates both Medicaid and Medicare into one CareSource health plan. The company would also exceed 2,000 employees and occupy the offices in three buildings in downtown Dayton", "title": "CareSource" }, { "docid": "4070395", "text": "Options such as spousal survivorship, non-forfeiture, restoration of benefits and return of premium are available with most plans. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 makes Partnership plans available to all states. Partnership provides \"lifetime asset protection\" from the Medicaid spend-down requirement. As of March 2014, 41 states had active Long Term Care Insurance Partnership programs. Most policies pay benefits when the policyholder needs help with two or more of six ADLs or when a cognitive impairment is present. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services all tax-qualified long-term care insurance plans have the same trigger. Most policies", "title": "Long-term care insurance" }, { "docid": "7755031", "text": "conditions. Over the last half-century, there appears to be little or no response of legal immigration to the U.S. unemployment rate.\" Illegal immigrants are not eligible for most federally-funded safety net programs. Illegal immigrants are barred from receiving benefits from Medicare, non-emergency Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Medicare program; they also cannot participate in health insurance marketplaces or eligible to receive insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Illegal immigrants contribute up to $12 billion annually to the Social Security Trust Fund, but are not eligible to receive any Social Security benefits. Unless the illegal", "title": "Illegal immigration to the United States" }, { "docid": "7649554", "text": "dental benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid. The legislature promptly overrode six of the eight gubernatorial section vetoes, on May 4, 2006, and by mid-June 2006 had overridden the remaining two. The enacted statute, Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, established a system to require individuals, with a few exceptions, to obtain health insurance. Chapter 58 had several key provisions: the creation of the Health Connector; the establishment of the subsidized Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Program; the employer Fair Share Contribution and", "title": "Massachusetts health care reform" }, { "docid": "10589195", "text": "affordable according to state standards. Employers with eleven or more employees are mandated to offer approved insurance plans for employees.<br> Romney had vetoed eight sections of the health care legislation, including a $295 per person fee on businesses with 11 employees or more that do not provide health insurance. Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental and eyeglass benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid. However, the state legislature overrode all of the vetoes. It remains to be seen if the resulting law can be", "title": "Healthcare policies of candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "16046579", "text": "people of any age who have End-Stage Renal Disease (ERSD). Medicaid, on the other hand, provides health coverage to certain low income people and families and is largely state-governed. However, studies have shown that for-profit hospitals tend to make healthcare less accessible to uninsured patients in addition to those under Medicaid in an effort to contain costs. Another program, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides low cost health insurance to children in families who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private health insurance on their own. The necessity of achieving equity in quality of and access", "title": "Structural inequality" }, { "docid": "11465766", "text": "instituted for the very poor in 1965. Since enrollees must pass a means test, Medicaid is a social welfare or social protection program rather than a social insurance program. Despite its establishment, the percentage of US residents who lack any form of health insurance has increased since 1994. It has been reported that the number of physicians accepting Medicaid has decreased in recent years because of lower reimbursement rates. The Affordable Care Act dramatically expanded Medicaid. The program will now cover everyone with incomes under 133% of the federal poverty level who does not qualify for Medicare, provided this expansion", "title": "Health insurance in the United States" }, { "docid": "14583431", "text": "Florida Division of Insurance Fraud Established by the legislature in 1976, The Division of Insurance Fraud is the law enforcement arm of the Department of Financial Services and is responsible for investigating insurance fraud; crimes associated with claim fraud, insurance premium fraud, workers' compensation claim fraud, workers’ compensation premium avoidance and diversions, insurer insolvency fraud, unauthorized insurance entity fraud and insurance agent crimes. The law enforcement detectives of the Division of Insurance Fraud also investigate viatical application fraud, defalcations of escrow funds held in trust by title insurance firms, and non-Medicaid related health care fraud. According to a 2007-2008 report", "title": "Florida Division of Insurance Fraud" }, { "docid": "9175411", "text": "Medicare benefit breakdown (including the doughnut hole) for 2018. The costs shown in the table above represent the 2018 defined standard Medicare Part D prescription drug plan parameters released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in April 2017. Individual Medicare Part D plans may choose to offer more generous benefits but must meet the minimum standards established by the defined standard benefit. The 2018 Medicare Part D standard benefit includes a deductible of $405 (the amount that beneficiaries must pay out of pocket before their insurance benefits kick in) and a 25% co-insurance up to the initial", "title": "Medicare Part D coverage gap" }, { "docid": "11356934", "text": "1996, 2000 and 2006. Another reauthorization was due in 2009. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides primary medical care — including dentistry — and support services to individuals living with the disease who lack health insurance or personal financial resources to pay for their own care. For most, it is the “program of last resort,\" covering those who do not qualify for any other health benefits program, including Medicare or Medicaid. While clinical care and support services are the primary focus of the program, Ryan White also funds training and technical assistance for medical professionals as well as demonstration projects", "title": "HIV/AIDS Bureau" }, { "docid": "19795525", "text": "it becomes the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS). In 1988, the National Assembly amends the Constitution of the Republic and establishes the permanence of the IESS as the only independent institution responsible for the implementation of the General Compulsory Insurance. Benefits and services are delivered through four specialized Insurance: health, pensions, social security and peasant work risks. Health Insurance Benefits: Pension Insurance Benefits Features Work Risk Insurance Benefits of the Seguro Social Campesino Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security The Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (Spanish: \"Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS)\"), is an autonomous entity that is part of the social", "title": "Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security" }, { "docid": "661607", "text": "of inadmissibility and deportability. Collectively, the various sources addressing the meaning of public charge have historically suggested that an alien's receipt of public benefits, per se, is unlikely to result in the alien being deemed to be removable on public charge grounds. One-third of children and over half (59%) of low-income children are insured through Medicaid or SCHIP. The insurance provides them with access to preventive and primary services which are used at a much higher rate than for the uninsured, but still below the utilization of privately insured patients. As of February 2011, a record 90% of children have", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "11843066", "text": "composed of healthcare consultants, lawyers, project managers, technology strategists, analysts and policy advisors. They frequently publish by-lined articles and speak with media on major health industry issues. Clients include hospitals, payers, physician practices, state policymakers and agencies, foundations, associations, and technology companies. In January 2016, the group added Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as a managing director. She is a former deputy center director and deputy director for policy and regulation at the Centers for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Other notable professionals include Deborah Bachrach, former director of New York State Medicaid and Deputy Commissioner of", "title": "Manatt, Phelps & Phillips" }, { "docid": "3390041", "text": "TennCare TennCare is the state Medicaid program in the U.S. state of Tennessee. TennCare was established in 1994 under a federal waiver that authorized deviations from the standard Medicaid rules. It was the first state Medicaid program to enroll all Medicaid recipients in managed care. When first implemented, it also offered health insurance to other residents who did not have other insurance. Over time, the non-Medicaid component of the program was significantly reduced. TennCare was started in the early 1990s under Governor Ned McWherter as a health care reform initiative that had the twin goals of controlling rising Medicaid costs", "title": "TennCare" }, { "docid": "661580", "text": "who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability (SSD), and low-income seniors 65 and older. The details of how each category is defined vary from state to state. Some states operate a program known as the Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP). This program allows a Medicaid recipient to have private health insurance paid for by Medicaid. As of 2008 relatively few states had premium assistance programs and enrollment was relatively low. Interest in this approach remained high, however. Included in the Social Security program under Medicaid are dental services. These dental services are optional for adults above", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "1700523", "text": "nursing homes) through its survey and certification process, clinical laboratory quality standards under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, and oversight of HealthCare.gov. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments on July 30, 1965, establishing both Medicare and Medicaid. Arthur E. Hess, a deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration, was named as first director of the Bureau of Health Insurance in 1965, placing him as the first executive in charge of the Medicare program. At the time, the program provided health insurance to 19 million Americans. The Social Security Administration (SSA) became responsible for the administration of Medicare", "title": "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services" }, { "docid": "12973667", "text": "restrict access to hospice care to pediatric patients undergoing life-extending treatment. The cost of hospice care may be met by health insurance providers, including Medicare or Medicaid for eligible Americans. Hospice is covered 100% with no co-pay or deductible by Medicare Part A except that patients are responsible for a copay for outpatient drugs and respite care, if needed. (Respite care may be necessary, for instance, if a family member who is providing home hospice care is briefly unable to perform his or her duties and an alternative care provider becomes necessary.) As of 2008, Medicare was responsible for around", "title": "Hospice care in the United States" }, { "docid": "1646745", "text": "into law comprehensive health care legislation that provided health insurance coverage, under Family Health Plus, to lower income adults who do not have health insurance through their employers. Child Health plus greatly expanded coverage for poorer families with children under 19 who did not qualify for Medicaid. By 2001, 530,000 children had been enrolled in the program. Family Health Plus would expand insurance coverage even further, offering free insurance to families and single adults who had too much income to be covered by Medicaid but could not afford insurance. Pataki also increased the affordability and availability of medication for seniors", "title": "George Pataki" }, { "docid": "1281068", "text": "one of their parents. In some cases it may be possible that a child has another living arrangement. This happens when the child does not live with either parent. Living arrangement D is for individuals in facility where the medicaid pays over fifty percent. A person is only due a check of fifty dollars per month. This is because it considered that the individual has all his basic needs met. Total Beneficiaries 8,002,032 Generally, the person qualifying for benefits is determined to be capable of managing their own financial affairs, and the benefits may be disbursed directly to them. In", "title": "Supplemental Security Income" }, { "docid": "15044505", "text": "and employees of municipalities and other public entities, called \"participating local districts\" (PLDs) that have chosen to provide retirement plans through MainePERS. The System is also responsible for the payment of retirement and survivors' benefits to former governors and their surviving spouses and to judges who retired prior to the establishment of the Judicial Retirement Program in 1984. In addition, the System administers a Group Life Insurance Program that provides or makes available life insurance benefits for active and retired System members and for the employees of a few PLDs for whom MainePERS administers only the Group Life Insurance Program.", "title": "Maine Public Employees Retirement System" }, { "docid": "1544074", "text": "traffic accident. In February 1974, President Nixon proposed more comprehensive health insurance reform—an employer mandate to offer private health insurance if employees volunteered to pay 25 percent of premiums, replacement of Medicaid by state-run health insurance plans available to all with income-based premiums and cost sharing, and replacement of Medicare with a new federal program that eliminated the limit on hospital days, added income-based out-of-pocket limits, and added outpatient prescription drug coverage. In April 1974, Kennedy and Mills introduced a bill for near-universal national health insurance with benefits identical to the expanded Nixon plan—but with mandatory participation by employers and", "title": "Ted Kennedy" }, { "docid": "3379146", "text": "a \"loss of Medicaid coverage for so many people in my Medicaid-dependent state.\" On May 4, 2017, he voted for a revised version of the AHCA, although the provisions he had previously cited as objectionable were unchanged. He said that he \"voted for an improved health care act\". Frelinghuysen stressed the need to \"protect those with pre-existing conditions\", but according to NJ.com, the bill \"would allow for exemptions from rules preventing those with pre-existing conditions from being charged more for their insurance. It also would allow states to request waivers from federal requirements that all insurers cover specific benefits such", "title": "Rodney Frelinghuysen" }, { "docid": "13488642", "text": "Medicaid benefits. Premium caps have been delayed for a year on group plans, to give employers time to arrange new accounting systems, but the caps are still planned to take effect on schedule for insurance plans on the exchanges; the HHS and the Congressional Research Service calculated what the income-based premium caps for a for a family of four would be in 2014: In the individual market, sometimes thought of as the \"residual market\" of insurance, insurers have generally used a process called underwriting to ensure that each individual paid for his or her actuarial value or to deny coverage", "title": "Health insurance marketplace" }, { "docid": "16864373", "text": "Care Act, by 2014 state Medicaid levels will rise to 138% of the Federal Poverty Line, increasing the number of CSHCN receiving Medicaid. This program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), was created with Title XXI of the Social Security Act, and is meant to cover the gap between children who qualify for Medicaid and those who can afford private insurance. It covers children up to nineteen years of age and many states also choose to help insure pregnant women. 46 of the states and the District of Columbia insure up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Line. CHIP receives", "title": "Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States" }, { "docid": "20814624", "text": "been replaced by the law of July 14, 1994 regarding the compulsory insurance for medical treatment and benefits coordinated on July 14, 1994. The institute's health and disability insurance budget for 2017 amounted to more than 37 billion euros. National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance The National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI) is a so-called federal public body of social security in Belgium. Under the authority of the Belgian federal minister of Social Affairs, it is responsible for administering the country's compulsory national schemes for health insurance and disability benefits, and manages a compensation fund for medical", "title": "National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance" }, { "docid": "7649555", "text": "Free Rider Surcharge; and a requirement that each individual must show evidence of coverage on their income tax return or face a tax penalty, unless coverage was deemed unaffordable by the Health Connector. The statute expanded MassHealth (Medicaid and SCHIP) coverage for children of low income parents and restores MassHealth benefits like dental care and eyeglasses. The legislation included a merger of the individual (non-group) insurance market into the small group market to allow individuals to get lower group insurance rates. The process of merging the two markets also froze the market for such insurance for a short period in", "title": "Massachusetts health care reform" }, { "docid": "13511437", "text": "children. In February 1974, Nixon proposed more comprehensive health insurance reform—an employer mandate to offer private health insurance if employees volunteered to pay 25 percent of premiums, replacement of Medicaid by state-run health insurance plans available to all with income-based premiums and cost sharing, and replacement of Medicare with a new federal program that eliminated the limit on hospital days, added income-based out-of-pocket limits, and added outpatient prescription drug coverage. In April 1974, Kennedy and Mills introduced a bill for near-universal national health insurance with benefits identical to the expanded Nixon plan—but with mandatory participation by employers and employees through", "title": "History of health care reform in the United States" }, { "docid": "8701326", "text": "Coverage was increased in 2006, but many elders nonetheless choose to carry supplemental health insurance to fill in the gaps (hence the name Medigap insurance). However, Medicare excludes coverage for skilled nursing facilities except up to 100 days arising from hospitalization after 90 days away from hospital or nursing home. Funding for long-term care may come from the patient, long-term care insurance, or Medicaid benefits when the patient qualifies. In 1998, a randomly selected 65-year-old was said to have a 45% chance of requiring long-term care, the average length of stay being 6 years. [cite?] Obviously, in some circumstances, such", "title": "Elder law (Massachusetts)" }, { "docid": "7393800", "text": "the development of this comprehensive system. The Unemployment Insurance Division is responsible for paying unemployment benefits to qualified unemployed wage earners. OESC makes rigorous efforts to locate suitable employment opportunities and /or provide re-employment assistance so those individuals receiving unemployment benefits may re-enter the workforce as quickly as possible. The Unemployment Insurance Division maintains the Unemployment Insurance program which was established through the Social Security Act of 1935. Unemployment benefits are paid as a weekly sum to qualified unemployed wage earners covered under the law. Funds for payment of these benefits are provided through a state tax paid by employers", "title": "Oklahoma Employment Security Commission" }, { "docid": "661577", "text": "The health plan is then responsible for providing for all or most of the recipient's healthcare needs. Today, all but a few states use managed care to provide coverage to a significant proportion of Medicaid enrollees. As of 2014, 26 states have contracts with managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver long-term care for the elderly and individuals with disabilities. The states pay a monthly capitated rate per member to the MCOs that provide comprehensive care and accept the risk of managing total costs. Nationwide, roughly 80% of enrollees are enrolled in managed care plans. Core eligibility groups of poor children", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "10280294", "text": "2008, relatively few states had premium assistance programs, and enrollment was relatively low. Interest in this approach remained high, however. In some states the HIPP program has been institutionalized by non profit organizations to assist Medicaid recipients with the difficult task of getting into the HIPP program. Health Insurance Premium Payment Program The Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP) is a Medicaid program that allows a recipient to receive free private health insurance paid for entirely by their state's Medicaid program. A Medicaid recipient must be deemed 'cost effective' by the HIPP program of their state. Ultimately, the program was", "title": "Health Insurance Premium Payment Program" }, { "docid": "12780310", "text": "Idaho offers is Medicaid, which is direct coverage for children. In order for a children to receive Medicaid, they are reviewed on their health needs. Once enrolled, the person must undergo health screening, and is then placed into a primary care case management system. Medicaid consists of three different plans that are characterized to fit differing needs. The principal plan for children is the Medicaid Basic Plan. “The Medicaid Basic Plan is for healthy low-income children and adults with eligible dependent children. This plan provides complete health, prevention, and wellness benefits for children and adults who don't have special health", "title": "Health care in Idaho" }, { "docid": "1611802", "text": "reproductive rights and the pro-choice movement. Boxer authored the Freedom of Choice Act of 2004 and participated in the floor fight for passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Boxer is an original cosponsor of the Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2005, S.844, by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY). This legislation aims to improve access to women's health care. It authorizes funding for family planning services grants; allows states to provide such services to individuals who may not be eligible for Medicaid; prohibits health insurance providers from excluding contraceptive services, drugs or devices from benefits; establishes", "title": "Barbara Boxer" }, { "docid": "19363993", "text": "on V-BID to improve access, control costs, and enhance personal responsibility. Examples of V-BID principles in the expansion legislation include: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced plans to run a V-BID demonstration project in Medicare Advantage. The test will occur in 7 states, is slated to start in 2017, and will run for 5 years. Medicare Advantage plans (sometimes known as Medicare Part C plans) provide Medicare Part A and B benefits but utilize commercial insurance companies, not CMS, for claims. The model will test whether the introduction of clinically nuanced V-BID elements into Medicare Advantage", "title": "Value-Based Insurance Design" }, { "docid": "16520022", "text": "filing three years of false tax returns. McDuffie confirmed that he would run in a special election to fill the vacancy represent Ward 5 in the Council. McDuffie said that programs such as affordable housing should receive additional funding before other programs such as establishing a streetcar system and expanding the Capital Bikeshare program. McDuffie supported community-oriented, responsible and sustainable development. He was in favor of the District's program providing health insurance coverage to residents, regardless of legal status in the country, who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to be able to afford private insurance.", "title": "Kenyan McDuffie" }, { "docid": "20814623", "text": "National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance The National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI) is a so-called federal public body of social security in Belgium. Under the authority of the Belgian federal minister of Social Affairs, it is responsible for administering the country's compulsory national schemes for health insurance and disability benefits, and manages a compensation fund for medical accidents. The institute was founded by the law of August 9, 1963 establishing and organizing a scheme for compulsory insurance for medical treatment and benefits, which came into force on January 1, 1964. The law of 1963 has since", "title": "National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance" }, { "docid": "4607541", "text": "mandatory levels (i.e., offer home and community-based services), and accordingly state Medicaid programs vary in scope. Dual-eligibles may be categorized as full-benefit or partial-benefit. Those with full benefits may receive the entire range of Medicaid benefits; those with partial-benefits do not receive Medicaid-covered services, but Medicaid covers their Medicare premiums or cost-sharing, or both. Partial benefit dual-eligible beneficiaries have limited income and assets, but their income and assets are not low enough to qualify them for full Medicaid benefits in their state. With the advent of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, these dual eligibles have", "title": "Medicare dual eligible" }, { "docid": "7208322", "text": "the previous administration. When speaking to the General Assembly in February 2013, Wos laid out her department priorities as \"Medicaid and information technology.\" In April 2013, Wos announced the governor's plan to overhaul the Medicaid system in North Carolina which she and McCrory criticized as \"broken\". This early plan would have brought in a few \"entities — likely including private companies — to function as insurance companies for Medicaid recipients.\" These entities would operate state-wide and serve as insurance plans from which Medicaid recipients can choose. The plan faced criticism from healthcare professionals who were concerned that it would permit", "title": "Aldona Wos" }, { "docid": "9870396", "text": "including a $295 per person fee on businesses with eleven employees or more that do not provide health insurance. Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental and eyeglass benefits to low income residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid. State legislature overrode all of the vetoes. In August 2007, at the Florida Medical Association, Romney unveiled his proposed national health care plan, which departed significantly from the universal health care measure that he helped forge as governor of Massachusetts. It differed from the Massachusetts plan in that it", "title": "Political positions of Mitt Romney" }, { "docid": "3077602", "text": "Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch, with support coming from First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration. At its creation in 1997, SCHIP was the largest expansion of taxpayer-funded health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since Lyndon Johnson established Medicaid in 1965. The statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act. States are given flexibility in designing their CHIP eligibility requirements and policies within broad federal guidelines. Some states have received authority through waivers of statutory provisions to use CHIP funds to cover the parents of children receiving benefits", "title": "Children's Health Insurance Program" }, { "docid": "14277968", "text": "such information to the provider for the next bill to go out to that insurance company. Generally, secondary insurance pays only the amount the EOB says the member is responsible for. Secondary EOBs show if the patient still has any responsibility to the provider. After the member's insurances have processed the claim, the provider bills the member for the remaining balance, if any. Explanation of benefits An explanation of benefits (commonly referred to as an EOB form) is a statement sent by a health insurance company to covered individuals explaining what medical treatments and/or services were paid for on their", "title": "Explanation of benefits" }, { "docid": "2524649", "text": "is a nursing home certified to participate in, and be reimbursed by Medicare. Medicare is the federal program primarily for the aged (65+) who contributed to Social Security and Medicare while they were employed. Medicaid is the federal program implemented with each state to provide health care and related services to those who are below the poverty line. Each state defines poverty and, therefore, Medicaid eligibility. Those eligible for Medicaid may be low-income parents, children, including State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIPs) and maternal-child wellness and food programs. seniors, and people with disabilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", "title": "Nursing home care" }, { "docid": "20272194", "text": "Insurance companies reserve the right to categorize pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, thereby making women ineligible for private health insurance. Even access to Medicaid is curtailed to some women, due to bureaucracy and delays in coverage (if approved). Many women are turned down due to Medicaid fees, as well. Women have also reported access and mobility as reasons why they are unable to seek prenatal care, such as lack of transportation and/or lack of health insurance. Women who do not have access to prenatal care are 3-4 times more likely to die during or after pregnancy than women who do.", "title": "Maternal mortality in the United States" }, { "docid": "661598", "text": "of eligible children, people with disabilities and elderly needing nursing home care. Medicaid was created to help low-asset people who fall into one of these eligibility categories \"pay for some or all of their medical bills.\" There are two general types of Medicaid coverage. \"Community Medicaid\" helps people who have little or no medical insurance. Medicaid nursing home coverage pays all of the costs of nursing homes for those who are eligible except that the recipient pays most of his/her income toward the nursing home costs, usually keeping only $66.00 a month for expenses other than the nursing home. While", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "661604", "text": "are barred from Medicaid for five years, after which their coverage becomes a state option, and states have the option to cover LPRs who are children or who are pregnant during the first five years. Noncitizen SSI recipients are eligible for (and required to be covered under) Medicaid. Refugees and asylees are eligible for Medicaid for seven years after arrival; after this term, they may be eligible at state option. Nonimmigrants and unauthorized aliens are not eligible for most federal benefits, regardless of whether they are means tested, with notable exceptions for emergency services (e.g., Medicaid for emergency medical care),", "title": "Medicaid" }, { "docid": "17984964", "text": "Defined contribution health benefits A Defined Contribution Health Benefit is a consumer-driven health care arrangement in which employers choose a set dollar amount to contribute towards an employee’s healthcare. Under a Defined Contribution Health Plan the employee is responsible for researching and purchasing his or her own insurance policy. Defined contribution health plans are an alternative to traditional employer-sponsored group health insurance plans. A defined contribution health plan by itself is not a health insurance plan, but rather a health benefits strategy. lifying plan such as a Section 105 Medial Reimbursement Plan. Similar to a defined contribution plan used by", "title": "Defined contribution health benefits" }, { "docid": "11080218", "text": "future viability of WWC. Those changes included: The expansion of services began in early 2006 and included a greater push for the Clinic to accept more private and public insurance plans. The Clinic also created a public benefits unit to screen new and existing patients for insurance and to enroll them in public assistance programs for which they qualified, such as Medicare, Medicaid and DC Healthcare Alliance. On March 13, 2006, the WWC Board of Directors announced it was hiring Donald Blanchon to take over as executive director on May 1. Blanchon was formerly chief executive officer of Maryland Physicians", "title": "Whitman-Walker Health" }, { "docid": "7521604", "text": "disability, in order to allow the person to qualify for Medicaid benefits despite their receipt of the settlement. Medicaid is the Federal program administered by the states which provides health care for those who cannot afford it, based primarily on a standard of impoverishment. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et. seq. Federal law establishes certain mandatory requirements which each state must adopt in its local Medicaid program. States are also given options to elect certain other components of the Medicaid program, which they then provide to qualified individuals. Accordingly, Medicaid coverage does vary from state to state in certain aspects,", "title": "Supplemental needs trust" }, { "docid": "8603950", "text": "Medicaid provider for the State of Florida. With the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, WellCare began offering Medicare beneficiaries private health insurance plans. These programs were known as Medicare+Choice or Part C plans. In 2003, WellCare began offering Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug benefits after the signing of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act. In 2006, Wellcare began offering Medicare Medicare Part D plans and has since become one of the top 10 Part D insurance providers by membership volume for these types of plans. In November 2013, WellCare appointed Chairman David Gallitano to", "title": "WellCare" }, { "docid": "11252938", "text": "CHIP is administered as part of the Medicaid program (referred to as Medicaid expansion states) and the covered children are eligible for EPSDT benefits. In other states, CHIP may be administered by the state and designed similar to Medicaid but not provide full EPSDT coverage, or CHIP may be administered as a private plan without the more comprehensive EPSDT benefits. Separate administration has proved to be the more popular implementation approach, in large part because the funding for each state is limited and does not provide for an entitlement. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid is expanded,", "title": "EPSDT" }, { "docid": "4607544", "text": "and CMS have placed greater emphasis on the coordination and integration of Medicare and Medicaid benefits for dual-eligible beneficiaries. For example, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 required D-SNPs to contract with state Medicaid agencies to provide Medicaid benefits. More recently, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a type of D-SNP, referred to as a Fully Integrated Dual Eligible (FIDE) SNP, which—unlike other D-SNPs—is designed to integrate program benefits for dual-eligible beneficiaries through a single managed care organization, although payment is generally provided separately by each program. In 2011, CMS announced a financial alignment demonstration that", "title": "Medicare dual eligible" }, { "docid": "19280745", "text": "however, congressional Republicans expanded Medicare, supporting a new drug plan for seniors starting in 2006. In 2011, Republicans in the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted for a proposal known as The Path to Prosperity and for major changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and the 2010 health care legislation. Many Republicans support increased health insurance portability, laws promoting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions, a cap on malpractice lawsuits, implementing a streamlined electronic medical records system, an emphasis on preventative care rather than emergency room care, and tax benefits aimed to make health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and to promote universal", "title": "Political positions of the Republican Party" }, { "docid": "7649564", "text": "would have qualified for Commonwealth Care can get very similar benefits for about the same price. The implementation of healthcare insurance reform began in June 2006, with the appointment of members of the Connector board and the naming of Jon Kingsdale, a Tufts Health Plan official, as executive director of the Connector. On July 1, MassHealth began covering dental care and other benefits, and began enrolling children between 200% and 300% of the poverty level. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the state's waiver application on July 26, 2006, allowing the state to begin enrolling 10,500 people", "title": "Massachusetts health care reform" }, { "docid": "14639384", "text": "not signed into law, she has stated that she will work with the House members to defund the health care reform, while retaining measures she supports such as the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the provision allowing parents to keep their children on their health insurance plan into their 20s and the high-risk pools. New provisions that Noem wants to add to federal law include limits on medical malpractice lawsuits and allowing patients to buy health insurance plans from other states. She supports cuts to Medicaid funding proposed by Republican Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan that would reduce benefits for", "title": "Kristi Noem" } ]

[ "Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill" ]

[ { "docid": "5544164", "text": "company called Black Label Media. The production company has worked with A-listers such as Reese Witherspoon, Emily Blunt, and Jake Gyllenhaal, producing films including \"Sicario\" starring Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, \"The Good Lie\" starring Witherspoon, and \"Demolition\" starring Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper. Thad Luckinbill Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\", from August 1999 to November 2010. He revived the role of J.T. in December 2017. Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother,", "title": "Thad Luckinbill" } ]

[ { "docid": "10381001", "text": "girlfriend Brittany Hodges, his friend Raul Guittierez, Raul's girlfriend Rianna, and the \"plain Jane\" oddball Mackenzie Browning. Mac, who was later revealed to be Katherine Chancellor's granddaughter by her son. Mackenzie blossomed from quiet girl into the Prom Queen and, on prom night, shared a kiss with the Prom King, Billy. That summer, as Mac and Billy's relationship grew, the whole group moved into the Glow by Jabot house along with JT, who began dating Brittany. In 2004, Billy and Mac were married but were interrupted on their wedding night by Jill, who revealed that they were first cousins. The", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "10380998", "text": "\"The Young and the Restless\" and \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", the character was later handed over to Michelle Stafford, who also plays Phyllis. Although this recast was mainly storyline-directed, since Sheila had plastic surgery to look like Phyllis, fans of Sheila have expressed mixed opinions regarding Brown's absence in the role. Unlike other soaps in the 1980s or 1990s, \"The Young and the Restless\" avoided preachy social issues. When they did touch on such issues as abortion or the homeless crisis or AIDS, it was only as a plot device with a few facts and statistics thrown in for", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "16372943", "text": "revealed a treasure worth millions hidden in the catacombs of the Czech Republic. Then, Jana Hawkes kidnapped Colleen and Kevin Fisher in order to get to the treasure before Brad. Luckily, JT and Adrian saved them from a fiery blaze before they were seriously hurt. Adrian and Colleen resumed their secret relationship. Once Brad found out about his daughter's secret affair, he forbade her from seeing Adrian. Colleen was forced to move in with her uncle Jack Abbott, who also paid for her college tuition after her father cut her off. Adrian received a job offer at a museum in", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "14819020", "text": "be Ronan's brother) and Marcy Rylan, who plays Abby Newman on \"The Young and the Restless\". A first look photo of Branson on set of the series was released by Soap Opera Network on June 14, 2010. Branson made his debut on June 22. He departed in February 2011, however it was later announced that Branson was to return on August 2, 2011. However, by that December it was confirmed that Branson was again to leave \"The Young and the Restless\", departing on February 7, 2012. In May 2012, it was announced that Branson would be returning as Ronan on", "title": "Ronan Malloy" }, { "docid": "16206334", "text": "delivered. Mac then left Genoa City to be with JT Hellstrom, and Cane was thought to be killed, leaving Lily alone to raise the babies. Charlie and his sister, Mattie, were kidnapped by their grandfather, Colin Atkinson, in his attempt to take them back to Australia and mold them into model grandchildren that would be useful in his schemes in the mob. In a turn of events, Cane was found to be alive, while his twin brother, Caleb, was actually killed. The twins almost died in an explosion as Cane fought off his father in order to save his children.", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2010)" }, { "docid": "10381002", "text": "marriage was annulled and they each left town. Damaged by their relationship, Billy and Mac returned to Genoa City separately on different occasions. Mac returned and began dating JT; she miscarried his baby and left to work with refugees in Darfur. Billy returned with a gambling problem and left again to work for Jabot in New York and Hong Kong. Brittany Hodges and J.T. broke up after he cheated on her with Brittany's mother. She started dating Raul and, after they were robbed, wound up working for mobster Bobby Marsino at his strip club. She and Raul broke up once", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "9819252", "text": "and helped us along the way. We'll see you soon. YOUNG AND RESTLESS\" Young and Restless (Australian band) Young and Restless (sometimes abbreviated to Y + R or Y & R) were a band from Canberra, Australia. Young and Restless were formed in 2005, and won the 2006 Triple J Unearthed competition to play at the Homebake Festival 2006. The band formed in early 2005 when Karina Utomo and Ash Pegram (who were old high school buddies) combined with Ross Paxman, Mark Falkland and Nugie Utomo. Early names of the band were '...Wolves' and then 'The I Hate Yous' before", "title": "Young and Restless (Australian band)" }, { "docid": "20477970", "text": "JT Marcinkowski James Thomas \"JT\" Marcinkowski (born May 9, 1997) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Marcinkowski played for the Georgetown Hoyas for three seasons, from 2015 to 2017, where he achieved a 0.84 goals against average (GAA) over 56 appearances. In his final season at Georgetown, he captained the team to a 2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament championship win, his second with the team. He also played two games for the USL PDL side Burlingame Dragons. Marcinkowski signed a Homegrown Player contract with the MLS side", "title": "JT Marcinkowski" }, { "docid": "20477972", "text": "squad, at the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. JT Marcinkowski James Thomas \"JT\" Marcinkowski (born May 9, 1997) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Marcinkowski played for the Georgetown Hoyas for three seasons, from 2015 to 2017, where he achieved a 0.84 goals against average (GAA) over 56 appearances. In his final season at Georgetown, he captained the team to a 2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament championship win, his second with the team. He also played two games for the USL", "title": "JT Marcinkowski" }, { "docid": "16417482", "text": "below. Gang Injunction Gang Injunction is a collaboration EP by rappers Young Buck & JT the Bigga Figga. The EP was released December 14, 2009 through the independent label Mandatory Digital. It sold 6,700 copies its first week of release and debuted on the \"Billboard\" 200 at number 106. All tracks on the EP were produced by JT the Bigga Figga. Gang Injunction was the first single released by Buck & JT to promote the upcoming EP, however it didn't make the cut when released in December 2009. All lyrics by Young Buck & JT the Bigga Figga, music compositions", "title": "Gang Injunction" }, { "docid": "16417481", "text": "Gang Injunction Gang Injunction is a collaboration EP by rappers Young Buck & JT the Bigga Figga. The EP was released December 14, 2009 through the independent label Mandatory Digital. It sold 6,700 copies its first week of release and debuted on the \"Billboard\" 200 at number 106. All tracks on the EP were produced by JT the Bigga Figga. Gang Injunction was the first single released by Buck & JT to promote the upcoming EP, however it didn't make the cut when released in December 2009. All lyrics by Young Buck & JT the Bigga Figga, music compositions listed", "title": "Gang Injunction" }, { "docid": "9819245", "text": "Young and Restless (Australian band) Young and Restless (sometimes abbreviated to Y + R or Y & R) were a band from Canberra, Australia. Young and Restless were formed in 2005, and won the 2006 Triple J Unearthed competition to play at the Homebake Festival 2006. The band formed in early 2005 when Karina Utomo and Ash Pegram (who were old high school buddies) combined with Ross Paxman, Mark Falkland and Nugie Utomo. Early names of the band were '...Wolves' and then 'The I Hate Yous' before settling on the current name. They started playing shows in Canberra before slowly", "title": "Young and Restless (Australian band)" }, { "docid": "3260525", "text": "Christian LeBlanc Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina) is an American actor, best known for his role as Michael Baldwin on \"The Young and the Restless\". LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on \"The Young and the Restless\". He first played the role from 1991 to 1993, and then resumed the role in 1997. He has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role eight times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award in 2005, 2007, and 2009. He previously starred on another soap opera, \"As the World Turns\",", "title": "Christian LeBlanc" }, { "docid": "16215408", "text": "honestly, with what's going on with Victor. I just greet them as my character meets them.\" Franklin said that she was happy to be working with Eric Braeden, who plays Victor, and Genie Francis, who plays Genevieve Atkinson, another core person in this storyline. Jamie Vernon first appeared on October 23, 2012 as a teenaged high school student whom Ronan Malloy (Jeff Branson) mentors. Jamie was introduced by head writer Josh Griffith to address a cyberbullying storyline. The character was introduced by Griffith for a storyline about cyberbullying with Summer Newman (Hunter King). On the storyline, Griffith said: \"Summer is", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2012)" }, { "docid": "9184097", "text": "Matt Clark (The Young and the Restless) Matt Clark is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role was originated by Eddie Cibrian in May 1994, who left the show in 1996. After Russell Lawrence briefly playing the character in 2000, Rick Hearst took over the role that year, departing in 2001 after the character was killed off. Hearst returned for several appearances as an apparition. Matt was known as an antagonistic villain who created problems for Nick and Sharon Newman, beginning when they were teens in high school. He raped both", "title": "Matt Clark (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "14708147", "text": "Greg Foster (The Young and the Restless) Greg Foster is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". A string of different actors played the role from 1973 to 1982, most notably James Houghton and Wings Hauser, who both reprised their roles as Greg in 2003 and 2010. The character of Greg Foster was brought to life by James Houghton in the series premier on March 26, 1973. He played the role Greg Foster until his departure in the fall of 1976. Houghton was replaced by Brian Kerwin, who aired from November 1976 to April", "title": "Greg Foster (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "17985191", "text": "Kelly Andrews (The Young and the Restless) Kelly Andrews is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role was originated by actress Cynthia Watros, who debuted in the role on November 15, 2013. In 2014, following her booking a pilot on MTV, the role was immediately recast with Daytime Emmy Award winner Cady McClain, who debuted in the role on April 16, 2014. On May 29, 2015, McClain made her final appearance as Kelly. Originally introduced as a grief support group member in a group attended by Billy Abbott (Billy Miller, David", "title": "Kelly Andrews (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "6183519", "text": "(2007), a reality based documentary DVD released by 3MZ productions. In 2006, JT worked with Snoop Dogg on a documentary DVD entitled \"Mandatory Business\", which featured such names as Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, Xzibit, Young Buck and 50 Cent. As of 2015, JT founded the netflix-like on demand service Trapflix which showcases urban films, documentaries, concert footage, and music. He recently returned from a world tour with Snoop Dogg. JT has heavily been involved in filming and directing, releasing over 40 films and documentaries since 2000. Jt is now spreading his independent knowledge in the city of Atlanta, and goes", "title": "JT the Bigga Figga" }, { "docid": "9264258", "text": "our Lives\" for: \"The Young and the Restless\" for: \"The Young and the Restless\" for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) John F. Smith (co-executive producer) John C. Fisher (coordinating producer) Kathryn Foster (producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) John F. Smith (co-executive producer) Kathryn Foster (producer) John C. Fisher (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (senior executive producer) David Shaughnessy (supervising producer) Nancy Wiard (senior coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell", "title": "Edward J. Scott" }, { "docid": "6869640", "text": "making public appearances as JT LeRoy. The media's attention shifted from a fascination with the persona of JT LeRoy and the writing, to a castigation of Laura Albert. Laura Albert did not publish writing as JT LeRoy again. Over the next decade, without the pseudonym, Albert gradually became more publicly expressive. Writing for \"The New York Times\" in 2016, Albert noted, \"I meet a lot of young people and they're shocked that it was an issue to even have an avatar. Because they've grown up where you have multiple fully formed avatars.\" Media discussion about Albert's creation of the JT", "title": "Laura Albert" }, { "docid": "16347427", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s) A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1990 and December 1999. Lillie Belle Barber first appeared in 1990 as the mother of Olivia and Drucilla Barber. The role was originated by Norma Donaldson, who portrayed the role for four years before being replaced by Robin Braxton briefly in 1994. History<br> Lillie Belle and her husband Walter are the parents of Drucilla and Olivia Barber. Lillie Belle, in particular, tended to favor her older daughter, Olivia, because Drucilla", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "16347482", "text": "Cassie's tragic death. Dr. Timothy \"Tim\" Reid first appeared in March 1996 on \"The Young and the Restless\" as a therapist of Phyllis Summers, who would later blackmail her. The role was portrayed by Aaron Lustig on that soap until November 29, 1997. In 2001, it was announced that Lustig would reprise the role on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", airing from February 20 to May 11, 2001. In April 2012, it was announced that the character would return to \"The Young and the Restless\" for a brief guest period, his first appearance in 15 years. He aired from May", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1990s)" }, { "docid": "9174556", "text": "daughter, Abby, and sometimes cooking a special family dinner, but sitting down to the table as part of the family instead of a being a servant. When last heard from, Mamie was not able to attend John Abbott's funeral nor Drucilla's memorial service. Mamie Johnson (The Young and the Restless) Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role was originated in 1980 by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd. Redd departed the series in 1995, and returned from 1999 to 2004. Mamie was the series' first", "title": "Mamie Johnson (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "9174549", "text": "Mamie Johnson (The Young and the Restless) Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role was originated in 1980 by Marguerite Ray, who was replaced in 1990 by Veronica Redd. Redd departed the series in 1995, and returned from 1999 to 2004. Mamie was the series' first regular African American character. Jabot Cosmetics founder, John Abbott, was left alone to raise his three adolescent children when his wife Dina Mergeron left him. The Abbott children were mostly raised by long-time family maid, Mamie Johnson, whom they thought of as their", "title": "Mamie Johnson (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "18490308", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (2015) \"The Young and the Restless\" is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the soap opera in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps and co-executive producer/head writer Charles Pratt, Jr. Marco Annicelli was a primary antagonist in Victor Newman's plan to bring down his rival, Jack Abbott. He was portrayed by Peter Bergman, who portrayed Jack at the same time. Marco's character", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2015)" }, { "docid": "16373081", "text": "he thought was Emily earlier that day, discovers the real Emily at Crimson Lights, who arrived in town for a psychiatrist conference. Emily discovers that Patty has been impersonating her once again. She later confronts Patty at the police station, though Patty is soon imprisoned in a mental facility. Emily has not been seen since; she presumably returned home to Chicago. The Young and the Restless characters (2000s) A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 2000 and December 2009. Alex Perez first appeared on", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "8117127", "text": "in the Daytime Emmy Award category for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless) Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson ever since. Initially Paul was a \"bad boy\", who had a romance with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relationship ultimately ended, but the two have remained friends since. After a year on the series, Bell gave the character a proper", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "6183516", "text": "JT the Bigga Figga Joseph Tom, better known by his stage name JT the Bigga Figga, is an American rapper and producer from the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco, California. He has produced music on over one hundred albums, for artists including Rich The Factor (Young Rich The Factor) Daz Dillinger, Master P, The Game, San Quinn, and Messy Marv. In 1991, JT founded the independent record label Get Low Recordz. What started as a basement enterprise and a one-man operation, would later become one of the most successful independent labels in the country. JT's rap debut came in 1992", "title": "JT the Bigga Figga" }, { "docid": "9264260", "text": "William J. Bell (senior executive producer) David Shaughnessy (producer) Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (senior executive producer) Tom Langan (producer) Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" (1973) Shared with: William J. Bell (senior executive producer) Tom Langan (producer) Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) Tom Langan (producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" (1973) Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) Tom Langan (producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell", "title": "Edward J. Scott" }, { "docid": "9264259", "text": "(senior executive producer) David Shaughnessy (supervising producer) Nancy Wiard (senior coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (senor executive producer) David Shaughnessy Nancy Wiard (senior coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) David Shaughnessy Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (senior executive producer) David Shaughnessy (producer) Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) David Shaughnessy Nancy Wiard (coordinating producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with:", "title": "Edward J. Scott" }, { "docid": "8117125", "text": "Young and the Restless\". This was strange, since his popular, P.I. character Paul Williams had previously and consistently driven story on the soap throughout the late 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s\". The website was pleased with Paul's new storylines, saying that the \"harrowing image\" before Paul shot and killed his son \"will stay with us for a while\". Dave Masko of the website Huliq called \"turning the character of Paul from a mainstay on the series for 30 years, into someone who murders his own son\" one of the stops pulled out by \"The Young and the Restless\" to", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "8117088", "text": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless) Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson ever since. Initially Paul was a \"bad boy\", who had a romance with Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relationship ultimately ended, but the two have remained friends since. After a year on the series, Bell gave the character a proper backstory, surname and family. This included his notoriously unstable sister Patty Williams (Stacey Haiduk).", "title": "Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "14273662", "text": "\"Skin Deep\". Who Dat (JT Money song) \"Who Dat\" was the lead single released from JT Money's debut album, \"Pimpin' on Wax\". It featured a verse from rapper, Solé. Produced by Christopher \"Tricky\" Stewart (His first produced single), \"Who Dat\" became a huge hit, making it to #5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and to date is JT Money's only solo hit. On September 30, 1999, \"Who Dat\" was certified Gold by the RIAA; it ultimately sold 900,000 copies. Later in the year, JT Money, Solé and Stewart collaborated on another top-40 single entitled, \"4, 5, 6\", which appeared on", "title": "Who Dat (JT Money song)" }, { "docid": "14273661", "text": "Who Dat (JT Money song) \"Who Dat\" was the lead single released from JT Money's debut album, \"Pimpin' on Wax\". It featured a verse from rapper, Solé. Produced by Christopher \"Tricky\" Stewart (His first produced single), \"Who Dat\" became a huge hit, making it to #5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and to date is JT Money's only solo hit. On September 30, 1999, \"Who Dat\" was certified Gold by the RIAA; it ultimately sold 900,000 copies. Later in the year, JT Money, Solé and Stewart collaborated on another top-40 single entitled, \"4, 5, 6\", which appeared on Solé's album,", "title": "Who Dat (JT Money song)" }, { "docid": "15744415", "text": "Photon Band Photon Band is an American indie rock band formed in Philadelphia, PA in 1994. The only constant member is Art DiFuria, who has played with several Philadelphia bands, including Baby Flamehead, Brother JT and Vibrolux, the Brother JT 3 and the Original Sins. Key members have included Simon Nagle (Drums) and Jeff Tanner (bass, guitar, and backing vocals). The band has achieved critical acclaim, but little recognition outside of Philadelphia. A native of the Philadelphia area, DiFuria started playing guitar at a young age. Two main influences on his early musical development were his sister’s participation in a", "title": "Photon Band" }, { "docid": "15744427", "text": "lots of jamming. Photon Band Photon Band is an American indie rock band formed in Philadelphia, PA in 1994. The only constant member is Art DiFuria, who has played with several Philadelphia bands, including Baby Flamehead, Brother JT and Vibrolux, the Brother JT 3 and the Original Sins. Key members have included Simon Nagle (Drums) and Jeff Tanner (bass, guitar, and backing vocals). The band has achieved critical acclaim, but little recognition outside of Philadelphia. A native of the Philadelphia area, DiFuria started playing guitar at a young age. Two main influences on his early musical development were his sister’s", "title": "Photon Band" }, { "docid": "14670441", "text": "Robuck also describes his character James,-ABC Daytime Originally, Robuck was just supposed to be brought as Starr's new love interest, but when the writers noticed the resemblance between himself and co-star David A. Gregory who plays Robert Ford, they made them brothers. Robuck appeared on \"The Young and the Restless\" as a waiter at the Genoa City Athletic Club from 2008 to 2010. He has also appeared on \"\" and the Nickelodeon sitcom, iCarly. According to James, he and his brother were raised in Dayton, Ohio, he was born sometime in 1990. Their father is a criminal who runs a", "title": "James Ford (One Life to Live)" }, { "docid": "7408554", "text": "Restless Development is part of the Stop AIDS Campaign, with responsibility for coordinating the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. A significant number of Student Stop AIDS campaigners are former Restless Development volunteers. Restless Development Restless Development is a youth-led development agency, known previously as Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW.) It was founded in 1985 by Jim Cogan. Its mission is \"to place young people at the forefront of change and development.\" Restless Development currently works in India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and has offices in London and New York. Restless Development works to bring young people", "title": "Restless Development" }, { "docid": "10380986", "text": "\"Young and the Restless\"'s sister soap, \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". \"The Young and the Restless\" is also one of the few soaps to have successfully integrated a number of African American actors into its cast. In the mid-1980s \"The Young and the Restless\" created a storyline which revolved around Tyrone Jackson (Phil Morris), a young black man, being made up in whiteface to bring down a mafia kingpin, but most of the characters were written out within a few years. In 1989, the program \"Generations\" earned critical acclaim for casting an entire African American family from the show's inception.", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "10380962", "text": "The Young and the Restless storylines The storylines of the soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" have changed over the years since the show debuted in 1973. Originally examining the lives of the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters, a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s turned the focus of \"The Young and the Restless\" to the Abbotts and the Newmans, including the corporate rivalry between their two respective companies. However, one basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the program's history is the rivalry between Jill Foster Abbott and Katherine Chancellor. \"The Young", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "7408553", "text": "Leone were launched. In 2010 SPW re-branded and became Restless Development. Restless Development is driven forward by young people and young professionals around the world. More than 1,000 young men and women, with an average age of 21 years, lead the direct delivery of the programmes in communities across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Around 87% of Restless Development's volunteers are national volunteers volunteering in their own countries. Restless Development sends volunteers from the UK abroad to work alongside national volunteers through its flagship International Citizen Service (ICS) programme. ICS is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).", "title": "Restless Development" }, { "docid": "8462267", "text": "Young and the Restless\" from 1983 to 1986, in 1991 and again in 1996, she caused major disruptions in the lives of her three children and ex-husband John Abbott and his wife Jill. She reprised her role as Dina for three episodes on \"The Young and the Restless\" in 2008 when Katharine Chancellor was presumed dead. In May 2017, Adams returned to \"The Young and the Restless\". The following March, Adams' performance garnered her an Emmy Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Right before joining \"The Young and the Restless\", she stepped into the role of the scheming Myrna Clegg, on", "title": "Marla Adams" }, { "docid": "5963724", "text": "daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". He is 14 years younger than the actress who plays his mother on the show, Michelle Stafford. In 2013 he left from soap for career in primetime television. In 2005 and in 2006, he was nominated an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. In film, Graziadei starred in the films \"Boogeyman 2\" (2007), \"\" (2009), and \"The Outside\" (2009). Graziadei guest-starred in number of television series, including \"NCIS\", \"Criminal Minds\", \"90210\", \"Castle\", \"\", and \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\". He had a recurring roles on FX's \"\" as Travis", "title": "Michael Graziadei" }, { "docid": "3260074", "text": "Sharon Case Sharon Case (born February 9, 1971) is an American actress and former model. At the age of 17, Case began working as a model, relocating briefly to Japan, before pursuing an acting career. She is best known for her roles on daytime television soap operas, scoring parts in the serials \"General Hospital\" and \"As the World Turns\" during the early stages of her career. In 1994, she stepped into the role of Sharon Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\", which she still plays. Case, who is considered a leading actress in the", "title": "Sharon Case" }, { "docid": "13127063", "text": "to her first child, Stephen L. Hightower III. She played the role of Jan in The Notorious B.I.G. biopic, \"Notorious\", opposite newcoming actor Jamal Woolard who plays the title character. Julia has appeared on the soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" as business executive, Sofia Dupre. Her first appearance was July 19, 2010. In September 2012, Mitchell was taken off her contract and bumped to recurring; having made no appearances since then. Julia Pace Mitchell Julia Pace Mitchell (born Julia Annette Mitchell; February 10, 1978) is an American stage, television and film actress. She is best known for her", "title": "Julia Pace Mitchell" }, { "docid": "9264261", "text": "(executive producer) Wes Kenney (executive producer) Tom Langan (producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: William J. Bell (executive producer) Wes Kenney (executive producer) Tom Langan for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Shared with: Wes Kenney (executive producer) William J. Bell (executive producer) for: \"The Young and the Restless\" for: \"The Young and the Restless\" Edward J. Scott Edward J. Scott (born September 15, 1944) is an American soap opera producer. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, Scott earned a B.A from California State University at Northridge with a double major of anthropology and broadcasting journalism. He", "title": "Edward J. Scott" }, { "docid": "6489975", "text": "The role of the villain was originally played by Wesley Addy. However Cohen was unhappy with his performance and recast the role with Eric Braeden. Braden's casting came at the suggestion of Cohen's mother who was a fan of \"The Young and the Restless\". The film was released on Blu Ray on March 13th, 2018 by Scream Factory The Ambulance The Ambulance is a 1990 comedy thriller written and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars Eric Roberts, Megan Gallagher, James Earl Jones, Janine Turner, Red Buttons, and Eric Braeden as the Doctor. Kevin Hagen plays a cop in what would", "title": "The Ambulance" }, { "docid": "10381025", "text": "J.T. Hellstrom (Thad Luckinbill). The Young and the Restless storylines The storylines of the soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" have changed over the years since the show debuted in 1973. Originally examining the lives of the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters, a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s turned the focus of \"The Young and the Restless\" to the Abbotts and the Newmans, including the corporate rivalry between their two respective companies. However, one basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the program's history is the rivalry between Jill Foster Abbott and", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "1579386", "text": "The Young and the Restless The Young and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin. First broadcast on March 26, 1973, \"The Young and the Restless\" was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing encore episodes weeknights", "title": "The Young and the Restless" }, { "docid": "18444436", "text": "\"The solid instrumental sound and confident songwriting that they produced on their last recording have somehow disappeared, and even John Hall's synthesizers can't muster any redemption amongst the album's filler. Young & Restless showed signs of the band declining in all aspects, which was later confirmed on Prism's future releases.\" Young and Restless (Prism album) Young and Restless is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band, Prism. It was originally released in 1980 by the record label Capitol. The album is notably the last album by the band to feature Ron Tabak as the lead vocalist, and it", "title": "Young and Restless (Prism album)" }, { "docid": "16368768", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s) A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between March 1973 and December 1979. Brad Elliot first appeared on March 26, 1973, and was portrayed by Tom Hallick until 1978. History<br> The very first episode of \"The Young and the Restless\" began with Brad Elliot being mugged, carjacked, and left for dead beside the highway. A semi-truck driver picked him up and dropped him off in Genoa City, Wisconsin. Stuart Brooks, owner of \"The Genoa City Chronicle\" watched Brad eat", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1970s)" }, { "docid": "16372853", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s) A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 2000 and December 2009. Alex Perez first appeared on November 29, 2000, later becoming the fiancée of Malcolm Winters and lover of his brother, Neil. The role, portrayed by Alexia Robinson, was created to fill the void left by Victoria Rowell. Prior to her debut, the character was only known as \"Erin\". In 2002, it was announced that Robinson was to exit \"The Young and the Restless\" after the expiration", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "7408551", "text": "Restless Development Restless Development is a youth-led development agency, known previously as Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW.) It was founded in 1985 by Jim Cogan. Its mission is \"to place young people at the forefront of change and development.\" Restless Development currently works in India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and has offices in London and New York. Restless Development works to bring young people to the decision-making table across three areas: civic participation, livelihoods and employment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Restless Development was founded as Students Partnership Worldwide in 1985 by Jim", "title": "Restless Development" }, { "docid": "9876913", "text": "secret life. The setting of the novel is in London, Oxford, Scotland, Europe, and the United States. In December 2012 the BBC aired a two-part TV adaptation based on the novel. It was produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and directed by Edward Hall. \"Restless\", William Boyd, Bloomsbury, 2006, Restless (novel) Restless is an espionage novel written by William Boyd, published in 2006. It won the Costa Prize for fiction. The novel depicts the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during World War II. The book continually switches between time periods and,", "title": "Restless (novel)" }, { "docid": "9197220", "text": "and \"Days of Our Lives\". Maharajh also has supporting roles in Rob Reiner's \"The Bucket List\" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and \"Alvin and the Chipmunks\" with Jason Lee. He also plays Sanjay in \"The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It\". In 2008, he landed a recurring role as Raj, a Talent Agent at the Miller Gold Agency on \"Entourage\". Maharajh also had a recurring character as Ahmid in TeenNick's \"Gigantic\". He most recently appeared in ABC's \"Body of Proof\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"See Dad Run\", \"Modern Family\", and \"The Young and the Restless\"", "title": "Frank Maharajh" }, { "docid": "6012906", "text": "Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green\", which then led to a major supporting role in Gregg Araki's \"Mysterious Skin\", a guest role in an episode of \"Six Feet Under\", and a semi regular role as Noah Newman, the son of Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) on soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" in 2005. His role in \"Mysterious Skin\" (2004) was as the 8-year-old version of the character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of the film's leads. In this film, he plays one of two boys who are groomed into a sexual relationship by a", "title": "Chase Ellison" }, { "docid": "12743213", "text": "his role of Mark Driscott on The CW's \"90210\". Hood debuted on April 27, 2012. Hood was surprised at how fast the process of soap operas where, and also credited Peter Bergman (who plays his on-screen father, Jack) as being very \"gracious\" and kind to him, lending experience. In March 2013, after a year in the role, Hood was let go and replaced with Hartley Sawyer. The soap opera had issued a casting call for a character named \"Connor Boyd\" in January and, due to the character sounding very much like Kyle, Sawyer's casting was kept quiet. Casting directors used", "title": "Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "docid": "12109081", "text": "Frank Runyeon Frank Runyeon (born August 23, 1953, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actor who played Steve Andropoulos on CBS's \"As the World Turns\" from 1980 to 1987. He has also translated and performed in one-man plays of Scripture. After leaving CBS, Runyeon starred as Michael Donnelly on NBC's soap opera \"Santa Barbara\" from 1988 to 1991. He appeared as Simon Romero on ABC's soap \"General Hospital\" in 1992, and as Ed McClain on \"Another World\" in 1994 and a short appearance as Angel on \"The Young and the Restless\". He has also guest-starred on numerous prime-time television shows, including", "title": "Frank Runyeon" }, { "docid": "16373063", "text": "was his niece's nanny. Then, he left town again. In June 2017, Sheila Carter reappears in Los Angeles, revealing herself to Quinn Fuller. Faith Newman is the daughter of Nicholas Newman and Sharon Newman (Joshua Morrow and Sharon Case). Beginning 2011, child actress Alyvia Alyn Lind, the daughter of American actress Barbara Alyn Woods, stepped into the role of Faith. In June 2013, due to schedule conflicts, the role was re-cast with child actress Mckenna Grace. Sharon Case, who plays her on-screen mother, described Grace as \"not nervous at all\", noting her to be \"very confident\" with a \"big personality\".", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "8376806", "text": "of Scott Chandler on ABC's \"All My Children\" to take over the role, but executive producer Ken Corday shot down the rumors, saying there were no plans to recast the role. In February 2011, it was reported that Greg Vaughan, known for his roles as \"General Hospital\"s Lucky Spencer and \"The Young and the Restless\"s Diego Guittierez, had turned down a testing deal with \"Days\". But when in June 2012 \"Soap Opera Digest\" announced that Vaughan would star in the Hallmark movie \"Second Chances\" alongside Alison Sweeney (who plays Eric's twin sister Sami on \"Days)\" rumors abounded that \"Days\" might", "title": "Eric Brady" }, { "docid": "9112841", "text": "going to be featured in Y&R story lines, and we are going to use actual Jabot products on-set with the same packaging as you will see in retail. Plus, viewers will soon see a new Jabot set as well!\" The line had its official debut at the Daytime Emmy Awards of 2011; additionally Tracey E. Bregman who plays Lauren Fenmore hosted a special on the Home Shopping Network. Jabot products are still available online. Jabot Cosmetics Jabot Cosmetics is a fictional cosmetics business on the CBS daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Jabot Cosmetics was founded by John", "title": "Jabot Cosmetics" }, { "docid": "8125002", "text": "Esther Valentine Esther Valentine is a fictional character from the American CBS Daytime soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". The role has been portrayed by actress Kate Linder since April 8, 1982. For over three decades, Esther has been known as the long-serving maid, housekeeper and confidant for businesswoman Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). Linder was initially hired to play a \"one-day, one-line role\". The actress remained on recurring until 1985, when she was upgraded to a full-time contract. In the beginning, the character remained unnamed. Jeanne Cooper, who plays Katherine, coined the name \"Esther\" when she began calling the", "title": "Esther Valentine" }, { "docid": "3451146", "text": "the Restless\" after a long absence from the show. In early 2006, she was released from her contract on \"The Young and the Restless\", though her character was still mentioned, from time to time. When her character returned to \"The Young and the Restless\" later that year, however, she was not played by Brown. In 2008, Brown starred in the film Proud American. She also stars in the short film The Necklace, released in 2010. Kimberlin had been asked to return to \"The Young and the Restless\" early in 2010 for a storyline that was subsequently dropped. She took on", "title": "Kimberlin Brown" }, { "docid": "17031337", "text": "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2016. In October 2016, Burton announced his decision to not renew his deal with \"The Young and the Restless\". He made his final appearance on January 27, 2017. In October 2012, Burton departed the role of fan favorite Jason Morgan on ABC Daytime's \"General Hospital\". That November, news broke that \"The Young and the Restless\" put out a casting call for a character named Dylan, who was slated to \"hit the airwaves\" in early 2013. The casting call described him as a \"rugged, dynamic, energetic man in his mid-30s\" who", "title": "Dylan McAvoy" }, { "docid": "12885871", "text": "computers with his mind, then later with his essence—that is, JT is a \"softwire\" (the very \"first\" human softwire) and it is this use (or abuse) of telepathic computer-interaction which propels \"The Softwire\" series forward. Since the Orbisian Universe is run by an enormous, self-correcting, central computer, JT's gift is great cause for concern. Many Citizens aspire to possess him so that he can be used for their own gain. JT just wishes to be normal. Unfortunately, the central computer begins to malfunction. Suspicion is immediately cast upon the young human softwire. JT is imprisoned. He remains there for scientific", "title": "The Softwire" }, { "docid": "10380997", "text": "Billy Abbott returned, played by Billy Miller. There have been many recasts of the role of Billy Abbott, Phyllis Newman, and Victoria Newman. The role of Colleen Carlton, Brad and Traci's daughter, who had been played by Lyndsy Fonseca for several years was recast in January 2006 with Adrianne Leon. Leon was let go in June 2007 and replaced with former \"Home and Away\" actress Tammin Sursok, who left in October 2009 after her character died. In late 2006, \"The Young and the Restless\" recast the role of popular daytime villainess, Sheila Carter. Originally played by Kimberlin Brown on both", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "16372974", "text": "Shackelford would briefly vacate the role and it would be temporarily assumed by Kin Shriner, who briefly appeared on \"The Young and the Restless\" as Harrison Bartlett in 2004. He began airing on April 20, 2011, and was last seen in the role on September 16. Shackelford returned to the role on December 6 for a brief appearance, and then returned for additional appearances beginning January 11, 2012. History<br> Jeffrey is the identical twin brother of the late William Bardwell, first appearing in Genoa City at his wake. Gloria Bardwell, William's widow, was confused to as who Jeffrey was, and", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "16372956", "text": "announced by multiple sources in November 2006. He taped his first scenes on November 21, 2006, and was to \"tackle the role of David Chow, a character who is connected to the recently-murdered Carmen Mesta.\" In 2008, it was reported that Irizarry was to exit \"The Young and the Restless\". After the announcement of his departure, news broke that Irizarry was to reprise his \"All My Children\" alter-ego, David Hayward. History<br> David Chow was a savvy political operative who arrived in Genoa City to avenge the murder of his former fiancée, Carmen Mesta. He quickly zeroed in on Drucilla Winters", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)" }, { "docid": "10380976", "text": "Katherine lost her company and partially blamed this on Jill who was sleeping with Tucker. Tucker and Katherine have since started to develop a relationship while Jill and Katherine remain at odds. By the early 1980s, most of the Brooks and Foster families had been recast again and again, and when \"The Young and the Restless\" expanded to an hour in 1980, many lead actors said they could not sustain themselves on an hour show. Show creator William J. Bell told himself he would wait for one more major departure before making big changes. When Jaime Lyn Bauer, who played", "title": "The Young and the Restless storylines" }, { "docid": "12885879", "text": "thus has been damaging the tank. This causes a massive flood and massive worry. \"Samirans\" are integral to the economy of the Orbisian system but the central computer cannot translate their language and no one is able to communicate with them until JT: it is his job to find out why Toll has grown restless and violent. JT's first effort to speak with Toll results in near-death. As he lies semi-conscious, he overhears talk of a mysterious \"Trust\" and the \"Scion\". His subsequent visits with the huge, aquatic creature result in a bond of friendship. However, Toll hints at a", "title": "The Softwire" }, { "docid": "19941685", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (2016) \"The Young and the Restless\" is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the soap opera in 2016, by order of first appearance. In the first half of the year, characters were introduced by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps until her replacement in the summer of 2016 by supervising producer Mal Young Young was first credited as executive producer on July 13, 2016. Co-executive producer and head writer Charles Pratt Jr. oversaw", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2016)" }, { "docid": "16367499", "text": "despite the current circumstances. As a result of the Loretta role portrayed by Kelly Hyman, she was nominated for the 8th Youth in Film Awards, Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actress. The Young and the Restless characters (1980s) A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1980 and December 1989. Julia Newman first appeared in February 1980 along with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). She was portrayed by Meg Bennett until 1981, with reprise appearances from 1982 to", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (1980s)" }, { "docid": "19939245", "text": "his former girls, while he threatened Abby and Scott Grainger. The Young and the Restless characters (2017) \"The Young and the Restless\" is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the soap opera in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by executive producer Mal Young and co-executive producer/head writer Sally Sussman. In October 2017, Sussman departed as co-executive producer and head writer; Young remained as executive producer and was promoted as head writer. Alex Dettmer,", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2017)" }, { "docid": "19939234", "text": "The Young and the Restless characters (2017) \"The Young and the Restless\" is an American television soap opera. It was first broadcast on March 26, 1973, and airs on CBS. The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the soap opera in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by executive producer Mal Young and co-executive producer/head writer Sally Sussman. In October 2017, Sussman departed as co-executive producer and head writer; Young remained as executive producer and was promoted as head writer. Alex Dettmer, portrayed by Jessica Nicole Webb, was introduced on January 11", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2017)" }, { "docid": "1579423", "text": "the Restless\" on average is the most-watched daytime drama showing. When introduced during the 1972–73 season, the show was at the bottom of the ratings, but rose rapidly: ninth by 1974–75 and third by 1975–76. By 1988–89 it had dethroned long-time leader \"General Hospital\" as the top-rated soap, a position it has held ever since. During the week of December 2, 2013, the series celebrated their twenty-fifth year as the number one daytime drama. \"The Young and the Restless\" airs every weeknight on Pop, where it averaged 362,000 viewers from July to September 2013. The Young and the Restless The", "title": "The Young and the Restless" }, { "docid": "5544161", "text": "of the character played by Thad. Luckinbill married \"Young and the Restless\" co-star Amelia Heinle in March 2007 while their characters were also married on the show. He is stepfather to Amelia's son from a previous marriage. They have two children, a son and a daughter. On March 1, 2017, Luckinbill filed for divorce from Heinle, citing \"irreconcilable differences\". Luckinbill enjoys playing volleyball, surfing, boxing and going to the gym. He occasionally plays for the Hollywood Knights basketball team. He majored in business finance at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his role as J.T. Hellstrom on \"The Young", "title": "Thad Luckinbill" }, { "docid": "11525387", "text": "Ethan Crane had been fathered, not by Julian Crane, but by Police Chief Sam Bennett, a fact kept secret by his mother, Ivy Crane. Sometime after, JT was forced to flee the United States when the IRS discovered that he had been evading taxes for many years. In May 2006, JT was hiding in Rome when he was tracked down by Theresa Crane, who wanted JT to tell Ethan that his wife and mother-in-law, Gwen Winthrop and Rebecca Crane, had been the ones to send JT the information about Ethan's paternity and not Theresa herself. JT only admitted the truth", "title": "Minor Passions characters" }, { "docid": "1579415", "text": "of \"The Young and the Restless\", a series that emphasized family problems, sexual intrigue, and gossip. In Australia, \"The Young and the Restless\" airs after \"Days of Our Lives\" on Arena. It previously aired on the Nine Network from April 1, 1974 to February 23, 2007, before joining the W line-up on April 2, 2007, to August 17, 2012, On July 20, 2012, it was announced that the show would move to Arena on August 20, 2012, after W rebranded as SoHo. Episodes are approximately one week behind those airing in the US at present. In New Zealand, \"The Young", "title": "The Young and the Restless" }, { "docid": "9235689", "text": "Megumi Kurihara Megumi Kurihara (栗原恵 \"Kurihara Megumi\", born July 31, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Her nickname is \"Princess Meg\" (プリンセス・メグ). Kurihara began playing volleyball as a fourth grader. She plays volleyball out of the feeling that valley wants to become good at in Otsu Junior High School of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture and, in June, 1998 that was an eighth grader, study abroad. The senior high school enters Mitajiri girls' high school (existing Seiei High School)", "title": "Megumi Kurihara" }, { "docid": "9235693", "text": "sent for the rehabilitation life in about a half year. In June 2011, she retired from Red Wings. On 11 July 2012, Okayama Seagulls announced that Kurihara will move from Kazan to the team next season. <br> Megumi Kurihara Megumi Kurihara (栗原恵 \"Kurihara Megumi\", born July 31, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Her nickname is \"Princess Meg\" (プリンセス・メグ). Kurihara began playing volleyball as a fourth grader. She plays volleyball out of the feeling that valley wants", "title": "Megumi Kurihara" }, { "docid": "4727291", "text": "After the Never Sleep Again 2009 tour, frontman JT began performing several solo acoustic shows with songs he had written outside of Hawthorne Heights. The track listing for the album was announced on February 5, 2010. \"Skeletons\" was released on June 1, 2010. According to JT Woodruff's February \"SayNow\" voice message (also uploaded on the band's Twitter), Micah Carli plays ukulele, mandolin, and various other \"weird instruments\" in the lute family for many of the bonus tracks on \"Skeletons\". Victory Records announced the release date for their \"best of\" compilation of Hawthorne Heights songs, entitled \"\". The album was released", "title": "Hawthorne Heights" }, { "docid": "15142296", "text": "Carl Weyant Carl Weyant (born October 4, 1983) is an American actor, producer, model and musician who has appeared in \"Karma: Crime, Passion and Reincarnation, \" \"The Young and the Restless\" and recently worked with Danny Glover, Michael Rooker, and famed actor Martin Landau in the psychological thriller Mysteria Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Weyant received roles in numerous low-budget independent features including \"Stray\" directed by Johnny Yong Bosch, and The Memory Thief. He then appeared as Thad Warner in \"The Young and the Restless\". Since that time, Weyant has worked steadily in Hollywood, appearing in eleven films and", "title": "Carl Weyant" }, { "docid": "15142300", "text": "out in theaters early 2014. Carl Weyant Carl Weyant (born October 4, 1983) is an American actor, producer, model and musician who has appeared in \"Karma: Crime, Passion and Reincarnation, \" \"The Young and the Restless\" and recently worked with Danny Glover, Michael Rooker, and famed actor Martin Landau in the psychological thriller Mysteria Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Weyant received roles in numerous low-budget independent features including \"Stray\" directed by Johnny Yong Bosch, and The Memory Thief. He then appeared as Thad Warner in \"The Young and the Restless\". Since that time, Weyant has worked steadily in Hollywood,", "title": "Carl Weyant" }, { "docid": "16099143", "text": "Restless City Restless City is a 2011 independent drama film directed by Andrew Dosunmu. It was written by Eugene M. Gussenhoven and stars Sy Alassane, Sky Nicole Grey, Tony Okungbowa and Babs Olusanmonkun. It premiered on January 23, 2011, at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Djibril (Sy Assane), a young African immigrant, tries to make a life for himself in the streets of Harlem in New York. A struggling musician who hopes to one day score a record deal, he survives in the mean time by selling CDs on the street and taking on gigs as a courier with the", "title": "Restless City" }, { "docid": "20831299", "text": "role. Robert Parucha Robert Parucha is a television actor who is most likely remembered for his on going roles as Matt Miller in the daytime soap operas, \"The Young and the Restless\" and as Eddie Reed in \"The Days of Our Lives\". He is also an author. He was born Robert Carl Parucha in Los Angeles County, California on October 2, 1955. He attended UC Santa Barbara where he got a bachelor's degree in Psychology and master's degree in Religious Studies. He is married with three children. In \"The Young and the Restless\", he played the part of Matt, brother", "title": "Robert Parucha" }, { "docid": "20831296", "text": "Robert Parucha Robert Parucha is a television actor who is most likely remembered for his on going roles as Matt Miller in the daytime soap operas, \"The Young and the Restless\" and as Eddie Reed in \"The Days of Our Lives\". He is also an author. He was born Robert Carl Parucha in Los Angeles County, California on October 2, 1955. He attended UC Santa Barbara where he got a bachelor's degree in Psychology and master's degree in Religious Studies. He is married with three children. In \"The Young and the Restless\", he played the part of Matt, brother of", "title": "Robert Parucha" }, { "docid": "10756056", "text": "Michael Cimino. As an actor, Redeker was twice nominated for the \"Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series\" Daytime Emmy Award for his role on \"The Young and the Restless\", both in 1989 and 1990. He also won a Soapy Award for Best Villain for his role on \"Days of our Lives\" in 1983, along with a Soap Opera Digest Award for \"Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Daytime\" for \"The Young and the Restless\". Quinn Redeker Quinn K. Redeker (born May 2, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter, who is well known for his work on soap operas.", "title": "Quinn Redeker" }, { "docid": "3271741", "text": "included only the four core characters: Brooke, Ridge, Stephanie and Eric. As of February 2015, Lang is one of only two actors to be on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" throughout the series. The other is John McCook, who portrays Eric Forrester. She appeared as Brooke on \"The Young and the Restless\" in 1999, interacting with Eric Braeden (Victor), Peter Bergman (Jack) and Eileen Davidson (Ashley). Lang previously appeared on \"The Young and the Restless\" as Gretchen in 1981, and returned to the soap, for a brief stint, in July 2007. Her work as Brooke has been recognized with seven", "title": "Katherine Kelly Lang" }, { "docid": "16099144", "text": "help of his moped. When he meets the beautiful and vulnerable Trini (Sky Grey), he jeopardizes everything to save her from her squalid life. Restless City Restless City is a 2011 independent drama film directed by Andrew Dosunmu. It was written by Eugene M. Gussenhoven and stars Sy Alassane, Sky Nicole Grey, Tony Okungbowa and Babs Olusanmonkun. It premiered on January 23, 2011, at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Djibril (Sy Assane), a young African immigrant, tries to make a life for himself in the streets of Harlem in New York. A struggling musician who hopes to one day score", "title": "Restless City" }, { "docid": "7254889", "text": "Yvonne Zima Yvonne Zima (born January 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Daisy Carter on \"The Young and the Restless\". Zima was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the daughter of Dennis and Marie. Her surname means \"winter\" in Polish and comes from her maternal grandfather, who was of Polish descent. Zima's breakthrough role was as Caitlin, the daughter of Geena Davis' character, in the film \"The Long Kiss Goodnight\" (1996). She also played Rachel Greene on \"ER\" from 1994–2000. Zima played Daisy on \"The Young and the Restless\" on and off between 2009", "title": "Yvonne Zima" }, { "docid": "9876911", "text": "Restless (novel) Restless is an espionage novel written by William Boyd, published in 2006. It won the Costa Prize for fiction. The novel depicts the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during World War II. The book continually switches between time periods and, in doing so, from first to third person. According to the author, it is one of the first novels to deal with the British Security Coordination service in New York. The book gained general public interest when it was chosen for inclusion in 'Book Club 2007', on the", "title": "Restless (novel)" }, { "docid": "8117936", "text": "Lives\" as Kristen DiMera, a character she had portrayed there over 14 years prior. Davidson made a brief return to \"The Young and the Restless\" in March 2013 for the soap's 40th anniversary. After subsequent guest appearances, Davidson returned to \"The Young and the Restless\" on September 3, 2014, as a series regular. In June 2018, Davidson quit the role, and would exit once again. Eileen Davidson originated the role of Ashley Abbott in June 1982, until her first exit on December 2, 1988. The role was immediately recast with Brenda Epperson, who portrayed Ashley for seven years from December", "title": "Ashley Abbott" }, { "docid": "5985293", "text": "Jerry Birn from 1994 until his death in 2009. Patty Weaver Patty Weaver (born September 23, 1955) is an American actress who played the role of Gina Roma on \"The Young and the Restless\" on a contract basis from 1982 until August 2005, when she was dropped to recurring status, and she last appeared in 2013. She was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Before her role on \"The Young and the Restless\", Weaver played the role of Trish Clayton Banning on \"Days of Our Lives\" from 1976 to 1982. Before launching her acting career, Patty formed the rock 'n roll", "title": "Patty Weaver" }, { "docid": "18134201", "text": "Young and the Restless\" for not making race an issue in Mariah's relationship with Devon. The storyline earned Grimes her second Daytime Emmy Award, winning for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in April 2018. Grimes had submitted the scenes where Mariah confides in Sharon about her feelings for Tessa. The actress dedicated her acceptance speech to \"everyone who dares to love truthfully\". Mariah Copeland Mariah Copeland is a fictional character from the American soap opera, \"The Young and the Restless\", portrayed by Camryn Grimes. Introduced by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps, the character made her first appearance on", "title": "Mariah Copeland" }, { "docid": "14098280", "text": "contract expired in June 2005. That October, it was announced that Frantz would reprise the role on \"The Young and the Restless\", introduced by former executive producer and head writer Lynn Marie Latham. When the character joined the show's sister soap, her intentions laid the same, to try and attract a handsome bartender Cane Ashby who was destined for a fortune (thought to be Phillip Chancellor III). In 2010, it was announced Frantz would be leaving \"The Young and the Restless\" and returning to \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". For her portrayal, Frantz has won a Daytime Emmy Award for", "title": "Amber Moore" }, { "docid": "5544163", "text": "in Madonna's \"Don't Tell Me\" video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song. On November 3, 2017, it was announced that Luckinbill would reprise his portrayal of J.T. on \"The Young and the Restless\", beginning December 12, 2017. Thad's run on \"The Young and the Restless\" ended on April 13, 2018 when Nikki Newman hit him on the back of his head with a fireplace poker. In 2013, Thad, with his twin brother Trent, and well-known producer Molly Smith (producer of \"P.S. I Love You\" and \"The Blind Side\") started a production", "title": "Thad Luckinbill" }, { "docid": "7529532", "text": "Maggie could have renewed their relationship while back in Paris, but on September 18, 2008, Bianca's return to the series was announced; she would be without Maggie, due to Hendrickson currently being with the cast of \"The Young and the Restless\". Bianca was instead given a new female lover, Reese Williams, portrayed by Tamara Braun. In 2010, Riegel permanently left the role of Bianca and joined Hendrickson on \"The Young and the Restless\". Maggie Stone Maggie Stone is a fictional character from the American daytime drama \"All My Children\". She was portrayed by actress Elizabeth Hendrickson, who also portrayed Maggie's", "title": "Maggie Stone" }, { "docid": "5985291", "text": "Patty Weaver Patty Weaver (born September 23, 1955) is an American actress who played the role of Gina Roma on \"The Young and the Restless\" on a contract basis from 1982 until August 2005, when she was dropped to recurring status, and she last appeared in 2013. She was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Before her role on \"The Young and the Restless\", Weaver played the role of Trish Clayton Banning on \"Days of Our Lives\" from 1976 to 1982. Before launching her acting career, Patty formed the rock 'n roll band called the Loved Ones. She has continued her", "title": "Patty Weaver" }, { "docid": "3237195", "text": "from \"The Young and the Restless\" due to lack of storyline. Her last airdate as Ashley was January 11, 2007. According to co-star Melody Thomas Scott, the firing was protested behind the scenes of \"The Young and the Restless\" and was seen as unfair. Scott said: \"That was so heartbreaking. We're still upset about that. That was a blow. Terrible. Eileen Davidson was such a part of the core of the show and such a brilliant actress; beautiful and always prepared. It was crazy. I'm not the only one who feels that way.\" In a surprise move a few months", "title": "Eileen Davidson" }, { "docid": "15864577", "text": "Genevieve Atkinson Genevieve Atkinson is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\". Created by former head writer Maria Arena Bell as the mother of Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard), the role was portrayed by Genie Francis, who was widely known for her three-decade long portrayal of Laura Spencer on the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\". Francis was excited to join \"The Young and the Restless\", expressing disappointment in her former daytime role and saying that her fan base would \"follow whatever she does.\" She made her first appearance during the episode airing on May", "title": "Genevieve Atkinson" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5129745", "text": "$1 million. The episode, according to the Nielsen ratings, averaged 33 million viewers, the largest audience in the show's nine-year run. The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"The Finale\" is the 210th episode of the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". It is episode sixteen of season nine, and the final episode of the series. It originally aired on May 16, 2005, and was preceded by an hour-long special looking back on the whole series. The episode starts with Ray walking into the kitchen having just seen his doctor. He tells Debra that the doctor told him his adenoids have to come", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "5129745", "text": "$1 million. The episode, according to the Nielsen ratings, averaged 33 million viewers, the largest audience in the show's nine-year run. The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"The Finale\" is the 210th episode of the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". It is episode sixteen of season nine, and the final episode of the series. It originally aired on May 16, 2005, and was preceded by an hour-long special looking back on the whole series. The episode starts with Ray walking into the kitchen having just seen his doctor. He tells Debra that the doctor told him his adenoids have to come", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "5129736", "text": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"The Finale\" is the 210th episode of the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". It is episode sixteen of season nine, and the final episode of the series. It originally aired on May 16, 2005, and was preceded by an hour-long special looking back on the whole series. The episode starts with Ray walking into the kitchen having just seen his doctor. He tells Debra that the doctor told him his adenoids have to come out. Debra tells him that it's a routine procedure and Ray is appalled at Debra's lack of concern for his well-being.", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "1605754", "text": "six seasons of the show, \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" maintained its position on the top ten rankings. The highest average rating for the series is in \"italic text\". Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning over nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Worldwide Pants, in association with HBO Independent Productions. The cast members are Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Madylin Sweeten, and Monica Horan. Most", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "1605738", "text": "Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning over nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Worldwide Pants, in association with HBO Independent Productions. The cast members are Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Madylin Sweeten, and Monica Horan. Most episodes of the nine season series were filmed in front of a live studio audience, with a few exceptions. The show is centered on the life of", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" } ]

[ { "docid": "18264372", "text": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"Italy\" is the two-part season five premiere of the American television sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Constituting the 100th and 101st overall episodes of the series, they were written by the creator Philip Rosenthal and directed by Gary Halvorson. In this episode of the show, which revolves around the life of Italian-American \"Newsday\" sportswriter Raymond Barone and his oddball family, his parents, Marie and Frank, announce that they're all going to Italy to visit the former's cousin Colletta, and everyone is excited to go except Raymond. Meanwhile, during the trip, Ray's brother Robert is attracted to a", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "11737307", "text": "he's a writer\", then they leave. \"Entertainment Weekly\" rated the episode as an 'A' calling it \"No small feat, considering the fate of this season's other most promising pilots\". TV.com rated the episode 8.5 out of 10 with 92 ratings. Pilot (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"The Pilot\" is the first episode of the American television situation comedy \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". The episode was directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Philip Rosenthal. Debra is at home feeding the kids when Ray returns from a road trip. They start to discuss Debra's birthday plans before being interrupted by Marie. Debra then leaves", "title": "Pilot (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "11737305", "text": "Pilot (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"The Pilot\" is the first episode of the American television situation comedy \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". The episode was directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Philip Rosenthal. Debra is at home feeding the kids when Ray returns from a road trip. They start to discuss Debra's birthday plans before being interrupted by Marie. Debra then leaves Ray in charge of the kids as she goes to the movies with Linda. Ray leaves with Leo to get pizza and places Marie in charge. When Debra returns home, she finds the house spotless but learns that Ray's parents", "title": "Pilot (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "18264382", "text": "\"it's not quite up to the series' usual laugh quotient.\" On March 2, 2002, Rosenthal won the Writers Guild of America Award for for writing \"Italy\". He has cited the episode to be one of his favorites of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond) \"Italy\" is the two-part season five premiere of the American television sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Constituting the 100th and 101st overall episodes of the series, they were written by the creator Philip Rosenthal and directed by Gary Halvorson. In this episode of the show, which revolves around the life of Italian-American \"Newsday\" sportswriter Raymond Barone", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "18738651", "text": "His on-screen/real life sister Madylin released a statement regarding her brother's death and pleaded for everyone \"to reach out to the ones you love\". Sawyer Sweeten Sawyer Storm Sweeten (May 12, 1995 – April 23, 2015) was an American child actor. He was best known for playing Geoffrey Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to parents Timothy Sweeten and Elizabeth Millsap. He had a sister Madylin, and a twin brother, Sullivan - all three starring on the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" for 9 seasons. The Sweeten family moved to California when the", "title": "Sawyer Sweeten" }, { "docid": "14443652", "text": "result, Simon receives royalties every time Munch appears in an episode of the show. On its original airdate, September 20, 1999, the episode pulled a 5.4 in the age 18-49 demographic. The series premiere of \"SVU\" on NBC also aired with the premieres of CBS comedies \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" and \"Becker\", with the premieres of ABC comedies \"Grown Ups\" and \"Malcolm & Eddie\", and with the WB drama, \"Safe Harbor\". \"Reviewstream.com\" said that the episode \"raised the question as to whether everyone should get equal justice, or there should be exceptions based on who the person was\" and gave it", "title": "Payback (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)" }, { "docid": "11452642", "text": "roles in shows such as \"The Incredible Hulk\", \"MacGyver\", \"Cheers\", \"Murder, She Wrote\" and \"Seinfeld\". It was on the series \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" that he got his biggest break, when he gained the role of Nemo, a pizza restaurant owner. He started playing the role in 1998 and it lasted until his death in early 2000. In February 2000, Perry, who had been suffering with diabetes, got worse and he died due to the illness 10 days after his 69th birthday. His character's last appearance in \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" was shown posthumously when his restaurant got bought out. Nemo's last", "title": "Joseph V. Perry" }, { "docid": "10565921", "text": "his residency in surgery, specializing in Cardiothoracic Surgery. In \"The Next Episode\" (Season 6, Episode 05), Sam's mother, Dee, comes to him for help for her boss, Raymond, who has heart issues. Sam is thrown when he sees Dee kissing the married Raymond and realizes they're having an affair. When Raymond collapses after surgery, Sam discovers he needs a new lung but there are no donors. Raymond's wife, Jillian, shocks everyone by first revealing she has known all along about Raymond and Dee's affair and also by how Raymond is Sam's real father. Sam is naturally jarred to learn his", "title": "Sam Bennett (Private Practice)" }, { "docid": "1605742", "text": "feelings and rarely yields to sentiment. As the series progresses, however, several episodes demonstrate that the senior Barone loves his family immensely. Unlike everyone else, Frank has no problem comically criticizing Marie and often comes to Debra's defense whenever Marie comments disparagingly about their daughter-in-law. Raymond and Debra's marriage is fraught with conflicts. Raymond prefers sports television over discussions with Debra on marital matters. Like his father, Raymond works full-time, leaving most child-rearing responsibilities to his wife; and he is often forced to help around the house. One of the show's recurring elements finds the couple having a long discussion", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "4999385", "text": "Horan has guest-starred on the \"Hot in Cleveland\" series (Season 2) playing an Amish woman, and in 2017 was reunited with her \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" co-star Patricia Heaton when she guest-starred on a Season 8 episode of \"The Middle\". Her maternal grandfather was Jewish. Horan is also a Democrat. Monica Horan Monica Louise Horan (born January 29, 1963) is an American actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall-Barone on the television sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Horan was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Selma (née Spencer), a clerk, and Robert J. Horan, a courthouse officer. She graduated", "title": "Monica Horan" }, { "docid": "5446142", "text": "Scott Buck Scott Randall Buck is an American television writer. Buck has written for several television series including HBO's \"Six Feet Under\", \"Rome\", Showtime's \"Dexter\", \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"Coach\", \"Inhumans\" and \"The Oblongs\". Buck began his career as a sitcom writer. He joined the staff of \"Six Feet Under\" as a writer and supervising producer in 2002 for the show's second season. He wrote the second season episode \"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year\". He remained a supervising producer for the third season in 2003 and wrote two further episodes \"You Never Know\" and \"Everyone Leaves\". He was", "title": "Scott Buck" }, { "docid": "18264378", "text": "around Rome, as well and Marie and Frank. Colleta and Giorgio give a farewell to the family, while Robert and Stefania say goodbye to each other with Marco watching them. During the van ride, all the family members together sing \"C'è La Luna Mezzo Mare\" by Lou Monte. The episode ends with Ray annoying his fellow passengers by singing loudly in Italian on the plane back to New York. After the first season of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" ended in 1997, the series' creator, Philip Rosenthal, asked Ray Romano what he was going to do over the summer. When Rosenthal suggested", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "5129742", "text": "that nobody told him, but becomes curious as to how everyone reacted when they thought he might be dead. There is a pause and Ray irritably envisions what he thinks must have been going through Debra's head, saying that while she has to plan a funeral and raise three kids herself, she can finally start dating again. The scene takes on a moment of seriousness when Frank shouts at Raymond that he saw Ray's wife fall apart in the waiting room, shouting \"I've never seen her like that, and I'll tell you, I never want to see her like that", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "5014562", "text": "most watched program on the network that night. Combined with a new episode of \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"The Simpsons\" beat CBS's \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" special (\"Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years\") in the ratings, besting the special by a full rating point and a half among adults between ages 18 to 49. On August 24, 2010, the episode was released as part of \"The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season\" DVD and Blu-ray box set. Matt Groening, Al Jean, Matt Selman, Mike Reiss, Chuck Sheetz, Don Payne, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, David Silverman, and Stan Lee participated in the", "title": "I Am Furious (Yellow)" }, { "docid": "1605753", "text": "All Time\". During its nine seasons, \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" was nominated for 69 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning 15 of them, including 10 for acting. The series was also nominated for 21 Screen Actors Guild Awards (1 win) and won the Writers Guild of America Award for for \"Italy\" in 2002. The series finale scored a 20.2 household rating, 32.94 million viewers (29% of all viewers at the time) and an 11.2 rating among adults 18–49. At 8pm, \"Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh\" averaged a 15.3 household rating, 24.52 million viewers and a 7.5 among adults 18–49. Throughout the latter", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "4999384", "text": "telephone sales agent for Telecharge. She met her future husband, Philip Rosenthal, who served as executive producer of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", while attending Hofstra, and she converted to Judaism before their marriage in 1990. Horan is probably best known for her appearance in the part of Amy McDougall (later Barone), Robert Barone's off-on again girlfriend, then wife, on the CBS-TV sitcom series \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Horan appeared in 66 episodes of the series, making her first appearance in the episode titled \"Who's Handsome?\" (Season 1, episode #14). She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children.", "title": "Monica Horan" }, { "docid": "5129738", "text": "reason he is there is because Marie dragged him there since he is the same blood type as Raymond. The family tells jokes to lighten the mood, of which Marie disapproves; she says that she needs to go to the bathroom and when she returns everyone should have a sign of concern. A few moments after Marie leaves, a nurse enters the waiting room and asks for Debra. Debra asks how the procedure went and the nurse, after asking whether Ray had any medical conditions that he did not disclose, states that they are having trouble bringing Ray out of", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "5043947", "text": "the 350th episode, it was actually the 351st episode to air (\"Future-Drama\" is the 350th and \"The Heartbroke Kid\" is the 352nd). The real 350th episode (in production code order) is \"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star\", which was temporarily shelved following the death of Pope John Paul II. On the United Kingdom's Channel 4, and in American syndication on Fox Affiliates, the entire post-credit conversation between Homer and Ray about CBS's \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" was re-dubbed with the traditional end music for the show. However, when the episode aired on Sky1, the original end credits were", "title": "Don't Fear the Roofer" }, { "docid": "7021728", "text": "as \"Friends\", \"Will & Grace\", \"Ally McBeal\" or \"Everybody Loves Raymond\"\". Sexton noted that each of those series won the Best Comedy Emmy award in a year that \"The Simpsons\" aired but was not even nominated. In 2006, the episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour). The episode beat out the \"South Park\" episode \"Trapped in the Closet\", in which Tom Cruise and Scientology are satirized. Al Jean, accepting the award, said: \"This is what happens when you don't mock Scientology.\" At the 34th Annie Awards, episode writer Ian Maxtone-Graham won", "title": "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" }, { "docid": "2331921", "text": "\"Cry-Baby\" with Baldwin and the Whiffles hopping. The Bunny Hop is shown in the pilot episode of \"Family Ties\" when Alex attends a country club event and mentioned again in the episode \"Karen II, Alex 0\". In \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\" episode \"Fresh Prince After Dark\", Carlton is seen doing the Bunny Hop at the Playboy Mansion. In the \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" episode \"The Walk to the Door\", Robert Barone dances to the bunny hop at a family wedding. In the \"Newhart\" episode \"Jumpin' George\", George Utley dances the Bunny Hop in the lobby area, in order to keep", "title": "Bunny hop (dance)" }, { "docid": "3444155", "text": "and Chandler's wedding that Rachel is pregnant, with the father unknown to everyone but her. In the season 8 finale, Ross’s daughter with Rachel named Emma Geller-Green is born, as a result of their one night stand prior to Chandler and Monica’s wedding. In the final episode of the show, when Rachel is moving to Paris for her job with a new fashion brand, Ross tells her at the airport that he loves her and asks not to leave. Rachel initially doesn't heed his feelings, but when the plane is about to take off, she realizes that she loves him", "title": "Ross Geller" }, { "docid": "7337417", "text": "man who was going to kill her a few months after the incident with Fyers. The man was later revealed to work for Ivo and in the episode \"Three Ghosts\", Shado is killed when she is shot in the head by Professor Ivo. In the same episode she appears as one of three ghosts to Oliver when he's having trouble with survivor's guilt and she warns him to put down his bow or else everyone he loves will die, suggesting the conspiracy surrounding Brother Blood, the Mirakuru drug that Ivo was after and is now being used by Blood, and", "title": "Shado (comics)" }, { "docid": "8044049", "text": "written a book, \"The Magnificent Seasons: How the Jets, Mets, and Knicks Made Sports History and Uplifted a City and the Country\", with Barry Zeman (Thomas Dunne Books). The book is about the New York Jets, New York Mets, and New York Knicks all winning championships for the first time in 1969 and 1970. He appeared as himself in a 1999 episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" along with several other members of the 1969 Mets. Shamsky married twice and had two daughters. , he worked at Bravo Properties in South Orange, New Jersey. In the American sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\",", "title": "Art Shamsky" }, { "docid": "6637244", "text": "biographical novel called \"In Sicilian Company\". She continued to act into her nineties, most notably as a relative from the Old World who visits and stays with the (wrong) Barone family in a 1999 episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\"; her last role was in 2002. She wed Miro Brunetti, a foreign correspondent in Hollywood. The two helped to co-found the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The couple had one son, Mario. Miro Brunetti died in 1966. Argentina Brunetti never remarried. She moved to Rome in 2004 to be with her family and died there from natural causes on December 20, 2005,", "title": "Argentina Brunetti" }, { "docid": "5043946", "text": "when Homer was actually talking to Ray. Marge asks Ray why he started fixing the roof, and then just disappeared. Ray says he is a contractor. Everyone laughs, and Marge says \"That's right, you're all crooks!\" Dr. Hibbert, seeing how angry Homer is as he was made to go through shock treatment for nothing, offers to make it up to him by doing a free eye scraping for him. Homer agrees on it, but also forces Hibbert to fix the roof without any breaks while Ray and Homer discuss \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" on the roof. Although it was advertised as", "title": "Don't Fear the Roofer" }, { "docid": "1567256", "text": "and Shaun Dooley. The show ended with a giant 'pile on' which had been organised by Iain and Kate during the weeks before the last episode. Since then, the show's morning slot has been taken up by re-runs of sitcoms such as \"Friends\", \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" and \"Frasier\". In January 2006, Channel 4 launched a new live show since \"RI:SE\", called \"Morning Glory\", which was presented by Dermot O'Leary. It broadcast between 08:30 and 09:00, Monday to Friday morning for a three-week spell during Channel 4's 2006 run of \"Celebrity Big Brother 4\", but was not renewed due to poor", "title": "RI:SE" }, { "docid": "11734227", "text": "On \"The Shannara Chronicles\"\". One of the reasons given was \"She becomes more interesting every single week\". Similarly, \"Voice of TV\" posted an article titled \"Why Everyone Loves Eretria\", and stated that \"she is the main one who makes everything interesting\", citing her development through the season. \"AfterEllen.com\" expressed interest in the television character's bisexuality, which is revealed during the sixth episode. When the first season concluded, another article from the site expressed disappointment that the matter was not further explored. In a review of the fifth episode, Terri Schwartz of \"IGN.com\" praised the producers for \"bringing Eretria to the", "title": "Eretria (Shannara)" }, { "docid": "3558647", "text": "a recurring role on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" as Warren Whelan, the father of Debra Barone and father-in-law of Ray Barone. He appeared on episodes of other television programs, including a 1961 season-three episode of \"Bonanza\" titled \"Broken Ballad\", as well as \"The Golden Girls\", \"The Nanny\", \"The Girls Next Door\", and \"Wings\". He was the voice of the character Halcyon Renard in the Disney adventure cartoon \"Gargoyles\". In \"I Spy Returns\" (1994), a nostalgic television movie, Culp and Cosby reprised their roles as Robinson and Scott for the first time since 1968. Culp and Cosby reunited one last time on", "title": "Robert Culp" }, { "docid": "13293423", "text": "In the final episode, Nigel invites Lorna to his villa in Spain, unaware that all of his former lovers are there, after being invited by his ex-wife, Denise. Lorna stands up for herself and tells everyone that she loves Nigel. At the end of the episode it is revealed by Janis that Nigel and Lorna are still together after his heart attack. Nigel Croker Captain Nigel Croker is a fictional character from the TV programme Mile High. He was played by Christopher Villiers when the series ran between 2004 and 2005. There were plans for \"Mile High\" to return, but", "title": "Nigel Croker" }, { "docid": "14885732", "text": "guitar) recorded it in 30 minutes on the last day of recording for \"Book of Dreams\". Greg Douglass' guitar is tuned to 'Open A' (which is, low to high, E-A-E-A-C#-E). It is the only guitar on the studio recording. \"Jungle Love\" has been used on multiple occasions in the television series \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". It was featured on the season 6 episode \"Snow Day\", which aired January 14, 2002: at the end, all the characters, except Marie and Frank, chaotically danced to the song. The song was then used as the opening credits theme music in seasons 7-9. Jungle Love", "title": "Jungle Love (Steve Miller Band song)" }, { "docid": "18223893", "text": "episode directors. Six episodes were produced, but CBS cancelled the show after the last of them aired. \"Loves Me, Loves Me Not\" premiered on CBS on Sunday, March 20, 1977, at 10:30 p.m. It then moved to its regular time slot, Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., on March 23, remaining there until its sixth and final episode was broadcast on April 27, 1977. Sources Loves Me, Loves Me Not (TV series) Loves Me, Loves Me Not is an American sitcom starring Susan Dey and Kenneth Gilman which centered on a young couple who had just started dating. It aired on CBS", "title": "Loves Me, Loves Me Not (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6140114", "text": "old. She starred in an episode of \"The Amanda Show\" again two years later, playing Becky. Brass has appeared on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"ER\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"Friends\" and \"That 70's Show\", amongst other TV programs. She has also starred in several films, with the last one being \"Target\" in 2004. From May 2006 to May 2007 she starred in her own web show, \"GirlTalkTV\", with fellow actress Abigail Mavity. She has two older sisters named Tammi and Amanda, a brother named Bryan, and a nephew named Kevin. She is close friends with Spencer Locke, Dyllan Christopher and Abigail", "title": "Steffani Brass" }, { "docid": "16478131", "text": "when she became excessively intoxicated on Halloween night. The play is accompanied by the song You Light Up My Life performed by Virginia and Burt. Sabrina watches in wonder as the play unfolds. In the end, Jimmy confesses his feelings to Sabrina and says he loves her. After a brief silent moment, Sabrina runs away. Jimmy runs after her and when he looks for her, Sabrina appears, says \"I hate kissing in public\" and they kiss. And the episode ends with everyone finishing the song \"You Light Up My Life\". Phil Dyess-Nugent of The A.V. Club gave the episode an", "title": "Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend" }, { "docid": "6835293", "text": "Homer Loves Flanders \"Homer Loves Flanders\" is the sixteenth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 17, 1994. In the episode, Ned Flanders invites Homer to a football game and the two become good friends. However, Ned soon grows weary of Homer's overbearing friendship and stupid antics, and begins to hate him. The episode was written by David Richardson and directed by Wesley Archer. It was the last episode to be pitched by writer Conan O'Brien before he left \"The Simpsons\". The episode features cultural references to films", "title": "Homer Loves Flanders" }, { "docid": "1605743", "text": "in bed each night before going to sleep. Kevin James was an actor and writer on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Once James got his own show, \"The King of Queens\", the two shows crossed over. The first crossover happened on \"The King of Queens\". In it, Ray Barone and Doug Heffernan become friends. Later on the same night, Kevin James showed up on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" as Doug Heffernan. The shows would go on to crossover several more times. There are two continuity errors in this universe. Kevin James played a different character in earlier seasons of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" than", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "18264374", "text": "Colletta (Silvana De Santis), who lives in a small village outside of Rome. Everyone is excited to go, except Raymond (Ray Romano). Ray informs Debra (Patricia Heaton) that he doesn't want to go on the trip because he has no interest in other cultures. Debra replies that she doesn't want his \"dumbness\" to ruin the vacation. The family arrive at Colleta's home, who welcomes them along with her husband Giorgio. Ray begins developing a cold which he claims he got from the air conditioning on the van they rode. Robert (Brad Garrett), also becomes miserable, due to his \"dilemma\"; because", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "602706", "text": "ambitious, scheming to restore the monarchy through her children. Evadne A Greek princess with whom Adrian falls in love, but who loves Raymond. She is devoted and proud, even when she becomes impoverished. Clara Daughter of Raymond and Perdita. Alfred and Evelyn Sons of Verney and Idris. Ryland Leader of the popular democratic party, Ryland has grand plans for the abolition of nobility before the plague, but is unwilling to govern England during the plague. Merrival An astronomer who is oblivious to the plague, instead speculating about the condition of earth in six thousand years, until his family dies. Lucy", "title": "The Last Man" }, { "docid": "2695084", "text": "and loves about his city. In the first few chapters, Whalen writes with a nostalgic pen recollecting memories of the family culture of the close-knit neighborhood he grew up in on the Lower East Side. Contrasted against his writing emphasizing efficiency and organization regarding later years, particularly when working the Mayor's Office and as Police Commissioner, Whalen longs for his childhood days, when everyone in his neighborhood knew everyone by first name. Also, in the last chapter, he concludes with describing his fascination with New York using the trajectory of his professional career as evidence of the proposed American dream:", "title": "Grover Whalen" }, { "docid": "15083005", "text": "wall (\"JB loves Joline - Tommy loves Danielle - Sean loves Kendra - Billy loves Allison - Seth loves Celie. 4ever and ever.\") We get conflicting descriptions of Celie’s character- JB calls her wild and dangerous while Seth (her boyfriend at the time) thinks of her as angelic and gentle. As they tell their stories, Celie, as a ghost appears, acting out the storyteller’s scenario. Seth goes on to say how almost everyone who was in the cave last night has died young. He and Kendra also talk about how people believe her spirit still walks the hills and the", "title": "Language of Angels" }, { "docid": "5129739", "text": "the anesthesia. Debra starts to cry and the rest of the family (minus Marie who is in the bathroom) comes over. Debra tells them what the nurse said and everyone begins to panic. Robert attempts to rush to the operating table, telling the nurse that he and Ray are the same blood type and that he can wake his brother up. Just before he walks through the door, the doctor emerges and says that everything is fine and that it occasionally happens due to hypertension. Everyone is relieved and agrees that they can't tell Ray or Marie about what happened.", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "8007813", "text": "that week, following episodes of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" and \"60 Minutes\". The episode was also the most watched new series of the week. The episode won casting director April Webster the Artios Award for Best Casting for a Dramatic Pilot. It was nominated for the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Television Episode (Mace Matiosian, supervising sound editor; David Rawlinson, supervising sound editor; David F. Van Slyke, sound editor). \"Pilot\" received a Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series (Alex Mackie, editor; Alec Smight, editor). The episode also earned a", "title": "Pilot (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)" }, { "docid": "7132053", "text": "Gerald have many adventures together and frequently dress up to imitate their favorite comic book hero, Flying Man. When dressed up, Lotta becomes \"Leaping Lotta\". In several stories, Lotta expressed an ambition to become a police officer. A \"Little Lotta\" comic book was used as a plot device on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" in 1996 (season 4, episode 17). Lotta appears as a character on Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure. Was referenced in the cartoon/comedy TV series \"Family Guy\" S15 E04; Peter Griffin dresses up as Little Lotta on the Hollywood Walk of Stars to take photos with tourists. Little Lotta", "title": "Little Lotta" }, { "docid": "10307383", "text": "C'mon Marianne \"C'mon Marianne\" is a song composed by L. Russell Brown and Raymond Bloodworth and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1967. Produced by Bob Crewe, the single was the last Four Seasons single to reach the Top Ten of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in the 1960s, and their last Top Ten hit until \"Who Loves You\" in 1975. Originally on the \"New Gold Hits\" album, a different version of the song was distributed on promotional singles distributed to disk jockeys and released commercially, but when people did not react positively to a recording that was slower than", "title": "C'mon Marianne" }, { "docid": "1605740", "text": "(who, later in the series, has his own apartment). All Barone relatives frequently make their presence known to the annoyance of Raymond and Debra; Debra's justifiable complaints about Raymond's overbearing family serve as one of the show's comedic elements. Out of the three unwanted visitors, Debra is particularly intimidated by Marie, an insulting, controlling, manipulative (though ultimately caring) woman who criticizes Debra passive-aggressively and praises Ray, clearly favoring him over other son \"Robbie,\" whose birth necessitated her marriage (a fact revealed in the episode \"Good Girls\"). Raymond typically falls in the middle of family arguments, incapable of taking any decisive", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "17821766", "text": "the anchor to the other side she sees lots of people including Vicki (Kayla Ewell) who appears to tell him via Bonnie that she loves him and is always watching over him. Tyler also comes back, making Caroline upset after the moment she had with Klaus in the woods. Alaric (Matt Davis) appears last to inform everyone that he is always there. The episode ends with Elena and Katherine in the bedroom. Elena tells Katherine she forgives her for everything she has done, and while Katherine thanks her, she grabs Elena and chants the spell Nadia taught her. Elena falls", "title": "500 Years of Solitude" }, { "docid": "11222194", "text": "Simpson house for a backyard barbecue in Marge's honor. Marge, returning in a foul mood after driving, walks to the backyard and is welcomed by everyone. After the barbecue, Marge tells Homer that she loves him. Homer and the other guests toast her, before Homer turns on the sprinklers once dinner is over to get everyone to clear out. The episode title is a reference to the paraprosdokian gag \"Take my wife... please!\" made popular by Henny Youngman. Brake My Wife, Please \"Brake My Wife, Please\" is the twentieth episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourteenth season. It originally aired on the", "title": "Brake My Wife, Please" }, { "docid": "4530207", "text": "before or during a series finale as a way for audiences to reminisce about their favorite moments. Some examples of shows that have used clip shows in this sense are: \"Animaniacs\", \"Frasier\", \"The Golden Girls\", \"Seinfeld\", \"Friends\", \"Thunderbirds\", \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"The Outer Limits\", \"Stargate SG-1\"/\"Atlantis\", and \"Cheers\". Clip shows are also a way to compile the best episodes or sketches from a series to air in a single, concise package when rerunning a whole episode or series is implausible. The annual Scottish New Year special \"Scotch and Wry\" was condensed into four feature film-length episodes for home video release.", "title": "Clip show" }, { "docid": "11602616", "text": "and film private homes during a ride-along is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The 1993 film \"Cop and a Half\" portrays a boy on a ride-along, who witnesses a murder. In the TV series \"Friends\", the episode entitled \"The One with the Ride-Along\" features Chandler, Joey, and Ross on a ride-along with Phoebe's then-boyfriend Gary, who was a cop. In \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Separate Vocations\", Bart Simpson goes on a ride-along with Springfield police officers Eddie and Lou, following an aptitude test which suggests that Bart is best suited as a police officer. An episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\",", "title": "Ride-along" }, { "docid": "18738648", "text": "Sawyer Sweeten Sawyer Storm Sweeten (May 12, 1995 – April 23, 2015) was an American child actor. He was best known for playing Geoffrey Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to parents Timothy Sweeten and Elizabeth Millsap. He had a sister Madylin, and a twin brother, Sullivan - all three starring on the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" for 9 seasons. The Sweeten family moved to California when the twins were 6 months old; the siblings were cast less than a year later. Later, Sawyer and Sullivan owned a house together in Riverside,", "title": "Sawyer Sweeten" }, { "docid": "738130", "text": "actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode. The issue was resolved a month later, and Castellaneta earned $250,000 per episode. After salary re-negotiations in 2008, the voice actors receive approximately $400,000 per episode. Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Castellaneta and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode. Executive producer Al Jean notes that in \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> writing room, \"everyone loves writing for Homer\", and many of his adventures are based on experiences of the writers. In the early", "title": "Homer Simpson" }, { "docid": "7021622", "text": "season as the ratings have increased with men in the age demographic of 25 to 54. On July 15, 2011, TNT cancelled the series after two seasons. In 2017, \"One Day at a Time\" premiered on Netflix starring Justina Machado and Rita Moreno. A reimagining of the 1975 Norman Lear sitcom, Royce co-created the 2017 version with Gloria Calderon Kellett. He is executive producer and co-showrunner of the series, alongside Ms. Kellett. Royce was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2003 for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for the \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" episode \"Counseling\". He and the other \"Raymond\"", "title": "Mike Royce" }, { "docid": "3140032", "text": "\"Without a Trace\", \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Judging Amy\", \"Murphy Brown\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"L.A. Law\", \"Tom Clancy's Op-Center\", \"The Good Wife\" and, for PBS \"Great Performances\", \"On the Town\" with the London Symphony Orchestra and \"Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall\". Garrison also participated in several installments of Pyramid as a celebrity guest, most notably helping a contestant win $100,000 during a Tournament episode of \"The $100,000 Pyramid\" in 1988 . He originated the role of The Wizard in the original touring company of \"Wicked\" when it began on March 8, 2005. He finished his", "title": "David Garrison" }, { "docid": "5718858", "text": "the illness. This causes him (and all of his team) to become paranoid, aggressive and confused and they resort to shooting with stunners everyone they see even if they are not affected by the sickness. Eventually, though, a picture of Sheppard convinced him to assist Ronon treat the sick. He later apologised to Sheppard. Originally from San Francisco, California, Lorne also has a sister who has two young boys. He loves ice cream. The character was introduced in the \"Stargate SG-1\" episode \"Enemy Mine\". Kavan Smith had formed a close relationship with director Peter DeLuise before being cast. When the", "title": "Evan Lorne" }, { "docid": "2164779", "text": "were produced by music impresario, Richard Flanzer. A January 1975 episode of the ABC sitcom \"The Odd Couple\" — entitled \"Felix the Horse Player\"—was filmed partly at Belmont Park, though one of the race clips on the show features the shot of an Aqueduct starting gate. A few years later, Dick Cavett took the camera crew of his PBS talk show to Belmont for a look at horse racing. Belmont Park was featured in an episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", in which Frank, Robert, and Ray bet on a horse named \"Marie's Mouth\". Belmont Park was featured on season finale", "title": "Belmont Park" }, { "docid": "6854074", "text": "Family Channel. Skrovan co-wrote the 1993 \"Seinfeld\" episode \"The Movie\". He was then a writer for the CBS sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", which ran from 1996 to 2005. Skrovan produced the 2005 TV special \"Earth to America\", which covered environmental issues. He wrote, produced, and directed \"An Unreasonable Man\", a 2006 documentary about Ralph Nader. He then worked as a producer on the 2006-2010 show \"'Til Death\", which starred former \"Raymond\" cast member Brad Garrett. Since 2014, Skrovan has co-hosted the weekly \"Ralph Nader Radio Hour\" program from the Pacifica Radio Network. Skrovan is married and has two children. This", "title": "Steve Skrovan" }, { "docid": "10817151", "text": "of funk songs. Ray Romano's character sings a variation of the song while eating his wife's \"braciole\" in the \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" episode, \"Debra Makes Something Good.\" On \"Will & Grace\", Karen tells Jack that this is the song to which she and Stan make love. She then walks in on her husband cheating on her with the same song playing. Closed captioning for that episode incorrectly credits the song to Sly and the Family Stone. In \"That '70s Show\", in the episode \"Water Tower\", Eric walks in on his parents having sex, and the song plays every time he", "title": "Tell Me Something Good" }, { "docid": "15055815", "text": "said that there is something about Sol that attracts her, and as she is stronger than he is, she sees it as taking him in and teaching him. Sol falls for Naz very quickly, and Cole said they have never met people like each other before. Naz is a party girl who loves to have fun, but causes trouble and drama, such as when her argument with Fatboy in episode 1 leads to a fight between the and 2. Hussen said that this was her favourite scene to film. Not everyone gets on with Naz straight away. She is confident", "title": "Naz Mehmet" }, { "docid": "17431613", "text": "her to a couch. The episode ends with Dexter strapping Galuzzo to his kill table and noting how he is similar in how he \"consumes everyone he loves.\" In its original American broadcast, \"What's Eating Dexter Morgan?\" was watched by 2.43 million viewers, down 90,000 from the previous episode. The episode received mixed reviews. Many critics questioned Vogel and Elway's true intentions; however, Vogel's character and Charlotte Rampling's portrayal of her was well received. The cannibal plotline was received more negatively; critics were more enthusiastic about Jennifer Carpenter's acting and Deb's arc. James Queally of \"The Star-Ledger\" had mixed feelings", "title": "What's Eating Dexter Morgan?" }, { "docid": "9392770", "text": "date Josh Stock (Abigail's brother, played by Ben Lloyd-Hughes) until Tony breaks them up by sending naked photos of Abigail from Josh's phone. In \"Effy\", Josh seeks revenge on Tony and his younger sister Effy, by drugging her and effectively taking her for ransom. In the finale episode, \"Everyone\", it is Anwar's birthday. Anwar and Maxxie are reconciled when Anwar's father welcomes Maxxie to the birthday party, accepting his homosexuality. Chris' relationship with Angie ends violently when her fiancé returns. Tony confesses to Michelle that he loves her and wants to change his manipulative ways (whilst on the phone), only", "title": "Skins (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "1605744", "text": "on \"The King of Queens\". The second one (similar to the first) is that Chris Elliott appeared as one character on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", and another on \"The King of Queens\". In 2009, series creator/producer Philip Rosenthal traveled to Russia to adapt the show for local audiences. His experience was documented by a film crew and released as the documentary feature \"Exporting Raymond\". The Russian version is titled \"Воронины\" (\"The Voronins\", a Russian surname sounding similar to the family's name, The Barones). The show was adapted in Poland under the title \"Wszyscy kochają Romana\" (Everybody Loves Roman). It was picked", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "5501958", "text": "water. All Springfielders, even those who seemed happier and healthier without sugar, jump into the harbor and drink the sugar water. Judge Snyder then declares the sugar ban over and dives in with everyone else. Marge is upset and she thinks about giving up changing the world. However, Homer tells her that he loves her when she tries to make a world a better place. \"Sweets and Sour Marge\" was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Mark Kirkland. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 20, 2002. The idea for the episode was", "title": "Sweets and Sour Marge" }, { "docid": "5515119", "text": "episode of \"The New Adventures of Old Christine\". He has directed or guest directed such series as \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"Becker\", \"Cheers\", \"Wings\", \"Frasier\", \"Two and a Half Men\", \"Andy Richter Controls the Universe\", \"Whitney\" and \"The Ellen Show\". Ackerman also directed the pilot episode of the 2006 Fox series \"Happy Hour\". Ackerman directed the NBC comedy \"Perfect Couples\". He was also a co-producer of \"Cheers\" and producer of \"The Ellen Show\". Andy Ackerman Robert Andrew \"Andy\" Ackerman (September 19, 1956) is an American director and producer and script editor who is best known for his work on \"Seinfeld\", \"The", "title": "Andy Ackerman" }, { "docid": "2439879", "text": "whom Meg Ryan's character confides. On May 14, 2000, in the \"Mother's Day\" episode of the TV series \"Touched by an Angel,\" she played an angel named Emma who came to help Celine who was taking care of her late best friend's mother. In the 1990s, Stapleton played the role of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle in a children's series of the same name based on the books by Betty MacDonald. In 1996, Stapleton appeared on \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" playing Ray's imperious aunt. That same year, she also appeared in the \"Murphy Brown\" episode \"All in the Family\" playing Miles's grandmother, Nana Silverberg.", "title": "Jean Stapleton" }, { "docid": "4980280", "text": "courtroom constructed for the production within The Denver City and County Building, \"Diagnosis: Murder\" was temporarily set at the then recently closed St. Luke’s Hospital on 19th Street just east of downtown. When Raymond Burr became terminally ill later that summer, he was no longer seen at the hotel after having filmed his last episode, \"The Case of the Killer Kiss\" (1993). In fact, upon his demise, Paul Sorvino was seen entering the hotel building to begin filming what was to be the last \"Perry Mason\" episode ever filmed in Denver, – \"A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the", "title": "Diagnosis: Murder" }, { "docid": "6253768", "text": "The same quote by Homer to Lisa was cited by Michael Schneider in \"Daily Variety\", who wrote: \"...insiders note that the actors work just six to seven hours to voice an episode—which would mean $ 360,000 for a day's work, a figure that even \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" star Ray Romano doesn't match.\" University of the Sciences in Philadelphia physics and mathematics professor Paul Halpern discusses the episode in his book \"What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe\", and quotes Homer's admonition to Lisa: \"Lisa, in this house, we", "title": "The PTA Disbands" }, { "docid": "1751123", "text": "\"the reason we're going public is to share our experience, yeah, but to have an effect. Our goal is to help people.\" Romano also remained close to Doris Roberts, who played his character's mother on \"Everyone Loves Raymond\". At the time of her death, Romano said he was inspired by her desire to continue learning throughout her life. She also served as a mentor, helping him to feel more comfortable on set. Romano attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills. After transferring from Archbishop Molloy High School, Romano graduated from Hillcrest High School", "title": "Ray Romano" }, { "docid": "14681770", "text": "midnight. The last programme shown on the channel was an episode of Party Wars. Sky Living Loves' EPG slot on Sky was given to Sky Arts 2. Sky Living Loves Sky Living Loves was a British television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting. It launched on 5 July 2010 and closed on 21 February 2012. It was the sister channel of Sky Living and Sky Livingit. On 1 July 2010, a preview for Living Loves replaced Living +2 on Sky and Virgin Media, ahead of the channels launch at 3pm on 5 July. The channel showed comedy and drama programmes", "title": "Sky Living Loves" }, { "docid": "5439114", "text": "character of Carrie was created by David Litt and Michael J. Weithorn. The show was originally created around the character of Doug Heffernan after Kevin James' successful guest appearances on popular sitcom \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". \"The King of Queens\" was partly inspired by the classic television sitcom \"The Honeymooners\". Carrie Heffernan is based on the character of Alice Kramden, with similar mannerisms and deadpan expressions. The role was almost accepted by Megan Mullally who turned it down at the last minute to take a role in \"Will & Grace\". When Remini's short lived TV series \"Fired Up\" was cancelled in", "title": "Carrie Heffernan" }, { "docid": "9432358", "text": "a guest star in a 1976 \"All in the Family\" episode, and Stapleton later appeared with Roberts as Marie Barone's estranged sister on a single episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". The film debuted on December 23, 1961, and received an uneven critical response. Jonas Mekas wrote in \"Film Quarterly\" that the film was the \"most interesting American film of the quarter; it may become the most underestimated film of the year.\" However, \"The New York Times\" critic Bosley Crowther said that it was \"quite exhausting to sit through that ordeal in the apartment.\" and that \"it is not too satisfying,", "title": "Something Wild (1961 film)" }, { "docid": "18264380", "text": "the \"Rome News-Tribune\". According to the \"Los Angeles Times\", Brad Garrett threatened not to participate in the two-part episode unless he got a raise, which he was given. \"Italy\" initially aired on the American television network CBS, part one on October 2, 2000 and part two on October 9. In 2005, it was released to DVD as part of the official DVD release for the fifth season, which also came with an audio commentary for both parts of the episode by Phil Rosenthal and Ray Romano. \"Italy\" has been positively received by critics. Former DVD Verdict writer Russell Engebretson said", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "18264379", "text": "he go to Italy, Romano did not accept because he was \"not really interested in other cultures.\" According to Rosenthal, \"After I got up off the floor, I realized: Here's an episode.\" Directed by Gary Halvorson, \"Italy\" guest stars Silvana De Santis as Colletta, Pierrino Mascarino as Giorgio, Alex Meneses as Stefania, David Proval as Signore Fogagnolo, Enzo Vitagliano as the Bocce player, Sergio Sivori, Vanni Bramat, Luca Francucci and Alessandro Francucci. It was filmed in July 2000 in the town Anguillara Sabazia outside of Rome. Romano first hinted of the episode in an interview published that same month in", "title": "Italy (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "3795202", "text": "surprised to find she enjoys her conversation with Georg. After he leaves, she begins a letter to \"dear friend\" but can only think of Georg's kindness and his gift of (\"Vanilla Ice Cream\"). Georg joyously decides that \"She Loves Me\". At Maraczek's, Ilona explains to Sipos that she has gotten over Kodaly; last night, she went on \"A Trip To The Library\" where she met Paul, a kindly optometrist. Kodaly bids everyone goodbye, stating it was \"Grand Knowing You\". With \"Twelve Days to Christmas\" left, the employees are busy helping last-minute shoppers, and Georg and Amalia enjoy each other's company.", "title": "She Loves Me" }, { "docid": "10960416", "text": "questions from four previous versions and 100 new questions. Popularity of the game led to several computer versions developed by Leisure Genius in 1987. Versions were released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC. At one time, pilots for a game show version of the game were taped. In 2016, the original inventor introduced an iOS version for Apple products. The game was featured in a first-season episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"The Game\". A version of the game called \"Ethical Dilemma\" appeared in an episode of \"Married...With Children\". \"2 Broke Girls\" featured a bootleg version of the", "title": "Scruples (game)" }, { "docid": "17618186", "text": "great episode and that \"finally someone has explained the doppleganger situation\" and he loves when \"questions get answered every once in a while\". Christopher Monigle from \"Star Pulse\" didn't like the episode saying that it was \"a convoluted mess\" and that \"[Original Sin] is another reason to worry about the quality of the show\". He closes his review: \"I sort of wish this episode never happened, but it's early in the season. The writers failed to pull together the different parts of last year's central narrative together and far from resolving it this season. Hopefully, something was learned from that", "title": "Original Sin (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "10573711", "text": "end, he tells Charlotte that he hasn't been himself and the people he loves are important and asks her out to dinner. In 3x22 they have sex in the beginning but he later brushes her off. At the end of the episode Violet forgives him and he admits to her that he loves Charlotte. So Violet tells him to go after Charlotte. So he does. In the season 3 finale 3x23 He proposes to Charlotte and later tells everyone in the waiting room that he's getting married. At the end, he tells her that he should take back the proposal", "title": "Cooper Freedman" }, { "docid": "5129743", "text": "again!\" Amy says that Robert had to pull the car over on the way home from the hospital because he was crying after \"You Are the Sunshine of My Life\" came on the radio (though Robert claims he pulled over because he thought he hit a cat). Everyone leaves and Debra and Ray are alone again. While one of the themes in the show has centered on Debra's constant annoyance at Ray, they both express how much they love one another. Also, Robert's jealousy of Ray is shown to hide a deeper love for his younger brother. The final scene", "title": "The Finale (Everybody Loves Raymond)" }, { "docid": "12025845", "text": "she is important to him and they go get dinner. In S03E22 the episode opens with Cooper and her in bed after having sex. Later in the episode Sheldon admits that she deserves better, and he can be more to her. He asks her out to dinner. At the end, Violet asks Cooper if he loves Charlotte and he nods. So, she says to \"go get her\". He follows Violet's instructions and leaves for Charlotte—who is out with Sheldon. In the season 3 finale Cooper admits his love for her and proposes. Later in the episode he tells everyone that", "title": "Charlotte King" }, { "docid": "145171", "text": "dream job. Rachel says a tearful goodbye to everyone but Ross. A hurt and angry Ross confronts Rachel, and they end up sleeping together. Rachel leaves, and Ross, realizing he loves her, chases after her to the airport. Rachel realizes she loves him too, and cancels her flight to Paris, agreeing to stay with him. The series ends with all friends plus Monica and Chandler's new babies leaving the apartment, heading to Central Perk for a final cup of coffee. The finale dialogue used in this series is by Chandler, making a joke for the last time. The camera's last", "title": "Friends" }, { "docid": "16784044", "text": "last person to check out the supposed book from the library is Mohan. Mohan and everyone he loves are then put in harm's way when both JB and Imaiyappan come after him. In the end, JB decides to let Mohan and his loved ones live when he discovers that Mohan only took a small portion of the black money to help his roommates with their finances, while he donated the rest of them to various charities all across the city anonymously. Imaiyappan then has a heart attack when he learns both his reputation and black money are gone forever. In", "title": "Puthagam" }, { "docid": "2278659", "text": "include the song \"Spanish Steps of Rome\" as a bonus track. The song describes a \"femme fatale\" romance that takes place on and around the Spanish Steps. In an episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" which aired on October 2, 2000, Ray, Debra, Frank, and Marie climb the Spanish Steps during a family vacation in Rome. An episode of the anime series \"Gunslinger Girl\", entitled \"Gelato (Ice Cream),\" which first aired in 2003, features the protagonist by the Spanish Steps having her \"reward\" of ice cream after having completed a successful raid. In 2005, American rock band Of A Revolution released", "title": "Spanish Steps" }, { "docid": "5801266", "text": "has also performed for numerous corporate clients including Anheuser Busch, Chevron, Nike, Whirlpool and Toyota. Firestone currently appears as a guest regularly on \"Good Day L.A.\" which airs on KTTV in Los Angeles covering local and national sports. Firestone also provided the voice of the classic cartoon character Egghead in the 1988 Warner Bros. compilation film \"Daffy Duck's Quackbusters\", and appeared in the 1996 movie \"Jerry Maguire.\" He starred in a \"Married... with Children\" episode and presented the Al Bundy Sport Spectacular. Firestone also made an appearance as himself in a 1997 episode of \"Everybody Loves Raymond,\" and the \"Bart", "title": "Roy Firestone" }, { "docid": "8262681", "text": "medications, as well as shock therapy. The ninth episode is \"\"A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness,\"\" which is focussed on declining morale in the orphanage and exploration of the dangerous forest. Alternate names for the tenth episode are \"\"Lucky Lucy\"\" and \"\"You Gotta Know When to Hold 'em\"\". In it, Princess Lucy bets that Byron and Beasly cannot be cleaned and wins. She afterwards gambles more but nearly loses the orphanage in the process. The episode \"\"Armie Loves Cigarettes\"\" sees Armie taking up smoking. According to the Internet Movie Database, the second last episode and season finale aired on the", "title": "What It's Like Being Alone" }, { "docid": "17517329", "text": "the other characters, saying: \"It seemed more in the realm of a reality that a dog would get hit by a car than if one of the kids died. As much as we love Brian, and as much as everyone loves their pets, we felt it would be more traumatic to lose one of the kids, rather than the family pet.\" He also discussed how the other \"Family Guy\" actors reacted when they heard Brian would be killed in the episode, saying: \"I think they were glad it wasn't them. [Laughs.] I think they were surprised, as anyone would be", "title": "Life of Brian (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "7673242", "text": "Charles Chun Charles Chun (born February 28, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in television shows such as \"Criminal Minds, Scrubs\", \"Everybody Loves Raymond\", \"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide\" and \"How I Met Your Mother\". He has also appeared in motion pictures such as \"Beverly Hills Cop III\", \"Dumb & Dumber\", \"Double Tap\", \"The Interview\", and \"My Favorite Martian\". In 1996, he guest starred in the popular \"\" episode \"Trials and Tribble-ations\", in which he played a Starfleet engineer serving aboard the original USS \"Enterprise\" from \"\". He appeared in a single episode of \"The O.C\", as the", "title": "Charles Chun" }, { "docid": "16355644", "text": "in the TV show is a wholly original creation that we'll continue to explore on the show to great effect. Everyone in the writers' room loves that character, and we're thrilled with what Melissa has brought to the table. She has definitely become a character that is one to watch, and there's some really exciting stuff ahead for her.\" On Carol's reasons for having to kill Lizzie and Carol's mindset in the episode \"The Grove,\" Melissa McBride explained: No, I don't think there was really any other option. There's a lot of nature versus nurture going on in this episode", "title": "Carol Peletier" }, { "docid": "19478732", "text": "her to stop being afraid. Jess returns to the party, where she tells Nick she loves him and he reciprocates. Prince takes to the stage to perform \"Fallinlove2nite\" and invites Jess to sing with him. The others join them on stage. Back at the apartment, everyone is reminiscing about dancing with Prince, when Jess realises Cece is missing. The scene cuts to Cece, who is still at the house, playing table tennis with Prince. On May 13, 2013, Fox announced that an episode of \"New Girl\" would be the lead-out program following Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. The", "title": "Prince (New Girl)" }, { "docid": "9071180", "text": "copies in the province of Quebec: due to receiving virtually no radio airplay in the rest of Canada \"I Love to Love\" rose no higher than #17 on the national chart. The track reached #2 on the U.S. Disco Singles Chart. The British television series \"River\" used this song at the start of the first episode and at the end of the last episode. International renderings of \"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)\" include: Remix ! scope=\"row\"| France (SNEP) I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) \"I Love to Love (But My Baby", "title": "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" }, { "docid": "17641570", "text": "6 out of 10, saying \"The little beats of “Ariel” were stronger than its convoluted sum. But we’ll happily take the reunion with Neal and a pleasing character introduction.\" Ariel (Once Upon a Time) \"Ariel\" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 50th episode overall. This episode also marks the debut of Ariel, played by Joanna García Swisher. In this episode, the group finds a way to rescue Neal (Michael Raymond-James) from captivity through the Echo Cave; though it requires everyone to reveal their deepest secrets", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "17641547", "text": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time) \"Ariel\" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American fantasy drama series \"Once Upon a Time\", and the show's 50th episode overall. This episode also marks the debut of Ariel, played by Joanna García Swisher. In this episode, the group finds a way to rescue Neal (Michael Raymond-James) from captivity through the Echo Cave; though it requires everyone to reveal their deepest secrets to each other. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world, Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) is saved by Ariel (Joanna García Swisher), and then helps her reunite with Prince Eric (Gil", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "11394313", "text": "Loves Raymond\" and Doug Heffernan's friend \"Gianni\" in two episodes of \"The King of Queens\". He enjoyed a recurring role on the comedy-drama \"Men of a Certain Age\" during its two-season run on TNT, appearing with Ray Romano who created \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" with writer Mike Royce. Jon Manfrellotti Jon Manfrellotti is an American actor who has appeared in several sitcoms. Manfrellotti is best known for his role as Gianni in \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". Manfrellotti got his first role in \"Flodder in Amerika!\" in 1992. Since then he has made several minor appearances in several mainstream shows. These include \"Law", "title": "Jon Manfrellotti" }, { "docid": "1605748", "text": "Bros. Television (WBIT distributes the series outside the US in conjunction with HBO; while HBO Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video own DVD rights worldwide). The show airs every morning on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" has aired in Australia on Seven Network (seasons 1-3), on Network Ten (season 4-9), on Eleven (a sub-channel of Network Ten) and on Foxtel's Pay TV network TVH!TS previously called TV1 (formerly aired on FOX Classics). The show reruns in India on the channel Romedy Now. HBO released the Complete Series of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" on DVD in Regions 1,", "title": "Everybody Loves Raymond" }, { "docid": "11708993", "text": "for the Psychic Friends Network and a personal assistant to Roseanne and Tom Arnold. This is a list of \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" episodes written or co-written by Cawley. He is most associated with \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" for which he won three Emmys, including the 2003 Emmy for best writing for a comedy. Tucker Cawley Tucker Cawley is an American television comedy writer and producer, best known for writing episodes for \"Everybody Loves Raymond\". He has also written for \"Men of a Certain Age\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Up All Night\", and the short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom \"Hank\". He has won three", "title": "Tucker Cawley" }, { "docid": "18524802", "text": "and that is why Stefan did not let Damon kill Klaus, to save him. The episode ends with Klaus trying to reach Rebekah to tell her that Michael is dead and is time for a family reunion but Rebekah is not answering. Stefan calls him to tell him that now that he is free, he will revenge him for taking everything away from him. Stefan took all the coffins that contain Klaus’ siblings and when Klaus threatens him, Stefan tells him that if he kills everyone he loves, he will never see his siblings again. In \"Homecoming\" one can hear", "title": "Homecoming (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "12766088", "text": "they had nothing to do with it. One of the last scenes shows the emotional funeral of a young girl, Tanya, that died from a glue overdose one day before her fourteenth birthday . The film closes with 13-year-old Misha saying \"God believes in people and helps them. He loves everyone, even bad people, not just Russians. He even loves Chechnyans. But most of all, He loves children.\" The Children of Leningradsky The Children of Leningradsky () is a 2005 Polish short documentary film about a community of homeless children living in the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow. Directed by", "title": "The Children of Leningradsky" }, { "docid": "6835297", "text": "by Ned. \"Homer Loves Flanders\" was the last episode to be pitched by Conan O'Brien before he left \"The Simpsons\". David Richardson was assigned to write it, and Wesley Archer to direct it. Richardson wrote the episode at a Motel 6 in Hemet, California while he was dating an actress who was shooting a film there. In this season, the staff wanted to take a deeper look at the relationships of the characters. One of the things they wanted to explore in particular was what Homer and Flanders have in common and how they could turn into friends. Former show", "title": "Homer Loves Flanders" }, { "docid": "15849444", "text": "Wszyscy kochają Romana Wszyscy kochają Romana (\"Everybody Loves Roman\") is a Polish television sitcom that premiered on TVN on 2 September 2011. The series is a Polish-language adaptation of the American Emmy Awards winner, \"Everybody Loves Raymond\" and stars Bartłomiej Kasprzykowski as the titular Roman, a newspaper sportswriter. The first four episodes were aired on Friday nights at 8:00 pm. On 30 September 2011 TVN announced the suspension of the series due to low ratings. Joanna Górska, TVN PR chief said that the network was looking for a new timeslot for the series. The last 11 episodes will be aired.", "title": "Wszyscy kochają Romana" } ]

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[ { "docid": "162533", "text": "is an oxygen-independent metabolic pathway. The wide occurrence of glycolysis indicates that it is an ancient metabolic pathway. Indeed, the reactions that constitute glycolysis and its parallel pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway, occur metal-catalyzed under the oxygen-free conditions of the Archean oceans, also in the absence of enzymes. In most organisms, glycolysis occurs in the cytosol. The most common type of glycolysis is the \"Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas (EMP pathway)\", which was discovered by Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and Jakub Karol Parnas. Glycolysis also refers to other pathways, such as the \"Entner–Doudoroff pathway\" and various heterofermentative and homofermentative pathways. However, the discussion here", "title": "Glycolysis" }, { "docid": "7311296", "text": "All steps of glycolysis take place in the cytosol and so does the reaction catalysed by GAPDH. In red blood cells, GAPDH and several other glycolytic enzymes assemble in complexes on the inside of the cell membrane. The process appears to be regulated by phosphorylation and oxygenation. Bringing several glycolytic enzymes close to each other is expected to greatly increase the overall speed of glucose breakdown. Recent studies have also revealed that GAPDH is expressed in an iron dependent fashion on the exterior of the cell membrane a where it plays a role in maintenance of cellular iron homeostasis. GAPDH", "title": "Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase" } ]

[ { "docid": "7270593", "text": "change. After uncoating is completed, the active virus is released in the cytoplasm where replication of the genome and virion takes place. Replication of the virus takes places in the cytoplasm of the host cell. Since the genome of this virus is dsRNA, early transcription of the genome must take place inside the capsid where it is safe and will not be degraded by the host cell. dsRNA inside of a cell is a tip off to the immune system that the cell is infected with a virus, since dsRNA does not occur in the normal replication of a cell.", "title": "Orthoreovirus" }, { "docid": "3873522", "text": "on subtle differences in these environments. It is evident that pharmaceuticals such as Memantine can have a significant effect in mediating the age-related decline in place field plasticity. Increased adult hippocampal place cell neurogenesis does not necessarily lead to better performance on spatial memory tasks. Just as too little neurogenesis leads to spatial memory deficits, so too does too much neurogenesis. Drugs dealing with improving place cell functioning and increasing the rate of hippocampal neurogenesis should take this balance into account. Place cell A place cell is a kind of pyramidal neuron within the hippocampus that becomes active when an", "title": "Place cell" }, { "docid": "13537498", "text": "use of a simple updated application. In these cases, the cell phone becomes the payment vehicle. The phone holder has the option of choosing the card he wishes to pay with, even if he does not have the card with him at the time of purchase. For the commercial segments that do not operate from a fixed location where a transaction may take place (delivery services, home-based sales, taxi drivers, street market vendors, etc.), this solution has been created to transform a vendor-owned cell phone into an electronic terminal for capturing sales transactions with the installation of a simple application", "title": "Rede S.A." }, { "docid": "10382192", "text": "a red dye will be allergic to any new drug which contains that red dye. A drug allergy is different from an intolerance. A drug intolerance, which is often a milder, non-immune-mediated reaction, does not depend on prior exposure. Drug allergies or hypersensitivities can be broadly divided into two types: immediate reactions and delayed reactions.Immediate reactions take place within an hour of administration and are IgE mediated, while delayed reactions take place hours to weeks after administration and are T-cell mediated. The first category is mostly mediated through specific IgE, whereas the latter is specifically T cell mediated. Symptoms of", "title": "Drug allergy" }, { "docid": "12730857", "text": "referred to as fertilization. For fertilization to take place and a baby to begin growing, the sperm cell must come in direct contact with the egg cell.\" Similarly, a textbook used in Evanston, Illinois stated: \"Life begins when a sperm cell and an ovum (egg cell) unite.\" Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft goes so far as to say: Well, every biology textbook in the world, before \"Roe v. Wade\", was not in doubt in answering the question, \"When does an individual life of any mammalian species begin?\" The answer is, \"When the genetic code is complete.\" When instead of the haploid", "title": "Beginning of human personhood" }, { "docid": "1394557", "text": "they become able to take another load increment. A load decrement may produce some sense of relief, though, if the pool of the citric acid cycle intermediates built up so far is sufficient to maintain full purine nucleotide energy charge at the lower load. It is unclear, what, if anything, does it take to unknowingly trigger rhabdomyolysis at this point, assuming the muscle cell is otherwise healthy. Adenosine production and lack of ammonia overproduction seem to strongly suppress rhabdomyolysis down to the purine nucleotide energy charge level, where the cell is able to signal pain, or where individual muscle fibers", "title": "Adenosine monophosphate deaminase deficiency type 1" }, { "docid": "8039259", "text": "in nutrient exchange. Other examples are dinophyta and diatoms that have a cell wall that does not change during the cell cycle. During cell-growth, when the amounts of protein and carbohydrates increase, the vacuole shrinks. The outer membrane that is involved in nutrient uptake remains constant. At cell division, the daughter cells rapidly take up water, complete a new cell wall and the cycle repeats. Rods (bacteria that have the shape of a rod and grow in length, but not in diameter) are a static mixture between a V0- and a V1-morph, where the caps act as V0-morphs and the", "title": "V0-morph" }, { "docid": "11322356", "text": "phosphorylation-constitutive MACF1 are able to rescue polarized cell movement. This implies that the phospho-regulation dynamics permitted in the wild type MACF1 are necessary for polarized cell movement to take place. In breast carcinoma cells, addition of heregulin β activates ErbB2, a receptor tyrosine, which causes microtubules to form many cell protrusions to cause cell motility. ErbB2 controls microtubule outgrowth and stabilization at the cell cortex through a specific pathway. When GSK3β is active, APC and CLASP2 are sequentially inactivated by the kinase, which gives a condition where microtubule formation is not favoured at the front of the cell. For cell", "title": "MACF1" }, { "docid": "13519457", "text": "Intercontinental Championship that he started in July when he won a triple threat match on the August 27 episode of \"WWE Superstars\" against Mike Knox and Finlay to become the number-one contender. A week later on \"SmackDown\", John Morrison defeated Rey Mysterio to become the new Intercontinental Champion. The match between Ziggler and Morrison was originally set to take place at Breaking Point. However, the match was later postponed and subsequently announced to take place at Hell in a Cell instead. Batista made his return to the company following a torn biceps brachii muscle and joined \"SmackDown\", where he came", "title": "Hell in a Cell (2009)" }, { "docid": "8422989", "text": ": Henry T.Yost> 6- < Cell Physiology : Arthur c> Giese, PH.D.> Cell physiology Cell physiology is the biological study about the activities that take place in a cell to keep it alive. This includes, among animal cells, plant cells and microorganisms. The term \"physiology\" refers to all the normal functions that take place in a living organism. All of these activities in the cell could be counted as following ; nutrition, environmental response, cell growth, cell division, reproduction and differentiation. The differences among the animal cell, plant cell and microorganisms shows the essential functional similarity even though those cells", "title": "Cell physiology" }, { "docid": "8422981", "text": "Cell physiology Cell physiology is the biological study about the activities that take place in a cell to keep it alive. This includes, among animal cells, plant cells and microorganisms. The term \"physiology\" refers to all the normal functions that take place in a living organism. All of these activities in the cell could be counted as following ; nutrition, environmental response, cell growth, cell division, reproduction and differentiation. The differences among the animal cell, plant cell and microorganisms shows the essential functional similarity even though those cells have different structures. Absorption of water by roots, production of food in", "title": "Cell physiology" }, { "docid": "8425712", "text": "Microfold cell Microfold cells (or M cells) are found in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of the Peyer's patches in the small intestine, and in the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. These cells are known to initiate mucosal immunity responses on the apical membrane of the M cells and allow for transport of microbes and particles across the epithelial cell layer from the gut lumen to the lamina propria where interactions with immune cells can take place. Unlike their neighbor cells, M cells have the unique ability to take up antigen from the lumen", "title": "Microfold cell" }, { "docid": "20272269", "text": "match, however, did not occur as Corbin attacked Styles before the match and Dillinger attacked Corbin. The following week, Corbin had a rematch with Dillinger with Styles again on commentary. Corbin won the match by countout and declared that he would take the United States Championship. A title match between Styles and Corbin was scheduled for Hell in a Cell. On the final \"SmackDown\" before Hell in a Cell, Corbin again faced Dillinger where Dillinger defeated Corbin with a rollup pin. After the match, Styles appeared on the TitanTron. He said that Corbin does not focus enough and gets mad", "title": "Hell in a Cell (2017)" }, { "docid": "1711503", "text": "definitive erythropoiesis does not take place. Under hypoxic conditions, the kidney will produce and secrete erythropoietin to increase the production of red blood cells by targeting CFU-E, proerythroblast and basophilic erythroblast subsets in the differentiation. Erythropoietin has its primary effect on red blood cell progenitors and precursors (which are found in the bone marrow in humans) by promoting their survival through protecting these cells from apoptosis, or cell death. Erythropoietin is the primary erythropoietic factor that cooperates with various other growth factors (e.g., IL-3, IL-6, glucocorticoids, and SCF) involved in the development of erythroid lineage from multipotent progenitors. The burst-forming", "title": "Erythropoietin" }, { "docid": "13887619", "text": "joins the society of Mansilla and Duarte. They try to forcibly take control of the network, but are resisted by the other leaders. Nacha invites secretly Duarte and Mansilla to live at the ranch. However, shortly after going there, Julian tries to escape by hiding in the trunk of a hitman who was leaving. Discovering his attempt to escape, Mansilla does not request that they send her back, but take her to another place to get more humiliating treatment, as punishment. However, once in their new destination, a client of the brothel record a video of Juliana with a cell", "title": "Vidas robadas" }, { "docid": "15347970", "text": "ions in cyclotron motion (in a circle inside of an ion trap) in the presence of a collision gas. Higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD) is a CID technique specific to the orbitrap mass spectrometer in which fragmentation takes place external to the trap. HCD was formerly known as higher-energy C-trap dissociation. In HCD, the ions pass through the C-trap and into the HCD cell, an added multipole collision cell, where dissociation takes place. The ions are then returned to the C-trap before injection into the orbitrap for mass analysis. HCD does not suffer from the low mass cutoff of resonant-excitation (CID)", "title": "Collision-induced dissociation" }, { "docid": "20940316", "text": "unable to look at him. Believing that she does not deserve pardon, Abraham reasons with her to drop her despair and accept his guidance. Mary submits herself to his wishes. She says that she will walk behind him in his footsteps back to his cell, but Abraham demands that she will ride on his horse to protect her feet. Mary vows to devote herself to God. Mary and Abraham arrive at Abraham's cell. When Abraham points out her empty cell, she is terrified of going in and facing her sin. Agreeing that Mary should avoid the place where \"the Enemy", "title": "Abraham (Hrotsvitha play)" }, { "docid": "6030561", "text": "on the large chromosome. This helps explain the genetic plasticity that has been observed in \"Halobacterium\". Of the archaea, halobacteria are viewed as being involved in the most lateral genetics (gene transfer between domains) and a proof that this transfer does take place. \"Halobacterium\" species are rod-shaped and enveloped by a single lipid bilayer membrane surrounded by an S-layer made from the cell-surface glycoprotein. They grow on amino acids in aerobic conditions. Although \"Halobacterium\" NRC-1 contains genes for glucose degradation, as well as genes for enzymes of a fatty acid oxidation pathway, it does not seem able to use these", "title": "Halobacterium" }, { "docid": "13411003", "text": "which enable the cell to crawl forward through the ECM. The cell uses limited proteolytic activity at sites of individual focal adhesions via the formation of multiprotein complexes. Multiprotein complexes are localized in lipid rafts on the cell surface, where membrane bound proteases are often incorporated. For example, leukocytes complex urokinase (uPA), urokinase receptor (uPAR), and integrins which participate in cell adhesion and invasion. In these complexes, uPAR acts as an organizing center forming noncovalent complexes with integrins, LRP-like proteins, and urokinase. Similar complexes also are found on ECs. The proteolytic activities that take place during angiogenesis require precise spatial", "title": "Proteases in angiogenesis" }, { "docid": "1777580", "text": "easily transported from flower to flower. Germination only takes place after rehydration, ensuring that premature germination does not take place in the anther. Hydration allows the plasma membrane of the pollen grain to reform into its normal bilayer organization providing an effective osmotic membrane. Activation involves the development of actin filaments throughout the cytoplasm of the cell, which eventually become concentrated at the point from which the pollen tube will emerge. Hydration and activation continue as the pollen tube begins to grow. In conifers, the reproductive structures are borne on cones. The cones are either pollen cones (male) or ovulate", "title": "Pollination" }, { "docid": "6868319", "text": "inside her that caused the violent impulses, and tells her that she can control herself - he does it every day. Nina asks if he can cure her and Angel admits that he can not, but says he can protect her. Angel meets with Fred and Royce, telling them Nina agreed to stay in the holding cell that night. Royce warns that Nina might hurt herself, but she might be okay if they take her back to her place; the familiarity will calm her. Angel agrees to let Nina go home; Fred and Nina head to Nina's place. Fred tries", "title": "Unleashed (Angel)" }, { "docid": "8774343", "text": "wedding morning, MJ shows up but Peter does not as he is lying unconscious in an alleyway. When he wakes up and rushes to where the wedding was to take place, he finds Mary Jane there and the two decide to take what happened as an omen and simply live together. At that point, the bulk of the Spider-Man stories from that point to the events of One More Day take place as they did normally, but with the two as a couple and living together while being unmarried. However, Mary Jane makes it clear she does not want to", "title": "The Wedding! (comics)" }, { "docid": "16089723", "text": "place in the context of a bi-stable system. It is characterized by the periodic switching between two stable states. Oscillation (cell signaling) Oscillations are an important type of cell signaling characterized by the periodic change of the system in time. Oscillations can take place in a biological system in a multitude of ways. Positive feedback loops, on their own or in combination with negative feedback are a common feature of oscillating biological systems. One of the most common forms of biological oscillation is genetic oscillation, which can take place when a transcription factor binds and represses its own promoter. This", "title": "Oscillation (cell signaling)" }, { "docid": "125555", "text": "the cathode and anode in the electrolyte. However, electrolysis requires an external source of electrical energy to induce a chemical reaction, and this process takes place in a compartment called an electrolytic cell. When molten, the salt sodium chloride can be electrolyzed to yield metallic sodium and gaseous chlorine. Industrially this process takes place in a special cell named Down's cell. The cell is connected to an electrical power supply, allowing electrons to migrate from the power supply to the electrolytic cell. Reactions that take place at Down's cell are the following: This process can yield large amounts of metallic", "title": "Electrochemistry" }, { "docid": "125543", "text": "between the two half-cells. An example is an electrochemical cell, where two copper electrodes are submerged in two copper(II) sulfate solutions, whose concentrations are 0.05 M and 2.0 M, connected through a salt bridge. This type of cell will generate a potential that can be predicted by the Nernst equation. Both can undergo the same chemistry (although the reaction proceeds in reverse at the anode) Le Chatelier's principle indicates that the reaction is more favorable to reduction as the concentration of Cu ions increases. Reduction will take place in the cell's compartment where concentration is higher and oxidation will occur", "title": "Electrochemistry" }, { "docid": "7432896", "text": "his cell to make count. After explaining this to Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), he is told that the only time count doesn't take place is during a lockdown. Michael manages to disable the prison's air conditioning. T-Bag (Robert Knepper) returns from the infirmary, where he is given a new cell mate, Seth. Since the A/C is off, the inmates suffer in the heat, leading T-Bag to start a fight with Geary, who then initiates a lockdown while some of the prisoners are out of their cells. The prisoners riot and break into the prison cell control room, in which T-Bag opens", "title": "Riots, Drills and the Devil" }, { "docid": "1314250", "text": "only become known from 2000 on; before that, researchers had to work with a 'cocktail' of several antigens which, used in combination, result in isolation of cells with characteristics unique to DCs. The dendritic cells are constantly in communication with other cells in the body. This communication can take the form of direct cell–cell contact based on the interaction of cell-surface proteins. An example of this includes the interaction of the membrane proteins of the B7 family of the dendritic cell with CD28 present on the lymphocyte. However, the cell–cell interaction can also take place at a distance via cytokines.", "title": "Dendritic cell" }, { "docid": "9749128", "text": "protons (H ions) to be pumped out of the cell into the cell wall. As a result, the cell wall solution becomes more acidic. This activates expansin activity, causing the wall to become more extensible and to undergo wall stress relaxation, which enables the cell to take up water and to expand. Acid growth Acid growth refers to the ability of plant cells and plant cell walls to elongate or expand quickly at low (acidic) pH. This form of growth does not involve an increase in cell number. During acid growth, plant cells enlarge rapidly because the cell walls are", "title": "Acid growth" }, { "docid": "16089722", "text": "Oscillation (cell signaling) Oscillations are an important type of cell signaling characterized by the periodic change of the system in time. Oscillations can take place in a biological system in a multitude of ways. Positive feedback loops, on their own or in combination with negative feedback are a common feature of oscillating biological systems. One of the most common forms of biological oscillation is genetic oscillation, which can take place when a transcription factor binds and represses its own promoter. This type of regulatory system is able to successfully describe the NFkB-IkB and p53-Mdm52 biological oscillating systems. Relaxation oscillation takes", "title": "Oscillation (cell signaling)" }, { "docid": "14498247", "text": "at Granny's Diner take place after \"Dreamcatcher\". The Storybrooke events take place after \"Dreamcatcher\". Six weeks earlier in the Camelot dungeon, David, Hook, Merlin and Belle waste no time at all in defeating Arthur's guards, with Hook impressed by Merlin's ability to see the future. They then reach the cell where Lancelot and Merida are being held, with Merlin telling the others that it is enchanted. Belle then gives Merlin a book of spells and makes the bars disappear. Merida tells the rescuers that Arthur took the wisps which she needed to find her brothers, so Merlin suggests that they", "title": "The Bear and the Bow" }, { "docid": "131084", "text": "reactions can take place. Only with an external electrical potential (i.e. voltage) of correct polarity and sufficient magnitude can an electrolytic cell decompose a normally stable, or inert chemical compound in the solution. The electrical energy provided can produce a chemical reaction which would not occur spontaneously otherwise. A galvanic cell, or voltaic cell, named after Luigi Galvani, or Alessandro Volta respectively, is an electrochemical cell that derives electrical energy from spontaneous redox reactions taking place within the cell. It generally consists of two different metals connected by a salt bridge, or individual half-cells separated by a porous membrane. Volta", "title": "Electrochemical cell" }, { "docid": "3873517", "text": "Place cell function changes with age. Pharmaceuticals that target pathways involved in protein synthesis increase place cell functioning in senescence. Frequency of protein translation changes as animals age. A factor that aids in transcription, known as zif268 mRNA, is shown to decrease with age, thereby affecting memory consolidation. This form of mRNA is decreased in both the CA1 and CA2 hippocampal regions, these reduced levels causing spatial learning deficits. Senile rats' performance on the Morris water maze does not differ from young rats' performance when the trials are repeated shortly after one another. However, when time has elapsed between trials,", "title": "Place cell" }, { "docid": "1459343", "text": "the double positive (DP) stage where selection of the α-chain takes place. If a rearranged β-chain does not lead to any signalling (e.g. as a result of an inability to pair with the invariant α-chain), the cell may die by neglect (lack of signalling). Positive selection \"selects for\" T cells capable of interacting with MHC. Positive selection involves the production of a signal by double-positive precursors that express either MHC Class I or II restricted receptors. The signal produced by these thymocytes result in RAG gene repression, long-term survival and migration into the medulla, as well as differentiation into mature", "title": "T cell" }, { "docid": "11647870", "text": "of female gametophyte in the ovule and hence reduction division does not take place in the Megaspore mother cell. The diploid egg is unfertilized and forms the embryo. Hence daughter plants are exactly clones of the mother. The species uses carbon fixation. This herb is deep rooted, and is used as soil binder in desert reclamation. It is used for fuel and for fodder for goats. In traditional medicine the seeds are believed to cure headaches. A gargle is made from the plant to try to treat toothache. The plant has naturalised in northern regions of Australia, as an alien", "title": "Aerva javanica" }, { "docid": "8384037", "text": "phenylhydroxylamine, where the latter chemical is susceptible to oxidation at the anode. Organic oxidations take place at the anode. Compounds are reduced at the cathode. Radical intermediates are often invoked. The initial reaction takes place at the surface of the electrode and then the intermediates diffuse into the solution where they participate in secondary reactions. The yield of an electrosynthesis is expressed both in terms the chemical yield and current efficiency. Current efficiency is the ratio of Coulombs consumed in forming the products to the total number of Coulombs passed through the cell. Side reactions decrease the current efficiency. The", "title": "Electrosynthesis" }, { "docid": "7777052", "text": "when Mae does not die from the hanging, so they take Winnie with them and go to the jail and spring her from her cell. Then Winnie takes her place so the Tucks can safely get away. Although they are reunited, there is no more reason for them to be in Treegap, as Mae is now a fugitive from justice. Before departing, Jesse gives Winnie a bottle of the special water so she might drink it when she turns 17 and follow them and marry him. She gives it consideration but decides not to and pours it onto a toad", "title": "Tuck Everlasting" }, { "docid": "1876384", "text": "Excretion Excretion is a process by which metabolic waste is eliminated from an organism. In vertebrates this is primarily carried out by the lungs, kidneys and skin. This is in contrast with secretion, where the substance may have specific tasks after leaving the cell. Excretion is an essential process in all forms of life. For example, in mammals urine is expelled through the urethra, which is part of the excretory system. In unicellular organisms, waste products are discharged directly through the surface of the cell. During life activities such as cellular respiration, several chemical reactions take place in the body.", "title": "Excretion" }, { "docid": "5444657", "text": "that regulate the kinetics of a reaction can be divided in two groups: Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation may take place as a result of the response to signals that warn about a change in the cell state. This means that some pathways where regulatory enzymes participate are regulated by phosphorylation after a specific signal: a change in the cell. Some enzymes can be phosphorylated in multiple sites. The presence of a phosphoryl group in a part of a protein may depend on the folding of the enzyme (which can make the protein more or less accessible to kinase proteins) and the", "title": "Regulatory enzyme" }, { "docid": "2281948", "text": "and an anode). The electrolyte is usually a solution of water or other solvents in which ions are dissolved. Molten salts such as sodium chloride are also electrolytes. When driven by an external voltage applied to the electrodes, the ions in the electrolyte are attracted to an electrode with the opposite charge, where charge-transferring (also called faradaic or redox) reactions can take place. Only with an external electrical potential (i.e. voltage) of correct polarity and sufficient magnitude can an electrolytic cell decompose a normally stable, or inert chemical compound in the solution. The electrical energy provided can produce a chemical", "title": "Electrolytic cell" }, { "docid": "11421481", "text": "is the ABO blood incompatibility where the red blood cells have different antigens, causing them to be recognized as different; B cell proliferation will take place and antibodies to the foreign blood type are produced. IgG and IgM antibodies bind to these antigens to form complexes that activate the classical pathway of complement activation to eliminate cells presenting foreign antigens. That is, mediators of acute inflammation are generated at the site and membrane attack complexes cause cell lysis and death. The reaction takes hours to a day. Type II reactions can affect healthy cells. Examples include red blood cells in", "title": "Type II hypersensitivity" }, { "docid": "3873500", "text": "or shape of an object. This suggests that place cells respond to complex stimuli rather than simple individual sensory cues. According to a model known as the \"functional differentiation\" model, sensory information is processed in various cortical structures upstream of the hippocampus before actually reaching the structure, so that the information received by place cells is a compilation of different stimuli. Mechanisms required for memory consolidation affect place cell firing less than direct sensory input does, suggesting that it is primarily recent inputs that are retrieved during place coding. Sensory information received by place cells can be categorized as either", "title": "Place cell" }, { "docid": "15961181", "text": "been left jointly to take the share of one of them who fails to take his or her share. Such failure may take place by the death of the beneficiary before vesting occurs; or by the beneficiary's incapacity to take his or her share; or by the beneficiary's refusal to adiate. Where the \"ius accrescendi\" operates the co-beneficiaries to whom the vacant portion accrues take the same shares thereof as they do of their own portion. Where it does not operate the share vacated by a co-heir devolves upon the intestate heirs of the testator, while the share vacated by", "title": "Law of succession in South Africa" }, { "docid": "1683259", "text": "Two components of the immune system are particularly affected in AIDS, due to its CD4 T cell dependency: If the patient does not respond to (or does not receive) HIV treatment they will succumb usually to either cancers or infections; the immune system finally reaches a point where it is no longer coordinated or stimulated enough to deal with the disease. Inhibition of CD4 T-cell expansion during HIV infection may occur due to microbial translocation in an IL-10-dependent way. Triggering PD-1 expressed on activated monocytes by its ligand PD-L1, induces IL-10 production which inhibits CD4 T-cell function. T helper cell", "title": "T helper cell" }, { "docid": "17624693", "text": "of HIV-1 on the target cell’s surface, and that promotes a switch which increases the affinity of gp120 for chemokine receptors that are disposed onto the target cell surface. This interaction produces a conformational change in the glycoprotein gp120 that exposes gp41. This process would be active because VIR-576 does not interferes in this part of it, but when gp41 is exposed, the developed drug VIR-576 would commence its mechanism of action and the inhibition of the fusion would start to take place. VIR-576 binding to gp41 inhibits the anchoring of the virus and the membrane fusion, and that means", "title": "VIR-576" }, { "docid": "2318766", "text": "concentration of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK). Extrasynaptic stimulation NMDARs regulated p38MAPK in the opposite fashion, causing an increase in intracellular concentration. Experiments of this type have since been repeated with the results indicating these differences stretch across many pathways linked to cell survival and excitotoxicity. Two specific proteins have been identified as a major pathway responsible for these different cellular responses ERK1/2, and Jacob. ERK1/2 is responsible for phosphorylation of Jacob when excited by synaptic NMDARs. This information is then transported to the nucleus. Phosphorylation of Jacob does not take place with extrasynaptic NMDA stimulation. This allows the transcription", "title": "NMDA receptor" }, { "docid": "13738870", "text": "on issues that do not conflict with the interests of their investors. Vigorous debate may take place on issues where an opposing bloc of investors is able to mobilize and advertise their position. A further consequence of this theory is that in policy areas where large investors agree on policy, no party competition will take place. This is the case regardless of the views of the general population, unless ordinary citizens are able to become major investors in their own right through expenditure of time and income. The \"Investment Theory of Party Competition\" does not deny the possibility that masses", "title": "Investment theory of party competition" }, { "docid": "13255619", "text": "process is called handoff. The BSC/RNC determines when handoff should take place by analyzing measurements of radio signal strength made by the present controlling cell site and by its neighbors. The returning instructions for handoff sent during a call must use the voice channel. The data regarding the new channel are sent rapidly (in about 50 milliseconds), and the entire returning process takes only about 300 milliseconds. After handoff, if the SID on the control channel does not match the SID programmed into the phone, then the phone assumes that it is roaming. The MSC also performs handovers/handoffs which occurs", "title": "Mobile Telephone Switching Office" }, { "docid": "2758296", "text": "Exergonic reaction An exergonic reaction is a chemical reaction where the change in the free energy is negative (there is a net release of free energy), indicating a spontaneous reaction. For processes that take place under constant pressure and temperature conditions, the Gibbs free energy is used whereas the Helmholtz energy is used for processes that take place under constant volume and temperature conditions. Symbolically, the release of free energy, \"G\", in an exergonic reaction (at constant pressure and temperature) is denoted as Although exergonic reactions are said to occur \"spontaneously\", this does not imply that the reaction will take", "title": "Exergonic reaction" }, { "docid": "5086266", "text": "to characterize supermax prisons: In supermax, prisoners are generally allowed out of their cells for only one hour a day (one-and-a-half hours in California state prisons); often they are kept in solitary confinement. They receive their meals through ports in the doors of their cells. When supermax inmates are allowed to exercise, this may take place in a small, enclosed area where the prisoner will exercise alone. Prisoners are under constant surveillance, usually with closed-circuit television cameras. Cell doors are usually opaque, while the cells may be windowless. Conditions are plain, with poured concrete or metal furniture common. Cell walls,", "title": "Supermax prison" }, { "docid": "8999751", "text": "plays an important role in holding the structure of the enzyme in the optimal conformation for catalysis. However, there are cases where calcium has been shown to be non-essential for catalysis to take place. Another aspect that distinguishes sortases in general is that they have a very specific targeting for their substrate, as sortases have generally two functions, the first is the fusing of proteins to the cell wall of the bacteria and the second is the polymerization of pilin. For the process of localization of proteins to the cell wall there is three-fold requirement that the protein contain a", "title": "Isopeptide bond" }, { "docid": "10578914", "text": "are linked to symptomology of the virus. RNA-2 codes for coat and movement proteins, which are important in the cell-to-cell movement of BPMV. Once the virus reaches the seed, it is believed that it is harbored in the seed coat, not actually infecting the embryo. This would result in the virus waiting for an opening to infect the new plant, such as the germination period where damage to the cotyledons can take place. Seed-seedling transmission occurrences are low. BPMV can also survive on an alternate host, which the beetle would transfer to the soybeans. Agronomic Impact BPMV infected seed that", "title": "Bean pod mottle virus" }, { "docid": "3157841", "text": "\"\"The Cell\" becomes the first serial killer feature in a long time to take the genre in a new direction. Not only does it defy formulaic expectations, but it challenges the viewer to think and consider the horrors that can turn an ordinary child into an inhuman monster. There are no easy answers, and \"The Cell\" doesn't pretend to offer any. Instead, Singh presents audiences with the opportunity to go on a harrowing journey. For those who are up to the challenge, it's worth spending time in \"The Cell\".\" Peter Travers from \"Rolling Stone\" wrote that \"Tarsem uses the dramatically", "title": "The Cell" }, { "docid": "91145", "text": "Cell cycle The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA (DNA replication) to produce two daughter cells. In bacteria, which lack a cell nucleus, the cell cycle is divided into the B, C, and D periods. The B period extends from the end of cell division to the beginning of DNA replication. DNA replication occurs during the C period. The D period refers to the stage between the end of DNA replication and the splitting of the bacterial cell into two daughter", "title": "Cell cycle" }, { "docid": "2754317", "text": "sometimes about 100 nucleotides per second are added. We take from this that prokaryotic cells are simpler in structure, they have no nucleus, organelles, and very few amount of DNA, in the form of a single chromosome. Eukaryotic cells have nucleus with multiple organelles and more DNA arranged in linear chromosomes. We also see that the size is another difference between these prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The average eukaryotic cell has about 25 times more DNA than a prokaryotic cell does. Replication occurs much faster in prokaryotic cells than in eukaryotic cells; bacteria sometimes only take 40 minutes, while animal", "title": "Okazaki fragments" }, { "docid": "6915902", "text": "Annual Congress of the ESGCT take place in a different location in Europe every year to reflect the international character of the society. Since the first congress in 1993, Congresses have taken place in European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy The European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) is a non-profit organisation for educational and scientific purposes. The aim of ESGCT is to promote fundamental and clinical research in gene therapy, cell therapy, and genetic vaccines by facilitating education, the exchange of information and technology and by serving as a professional adviser to stakeholder communities and regulatory bodies", "title": "European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy" }, { "docid": "91184", "text": "levels in S and at their lowest near mitosis. Cell cycle The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA (DNA replication) to produce two daughter cells. In bacteria, which lack a cell nucleus, the cell cycle is divided into the B, C, and D periods. The B period extends from the end of cell division to the beginning of DNA replication. DNA replication occurs during the C period. The D period refers to the stage between the end of DNA replication and", "title": "Cell cycle" }, { "docid": "16740610", "text": "last ten months and were unaware of the extent of the walker epidemic. Tomas believes the prison should be theirs, but Rick asserts that since they spilled blood to clear it, the prison belongs to Rick's group. However, Rick does offer to let the prisoners stay in a separate cell block and split the supplies. The group returns back to their cell block where Hershel is kept in a separate cell and watched over in case he turns. Rick keeps the prisoners in a locked cell temporarily. Rick later tells Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) he does not trust the prisoners", "title": "Sick (The Walking Dead)" }, { "docid": "2119941", "text": "in diameter, that grows entirely by elongation at the ends. After mitosis, division occurs by the formation of a septum, or cell plate, that cleaves the cell at its midpoint. The central events of cell reproduction are chromosome duplication, which takes place in S (Synthetic) phase, followed by chromosome segregation and nuclear division (mitosis) and cell division (cytokinesis), which are collectively called M (Mitotic) phase. G1 is the gap between M and S phases, and G2 is the gap between S and M phases. In the budding yeast, the G1 phase is particularly extended, and cytokinesis (daughter-cell segregation) does not", "title": "Schizosaccharomyces pombe" }, { "docid": "3195006", "text": "including his favorite, Maxxor. The battles between players take place in dromes, which are virtual battles where players become the creatures they choose and fight for the right to battle against the drome master(code master). In Perim, the four tribes are currently at war for the Cothica, the power that controls all of Perim. In the second season, the fifth tribe, the M'arrillians, escape from the Doors of the Deepmines and take over the other four tribes by brainwashing other creatures. The second season featured true cell animation and manga/anime like artwork. Season three, although subtitled \"Secrets of the Lost", "title": "Chaotic" }, { "docid": "1701025", "text": "Such treatment led to loss of body tissues, and prisoners became skeletal, the so-called Muselmann who were murdered by gas or bullet when examined by camp doctors. Starvation was also used as a punishment where victims were locked into a small cell until dead, a process which could take many days. Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a martyred Polish friar, underwent a sentence of starvation in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1941. Ten prisoners had been condemned to death by starvation in the wake of a successful escape from the camp. Kolbe volunteered to take the place of a man with a wife", "title": "Starvation" }, { "docid": "6745333", "text": "yacht in international waters) so she can ask personally. Angie won't take Flo, but he will take Darlene, who nonetheless insists on bringing Stash along. God takes a liking to Darlene, as does God's tall, supermodel-like black mistress (Luna) to Stash, but both are frustrated in their pursuit. One of Tony's cellmates turns out to be a draft dodger called Fred the Professor (Austin Pendleton), an electronics wizard who has renounced technology, but makes an exception in rigging a television set to allow Banks the opportunity of cell-to-cell communication with Packard. Banks realizes he can't kill his old friend, and,", "title": "Skidoo (film)" }, { "docid": "19638187", "text": "1 is for no functional movement of the muscle or where there is no motor coordination. A 2 is for normal muscle movement range not exceeding 25% or where the movement can only take place with great difficult and, even then, very slowly. A 3 is where normal muscle movement range does not exceed 50%. A 4 is when normal muscle movement range does not exceed 75% and or there is slight in-coordination of muscle movement. A 5 is for normal muscle movement. Swimming classification generally has three components. The first is a bench press. The second is water test.", "title": "CP1 (classification)" }, { "docid": "9246457", "text": "an agreement, and Prof. Venkatachala still does so. The two new members, Dr. De and Dr. Tejaswi, function from the HBCSE, where the IMO Training Camp is also held and from where co-ordination for the outgoing team is managed. Mathematical Olympiad Cell The Mathematical Olympiad Cell (MO Cell) is a body of permanent faculty devoted to organizing and conducting the mathematical Olympiads in India, in particular, the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad and the International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp. The MO Cell has three main members: There are a number of other faculty who work part-time in conjunction with the MO", "title": "Mathematical Olympiad Cell" }, { "docid": "7473303", "text": "40 competitors taking place in five events for one afternoon. At the end there is one winner. Competitors are professionals and college national champions. There is also a team format where the team represents a local business and winnings are donated to charity. Both the individual and team format is an elimination style contest. Participation is by invitation. The five events are bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, and steer wrestling. The Cinch Rodeo does not take place every year as tour locations are determined annually and every rodeo does not make the list year. Starting", "title": "Cheyenne Frontier Days" }, { "docid": "3376277", "text": "The first cell to be used for single crystal experiments was designed by a graduate student at the University of Rochester, Leo Merrill. The cell was triangular with beryllium seats that the diamonds were mounted on; the cell was pressurized with screws and guide pins holding everything in place. Heating in diamond-anvil cells is typically done by two means, external or internal heating. External heating is defined as heating the anvils and would include a number of resistive heaters that are placed around the diamonds or around the cell body. The complementary method does not change the temperature of the", "title": "Diamond anvil cell" }, { "docid": "16752318", "text": "and Victor's body is taken to the hospital by another ambulance, leaving her car with Charlie. Gabi's car does not start immediately and Charlie is unable to follow the ambulance. After neighborhood kids help jump start the car Charlie decides to take the car to Bucharest opera house where Gabi performs as a cellist. In the car Charlie finds a revolver in Gabi's purse, inscribed 'For my darling Gabi, Love forever Nigel'. Gabi soon calls her cell phone and instructs Charlie to look for a man name Bela. Bela puts Charlie in an empty opera box. Charlie falls asleep and", "title": "Charlie Countryman" }, { "docid": "1670865", "text": "\"D-R-S\" 'to learn, study', through the \"wazn\" (form/stem) ; , meaning \"a place where something is done\". Therefore, ' literally means \"a place where learning and studying take place\". The word is also present as a loanword with the same innocuous meaning in many Arabic-influenced languages, such as: Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Baluchi, Persian, Turkish, Azeri, Kurdish, Indonesian, Malay and Bosnian. In the Arabic language, the word \"\" simply means the same as \"school\" does in the English language, whether that is private, public or parochial school, as well as for any primary or secondary school whether Muslim, non-Muslim, or secular.", "title": "Madrasa" }, { "docid": "17378742", "text": "are no eggs hidden. Mackay then searches Ives and finds eggs in his clothes, which he is then punished for. That afternoon, Fletcher is in his cell, when Ives asks if he can take part in their game. Fletcher refuses him entry as there is no space, but he tells Ives who is taking part, and where and when the game is taking place. On Saturday afternoon, Fletcher along with Lukewarm, Evans and Heslop are in the boiler house for their game of snakes and ladders. However, Mr Mackay and Mr Barrowclough are aware of the game taking place, because", "title": "The Hustler (Porridge)" }, { "docid": "13490649", "text": "in Mumbai. Cars used for taxis include Maruti Esteem, Tata Indigo, Renault Logan, Hyundai Santro, Toyota Innova, Toyota Corolla Altis, Maruti Wagon R and Maruti Versa. Recently the police revealed that it is required by law that the driver of an unengaged taxi take you to where you want to go, distance and time regardless. If the driver does not comply, one simply needs to call the police (dial 100) and mention the taxi's license number and the driver's name. The act of calling the police on your cell phone usually makes the driver comply with your request to be", "title": "Taxis in India" }, { "docid": "5939907", "text": "Recently, molecular phylogenetic studies of this species have confirmed the view of some earlier researchers that it is more closely related to \"Amoeba\" than to \"Pelomyxa\". The species is now placed in the independent genus \"Chaos\", a sister group to \"Amoeba\". \"Chaos\" species are versatile heterotrophs, able to feed on bacteria, algae, other protists, and even small multicellular invertebrates. Like all Amoebozoa, they take in food by phagocytosis, encircling food particles with its pseudopodia, then enclosing them within a food ball, or vacuole, where they are broken down by enzymes. The cell does not have a mouth or cytostome, nor", "title": "Chaos (genus)" }, { "docid": "1456686", "text": "Macrophage Macrophages (, from Greek \"μακρός\" (\"makrós\") = large, \"φαγείν\" (\"phageín\") = to eat) are a type of white blood cell, of the immune system, that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, cancer cells, and anything else that does not have the type of proteins specific to healthy body cells on its surface in a process called phagocytosis. These large phagocytes are found in essentially all tissues, where they patrol for potential pathogens by amoeboid movement. They take various forms (with various names) throughout the body (e.g., histiocytes, Kupffer cells, alveolar macrophages, microglia, and others), but all are", "title": "Macrophage" }, { "docid": "14710455", "text": "in the Institute. Under this programme, if the student does not wish to take up a campus placement offer, he/she can pursue with their startup, and if, after a period of one year, they wish again to take up a job, may attend the campus-interviews in the year subsequent to that of their passing out. IIT-Kharagpur is the first institute to offer this programme at Undergraduate-level. The Kairos Society, a US-based not-for-profit student-run organization organizes an annual Summit on Entrepreneurship. In the 2010 edition of this summit, the Indian team consisted of four members from E-Cell. Furthermore, the delegation was", "title": "Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur" }, { "docid": "133840", "text": "cancer cells and still trigger cell death. It is also important that a new photosensitizer does not stay in the body for a long time to prevent unwanted cell damage. Fullerenes can be made to be absorbed by HeLa cells. The C derivatives can be delivered to the cells by using the functional groups L-phenylalanine, folic acid, and L-arginine among others. Functionalizing the fullerenes aims to increase the solubility of the molecule by the cancer cells. Cancer cells take up these molecules at an increased rate because of an upregulation of transporters in the cancer cell, in this case amino", "title": "Fullerene" }, { "docid": "2821724", "text": "cell has the capacity to undergo depolarization. During depolarization, the membrane potential rapidly shifts from negative to positive. For this rapid change to take place within the interior of the cell, several events must occur along the plasma membrane of the cell. While the sodium–potassium pump continues to work, the voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels that had been closed while the cell was at resting potential are opened in response to an initial change in voltage. As the sodium ions rush back into the cell, they add positive charge to the cell interior, and change the membrane potential from negative", "title": "Depolarization" }, { "docid": "7791606", "text": "preparations is that the whole cell is present on the slide surface. For any intercellular reaction to take place, immunoglobulin must first traverse the cell membrane that is intact in these preparations. Reactions taking place in the nucleus can be more difficult, and the extracellular fluids can create unique obstacles in the performance of immunocytochemistry. In this situation, permeabilizing cells using detergent (Triton X-100 or Tween-20) or choosing organic fixatives (acetone, methanol, or ethanol) becomes necessary. Antibodies are an important tool for demonstrating both the presence and the subcellular localization of an antigen. Cell staining is a very versatile technique", "title": "Immunocytochemistry" }, { "docid": "16682544", "text": "scale of 1 to 5 for people with cerebral. A 1 is for no functional movement of the muscle or where there is no motor coordination. A 2 is for normal muscle movement range not exceeding 25% or where the movement can only take place with great difficult and, even then, very slowly. A 3 is where normal muscle movement range does not exceed 50%. A 4 is when normal muscle movement range does not exceed 75% and or there is slight in-coordination of muscle movement. A 5 is for normal muscle movement. Wheelchair fencing classification has 6 test for", "title": "Wheelchair fencing classification" }, { "docid": "16074382", "text": "individual ultrasensitivities), but in many cases the ultimate origin of supramultiplicativity remained elusive. Altszyler et al. (2017) framework naturally suggested a general scenario where supramultiplicative behavior could take place. This could occur when, for a given module, the corresponding Hill's input working range was located in an input region with local ultrasensitivities higher than the global ultrasensitivity of the respective dose-response curve. A ubiquitous signaling motif that exhibits ultrasensitivity is the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) cascade, which can take a graded input signal and produce a switch-like output, such as gene transcription or cell cycle progression. In this common motif,", "title": "Ultrasensitivity" }, { "docid": "5871905", "text": "before a Sheriff (\"judge\") in a Sheriff court; there is no jury. Proceedings are inquisitorial, as opposed to adversarial. Evidence is presented by the procurator fiscal in the public interest, and other parties may be represented. Parties can choose representation by Advocate (counsel) or solicitor, or may appear in person. A fatal accident inquiry does not need to take place in the sherrifdom where the death occurred, and will take place in whichever sheriffdom the Lord Advocate determines. Although the Lord Advocate must consult the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service before making a determination. A sheriff may make an order", "title": "Fatal accident inquiry" }, { "docid": "4315347", "text": "growing of the flax to the weaving must take place in Ireland. To be Irish linen fabric the yarns do not necessarily have to come from an Irish spinner, and to be Irish linen (yarn) the flax fibre does not have to be grown in Ireland. However, the skills, craftsmanship, and technology that go into spinning the yarn must be Irish, as is the case with Irish linen fabric; where the design and weaving skills must be Irish, and all of such must take place in Ireland. Finished garments, or household textile items can be labelled Irish linen, although they", "title": "Irish linen" }, { "docid": "2758298", "text": "of heat during a process. Exergonic reaction An exergonic reaction is a chemical reaction where the change in the free energy is negative (there is a net release of free energy), indicating a spontaneous reaction. For processes that take place under constant pressure and temperature conditions, the Gibbs free energy is used whereas the Helmholtz energy is used for processes that take place under constant volume and temperature conditions. Symbolically, the release of free energy, \"G\", in an exergonic reaction (at constant pressure and temperature) is denoted as Although exergonic reactions are said to occur \"spontaneously\", this does not imply", "title": "Exergonic reaction" }, { "docid": "3873511", "text": "may occur before the actual experience. This phenomenon, termed preplay, may have a role in prediction and learning. The hippocampus and related structures use place cells to construct a cognitive map of their surroundings in order to guide and inform their behavior. Just as lesioning in these structures causes rats to rely on cue-based information to function, so too does chronic ethanol exposure. Place cell firing rate decreases dramatically after ethanol exposure, causing reduced spatial sensitivity. Studies have shown ethanol to impair both spatial long-term memory and spatial working memory in various tasks. Chronic ethanol exposure causes deficits in spatial", "title": "Place cell" }, { "docid": "4716500", "text": "activation to further stabilize cellular structures and function. Composition of the cell wall structure is altered to increase flexibility so folding can take place without irreparably damaging the structure of the cell wall. Sugars are utilized as water substitutes by maintaining hydrogen bonds within the cell membrane. Photosynthesis is shut down to limit production of reactive oxygen species and then eventually all metabolic are drastically reduced, the cell effectively becoming dormant until rehydration. Cytorrhysis Cytorrhysis is the permanent and irreparable damage to the cell wall after the complete collapse of a plant cell due to the loss of internal positive", "title": "Cytorrhysis" }, { "docid": "14505487", "text": "locomotives to take over. There are many more locations where locomotives were exchanged for another. Today, locomotive changes are still used, although not as much as in yesteryear. But, there are still locations such as at Harrisburg Transportation Center where Amtrak electrics are replaced by diesels. Other very busy stations where such changes take place include Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, New Haven's Union Station, and Albany-Rensselaer (In the past, locomotives were changed at Croton-Harmon, but today it is only the end of electrification, much of which Amtrak does not use.). Locomotive change A locomotive or engine", "title": "Locomotive change" }, { "docid": "11426170", "text": "atmosphere. The farther a place is from the equator, the less UVB is received, and the potential to produce of vitamin D is diminished. Some regions far from the equator do not receive UVB radiation at all between autumn and spring. Vitamin D deficiency does not kill its victims quickly, and generally does not kill at all. Rather it weakens the immune system, the bones, and compromises the body’s ability to fight uncontrolled cell division which results in cancer. A form of vitamin D is a potent cell growth inhibitor; thus chronic deficiencies of vitamin D seem to be associated", "title": "Light skin" }, { "docid": "17602695", "text": "in a Hell in a Cell match. On the October 10 edition of \"SmackDown\", during the Miz TV segment, it was announced by The Miz that the match will be a No Holds Barred Contract on a Pole match. On the October 13 episode of \"Raw\", Triple H announced that the Cena–Ambrose match would take place on \"Raw\" in the main event and the winner would face Rollins. Later in the show, Orton was granted by Triple H a match against the loser of the Contract on a Pole match, also taking place in a Hell in a Cell match", "title": "Hell in a Cell (2014)" }, { "docid": "19638225", "text": "or where the movement can only take place with great difficult and, even then, very slowly. A 3 is where normal muscle movement range does not exceed 50%. A 4 is when normal muscle movement range does not exceed 75% and or there is slight in-coordination of muscle movement. A 5 is for normal muscle movement. Swimming classification generally has three components. The first is a bench press. The second is water test. The third is in competition observation. As part of the water test, swimmers are often required to demonstrate their swimming technique for all four strokes. They usually", "title": "CP4 (classification)" }, { "docid": "19638202", "text": "25% or where the movement can only take place with great difficult and, even then, very slowly. A 3 is where normal muscle movement range does not exceed 50%. A 4 is when normal muscle movement range does not exceed 75% and or there is slight in-coordination of muscle movement. A 5 is for normal muscle movement. Swimming classification for CP2 swimmers generally has three components. The first is a bench press. The second is water test. The third is in competition observation. As part of the water test, swimmers are often required to demonstrate their swimming technique for all", "title": "CP2 (classification)" }, { "docid": "9734608", "text": "take Sullivan to safety whilst Zoe poses as the target. The team see Kane deliver a bomb to Zoe's car, and prepares to detonate it via mobile phone. To counter the attack, a Bomb Squad jams the signal long enough for Tom to arrest her. During the interrogation, Tom promises to send her to a state in the US where the death penalty does not apply in exchange for the locations of every cell she runs in the UK. After she cooperates, Tom goes back on the deal and delivers Kane to CIA liaison Christine Dale (Megan Dodds), who returns", "title": "Thou Shalt Not Kill (Spooks)" }, { "docid": "17199712", "text": "as it does not take into account post-transcriptional regulation. Transcriptomics is still important as studying the difference between RNA levels and protein levels could give insight on which genes are post-transcriptionally regulated. There are four major methods used to quantify the metabolome of single cells, they are: fluorescence–based detection, fluorescence biosensors, FRET biosensors, and mass spectroscopy. The first three methods listed use fluorescence microscopy to detect molecules in a cell. Usually these assays use small fluorescent tags attached to molecules of interest, however this has been shown be too invasive for single cell metabolomics, and alters the activity of the", "title": "Single-cell analysis" }, { "docid": "11261033", "text": "does to save her marriage. To end the Axis's harassment of Bladezz, Codex and Zaboo track down the Anarchist Valkyrie at his job, where is he playing the game on company time. After they take away some of his character's possessions and threaten to expose him, Valkyrie tells them where and when the next Axis of Anarchy meeting will take place. Vork returns after regaining his confidence to lead and, with Codex, reassembles the Guild to challenge the Axis at the Internet café where they planned to have a group raid. The battle begins, but both sides lose members quickly.", "title": "The Guild (web series)" }, { "docid": "2423035", "text": "its stability. ... When an axon of cell \"A\" is near enough to excite a cell \"B\" and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that \"A\"s efficiency, as one of the cells firing \"B\", is increased. The theory is often summarized as \"Cells that fire together wire together.\" This summary, however, should not be taken too literally. Hebb emphasized that cell \"A\" needs to \"take part in firing\" cell \"B\", and such causality can occur only if cell \"A\" fires just before, not at", "title": "Hebbian theory" }, { "docid": "87539", "text": "note the cathode has a 'c', as does 'reduction'. Hence, reduction at the cathode. Perhaps most useful would be to remember cathode corresponds to cation (acceptor) and anode corresponds to anion (donor). The cathode can be negative like when the cell is electrolytic (where electrical energy provided to the cell is being used for decomposing chemical compounds); or positive as when the cell is galvanic (where chemical reactions are used for generating electrical energy). The cathode supplies electrons to the positively charged cations which flow to it from the electrolyte (even if the cell is galvanic, i.e., when the cathode", "title": "Cathode" }, { "docid": "13810127", "text": "or an entrepreneurial job with similar risk that provides a better return. Regarding other situations where the employer-entrepreneur does receive a profit from after the labor has been rendered (e.g. a salesperson who works on commission), the employer-entrepreneur may take risks other than paying a wage to the salesman, including: providing a salesperson with an office, cell phone and/or computer; paying for product training and marketing materials; paying for travel and lodging expenses; producing inventory in reliance upon future sales that may or may not be made by the salesperson. All of this comprises a potential for loss that accounts", "title": "Criticisms of the labour theory of value" }, { "docid": "14021023", "text": "Friday is known as the day of rations. It is then that all possessions in the cell are gathered including the possessions of the franse and are distributed to individuals by rank. Saturday is the day of wrongs. This is where the various judicial structures of the gang meet to pass sentence. Events which take place on this day range from the passing of sentence on an offender to a new recruit being scanned for illicit allegiances. Sunday is known as the day of rights. This is where newcomers are recruited into the family, members are promoted and victories are", "title": "The Numbers Gang" }, { "docid": "13405916", "text": "applications of the technology for basic T cell research as well as in clinical medicine. Only if the multimer staining is performed at low temperatures (4 °C), the T-cell phenotype is not altered because TCR-MHC-mediated signaling events do not become activated. The Streptamer technique enables a \"reversible\" identification and purification of antigen specific T cell population at 4 °C, thus it does not affect the functional status of the cells. The addition of a Strep-tag competitor, d-biotin, results in the rapid disassembly of MHC multimers. Subsequently, the dissociation of monomeric MHC-peptide molecules from the T cell surface takes place. Therefore,", "title": "Streptamer" }, { "docid": "6425925", "text": "express intact self MHC antigens. Those MHC antigens are recognized by killer cell immunoglobulin receptors (KIR) that, in essence, put the brakes on NK cells. The NK-92 cell line does not express KIR and is developed for tumor therapy. Like other 'unconventional' T cell subsets bearing invariant T cell receptors (TCRs), such as CD1d-restricted Natural Killer T cells, γδ T cells exhibit characteristics that place them at the border between innate and adaptive immunity. On one hand, γδ T cells may be considered a component of adaptive immunity in that they rearrange TCR genes to produce junctional diversity and develop", "title": "Innate immune system" }, { "docid": "3873493", "text": "block and a novel object, the rat must choose the novel object in order to obtain a reward. Its completion of this task requires flexibility. However, during this task, hippocampal activity does not sufficiently increase and lesioning (induced trauma) in the hippocampus does not change the rat's performance on this task. Place cells fire in different, often widespread, hippocampal locations at the same time, which some interpret as their having different functions in different locations. A rat's representation of its environment is constructed by the firing of groups of place cells that are widely distributed in the hippocampus, however, this", "title": "Place cell" }, { "docid": "473715", "text": "the amount of cyclin increases, more and more cyclin dependent kinases attach to cyclin signaling the cell further into interphase. The peak of the cyclin attached to the cyclin dependent kinases this system pushes the cell out of interphase and into the M phase, where mitosis, meiosis, and cytokinesis occur. There are three transition checkpoints the cell goes through before entering the M phase. The most important being the G1-S transition checkpoint. If the cell does not pass this phase, then the cell will most likely not go through the rest of the cell division cycle. Prophase is the first", "title": "Cell division" }, { "docid": "20545644", "text": "a number of targets n. A single hit on one target is not sufficient to kill the cell but does disable the target. An accumulation of successful hits on various targets leads to cell death. The equation used for this model is as follows: formula_2 Where n represents number of the targets in the cell. The equation used for this model is as follows: formula_3 where αD represents a hit made by a one particle track and βD represents a hit made by a two particle track and S(D) represents the probability of survival of the cell. This model showed", "title": "Biological effects of radiation on the epigenome" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18553349", "text": "Belle suffers from Stockholm syndrome (a condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity). Emma Watson studied whether Belle is trapped in an abusive relationship with the Beast before signing on and concluded that she does not think the criticism fits this version of the folk tale. Watson described Stockholm Syndrome as \"where a prisoner will take on the characteristics of and fall in love with the captor. Belle actively argues and disagrees with [Beast] constantly. She has none of the characteristics of someone with Stockholm Syndrome because she keeps", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "20071645", "text": "song \"If I Can't Love Her\" in the Broadway musical, identified by Fred Hawson of \"ABS-CBN News\" as \"a grand moving solo\" during which the Beast sincerely expresses his undying feelings for Belle. In \"Beauty and the Beast\", \"Evermore\" appears as a solo performed by the Beast shortly before \"The Mob Song\" as the film approaches its dramatic climax. After the Beast and Belle (Emma Watson) share a dance in the castle's ballroom to Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson) singing \"Beauty and the Beast\", the couple has a conversation during which the Beast learns how much Belle actually misses her father,", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "16862037", "text": "\"Beauty and the Beast\" at the ceremony, comforted her by telling her, \"Paige, if I sang like you I wouldn’t be nervous.\" In August 2011, O'Hara performed an abridged version of \"Belle\" live during the Disney Legends awards ceremony, at which O'Hara was also a recipient. The performance was a \"Beauty and the Beast\" medley, during which O'Hara musically combined \"Belle\" with \"Beauty and the Beast\" and \"Be Our Guest\". In the 2017 live-action adaptation, the song is performed by Emma Watson, Luke Evans, and ensemble. Belle (Disney song) \"Belle\" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "17628851", "text": "of Friendship\" is a live-action/animated direct-to-video installment of the film series. It was directed by Jimbo Mitchell, and released on August 17, 1999. It is set during the original film, and was released in part to help promote Disney Channel's television series, Sing Me a Story with Belle. On March 17, 2017, Disney released a live-action adaptation of the film, which was directed by Bill Condon. The movie stars Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Kevin Kline as Maurice, and", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (franchise)" }, { "docid": "4755008", "text": "Choice Award for Best Dramatic Movie. Chbosky re-wrote Evan Spiliotopoulos's original script for the 2017 live action reboot of Disney's \"Beauty and the Beast\", directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson as Belle. Chbosky and Watson developed a close relationship during the production of \"The Perks of Being a Wallflower.\" The adaptation was faithful to the original 1991 animated film \"Beauty and the Beast\", with all the original musical numbers included. The film was released on March 17, 2017. Chbosky directed the 2017 film \"Wonder\", co-written by Chbosky, Jack Thorne, and Steve Conrad and based on the 2012 novel", "title": "Stephen Chbosky" } ]

[ { "docid": "13805365", "text": "tells her about the curse. All his former subjects reappear along with her family who can now visit her whenever they want. She is also now a princess. Beauty and the Beast (1987 film) Beauty and the Beast (alternatively: Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast in United States, Die Schöne und das Biest in West Germany, La Bella e la Bestia in Italy, La Belle et la Bête in France) is a 1987 American/Israeli musical film, part of the 1980 film series Cannon Movie Tales. It is a contemporary version of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast.", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1987 film)" }, { "docid": "11174680", "text": "bridge where Gaston is standing breaks into pieces, sending Gaston falling to his death. Unlike in the animated movie, Gaston's death is shown onscreen. Gaston appears in Broadway musical adaptation of \"Beauty and the Beast\", which premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 18, 1994. The role was originated by actor Burke Moses, who received a nomination for a Drama Desk Award and won a Theatre World Award. Besides the songs \"Belle\", \"Gaston\", and \"Kill the Beast\" (which were from the Disney movie), Gaston performs \"Me\" (in which he self-centeredly proposes to Belle), \"Gaston (Reprise)\" (which was expanded to have", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "13805359", "text": "Beauty and the Beast (1987 film) Beauty and the Beast (alternatively: Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast in United States, Die Schöne und das Biest in West Germany, La Bella e la Bestia in Italy, La Belle et la Bête in France) is a 1987 American/Israeli musical film, part of the 1980 film series Cannon Movie Tales. It is a contemporary version of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. The movie was filmed entirely in Israel, and the taglines were: \"The monster they feared was the prince she loved\" and \"The classic fairy tale about seeing with", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1987 film)" }, { "docid": "7426463", "text": "Teen Choice Awards. She also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Actress, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for \"Favorite Movie Actress\" and the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Belle appeared in the Broadway musical adaptation of \"Beauty and the Beast\". The role was originated by actress Susan Egan, who was initially reluctant to audition for \"Beauty and the Beast\" because she \"thought it was a terrible idea for Disney to put a cartoon on Broadway.\" However, her agent managed to convince her otherwise, and Egan ultimately turned down callbacks for roles in the musicals \"My Fair Lady\", \"Carousel", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426413", "text": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Belle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991). Originally voiced by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara, Belle is the non-conforming daughter of an inventor who yearns to abandon her predictable village life in return for adventure. When her father Maurice is imprisoned by a cold-hearted beast, Belle offers him her own freedom in exchange for her father's, and eventually learns to love the Beast despite his unsightly outward appearance. Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg commissioned \"Beauty and the Beast\" as an animated", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426469", "text": "the other characters from the first movie appear in the stage show, Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World. Belle appears in a meet-and-greet attraction at Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland called Enchanted Tales with Belle. In season 18 of \"Dancing With the Stars\", Danica McKellar played Belle while performing a Quickstep on a Disney themed episode. Ginger Zee and Edyta Śliwińska also both portrayed Belle while performing a Foxtrot and Waltz respectively during the Disney night episode of the 22nd season of \"Dancing with the Stars\". Emma Slater then played Belle while dancing a", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "16862032", "text": "Berardinelli of \"ReelViews \"described \"Belle\" as \"the animated equivalent of Broadway show-stoppers, with all the energy and audacity of something choreographed by Busby Berkeley.\" Similarly, the \"New York Post\"s Lou Lumenick also hailed \"Belle\" as a \"show-stopper\". Ranking \"Beauty and the Beast \"Disney's third greatest animated film while hailing it as \"the best Disney movie musical,\" Gregory Ellwood of HitFix wrote, \"you can't argue the cinematic joy in numbers such as the opening 'Belle'.\" Ranking \"Beauty and the Beast \"the \"Best Disney Soundtrack ... of the Past 25 Years\", Moviefone's Sandie Angulo Chen highlighted \"Belle\", commenting, \"There's an infectious quality", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "8426537", "text": "that the love of \"Beauty and the Beast\" will thrive forever. Instantly, Belle and the prince reappear in their traditional costumes. (\"Beauty and the Beast\") During the curtain call, Belle and the Prince give a lucky person in the audience a rose similar to the one in the movie. The original version opened for the film's 1991 premiere. Its first performance was at 1:30 pm on November 22, 1991, the same day the film was released. When the Theater of the Stars was moved in September 1993 (to make room for the construction of Sunset Boulevard), the show was temporarily", "title": "Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage" }, { "docid": "7426487", "text": "misogynist) the endgame is the still the same, elaborating, \"When the movie ends, they’re still solidly with a man, their dreams of adventure abandoned. Therefore, the Disney renaissance is characterized more by theoretical want of adventure rather than a genuine pursuit.\" Deemed an \"iconoclast\" by \"Boxoffice\", Belle continues to garner strong recognition for her role in \"Beauty and the Beast\". Established as a cultural icon, the character holds the distinction of being Disney's first feminist princess. Commentators believe that the character's role in \"Beauty and the Beast\" as one of Disney's first strong female characters is responsible for changing the", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426497", "text": "her work on \"Beauty and the Beast\" and various contributions to Disney, O'Hara was honored with a Disney Legends award on August 19, 2011. Disney hired Spanish actress Penélope Cruz to pose as Belle in photographer Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series, while actor Jeff Bridges posed as the Beast. The \"Daily Mail\" described the image as Cruz \"wearing Belle's gorgeous yellow gown and being lifted high into the air by her prince,\" accompanied by the phrase \"Where a moment of beauty lasts forever.\" Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Belle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures'", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316067", "text": "the events that occurred between \"Kingdom Hearts\" and \"Kingdom Hearts II\", such as Belle and Beast attempting to resume their normal lives and Beast's first encounter with Xaldin. The Beast appears in the Broadway musical adaptation of Disney's \"Beauty and the Beast\", originally portrayed by Terrence Mann. Other actors who have taken on the role include Chuck Wagner (1997), James Barbour (1998), Jeff McCarthy (2004), and Steve Blanchard. The movie and others never made mention of his real name. A CD-ROM game said \"The Prince's name is Adam.\" In the 2011 ABC series \"Once Upon a Time\", the show's version", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "18820345", "text": "Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom is a 2000 video game which is part of Disney's Beauty and the Beast media franchise. This game and \"Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea\" were designed to \"combin[e] girls’ creative interests with their natural play patterns\". The game contains a collection of mini-games for children based around the characters of the Disney animated movie \"Beauty and the Beast\". Software and CD Rom explains \"The premise, from which the program's activities are derived, involves a party that Belle and her friends are throwing", "title": "Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom" }, { "docid": "4187287", "text": "Beauty and the Beast (1946 film) Beauty and the Beast ( - also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story \"Beauty and the Beast\", written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology. The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)" }, { "docid": "7426452", "text": "help them achieve their respective goals.\" Michelle Munro, writing for Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology, felt that even though Belle shares several traits with her more passive predecessors, the character introduced \"new possibilities for princesses.\" Girls in Capes wrote that Belle pioneered a generation of princesses who taught \"about ambition, self-discovery and the pursuit of what we want.\" Additionally, Belle remains Disney's first and only princess to have hazel eyes. Belle debuted in \"Beauty and the Beast \"(1991) as a beautiful bibliophile who, although praised by her fellow villagers for her unrivaled beauty, is at the same time", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282228", "text": "Monsieur D'Arque. They plan to lock Maurice away to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston (\"Maison des Lunes\"). In the castle, the Beast and Belle attend a lovely dinner and personal ball, where they dance together in the ballroom (\"Beauty and the Beast\"). The Beast, who plans to tell Belle he loves her, asks Belle if she is happy here, to which she responds positively but notes that she misses her father. He offers her his Magic Mirror to view him. She sees that Maurice is sick and lost in the woods and fears for his life. But even though the", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "4187288", "text": "father's place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family and telling her that if she doesn't return to him within a week, he will die of grief. \"Beauty and the Beast\" is now recognized as a classic of French cinema. While scrubbing the floor at home, Belle (Josette Day) is interrupted by her brother's friend Avenant (Jean Marais) who tells her she deserves better and suggests they get married. Belle rejects Avenant, as", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)" }, { "docid": "20071647", "text": "song \"adds more depth to the character\" by \"highlighting the changes he goes through throughout the movie.\" Similar to \"If I Can't Love Her\", \"Evermore\" provides the Beast with \"a stronger voice\". The song occurs at a pivotal moment in the film during which the Beast bemoans his decision to free Belle, while uncovering both his inner pain and growth as a character as he voices \"a sad sense of longing.\" For the first time, audiences learn exactly how the Beast feels when he allows Belle to rescue Maurice, summarizing his love for her. In the musical sequence, the Beast", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "7426462", "text": "of a disease plague during Belle's infancy, consequently Maurice is somewhat overprotective of Belle and does not allow her to leave the village. For instance, Maurice creates \"music boxes playing tunes from faraway places, in a bid to sate her thirst for exploration\", as he is unwilling to let Belle be adventurous due to her mother's death, although Belle harbors no hard feelings about this. Watson's portrayal of Belle won her the MTV Movie Award for Best Performance at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards and the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy at the 2017", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "6915915", "text": "of love is as timeless and ageless as a \"tale as old as time\". Lansbury's rendition is heard during the famous ballroom sequence between Belle and the Beast, while a shortened chorale version plays in the closing scenes of the film, and the song's motif features frequently in other pieces of Menken's film score. Lansbury was initially hesitant to record \"Beauty and the Beast\" because she felt that it was not suitable for her aging singing voice, but ultimately completed the song in one take. \"Beauty and the Beast\" was subsequently recorded as a pop duet by Canadian singer Celine", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "7426480", "text": "fact \"feminist enough.\" Although \"Beauty and the Beast \"was initially lauded upon release for starring a \"forward thinking and feminist\" heroine, critics tend to agree that, in spite of Belle's independence and resentment towards Gaston, \"Beauty and the Beast\" essentially remains a romance about a girl who finally \"meets her ideal man.\" Acknowledging that Belle \"represented significant change from [her] sweet, mop-wielding predecessors,\" \"Twilight and History\" author Nancy Reagin observed that \"the end result of fulfillment through marriage has been maintained.\" Kathleen Maher of \"The Austin Chronicle \"cited Belle as an example of \"pseudo-feminism\" because she rejects one man, Gaston,", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "11174676", "text": "a former soldier in the French army. He also implied that this version of Gaston is darker than the original. In the film, Gaston plays out the same role as in the animated movie, though with a few differences. Bored with his peaceful life after returning from the war, Gaston pursues Belle, determined to marry her, as she is the most beautiful girl in the village and the only one good enough for him. He also finds her independence to be a thrilling challenge, and shows obvious disgust with the bimbettes who constantly fawn over him purely because of his", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426478", "text": "remarked her portrayal of Belle as \"dazzles\" and \"ideal\". For her performance as Belle, Watson won the MTV Movie Award for Best Performance as well as the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy. She also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Actress, the Saturn Award for Best Actress and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress. Jezebel determined that Belle \"is often held up as the standard of the 'feminist' Disney princess.\" According to \"Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults \"author Anna E. Altmann, Disney heavily promoted", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "9978622", "text": "a lullaby, Ashman and Menken conceived \"Beauty and the Beast\" as \"a song that could have a life outside the movie.\" The film's final musical number, \"The Mob Song\", was written as what Menken described as \"a macho adventure underscore\". When the film was released, it garnered three separate Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song for \"Belle\", \"Be Our Guest\" and \"Beauty and the Beast\". Producer Don Hahn expressed concern that this would cause confusion among audiences and voters, and potentially result in an unfavorable tie. In order to prevent this from happening, the studio fought in favor of", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "16862025", "text": "to remain unmodified during production. Hoping to write a song that would successfully \"portray [Belle] in a world that is so protected and safe\", Ashman and Menken drew inspiration from a story-telling style that is often reserved for traditional operettas. As \"Beauty and the Beast\"s opening number, \"Belle\", a \"pivotal moment...in the narrative\", plays a significant role in the film by introducing both the film's heroine, Belle, after whom the song is named, and Gaston, the film's villain. While Belle, a book-loving and intelligent nonconformist who has grown frustrated with her predictable village life, longs for an adventure similar to", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "11174635", "text": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) Gaston is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991). Voiced by American actor and singer Richard White, Gaston is an arrogant hunter whose unrequited feelings for the intellectual Belle drive him to murder his adversary, the Beast, once he realizes she cares for him instead. Gaston serves as a foil personality to the Beast, who was once as vain as Gaston prior to his transformation. An original character who is not present in the \"Beauty and the Beast\" fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "1208639", "text": "Gaston tries to force Belle to marry him in exchange for her father's release, but she refuses. Belle then proves Maurice's sanity by revealing the Beast to the townsfolk using the magic mirror. Belle angrily confronts Gaston that he is a monster and the Beast is not, enraging Gaston. Realizing that Belle loves the Beast, Gaston has her thrown into the basement with her father and rallies the villagers to follow him to the castle to kill the Beast. Assisted by Chip, who had stowed away in Belle's bag, Maurice and Belle escape and rush back to the castle. The", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "16862033", "text": "to all of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman songs, like the opening number of 'Belle' (that reveals how different Belle is from the other Disney heroines).\" Alongside \"Be Our Guest\" and \"Beauty and the Beast\", \"Belle\" was one of the three \"Beauty and the Beast\" songs that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. \"Belle\" ultimately lost to the film's title and theme song. According to producer Don Hahn, Disney was actually hoping that the award would go to \"Beauty and the Beast\" and promoted the song heavily, spending significantly", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "6915952", "text": "rising in the East. Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the Beast\" as the film's best lyric. \"Entertainment Weekly\"'s Darren Franich, however, admitted to preferring \"Be Our Guest\" and \"Belle\" over \"Beauty and the Beast\". The ballroom sequence during which Belle and the Beast dance to \"Beauty and the Beast\" continues to be praised, especially for its use of computer animation. The first time the \"Beauty and the Beast\" musical sequence was made available to the public, it was in the form of an unfinished scene at the New York Film Festival in September", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "16862019", "text": "Belle (Disney song) \"Belle\" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991). Originally recorded by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara and American actor Richard White, \"Belle\", a mid-tempo French and classical music-inspired song, incorporates both Broadway and musical theatre elements. The film's first song and opening number, \"Belle\" appears during \"Beauty and the Beast \"as a large scale operetta-style production number that introduces the film's heroine Belle, considered a book-loving nonconformist by the townspeople of the village, who has grown weary of", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "7426496", "text": "protective of Belle, explaining, \"[she] was my first-born child, so there’s a little bit of possessiveness, which really I had to let it go\". \"Beauty and the Beast\", Belle performs the film's opening number, \"Belle\", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. In 1998, O'Hara was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production for reprising her role as Belle in the second of \"Beauty and the Beast\"'s three direct-to-video sequels, \"Belle's Magical World\". To commemorate", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426445", "text": "Writing for the \"Los Angeles Times\", Charles Solomon observed inconsistencies in Belle's appearance, writing, \"The prettiest and liveliest Belle waltzes with Beast in his marble ballroom and weeps over his body before he's transformed into the Prince\" while \"The Belle who receives the library from Beast has wider-set eyes and a more prominent mouth than the noticeably slimmer Belle who sings 'Something There'\". Woolverton created Belle as part of \"her self-directed mandate to move women and girls forward.\" \"The Express-Times \"described the character as an intelligent young woman who \"sings songs about reading and wanting to gain knowledge, rather than", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "3746044", "text": "Beast\", she portrayed Angela, a character in a fictional soap opera, for Disney's 2007 live action/traditional 2-D animated movie \"Enchanted\". For her work as Belle, O'Hara was honored with a Disney Legend Award on August 19, 2011. As of 2011, O'Hara was replaced by Julie Nathanson as the voice of Belle due to her voice changing significantly over the course of twenty years. Despite this, she still paints Belle for Disney Fine Art and also continues to do promotional appearances for Disney. In 2016, O'Hara appeared at numerous special screenings of \"Beauty and the Beast\" in honor of the film's", "title": "Paige O'Hara" }, { "docid": "7426473", "text": "the independent, self-assured character of Belle,\" concluding, \"Unlike Disney heroines from Snow White through Ariel, Belle is smart, knows what she wants, and doesn't spend her time pining away for the love of a handsome prince.\" Marc Bernardin of \"Entertainment Weekly \"praised Belle's heroism, dubbing her \"the hero\" of \"Beauty and the Beast\", while \"Entertainment Weekly's\" Christian Blauvelt opined, \"Unlike previous Disney heroines who needed to be rescued by a prince themselves, Belle not only saves the Beast's life, she saves his soul.\" TLC's Vicki Arkoff received Belle as a \"smart\" and \"sharp-tongued\" heroine, crediting the character for \"break[ing] Disney's", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426482", "text": "feminist Disney characters, describing her as an \"incredibly intelligent\" woman who \"doesn't stand for a man who considers her as just a piece of meat ... she wants someone who loves her for her mind too.\" Acknowledging the character's \"feminist longings,\" Daniel Eagen, author of \"America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry\", cited Belle as Disney's \"modern-day corrective to Snow White.\" \"Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works\" author Phyllis Frus wrote that, initially, \"Beauty and the Beast \"does not seem \"remotely feminist.\" However, the author did acknowledge Belle as", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426474", "text": "passive-princess mold.\" About.com's David Nusair described Belle as an \"admirable\" heroine. AllMovie's Don Kaye and Perry Seibert echoed each other's reviews of the character, with Kaye describing both Belle and the Beast as \"three-dimensional ... complex individuals who defy stereotyping and change over the course of the story,\" and Seibert calling Belle a \"strong female character\" who \"sidesteps most of the clichés surrounding Disney heroines.\" Common Sense Media hailed Belle as \"one of Disney's smartest, most independent heroines.\" Meanwhile, Belle's relationship with the Beast has also been met with positive reviews. About.com's David Nusair wrote that \"the palpable chemistry between", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282262", "text": "recording for the new production was released in May 2008, starring Julia Möller as Belle, David Ordinas as Beast, Pablo Puyol as Gaston, Raúl Peña as LeFou, Armando Pita as Lumière, Esteban Oliver as Cogsworth and Angels Jiménez as Mrs. Potts. A \"junior\" version of the musical for middle and high school students was published by MTI. This version only included a selected number of the songs, including \"Belle\", \"Belle (Reprise)\", \"Home\", \"Home (Tag)\", \"Gaston\", \"Gaston (Reprise)\", \"Be Our Guest\", \"Something There\", \"Human Again\", \"Beauty and the Beast\", \"The Mob Song\", \"Home (Reprise)\", and \"Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)\". Also", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "5282256", "text": "amateur premiere of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, for which it was nominated for 4 AIMS Awards (Association of Irish Musical Societies) including Best Overall Show in Ireland and winning one, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John Murphy for the part of Gaston). Belle was played by Bridget Nolan and Beast was played by Derek Ryan. <nowiki>*</nowiki> New song or instrumental cue † Expanded vocal or instrumental content, using either cut lyrics by Ashman or dance arrangements by Glen Kelly, or both. ‡ \"Human Again\" was written by Menken and Ashman for the movie, but was cut, due to", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "18553351", "text": "not model healthy romantic relationships for young viewers. Constance Grady of Vox writes that Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's \"Beauty and the Beast\" was a fairy tale originally written to prepare young girls in 18th-century France for arranged marriages, and that the power disparity is amplified in the Disney version. Anna Menta of \"Elite Daily\" argued that the Beast does not apologize to Belle for imprisoning, hurting, or manipulating her, and his treatment of Belle is not painted as wrong. Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "18553281", "text": "a rose from his garden as a gift to Belle. When Maurice's horse returns without him, Belle ventures out in search for him, and finds him locked in the castle dungeon. The Beast agrees to let her take Maurice's place. Belle befriends the castle's servants, who invite her to a spectacular dinner. When she wanders into the forbidden west wing and finds the rose, the Beast scares her into the woods. She is ambushed by a pack of wolves, but the Beast rescues her, and is injured in the process. As Belle nurses his wounds, a friendship develops between them,", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "7426472", "text": "everything around her.\" Jennie Punter of \"The Globe and Mail \"extolled Belle as a \"smart, courageous ... 'take-charge kind of gal',\" while crowning her the \"main attraction of \"Beauty and the Beast\".\" Emma Cochrane of \"Empire\" hailed Belle as \"a feminist heroine who [is] more rounded than previous Disney characters\", while \"Paste's\" Annlee Ellingson similarly enjoyed the character's \"feminist kick.\" Stephen Hunter of \"The Baltimore Sun \"wrote that \"Belle ... is no passive fairy tale princess, but a real live girl, with a spunky personality and her own private agenda.\" \"TV Guide \"wrote that \"The familiar narrative is strengthened by", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "18553285", "text": "off the villagers. Gaston attacks the Beast in his tower, who is too heartbroken from belle's departure to fight back, but regains his spirit upon seeing Belle return. He defeats Gaston, but spares his life before reuniting with Belle. Ungrateful and unrepentant, Gaston mortally wounds the Beast with a gunshot from a bridge, but it collapses when the castle crumbles, and he falls to his death. The injured Beast tells Belle that he was happy to see her again then he dies in her arms as the last petal falls, and the servants become inanimate. Belle tearfully professes her love", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "18553284", "text": "remember him with leaving him and his servants heartbroken. At Villeneuve, Belle reveals the Beast in the mirror to the townsfolk, proving her father's sanity. Realizing that Belle loves the Beast, a jealous Gaston claims she has been charmed by dark magic, and has her thrown into the asylum carriage with her father. He rallies the villagers to follow him to the castle to slay the Beast before he curses the whole village. Maurice and Belle escape, and Belle rushes back to the castle. During the battle, Gaston abandons his companion LeFou, who then sides with the servants to fend", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "2679607", "text": "He explains that everyone understands how Beast feels about the holiday, but giving a gift to another is a way of saying \"I care about you\". The Beast gets in the mood, and demands Forte to compose a song as a present, who agrees unhappily. When he leaves, Forte puts his plans in motion, and plays beautiful music, attracting Belle to his room. Forte quickly manipulates the situation, telling her that the tree has always been Beast's favorite part of Christmas, and that she would find a much better tree in the Black Forest, the woods outside the castle. Getting", "title": "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" }, { "docid": "11174673", "text": "Beast\" as an arrogant hunter who is determined to marry Belle, whom he considers to be the village's most beautiful woman. However, she refuses his proposal when he throws a wedding party without her prior knowledge. Belle is the only one in town who actually dislikes Gaston for the person he is inside. Thoroughly humiliated, he sulks, but when her father Maurice shows up saying that she has been captured by a hideous Beast, he comes up with the idea of having him thrown into an insane asylum, unless Belle agrees to marry him. His plan fails when Belle proves", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316062", "text": "encounter and defeat Maleficent, who transforms into her dragon form and challenges them once again, only to be defeated once more. The four heroes find Kairi, but the circumstances cause Sora, Donald, Goofy and Kairi to leave Hollow Bastion, and Beast states that he will not leave without Belle. Later on, Beast encounters Sora once again when he returns to Hollow Bastion to lock the Keyhole. During their second search, Beast and Sora find Belle, who embraces Beast and presents Sora with the Divine Rose Keychain. In the \"Final Mix\" version of the game, Beast allies himself with Sora once", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316072", "text": "behavior. Although the Beast does not seem to have become increasing feral the longer the enchantment runs, in contrast to his animated counterpart from 1991 (reflecting Don Hahn's original intent for the Beast eventually grow wild if he never met Belle), it is his transformed servants who are gradually losing their remaining humanity while the castle deteriorates. The last rose petal falls before the curse is broken; however, upon seeing Belle profess her love for the Beast, the enchantress reveals herself and lifts the spell on the castle and its inhabitants. Afterward, Prince and Belle host a ball for all", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "15974794", "text": "Beauty and the Beast (2009 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2009 Australian fantasy film directed by David Lister and starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, and Victor Parascos, and loosely based upon the fairy tale of the same name. The film was released in 2009 on video under that title and aired in 2010 on Syfy television as \"Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale\". A series of horrific murders has the Beast being blamed for the crimes. Belle (Estella Warren) and Beast (Victor Parascos) must work together to investigate the crimes and discover who the true murderer is", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "7426464", "text": "\"and \"Grease\" in favor of starring as Belle in \"Beauty and the Beast\" because she had always wanted to originate a Broadway role. Egan had never watched \"Beauty and the Beast \"prior to her audition, relying solely on \"her own creative instincts\" instead. Egan's performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical at the 48th Tony Awards. A total of seventeen actresses have portrayed Belle in the Broadway musical, among them recording artists Debbie Gibson and Toni Braxton, \"The Sopranos\"' Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Disney Channel alumnae Christy Carlson Romano and Anneliese van der Pol, the", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "1208697", "text": "castle from invading villagers and forest animals and rescue Belle from Gaston. The third and fourth video games based on the film are action platformers developed by Probe Software and published by Hudson Soft. One, titled \"Beauty and the Beast\", was released in Europe in 1994 for the NES, while the other, \"Disney's Beauty and the Beast\", was released in North America in July 1994 and in Europe on February 23 1995 for the SNES. The entire games are played through the perspective of the Beast. As the Beast, the player must get Belle to fall in love so that", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "6915946", "text": "for the truth ... we don't know we're in love until we spend time with someone and unforced adjustments make the pieces fall into place.\" \"The Emperor's Old Groove: Decolonizing Disney's Magic Kingdom\" author Brenda Ayres cited the song as an \"[indicator] that a reciprocal power relationship has developed between Belle and the Beast ... confirm[ing] 'his transformation, her legitimacy, and their powerful unity.\" According to the lyricist's website, \"Beauty and the Beast\" summarizes the way in which \"Belle tames the beast and finds the happy ending she has dreamed about.\" \"The Meanings of \"Beauty and the Beast\": A Handbook\"", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "16862023", "text": "musical.\" According to Broadway actress and singer Paige O'Hara, who both recorded the song and provided the voice of Belle, Ashman and Menken \"wanted to leave the pop music sound of \"Mermaid\" behind and go for something more Jerome Kern/Rodgers & Hammerstein\" for \"Beauty and the Beast\". The film's songs and musical numbers, which were written to both \"propel the plot\" and offer \"character development\", were heavily influenced by French, classical and traditional Broadway music. Additionally, Menken described \"Belle\" and the other \"Beauty and the Beast\" songs to \"The New York Times \"as \"tangents from 18th-century France\". Written in a", "title": "Belle (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "7426420", "text": "filmmakers. Despite the fact that Disney wanted \"Beauty and the Beast\" to resemble an old-fashioned film, the filmmakers envisioned Belle as \"a woman that was ahead of her time\". As the first woman in the history of Disney to write a feature-length animated film, Woolverton decided to explore Belle as an opportunity to create a female character who would ultimately be better received than Disney's previous animated heroines, specifically Ariel from \"The Little Mermaid\". Woolverton was aware that the task would be particularly challenging due to the previous character's popularity, but fought relentlessly to make sure that she was creating", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282239", "text": "The Beast. This production closed in 2003. The third national tour opened in 2001 and closed in 2003. This production starred Jennifer Shraeder as Belle and Roger Befeler as the Beast with Marc G. Dalio as Gaston. Notable replacements on the tours have included Sarah Litzsinger, Erin Dilly and Danyelle Bossardet as Belle. The three touring companies visited 137 venues in 90 North American cities. About 5.5 million people in the United States and Canada saw these tours. The fourth national tour of \"Beauty and the Beast\" began February 2010, opening in Providence, Rhode Island, starring Liz Shivener as Belle", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "8316054", "text": "retrieve Belle, explains that the household cannot find her, Beast becomes enraged. He goes to Forte to ask for advice, and Forte lies that Belle has abandoned him. Beast manages to find Belle and saves her in time from drowning after she fell through thin ice. Still believing that Belle disobeyed him by breaking her promise not to leave, Beast locks her into the dungeons to rot. But when Forte goads him into destroying the rose to end his suffering, Beast finds Belle's book in the West Wing and reads it, coming to his senses and realizing that all Belle", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426459", "text": "is the show's version of the Beast). She is portrayed by Australian actress Emilie de Ravin. Another live-action version of the character appeared in the 2015 television film \"Descendants\", where she was played by Keegan Connor Tracy and serves as the Queen of the United States of Auradon. The series \"Sofia the First\" included a cameo by Belle in a 2013 episode. British actress Amy Jackson who portrayed as \"Belle\" opposite Indian actor Vikram, who being portrayed as \"Beast\" for sequences in a dreamy song \"\"Ennodu Nee Irundhal\"\" in the 2015 Tamil language romantic thriller \"\"I\"\". The original prosthetic make-up", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316065", "text": "senses thanks to his servants who were released by Sora. Xaldin appears to flee. Later on, during a ball, Xaldin returns and steals the rose, throwing Beast into a depression and causing him to ask Belle and Sora to leave his castle. However a pep talk from Sora spurs him back into action. Xaldin confronts them and sends his Nobodies at them. They fight the Nobodies off, but Xaldin escapes to the castle drawbridge with Belle and the rose. Belle manages to escape from Xaldin's clutches with the rose, and Xaldin is then killed by Beast, Sora, Donald and Goofy.", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316064", "text": "If that happens, Beast will not only become a strong Heartless which Sora would have to destroy and feed to Kingdom Hearts, but also leave behind a powerful Nobody for Xaldin to use as he wishes (just like what happened to Xehanort). Manipulated and controlled, Beast is forced to allow the Heartless into the castle and lock the entire servant staff in the dungeons, with Belle too scared to intervene. Beast starts mistreating Belle. When Sora, Donald and Goofy arrive, they are encountered by Beast, who attacks them without hesitation. Sora wins the battle, and Beast comes back to his", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426456", "text": "because he longs to maintain his co-dependent relationship with his master. Tricked by Forte into retrieving a large Christmas tree from a frozen pond, Belle nearly drowns, only to be rescued by the Beast. The Beast, however, having been misinformed by Forte, wrongly accuses Belle of trying to escape again, and locks her in the dungeon as punishment. When the Beast finally discovers the truth, they forgive each other, and Belle helps him thwart Forte's plan to destroy the castle. \"\" (1998), depicts Belle as she interacts with both the Beast and his enchanted servants in various segments, exploring themes", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316046", "text": "old man named Maurice who accidentally stumbles upon the castle, being allowed inside by the servants for shelter. However, the Beast detains Maurice in the tower as a prisoner for trespassing. Maurice's horse returns back to the village, and then takes Maurice's daughter Belle back to the castle. In the tower Belle confronts Beast and pleads with him to let her father go, offering herself as a prisoner instead, to which the Beast agrees in return for her promise never to leave. Being prodded by his servants into believing that she is the key to breaking the spell, the Beast", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "1208700", "text": "with Sora once again to defeat Xaldin once and for all. In the game's ending credits, the Beast turns back into the Prince. In \"\", the world is featured as a playable level but the story is not essential to the main plot. In \"Kingdom Hearts χ\", the world is featured again, this time as a hallucination that follows the plot of the movie more closely. The characters featured in the series are Beast, Belle, Lumiere, Gaston, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Maurice, and the Wardrobe. After Gaston is defeated, the Beast transforms back into the Prince. Gaston does not appear", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "8426535", "text": "fear that Belle could never learn to love him. Belle, on a tour through the castle, enters the West Wing and discovers the rose. The Beast is furious at Belle, because he told her never to enter that part of the castle. All of this causes Belle and the Beast to argue. But the others advise Beast to be a gentleman, because Belle could be the one to break the curse. The castle's charming inhabitants discover that there is \"Something There\" that wasn't there before (\"Something There\"), and the two fall in love. Meanwhile, Gaston declares that Belle has rejected", "title": "Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage" }, { "docid": "8316068", "text": "of \"the Beast\" is actually another fairy tale character, Rumplestiltskin (played by Robert Carlyle), who gains possession of Belle as part of a deal to save Belle's kingdom from losing a war. Indian actor Vikram portrayed Beast for sequences in a dreamy song \"Ennodu Nee Irundhal\" in the 2015 Tamil language film \"\"I\"\" opposite Amy Jackson who portrayed Belle. The original prosthetic make-up for the characters were provided by Sean Foot (Shaun) and Davina Lamont and additional works were done by National Film Award winners—Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till. In March 2015, English actor Dan Stevens was cast as the", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282220", "text": "earn her love in return by the time the last petal falls (\"Prologue\"). Ten years later, a beautiful young girl named Belle makes her way into town one morning in order to get a book from the local bookseller. On the way she expresses her wish to live in a world like her books, full of adventure, while the townspeople note her unparalleled beauty but find her love of books odd (\"Belle\"). Belle has also attracted the attention of Gaston (the local hunter and town hero), who admires her only for her beauty. Belle, however, is not oblivious to her", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "18192827", "text": "him and his castle will be broken, she will marry him and become a princess. The final boss of the game is Gaston, a hunter who will try to steal Belle from the \"Beast\". Disney's Beauty and the Beast (SNES video game) Disney's Beauty and the Beast is an action platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name, it was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft in North America on July 1, 1994 and Europe on February 23, 1995, respectively. The game was published by Virgin Interactive in", "title": "Disney's Beauty and the Beast (SNES video game)" }, { "docid": "8316060", "text": "several bunches of flowers around the Beast's bed. At one point, the Beast begins to smell one of the flowers and almost wakes up, but it is removed just in time, and he falls asleep again. Beast appears as a major Disney character in the bestselling video game series \"Kingdom Hearts\". In the first \"Kingdom Hearts\", during a time in which the spell had not yet broken, Beast's home is attacked by the Heartless, led by Maleficent, who take Belle captive. Determined to rescue Belle, Beast goes as far as to exploit the power of darkness and risk his own", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "11174685", "text": "season, where he was Belle's fiancé and attempted to save Belle from Rumplestiltskin, but got transfigured into a rose. The second time was in the fifth season, where he befriended Belle. He was depicted in a more lighter manner compared to the original movie, where it is implied that his love for Belle was genuine. He is included in the 1993 video game adaptations \"\" and \"\". Although he acted as the main antagonist for both games, he also acted as an ally character in the former, using his strength to help in a task early in the game. In", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426491", "text": "18% of votes. Belle is the fifth most successful Disney Princess in terms of box office revenue, with \"Beauty and the Beast\" having grossed over $350 million. However, Belle was the lowest-selling Disney Princess on eBay in 2013, with sales of less than $7,000 despite the fact that she is often cited as a customer favorite. Belle is considered to be among Disney's most beloved animated heroines. According to Scott Huver of \"People\", the character's \"popularity remains a force to be reckoned with\" even 25 years after the film's release. Belle was the only animated heroine nominated for the American", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426475", "text": "Belle and The Beast ensur[es] that \"Beauty and the Beast\" lives up to its reputation as one of the most memorable romances of all time.\" Describing it as an \"unconventional romance,\" Charles Solomon of the \"Los Angeles Times \"opined, \"The idea of a young woman learning to love a gentle heart hidden beneath a baleful exterior represented a major break with tradition.\" Likewise, critics enjoyed O'Hara's performance. According to \"Variety\", Belle was \"magnificently voiced by O’Hara.\" \"The Star-Ledger's\" Stephen Whitty enjoyed O'Hara's \"pretty soprano.\" John Hartl of \"The Seattle Times \"wrote, \"O'Hara does a spirited job of investing the character", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426454", "text": "she discovers an enchanted rose without realizing that it is tied to the Beast's fate; and the Beast's rage at her trespassing causes her to flee the castle on horseback. Belle is pursued by wolves in the woods but they are driven off by the Beast, afterwards Belle helps the injured Beast back to the castle and nurses him back to health. Although she initially dislikes her captor, Belle gradually learns to accept the Beast in spite of his appearance and eventually befriends him. Belle and the Beast's strong bond greatly envies Gaston to the point of which he storms", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "17628854", "text": "song \"A Change in Me\" was kept in the production after being written for Toni Braxton during her stint as Belle. The Beauty and the Beast universe encompasses two main locations: a French village and a castle, which are linked by woods. As the three spin-off films all take place within the time period of the original film, the plot of the \"Beauty and the Beast\" franchise is encompassed in the original 1991 film, which the other films serving to give added insight to certain parts of the story that were skimmed over (such as when Belle is living in", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (franchise)" }, { "docid": "7426471", "text": "as \"a bookworm, with gumption and a mind of her own.\" Similarly comparing Belle to Ariel, John Hartl of \"The Seattle Times\" wrote that, in \"Beauty and the Beast\", \"there's rarely a sense of deja vu, perhaps because the heroine is so different from 'Mermaid's' dependent Ariel, and her dilemma is more poignant,\" while \"Boxoffice \"scribed, \"Undoubtedly in response to criticism that the cute little 'Mermaid' Ariel was nothing more than a precocious sexpot, the idea-people behind this beauty—aptly named Belle ... chose to make her an icon of self-reliance and a voracious reader with a curiosity and love for", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5161117", "text": "Pol would be making her Broadway debut as Belle, in \"Beauty and the Beast\". Van der Pol was the musical's 17th (and final) Belle. She played the role from April 3, 2007 to July 29, 2007 as the show reached its 5,464th (and final) performance. During her run as Belle, van der Pol also performed at Bryant Park's Broadway in Bryant Park on July 12, 2007 along \"Beauty and the Beast\" co-stars Chris Hoch and Jeanne Lehmann, performing songs from the show. Prior to \"Beauty\"'s final show, van der Pol appeared on \"Live with Regis and Kelly\" for a small", "title": "Anneliese van der Pol" }, { "docid": "18070435", "text": "Something There \"Something There\" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures 30th animated feature film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991). Sung by the majority of the film's main cast, the song was recorded by American actors Paige O'Hara as Belle and Robby Benson as the Beast via voice over, featuring actors Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury and David Ogden Stiers as Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth, respectively. The only song performed by the Beast, \"Something There\" is heard midway through \"Beauty and the Beast \"during a scene in which Belle and the", "title": "Something There" }, { "docid": "8316063", "text": "again to fight and defeat Xemnas (then known as \"Unknown\"). In \"\", Beast is merely a figment of Sora's memories. He is once again separated from Belle, courtesy of Maleficent, but once more, Beast defeats Maleficent with Sora's help and rescues Belle. After Sora defeats Ansem, all the previously attacked worlds are restored, including Beast's Castle. Afterwards, Beast and Belle return to their home to carry on with their lives. However, the peace is shattered once again when Beast is approached by Xaldin of Organization XIII to do his bidding. Xaldin is determined to manipulate Beast into becoming a Heartless.", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "17511498", "text": "dinner, the Beast apologizes for his previous behavior. Belle makes the Beast a proposal; she will dance with him, if she is allowed to see her family one last time. The two begin to dance though amidst it all, the Beast asks for Belle's love. Jarred, Belle demands to see her family as she had bargained. When the Beast refuses, Belle fervently rejects him once again. That same night, she witnesses the Beast prey upon and devour a hog. In shock, she attempts to escape by running into the enchanted forest only for the Beast to catch up to her", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)" }, { "docid": "7426433", "text": "which the studio agreed despite its costliness. O'Hara credited the filmmaker's decision with developing both the film and Belle and the Beast's relationship. O'Hara and Benson became the first Disney voice actors to record together. In total, the recording process took over two years to complete. O'Hara had already been friends with co-star Richard White, who voices Gaston, for 15 years. Despite her successful stage career, O'Hara was virtually unknown to Hollywood audiences when she was cast in \"Beauty and the Beast\"; she was one of the last obscure actresses to be cast in a feature-length Disney animated film before", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "7426419", "text": "the fairy tale, and ultimately ordered that it be restarted from scratch in favor of creating a Broadway-style musical film starring a strong heroine, more similar to \"The Little Mermaid\". Opting instead for a \"feminist twist\" on the original story, Katzenberg hired television writer Linda Woolverton, who had never written an animated film before, to write the film's screenplay. Before \"Beauty and the Beast\", Disney's tradition of depicting female characters as victims had already long been established. The fact that Belle was hardly depicted as a feminist in earlier versions of the film became a point of contention among the", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "8316050", "text": "of behavior, the Beast decides to show mercy and spare Gaston on the condition that he immediately leave the castle. Belle then shows up on the balcony and the Beast climbs up to meet her; however Gaston refuses to accept defeat and stabs the Beast from behind. Gaston loses his balance and falls from the castle roof to his death, but Belle manages to grab the Beast and pull him up. The Beast, knowing he is mortally wounded, expresses his appreciation to Belle for returning and being able to see her one last time, before falling unconscious and apparently succumbing", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "17628852", "text": "Josh Gad as LeFou. \"Sing Me a Story with Belle\" was a live-action spin-off series created by Patrick Davidson and Melissa Gould. It featured Belle, who now owns and manages the bookshop in the village. The show ran for 65 episodes on The Disney Channel from September 8, 1995 to December 11, 1999. Two episodes from the first season were released with an episode of an abandoned \"Beauty and the Beast\" cartoon series and were released direct-to-video as Belle's Tales of Friendship. A musical, based on the original animated film, debuted April 18, 1994, on Broadway at the Palace Theatre.", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5282247", "text": "the second country to host the musical. Disney had plans to bring it to the country in 1999, after the success in Argentina, but nobody really knew if it would work. Three years later, in 2002, \"Beauty and the Beast\" finally opened in Brazil at Teatro Abril, one of the biggest theaters in the country. It was a huge hit, for more than one and a half years, it was presented with Kiara Sasso playing Belle and Saulo Vasconcelos playing the Beast. In 2009, a new Belle and a new Beast were cast, Lissah Martins and Ricardo Vieira, as the", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "5282245", "text": "opened in Japan and is performed by the Shiki Theatre Company. The musical continues to tour Japan. In December 1997, the musical opened in Stuttgart at the Palladium Theatre, Stuttgart and played there until December 22, 2000. Leah Delos Santos played Belle and Uwe Kröger played the Beast and Marc G. Dalio played Gaston. In 1999, the musical opened in China. On March 4, 2005, Beauty and the Beast had its Scandinavian premiere at The Göteborg Opera with Fred Johanson as the Beast and Annica Edstam as Belle. On June 16, 2005, the musical began its Philippine run at the", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "5282243", "text": "for the production in Mexico City in 1997. The Toronto production opened at the Princess of Wales Theatre on August 8, 1995, and closed in 1998. The production starred Kerry Butler as Belle and Chuck Wagner as the Beast, and Terry Doyle as Maurice. Notable replacements included Melissa Thomson as Belle and Steve Blanchard as the Beast. The lesser known Halifax production at the Neptune Theatre was the longest running production in the theatre's history. \"Beauty and the Beast\" has been performed in more than 30 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "1208630", "text": "the Beast (voice of Robby Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster and his servants into household objects as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara), a young woman whom he imprisons in his castle to become a prince again. To break the curse, Beast must learn to love Belle and earn her love in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose or else the Beast will remain a monster forever. The film also features the voices of Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, and Angela Lansbury. Walt Disney first", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "20071635", "text": "learned how to love instead would be more suitable due to the film's three-act structure. \"Evermore\" is a somber Broadway-influenced power ballad; its lyrics explore themes such as true love, heartbreak, loneliness and sacrifice. In \"Beauty and the Beast\", \"Evermore\" is performed by the Beast shortly after he releases Belle from the castle so that she may return to the village and aid her father. Despite knowing that freeing her will further jeopardize his chances of becoming human again, the Beast realizes he loves Belle and ultimately sacrifices his own happiness in return for hers. Critical reception towards \"Evermore\" has", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "5282230", "text": "by showing the townspeople the Beast is real using the Magic Mirror, but doesn't realize the error in her gesture. The townspeople immediately fear the Beast, but Belle insists he's gentle and kind. Gaston catches her tone and recognizes the Beast as his rival for Belle's affections and organizes the mob to kill the Beast (\"Mob Song\"). In order to warn the Beast, Belle and Maurice decide to beat the mob to the castle. However, Gaston and the mob had already reached the castle before Belle and Maurice did. At the castle, the servants are able to keep the lynch", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "7426423", "text": "Belle's relationship with Gaston. At one point, Belle had a younger sister named Clarice and a cruel aunt named Marguerite, both of whom were discarded – Clarice to emphasize Belle's loneliness, and Marguerite to be replaced by Gaston as the film's villain. Woolverton also eliminated the subplot of Belle asking her father for a rose. Despite constant \"regressive\" re-writes, Woolverton's overall vision for Belle generally remained intact. \"Beauty and the Beast\"'s story department was predominantly male, a time during which few women were involved. Woolverton often found herself at odds and disagreeing with the more traditional story artists in regards", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "2679610", "text": "the flower petals fall on the present. Beast then remembers the gift Belle gave him, opens it and reads it. Remembering there is hope to break the spell, he ignores Forte and releases Belle, asking her for forgiveness. After she accepts, the Beast announces plans to have the best Christmas ever. Enraged at the failure of his plans, Forte plans to bring the whole castle down with the rationale that they cannot fall in love if they're dead. This horrifies Fife, who finds it far too extreme and then he learns that his promised solo is blank. The Beast manages", "title": "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" }, { "docid": "8316051", "text": "to his injuries. Belle is able to tell the Beast that she loves him before the final petal falls. Then, Belle's declaration of love for the Beast breaks the spell and transforms him back into the prince. In this film, which takes place not long after the Beast rescued Belle from the wolves, much to Beast's frustration, Belle wants to celebrate Christmas and throw a real Christmas party. Beast hates the idea of Christmas, for it was the very day almost ten years ago when the Enchantress cast the spell on him and the entire castle. (In contrast to the", "title": "Beast (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "17511502", "text": "including Belle's brothers. The Beast stops his attack when Belle begs for mercy. Perducas stabs the Beast, mortally wounding him. Suddenly, vines sprout about the castle destroying anything in their paths. Perducas's lover, Astrid, is killed when he abandons her, but not before cursing him of his fate. Perducas is soon killed by the vines and turned into a human tree. Belle and her brothers carry the Beast into the castle, and place him into the healing pool of water. Dying, the Beast asks whether Belle could ever love him, and she counters that she already does. The Beast sinks", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)" }, { "docid": "7426455", "text": "the castle and mortally wounds the Beast, though Gaston falls to his own death in the process. However, Belle confesses her love for the Beast just in time to break the spell under which he had been placed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfish ways, and the Beast ultimately transforms back into a handsome prince. In \" \"(1997), Belle attempts to reignite the castle's waning spirit by reintroducing and celebrating Christmas, in spite of the Beast's strong resentment towards the holiday. Meanwhile, a solemn pipe organ named Forte grows determined to sabotage Belle and the Beast's burgeoning friendship", "title": "Belle (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282224", "text": "(Reprise)\"). Back in town, at the local tavern, Gaston sulks at his loss of a bride. LeFou and the patrons attempt to cheer him up (\"Gaston\"), when Maurice rushes in claiming a Beast has Belle locked away, they laugh at him but Gaston formulates a plan (\"Gaston (Reprise)\"). Back at the castle, the Beast grows impatient as Belle has yet to join him for dinner. Cogsworth informs him she refuses to come, after a shouting match between Belle and the Beast (which ends in a victory for Belle) he tells her if she cannot eat with him then she will", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" }, { "docid": "4187291", "text": "theft but then suggests that one of his daughters can take his place. The Beast offers his horse Magnificent to guide him through the forest home. Belle's father explains the situation to his family and Avenant. Belle agrees to go and take her father's place. She rides Magnificent to the castle, finding the Beast. Belle faints at the sight of him and is carried to her room in the castle. Belle awakens to find a magic mirror which allows her to see anything. The Beast invites Belle to dinner, where he tells her that she's in equal command to him", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)" }, { "docid": "6915926", "text": "teapot, midway through the film as she explains the feeling of love to her young teacup son Chip, referring to the emotion as \"a tale as old as time\". According to Armen Karaoghlanian of Interiors, \"Belle familiarizes the Beast with the waltz and as soon he feels comfortable, he gracefully moves her across the floor\". Afterwards, the song continues to play instrumentally as Belle and the Beast retire to the balcony for a romantic candlelit dinner. Believed to be the \"centerpiece that brings Beauty and her Beast together,\" the sequence offers an insight into both characters' psyches. From the Beast's", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)" }, { "docid": "2679598", "text": "what happened after Beast saved Belle from the wolves... The story is made into a full-length flashback of when the Prince is the Beast and his servants are the Enchanted Objects. Belle is still a prisoner in Beast's castle. All the servants are trying to figure out a way for them to fall in love with each other, and with Christmas coming up, they look at this as a great opportunity to bring them together. Belle is excited about Christmas, but Beast is not happy seeing how it is the anniversary of his spell being cast upon the castle. Belle", "title": "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" }, { "docid": "11174697", "text": "less receptive towards the character, ranking him 25th out of 30 on their list of the \"Top Disney Villains of All Time\". Oh My Disney ranked Gaston's line \"The most beautiful girl in town, that makes her the best! And don’t I deserve the best?” the ninth most sinister quote uttered by a Disney villain. Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) Gaston is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991). Voiced by American actor and singer Richard White, Gaston is an arrogant hunter whose unrequited feelings for the intellectual Belle", "title": "Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)" }, { "docid": "5282191", "text": "against this practice for \"Beauty and the Beast\". Eisner concluded that most of the film's original voice actors would be too busy to reprise their roles onstage. In her Broadway debut, then-22-year-old actress Susan Egan was cast as the musical's original Belle. Egan, who had not yet seen the film, had been auditioning for several other Broadway projects at the time – namely \"My Fair Lady\", \"Carousel\" and \"Grease\" – in which she was much more interested. Despite longing to originate a Broadway role, the actress was initially reluctant to audition for \"Beauty and the Beast\" because she thought that", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (musical)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18006836", "text": "\"Out\" magazine's \"OUT100\" for 2017 in recognition of her work and her visibility. Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "20035847", "text": "homeless LGBT youth are people of colour. The documentary follows Beniah, Noel, Giovanno, Benjamin, Danielle and Zaykeem over and 18-month period; Noel and Danielle are women. Netflix’s \"Orange Is the New Black\" includes a number of characters who identify as LGBT or question their sexuality in the penitentiary. Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley) is a black lesbian who was open about her sexuality before her incarceration. During the series, she develops a relationship with Brook Soso (Kimiko Glenn). Although Brook dated men before entering prison, she pursues a relationship with her fellow inmate. Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox) is a trans woman", "title": "Media and LGBTQ youth of colour in the United States" }, { "docid": "18004822", "text": "the show for only two episodes, but ended up being written into the rest of the first season and then into the seasons that followed. Taystee's on-screen best friend Poussey is played by Samira Wiley, with whom Brooks has been friends since they met while studying together at Juilliard. Brooks' performance in \"Orange Is the New Black\" has been praised by critics, with one writer from \"The Daily Beast\" calling her \"the breakout actress of the show and one of the most refreshing and exciting new talents of 2013.\" Brooks was upgraded from a recurring cast member to a series", "title": "Danielle Brooks" }, { "docid": "18006829", "text": "Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have been referred to as \"pillars of the LGBT religious community,\" as the Covenant", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "18006836", "text": "\"Out\" magazine's \"OUT100\" for 2017 in recognition of her work and her visibility. Samira Wiley Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" and for playing Moira in the Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have", "title": "Samira Wiley" } ]

[ { "docid": "17521367", "text": "a Japanese-American inmate named Brook Soso, whom Piper comforts. Taystee's mother figure Vee returns, to disapproval from Taystee. It is revealed that Vee and Red know each other from Vee's previous incarceration. Vee uses Suzanne's outcast desperation to manipulate her, and begins her bid to take back power in the prison. Vee offers to help Poussey sell her hooch to other inmates but Poussey declines. Red starts to grow plants in an old greenhouse as a cover to move contraband into the prison. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On June 27, 2013, prior to the series premiere, Netflix renewed the show for a second", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19645613", "text": "in the edit\". Adjustments were also made using sound design techniques such as sound effects. The titles of the six episodes that make up series 3 were announced in July 2016, along with the release date. A trailer for series three, featuring an amalgamation of clips and sound bites from the six episodes, was released by Netflix on 7 October 2016. A short clip \"Orange Is the New Black Mirror\", released by Netflix in 2017, is a crossover between this episode and \"Orange is the New Black\", featuring characters Poussey and Taystee from the latter reunited in San Junipero. Reviewers", "title": "San Junipero" }, { "docid": "13975542", "text": "Stef and Lena Adams Foster on \"The Fosters\", Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins on \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"\", and Poussey Washington, Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren, Nicky Nichols and Alex Vause on \"Orange is the New Black\". A few shows with LGBTQ characters no longer airing on television are \"Glee\", \"Queer as Folk\", \"The L Word\", \"Ellen\", \"Lost Girl\", and \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". A more complete list of characters can be found on the List of LGBT characters in television and radio page. A more complete list of dramatic television shows can be found on the List of dramatic television series", "title": "Media portrayal of LGBT people" }, { "docid": "11352144", "text": "and bisexual relationships so far, making them a key part of the plot line. The majority of the characters on the show identify as women, because the show is based in a women's federal prison, and a significant amount of those women identify with a sexuality other than heterosexuality, including: Piper Chapman, Alex Vause, Nicky Nichols, Big Boo, Suzanne \"Crazy Eyes\" Warren and Poussey Washington. \"Orange is the New Black\" helps to expand lesbianism in mainstream media and confronts many lesbian stereotypes throughout the show. This show paints a greater picture of lesbians in many different forms and personalities. In", "title": "Media portrayal of lesbianism" }, { "docid": "18006831", "text": "New Black\" —based on Piper Kerman's — came into development, Wiley was told about the auditions by a friend from Juilliard, Marco Ramirez, who was a writer for the show. After discovering that another Juilliard friend, Danielle Brooks, had won a role in the show, Wiley asked Brooks to rehearse lines with her to prepare for her audition for the role of Poussey Washington, the on-screen best friend of Brooks' character. Wiley's audition was ultimately successful; she appeared in all twelve episodes of the series' first season and was featured prominently throughout the second season. The darker and more violent", "title": "Samira Wiley" }, { "docid": "17986632", "text": "to read for the character Nicky Nichols; \"[Kohan knew] she could do Nicky with her eyes closed. She was perfect,\" said Euston. Uzo Aduba read for the part of Janae Watson but was offered the character Suzanne \"Crazy Eyes\" Warren. Taryn Manning was offered the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett. \"This American Life\" host Ira Glass was offered a role as a public radio host, but he declined. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind. \"Orange Is the New Black\" has received critical acclaim, particularly praised for humanizing prisoners and for its depiction", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "17440423", "text": "New York City for 8 years. During his time in New York City, Harney acted in and/or directed over 80 plays and one acts and starred in \"On The Waterfront\" on Broadway playing the role of Charlie Malloy. Throughout Harney's television career, he has performed in numerous blockbuster films such as \"Erin Brockovich\" and \"Ocean's Thirteen\". Before starring on \"Orange Is the New Black\", Harney starred as Detective Mike Roberts in the award-winning television police drama \"NYPD Blue\" and also in the HBO historical drama series \"Deadwood\" as Steve Fields. Harney first worked with \"Orange Is The New Black\" creator", "title": "Michael Harney" }, { "docid": "18933758", "text": "and her husband was brought in for the role. Julie Lake Julie Lake is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Angie Rice on \"Orange is the New Black\", for which she is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. A native of Palo Alto, California, Lake attended Yale University, where she majored in theater. Lake acted in theatrical plays in New York for several years, including with Nick Jones. When Jones was hired to be a writer for \"Orange is the New Black\", Jones suggested that", "title": "Julie Lake" }, { "docid": "18933756", "text": "Julie Lake Julie Lake is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Angie Rice on \"Orange is the New Black\", for which she is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. A native of Palo Alto, California, Lake attended Yale University, where she majored in theater. Lake acted in theatrical plays in New York for several years, including with Nick Jones. When Jones was hired to be a writer for \"Orange is the New Black\", Jones suggested that Lake audition for the part of Angie Rice. Lake", "title": "Julie Lake" }, { "docid": "19166142", "text": "story, just ordinary people struggling to create a sense of normalcy in their day-to-day existence.\" Critic John Anderson says in his Thompson on Hollywood Indiewire review of A LIGHT BENEATH THEIR FEET, \"Not only does director Valerie Weiss's latest effort straddle several genres simultaneously—among them, the coming-of-age drama and the social critique—it also features a pair of break-out performances: Madison Davenport (Tina Fey's daughter in the upcoming \"Sisters\"), who plays high-schooler Beth Gerringson; and Taryn Manning (\"Orange Is the New Black\"), who plays Beth's mother, Gloria ... Manning, under Weiss's direction, puts a spin on Gloria that distinguishes her from", "title": "Valerie Weiss" }, { "docid": "16157430", "text": "\"Pennsatucky\" Doggett. \"This American Life\" host Ira Glass was offered a role as a public radio host, but he declined. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind. The series is set in a fictional prison in Litchfield, New York, which is a real town in upstate New York, but it does not have a federal penitentiary. The series began filming in the old Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center in Rockland County, New York, on March 7, 2013. The title sequence features photos of real former female prisoners including Kerman herself. On June 27, 2013,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "20030012", "text": "created \"US\", a performance piece exploring racism and the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. Dillon was born in Ithaca, New York. They were assigned female at birth, but identify as non-binary. Dillon explained around 2015, they began removing gendered pronouns from their biography, and auditioning for the part of Mason helped them understand their gender identity. Dillon identifies as pansexual, stating they are attracted to multiple genders. Asia Kate Dillon Asia Kate Dillon (born November 15, 1984) is an American actor who plays Brandy Epps in \"Orange Is the New Black\" and Taylor Mason in \"Billions\". Dillon", "title": "Asia Kate Dillon" }, { "docid": "20127379", "text": "Basquiat and Keith Haring\". He has had commissions from, and formed partnerships with, celebrities and brand titans including Nike, Beyoncé's album \"Lemonade\", the Grammy Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. He has also partnered with Danielle Brooks (who plays Tasha Jefferson on the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\"). In June 2015, Senbanjo's new mantra became \"everything is my canvas\" and he began painting on everything from shoes, to jackets, to people. He created the \"Sacred Art of the Ori Ritual\", which he describes and explains in a September 11, 2017, TED talk. Senbanjo and his Sacred Art of the", "title": "Laolu Senbanjo" }, { "docid": "17986630", "text": "finalized and the series had been greenlit. Casting announcements began in August 2012 with Taylor Schilling, the first to be cast, in the lead role as Piper Chapman, followed by Jason Biggs as Piper's fiancé Larry Bloom. Laura Prepon and Yael Stone were next to join the series. Abigail Savage, who plays Gina, and Alysia Reiner, who plays Fig, had auditioned for role of Alex Vause. Prepon initially auditioned for Piper Chapman, however Kohan felt she would not worry about her [in prison], noting a \"toughness and a presence to her that wasn’t right for the character.\" Kohan instead gave", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16157428", "text": "Abigail Savage, who plays Gina, and Alysia Reiner, who plays Fig, had auditioned for role of Alex Vause. Prepon initially auditioned for Piper Chapman, however Kohan felt she would not worry about her [in prison], noting a \"toughness and a presence to her that wasn't right for the character.\" Kohan instead gave her the role of Alex. Stone had originally auditioned for the role of Nicky Nichols, but she was not considered \"tough enough\" for the character; she was asked to audition for Lorna Morello instead. Likability was important for Morello, whom casting director Jen Euston deemed \"a very helpful,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "17986635", "text": "hungry to see more.\" \"Orange Is the New Black\" was considered one of the best shows of the year by many critics and journalists. The series began airing on broadcast television in New Zealand on TV2 on August 19, 2013. It premiered in Australia on October 9, 2013, on Showcase. Orange Is the New Black (season 1) The first season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16157417", "text": "Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The sixth season was released on July 27, 2018. On October 17, 2018, it was confirmed that the", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "15530626", "text": "artificial or fake. Transgender women of color are also disproportionately represented as victims of hate crimes. The character, Sophia Burset, from the Netflix series, Orange is the New Black is a black trans woman, who reinforces these stereotypes since she has used medical surgery and hormones to appear more as a woman. Other characters in this show constantly make comments indicating they view Sophia as not a real woman. Writer Michael Chavez also argues that Sophia plays into the stereotypical hyperfeminization of trans women in the media through her role of the hairdresser in the prison salon and knowledge of", "title": "Representation of African Americans in media" }, { "docid": "15505119", "text": "achieved its first victory on May 28, 2011, a 2–0 win over the Los Angeles Misioneros, with both goals – the first in franchise history – being scored by Daniel Martinez. Orange County SC U-23 Orange County SC U-23 is an American soccer team based in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Vanguard University Stadium. The team's colors are black, orange, and white. The club was known as Los Angeles", "title": "Orange County SC U-23" }, { "docid": "18260397", "text": "the ground and beating her repeatedly, until the Dominicans pull her off. This fight leads her to extreme guilt and a wish to punish herself. She demonstrates this especially when a peaceful protest in the jail cafeteria turns into a chaotic scene and Poussey Washington dies by suffocation. Whilst the inmates grieve over her death, Suzanne believes that Poussey is alive and tries numerous times to suffocate herself. Finally, she is sent to Medical and is placed in a bed next to Kukudio. In season five, Suzanne continues to recover from her injuries and also goes out of her way", "title": "Crazy Eyes (character)" }, { "docid": "10345162", "text": "Black Box\" and \"The Orange Box\" represent a new approach to publishing multiple products on multiple platforms.\" After first discontinuing \"The Black Box\", however, Valve released all the new material for individual download via Steam. \"The Black Box\" was to be priced lower than \"The Orange Box\". To compensate for the cancellation of \"The Black Box\", Valve offered gift subscriptions to Steam users who had previously purchased \"Half-Life 2\" or \"Half-Life 2: Episode One\" and then purchased \"The Orange Box\" so that they could give their second copies of those two games as gifts to people added to their Steam", "title": "The Orange Box" }, { "docid": "20030008", "text": "Asia Kate Dillon Asia Kate Dillon (born November 15, 1984) is an American actor who plays Brandy Epps in \"Orange Is the New Black\" and Taylor Mason in \"Billions\". Dillon is non-binary and uses \"singular they\" pronouns. Their role on \"Billions\" is the first non-binary main character on North American television, and earned them a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Dillon graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. They enrolled in and completed the Meisner training program at The Actor’s Workshop of Ithaca, beginning during their junior year of high school", "title": "Asia Kate Dillon" }, { "docid": "16157446", "text": "most-watched original series. In 2016, a \"New York Times\" study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that \"Orange Is the New Black\" is one of the shows most watched in urban areas, and despite its \"minority-rich ensemble cast,\" the series \"appeals more to a white audience.\" Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "15505372", "text": "directed by Lee Daniels. Andujar's role came when she played former heroin addict Rita Romero in the 2009 film \"Precious\". She went on to play young Miss Rosa in \"Orange is the New Black\" Season 2. Hillary Busis of Entertainment Weekly raved about her performance and stated, \"Stephanie Andujar, who plays Young Rosa, is mesmerizing, and I want her to star in a prequel spinoff called \"Portrait of the Prisoner as a Young Bank Robber\".\" In 2016, Stephanie formed Andujar Productions with her family and produced a comedy web series \"StephA: One Woman Show.\" The Youtube series showcases Stephanie's comedic", "title": "Stephanie Andujar" }, { "docid": "15505117", "text": "Orange County SC U-23 Orange County SC U-23 is an American soccer team based in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Vanguard University Stadium. The team's colors are black, orange, and white. The club was known as Los Angeles Blues 23 in 2011, Pali Blues in 2012, OC Blues Strikers FC in 2013, OC Pateadores Blues in 2014 and Orange County Blues U-23 in 2015-2016. Los Angeles Blues 23 was", "title": "Orange County SC U-23" }, { "docid": "13971513", "text": "had a small role in the 2013 film \"The Wolf of Wall Street\". His most recent roles have been as Management and Correction Corporation employee Jack Pearson who is also the father of Danny Pearson on the Netflix comedy-drama \"Orange is the New Black\" and Blake North on the ABC miniseries \"Madoff\". Michael Bryan French Michael Bryan French is an American stage, film and television actor known for his roles on \"Orange is the New Black, Prison Break, Madoff, \", and \"As the World Turns\". French was born in Lackawanna, New York and raised in Elmira, New York. In 1990,", "title": "Michael Bryan French" }, { "docid": "17921330", "text": "as its 2015 book for the university-wide reading program \"UCSB Reads\". Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (titled Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by Piper Kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a federal women's prison. The book was adapted into the Netflix original comedy-drama series \"Orange Is the New Black\". The memoir details the events which occur as a", "title": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" }, { "docid": "17921325", "text": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (titled Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by Piper Kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a federal women's prison. The book was adapted into the Netflix original comedy-drama series \"Orange Is the New Black\". The memoir details the events which occur as a result of Piper Kerman's involvement with Nora Jansen, a former friend,", "title": "Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" }, { "docid": "20999791", "text": "orange bulletproof best, as Lamborghini and Audi vehicles are featured. Rap-Up notes that in the video Black \"counts his money, plays on his iPad, and answers text messages, before heading outside.\" The video proceeds as Black's orange vehicles were shown on display outside of his drive-way. Transportin' \"Transportin'\" is a song recorded by American rapper Kodak Black. It was released on August 18, 2017, via Atlantic Records and WEA. Produced by C-ClipBeatz, the song was included on Black's fifth mixtape \"Project Baby 2\" with songwriting credits from Black, Jermaine Smith and Isaac Hayes. The song samples Isaac Hayes' \"Hung Up", "title": "Transportin'" }, { "docid": "4477698", "text": "the films. These silent movies featured dancers, pugilists, magicians and vaudeville performers. Their appearances at the studio were used as publicity opportunities by Edison, who would often pose with the performers for newspaper articles. Notes Bibliography Edison's Black Maria The Black Maria ( ) was Thomas Edison's movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey. It is widely referred to as America's First Movie Studio. In 1893, the world's first film production studio, the Black Maria, or the cinematographic Theater, was completed on the grounds of Edison's laboratories at West Orange, New Jersey, for the purpose of making film strips", "title": "Edison's Black Maria" }, { "docid": "16157434", "text": "of 8.24 out of 10 . The site's critical consensus is \"\"Orange Is the New Black\" is a sharp mix of black humor and dramatic heft, with interesting characters and an intriguing flashback structure.\" Hank Stuever, television critic for \"The Washington Post\", gave \"Orange Is the New Black\" a perfect score. In his review of the series, he stated: \"In Jenji Kohan's magnificent and thoroughly engrossing new series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", prison is still the pits. But it is also filled with the entire range of human emotion and stories, all of which are brought vividly to life", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "19583039", "text": "based on 39 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"\"Orange is the New Black\" is back and better than ever, with a powerful fourth season full of compelling performances by the ensemble cast.\" James Poniewozik of \"The New York Times\" reviewed the fourth season as \"Do you measure the quality of a TV season as a beginning-to-end average or by how well it ends? By the first yardstick, Season 4 is ambitious but uneven; by the latter, it's the series' best.\" Orange Is the New Black (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20288484", "text": "field, Staphorst scored twice and went on to the third round. In recent years Montfoort plays again in the Eerste Klasse. VV Montfoort Voetbalvereniging Montfoort is an association football club from Montfoort, Netherlands. It was founded on 30 July 1946. Its kit consists of an orange shirt, black shorts and orange socks. The first male squad of Montfoort plays in the Eerste Klasse since 2015. Home grounds of VV Montfoort are at Sportpark Hofland Zuid, located on the Bovenkerkweg in Montfoort. Voetbalvereniging Montfoort was founded on 30 July 1946. Until 1996 its first squad played mainly in local leagues, with", "title": "VV Montfoort" }, { "docid": "2033447", "text": "the Netflix TV series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", actress Laura Prepon plays Alex Vause, a modern femme fatale, leading both men and women to their destruction. Femmes fatales also appear frequently in comic books. Notable examples include Batman's long-time nemesis Catwoman, who first appeared in comics in 1940, and various adversaries of The Spirit, such as P'Gell. This stock character is also often found in the genres of opera and musical theatre, where she will traditionally have a mezzo, alto or contralto range, opposed to the ingénue’s soprano, to symbolise the masculinity and lack of feminine purity. An example", "title": "Femme fatale" }, { "docid": "863363", "text": "perception of butch, queer and LGBT, it is an honor for me to receive such recognition from my home state. I feel I'm doing Belleville proud. Go Maroons!\". In June 2018 it was announced she would star in the eighth season of \"American Horror Story\", subtitled \"\". In January 2015, DeLaria became engaged to fashion editor Chelsea Fairless after two and a half years of dating. The two met through Fairless's friend, actress Emma Myles, who plays Leanne in \"Orange is the New Black\". In January 2017, DeLaria confirmed she and Fairless had separated. Shortly after the election of Donald", "title": "Lea DeLaria" }, { "docid": "19372965", "text": "has received \"generally favorable reviews\". On Metacritic, it has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 76% rating with an average score of 7.47 out of 10 based on 33 reviews. Orange Is the New Black (season 5) The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5)" }, { "docid": "18260392", "text": "Chapman had beaten Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett (Taryn Manning) unconscious at the end of season 1. In season 3, Taystee has her hands full trying to control Suzanne, who is still grieving Vee's death and is unstable, prone to losing her temper and constantly fighting with Poussey. Eventually, she turns to new prison counsellor Berdie Rogers's drama class. There, she begins writing a surrealistic science-fiction erotica series called \"\"The Time Hump Chronicles\"\" which, although considered obscene and strange by both Rogers and Taystee, becomes an instant hit amongst the inmates. Although they prove to be therapeutic for her mental health, Suzanne", "title": "Crazy Eyes (character)" }, { "docid": "17521371", "text": "shows of the year by many critics and journalists. In Australia, the second season began airing on Showcase on July 16, 2014. Orange Is the New Black (season 2) The second season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 6, 2014, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "7076175", "text": "Arden Myrin Arden VanAmringe Myrin (; born December 10, 1973) is an American actress and comedian. Arden plays Regina Sinclair on the Netflix show Insatiable. Arden became a new cast member on Showtime's \"Shameless\" Season 7, and recently appeared in the world premiere of Steve Martin's new play \"Meteor Shower\" at the Long Wharf Theatre. Her television credits include \"Orange Is the New Black, Hung, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, W/ Bob and David, Psych, Bones, Fresh Off The Boat, Suburgatory, 2 Broke Girls, Reno 911!,\" and \"Gilmore Girls\" among others. From 1997-99 Arden played the regular role of", "title": "Arden Myrin" }, { "docid": "19372963", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5) The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The fifth season was released on June 9, 2017. In", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16157437", "text": "reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"Thanks to its blend of potent comedy and rich character work, \"Orange is the New Black\" remains a bittersweet pleasure in its third season.\" The fourth season received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, it has a score of 86 out of 100 based on 19 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% rating with an average score of 8.46 out of 10 based on 47 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"\"Orange is the New Black\" is back and better than ever, with a powerful fourth season full of compelling performances by the ensemble", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "18004958", "text": "theatre company. After four months in New York, she was cast in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\", a show set in a women's prison. Stone plays Lorna Morello, a prisoner from New Jersey; her accent, a mixture of Brooklyn and Boston, was called \"the most amazing accent on television\" by a journalist for \"The New Republic\", while another reviewer deemed the role to be Stone's \"breakout turn\". She reprised her role in the show's second season, and was billed as a series regular in the third season. She has also appeared on the web series \"High Maintenance\".", "title": "Yael Stone" }, { "docid": "19583037", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4) The fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 17, 2016, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 54–60 minutes, with a 77-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19372975", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 50 and 84 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. This season takes place in a maximum security prison, after the inmates incite a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary during the previous season, and", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19372972", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6) The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 50 and 84 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. This season takes place in a maximum security prison, after the inmates incite a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary during the previous season, and", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18900275", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3) The third season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 11, 2015, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 53–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17521363", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2) The second season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 6, 2014, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. The series follows Piper Chapman, forced to board a bus and a plane without being given any information. Later she discovers", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "17986623", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1) The first season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. In July 2011, Netflix was in negotiations with Lionsgate for a 13-episode TV adaptation of Kerman's memoirs. The series began filming in the old Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18900278", "text": "Television Series – Musical or Comedy. The series has also received, among other accolades, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, five Satellite Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards, a GLAAD Media Award, an American Cinema Editors Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Peabody Award. In Australia, the third season began airing on Showcase on June 11, 2015. Orange Is the New Black (season 3) The third season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 11, 2015, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19786505", "text": "is a full-length 80 to 90-minute show. The plays, based on the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, premiered in repertory at Mixed Blood Theatre in October 2013 and have since been produced across the U.S. and in the U.K. The plays received some activist response from a Nevada-based organization for protecting Hinduism. The group claimed that Kapil trivializes the religion in this trilogy. \"Brahman/i\" and \"The Chronicles of Kalki\" received an unprecedented double nomination for the James Tait Black Prize (from the University of Edinburgh). \"Orange\" is the story of an adventure through Orange County, told from the", "title": "Aditi Kapil" }, { "docid": "18900277", "text": "100 based on 24 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% rating with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 53 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"Thanks to its blend of potent comedy and rich character work, \"Orange is the New Black\" remains a bittersweet pleasure in its third season.\" For its third season, \"Orange Is the New Black\" won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Aduba). It received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 3)" }, { "docid": "16492381", "text": "transgender activist. Cox has a recurring role in the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\" as Sophia Burset, a transgender woman who went to prison for credit-card fraud, and is the hairdresser for many of the inmates. Cox is best known for her role on \"Orange Is the New Black\", for being a contestant on the first season of VH1's \"I Want to Work for Didd\"y and for producing and co-hosting the VH1 makeover television series \"TRANSform Me\" (which made her the first African-American transgender person to produce and star in her own TV show). Cox was on the", "title": "History of transgender people in the United States" }, { "docid": "12906915", "text": "Clifton Heights Orange & Black The Clifton Heights Orange and Black was a professional football team from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, a town located just to the southwest of Philadelphia, from 1921 until around 1932. The team was operated by the Clifton Heights Athletic Association to compete against the other towns of Delaware County. The team was managed by James E. Gallagher and coached by Rusty Yarnell, who also played with the team for a number of years. The Orange and Black consistently fielded strong teams that drew the attention of competitive clubs from neighboring Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. The", "title": "Clifton Heights Orange & Black" }, { "docid": "13834301", "text": "black sub-apical spots and a series of grey sub-marginal specks found with a large grey patch at outer angle. Cilia greyish. Hind wings orange, with broad sub-marginal fuscous black band. The larvae feed on \"Melaleuca\" species. Ophiusa discriminans Ophiusa discriminans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Brunei, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia in the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan is about 60-65mm. Head and thorax reddish orange with grey palpi. Sides of head chestnut colored. Abdomen orange with a black dorsal patch near extremity. Fore wings greenish orange with", "title": "Ophiusa discriminans" }, { "docid": "11118561", "text": "than six have had recurring roles including Melvin Russell (who plays Jamal) and brother and sister Rashad Orange (who plays Sherrod) and Rakiya Orange who plays Charlene Young. Chew worked as an acting coach with several of the young actors joining the show in the fourth season and with non-professional actor Felicia \"Snoop\" Pearson. As acting coach Chew was responsible for preparing the core of four new young actors Tristan Wilds, Julito McCullum, Maestro Harrell and Jermaine Crawford for their major roles in the fourth season. Chew described his aim as helping the young actors find the roles within themselves", "title": "Robert F. Chew" }, { "docid": "15742348", "text": "written below the logo. The logo consisted on a bird black head, with a basketball in its claw. Their colors were dark yellow, black, white and orange. As New Mexico, they removed the orange color and replaced with grey. Their home uniform was white, with \"Thunderbirds\" and the numbers written in orange, and black details on the side of the jersey. The away uniform was orange, with black details, and letters (\"Albuquerque\") in white. As New Mexico, it had a little change, the away uniform used \"T-Birds\" instead of \"New Mexico\". Under the Cleveland Cavaliers ownership, the Charge adopted a", "title": "Canton Charge" }, { "docid": "8076179", "text": "New York City Hardcore:Together New York City Hardcore:Together is a record that was released as a seven-track 7\" in 1987 as Revelation Records #2. The tracks were later re-released on the 18-track CD \"New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is\", also on Revelation Records. The recording documents some of the popular bands of the 1980s New York hardcore era, and as such is an important document of the early NY Hardcore scene. First pressing: 600 on black, 400 on orange/gold vinyl (2 or more are orange/black swirl). Some orange copies have a Batman or Superman stamp on inner sleeve.", "title": "New York City Hardcore:Together" }, { "docid": "17986633", "text": "of race, sexuality, gender and body types. The first season received positive reviews from critics, review aggregator Metacritic gave it a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on reviews from 32 critics, indicating favorable reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, season one has a 93% approval rating based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 . The site's critical consensus is \"\"Orange Is the New Black\" is a sharp mix of black humor and dramatic heft, with interesting characters and an intriguing flashback structure.\" Hank Stuever, television critic for \"The Washington Post\", gave \"Orange", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16157445", "text": "for the fifth season when Netflix releases it in June. \"Orange Is the New Black\" generated more viewers and hours viewed in its first week than the other top Netflix original series \"House of Cards\" and \"Arrested Development\". In October 2013, Netflix stated that the show is a \"tremendous success\" for the streaming platform. \"It will end the year as our most watched original series ever and, as with each of our other previously launched originals, enjoys an audience comparable with successful shows on cable and broadcast TV.\" As reported in February 2016, \"Orange Is the New Black\" remains Netflix's", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "14365408", "text": "Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey is a college ice hockey program that has represented Syracuse University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and College Hockey America (CHA) since the 2008–09 season.Syracuse plays its home games at Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion in Syracuse, New York. On March 6, 2008, it was announced that the Orange would join College Hockey America. Syracuse was the fifth school to join the conference for women's hockey. Paul Flanagan, who coached the St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey program to five NCAA Frozen Four appearances was appointed as", "title": "Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey" }, { "docid": "16157419", "text": "in a Drama Series. \"Orange Is the New Black\" is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories. The series has also received six Golden Globe Award nominations, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award. The series begins revolving around Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her thirties living in New York City who is sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security women's federal prison in upstate New York. Chapman was convicted of transporting a suitcase full", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "14116106", "text": "Orange bluet The orange bluet (\"Enallagma signatum\") is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species of bluet stands out from other many bluets because of its orange color. On male orange bluets, the thorax is orange with a thick, black stipe along the back and black shoulder stripes. His abdomen is mostly black with some orange rings, orange below, and orange near the tip. His large eyes are orange on a black head; small orange postocular spots are connected across the back of the head by an orange bar. On female orange bluets, the thorax is similar", "title": "Orange bluet" }, { "docid": "17986634", "text": "Is the New Black\" a perfect score. In his review of the series, he stated: \"In Jenji Kohan's magnificent and thoroughly engrossing new series, \"Orange Is the New Black\", prison is still the pits. But it is also filled with the entire range of human emotion and stories, all of which are brought vividly to life in a world where a stick of gum could ignite either a romance or a death threat.\" Maureen Ryan, of \"The Huffington Post\", wrote: \"\"Orange\" is one of the best new programs of the year, and the six episodes I've seen have left me", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 1)" }, { "docid": "5625286", "text": "Orange Record Label Orange Record Label was a Canadian independent record label, located in Toronto, Ontario. Orange recordings were distributed in Canada by Universal Music Canada, which was also a minority stakeholder in the label. Orange is also used to record and distribute the songs featured on the \"Instant Star\" television series starring Alexz Johnson. Stephen Stohn who is Executive Producer of \"Instant Star\" is also a minority stakeholder and director of Orange. Orange also plays host to the \"Live @ Orange Sessions\" which are recorded in the Orange Lounge Recording Studio for webcasting on Bell Sympatico. Orange's distribution arm,", "title": "Orange Record Label" }, { "docid": "4218609", "text": "like Ryo (blond hair, orange gi and black tights), while scheme F resembles Robert Garcia's outfit from \"The King of Fighters '99\" to \"2002\", which consists of brown hair, orange gi with black long-sleeved tights, and no headband. Although Yuri is not playable in the first \"Art of Fighting\" game, she plays a big role in the plot as she is kidnapped by the Southtown criminal Mr. Big, causing Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia to search for her throughout the game. In the end, Ryo and Robert fight Mr. Karate, a soldier from Mr. Big taking Yuri as a hostage,", "title": "Yuri Sakazaki" }, { "docid": "17521370", "text": "10 based on 42 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"With a talented ensemble cast bringing life to a fresh round of serial drama, \"Orange Is the New Black's\" sophomore season lives up to its predecessor's standard for female-led television excellence. Metacritic gave the second season a score of 89 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim.\" David Wiegland of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" gave the season a positive review, calling the first six episodes \"not only as great as the first season, but arguably better.\" \"Orange Is the New Black\" was considered one of the best", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18846586", "text": "You've Got Time \"You've Got Time\" is the main title theme song for the Netflix Original Series \"Orange Is the New Black\", written, composed and performed by Regina Spektor. The song was nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was written specifically for \"Orange Is the New Black\" by Regina Spektor, who was approached by the show's creator, Jenji Kohan. Kohan said, \"I listened to Regina's albums obsessively while writing the series, so I immediately thought of her for our theme song.\" Additionally Spektor had previously performed a cover", "title": "You've Got Time" }, { "docid": "4280286", "text": "Taryn Manning Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Manning made her film debut in the teen drama \"Crazy/Beautiful\" (2001), followed by a lead part opposite Britney Spears in \"Crossroads\" (2002), which garnered her mainstream attention. She then appeared in \"8 Mile\" (2002), \"White Oleander\" (2002), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005) and \"Hustle & Flow\" (2005). Manning has also had a main role on \"Hawaii Five-0\" and had recurring roles in television on \"Sons of Anarchy\", and plays the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett in the Netflix original series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Manning", "title": "Taryn Manning" }, { "docid": "13294380", "text": "Hoangus venustus Hoangus venustus, commonly known as the flax ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle that is native to New Zealand, being found at least in the North Island. It can be found on New Zealand flax (\"Phormium\") and Toetoe (cutty grass), reportedly eating the mealybugs that live there. Previously known as \"Cassiculus venustus\", the valid name of the species is now \"Hoangus venustus\". The species' colouration is black and orange: its head is orange on each side with black running down the middle, while its elytra or wing cases (which cover the back) are orange around the edge", "title": "Hoangus venustus" }, { "docid": "14116110", "text": "March to early November. This bluet is unusual in that it is most active in the late afternoon. Orange bluet The orange bluet (\"Enallagma signatum\") is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species of bluet stands out from other many bluets because of its orange color. On male orange bluets, the thorax is orange with a thick, black stipe along the back and black shoulder stripes. His abdomen is mostly black with some orange rings, orange below, and orange near the tip. His large eyes are orange on a black head; small orange postocular spots are connected", "title": "Orange bluet" }, { "docid": "17426250", "text": "are black; femora are black except the apices which are narrowly orange; protibiae are black, mesotibia brownish orange, metatibia flattened, broad and black. The tarsi are orange. The abdomen's dorsum is mainly reddish orange, black only on the 1st, narrowly basomedially and medially on the 2nd and with a black triangular basomedial macula on the 3rd tergum, which is reddish. The sterna are brownish black. The male genitalia are shiny black. The female is similar to the male except for normal sexual dimorphism and its front being orange, while its 5th tergum is black. Palpada suprarufa Palpada suprarufa is a", "title": "Palpada suprarufa" }, { "docid": "5689879", "text": "with the park in 2008) to a new slide, now known as the Soundsurfer, \"King of the beats.\" This new attraction features colorful LED lights, and also plays music that guests choose at the top of the tower before getting on the slide. The slide also went through a re-paint, and the slides new colors are orange and white, instead of the former colors, blue and black. These new features make this slide the first of its kind in America. The Zoombezi Bay theme song \"Zoombezi Bay\" was written and produced by freelance musician Kelly Warner from Columbus, Ohio. Vocals", "title": "Zoombezi Bay" }, { "docid": "4014170", "text": "shark and Costa Rican media has dub the team \"Los Tiburones\", but note the team's name remains the same. The colors of the Puntarenas F.C. crest are orange, black and white. On June 22, 2015 during a press conference in San José, Puntarenas F.C. presented its new crest to the public. The team's colors remain the same. Puntarenas plays its home matches at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel \"Lito\" Pérez Treacy (2004–Present) Puntarenas F.C. matches are broadcast on Teletica Canal 7 and Local Radio coverage is broadcast live on Radio Columbia 98.7 FM Puntarenas F.C. broadcast a weekly television", "title": "Puntarenas F.C." }, { "docid": "17426246", "text": "bare except for 2 dense fascia of short black pile. The thorax is mainly black; postpronotum orange; mesonotum yellow; postalar callus is orange; scutellum is orange and shiny except medially; pleuron is grayish white; katepisternum is generally pilose with the pile not separated into patches; the ampulla, plumula, calypter and haltere are all orange. The coxae are black; trochanters are orange and shiny; pro- and meso legs orange and shiny, except with black pile intermixed on apical half; the metafemur is swollen, and dark brown except paler orange on its base and apex; protibia is orange on basal third and", "title": "Palpada lindneri" }, { "docid": "9890209", "text": "Yellow-billed kingfisher The yellow-billed kingfisher (\"Syma torotoro\") is a medium-sized (length 20 cm, wingspan 29 cm, weight 40 g) tree kingfisher. Its colouring is distinctive; it has an orange head and neck with a black nape patch and white throat. Adult females also have a black crown patch. The upper mantle is blackish grading to olive green on the back, blue-green on rump and with a blue tail. The upperwing is dull green-blue with dark olive-black flight feathers. The underparts are pale orange-grey. The bill is orange-yellow in adults, dark grey in juveniles. The kingfisher is widespread throughout lowland New", "title": "Yellow-billed kingfisher" }, { "docid": "9708146", "text": "theatre director, who retired from the Orange Tree Theatre in June 2014. The Orange Tree Theatre specialises in staging new plays and rediscovering classics. It has an education and participation programme that reaches over 10,000 people every year. Since 2014 the theatre has won ten Offies (Off West End Awards), five UK Theatre Awards and the Alfred Fagon Audience Award. It won the Empty Space Peter Brook Award in 2006 and 2015. As a company the Orange Tree Theatre, then known as the Richmond Fringe, was founded on 31 December 1971 by Sam Walters and Auriol Smith in a small", "title": "Orange Tree Theatre" }, { "docid": "20642018", "text": "Themes include the oppression and resistance of Black Americans and women, the Supreme Court, the American News Media, and the ever-expanding security and surveillance state. Stephen Vittoria Stephen Vittoria (born January 11, 1957) is an American filmmaker and author born in Newark, New Jersey who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Vittoria grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and attended West Orange Mountain High School. In 1973, when he was a 16-year-old high school student, Vittoria petitioned to run for the Board of Education of the West Orange Public Schools. Vittoria wanted student representation on the school board but", "title": "Stephen Vittoria" }, { "docid": "16157439", "text": "New Black\"s fifth season offers up more of the sharp writing and dizzying tonal juggling acts that fans expect – albeit somewhat less successfully.\" The sixth season received positive reviews from critics, with many critics noting its improvement over the previous season. On Metacritic, it has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 14 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an 84% rating with an average score of 7.3 out of 10 based on 32 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: \"Brutality and humor continue to mesh effectively in a season of \"Orange Is the New Black\" that", "title": "Orange Is the New Black" }, { "docid": "18038514", "text": "New South Wales Country Eagles The New South Wales Country Eagles is an Australian rugby union football team competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team was founded by a group of patrons associated with country rugby in New South Wales. The Eagles team plays home matches in regional centres of New South Wales including Armidale, Goulburn, Orange, and Tamworth. The Country Eagles' name derives from the wedge-tailed eagle, a large bird of prey found across all areas of Australia. Golden hackles highlight the eagle's predominantly black feathers and these have been adopted as the team's colours. The team's", "title": "New South Wales Country Eagles" }, { "docid": "5657329", "text": "Aaron Moorhead's critically acclaimed romantic horror \"Spring\" (2014) and Amber Tamblyn's drama \"Paint It Black\". Cage (rapper) Christian Palko (born May 4, 1973), better known by his stage name Cage, is an American rapper and actor from Middletown, Orange County, New York. He spent most of his career on the labels Definitive Jux and Eastern Conference. He has released four solo albums, from \"Movies for the Blind\" (2002) to \"Kill the Architect\" (2013), in addition to two compilation albums and two extended plays. Aside from his solo career, Cage is one of the founders of the underground hip hop supergroup", "title": "Cage (rapper)" }, { "docid": "8408596", "text": "Old Black Old Black is the name given to the main electric guitar used by rock musician Neil Young. Most of Young's electric guitar parts were recorded on \"Old Black,\" though some were played on Gretsch White Falcons or on an orange Gretsch Chet Atkins. Young acquired Old Black in 1969 through a trade with one-time Buffalo Springfield collaborator Jim Messina, who received one of Young's orange Gretsch guitars (Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins) in exchange. Old Black is a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, painted black and customized considerably. After the guitar had been left at a guitar repair store,", "title": "Old Black" }, { "docid": "8325325", "text": "hence the name \"varied\" sittella. There are five subspecies: The New Guinea subspecies are \"papuensis\" (Papuan or New Guinea sitella), sometimes given specific status \"alba\" (white sitella), \"intermedia\" (intermediate sitella) and \"albifrons\" (white-fronted sitella) Its crown and head can be white, grey or black, and its body is either whitish or grey often streaked with black and grey. Its wings are black, with a broad bar in either white or cinnamon. The iris is dark orange, and the eye-ring legs and feet are orange-yellow. The beak is orange with a black tip that can extend as far as the base.", "title": "Varied sittella" }, { "docid": "14074925", "text": "is narrow, black in colour with yellow strips. There is a brown yellow colour at the base of their wings. Females are the same size as the males. They are pale brown in colour and have the same black patterns as the males. Orange threadtails are found in eastern Australian States: Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Orange threadtail The orange threadtail or ochre threadtail (\"Nososticta solida\") is an Australian damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. They are medium-sized with a length of around 35mm. Orange threadtails can be found near semi-shaded running water, and usually rest on", "title": "Orange threadtail" }, { "docid": "1743498", "text": "Davis' 1967 album, \"Sorcerer\". She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, a magnet school in East Orange, New Jersey, was named after her. She plays an active part in supporting the school, which serves underprivileged African-American communities. Cicely Tyson Cicely L. Tyson (born December 19, 1924) is an American actress and former fashion model whose acting career has spanned more than six decades. She is best known for playing strong African-American women on screen and stage. Tyson is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards,", "title": "Cicely Tyson" }, { "docid": "18457922", "text": "Adrienne C. Moore Adrienne C. Moore (born August 14, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cindy \"Black Cindy\" Hayes in the Netflix comedy-drama series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Moore was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Nashville and Georgia. In 2003, Moore graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University, where she studied psychology, history, and religion. She began her career on stage, appearing in Off-Broadway productions. On television, she had small parts in \"Blue Bloods\" and \"30 Rock\", before her role on \"Orange Is the New Black\". Moore is known for", "title": "Adrienne C. Moore" }, { "docid": "20288481", "text": "VV Montfoort Voetbalvereniging Montfoort is an association football club from Montfoort, Netherlands. It was founded on 30 July 1946. Its kit consists of an orange shirt, black shorts and orange socks. The first male squad of Montfoort plays in the Eerste Klasse since 2015. Home grounds of VV Montfoort are at Sportpark Hofland Zuid, located on the Bovenkerkweg in Montfoort. Voetbalvereniging Montfoort was founded on 30 July 1946. Until 1996 its first squad played mainly in local leagues, with shorter periods spent in KNVB's Derde and Vierde Klasse. In 1994 it rejoined the Vierde Klasse, promoting to the Derde Klasse", "title": "VV Montfoort" }, { "docid": "10501996", "text": "of uniforms consistent of orange and black jackets with silver sequins, as well as black gloves and gauntlets, black pants and shoes, black shako, and black and silver tasseled plumes. Orange and black jackets with white stripes and the \"Beavers\" logo in the center of a white shield on the front, white gauntlets, white gloves, black pants, and black shako with mirrors and black feathered plumes. The drum majors have an alternate version, substituting the jacket colors of orange and black with black and white, larger white plumes, and optional black gauntlets. The new uniforms were unveiled July 2016. The", "title": "Oregon State University Marching Band" }, { "docid": "19035870", "text": "Orange Is the New Yellow \"Orange Is the New Yellow\" is the twenty second episode and season finale of the twenty-seventh season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 596th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 22, 2016. The title is a spoof of the book and the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Homer is leaving the Power Plant for the weekend, as he promised Marge to be home for dinner. However, as he is leaving, Mr. Burns asks him for his help to fix a gas", "title": "Orange Is the New Yellow" }, { "docid": "19035863", "text": "Orange Is the New Yellow \"Orange Is the New Yellow\" is the twenty second episode and season finale of the twenty-seventh season of the animated television series \"The Simpsons\", and the 596th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 22, 2016. The title is a spoof of the book and the Netflix series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Homer is leaving the Power Plant for the weekend, as he promised Marge to be home for dinner. However, as he is leaving, Mr. Burns asks him for his help to fix a gas", "title": "Orange Is the New Yellow" }, { "docid": "6380983", "text": "had short spells at Black Leopards and in Swaziland with Malanti Chiefs before moving to Botswana Premier League team Notwane FC in July 2013. In November 2013, he terminated his contract with Notwane after not receiving his salary and signing-on fee, and joined Botswana Meat Commission on a one-year contract. Tso is now the head coach of Orange Vaal Professionals, a team campaigning in the ABC Motsepe league, the 3rd tier of South African Football. Benedict Vilakazi (association football) Benedict Vilakazi (born August 9, 1982 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder", "title": "Benedict Vilakazi (association football)" }, { "docid": "17521369", "text": "of the more difficult characters I've played. I think it'll be interesting seeing how this character is received, because Jenji has written a character that plays and enjoys the game, and is incredibly engaging and draws people into her, into the big game and has, I have a great deal of fun.\" It was revealed that Lori Petty would have a guest role. In February 2014, Netflix revealed that the season was to be released on June 6, 2014. The second season received critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes gave a rating of 98%, with an average rating of 9.1 out of", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 2)" }, { "docid": "80073", "text": "to be the trademark. In 2004, a new tiger stripe pattern and more accents were added to the uniforms. The black jerseys now featured orange tiger-striped sleeves and white side panels, while the white jerseys began to use black tiger-striped sleeves and orange shoulders. A new logo consisting of an orange \"B\" covered with black tiger stripes was introduced. The team also started rotating black pants and debuted an alternate orange jersey, with white side panels and black tiger-striped sleeves. The Bengals have worn their black uniforms at home throughout their history, with some exceptions such as the 1970 season", "title": "Cincinnati Bengals" }, { "docid": "10671982", "text": "day, this flying fox usually roosts among dry banana leaves, a perfect camouflage given its burnt orange and black fur pattern. They roost alone, primarily within 100 m of their core-use feeding area, except for sub-adult bats who roost more than 400 m from their most frequented foraging grounds. Sub-adult bats often have not established a territory yet and have to wait for a home range to become available or fight to claim one. Black-bellied fruit bats are endothermic but are poor thermoregulators. Ambient temperature plays a role in determining their body temperature. They are thermally neutral from 28 to", "title": "Black-bellied fruit bat" }, { "docid": "7589526", "text": "In 2005, Patrick moved to Bratislava, Slovakia to spend a year teaching English and music. Immediately following his return to the U.S., he started his first commercial recording studio, called Two Pillars. After a year and a half there he upgraded his studio to a much larger commercial space in the arts district of Northeast Minneapolis. He named the studio \"The Library,\" as it has several thousand books that line the walls of each tracking room. He also plays electric guitar in the band Greycoats. Various songs have been featured on several television shows including \"Orange is the New Black\",", "title": "Matt Patrick (producer)" }, { "docid": "18833897", "text": "Good Wife\", \"Law & Order\", and \"Orange Is the New Black\". Boyer went to Westerville North High School He also spent time at Columbus Junior Theatre, in his youth. He graduated from The Juilliard School, Drama Division in 2001 where he received the Michel Saint‐Denis Award for outstanding graduate. In 2014, the Actors’ Equity Association awarded him the Clarence Derwent Award In 2005, when acting roles dried up, Boyer toured colleges, universities, and venues as a stand up comic. Boyer also plays lead guitar in a rock band, The U.S. Open, with fellow NBC actor William Jackson Harper on drums.", "title": "Steven Boyer" }, { "docid": "2264145", "text": "back older Betacam variants, for example, the Sony SRW-5500 HDCAM SR recorder, plays back and records HDCAM and HDCAM SR tapes and with optional hardware also plays and upconverts Digital Betacam tapes to HD format. Tape lengths are the same as for Digital Betacam, up to 40 minutes for S and 124 minutes for L tapes. In 24p mode the runtime increases to 50 and 155 minutes, respectively. Sony branded HDCAM cassettes are black with an orange lid, and HDCAM SR cassettes black with a cyan lid. 440 Mbit/s mode is known as SQ, and 880 Mbit/s mode is known", "title": "Betacam" } ]

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[ { "docid": "979130", "text": "Gamelan Gamelan () is the traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali in Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments used are metallophones played by mallets and a set of hand-played drums called \"kendhang\" which register the beat. Other instruments include xylophones, bamboo flutes, a bowed instrument called a \"rebab\", and even vocalists called \"sindhen\". Although the popularity of gamelan has declined since the introduction of pop music, gamelan is still commonly played on formal occasions and in many traditional Indonesian ceremonies. For most Indonesians, gamelan is an integral part of Indonesian culture. The word gamelan", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "8164567", "text": "Langgam jawa Langgam jawa is a regional form of Indonesian kroncong music most often associated with the city of Surakarta (Solo). As is the case with traditional kroncong music, langgam jawa utilizes a variety of non-native instruments, such as the flute, guitar, ukulele, cello and violin. However, these instruments are performed using a seven-tone Javanese gamelan scale known as pelog. The cello typically plays the role of a gamelan ciblon drum, with the performer slowly plucking or slapping the strings in a percussive fashion. Langgam jawa's roots can be traced back to kroncong ensambles going back to the 1920s, but", "title": "Langgam jawa" }, { "docid": "979130", "text": "Gamelan Gamelan () is the traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali in Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments used are metallophones played by mallets and a set of hand-played drums called \"kendhang\" which register the beat. Other instruments include xylophones, bamboo flutes, a bowed instrument called a \"rebab\", and even vocalists called \"sindhen\". Although the popularity of gamelan has declined since the introduction of pop music, gamelan is still commonly played on formal occasions and in many traditional Indonesian ceremonies. For most Indonesians, gamelan is an integral part of Indonesian culture. The word gamelan", "title": "Gamelan" } ]

[ { "docid": "7719037", "text": "section. Irama \"Irama\" is the term used for tempo in gamelan. It can be used with elaborating instruments. It is a concept used in Javanese gamelan music, describing melodic tempo and relationships in density between the balungan, elaborating instruments, and gong structure. It is distinct from tempo (Javanese: \"Laya\"), as each \"Irama\" can be played in different tempi. \"Irama\" thus combines \"the rate of temporal flow and temporal density\"; and the temporal density is the primary factor. One way to think of \"Irama\" is to use the most consistently struck instrument in the gamelan, the \"saron panerus\" (or \"peking\"). In", "title": "Irama" }, { "docid": "7719035", "text": "Irama \"Irama\" is the term used for tempo in gamelan. It can be used with elaborating instruments. It is a concept used in Javanese gamelan music, describing melodic tempo and relationships in density between the balungan, elaborating instruments, and gong structure. It is distinct from tempo (Javanese: \"Laya\"), as each \"Irama\" can be played in different tempi. \"Irama\" thus combines \"the rate of temporal flow and temporal density\"; and the temporal density is the primary factor. One way to think of \"Irama\" is to use the most consistently struck instrument in the gamelan, the \"saron panerus\" (or \"peking\"). In some", "title": "Irama" }, { "docid": "7633429", "text": "these include the only wind instruments, string instruments, and wooden percussion instruments found in the gamelan, they provide a timbre which stands out from most of the gamelan. The notes that the panerusan instruments play are largely in melodic formulas known as cengkok and sekaran. These are selected from a huge collection which every performer carries in his head, based on the patet, mood, and traditions surrounding a piece. Sekaran (Javanese for \"flowering\") is a type of elaboration used in the Javanese gamelan, especially on the \"bonang barung\". It is similar to the \"cengkok\" of other elaborating instruments in its", "title": "Panerusan" }, { "docid": "7337645", "text": "keys of other instruments. The gambang is used in a number of gamelan ensembles. It is most notable in the Balinese gamelan Gambang. In Javanese wayang, it is used by itself to accompany the dalang in certain chants. Within a full gamelan, it stands out somewhat because of the high speed of playing, and contrasting timbre because of its materials and more because it has a wider melodic range than the other instruments. In Javanese gamelan, the gambang plays cengkok like the other elaborating instruments. However, the repertoire of cengkok for the gambang is more rudimentary than for other instruments", "title": "Gambang" }, { "docid": "7633770", "text": "independently of wayang, pathetan are played instrumentally by the soft elaborating instruments—rebab, gender, gambang, and suling—at the beginning or conclusion of pieces, following the contour of the associated vocal melody. Pathet Pathet (Javanese spelling; also patet) is an organizing concept in Central Javanese gamelan music. It is a system of tonal hierarchies in which some notes are emphasized more than others. The word means '\"to damp, or to restrain from\" in Javanese. \"Pathet\" is \"a limitation on the player's choice of variation, so that while in one \"pathet\" a certain note may be prominent, in another it must be avoided,", "title": "Pathet" }, { "docid": "979156", "text": "is sometimes called \"garap.\" Some teachers have also devised certain notations, generally using kepatihan principles, for the \"cengkok\" (melodic patterns) of the elaborating instruments. Some ethnomusicologists, trained in European music, may make transcriptions onto a Western staff. This entails particular challenges of tuning and time, sometimes resulting in unusual clefs. The gamelan has been appreciated by several western composers of classical music, most famously Claude Debussy who heard a Javanese gamelan in the premiere of Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray's \"Rhapsodie Cambodgienne\" at the Paris Exposition of 1889 (World's Fair). The work had been written seven years earlier in 1882, but received its", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "2601528", "text": "Central Javanese music is almost synonymous with \"gamelan\". This is a musical ensemble typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to the set of instruments than the players of those instruments. A gamelan as a set of instruments is a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together — instruments from different gamelan are not interchangeable. However, gamelan is not typically Central Javanese as it is also known somewhere else. Contemporary Javanese pop music is called \"campursari\". It", "title": "Central Java" }, { "docid": "7480328", "text": "gongs in the gamelan, the kethuk, kempyang, and kenong. Bonang may be made of forged bronze, welded and cold-hammered iron, or a combination of metals. In addition to the gong-shaped form of kettles, economical bonang made of hammered iron or brass plates with raised bosses are often found in village gamelan, in Suriname-style gamelan, and in some American gamelan. In central Javanese gamelan there are three types of bonang used: The parts played by the bonang barung and bonang panerus are more complex than many instruments in the gamelan; thus, it is generally considered an elaborating instrument. Sometimes it plays", "title": "Bonang" }, { "docid": "8330535", "text": "usually of pieces from the standard Javanese gamelan repertoire. Gamelan Siteran Gamelan Siteran is a casual style of gamelan in Java, Indonesia, featuring portable, inexpensive instruments instead of the heavy bronze metallophones of a typical gamelan. A typical group consists of varieties of siter (small zither, which leads to the name), kendang (drum), and a large end-blown bamboo tube or a gong kemodhong, functioning as a gong ageng. A full group has a celempung, siter, siter panerus, siter slenthem, kendhang ciblon, and gong kemodhong. It is typically accompanied by singing as well. The instruments are often homemade, something which is", "title": "Gamelan Siteran" }, { "docid": "979139", "text": "slower, more meditative quality than the gamelan music of Bali. Javanese gamelan can be made from iron or brass; instruments made of cast bronze are considered the best quality. Outside the main core on Java and Bali, gamelan has spread through migration and cultural interest, new styles sometimes resulting as well. Malay Gamelan comes from the Javanese tradition through Riau-Lingga which later formed its own distinct identity, using fewer instruments tuned in a near-equidistant \"slendro\", and often using a western B or C as a tuning basis. Javanese emigrants to Suriname play gamelan in a style close to that found", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "7633431", "text": "of typical \"bonang panerus\" parts. Panerusan The panerusan instruments or elaborating instruments are one of the divisions of instruments used in the gamelan. Instead of the rhythmic structure provided by the colotomic instruments, and the core melody of the balungan instruments, the panerusan instruments play variations on the balungan. They are usually the most difficult instruments to learn in the gamelan, but provide the most opportunity for improvisation and creativity in the performer. Panerusan instruments include the gendér, suling, rebab, siter/celempung, bonang, and gambang. The female singer, the pesindhen, is also often included, as she sings in a similar fashion", "title": "Panerusan" }, { "docid": "2998815", "text": "music you can also hear metallophones, gongs and xylophones. More than 50 people must be dancing during the music. Balinese music can be compared to Javanese music, especially that of the pre-Islamic period. During that time, Javanese tonal systems were imported to Bali. Balinese gamelan, a form of Indonesian classical music, is louder, swifter and more aggressive than Javanese music. Balinese gamelan also features more archaic instrumentation than modern Javanese gamelans. Balinese instruments include bronze and bamboo xylophones. Gongs and a number of gong chimes, are used, such as the solo instrument trompong, and a variety of percussion instruments like", "title": "Music of Bali" }, { "docid": "12594954", "text": "Marching. STAGE: Sangkuriang (miniature opera, libretto by Utuy T. Sontani), mixed chorus, 1958; Latigrak (ballet music, choreography by Frédéric Franchini), gamelan orchestra, tape, 1963; Parentheses VI, low-voiced comedian, 2 dancers, flute, 2 guitars, whistling tupies, some gamelan instruments, 1983; Migrasi (music theatre work, text by Afrizal Malna), 1993; Spiral, female dancer, flute, piano, 1993; Awang-Uwung (dance music, choreography by Suprapto Suryodarmo - see Amerta Movement), 2 genders (gamelan instruments), 1994; Marsinah (incidental music, play by Ratna Sarumpaet), ensemble (specially made instruments), 1994 GAMELAN: GAME-Land for full sundanese gamelan orchestra slendro-pelog and female voice (2004/orchestra); GAME-Land 2 for javanese gamelan orchestra", "title": "Slamet Abdul Sjukur" }, { "docid": "979140", "text": "in Central Javanese villages. Gamelan is also related to the Filipino \"kulintang\" ensemble. The variety of gamelan can befound in over 25 countries outside Indonesia, presenting both traditional and experimental repertoire. In oral Javanese culture distinctions are made between complete or incomplete, archaic and modern, and large standard and small village gamelan. The various archaic ensembles are distinguished by their unique combinations of instruments and possession of obsolete instruments such as the bell-tree (\"byong\") in the 3-toned \"gamelan kodhok ngorek\". Regionally variable village gamelan are often distinguished from standard gamelan (which have the \"rebab\" as the main melodic instrument) by", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "979131", "text": "comes from the low Javanese word \"gamel\", which may refer to a type of mallet used to strike instruments or the act of striking with a mallet. The term karawitan refers to classical gamelan music and performance practice, and comes from the word \"rawit\", meaning 'intricate' or 'finely worked'. The word derives from the Javanese word of Sanskrit origin, \"rawit\", which refers to the sense of smoothness and elegance idealized in Javanese music. Another word from this root, \"pangrawit\", means a person with such sense, and is used as an honorific when discussing esteemed gamelan musicians. The high Javanese word", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "3189845", "text": "PA. The second was named \"Si Darius/Si Madeleine\" after Darius Milhaud and his wife, because it was while holding the Milhaud chair at Mills College (where the gamelan still resides) that Harrison and Colvig had the support for its construction; a group there (as of 2008) is directed by Daniel Schmidt. Lou Harrison was well known for his compositions for gamelan; he was particularly adept at combining western instruments with his Javanese-style gamelan ensemble. (The scores for all of his gamelan works are published by the American Gamelan Institute). American gamelan American gamelan could refer to both instruments and music;", "title": "American gamelan" }, { "docid": "8871201", "text": "of Music in Nova Scotia, Canada, has access to a Gamelan Degung. Students can take an Intro to Gamelan course, or audition for the Gamelan Ensemble. There are also professional gamelan ensembles. Gamelan Son of Lion is a group that focuses on newly composed music by both the composer-members of the group and invited composers from around the world. Gamelan Kori Mas performs Balinese music on bamboo instruments in the San Francisco bay area. Gamelan X is based in Oakland. Since 1979, a few gamelan ensembles have been organized as community arts organizations or clubs. The first Javanese community group", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "7605209", "text": "the four beats, but on the last. This last beat is referred to as the \"seleh\" note. The \"seleh\" note has a crucial role in predicating what decorative patterns (\"cengkok\" and \"sekaran\") the elaborating instruments such as the \"bonang\" should play, since these patterns usually aim to coincide with the \"balungan\" on the \"seleh\" note so as to produce aural consonance. Seleh In Javanese gamelan music, the sèlèh note or nada seleh is the final note of a \"gatra\", or four-beat melodic unit. As such it is the note which serves as the goal for all the various strands of", "title": "Seleh" }, { "docid": "7719504", "text": "Imbal Imbal () or imbalan (imbal-imbalan, demung imbal) is a technique used in Javanese gamelan. It refers to a rapid alternation of a melodic line between instruments, in a way similar to hocket in medieval music or \"kotekan\" in Balinese gamelan. \"A style of playing in which two identical or similar instruments play interlocking parts forming a single repetitive melodic pattern.\" In Javanese gamelan, it is used especially for the \"sarons\" and the \"bonangs\". On the \"bonangs\", an \"imbal\" pattern is divided between the \"bonang panerus\" and \"bonang barung\", in the octave or so of range that both instruments have.", "title": "Imbal" }, { "docid": "7521180", "text": "Balungan The balungan () is sometimes called the \"core melody\" or, \"skeletal melodic outline,\" of a Javanese gamelan composition. This corresponds to the view that gamelan music is heterophonic: the \"balungan\" is then the melody which is being elaborated. \"An abstraction of the inner melody felt by musicians,\" the \"balungan\" is, \"the part most frequently notated by Javanese musicians, and the only one likely to be used in performance.\" The group of instruments which play the closest to the \"balungan\" are sometimes also called the \"balungan\", or \"balungan\" instruments. These are the \"saron\" family and the \"slenthem\". In many pieces,", "title": "Balungan" }, { "docid": "7521183", "text": "notation, theory, and pedagogy. Balungan The balungan () is sometimes called the \"core melody\" or, \"skeletal melodic outline,\" of a Javanese gamelan composition. This corresponds to the view that gamelan music is heterophonic: the \"balungan\" is then the melody which is being elaborated. \"An abstraction of the inner melody felt by musicians,\" the \"balungan\" is, \"the part most frequently notated by Javanese musicians, and the only one likely to be used in performance.\" The group of instruments which play the closest to the \"balungan\" are sometimes also called the \"balungan\", or \"balungan\" instruments. These are the \"saron\" family and the", "title": "Balungan" }, { "docid": "979138", "text": "no longer in use, and the last orchestra is kept at the Sumenep palace. One important style of Sundanese gamelan is \"Gamelan Degung\", which uses a subset of gamelan instruments with a particular mode of \"pelog\" scale. Balinese gamelan is often associated with the virtuosity and rapid changes of tempo and dynamics of \"Gamelan gong kebyar\", its best-known style. Other popular Balinese styles include \"Kecak\", a theatrical dance and music form also known as the \"monkey chant.\" Javanese gamelan, largely dominated by the courts of the 19th century central Javanese rulers, each with its own style, is known for a", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "4099359", "text": "Gamelan Son of Lion Gamelan Son of Lion (GSOL) is a new-music American gamelan ensemble based in New York City. The group was founded in 1976 by Barbara Benary (who constructed most of the instruments), Philip Corner, and Daniel Goode. It is a composers' collective as well as repertory ensemble. Current composers in the group in addition to the co-founders are: David Demnitz, Laura Liben, Jody Kruskal, Lisa Karrer, Marnen Laibow-Koser, Jody Diamond, and David Simons. Gamelan Son of Lion's keyed instruments have bars constructed of iron, in the Javanese style. The group uses both the \"pelog\" and \"slendro\" tuning", "title": "Gamelan Son of Lion" }, { "docid": "3189841", "text": "materials including aluminum, tin cans, car hubcaps, steel, antique milk-strainers, etc. \"American gamelan\" may also describe the original music of American ensembles working with traditional instruments. Dennis Murphy is often credited as being the first American to build instruments modeled on those of the Javanese gamelan, circa 1960. This work led to his doctoral thesis at Wesleyan University, entitled \"The Autochthonous American Gamelan\". Murphy started a gamelan group with his instruments at Goddard College in Vermont in 1967; that group later became the community-based Plainfield Village Gamelan. There have been other American builders of gamelan as well, on both the", "title": "American gamelan" }, { "docid": "7719506", "text": "a \"sekaran\". Imbal Imbal () or imbalan (imbal-imbalan, demung imbal) is a technique used in Javanese gamelan. It refers to a rapid alternation of a melodic line between instruments, in a way similar to hocket in medieval music or \"kotekan\" in Balinese gamelan. \"A style of playing in which two identical or similar instruments play interlocking parts forming a single repetitive melodic pattern.\" In Javanese gamelan, it is used especially for the \"sarons\" and the \"bonangs\". On the \"bonangs\", an \"imbal\" pattern is divided between the \"bonang panerus\" and \"bonang barung\", in the octave or so of range that both", "title": "Imbal" }, { "docid": "7719378", "text": "of centonization. Cengkok Céngkok (old orthography: chengkok) are patterns played by the elaborating instruments in the Javanese gamelan. They are melodic formula that lead to a \"sèlèh\", following the rules of the \"pathet\" of the piece. The most elaborate \"cengkok\" repertoire is that of the \"gendér barung\". The \"gambang\" and \"siter\", on the other hand, do not have such formalized sets of \"cengkok\", and therefore may vary more from performer to performer. Most \"cengkok\" derive from the vocal repertoire, and many have names that originally came from lyrics, like the well-known \"Ayu kuning\". They may incorporate pre-existent melodic patterns through", "title": "Cengkok" }, { "docid": "7719377", "text": "Cengkok Céngkok (old orthography: chengkok) are patterns played by the elaborating instruments in the Javanese gamelan. They are melodic formula that lead to a \"sèlèh\", following the rules of the \"pathet\" of the piece. The most elaborate \"cengkok\" repertoire is that of the \"gendér barung\". The \"gambang\" and \"siter\", on the other hand, do not have such formalized sets of \"cengkok\", and therefore may vary more from performer to performer. Most \"cengkok\" derive from the vocal repertoire, and many have names that originally came from lyrics, like the well-known \"Ayu kuning\". They may incorporate pre-existent melodic patterns through a process", "title": "Cengkok" }, { "docid": "454773", "text": "twentieth century non-Western music has begun to influence Western composers. In particular, direct homages to Javanese gamelan music are found in works for western instruments by Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók, Francis Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten, John Cage, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. Debussy was immensely interested in non-Western music and its approaches to composition. Specifically, he was drawn to the Javanese Gamelan, which he first heard at the 1889 Paris Exposition. He was not interested in directly quoting his non-Western influences, but instead allowed this non-Western aesthetic to generally influence his own musical work, for example, by", "title": "Western canon" }, { "docid": "7633156", "text": "are used as one of the elaborating instruments (panerusan), that play cengkok (melodic patterns based on the balungan). Both the siter and celempung play at the same speed as the gambang (which is rapidly). The name \"siter\" comes from the Dutch word \"citer\", which corresponds to the English word \"zither\". \"Celempung\" is related to the Sundanese musical form celempungan. The strings of the siter are played with the thumbnails, while the fingers are used to dampen the strings when the next one is hit, as is typical with instruments in the gamelan. The fingers of both hands are used for", "title": "Siter" }, { "docid": "2450511", "text": "characterize in terms of intervals. One rough approximation expresses the seven pitches of Central Javanese \"pelog\" as a subset of 9-tone equal temperament. An analysis of 27 Central Javanese gamelans by Surjodiningrat (1972) revealed a statistical preference for this system of tuning. As in \"slendro\", although the intervals vary from one gamelan to the next, the intervals between notes in a scale are very close to identical for different instruments within the same Javanese \"gamelan\". This is not the case in Bali, where instruments are played in pairs which are tuned slightly apart so as to produce interference beating. The", "title": "Pelog" }, { "docid": "979162", "text": "gamelan for opera. In contemporary Indonesian music scene, some groups fuse contemporary westernized jazz fusion music with the legacy of traditional ethnic music traditions. In the case of Krakatau and SambaSunda, the bands from West Java, the traditional Sundanese kacapi suling and gamelan degung Sunda orchestra is performed alongside drum set, keyboard and guitars. Other bands such as Bossanova Java fused Javanese music with bossa nova, while the Kulkul band fuse jazz with Balinese gamelan. The Indonesian singer Anggun often incorporated in her works Indonesian traditional tunes from the gamelan and tembang style of singing. Typical gamelan tunes can be", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "7633428", "text": "Panerusan The panerusan instruments or elaborating instruments are one of the divisions of instruments used in the gamelan. Instead of the rhythmic structure provided by the colotomic instruments, and the core melody of the balungan instruments, the panerusan instruments play variations on the balungan. They are usually the most difficult instruments to learn in the gamelan, but provide the most opportunity for improvisation and creativity in the performer. Panerusan instruments include the gendér, suling, rebab, siter/celempung, bonang, and gambang. The female singer, the pesindhen, is also often included, as she sings in a similar fashion to the instrumental techniques. As", "title": "Panerusan" }, { "docid": "14578453", "text": "Campursari Campursari in Indonesian refers to a crossover of several contemporary Indonesian music genres, mainly Javanese Langgam Jawa and Dangdut. The word \"campursari\" was coined from the Javanese language, and literally means \"mixture of essences\". Campursari music is popular and prevalent within the Javanese cultural sphere, especially Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java; and also in some regions where Javanese immigrants were abundant, such as parts of Greater Jakarta, Lampung or even Suriname. It is related to the modification of several musical instruments like gamelan combined with western musical instruments such as guitar and keyboard. The combination thus ends up", "title": "Campursari" }, { "docid": "2451883", "text": "from gamelan to gamelan than it does in Bali, where ensembles from the same village may be tuned very differently. The five pitches of the Javanese version are roughly equally spaced within the octave. As in \"pelog\", although the intervals vary from one gamelan to the next, the intervals between notes in a scale are very close to identical for different instruments within the same \"gamelan\". It is common in Balinese gamelan that instruments are played in pairs which are tuned slightly apart so as to produce interference beating which are ideally at a consistent speed for all pairs of", "title": "Slendro" }, { "docid": "8871197", "text": "Seni Tari Indonesia di Nederland ) plays Javanese Traditional Karawitan dan Dance. The Polish band - Warsaw Gamelan Group - is perhaps the only band in this part of Europe that plays Indonesian music. WGG specialises in music from central Java. There are two Javanese gamelans in Portugal, one in Lisbon, at Fundação do Oriente and another in Oporto at Casa da Música. Besides being used for traditional Javanese music, the gamelan at Casa da Musica has been at the centre of very innovative projects, including the development of a Robotic Gamelan. Inspired by the ideas of gamelan collective practice,", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "6007038", "text": "from 1976 until his death in 2003. His largest Javanese-style gamelan, Gamelan Si Betty, was bequeathed to Diamond by Harrison and his partner William Colvig. She is also the owner of the Harrison/Colvig ensemble Old Granddad #4, the fourth set of instruments called the American Gamelan. Diamond, Jody 1998 \"Out of Indonesia: Global Gamelan,\" \"Ethnomusicology\" Vol. 42, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 174-183. Reviews of a large number of recording by gamelan groups outside of Indonesia. 1992 \"Interaction: New Music for Gamelan.\" Notes to accompany CD of same title, in \"Leonardo Music Journal\", V. 2. 1990 \"There Is No They", "title": "Jody Diamond" }, { "docid": "979158", "text": "Debussy, also heard the Javanese gamelan play at the Paris Exposition of 1889. The repetitively hypnotic effects of the gamelan were incorporated into Satie's exotic Gnossienne set for piano. Direct homages to gamelan music are to be found in works for western instruments by John Cage, particularly his prepared piano pieces, Colin McPhee, Lou Harrison, Béla Bartók, Francis Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Bronislaw Kaper and Benjamin Britten. In more recent times, American composers such as Henry Brant, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Dennis Murphy, Loren Nerell, Michael Tenzer, Evan Ziporyn, Daniel James Wolf and Jody Diamond as well as Australian", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "6007036", "text": "and wrote an article for the Leonardo Music Journal with an epilogue by Sutanto on the \"Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival 1997.\" A CD of her compositions for Javanese gamelan, \"In That Bright World\" on New World Records, was recorded by musicians of ISI Surakarta in 2001. Diamond was an Artist in Residence in the Music Department of Harvard University (2007–2017), using the instruments of Gamelan Si Betty, built by Lou Harrison and Wiliam Colvig, for collaborative projects and an open performance group Gamelan SiBetty and the Viewpoint Composers' Gamelan. At Dartmouth College in Hanover NH, she was a Senior Lecturer in", "title": "Jody Diamond" }, { "docid": "1833483", "text": "Degung, gamelan salendro and tembang sunda are three primary types. The Osing Javanese minority in eastern Java are known for social music for weddings and other celebrations called gandrung, as well as angklung, played by young amateur boys, which is very similar to Balinese gamelan. Kecapi suling is a type of instrumental music that is highly improvisational and popular in parts of West Java that employs two instruments, kecapi (zither) and suling (bamboo flute). It is related to tembang sunda. Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes", "title": "Music of Indonesia" }, { "docid": "8330534", "text": "Gamelan Siteran Gamelan Siteran is a casual style of gamelan in Java, Indonesia, featuring portable, inexpensive instruments instead of the heavy bronze metallophones of a typical gamelan. A typical group consists of varieties of siter (small zither, which leads to the name), kendang (drum), and a large end-blown bamboo tube or a gong kemodhong, functioning as a gong ageng. A full group has a celempung, siter, siter panerus, siter slenthem, kendhang ciblon, and gong kemodhong. It is typically accompanied by singing as well. The instruments are often homemade, something which is impossible with the more characteristic gamelan instruments. Performances are", "title": "Gamelan Siteran" }, { "docid": "269292", "text": "gamelan, or lowest, as in the kepatihan notation of Javanese gamelan. Notes in the ranges outside the central octave are represented with one or more dots above or below the each number. For the most part, these cipher notations are mainly used to notate the skeletal melody (the balungan) and vocal parts (gerongan), although transcriptions of the elaborating instrument variations are sometimes used for analysis and teaching. Drum parts are notated with a system of symbols largely based on letters representing the vocables used to learn and remember drumming patterns; these symbols are typically laid out in a grid underneath", "title": "Musical notation" }, { "docid": "8871196", "text": "I Wayan Sadra, Al. Suwardi and Sinta Wullur, and the combination of gamelan and western instruments. Nowadays, several Javanese and Balinese gamelan groups are active in the Netherlands. Javanese style groups exist in Amsterdam, Indonesian Embassy The Hague 1975 ISTIKA (Ikatan Seni Tari Indonesia di Nederland) Trainer FX Suhardi Djojoprasetyo, Renkum and Arnhem. Balinese groups can be found in Amsterdam and The Hague. A Sundanese group exists in Leiden (Leyde). The gamelan emsemble in Delft (Museum Nusantara) has stopped playing (April 2014) because the museum was forced to close its doors after the state subsidy ended. 1975 ISTIKA ( Ikatan", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "8871202", "text": "was the Boston Village Gamelan, now known as Gamelan Laras Tentrem in Massachusetts, and the first Balinese community group was Gamelan Sekar Jaya in California. Other community Balinese gamelan ensembles are Gamelan Mitra Kusuma in Washington, D.C., Gamelan Dharma Swara at the Indonesian Consulate in New York City, Space City Gamelan in Houston, the Lehigh Valley Gamelan in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Gamelan Tunas Mekar in Denver. Gamelan Sari Raras is an active Javanese ensemble in Berkeley, California; the name was given to the group by Widiyanto (aka Midiyanto), and the instruments, brought to the U.S. from Java in 1971, are", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "3189843", "text": "music. Lou Harrison and William Colvig, who met in 1967 in San Francisco, built a set of tuned percussion instruments that they called \"an American gamelan\" in order to differentiate it from Indonesian ensembles. It was first used in Harrison's work \"La Koro Sutro\" in 1972. These are now referred to as \"Old Granddad\", and Harrison wrote some pieces that can only be played on this set, including \"La Koro Sutro\". Lou Harrison spent some time with a Javanese gamelan in 1976 (when Kyai Udan Mas, now at the University of California, Berkeley, was in residence at San Jose State", "title": "American gamelan" }, { "docid": "979135", "text": "construction of musical instruments, as well as scheduling performances at the court. In the palaces of Java the oldest known ensembles, Gamelan \"Munggang\" and \"Gamelan Kodok Ngorek\", are apparently from the 12th century. These formed the basis of a \"loud style\" of music. In contrast, a \"soft style\" developed out of the \"kemanak\" tradition and is related to the traditions of singing Javanese poetry, in a manner often believed to be similar to the chorus that accompanies the modern \"bedhaya\" dance. In the 17th century, these loud and soft styles mixed, and to a large extent the variety of modern", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "14957886", "text": "She received her degree in composition in 1991. Wullur founded several gamelan groups in the Netherlands, including Tirta and Irama, and since 1992 has worked with the gamelan ensemble Widosari as a Javanese singer. She uses chromatically tuned gamelan instruments in her compositions and with her own gamelan ensemble Multifoon. Wullur has issued recordings on CD, including most recently \"Gong and Strings\". Wullur integrates Eastern and Western music in her compositions. Selected works include: Sinta Wullur Sinta Wullur (born 16 November 1958) is an Indonesian-Dutch gamelan musician and composer. Sinta Wullur was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and emigrated to the", "title": "Sinta Wullur" }, { "docid": "12541473", "text": "the Prelude of the ballet, the Salamander Prince theme is played by several instruments in a layered texture, where the instruments are playing in different keys and start the theme at slightly different times in a technique called polyphonic stratification, which is typical of Balinese gamelan music. Another way in which Britten achieves a gamelan sound is through his instrumentation. His score calls for a variety of percussion instruments, including gong, cymbals, bells, xylophone, and vibraphone, and uses these Western percussion instruments in different ways to produce a gamelan sound. For instance, Britten combines the sounds of an orchestral gong", "title": "The Prince of the Pagodas" }, { "docid": "7605208", "text": "Seleh In Javanese gamelan music, the sèlèh note or nada seleh is the final note of a \"gatra\", or four-beat melodic unit. As such it is the note which serves as the goal for all the various strands of the musical texture. The main underlying melodic structure of a gamelan piece, called the \"balungan\", is grouped into four-beat units (called \"gatra\"). This typical grouping of four is similar to a great deal of Western music; however, in contrast with a bar of four beats in western classical music, the strongest beat in gamelan music falls not on the first of", "title": "Seleh" }, { "docid": "7834369", "text": "dalang in a wayang performance. Mantle Hood emphasizes the importance of the buka in the determination of the pathet of a gamelan composition, and analyzes it as an extended elaboration on the typical cadential formulas. He compares it to the alap of Hindustani classical music in its role of setting the mood and set of pitches. Buka (music) The buka (Javanese for \"opening\") is the short introduction to pieces of gamelan. It is also called the bubuka or bubuka opaq-opaq. Buka are generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, until the last few notes when the kendhang", "title": "Buka (music)" }, { "docid": "7520419", "text": "cycle and how the interpunctuating instruments play during that cycle, but they are also musical forms which are associated with specific structural patterns on a larger scale than the colotomic cycle, and guidelines for what tempi and \"irama\" may be used. Colotomic structures or Gendhing structure refers to the colotomic structure of gamelan compositions in general. \"Gendhing\" (also written, as in the old orthography, gending) can also be used to refer to a specific class of colotomic structures used in Javanese gamelan music. At its simplest, \"colotomic\" may be taken to mean, \"cyclicly punctuating\". More clearly, \"gongs of different sizes", "title": "Colotomy" }, { "docid": "11963607", "text": "Malay Gamelan The Malay gamelan which exists today in Malaysia is basically from the courts of Riau-Lingga, Pahang and Terengganu. Although originated from the land of Java, Indonesia, the Malay gamelan has developed a distinct identity compared to the Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese gamelan from Indonesia. The Malay gamelan was usually played at royal occasions during the reign of Sultan Ahmad of Pahang (1882-1914) and Sultan Sulaiman of Terengganu (1920-1942). Based on the ancient royal gamelan set discovered in 1966 at Istana Kolam, Terengganu, a set of Malay gamelan consists 7 basic instruments, which are: This best royal kept secret", "title": "Malay Gamelan" }, { "docid": "190939", "text": "relations, traditional laws and religions that bind the villagers together. Examples include Toraja's Tongkonan, Minangkabau's Rumah Gadang and Rangkiang, Javanese style Pendopo pavilion with Joglo style roof, Dayak's longhouses, various Malay houses, Balinese houses and temples, and also various styles of rice barns (\"lumbung\"). The music of Indonesia predates historical records. Various indigenous tribes incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musical instruments in their rituals. Angklung, kacapi suling, siteran, gong, gamelan, degung, gong kebyar, bumbung, talempong, kulintang and sasando are examples of traditional Indonesian instruments. The diverse world of Indonesian music genres are the result of the musical creativity of", "title": "Indonesia" }, { "docid": "979137", "text": "in present-day Central Java are shown below: Varieties of gamelan are distinguished by their collection of instruments and use of voice, tunings, repertoire, style, and cultural context. In general, no two gamelan ensembles are the same, and those that arose in prestigious courts are often considered to have their own style and tuning. Certain styles may also be shared by nearby ensembles, leading to a regional style. The varieties are generally grouped geographically, with the principal division between the styles favored by the Balinese, Javanese, and Sundanese peoples. The Madurese also had their own style of gamelan, although it is", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "7633157", "text": "the damping, with the right hand below the strings and the left hand above them. Siters and celempung of various sizes are the characteristic instrument in Gamelan Siteran, although they are used in many other varieties of gamelan as well. Siter The siter and celempung are plucked string instruments used in Javanese gamelan. They are related to the \"kacapi\" used in Sundanese gamelan. The siter and celempung each have between 11 and 13 pairs of strings, strung on each side, between a box resonator. Typically the strings on one side tuned to pélog and the other to slendro. The siter", "title": "Siter" }, { "docid": "8871199", "text": "instruction by a community arts organization, which gave its first performance in May 1978. The organization incorporated in 1980 as Friends of the Gamelan and continues to perform with two central Javanese gamelan sets that it has acquired. Many schools, universities and other institutions in North America own sets of gamelan instruments. These gamelans are typically played by mixed-gender groups of students, a practice that is rare in Indonesia for religious reasons. Among the earliest such groups were Wesleyan University and UCLA. Established institutional gamelan ensembles in the U.S. include Gamelan Nyai Saraswati at University of North Carolina at Chapel", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "8164568", "text": "emerged as a style of its own in the 1950s. Among the leading exponents of the style is Andjar Any. He and his ensemble, Orkes Kroncong Bintang Nusantara, are said to have composed over 2000 songs in the langgam jawa style. Langgam jawa Langgam jawa is a regional form of Indonesian kroncong music most often associated with the city of Surakarta (Solo). As is the case with traditional kroncong music, langgam jawa utilizes a variety of non-native instruments, such as the flute, guitar, ukulele, cello and violin. However, these instruments are performed using a seven-tone Javanese gamelan scale known as", "title": "Langgam jawa" }, { "docid": "979148", "text": "with male groups. In the twenty-five countries outside Indonesia that have gamelan, music performed in a concert context or as part of ceremonies for expat communities may also accompany dance or \"wayang\". The tuning and construction of a gamelan orchestra is a complex process. Javanese gamelan use two tuning systems: \"sléndro\" and \"pélog\". There are other tuning systems such as \"degung\" (exclusive to Sunda, or West Java), and \"madenda\" (also known as \"diatonis\", similar to a European natural minor scale). In central Javanese gamelan, \"sléndro\" is a system with five notes to the octave, with large intervals, while \"pélog\" has", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "20555157", "text": "release its first album, which was considered a great achievement for the group. Likewise, performances including both music and sendra tari (theater with gamelan and traditional dance) were staged with the unconditional support of Camilo García and Katherine Ziggler (Kate Asmara), both former Darmasiswas for the period 2004-2008. Between the winter of 2009 and the spring of 2011, under the coordination of Fitra Ismu, the Javanese gamelan instruments were taught in a music school; this was done at the Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, and the opportunity was provided by one of the Center's directors, Mr. Francisco Becerra Maza. Those who", "title": "Indra Swara" }, { "docid": "5296069", "text": "film scores. The Indonesian island of Java is known for its rich musical culture, centered around gamelan music. The two oldest gamelan instrument sets, dating from the twelfth century, are housed in the kratons (palaces) in the cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. Gamelan music is and integral part of the Javanese culture: it is a part of religious ceremonies, weddings, funerals, palace activities, national holidays, and local community gatherings. In recent years, there has been an increasing market for gamelan associated tourism: several companies arrange visits for tourists wishing to participate in and learn gamelan. Gamelan music has a distinct", "title": "Music education" }, { "docid": "3852584", "text": "sound. In these abstract pieces, the words are largely secondary to the music itself. There are two tuning systems in Javanese gamelan music, slendro (pentatonic) and pelog (heptatonic in full, but focusing on a pentatonic group). Tuning is not standard, rather each gamelan set will have a distinctive tuning. There are also distinct melodic modes (pathet) associated with each tuning system. A complete gamelan consists of two of sets of instrument, one in each tuning system. Different gamelan sets have different sonorities, and are used for different pieces of music; many are very old, and used for only one specific", "title": "Music of Java" }, { "docid": "17333096", "text": "Ngo Hong Lao\", whose players are all Chinese people. The instruments used in the orchestral group was considered to be the most extensive. For the wealthy Chinese, it was a custom to liven up a party by calling a gambang kromong orchestra, usually accompanying a song. Gambang kromong was also performed during the \"Cap Go Meh\" festival, sometimes with plays. Gambang kromong used the Chinese scale instead of the local slendro typical in Javanese, Sundanese, or Balinese gamelan. The set appears in the xylophone-like instrument gambang, used in the orchestra. In addition to accompanying songs, Gambang Kromong usually accompanies social", "title": "Gambang kromong" }, { "docid": "7633762", "text": "Pathet Pathet (Javanese spelling; also patet) is an organizing concept in Central Javanese gamelan music. It is a system of tonal hierarchies in which some notes are emphasized more than others. The word means '\"to damp, or to restrain from\" in Javanese. \"Pathet\" is \"a limitation on the player's choice of variation, so that while in one \"pathet\" a certain note may be prominent, in another it must be avoided, or used only for special effect. Awareness of such limitations, and exploration of variation within them reflects a basic philosophical aim of gamelan music, and indeed all art in central", "title": "Pathet" }, { "docid": "2601529", "text": "is a fusion between gamelan and Western instruments, much like \"kroncong\". Usually the lyrics are in Javanese, but not always. One notable singer is Didi Kempot, born in Sragen, north of Surakarta. Didi Kempot mostly sings in Javanese. It can be argued that Javanese literature started in Central Java. The oldest known literary work in the Javanese language is the Inscription of Sivagrha from Kedu Plain. This inscription which is from 856 AD, is written as a \"kakawin\" or Javanese poetry with Indian metres. Then the oldest of narrative poems, \"Kakawin Ramayana\", which tells the well-known story of Ramayana is", "title": "Central Java" }, { "docid": "8871194", "text": "gave a new impetus to the performance of gamelan and Javanese dance in the Netherlands. Together with Mr and Mrs Ronosuripto, the Amsterdam Gamelan group played many concerts and performances with Javanese dance and shadow puppetry (wayang kulit). Rien Baartmans, who as a child had been taking lessons from Bernard IJzerdraat, studied wayang and kendhang with Pak Ripto, which very much stimulated his own group Ngesthi Raras in Haarlem. In 1978 the new gamelan society Naga, founded by Rob van Albada, acquired a gamelan from Solo. This gamelan was used by several groups, performing traditional and modern music for gamelan.", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "7480099", "text": "Kendang Kendhang (Javanese: \"Kendhang\", Malay: \"Gendang\", Tausug/Bajau Maranao: \"Gandang\") is a two-headed drum used by peoples from Maritime Southeast Asia. Kendang is one of the primary instruments used in the Gamelan ensembles of Java, Bali and Terengganu, the Malay Kendang ensemble as well as various Kulintang ensembles in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippines. It is constructed in a variety of ways by different ethnic groups. The typical double-sided membrane drums are known throughout Maritime Southeast Asia and India. One of the oldest image of kendang can be found in ancient temples in Indonesia, especially the ninth century Borobudur", "title": "Kendang" }, { "docid": "8871203", "text": "named Kyai Udan Mas, or Venerable Golden Rain. The Indonesian Embassy in Washington, DC hosts another Javanese gamelan, as well as offering classes in Balinese gamelan and various styles of Indonesian dance. Canada's oldest gamelan is the Toronto-based Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan (with Sundanese degung instruments), founded in 1983. Another early gamelan ensemble is Kyai Madu Sari (Venerable Essence of Honey), donated by the Indonesian Government after the 1986 Expo in Vancouver, which resides since then at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. A gamelan gadhon, Alligator Joy, was commissioned from Pak Tentrem of Solo, Central", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "979132", "text": "for \"gamelan\" is gangsa, formed either from the words \"tembaga\" and \"rejasa\" referring to the materials used in bronze gamelan construction (copper and tin), or \"tiga\" and \"sedasa\" referring to their proportions (three and ten). The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and thus represents an indigenous art form. In contrast to the heavy Indian influence in other art forms, the only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the Javanese style of singing, and in the themes of the Wayang kulit (shadow puppet plays). In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "11091425", "text": "traditional dances were influenced by silat, such as the \"inai\" from northern Malaysia. In the Minangkabau area silat is one of the main components in the men's folk dance called randai, besides \"bakaba\" (storytelling) and \"saluang jo dendang\" (song-and-flute). The music played during silat performances is known as \"gendang baku\" in the Malay Peninsula, and \"gendang pencha\" among the Sunda people of West Java. The traditional tunes are often influenced by Nepalese music. The instruments vary from one region to another but the gamelan (Javanese orchestra), kendang or gendang (drum), suling (flute) and gong are common throughout Southeast Asia. Drums", "title": "Silat" }, { "docid": "7520418", "text": "(Remember that the \"gatras\" of gamelan music have the strong beat (\"seleh\") at the end, not at the beginning as is often considered normal for Western music. Thus the more important structural instruments coincide with the stressed beats.) Colotomic structures occur on even larger scales in most gamelan pieces as well. For example, a typical \"lancaran\" has four gongs, at the end of which the larger \"gong ageng\" is played. Groupings of four are most common at all levels of structure, although there are numerous exceptions at larger levels. The colotomic structure of a piece is the length of the", "title": "Colotomy" }, { "docid": "16763846", "text": "based on the world’s Goddess traditions. Using the forms of musical instruments and music as a tool to unravel the language of the sacred feminine, the project transforms Modern Man’s perceptions, illustrating possibilities for a positive, compassionate, sustainable way of life. The project presents both traditional and new instruments based on Indian Vina based instruments, Sitar, Burmese Harp, Thai Xylophone, Korean Kayagum, and Javanese & Balinese Gamelan. New Instruments with embedded computation demonstrate tactile computing, i.e., interaction with computers through gesture and kinaesthetic action. In addition, through responsive computing, people by their position, gesture, and movements control musical events in", "title": "Ranjit Makkuni" }, { "docid": "3189840", "text": "American gamelan American gamelan could refer to both instruments and music; the term has been used to refer to gamelan-style instruments built by Americans, as well as to music written by American composers to be played on gamelan instruments. American gamelan music usually has some relationship to the gamelan traditions of Indonesia, as found primarily on the islands of Java and Bali in a variety of styles. Many American compositions can be played on Indonesian or American-made instruments. Indonesian gamelan can be made of a variety of materials, including bronze, iron, or bamboo. American gamelan builders used all sorts of", "title": "American gamelan" }, { "docid": "7520415", "text": "that that section will be repeated, or the piece will move on to a new section. The details of the rhythmic patterns depend on the colotomic structure (), also known as \"gendhing\" structure. There are a number of different structures, which differ greatly in length and complexity; however, all of them have some colotomic characteristics. In the gamelan, the instruments which articulate this structure are sometimes called the colotomic instruments (also interpunctuating instruments or structural instruments, while Lindsay refers to them as \"phrase-making instruments\"). The Javanese names for these instruments are onomatopoeic, with the relative resonance of the words \"gong\",", "title": "Colotomy" }, { "docid": "8871195", "text": "In the same year Elsje Plantema (a musician specializing in Javanese gamelan) and Rien Baartmans (dhalang) founded Raras Budaya, with the aim of performing wayang kulit in Dutch. Between 1980 and 1992, Raras Budaya performed numerous wayang plays. When Naga was dissolved in 1995, their gamelan was given to Raras Budaya, and is still used by gamelan groups conducted by Elsje Plantema. After Rien Baartmans died in 1993, Elsje Plantema changed focus. Without dhalang, her new ensemble Widosari concentrated on traditional and modern gamelan music, and projects with dancers, Javanese dhalangs (Sri Djoko Raharjo, Joko Susilo and others), composers like", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "3189925", "text": "same year. More instruments were made with occasional student help. Instruments were hammered out of steel, or made from found objects such as a car hubcap, soup cans, or an antique milk-strainer. For a couple of years there were nine people in the ensemble (three were named Dennis.) The Goddard Gamelan performed traditional Javanese gamelan pieces along with pieces composed by Murphy and students. By the mid seventies the ensemble had grown to full complement of instruments tuned in both pelog and slendro. Students designed and constructed a building to house the instruments for rehearsals and performances. In 1980, Goddard", "title": "Dennis Murphy (musician)" }, { "docid": "10029454", "text": "work small-scale rice field, with around 42% of farmers cultivate less than 0.5 hectare of rice field. In region where soil is less fertile of where rainy season is short, other staple crops is cultivated, such as cassava. For the Javanese, blacksmiths are traditionally valued. Some blacksmiths fast, and meditate to reach perfection. Javanese blacksmiths provide a range of tools such as farming equipment and to cultural items such as gamelan instruments and kris. Majapahit rigidly use fire-arms and cannonade as a feature of warfare. The Javanese bronze breech-loaded swivel-gun, more correctly known as a \"meriam\" was used ubiquitously by", "title": "Javanese culture" }, { "docid": "2248985", "text": "Metallophone A metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. Metallophones have been used in music in Asia for thousands of years. There are several different types used in Balinese and Javanese gamelan ensembles, including the gendér, gangsa and saron. These instruments have a single row of bars, tuned to the distinctive pelog or slendro scales, or a subset of them. The Western glockenspiel and vibraphone are also metallophones: they have two rows of bars, in an imitation of the piano keyboard, and are tuned to the chromatic", "title": "Metallophone" }, { "docid": "8871189", "text": "called \"Gamelan Penempaan Guntur\" (Gamelan Forge of Thunders). The group offers regular concerts at the museum and other venues, including international festivals. The first gamelan in Mexico is that owned by the Indonesian Embassy in Mexico City since the 1990s. It is a bronce Javanese slendro gamelan, but it started to be used and became active since young Mexican music students were convened by Fitra Ismu Kusumo, an Indonesian student in Mexico, and began using and playing this gamelan in 2002 and founded the group Indra Swara. Currently in Mexico there are at least four sets of gamelan: a Surakartan", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "7429986", "text": "seventies de Leeuw and André Jurres initiated the renowned Music-Cultural gatherings \"Musicultura\" at Queeckhoven House in Breukelen, the Netherlands. See: The World of Music Vol. 20, No. 2, \"Musicultura: Three Orient-Occident Encounters organized by the Eduard van Beinum Foundation\"—Final Report (1978), pp. 10–14. This manifested itself in his work for Western instruments by the occasional use of microtonality, as in his String Quartet No. 2 (1964), as well as in compositional plans; \"Gending\" (1975) for Javanese gamelan is a rare foray into writing for non-western instruments. In 1956 Ton de Leeuw was awarded the Prix Italia for his radiophonic oratorio", "title": "Ton de Leeuw" }, { "docid": "7571446", "text": "instruments, a kendang, and a sindhen. In the region of Cirebon on the Northwest Coast of Java, Kemanak are played in pairs by striking one against the other in a repetitive fashion. Unlike in Central Java, Kemanak in Cirebon are not reserved for specific performance idioms and are considered indispensable in the standard Gamelan repertoire. Kemanak Kemanak is a banana-shaped idiophone used in Javanese gamelan, made of bronze. They are actually metal slit drums. It is stuck with a padded stick and then allowed to resonate. It has a specific pitch, which can be varied by covering the slit, but", "title": "Kemanak" }, { "docid": "2010638", "text": "for the whole ensemble. Except in certain modern compositions, it is rarely absent. Gamelan degung Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale. The instruments are manufactured under local conditions in towns in West Java such as Bogor. Degung music is often played at public gatherings in West Java, such as at local elections, as well as many other events. There is international interest in degung as well amongst communities in other countries interested in Indonesia and gamelan music. The instrumentation of gamelan degung is quite", "title": "Gamelan degung" }, { "docid": "2010637", "text": "Gamelan degung Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale. The instruments are manufactured under local conditions in towns in West Java such as Bogor. Degung music is often played at public gatherings in West Java, such as at local elections, as well as many other events. There is international interest in degung as well amongst communities in other countries interested in Indonesia and gamelan music. The instrumentation of gamelan degung is quite flexible. It may include: In classical degung, the bonang serves as a conductor", "title": "Gamelan degung" }, { "docid": "8871206", "text": "courses in Scotland. The London Symphony Orchestra holds a Balinese gamelan at LSO St Luke's; this is used by schools, a community group, players of the orchestra and Balinese composers. There are several gamelan in the Republic of Ireland, both institutionally and privately owned. The best known gamelan is located in the music department of University College Cork, in the \"Seomra Gamelan.\" The gamelan was custom made for UCC by gong-smith Pak Tentrem Sarwanto in Java and arrived in Ireland in 1995. The UCC Javanese gamelan was given the name Nyai Sekar Madu Sari (Venerable Flower of Honey Essence) in", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "9498152", "text": "play so hard that he broke one of the bronze keys, he would get a reward from the sultan. The \"gamelan sekaten\" includes neither singers nor the soft instruments, unlike most Javanese ensembles. The ensembles are kept in the royal palaces. Two sets dating to the 16th century are found in each of the \"kraton\" in Surakarta and Yogyakarta, and two in Cirebon, one at Keraton Kasepuhan and one at Keraton Kanoman. Previously they were found in Madura and Banten as well. The names of the sets at Yogyakarta are \"Kyai Guntur Madu\" and \"Kyai Naga Wilaga\"; those at Surakarta", "title": "Gamelan Sekaten" }, { "docid": "7571445", "text": "Kemanak Kemanak is a banana-shaped idiophone used in Javanese gamelan, made of bronze. They are actually metal slit drums. It is stuck with a padded stick and then allowed to resonate. It has a specific pitch, which can be varied by covering the slit, but it is not matched to the other instruments of the gamelan. They are usually played in pairs, although they can be played in sets of four as well. They are used to accompany the bedhaya and serimpi, female court dances. Kemanak is also a style of gendhing which includes, in addition to kemanak, only colotomic", "title": "Kemanak" }, { "docid": "1946572", "text": "descent). She was the granddaughter of a cantor from Kiev. The first of her teachers to recognize her special gifts for playing the music of Bach was the Javanese-born Dutch pianist Jan Chiapusso, who gave her twice-weekly lessons in Chicago from 1929-31 and also introduced her to the sounds of exotic instruments and ensembles such as the Javanese gamelan. At Tuley High School (closed 1974), Tureck was friend and classmate of future Nobel Prize–winning novelist Saul Bellow, who graduated in January 1932. The two remained in contact for decades. She continued her musical studies in Chicago with pianist and harpsichordist", "title": "Rosalyn Tureck" }, { "docid": "979157", "text": "premiere only in 1889. The gamelan Debussy heard in it was in the \"slendro\" scale and was played by Central Javanese musicians. Despite his enthusiasm, direct citations of gamelan scales, melodies, rhythms, or ensemble textures have not been located in any of Debussy's own compositions. However, the equal-tempered whole tone scale appears in his music of this time and afterward, and a Javanese gamelan-like heterophonic texture is emulated on occasion, particularly in \"Pagodes\", from \"Estampes\" (solo piano, 1903), in which the great gong's cyclic punctuation is symbolized by a prominent perfect fifth. The composer Erik Satie, an influential contemporary of", "title": "Gamelan" }, { "docid": "3189922", "text": "Dennis Murphy (musician) Dennis Murphy (January 19, 1934 – November 29, 2010) was a composer, musician, instrument maker, artist, and playwright. Dennis Murphy was one of the fathers of American gamelan (along with William Colvig). Lou Harrison credits Murphy as being the first North American to build gamelan instruments. He composed numerous works and shadow plays for gamelan. Starting around 1959 or 1960, while earning a master's degree in theory and composition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Murphy got interested in gamelan during a survey course which included a section on ethnomusicology. He heard a recording of Javanese", "title": "Dennis Murphy (musician)" }, { "docid": "7633155", "text": "Siter The siter and celempung are plucked string instruments used in Javanese gamelan. They are related to the \"kacapi\" used in Sundanese gamelan. The siter and celempung each have between 11 and 13 pairs of strings, strung on each side, between a box resonator. Typically the strings on one side tuned to pélog and the other to slendro. The siter is generally about a foot long and fits in a box (which it is set upon while played), while the celempung is about three feet long and sits on four legs, and is tuned one octave below the siter. They", "title": "Siter" }, { "docid": "4030676", "text": "(end-blown bamboo flute), and siter (plucked stringed instrument). Vocal parts called gerong (for male singers) or sindhen (for female singers) can be added in certain sections of pieces, as can alok, vocal cries that accent certain parts of the form or melody. Gamelan Gadhon A Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the \"soft\" instruments of the Javanese gamelan. This can include rebab, gendér, gendér panerus, voice, slenthem, suling, siter, gong, kempul, kenong and kendhang. The rebab, a two-stringed fiddle, is the melodic leader of the ensemble. The rebab player signals changes between sections of a piece, and to a", "title": "Gamelan Gadhon" }, { "docid": "4030673", "text": "Gamelan Gadhon A Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the \"soft\" instruments of the Javanese gamelan. This can include rebab, gendér, gendér panerus, voice, slenthem, suling, siter, gong, kempul, kenong and kendhang. The rebab, a two-stringed fiddle, is the melodic leader of the ensemble. The rebab player signals changes between sections of a piece, and to a new piece. The gendér is a tube-resonated metallophone with fourteen keys suspended by string above metal tubes. The gender plays improvisatory patterns called cengkok which link one seleh note to the next. Each pattern can be played in many ways and the", "title": "Gamelan Gadhon" }, { "docid": "8871188", "text": "are two gamelan sets in Wellington, one Javanese and the other Balinese. Interest in gamelan music in New Zealand was reflected in the selection by the Indonesian Embassy in New Zealand of a young New Zealand student, Rupert Snook, as a recipient of the 2012 Darmasiswa Scholarship. The scholarship will allow Snook to study gamelan at the \"Institut Seni Indonesia\" (Indonesian Arts Institute) in Bali. Since July 2013 there is a complete gamelan gong kebyar set in the Museu de la Música de Barcelona. From an opening workshop given by professor Andrew Channing, the ensemble has had a stable formation", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "16448315", "text": "particular, those sonorous stones suppress the barrier which might for instance deter anyone not used to playing music from playing them, and so the public is invited to play of it. It was in 1995, during the elaboration of \"Bamboo\", that Pierre Estève started to put together a collection of world musical instruments. His workshop boasts in particular a Javanese historical gamelan which once belonged to the royal family of Yogyakarta, Raden Mas Jodjana, and also Celtic, Armenian and African instruments, ranging from the most elaborate pieces to the most primitive. Pierre Estève Pierre Estève (born February 11, 1961 in", "title": "Pierre Estève" }, { "docid": "8871190", "text": "style steel slendro pelog gamelan, and a Javanese slendro bronce gamelan, both owned by the Embassy of Indonesia in Mexico City; and gamelan Asep Mangsa, a Javanese pelog gamelan, and gamelan Barudak, a Sundanese degung gamelan, both owned by Indra Swara. The first gamelans outside of Indonesia were in the Netherlands, the country which had colonized the islands. Before World War II, the Javanese dancer Jodjana had a small gamelan group in the Netherlands, which accompanied his performances. He had to train Dutch musicians. Early during the war, the resistance fighter Bernardus IJzerdraat was killed by the Germans. His son", "title": "Gamelan outside Indonesia" }, { "docid": "8730760", "text": "anniversary of the Anglo Boer War (see Second Boer War) and was a collaboration with the artist James de Villiers. His \"63 Moons\" (2003) composition was heavily influenced by Javanese gamelan music, Shona mbira music (see Shona music) and contemporary minimalist (see minimalist music) composers. \"Click Language\" (2004) continued Spicer's African themes and uses sampled words from southern African click languages such as Xhosa (see Xhosa language), Zulu (see Zulu language) and Khoisan languages as a sound patina for four percussionists, comprising vibraphone, marimba, waterphone and other hand-held instruments. \"Baobab\" (2003) employs polyrhythms inspired by southern African drumming and features", "title": "Andi Spicer" }, { "docid": "1526604", "text": "Lou Harrison Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo. Harrison is particularly noted for incorporating elements of the music of non-Western cultures into his work, with a number of pieces written for Javanese style gamelan instruments, including ensembles constructed and tuned by Harrison and his partner William Colvig. The majority of his works are written in just intonation rather than the more widespread equal temperament. Harrison is one of the most prominent composers to have worked with microtones. Harrison", "title": "Lou Harrison" }, { "docid": "2713503", "text": "such as Gamelan music, traditional dances and the art of Wayang kulit shadow play. The migration of Javanese people westward has created a coastal Javanese culture in West Java distinct from the inland Sundanese culture. Javanese is a member of the Austronesian family of languages and is closely related to, but distinct from, other languages of Indonesia. It is notable for its great number of nearly ubiquitous Sanskrit loans, found especially in literary Javanese. This is due to the long history of Hindu and Buddhist influences in Java. Most Javanese in Indonesia are bilingual, being fluent in Indonesian and Javanese.", "title": "Javanese people" }, { "docid": "10029433", "text": "Javanese culture Javanese culture is the culture of the Javanese ethnic group in Indonesia, part of the Indonesian culture. Javanese culture is centered in the Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java provinces of Indonesia. Due to various migrations, it can also be found in other parts of the world, such as Suriname (where 15% of the population are of Javanese descent), the broader Indonesian archipelago region, Cape Malay, Malaysia, Singapore, Netherlands and other countries. The migrants bring with them various aspects of Javanese cultures such as Gamelan music, traditional dances and art of Wayang kulit shadow play. The migration of", "title": "Javanese culture" }, { "docid": "7776128", "text": "Javanese Court Gamelan Note: the first cover is of the first CD issue of the album, released during the 1990s. Javanese Court Gamelan is a recording of the gamelan of the Paku Alaman court in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. It was recorded by ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown. It was issued on compact disc on April 17, 1991 with the original contents. It was remastered and reissued under the name Java: Court Gamelan on January 28, 2003 with a cover of a photograph of Borobudur. The gamelan in the recording is an heirloom gamelan, made in 1755 for Paku Alam I. The", "title": "Javanese Court Gamelan" } ]

[ "Chiyo Sakamoto", "`` Sayuri ''" ]

[ { "docid": "8028133", "text": "locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine. The film tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house called an okiya. Chiyo is eventually transformed into a geisha and renamed \"Sayuri\", and becomes one of the most celebrated geisha of her time. But with this success, Sayuri also learns the secrets and sacrifices of the geisha lifestyle. The film was released to mixed reviews from western critics, but was a box office hit and was nominated for and won numerous awards, including nominations", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3593050", "text": "Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of a fictional geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. In 2005, a film version was released. At the age of nine, Chiyo Sakamoto (坂本千代) is taken from her poverty-stricken fishing village of Yoroido (鎧戸) on the coast of the Sea of Japan with her older sister Satsu (坂本薩) and sold to an okiya (geisha boarding house) in Gion, the most prominent geisha district in", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "3593075", "text": "enigmatic\". In the special features of the DVD, it is noted that few Japanese actresses showed interest in being a part of the production. Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of a fictional geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. In 2005, a film version was released. At the age of nine, Chiyo Sakamoto (坂本千代) is taken from her poverty-stricken fishing village of Yoroido (鎧戸) on the coast of the Sea", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "8028133", "text": "locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine. The film tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house called an okiya. Chiyo is eventually transformed into a geisha and renamed \"Sayuri\", and becomes one of the most celebrated geisha of her time. But with this success, Sayuri also learns the secrets and sacrifices of the geisha lifestyle. The film was released to mixed reviews from western critics, but was a box office hit and was nominated for and won numerous awards, including nominations", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028134", "text": "for six Academy Awards, and eventually won three: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. The acting, visuals, sets, costumes, and John Williams' musical score were praised, but the film was criticized for casting Chinese actresses as Japanese women and for its style over substance approach. The Japanese release of the film was titled \"Sayuri\", the titular character's geisha name. Chiyo Sakamoto (Suzuka Ohgo), a young girl from a poverty stricken fishing village, is sold along with her older sister Satsu (Samantha Futerman) into a life of servitude by her aging father. Chiyo is taken in by Mrs.", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "5124700", "text": "\"Memoirs\" was published, Iwasaki received criticism and even death threats for violating the traditional geisha code of silence. Iwasaki felt betrayed by Golden's use of information she considered confidential, as well as the way he twisted reality. She denounced \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" as being an inaccurate depiction of the life of a geisha. Iwasaki was particularly offended by the novel's portrayal of geiko engaging in ritualized prostitution. For example, in the novel the main character Sayuri's virginity (called \"mizuage\" in the novel) is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Iwasaki stated that, not only did this never happen to", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "4452600", "text": "geisha. After the Japanese edition of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" was published, Golden was sued for breach of contract and defamation of character by Iwasaki. The plaintiff claimed that Golden had agreed to protect her anonymity, if she told him about her life as a geisha due to the traditional code of silence about their clients. The lawsuit was settled out of court in February 2003. In 2005, \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" was made into a feature film starring Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, and Ken Watanabe, and directed by Rob Marshall, garnering three Academy Awards. Golden is married", "title": "Arthur Golden" }, { "docid": "5124702", "text": "and relationships due to the scandal of her being known due to the book, along with certain inconsistencies and fallacies about Gion which were mentioned in \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Iwasaki sued Golden for breach of contract and defamation of character in 2001, which was settled out of court in 2003. After the publication of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", Iwasaki decided to write an autobiography, contrasting with the fiction of Golden's book. Her book, co-authored by Rande Gail Brown and published as \"Geisha: A Life\" in the US and \"Geisha of Gion\" in the UK, detailed her experiences before, during", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "8028159", "text": "because of such connections, and a website denounced star Ziyi Zhang as an \"embarrassment to China.\" This was exacerbated by the word , a Japanese name for geisha used in the Kantō region, which includes Tokyo. The second character () could sometimes mean \"prostitute\" in Japanese language, though it actually had a variety of meanings, and there was a clear distinction between geisha and prostitutes which were called . The character 妓 only means \"prostitute\" in Chinese, and the correct translation into Chinese of the word \"geisha\" is 艺伎 (traditional Chinese: 藝伎), which does not use it. In Japan, the", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028160", "text": "reception was mixed. Some Japanese have expressed offense that the three main characters, Japanese geisha, were all played by Chinese actors. Others in Japan were unhappy with how the traditional role of the geisha portrayed, saying it was innaccurate and westernised. The expert who advised on Japanese geisha on the film, said that it wasn't made specifically for a Japanese audience, and that anyone who knew about Japanese culture and saw it would be \"appalled\". The film had only average box office success in Japan, despite being a high budget film about Japanese culture. Other Asians defended the casting, including", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "4560808", "text": "Worley's father, Clifford, smokes a Chesterfield before his execution at the hands of Blue Lou Boyle's \"consigliere,\" Vincenzo Coccotti. In the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, Red (Morgan Freeman) is seen giving a pack of Chesterfield cigarettes to Heywood (William Sadler) after losing the \"\"Fresh Fish\"\" bet. Heywood sniffs the cigarettes and says \"Yes, Richmond, Virginia\". In the Coen brothers' 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There, a black and white neo-noir film set in 1949, the main character is an unfiltered Chesterfield chain smoker. In the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha, after Pumpkin has immersed herself in World War", "title": "Chesterfield (cigarette)" }, { "docid": "3593071", "text": "frequented by geisha and their patrons, such as the Ichiriki Ochaya. Part of the story is also set in the Amami Islands, and Sayuri narrates the story from her suite in the Waldorf towers in New York City. After the Japanese edition of the novel was published, Arthur Golden was sued for breach of contract and defamation of character by Mineko Iwasaki, a retired geisha he had interviewed for background information while writing the novel. The plaintiff asserted that Golden had agreed to protect her anonymity if she told him about her life as a geisha, due to the traditional", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "8028165", "text": "music was composed and conducted by John Williams, who won his fourth Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Memoirs of a Geisha (film) Memoirs of a Geisha is an 2005 American epic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. Directed by Rob Marshall, the film was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures; the latter was given studio credit only. It stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "5124701", "text": "her, but that no such custom ever existed in Gion. Part of Iwasaki's displeasure with \"Memoirs\" may have been because the character Sayuri seems obviously modeled on Iwasaki, with many of the book's main characters and events having parallels in Iwasaki's life. These people and experiences are often portrayed negatively in \"Memoirs\", even when their real-life counterparts were positive for Iwasaki. Iwasaki later gave public interviews citing that many established geiko criticized her interview with Arthur Golden, causing a rupture with the geisha tradition of secrecy to the outside world. Furthermore, Iwasaki has mentioned that she had lost some friends", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "3593074", "text": "Costume Design—were won. Kimiko Akita, in \"Orientalism and the Binary of Fact and Fiction in Memoirs of a Geisha\", argues that \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" contains orientalist tropes and deep \"cultural misrepresentations\". She states that \"Golden treated geisha as an object to be sexualized, exoticized, and romanticized by the West\". For the film, Marshall was criticized in Japan and the West for casting Chinese actors to play Japanese characters in roles firmly entwined with Japanese culture. Additionally, Kimiko argues that the movie instead helped perpetuate views of \"Japanese culture and geisha as exotic, backward, irrational, dirty, profane, promiscuous, bizarre, and", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "12616476", "text": "Togo Igawa , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years, he has had roles in major motion pictures such as \"Revolver\", \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" and \"The Last Samurai\". He has also appeared in the Israeli movie \"A Matter of Size\" and the \"Thomas & Friends\" movies \"Hero of the Rails\" and \"Misty Island Rescue\" in 2010. Additionally, Igawa provides the voice for the character Professor Moshimo on the cartoon series \"Robotboy\" and the voice for the character Hiro, who first appeared in \"Hero of the Rails\", in", "title": "Togo Igawa" }, { "docid": "8028154", "text": "and evocative adaption\" while adding that \"[c]ontrasting dialects may remain a minor nuisance for some spectators, but the movie can presumably count on the pictorial curiosity of readers who enjoyed Mr. Golden's sense of immersion, both harrowing and [a]esthetic, in the culture of a geisha upbringing in the years that culminated in World War II\". The film scored a 35% \"Rotten\" rating on Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus stated \"Less nuanced than its source material, \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" may be a lavish production, but it still carries the simplistic air of a soap opera.\" On Metacritic, the film was given", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028153", "text": "of the sound editors earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Editing. In the Western hemisphere, the film received mixed reviews. In China and Japan, responses were sometimes very negative due to various controversies that arose from the film's casting and its relationship to history. \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" received mixed reviews from western critics. Illinois' \"Daily Herald\" said that the \"[s]trong acting, meticulously created sets, beautiful visuals, and a compelling story of a celebrity who can't have the one thing she really wants make \"Geisha\" memorable\". \"The Washington Times\" called the film \"a sumptuously faithful", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028132", "text": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film) Memoirs of a Geisha is an 2005 American epic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. Directed by Rob Marshall, the film was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures; the latter was given studio credit only. It stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo and Samantha Futerman. Production took place in southern and northern California and in several", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028157", "text": "Eighteen days later, \"The Evening Standard\" put \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" on its Top Ten Films list. Glasgow's \"Daily Record\" praised the film, saying the \"geisha world is drawn with such intimate detail that it seems timeless until the war, and with it the modern world comes crashing in\". Controversy arose during casting of the film when some of the most prominent roles, including those of the geisha Sayuri, Hatsumomo and Mameha, did not go to Japanese actresses. Ziyi Zhang (Sayuri) and Gong Li (Hatsumomo) are both Chinese at that time (Gong Li is a naturalised Singaporean from 2008 onwards),", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3593057", "text": "Chiyo comes from fear of Chiyo's beauty and cleverness, which contrasts with the simple-minded Pumpkin, who can be used by Hatsumomo to secure her position at the okiya. Because she cannot stand to have rivals, Hatsumomo has successfully ruined other geisha, including Hatsuoki (初沖) (an old friend of Mameha's), a geisha who shared the same older sister as Hatsumomo and was driven out of Gion. However, despite her popularity, Hatsumomo is regarded as a failed geisha because she cannot obtain a \"danna\" (旦那) to sponsor her independence after she angered the mistress of her principal teahouse, and has stayed in", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "9958942", "text": "the Academy Award for Best Original Score but lost to the original score of the film \"Brokeback Mountain\". Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) \"Memoirs of a Geisha: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\" is the film score to the 2005 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by Williams and features Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman as cellist and violinist, respectively. The soundtrack album was released by Sony Classical Records on November 22, 2005. The score won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "9958941", "text": "Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) \"Memoirs of a Geisha: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\" is the film score to the 2005 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by Williams and features Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman as cellist and violinist, respectively. The soundtrack album was released by Sony Classical Records on November 22, 2005. The score won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. It was also nominated for", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "8028135", "text": "Kayoko Nitta (Kaori Momoi), the Mother (proprietress) of a geisha house in Gion, one of the most prominent geisha districts in Kyoto, whereas Satsu is sold to a prostitution brothel. At the okiya, Chiyo meets another young girl named Pumpkin (Youki Kudoh), the cranky Granny (Kotoko Kawamura), and the okiya's only working geisha, Hatsumomo (Gong Li) who is famous for her breathtaking beauty. Chiyo soon discovers Hatsumomo is secretly a cruel and jealous woman that views Chiyo as a potential rival due to her striking bluish-gray eyes, along with being a change in Mother's future financial dependence. Hatsumomo then goes", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "7355742", "text": "for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. 1998: Nominated for \"Elizabeth\" 2002: Won for \"Chicago\" 2005: Won for \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" 2006: Nominated for \"Dreamgirls\" 2009: Nominated for \"Nine\" John Myhre John Myhre (born 1959) is an American production designer who has been working in Hollywood since the late 1980s. He received his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Art Direction, in 1998, for Shekhar Kapur's \"Elizabeth\", bringing him to the forefront of Hollywood production designers. Recent credits have included \"X-Men\", \"Ali\" and \"The Haunted Mansion\", as well as \"Chicago\" and \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", both for director", "title": "John Myhre" }, { "docid": "4894536", "text": "Louis Malle. Books which have both boy and girl protagonists have tended to focus more on the boys, but important girl characters appear in \"Knight's Castle\", \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\", \"The Book of Three\" and the Harry Potter series. Recent novels with an adult audience have included reflections on girlhood experiences. \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" by Arthur Golden begins as the female main character and her sister are dropped off in the pleasure district after being separated from their family in 19th-century Japan. \"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\" by Lisa See traces the laotong (old sames)", "title": "Girl" }, { "docid": "8028150", "text": "third company into \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", as Marshall was still signed to release his next film through \"Chicago\" distributors Miramax. The three leading non-Japanese actresses, including Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh, were put through \"geisha boot camp\" before production commenced, during which they were trained in traditional geisha practices of musicianship, dance, and tea ceremony. Production of the film took place from September 29, 2004 to January 31, 2005. It was decided by the producers that contemporary Japan looked much too modern to film a story which took place between the 1920s and 1940s and it would", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3475168", "text": "a \"maiko\" to a \"geisha\" is no longer associated with de-flowering. Arthur Golden's novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" portrays the \"mizuage\" as a financial arrangement in which a girl's virginity is sold to a \"\"mizuage\" patron\", generally someone who particularly enjoys sex with virgin girls, or merely enjoys the charms of some individual maiko. Mizuage According to anthropologist Liza Dalby, \"mizuage\" was an important initiation to womanhood and the \"geisha\" world. \"Mizuage\" gave way to the next stage of training, the senior \"maiko\". Once the \"mizuage\" patron's function (of deflowering the young maiko) was served, he was to have no", "title": "Mizuage" }, { "docid": "3593056", "text": "keeping the handkerchief as a memento. As they age, Chiyo becomes envious of Pumpkin, who is on her way to becoming a geisha under Hatsumomo's tutelage, while Chiyo still remains a maid under Mother. Pumpkin advances and is given her geisha name as Hatsumiyo (初美代), though Hatsumomo is dismayed that everyone still refers to her as Pumpkin. Soon afterward, at Granny's funeral, Chiyo is startled when Mameha takes an interest in her. Mameha persuades a reluctant Mother to reinvest in Chiyo's training, with Mameha acting as Chiyo's mentor and \"older sister\". Mameha reveals that the source of Hatsumomo's hatred towards", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "3593051", "text": "Kyoto. Perceived as less attractive in looks and demeanor, Satsu is not sold into the okiya and is instead traded into the Tatsuyo House and is forced into becoming a prostitute in Kyoto's pleasure district. Chiyo lives in the Nitta Okiya (新田置屋) alongside another young girl named Pumpkin, the elderly and grumbling Granny, money-obsessed Mother, and Auntie, a failed geisha with a walking disability. Also living in the okiya is the famous and ill-mannered geisha, Hatsumomo (初桃), renowned for her wickedness and dazzling beauty. She promptly takes to disliking Chiyo, whom she sees as a potential future rival who may", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "2557345", "text": "and skilled with the shamisen. She performed at \"ozashiki\" without charging money, and, from the experience, formed friendships and relationships with geisha in the district. Her first non-fiction book, \"Geisha\" (filmed as \"American Geisha\"), is based on her experiences with the geisha community in Kyoto's Pontochō district. Because of her expertise in the subject, Arthur Golden asked for her to act as a consultant when he wrote \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", and later Rob Marshall, director of the 2005 film adaptation starring Zhang Ziyi, consulted with her. In the book she writes about the life of geisha and how the", "title": "Liza Dalby" }, { "docid": "8028158", "text": "whereas Michelle Yeoh (Mameha) is an ethnic Chinese from Malaysia. All three were already prominent actors in Chinese cinema. The film-makers defended the decision, however, and attributed \"acting ability and star power\" as their main priorities in casting the roles, and director Rob Marshall noted examples such as the Mexican actor Anthony Quinn being cast as a Greek man in \"Zorba the Greek\". Opinion in the Asian community was mixed. To some Chinese, the casting was offensive because they mistook geisha for prostitutes, and because it revived memories of wartime Japanese atrocities. The Chinese government canceled the film's release there", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028162", "text": "which honors all Japan's war dead, including some who were convicted war criminals, which was denounced by China's foreign ministry as honoring them; and China helped to ensure Japan did not receive a seat on the UN Security Council. Writer Hong Ying argued that \"Art should be above national politics\". Nevertheless, the release of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" into this politically charged situation added to cultural conflict within and between China and Japan. The film was originally scheduled to be shown in cinemas in the People's Republic of China on February 9, 2006. The Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film,", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3593069", "text": "his best friend who had also saved his company, the chance to be with the woman that he had expressed a sincere interest in. He admitted that he asked Mameha to train her in order to help her live her dreams as a geisha. The Chairman found out the truth after confronting an angry Pumpkin for Sayuri's humiliation and told Nobu afterwards, Nobu refused to continue his pursuit of becoming her \"danna\". Sayuri and the Chairman kiss, which she feels is her first kiss expressing true love. Sayuri peacefully retires from being a geisha when the Chairman becomes her \"danna\".", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "8028161", "text": "the film's main Japanese star Ken Watanabe, who said that \"talent is more important than nationality.\" In defense of the film, Zhang spoke: Film critic Roger Ebert pointed out that the film was made by a Japanese-owned company, and that Gong Li and Ziyi Zhang outgross any Japanese actress even in the Japanese box office. The film received some hostile responses in Mainland China, including its banning by the People's Republic of China. Relations between Japan and Mainland China were particularly tense due to two main factors: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a number of visits to Yasukuni Shrine,", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "12258178", "text": "tugged on the sleeves of their kimonos by groups of tourists keen to take their photograph. As a result, residents and local businesses have joined forces to protect the geisha by launching patrols of the streets of Kyoto's Gion entertainment district in order to prevent tourists from pestering them. Many stories are told about geisha. This includes Arthur Golden's popular English-language novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" which was adapted into a film in 2005. Video Games About Geisha Geisha Contrary to popular belief, Geisha are not the Eastern equivalent of a prostitute; a misconception originating in the West due to", "title": "Geisha" }, { "docid": "4452599", "text": "Boston University. He currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. After its release in 1997, \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" spent two years on the \"New York Times\" bestseller list. It has sold more than four million copies in English and has been translated into thirty-two languages around the world. The novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" was written over a 6-year period during which Golden rewrote the entire novel three times, changing the point of view before finally settling on the first person viewpoint of Sayuri. Interviews with a number of geisha, including Mineko Iwasaki, provided background information about the world of the", "title": "Arthur Golden" }, { "docid": "8028148", "text": "for Sayuri and his desire to be her danna. He also reveals that he was responsible for sending Mameha to her so that she could fulfill her dreams of becoming a geisha. Sayuri finally reveals her love to the Chairman, and the film ends with their loving embrace and kiss, and a stroll through the garden. Shortly after the book's release in 1997, the filming rights were purchased for $1 million by Red Wagon’s Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, backed by Columbia Pictures. The following year, Steven Spielberg planned to make \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" as the follow-up to \"Saving", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028138", "text": "chance to flee and never sees Satsu again. She is also demoted from geisha training to working as a slave to pay off her increasing debts to Mother. One day, while crying on a riverbank, Chiyo is noticed by the Chairman (Ken Watanabe) and his geisha companions. He buys her a shaved ice dessert and gives her his handkerchief with some money in it. Inspired by his act of kindness, Chiyo resolves to become a geisha so that she may one day become a part of the Chairman's life. Several years later, Pumpkin (Youki Kudoh) has begun her training as", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028140", "text": "is reintroduced to the Chairman, who seems unaware of her previous identity as Chiyo, as well as his business associate Nobu Toshikazu (Kōji Yakusho) (whom Hatsumomo finds repulsive), who takes a liking to her. Meanwhile, Mameha orchestrates a bidding war for Sayuri's mizuage between two men: Nobu and Dr. Crab (Randall Duk Kim), which will make her a full geisha. Upon learning what Mameha has planned, Hatsumomo spreads cruel rumors that Sayuri has already lost her virginity. However, Sayuri is named the lead dancer for a popular performance, which angers Hatsumomo as she was hoping for Pumpkin to be named", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "9679397", "text": "and Red Wagon Productions. In 2000, he expanded the company to bring in Lucy Fisher, his partner and wife. Red Wagon Productions has been the production company on fifteen of the films Wick has produced, including: \"Girl, Interrupted\"; \"Spy Game\"; and \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Academy Awards Golden Globes BAFTA Awards PGA Golden Laurel Awards NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year Douglas Wick Douglas Wick is an American film producer whose work includes producing the Academy Award-winning 2000 film \"Gladiator\", \"Stuart Little\", and the Academy Award-winning \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Wick is the son of actress Mary Jane (Woods) and", "title": "Douglas Wick" }, { "docid": "8028145", "text": "she is reluctant to return to the geisha lifestyle after what she's been through, she agrees to help impress Derricks. Sayuri is reacquainted with Pumpkin, who is now a flirty escort. Sayuri goes on a trip with Nobu, the Chairman, Mameha, Pumpkin, and the Americans to the Amami Islands. At Amami, the Colonel propositions Sayuri, but is rejected. Nobu witnesses the incident and confronts Sayuri. He finally confesses his feelings, telling her that he wants to become her danna. Knowing that entering into a relationship with Nobu will destroy any chance of her being with the Chairman, Sayuri is distraught", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8028156", "text": "had and breaks down into one pretty visual after another\" and says that the film version \"abandons the original's scholarly mien to reveal the soap opera bubbling below\". \"The Journal\" praised Ziyi Zhang, saying that she \"exudes a heartbreaking innocence and vulnerablity\" but said \"too much of the character's yearning and despair is concealed behind the mask of white powder and rouge\". London's \"The Evening Standard\" compared \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" to \"Cinderella\" and praised Gong Li, saying that \"Li may be playing the loser of the piece but she saves this film\" and Gong \"endows Hatsumomo with genuine mystery\".", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "13754679", "text": "audience while also, in \"The World of Geisha\", providing historical context. Historical events used as inserts in \"The World of Geisha\" include the Korean uprisings, Russia's October Revolution, the Japanese Rice Riots of 1918, and a police order censoring the news of these riots. Tadao Sato notes that the lead male character in the film, who has been raised in a brothel and is accustomed to the company of prostitutes, is a variation on the traditional \"nanpa\" character: an irresponsible type dedicated to sensual pleasures rather than hard work. Kumashiro, according to Satō, makes his characters sympathetic through their devotion", "title": "The World of Geisha" }, { "docid": "3593059", "text": "Sayuri to devise a plan to push Hatsumomo out of the Nitta okiya lest Sayuri's career ultimately die. They arrange for Sayuri's \"mizuage\" (水揚げ) (portrayed as a deflowering \"ceremony\" for maiko as a step to becoming full-fledged geisha) to be bidden upon by several influential men, namely Nobu Toshikazu (敏和信), the president of Iwamura Electric as well as a close friend Ken Iwamura (岩村健), who is revealed to be the Chairman; and reputed \"mizuage\" specialist \"Dr. Crab\", dubbed so by Sayuri due to his appearance. The plan is nearly ruined when Hatsumomo catches on to the plan and tells Dr.", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "5124696", "text": "Mineko Iwasaki American author Arthur Golden interviewed her for background information when writing his 1997 book, \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Iwasaki later regretted interviewing for Golden, having cited a breach of confidentiality and later sued and settled out of court with Golden for the parallelism between his book and her life. She later released her own autobiography titled \"Geisha of Gion\" (UK) or \"Geisha: A Life\" (USA) in 2002. Born as Masako Tanaka, she left home at the age of five to begin studying traditional Japanese dance at the Iwasaki \"okiya\" (geisha house) in the Gion district of Kyoto. She", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "3475165", "text": "Mizuage According to anthropologist Liza Dalby, \"mizuage\" was an important initiation to womanhood and the \"geisha\" world. \"Mizuage\" gave way to the next stage of training, the senior \"maiko\". Once the \"mizuage\" patron's function (of deflowering the young maiko) was served, he was to have no further relations with the girl. The money acquired for a \"maiko’s\" \"mizuage\" was a great sum and it was used to promote her debut as a \"geisha\". Mineko Iwasaki, a \"geisha\" that Arthur Golden met while writing \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" described her experience of \"mizuage\" in her autobiography as being an initiation party,", "title": "Mizuage" }, { "docid": "13476112", "text": "with the 1983 line-up: Chris and Donoghue Doheny, Nyman, Robertson and Sheppard; for a live performance and EMI Records released a compilation album, \"The Very Best of Geisha\", in August. In 2005 Chris Doheny performed acoustic versions of Geisha material on \"Chart Busting 80s\" on Melbourne TV station, Channel 31. From February in the following year he began work on an album, \"Acoustic Memoirs of Geisha\", at his own Dragon Lair Studio. It was produced and mixed at Lincoln Road Studios by Bill Kio. The album appeared in September on Doheny's independent label, Diamond Dog Records, and in the US", "title": "Geisha (band)" }, { "docid": "8028139", "text": "a maiko under Hatsumomo's tutelage and Chiyo (Ziyi Zhang) is envious of it as she remains a maid under Mother. She is unexpectedly taken under the wing of Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), one of Gion's most successful geisha and long time rival of Hatsumomo's. Although initially reluctant, Mother is persuaded by Mameha to allow Chiyo to train as a geisha. Under Mameha's tutelage, Chiyo becomes a maiko and takes the name of Sayuri. She grows in popularity, and Hatsumomo grows so desperate that she tries to ruin Sayuri's reputation. Predicting this, Mameha takes her to a sumo wrestling match where Sayuri", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3593053", "text": "in the pleasure district, she conspires with her to escape from their new lives. Returning to the okiya, she happens upon Hatsumomo engaged in intimate relations with her plebeian boyfriend, Koichi (幸一). This proves to be against the rules of the geisha lifestyle as it's a livelihood-threatening situation for a geisha whose air of unattainability is crucial to their allure. A furious Hatsumomo attempts to twist the situation and falsely blames Chiyo for stealing. Although Chiyo is punished, Hatsumomo is also banned from seeing Koichi again, and that increases her hatred for Chiyo. Mother then orders the gates to be", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "3593061", "text": "to the adoption so that she could have some form of security in her old age, while Hatsumomo was eagerly anticipating Pumpkin's adoption so she could secure her own position as head geisha and drive the up-and-coming Sayuri out of Gion. Hatsumomo begins a downward spiral fueled by alcoholism and her behavior worsens past all excuse. After starting a brutal fight at a teahouse with a prominent Kabuki actor in a drunken rage, Hatsumomo's future as a geisha and reputation in Gion is tarnished for good. She is immediately thrown out of the okiya permanently, never to be seen nor", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "2557343", "text": "Melts the Ice\", which was followed two years later by a second work of fiction, \"Hidden Buddhas\". Dalby is considered an expert in the study of the Japanese geisha community and has acted as consultant to novelist Arthur Golden and filmmaker Rob Marshall for the novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" and the film of the same name. As a high school student, Dalby visited Japan in a student exchange program; there she learned to play the shamisen. In 1975, she returned to Japan for a year to research the geisha community, as part of her anthropology fieldwork. Dalby's research, done", "title": "Liza Dalby" }, { "docid": "11193162", "text": "John Williams, on Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster, \"Jurassic Park\". He once told the Cultural News web site that Williams asked him to play the shakuhachi for \"Jurassic Park\" because the instrument \"sounds like a dinosaur's cry.\" Masakazu Yoshizawa would next work with John Williams again in the film version of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", which was released in 2005. Yoshizawa was initially hired for the movie as a drummer for the \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" soundtrack, but was soon asked to play the shakuhachi and other traditional instruments for the film instead. The soundtrack for the movie was expanded by", "title": "Masakazu Yoshizawa" }, { "docid": "8028136", "text": "out of her way to deliberately make Chiyo's new life miserable by having her take the blame for everything and intentionally withholding information of her sister's whereabouts in the pleasure district. However, Auntie (Tsai Chin) is aware of this and warns Chiyo against trusting and angering Hatsumomo, given her history with the ill-mannered geisha. Chiyo tracks down Satsu and makes plans to run away together. However, upon returning to the okiya she discovers Hatsumomo with her boyfriend, Koichi (Karl Yune), which is against the rules of the Geisha lifestyle. When they are caught, Hatsumomo attempts to twist the situation by", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "18536390", "text": "East West Players, where he currently teaches an \"On-Camera Commercial and Audition Class.\" He has also been a writer and performing member of the ACME Comedy Theater, and is also currently a workshop instructor and core performing member of the improv group Cold Tofu. Takahashi has appeared as the character \"Takashi\" in Justin Lin's directorial debut, \"Better Luck Tomorrow\" (2002). He also appeared in the film \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" (2005) as a Rickshaw Runner, and in Lane Nishikawa's film \"Only the Brave\" (2006) as one of the 442 2nd Squad soldiers. Takahashi has additionally appeared as the male nurse", "title": "Aaron Takahashi" }, { "docid": "8028155", "text": "a 54/100 meaning \"mixed or average review.\" In the United States, the film managed $57 million during its box office run. The film peaked at 1,654 screens, facing off against \"King Kong\", \"\", and \"Fun with Dick and Jane\". During its first week in limited release, the film screening in only eight theaters tallied up an $85,313 per theater average which made it second in highest per theater averages behind \"Brokeback Mountain\" for 2005. International gross reached $158 million. The \"New Statesman\" criticized \"Memoirs of a Geisha\"s plot, saying that after Hatsumomo leaves, \"the plot loses what little momentum it", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "516099", "text": "House of the August Moon\" (1956), as argued by Pedro Iacobelli, there are tropes of orientalism. He notes, that the film \"tells us more about the Americans and the American's image of Okinawa rather than about the Okinawan people\".The film characterizes the Okinawans as \"merry but backward\" and \"de-politicized\", which ignored the real-life Okinawan political protests over forceful land acquisition by the American military at the time. Kimiko Akita, in \"Orientalism and the Binary of Fact and Fiction in Memoirs of a Geisha\", argues that \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" (2005) contains orientalist tropes and deep \"cultural misrepresentations\". She states that", "title": "Orientalism" }, { "docid": "8028164", "text": "as the Shanghai-based \"Oriental Morning Post\" and the \"Shanghai Youth Daily\", quoted the fears that the film might be banned by censors; there were concerns that the casting of Chinese actresses as geishas could rouse anti-Japan sentiment and stir up feelings over Japanese wartime actions in China, especially the use of Chinese women as forced sex workers. Academy Awards Golden Globe National Board of Review Satellite Awards BAFTA Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards NAACP Image Awards The \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" official soundtrack featured Yo-Yo Ma performing the cello solos, as well as Itzhak Perlman performing the violin solos. The", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "17744679", "text": "Shura (film) The film is a portrait of feudal Japan's society and culture. Related to older samurai genre films and the classic tale of the forty-seven ronin, it begins with a colorful setting sun, but the rest of the film is shot in black and white. The main character Gengobe (Katsuo Nakamura), an exiled masterless samurai (ronin), is facing a moral dilemma: use the money raised by his friends to either help a geisha he loves repay her supposed debts or, as intended, to fund his joining with his clan colleagues in a campaign of honor. When the geisha and", "title": "Shura (film)" }, { "docid": "5124703", "text": "and after her time as a geiko to the outside world. It became a worldwide bestseller. Mineko Iwasaki American author Arthur Golden interviewed her for background information when writing his 1997 book, \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Iwasaki later regretted interviewing for Golden, having cited a breach of confidentiality and later sued and settled out of court with Golden for the parallelism between his book and her life. She later released her own autobiography titled \"Geisha of Gion\" (UK) or \"Geisha: A Life\" (USA) in 2002. Born as Masako Tanaka, she left home at the age of five to begin studying", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "13433566", "text": "a geisha house distinguishes her from American scholar Liza Dalby, who researched geisha and attended banquets as a geisha in the 1970s, but did not formally debut. Sayuki did a short apprenticeship of 11 months. She had taken lessons in tea ceremony, and as of 1 August 2011, was taking lessons in shamisen, singing, and her main art of \"yokobue\", which she chose after playing the flute for many years. After being in an Asakusa geisha house for four years, Sayuki applied for permission to have her own geisha house as her geisha mother was retiring due to illness but", "title": "Fiona Graham" }, { "docid": "3593072", "text": "code of silence about their clients. However, Golden listed Iwasaki as a source in his acknowledgments for the novel, causing her to face a serious backlash, to the point of death threats. In his defense, Arthur Golden countered that he had tapes of his conversations with Iwasaki. Eventually, in 2003, Golden's publisher settled with Iwasaki out of court for an undisclosed sum of money. Iwasaki later went on to write an autobiography, which shows a very different picture of twentieth-century geisha life than the one shown in Golden's novel. The book was published as \"Geisha, a Life\" in the U.S.", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "6829869", "text": "Suzuka Ohgo Ohgo began acting in 2000 age of seven, when she joined Sunflower (Himawari), a theatrical company. She debuted with the company at the Meiji-za in \"Story of a National Thief\". In early 2005, Ohgo debuted in her first major film, , directed by Isao Yukisada, with the well-known actor Ken Watanabe, where she played the role of Tae Komatsubara. In December 2005, she debuted in Hollywood with \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", directed by Rob Marshall, where she played Sakamoto Chiyo, the child version of the main protagonist Nitta Sayuri (the adult version is played by Chinese actress Zhang", "title": "Suzuka Ohgo" }, { "docid": "20629125", "text": "depending on the situation, it’s one of the best new main themes of the year. Think of all the great Chinese-style themes played by a western orchestra: John Williams’s Memoirs of a Geisha, Rachel Portman’s Joy Luck Club, Conrad Pope’s Pavilion of Women, Klaus Badelt’s The Promise [...]. This is up there with them.\" About Lilly's Bewitched Christmas he says \"...it shows her to have a fluid orchestral style filled with easy thematic ideas, lovely harmonies, and – on this score, specifically, a wonderful whimsical way of conveying the magic of Christmas. [...] The score has quite a bit in", "title": "Anne-Kathrin Dern" }, { "docid": "10773479", "text": "provide entertainment, consisting of conversation, flirtation, pouring drinks, traditional games, singing, musical instruments, and dancing. Ochaya typically do not prepare food, but customers can order catering a la carte, which is delivered to the house; geisha districts typically have a variety of restaurants serving this trade. The most notable and famous \"ochaya\" is Ichiriki Chaya, in the Gion district of Kyoto, which is considered the height of exclusivity, and features as a major setting in Arthur Golden’s fictional portrayal of a Gion Geisha's life, \"Memoirs of a Geisha.\" Ochaya In Japan, an is an establishment where patrons are entertained by", "title": "Ochaya" }, { "docid": "8778602", "text": "1047 Geisha 1047 Geisha, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 November 1924, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after the British musical \"The Geisha\". \"Geisha\" is a member of the Flora family (), a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,225", "title": "1047 Geisha" }, { "docid": "9351427", "text": "to national attention when she was named as a \"Rising Star/Screen Acting Discovery\" at the premiere of the film in the Hamptons International Film Festival. She was later nominated at Hong Kong's Golden Horse Awards for her starring role in \"The Eye 2\" and had roles in the John Dahl film \"The Great Raid\" and the Oscar-winning \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". The jewelry retailer Me & Ro created a special edition hair ornament inspired by Yuan's character in the movie. Yuan continues to travel back and forth between Los Angeles, New York City and Hong Kong to take studio, Chinese-language", "title": "Eugenia Yuan" }, { "docid": "9595938", "text": "championships above are historically conferred. For more information, see yūshō.\" Miyagiyama is briefly mentioned in Chapter 17 of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", when many of the novel's main characters attend a sumo exhibition in Kyoto. He competes in his role as yokozuna, winning his bout by \"hataki komi\" (slap down). Miyagiyama Fukumatsu Miyagiyama Fukumatsu (宮城山 福松, February 27, 1895 – November 19, 1943) was a sumo wrestler from Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 29th \"yokozuna\". He was the last \"yokozuna\" in Osaka sumo. In the fall of 1909, he joined Dewanoumi stable. He made his professional debut", "title": "Miyagiyama Fukumatsu" }, { "docid": "3593070", "text": "It is heavily implied that they have an illegitimate son together. Foreseeing the consequences this could have regarding the inheritance of Iwamura Electric, she relocates to New York City and opens her own small tea house for entertaining Japanese men on business in the United States. Sayuri severs her links to the Nitta okiya and in effect, Japan. The Chairman remains her danna until his death and the story concludes with a reflection on Sayuri and her life. Much of the novel is set in the popular Hanamachi geisha district of Gion in Kyoto and contains references to actual places", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "8028137", "text": "accusing Chiyo of stealing. Chiyo denies this and informs Mother of what she saw in the shed. As a result, everyone is barred from leaving the okiya at night except to attend work engagements, and this further increases Hatsumomo's anger towards Chiyo. On the night of their planned escape, Chiyo attempts to sneak out but falls off the rooftop and is seriously injured. As punishment for dishonoring the okiya, Mother tells Chiyo that she won't invest any more money in her geisha training. She also informs Chiyo that both her parents (Mako and Elizabeth Sung) are dead. Chiyo misses her", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "4816011", "text": "Minae Noji Minae Cattleya Noji (born September 30, 1973) is an American actress who has been in a variety of starring and guest starring roles on various TV shows, movies, and video games. She is best known for the role of Karai in the 2014 \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\" film, Dr. Kelly Lee on \"General Hospital\", and \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Noji was born in Los Angeles, California and is an only child. Her father is an engineer and her mother is an accountant; her grandfather was a painter and she has various aunts who paint and sculpt. Minae attended", "title": "Minae Noji" }, { "docid": "3593055", "text": "away with the son of a fisherman. Overjoyed by Chiyo's demotion to being a slave under Mother and wanting revenge for being banned from Koichi, Hatsumomo takes advantage of the situation by continuing to be cruel to her. A few years later, a downtrodden Chiyo is given money and a handkerchief in the street by a strange but kind man known to Chiyo as the Chairman. She donates the money to the Yasaka Shrine in Gion, praying to become a geisha in the hopes of entering an exclusive social sphere where she may have a chance of seeing him again,", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "5562090", "text": "to number 45. It rose to number 26 on its final peaking week, and was present for a total of nine weeks on the chart. An accompanying music video for \"Nothing Really Matters\" was directed by Johan Renck and filmed in January 1999 at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, New York. According to a behind-the-scenes interview with \"Entertainment Tonight\", Madonna stated that the inspiration behind the video was from the 1997 Arthur Golden novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". She later stated, \"The whole idea of a geisha is a straight metaphor for being an entertainer because, on one hand", "title": "Nothing Really Matters" }, { "docid": "14743466", "text": "well. In the novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", Chiyo repays Hatsumomo’s cruelty by mixing pigeon droppings with her face cream that contained unguent of nightingale droppings. In the 2012 movie Mirror Mirror, which is based on the fairytale Snow White, the evil queen, played by Julia Roberts, undergoes extreme beauty treatments in order to woo a prince. The treatment begins with an application of bird droppings to her face. Uguisu no fun Uguisu no fun (Japanese: 鶯の糞, also called the \"Geisha Facial\"), which literally means \"nightingale feces\" in Japanese, refers to the excrement (\"fun\") produced by a particular nightingale called", "title": "Uguisu no fun" }, { "docid": "8028163", "text": "and Television decided to ban the film on February 1, 2006, considering the film as \"too sensitive\". In doing so, it overturned a November decision to approve the film for screening. The film is set in Japan during World War II, when the Second Sino-Japanese War was taking place. During this time, Japan captured and forced Chinese women to serve as \"comfort women\" for their military personnel. Controversy arose in China from an apparent confusion of equating geisha with prostitution, and thus the connection with, and reminder of, comfort women being used in Japan at that time. Newspaper sources, such", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "3593054", "text": "locked and bans everyone from leaving, except for nightly attendance with clients. Despite Pumpkin and Auntie's warning not to run away, Chiyo plans to leave the okiya and escape the city with Satsu. She is caught when she falls off the roof and breaks her arm. Enraged at her for dishonoring the okiya and incurring further medical costs, Mother stops investing in Chiyo and forces her pay off her increasing debts as a personal maid for Mother, rather than a geisha in training. Chiyo learns of her parents' death and also that Satsu had returned to Yoroido, only to run", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "3593062", "text": "heard from again. However, Sayuri does hear rumors that Hatsumomo became a prostitute and eventually drank herself to death. Soon after, Mother decides to throw Pumpkin out for unknown reasons. Shortly after Hatsumomo's demise it is revealed Dr. Crab was actually bidding against the Baron, Mameha's danna, for Sayuri's mizuage. The Baron had previously tried to sexually assault Sayuri, undressing her against consent at a blossom viewing party, which Mameha had warned her against attending. Nobu instead bids to become Sayuri's \"danna\", but loses out to General Tottori. With Japan on the brink of entering World War II, many geisha", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "16383459", "text": "indoors, with the two sylphs who are grooming her. A new scene cuts featuring Kerli as a character which she named \"the Sky Princess\" performing in front of another character portrayed by herself, \"Cosmic Geisha.\" After the performance, Kerli walks off the stage to meet with her. They each hold out their arms before the glowing sphere in between them explodes. Many creative elements of the music video came from an early treatment written by transmedia artist Jan Lucanus and filmmaker Aurore Barry and developed with Kerli herself. Original designs of the Cosmic Geisha were created by comic book artist", "title": "Zero Gravity (song)" }, { "docid": "8028144", "text": "banished from Gion with her fate left unknown. Sayuri's successful career is cut short by the outbreak of World War II. Sayuri and Mameha are separated, with Sayuri going to the hills to work for a kimono maker, an old friend of Nobu's, and Mameha going to a physician, the Chairman's old friend. After the war, Sayuri is reunited with Nobu, who needs her help with impressing an American Colonel named Derricks (Ted Levine) who has the power to approve funding for the Chairman's firm. Sayuri reunites with Mameha, who now makes a living renting rooms for the poor. Although", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "8778605", "text": "citation was mentioned in \"The Names of the Minor Planets\" by Paul Herget in 1955 (). 1047 Geisha 1047 Geisha, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 November 1924, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after the British musical \"The Geisha\". \"Geisha\" is a member of the Flora family (), a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the", "title": "1047 Geisha" }, { "docid": "801937", "text": "For her role, Zhang took two weeks of singing and dancing lessons in Japan. Showing her whimsical musical tap-dancing side, Zhang played the lead role of Sayuri in the American film adaptation based on the international bestseller \" Memoirs of a Geisha\". Controversy arose in China about having a Chinese woman portray a prominent Japanese geisha. Nonetheless, the film was a box office hit in the West. For the role, Zhang was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild", "title": "Zhang Ziyi" }, { "docid": "8028142", "text": "Sayuri's mizuage is won with a record-breaking bid of fifteen thousand yen. Mother, seeing Sayuri as a financial asset, names her as her adopted daughter and heiress to the okiya. This crushes Pumpkin, who was hoping that she would get adopted so she could have security in her old age, and enrages Hatsumomo. She is then told by Mother that she must give up her spacious room to Sayuri, which further outrages Hatsumomo, who tries to remind her of her previous financial contribution. Mameha later tells Sayuri that the bid had ended up a contest between Dr. Crab and the", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "5562067", "text": "Warner Bros. The song became her 23rd number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart, reaching the top spot in Hungary and Spain, and entering the top ten in countries including Canada, Finland, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland and the United Kingdom. An accompanying music video was directed by Swedish director Johan Renck, and was released on February 13, 1999. Inspired by the Arthur Golden 1997 novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", the video portrays Madonna as a geisha, dancing in a small room. The red kimono worn by her in the video was designed by French fashion designer Jean", "title": "Nothing Really Matters" }, { "docid": "5124699", "text": "autobiography, Iwasaki speculates that the profession may be doomed if the industry fails to adapt to changing economic and social circumstance. She transitioned to a career in art after she married artist Jin'ichirō Satō in 1982. Their child, Kosuke, was born in 1983. Iwasaki was one of several geisha author Arthur Golden interviewed while researching his novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". According to Iwasaki, she agreed to speak with Golden on the condition that her involvement would be kept confidential, but Golden revealed her identity by mentioning her name in the book's acknowledgments as well as several national interviews. After", "title": "Mineko Iwasaki" }, { "docid": "8365152", "text": "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (soundtrack) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on 15 November 2005. The film's score was not composed by John Williams as were the previous three films, but by Patrick Doyle. This was done because Williams reported having certain schedule problems, as he scored music for 2005's \"\", \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", \"Munich\", and Steven Spielberg's remake of \"War of the Worlds\". The music was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Shearman, and included three main new themes: one to represent the Triwizard Tournament,", "title": "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "11180609", "text": "Ben Dolnick Ben Dolnick (born 1982) is an American fiction writer and author of the novels \"Zoology\" (2007), \"You Know Who You Are\" (2011), and \"At the Bottom of Everything: A Novel\" (2013). Ben Dolnick was born and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He is the son of Lynn Iphigene (née Golden) and Edward Dolnick; and a nephew of Arthur Golden, author of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Through his mother's side he is a member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family, publishers of \"The New York Times\". He attended Georgetown Day School and went on to receive his undergraduate degree from Columbia", "title": "Ben Dolnick" }, { "docid": "6994408", "text": "Onsen geisha Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is are Japanese geisha, or entertainers, who work in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns. The term onsen geisha has a negative connotation in that the term has come to be synonymous with prostitute. This is due to several reasons. In pre–World War II history, the term \"onsen geisha\" had a negative connotation, as geisha who lived and worked at hot spring resorts or towns were often regarded as the lowest of geisha, they were unbound by contracts and could move to any other onsen town, and thus had no \"history\" or professional genealogy. During", "title": "Onsen geisha" }, { "docid": "8028151", "text": "be more cost-effective to create sets for the film on soundstages and locations in the United States, primarily in California. The majority of the film was shot on a large set built on a ranch in Thousand Oaks, California which was a detailed recreation of an early twentieth-century geisha district in Kyoto, Japan. Most interior scenes were filmed in Culver City, California at the Sony Pictures Studios lot. Other locations in California included San Francisco, Moss Beach, Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, Sacramento, Yamashiro's Restaurant in Hollywood, the Japanese Gardens at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino,", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "12046134", "text": "of Music's \"Pericles\". Soelistyo has appeared in the films \"Earthly Possessions\" and Martin Scorsese's \"Bringing Out The Dead\". Steven Spielberg offered her the role of Pumpkin in \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", and Soelistyo was cast, but the part ultimately went to Youki Kudoh. She is married to Tim Barrett, a former Oregon State pre-med student whom she met when he worked on stage lighting for the university's theatre program. Julyana Soelistyo Julyana Soelistyo is an American stage and film actress who, in 1998, was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in", "title": "Julyana Soelistyo" }, { "docid": "3593073", "text": "and \"Geisha of Gion\" in the U.K. In 2005, film director Rob Marshall made a film version of the novel. It stars the Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi as Sayuri, Gong Li as Hatsumomo, and Michelle Yeoh as Mameha; and Japanese actors Ken Watanabe as the Chairman, Suzuka Ohgo as Sayuri's childhood incarnation Chiyo, and Youki Kudoh as the adult Pumpkin. Filming was primarily done in California, and in some locations in Kyoto, including Kiyomizu-dera and Fushimi Inari-taisha. It was nominated for and won numerous awards, including nominations for six Academy Awards, three of which—Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "4070362", "text": "at number 93, but was a number-one hit on its dance chart. Its music video, directed by Johan Renck, was inspired by Arthur Golden's book \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", and featured Madonna dressed as a geisha. \"Ray of Light\" received widespread acclaim from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called \"Ray of Light\" Madonna's \"most adventurous record\" and her \"most mature and restrained album.\" In his review he gave the album four and a half out of five stars. Paul Verna from \"Billboard\" commented: \"Easily her most mature and personal work to date, \"Ray of Light\" finds Madonna weaving", "title": "Ray of Light" }, { "docid": "3593058", "text": "the okiya under Mother. Mameha also reveals that despite her financial contributions, Mother had refused to name Hatsumomo as the heiress of the okiya because she was afraid of the trouble the latter would bring if named. Everyone believes she would likely throw Mother out, sell off the okiya's kimono collection, retire and live on the money. Through Mameha's tutelage, Chiyo becomes an apprentice geisha with a new name: Sayuri (小百合). As Sayuri gains popularity, a desperate Hatsumomo goes out of her way to ruin Sayuri by tarnishing her reputation in Gion to increase Pumpkin's popularity. This forces Mameha and", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha" }, { "docid": "10074147", "text": "to ban the film \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" on February 1, 2006. The fact that Chinese actresses played Japanese geisha, often wrongly perceived as prostitutes in China, had caused considerable controversy among some elements of the Chinese population. There have been several reports that stores, restaurants, public institutions and hospitals in China refuse to serve Japanese customers because Japan has not apologized for the invasion of China. During the Asian Cup 2004, an association football championship held in China, Chinese fans booed the Japanese team during the playing of the Japanese national anthem at matches against several countries, including China.", "title": "Anti-Japanese sentiment in China" }, { "docid": "5562102", "text": "on his Top 20 Most Stylist Madonna music videos list. Idolator's Nicole Sta called the clip as one of Madonna's best music videos. Nikki Ogunnaike from \"Glamour\" magazine listed the video as one of Madonna's Top 5 Most Fashionable music videos. The geisha look was further reproduced for Madonna's appearance on the May–June 1999 issue of \"Harper's Bazaar\" magazine. The singer took partial creative control of the issue, and requested photographer of the shoot Patrick Demarchelier to incorporate elements of the novel \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" into it, both visually and typographically. Three covers were selected for different regions around", "title": "Nothing Really Matters" }, { "docid": "6994412", "text": "usually entertain tourists in the banquet halls of large hotels, often with 60 or 70 geisha in attendance. The modern surge of tourism, expendable income, and capitalization has caused onsen geisha, who historically entertained groups similar in size to those in Kyoto and Tokyo, to increase to these large affairs. Onsen geisha Onsen geisha (温泉芸者) is are Japanese geisha, or entertainers, who work in onsen (hot spring) resorts or towns. The term onsen geisha has a negative connotation in that the term has come to be synonymous with prostitute. This is due to several reasons. In pre–World War II history,", "title": "Onsen geisha" }, { "docid": "7355741", "text": "John Myhre John Myhre (born 1959) is an American production designer who has been working in Hollywood since the late 1980s. He received his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Art Direction, in 1998, for Shekhar Kapur's \"Elizabeth\", bringing him to the forefront of Hollywood production designers. Recent credits have included \"X-Men\", \"Ali\" and \"The Haunted Mansion\", as well as \"Chicago\" and \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", both for director Rob Marshall and both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Myhre's production design was also seen in 2006 on Bill Condon's \"Dreamgirls\", which was also nominated", "title": "John Myhre" }, { "docid": "1078183", "text": "newspapers nationwide to cease the unjustified caricaturing and lampooning of Jews in the American press. Ochs died on April 8, 1935, during a visit to Chattanooga. He is buried at the Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. His only daughter, Iphigene Bertha Ochs, married Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who became publisher of the \"Times\" after Adolph died. Her son-in-law Orvil Dryfoos was publisher from 1961–63, followed by her son Arthur Ochs \"Punch\" Sulzberger. Her daughter, Ruth Holmberg, became publisher of \"The Chattanooga Times\". Ruth Holmberg's son is Arthur Golden, author of \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Ochs' great-grandson Arthur", "title": "Adolph Ochs" }, { "docid": "8028141", "text": "the lead. At the performance, she attracts the attention of many men, including the Baron (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) (Mameha's danna), with her performance. When Dr. Crab congratulates Sayuri, she secretly convinces him to listen to a different opinion before taking the word of someone who lies. The Baron invites Sayuri to his estate for a sakura-viewing party, which Mameha is reluctant to let Sayuri attend but lets her go anyway. When the Baron presents a kimono to Sayuri in private at the party, he undresses her against her will in order to \"take a look\", but does not go any further.", "title": "Memoirs of a Geisha (film)" }, { "docid": "12258148", "text": "a limited role in geisha society. The majority of women were wives who did not work outside of their familial duties. Becoming a geisha was a way for women to support themselves without becoming a wife. Thus, some argue that geisha women live in a women-centered society. Women run the geisha houses, they are teachers, they run the tea houses, they recruit aspiring geisha, and they keep track of a geisha's finances. The only major role men play in geisha society is that of guest, though women sometimes take that role as well. Historically, Japanese feminists have seen geisha as", "title": "Geisha" }, { "docid": "17476423", "text": "the families of the 9/11 victims, which seemed to evoke the same message as the musical's most important song, \"No One Is Alone\". Marshall firmly believed that \"Into the Woods\" was “a fairy tale for the post-9/11 generation\". In January 2012, Marshall approached Walt Disney Pictures—for whom he had just directed \"\"—and pitched the idea to the studio, with Lapine writing the script and Sondheim \"expected\" to write new songs. Academy Award-winner Dion Beebe, who previously collaborated with Marshall on \"Chicago\", \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", and \"Nine\", served as cinematographer. Sondheim confirmed that a new song had been written for", "title": "Into the Woods (film)" }, { "docid": "16959484", "text": "Thai, Chinese, Japanese like Edogawa Ranpo and Seichō Matsumoto, Indians, Koreans, Indonesians reflecting the Asian cultural diversity that the house tries to make known. Among the famous works which contributed to make known the Editions Philippe Picquier, we find “Memoirs of a Geisha” of Inoue Yuki, “Memoirs of an eunuch in Forbidden City” of Dan Shi, and \"The Babies of the left-luggage lockers \" of Ryu Murakami. Each of these titles were run off more than 40 000 copies. Philippe Picquier Publishing The Éditions Philippe Picquier are a publishing house created in 1986 and specialized in the publication of books", "title": "Philippe Picquier Publishing" } ]

[ "Tommy Doyle" ]

[ { "docid": "5267383", "text": "fuck that you were in two other \"Halloween\" movies, who cares?\"... I was in shock.\" Actress J. C. Brandy was cast as Harris's replacement. The producers initially wanted Brian Andrews to reprise his role as Tommy Doyle. However, with Andrews not having an agent, they were unable to contact him. Paul Rudd was cast in the part of Tommy, which marked his first starring role before he appeared in \"Clueless\" (1995). The leading female role, Kara, was given to Marianne Hagan; however, Hagan has since stated that Miramax executives Bob and Harvey Weinstein did not favor her for the part,", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267362", "text": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (also known as Halloween 6 or Halloween 666) is a 1995 American slasher film directed by Joe Chappelle and written by Daniel Farrands. The film stars Donald Pleasence in one of his final film appearances. The film also features the first starring role by Paul Rudd and Marianne Hagan. The sixth installment in the \"Halloween\" film series, it follows Dr. Sam Loomis coming out of retirement to face Michael Myers once more again. At his aid is Tommy Doyle, a returning character from the original \"Halloween\" film. The", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267383", "text": "fuck that you were in two other \"Halloween\" movies, who cares?\"... I was in shock.\" Actress J. C. Brandy was cast as Harris's replacement. The producers initially wanted Brian Andrews to reprise his role as Tommy Doyle. However, with Andrews not having an agent, they were unable to contact him. Paul Rudd was cast in the part of Tommy, which marked his first starring role before he appeared in \"Clueless\" (1995). The leading female role, Kara, was given to Marianne Hagan; however, Hagan has since stated that Miramax executives Bob and Harvey Weinstein did not favor her for the part,", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811839", "text": "Loomis' friend and colleague from Smith's Grove. Wynn is revealed to have been manipulating Michael Myers all along, and was his mysterious savior in \"Halloween 5\". Michael kills Jamie, but not before she hides her infant, who is discovered and taken in by Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd). While trying to protect the baby from Michael and Wynn, Tommy learns that the cult may be the cause of Michael's obsession with killing his entire family, in addition to his seemingly supernatural abilities. Michael ultimately turns against the cult, and is finally subdued by Tommy, who injects him with large quantities of", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6879286", "text": "into police custody, only to be broken out of jail by a mysterious stranger, all dressed in black. \"\" (1995) picks up the story approximately six years after the events of \"The Revenge of Michael Myers\". The mysterious stranger who broke Michael out of jail kidnaps Jamie Lloyd (J. C. Brandy) in an effort to obtain her child. Jamie escapes with her newborn son, with Michael (George P. Wilbur) in pursuit. Michael kills Jamie and continues searching for her baby; the infant is found by Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd)—the young boy who was babysat by Laurie Strode in the first", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6879317", "text": "who joins a documentary film crew that travels to haunted locations; they are headed to Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where they are confronted by Michael. The first \"Halloween\" comic was published by Brian Pulido's Chaos! Comics. Simply titled \"Halloween\", it was intended to be a one-issue special, but eventually two sequels spawned: \"Halloween II: The Blackest Eyes\" and \"Halloween III: The Devil's Eyes\". All of the stories were written by Phil Nutman, with Daniel Farrands—writer for \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\"—assisting on the first issue; David Brewer and Justiniano worked on the illustrations. Tommy Doyle is the main protagonist in", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5267378", "text": "of Dimension Films. Farrands, a long-time fan of the series, sought to incorporate various references and allusions to the previous \"Halloween\" films, particularly the original, to play with the \"\"Halloween\" mythology.\" These range from situational allusions, such as Tommy Doyle living across the street from the Strode house (a play on the events in the original \"Halloween\", which take place between the Wallace and Doyle residences, which are across the street from one another) to minor references, such as the naming of an address from \"Halloween II\" (1981), and the character of Mrs. Blankenship, a name referred to in passing", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267367", "text": "catches up with Jamie, and she crashes the truck into an old barn. He kills Jamie by impaling her on a corn thresher and turning it on, disemboweling her, but finds that her baby is not in the truck. Back in Haddonfield, Tommy Doyle, whom Laurie Strode babysat in 1978, now lives in a boarding house run by Mrs. Blankenship. The family living in the Myers house across the street are relatives of the dysfunctional Strode family: Kara Strode, her six-year-old son Danny, her teenage brother Tim, caring mother Debra, and abusive father John. Ever since seeing Michael as a", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811851", "text": "on the illustrations. Tommy Doyle is the main protagonist in each of the issues, focusing on his attempts to kill Michael Myers. The first issue includes backstory on Michael's childhood, while the third picks up after the events of the film \"Halloween H20\". In 2003, Michael appeared in the self-published comic \"One Good Scare\", written by Stefan Hutchinson and illustrated by Peter Fielding. The main character in the comic is Lindsey Wallace, the young girl who first saw Michael Myers alongside Tommy Doyle in the original 1978 film. Hutchinson wanted to bring the character back to his roots, and away", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6879318", "text": "each of the issues, focusing on his attempts to kill Michael Myers. The first issue includes back story on Michael's childhood, while the third picks up after the events of the film \"Halloween H20\". These comics were based on Daniel Farrand's concept for \"Halloween: Resurrection\"; he had been approached by the producers to pitch a follow-up to \"Halloween H20\". His idea was to have Tommy Doyle incarcerated at Smith's Grove for Michael Myers' crimes, only to escape and reunite with Lindsay Wallace. Together, they study the journals of Dr. Loomis and find out more about Michael's childhood. The movie would", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" } ]

[ { "docid": "5267408", "text": "the right direction. Anchor Bay Media and Scream Factory gave the producers cut an official release on Blu-ray in September 2014. A few select scenes from the Producer's Cut can be seen in the television version of the film. The scenes were re-inserted to increase the running time of the film. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (also known as Halloween 6 or Halloween 666) is a 1995 American slasher film directed by Joe Chappelle and written by Daniel Farrands. The film stars Donald Pleasence in one of his final film appearances. The film", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267396", "text": "used \"Return\", \"Revenge\", and \"Curse\" subtitles as \"Halloween\"s fourth, fifth and sixth films, respectively. \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" was released on September 29, 1995 in the United States, and brought in a $7,308,529 opening weekend gross, coming in second to serial killer thriller \"Seven\", being the first film in the series to be on par with \"Halloween II\"s opening weekend gross (both \"Halloween 4\" and \"5\" had earned under $7 million). The film went on to gross a total of $15,116,634 at the U.S. box office, from an estimated $5 million budget. The film has a 6% approval", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267363", "text": "plot of the film formally introduced the \"Curse of Thorn\", a mystical symbol that first appeared in \"\" (1989) and revealed in the film to be the source of Michael Myers's immortality and drive to kill. \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" was released almost six years after the previous \"Halloween\" film, making it one of the longest gaps in the series. Shot in Salt Lake City in the winter of 1994–95, the film underwent a series of reshoots after it performed poorly with test audiences, resulting in a final product that was significantly different—both tonally and narratively—from the original", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "6879333", "text": "been given to Cinema Secrets, the company commissioned with the creation of the Michael Myers mask for \"Halloween: Resurrection\". , Universal Pictures has granted license to Trick or Treat Studios to produce two versions of the Michael Myers mask from \"Halloween II\", one \"clean\" version and one with the famous \"blood tears\". Many versions of the original \"Halloween\" as well as several of its sequels have been released on DVD and Blu-ray by Anchor Bay Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Dimension Films. In December 2007, there were reports that the Producer's Cut of \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" might get", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "3811850", "text": "a documentary film crew that travels to haunted locations; they are currently headed to Smith Grove Mental Hospital. The crew is quickly confronted by Michael Myers. The character's first break into comics came with a series of comics published by Brian Pulido's Chaos! Comics. The first, simply titled \"Halloween\", was intended to be a one-issue special, but eventually two sequels spawned: \"Halloween II: The Blackest Eyes\" and \"Halloween III: The Devil's Eyes\". All of the stories were written by Phil Nutman, with Daniel Farrands—writer for \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\"—assisting on the first issue; David Brewer and Justiniano worked", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267395", "text": "which according to Daniel Farrands, came before an official title had been decided, and that the trailer title was a combination of an earlier script titled \"The Origin of Michael Myers\" by another writer, and Farrands' original script titled \"Halloween 666\". At one point, executive producer Moustapha Akkad asked Farrands for a title, who suggested \"The Curse of Michael Myers\" due to the troubled production. Although Farrands's comment was in jest, Akkad took the name to heart and decided upon it. Farrands also added that this coincidentally made the subtitles similar to those in \"The Pink Panther\" films, which also", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267375", "text": "the script, Farrands contacted the writers of \"Halloween 4\" and \"5\" for additional information, but they were unable to provide clear answers, leaving him to \"pick up the pieces.\" Farrands expanded the \"Curse of Thorn\" plot line, in which Jamie Lloyd is kidnapped by a covert cult who has cursed Michael Myers via the Runic symbol of Thorn, which compels him to kill and also affords him immortality. Farrands had in part based the idea on dialogue present in \"Halloween II\" (1981) about the night of Samhain, during which the \"veil between the living and the dead is thinnest,\" the", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267391", "text": "\"flashier\" cinematic style that favored \"blood and guts,\" but, according to Farrands, ultimately resulted in a \"more confusing\" movie. According to writer Farrands, the stylized flash cuts prominent in the final theatrical cut of \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" were not originally intended, and he likened the style of the final product to an \"MTV video rather than a \"Halloween\" film.\" Composer Alan Howarth similarly called the final product a \"fix job,\" with numerous elements of the production being in flux both during and after principal photography. In addition to Howarth's score being redone, the film's sound design was", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267401", "text": "addition to deleted scenes and archival behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, and a tribute to Donald Pleasence. Lionsgate released yet another standalone Blu-ray on September 15, 2015 containing \"The Producer's Cut\", but without any of the bonus features featured on the 15-disc release. While the film was initially released on VHS in Australia with a rating of MA15+, the DVD was not released until October 8, 2014, with no extras. \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" is notorious among \"Halloween\" fans for having multiple versions. The \"Producer's Cut\" is the best known; however, a Director's Cut also exists with footage cut", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267376", "text": "one time of the year during which Myers became \"active, and seeks out his bloodline.\" References to Druidism as well as Myers's grandfather \"hearing voices\" had also appeared in the 1978 novelization of \"Halloween\" by Curtis Richards. While the character of Jamie Lloyd dies early in the film, the initial versions of Farrands' script had her character surviving until the final act, at which point she was ultimately killed by Michael. Other elements of Farrands' working script that ultimately had to be trimmed down included an extension of the Curse of Thorn subplot, which had the entire town of Haddonfield", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267403", "text": "the film's conclusion. In a retrospective interview, Farrands noted that the finale in this cut of the film was sufficiently \"creepy\" and \"Gothic,\" but conceded that it lacked intensity, which is largely what prompted Dimension Films to begin reshoots. \"The Producer's Cut\" of the film garnered a cult following, according to writer Farrands: \"It's amazing the life that [\"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\"] has continued to have because there is this alternate version that has been, kind of in-the-vault all these years.\" In the finale of \"The Producer's Cut\", Kara is to be used as a human sacrifice for", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267388", "text": "and ordering many of the reworked sequences to be reshot. Associated producer Malek Akkad explained the film's lack of a cohesive \"vision\" being the result of director Chappelle \"answering\" to the visions of the distributor, Dimension Films; Moustapha Akkad's production company, Nightfall Productions; and writer Daniel Farrands. Tensions between what Dimension, Nightfall, and Farrands envisioned for the film resulted in a finished product that had needed \"more forethought,\" according to Akkad. In early 1995, after filming and editing was completed, \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" was given a test screening in New York City which, as described by actress", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267402", "text": "by the MPAA. The theatrical version was the only version commercially available—with the Director and \"Producer\"s cuts existing as low-quality bootlegs—until the \"Producer's Cut\" was included in the official \"Complete Collection\" box set released by Scream Factory and Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2014. The original cut of the film that screened for test audiences prior to the reshoots became known colloquially as \"The Producer's Cut\", and bootlegged copies of it surfaced among film collectors. This cut of \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" features numerous differences, ranging from different scores and musical cues to substantial shifts in plot, particularly regarding", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267368", "text": "child, Tommy has been obsessed with finding the truth behind his motives. He finds Jamie's baby at the bus station, takes him into his care, and names him Steven. Tommy runs into Loomis and tells him about the Strode family living in the Myers house. The two believe Michael has returned to Haddonfield. Michael enters his home and kills Debra. Later, Tommy, Kara, and Danny go to the boarding house, where Tommy reveals that he believes Michael has been inflicted with \"Thorn\", an ancient Druid curse. Long ago, one child from each tribe, chosen to bear the curse of Thorn,", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267392", "text": "also significantly altered from Howarth's original \"minimalist\" design. The original music score is composed by long-time \"Halloween\" contributor Alan Howarth, his work in the series dating back to his collaboration with John Carpenter on \"Halloween II\". However, Howarth's score was redone by music editor Paul Rabjohns when the film went through reshoots. A soundtrack album was released by Varèse Sarabande, and is an unusual combination of the music featured in the original cut of the film, as well as that of the final theatrical cut. According to Howarth, he helped re-score the revised cut of the film, incorporating the use", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811860", "text": "side several times in [\"Halloween 5\"]. He thinks he could cure Michael through his feelings.\" Daniel Farrands, writer of \"The Curse of Michael Myers\", describes the character as a \"sexual deviant\". According to him, the way Michael follows girls around and watches them contains a subtext of repressed sexuality. Farrands theorizes that, as a child, Michael became fixated on the murder of his sister Judith, and for his own twisted reasons felt the need to repeat that action over and over again, finding a sister-like figure in Laurie who excited him sexually. He also believes that by making Laurie Michael's", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267385", "text": "for role of Dr. Loomis during film making of Halloween from 1978 where he was offered that role, but declined due to low pay, only later to regret in later years. Denise Richards also auditioned for the part of Beth, but the studio passed on her, giving the role to Mariah O'Brien. Stunt performer George P. Wilbur, who portrayed Michael in the , reprised his role as Michael Myers. However, once reshoots took place, Wilbur was replaced by A. Michael Lerner as director Joe Chapelle found Wilbur to be \"too bulky.\" Fred Walton (director of \"When a Stranger Calls\" and", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "6879310", "text": "The film is first transferred to a time coded video tape and synchronized to a 24 track master audio recorder; then while watching the film we compose the music to these visual images. The entire process goes quite rapidly and has 'instant gratification', allowing us to evaluate the score in synch to the picture. This is quite an invaluable asset. Following Carpenter's departure from the series, Howarth would stay on board as the sole composer for the next two sequels, and also acted as the lead composer on \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\", with Paul Rabjohns providing additional music", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "3811873", "text": "part of a maze entitled \"Halloween: The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers\" Pop artist Eric Millikin created a large mosaic portrait of Michael Myers out of Halloween candy and spiders as part of his \"Totally Sweet\" series in 2013. In 2018 Spirit Halloween released a lifesize animated Michael Myers prop to coincide with the Halloween 2018 film. Michael Myers (Halloween) Michael Myers is a fictional character from the \"Halloween\" series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's \"Halloween\" (1978) as a young boy who murders his sister, Judith Myers, and then, fifteen years later, returns home to", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267394", "text": "\"Hung on a Rope\", \"20/20 Faith\", and \"Horses & Needles\". \"Disconnected\" by the group I Found God is also featured in the film. Track listing The film's troubled production resulted in two cuts of the film, which prompted a legal battle between the film's production company, Nightfall, who wanted to release the original cut, and its distributor, Dimension Films, who had incorporated reshoots and additional material. Ultimately, Dimension Films won the dispute, and their cut of the film was officiated for theatrical release. An earlier teaser trailer of the film employed the title Halloween 666: The Origin of Michael Myers,", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811846", "text": "Richards released a novelization of the film. The book follows the events of the film, but includes references to the festival of Samhain. A prologue provides a possible explanation for Michael's murderous impulses, telling the story of Enda, a disfigured Celtic teenager who butchers the Druid princess Deirdre and her lover as revenge for rejecting him; the king subsequently has his shaman curse Enda's soul to walk the earth reliving his crime for eternity. It is later revealed that Michael Myers suffers nightmares about Enda and Deirdre, as did Michael's great-grandfather before shooting two people to death at a Halloween", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267386", "text": "\"April Fool's Day\") was originally attached to direct the film but dropped out. Special effects artist John Carl Buechler created the mask for the film, which was based heavily on the mask featured in the poster for \"Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers\". Buechler hand-crafted the mask over actor George P. Wilbur's face. Filming began in late October 1994 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Within the first week of shooting, however, the city experienced an early winter snowstorm, which complicated the production. As a result, several scenes which were supposed to take place on exterior locations had to be", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267137", "text": "further with the series, and bring back Michael Myers. Producer Paul Freeman, a friend of Akkad with a long list of credits to his name, explained to \"Fangoria\" magazine in 1988 that everybody came out of \"Halloween III\" saying, \"Where's Michael?\" John Carpenter was approached by Cannon Films, who had just finished 1986's release of \"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2\", to write and direct \"Halloween 4\". Debra Hill planned to produce the film, while Carpenter teamed up with Dennis Etchison who, under the pseudonym Jack Martin, had written novelizations of both \"Halloween II\" (1981) and \"Halloween III: Season of the", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267390", "text": "replaced George P. Wilbur in the role of Michael Myers, as the studio executives wanted him to appear less bulky. This resulted in continuity error as the last third of the film features a slimmer Myers. However, Wilbur makes a cameo appearance as a doctor who is killed by Myers in the finale. Some of the additional footage incorporated into the finale of the film was shot at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. In addition to the re-shoots prompted by the poor test screening, the film also underwent significant editing in post-production, resulting in brisker pacing and a", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "6837013", "text": "additional $4,229,392 on Labor Day for a 4-day holiday weekend gross of $30,591,759, making it the highest ever for that holiday. As a result, the 2007 film would immediately surpass the total box office gross for \"Halloween II\" (1981) at $25,533,818, \"Halloween III\" (1982) at $14,400,000, \"Halloween 4\" (1988) at $17,768,757, \"Halloween 5\" (1989) at $11,642,254, \"The Curse of Michael Myers\" (1995) at $15,116,634, and \"\" (2002) with $30,354,442. Following its first Friday after its opening weekend, \"Halloween\" saw a 71.6% drop in attendance, earning $3,093,679. The film, which earned the #1 spot at the box office in its opening", "title": "Halloween (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "5267372", "text": "inside the building, Michael's mask is shown lying on the floor of the lab room and Loomis is heard screaming in the background, leaving the fate of both men unknown. After the less than enthusiastic response to \"Halloween 5\" which came out only a year after \"\", producer Moustapha Akkad put the series on hold to re-evaluate its potential. Akkad felt \"Halloween 5\" had strayed too far from \"Halloween 4\" and the box office response was much lower than expected. In 1990, screenwriter and long-time \"Halloween\" fan Daniel Farrands set out to write the sixth entry in the \"Halloween\" series.", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267369", "text": "must sacrifice its next of kin on the night of Samhain, or Halloween. Tommy believes that Steven will be Michael's final sacrifice. While Tommy goes out to look for Loomis, Mrs. Blankenship reveals to Kara that she was babysitting Michael the night he killed his sister, and that Danny is hearing a voice telling him to kill just like Michael did, indicating Danny also possesses the power of Thorn. Meanwhile, Michael kills John, Tim, Tim's girlfriend Beth, and Simms. After Tommy returns home with Loomis, the Man in Black reveals himself to be Wynn and Mrs. Blankenship is revealed to", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267404", "text": "Myers, and awakens at Smith's Grove Sanitarium on a concrete slab, surrounded by the cult's members, who are revealed to be Mrs. Blankenship, Wynn's secretary Dawn, the bus depot man, and Sheriff Holdt. She is ultimately saved by Tommy, who uses runes to stop Michael from pursuing them, and they escape with Jamie's newborn baby; it is implied by Kara in the film that the baby is a product of incest between Jamie and Michael. Later, after telling the others he has unfinished business, Loomis walks back into the sanitarium to find a seemingly-defeated Michael lying on the floor of", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267161", "text": "titled \"Halloween IV: The Special Limited Edition\". Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Dwight H. Little, written by Alan B. McElroy, and starring Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, and Ellie Cornell. The fourth installment in the \"Halloween\" film series, it focuses on Michael Myers returning home to kill his niece Jamie Lloyd, the daughter of Laurie Strode, with his former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis once more pursuing him. As its title suggests, the film marks the return of Michael Myers after his absence from the", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811831", "text": "Michael Myers (Halloween) Michael Myers is a fictional character from the \"Halloween\" series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's \"Halloween\" (1978) as a young boy who murders his sister, Judith Myers, and then, fifteen years later, returns home to Haddonfield to murder more teenagers. In the original \"Halloween\", the adult Michael Myers, referred to as The Shape in the closing credits, was portrayed by Nick Castle for most of the film, with Tony Moran and Tommy Lee Wallace substituting in the final scenes. The character was created by Debra Hill and John Carpenter and has appeared in", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267365", "text": "sold on eBay and online petitions targeting for an official release of it. In 2014, the \"Producer's Cut\" was officially released on Blu-ray. On October 31, 1989, Michael Myers and his niece Jamie Lloyd are abducted from the Haddonfield Police Station. Six years later, on October 30, 1995, Jamie has been impregnated and her infant is born, being taken away by the \"Man in Black\", the leader of a Druid-like cult. Later, a midwife helps Jamie escape with her baby but is soon killed by Michael by impaling the back of her skull into a protruding sharp metal spike high", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267370", "text": "be a member of the cult. The cult take Kara, Danny, Steven, and Michael to Smith's Grove. There, Loomis confronts Wynn, who reveals he wants to control and study the power of Thorn. Wynn wants Loomis to join in on his conspiracy, and reveals that Jamie's baby represents a new cycle of Michael's evil that he kept secret from most of the cult who were focused on inflicting the curse onto a new child, Danny, to carry out a new trend of family sacrifices. Later, while trying to protect Steven from Michael and Wynn, Tommy learns that the cult may", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267381", "text": "script. Danielle Harris, who was seventeen at the time, contacted producer Paul Freeman about reprising her role as Jamie Lloyd, and went so far as completing paperwork to become legally emancipated in order to shoot the film. She was officially cast in the role, but Dimension Films could not come to an agreement over her salary; Harris alleges that Dimension offered her a scaled $1,000 to shoot the part over the course of a week, which was less than the amount of money she had paid for her emancipation. Farrands and Freeman both had wanted Harris for the part, but", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267400", "text": "in the United States on May 10, 2011 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, once again with no bonus features. Anchor Bay Entertainment and Shout! Factory once again released the film on Blu-ray on September 23, 2014 as a part of their 15-disc box set containing the entire series. This release also contained extensive bonus features, such as a commentary from writer Daniel Farrands and composer Alan Howarth, interviews with producers Malek Akkad and Paul Freeman, actresses Marian O'Brien, J. C. Brandy, and Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur, makeup artists John Carl Buechler and Brad Hardin, as well as Howarth, in", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811834", "text": "the title highlighting his revival. The silver screen is not the only place Michael Myers has appeared: there have been literary sources that have created an expanded universe for Michael Myers. Michael Myers made his first appearance in the film, \"Halloween\" (1978). In the beginning of \"Halloween\", a 6-year-old Michael (Will Sandin) murders his teenage sister Judith (Sandy Johnson) on Halloween, 1963. Fifteen years later, Michael (Nick Castle) escapes Smith's Grove Sanitarium and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois. He stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) on Halloween, while his psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) attempts", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5267373", "text": "Farrands gave his horror movie scripts to the producer of \"Halloween 5\", Ramsey Thomas; impressed by his writing, Thomas set a meeting for Farrands with executive producer Moustapha Akkad. Farrands described the meeting: Although the producers at the time had already sought to make a sixth \"Halloween\" film, a series of complicated legal battles ensued which delayed plans for a sequel; eventually Miramax Films (via its Dimension Films division) bought the rights to the \"Halloween\" series. In June 1994, after several screenplays from different writers had been deemed insufficient by Akkad (including one by Scott Spiegel), Farrands was hired to", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267129", "text": "co-producer Debra Hill retired the Michael Myers storyline after the second installment of the series, intending to feature a new Halloween-season-related plot every sequel, of which \"Halloween III\" would be the first. \"Halloween 4\" was originally intended to be a ghost story; however, due to the disappointing financial performance of the third film, \"Halloween 4\" reintroduced Michael Myers. Released in the United States in October 1988, \"Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers\" earned near $7 million during its opening weekend, and went on to gross a total of $17.8 million domestically. A sequel, \"\", was released in 1989. On", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267147", "text": "characters and themes,\" said director Dwight H. Little. \"What I'm trying to do is capture the mood of the original \"Halloween\" and yet take a lot of new chances. What we're attempting to do is walk a fine line between horror and mystery. \"Halloween 4\" will not be an ax-in-the-forehead kind of movie.\" Paul Freeman agreed. \"This film does contain some humorous moments, but it's not of the spoof or send-up variety. It's humor that rises out of the film's situations and quickly turns back into terror.\" George P. Wilbur, who was cast as Michael Myers, wore hockey pads under", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "12677169", "text": "written by Curtis Richards (a pseudonym that was used by author Richard Curtis), was published by Bantam Books in 1979. It was reissued in 1982. it later went out of print. The novelization adds aspects not featured in the film, such as the origins of the curse of Samhain and Michael Myers' life in Smith's Grove Sanatorium, which contradict its source material. For example, the novel's version of Michael speaks during his time at the sanitarium; in the film, Dr. Loomis states, \"He hasn't spoken a word in fifteen years.\" In 1983, \"Halloween\" was adapted as a video game for", "title": "Halloween (1978 film)" }, { "docid": "5267226", "text": "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth installment in the \"Halloween\" film series. It was directed and co-written by Dominique Othenin-Girard and starred Donald Pleasence, who again portrayed Dr. Sam Loomis, and Danielle Harris, who reprised her role as Jamie Lloyd. The film focuses on Michael Myers returning to Haddonfield to murder his niece, Jamie, who first appeared in \"\". Dr. Loomis tries to stop him with the help of Sheriff Meeker. The film's on-screen titles do not display \"\"The Revenge of Michael Myers\"\"", "title": "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267128", "text": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Dwight H. Little, written by Alan B. McElroy, and starring Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, and Ellie Cornell. The fourth installment in the \"Halloween\" film series, it focuses on Michael Myers returning home to kill his niece Jamie Lloyd, the daughter of Laurie Strode, with his former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis once more pursuing him. As its title suggests, the film marks the return of Michael Myers after his absence from the previous installment, \"\". Initially, John Carpenter and", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811861", "text": "literal sister, the sequels took away from the simplicity and relatability of the original \"Halloween\". Nevertheless, when writing \"Curse\", Farrands was tasked with creating a mythology for Michael which defined his motives and why he could not be killed. He says, \"He can't just be a man anymore, he's gone beyond that. He's mythical. He's supernatural. So, I took it from that standpoint that there's something else driving him. A force that goes beyond that five senses that has infected this boy's soul and now is driving him.\" As the script developed and more people became involved, Farrands admits that", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6585691", "text": "The Curse of Michael Myers\", but the producers and Dimension Films reportedly refused to pay her the $5,000 she requested, and she was not fond of the script. The role was instead given to actress J. C. Brandy, who was a \"Halloween\" fan herself. Harris made her eventual return to the series as Annie Brackett in Rob Zombie's \"Halloween\" remake, as well as its subsequent sequel. In the films, the uncertainty of Jamie’s age stems from a discrepancy between \"Halloween 4\" and \"5\". In the former film, set in late October 1988, Jamie's foster sister, Rachel Carruthers (Ellie Cornell) wonders", "title": "Jamie Lloyd" }, { "docid": "5267387", "text": "transferred to interiors. The original hospital scenes were shot at the abandoned Old Primary Children's Hospital in The Avenues section of Salt Lake City. Producer Paul Freeman and director Chappelle reportedly rewrote the ending on-set, even from shot-to-shot as production deadlines loomed. Freeman also sent the crew home when crucial scenes needed to be shot; deleted scripted scenes indiscriminately; rewrote dialogue and action sequences; and assumed the responsibility of directing second-unit shots and the supervision of post-production of the original cut. These complications resulted in Dimension Films' parent company (and the film's co-production company) Miramax, taking over the film's production,", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267389", "text": "Marianne Hagan, \"consisted primarily of fourteen-year-old boys.\" During the Q&A afterward, one of the audience members expressed great displeasure at the ending of the film, which entailed a Celtic ritual and the passing on of the \"Curse of Thorn\" to the Dr. Loomis character. As a result of the audience's disapproval toward the film's finale, the movie was rushed back into production, this time without Donald Pleasence, who died on February 2, 1995. Pleasence had been in ill health during the shooting of the film. Reshoots took place in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1995. A. Michael Lerner", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811871", "text": "of the scenes involved Michael Myers. The \"Cold Case\" episode \"Bad Night\" has the main characters reopening a 1978 murder case after new evidence indicates the victim was not killed by a mentally disturbed man who, after seeing \"Halloween\" in theatres, went on a killing spree dressed as Michael. Michael Myers makes a cameo appearance in Rob Zombie's \"The Haunted World of El Superbeasto\", released on 22 September 2009. Michael Myers appears in the DLC pack for the video game \"\", Onslaught, as a playable character. Myers also makes a playable appearance in the \"Halloween\" chapter of the video game", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6879332", "text": "Mezco Toyz, Sideshow Collectibles and NECA. Even Dr. Loomis has been immortalized in plastic alongside Michael Myers in a two-figure set produced by NECA. The Michael Myers mask has been reproduced over the years by Don Post, the mask company responsible for the creation of the masks from several of the \"Halloween\" films (the Silver Shamrock novelty factory seen in \"Halloween III\" was actually shot on location in one of Don Post's factories). While Don Post reproductions of the Michael Myers mask are still commonly found in costume stores every Halloween, the license to produce Michael Myers masks has since", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "3705826", "text": "and \"\". \"Halloween H20\" was released in Canada for the first time ever on Blu-ray by Alliance released along with \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" and \"\" on January 12, 2010. On May 3, 2011 it was released by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in the US but with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 (not cropped from the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, but rather open-matte due to the film being shot in Super 35). It was also released along with \"\" in one Blu-ray collection. It was again released on September 23, 2014 (in its original theatrical 2.35:1 aspect", "title": "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" }, { "docid": "5266919", "text": "and a still gallery. The Collector's Edition also contains the television cut, along with a downloadable script of the film. This Blu-ray release restores the Akkad credit. The Scream Factory Blu-ray was repackaged and re-released in 2014 as part of the company's \"Complete Collection,\" which features the entire film series. Trick or Treat Studios has released a series of officially licensed \"Halloween II\" masks, costumes, and props from Universal Studios, beginning in October 2012. Some of these include the \"Halloween II\" Michael Myers mask, \"Halloween II\" Michael Myers mask with blood tears, Michael Myers props, and Michael Myers' coveralls. An", "title": "Halloween II (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "5267246", "text": "has been released, along with \"Halloween 4\", the \"Halloween: 25 Years of Terror\" documentary and the Blu-ray, DVD and Extended Edition releases of \"Halloween\" (1978) for the commemorative \"Halloween\" 30th Anniversary box set in 2008. A Blu-ray edition was released in the United States on August 21, 2012. The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray on October 2, 2013 in Australia and the DVD/Blu-ray extras are commentary, on the set footage and trailer. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth installment in the \"Halloween\" film", "title": "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "6836996", "text": "Halloween (2007 film) Halloween is a 2007 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. The film is a remake/reimagining of the 1978 horror film of the same name; the first in the rebooted \"Halloween\" film series and the ninth installment of the \"Halloween\" franchise. The film stars Tyler Mane as the adult Michael Myers, Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Sam Loomis, Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie Strode, and Daeg Faerch as the ten year old Michael Myers. Rob Zombie's \"reimagining\" follows the premise of John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night.", "title": "Halloween (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "5267374", "text": "write a new screenplay, as the film had an impending shooting date scheduled for October in Salt Lake City, Utah. Farrands has said his initial intent for the film was to \"bridge the later films (4-5) in the series to the earlier films (1-2) while at the same time taking the story into new territory so that the series could expand for future installments.\" This in part meant expanding on the presence of the \"Man in Black\" as well as the appearance of the Thorn symbol, both of which appear without explanation at the end of \"Halloween 5\". In beginning", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267371", "text": "be the cause of Michael's obsession with killing his entire family, in addition to his seemingly supernatural abilities. Michael ultimately turns against the cult, killing Wynn's team of staff surgeons and Wynn himself during a medical procedure. Tommy saves Kara, and Danny; they flee from Michael and hide in a laboratory. Loomis helps Kara and the children escape the hospital, while Tommy injects Michael with large quantities of tranquilizers containing a corrosive liquid and beats him unconscious with a lead pipe. As Tommy, Kara, Danny, and Steven leave, Loomis refuses to come with them as he has unfinished business. Back", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267366", "text": "on the wall. Jamie and her baby flee in a stolen pick-up truck, with Michael in pursuit. Meanwhile, Dr. Sam Loomis has retired and moved to a hut on the outskirts of Haddonfield, where he lives as a hermit. He is visited by his friend Dr. Terence Wynn, the chief administrator of Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where Michael had been incarcerated as a boy; Wynn asks Loomis to return to Smith's Grove. They overhear Jamie's plea for help on a local radio station, when she makes a call to Loomis, only to be ignored by the radio D.J. Barry Simms. Michael", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811852", "text": "from the \"lumbering Jason-clone\" the film sequels had made him. On 25 July 2006, as an insert inside the DVD release of \"Halloween: 25 Years of Terror\", the comic book \"Halloween: Autopsis\" was released. Written by Stefan Hutchinson and artwork by Marcus Smith and Nick Dismas, the story is about a photographer assigned to take pictures of Michael Myers. As the photographer, Carter, follows Dr. Loomis; he begins to take on Loomis's obsession himself, until finally meeting Michael Myers in person, which results in his death. In 2008, Devil's Due Publishing began releasing more \"Halloween\" comic books, starting with a", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6879299", "text": "meant no Michael Myers. Most of the filming for \"Halloween III\" took place on location in the small coastal town of Loleta in Humboldt County, California. Familiar Foods, a milk bottling plant in Loleta, served as the Silver Shamrock Novelties factory, but all special effects involving fire, smoke, and explosions were filmed at Post Studios. After \"Halloween III\" was released, Michael Myers was brought back into the franchise with 1988's \"The Return of Michael Myers\", where he has stayed for the remainder of the series. Four more sequels would follow, between 1988 and 2002, before the series would take a", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "7526239", "text": "George P. Wilbur George Peter Wilbur born Thomas Tucker (born March 6, 1941) is an American actor and a former professional stuntman. At 6'2 Wilbur played Michael Myers in \"\" and \"\". He was the first actor to portray Michael Myers more than once during the film series. The second actor to play Michael Myers more than once is Tyler Mane, who starred in the reboot of the Halloween franchise, in \"Rob Zombie's Halloween\" in 2007, and in 2009 reprised the role again in \"Rob Zombie's H2\". Wilbur also was credited as a stunt player in \"\", another \"Halloween\" sequel,", "title": "George P. Wilbur" }, { "docid": "5267405", "text": "the main hallway. Upon removing the mask, Loomis finds Dr. Wynn, who was forced by Michael to switch outfits so he could escape. After Wynn dies, the Thorn symbol appears on Loomis's wrist; realizing now that Loomis himself is now to act as the leader of the cult, he screams in terror and despair (this scream is heard as ambient noise in the final frame of the theatrical cut). Another substantial difference in \"The Producer's Cut\" is the death of Jamie Lloyd: in it, Jamie does not die at the beginning of the film, and instead survives a knife attack", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267406", "text": "by Michael in the barn. She remains in a coma and is taken to the hospital, where Loomis and Wynn visit her. Midway through the film, a \"Gothic\" montage occurs, which reveals in fragmented detail the conception of Jamie's child among the cult. After the sequence, an unseen person, later revealed to be Wynn, shoots the unconscious Jamie in the head with a silenced pistol. Additionally, John's death scene in \"The Producer's Cut\" was shorter; in the theatrical cut, an additional shot (completed during the reshoots) was incorporated of his head graphically exploding from an electrical power surge. Other various", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267155", "text": "modern reviews being more positive. \"JoBlo.com\" said, \"The movie is tight, has good murders and a kicked my butt ending. The Shape is back and in good form; this is my favorite \"Halloween\" next to the first one.\" \"IGN\" declared \"\"Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers\" stands out as the second best film in the entire series.\" \"Dread Central\" said, \"\"Halloween 4\" is a strong sequel, horror film and \"Halloween\" movie.\" \"DVD Talk\" said \"Despite its flaws, \"Halloween 4\" is one of the best slashers from the late 1980s, standing out in an era when the subgenre was in", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811854", "text": "escape the dense continuity of the film series and recreate the tone of the 1978 film; Michael becomes inexplicably fixated on Lisa, just as he did with Laurie in the original \"Halloween\", before the sequels established that a sibling bond was actually his motivation for stalking her. Included in the \"Nightdance\" trade paperback is the short prose story \"Charlie\", which features Charlie Bowles, a Russellville serial killer who taps into the same evil force which motivates Michael Myers. To celebrate the anniversary of the \"Halloween\" series, Devil's Due released a one-shot comic entitled \"Halloween: 30 Years of Terror\" in August", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "3811833", "text": "the films, by the filmmakers who created and developed the character over nine films, as well as by random participants in a survey. The mask Michael Myers wears is a Captain Kirk mask which was painted white. The mask was made from a cast of William Shatner's face which was originally used in the 1975 horror film \"The Devil's Rain\". Michael Myers appears in all of the Halloween films except \"\", which does not feature any of the characters from the preceding two films and has nothing to do with the character. Michael returned in the following film, \"\", with", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "3811855", "text": "2008, written by Hutchinson. An anthology collection inspired by John Carpenter's original film, Michael appears in various stories, tampering with Halloween candy, decapitating a beauty queen, tormenting Laurie Strode, and killing a school teacher. A common characterization is that Michael Myers is evil. John Carpenter has described the character as \"almost a supernatural force—a force of nature. An evil force that's loose,\" a force that is \"unkillable\". Nicholas Rogers elaborates, \"Myers is depicted as a mythic, elusive bogeyman, one of superhuman strength who cannot be killed by bullets, stab wounds, or fire.\" Carpenter's inspiration for the \"evil\" that Michael would", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "12677171", "text": "around exaggeratedly. The game's primary similarity to the film is the theme music that plays when the killer appears onscreen. \"Halloween\" spawned seven sequels. Of these films, only the first sequel was written by Carpenter and Hill. It begins exactly where \"Halloween\" ends and was intended to finish the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Carpenter did not direct any of the subsequent films in the \"Halloween\" series, although he did produce \"\", the plot of which is unrelated to the other films in the series due to the absence of Michael Myers. He, along with Alan Howarth, also", "title": "Halloween (1978 film)" }, { "docid": "6879322", "text": "release of \"Halloween: 25 Years of Terror\", Hutchinson released \"Halloween: Autopsis\". Written by Hutchinson, and artwork by Marcus Smith and Nick Dismas, the story is about a photographer assigned to take pictures of Michael Myers. As the photographer, Carter, follows Dr. Loomis he begins to take on Loomis's obsession himself, until finally meeting Michael Myers in person, which results in his death. Rob Zombie's reboot of the film series ensured that any \"Halloween\" comics would not be contradicted by upcoming films, allowing Hutchinson creative freedom. Malek Akkad was approached by Devil's Due Publishing with the possibility of producing a line", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "12677172", "text": "composed the music for the second and third films. After the negative critical and commercial reception for \"Season of the Witch\", the filmmakers brought back Michael Myers in \"\". Financier Moustapha Akkad continued to work closely with the \"Halloween\" franchise, acting as executive producer of every sequel until his death in the 2005 Amman bombings. With the exception of \"Halloween III\", the sequels further develop the character of Michael Myers and the Samhain theme. Even without considering the third film, the \"Halloween\" series contains continuity issues, which some sources attribute to the different writers and directors involved in each film.", "title": "Halloween (1978 film)" }, { "docid": "3811872", "text": "\"Dead by Daylight\", alongside Laurie Strode. In one of the various merchandises to feature the character, Michael Myers made his video game debut with the 1983 Atari video game \"Halloween\". The game is rare to find, often being played on emulators. No characters from the films are specifically named, with the goal of the game focusing on the player, who is a babysitter, protecting children from a \"homicidal maniac [who] has escaped from a mental institution\". Michael was one of several horror icons to be included in the 2009 version of Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights event, as a", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "3811832", "text": "ten films, as well as novels, multiple video games, and several comic books. The character is the primary antagonist in the \"Halloween\" film series, except \"\", which is not connected in continuity to the rest of the films. Since Castle, Moran, and Wallace put on the mask in the original film, six people have stepped into the same role. Castle, George P. Wilbur, and Tyler Mane are the only actors to have portrayed Michael Myers more than once, with Mane being the only one to do so in consecutive films. Michael Myers is characterized as pure evil, both directly in", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6837019", "text": "25 years or older. Peter Hartlaub, of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\", felt Zombie was successful in both \"[putting] his own spin on \"Halloween\", while at the same time paying tribute to Carpenter's film\"; he thought Zombie managed to make Michael Myers almost \"sympathetic\" as a child, but that the last third of the film felt more like a montage of scenes with \"Halloween\" slipping into \"slasher-film logic\". Nathan Lee of \"The Village Voice\" disagreed in part with Harlaub, feeling that \"Halloween\" may have placed too much emphasis on providing sympathy for Michael Myers, but that it succeeded in \"[deepening] Carpenter's", "title": "Halloween (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "12677110", "text": "Halloween (1978 film) Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film tells the story of serial killer Michael Myers as he stalks and kills teenage babysitters on Halloween night, fifteen years after he murdered his teenage sister, Judith Myers. Having escaped a sanitarium, he returns home to the sleepy town of Haddonfield, Illinois while being pursued by his psychiatrist Samuel Loomis. Michael stalks high school student Laurie Strode and her friends as they babysit and carries", "title": "Halloween (1978 film)" }, { "docid": "3811848", "text": "alongside the first film sequel, with the novel following the film events, with an additional victim, a reporter, added to the novel. The final novelization to feature Michael was \"Halloween IV\", released October 1988. The novel was written by Nicholas Grabowsky, and like the previous adaptations, follows the events of \"Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers\". Over a four-month period, Berkley Books published three young adult novels written by Kelly O'Rourke; the novels are original stories created by O'Rourke, with no direct continuity with the films. The first, released on October 1, 1997, titled \"The Scream Factory\", follows a", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "5204261", "text": "Leo Geter Leo Geter is an American character actor who has appeared in many films, including the 1984 hit \"Footloose\", as well as \"Silent Night, Deadly Night\" (1984), \"No Way Out\" (1987), \"Near Dark\" (1987), \"In Love and War\" (1987), \"Slaughter of the Innocents\" (1993), \"The Stand\" (1994), and \"\" (1995). Howard Stern was going to get the part of the radio talk show host Barry Simms in \"Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers\" in 1995, but he was filming \"Private Parts\" at the time, so the role went to Geter. Geter made his directorial debut with the 2002 film", "title": "Leo Geter" }, { "docid": "3811836", "text": "way. Loomis learns that Laurie is Michael's younger sister, and rushes to the hospital to find them. Laurie shoots Michael in the eyes, blinding him, and Loomis causes an explosion in the operating theater, allowing Laurie to escape. Michael, engulfed in flames, stumbles out of the room before finally falling dead. Michael Myers does not directly appear in \"\" (1982), which does not include any story elements from the first two installments. It does include Michael in a brief television commercial for the first film. \"\" (1988) picks the story up ten years after the events of \"Halloween II\". Michael", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" }, { "docid": "6879331", "text": "babysitter who has to protect her children from Michael Myers, who has managed to get inside the house. Although the game is called \"Halloween\", and features the film's theatrical poster as its cover art as well as the movie's main music theme, the game itself never refers to any characters, including the killer, by their names in the film. The \"Halloween\" franchise has also seen profitability through various merchandise like toys, dolls, statues, model kits, bobbleheads, snow globes, movie posters, masks, T-shirts, hats, and more. Michael Myers has made appearances in the form of dolls and toys from McFarlane Toys,", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5267398", "text": "wrote that \"shock effects are applied with such hamfisted regularity that they quickly backfire.\" Josh Hartl of \"The Seattle Times\" criticized the film's conventionality, writing: \"instead of sending up the current glut of serial-killer movies, the filmmakers trot out the old slasher tactics.\" Jack Mathews of the \"Los Angeles Times\" similarly criticized the film's lack of originality, comparing it negatively to its predecessors. Richard Harrington of \"The Washington Post\" also criticized the script, writing: \"While director Joe Chapelle and writer Daniel Farrands took advantage of a clearance sale at the Horror Cliche Emporium, they forgot to stop in at Plots", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267397", "text": "rating and an average rating of 2.7/10, based on 33 reviews, on the internet review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the film holds a 10/100 based on 13 reviews, signifying as \"overwhelming dislike\". Daniel Kimmel of \"Variety\" called the film \"tired\" and \"run-of-the-mill\", while Mick LaSalle of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" said the film lacked suspense and said that \"not even the presence of the late, gloriously histrionic Donald Pleasence can liven things up,\" deeming it \"bland\", \"deadening\", and \"by far the worst in the series.\" Stephen Holden of \"The New York Times\" called the film's script \"impossibly convoluted\", and", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267364", "text": "script. The film was distributed by Miramax's Dimension Films opening in the fall of 1995, earning $7.3 million during its opening weekend, coming in second to the New Line Cinema thriller \"Seven\". Donald Pleasence died on 2 February 1995, nearly eight months before the film was released. The film was dedicated to the memory of Pleasence. After the film's home media release, the original workprint of the film (which featured 45 minutes of alternative footage and an alternate ending) was discovered by fans of the series. This version, dubbed The \"Producer's Cut\", developed a cult following, with bootleg DVD copies", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267382", "text": "at that point \"had their hands tied.\" According to Harris, the head of the casting department refused to negotiate her salary, stating that she was a \"scale character who dies in the first twenty minutes.\" This ultimately led to her dropping out of the project. \"People automatically assume I wanted some crazy amount of money, or something,\" Harris commented in 2014, \"[but] it's not like I [was] demanding of anything, really ... When you've been asked to do something and then they insult you by saying, \"You're a piece of shit, you die in the first act—I don't give a", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267377", "text": "in collusion with the cult, an idea Akkad wanted to use for the series' seventh installment. However, this idea was scrapped in favor of the \"\" script in 1997. According to Farrands, there were around ten different drafts of his script between June 1994 and the October 1994 film shoot, and much of the finale that appears in the theatrical version (including the events at the hospital, as well as the references to the cult using Myers's power as a means of scientific investigation), was not written by him, and had been written and shot in post-production under the supervision", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267380", "text": "had been attached to direct the project, though Walton would eventually drop out of the production). Additionally, extended scenes of Kara walking on the college campus and en route to her home were intended to allude to scenes featuring Laurie Strode in the first film, while Danny dropping his pumpkin while walking home alludes to a scene in the first film in which a group of bullies force Tommy to drop his pumpkin outside the elementary school. Donald Pleasence returned to play Dr. Loomis, in what would be his final film performance; according to Farrands, Pleasence was fond of the", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267379", "text": "in \"\" (1982). Other references outside the narrative diegeses of the series include the names of characters, such as John and Debra Strode (referencing John Carpenter and Debra Hill), as well as the naming of Danny Strode, a character Farrands has said was modeled after Danny Torrance in \"The Shining\" (1980). Farrands also referenced Carpenter's \"The Fog\" (1980) with the line referring to a \"stomach pounder\" (a protein milkshake Tim drinks early in the film), and Beth's murder scene was modeled after a scene from Fred Walton's \"When a Stranger Calls\" (1979) (Farrands wrote the scene upon hearing that Walton", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267384", "text": "and made aesthetic criticisms about her being \"too thin\" and her chin being \"too pointy\". Farrands, however, had wanted Hagan for the part because he felt she possessed an \"every-girl\" quality of having \"lived a little, and had a hard time,\" and likened her screen presence to that of Jamie Lee Curtis. For the role of Dr. Terence Wynn, Mitchell Ryan was cast, based on his performance in \"Lethal Weapon\" (1987); Farrands originally urged the producers to cast Christopher Lee, having had the veteran horror actor in mind when writing the character. This is a reference on Carpenter's initial choice", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267393", "text": "of guitar and drums in addition to the original score, which had been more synthesizer and piano-based. Howarth's official score for the film was released on CD October 24, 1995. The music of Alabama-based rock band Brother Cane was featured throughout the movie. The music came from their 1995 release \"Seeds\" on Virgin Records. The album's hit single \"And Fools Shine On\" can be heard when Kara, Tim and Beth arrive at school in their car. The song is also heard during the closing credits. Three other Brother Cane songs (all from the \"Seeds\" album) are featured in the film:", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267399", "text": "R Us.\" The \"Time Out London\" film guide deemed the film \"A series of competently engineered shock moments jollied along by a jazzed-up version of John Carpenter's original electronic score: slicker than crude oil and just as unattractive.\" The film was first released for home media on VHS on October 7, 1996 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. A DVD followed on October 10, 2000. In January 2010, the film was released for the first time on Blu-ray in Canada from Alliance Films alongside \"\" and \"\" with no bonus material. The film was released on Blu-ray and again on DVD", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "5267407", "text": "transitional shots throughout \"The Producer's Cut\" version were extracted or truncated in the theatrical cut. \"The Producer's Cut\" remained officially unreleased for nearly twenty years. It had its first public exhibition on October 27, 2013 at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. Screenwriter Farrands was present for a short Q&A, in which he stressed that there was still a major push in the works to get this version a proper release. He also said that the studio allowing this version to be screened in public for the first time, and the overwhelmingly positive response, were both huge steps in", "title": "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "6879278", "text": "Halloween (franchise) Halloween is an American horror franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as novels, comic books, merchandise, and a video game. The franchise primarily focuses on Michael Myers who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. The original \"Halloween\", released in 1978, was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, and directed by", "title": "Halloween (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5266873", "text": "Carpenter and Hill co-wrote the screenplay to the sequel, Carpenter was reluctant to extend his involvement and refused to direct, instead appointing the direction to Rosenthal. Stylistically, \"Halloween II\" reproduces certain key elements that made the original \"Halloween\"' a success, such as first-person camera perspectives, and the film picks up right at the end of the cliffhanger ending of the original film and was intended to finish the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. It also introduces the plot twist of Laurie Strode being the sister of Michael Myers, a feature that would inform the narrative arc of the", "title": "Halloween II (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "5267142", "text": "scrapped due to budget issues. Instead, a more \"soap opera\" feel was incorporated , which included a love triangle subplot between Rachel, Brady, and Kelly Meeker, the sheriff's daughter. Director Dwight H. Little stated in 2006 that his interpretation of McElroy's screenplay had the Michael Myers character played as a literal escaped mental patient, not a supernatural figure. Little approached the screenplay as though Myers was pursuing Jamie as a means of \"connecting with her,\" but that he had no social capacity to interact with her, and thus resorted to violence. The screenplay references the events of \"Halloween II\" (1981),", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "12807225", "text": "that he wanted Zombie to move the franchise away from some of its established rules. For the sequel, Mane, McDowell, Taylor-Compton, Harris, Moon Zombie, and Dourif returned to the roles of Michael Myers, Dr. Loomis, Laurie Strode, Annie Brackett, Deborah Myers, and Sheriff Brackett, respectively. Daeg Faerch, who portrayed a young Michael Myers in the 2007 remake, was set to reprise his role for \"Halloween II\". By the time production was getting started for the sequel Faerch had grown too big for the part. Zombie had to recast the role, much to his own dismay, because Faerch's physical maturity did", "title": "Halloween II (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "5267143", "text": "in which a fire breaks out in Haddonfield Hospital, by having both Myers and Loomis display burn scars on their respective hands and faces. The cast of \"Halloween 4\" included only one actor from the first two films, Donald Pleasence, who reprised his role as Samuel Loomis, Michael Myers' psychiatrist. According to Little, Pleasance was \"committed conceptually\" to the role, but did not sign on to the project until having read a finished screenplay. Before McElroy's script was chosen, the producers asked Jamie Lee Curtis to reprise her role as Laurie Strode, the original's heroine. Curtis had become a success", "title": "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" }, { "docid": "3811842", "text": "Rhymes) escape by finally electrocuting Michael. Michael's body and the bodies of his victims are then taken to the morgue. As the medical examiner begins to inspect Michael's body, he awakens. A new version of Michael Myers appears in Rob Zombie's \"Halloween\" (2007), a reboot of the franchise. The film follows the basic premise of the original film, with an increased focus on Michael's childhood: ten-year-old Michael (Daeg Faerch) is shown killing animals and suffering verbal abuse from Judith (Hanna R. Hall) and his mother's boyfriend Ronnie (William Forsythe), both of whom he later murders. During his time in Smith's", "title": "Michael Myers (Halloween)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3389233", "text": "Capra had also approached Jack Benny and Ronald Reagan before learning that Grant would accept the role. Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who \"looks like Karloff,\" on the Broadway stage, but he was unable to do the film as well because he was still appearing in the play during filming, and Raymond Massey took his place. The film's supporting cast also features Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton and Peter Lorre. Josephine Hull and Jean Adair portray the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, respectively. Hull and Adair, as well as John Alexander (who played Teddy Brewster), were reprising their", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "20071043", "text": "Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace is a 1962 television film directed by George Schaefer and starring Tony Randall. It first aired during season 11 of the NBC anthology series \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\". It is an adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's 1939 play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Boris Karloff reprised his role as Jonathan Brewster (who is described by the other characters as resembling the \"Frankenstein\" star), which he had originated on Broadway. He had been unable to appear in Frank Capra's 1944 film due to a scheduling conflict, but had played Jonathan on television once before, in", "title": "Arsenic & Old Lace" }, { "docid": "20071044", "text": "a 1955 adaptation for the CBS anthology series \"The Best of Broadway\". Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace is a 1962 television film directed by George Schaefer and starring Tony Randall. It first aired during season 11 of the NBC anthology series \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\". It is an adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's 1939 play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Boris Karloff reprised his role as Jonathan Brewster (who is described by the other characters as resembling the \"Frankenstein\" star), which he had originated on Broadway. He had been unable to appear in Frank Capra's 1944 film due to", "title": "Arsenic & Old Lace" }, { "docid": "3389233", "text": "Capra had also approached Jack Benny and Ronald Reagan before learning that Grant would accept the role. Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who \"looks like Karloff,\" on the Broadway stage, but he was unable to do the film as well because he was still appearing in the play during filming, and Raymond Massey took his place. The film's supporting cast also features Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton and Peter Lorre. Josephine Hull and Jean Adair portray the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, respectively. Hull and Adair, as well as John Alexander (who played Teddy Brewster), were reprising their", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "3389242", "text": "to Warner Bros records the film earned $2,836,000 domestically and $1,948,000 foreign. \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" was adapted as a radio play for the November 25, 1946, broadcast of \"The Screen Guild Theater\" with Boris Karloff and Eddie Albert, and the January 25, 1948, broadcast of the \"Ford Theatre\". Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Arsenic and Old Lace (film) Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, and based on Joseph Kesselring's play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". The script adaptation was by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. Capra actually", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "4565931", "text": "story of the police officers and reporters from the \"Hartford Courant\" who solved the case. Kesselring originally conceived the play as a heavy drama, but it is widely believed that producers Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (who were also well known as play doctors) convinced Kesselring that it would be much more effective as a comedy. On January 5, 1955, a 60-minute version of the play aired on the CBS Television series \"The Best of Broadway\". It starred Boris Karloff recreating his stage role as homicidal maniac Jonathan Brewster. Helen Hayes and Billie Burke played his not-so-innocent aunts, Abby and", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "3389237", "text": "Panama Canal. While Mortimer digests this information, his brother Jonathan (Raymond Massey) arrives with his alcoholic accomplice, plastic surgeon Dr. Hermann Einstein (Peter Lorre). Jonathan is a serial murderer trying to escape from the police and dispose of his latest victim. Jonathan's face, altered by Einstein while drunk, resembles Boris Karloff's Frankenstein monster makeup. Jonathan learns his aunts' secret and proposes to bury his victim in the cellar. Abby and Martha object vehemently because their victims were \"nice\" gentlemen while Jonathan's victim is a stranger and a \"foreigner\". Jonathan also declares his intention to kill Mortimer. Elaine is impatient to", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "1293402", "text": "Raymond Massey Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian-American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice. For his lead role in \"Abe Lincoln in Illinois\" (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also was well known for playing Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series \"Dr. Kildare\" (1961–1966). Today he is most often seen in his role as the malevolent Jonathan Brewster, who looks like Boris Karloff, and violently attacks anyone who mentions the resemblance, in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944). Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son", "title": "Raymond Massey" }, { "docid": "1293411", "text": "Fund and the Navy Relief Society. Massey portrayed Jonathan Brewster in the film version of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". The character had been created by Boris Karloff for the stage version, and a running gag in the play and the film was the character's resemblance to Karloff. Even though the film was released in 1944, it was shot in 1941, at which time Karloff still was contracted to the Broadway play and could not be released for the filming (unlike his costars Josephine Hull, Jean Adair and John Alexander). Massey and Karloff had appeared together earlier in James Whale's suspense", "title": "Raymond Massey" }, { "docid": "11520298", "text": "the rest of the house's inhabitants to the Idlewild Sanatorium, a local psychiatric institution. \"The Boogie Man Will Get You\" was the final film that Boris Karloff made under his contract with Columbia, and the studio were hoping to build on the success of the Broadway play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", which Karloff was appearing in at the time. Production of the film took place while the play was on hiatus in summer 1942. There are many similarities between the film and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", including the presence of eccentric characters and the premise of dead bodies in the", "title": "The Boogie Man Will Get You" }, { "docid": "60628", "text": "appearances, as film offers declined, he became more and more dependent on live venues to support his family. Bela took over the role of Jonathan Brewster from Boris Karloff for \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Bela had also expressed interest in playing Elwood P. Dowd in \"Harvey\" to help himself professionally. He also made plenty of personal appearances to promote his horror image and/or an accompanying film. Late in his life, Bela Lugosi again received star billing in films when ambitious filmmaker Ed Wood, a fan of Lugosi, found him living in obscurity and near-poverty and offered him roles in his", "title": "Bela Lugosi" }, { "docid": "4565934", "text": "the role of Jonathan Brewster with box office returns reflecting better sales than when Boris Karloff traveled through the same cities. In 1965, Sybil Thorndike, Athene Seyler and Richard Briers appeared in the play in London. The play is still widely performed and has been translated into many languages, including a Russian film. A Broadway revival of the play ran from June 26, 1986, to January 3, 1987, at the 46th Street Theatre in New York, starring Polly Holliday, Jean Stapleton, Tony Roberts and Abe Vigoda. It was revived again in 1998 with an Oklahoma based production starring Betty Garrett,", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "2296257", "text": "Scandal\". Bosley shared a heartfelt story about his own experience with the Holocaust in the documentary film \"Paper Clips\". Among his early television appearances was in 1960 on the CBS summer replacement series, \"\", with Patrick O'Neal. In 1962, he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ryan in the episode \"The Man Who Wanted to Die\" on James Whitmore's ABC legal drama \"The Law and Mr. Jones\". Also in 1962, Bosley played Teddy opposite Tony Randall and Boris Karloff in \"Arsenic & Old Lace\" for the \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\". About this time, he was a guest star on the NBC police", "title": "Tom Bosley" }, { "docid": "11520293", "text": "The Boogie Man Will Get You The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 horror comedy film, directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a \"mad scientist\", Professor Billings, who is using the basement of his inn to conduct experiments into using electricity to create a race of superhumans. The inn", "title": "The Boogie Man Will Get You" }, { "docid": "7115233", "text": "The award was presented to her by Eleanor Roosevelt. She also appeared in some films and TV programs, and wrote several poems including \"You're Not the Type\" and \"My Dressing Room\". She played the Queen in the original 1957 TV production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's \"Cinderella\", and later Aunt Abby in the 1962 Hallmark TV production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", co-starring Boris Karloff. In 1961 she was the second inductee of the North Dakota Roughrider Award. On November 16, 1966, Stickney appeared on ABC's Stage 67 anthology program in Stephen Sondheim's macabre television musical, \"Evening Primrose\", as Mrs. Monday,", "title": "Dorothy Stickney" }, { "docid": "766808", "text": "monster stomped into home plate. Meanwhile, Karloff appeared in \"British Intelligence\" (1940) with Margaret Lindsay for Warners. An enthusiastic performer, he returned to the Broadway stage in the original production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" in 1941, in which he played a homicidal gangster enraged to be frequently mistaken for Karloff. Frank Capra cast Raymond Massey in the 1944 film, which was shot in 1941, while Karloff was still appearing in the role on Broadway (the play's producers allowed the film to be made under the condition that it not be released until the play closed). He reprised the role", "title": "Boris Karloff" }, { "docid": "9822545", "text": "Bruce Gordon (actor) Bruce Gordon (February 1, 1916January 20, 2011) was an American actor best known for playing gangster Frank Nitti in the ABC television series \"The Untouchables\". His acting career ranged over a half century and included stage, movies, and a varied number of roles on the small screen. Gordon was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. His first appearance on Broadway was in 1937 in the musical drama \"The Fireman’s Flame\". From 1941-1945, he played the role of Officer Klein alongside Boris Karloff in the original cast of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" on Broadway. He had an \"Introducing\" credit in", "title": "Bruce Gordon (actor)" }, { "docid": "4565929", "text": "now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff (a self-referential joke, as the part was originally played on Broadway by Karloff). The film adaptation follows the same basic plot, with a few minor changes. August Strindberg is referenced by the character Mortimer Brewster when he compares the stories of his eccentric, and frequently murderous and disturbed, family as being as if \"...Strindberg wrote \"Hellzapoppin'\".\" The opening night cast consisted of: When Kesselring taught at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, he lived in a boarding house called the Goerz House, and many of the features of its living room are reflected", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "11520302", "text": "mental unbalance well\" while stating that the film was \"a lot of nonsense with a certain amount of humor, bur rather too long-drawn-out.\" The Boogie Man Will Get You The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 horror comedy film, directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a \"mad scientist\", Professor", "title": "The Boogie Man Will Get You" }, { "docid": "735098", "text": "who are joint partners on a winning lottery ticket also, with third-billed Lorre cast against type by director Jean Negulesco as the romantic lead, also co-starring Geraldine Fitzgerald; and Greenstreet and Lorre's final film together, suspense thriller \"The Verdict\" (1946), director Don Siegel's first movie, with Greenstreet and Lorre finally billed first and second, respectively. Lorre returned to comedy with the role of Dr. Einstein in Frank Capra's version of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (released in 1944), and starring Cary Grant and Raymond Massey. Writing in 1944, film critic Manny Farber described what he called Lorre's \"double-take job\", a characteristic", "title": "Peter Lorre" } ]

[ { "docid": "4565926", "text": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the subsequent film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play was directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941. On September 25, 1943, the play moved to the Hudson Theatre. It closed there on June 17, 1944, having played 1,444 performances. Of the twelve plays written by Kesselring, \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" was the most successful, and, according to the opening night", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "4565932", "text": "Martha. Peter Lorre and Edward Everett Horton repeated their roles as Dr. Einstein and Mr. Witherspoon which they had played in Frank Capra's film version. John Alexander, who created the role of Teddy Brewster on Broadway and reprised it in the film version, returned once more to play the role in the broadcast. Orson Bean played the role of Mortimer Brewster. Karloff played Jonathan once more (and for the last time) on the February 5, 1962 broadcast of NBC's \"Hallmark Hall of Fame\". Dorothy Stickney and Mildred Natwick played Abby and Martha. Joseph Kesselring sent his original play \"Bodies in", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "12211730", "text": "a girl that they had witnessed their parents sacrificing. Old Lace has a telepathic bond with Gert. This lets her feel each other's thoughts and pain, and allows Old Lace to act on Gert's emotions. Old Lace got her name from Gert Yorkes, who had temporarily been using \"Arsenic\" as her codename (essentially making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, after the play and film of the same name). Though Gertrude later dropped the codename after deciding that some things from her parents (such as her real name) were worth keeping, Old Lace's name stuck. During their final encounter with", "title": "Old Lace (comics)" }, { "docid": "3389232", "text": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film) Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, and based on Joseph Kesselring's play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". The script adaptation was by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. Capra actually filmed the movie in 1941 because of star Cary Grant's availability, but it was not released until 1944, after the original stage version had finished its run on Broadway. The lead role of Mortimer Brewster was originally intended for Bob Hope, but he could not be released from his contract with Paramount Pictures.", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "12211727", "text": "Old Lace (comics) Old Lace (often nicknamed as OL) is a superheroine fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Old Lace appears in the Hulu television series \"Runaways\" which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Old Lace was created by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona and debuted attacking the other characters in \"Runaways\" vol. 1 #2. Old Lace was given her name by Gertrude Yorkes after she had taken the code name Arsenic, making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, which is a reference to a movie of the same name. Old Lace", "title": "Old Lace (comics)" }, { "docid": "1958357", "text": "Frid had previously played the role of a psychiatrist on the CBS Television soap opera \"As the World Turns\". In 1973, Frid appeared in the TV movie \"The Devil's Daughter\", starring Shelley Winters, and the following year starred in Oliver Stone's directorial debut, \"Seizure\". In 1978, he returned to Canada. Frid began performing readings at \"Dark Shadows\" fan conventions in the 1980s, and while developing ideas for his one-man shows. He succeeded Abe Vigoda as Jonathan Brewster in the 1986–87 Broadway revival of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". In 1994, he retired and returned to Canada. He continued to perform one-man", "title": "Jonathan Frid" }, { "docid": "12211742", "text": "on Friday, April 10. Old Lace (comics) Old Lace (often nicknamed as OL) is a superheroine fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Old Lace appears in the Hulu television series \"Runaways\" which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Old Lace was created by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona and debuted attacking the other characters in \"Runaways\" vol. 1 #2. Old Lace was given her name by Gertrude Yorkes after she had taken the code name Arsenic, making the pair Arsenic and Old Lace, which is a reference to a movie of the", "title": "Old Lace (comics)" }, { "docid": "4565933", "text": "Our Cellar\" to Stickney when she was starring opposite her husband Howard Lindsay on Broadway in \"Life With Father\" with a view to her playing Abby Brewster. It would be 23 years before she would finally play the part. Tony Randall played Mortimer in the Hallmark production and Tom Bosley played Teddy. In 1969, Robert Scheerer directed a TV version for \"ABC Movie of the Week\", with Helen Hayes and Lillian Gish as the elderly aunts, Bob Crane as Mortimer, Fred Gwynne as Jonathan and David Wayne as Teddy. Later revivals in the 1940s and 1950s had Bela Lugosi playing", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "4565935", "text": "Carole Cook, and Michael Stever. A recent revival was mounted in February 2011 at the Dallas Theater Center starring Betty Buckley and Tovah Feldshuh. A Hebrew version was staged at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv with the opening night on October 29, 2012, with Lea Koenig and Dvora Kaydar in the main roles. On November 19, 2016, Independent Theatre Pakistan opened their new season with a rendition of the performance at Ali Auditorium in Lahore, Pakistan. Arsenic and Old Lace (play) Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "4565608", "text": "hit. \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" appeared at a time of strong isolationist sentiment regarding European affairs, of the sort that was very strong at where Kesselring sent to college. The play suggested that the elite running America had a murderous heritage. Kesselring lived in a college house that would later be the basis of the set of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", and locals have tried to identify who were some of the character models he used. Kesselring was an Episcopalian who did not fit in well with the straight-laced college. He dropped out of college in 1924. Kesselring died on", "title": "Joseph Kesselring" }, { "docid": "1697954", "text": "two Brewster sisters in the film version of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944) starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane, and Hull appeared in the screen version of \"Harvey\" (1950), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. \"Variety\" credited Hull's performance: \"the slightly balmy aunt, (actually Playing “Elwood's” Sister, “Veta”) who wants to have Elwood committed, is immense, socking the comedy for every bit of its worth\". After, Hull made only one more film, \"The Lady from Texas\" (1951); she had also appeared in the CBS-TV version of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" in 1949, with Ruth McDevitt,", "title": "Josephine Hull" }, { "docid": "7061725", "text": "then-VHS building that is now H. B. Whitehorne Middle School. A series of directors took the Troupers into Fairview Avenue's newly constructed Verona High School, where they performed such classics as \"The Man Who Came to Dinner\" (1958), \"You Can't Take It with You\" (1960), and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1962). Sometime in this era, the title \"Troupers\" disappeared in favor of the more generic Drama Club. In the early 1970s, classic productions dominated: \"Harvey\" (1972, directed by Ruth Garoni), a new production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1973 and presented again in 1993) and the first production of a", "title": "Verona High School (New Jersey)" }, { "docid": "673565", "text": "face was painted a bright violet because it captured the most light on the black-and-white film. Gwynne was known for his sense of humor and retained fond recollections of Herman, saying in later life, \"... I might as well tell you the truth. I love old Herman Munster. Much as I try not to, I can't stop liking that fellow.\" After his iconic role in \"The Munsters,\" he found himself typecast, unable to gain new character roles for over two years. In 1969, he was cast as Jonathan Brewster in a television production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace.\" (The Brewster", "title": "Fred Gwynne" }, { "docid": "4565607", "text": "Kesselring left teaching and returned to the stage, working for two years with an amateur theatrical group in Niagara, New York. He began working as a freelance playwright in 1933, completing 12 original plays, of which four were produced on Broadway: \"There's Wisdom in Women\" (1935), \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1939), \"Four Twelves are 48\" (1951), and \"Mother of that Wisdom\" (1963). \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" was his masterpiece. It ran for 1444 performances on Broadway and 1337 performances in London, and became a staple in high school and dinner theater circuits. The 1944 movie adaptation was also a comedy", "title": "Joseph Kesselring" }, { "docid": "4565928", "text": "two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and \"just a pinch\" of cyanide; a brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts' victims; he thinks that they died of yellow fever); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein (a character based on real-life gangland surgeon Joseph Moran) to conceal his identity, and", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "3389241", "text": "script. Capra's own intelligent direction rounds out.\" \"Harrison's Reports\" wrote: \"An hilarious entertainment, it should turn out to be one of the year's top box-office attractions.\" John Lardner of \"The New Yorker\" called the film \"practically as funny in picture form as it did on the stage, and that is very funny indeed.\" Twenty-four years after the film was released, Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg wrote \"Hollywood in the Forties\" where they stated that \"Frank Capra provided a rather overstated and strained version of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\"\". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: According", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "3389240", "text": "that the deep theme of the play and film is the conflict in American history between the liberty to do anything (which the Brewsters demand), and America's bloody hidden past. The contemporary critical reviews were uniformly positive. \"The New York Times\" critic summed up the majority view, \"As a whole, \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", the Warner picture which came to the Strand yesterday, is good macabre fun.\" \"Variety\" declared, \"Capra's production, not elaborate, captures the color and spirit of the play, while the able writing team of Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein has turned in a very workable, tightly-compressed", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "15456904", "text": "Martin Miller (actor) Martin Miller, born Johann Rudolph Müller (2 September 1899 – 26 August 1969) was a Czech-Austrian character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death. He was best known for playing eccentric doctors, scientists and professors, although he played a wide range of small, obscure rolesincluding photographers, waiters, a pet store dealer, rabbis, a Dutch sailor and a Swiss tailor. On stage he was noted in particular for his parodies of Adolf Hitler and roles as Dr. Einstein in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" and Mr. Paravicini", "title": "Martin Miller (actor)" }, { "docid": "18579289", "text": "Azeem Hamid, creative director of the company. \"The Nation\" reported that the company will be presenting Joseph Kesselring's famous black comedy \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" on 19 November in Lahore, Pakistan. On 25 November, Sana Gilani from the \"Daily Pakistan\" published, a review of the performance \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" staged on 19 November, saying \"Independent Theatre put forth an amazingly hilarious play\" while adding that \"Azeem Hamid of Independent Theatre Pakistan put his best foot forward and directed the play’s adaptation.\" A week later, Faiz Rasool directed a re-enactment of a comedy by Ray Cooney, which received applause and", "title": "Independent Theatre Pakistan" }, { "docid": "3389236", "text": "notes for his next book, Mortimer finds a corpse hidden in the window seat. He assumes in horror that Teddy's delusions have led him to murder. Abby and Martha cheerfully explain that they are responsible, that they minister to lonely old bachelors by ending their \"suffering\". They post a \"Room for Rent\" sign to attract a victim, then serve a cup of elderberry wine spiked with arsenic, strychnine and \"just a pinch of cyanide\" while getting acquainted. The bodies are buried in the basement by Teddy, who believes they are yellow fever victims who perished in the building of the", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "3389238", "text": "leave on their honeymoon but is concerned about Mortimer's increasingly odd behavior as he frantically attempts to control the situation. He tries unsuccessfully to alert the bumbling police to Jonathan's presence. To draw attention away from his aunts and deprive them of their willing but uncomprehending accomplice, Mortimer tries to file paperwork to have Teddy legally committed to a mental asylum. Worrying that the genetic predisposition for mental illness resides within him (\"Insanity runs in my family; it practically gallops.\"), Mortimer explains to Elaine that he can't remain married to her. Eventually Jonathan is arrested, Einstein flees after having signed", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "4331237", "text": "the audience if they have a vacancy for a house. \"Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet\" was a World War II hit song by Ella Mae Morse, and was sung by Nancy Walker in the movie Broadway Rhythm. The wine that the grey drunken cat was drinking says \"Arsenic and Old Grapes\" is a parody to \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". On Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, the \"Men from Mars\" characters made an appearance in \"Spaced Out\". The cats charging at Porky assume the appearances of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry (in reference to the then-popular film \"Arsenic and Old", "title": "Kitty Kornered" }, { "docid": "9216957", "text": "In 1963 Hare played in a long-running stage musical, \"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\" (762 performances), in which he was cast as Erronius to Frankie Howerd's Pseudolus. In the 1960s Hare toured in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". In 1962 he briefly escaped type-casting, appearing with Wilfrid Hyde White in a comedy called \"Crooks Anonymous\", in which he played an old lag, his familiar bald head disguised under a wig. In 1968 he joined Naunton Wayne in \"Oh, Clarence!\", an adaptation of a P. G. Wodehouse Blandings novel, which he played in London, on tour in", "title": "Robertson Hare" }, { "docid": "2551328", "text": "1961 Randall played a highly dramatic role in \"Hangover,\" an episode of \"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour\" in which he portrayed an alcoholic business executive who strangles his wife in a drunken rage. He starred in a TV adaptation of \"Arsenic & Old Lace\" (1962), and had big screen leading roles in \"Boys' Night Out\" (1962), and \"Island of Love\" (1963). Randall starred as nearly all of the leading characters in the 1964 classic film \"7 Faces of Dr. Lao\", which was based on \"The Circus of Dr. Lao\" by Charles G. Finney. In addition to portraying and voicing the eponymous", "title": "Tony Randall" }, { "docid": "6851833", "text": "then one of the original members of the John Alden Shakespearean Company that toured all the capital cities of Australia. Shand played in several straight dramatic roles with the company, appearing in such plays as \"The Man Who Came to Dinner\", Arsenic and Old Lace , \"Love Thy Neighbour\" and \"Bell, Book and Candle\". Through the 1960s Shand also acted in several Australian television drama series, including Matlock Police, Division 4 and Homicide Shand subsequently found his widest audiences in the 1970s on television through his portrayal of hen-pecked Herbert Evans, husband to shrill gossip Dorrie (Pat McDonald), in the", "title": "Ron Shand" }, { "docid": "10928322", "text": "Prince\" (1940). He made many notable appearances in high-profile films such as 'Dinner At Eight' (1933 David O. Selznick film) \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\" (1935, as Egeus), \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\" (1939, as a Washington senator), \"The Man Who Came to Dinner\" (1942, as the Stanley family's father), and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944, as Cary Grant's father-in-law Reverend Harper). He was also notable as Georges Clemenceau in the Oscar-winning film biography \"The Life of Emile Zola\" (1937). In John Ford's film classic \"The Grapes of Wrath\" (1940), based on John Steinbeck's book, Mitchell played the friendly caretaker of", "title": "Grant Mitchell (actor)" }, { "docid": "4469037", "text": "\"The Golden Girls\", where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on \"Home Improvement\", and a regular on \"The Client\". Holliday's notable roles in films include \"All the President's Men\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", the 1998 remake of \"The Parent Trap\" and her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash \"Gremlins\". On the Broadway stage, she has appeared in revivals of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1986) as Martha Brewster, one of the dotty, homicidal, sweet old aunties; \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" (1990), for which she was nominated for", "title": "Polly Holliday" }, { "docid": "1625018", "text": "at the Apollo Theatre alongside his then wife, Sandra Dickinson. In 1991, he appeared in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Further theatre appearances during the 1990s include: \"The Last Yankee\", by Arthur Miller at the Young Vic Theatre and later the Duke of York's Theatre, London in 1993, and Vatelin in \"An Absolute Turkey\", by Georges Feydeau, at the Gielgud Theatre in 1994. In 1996 he played the role of Tony Wendice in the theatrical production of \"Dial M for Murder\", and in 1997 he played Buttons in the pantomime \"Cinderella\" in the Arts Theatre in", "title": "Peter Davison" }, { "docid": "3389235", "text": "old fashioned superstition\", falls in love with Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), the minister's daughter who grew up next door to him. On Halloween day, Mortimer and Elaine marry. Elaine goes to her father's house to pack for the honeymoon and Mortimer returns to Abby (Josephine Hull) and Martha (Jean Adair), the aunts who raised him in the old family home. Mortimer's brother, Teddy (John Alexander), who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, resides with them. Each time Teddy goes upstairs, he yells \"Charge!\" and takes the stairs at a run, imitating Roosevelt's famous charge up San Juan Hill. Searching for the", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "10739013", "text": "political and media satire \"Koljatti\" opened on 30 September 2010 at Helsinki City Theatre, in which she played Riikka Tanner, assistant to the prime minister. Political satire in theatre is new to Finland and the production was something of a groundbreaker in the deferential Finnish political climate. The play was immediately heavily criticised by the leading Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. Sanna-June Hyde was also in the popular \"Arsenikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä\" (\"Arsenic and Old Lace\") as the sole female in the cast, as the two female roles were played by men. Her third production currently running was the comedy for", "title": "Sanna-June Hyde" }, { "docid": "10013301", "text": "patients. A number of medical murderers were involved in fraud. For example, H. H. Holmes was often involved in insurance scams and confidence tricks. Harold Shipman had a previous conviction for prescription fraud and forgery, for which he was fined £600. More known \"Angels of Death\" include: For others, see . The two spinster aunts in Joseph Kesselring's play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" act as angels of mercy for lonely old men, poisoning them with elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine and cyanide. The character Annie Wilkes in the Stephen King novel \"Misery\" seems to be a serial killer of", "title": "Angel of mercy (criminology)" }, { "docid": "1417581", "text": "particular sexual and emotional values. Her style has been described as \"arsenic without the old lace\". Others have described it as \"Jane Austen plus sex\", a description Wesley herself thought ridiculous. As a woman who was liberated before her time Mary Wesley challenged social assumptions about the old, confessed to bad behaviour and recommended sex. In doing so she smashed the stereotype of the disapproving, judgmental, past-it, old person. This delighted the old and intrigued the young. In Wesley's books there are some references to her own life, although she denied that her novels were autobiographical. Her books usually take", "title": "Mary Wesley" }, { "docid": "5394722", "text": "every command. Clueing a holographic message featuring Gert's parents and the fact her basement is full of rare antiques, the Runaways conclude Gert's parents are actually time travellers. After running off, Gert takes the name Arsenic and dubs her dinosaur Old Lace, a reference to the film of the same name. While the other members take codenames to be more like superheroes, Gert takes her name to cut all ties to her parents and former life. Later she and the other Runaways decide to use their real names again, but Old Lace continues with her codename, since she did not", "title": "Gertrude Yorkes" }, { "docid": "506330", "text": "\"Listen, the last man who said that to me was Archie Leach, just a week before he cut his throat.\" In \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944), a gravestone is seen bearing the name Archie Leach. According to a famous story now believed to be fictional, after seeing a telegram from a magazine editor to his agent asking, \"How old Cary Grant?\", Grant reportedly responded, \"Old Cary Grant fine. How you?\" Despite his strong comedic qualities, Alfred Hitchcock thought that Grant was also very effective in playing darker roles, with a mysterious, dangerous quality, remarking that \"there is a frightening side", "title": "Cary Grant" }, { "docid": "18645814", "text": "remarkably lifelike Swinburne\" at the Royal Opera House in a controversial production of \"Salome\", directed by Peter Brook and with costumes and sets designed by Salvador Dali. In 1951 Peisley directed productions of \"High Temperature\" and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Chesterfield Theatre. In 1953 he appeared as Cribb in \"The Drunkard\" at the Irving Theatre in London; at the Salisbury Playhouse he played Man Friday in the pantomime \"Robinson Crusoe\" (1955); John of Gaunt in \"Richard II\" (1955), with Gerald Flood in the title role; Mr Charles Dumby in \"Lady Windermere's Fan\" (1956); in \"Book of the Month\"", "title": "Frederick Peisley" }, { "docid": "2956243", "text": "of the Far East and Australia. Her most memorable stage credits included Mrs Malaprop in \"The Rivals\", Lady Bracknell in \"The Importance of Being Earnest\" and a double-act, with her good friend Dame Sybil Thorndike, as the murderous spinster sisters in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Her film and television career lasted into the 1960s, and included roles in \"The Citadel\" (1938), \"Night of the Demon\" (1957) and \"The Avengers\" (1964, 1965). She was also a regular cast member in screen adaptations of Charles Dickens' novels. Although her silent film appearance in \"Pickwick\" (1921) is missing, she played the elderly fiancée", "title": "Athene Seyler" }, { "docid": "14933493", "text": "Mary Jerrold Mary Jerrold (4 December 1877 – 3 March 1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben, and mother of actress Joan Harben and celebrity chef Philip Harben. She made her London stage debut as Prudence Dering in \"Mary Pennington Spinster\" (1896); and played Martha Brewster for three and a half years in the original West End production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", opening in 1942. In 1922, in a stage production of Jane Austen's \"Pride and Prejudice\", Jerrold became one of the oldest actresses cast as Elizabeth Bennet, at age 44. In the play,", "title": "Mary Jerrold" }, { "docid": "12311813", "text": "previously portrayed that role in the 1941 Broadway play of the same name on which the film was based. He went on to play the \"real\" Roosevelt in the 1950 Bob Hope comedy \"Fancy Pants\" and reprised his role as Teddy \"Roosevelt\" Brewster in the 1955 TV adaption of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" in the anthology series \"The Best of Broadway\". Among his other notable film roles, Alexander played Steve Edwards in \"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn\" in 1945, Mr. McComber in \"Summer Holiday\" in 1948, Jack Riker in \"Winchester '73\" in 1950 and Howard Shipley in \"The Marrying Kind\"", "title": "John Alexander (actor)" }, { "docid": "14933494", "text": "she acted opposite her husband, cast as Mr. Collins. In 1946 she starred in the West End melodrama \"But for the Grace of God\" by Frederick Lonsdale. Mary Jerrold Mary Jerrold (4 December 1877 – 3 March 1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben, and mother of actress Joan Harben and celebrity chef Philip Harben. She made her London stage debut as Prudence Dering in \"Mary Pennington Spinster\" (1896); and played Martha Brewster for three and a half years in the original West End production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", opening in 1942. In 1922,", "title": "Mary Jerrold" }, { "docid": "13375472", "text": "Orbach, Bryan Cranston and Edward Asner was produced by The Famous Radio Ranch. In 2010 The Famous Radio Ranch followed up with a production of Dennis's play \"Tolstoy Was Never There\" starring Kevin Dunn, Ross Benjamin, Ron Orbach, Rose Abdoo, Ed Begley, Jr., John O'Hurley, Leila Birch, Kim Eveleth, Becky Bonar. Patrick Pinney and Ethne Bliss. In 1963, Dennis made his stage debut at the Red Barn Theatre in Jackson's Point, Ontario playing Dr. Einstein in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" and Simon Bliss in \"Hay Fever\". Later that year he adapted, directed and played Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's \"The", "title": "Charles Dennis" }, { "docid": "5746241", "text": "Guildenstern are Dead\". He worked with both Laurence Olivier and Anthony Hopkins on stage. In 1966, Pearce starred in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's \"The Rivals\" alongside David Jason, but the two men did not meet again until 15 years later. In 1975, Pearce played Owl in a theatre adaptation of \"Winnie the Pooh\" at the Phoenix Theatre in London and, two years later, Mr Witherspoon in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Westminster Theatre. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Pearce starred as Grandad in the first 23 episodes of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\"", "title": "Lennard Pearce" }, { "docid": "60625", "text": "been dubbed over that of Lon Chaney, Jr., from line readings at the end of \"The Ghost of Frankenstein\" (1942). Lugosi played Dracula for a second and last time on film in \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\" (1948). \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\" was Bela Lugosi's last \"A\" movie. For the remainder of his life he appeared — less and less frequently — in obscure, low-budget features. From 1947-50, he performed in summer stock, often in productions of \"Dracula\" or \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", and during the other parts of the year made personal appearances in a touring \"spook show\",", "title": "Bela Lugosi" }, { "docid": "4562771", "text": "then, Powell has appeared in other television programmes such as \"Heartbeat\", \"A Touch of Frost\", Holby City, \"Hetty Wainthropp Investigates\" and \"Father Brown\", and in 2008, \"Echo Beach\". She played the role of a school teacher in a Victorian School Day in an episode of the BBC Schools TV series Watch. In 2009, using archive footage, coupled with some newly recorded lines, Powell reprised her \"Grange Hill\" role as Mrs McClusky for a cameo appearance in an episode of \"Ashes to Ashes\", set in 1982. She also appeared in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Salisbury Playhouse. In 2010, Powell", "title": "Gwyneth Powell" }, { "docid": "1409921", "text": "Naunton Wayne Naunton Wayne (22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born Henry Wayne Davies in Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933. His first London stage roles were in \"Streamline\" at the Palace in 1934 and in \"1066 and All That\" at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in \"Wise Tomorrow\" at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Strand for", "title": "Naunton Wayne" }, { "docid": "4688232", "text": "with the nearby Adelphi, Garrick, Lyceum and Duchess theatres. An active campaign by Equity, the Musicians' Union and theatre owners under the auspices of the \"Save London Theatres Campaign\" led to the abandonment of the scheme. Cicely Courtneidge played at the theatre in \"The Bride Comes Back\" (1960) and Ray Cooney's \"Move Over Mrs. Markham\" (1971). Bill Treacher made his West End debut in 1963 in the comedy \"Shout for Life\" at the Vaudeville. In 1966, the theatre hosted \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", starring Sybil Thorndike and her husband Lewis Casson. Brigid Brophy's \"The Burglar\" premiered at the theatre in", "title": "Vaudeville Theatre" }, { "docid": "11827001", "text": "Factory\", June 6). The eleventh role was in his sole theatrical feature of the decade, 1987's \"\" in which he played the small part of an unnamed newspaper editor. After a passage of nine years performing in local theater and other activity, he returned to the screen in 1996, at age 64, for one small final role, that of an unnamed lawyer for Matthew Broderick's character in the black comedy \"The Cable Guy\", where he was billed 44th in the end credits as Charles Knox Robinson, III. He appeared in the 2001 Palm Canyon Theatre Productions \"Arsenic and Old Lace\"", "title": "Charles Knox Robinson" }, { "docid": "2732973", "text": "he did not join the service due to ill health. He started his career while training as an engineering apprentice; he was discovered by Canadian impresario Carroll Levis, and appeared in his radio show as an impersonator. He also gained valuable early experience in amateur concert parties. At the end of the Second World War, he became a full professional actor. He made his stage debut in West End theatre as Kiwi in \"The Hasty Heart\" at the Aldwych Theatre in 1945 which ran for over a year, then played the lead in a tour of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\".", "title": "Nicholas Parsons" }, { "docid": "13761612", "text": "Philip Harben Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben (17 October 1906 – 27 April 1970) was an English cook, recognised as the first TV celebrity chef. Harben was born in Fulham, London, and was educated at Highgate School. His mother, Mary Jerrold, was an actress known for her performance as the murderous Martha Brewster in the first stage production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" as well as many screen roles. His father, Hubert Harben, was a stage actor. His sister, Joan Harben, played Miss Mona Lott in the BBC Radio series \"It's That Man Again\" (ITMA). He learned to cook at", "title": "Philip Harben" }, { "docid": "19049769", "text": "Confidential, one of the cakes featured in Agnes Skinner's book is a Lady Baltimore Cake. In the movie \"Because I Said So\", Diane Keaton's character states that she found her mother's recipe for Lady Baltimore Cake. In \"Upperworld\" (1934), Warren William's character orders a Lady Baltimore cake for his wife, played by Mary Astor. In 3 Godfathers, John Wayne’s character thanks the banker’s daughter for baking him a Lady Baltimore cake with a file in it. In the play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", Abby asks her sister, Martha, if there is any more Lady Baltimore cake left to celebrate their", "title": "Lady Baltimore cake" }, { "docid": "1841836", "text": "appeared in \"A Bedfull of Foreigners\" in Chicago in 1984, and in Michigan in 1985. He followed this with \"The Hasty Heart\", before taking a year out of show business. In 1987, he returned to the stage in \"The Foreigner\", then played Mortimer in the national tour of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" with Jean Stapleton, Marion Ross, and Larry Storch. In 1989, he followed another stint in \"The Foreigner\" with \"Love Letters\", and in 1990–1991, \"A Bedfull of Foreigners\", this time in Las Vegas. After leaving \"Hawaii Five-O\", McArthur guest-starred on such television shows as \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"The Love", "title": "James MacArthur" }, { "docid": "6565497", "text": "in Washington DC along with the Washington Chorus. Oakton High School's drama program typically puts on a few plays in the fall or winter, and a spring musical. The department is under the direction of Vanessa Gelinas, and Robert \"Skip\" Bromley having retired in 2008. In recent years, the drama program has put on Arsenic and Old Lace, The Wizard of Oz, and other plays and musicals. The 2007-2008 season included \"The Importance of Being Earnest\", \"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\" and \"Into the Woods\". The 2008-2009 season included \"The Foreigner\", the lead played by Chris North, and \"The", "title": "Oakton High School" }, { "docid": "5621396", "text": "a West End revival of J. B. Priestley's \"When We Are Married\" in 1986, and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1991. Spriggs did not work regularly on television until the mid-1970s. She was in Frederic Raphael's \"The Glittering Prizes\" (1976), starred as Eleanor Pressett in the BBC drama \"We, the Accused\" (1980), played Connie, the head of a battling South London family in the thirteen-part drama \"Fox\" (1980) and was the formidable Nan in the ITV comedy series \"Shine on Harvey Moon\" (1982–85). She appeared in three plays by Alan Bennett: \"Afternoon Off\" (1979), \"Intensive", "title": "Elizabeth Spriggs" }, { "docid": "5754899", "text": "Business of Good Government\", in which he played Herod, and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Ken left school at eighteen to help support his mother Emily. He took a job at a Kellogg's cornflakes factory. During night shifts he would perform \"Hamlet\" and other Shakespeare plays that he had learned at school, earning the nickname \"Hamlet\". MacDonald met his wife Sheila while he was appearing in panto in Crewe in 1976. She was the costume designer at the time. They had two children: William (b. 1986) and Charlotte (b. 1989). Kenneth MacDonald died shortly after midnight on 6 August 2001 at", "title": "Kenneth MacDonald (English actor)" }, { "docid": "4738836", "text": "was a member of the Mask and Bauble Society. She later relocated to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she was a roommate of Rue McClanahan. Brennan began her acting career while attending university, appearing in Georgetown's stage productions of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Her exceptional comic skills and romantic soprano voice propelled her from unknown to star in the title role of Rick Besoyan's off-Broadway tongue-in-cheek musical/operetta \"Little Mary Sunshine\" (1959), earning Brennan an Obie Award, and its unofficial sequel \"The Student Gypsy\" (1963), on Broadway. She played Annie Sullivan in \"The Miracle", "title": "Eileen Brennan" }, { "docid": "1029946", "text": "accident, a three-track-wide plate girder bridge was installed to carry tracks over Palisado Avenue n Windsor Center. The Joseph Kesselring stage play and Frank Capra movie \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" was inspired by actual events that took place in a three-story brick house on Prospect Street, just off the north end of the Windsor green. Sixty men died between 1907 and 1917 while in the care of Amy Archer-Gilligan. Most were proven to be victims of arsenic poisoning. On historic Palisado Avenue, one can find the First Church in Windsor, Congregational, and adjacent graveyard. Across the street on the Palisado", "title": "Windsor, Connecticut" }, { "docid": "14823978", "text": "Dunn (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner (who won the Academy Juvenile Award). Around that time other Hollywood films also depicted Brooklyn of that era and milieu, like the dark comedy \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". \"Saturday Night Fever\" starring John Travolta, a 1977 movie which defined the Disco era in the United States, was set in Bay Ridge, an Italian neighborhood in southern Brooklyn. Working class Jewish communities were depicted in films like 1977's \"Annie Hall\" and 1986's \"Brighton Beach Memoirs\". In the late 1980s, African-American communities in Brooklyn", "title": "Culture of Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "6454900", "text": "on the beach is worse. The house on the left was occupied by two elderly sisters, one of whom had a 6-foot-4 inch retarded son who was out of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". The house on the right was out of \"Death in Venice\", occupied by a chic group of homosexuals who had 28 inch waists and wore peach sweaters.\" It became a starring vehicle for John Candy. Director Carl Reiner said \"Like a small, beautiful painting in a large frame, John is a handsome guy in a larger frame than is necessary.\" The film was developed at Paramount by", "title": "Summer Rental" }, { "docid": "4565927", "text": "review in \"The New York Times\", the play was \"so funny that none of us will ever forget it.\" The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the \"Mayflower\" settlers, but now composed of insane homicidal maniacs. The hero, Mortimer Brewster, is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves, Elaine Harper, who lives next door and is the daughter of the local minister. His family includes", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (play)" }, { "docid": "3642991", "text": "Gary Sandy Gary Lee Sandy (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor who is best remembered as program director Andy Travis in the television sitcom \"WKRP in Cincinnati\". In 1982, he replaced Kevin Kline as The Pirate King on Broadway in \"The Pirates of Penzance\". In 1986, he replaced Tony Roberts as Mortimer Brewster in the fiftieth anniversary production of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" opposite Jean Stapleton and Marion Ross, and continued the role in the North American tour. Beginning in 2001, he starred opposite Ann-Margret in a stage production of \"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\" which toured", "title": "Gary Sandy" }, { "docid": "15485413", "text": "together in 1916 before his 1917 death. Shannon continued to appear in silent films and early talkies up to 1932 all while still juggling her Broadway appearances. One of her last roles was in a revival of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Effie Shannon Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress. Shannon had a 60-year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullough and later in 1886 with Robert B. Mantell. Her partner and/or husband was Herbert Kelcey who died in", "title": "Effie Shannon" }, { "docid": "4565606", "text": "Joseph Kesselring Joseph Otto Kesselring (July 21, 1902 – November 5, 1967) was an American playwright who was best known for writing \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", a hit on Broadway from 1939 to 1944 and in other countries as well. He was born in New York City to Henry and Frances Kesselring. His father's parents were immigrants from Germany. His mother was an English Canadian. Kesselring spent much of his life in and around the theater. In 1922, he began teaching vocal music and directed stage productions at Bethel College, a Mennonite school in North Newton, Kansas. After two years,", "title": "Joseph Kesselring" }, { "docid": "7228412", "text": "Bore at the Boatman in 1995. In 2003, he appeared in the West End adaptation of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". In 2002, he appeared in the \"Market for Murder\" episode of \"Midsomer Murders\". He also portrayed General Asquith in the two \"Doctor Who\" episodes, \"Aliens of London\" and \"World War Three\". In 2006, Vansittart portrayed Thomas J. Dodd in the BBC three-part drama documentary \"\". He also appeared in the 2008 BBC serial \"Spartacus\" as Consul Lentulus, In 2009 in \"Margaret\" he was asked to play Peter Morrison, but two years later in the critically acclaimed Iron Lady with Meryl", "title": "Rupert Vansittart" }, { "docid": "12311812", "text": "John Alexander (actor) John Alexander (November 29, 1897 – July 13, 1982) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was born on November 29, 1897, in Newport, Kentucky. His father owned steamboats and his mother was a telegraph operator. He had career spanning more than 55 years on Broadway with his first role as the title character in \"Elmer Brown, the Only Boy in Town\" in 1908/1909. Perhaps his most memorable performance was as Teddy Brewster, a lunatic who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, in the 1944 classic film \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" opposite Cary Grant. He had", "title": "John Alexander (actor)" }, { "docid": "7243877", "text": "2005, the theatre was renamed by its owners (Delfont Mackintosh Theatres) the Novello Theatre in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived in a flat above the theatre from 1913 to 1951. The black comedy \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" had a run of 1337 performances here in the 1940s, and \"Sailor Beware!\" ran for 1231 performances from 1955. Stephen Sondheim's musical \"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\" opened here in 1963, running for nearly two years. In 1971, the comedy \"No Sex Please, We're British\" opened here, remaining for over 10 years of its 16-year run until", "title": "Novello Theatre" }, { "docid": "11851662", "text": "Attorney Shellie Samuels, who prosecuted it, as \"like \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", but it doesn't have Cary Grant.\" The prosecution's case included secretly recorded conversations between Golay and Rutterschmidt when they were in jail. Ruttershmidt told Golay in one conversation \"You did all these insurances extra. That's what raised the suspicion. You can't do that. Stupidity. You're going to go to jail, honey. They going to lock you up.\" Suspicion had in fact been raised when a detective happened to overhear a colleague discussing a case whose features closely resembled that of another one. Both Golay and Rutterschmidt were convicted", "title": "Black Widow Murders" }, { "docid": "2877069", "text": "Charles Lane (actor) Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 72 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 95 as a narrator in 2000. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including \"You Can't Take It With You\" (1938), \"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington\" (1939), \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944), \"It's a Wonderful Life\" (1946) and \"Riding High\" (1950). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of", "title": "Charles Lane (actor)" }, { "docid": "20415229", "text": "at a campgrounds where they consummate their love with all the tenderness of young love. Matters become complicated, however, when Christopher's mother Carol discovers who Benny is while the couple visit her home in Jacksonville. Against Christopher's wishes, she makes a heartfelt confession regarding her involvement in Davey's death, causing a distraught Benny to insist on going home to Ohio. Benny briefly breaks up with Christopher twice, while quarreling with his family over his relationship. The young couple finally reconcile for good, and attend a local stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace, in which Benny's sister Becca has a", "title": "Akron (2015 film)" }, { "docid": "6982108", "text": "English teacher Sharon Steiff and beloved parent Judy Epstein during the holiday season. The leaders often coordinate with the administration for students to pay reduced admission to the chaggiga when they bring a toy for the Toy Drive. The drama production is performed once a year by the Maimonides Drama Club, generally in mid-March, in the Fox gymnasium. It is directed and acted by students exclusively with no financial assistance from the school. Past plays: Don't Drink the Water (1995) Directed by Eliav Bock The Man who Came to Dinner (1994) Directed by Avi Weiss Arsenic and Old Lace (1993)", "title": "Maimonides School" }, { "docid": "10726098", "text": "the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\"; past comedies include \"The Odd Couple\", \"The Importance of Being Earnest\", Woody Allen's \"Don't Drink the Water\", \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", \"The Actor's Nightmare\", and Neil Simon's \"Rumors\", \"Fools\", The Man Who Came to Dinner & \"The Good Doctor\". Students must complete 7 hours of community service each trimester, totaling 21 hours by the end of the school year and 84 hours by the end of the students' high school careers. The school year begins late August and runs through early to mid June, with breaks for Jewish holidays and a winter vacation in late January.", "title": "Weinbaum Yeshiva High School" }, { "docid": "6696026", "text": "seek to restore a natural balance. The four books of \"The Dragon Quartet\" are: Other books: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg is also a notable theatre set designer, who has designed on Broadway, as well as Off Broadway, and regionally. She designed the Broadway sets for \"Any Given Day\" by Frank Gilroy, the George C. Scott revival of \"On Borrowed Time\", \"Lucifer’s Child\" starring Julie Harris, \"American Buffalo\" starring Al Pacino, \"Da\", \"Requiem for a Heavyweight\", \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", \"Steaming\", and \"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\", \"Saint Joan\", \"The Seagull\", \"Joe Egg\", \"A Month of Sundays\", and \"Moose Murders\". Broadway", "title": "Marjorie B. Kellogg" }, { "docid": "20497508", "text": "where he balanced being a computer nerd and basketball while trying to find his place. This is where he found that humor would get him out of bad situations. His high school years were spent at Memphis Catholic High School hanging out with the nerdier set of kids who also had his twisted version of humor. This is where he found Monty Python and British comedian Lenny Henry and his first theatrical work in the play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". His senior year he was at school from 6am until 8pm nightly because of getting back into sports. He was", "title": "Mo Alexander" }, { "docid": "7762547", "text": "Grossmont and well beyond it. Theatre arts are likely to have begun with pastor-friendly amusements typical for high schools early on. It was Raymond Kniss who introduced the higher quality of Broadway initiation of shows in 1948–1950 with Arsenic and Old Lace, You Can’t Take it With You, Our Town, and George Washington Slept Here. The first foreign-origin play at Grossmont was from 1917 Ireland. This was Robert Halvorsen’s production in 1957 of J. M. Synge’s hauntingly beautiful but dark The Playboy of the Western World–in brogue and with keening, and in-the round on the Gym floor. Plays by other", "title": "Grossmont High School" }, { "docid": "11267047", "text": "Washington Slept Here\" was proposed, Benny took in a performance. In the original stage production, it was the husband, not the wife, who bought the property, and had been the \"straight man\". The focus was changed for the film, reversing the roles to play into Benny's established persona of being a miser as well as the comic foil. Originally, Olivia De Havilland was to be cast as the female lead. To recreate the country home that was central to the film's plot, the house in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1944) which was actually shot in 1941 for a later theatrical", "title": "George Washington Slept Here" }, { "docid": "4898176", "text": "Lindsay and his wife Dorothy Stickney. It ran for over seven years to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway. Other work included the books for \"The Sound of Music\", the Cole Porter musical \"Red, Hot and Blue\", the Irving Berlin musical \"Call Me Madam\", and the production of the play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Their last collaboration was the 1962 Irving Berlin musical, \"Mr. President\". In addition to writing the books for Broadway shows, they were also \"show doctors\" who were asked to come improve Broadway shows in out-of-town tryouts, assisting the director and author of the show to", "title": "Lindsay and Crouse" }, { "docid": "4066725", "text": "M. Barrie's Peter Pan in \"In Search of Peter Pan\" (a song which also quotes \"When You Wish Upon a Star\" from the Disney film \"Pinocchio\"), as well as a nod towards \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" in the song \"Coffee Homeground\", which despite being similar in plot to the play, was inspired by a taxi driver who drove Bush once. Film references include \"Hammer Horror\", while although taking its name from the Hammer Film studios, is actually about a production of \"The Hunchback of Notre Dame\". The British television show \"The Sweeney\", a popular police drama from the 1970s, was", "title": "Lionheart (Kate Bush album)" }, { "docid": "3389234", "text": "roles from the 1941 stage production. Hull and Adair both received an eight-week leave of absence from the stage production that was still running, but Karloff did not as he was an investor in the stage production and its main draw. The entire film was shot within those eight weeks. The film cost just over $1.2 million of a $2 million budget to produce. The Brewster family of Brooklyn, New York, is descended from \"Mayflower\" settlers. Several illustrious forebears' portraits line the walls of the ancestral home. Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant), a writer who has repeatedly denounced marriage as \"an", "title": "Arsenic and Old Lace (film)" }, { "docid": "6947246", "text": "Park\" (1978), \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1979), \"Don't Drink the Water\" (1980), \"Shubert Alley\" (1981), \"Blithe Spirit\" (1982), \"See How They Run\" (1983), \"The Murder Room\" (1984), \"You Can't Take it With You\" (1985), \"The Man Who Came to Dinner\" (1986), \"Don't Drink the Water\" (1987), \"The Odd Couple-Female Version\" (1988), \"Play On!\" (1989), \"Morning at Seven\" (1990), \"Brighton Beach Memoirs\" (1991), \"Night of January 16th\" (1992), \"The Odd Couple-Male and Female Version\" (1993), \"The Diary of Anne Frank\" (1994), \"A Murder is Announced\" (1995), \"The Miracle Worker\" (1996), \"The Enchanted April\" (1997), \"Exit the Body\" (1998), \"The Importance of", "title": "Madison High School (New Jersey)" }, { "docid": "1743551", "text": "between WASP families and urban Jewish families for potential comedic effect. The 1939 Broadway play \"Arsenic and Old Lace\", later adapted into a Hollywood film released in 1944, ridiculed the old American elite. The play and film depict \"old-stock British Americans\" a decade before they were tagged as WASPS. The playwright A. R. Gurney (1930-2017), himself of WASP heritage, has written a series of plays that have been called \"penetratingly witty studies of the WASP ascendancy in retreat.\" Gurney told the \"Washington Post\" in 1982: In Gurney's play \"The Cocktail Hour\" (1988), a lead character tells her playwright son that", "title": "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" }, { "docid": "1697952", "text": "Wife\" in 1926. Kelly wrote a role especially for her in his next play, \"Daisy Mayme\", which also was staged in 1926. She continued working in New York theater throughout the 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s, Hull appeared in three Broadway hits, as a batty matriarch in \"You Can't Take It with You\" (1936), as a homicidal old lady in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1941), and in \"Harvey\" (1944). The plays all had long runs, and took up ten years of Hull's career. Her last Broadway play, \"The Solid Gold Cadillac\" (1954–55), was later into a film version with", "title": "Josephine Hull" }, { "docid": "9106621", "text": "the direction of Jeremy Edwards, he appeared in \"Twelfth Night\" (opposite a 15 year old Naveen Andrews), \"Death of a Salesman\", and \"Arsenic and Old Lace\". Degas also attended Junior Guildhall at the Barbican for several years under the tutelage of Charles Wegner. Degas credits both Edwards and Wegner with \"planting theatre into me, and knocking the ego out of me\" and was thrilled when years later they came to see his West End debut in \"Stones in His Pockets\". Having appeared in numerous school and amateur productions since the age of 11, and getting a taste of theatre life", "title": "Rupert Degas" }, { "docid": "3987878", "text": "a Nazi invasion of Britain. She continued to have success in such plays as N. C. Hunter's \"Waters of the Moon\" at the Haymarket in 1951–52. She also undertook tours of Australia and South Africa, before playing again with Olivier in \"Uncle Vanya\" at Chichester in 1962. She made her farewell appearance with her husband in a London revival of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1966. Her last stage performance was at the Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead, Surrey, in \"There Was an Old Woman\" in 1969, the year Lewis Casson died. Her final acting appearance was", "title": "Sybil Thorndike" } ]

[ "Jakeem Grant" ]

[ { "docid": "6036353", "text": "4.18 run by Jackson within the same week added some support to the legitimacy of the times. Texas Tech's Jakeem Grant was hand-timed by a New Orleans Saints scout as running a 4.10 in 2016, potentially beating Jackson's record. Deion Sanders ran a 4.27-second 40-yard dash in 1989. In 2013, Carlin Isles recorded a time of 4.22 at a Detroit Lions facility during a workout. In 2017 Olympic sprinter Christian Coleman ran a time of 4.12 seconds on turf in response to claims that NFL players are as fast as Usain Bolt. This is a list of the official 40-yard", "title": "40-yard dash" }, { "docid": "6036353", "text": "4.18 run by Jackson within the same week added some support to the legitimacy of the times. Texas Tech's Jakeem Grant was hand-timed by a New Orleans Saints scout as running a 4.10 in 2016, potentially beating Jackson's record. Deion Sanders ran a 4.27-second 40-yard dash in 1989. In 2013, Carlin Isles recorded a time of 4.22 at a Detroit Lions facility during a workout. In 2017 Olympic sprinter Christian Coleman ran a time of 4.12 seconds on turf in response to claims that NFL players are as fast as Usain Bolt. This is a list of the official 40-yard", "title": "40-yard dash" } ]

[ { "docid": "12831646", "text": "on the Wonderlic intelligence test with a 41 out of 50, which far exceeded the average prospect's grade of 19. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.52 seconds, which was 0.06 seconds slower than the fastest time record by a cornerback. His vertical jump of 38.5 inches was the sixth-best recorded by a cornerback. Maryland coaches reportedly told Redskins head coach Jim Zorn that Barnes was \"maybe the only guy in that league who could run with wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey,\" who recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time at the combine and was selected seventh overall in the draft. Zorn", "title": "Kevin Barnes (American football)" }, { "docid": "15016654", "text": "It was anticipated that he would be one of the fastest defensive backs at the combine. He performed all of the combine drills and finished 13th among all defensive backs in the 40-yard dash. On March 19, 2011, House attended New Mexico State's pro day and attempted to have a better performance in a few combine drills. He ran the 40-yard dash (4.37s), 20-yard dash (2.55s), 10-yard dash (1.56s), and broad jump (9'1\"). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, House was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and analysts. He was ranked", "title": "Davon House" }, { "docid": "8916599", "text": "won a Division I-A Offensive Player of the Week award, two WAC Offensive Player of the Week awards, and was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award. Johnson ran an official 4.58 40-yard dash at Boise State. Johnson ran the fastest 40-yard dash time for a running back at the 2009 NFL Combine with a 4.46. He was signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings. In the fourth game of the preseason, Johnson ran for 2 touchdowns in 17 carries against the Dallas Cowboys. The following season, Johnson was waived by the Vikings on September 4, 2010. He", "title": "Ian Johnson (American football)" }, { "docid": "18489905", "text": "Rondel Menendez Rondel Menendez (born May 18, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh-round of the 1999 NFL Draft out of Eastern Kentucky University. He shared the record for the fastest 40-yard dash time with Chris Johnson, recorded at the NFL Combine at 4.24 seconds. In 2017, his record was broken by John Ross, who ran a 4.22 second 40-yard dash. After accumulating 821 yards receiving in his first two years with Eastern Kentucky, Menendez accomplished a breakout season in his junior year, totaling 1,137 yards on 54 receptions.", "title": "Rondel Menendez" }, { "docid": "6036354", "text": "dash results of 4.30 seconds or better recorded at the NFL Scouting combine since 1999, the first year electronic timing was implemented at the NFL Scouting Combine. According to a five-year NFL combine report, wide receivers and cornerbacks had the fastest average times at 4.48, followed by running backs at 4.49. The following average times were measured between 2000 and 2012 at the NFL combine for players who played at least 5 games. 40-yard dash The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering . It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly", "title": "40-yard dash" }, { "docid": "1236525", "text": "with respiratory or heart disease]. The pollutant typically involved is PM2.5, particulate matter composed of particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB), a ballet school and performing company known internationally for their alumni, is based in Carlisle. Carlisle is the headquarters of the Giant Food supermarkets in Pennsylvania. Carlisle was home to the Washington Redskins training camp for many years. In 1986, cornerback Darrell Green ran the 40-yard dash at Dickinson College in 4.09 seconds. Although the result was unofficial, it is the fastest \"legitimate\" time ever recorded in the 40-yard dash. Carlisle, Pennsylvania", "title": "Carlisle, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "13300661", "text": "Stanley Arnoux Stanley Arnoux (born September 9, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wake Forest. Arnoux's parents were born in Haiti, and he is fluent in Haitian Creole. At the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine, Arnoux ran the second fastest 40-yard dash time at the linebacker position. His official 40-yard dash time was 4.61 seconds. Arnoux was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. In the first practice of Saints", "title": "Stanley Arnoux" }, { "docid": "17115315", "text": "as a shot putter, discus thrower and hammer thrower. He got a personal-record of 18.73 meters in the shot put at the 2012 NCAA West Regional, placing 10th. At the 2012 Pepsi Florida Relays, he placed 4th in the discus throw with a career-best throw of 50.37 meters. At the 2013 NFL Combine, Armstead ran a remarkably fast 4.71 second 40-yard dash, which is the fastest 40 yard dash time of any offensive lineman at the combine since it first began in 1982. Armstead was drafted in the third round, with the 75th overall pick, of the 2013 NFL Draft", "title": "Terron Armstead" }, { "docid": "16309240", "text": "in Toronto. The 2015 CFL Draft class was believed to be the deepest in many years – a result of both CFL eligibility rules and increasing quality of coaching and systems in the high school and university level across Canada. Several all-time CFL Combine records were broken in 2015, starting with the 40-yard dash. Regina Rams CB Tevaughn Campbell ran the fastest electronically timed 40-yard dash with 4.35 seconds. Wilfrid Laurier's Chris Ackie set the new broad jump record leaping 10 feet 11.5 inches, surpassing Brian Nugent<nowiki>'s 2002 record of 10’ 10.5″</nowiki>. Chris Ackie also led all prospects with a", "title": "CFL Combine" }, { "docid": "6036352", "text": "factored in. Furthermore, the use of hand-timing in the 40-yard dash can considerably alter a runner's time; the methods are not comparable to the rigorous electronic timing used in track and field. Jacoby Ford, who ran a 4.28 s in the 2010 NFL Combine, had a collegiate best of 6.51 s in the 60-meter dash (outside the top-40 of the all-time lists). This highlights the difficulties in comparing track running times to football 40-yard times due to the different timing methods. Auburn's Bo Jackson claims to have run a 40-yard dash with a time of 4.13 s. A time of", "title": "40-yard dash" }, { "docid": "10685604", "text": "Field News has Holliday recorded at 6.19 over 55 meters indoors in 2005, leading the nation. Leading up to the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine, Trindon Holliday had hoped to break Chris Johnson's record mark of 4.24 in the 40-yard dash. Holliday had self-reported running times as fast as 4.21, which seemed plausible given his extensive track background, and the fastest 100 m dash time of any football player in NCAA history. At the combine, reports of Holliday's 40-yard dash time ranged from between 4.18 seconds and 4.34 seconds. Adam Schefter, an ESPN reporter on hand at the event, had reported", "title": "Trindon Holliday" }, { "docid": "16649698", "text": "in the 100 m ties Abraham Hall for second fastest by a junior in the 2012 season, behind only Adam Gemili. He was \"Track and Field News\" \"High School Athlete of the Year\" in 2012. Hill also ran a 4.25 40-yard dash at a Nike Sparq Camp. Hill ran a wind-assisted (+5.0 m/s) 9.98 in the 100-meter dash at the 2013 Hutchinson NJCCA Championships. Hill was a \"USA Today\" All-American track and field selection in 2012. At Garden City Community College, Hill ran track and played football. As a sophomore in 2013, Hill ran for 659 rushing yards and five", "title": "Tyreek Hill" }, { "docid": "12693952", "text": "game with Scott attempting a pass to wide receiver Torrey Smith on a halfback option play; it fell incomplete but drew a defensive pass interference call. Scott rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown on 11 attempts, and caught three passes for 20 yards. In the winter, Scott competed on the indoor track team and ran a 60-yard dash in 6.87 seconds, and he claimed to have regained the speed he had in high school. During spring football camp, he recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time among the running backs at 4.33 seconds. Head coach Ralph Friedgen praised Scott for", "title": "Da'Rel Scott" }, { "docid": "18315481", "text": "was the top performance of all defensive linemen and he also finished with the second best performance in the bench press and broad jump. Garrett also had the third fastest 40-yard dash of all defensive linemen at the combine, which highly impressed scouts due to his size. On March 30, 2017, Garrett attended Texas A&M's Pro Day and chose to perform the 40-yard dash (4.65s), 20-yard dash (2.71), 10-yard dash (1.57s), and broad jump (10’6”). Garrett attended pre-draft visits with the Jacksonville Jaguars, San Francisco 49ers, and Chicago Bears. At the conclusion of pre-draft process, Garrett was projected by NFL", "title": "Myles Garrett" }, { "docid": "18619309", "text": "the game, he played tackle, guard, and center. He was one of the only linemen who was able to block University of Washington defensive tackle and first round pick Danny Shelton. \"Sports Illustrated\" named Marpet the \"biggest riser\" at the Senior Bowl, and included him on its All-Offense team. At the NFL Scouting Combine in February 2015, Marpet's performances identified him as one of the 2015 NFL Draft's most athletic offensive linemen. Among offensive linemen, he ran the fastest 40-yard dash, with 4.98, and the fastest split, at 1.71 seconds. He also had the second-best time in both the three-cone", "title": "Ali Marpet" }, { "docid": "18619301", "text": "game, and included him on its All-Offense team. At the Scouting Combine in February 2015, he ran the fastest 40-yard dash among offensive line prospects eligible for the 2015 NFL Draft (4.98), the fastest split (1.74 seconds), and also the second-best time in the three-cone drill (7.33) and 20-yard shuttle (4.47), while scoring the highest \"Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness\" (SPARQ) score. He also performed 30 repetitions at in the bench press, tied for fifth-best among offensive linemen. Drafted in the second round, 61st overall, of the 2015 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Marpet is the highest-drafted", "title": "Ali Marpet" }, { "docid": "16580445", "text": "ran a 4.36 time at the 40-yard dash, which tied for the second fastest overall. He wasn't selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, with his concussion against Oregon State and past injury history being a factor. He was eventually signed by the San Francisco 49ers, reuniting him with Jim Harbaugh. He was later waived as part of the 49ers final roster cuts. Owusu later was placed on the San Diego Chargers practice squad. On September 20, 2012 Owusu signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Owusu was signed by the New York Jets on September 29, 2014. Owusu was released on", "title": "Chris Owusu" }, { "docid": "5113282", "text": "pass deflections. He ran a 4.29 in the 40-yard dash as a senior. In track, he placed third at the Florida State Meet on the 100 meter dash as a junior, despite running the fastest time in the preliminaries. Next year he was the district champion on the 100 meter dash as a senior. He went on to start for three years at cornerback at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln before leaving early to become a first round NFL Draft selection of the Oakland Raiders (pick 23 in 2005). Fabian was in All-Big 12 selection in each of his three seasons", "title": "Fabian Washington" }, { "docid": "16742338", "text": "camp's \"Fastest Man\" and \"Combine King\" awards after running a 4.48-second 40-yard dash. At the 2011 HHSAA T&F Championships, he earned fourth-place finishes in both the 200-meter dash (23.41 s) and the long jump (20 ft, 7 in), while also placing tenth in the 100-meter dash event at 11.63 seconds. He also ran the second leg on the St. Louis 4 × 100 m relay squad, helping them capture the state title with a time of 42.83 seconds. Mariota attended an Oregon football camp in the summer of 2010, which allowed Mark Helfrich, Oregon's then offensive coordinator, to be one", "title": "Marcus Mariota" }, { "docid": "11832507", "text": "6.84 seconds, in the final he finished fourth in 6.87 seconds. He ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:15.49 at the Tyson Invitational. Van Dyke ran a 4.28-second 40-yard dash at the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine, which tied for the fourth-fastest time (which has since become the fifth-fastest) at the combine since electronic timing began in 1999. Van Dyke was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 3rd round 81st overall of the 2011 NFL draft. As a rookie, he was used sparingly, contributing 15 tackles and one interception, Earned", "title": "DeMarcus Van Dyke" }, { "docid": "16966245", "text": "the Detroit Lions Isles ran a time of 4.22 seconds in the 40-yard dash, the fastest time recorded that year. In February 2014, Isles left the Lions to take up a contract with the Glasgow Warriors. Carlin Isles Carlin Isles (born November 21, 1989) is an American rugby union and rugby sevens player. Isles plays for the United States national rugby sevens team. With over 100 tries, Isles ranks third for the United States in career tries scored. Isles had been touted as the fastest rugby player and he holds the record for the fastest 100m run. Isles and his", "title": "Carlin Isles" }, { "docid": "16163482", "text": "at the 1998 and 2000 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships and set the Kansas State record of 6.69 seconds in the 1999 event. In 2001, Terence Newman broke the record when he ran a 6.67, and in 2002 Newman set the current school record of 6.62. Lockett's time of 21.48 seconds in 2000 was second in school history in the 200 metres at the time. Lockett has one of the fastest 40-yard dash times at the NFL Combine since 2000 when times began being recorded electronically with fully automatic time electronic timing. He was drafted in the 7th", "title": "Aaron Lockett (gridiron football)" }, { "docid": "7720335", "text": "two as a starter. He was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference's All-Conference team as a senior after setting school records for receiving TDs in a season and receiving TDs in a single game. McMahan caught the game-winning touchdown against SEC opponent Mississippi State University, marking Maine's only victory against an SEC opponent in school history. McMahan's draft stock rose quickly after a strong senior season and posting impressive numbers in the 40 yard dash and vertical jump. Second in the nation, only to Sinorice Moss, McMahan ran an official 40 yard dash of 4.31 seconds. His vertical of 40", "title": "Kevin McMahan" }, { "docid": "18415407", "text": "the required combine drills and positional drills. He participated at Florida State's Pro Day and ran the 40-yard dash, 20-yard dash, 10-yard dash, and positional drills. He was ranked the top running back in the draft by Sports Illustrated and Pro Football Focus, the second best running back by NFL media analyst Bucky Brooks, and the third best running back by NFLDraftScout.com and NFL analyst Mike Mayock. Although he was considered to be one of the top running backs, off-the-field problems, prior arrests, character concerns, fumbling issues, and a history of shoulder injuries caused his stock to fall. NFL draft", "title": "Dalvin Cook" }, { "docid": "12465175", "text": "Stefan Fernholm Bengt Stefan Fernholm (July 2, 1959 in Norrköping, Östergötland – March 11, 1997 in Västerås, Västmanland) was a discus thrower and shot putter from Sweden. Fernholm represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he ended up in 8th place in the Men's Discus Throw competition. He was affiliated with the \"Bellevue Idrottsklubb\" in Stockholm during his career. Fernholm was believed to be the World's Fastest \"Big Man.\" At 6 ft 1 in, 270 lb, Fernholm ran the 40 yard dash in 4.25 seconds, which would put him amongst the fastest players", "title": "Stefan Fernholm" }, { "docid": "18326458", "text": "posted the top 40-yard dash time among defensive backs and the second fastest overall (4.31 seconds); that time placed him tied for seventh-fastest among cornerbacks at the combine since 2003. He also finished tied for fourth on the bench press with 19 reps. At his Pro Day, he re-tried the 20-yard shuttle and responded with a 4.18 time. The Minnesota Vikings selected Waynes in the first round (11th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. Waynes was the first cornerback drafted in 2015 and became the Minnesota Vikings' highest drafted cornerback in franchise history, surpassing 1994 first round pick (18th overall)", "title": "Trae Waynes" }, { "docid": "15206166", "text": "number 4. In his last season at Georgia, Green missed the first four games, but he finished with a team-high 57 receptions for 848 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. The Bengals selected TCU quarterback (QB) Andy Dalton in the second round, with overall selection number 35. These first two picks were replacements for starting WR Chad Ochocinco and QB Carson Palmer, respectively. In the third round, the Bengals selected defensive lineman (DL) Dontay Moch of University of Nevada. During the NFL Scouting Combine, Moch ran a 4.44 40-yard dash, making him the fastest DL to ever run the dash. The", "title": "2011 Cincinnati Bengals season" }, { "docid": "13820693", "text": "Onterio McCalebb Onterio McCalebb (born August 10, 1989) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. McCalebb garnered much attention with an impressive performance in the 40-yard dash at the 2013 NFL Combine, recording an official time of 4.28 seconds, the fastest by a running back. He has also been a member of the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. McCalebb grew up in Fort Meade, Florida, raised primarily by his grandmother and father. McCalebb attended Fort Meade High School in Fort Meade, Florida, where he played football, basketball, and ran track. As a senior in 2007, McCalebb", "title": "Onterio McCalebb" }, { "docid": "16946233", "text": "by \"Sports Illustrated\". At the 2014 NFL Combine, Barr ran the 40-yard dash in 4.66 seconds, sixth-best among linebackers, and tied for 14th in the vertical (34.5 inches). His 15 reps on the bench press were also dead last among those who participated, according to NFL.com's combine tracker. At the UCLA Pro Day on March 11, he ran an electronic 4.41 in the 40-yard dash, did 19 repetitions on the bench press and had a 10-foot-5 (3.20 meters) broad jump. Barr was selected in the first round, ninth overall by the Minnesota Vikings, making him the highest selected defensive player", "title": "Anthony Barr (American football)" }, { "docid": "11183645", "text": "was 4.31 seconds, but he wanted to lower that to 4.29 seconds in the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. He tripped and fell during a passing drill at the NFL Scouting Combine on February 22, 2009, hyperextending his left knee, and wasn’t running at full speed, but previously to his fall, unofficially ran the 40-yard dash in 4.34 seconds and 4.4 seconds that morning. He ran the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in 4.45 sec., but the earlier unofficial times conflicted with other reports that said he ran the dash first in 4.34 seconds and then 4.44 seconds.", "title": "Jeremy Maclin" }, { "docid": "10153170", "text": "dash in 10.38 seconds, which is the high school and meet record. Pope originally attended Eastern Michigan, where he appeared in 25 games and racked up 24 tackles and two pass breakups from 2002 to 2004. Pope red-shirted his freshman year. In 2003, he clocked 4.35 seconds in the 40 yard dash during underclassman testing. Pope also ran indoor track in the offseason and placed 3rd in the 60 meter dash (6.87 seconds) at the 2004 MAC Indoor Championships. Shortly after finishing all conference at the 2004 indoor championships, Pope ran the 40 yard dash in 4.29 seconds for underclassman", "title": "Geoff Pope (American football)" }, { "docid": "14021707", "text": "was one of 26 defensive tackles to receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed all of the combine drills and had a slower 40-yard dash then expected, after running in the 4.93-5.08 range before the combine. On March 30, 2011, Casey attended USC's pro day, along with Tyron Smith, Jordan Cameron, Butch Lewis, Ronald Johnson, Mitch Mustain, Shareece Wright, Malcolm Smith, Allen Bradford, C. J. Gable, David Ausberry, Stanley Havili, Mike Morgan, and six other prospects. He ran the 40-yard dash (4.97), 20-yard dash (2.88), and 10-yard dash (1.75) and lowered his time in", "title": "Jurrell Casey" }, { "docid": "18546825", "text": "the 40-yard dash, 20-yard dash, 10-yard dash, and broad jump partially due to a hand injury. He finished ninth among all participating defensive backs in the broad jump and 19th in the 40-yard dash. On March 10, 2015, Tartt attended Samford's pro day and performed all of the combine drills and ran positional drills. He fared well at his pro day and attracted representatives and scouts from 18 NFL teams as the primary prospect working out at the event. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Tartt was projected to be a second or third round pick by NFL draft", "title": "Jaquiski Tartt" }, { "docid": "5112300", "text": "Conference USA in 2004 after winning the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. Those wins eventually qualified Routt to compete in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the NCAA Indoor Championship. Routt is a two-time champion in the 200 meters at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships. At the 2005 NFL Scouting Combine, Routt ran the fastest 40-yard dash at a time of 4.27 seconds, the fastest time since the NFL used electronic timing. His record was broken by running back Chris Johnson with a time of 4.24 seconds in 2008. Routt was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round (38th", "title": "Stanford Routt" }, { "docid": "17256472", "text": "Scarlet Knights which caused him to miss the next three games; upon return, Gragg reaggravated the injury and missed the rest of the season's matches. He finished his final season at Arkansas with 22 receptions for 289 yards and three touchdowns, while the team ended with a 4–8 record; academically, he graduated with a degree in sports management. After his senior year, Gragg participated in the NFL Scouting Combine, where he ran the fastest 40-yard dash time, the third-fastest 3 cone drill, had the third-longest broad jump, and the second-highest vertical jump of all tight ends in attendance. In an", "title": "Chris Gragg" }, { "docid": "13398451", "text": "and three touchdowns. At the Fork Union Military Academy combine, he reportedly ran the 40-yard dash in 4.126 seconds. Rivals.com ranked him the number-17 prep school player in the nation and called him the \"fastest player on the East Coast\". The head coach John Schuman called him \"the fastest player ever at Fork Union\", a school which has produced 87 NFL Draft picks and two Heisman Trophy winners. Ford was recruited by Clemson, Florida, Michigan State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia. Ford enrolled at Clemson University, where he majored in sociology. In 2006 as a true freshman, he saw", "title": "Jacoby Ford" }, { "docid": "17705631", "text": "the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the 1960s. While at university there, he competed in NCAA events with the Penn State Nittany Lions. He took All-American honours as a finalist in the 4x440-yard relay at the 1973 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 1974 he was a 100-yard dash and 220-yard dash semi-finalist at the NCAA Outdoors. He won the 440-yard dash at the 1975 NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 48.5 seconds. His fastest performance came at the 1975 NCAA Outdoor Championships: there he ran 45.46 seconds in the semi-finals (a new stadium record) but was over a second", "title": "Mike Sands (athlete)" }, { "docid": "11396889", "text": "in the Under Armour Senior Bowl. Kevin Barnes was also selected to participate in the Senior Bowl very early in the season before he suffered a scapular fracture. He attended the game, but did not play due to his injury. Five former Maryland players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, which tied North Carolina for the most of any Atlantic Coast Conference team. Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who ran the fastest 40-yard dash time at the combine of 4.30 seconds, was selected by the Oakland Raiders as the seventh overall pick, far higher than most analysts had anticipated. Cornerback", "title": "2008 Maryland Terrapins football team" }, { "docid": "13903333", "text": "world's fastest human.\" Tharnish was born in Darien, New York but shortly his family moved to Audubon, Iowa. Al Tharnish Eli Albert (\"Al\") Tharnish (May 3, 1869 – March 18, 1935) was an American runner known for foot racing and was the first to be called \"The World's Fastest Man\". From 1884 to 1891, Tharnish was never defeated in a race for money, including races from a 50-yard dash to four miles. He was trained by Ed W. Moulton, trainer of Charlie Paddock. His time for the 100 yard dash was 9 4/5 seconds. Tharnish ran for Barnum and Bailey", "title": "Al Tharnish" }, { "docid": "17638247", "text": "best 28.5 for loss, 11 sacks, and four forced fumbles. He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and was a unanimous All-American. At the NFL Combine, Donald set the record for fastest 40-yard dash time for a defensive tackle previously held by Tank Johnson, who ran a 4.69 in 2004. He drew comparisons to John Randle afterwards. Donald was drafted in the first round with the 13th overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. On June 16, 2014, the St. Louis Rams signed Donald to a four-year, $10.13 million rookie contract that", "title": "Aaron Donald" }, { "docid": "4274718", "text": "Michael Bennett (running back) Michael A. Bennett (born August 13, 1978) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings 27th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin. A Pro Bowl selection with the Vikings in 2002, Bennett has also been a member of the New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders. He was one of the fastest sprinters in college history clocking in a record 4.13 in the 40-yard dash, the second fastest in NFL history", "title": "Michael Bennett (running back)" }, { "docid": "12693959", "text": "and \"The New York Times\" praised him for his practice leading up to the game. In the Senior Bowl, Scott recorded five carries for 15 yards, including a touchdown on a one-yard run. The New York Giants selected Scott with the 221st overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Giants general manager Jerry Reese said, \"We took a flyer on the guy because he is big and fast… We hope this guy develops into a Willie Parker, one of those kinds of things.\" At the NFL Combine, Scott ran the 40-yard dash in 4.34 seconds, the fastest time recorded by", "title": "Da'Rel Scott" }, { "docid": "19729557", "text": "as the Sabercats ran a 41.1. Following his senior season, Wilson was invited to perform at the 2009 Army All-American Combine held in San Antonio, Texas on January 5. Listed at 6'2\", 172 lbs, he ended up running the third-fastest 40-yard dash among all participants with a 4.53 second sprint and completed the 20-yard shuttle in 4.28 seconds. Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Wilson was rated among Oklahoma's top high school seniors as the state's 19th best player and was given a recruit ranking of 5.6. He was also viewed as a three-star recruit by Scout.com and a four-star", "title": "Julian Wilson (American football)" }, { "docid": "9736098", "text": "was tabbed as a starter after just one meeting and one practice. Glasper worked out at the Boston College Pro Day on March 21, 2007. He had a relatively good showing running his 40-yard dash in 4.59 seconds. He ran a 20-yard dash in 2.66 seconds and a 10-yard dash in 1.56 seconds. Ryan also ran the 20 yard shuttle run in 4.15 seconds and maneuvered the 3-cone drill in 6.86 seconds. Ryan bench pressed a standard 14 times, had a vertical leap of , and had a leap of in the broad jump. Glasper went undrafted but attended the", "title": "Ryan Glasper" }, { "docid": "16444551", "text": "He finished his career with 182 tackles, 12 interceptions and two touchdowns. Coming out of Arizona, Wade was projected to be a third round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed nearly all of the combine and positional drills, choosing to only skip the 20-yard dash. His 40-yard dash was the 19th fastest time out of the 34 cornerbacks at the combine and his bench press was the 10th best performance out of the 19 cornerbacks who participated. Wade was ranked the 12th best cornerback prospect in", "title": "Trevin Wade" }, { "docid": "5934388", "text": "to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, where he competed successfully on their track team, including becoming twice USA champion in the 100 yards sprint, in 1969 and 1970. In 1974, he ran the fastest 100-yard dash with manual timing of 9.0 seconds, a record he still holds. This was deemed at the time by the \"Los Angeles Times\" as \"Immortality in 9 Seconds Flat\", and he was quickly tagged with the title \"the world's fastest man\" by \"Track and Field News\" who put him on their June 1974 cover. Crockett never ran in the Olympics for the USA having", "title": "Ivory Crockett" }, { "docid": "14158865", "text": "finished tied for third among all defensive backs in the bench press, tied for fifth in the vertical jump, and finished 21st in the 40-yard dash. On March 16, 2010, he attended Georgia's pro day and improved his times in the 40-yard dash (4.50s) and 20-yard dash (2.64s) and ran positional drills for scouts and team representatives. He was linked to the Miami Dolphins after attending a dinner with team personnel during a two-day visit. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Jones was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He", "title": "Reshad Jones" }, { "docid": "15876393", "text": "all-Big East selection and an honorable mention All-American by SI.com. Irvin was one of 58 collegiate defensive linemen to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended as a defensive end and completed all of the required combine drills. His time of 4.50s in the 40-yard dash was the fastest among all defensive linemen. Irvin opted to have another attempt at the 40-yard dash and surprised many scouts and analysts by running a 4.43s. On March 14, 2012, Irvin was arrested for destruction of property after allegedly tearing a magnetic sign off of a Jimmy John's delivery vehicle", "title": "Bruce Irvin (American football)" }, { "docid": "18771386", "text": "Indiana. He had a mediocre performance overall, finishing ninth among his position group in the 40-yard dash and tenth in the bench press. On April 9, 2015, Tomlinson attended UTEP's pro day and performed the majority of combine drills again. He was able to have a better showing then his day at the combine and lowered his times in the 40-yard dash (4.77s), 20-yard dash (4.82s), and 10-yard dash (1.73s). His unofficial time in the 40-yard dash would've been the third best time among all tight ends who participated at the combine. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Tomlinson", "title": "Eric Tomlinson" }, { "docid": "5014968", "text": "sacks, three interceptions, six forced fumbles, and nine fumble recoveries. He majored in consumer economics. Davis opted to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the 2005 NFL Draft as an underclassman. He attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed the majority of drills, but opted to skip the bench press. Davis finished second among all linebackers who participated in the 40-yard dash, behind Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson. On March 22, 2005, Davis attended Georgia’s pro day, but opted to stand on the majority of his combine numbers and only ran the 40-yard dash and participated in positional drills. He improved", "title": "Thomas Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "6351957", "text": "in receptions. He held the team records for most passes caught in a season, most receiving yards in a game, and most touchdown receptions in a game. Ernest Wilford attended the NFL Combine. He measured in at 6'4\" 226 pounds. He ran a 4.81 40 yard dash (1.68 10 yard split), a 4.17 20 yard shuttle, and had a vertical jump of 40.5\". He also broad jumped 10'10\". At his Pro Day, he improved his 40-yard dash to a 4.76. Wilford was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 4th round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Wilford signed with the", "title": "Ernest Wilford" }, { "docid": "16141493", "text": "Roy, Daphne and Chism were eliminated. Round 2 of the finalist challenge was a 100-yard dash. It was the same challenge in the beginning of the season where the contestants had to run a 40-yard dash. The first five to finish the dash would advance to Round 3. Chris automatically lost the challenge for medical reasons. Emily and Kimmy were the last placers and were eliminated. Round 3 of the finalist challenge was a calorie puzzle. Each row of the puzzle had a calorie number and each weight had a specific food that matched to each row. The fastest three", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 13)" }, { "docid": "2835705", "text": "he would be drafted much higher, but partially due to reports of multiple failed cocaine and marijuana tests released the night before the draft many teams passed on him. The NFL released a statement strongly denying the rumors, and Sapp today believes an anonymous snitch had intentionally sabotaged his draft chances. Three years later (in 1998), he signed a contract extension paying $36 million over six years. He ran the fastest time in the 40-yard dash for a defensive tackle (4.69 sec). He was almost immediately given the starting job as Buccaneer right defensive tackle which he held for his", "title": "Warren Sapp" }, { "docid": "18927612", "text": "also as a linebacker and defensive end. He played college football for the Florida Gators in 2011, and recorded eight receptions for 99 yards over nine games. A knee injury caused him to miss three games in his rookie year. Leonard transferred to Tennessee State to play for the Tigers the following season, where he played for two years. He recorded 1,174 yards for 11 touchdowns on 85 receptions with the Tigers. Leonard was eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft, and ran the fastest 40-yard dash among tight ends at the NFL scouting combine that year. He was signed as", "title": "A.C. Leonard" }, { "docid": "10335599", "text": "showed limited skills in pass coverage drills\", and was therefore projected to outside linebacker by some teams. However, during an interview with Steve Wyche of NFL Network, Mays said that the NFL teams he was interviewed by during the 2010 NFL Combine processes never mentioned him switching positions, but that he would be willing do so if need be.As a top safety prospect he received an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds, the fastest time among safeties. Although it could have been considerably faster, as he clocked an unofficial time of 4.24", "title": "Taylor Mays" }, { "docid": "10037371", "text": "High School. He began playing as a junior in high school, playing both defensive back and wide receiver. He received second team all-state honors as a senior, and received four letters as an outfielder for the school's baseball team. ° Redshirted † All-Pac 10 Honourable Mention ‡ All-Pac 10 First Team Piscitelli received an invitation to attend the NFL Combine due to his outstanding performance in his last year at Oregon State University. He posted the fastest pro agility time of 2006, ran a 4.44 second 40-yard dash, and bench pressed 225 lbs for 19 reps. He was selected by", "title": "Tino Sabbatelli" }, { "docid": "17496270", "text": "Measuring in at 6'2\" (1.88 m), 217 pounds (98 kg) at Ole Miss' pro day, Treadwell confirmed the relatively slow 40-yard dash time that scouts anticipated; in his first attempt, he clocked a pedestrian 4.65, and on his second chance, he ran a 4.63 with a 1.62 10-yard split. However, the more surprising result for Treadwell, in fact, was not his 40-yard dash time but a disappointing -inch (0.85 m) vertical jump, a half-inch better than he did in Indianapolis. He also completed the 20-yard shuttle in 4.30 seconds and the 3-cone drill in 7.04 seconds. Based on his combine", "title": "Laquon Treadwell" }, { "docid": "18326450", "text": "three triples while being caught stealing only once in 26 attempts. Waynes was also a standout track & field athlete. In 2010, he won the county indoor track championship in the 60-yard and 220-yard dashes and recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time (4.37 s) at the Midwest Ultimate 100 Camp. In 2011, he finished third in the 100m (10.85 s) at the Division I State T&F Championships, and recorded a career-best time of 10.75 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the SEC Outdoor Conference Meet, where he placed first. He also contributed as a member of the 4 × 100m", "title": "Trae Waynes" }, { "docid": "12596541", "text": "a touchdown. He also ranks second in Connecticut history in career receiving yards (3,014), touchdown receptions (43), and consecutive games with a touchdown reception (13). Also an standout track & field athlete, Cooper was a state qualifier in the 100 meters. At the 2008 Bloomfield Invitational, he took gold in the long jump, with a leap of 6.48 meters (21 ft, 1 in), while also earning second-place finishes in both the 100-meter dash (10.79 s) and the high jump (2.04 m) events. In addition, he also ran the 55-meter dash in 6.47 seconds and clocked a 4.45-second 40-yard dash. Cooper", "title": "Marcus Cooper" }, { "docid": "9030102", "text": "ran a 4.32 in the 40-yard dash, making him the second-fastest receiver in the draft behind Yamon Figurs (4.30). Hill played sparingly in his rookie year with the 49ers, appearing in only five games due to lingering hamstring and groin injuries. He finished the season with one reception for six yards and four special teams tackles. In 2008, Hill came on strong in the second half of the season when Shaun Hill replaced J. T. O'Sullivan as the 49ers starting quarterback. He finished the season with 30 catches for 317 yards and two touchdowns. Hill again played sparingly in 2009,", "title": "Jason Hill (American football)" }, { "docid": "17256463", "text": "sophomore and junior seasons, the Razorbacks made appearances in Bowl Championship Series games and defeated the Kansas State Wildcats in the 2012 Cotton Bowl Classic, which culminated the 2011 season. A knee injury caused Gragg to miss eight games in his senior season as the Arkansas team finished with a losing record. Invited to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine, an evaluative competition among prospective NFL players, Gragg ran the fastest 40-yard dash time and had the second-highest vertical jump among tight ends in attendance; in the draft, the Bills chose Gragg with the 222nd overall selection, a pick Buffalo", "title": "Chris Gragg" }, { "docid": "16339000", "text": "Shamawd Chambers Shamawd Chambers (born March 10, 1989) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the third best player in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft and second by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. At the 2012 CFL Evaluation Camp, Chambers ran the fastest 40-yard dash, clocking in at 4.42. He was selected sixth overall by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2012 CFL Draft. After going undrafted in the 2012 NFL", "title": "Shamawd Chambers" }, { "docid": "2516100", "text": "house in an upscale section of Suffolk, Virginia. At his Pro Day workout, Vick ran the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds; his time has been clocked as low as 4.25, which is the fastest-ever for an NFL quarterback. Vick was selected first in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, becoming the first African-American quarterback to be taken with the top pick. The San Diego Chargers had the number-one selection but traded it to Atlanta Falcons the day before the draft for the Falcons' first- and third-round picks in 2001. Vick was taken in the 30th round of the", "title": "Michael Vick" }, { "docid": "16339004", "text": "Hamilton Tiger-Cats for two low-round draft picks. Shamawd Chambers Shamawd Chambers (born March 10, 1989) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the third best player in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft and second by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. At the 2012 CFL Evaluation Camp, Chambers ran the fastest 40-yard dash, clocking in at 4.42. He was selected sixth overall by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2012 CFL Draft.", "title": "Shamawd Chambers" }, { "docid": "13733293", "text": "40-yard dash; at the NFL Combine he ran the distance in 4.54 seconds, the fastest among all linebackers. According to NFL draft analyst Chris Steuber, Chaney's experience playing outside earlier in his career could help him play on the strong side or as a 3-4 middle linebacker in the NFL. Chaney was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round (220th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was signed to a four-year contract on June 4, 2010. After starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley suffered a disclocated elbow in the second quarter of a week 14 game against the", "title": "Jamar Chaney" }, { "docid": "20516174", "text": "true freshman in 2014. O'Neill switched from tight end to offensive tackle in July 2015. Minus the first game of the 2015 season, O'Neill started every game for Pittsburgh from 2015-2017 (37 consecutive starts). In 2016 he was named to the All-ACC Third Team and in 2017 the All-ACC First Team. After 2017, his redshirt junior season, he declared for the 2018 NFL Draft. O'Neill had an impressive performance at the 2018 NFL Combine. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.80 seconds, the fastest time among all offensive linemen and the best time for a lineman since 2013. It also", "title": "Brian O'Neill (American football)" }, { "docid": "19027025", "text": "year, he ran the fastest 40-yard dash (4.32 seconds) at a SPARQ Combine in Oregon, which featured some of the nation's top recruits. As senior in 2012, he finished eighth at Texas UIL 3A state meet in the high jump with a 1.93m (6'4\") mark. Coleman was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. He committed to Baylor University to play college football. After redshirting in 2012, Coleman started 10 of 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2013. For the season, he had 35 receptions for 527 yards and two touchdowns. Coleman missed the first three games of his", "title": "Corey Coleman" }, { "docid": "9214289", "text": "that Nebraska never showed much interest in him and that he wanted to go somewhere where he was wanted. Chadron State showed a lot of interest in him, which is where he ended up. While at Chadron State, he majored in math education. Woodhead did not receive an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, so he had to use his pro day to show his abilities. According to a report on \"NFLDraftWatch.net\", he ran the 40-yard dash in times of 4.33 to 4.38 seconds, which would have been the second-fastest among all running backs at the NFL Combine in March", "title": "Danny Woodhead" }, { "docid": "5933008", "text": "LeSean McCoy. McCoy attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He finished his college career with 110 receptions for 2,096 yards (19.1 yards per rec. avg.), and 25 touchdowns. His 110 receptions rank eighth on the school's career record list. At the NFL Combine in February, 2005, McCoy ran the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds, the 4th fastest time among wide receivers present. McCoy saw limited time as a reserve in his true freshman season in 2001 before breaking out with 30 catches for 640 yards and eight touchdowns as a 13-game starter in 2002. He had 36 receptions for 521 yards", "title": "LeRon McCoy" }, { "docid": "12042723", "text": "ran the 40-yard dash in 4.94 seconds, the fastest of any offensive lineman at the Combine. Undrafted in the 2004 NFL Draft, Jackson was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent. Jackson failed to make the active roster out of training camp, but was signed to the team's practice squad, where he remained the rest of the season. In 2005, Jackson again was signed to the practice squad following training camp, then was promoted to the active roster after the fourth game. A backup to the guard and center positions, Jackson did not appear in a game.", "title": "Scott Jackson (American football)" }, { "docid": "6577242", "text": "all-time Michigan single game receptions yardage list with 192. Streets led the Michigan receivers statistically for three consecutive years from 1996 – 1998 (Yards 1996–1998, Receptions 1996 & 1998, Receiving touchdowns 1997–1998). Streets finished his career at Michigan with 2284 yards and 19 touchdowns on 144 receptions. At the March NFL Combine, Streets ran the third fastest 40-yard dash in a time of 4.42 seconds. Streets was regarded as between the 6th and 8th best wide receiver in the 1999 NFL Draft according to most expert analyses in April. However, he ruptured his right achilles tendon in a pickup basketball", "title": "Tai Streets" }, { "docid": "12956871", "text": "is enrolled back at ULL in order to finish requirements needed to obtain his degree in Criminal Justice. In preparation for the 2009 NFL Draft, Fenroy ran a hand-timed 40 yard dash at 4.46 seconds (fastest time) and an average of 4.51 seconds. He had a 38-inch vertical jump and finished 18 bench press repetitions of 225 pounds. After going undrafted in the 2009 NFL Draft, Fenroy signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on April 27. The Bears waived Fenroy on May 5. On June 19, 2009, it was announced that Fenroy agreed to terms with", "title": "Tyrell Fenroy" }, { "docid": "16975913", "text": "a passing touchdown. Archer was named the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year. He made the All-MAC first team as a running back and kick returner. He was also a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award. Archer was a consensus All-American. Source: At the NFL Scouting Combine, Archer ran the 40-yard dash in 4.26 seconds, which is the third fastest time ever recorded (Chris Johnson 4.24 and John Ross 4.22) since the NFL began electronic timing. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (97th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft. On September 7, 2014, Archer", "title": "Dri Archer" }, { "docid": "9842579", "text": "the 2008 Big Ten Conference football season, he was an honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference selection by the media and Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the coaches. Before his sophomore year began, he ran a 4.33 40-yard dash in a race against Ray Small and many others. He was the fastest Buckeye in 2009. In his sophomore year, Pryor led the Buckeyes to another Big Ten Championship. After starting the season slow, he eventually developed into a better passer, and went on to earn the 2010 Rose Bowl MVP trophy after leading Ohio State to a 26–17 victory", "title": "Terrelle Pryor" }, { "docid": "16987706", "text": "He ran the fastest 40-yard dash among all of the linebackers. He participated in only positional drills at Michigan's Pro Day. He was ranked the third-best safety in the draft by \"Sports Illustrated\", Pro Football Focus, ESPN, NFL analyst Mike Mayock, and NFL analyst Bucky Brooks. On April 25, 2017, only two days before the draft, it was reported that Peppers received a positive test for a drug screen that was given at the combine. The positive test was in fact due to a diluted sample and further reports revealed that Peppers drank ample amounts of water and was ill", "title": "Jabrill Peppers" }, { "docid": "13419569", "text": "William Judson Jr. William \"Will\" Thadius Judson Jr. (born December 10, 1985) is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and Florida A&M. In 2009, Judson was signed by the Toronto Argonauts as a free agent on May 29, but was cut on June 7. His father is former NFL cornerback William Judson. Judson played at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia where he was considered one of the fastest prospects in the nation for the class of 2004. He ran a 4.28 40 yard dash at three different camps", "title": "William Judson Jr." }, { "docid": "16828421", "text": "Marshall announced he would enter the NFL Draft and not seek another year of eligibility at Georgia. Marshall ran the fastest 40-yard dash at the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine with a time of 4.31 seconds. He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft with the 242nd overall pick. On August 30, 2016, Marshall was placed on injured reserve. During training camp for the 2017 season, Marshall tore the patellar tendon in his right knee, ending his season. He was waived on July 25, 2018. Marshall previously roomed with his high school friend", "title": "Keith Marshall (American football)" }, { "docid": "13777083", "text": "his college career, he recorded 108 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, and 3 interceptions. Prior to the 2009 NFL Draft, Anderson was projected to be undrafted by NFLDraftScout.com. He was rated as the 79th-best cornerback in the draft. Anderson averaged 4.42 on his 40-yard dash, but ran a 4.34 on his fastest attempt. He was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, he posted the following numbers during his Akron pro-day workouts: Anderson signed with the Indianapolis Colts after going undrafted. Anderson was a practice squad member of the Cleveland Browns in 2009. Anderson signed with the Tampa Bay", "title": "Brandon Anderson" }, { "docid": "20132743", "text": "position group, finishing second in the broad jump, third in the vertical jump, and ran the fourth-fastest 40-yard dash among all defensive backs. On March 22, 2017, Griffin attended Central Florida's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills for team representatives and scouts from 20 NFL teams and three CFL teams. Throughout the draft process, Griffin had private workouts and visits with multiple teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, and Philadelphia Eagles. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Griffin", "title": "Shaquill Griffin" }, { "docid": "19468289", "text": "Gus Bradley's South team that defeated the North 27-16. Adams was one of 15 collegiate tight ends to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He ran the fastest 40-yard dash among all tight ends and finished seventh in the vertical jump and three-cone drill. On March 30, 2016, Adams attended South Carolina's pro day, along with Brandon Shell, Pharoh Cooper, Brandon Wilds, and 13 other prospects. He opted to stand on his combine numbers and perform only positional drills and the bench press for scouts and team representatives from all 32 NFL teams. At the conclusion of the", "title": "Jerell Adams" }, { "docid": "20696580", "text": "season with 55 total tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 8 pass deflections. At the 2018 NFL Combine, Nickerson ran a 4.32-second 40-yard dash, which tied two other cornerbacks, LSU's Donte Jackson and Ohio State's Denzel Ward for the fastest time. Nickerson was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round (179th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. Nickerson made his NFL debut on September 10, 2018 in a 48-17 win against the Detroit Lions, recording one tackle and receiving a taunting penalty on his first career play on defense. He made his first career start", "title": "Parry Nickerson" }, { "docid": "17571497", "text": "skip the short shuttle and three-cone drill. after sustaining a minor injury. He ran the second fastest time in the 40-yard dash among all tight ends partipating at the NFL Combine, finishing only behind Tennessee State tight end A. C. Leonard (4.50s). On March 25, 2014, Ebron participated at North Carolina’s pro day, but elected to stand on his combine numbers and only performed the short shuttle, three-cone drill, and positional drills. During positional drills, Ebron dropped three passes from quarterback Bryn Renner. Multiple NFL draft experts stated Ebron looked poor in his positional drills and highlighted the drops as", "title": "Eric Ebron" }, { "docid": "14978368", "text": "2015 Senior Bowl. On January 24, 2015, Hicks played in the Reese's Senior Bowl and recorded five combined tackles to help Tennessee Titans' head coach Ken Whisenhunt's North team defeat the South 34–13. He was one of 34 collegiate linebackers to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hicks completed all of the combine drills and ran the 11th fastest 40-yard dash among all linebackers. He also finished with the third best vertical jump and broad jump among his position group. On March 24, 2015, Hicks attended Texas' pro day, along with Malcom Brown, Quandre Diggs, Jaxon Shipley, Geoff", "title": "Jordan Hicks" }, { "docid": "18033370", "text": "attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He performed all of the combine drills and ran the ninth fastest 40-yard dash among all offensive linemen and had the fifth best vertical jump. On March 6, 2014, Thomas attended Clemson's pro day, along with Tajh Boyd, Martavis Bryant, Sammy Watkins, Tyler Shatley, Chandler Catanzaro, Bashaud Breeland, and eight others. He opted to perform positional drills and bested his combine numbers in the broad jump (8'3\") , short shuttle (4.75s), and three-cone drill (7.83s). On April 3, 2014, Thomas suffered a torn ACL while performing a non-contact drill at a private", "title": "Brandon Thomas (American football)" }, { "docid": "16309238", "text": "scheduled for the weekend of March 21–23. On March 4, 2014, the CFL announced that the 2014 combine would include three regional combines (Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto) prior to the main national combine. The regional combines were held from March 17 through 20. Four athletes were advanced to the national combine out of the regional Toronto combine, with the Edmonton and Montreal combines both advancing five players. David Menard, defensive linemen from Montreal, had the most bench reps with 32. Adam Thibault, defensive back from Laval ran the fastest 40-yard dash, clocking in at 4.454 seconds. Thibault also had the", "title": "CFL Combine" }, { "docid": "19483100", "text": "two passes for 13-yards and helped Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach Gus Bradley's South team that defeated the North 27-13. He was one of 43 collegiate wide receivers to receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Peake completed all of the combine drills and ran the sixth fastest 40-yard dash time among all wide receivers. On March 10, 2016, Peake opted to participate at Clemson's pro day, along with Kevin Dodd, Mackensie Alexander, T. J. Green, Jayron Kearse, Shaq Lawson, and then others. Team representatives and scouts from all 32 NFL team attended, including head coaches Rex", "title": "Charone Peake" }, { "docid": "15570951", "text": "He was moved to center for his senior season in 2010 as the Bearcats went 4-8 under new coach Butch Jones. He started the final 38 games of his 47-game Bearcats' career, 26 at left guard and 12 at center. He was named Honorable Mention All-America and second team All-Big East. Despite lacking \"true NFL size\", Kelce was projected a fourth to fifth round pick. He ran the fastest 40-yard dash time of all offensive linemen at the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine, with a 4.89-second time. On March 11, Kelce had an appendectomy after he was diagnosed with appendicitis. Kelce", "title": "Jason Kelce" }, { "docid": "11897063", "text": "Against Missouri Southern, he had a 100-yard kickoff return that tied the school record for longest runback. Williams was the only NCAA Division II player to be ranked in the top 10 in the nation in interceptions and kickoff return average in 2007. Williams holds the distinction of being the only player in Washburn history to score on an interception, kickoff return and a reception in the same season. He graduated with a sports management major. During his Pro Day, Williams ran a 4.43 in the 40-yard dash, registering a 1.47 second 10-yard split, and a 2.56 second 20-yard split.", "title": "Cary Williams" }, { "docid": "19393133", "text": "short shuttle or three-cone drill after suffering an apparent groin injury. His overall performance was well received by scouts and analysts, as Listenbee ran the second fastest 40-yard dash among all players, only behind Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller. On March 31, 2016, he attended TCU's pro day, along with Trevone Boykin, Josh Doctson, Derrick Kindred, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Aaron Green, Jaden Oberkrom, and 13 others. Scouts and team representatives from 30 NFL teams attended, including Minnesota Vikings' head coach Mike Zimmer, Vikings' General Manager Rick Spielman, Los Angeles Rams' General Manager Les Snead, and wide receiver coaches from the", "title": "Kolby Listenbee" }, { "docid": "13903332", "text": "Al Tharnish Eli Albert (\"Al\") Tharnish (May 3, 1869 – March 18, 1935) was an American runner known for foot racing and was the first to be called \"The World's Fastest Man\". From 1884 to 1891, Tharnish was never defeated in a race for money, including races from a 50-yard dash to four miles. He was trained by Ed W. Moulton, trainer of Charlie Paddock. His time for the 100 yard dash was 9 4/5 seconds. Tharnish ran for Barnum and Bailey after racing and beating a man, while barefoot and in overalls, the circus had claimed to be \"the", "title": "Al Tharnish" }, { "docid": "4946031", "text": "Big East Conference career-record chart while his five returns for touchdowns rank second in conference history. Hall is one of the few players in college football history to score touchdowns on offense, defense, and special teams during their collegiate career. Hall majored in secondary education while at Virginia Tech. Hall started strong in college, and turned in the fastest 40-yard dash among the freshmen at 4.37 in preseason strength and conditioning testing and also bench pressed 300 pounds. His first collegiate action was in the season-opener against Connecticut, during which he had three tackles, two assists and his first college", "title": "DeAngelo Hall" }, { "docid": "10227738", "text": "Corey Hilliard Corey Hilliard (born April 26, 1985) is a former American football offensive tackle who played seven years in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State, before being drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Hilliard has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets. Corey Hilliard attended the NFL Combine. He measured in at 6'5\" 308 pounds. He ran the 40 yard dash in 5.38 (1.86 10 yard split), ran the 20 yard shuttle in 4.65, and", "title": "Corey Hilliard" }, { "docid": "6036348", "text": "40-yard dash The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering . It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player's recorded time can have a heavy impact on his prospects in college or professional football. This was traditionally only true for the \"skill\" positions such as running back, wide receiver, and defensive back, although now a fast 40-yard dash time is considered important for almost every position. The 40-yard dash is not an official race in track and field athletics and is", "title": "40-yard dash" }, { "docid": "20040284", "text": "interceptions, 44 tackles, and 3.5 for a loss. His efforts earned him a second All-Pac-12 honorable mention and an honorable mention on the Academic All-Pac-12 Team. One of his interceptions came against Arizona State in which he caught a one-handed interception on a fade pass from Manny Wilkins in a game that they ended up winning 44–18. King attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed all of the combine drills. He ran the fastest three-cone drill and short shuttle of all defensive backs and tied for 11th among all defensive backs in the 40-yard dash. At the conclusion of the", "title": "Kevin King (American football)" }, { "docid": "769737", "text": "on August 8, 2009. Hayes is the second Olympic gold medalist to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, after Jim Thorpe. He currently holds the record for the fastest 4 × 100 m anchor leg of all time, as well as the world record for the 70-yard dash (with a time of 6.9 seconds). He also is tied for the world's second fastest time in the 60-yard dash. He was once considered the world's fastest human by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes. Hayes is the only athlete to win", "title": "Bob Hayes" }, { "docid": "3703999", "text": "player in college football history (1st in Arizona history) to return a kickoff, punt and interception for touchdowns in the same season. His 18 interceptions at the end of his Arizona career ranked 3rd on the school's career-record chart behind Chuck Cecil and Jackie Wallace. McAlister, at 205 pounds, ran a 4.53 second 40-yard dash, 4.08 second 20-yard shuttle, 6.90 3-cone drill, and had a vertical jump of 38 inches at the 1999 NFL Combine The Baltimore Ravens selected Chris McAlister in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft, as the tenth overall pick. McAlister had a solid rookie", "title": "Chris McAlister" }, { "docid": "20522088", "text": "On March 19, 2018, Gaulden participated at Tennessee's pro day and weighed in at 191 lbs, which was six pounds lighter than his weight at the NFL Combine. He ran the 40-yard dash (4.69s), 20-yard dash (2.78s), 10-yard dash (1.64s), and short shuttle (4.26s). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Gaulden was projected to be a second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the second best free safety prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com, was ranked the 10th best cornerback by Sports Illustrated, and was ranked the 13th best cornerback in the draft", "title": "Rashaan Gaulden" }, { "docid": "18758977", "text": "fifth in the bench press. On March 12, 2015, Boyle opted to participate at Delaware's pro day, along with 11 other teammates. He ran his 40-yard dash (5.00), 20-yard dash (2.85), 10-yard dash (1.65), and also performed positional drills. Scouts and representatives from 22 NFL teams attended, including tight ends coaches from the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, and Detroit Lions. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Boyle was projected to be a fifth or sixth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the 11 best tight end prospect in the draft", "title": "Nick Boyle" }, { "docid": "18495204", "text": "2016. On January 10, 2017, hours after Clemson defeated Alabama 35–31 for the national championship, Williams announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2017 NFL Draft. Coming out of Clemson, Williams was projected as a first round pick by the majority of draft experts and analysts. He attended the NFL Combine, but only performed the bench, vertical, and broad jump. He performed the 40-yard dash, 20-yard dash, and 10-yard dash at Clemson's Pro Day and also ran positional drills. Williams was ranked the best wide receiver in the draft by ESPN, the second best wide receiver", "title": "Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1994)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "472670", "text": "13th century quickly proved it is difficult to defend a plain. King Béla IV of Hungary therefore ordered the construction of reinforced stone walls around the towns and set his own royal palace on the top of the protecting hills of Buda. In 1361 it became the capital of Hungary. The cultural role of Buda was particularly significant during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus. The Italian Renaissance had a great influence on the city. His library, the Bibliotheca Corviniana, was Europe's greatest collection of historical chronicles and philosophic and scientific works in the 15th century, and second only in", "title": "Budapest" }, { "docid": "472670", "text": "13th century quickly proved it is difficult to defend a plain. King Béla IV of Hungary therefore ordered the construction of reinforced stone walls around the towns and set his own royal palace on the top of the protecting hills of Buda. In 1361 it became the capital of Hungary. The cultural role of Buda was particularly significant during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus. The Italian Renaissance had a great influence on the city. His library, the Bibliotheca Corviniana, was Europe's greatest collection of historical chronicles and philosophic and scientific works in the 15th century, and second only in", "title": "Budapest" } ]

[ { "docid": "15670938", "text": "from 1945 to 1964 without it. Between 1964 and 1990, a new coat of arms was used, avoiding to use the traditional Hungarian symbols that did not match with the communist ideals. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Hungary recovered its independence and in 1990 the original coat of arms created in 1873 was again reestablished. Coat of arms of Budapest The coat of arms of Budapest (capital city of Hungary) has existed since 1873, when the three main cities next the Danube river (Buda, Pest and Óbuda) were united in one after existing during a millennium separately. The", "title": "Coat of arms of Budapest" }, { "docid": "472660", "text": "Budapest Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about . Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into a Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The", "title": "Budapest" }, { "docid": "472784", "text": "big cities; for details see the article List of districts and towns in Budapest. Budapest Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about . Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic", "title": "Budapest" }, { "docid": "11387296", "text": "Andrássy University Budapest Andrássy University Budapest (AUB) (full name: Andrássy Gyula German Speaking University Budapest/Andrássy Gyula Deutschsprachige Universität Budapest) is a private university in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Andrássy University Budapest was founded in 2001 and is the only completely German-language university outside the German-speaking countries. As a European university in Hungary, it is supported by five partner states (Austria, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Germany, Hungary) and also by Switzerland and the autonomous region of Trentino-South Tirol. The idea to found AUB goes back to the “Ulm Declaration” of 22 February 2001. The prime ministers of Hungary, the Republic of Austria,", "title": "Andrássy University Budapest" }, { "docid": "18067412", "text": "when he moved to Nottingham, England. Vardanjan began skating in 1976 at an outdoor rink in Yerevan. His first coach was Elena Slepova. After moving to Moscow, he was coached by Edouard Pliner and then by Elena Tchaikovskaya, from 1980 to 1986. Vardanjan returned to Armenia in 1987 and became a coach at the same school where he had started skating. He began working in Hungary in December 1989, teaching at an outdoor rink before relocating to the capital, Budapest. He was based in Budapest until April 2010, when he was appointed Director of Skating at the National Ice Centre", "title": "Gurgen Vardanjan" }, { "docid": "18274547", "text": "unknown when the modern village of Požun was founded. From 1102 to 1526, Croatia was ruled by the King of Hungary. After Hungary's defeat at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, a large swathe of Hungarian territory was occupied by the Ottoman Empire. The parts of Hungary not occupied by the Ottomans, including Croatia, entered the Austrian Habsburg monarchy. With Budapest in Ottoman hands, Poszony was designated the new capital of Hungary. The city became a coronation town and the seat of kings, archbishops (1543), the nobility and all major organisations and offices. Though they entered the monarchy separately, Croatia", "title": "Požun, Croatia" }, { "docid": "19649577", "text": "Executive Committee to administer the capital city. After the collapse of the Soviet Republic, Admiral Miklós Horthy entered Budapest at the head of the National Army on 16 November 1919. He was greeted by the recurrent Bódy and other city officials in front of the Hotel Gellért. In a fiery speech horthy accused the capital's citizens of betraying Hungary by supporting Bolshevism. On the other hand, after the abolishment of virilism and expansion of suffrage in 1920, a party-based political system has evolved in the General Assembly of Budapest, which became more democratic and liberal than other parts of Hungary.", "title": "Mayor of Budapest" }, { "docid": "6095420", "text": "Music of Budapest Budapest is the capital and largest city of Hungary; it has long been an important part of the music of Hungary. Budapest's music history has included the composers Franz Liszt, Ernő Dohnányi, Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók and the opera composer Ferenc Erkel. Hungary, especially Budapest has a rich musical culture, whether its classical music, modern experimental, electronica, alternative music, or traditional Hungarian folk music. Music institutions in modern Budapest include the Hungarian State Opera, the Hungarian State Orchestra and the Nemzeti Filharmónia. Music festivals in Budapest include the annual folk dance celebration Táncháztalálkozó and the Budapest", "title": "Music of Budapest" }, { "docid": "13423125", "text": "have extended powers, but these towns belong to the territory of the respective county instead of being independent territorial units. The counties are further subdivided into 174 districts (\"járások\") as of January 1, 2015, which serve as divisions of state administration. 23 districts of the capital city of Budapest are both administrative and self-government units. Administrative divisions of Hungary Administratively, Hungary is divided into 19 counties (\"megye\", plural \"megyék\"). In addition, the capital (\"főváros\"), Budapest, is independent of any county government. The counties and the capital are the 20 NUTS third-level units of Hungary. Since 1996, the counties and City", "title": "Administrative divisions of Hungary" }, { "docid": "3688694", "text": "Esztergom Esztergom ( , , , known by ) is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. Esztergom is the seat of the \"prímás\" (see Primate) of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical", "title": "Esztergom" }, { "docid": "3688650", "text": "Esztergom Esztergom ( , , , known by ) is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. Esztergom is the seat of the \"prímás\" (see Primate) of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical", "title": "Esztergom" }, { "docid": "9868054", "text": "Friedrich Born Friedrich Born (June 10, 1903, Langenthal, Canton of Bern, Switzerland – January 14, 1963) was a Swiss delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Budapest between May 1944 and January 1945, when he had to leave Hungary following orders of the occupying Red Army. He had already lived in the Hungarian Capital city before his appointment by the ICRC, working as a trader, and originally came to Budapest as a member of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Trade. He quickly became aware of the deportation of Hungarian Jews, which began after the German", "title": "Friedrich Born" }, { "docid": "165812", "text": "and the chief mathematician in the Manhattan Project. Hungary has a highly developed road, railway, air and water transport system. Budapest, the capital, serves as an important hub for the Hungarian railway system (\"MÁV\"). The capital is served by three large train stations called \"Keleti\" (Eastern), \"Nyugati\" (Western), and \"Déli\" (Southern) \"pályaudvar\"s. Szolnok is the most important railway hub outside Budapest, while Tiszai Railway Station in Miskolc and the main stations of Szombathely, Győr, Szeged, and Székesfehérvár are also key to the network. Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc, and Szeged have tram networks. The Budapest Metro is the second-oldest underground metro system", "title": "Hungary" }, { "docid": "6095441", "text": "Budapest's most important clubs and according to artists and audiences, one of the \"coolest clubs in Europe.\" The ship features a wide variety of alternative, rock and electronic music.It is popular not only with locals, but serves as an attraction for young people visiting Budapest. Music of Budapest Budapest is the capital and largest city of Hungary; it has long been an important part of the music of Hungary. Budapest's music history has included the composers Franz Liszt, Ernő Dohnányi, Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók and the opera composer Ferenc Erkel. Hungary, especially Budapest has a rich musical culture, whether", "title": "Music of Budapest" }, { "docid": "13423124", "text": "Administrative divisions of Hungary Administratively, Hungary is divided into 19 counties (\"megye\", plural \"megyék\"). In addition, the capital (\"főváros\"), Budapest, is independent of any county government. The counties and the capital are the 20 NUTS third-level units of Hungary. Since 1996, the counties and City of Budapest have been grouped into 7 regions for statistical and development purposes. These seven regions constitute NUTS' second-level units of Hungary. There are also 23 towns with county rights (singular \"megyei jogú város\"), sometimes known as \"urban counties\" in English (although there is no such term in Hungarian). The local authorities of these towns", "title": "Administrative divisions of Hungary" }, { "docid": "11929249", "text": "from his posting Budapest in March 1941, three months before Hungary finally joined the Axis as a full war partner during the invasion of the Soviet Union. When the United States entered the Second World War that December, Horthy's alliance with Hitler placed the minister's beloved Hungary in America's enemies column; but Montgomery remained committed to Hungary's independence and well-being. He viewed with anguish the destruction of virtually half the capital during the Battle of Budapest, and he bitterly mourned the ceding of Hungary to Soviet control at the war's end. Montgomery also remained committed to the well-being of Miklós", "title": "John Flournoy Montgomery" }, { "docid": "18309327", "text": "of 1996, International Circus Festival of Budapest is held here every two years. Capital Circus of Budapest The Capital Circus of Budapest () is a circus building located in Budapest, Hungary. It originally opened in 1889, although it has changed locations since then. Its current building opened in 1971 and is the only stone circus in Central Europe. It seats 1450 people, and features animal, clown, and artistic performing acts. The building is in Városliget city park, near by are the Budapest Zoo, the Budapest Amusement park, Vajdahunyad Castle and the Széchenyi thermal bath. Since it is a stone circus,", "title": "Capital Circus of Budapest" }, { "docid": "7127706", "text": "throw the Romanians out of Tiszántúl, destroy the Romanian army and even retake Transylvania. However, the Hungarian offensive was defeated by the Romanian army, and despite all previous pledges, agreements and guarantees, the Romanians crossed the river Tisza and quickly advanced towards Budapest. The Hungarian capital fell on August 4, only three days before Kun's escape to Vienna. The destruction of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Romanian occupation of parts of Hungary proper, including its capital Budapest in August 1919, ended the war. Romanian troops withdrew from Hungary in March 1920, after seizing large amounts of goods from Hungary,", "title": "Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–20)" }, { "docid": "18309323", "text": "Capital Circus of Budapest The Capital Circus of Budapest () is a circus building located in Budapest, Hungary. It originally opened in 1889, although it has changed locations since then. Its current building opened in 1971 and is the only stone circus in Central Europe. It seats 1450 people, and features animal, clown, and artistic performing acts. The building is in Városliget city park, near by are the Budapest Zoo, the Budapest Amusement park, Vajdahunyad Castle and the Széchenyi thermal bath. Since it is a stone circus, its operation is independent from weather, and therefore it is opened both in", "title": "Capital Circus of Budapest" }, { "docid": "1672663", "text": "Pest, Hungary Pest () is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from Buda and Óbuda, the western parts of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable sights are the Inner City, the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square and Andrássy Avenue. In colloquial Hungarian, \"Pest\" is often used for the whole capital of Budapest. The three parts of Budapest (Pest, Buda, Óbuda) united in 1873. The name \"Pest\" comes from a Slavic word meaning \"furnace\", \"oven\" (Serbian пећ/peć; Croatian \"peć\"), related to the word пещера (meaning \"cave\"),", "title": "Pest, Hungary" }, { "docid": "3350285", "text": "was incorporated as a Restricted License Bank in Hong Kong. Its major focus was in mortgages (homes and automobile) and personal loans. GE Capital sold its Hong Kong operations to Standard Chartered. \"Budapest Bank\", was established in 1987 as one of the first commercial banks when the two-tier banking system was created in Hungary. Since 1995, GE (General Electric Company) as owner provided solid background for the bank. Budapest Bank offered a full range of financial and banking services for consumers and small and medium-sized businesses. Budapest Bank was sold to MFB in 2014. GE had more than 118 branches", "title": "GE Capital" }, { "docid": "5095136", "text": "Humanist Party (Hungary) The Humanist Party () was a political party in Hungary, and it was a member of the Humanist International. The Humanist Party (HP) was founded in 1993 and became a member of the Humanist International. As the party did not run in two consecutive elections (1994 and 1998), the Court of Budapest ceased its operations according to the existing legislation. The party re-established in January 2003. At the legislative election, on 7 April and 21 April 2002, the party won no seats. At the local election in 2002 the party in Budapest won 0.36% of the popular", "title": "Humanist Party (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "4166573", "text": "were Emil Hauser, aged 24, from Budapest; Alfred Indig, 25, from Hungary; István Ipolyi, 31, from Újvidék in Hungary; and Harry Son from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. In 1920, Indig resigned in the hope of advancement; he was replaced by Imre Pogany, a native of Budapest who had studied under Hubay and Zoltán Kodály. After resigning, Indig became a soloist with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra; and 1931 he became concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. When the Nazis came to power, Indig fled to Paris where he led another quartet for a while. He then relocated to Amsterdam until 1951, and", "title": "Budapest String Quartet" }, { "docid": "15266667", "text": "Martin Luther. In 1556, Rakovský studied in Prague briefly before returning to Wittenberg to earn his master's degree, which he did in 1558. During his time of education, he served as rector of the school in Saaz in 1556 and then at Loun from 1557-1559. Between 1559-1569, Rakovszky served as a clark of the Royal Chamber of Hungary in Pozsony, Pressburg in German, now Bratislava, which was the capital of Royal Hungary at that time as the country's historical capital Buda (now part of Budapest) was occupied by the Ottoman Turks in 1541. During Turkish incursions into the region during", "title": "Martin Rakovský" }, { "docid": "6783173", "text": "M35 motorway (Hungary) The M35 motorway () is a motorway in eastern Hungary which connects the M3 motorway with the city of Debrecen, providing it with a direct motorway link to the capital, Budapest. The section bypassing Debrecen was completed in April 2006, and the whole stretch of road was opened to the public on 15 December 2006. The new road reduced driving time between Debrecen and the capital to under 2 hours. In the next decade the M35 will be extended towards the Romanian border and Oradea, connecting with the Romanian A3 motorway and thus connecting Budapest with the", "title": "M35 motorway (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "2440841", "text": "school principal. His life in Hungary would change after the Third Reich annexing of Austria in 1938, with the Austrian border just 100 miles from Budapest. Lantos remembered this period and a newspaper headline he read when he was only 10, \"Hitler Marches into Austria\". Even at a young age, he understood the significance of this invasion: I sensed that this historic moment would have a tremendous impact on the lives of Hungarian Jews, my family, and myself. Six years later, in March 1944, the German military invaded Hungary and occupied Budapest, its capital. As he was Jewish, Lantos, then", "title": "Tom Lantos" }, { "docid": "12533507", "text": "Demographics of Budapest The population of Budapest was 1,735,041 on 1 January 2013. According to the 2011 census, the Budapest metropolitan area was home to 2,530,167 people and the Budapest commuter area (real periphery of the city) had 3.3 million inhabitants. The Hungarian capital is the largest in the Pannonian Basin and the ninth largest in the European Union. Budapest is also the primate city of Hungary and some neighbouring territories. The Capital city of Budapest was established on 17 November 1873 with the unification of three separate towns, named Buda, Óbuda and Pest. In 1720 Buda and Óbuda had", "title": "Demographics of Budapest" }, { "docid": "11402887", "text": "Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means \"new Pest\" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village for 6 decades until 1907 when it became a town. In 1950, the town was unified with Budapest to form Greater Budapest. Since 1950, Újpest is the 4th District of Budapest. The football club Újpest FC is named after the area, since they were formed in the district in 1885, and", "title": "Újpest" }, { "docid": "174650", "text": "determined by agreements among European Union members and by EU legislation. Large Hungarian companies are included in the BUX, the Hungarian stock market index listed on Budapest Stock Exchange. Well-known companies include MOL Group, the OTP Bank, Gedeon Richter Plc., Magyar Telekom, CIG Pannonia, FHB Bank, Zwack Unicum; Hungary also has a large number of specialised small and medium enterprises, for example many automotive industry suppliers and technology start ups, among others. Budapest is the financial and business capital of Hungary. The capital is a significant economic hub, classified as an Alpha- world city in the study by the Globalization", "title": "Economy of Hungary" }, { "docid": "3648831", "text": "Újpalota Újpalota is a panel housing estate in the 15th district of Budapest, Hungary. In 1969 a new panel housing estate was founded on the northeastern border of Budapest, in a wheat field and a former cemetery, near the Szilas-patak (Szilas Brook), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919). It was named \"Újpalota\" (literally \"Newcastle\") after the adjacent village of Palota (\"Castle\"), which initially became a suburb of the Hungarian capital, and later part of Greater Budapest. 104 panel buildings (5, 7, 11, 13 and 15-storey blocks) were planned for the area, containing 14,105 flats with an", "title": "Újpalota" }, { "docid": "1837373", "text": "the newer bands, two northeast Hungarian bands are the most known, both playing California punk: Alvin és a mókusok come from Nyíregyháza, while Macskanadrág are from Salgótarján. Budapest, the capital and music center of Hungary, is one of the best places to go in Hungary to hear \"really good folk music\", says world music author Simon Broughton. The city is home to an annual folk festival called Táncháztalálkozó (\"Meeting of the Táncházak\", literally \"dance houses\"), which is a major part of the modern music scene. The Budapest Spring Festival along with the Budapest Autumn Festival are large scale cultural events", "title": "Music of Hungary" }, { "docid": "3930326", "text": "Tata, Hungary Tata (), () is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northwestern Hungary, northwest of the county town Tatabánya. Tata is located in the valley between the Gerecse Mountains and Vértes Mountains, some from Budapest, the Hungarian capital city. By virtue of its location, it is a railway and road junction. Motorway M1 (E60, E75) from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the railway line Budapest–Vienna goes through the city. According to the 2001 census, the town has 23,937 inhabitants: 93.3% Hungarians, 1.6% Germans, 0.6% Roma, 0.2% Slovaks and 6.5% other. The area has been inhabited", "title": "Tata, Hungary" }, { "docid": "165813", "text": "in the world; its Line 1 dates from 1896. The system consists of four lines. A commuter rail system, \"HÉV\", operates in the Budapest metropolitan area. Hungary has a total length of approximately motorways (). Motorway sections are being added to the existing network, which already connects many major economically important cities to the capital. The most important port is Budapest. Other important ones include Dunaújváros and Baja. There are five international airports in Hungary: Budapest Liszt Ferenc (informally called \"Ferihegy\" after its previous name), Debrecen, Sármellék (also called Hévíz-Balaton Airport), Győr-Pér, and Pécs-Pogány. The national carrier, MALÉV, operated flights", "title": "Hungary" }, { "docid": "8782776", "text": "Secuiesc (). This event was organised by the Hungarian Civic Party, took place in a park in the city centre, and featured the reading of a declaration of solidarity with the non-violent protesters in Budapest. Protesters in Odorheiu Secuiesc also expressed their belief that the results of the 2004 referendum on dual citizenship in Hungary were fraudulent. When asked about protesting in front of the Hungarian consulate in Miercurea Ciuc (Hungarian: \"Csíkszereda),\" Magyar Civic Union president Jenő Szász said that this would be futile, that \"Premier Gyurcsány must resign in Budapest and not in Csíkszereda\". During the daytime the capital", "title": "2006 protests in Hungary" }, { "docid": "937581", "text": "rural population moved into Buda, in the 19th century slowly Hungarians became the majority there. Buda Buda (; German: \"Ofen\", Croatian: \"Budim\", Serbian: \"Будим\", Slovak: \"Budín\", Turkish: \"Budin\") was the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the west bank of the Danube. Buda comprises a third of Budapest’s total territory and is in fact mostly wooded. Landmarks include Buda Castle, the Citadella, and President of Hungary's residence Sándor Palace. The Buda fortress and palace were built by King Béla IV of Hungary in 1247, and", "title": "Buda" }, { "docid": "10744388", "text": "Telephone numbers in Hungary In Hungary the standard lengths for area codes is two, except for Budapest (the capital), which has the area code 1. Subscribers' numbers are six digits long in general; numbers in Budapest and cell phone numbers are seven digits long. Calls within local areas can be made by dialling the number without the area code, such as 123 4567 in Budapest or 123 456 in other areas. However, this is not permitted in mobile phone networks. Domestic calls to all other area codes must be preceded with 06 + area code. For example, a call from", "title": "Telephone numbers in Hungary" }, { "docid": "6783944", "text": "southeastern sector of the M0 motorway. M0 motorway (Hungary) The M0 motorway is a ringroad around Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The ring presently connects motorways M1, M7, M6, M5, M4, M3, M2, connecting currently to Highway 11. The whole length of the motorway is planned at about 108 km. About 78 km have been completed as of 2013. The 29 kilometre long section between M1 and M5 is the oldest section of the M0 motorway, and originally did not comply with formal motorway specifications. Speed limit on this section was 80 km/h. Construction work between 2011 and 2013 has", "title": "M0 motorway (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "6783940", "text": "M0 motorway (Hungary) The M0 motorway is a ringroad around Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The ring presently connects motorways M1, M7, M6, M5, M4, M3, M2, connecting currently to Highway 11. The whole length of the motorway is planned at about 108 km. About 78 km have been completed as of 2013. The 29 kilometre long section between M1 and M5 is the oldest section of the M0 motorway, and originally did not comply with formal motorway specifications. Speed limit on this section was 80 km/h. Construction work between 2011 and 2013 has expanded most of this busy section", "title": "M0 motorway (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "3290240", "text": "churches and schools. In 1950 it became part of Great-Budapest as well as Rákospalota. The small suburb today is a pleasant backwater with a quiet market-town atmosphere. Its landmarks are some old villas and three small churches. Pestújhely Pestújhely (literally: \"New Settlement by Pest\", ) is one of the northern suburbs of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It belongs to District XV. Until the second half of the 19th century, this area belonged to the village of Rákospalota and was uninhabited and marshy. In 1897 building plots were sold out by auction and the new settlement became independent from Rákospalota", "title": "Pestújhely" }, { "docid": "10744390", "text": "the phone numbers can be carried from network to network. That means any of the previous codes can refer to any mobile provider. Telephone numbers in Hungary In Hungary the standard lengths for area codes is two, except for Budapest (the capital), which has the area code 1. Subscribers' numbers are six digits long in general; numbers in Budapest and cell phone numbers are seven digits long. Calls within local areas can be made by dialling the number without the area code, such as 123 4567 in Budapest or 123 456 in other areas. However, this is not permitted in", "title": "Telephone numbers in Hungary" }, { "docid": "8164007", "text": "bridge of the capital and the longest bridge in Hungary, spanning about 2 km with the sections leading up to the bridge, and 928 m without them. It is 35.3 m wide. Margaret Bridge is the second northernmost and second oldest public bridge in Budapest. It was planned by the French engineer Ernest Goüin and built between 1872-1876. Margaret Bridge became the second permanent bridge in Budapest after the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. This bridge leads across to Margaret Island, its two parts enclosing 150 degrees with each other at the embranchment towards the island. The reason for this unusual geometry", "title": "Bridges of Budapest" }, { "docid": "8864794", "text": "Manifesto\", he became interested in the works of Georg Lukács about Hungarian literature. Mészáros liked Lukács's works \"so much\" that he even sold personal belongings to buy them and decided to enter the University of Budapest. He did so in 1949 when he won a scholarship with the emergence of a Communist state in Hungary. At the university, he affiliated himself to the so-called \"Budapest School\", a group of Hungarian philosophers who were taught or influenced by Lukács, including Ágnes Heller and György Márkus. During this period, Lukács was very criticised by the Hungarian Communist Party and Mátyás Rákosi's government", "title": "István Mészáros (philosopher)" }, { "docid": "1875236", "text": "was being shot in Budapest, Hungary. Nicol was staying at the Budapest Hilton, and was allegedly trying to make an international phone call when, presumably, something the operator did or said infuriated him, causing him to rip the phone out of the wall and toss it through the plate-glass window of his suite. Nicol was fired, and I was hired to play the role. It was a great part, and I often reflected on how Nicol would have played certain moments during the filming. I have no doubts that he would have been brilliant, as he always was. We became", "title": "The Ninth Configuration" }, { "docid": "15750426", "text": "Máriusz Révész Máriusz Révész (born 31 May 1967, in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician of the Fidesz party and member of the Parliament of Hungary. After the Fall of Communism in Hungary he entered the local government of the 10th district of Budapest shortly after the first free elections in 1990. In 1991 he became the chairman of the local Fidesz chapter in the same district. He was first elected as a member of the Hungarian Parliament in 1998. He was reelected in 2002, 2006, and 2010, serving four terms. Révész was a member of the education committee. Révész did", "title": "Máriusz Révész" }, { "docid": "1289972", "text": "exposure to languages other than Hungarian came one day while listening to a conversation among the Romanian-speaking town police. Before that he had not known that other languages existed. He moved to Cluj with his family when he was six years old. He did not return to the town of his birth until the 1990s. In 1940, Northern Transylvania was annexed by Hungary following the Second Vienna Award, and Cluj became part of Hungary. In 1941 Ligeti received his initial musical training at the conservatory in Cluj, and during the summers privately with Pál Kadosa in Budapest. In 1944, Ligeti's", "title": "György Ligeti" }, { "docid": "4955021", "text": "ASL Airlines Hungary ASL Airlines Hungary Kft, formerly \"Farnair Hungary\", is an airline based on the property of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary. It operates scheduled express cargo services, ad hoc charter services and relief missions. Its main base is Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. The airline was established and started operations in 1990. It was founded as NAWA Air Transport, the first privately owned airline in Hungary after World War II. In 1993 it was acquired by Farner Air Transport and was renamed Farner Air Transport Hungary. It became Farnair Hungary in 1997. It is wholly owned", "title": "ASL Airlines Hungary" }, { "docid": "3544330", "text": "struggle.\" What emerged was a communist state lasting until October 1989 when the Communists agreed to give up their monopoly on power, paving the way for free elections in March 1990. In today's free republic, the Kingdom is regarded as one long stage in the development of the state. This sense of continuity is reflected in the republic's national symbols such as the Holy Crown of Hungary and the Coat of arms of Hungary, which are the same as when the monarchy was still in place. Several holidays, the official language (Hungarian), and the capital city Budapest have also been", "title": "Kingdom of Hungary" }, { "docid": "1672659", "text": "Pest County Pest (, ; ) is a county (\"megye\") in central Hungary. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties , , , , , and . The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate), but it is planned to completely separate the capital from the county at least until 2020, as it loses catch-up", "title": "Pest County" }, { "docid": "165753", "text": "and common external and military policies. Economically, the empire was a customs union. The old Hungarian Constitution was restored, and Franz Joseph I was crowned as King of Hungary. The era witnessed impressive economic development. The formerly backward Hungarian economy became relatively modern and industrialized by the turn of the 20th century, although agriculture remained dominant until 1890. In 1873, the old capital Buda and Óbuda were officially united with Pest, thus creating the new metropolis of Budapest. Many of the state institutions and the modern administrative system of Hungary were established during this period. After the Assassination of Archduke", "title": "Hungary" }, { "docid": "13317930", "text": "major part in the establishment of Hungarian rugby, namely the late Carlos Passalacqua and his friends from the Italian Embassy in Budapest. The game was originally introduced by a group of Italian diplomats in the 1960s and 70s. who founded a number of clubs. However, when they left, the game withered away in all but Budapest, where a small group of enthusiasts kept it going. Like neighbouring Austria and the Czech Republic, rugby has tended to be strongest in the national capital Budapest (which os by far the largest settlement in the country, containing 20% of the population) - however,", "title": "Rugby union in Hungary" }, { "docid": "3930330", "text": "captured by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front on 19 March 1945 in the course of the Vienna Offensive. Tata was granted town status in 1954. Tata, Hungary is twinned with: Tata, Hungary Tata (), () is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northwestern Hungary, northwest of the county town Tatabánya. Tata is located in the valley between the Gerecse Mountains and Vértes Mountains, some from Budapest, the Hungarian capital city. By virtue of its location, it is a railway and road junction. Motorway M1 (E60, E75) from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the railway", "title": "Tata, Hungary" }, { "docid": "17079922", "text": "Albert Zerkowitz Albert Zerkowitz (13 January 1905– 1964) was an entomologist. Albert Zerkowitz was born on 13 January 1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and was a Hungary citizen until 1 January 1939 when by action of his country he became stateless. From 1905 to 1925 he lived in Budapest and from 1925 to 1939 in Paris, before moving to Lisbon(Portugal), where he lived from 1939 until October 1941. He entered the United States at New York City on 14 October 1941 and became a U.S. citizen on 12 May 1947. He continued his passion for Lepidoptera. and eventually became a member", "title": "Albert Zerkowitz" }, { "docid": "3815854", "text": "]] [[Category:Socialist planned cities]] [[Category:Populated places in Komárom-Esztergom County]] [[Category:Hungarian German communities]] [[Category:Planned cities in Hungary]] Tatabánya Tatabánya () () is a city of 65,849 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. The city is located in the valley between the Gerecse and Vértes Mountains, some from the capital. By virtue of its location, the city is a railway and road junction. The M1 (also European routes E60, E75) motorway from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the Vienna-Budapest railway line also passes through the city. Archaeological", "title": "Tatabánya" }, { "docid": "14562498", "text": "József Molnár (writer) József Molnár (27 August 1918, Budapest, Hungary 1 December 2009, Munich, Germany) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, publisher and printer. His mother, Mária Lagler (1886–1943), worked in Budapest as a cook, his biological father is unknown. József grew up in Csepreg with relatives of his mother. He bore his mother's maiden name and was called József Lagler until the age of fourteen when he was adopted by Jenő Molnár. He attended the \"Kossuth Lajos\" Grammar School in Budapest. On 1 December 1938, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Hungary. In 1945 he joined", "title": "József Molnár (writer)" }, { "docid": "174722", "text": "of 2015. there are no regular passenger flights from Győr-Pér and Pécs-Pogány). Malév Hungarian Airlines ceased operations in 2012. Total: 20 (1999 est.) Total: 27 (1999 est.) List of airports in Hungary; The following are the largest airports in Hungary (In descending order for 2015): Hungary has five heliports. 1,373 km permanently navigable (1997) The most important port is Budapest, the capital. Other important ones include Dunaújváros and Baja. Ports on the Danube: Ports on the Tisza: In the rest of the cities and towns local transport is provided by Volánbusz companies that also provide intercity bus lines. The Budapest", "title": "Transport in Hungary" }, { "docid": "15670936", "text": "Coat of arms of Budapest The coat of arms of Budapest (capital city of Hungary) has existed since 1873, when the three main cities next the Danube river (Buda, Pest and Óbuda) were united in one after existing during a millennium separately. The city committee that was planning the city's unification asked the master-painter Lajos Friedrich that design the coat of arms based in the cities' previous symbols and coats. The coat of arms is composed by two blasons: the superior contains a castle with one tower that represents Pest, as well the inferior a three-towered castle that actually symbolizes", "title": "Coat of arms of Budapest" }, { "docid": "16472718", "text": "Teleki Blanka Gymnasium The Teleki Blanka Gymnasium is a gymnasium located on 37 Ajtósi Dürer sor in the neighbourhood of Városliget in the XIVth district of Budapest, Hungary. The school is one of the oldest schools in the capital city of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 education became obligatory all over Hungary which forced József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény to ask Janka Zirzen to organize the education of the school in 1868. So in 1873 the school started the education of teachers with an apprentice school. In 1875, the institution moved to the modern building of Sugár út.", "title": "Teleki Blanka Gymnasium" }, { "docid": "16472720", "text": "Csáji worked in the institution. Teleki Blanka Gymnasium The Teleki Blanka Gymnasium is a gymnasium located on 37 Ajtósi Dürer sor in the neighbourhood of Városliget in the XIVth district of Budapest, Hungary. The school is one of the oldest schools in the capital city of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 education became obligatory all over Hungary which forced József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény to ask Janka Zirzen to organize the education of the school in 1868. So in 1873 the school started the education of teachers with an apprentice school. In 1875, the institution moved to the", "title": "Teleki Blanka Gymnasium" }, { "docid": "362464", "text": "included into Ottoman provinces known as the Budin Eyalet, Eğri Eyalet and Uyvar Eyalet. Uyvar Eyalet had its administrative center in the territory of present-day Slovakia, in the town of Uyvar (Slovak: Nové Zámky). In the second half of the 17th century, Ottoman authority was expanded to eastern part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary, where a vassal Ottoman principality led by prince Imre Thököly was established. After the ousting of the Ottomans from Budin (which later became Budapest) in 1686, it became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. Despite living under Hungarian, Habsburg and Ottoman administration for", "title": "History of Slovakia" }, { "docid": "3948665", "text": "on these hills. There are several Turkish related sights on Rose Hill, including the Turbe (tomb) of the famous Bektash dervish and poet, Gül Baba in Mecset street. This monument in Budapest was handed back to Turkey after some lobbying by the orientalist Gyula Germanus in the 1960s. Rózsadomb The area known as Rózsadomb (, , lit.:\"Rose Hill\") is a wealthy area of the Buda side of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Rózsadomb is part of the 2nd district in Budapest, in the Buda Hills, one of the most prestigious areas in Hungary. Most of the city's wealthiest and most", "title": "Rózsadomb" }, { "docid": "6783208", "text": "M7 motorway (Hungary) The M7 motorway () is a Hungarian motorway which runs from Budapest towards the Croatian border at Letenye, reaching Székesfehérvár, then Siófok, a town on Lake Balaton, and the city of Nagykanizsa in the southwest of the country. The motorway connects with the Croatian motorway A4 at Goričan and forms part of the Pan-European corridor Vb, connecting Budapest with Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and Rijeka, the largest Croatian seaport. Since the completion of the M7 it is possible to travel on motorway from Budapest to the Adriatic Sea, a popular tourist destination for Hungarians. The last", "title": "M7 motorway (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "13498106", "text": "Peter Hargitai Peter Hargitai (born 1947 Budapest, Hungary) is a poet, novelist, and translator of Hungarian literature. Peter Hargitai (1947– ) was born in Budapest, Hungary. At the age of nine he wrote his first poem “Rebels” meant as a tribute to the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution. After a daring escape, he arrived in America with his father, a royal judge before the Soviet occupation, his mother, and two brothers. Poems in his adopted language did not come until his university studies in Cleveland between 1965 and 1975 when he contributed occasional poems to the \"Frigate\" and the \"Dark Tower\",", "title": "Peter Hargitai" }, { "docid": "10100005", "text": "He became a prisoner of war and was imprisoned in a POW camp for 4 years in Siberia. Upon returning to Hungary the Hungarian Stalinist government nationalized nearly all of his assets, including a large rental apartment building in Budapest's 7th district. After retirement, he attended Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest and became a sports medicine doctor at the Sport Korhaz (Hospital for Professional Sports) in Budapest, Hungary. His partner, Emília Rotter was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. László Szollás László Szollás (13 November 1907 in Budapest, Hungary – 4 October 1980) was a Hungarian pair", "title": "László Szollás" }, { "docid": "14786081", "text": "next day, Nagy took over as Prime Minister. On the advice of Soviet Ambassador to Hungary Yuri Andropov, Hegedüs fled to the Soviet Union and signed papers asking for Soviet intervention in Hungary to stop Nagy. Wailes arrived in Hungary on November 2, 1956. Soviet tanks entered Budapest on November 4, Nagy fled, and the pro-Soviet János Kádár became Prime Minister of Hungary. The Hungarian Revolution ended on November 10, with the Soviets having succeeded in blocking any movement towards democratic reforms in Hungary. Wailes refused to present his credentials to the new government, stating that the government \"did not", "title": "Edward T. Wailes" }, { "docid": "3290239", "text": "Pestújhely Pestújhely (literally: \"New Settlement by Pest\", ) is one of the northern suburbs of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It belongs to District XV. Until the second half of the 19th century, this area belonged to the village of Rákospalota and was uninhabited and marshy. In 1897 building plots were sold out by auction and the new settlement became independent from Rákospalota in 1909. The inhabitants of Pestújhely were clerks, postmasters, railwaymen and other lower-middle-class people, many of whom worked in Budapest. The rapid development of the village continued until the Second World War with the building of houses,", "title": "Pestújhely" }, { "docid": "18355098", "text": "d’état against the ruling Smallholders Party. He was soon released. After retiring from sports he earned a coaching degree and also studied the biomechanics of sports movements. He was president of the Hungarian Athletics Association for a brief period in 1946 and later became a docent at the Faculty of Athletics of the College of Physical Education. Born in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, Balogh competed for Műegyetemi AFC – the sports club of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics – between 1922 and 1936, subsequently he switched to Magyar AC (1937–1944). Competing in sprint events, decathlon and long", "title": "Lajos Balogh" }, { "docid": "5607287", "text": "Miklós Radnóti Miklós Radnóti (birth name Miklós Glatter; 5 May 1909, Budapest, Austria-Hungary — November 1944 nearby Abda, Kingdom of Hungary) was a Hungarian teacher and poet. Miklós Glatter was the son of a vendor of the textile business company Brück & Grosz in Budapest. He was born in the 13th district quarter Újlipótváros of the Royal Hungarian capital city of Austria-Hungary. At birth, his twin brother was born dead and his mother died soon after childbirth. He spent most of his childhood years with his aunt's family whose husband Dezső Grosz was one of the owners of the textile", "title": "Miklós Radnóti" }, { "docid": "10312663", "text": "lands to Josef Majláth, her chamber counselor. The first transportation contact with the capital, Budapest was established in 1884 with the opening of a railway. In 1900, the township obtained a new name. Instead of Török-Bálint, the name Törökbálint became official. The next important step in the development of the settlement was the opening of the suburban railway, in 1912, which was, however, closed after World War I. After World War II, the Danube Swabians, who had been living there for hundreds of years, were expelled from Hungary. Nowadays, Törökbálint is part of the suburban Budapest. More and more people", "title": "Törökbálint" }, { "docid": "472723", "text": "capital of Hungary, Budapest is the seat of the country's national government. The President of Hungary resides at the Sándor Palace in the District I (Buda Castle District), while the office of the Hungarian Prime Minister is in the Hungarian Parliament. Government ministries are all located in various parts of the city, most of them are in the District V, Leopoldtown. The National Assembly is seated in the Hungarian Parliament, which also located in the District V. The President of the National Assembly, the third-highest public official in Hungary, is also seated in the largest building in the country, in", "title": "Budapest" }, { "docid": "3948663", "text": "Rózsadomb The area known as Rózsadomb (, , lit.:\"Rose Hill\") is a wealthy area of the Buda side of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Rózsadomb is part of the 2nd district in Budapest, in the Buda Hills, one of the most prestigious areas in Hungary. Most of the city's wealthiest and most famous residents live here (e.g., the former prime minister). House prices are amongst the highest in Hungary. The area has easy access to local parks and the forests and hills around the Buda area, while also reasonably near the downtown area. Although it is mostly covered with exclusive", "title": "Rózsadomb" }, { "docid": "8164010", "text": "across the Danube in Budapest, it was designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark in 1839, after Count István Széchenyi's initiative in the same year, with construction supervised locally by Scottish engineer Adam Clark (no relation). It opened in 1849, thus became the first bridge in the Hungarian capital. At the time, its centre span of 202 m was one of the largest in the world. The pairs of lions at each of the abutments were added in 1852. It is popular culture in Hungary to point out that the lions in fact have no tongues. Erzsébet Bridge is", "title": "Bridges of Budapest" }, { "docid": "32275", "text": "Austria-Hungary frequently employed liberal economic policies and practices. In 1873, the old Hungarian capital Buda and Óbuda (Ancient Buda) were officially merged with the third city, Pest, thus creating the new metropolis of Budapest. The dynamic Pest grew into Hungary's administrative, political, economic, trade and cultural hub. Many of the state institutions and the modern administrative system of Hungary were established during this period. Economic growth centered on Vienna and Budapest, the Austrian lands (areas of modern Austria), the Alpine region and the Bohemian lands. In the later years of the 19th century, rapid economic growth spread to the central", "title": "Austria-Hungary" }, { "docid": "11615463", "text": "of 1956, and after a match of the European Champion's Cup Budapest Honvéd in Bilbao, many of the stars like Czibor, Kocsis and Puskás decided not to return to their country and sign for teams from Western Europe, meaning his retirement from the national team. Puskás joined Real Madrid in 1958, winning three European Cups and debuting with the Spanish national team in 1961, while Czibor and Kocsis joined FC Barcelona. In 1967, the Ferencváros T.C. Flórián Albert became the first Hungarian to win the Golden Ball, surpassing the second place achieved by Puskás seven years before. Hungary's capital Budapest", "title": "Football in Hungary" }, { "docid": "1672662", "text": "population, as of 2011 census) Pest County has a partnership relationship with: Pest County Pest (, ; ) is a county (\"megye\") in central Hungary. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties , , , , , and . The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate), but it is planned to completely separate the", "title": "Pest County" }, { "docid": "15429865", "text": "Trams in Budapest The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. The tram lines serve as the second most important backbone of the transit system (after the bus network), carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro. In operation since 1866, the Budapest tram network is one of world's largest tram networks, operating on of total route. , it was composed of 36 lines (27 main lines, and 9 supplemental lines denoted by an \"A\" or \"G\" after the route number), and the Budapest Cog-wheel Railway.", "title": "Trams in Budapest" }, { "docid": "4038612", "text": "the Soviet Union and later back to Hungary, where he settled in Budapest. Balaș tried to reunite the family and move to Hungary, but although she managed to obtain a Hungarian passport in 1947, she was not allowed to leave Romania. When asked in an interview in 2005 whether she had ever thought about defection, she said that it had crossed her mind; however, as it could have resulted in serious retaliation against her relatives, she did not want to risk it. In the interview she said, \"I feel sorry that I did not win Olympics for Hungary. But a", "title": "Iolanda Balaș" }, { "docid": "5832348", "text": "Hungary was also the reigning Olympic Champion and winner of the Central European International Cup in 1953. In 1953, Hungary had defeated England 6–3, becoming the first team outside the UK and Ireland to beat England on home soil, and had thrashed England 7–1 in Budapest just before the World Cup. Hungary did not have to play qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup, as opponent Poland withdrew for lack of prospects. The players of the Hungarian national team were full-time professionals. Most played for the army club Budapest Honvéd FC, or for MTK Budapest FC, which, in the 1950s, was", "title": "1954 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14786045", "text": "of Budapest (1898–1909). Ion Ciocan Ion Ciocan (born February 19, 1850, Mocod - September 6, 1915, Budapest) was a politician and professor from Austro-Hungary. He served as member of the Parliament of Hungary (1896–1901, 1903–1915). Ion Ciocan was born on February 19, 1850, Mocod, then in the Austrian Empire. He graduated from the University of Budapest in 1874. He worked for \"Albina\" in Budapest (1874–1878) and after 1878 for a school from Năsăud. In 1886 became the president of the \"Fondurile şcolare năsăudene\". He was a member of the Parliament of Hungary (1896–1901, 1903–1915). Also, Ion Ciocan taught Romanian language", "title": "Ion Ciocan" }, { "docid": "32362", "text": "on 3 November 1918. The government had failed badly on the homefront. Historian Alexander Watson reports: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy collapsed with dramatic speed in the autumn of 1918. In the capital cities of Vienna and Budapest, the leftist and liberal movements and politicians (the opposition parties) strengthened and supported the separatism of ethnic minorities. These leftist or left-liberal pro-Entente maverick parties opposed the monarchy as a form of government and considered themselves internationalist rather than patriotic. Eventually, the German defeat and the minor revolutions in Vienna and Budapest gave political power to the left/liberal political parties. As it became apparent", "title": "Austria-Hungary" }, { "docid": "10301757", "text": "Gyömrő Gyömrő is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. The City of Gyömrő is situated in the center of the hilly region of Monor, in the outskirt of the capital city, Budapest. The whole territory of Gyömrő is 26,51 km², its internal area is 6.45 km². The number of inhabitants is about 15,290 (in 2008). Gyömrő is a garden city and is situated 30 kilometers away from the center of Budapest, and 7 kilometres away from the boundary of the Capital and from Ferihegy Airport. The center location of the Gyömrő from the aspect of traffic is", "title": "Gyömrő" }, { "docid": "5486188", "text": "on 1 December 1944, after the Battle of Debrecen, and its remaining units were transferred to the Third Army. From 29 December 1944, the Hungarian capital city, Budapest was under siege. In the Battle of Budapest every available Hungarian unit was employed in the defense of the capital. After great loss, the city was unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. Between 16 March and 25 March 1945, most of what was left of the Hungarian Third Army was surrounded and destroyed about forty kilometers to the west of Budapest. The army was destroyed by the Soviet 46th Army as it", "title": "Third Army (Hungary)" }, { "docid": "4798481", "text": "for Archaeologists in 2011. Ambrus was born on 19 August 1935 in Budapest, Hungary. He continued to live in the capital, but spent many childhood holidays in the country, where he learnt to draw horses. As he grew older he became an admirer of the illustrators Mihály Zichy, E. H. Shepard, Joyce Lankester Brisley, and the large historical paintings which he saw in public galleries. He received his secondary education at the St Imre Cistercian College, Budapest (1945–1953), before going on to study at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts for three years (1953–56), where he was given a thorough", "title": "Victor Ambrus" }, { "docid": "15429878", "text": "tries to summarize these data – termini and dates refer to the last time the number was used. Trams in Budapest The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. The tram lines serve as the second most important backbone of the transit system (after the bus network), carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro. In operation since 1866, the Budapest tram network is one of world's largest tram networks, operating on of total route. , it was composed of 36 lines (27 main lines, and", "title": "Trams in Budapest" }, { "docid": "5069986", "text": "demise of the wine industry, and a local road is named after them. Budapest, Georgia Budapest is a small unincorporated community in Haralson County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located at , at an elevation of on the USGS Bremen Quadrangle. Budapest is located on U.S. Route 78, about five miles (8 km) southeast of Tallapoosa. However, there are no highway signs for Budapest because it is too small. Budapest is named after the capital city of Hungary. In 1882, real-estate developer Ralph L. Spencer of Essex, Connecticut, invited 200 Hungarian wine-making families then employed in the", "title": "Budapest, Georgia" }, { "docid": "5069982", "text": "Budapest, Georgia Budapest is a small unincorporated community in Haralson County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located at , at an elevation of on the USGS Bremen Quadrangle. Budapest is located on U.S. Route 78, about five miles (8 km) southeast of Tallapoosa. However, there are no highway signs for Budapest because it is too small. Budapest is named after the capital city of Hungary. In 1882, real-estate developer Ralph L. Spencer of Essex, Connecticut, invited 200 Hungarian wine-making families then employed in the mining industry in Pennsylvania to settle on of land at this site. Many", "title": "Budapest, Georgia" }, { "docid": "13966315", "text": "The following prologue appears in the onscreen credits: \"The action of this story takes place between Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and the Austro-Hungarian border, where the film was actually photographed. The time is November, 1956, during the tragic days of the Hungarian uprising.\" \"The Journey\" was made in Vienna in March–June 1958, a period when there were rumors that there was a love affair between them. But Deborah Kerr ended the whole gossip by marrying for the second time. Peter Viertel, who was a talented playwright and also one of the screenwriters for \"The Journey\", became her husband in", "title": "The Journey (1959 film)" }, { "docid": "2693579", "text": "a member of the pioneering Eastbourne Flying Club. Returning to Hungary, Almásy became the personal secretary of the Bishop of Szombathely, János Mikes, one of the leading figures of the abortive post-war Habsburg restoration attempt. The young Almásy became involved in these events by accident as the driver of Bishop Mikes when King Karl IV of Hungary returned to Hungary in 1921 to claim the throne, and was helped by Mikes to reach Budapest (from where he was politely but firmly sent back to Austria by Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary). After he was introduced, the King continued to", "title": "László Almásy" }, { "docid": "20241826", "text": "Hungary. 2013. DREAMSTATE Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 2009. Ladies and Gentlemen… Little Synagogue Gallery, Eger, Hungary 2005. Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary 2003. Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY 2002. Layered Time Layered Paint, (Selected Paintings Spanning Thirteen Years), Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary 2000. Varfok Gallery, Budapest, Hungary The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary 1999. Kate Ganz Gallery USA, Ltd, New York, NY Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY 1998. Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY. 1997. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary. 1996. Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY. 1995. Kunsthalle (Mücsarnok), Budapest, Hungary. Törökfürdõ (Turkish Bath), Budapest,", "title": "George Peck (artist)" }, { "docid": "12745972", "text": "Hungary–Slovakia relations Hungary and Slovakia are two neighboring countries in Central Europe. There are two major periods of official foreign relations between them in contemporary history. The first period included relations between the Kingdom of Hungary and the first Slovak Republic in 1939-1945. The second period has started in 1993, when the countries again established diplomatic relations, the year when Slovakia became independent of Czechoslovakia. Hungary has an embassy in Bratislava and a general consulate in Košice (\"Hungarian\": Kassa), and Slovakia has an embassy in Budapest and a general consulate in Békéscsaba. After the first break-up of Czechoslovakia in March", "title": "Hungary–Slovakia relations" }, { "docid": "12746024", "text": "and his predecessors had repeatedly initiated Esterházy’s rehabilitation. Schmitt closed the letter with the hope that his forthcoming meeting with Gašparovič in Budapest would focus on the two countries’ common values. Hungary–Slovakia relations Hungary and Slovakia are two neighboring countries in Central Europe. There are two major periods of official foreign relations between them in contemporary history. The first period included relations between the Kingdom of Hungary and the first Slovak Republic in 1939-1945. The second period has started in 1993, when the countries again established diplomatic relations, the year when Slovakia became independent of Czechoslovakia. Hungary has an embassy", "title": "Hungary–Slovakia relations" }, { "docid": "17079923", "text": "of the Lepidopterists' Society in 1957. He took part in the French resistance directing German military trains to wrong destinations, for which after the war he was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur. He died 1964 in Paris, France. His main entomological work was his catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Portugal. Albert Zerkowitz Albert Zerkowitz (13 January 1905– 1964) was an entomologist. Albert Zerkowitz was born on 13 January 1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and was a Hungary citizen until 1 January 1939 when by action of his country he became stateless. From 1905 to 1925 he lived in Budapest and from", "title": "Albert Zerkowitz" }, { "docid": "7751557", "text": "Joel Brand Joel Brand (25 April 1906 – 13 July 1964) was a leading member of the Aid and Rescue Committee (\"Va'ada Ezra ve'Hatzalah\", or \"Va'ada\"), an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe during the Holocaust to the relative safety of Hungary. When Germany invaded that country too in March 1944, Brand became known for his efforts to save the Jewish community from deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. In April 1944 Brand was approached by Adolf Eichmann, the German SS officer who had arrived in Budapest to organize the", "title": "Joel Brand" }, { "docid": "18501289", "text": "the previous releases, the band did not achieve those sorts of successes as with the previous records. Budapest indie music scene Budapest indie music scene was the indie music scene of Budapest, Hungary in the 2000s. It was often associated with bands like Amber Smith, The Moog, EZ Basic and We Are Rockstars. The early 2000s was the revival of the indie music scene all over the world, which affected Hungary as well. One of the earliest Hungarian band playing indie rock were The Puzzle from Kaposvár. They were the first band whose record, entitled \"Dream Your Life\", was released", "title": "Budapest indie music scene" }, { "docid": "19657125", "text": "Budapest–Belgrade railway The Budapest–Belgrade railway connects the capital cities of Hungary and Serbia – the Budapest Keleti railway station with the new Belgrade Centre railway station. As a $2.89 billion, high-speed rail line project, the Budapest–Belgrade railway is also a part, and first stage, of the planned Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje–Athens railway international connection in Central and Southeast Europe, a Chinese-CEE \"hallmark\" project of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative, connecting the China-run Piraeus port in Greece with the \"heart\" of Europe. The railway line between Budapest and Belgrade passes mainly the Bács-Kiskun County and the Serbian Province of Vojvodina. The landscape is characterised", "title": "Budapest–Belgrade railway" }, { "docid": "8164009", "text": "while the different parts of the north were simultaneously disassembled and reconstructed. Then the southern half was reconstructed, the temporary rails were on the north. The last stage was the unification, the building of the final rail in the middle, then the finalizing of contents directly related to the users of public and the historical reconstruction. The bridge was restored to its state in 1937, when it was most ornamented. The Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the west and east side of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The first bridge", "title": "Bridges of Budapest" }, { "docid": "2157587", "text": "Pázmány Péter University of Arts and Sciences in 1944. During his academic years, he was exempted from conscription in the Second World War. Meanwhile, Hungary was occupied by Germany on 19 March 1944. In December, Göncz was conscripted into the 25th Reserve Mountain Infantry Battalion of the Royal Hungarian Army and ordered to Germany; however, he deserted and joined the resistance movement. In late 1944, Göncz found himself in Budapest when the Red Army encircled the Hungarian capital, beginning the Siege of Budapest. The resistant Hungarian Front formed to opposite the Nazi regime with several regional branches, including the Freedom", "title": "Árpád Göncz" }, { "docid": "4877186", "text": "safe, what part should be funded by the government and the capital, whether it could be paid for from the Russian state debt towards Hungary, whether the route and length were appropriate, and whether a connector line (see M5 below) would be a better use of funds. When the Line 4 was finished in 2014, its planning and construction spanned 42 years, longer than any other Budapest metro line. Line 4 operates fully automatic and there are no drivers on the trains. The Metro consists of four lines, each designated by a number and a colour. Line 1 runs northeast", "title": "Budapest Metro" }, { "docid": "12512648", "text": "Zoltan Kuharszky Zoltán Kuhárszky (born July 8, 1959 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former tennis player from Hungary who became a Swiss citizen in 1995. Kuharszky won two doubles titles during his professional career. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on July 30, 1984, when he became the number 53 in the world, though he never won a singles title in his career. Zoltan Kuharszky was the captain of the Hungary Davis Cup team from December 2014 to December 2016. He stepped down due to conflict of interest because he became the coach of Máté Valkusz who is a", "title": "Zoltan Kuharszky" }, { "docid": "5714165", "text": "Western Europe. The Jews of Hungary were fairly well integrated into Hungarian society by the time of the First World War. By the early 20th century, the community had grown to constitute 5% of Hungary's total population and 23% of the population of the capital, Budapest. Jews became prominent in science, the arts and business. By 1941, over 17% of Budapest's Jews were Roman Catholic \"conversos\". Anti-Jewish policies grew more repressive in the interwar period as Hungary's leaders, who remained committed to regaining the territories lost at the peace agreement (treaty of Trianon) of 1920, chose to align themselves with", "title": "History of the Jews in Hungary" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1964450", "text": "first places to welcome the New Year while American Samoa and Baker Island in the United States of America are among the last. In Algeria, New Year's Eve (; \"\") is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, such as Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, Sétif and Béjaïa, there are large celebrations which may feature concerts, late-night partiying, firecrackers, fireworks at midnight and sparklers and shouts of \"\"Bonne année !\"\". The Martyrs' Memorial and the Grand-Post Place in Algiers are the main attraction for the majority of Algerians during the celebration; while some others prefer spending this special", "title": "New Year's Eve" } ]

[ { "docid": "5828335", "text": "Cheer. REFRAIN </poem> <poem> We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. REFRAIN Good tidings to you, where ever you are Good Tidings at Christmas and a Happy New Year Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding and bring it right here REFRAIN now bring some tea and breakfast now bring some tea and breakfast now bring some tea and breakfast and bring it right here REFRAIN Christmas time is coming, Christmas time is", "title": "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" }, { "docid": "6406560", "text": "the original concrete pool was removed and replaced with a pool consisting of an aluminum shell encased in fiberglass. The bath house was also replaced at this time. The original 1936 pool deck and underground pool structures remained in place, however. In 1956, the NPS, which owned and supervised operation of East Potomac Park, adopted a strategic plan known as Mission 66. This ten-year strategic plan was designed to bring all NPS facilities nationwide up-to-date, and construct new facilities where needed. Mission 66 proposed building three new structures in East Potomac Park. The first was the headquarters of the NPS'", "title": "East Potomac Park" }, { "docid": "14623338", "text": "it were hiding somewhere underground. In time, Onyshkivtsi rebuilt the church, however, a miracle took place at the location of the old chapel. Sightings of the icon of St. Anna appeared first to the children-shepherds. The farmers gathered where the sightings had taken place and brought the icon to the new church. However, the next day the icon appeared back in the place where it was originally found, which happened to be the site of the old church. Local people attempted to bring it back to the new church, this time with all the rituals. But again, the very next", "title": "Spring of St. Anna, Rivne region, Ukraine" }, { "docid": "3306926", "text": "convinces David to bring Kim back to testify at the trial. The jury convicts Rodney. Steven brings Jensen to Peyton Place, where he sets Stella up in a drug theft from the hospital. This prompts Stella to confess to Michael and then, formally, to Fowler, that she lied about Rodney. Marian also confesses to her husband that she was the driver who hit Allison. Rodney's conviction is overturned with Stella's confession and he's exonerated. Stella leaves Peyton Place quietly, pleasing almost everyone including Michael by this point. Allison has now re-learned the truth of the previous year. At first she", "title": "Peyton Place (TV series)" }, { "docid": "5346514", "text": "is the place where people bring their \"balon\" to eat\". Hence the term Binnalonan, which in Ilocano and Pangasinan means \"a place where people bring and eat their \"baon\"\", was born. At present, the town is called Binalonan while its people are known as Binalonians. Ilocano herdsmen and laborers composed the first town which was founded in 1838, in San Felipe, which was later transferred to Santa Catalina, then returned to the present site. Binalonan was awarded \"The Most Beautiful and Cleanest Town in the Philippines (1968). Aside from this medal, the town claimed the prizes: \"Most Beautiful Plaza and", "title": "Binalonan, Pangasinan" }, { "docid": "16487047", "text": "the following year, Taj earned his MBA degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where he majored in entrepreneurship. There he learned the fundamentals of running a business and how to bring a product to market. During this time, he further defined his style creating and selling his art to private investors while setting up his company as an LLC. For his summer internship, Taj traveled to Hong Kong and Indonesia where he exclusively focused on his arts, selling several pieces to local collectors. In his final year at Pepperdine, Taj won first place in the Pepperdine Business Plan competition.", "title": "Parvez Taj" }, { "docid": "12375440", "text": "butterflies, in ecosystems as important pollinators for wildflowers and agricultural crops and promote the conservation of our natural wildlife heritage...children love butterflies, and naming a New Mexico butterfly would bring joy to New Mexico's children...the Sandia hairstreak symbolizes the ability of New Mexican residents to thrive year-round in a semiarid climate where different years bring floods and droughts and where the terrain is beautiful but rugged...the Sandia hairstreak can be easily found by children among the native beargrass in New Mexico's wide-open spaces as well as in towns and cities where the beargrass plant grows...the Sandia hairstreak, a New Mexico", "title": "Sandia hairstreak" }, { "docid": "18437329", "text": "Gentiles (Paul), restore a church (Joseph) or in the case of Christ perform the atonement. The word only appears once in the New Testament where it relates to the foreordination of Christ. First Epistle of Peter 1:20 Foreknowing that an event will take place brings problems. If God knows an event will take place and foreordains a person to bring it to pass is it possible for that person to refuse to make it happen? If it is possible for God to know the choice a person will make before they have considered it and come to a decision themselves", "title": "Foreordination" }, { "docid": "11427070", "text": "of the Apostles\" (11:25-27), which relates that Barnabas travelled to Tarsus to bring Paul the Apostle there. They worked for a year with the nascent Christian community, and their adherents to the faith were called \"Christians\" for the first time. Christian tradition considers the apostle Peter to be the founder of the church of Antioch and the first priest of the Christian population established there; the Church of St. Peter is traditionally considered to be at the place where he first preached the Gospel in Antioch. The oldest surviving parts of the church building date from at least the 4th", "title": "Church of Saint Peter" }, { "docid": "17466099", "text": "bring Assalam F.C become Runner Up group B Liga Futebol Amadora Timor Leste but not enough for him to bring Assalam F.C. to First Division Liga Futebol Amadora Timor Leste. He will start new season next month on July 2016. He success bring Assalam until final in the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro before they lost to the champions AS Ponta Leste. Ellissetche coached Karketu Dili in the 2017 season, where he won the 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora with them that year. Ellissetche officially starts his job as head coach of the national team on October 2017. Ellissetche returned to", "title": "Simón Elissetche" }, { "docid": "17858798", "text": "magazine. She released her own memoir, \"The Maddie Diaries\", in 2017, which became a \"New York Times\" Best Seller. Ziegler is writing a trilogy of novels for middle-grade readers. The series centers on a 12-year-old dancer, Harper, whose family relocates to a new state. Harper must negotiate pre-teen challenges, like making new friends, while earning her place on a competitive dance team. The first novel, \"The Audition\", was released in October 2017. The second in the trilogy, \"The Callback\", was released in October 2018; Harper joins the school musical to help bring passion to her dancing. The third volume is", "title": "Maddie Ziegler" }, { "docid": "21012690", "text": "English festivals A number of Christian and secular festivals are traditionally celebrated in England. Most festivals are observed throughout England but some, such as Oak Apple Day, Souling, Rushbearing, Bawming the Thorn and Hocktide are local to certain regions. New Year's Day is observed on 1 January. The festivities begin a day before on 31 December where parties are held to bring in the new year. Public events are also organised where firework displays are arranged. According to Whistler (2015), during the 18th century, first footing was not known is the South of England. Instead, \"glasses were raised at quarter", "title": "English festivals" }, { "docid": "4832184", "text": "may bring the sale price of tickets closer to market prices. \"The New York Times\" reported that this could help the agency determine demand for a given event and more effectively compete with ticket re-sellers. Online auction sites like eBay only enforce state ticketing laws if either the buyer and/or seller resides in the state where the event is taking place. Otherwise, there is no resale limit for tickets. Glastonbury Festival, which sold out 137,500 tickets within less than two hours in 2007, introduced a system in the same year whereby tickets included photographic ID of the original buyer, to", "title": "Ticket resale" }, { "docid": "20572763", "text": "several outlying banks, and restaurants which together bring the total effective retail area within the plaza to over 350,000 square feet The mall is also readily accessible via taxi service with the Union Taxi terminal depot located at the mall’s main eastern entrance. Centro del Sur Mall was the venue used by Melina León to debut her new album “Corazón de Mujer” Other talent shows have also taken place here. On December 24, 1966, the mall became the first public place in Puerto Rico where Santa Claus landed via a helicopter to hand out gifts to waiting children, a marketing", "title": "Centro del Sur Mall" }, { "docid": "12378432", "text": "the Empress Dowager and her son, leaving the empire without an heir. Also, a new F'dor emerges. After a twist of events Rhapsody gives birth to a son, Meridion. Talquist becomes obsessed with capturing the baby, convinced that the \"Child of Time\" could bring him immortality. His actions ultimately lead to the beginning of a war. Serendair (literally 'Star-land') is the lost island depicted in the series. It was the place where time began, where the ancient Seren — a race of tall, golden-skinned people born of the stars — first settled. Early in Serendair's history, a star named Melita", "title": "Symphony of Ages" }, { "docid": "1019126", "text": "The Centinela Valley Union High School District was organized in 1904 to bring secondary education to the town. Inglewood High opened in two rooms of the school building with 15 students taught by Nina Martin, principal, and Anna McClelland. Four years later, a new building rose on of land, and the first graduation of one boy and four girls took place in 1908. Until 1912 there was a new principal every year at the grammar school, but on May 8 of that year George W. Crozier was named principal, and he held the post for 20 years. The school was", "title": "Inglewood, California" }, { "docid": "2920055", "text": "\"not necessarily the most appropriate place to bring up a kid but it was quite nice\". While living at the palace, Marcos attended regular schools in Manila, but had to discontinue as the First Family found it difficult to go out because of protest rallies outside Malacañang. She found this a most boring thing that happened, to learn without classmates. Marcos went to the \"Institucion Teresiana\" (now Saint Pedro Poveda College) from Kindergarten to Grade IV. She earned First Honors. She attended Assumption Convent at Herran Street in Manila for Grade V to First Year High School where she also", "title": "Imee Marcos" }, { "docid": "19122735", "text": "order to bring a human element to the ethos of the healthcare company. Oscar began selling insurance for the same year that the Affordable Care Act exchanges and individual mandate went into effect for the 2014 plan year. In its first year, Oscar secured 16,000 members. In 2015, Oscar expanded coverage to New Jersey and grew to about 40,000 members. In 2016, Oscar had 145,000 members in New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas. Oscar expanded its operations to Tempe, Arizona in August 2016, where it decided to locate its Concierge teams, their name for their member services model. On", "title": "Oscar Health" }, { "docid": "17979514", "text": "New Year Sprint The New Year Sprint (formerly the Powderhall Sprint) is the name of a handicap sprint race for professional athletes that takes place each year in Scotland. The sprint is one of the original events of this type, tracing its history back to 1870. The race was originally called the Powderhall Sprint after the district of Edinburgh where it first took place. The Powderhall Sprint was one of a circuit of professional handicap sprint races that prospered in the late nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The handicap system meant the highly rated runners ran longer distance than", "title": "New Year Sprint" }, { "docid": "17979518", "text": "United States collegiate 200 m champion William Snoddy won. New Year Sprint The New Year Sprint (formerly the Powderhall Sprint) is the name of a handicap sprint race for professional athletes that takes place each year in Scotland. The sprint is one of the original events of this type, tracing its history back to 1870. The race was originally called the Powderhall Sprint after the district of Edinburgh where it first took place. The Powderhall Sprint was one of a circuit of professional handicap sprint races that prospered in the late nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The handicap system", "title": "New Year Sprint" }, { "docid": "5760035", "text": "to torture, and he was torn limb from limb. Afterwards the two bodies were cast into the Rhine. This is understood to have happened on 3 October 695 at a place called Aplerbeck, near Dortmund, where a chapel still stands. The two Ewalds are now celebrated in Westphalia as saints. Their reluctance to accept the new Christian religion and propensity to mount destructive raids on their neighbours would eventually bring them into direct conflict with Charlemagne, the powerful king of the Franks and later emperor. After a bloody and highly attritious thirty-year campaign between 772–804 the Old Saxons led by", "title": "Old Saxony" }, { "docid": "8586589", "text": "after one season he managed to bring the team to the Greek Superleague from the second division and finished them in 8th place the following year. In 2007, Larissa finished only 10th in the league but he managed to bring them the Greek Cup after defeating Panathinaikos 2–1 in the final. In his first taste of European football management, his team AE Larissa defeated his former team Blackburn Rovers to reach the 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stages. He finished a great year in 6th place in the league, missing out on the season play-off's on goal difference. On 25 April", "title": "Giorgos Donis" }, { "docid": "13508462", "text": "Michael Bennett. The US National team finished in 25th place at the . He also won that season, his first Grand Prix title. The would bring even greater success for LSV. He made the Top 8 of before going on to make his first Pro Tour Top 8 at . LSV reached the finals of the Pro Tour where he defeated Matej Zatlkaj to win his first, and so far only, Pro Tour title. He would then continue his success by winning his second Grand Prix event at . By the end of the year, LSV had amassed 58 Pro", "title": "Luis Scott-Vargas" }, { "docid": "17701702", "text": "final but lost it to Hapoel Rishon Lezion. After a lot of years as an unsuccessful mid-table team, in 1999 the team started to regrow. Maccabi Tel Aviv foundation began to invest more money in the handball department, the youth system in the club recovered and there were efforts to bring fans to home games. Until 2009, these tries weren't successful. But this year Maccabi reached the State Cup semi-final, where they lost to the local rivals ASA Tel Aviv. The team finished the season in the 4th place of the league. One year later, the club established its first", "title": "Maccabi Tel Aviv (handball)" }, { "docid": "15731275", "text": "2011 season. In his place Florida hired Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp as the new head coach. Muschamp elected to bring in former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis as his offensive coordinator. Vanderbilt interim head coach Robbie Caldwell had a tough year in 2010 with injuries and tough schedule, going 2–10. The school decided to search for a new coach to replace former head coach Bobby Johnson, who retired unexpectedly in July 2010. Vanderbilt hired Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin, and this is Franklin's first head coaching job. LSU decided to part ways with offensive coordinator Gary Crowton because", "title": "2011 Southeastern Conference football season" }, { "docid": "17643052", "text": "the annual Our Place 5 km. In 2015 Our Place was a part of a weekend in The Hampton Synagogue which is run by Marc Schneier where over 500 people attended a weekend. Our Place (organization) Our Place is an American not-for-profit organization (a \"501(c) organization\") created to bring awareness of teen substance abuse, and to assist, rehabilitate and mentor troubled Jewish adolescents and children. Our Place was established in 1998 in response to increased incidences of substance abuse, suicide and death among teenagers and young adults in Jewish communities in the New York City region. It was started as", "title": "Our Place (organization)" }, { "docid": "8813285", "text": "and in playoffs they were first but at the end 3rd, the blame went to defeat against RK Trimo Trebnje, RK Koper and RK Gold Club. After two years in the Champions League they returned to the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Between 2006 and 2009 some major changes were made at RK Gorenje Velenje. In 2007, Gorenje hired a new promising coach, Ivica Obrvan, with a 4-year contract and mission to bring home the first championship title before club's forthcoming 50th anniversary. That year they finished second. In the following season, they slipped to third place, with RK Koper in", "title": "RK Gorenje Velenje" }, { "docid": "19953359", "text": "was repaired and restored to its original appearance. A Parish Centre was added in the 1960s during the nearly 40-year incumbency of the much loved Fr Henry Hughes. Alterations of the interior over the years have opened up the chancel, improved lines of sight and brought more light into the building. A major refurbishment in 2007 saw the installation of a new state-of-the-art heating system and new upholstered seating. Today Saint Luke's remains as a sign of the Church's presence in Holbrooks and still offers its parishioners a place where they can meet with their fellow-worshippers, bring their deepest needs", "title": "St Luke's Church, Holbrooks" }, { "docid": "2801483", "text": "their plate to wish for abundance in the next month. There is a holiday celebrated in Latin America known as Three Kings Day (otherwise known as Epiphany) which is celebrated on January 6 of each year where families feast in honor of God's manifestation in human form in Jesus. In many countries of Latin America families consume lentils on the first day of the New Year because they are thought to bring prosperity. Latin American cuisine Latin American cuisine is the typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to many of the countries and cultures in Latin America. Latin America", "title": "Latin American cuisine" }, { "docid": "139524", "text": "February 24 For superstitious reasons, when the Romans began to intercalate to bring their calendar into line with the solar year, they chose not to place their extra month of Mercedonius \"after\" February but \"within\" it. February 24—known in the Roman calendar as \"the sixth day before the Kalends of March\"—was replaced by the first day of this month since it followed Terminalia, the festival of the Roman god of boundaries. After the end of Mercedonius, the rest of the days of February were observed and the new year began with the first day of March. The overlaid religious festivals", "title": "February 24" }, { "docid": "15678732", "text": "seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On January 27, 1790, the 13th New York State Legislature resolved that it was incompatible", "title": "14th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "7144465", "text": "the cards, but suddenly the work had to completed in less than three weeks. The club completed the work with just hours to spare and were therefore able to take their place in the Premier Division, where they finished in 5th place in their first season. In 2007, after finishing 14th in their second season in the Premier Division and winning the league's JW Hunt Cup, the club withdrew from the West Midlands (Regional) League and folded. The work undertaken to bring Long Lane Park up to Premier Division standard in 2005 saw the addition of three new changing rooms,", "title": "Wyrley Rangers F.C." }, { "docid": "8851834", "text": "who at first, took Watson on loan before signing him permanently in March 2002 for £150,000 – where he promptly repeated the trick, guiding the Royals to promotion from League One, in his now customary second place. His first full season at Reading saw the Royals into a play-off place, where narrow defeat to Wolves cost them a place in the Premiership. Perhaps tellingly Watson was on the bench for those key play-off games. When former teammate Phil Parkinson was installed as manager at Colchester United one of his first acts was to bring Watson to Layer Road. Marshalling the", "title": "Kevin Watson" }, { "docid": "5598215", "text": "Weyandt was dealing with at the time they were written. The song \"To Think Of You Is To Treasure An Absent Memory\", deals with the suffering, and untimely deaths of Weyandt's friends and stepbrother. \"Lies of Serpents\" and \"Ravage Ritual\" both deal with hypocrisy in the Christian church. Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest is the third full-length album released by metalcore band Zao on Solid State/Tooth & Nail. It was the first album to feature vocalist Dan Weyandt after the departure of Shawn Jonas along with new bassists/guitarists, Russ Cogdell and Brett Detar.", "title": "Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest" }, { "docid": "21012728", "text": "and is kept alive today as an annual event in a number of towns and villages in the north of England. According to Roud (2006), Rushbearing ceremonies continue to take place in Warcop and Grasmere, in Cumbria. Lammas is a corn festival which is celebrated on 1 August. The marks the annual wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. The loaf was blessed, and in Anglo-Saxon England it might be employed afterwards to work magic: a book of Anglo-Saxon", "title": "English festivals" }, { "docid": "3568156", "text": "water vole.There are also indications that the water vole is increasing in numbers in UK areas where the European otter has made a return. In 2015 People's Trust for Endangered Species launched a new project to try and coordinate conservation efforts for the water vole in the UK. The National Water Vole Monitoring Programme (NWVMP) is the first ongoing monitoring scheme for this species in the UK and aims to bring together data from several hundred sites to allow the status of this animal to be assessed year-on-year. A water vole named \"Ratty\" is a leading character in the 1908", "title": "European water vole" }, { "docid": "13731436", "text": "its songs became hits in Hungary, namely \"Szilvásgombóc\" [Plum Dumplings], \"Kell egy hely\" [There Must Be a Place] or \"Fényév távolság\" [Light Year Distance]. The musical begins with the arrival of four ghosts (Kölyök [a boy], Meglökő [a deaf-mute executioner], Herceg [a prince], Lámpás [a dwarf]) to the attic. Lámpás doubts if it is the place where Révész, the ferryman should arrive to bring them to the star of \"eternal beauty\", but Herceg is certain he is correct \"(Itt vagyunk [Nyitány])\" [Here We Are (Overture)]. They try to call the Révész two times \"(Ég és föld között)\" [Between Land and", "title": "A padlás" }, { "docid": "8327772", "text": "world peace in the 1980s and 90s. One of these, \"An Invitation to Peace\" (1987), won widespread acclaim, among others from the Russian premier Gorbachev, the Vatican, the French president, as well as both the president and prime minister of Israel. ″Allah (God), Let us bring peace to everywhere we go. Let us be uniters rather than dividers. Let us bring love where there is hate settled in. To the place where there is injury let us bring forgiveness and remedy. Let us, And let us (with your sincerely) allow to spread happiness where there is sadness. Allah (God)! Make", "title": "Ahmet Kayhan Dede" }, { "docid": "14875222", "text": "more than 100.000 people have use the Internet for the very first time. Get Online Week Get Online Week is an annual campaign that takes place in the UK and Europe. In 2007, UK online centres first marked out a date in October to bring digital inclusion to national attention. Since then the campaign has grown into a week-long annual celebration, with thousands of events taking place each year in centres and more unusual locations, bringing digital skills and know-how to everyone. The 2010 event took place on 18–24 October 2010. In 2014, Get Online week took place on 13–19", "title": "Get Online Week" }, { "docid": "7300054", "text": "and action.It is a place where both teacher and the taught learn a way of life in which conflict ends. It is the concern of these schools to bring about a new generation of human beings who are free from self-centered action, to bring about a mind that has no conflict within itself and so end the struggle and conflict in the world about us.\" - J. Krishnamurti A Krishnamurti School concerns itself with education of the total human being. Knowledge and intellectual capability alone are not sufficient to meet life’s challenges. Learning to enquire, to observe oneself, to relate", "title": "The Valley School" }, { "docid": "5579487", "text": "Sayama incident The is a murder case named after the Japanese city of Sayama, Saitama, where it took place. The incident, in which a man was imprisoned for 31 years, highlighted official discrimination against Japan's \"burakumin\" caste. On May 1, 1963, 16-year-old went missing on her way home from school. Later that night, a ransom note was delivered to her house. The note asked to bring ¥200,000 (approximately US$556 at the time) to a place close to her house at 12:00 am on May 2. Her sister, who later committed suicide, brought fake money to the designated place, with many", "title": "Sayama incident" }, { "docid": "5662571", "text": "as a podcast from the show’s website or from iTunes. During 2007, The Scumfrog had been writing and recording with Cyndi Lauper in New York on her Dance Music album ‘Bring Ya To The Brink’. Their song ‘High and Mighty’ became the opening track of the album, which was released in 2008 and nominated for a Grammy in the category ‘Best Dance Album’ in 2009. (The album lost the Grammy that year to fellow nominees Daft Punk.) In 2011, The Scumfrog reunited with his underground roots in the custom-made DJ set \"A Place Where We Belong\". Similarly to his debut", "title": "The Scumfrog" }, { "docid": "13725316", "text": "ROAR!\" Wegeforth continued to serve as president and chief promoter of the zoo until his death in 1941 at the age of 59. In 1926 he was a key mover in the decision to purchase and bring to San Diego the sailing ship Star of India, now a museum ship in San Diego Bay. Wegeforth married Rachel Granger, daughter of millionaire Ralph Granger, in 1913. Their wedding, which was attended by actresses Norma, Natalie, and Constance Talmadge, took place at a new house in the city's Burlingame neighborhood, where the couple lived for a year. The house, designed for them", "title": "Harry M. Wegeforth" }, { "docid": "7390113", "text": "to start at fly-half in the crucial 3rd/4th place game against France as first choice fly-half Danny Cipriani had suffered concussion in an earlier game against South Africa. Care scored a try late in the game which was converted to bring the game level at 12–12. England clinched 3rd place by virtue of out-scoring France 2 tries to nil. At the end of the 2005–06 season Care left Leeds Tykes and signed a 3-year contract with Harlequins. Before joining his new club he was a member of the England squad taking part in the IRB Under-21 World Championship in France,", "title": "Danny Care" }, { "docid": "3580098", "text": "were teaching there that semester. The following year, he moved to New York, where for the first time he created sculpture that included scrap-metal auto parts. Over the course of his prolific career, he had studios in New York, New Mexico, Florida, Connecticut, and finally Shelter Island. Chamberlain is best known for creating sculptures from old automobiles (or parts of) that bring the Abstract Expressionist style of painting into three dimensions. He began by carving and modelling, but turned to working in metal in 1952 and welding 1953. By 1957, while staying with the painter Larry Rivers in Southampton, New", "title": "John Chamberlain (sculptor)" }, { "docid": "15653926", "text": "1778, every year six Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. The State election was held from April 25 to 27,", "title": "10th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15675299", "text": "1778, every year six Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. A Convention met from June 17 to July 26, 1788,", "title": "13th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "5598214", "text": "Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest is the third full-length album released by metalcore band Zao on Solid State/Tooth & Nail. It was the first album to feature vocalist Dan Weyandt after the departure of Shawn Jonas along with new bassists/guitarists, Russ Cogdell and Brett Detar. The album contains a sample from the film \"The Shining\" at the beginning of \"To Think of You\", as well as a sample from the horror film \"The Prophecy\" during the intro to \"Ravage Ritual\". The lyrics on \"Blood & Fire\" deal with personal issues that vocalist Dan", "title": "Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest" }, { "docid": "15706318", "text": "every year six Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On February 7, 1791, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly", "title": "18th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15718735", "text": "1778, every year six Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On July 1, 1795, Stephen Van Rensselaer took office as", "title": "20th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "10630638", "text": "likes beer and always gets into ridiculous situations. Fortunately he has a strict and authoritative wife. The story begins when his wife sends him to bring a New Year tree from the forest. But the forest in the winter is a magic place full of surprising events and transformations. Entangled in the miracles, having lost and found his own image more than once, the man goes back home with empty hands. The plot includes two interrelated stories – about the man's dreams and about incredible transformations inside the magic cabin on chicken legs. The first story is based on the", "title": "Last Year's Snow Was Falling" }, { "docid": "16453935", "text": "during the year enjoyed a best result of two fourth-place finishes in Hanover and Singapore. Whilst Formula 1 disappeared as a world championship and moved entirely to the United States, Cappellini continued to compete at the top level in Europe with DAC Racing, the factory team of the DAC hull manufacturing business. In 1987, a third place in Miami brought Guido his first ever podium and in 1988 he scored three second-place finishes at Augusta, Dublin and Singapore, ultimately finishing the year fourth overall in the final standings. 1989 would bring Cappellini his first race victory in the series, in", "title": "Guido Cappellini" }, { "docid": "4259931", "text": "him. He subsequently runs away on his first day on the job and pursues his dream to become a writer, recounting the story of his experiences in the \"Auberge Espagnole\". The phrase \"auberge espagnole\" literally means \"Spanish inn\" or \"Spanish hotel\". It is a French idiomatic expression originally referring to a place where you can only eat what you bring and by extension, a place or situation where you only find what you brought. A second, more neutrally connoted and recent interpretation of the phrase is a dinner diversified by the fact that each guest has contributed some part of", "title": "L'Auberge Espagnole" }, { "docid": "14385496", "text": "Colours (film) Colours is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Raj Babu and starring Dileep, Roma and Bhama in the lead roles.. This movie is an unofficial remake of the Hindi movie called Dil Hai Tumhaara. The story of Colours is based in Coonnoor, where Lt. Col. Dr.Rajalakshmi lives with her family. The story begins from where she gets the news that someone has been released from jail. And the trip to bring that someone home gives her time to take a trip down memory lane, and we are told of things that took place a year ago. Rajalakshmi", "title": "Colours (film)" }, { "docid": "16375628", "text": "year 2002 (i.e. but not the tribunal awards issued after the year 2002). Thus this amendment bars the tribunals to give any time period/validity for constituting a new tribunal. This is to keep provision to resolve fresh water disputes which were not addressed by earlier tribunals/ agreements as and when they surface. A permanent water dispute tribunal with its members from sitting judges of Supreme Court or High courts, is proposed to resolve the growing number of interstate river water disputes expeditiously. Union government is contemplating to bring a new act in place of River Boards Act, 1956 which is", "title": "Interstate River Water Disputes Act" }, { "docid": "7977355", "text": "37 points. Students who wish to attend the college must submit application forms before the deadline. If the college accepts a student, it invites them to an interview where they must bring their most recent school report, mock GCSE results, and progress files. If students come across well in the interview and their mock grades are good, the college offers them a provisional place. Once students receive their GCSE results they will be invited back to the college to enroll. New students and students progressing into year 13 must enroll at designated times at the end of August to be", "title": "Oldham Sixth Form College" }, { "docid": "7792930", "text": "say in an interview: \"There were obviously strong creative differences. For the anniversary we wanted to bring it back to Asbury Park and I paid for my own flight to Beverly Hills to convince Michael Lapino and Arthur Fogel to bring it back there. We had the site and we had everything in place, but the partners wanted to put someone down to watch us.\" The Bamboozle The Bamboozle was an annual three-day music festival held in New Jersey from 2003 to 2012. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days. The event evolved out of the", "title": "The Bamboozle" }, { "docid": "5751955", "text": "central place in the Biblical history of the Jewish people. During the period between capturing the Land and building the Temple, in the days when Joshua divided the land among the 12 tribes, the Tabernacle resided in Shilo. Until the death of Eli the High Priest, Shilo was the place of pilgrimage for the Children of Israel. Three times a year the faithful traveled to Shilo to bring their festival offerings. Tel Shilo is now an archaeological site, where once the spiritual life of the Jewish people was centered for 369 years in the 11th and 12th centuries BCE. In", "title": "Shilo, Mateh Binyamin" }, { "docid": "2438082", "text": "His contract was for two years, with the option of a third year. He made his Newcastle debut in a Premier League match at Bolton on 11 August and scored his first goal on 26 August against his former club Middlesbrough. On 23 September, he scored a further two goals against West Ham United to bring his tally up to three for Newcastle. On 23 December, he again scored two goals against Derby County. After an injury lay off over the new year, Viduka was brought back into the side by new manager Kevin Keegan, where he played as part", "title": "Mark Viduka" }, { "docid": "6491617", "text": "articles of Spanish make. These are the first two horses of historical record in what is now Manitoba. Later the same year when his father returned from the east in October Pierre was sent to build Fort Dauphin near present-day Winnipegosis, Manitoba. His mission completed, Pierre invited the Crees and Assiniboins to bring their furs from then on to the new fort, then he returned to Fort La Reine where he spent the entire year of 1742. Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye was active as a fur-trader and explorer in the west even after his father was relieved of his", "title": "Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye" }, { "docid": "18817808", "text": "the Church to the stage where there is nothing old, where there is nothing of the past. He wants everything in the church to be new. ...it should be holy and blameless. God will bring the Church to the place where nothing can be said against her in any respect.\" At that point the world, Satan, or \"even God Himself will have nothing to say. In that day, when the Church is so glorious, she will become the Bride of Christ.\" Nee holds believers \"are Christ's own Body. As His Body, Christ is purging and preparing us...Now we are in", "title": "Rhema (doctrine)" }, { "docid": "19677168", "text": "and honest. After a nightmarish car accident takes away his friend, he returns home with his remains. Now returning to China, Lu Yuan initially has three goals. First, he wants to bring the ashes of his friends, who died in the car accident, back to China and let them rest in peace. Second, he wants to return his eighteen-year-old daughter Jia He to her birth mother, before finding a remote place and committing suicide. However unexpectedly, he met the person he least wants to see and becomes entangled with both his unresolved and new relationships. The drama is both a", "title": "To Be a Better Man" }, { "docid": "20161855", "text": "is played on the Friday night before the dance and the dance takes place on Saturday of that week. Prom is the final dance of the year and it is a junior/senior orientated dance that happens towards the end of every year for departing seniors and new seniors for the upcoming year. Every year on a Thursday before Prom, most of the students meet up in the back parking lot of Pueblo County High School for an annual Tailgate. During Tailgate, students are allowed to bring grills and food to cook in the back of their vehicles. Games are also", "title": "Pueblo County High School" }, { "docid": "18004841", "text": "temple, there is a place for worship, decorated with incense and candles. Theare a big drum nearby the praying room, which will be used at the time of the Chinese New Year. At several big day such as Chinese New Year or Cap Go Meh, this temple would be crowded because it is often held a lion dance procession. The building was designed so that it overlooks the River Babura. The Chinese people are believe, with the design facing the River Babura, it will bring a good luck to the temple and those who visit there. In addition, the temple", "title": "Gunung Timur Temple" }, { "docid": "1942153", "text": "from his position. At that time, Dehkordi was Foolad's vice president and Ahvaz's Football Association president. After the election of Dehkordi, Majid Jalali left the club despite good results. Luka Bonačić was named as Jalali's successor but he could not please the club as he was not able to win a single match in first eight weeks and the club decided to bring Majid Jalali back where they finished the league 10th. At the Jalali's final year as Foolad manager, the club ended the season at the 14th place, the worst since their promotion back to the league. After Jalali's", "title": "Foolad F.C." }, { "docid": "11970978", "text": "define each character. In addition, she noted how the episode marked the transition to a new chapter in the personal backgrounds of the protagonists, stating: \"It was mean to bring us to a place where we can say goodbye to Denny, as well as deal with Meredith's love triangle. Just remember that nothing is ever wrapped up easily on this show. Because things aren't neat and clean in real life.\" The episode was originally broadcast on September 21, 2006 at 9:00 ET, and averaged 25.41 million viewers, ranking first in weekly viewership with a 9.0 rating, according to Nielsen ratings.", "title": "Time Has Come Today (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "docid": "19388856", "text": "#DontSayThatsSoGay campaigns on Vine to combat homophobia and bring awareness to genderqueer identity. About Vine, Marsh told Digg, \"I make Vines as a time machine, I'm making them for my 10-year-old self back in Pennsylvania on the farm. Which, as I've come to find out, there are a lot of 10-year-old 'me's' around. [My Vines] are a way to bring healing to everybody, including me.\" Marsh is a regular contributor to \"The Huffington Post\", where they've also been interviewed. After \"The New York Times\" tweeted a cartoon portraying presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as a gay lovers, Marsh said", "title": "Jeffrey Marsh" }, { "docid": "2641464", "text": "of candles and cakes. German children were taken to an auditorium-like space. There, they were free to celebrate another year in a place where Germans believed that adults protected children from the evil spirits attempting to steal their souls. In those times there was no tradition of bringing gifts to a birthday; guests would merely bring good wishes for the birthday person. However, if a guest did bring gifts it was considered to be a good sign for the person whose birthday it was. Later, flowers became quite popular as a birthday gift. A reference to the tradition of blowing", "title": "Birthday cake" }, { "docid": "10705765", "text": "on October 9, 16, 23, and 27, 2009. The first rumors announced a wider area than the previous year (including Adventureland, Fantasyland and Frontierland), and a new Villain Show could take place on the Central Hub Stage. The idea of these events remains to bring more families to the park during their annual Halloween events with a separate ticket like their annual \"\"Soirée Halloween Disney\"\" (\"Disney's Halloween Party\"), which has been run on All Hallow's Eve since 1997, and is darker in tone than those in the USA and Tokyo Disneyland, but not as scary than the Hong Kong Disneyland", "title": "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" }, { "docid": "15658016", "text": "up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. In 1786, Columbia County was partitioned from Albany County, and 3 of Albany's Assembly seats were apportioned", "title": "11th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15704895", "text": "up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On February 7, 1791, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly districts, according to the figures of", "title": "17th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15686593", "text": "seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On February 7, 1791, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly districts, according to the", "title": "15th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15709586", "text": "seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On February 7, 1791, the Legislature had re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly districts, according to", "title": "19th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15698209", "text": "Senate seats came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. On February 7, 1791, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate and Assembly districts, according to", "title": "16th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "14683557", "text": "new products and promotional campaigns for Pringles and Duncan Hines mixes. He then moved to Memorex where he helped develop the first high-performance cassette tapes, and with Ella Fitzgerald worked on the \"Is It Live Or Is It Memorex\" campaign before joining Pepsi, expanding Mountain Dew, launching 2L plastic bottles and back-lit vending machines, and working on the three-year Pepsi Challenge campaign for PepsiCo, beating Coke in market share for the first consistent time. At General Electric, he helped develop the Spacemaker range with its \"We Bring Good Things to Life\" campaign. He then worked in the U.S. and London", "title": "Carl Yankowski" }, { "docid": "15664053", "text": "came up for election to a four-year term. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole assembly being renewed annually. In March 1786, the Legislature enacted that future Legislatures meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year unless called earlier by the governor. No general meeting place was determined, leaving it to each Legislature to name the place where to reconvene, and if no place could be agreed upon, the Legislature should meet again where it adjourned. The State election was held from April 29 to May 1, 1788. Senators Ezra L'Hommedieu (Southern", "title": "12th New York State Legislature" }, { "docid": "15968238", "text": "the Static Expander to scatter the captive Avengers across time and space. Before disappearing, Captain America instructs Black Panther's group to continue in their place until they can be found and brought home. The New Avengers work to find a way to bring the Avengers home while combating various threats in their place. After Jane Foster locates the Avengers, she provides the New Avengers special tether bracelets to send them to rescue the Avengers from each location where a member of the Cabal is overseeing. Vision and Wasp find that Falcon had spent a few years time in a dystopian", "title": "Avengers Assemble (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14654775", "text": "New York. The Night Hawks would finish the first season in the league with a 28-41 record, which placed them 4th in the 6 team league, 23 1/2 games out of first place. After the first season the Night Hawks would be one of only 3 teams that would return for a second season. Although the team would bring in about 1,000 fans per game but team owner, Bill Cummings would sell the team leaving $30,000 in debt. The Night Hawks would have a fairly successful season in the following year, they would win the first half of the league", "title": "Newburgh Night Hawks" }, { "docid": "14739842", "text": "Dorade (yacht) Dorade is a yacht designed in 1929 by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens and built 1929–1930 by the Minneford Yacht Yard in City Island, New York. \"Dorade\" went on to place 2nd in the Bermuda Race later that year. The crew for its first race received the All-Amateur Crew Prize. However, it would be a win in the Transatlantic Race that would bring the boat its name. She completed a race that takes an estimated 3–4 weeks in just 17 days, earning her crew a parade upon the ship's return and a reception for Olin Stephens hosted", "title": "Dorade (yacht)" }, { "docid": "16195063", "text": "in the frame of POSITIF European research project between 2004 and 2007. It has been written in Java as a practical proof of concept, presented in the article. Despite its poor scalability and efficiency issues, the software proved to be highly useful. At the end of 2009 it become obvious that the current design had serious shortcomings with poor performance in the first place. As a result of that the project was discontinued. Later that year, a new project nicknamed ACARM-ng was launched aiming to replace the original ACARM. ACARM-ng was to bring the alert correlation to a new dimension", "title": "ACARM-ng" }, { "docid": "4550727", "text": "dances, and mini-olympics. Is a non-denominational group in Sisler that is open to everyone. CYG has weekly fellowships, on and off school grounds. CYG's main focus is to bring Christ to the school. They also hold the annual Easter service and host Operation Christmas Child. In 2003, the rookie Sisler robotic team entered the Canada F.I.R.S.T. robotics competition. The team won awards or medalled in every category except for \"Best First Year Team\". The team won the \"President's Cup\" for finishing first place overall, including an amazing second place in the robot hockey competition. Held a petition for the students", "title": "Sisler High School" }, { "docid": "9958017", "text": "a year later and Conca made the steady rise to River's first team. On 23 November 2003, under then Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini, Conca made his first team debut in a 1–0 defeat to Chacarita Juniors. In 2004, however, Conca was loaned to Chilean club Universidad Católica by new River manager Leonardo Astrada. In 2006, River loaned him out again, this time to Rosario Central where after some impressive displays, Vasco da Gama made a successful bid to bring him to Brazil on 5 January 2007, signing an initial one-year loan deal from River Plate. He made his Vasco debut", "title": "Darío Conca" }, { "docid": "14875218", "text": "Get Online Week Get Online Week is an annual campaign that takes place in the UK and Europe. In 2007, UK online centres first marked out a date in October to bring digital inclusion to national attention. Since then the campaign has grown into a week-long annual celebration, with thousands of events taking place each year in centres and more unusual locations, bringing digital skills and know-how to everyone. The 2010 event took place on 18–24 October 2010. In 2014, Get Online week took place on 13–19 October, with 1,103 locations running 5,000 events, with 80,000 participants. In 2015, the", "title": "Get Online Week" }, { "docid": "1858723", "text": "is lost, specifically when slaves from Africa were transported through the Atlantic slave trade. Brand defines the Door of No Return as \"that place where our ancestors departed one world for another; the Old World for the New.\" It is a place that is as metaphorical as it is psychological, as imaginary as it is real. It is not a physical door, in the sense that it be found at a single location, but rather a collection of locations. At the same time, however, the Door can bring profound grief and pain to many in the Diaspora when they visit", "title": "Dionne Brand" }, { "docid": "18956394", "text": "to believe that Catan is the shore they now walk upon. Shortly after landing, Candamir's slave-girl Gunda bears him his first-born child, Nils, whom he names after his sister Asta's deceased husband. Several of the voyagers travel inland to explore the terrain. From a lookout they discover that Catan also boasts rocky mountains, verdant pastures, a great river, a desert wasteland, and a vulcani or “fiery mountain.” After discovering that they can successfully bring ships from the coast up the river, the settlers decide to build their new village at a place where the forest, river, and fields meet. The", "title": "The Settlers of Catan (novel)" }, { "docid": "19373435", "text": "meant that the Empire finished the season 2 matches out of first place. On March 6, 2018, the Empire announced that Fernández would return to coach the team for the second season in a row, in hopes of guiding the franchise to its first-ever trip to the WTT Finals. “We were one match away from making the finals,” said Fernández, “and we lost a few very close matches. This year, we hope to improve on that by making the finals and having a chance to bring the King Trophy to Billie Jean’s home city.” The following week, the team announced", "title": "New York Empire (tennis)" }, { "docid": "8474625", "text": "Persia, the Magic Fairy 11-year old Persia is an energetic, caring, loyal and happy young girl who has grown up alongside the animals on the Serengeti plains of Africa wearing only a leopard skin. Twins Riki and Gaku Muroi and their grandfather, Gōken, bring Persia to Japan with them in Minato-machi (lit. Port Town), where she lives with a couple who own a grocery store. During an incident during the return flight to Japan, Persia finds herself in the \"Lovely Dream\", the land where dreams are born and grow. It is a wintry place, and dreams cannot get out. The", "title": "Persia, the Magic Fairy" }, { "docid": "20713768", "text": "assisting to bring in the harvest. They were employed as guards, by the Admiralty on the Scilly Isles, at the many new munitions works and on the rail network, where Motor Sections also conveyed soldiers on leave between stations. A private member's bill introduced in the House of Lords in October 1915 sought to place the VTC on a more official footing by applying to it the provisions of the Volunteer Act of 1863. It was supported by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, commander of the Central Force First Army, who, in a letter to \"The Times\", wrote of \"the most", "title": "British home army in the First World War" }, { "docid": "8276168", "text": "Un Argentino en New York Un Argentino en New York (international, English title: An Argentine in New York) is a 1998 Argentine film directed by Juan José Jusid and starring Guillermo Francella and Natalia Oreiro. It is the story of an Argentine adolescent girl who travels to New York, and decides to stay and live there. Her father makes the decision to go to New York, a place where he has never been, to meet his daughter and try to bring her back to Buenos Aires. During his journey he’ll discover that his daughter has grown, formed a music band", "title": "Un Argentino en New York" }, { "docid": "8462355", "text": "USSBA Northern States Group 3A Champion. This was the band's first championship of any kind since the 16-year Chapter Championship streak was broken in 2001. The band was also named the 2010 Cotton Bowl Music Festival Grand Champion while participating in the Cotton Bowl Classic festivities in Dallas, Texas. By being named grand champion, the band had the honor of playing their show \"Journey of Man\" during pre-game in front of 78,000 fans. The WTHS Drumline also received first place and won the honor to play their cadence to bring all of the bands onto the field for the mass", "title": "Washington Township High School (New Jersey)" }, { "docid": "7709870", "text": "they enjoyed doing so. People had numerous ways of both defending themselves against the \"gjenganger\", and stopping people from becoming one in the first place. A few of them are mentioned here: A tradition that deserves special mention is that of the \"\"varp\"\". A \"varp\" is a pile of stones or twigs which often marks a place where someone has died. It was believed that when you passed this place, you should throw another stone/twig on the \"varp\", to commemorate what had happened there. Doing so would sometimes bring luck on your further travels, while not doing so would result", "title": "Gjenganger" }, { "docid": "17668065", "text": "Smead Jolley played for Corsicana that year, while 12-year major league veteran Boom-Boom Beck suited up for the Marlin/Palestine club. 1926 was the final year of the Texas Association. All six teams returned from the previous year. Austin finished in first place, but lost in the playoffs three games to zero to second-place finisher Palestine. No effort was made to bring the league back for 1927. Palestine, Mexia and Corsicana moved to the Lone Star League, while Austin, Terrell and Temple ceased operations. Professional baseball would return to Austin in 1956, but Terrell and Temple have yet to field another", "title": "Texas Association" }, { "docid": "18643762", "text": "flowers. Tazetta daffodils were probably introduced to China, where they became naturalised, by Arab traders travelling the Silk Road at some time prior to the beginning of the Song Dynasty (i.e. before 960), presumably for their claimed medicinal properties. Flowering in spring, they became associated with Chinese New Year, signifying good fortune, prosperity and good luck. If the narcissus blooms on Chinese New Year, it is said to bring extra wealth and good fortune throughout the year. Its sweet fragrance is also highly revered in Chinese culture. The flower has many names in Chinese culture, including water narcissus (since they", "title": "Narcissus in culture" }, { "docid": "21007224", "text": "their estates cultivated, reaching the point of selling or giving up part of them. It is characteristic that in 1567 and 1621 with the requirement of the landowners had banned the massive migration. In addition, around 1690, the locals began to bring money from abroad and acquire their own properties, which reached up to Kalandos, Marathos, Archatos and Kampos. In 1718 the new church was founded, which was completed in 1806 and its inauguration took place on 15 August of the same year. There is the opinion that the inauguration took place in 1779, but the official ecclesiastical information menion", "title": "Filoti" }, { "docid": "17956356", "text": "year of 2014 with a share of first place in their division for the first time in 27 years. The Islanders put together a 6–3–0 January record to bring into the All-Star Game break. Near the beginning of the month, Lubomir Visnovsky was placed back on IR with an upper body injury and would later be joined by Eric Boulton with a lower-body injury, who had been taken off the list about a month prior on December 11 and only played once since. Michael Grabner returned from his lower body injury on January 6 after missing eight games. On January", "title": "2014–15 New York Islanders season" }, { "docid": "2251629", "text": "very squalid neighbourhood ... and quite unworthy of the dignity of a body like the council\". Leading member of the council, John Burns countered that it \"would brighten up a dull place, sweeten a sour spot and for the first time bring the south of London into a dignified and beautiful frontage on the River Thames.\" The necessary powers were obtained under the London County Council (Money) Act 1906, and a competition to design the new building was organised. There were approximately 100 entries, and the winner was the twenty-nine-year-old Ralph Knott. Construction began in 1911, and the first section", "title": "London County Council" }, { "docid": "14441194", "text": "where the cockfight is going on, and should know in which direction he starts to go towards the place. The direction in which he should go depends on the first letter of his name. If a competitor's name starts with any of the vowels in Telugu alphabet, the place of cockfight should be in the direction of south-east or north-east, south-west or north-west. Going in east or north directions bring more gain, in south-east and south-west brings little gain, in west or north-west brings disputes, in north-east brings fear and harm. If the first letter of the competitor's name is", "title": "Kukkuta Sastra" }, { "docid": "3518249", "text": "the village and climbs 900 ft to Windgather Rocks and finishes after crossing the River Goyt on Forge Road. Following the carnival is the Rose Queen Pet Show, 4 July 2012, where locals bring their pets to compete in different classes. November 2012 saw the relaunch of Whaley Bridge's firework event, with a new team of volunteers after the Round Table felt they were unable to continue. This also incorporated the town's first lantern parade. The final event of the year is the switching on of the Christmas tree lights outside the Jodrell Arms Hotel, close to Whaley Bridge railway", "title": "Whaley Bridge" }, { "docid": "12869749", "text": "between three former primary schools: Shirecliffe, Busk Meadow and Watermead infant and junior schools, at a cost of £4.7 million. Linda Kingdon, the head teacher said: \"This is Watercliffe Meadow, a place for learning. One reason was many of the parents of the children here had very negative connotations of school. Instead, we want this to be a place for family learning, where anyone can come. We were able to start from scratch and create a new type of learning experience. There are no whistles or bells or locked doors. We wanted to deinstitutionalise the place and bring the school", "title": "Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School" }, { "docid": "7868981", "text": "Sarah Palin. The channel will also bring all of the 2008 Presidential Debates live. After the election TV 2 NEWS will bring the programme 'Den Nye Præsident' (The New President), which takes a closer look at the new US President's first 100 days in office. From September 2009 the channel will bring a weekly special called 'Kampen for klimaet' (The Battle for the Climate). A special featuring analysis and background on the preparations for the UN Conference on Climate Change, which takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. The special will be hosted by Poul Erik Skammelsen and Kirsten", "title": "TV 2 News" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9175655", "text": "by Tatiana Noginova and lighting by Natasha Katz. The original cast featured newcomer Sierra Boggess in the title role of Ariel, Sean Palmer as Prince Eric, Brian D'Addario and Trevor Braun alternated as Flounder, Norm Lewis as King Triton, Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula, Tituss Burgess as Sebastian, Tyler Maynard as Flotsam, Derrick Baskin as Jetsam, Jonathan Freeman as Grimsby, and John Treacy Egan as Chef Louis. Notable replacements included Faith Prince as Ursula and Drew Seeley as Prince Eric. The production closed on August 30, 2009, after 50 previews and 685 performances. Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "11467003", "text": "the film are: The film was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States on August 26, 2008, and on Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom and Europe on September 22, 2008. The DVD contains special features including deleted scenes, a production featurette hosted by the director, games and activities, and a featurette hosted by Sierra Boggess (who played Ariel on Broadway) about the Broadway musical. On December 16, 2008, the film was released in a \"The Little Mermaid Trilogy\" boxed set that includes \"The Little Mermaid\" (Platinum Edition) and \"\". On November 19, 2013, it was released", "title": "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning" }, { "docid": "13671836", "text": "Flounder in the beginning of some tracks. \"\" is a concept album; listening to the tracks in order will present the story of a typical day in the life of the mermaid Ariel (set sometime before the events of the first film). \"Disney's The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording\" is the cast album for the musical \"The Little Mermaid\". It features performances from the show's cast, which includes Tituss Burgess, Sherie Rene Scott, Norm Lewis, Eddie Korbich, and newcomer Sierra Boggess as Ariel, the little mermaid. The Little Mermaid (franchise) The Little Mermaid is a Disney media franchise. The", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2039817", "text": "the era known as the Disney Renaissance. A stage adaptation of the film with a book by Doug Wright and additional songs by Alan Menken and new lyricist Glenn Slater opened in Denver in July 2007 and began performances on Broadway January 10, 2008 starring Sierra Boggess. In May 2016 Disney announced that a live-action film adaptation of The Little Mermaid is currently in development. Ariel, a sixteen-year-old mermaid princess, is dissatisfied with underwater life in the kingdom of Atlantica and is fascinated by the human world. While exploring a Sunken Ship with her best friend Flounder, they are chased", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "9175651", "text": "rods, designed by Michael Curry, were attached to their hips. Sierra Boggess, who originated the role of Ariel, was an ice-skater and had no trouble with the Heelys, but the rest of the cast took some getting used to the footwear. Ariel's tail originally had a motor inside that allowed the fluke to move independently, but the mechanics made the tail heavy and loud and were removed. Rehearsals for the Broadway production began on May 29, 2007 at the New 42nd Street Studios in New York. The cast had six weeks of rehearsals before the pre-Broadway tryout. After the Broadway", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "9175684", "text": "the regional US productions Ariel sings \"The World Above\" as the show's opening number and there is another reprise of \"If Only\" in which King Triton laments over the loss of his wife. \"†\" Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton were first cast as Flounder, but had to leave the show shortly after opening because they had grown taller than Sierra Boggess. Trevor Braun and Brian D'Addario replaced them. D'Addario was the vocalist on the original cast recording and performed on the show's opening night. Disney's The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2008 musical.", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "9903871", "text": "Disney Legends Award for her continued contributions to the Walt Disney Company. \"Part of Your World\" was featured in the stage musical adaptation of \"The Little Mermaid\", which ran on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from 2008 to 2009. Actress Sierra Boggess originated the role of Ariel in her Broadway debut, becoming the first actress to perform \"Part of Your World\" in the production. To promote the musical, Boggess performed \"Part of Your World\" live on \"The Today Show\", which marked her first live television appearance. Reviewing a performance of the musical during its pre-Broadway tryout run in Denver, Colorado,", "title": "Part of Your World" }, { "docid": "9872139", "text": "previously engaged to fellow Broadway actor Tam Mutu. Sierra Boggess Sierra Marjory Boggess (born May 20, 1982) is an American theater actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Ariel in \"The Little Mermaid\" on Broadway and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in \"The Phantom of the Opera.\" Sierra has been involved in several productions of \"The Phantom of the Opera\" beginning with the Las Vegas production in 2006. In 2010 she was cast in the role of Christine Daaé in Phantom's sequel \"Love Never Dies\". Sierra Boggess was born and raised in Denver,", "title": "Sierra Boggess" }, { "docid": "13671810", "text": "on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007 and officially opened on January 10, 2008. The original cast featured Sierra Boggess as Ariel, Norm Lewis as King Triton, Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula, Eddie Korbich as Scuttle, Tituss Burgess as Sebastian, Sean Palmer as Prince Eric, Jonathan Freeman as Grimsby, Derrick Baskin as Jetsam, Tyler Maynard as Flotsam, Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton as Flounder, and John Treacy Egan as Chef Louis. The show closed on Broadway August 30, 2009, after 685 performances and 50 previews. There are several video games based on the films, and the characters", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "9872124", "text": "Sierra Boggess Sierra Marjory Boggess (born May 20, 1982) is an American theater actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Ariel in \"The Little Mermaid\" on Broadway and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in \"The Phantom of the Opera.\" Sierra has been involved in several productions of \"The Phantom of the Opera\" beginning with the Las Vegas production in 2006. In 2010 she was cast in the role of Christine Daaé in Phantom's sequel \"Love Never Dies\". Sierra Boggess was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, with her older sister Summer and her", "title": "Sierra Boggess" } ]

[ { "docid": "7585211", "text": "\"The Love We Share\" with Sofia. A live-action version of Ariel appeared in the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\", where she was played by JoAnna Garcia. In 2016 a stripped-down concert version of \"The Little Mermaid\" was staged at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring the songs from the film and four songs from the Broadway musical. Sara Bareilles performed the role of Ariel for the first two nights of the concert (June 4 and 5), while Jodi Benson, the original voice actress for Ariel, reprised her role for the June 6 performance. Ariel, alongside other Disney Princesses, appeared in", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "11673427", "text": "Les Poissons \"Les Poissons\" (in French \"les poissons\" simply means \"fish\") is a song from the 1989 film \"The Little Mermaid\", which is sung in the film and in \"The Little Mermaid\" Broadway show by the character Chef Louis. Chef Louis is voiced by René Auberjonois in the film, and by John Treacy Egan in the Broadway show. The song was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman. Sebastian the crab (voiced by Samuel E. Wright) is trapped in a kitchen with Chef Louis who sings the song while preparing a seafood dinner for the newly human Ariel", "title": "Les Poissons" }, { "docid": "8346318", "text": "Ariel the Little Mermaid Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, usually shorted to simply Ariel the Little Mermaid, is a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Software for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Master System, based on the 1989 film \"The Little Mermaid.\" A Master System version was released exclusively in Brazil by Tec Toy. Despite being based on the 1989 movie, the game's story bears little resemblance to that of the movie. The player guides one of Ariel or King Triton through underwater levels similarly to the game \"Ecco the Dolphin\", and can move in any direction. Despite", "title": "Ariel the Little Mermaid" }, { "docid": "8346320", "text": "older or more skilled players should stick to more challenging/overall better Disney games, recommending titles \"Aladdin\" and \"The Lion King\". Ariel the Little Mermaid Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, usually shorted to simply Ariel the Little Mermaid, is a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Software for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Master System, based on the 1989 film \"The Little Mermaid.\" A Master System version was released exclusively in Brazil by Tec Toy. Despite being based on the 1989 movie, the game's story bears little resemblance to that of the movie. The player guides one of Ariel", "title": "Ariel the Little Mermaid" }, { "docid": "9903886", "text": "a concert adaptation of \"The Little Mermaid\" at the Hollywood Bowl, in which played Ariel. To commemorate the film's 25th anniversary in 2014, \"Billboard\" published a list of the website's \"Favorite 'Part Of Your World' Covers\". Considered a \"classic\" Disney song, \"Part of Your World\" has since established itself as both \"The Little Mermaid\"'s hallmark song and signature ballad. Believed to be responsible for introducing \"Disney's Broadway age\", the song is also credited with making the \"I Want\" song a popular staple of future animated Disney musical films, at the same time introducing film audiences to a period known as", "title": "Part of Your World" }, { "docid": "7585176", "text": "some publications such as \"Time\" criticize her for being too devoted to Eric whereas others, such as \"Empire\", praise the character for her rebellious personality, a departure from previous Disney Princesses. Ariel was based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's \"The Little Mermaid\", but co-director and writer Ron Clements felt that the mermaid in the original story was too tragic and rewrote the character, resulting in Ariel. Jodi Benson, who was predominantly a stage actress, was chosen to voice Ariel because the directors felt \"it was really important to have the same person doing the singing and speaking", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2581311", "text": "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure film and a sequel to the 1989 animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story of the film takes place 12 years after the original, and focuses on Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean despite her parents' law that the sea is forbidden to her. The film features the voices of Jodi Benson as Ariel, Tara Charendoff as Melody, and Pat", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea" }, { "docid": "7585210", "text": "television series \"Disney's House of Mouse\" as one of Mickey's guests at the nightclub. She is seen in both her mermaid and human forms. On November 24, 2013, Ariel made a brief appearance in a TV special \"Sofia the First: The Floating Palace\", which is part of the computer-animated television series \"Sofia the First\". In the special, Sofia is trying to help her mermaid friend, Oona, whose underwater kingdom is under threat. Sofia wishes for help, and the magical amulet of Avalor summons Ariel in her mermaid form, who gives Sofia advice on what to do. Ariel performs the song", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2439981", "text": "has King Triton magically reverting into a merboy, which gives Ariel a glimpse of how her father used to be when he was younger, and that they aren't so different after all. In the episode \"Metal Fish\" Ariel saves a human, Hans Christian Andersen, who is loosely based on the real life author of the original \"The Little Mermaid\", and the encounter inspired the character to \"write\" the story of \"The Little Mermaid\". A voice-over at the end of the episode by Kenneth Mars, who voices King Triton, talks about the real Hans Christian Andersen, while the image on-screen is", "title": "The Little Mermaid (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7585174", "text": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid) Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989). She subsequently appears in the film's prequel television series (1992—1994), direct-to-video sequel \"\" (2000), and direct-to-video prequel \"\" (2008). Ariel is voiced by Jodi Benson in all official animated appearances and merchandise. She is fourth in the Disney Princess lineup, the first nonhuman princess, and the only princess to become a mother to her own child. Ariel has a distinctive appearance, with her long, flowing, bright red hair, blue eyes, green mermaid tail and purple seashell", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "9175654", "text": "began previews on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007 and was temporarily shut down on November 10, 2007 due to the 2007 Broadway stagehand strike. The strike ended on November 28, 2007, and the show resumed previews the next day. The official opening date was postponed from December 6, 2007 to January 10, 2008. Jodi Benson and Pat Carroll, who starred in the 1989 animated film as Ariel and Ursula, respectively, attended the opening night ceremony. Direction was by Francesca Zambello, making her Broadway debut, with choreography by Stephen Mear. Scenic design was by George Tsypin, costumes", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "7585209", "text": "movie. Ariel also makes an appearance in the sequel, \"Kingdom Hearts II\", where its storyline loosely follows the plotline of the 1989 film. They're also was an appearance card in the video game \"Mickey's Memory Challenge\" on 1993. Other video games based on the character include a \"\" of the second movie and three children's titles for personal computers: \"Ariel's Story Studio\", \"The Little Mermaid Activity Center\" and \"Disney's The Little Mermaid Print Studio\". In addition, Ariel appears in multiple games within the \"Disney Princess\" line of games, including \"\" and \"\". In 2001, Ariel appeared occasionally in the animated", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "20458236", "text": "time, Ariel reunites with Jasmine and helps her defeat the sorcerer Jafar (Oded Fehr). Reception for the role has been received positively, with Amy Ratcliffe of \"IGN\" saying \"The mermaid was endearing, and Garcia couldn't have done a better job with her. She had terrific chemistry with everyone, too\". Ariel (Once Upon a Time character) Ariel is a fictional character that appears in the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\", where she is played by JoAnna Garcia. Ariel is loosely based on the Disney character of the same name from the 1989 animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Showrunners Edward", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time character)" }, { "docid": "7585198", "text": "released a four-issue \"The Little Mermaid Limited Series\" comic book series. In 1994 Marvel Comics released its own title, \"Disney's The Little Mermaid\", which ran for twelve issues. All these comics are prequels to the film, and feature Ariel a mermaid living under the sea having adventures with Flounder and Sebastian, and thwarting villains that wish to take over or destroy Atlantica. In 2000, Ariel became an official member of the newly launched Disney Princess line, an umbrella franchise that includes various Disney princesses under its banner. Ariel is one of the original 8 characters that were included at the", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585208", "text": "Mermaid's Island\". Ariel was to be portrayed by Marietta DePrima, and she would interact with various puppet characters created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Two episodes of this series were filmed but not aired due to complications after Henson's death. Ariel appears in various video games based on the films, including the two adaptations of the first film (one for NES and Game Boy, known as \"The Little Mermaid\", and one for Sega consoles called \"Ariel the Little Mermaid\") and the popular \"Kingdom Hearts\" series. In the first \"Kingdom Hearts\", Ariel's story has an unrelated plot to that of the", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2099883", "text": "She starred in the Kennedy Center Honors for Ginger Rogers, and in \"Disney's Premiere in Central Park with Pocahontas\", \"The Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary Spectacular\" and \"Disney's 100 Years of Magic\". Benson is the resident guest soloist for the Walt Disney Company/Disney Cruise Line and ambassador for feature animation. On June 6, 2016, Benson performed the role of Ariel at the Hollywood Bowl's concert performance of \"The Little Mermaid\". In late 1986, Benson first heard of the audition for \"The Little Mermaid\" through lyricist and playwright Howard Ashman. The two had just worked together in the Broadway show \"Smile\"", "title": "Jodi Benson" }, { "docid": "7585201", "text": "Dance\" and \"Happy Birthday, Princess\" from \"Disney Princess Tea Party\" (2005); \"Christmas Is Coming!\", \"Christmas in the Ocean\", \"Ariel's Christmas Island\" and \"The Twelve Days of Christmas\" from \"Disney Princess Christmas Album\" (2009); and \"Ariel's Sing-Along Sea Song: the Crab Song\" from \"Disney Princess Party\" (2010). Ariel also appears in the franchise video games \"\" (2007), \"\" (2007) and \"\" (2012). Ariel appears in the Broadway adaptation of the 1989 film, which ran at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with previews from November 3, 2007, leading to opening night on January 10, 2008. This original production closed on August 30, 2009, but", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "13671820", "text": "a meet and greet characters. Ariel appears in \"Sofia the First: The Floating Palace\", a television special that was aired as part of the series \"Sofia the First\" and released on Region 1 DVD on November 24, 2013. Disney Comics released a four-issue \"The Little Mermaid Limited Series\" comic series and two issues of \"Sebastian from The Little Mermaid\" comics in 1992. Marvel Comics released its own title, \"Disney's The Little Mermaid\" in 1994, which ran for twelve issues. All the comics are prequels to the film, and feature Ariel still a mermaid living under the sea. A series of", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2581315", "text": "is discovered by Undertow, who leads her straight to Morgana. In a panic, Sebastian confesses to Ariel and Eric that Melody went out to the sea. Meanwhile, Melody meets Morgana, who reveals that Melody's background is marine, and uses the remains of Ursula's magic to transform Melody into a mermaid. Triton prepares search parties, and is convinced by Ariel and Eric to use his trident to transform Ariel back into a mermaid in order to help in the search for Melody. Ariel searches the sea for Melody, regretting not sharing her heritage with her, while Melody explores her newfound abilities", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea" }, { "docid": "7585219", "text": "become a popular internet meme, utilizing a screenshot of Ariel with photoshopped glasses accompanied by a humorous caption. Ariel's distinct appearance makes her the subject of \"look-alike\" events and competitions. In the reality TV show and dancing competition \"Dancing With the Stars\", Candace Cameron Bure, Peta Murgatroyd, Marla Maples and Sasha Pieterse dressed up as Ariel in their performances in seasons 18, 20, 22 and 25 respectively. Ariel (The Little Mermaid) Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989). She subsequently appears in the film's prequel television series", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2039844", "text": "Angeles, titled \"The Little Mermaid in Concert\". The performances combined a screening of \"The Little Mermaid\" with live accompaniment by guest musicians, including Sara Bareilles (who performed as Ariel), Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss, Rebel Wilson and Norm Lewis (who performed as King Triton as a reprisal of his role in the stage adaptation). The four additional songs written for the stage adaptation were also incorporated into the presentation, accompanied by scenes of the film's original concept art. During the third and final performance, Jodi Benson joined the cast in lieu of Bareilles to reprise her original role as Ariel. The", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "7585205", "text": "only has one day left to get Eric to kiss her, Eric's confusion of falling for Ariel despite longing for the mysterious girl who saved his life, King Triton's regret at driving Ariel away, and Sebastian for his inability to help Ariel achieve her dreams. Ariel makes regular appearances in the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, having a special location called Ariel's Grotto at most of them. Ariel's Grotto was torn down at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom owing to the Fantasyland expansion. \"The Little Mermaid\" mini-land can be found in the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland. It includes a replica", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "11466993", "text": "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (also known as The Little Mermaid III) is a 2008 American animated direct-to-video fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios, and a prequel to Disney's 1989 animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Directed by Peggy Holmes, the film's story is set before the events of the original film and acts as a pilot to the television series, \"The Little Mermaid: The Series\", when Ariel is still young, and where all music has been banned from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica by King Triton, and Ariel attempts to challenge this law. Jodi Benson", "title": "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning" }, { "docid": "13671811", "text": "have made appearances in other crossover video games. \"The Little Mermaid\" the video game was developed by Capcom for the NES and Game Boy, and published in 1991. It is a single player side-scrolling action game where the player controls Ariel on a quest to defeat Ursula. Ariel has already met Eric, and they plan to wed, but Ursula has taken control of the ocean. So Ariel (After explaining what's going on to Eric) becomes a mermaid once more and sets off to rescue the sea. The game takes place from a side view and Ariel (swimming most of the", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2039862", "text": "cast, Marshall said \"\"No, it's way too early. The Little Mermaid (1989 film) The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, \"The Little Mermaid\" tells the story of Ariel, a mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human. Written, produced, and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (who also served as a co-producer), the film features the voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "2039815", "text": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film) The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, \"The Little Mermaid\" tells the story of Ariel, a mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human. Written, produced, and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (who also served as a co-producer), the film features the voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars,", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "9872127", "text": "her Broadway debut originating the role of Ariel in \"The Little Mermaid\". She performed with the show in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House which ran from July 26, 2007 through September 9, 2007. The Broadway production began previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007. The show was then temporarily shut down on November 10, 2007 until November 28, 2007, due to the 2007 Broadway stagehand strike. Performances resumed the next day following the strike and the official opening night was pushed from December 6, 2007 to January 10,", "title": "Sierra Boggess" }, { "docid": "7585215", "text": "fans, and younger girls just learning about her, as well as generations not born yet who will undoubtedly become attached to her, ensuring the continued existence of the franchise\". In their review of \"The Little Mermaid\", the staff of \"TV Guide\" wrote that Ariel resembled \"a big-haired, denatured Barbie doll, despite her hourglass figure and skimpy seashell brassiere\". Tamara Weston of \"Time\" wrote that while Ariel is less passive and more strong-willed than her predecessors, she still \"gives up her voice to be with a man\" who comes to her rescue at the film's climax. Hal Hinson of \"The Washington", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "13671825", "text": "Ariel must receive the 'kiss of true love' from Eric; otherwise, she will transform back into a mermaid on the third day and belong to Ursula. As payment for legs, Ariel has to give up her voice, which Ursula takes by magically removing the energy from Ariel's vocal cords and storing it in a nautilus shell. Eric and Max find Ariel on the beach. He initially suspects that she is the one who saved his life, but when he learns that she cannot speak, he discards that notion. Nonetheless, Ariel spends time with Eric, and at the end of the", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2439972", "text": "The Little Mermaid (TV series) Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. Some of the voice actors of the film reprise their roles in the series, among them Jodi Benson as Ariel, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Kenneth Mars as King Triton and Pat Carroll as Ursula. Other", "title": "The Little Mermaid (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7585195", "text": "with Triton, Ariel breaks the band out of prison and escapes with them. With Sebastian's assistance, Ariel finds her mother's music box, and they decide to return it to Triton. On their way back to Atlantica, they encounter Marina, and a struggle ensues in which Ariel is knocked unconscious, witnessed by Triton. Ariel makes a full recovery, and a remorseful Triton allows music back into Atlantica. In addition to the film's official soundtrack, two original music albums were released by Walt Disney Records for the franchise: \"Sebastian from The Little Mermaid\" (1990) and \"\" (1992). The former is a cover", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2039836", "text": "experimentally on a few scenes in \"Mermaid\", and one shot produced using CAPS/ink & paint—the penultimate shot in the film, of Ariel and Eric's wedding ship sailing away under a rainbow—appears in the finished film. Computer-generated imagery was used to create some of the wrecked ships in the final battle, a staircase behind a shot of Ariel in Eric's castle, and the carriage Eric and Ariel are riding in when she bounces it over a ravine. These objects were animated using 3D wireframe models, which were plotted as line art to cels and painted traditionally. \"The Little Mermaid\" was considered", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "2039824", "text": "and bringing sunken ships to the surface. Just as Ursula is about to kill Ariel, Eric steers a wrecked ship towards Ursula, impaling her with its splintered bowsprit. With Ursula dead, Triton and the other polyps in Ursula's garden revert to their original forms. Realizing that Ariel truly loves Eric, Triton willingly changes her from a mermaid into a human and approves her marriage to Eric. Ariel and Eric marry on a ship and depart. \"The Little Mermaid\" was originally planned as part of one of Walt Disney's earliest feature films, a proposed package film featuring vignettes of Hans Christian", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "7585191", "text": "Ariel and her husband Eric decide they must keep Melody away from the sea. So they build a large wall to separate it from the castle. But Melody's love of the sea proves too strong and she visits Morgana, who turns her into a mermaid temporarily. King Triton uses his trident to transform Ariel back into her own mermaid form to find and rescue Melody. Morgana tricks Melody into taking part in a plot to steal her grandfather King Triton's trident. Together with Tip the Penguin and Dash the Walrus she goes to Atlantica and succeeds in acquiring the trident.", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2039822", "text": "married to Vanessa. Scuttle discovers that Vanessa is actually Ursula in disguise, and informs Ariel who immediately pursues the wedding barge. Sebastian informs Triton, and Scuttle disrupts the wedding with the help of various animals. In the chaos, the nautilus shell around Ursula's neck is destroyed, restoring Ariel's voice and breaking Ursula's enchantment over Eric. Realizing that Ariel is the girl who saved his life, Eric rushes to kiss her, but the sun sets and Ariel transforms back into a mermaid. Ursula then kidnaps Ariel. Triton confronts Ursula and demands Ariel's release, but the deal is inviolable. At Ursula's urging,", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "7585184", "text": "band. Ariel first appears in \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989), in which she is shown as being adventurous and curious about the world of humans, a fascination which angers both her father King Triton and his court composer Sebastian, as merfolk are not allowed to make contact with the human world. She and Flounder go in search of human objects, which they take to a seagull named Scuttle for appraisal. Ariel falls in love with a human prince named Prince Eric after saving him from drowning, and visits the sea witch, Ursula, who agrees to turn her into a human in", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "6566328", "text": "by also being a full figured woman.\" Ursula debuted in \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989) as a sea witch who is scheming to take advantage of the ambitions of King Triton's youngest daughter Princess Ariel in order to usurp the throne and turning merpeople into polyps for her garden. When Ariel saves and falls in love with a human named Prince Eric much to her father's chagrin, Ursula temporarily grants Ariel's wish to live as a human for three days in return for her voice. If she successfully earns a kiss from Eric by the end of the third day, Ariel", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2581321", "text": "Your World, performed by country singer Chely Wright. Another version of the song, performed by Ann Marie Boskovich, was used in some international releases of the film. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure film and a sequel to the 1989 animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story of the film takes place 12 years after the original, and focuses on Ariel and Eric's daughter Melody, a human princess who longs to swim in the ocean", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea" }, { "docid": "11749381", "text": "Sebastian from The Little Mermaid Sebastian From The Little Mermaid (credited as Disney's Sebastian)is the first of three original albums inspired by Disney's \"The Little Mermaid\" film. Many of the songs are cover versions of classic calypso or reggae songs. All of the songs are performed by Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian the crab with the exception of \"Dancing Mood\" and \"Dance the Day Away\", which are the album's two hit singles written and performed by Jodi Benson as Ariel, who also joins Sebastian on \"Day-O\". Jason Marin plays the speaking role of Flounder in the beginning of some tracks.", "title": "Sebastian from The Little Mermaid" }, { "docid": "7585189", "text": "as the love and occasional conflict between Ariel and her father, how Ariel met Flounder and Scuttle, the relationships between Ariel and her sisters, and Ariel's early fear and avoidance of Ursula the sea witch. Other recurring new characters are also introduced, such as orphaned merboy Urchin and mute mermaid Gabriella that become Ariel's friends, as well as the Evil Manta, Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp, who are Ariel's enemies. Ariel's mother is absent, having already died prior to the events of the series, though she is occasionally mentioned in vague terms. In one episode Ariel comes across Hans Christian", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "17641560", "text": "Agrabah, suggesting that that city is located in the same world as the Enchanted Forest. The episode was the first to feature Joanna García Swisher as Ariel, the protagonist of the 1989 Disney film \"The Little Mermaid\". Garcia's casting was announced in August 2013. It also features the debut of her true love Prince Eric, who is played by Gil McKinney. Series co-creator Edward Kitsis, who co-wrote the episode, stated that \"once we realized we were going to Neverland, it felt like the perfect place to see Ariel.\" Garcia Swisher was pleased that the series had opted to stay true", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "6479216", "text": "The Little Mermaid (video game) The Little Mermaid is a licensed action game by Capcom for the NES and Game Boy, based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It is a single-player side-scrolling action game where the player controls Ariel on a quest to defeat the evil Ursula, the sea witch. The game begins underwater, where Ariel can shoot bubbles to trap her foes and throw them. She can also dig through sand to find treasure and pick up sea shells to break open treasure chests. Treasure chests contain power-ups to increase her bubbles' power and range.", "title": "The Little Mermaid (video game)" }, { "docid": "19426829", "text": "swim away after Ariel takes Ursula's nautilus shell. Music by Alan Menken and All Lyrics by Glenn Slater, The Little Mermaid Jr. The Little Mermaid Jr. is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn", "title": "The Little Mermaid Jr." }, { "docid": "6566364", "text": "a samba set to \"Poor Unfortunate Souls\". As arguably \"the most famous example of a direct tie to the LGBT community,\" Ursula has also become something of a gay icon, due in part to sharing Divine's appearance and personality. Ursula (The Little Mermaid) Ursula is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated feature film \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989). Voiced by American actress Pat Carroll, Ursula is a villainous sea witch who tricks a mermaid princess named Ariel into trading her voice for a pair of human legs, at first appearing to be providing the character with", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "6566296", "text": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid) Ursula is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated feature film \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989). Voiced by American actress Pat Carroll, Ursula is a villainous sea witch who tricks a mermaid princess named Ariel into trading her voice for a pair of human legs, at first appearing to be providing the character with an opportunity to become human by temporarily transforming her into one so that she may earn the love of Prince Eric within three days. However, Ursula is, in fact, determined to sabotage Ariel's chances at any expense so that", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585180", "text": "Pictures had recently released \"Splash\" that had a blonde mermaid; Ariel's red hair was ultimately kept. In an interview, Jodi Benson stated that for \"Ariel's Beginning\", the writers revised the script multiple times to make sure Ariel retained her relevance in a more modern context. Benson complained to them that they wrote Ariel out of character and suggested they bring her back to her roots. Ariel is the youngest of King Triton and Queen Athena's seven daughters. She is often seen in the company of Flounder, her best friend, and Sebastian, her father's advisor who is often assigned to keep", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2581312", "text": "Carroll as Morgana, the film's new villain. In 2008, Disney released a third film in the \"Little Mermaid\" series, \"\", which is a prequel to the original film. Ariel and Eric celebrate the birth of their newborn daughter Melody on a ship at sea. Ariel's father King Triton presents Melody with a magic locket. The party is interrupted by Ursula's sister Morgana, who threatens to have Melody fed to her pet tiger shark, Undertow, unless Triton surrenders his trident to her. Morgana then announces her plan to use the trident to avenge Ursula and take over the ocean. Ariel and", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea" }, { "docid": "6566320", "text": "represents \"the matronly image\" who \"instigate[s] the young princess' epic journey\" as she longs to achieve the witch's \"sage-like knowledge and power\". Ursula teaches Ariel about womanhood, a theme \"From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture\" author Elizabeth Belle noticed is absent in Anderson's story. According to Bell, \"Ursula can retrieve Ariel from her destined alliance with patriarchy\", observing that the witch actually \"teaches Ariel that performance and voice and manifestations\" are \"liberations of gender\". \"Teen Ink\"'s Emma James believes that Ursula's death ultimately prevents Ariel from experiencing and learning from the consequences of her actions,", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "6566329", "text": "will remain human permanently; if she fails, she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula forever. However, Ursula is determined to sabotage Ariel's and Eric's budding romance at any cost; when she realizes that Ariel and Eric are falling in love, Ursula transforms herself into a beautiful young woman named \"Vanessa\" and hypnotizes Eric, tricking him into agreeing to marry her instead. Ariel manages to thwart Ursula and Eric's wedding. Eric realizes that it was Ariel who saved him when her voice returns to her and is about to kiss her, but as the sun sets Ariel", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "6566351", "text": "the studio's strongest and most powerful villains in several years. Film critic Roger Ebert dubbed Ursula Disney's \"most satisfying villainess since\" \"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs\"' Evil Queen, who debuted in 1937. Critics agree that Ursula played an important role in the overall success of \"The Little Mermaid\". Samantha Rullo of \"Bustle\" reviewed Ursula as a \"way more interesting\" character than Ariel herself, while praising her for \"rocking the best hair and makeup of any Disney villain.\" Also writing for \"Bustle\", Caitlyn Callegari appreciated Ursula for \"tell[ing] it like it is.\" Jay Boyar of the \"Orlando Sentinel\" hailed Ursula", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "5004745", "text": "and double platinum records. Go has also performed in various hit musicals in the Philippines, London's West End and on Broadway. Her debut was in \"The Little Mermaid\", playing the role of Ariel in 2011, for which she won a Best Actress award from Broadway World Philippine Awards; and another in 2013 for \"Tarzan\", playing the role of Jane Porter. Go's theater career continues as she was cast in the 2014 West End revival of the hit musical \"Miss Saigon\", for the role of Gigi Van Tranh. Following this, she was cast in the 30th anniversary staging of \"Les Miserables\"", "title": "Rachelle Ann Go" }, { "docid": "2039849", "text": "\"\"The Little Mermaid\" is a jolly and inventive animated fantasy—a movie that's so creative and so much fun it deserves comparison with the best Disney work of the past.\" Ebert also commented positively on the character of Ariel, stating, \"... Ariel is a fully realized female character who thinks and acts independently, even rebelliously, instead of hanging around passively while the fates decide her destiny.\" The staff of \"TV Guide\" wrote a positive review, praising the film's return to the traditional Disney musical as well as the film's animation. Yet they also wrote that the film is detracted from by", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "13671827", "text": "chase the wedding barge, Sebastian informs Triton, and Scuttle is assigned to literally \"stall the wedding.\" With the help of various animals, the nautilus shell around Ursula's neck is broken, restoring Ariel's voice and breaking Ursula's enchantment over Eric. Realizing that Ariel was the girl who saved his life, Eric rushes to kiss her, but the sun sets and Ariel transforms back into a mermaid. Ursula reverts to her true form and kidnaps Ariel. Triton appears and confronts Ursula, but cannot destroy Ursula's contract with Ariel. Triton chooses to sacrifice himself for his daughter, and is transformed into a polyp.", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "8842817", "text": "Original Movie, \"Descendants 2\". Poor Unfortunate Souls \"Poor Unfortunate Souls\" is a song from the Walt Disney Pictures animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and performed by Pat Carroll, \"Poor Unfortunate Souls\" is sung to Princess Ariel by Ursula the Sea Witch. In a style that combines Broadway theatre with Burlesque, Ursula uses the song to seduce Ariel into trading her voice for the chance to temporarily become human. Howard Ashman recorded a version of the song with himself in the role of Ursula, to send to Carroll to convince her to take the", "title": "Poor Unfortunate Souls" }, { "docid": "8842810", "text": "Poor Unfortunate Souls \"Poor Unfortunate Souls\" is a song from the Walt Disney Pictures animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and performed by Pat Carroll, \"Poor Unfortunate Souls\" is sung to Princess Ariel by Ursula the Sea Witch. In a style that combines Broadway theatre with Burlesque, Ursula uses the song to seduce Ariel into trading her voice for the chance to temporarily become human. Howard Ashman recorded a version of the song with himself in the role of Ursula, to send to Carroll to convince her to take the role, which it did.", "title": "Poor Unfortunate Souls" }, { "docid": "13671835", "text": "Pixar Soundtracks. To commemorate the film's 25th anniversary, an extended version of the soundtrack will be released on November 24, 2014 under the . Apart from the soundtrack, \"The Little Mermaid\" has inspired several more albums. \"Sebastian from The Little Mermaid\" and \"\" contain songs are cover versions of classic calypso or reggae songs. All of the songs are performed by Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian the crab with the exception of \"Dancing Mood\" and \"Dance the Day Away\", which are performed by Jodi Benson as Ariel, who also joins Sebastian on \"Day-O\". Jason Marin plays the speaking role of", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "7585186", "text": "underhanded tactics. On the third day, Ursula transforms herself into a human, calling herself \"Vanessa\" and using Ariel's voice, and bewitches Eric to make him marry her. After learning from Scuttle that the woman is Ursula in disguise, Ariel disrupts the wedding and regains her voice but the sun sets as Ariel and Prince Eric are about to kiss, transforming Ariel back into a mermaid. After transforming herself back into her true witch form, Ursula takes Ariel back into the ocean, where she is met by King Triton and Sebastian. Triton trades himself for Ariel, enabling Ursula to steal his", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "10521790", "text": "pieces\". During her first recording session, Rose read through and recorded the entire script in eight hours, describing the experience as \"exhausting, but wonderful.\" She and co-star Bruno Campos, who provided the voice of Prince Naveen, recorded the majority of their dialogue separately. Mark Henn served as the supervising animator for Tiana. Henn was hired by Lasseter because he had animated nearly every Disney Princess since Ariel from \"The Little Mermaid\". Describing Tiana, Henn said that she is following \"a new trend in our princesses,\" likening her to Ariel from \"The Little Mermaid\". Henn was inspired by studio employee Jaimie", "title": "Tiana (Disney)" }, { "docid": "7585181", "text": "an eye on her. In the television series and first film, Ariel has a fascination with the human world and often goes off to find human artifacts that she displays in a secret grotto. Ariel is often rebellious, wandering off on her own to explore her surroundings, and frequently disobeys the orders of her father or Sebastian, causing conflict between the characters. In \"The Little Mermaid,\" she is depicted as being willing to do anything to be with Prince Eric, even giving up her voice to become human. Clements described her as a typical teenager, prone to errors of judgment.", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585193", "text": "the wall separating Eric's castle from the sea is torn down, and contact between humans and merfolk is restored. The prologue of \"\" (2008) shows Ariel as a young mermaid, living happily with her father, King Triton, her mother, Queen Athena, and her six older sisters. As Ariel and her family relax in a lagoon, a pirate ship approaches and everyone flees except Athena, who returns to recover a music box Triton had given her and is killed when the ship crushes her. Afterwards, a devastated King Triton bans all music from Atlantica and throws the music box deep into", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2039830", "text": "filming of live actors and actresses for motion reference material for the animators, a practice used frequently for many of the Disney animated features produced under Walt Disney's supervision. Sherri Lynn Stoner, a former member of Los Angeles' Groundlings improvisation comedy group, and Joshua Finkel, a Broadway actor, performed key scenes as Ariel and Eric respectively. Jodi Benson had already been cast as Ariel's voice actor by this time, and her recorded dialogue was used as playback to guide these live-action references. Before Benson was cast, Melissa Fahn was considered for the part. \"Mermaid\" supervising animators included Glen Keane and", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "14816809", "text": "King Triton lets Ariel go with Prince Eric. At the end of the show, a curtain of falling water covers the stage. \"Voyage of the Little Mermaid\" is located in the Animation Courtyard section. Voyage of the Little Mermaid Voyage of the Little Mermaid is a live show attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. \"Voyage\" is an abridgment of the 1989 film \"The Little Mermaid\". Along with a mix of live actors and puppets, the show features effects such as light and laser projections on the auditorium walls and light rain over the", "title": "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" }, { "docid": "12604373", "text": "orchestral medley for the loading area, several transitional cues, and a new arrangement for the finale. Some of the scenes use the original vocal performances from the film, with Jodi Benson providing the voice of Ariel and Pat Carroll providing the voice of Ursula. There are also new performances by Phillip Lawrence as Sebastian, Chris Edgerly as Scuttle, and Tress MacNeille as Flotsam and Jetsam. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure (stylized The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure) is a dark ride attraction based on the 1989 Disney animated film \"The Little Mermaid\",", "title": "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure" }, { "docid": "8346319", "text": "who the player selects, both characters play the same, and feature two attacks for defeating enemies, a \"normal\" and a \"special\". Side characters from the film, like Flounder and Sebastian make appearances, and can aid the player in their quest. There are a total of 5 stages, 4 regular, each featuring a boss fight at the end, with the fifth one being exclusively a final boss fight against antagonist Ursula. The Genesis version of Ariel the Little Mermaid has received mixed to negative reviews. \"AllGame\" gave the game a somewhat positive review, stating a young child may enjoy it, but", "title": "Ariel the Little Mermaid" }, { "docid": "20458228", "text": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time character) Ariel is a fictional character that appears in the ABC television series \"Once Upon a Time\", where she is played by JoAnna Garcia. Ariel is loosely based on the Disney character of the same name from the 1989 animated film \"The Little Mermaid\". Showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz had wanted to introduce the character for a while but saved her for season three when the show's setting temporarily moved to the fictional Neverland, a land with mermaids. Ariel's highly anticipated appearance was announced with a teaser trailer at the show's panel at the", "title": "Ariel (Once Upon a Time character)" }, { "docid": "9175659", "text": "cities in Israel during the 2010/2011 season, directed by Moshe Kaftan and starring Rinat Gabai as Ariel and Guy Zu-Aretz as Prince Eric. Atlantis Productions staged its own version on the show at the Meralco Theater in Manila, where it ran from November 18, 2011 to December 11, 2011, with Rachelle Ann Go as Ariel and Erik Santos as Prince Eric. The production incorporated Asian elements into its costume design by Eric Pineda. A majority of the cast members played as puppeteer-actors, who controlled \"wayang\" or shadow puppets, \"bunraku\" or traditional Japanese puppets, and \"nang kaloung\" or Cambodian puppets during", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "12882875", "text": "The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy is a 2000 pinball video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. First released in North America on September 24, 2000, it was later made available in PAL regions on March 16, 2001. In \"The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy\", the player interacts with two pinball tables based on the Disney Princess Ariel and her daughter Melody. Borrowing gameplay elements from previously released pinball titles, it features 16 minigames. The tables and the minigames include references from the animated feature", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy" }, { "docid": "12882886", "text": "would prefer \"Pokémon Pinball.\" The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy is a 2000 pinball video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. First released in North America on September 24, 2000, it was later made available in PAL regions on March 16, 2001. In \"The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy\", the player interacts with two pinball tables based on the Disney Princess Ariel and her daughter Melody. Borrowing gameplay elements from previously released pinball titles, it features 16 minigames. The tables and the minigames include references", "title": "The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy" }, { "docid": "13671816", "text": "Productions and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color handheld video game console. It was first released in North America, and was later released in PAL regions. The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms, by Buena Vista Games, was released for the Game Boy Advance. A \"The Little Mermaid\" hand-held LCD game from Tiger Electronics was also released Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure was released on the Nintendo DS on October 2, 2006. Characters and the setting from the first film appear in Disney/Square's \"Kingdom Hearts\" series of video games. Ariel appears as a party member, while", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "17469074", "text": "arts academy she toured all around Greater British Columbia performing in many professional productions. Gillis has played leading roles all across Canada in Professional Canadian Musicals. Roles include Ariel in Disney's \"The Little Mermaid,\" Maria in \"West Side Story,\" Beth in \"Little Women,\" Millie Dilmount in \"Thoroughly Modern Millie,\" Ariel Moore in \"Footloose,\" Miss. Dorothy Brown in \"Thoroughly Modern Millie,\" Gertrude McFuzz in \"Seussical,\" Diana in \"Anne of Green Gables,\" Kim MacAfee in \"Bye Bye Birdie,\" Little Red in \"Into the Woods\" to name select credits. While still in school, Gillis was chosen from over 9,000 girls to be in", "title": "Jennifer Gillis" }, { "docid": "9903873", "text": "Boggess' 2017 concert at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, Ben Neutze of the \"Daily Review\" described Boggess' performance of \"Part of Your World\" as \"physically cartoon-esque, but deeply felt\". In the Broadway musical, Boggess was eventually replaced by actress Chelsea Morgan Stock, who performed \"Part of Your World\" for the remainder of the show's run, describing the song as her \"favorite moment\". Stock reprised her role as Ariel and performed \"Part of Your World\" in Dallas Summer Musicals' stage adaptation of \"The Little Mermaid\" at the Music Hall at Fair Park in 2014. As part of the production's remagining,", "title": "Part of Your World" }, { "docid": "6566337", "text": "Ursula has appeared in various Disney Press novels and tie-ins for the franchise. A comic book series \"Disney's The Little Mermaid\" was released in 1992, revolving around the adventures of Ariel living under the sea as a mermaid. Ursula appears in a few issues, notably \"Serpent Teen\", which depicts how Ursula obtained the sea serpent carcass that makes her home. \"My Side of the Story: Ursula\" (2004) retells the plot of the film from Ursula's point of view, and depicts Ursula having romantic feelings for Triton. \"The Villain Files\" (2005) depicts Ursula's youth living in Triton's castle while Ariel was", "title": "Ursula (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585207", "text": "\"Mermaid Lagoon\". It features many rides and attractions themed around the Little Mermaid. A clone of the dark ride found in Disney California Adventure Park and Magic Kingdom was to be a part of Fantasyland in Hong Kong Disneyland but was never built. A clone of the dark ride was also supposed to be in Tokyo DisneySea but was canceled due to budget reasons. A Little Mermaid dark ride is or was planned in every Disney resort worldwide. Not long after the film was released, late Muppet creator Jim Henson proposed a live-action show based on the film, titled \"Little", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585200", "text": "as \"Ariel and the Aquamarine Jewel\", \"Ariel's Dolphin Adventure\", and \"Ariel's Royal Wedding\". Ariel also appears as a supporting character in one volume of the Japanese manga \"Kilala Princess\", where she is seen in her pre-movie mermaid form. Jodi Benson provides Ariel's voice for her appearances in the Disney Princess music albums, DVDs, and video games. The first original song released for this franchise is \"If You Can Dream\", which featured Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Pocahontas, Jasmine and Mulan singing together. Other original songs that feature Ariel are \"I Just Love Getting Dressed for Tea\", \"Manners and Etiquette\", \"The Princess", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2039820", "text": "his trident. After Triton leaves, two eels named Flotsam and Jetsam convince Ariel to visit Ursula the sea witch. Ursula makes a deal with Ariel to transform her into a human for three days in exchange for Ariel's voice, which Ursula puts in a nautilus shell. Within these three days, Ariel must receive the \"kiss of true love\" from Eric. If Ariel gets Eric to kiss her, she will remain a human permanently, otherwise, she will transform back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. Ariel accepts and is then given human legs and taken to the surface by Flounder", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "13671808", "text": "as good a villain as Ursula. Disney's The Little Mermaid is an animated television series featuring the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the first film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. \"The Little Mermaid\" premiered in the fall of 1992 with the animated prime time special called \"A Whale of a Tale\", then moved to Saturday mornings. This series originally appeared on CBS, with an original run from 1992 to 1994. It was later shown in reruns on The Disney Channel and Toon", "title": "The Little Mermaid (franchise)" }, { "docid": "7585217", "text": "though her trust in the sea witch puts everyone she loves in danger\". Daphne Lee of \"The Star\" called Ariel \"annoying\" and went on to state that Ariel \"is a silly girl who gives up her voice and her family for a man she knows next to nothing about\". Despite her mixed critical reception, Ariel remains popular with audiences and is considered one of Disney's most iconic animated characters, with her specific color combination of red hair, lavender seashells and green tail making her distinctly identifiable. A poll in the Internet Movie Database showed Ariel to be the second most", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7585182", "text": "She also is incredibly curious, and her curiosity often leads her into dangerous situations. Ariel is kind and caring to others no matter what their circumstances, as depicted in the television series. In an early episode, Ariel helps an orphaned merboy who had fallen in with a bad crowd. In another episode, Ariel befriends a supposed bad luck creature and protects it from Ursula and other merfolk who wish it harm. Ariel appears as an adult in \"Return to the Sea\" and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "7239566", "text": "characters fight over. She is an object, really, and that is not feminist at all,\". Disney, on their Disney princesses website, claims Aurora to inspire young girls to \"always wonder.\" Ariel is the fourth Disney Princess, as well as the title character in Disney's 28th animated feature film \"The Little Mermaid\", released in 1989. She is the youngest of King Triton's seven daughters. Ariel is a mermaid princess in the undersea kingdom Atlantica (according to later media in the franchise). Fascinated by the human world and tired of life under the sea, Ariel makes a deal with Ursula, an evil", "title": "Disney Princess" }, { "docid": "8349606", "text": "Be Mine,\" the album's lead single, with Rich Dworsky and The Berkshire Boys on humorist Garrison Keillor's National Public Radio show \"A Prairie Home Companion\". The album was released on November 6, 2015, through Epic Records. In June 2016, Bareilles performed the part of Ariel in a two-night live presentation of Disney's \"The Little Mermaid\" at the Hollywood Bowl. She performed the Joni Mitchell song \"Both Sides, Now\" during the \"In Memoriam\" homage at the 89th Academy Awards in February 2017. On March 31, 2017, Bareilles took to the Broadway stage in the role of Jenna Hunterson in \"Waitress\" for", "title": "Sara Bareilles" }, { "docid": "15801816", "text": "Wright) from \"The Little Mermaid\" is a segment which takes place in various locations out of the sea after the end of the events of \"The Little Mermaid\". Ariel has become human, married Prince Eric, moved onto land, and almost never has any time to drop by and visit her old friends in the ocean. Flounder and Scuttle have also moved on with their lives now that their best friend Ariel is living away on land. Sebastian has some new adventures, with some of them having him outwit Chef Louie (voiced by René Auberjonois). The events in this segment seem", "title": "Marsupilami (1993 TV series)" }, { "docid": "9175667", "text": "by King Triton, who is angered to learn that she has been on the surface: King Triton is xenophobic towards humans, believing them to be nothing but savage fish-eaters. Ariel rushes off upset, and King Triton assigns Sebastian to watch over Ariel to make sure she doesn't get into trouble. Ariel sits alone in her grotto, which contains her collection of human things, and imagines living in the human world (\"Part of Your World\"). Ariel and Flounder meet Scuttle at the surface to see Prince Eric's ship up close. On board, Grimsby tells Eric that he must find a bride", "title": "The Little Mermaid (musical)" }, { "docid": "2039821", "text": "and Sebastian. Eric finds Ariel on the beach and takes her to his castle, unaware that she is the one who had rescued him earlier. Ariel spends time with Eric, and at the end of the second day, they almost kiss but are thwarted by Flotsam and Jetsam. Angered at Ariel's close success, Ursula disguises herself as a beautiful young woman named Vanessa and appears onshore singing with Ariel's voice. Eric recognizes the song and, in her disguise, Ursula casts a hypnotic enchantment on Eric to make him forget about Ariel. The next day, Ariel discovers that Eric will be", "title": "The Little Mermaid (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "7585175", "text": "bikini top. In the films and television series, she is the seventh-born daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom of Merfolk called Atlantica. She is often rebellious, and in the first film, she longs to be a part of the human world. She marries Prince Eric, whom she rescued from a shipwreck, and together they have a daughter, Melody. The character is based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's \"The Little Mermaid\" story but was developed into a different personality for the 1989 animated film adaptation. Ariel has received a mixed reception from critics;", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "2439976", "text": "Little Mermaid\" soared in sales during 1990 and early 1991, Disney quietly dropped plans for \"The Little Mermaid's Island\" in favor of a more ambitious plan: an animated weekly series for the CBS network. The new show would concern the adventures of Ariel and her friends before the events in the movie. Jamie Mitchell, an artist and graphic designer who worked on \"Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears\", was named the producer and director of the new series. Patsy Cameron and Tedd Anasti were the story editors and wrote almost all of the episodes for the show's second and third", "title": "The Little Mermaid (TV series)" }, { "docid": "19426818", "text": "Elsewhere, the sea witch Ursula is planning revenge against, King Triton. She was banished from the palace for using black magic, and tells her minions Flotsam and Jetsam to keep an eye on Ariel, whom she thinks will be the key to getting the crown and trident. When Ariel returns home, she is berated by King Triton, who is angered to learn that she has been on the surface, since contact between the merfolk and human world is forbidden. Ariel rushes off upset, and King Triton assigns Sebastian to watch over Ariel to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.", "title": "The Little Mermaid Jr." }, { "docid": "7585188", "text": "human world, and she and Eric marry and live happily ever after. A prequel television series that originally aired from 1992 to 1994, depicts Ariel's life as a mermaid under the sea with Sebastian, Flounder, and her father. Ariel appears in all 31 episodes of the series, which is set an unspecified time before the first film. The series follows Ariel's adventures with her friends and family and sometimes has Ariel foiling the attempts of enemies that are intent on harming her or the kingdom of Atlantica. Ariel's relationships with various characters from the film are highlighted and expanded, such", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "6081192", "text": "merfolk, gives Maya a magic oil which turns her mermaid tail into legs. Maya finds herself drawn to Ariel's beach house. She watches Ariel from afar and falls in love with him. She even saves him from drowning one time. Yes, Maya is the same little mermaid he met as a child! Is this coincidence or destiny? How can Maya convince Ariel that she is `Ms. Right’? And should Ariel fall for her, there is one more problem. Does he stay on land and bid goodbye to Maya, or does he go with her and bid goodbye to humanity? And,", "title": "Love to Love (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17469071", "text": "performer in all of Canada. Since \"Over the Rainbow\", Gillis sang the Canadian national anthem \"O Canada\" for the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario on Canada Day in 2013. She is a professional Canadian Musical Theatre Actress performing in roles such as Maria in West Side Story, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Beth in Little Women, Millie Dilmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical, Ariel Moore in Footloose and more . Gillis was born and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, the older sister of Rachelle Gillis, also an actress, who has", "title": "Jennifer Gillis" }, { "docid": "7585192", "text": "Ariel arrives as they return with it to Morgana, and tries to persuade Melody to give back the trident. Morgana captures Melody then seals her behind ice wall. Tip and Dash rescue Melody and Ariel saves Eric from Cloak and Dagger who tied him and pulled it into the depths. Morgana then uses the trident's magic to force everyone to bow before her. Melody manages to grab the trident and returns it to King Triton, who then punishes Morgana by sending her to the bottom of the ocean frozen in a block of ice. Triton returns Ariel to human form,", "title": "Ariel (The Little Mermaid)" }, { "docid": "19426821", "text": "into seeking help from Ursula. Ariel goes to meet Ursula, who presents a deal: Ariel will be turned into a human for three days, during which she has to win the kiss of true love from Eric. If she does, she will be human permanently; if not, her soul will belong to Ursula. In exchange, Ariel must give up her voice, which will stay in Ursula's magic nautilus shell (\"Poor Unfortunate Souls\"). Ariel signs the agreement and sings into the shell, after which she is transformed into a human and swims up to the surface. Sebastian and Flounder bring Ariel,", "title": "The Little Mermaid Jr." } ]

[ "Volume 2 , Part 5" ]

[ { "docid": "17567599", "text": "from the original cast recording, and two featuring Josh Groban and a 25 piece orchestra. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's \"War and Peace\" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking", "title": "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" }, { "docid": "17567576", "text": "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's \"War and Peace\" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking District and the Theater District of Manhattan in 2013, a 2014 Spanish-language staging in Quito,", "title": "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" }, { "docid": "17567599", "text": "from the original cast recording, and two featuring Josh Groban and a 25 piece orchestra. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's \"War and Peace\" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking", "title": "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" } ]

[ { "docid": "1995003", "text": "the top of my father's warehouse; and the exclamations on all hands about the comet perfectly exasperated me,—because I could not see it!... Such is the fact; and philosophers may make of it what they may,—remembering that I was then nine years old, and with remarkably good eyes.\" At the midpoint of \"War and Peace\", Tolstoy describes the character of Pierre observing this \"enormous and brilliant comet [...] which was said to portend all kinds of woes and the end of the world\". The comet was popularly thought to have portended Napoleon's invasion of Russia (even being referred to as", "title": "Great Comet of 1811" }, { "docid": "18959298", "text": "from 2004 to 2008. Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in 2012. After graduating from Juilliard in 2012, Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's \"Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\", based on Leo Tolstoy's \"War & Peace\"; the show went on to transfer from Ars Nova to another Off-Broadway space: Kazino, a tent custom built for the show. After seeing her performance in \"Great Comet\", director Thomas Kail and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda asked her to take part in an early 2014 reading of the musical \"\"Hamilton\", where she", "title": "Phillipa Soo" }, { "docid": "10463212", "text": "Sonya (War and Peace) Sofya Alexandrovna \"Sonya\" (; ) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel \"War and Peace\", and in Sergey Prokofiev's 1955 opera \"War and Peace\" and Dave Malloy's 2012 musical \"Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812\" based on it. She is the orphaned niece of Count and Countess Rostov. Although sometimes called \"Sonya Rostova\", it is not clear if that is her surname or not; the novel does not tell. \"Alexandrovna\" is a patronymic. At the start of the novel, 15-year-old Sonya is in love with her cousin, Nikolai Rostov, who initially reciprocates her", "title": "Sonya (War and Peace)" }, { "docid": "19521036", "text": "Great Comet of 1812\", a sung-through musical based on a portion of Leo Tolstoy's magnum opus, \"War and Peace\". He further developed the role in the show's premiere, and stayed with the production through its venues at Kazino, both downtown in the Meatpacking District and its transfer to midtown on 45th street. In 2015, Steele reprised the role of Anatole for the American Repertory Theatre production of \"The Great Comet\", securing an IRNE Awards nomination for Supporting Actor and an Elliot Norton Awards nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor. He continued with \"The Great Comet\" during its Broadway", "title": "Lucas Steele" }, { "docid": "5314301", "text": "Iroh. Introduced in Book One, he is the primary antagonist to the Avatar. But over time, Zuko sympathizes with oppressed peoples, and joins the Avatar to restore peace, completing what can be argued as the greatest character arc in cartoon history. Zuko has two well known great-grandfathers: on his father's side, Fire Lord Sozin, who started the hundred-year-war and has a comet named after him, and on his mother's side Avatar Roku, the Avatar preceding Aang. In \"The Deserter\", Zuko's name was listed on a Fire Nation wanted poster as \"祖寇\" (zǔ kòu). In \"Tales of Ba Sing Se\", his", "title": "Zuko" }, { "docid": "1573349", "text": "\"Onegin\" fails to “come to life”. Furthermore, several critics have pointed out similarities to the smash hit \"Hamilton\" and especially to \"Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\", a sung-through musical likewise inspired by a classic of Russian literature (in this case, a sliver of Leo Tolstoy’s \"War and Peace\"), usually to \"Onegin\"’s disadvantage. In 2017, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a five-part adaptation by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Abigail le Fleming, as part of their \"15-Minute Drama\" series, with Geoffrey Streatfeild as Pushkin, David Dawson as Onegin, Zoë Tapper as Natalya, Alix Wilton Regan as Tatyana, Joshua McGuire as", "title": "Eugene Onegin" }, { "docid": "14812263", "text": "in his \"Cométographie\" (1783) calls the Great comet of 1264 a \"great and celebrated comet\", calculated the comet's parabolic orbit, which he found bore great resemblance to that of the comet of 1556. The comet of 1264, says Pingré, \"is very probably the same as that of 1556; its periodical revolution is about 292 years; and its return may consequently be expected about 1848.\" John Russell Hind in \"On the expected return of the great comet of 1264 and 1556\" says: However, in 1877, Amédée Guillemin wrote, in part quoting Babinet, Comets sometimes may disappear because of orbital derangement from", "title": "Great Comet of 1264" }, { "docid": "20284740", "text": "over the US. Bell was praised by critics for her \"astonishing vocal versatility,\" and was referred to as the \"standout vocal performance.\" A new run of \"Ghost Quartet\" will re-open \"Next Door at NYTW\", a black box theatre component of New York Theatre Workshop, in October 2017. In 2012, Bell first became involved with \"Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812\", an electro-pop opera based on War and Peace. She never auditioned for her role, and was instead asked by composer Dave Malloy to come in for its initial workshops, as he had written a part with her in", "title": "Gelsey Bell" }, { "docid": "12445547", "text": "In the Days of the Comet In the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is \"exalted\" when a comet causes \"the nitrogen of the air, the old \"azote\",\" to \"change out of itself\" and become \"a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain.\" The result: \"The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men.\" An unnamed narrator is the", "title": "In the Days of the Comet" }, { "docid": "12719412", "text": "Hélène Kuragina Princess Yelena \"Hélène\" Vasilyevna Kuragina () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel \"War and Peace\" and its various cinematic adaptations. She is played by Anita Ekberg in the 1956 film, by Amber Gray in \"Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\", and by Tuppence Middleton in the 2016 BBC miniseries. Hélène is described as being in her early to mid-twenties, and is considered a great beauty. Within Petersburg society, she is considered very cultured and intelligent on account of her social graces, despite actually being quite vapid. Early in the novel, it is rumoured and", "title": "Hélène Kuragina" }, { "docid": "19840174", "text": "Comet of 1812\", an electro-pop opera based on \"War and Peace\". Gray portrayed Countess Hélène Bezukhova in the musical's performances at the Off-Broadway Ars Nova Theater. Gray continued with \"Great Comet\" when it moved to Kazino in 2013, and when it opened on Broadway in late 2016. Gray was awarded a 2017 Theatre World Award for her performance as Hélène. In 2014, Gray reprised her leading role as Zoe in \"An Octoroon\" at Soho Repertory Theatre (she had previously performed as Zoe in 2010). \"An Octoroon\" utilized the plot of \"The Octoroon\", an 1859 melodrama, but turned it into a", "title": "Amber Gray" }, { "docid": "1995004", "text": "\"Napoleon's Comet\") and the War of 1812, among other events. In the widely acclaimed musical \"Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,\" Pierre witnesses the comet. When asked why the comet made it into the title of the show, the composer Dave Malloy responded \"for cosmic epicness.\" The year 1811 turned out to be particularly fine for wine production, and merchants marketed \"Comet Wine\" at high prices for many years afterwards. The film \"Year of the Comet\", a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film, is based on this premise and tells the story of the pursuit of a contemporarily discovered", "title": "Great Comet of 1811" }, { "docid": "16994192", "text": "impact. This prediction proves untrue as the comet misses Mars. Hector convinces them to keep the peace and start a new peaceful society on the comet. Their happiness is interrupted by Angelica's brothers who, believing Hector is her kidnapper, ambush him. They kidnap Angelica and set off homeward, unaware that they have left Earth. The Spaniards offer their ship to save Angelica and Hector goes after her. During the sea voyage, the Spanish ship comes across what seems to be a coast. It is revealed to be a giant serpent. The Spaniards and Hector are shocked, but are able to", "title": "On the Comet" }, { "docid": "15172742", "text": "a great circle \"through the sun and inner part of the tail\". Sekanina was subsequently to speculate that the unusual appearance of the comet was due to a \"tail formation event\", an outburst of cometary dust, about 6 hours after perihelion. This event and the rapidly fading brightness, Sekanina argued, showed that C/1887 B1, along with C/1945 X1 (du Toit), represented a class of comets in between the \"great\" sungrazers (such as the Great Comet of 1882) and the many smaller objects discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Great Southern Comet of 1887 The Great Southern Comet of 1887,", "title": "Great Southern Comet of 1887" }, { "docid": "4782231", "text": "rather large, probably implying that they broke apart from each other one revolution before that. They may not be related to the comet of 1106, but rather a comet that returned about 50 years before that. Subgroup I also includes comets seen in 1695, 1880 (Great Southern Comet of 1880) and in 1887 (Great Southern Comet of 1887), as well as the vast majority of comets detected by the SOHO mission (see below). The distinction between the two sub-groups is thought to imply that they result from two separate parent comets, which themselves were once part of a 'grandparent' comet", "title": "Kreutz sungrazer" }, { "docid": "15172738", "text": "Great Southern Comet of 1887 The Great Southern Comet of 1887, or C/1887 B1 using its International Astronomical Union (IAU) designation, was a bright comet seen from the Southern Hemisphere during January 1887. Later calculations indicated it to be part of the Kreutz Sungrazing group. A curious feature of the comet was that few, if any observations were made of a cometary head or nucleus. As a result, some older astronomical texts refer to it as the \"Headless Wonder\". The comet was officially discovered by astronomer John Macon Thome at Córdoba, Argentina, on January 19, at which point it was", "title": "Great Southern Comet of 1887" }, { "docid": "12694782", "text": "sixth highest in recorded history. Its apparent magnitude may have reached as high as -7, leading it to be classified among what are called the \"Great Comets\". This comet is noted especially for developing a 'fan' of six tails after reaching its perihelion. The comet was discovered on November 29, 1743, by Jan de Munck at Middelburg, and was independently sighted on December 9, 1743 by Klinkenberg at Haarlem, and by Chéseaux from the observatory at Lausanne on December 13. Chéseaux said it lacked a tail and resembled a nebulous star of the third magnitude; he measured the coma as", "title": "Great Comet of 1744" }, { "docid": "12821409", "text": "used in the wine world to describe a wine of exceptional quality in reference to the high reputation that comet vintages have. The 1811 comet vintage, coinciding with the appearance of the Great Comet of 1811, is perhaps the most famous. The 1811 Château d'Yquem has exhibited what wine experts like Robert Parker have described as exceptional longevity with Parker scoring the wine a perfect 100 points when tasted in 1996. The 1811 vintage of Veuve Clicquot is theorized to have been the first truly \"modern\" Champagne due to the advancements in the \"méthode champenoise\" which Veuve Clicquot pioneered through", "title": "Comet vintages" }, { "docid": "1364359", "text": "a suicide attempt and is left seriously ill. Pierre is initially horrified by Natasha's behavior, but realizes he has fallen in love with her. As the Great Comet of 1811–12 streaks the sky, life appears to begin anew for Pierre. Prince Andrei coldly accepts Natasha's breaking of the engagement. He tells Pierre that his pride will not allow him to renew his proposal. With the help of her family, and the stirrings of religious faith, Natasha manages to persevere in Moscow through this dark period. Meanwhile, the whole of Russia is affected by the coming confrontation between Napoleon's army and", "title": "War and Peace" }, { "docid": "1395140", "text": "English Hudson's Bay Company fur trading centres on Hudson Bay including York Factory, which the French renamed \"Fort Bourbon\". While Acadia survived the English invasion during King William's War, the colony fell during Queen Anne's War. The final Conquest of Acadia happened in 1710. In 1713, peace came to New France with the Treaty of Utrecht. Although the treaty turned Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and part of Acadia (peninsular Nova Scotia) over to Great Britain, France remained in control of Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) (which also administered Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island)). The northern part of Acadia, what is today", "title": "New France" }, { "docid": "18294482", "text": "millennia include the following: Great comet A great comet is a comet that becomes exceptionally bright. There is no official definition; often the term is attached to comets such as Halley's Comet, which are bright enough to be noticed by casual observers who are not looking for them, and become well known outside the astronomical community. Great comets are rare; on average, only one will appear in a decade. Although comets are officially named after their discoverers, great comets are sometimes also referred to by the year in which they appeared great, using the formulation \"The Great Comet of ...\",", "title": "Great comet" }, { "docid": "18294475", "text": "Great comet A great comet is a comet that becomes exceptionally bright. There is no official definition; often the term is attached to comets such as Halley's Comet, which are bright enough to be noticed by casual observers who are not looking for them, and become well known outside the astronomical community. Great comets are rare; on average, only one will appear in a decade. Although comets are officially named after their discoverers, great comets are sometimes also referred to by the year in which they appeared great, using the formulation \"The Great Comet of ...\", followed by the year.", "title": "Great comet" }, { "docid": "20206688", "text": "in which \"Comet\" did not take part, the Prussian gunboat flotilla was reduced to a reserve formation and took no further active part in the war. On 19 April, \"Comet\" collided with the aviso , but neither vessel was damaged. In August, \"Comet\" helped to free the aviso , which had run aground in the Trave. With the Prussian victory in October, \"Comet\" took part in a naval review held for King Wilhelm I, followed by a tour of ports in Holstein with now \"Konteradmiral\" (Rear Admiral) Jachmann. Following the tour in October, \"Comet\" was tasked with conducting surveys of", "title": "SMS Comet (1860)" }, { "docid": "18328495", "text": "approach to Earth at a distance of about 1.15 AU; for a great comet this distance is unusually large — only two other known great comets failed to come closer than 1 AU to Earth — namely, the Great Comet of 1811 and Comet Hale-Bopp. C/1807 R1 C/1807 R1 (also known as the Great Comet of 1807) is a long-period comet, which in 1807 was visible to naked-eye observers in the northern hemisphere from early September to late December. On the basis of its outstanding brightness it is called a great comet. Orbital data points compiled in the northern hemisphere", "title": "C/1807 R1" }, { "docid": "4644564", "text": "Great Comet of 1843 The Great Comet of 1843, formally designated C/1843 D1 and 1843 I, was a long-period comet which became very bright in March 1843 (it is also known as the Great March Comet). It was discovered on February 5, 1843 and rapidly brightened to become a great comet. It was a member of the Kreutz Sungrazers, a family of comets resulting from the breakup of a parent comet (X/1106 C1) into multiple fragments in about 1106. These comets pass extremely close to the surface of the Sun—within a few solar radii—and often become very bright as a", "title": "Great Comet of 1843" }, { "docid": "1541717", "text": "Comet 4s are housed in museum collections. The Imperial War Museum Duxford has a Comet 4 (G-APDB), originally in Dan-Air colours as part of its Flight Line Display, and later in BOAC livery at its AirSpace building. A Comet 4B (G-APYD) is stored in a facility at the Science Museum at Wroughton in Wiltshire, England. Comet 4Cs are exhibited at the \"\" at Hermeskeil, Germany (G-BDIW), the Museum of Flight near Seattle, Washington (N888WA), the National Museum of Flight near Edinburgh, Scotland (G-BDIX), The last Comet to fly, Comet 4C \"Canopus\" (XS235), is kept in running condition at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome,", "title": "De Havilland Comet" }, { "docid": "4644584", "text": "appearance. Consequently, their reports should not be taken as eyewitness accounts. Further, there is no mention of the comet in Chinese literature of the time. Instead either the comet of February 423 or of February 467 with orbital periods of around 700 years is now considered the likely progenitor of the Sungrazers. The fragments of the Great Comet of 1882 will return in several hundred years' time, spread out over perhaps two or three centuries. Great Comet of 1882 The Great Comet of 1882 formally designated C/1882 R1, 1882 II, and 1882b, was a comet which became very bright in", "title": "Great Comet of 1882" }, { "docid": "9947194", "text": "interesting, though crude, attempt\". This comet was mentioned in the book entitled \"Sêfer Chazionot - The Book Of Visions - By Rabbi Hayyim ben Joseph Vital: \"1577. Rosh Hodesh Kislev (November 11), after sunrise, a large star with a long tail, pointing upward, was seen in the southwestern part of the sky. Part of the tail was also pointing eastward. It lingered there for three hours. Then it sank in the west behind the hills of Safed. This continued for more than fifty nights. On the fifteenth of Kislev, I went to live in Jerusalem\". In Ireland, the Great Comet", "title": "Great Comet of 1577" }, { "docid": "3112519", "text": "Comet (tank) The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of World War II. It was designed as an improvement on the earlier Cromwell tank, mounting the new 77 mm HV gun in a new lower profile and part-cast turret. This gun was effective against late war German tanks, including the Panther at medium range, and occasionally, at close range, the Tiger. The tank was widely respected as one of the best British tanks of the war, and continued in service afterwards. The Comet, which was a", "title": "Comet (tank)" }, { "docid": "7437316", "text": "The Comet a Coaster Landmark. The Comet (Great Escape) The Comet is a wooden roller coaster located at Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, in the United States. Originally known as the Crystal Beach Cyclone and rebuilt into Crystal Beach Comet, The Comet was resurrected and reopened by the Great Escape in 1994. Often rated one of the top roller coasters in the world in the 90s, The Comet features a 2-minute ride over several hills. The first and largest hill contains a drop of and brings riders to a maximum speed of . For the 2007 season, The Comet", "title": "The Comet (Great Escape)" }, { "docid": "1364381", "text": "and \"serving for an ideal manual to every textbook on theories of military art.\" Unlike professional literary critics, most prominent Russian writers of the time supported the novel wholeheartedly. Goncharov, Turgenev, Leskov, Dostoyevsky and Fet have all gone on record as declaring \"War and Peace\" the masterpiece of the Russian literature. Ivan Goncharov in a July 17, 1878 letter to Pyotr Ganzen advised him to choose for translating into Danish \"War and Peace\", adding: \"This is positively what might be called a Russian \"Iliad\". Embracing the whole epoch, it is the grandiose literary event, showcasing the gallery of great men", "title": "War and Peace" }, { "docid": "18104483", "text": "Icon (Ice Cube album) Icon is a Compilation album by American hip hop artist, Ice Cube. Consisting of songs from previous albums such as AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, The Predator (Ice Cube album), War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc), Lethal Injection (album), and Death Certificate (album), it contains classic hits including It Was a Good Day, Steady Mobbin', and Check Yo Self. The collection, which includes 11 songs, is essentially a repackaged version of Ice Cube's 10 Great Songs album with the addition of \"What Can I Do\"? Released in 2013,", "title": "Icon (Ice Cube album)" }, { "docid": "2456274", "text": "address, then-President Bill Clinton, a member of the Democratic Party, said: \"Ultimately, the best strategy to ensure our security and to build a durable peace is to support the advance of democracy elsewhere. Democracies don't attack each other.\" In a 2004 press conference, then-President George W. Bush, a member of the Republican Party, said: \"And the reason why I'm so strong on democracy is democracies don't go to war with each other. And the reason why is the people of most societies don't like war, and they understand what war means... I've got great faith in democracies to promote peace.", "title": "Democratic peace theory" }, { "docid": "2600742", "text": "October 18, 2016, Groban performed on Broadway as Pierre Bezukhov in \"Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\", an electropop opera by composer Dave Malloy based on \"War and Peace\". For his performance as Pierre, Groban was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His final performance as Pierre was on July 2, 2017. Groban also performed the song \"Evermore\" during the end credits of the 2017 Disney film \"Beauty and the Beast\". On March 11, 2018, tour dates were announced for Groban's Bridges Tour with special guest Idina Menzel. The US leg of", "title": "Josh Groban" }, { "docid": "20206683", "text": "SMS Comet (1860) SMS \"Comet\" was a of the Prussian Navy (later the Imperial German Navy) that was launched in 1860. A small vessel, armed with only three light guns, \"Comet\" served during the Second Schleswig War of 1864 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, part of the conflicts that unified Germany. The ship was present at, but was only lightly engaged in the Battle of Jasmund during the Second Schleswig War. She served in a variety of roles during peacetime, including fishery protection and survey work. \"Comet\" went on one lengthy deployment abroad, with an assignment to the Mediterranean", "title": "SMS Comet (1860)" }, { "docid": "4641212", "text": "Great January Comet of 1910 The Great January Comet of 1910, formally designated C/1910 A1 and often referred to as the Daylight Comet, was a comet which appeared in January 1910. It was already visible to the naked eye when it was first noticed, and many people independently \"discovered\" the comet. At its brightest, it outshone the planet Venus, and was possibly the brightest comet of the 20th century. The comet brightened rather suddenly, and was initially visible from the southern hemisphere only. A number of individuals claimed \"discovery\", but the comet is thought to have been first spotted by", "title": "Great January Comet of 1910" }, { "docid": "4644582", "text": "orbits of the three great comets, and developed the idea that the three comets were fragments of a much larger progenitor comet which had broken up at an earlier perihelion passage. The fragmentation of the Great Comet of 1882 itself demonstrated that this was plausible. It is now thought that the Great Comet of 1882 is a fragment of X/1106 C1, and that Comet du Toit (C/1945 X1) and Comet Ikeya–Seki (C/1965 S1) are two of its sister fragments. It is now well established that the comets C/1843 D1, C/1880 C1, C/1882 R1, C/1887 B1, C/1963 R1, C/1965 S1, and", "title": "Great Comet of 1882" }, { "docid": "7437310", "text": "The Comet (Great Escape) The Comet is a wooden roller coaster located at Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, in the United States. Originally known as the Crystal Beach Cyclone and rebuilt into Crystal Beach Comet, The Comet was resurrected and reopened by the Great Escape in 1994. Often rated one of the top roller coasters in the world in the 90s, The Comet features a 2-minute ride over several hills. The first and largest hill contains a drop of and brings riders to a maximum speed of . For the 2007 season, The Comet celebrated its 80th Anniversary. The", "title": "The Comet (Great Escape)" }, { "docid": "14815931", "text": "of these years were identical. Hence he concluded that a return to perihelion might be looked for about the middle of the 19th century, 1848 to 1850. So far no observed comet has matched the orbital elements of either comet and David A. Sargent writes that available evidence points to there being no connection between the two. Great Comet of 1556 The Great Comet of 1556 (designated C/1556 D1 in modern nomenclature) is a famous comet that first appeared in February 1556, which was observed throughout much of Europe. The Great Comet of 1556 appears to have been seen in", "title": "Great Comet of 1556" }, { "docid": "1995005", "text": "bottle of wine from the year of the Great Comet, bottled for Napoleon. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly and French film actor Louis Jourdan (his last film before retiring). Great Comet of 1811 The Great Comet of 1811, formally designated C/1811 F1, is a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, a record it held until the appearance of Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997. In October 1811, at its brightest, it displayed an apparent magnitude of 0, with an easily visible coma. The comet was discovered March 25, 1811 by Honoré Flaugergues at", "title": "Great Comet of 1811" }, { "docid": "11891137", "text": "directed part one, Giancarlo Volpe directed part two, and Joaquim Dos Santos directed parts three and four. Dos Santos was nominated for an Annie Award for his directing of part three, \"Into the Inferno\". Although \"Sozin's Comet\" was originally written as a three-part story, the creators noticed that the length had grown beyond what they had predicted from the initial script. To avoid pacing issues, they split the final part in two, adding several scenes to fill the remaining time. The cast of \"Sozin's Comet\" includes all of the key characters from . Protagonists Aang, , Sokka, and Toph are", "title": "Sozin's Comet" }, { "docid": "5285285", "text": "accompaniment took place at the Moscow Actors’ Centre on October 16, 1944, and a public concert performance of nine scenes, conducted by Samosud, was given in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on June 7, 1945. The first staged performance was of a newly extended seven-scene version of Part 1 (what is now Scene 2 having been added at Samosud’s suggestion), together with Scene 8, the first scene of Part 2. This took place on June 12, 1946, at the Maly Theatre (before the Revolution - Mikhailovsky Theatre) in Leningrad, again conducted by Samosud. Part 2, also with an", "title": "War and Peace (opera)" }, { "docid": "16712723", "text": "then delay for very long that final civil war between the forces of Reaction and the despairing convulsions of Revolution, before which the horrors of the late German war will fade into nothing, and which will destroy, whoever is victor, the civilisation and the progress of our generation.\" Although Keynes' effort to change the treaty terms failed, it is a dramatic demonstration of what peace economics is about: the creation of a mutually reinforcing structure of political, economic, and cultural systems to achieve peace such that reversal to violence is unlikely. In the 1930s, in the midst of the Great", "title": "Peace economics" }, { "docid": "9947195", "text": "was observed, and an account of its passing was later inserted in the Annals of the Four Masters: Great Comet of 1577 The Great Comet of 1577 (official designation: C/1577 V1) is a non-periodic comet that passed close to Earth during the year 1577 AD. Having an official designation beginning with \"C\" classes it as a non-periodic comet, and so it is not expected to return. In 1577, the comet was viewed by people all over Europe, including the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and Turkish astronomer Taqi ad-Din. From his observations of the comet, Brahe was able to discover", "title": "Great Comet of 1577" }, { "docid": "9947186", "text": "Great Comet of 1577 The Great Comet of 1577 (official designation: C/1577 V1) is a non-periodic comet that passed close to Earth during the year 1577 AD. Having an official designation beginning with \"C\" classes it as a non-periodic comet, and so it is not expected to return. In 1577, the comet was viewed by people all over Europe, including the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and Turkish astronomer Taqi ad-Din. From his observations of the comet, Brahe was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere. The best fit using JPL Horizons suggests that", "title": "Great Comet of 1577" }, { "docid": "13006646", "text": "Society illegally removed artifacts from the wreck. The artifacts are now the property of the State of Michigan and are on display as a loan to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The fate of her silver ore cargo is unknown. \"Comet\"s wreck is now protected by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve as part of an underwater museum. The , 744-ton wooden propeller ship \"Comet\", along with her sister ship, the \"Rocket\", was launched in 1857 by Peak and Masters of Cleveland, Ohio. Her direct-acting vertical engine was manufactured by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace of Cleveland. \"Comet\" was originally built as a", "title": "Comet (steamboat)" }, { "docid": "4788698", "text": "Sungrazers consist of two major subgroups, which are descended from further breakups of two different fragments of the original comet. Studies have shown that Pereyra is a member of the subgroup which includes the Great Comet of 1843 and the Great Comet of 1882, although the separation of Pereyra from the larger fragment probably occurred one orbit before the two Great Comets separated. Comet Pereyra Comet Pereyra (formal designations: C/1963 R1, 1963 V, and 1963e) was a bright comet which appeared in 1963. It was a member of the Kreutz Sungrazers, a group of comets which pass extremely close to", "title": "Comet Pereyra" }, { "docid": "9539004", "text": "X/1106 C1 X/1106 C1, also known as the Great Comet of 1106, was a great comet that appeared on 2 February 1106, and was observed across the world from the beginning of February through to mid-March. It was recorded by astronomers in Wales, England, Japan, Korea, China and Europe. It was observed to split into many pieces, forming the Great Comet of 1843, Great Comet of 1882, Comet Pereyra, Comet Ikeya–Seki and C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), as well as over 3000 small sungrazing comets observed by the SOHO space telescope. It is a member of the Kreutz Group, known as Subfragment", "title": "X/1106 C1" }, { "docid": "17536258", "text": "century, most comets were simply referred to by the year when they appeared e.g. the \"Comet of 1702\". Particularly bright comets which came to public attention (i.e. beyond the astronomy community) would be described as the great comet of that year, such as the \"Great Comet of 1680\" and \"Great Comet of 1882\". If more than one great comet appeared in a single year, the month would be used for disambiguation e.g. the \"Great January comet of 1910\". Occasionally other additional adjectives might be used. Possibly the earliest comet to be named after a person was Caesar's Comet in 44", "title": "Naming of comets" }, { "docid": "12694786", "text": "with the comet, which may, if true, have resulted from the interaction of particles with the Earth's magnetosphere, as sometimes described for the aurora. Among those who saw the comet was the thirteen-year-old Charles Messier, on whom it had a profound and inspirational effect. He went on to become a significant figure in astronomy, and later discovered many comets during his observations. Catherine the Great, then Sophia, also observed the brilliant comet as a young girl as she was travelling to Russia to be wedded. Great Comet of 1744 The Great Comet of 1744, whose official designation is C/1743 X1,", "title": "Great Comet of 1744" }, { "docid": "13006655", "text": "by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve as part of an underwater museum. Several other ships have borne the name \"Comet\" including the PS Comet (1814), and another that broke apart in 1812 after a few runs. Comet (steamboat) SS \"Comet\" was a steamship that operated on the Great Lakes. \"Comet\" was built in 1857 as a wooden-hulled propeller-driven cargo vessel that was soon adapted to carry passengers. She suffered a series of maritime accidents prior to her final sinking in 1875 causing the loss of ten lives. She became known as the only treasure ship of Lake Superior because she", "title": "Comet (steamboat)" }, { "docid": "12694781", "text": "Great Comet of 1744 The Great Comet of 1744, whose official designation is C/1743 X1, and which is also known as Comet de Chéseaux or Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux, was a spectacular comet that was observed during 1743 and 1744. It was discovered independently in late November 1743 by Jan de Munck, in the second week of December by Dirk Klinkenberg, and, four days later, by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux. It became visible with the naked eye for several months in 1744 and displayed dramatic and unusual effects in the sky. Its absolute magnitude — or intrinsic brightness — of 0.5 was the", "title": "Great Comet of 1744" }, { "docid": "4782219", "text": "perihelion passage. In 1888, Heinrich Kreutz published a paper showing that the comets of 1843 (C/1843 D1, the Great March Comet), 1880 (C/1880 C1, the Great Southern Comet), and 1882 (C/1882 R1, Great September Comet) were probably fragments of a giant comet that had broken up several orbits before. The comet of 1680 proved to be unrelated to this family of comets. After another Kreutz sungrazer was seen in 1887 (C/1887 B1, the Great Southern Comet of 1887), the next one did not appear until 1945. Two further sungrazers appeared in the 1960s, Comet Pereyra in 1963 and Comet Ikeya–Seki,", "title": "Kreutz sungrazer" }, { "docid": "1621559", "text": "enough becomes 'peace through war.'\" Jim George of Australian National University used the term to describe part of what he argued was the Straussian and neoconservative foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration. The mock inversion \"strength through peace\" has been used on occasion to draw criticism to the militaristic system of diplomacy advocated by \"peace through strength\". Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich adopted the slogan \"Strength Through Peace\" during his 2008 Presidential run, as part of his platform as a peace candidate in opposition to the Iraq War. During Reagan's presidency, the non-profit American Security Council Foundation (ASCF) and", "title": "Peace through strength" }, { "docid": "4641215", "text": "the error was realised the press afterwards referred to it as the Daylight Comet or Sunset Comet, as no single individual was credited with its discovery. Great January Comet of 1910 The Great January Comet of 1910, formally designated C/1910 A1 and often referred to as the Daylight Comet, was a comet which appeared in January 1910. It was already visible to the naked eye when it was first noticed, and many people independently \"discovered\" the comet. At its brightest, it outshone the planet Venus, and was possibly the brightest comet of the 20th century. The comet brightened rather suddenly,", "title": "Great January Comet of 1910" }, { "docid": "6438536", "text": "Transactions\", a packet of paper bearing the superscription, \"This is what I call the Bills and Receipts of my Comets\" contains some data connected with the discovery of each of these objects. William was summoned to Windsor Castle to demonstrate Caroline's comet to the royal family. Caroline Herschel is often credited as the first woman to discover a comet; however, Maria Kirch discovered a comet in the early 1700s, but is often overlooked because at the time, the discovery was attributed to her husband, Gottfried Kirch. Science remained a largely amateur profession during the early part of the nineteenth century.", "title": "Women in science" }, { "docid": "14815927", "text": "Great Comet of 1556 The Great Comet of 1556 (designated C/1556 D1 in modern nomenclature) is a famous comet that first appeared in February 1556, which was observed throughout much of Europe. The Great Comet of 1556 appears to have been seen in some places before the end of February; but it was not generally observed until the middle of the first week in March. Its apparent diameter was equal to half that of the Moon, and the tail resembled \" the flame of a torch agitated by the wind,\"—an expression doubtless referring to the coruscations which are sometimes visible", "title": "Great Comet of 1556" }, { "docid": "11092014", "text": "will eventually be done, nothing, for the most part, but uncertainty and prolonged suffering. It is as though Palliser were saying: 'Let me show you what things were really like at that time'.\" The book is deeply researched. For example, the plot turns on an aspect of inheritance law - the distinction between a \"fee simple\" and a \"base fee\" with a \"remainderman\". Another crucial point is the timing of John Huffam's birth, indicated by reference to contemporary events such as the Ratcliff Highway murders, the Great Comet of 1811, Wellington's capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, and the passing of the", "title": "The Quincunx" }, { "docid": "1994997", "text": "Great Comet of 1811 The Great Comet of 1811, formally designated C/1811 F1, is a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, a record it held until the appearance of Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997. In October 1811, at its brightest, it displayed an apparent magnitude of 0, with an easily visible coma. The comet was discovered March 25, 1811 by Honoré Flaugergues at 2.7 AU from the Sun in the now-defunct constellation of Argo Navis. After being obscured for several days by moonlight, it was also found by Jean-Louis Pons on April 11, while Franz", "title": "Great Comet of 1811" }, { "docid": "74382", "text": "tektites and australites. Fear of comets as acts of God and signs of impending doom was highest in Europe from AD 1200 to 1650. The year after the Great Comet of 1618, for example, Gotthard Arthusius published a pamphlet stating that it was a sign that the Day of Judgment was near. He listed ten pages of comet-related disasters, including \"earthquakes, floods, changes in river courses, hail storms, hot and dry weather, poor harvests, epidemics, war and treason and high prices\". By 1700 most scholars concluded that such events occurred whether a comet was seen or not. Using Edmund Halley's", "title": "Comet" }, { "docid": "15566417", "text": "cognac sold at auction. According to the World's Best Bartender's Guide by Joseph Scott it says on page 46 that \"Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower plotted the allies victory in World War 2 over an 1858 Croizet that had been secreted out of France by the French Underground.\" This cognac is also known as a comet vintage for which Croizet holds a number of. Comet vintages are years during which an astronomical event, involving generally a \"Great Comet\", occurs prior to harvest. Throughout the history of wine, winemakers have attributed successful vintages and ideal weather conditions to the unexplained effects", "title": "Cognac Croizet" }, { "docid": "19279496", "text": "Sun on June 28 at . The orbit of the comet and its transit of the sun were later analyzed by astronomer John Russell Hind. The comet was widely seen and noted by people who were not astronomers. Poet John Keats noted how he and his wife Fanny had stared at the comet. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick writes about the great comet seen in July 1819 by the people on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts in his work, \"In the Heart of the Sea\". Great Comet of 1819 The Great Comet of 1819, officially designated as C/1819 N1, also known as", "title": "Great Comet of 1819" }, { "docid": "3042753", "text": "is currently still under construction. G-RCSR is a reproduction Comet based on the original construction drawings, being built by Ken Fern in parallel with the restoration of \"Black Magic\" at Derby. The Comet hotel, Hatfield has a carved column in its car park, designed by the war artist Eric Kennington and erected in 1936. On its top is mounted a famous model of the Comet, currently in the livery of \"Grosvenor House\". \"Grosvenor House\" and \"Black Magic\", together with their crews, feature prominently in the 1990 TV two-part dramatisation \"Half a World Away\" made in Australia and also sold as", "title": "De Havilland DH.88 Comet" }, { "docid": "5115022", "text": "recover after the peace in 1721, at which point Finland was scourged again during the war of 1741–43, although less devastatingly. Finland during the Great Northern War Finland during the Great Northern War was dominated by the Russian invasion and subsequent military occupation of Finland, then part of Sweden, from 1714 until the treaty of Nystad 1721, which ended the Great Northern War. The period is also referred to as \"den stora ofreden\" (\"the great discord\") in Swedish or \"isoviha\" (\"the great hatred\") in Finnish. It was previously also called \"venäläisen ylivallan aika\" (\"era of Russian domination\" or \"era of", "title": "Finland during the Great Northern War" }, { "docid": "6411521", "text": "after Beston spent what he called \"a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod\". Spiritually shaken by his experiences in World War I, Beston retreated to the outer beach at Eastham in search of peace and solitude. \"Nature is part of our humanity, and without some awareness of that divine mystery man ceases to be man,\" Beston wrote. Beston, who dedicated himself as a \"writer/naturalist\", is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement, and \"The Outermost House\" has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore.", "title": "Henry Beston" }, { "docid": "7093674", "text": "el cometa\" (Mexico City, 1681) in which he presented his findings. Kino’s \"Exposisión astronómica\" is among the earliest scientific treatises published by a European in the New World. Although it was undeniably a sungrazing comet, it was probably not part of the Kreutz family. Aside from its brilliance, it is probably most noted for being used by Isaac Newton to test and verify Kepler's laws. This is ironic considering John Flamsteed was the first to propose that the two bright comets of 1680-1681 were the same comet, one travelling inbound to the Sun and the other outbound, and Newton originally", "title": "Great Comet of 1680" }, { "docid": "9947192", "text": "Ma'ruf recorded the passage of the comet. The Sultan Murad III saw these observations as a bad omen for the war and blamed al-Din for the plague which spread at the time. Other observers include Helisaeus Roeslin, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Cornelius Gemma, who noted the comet had two tails and Michael Mästlin — also identified it as superlunary. Additionally it was also observed by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, who recorded the comet's passage in the Akbarnama The literature resulting from the passing of the comet was prolific, and these works, as well as the ideas presented by many astronomers,", "title": "Great Comet of 1577" }, { "docid": "15163382", "text": "change appearance. He was later to note that the comet was, puzzlingly, more easily visible to the naked eye than through a telescope. The comet was particularly known at the time for exhibiting two tails, one pointing away from the Sun and the other (termed an \"anomalous tail\" by Harding and Olbers) pointing towards it. Pons was also the last astronomer to detect the comet, on April 1 1824. Great Comet of 1823 The Great Comet of 1823, also designated C/1823 Y1 or Comet De Bréauté-Pons, was a bright comet visible in the last month of 1823 and the first", "title": "Great Comet of 1823" }, { "docid": "4644581", "text": "comet showed that the Great Comet of 1882 was moving on an almost identical path to previous great comets seen in C/1843 D1 and C/1880 C1. These comets had also suddenly appeared in the morning sky and had passed extremely close to the Sun at perihelion. One suggestion was that all three were in fact the same comet, with an orbital period that was being drastically shortened at each perihelion passage. However, studies showed this to be untenable, as the orbital period of this comet is 772 ± 3 years and the others are 600–800 years. Heinrich Kreutz studied the", "title": "Great Comet of 1882" }, { "docid": "13991371", "text": "to what is now Prince of Wales Island and as far north and west as Unalaska. Great Britain surrendered East Florida and West Florida to Spain; British inhabitants had 18 months from the date of ratification to leave. The 1783 Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America, which had rebelled against British rule. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic, had separate agreements, known as the Peace of Paris (1783). The Kingdom of Great Britain recognized the territory south of what is now Canada, east of", "title": "Territorial evolution of North America since 1763" }, { "docid": "19279493", "text": "Great Comet of 1819 The Great Comet of 1819, officially designated as C/1819 N1, also known as Comet Tralles, was an easily visible brilliant comet, approaching an apparent magnitude of 1–2, discovered July 1, 1819 by Johann Georg Tralles in Berlin, Germany. It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago. On July 1, 1819, Johann Georg Tralles in Berlin observed a brilliant comet low in the sky during the evening twilight. It was confirmed the next night by the astronomer Johann Elert Bode, also in Berlin. On July 2, Tralles found the comet to have a coma", "title": "Great Comet of 1819" }, { "docid": "7093672", "text": "Great Comet of 1680 C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, has the distinction of being the first comet discovered by telescope. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch and was one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth century. The comet was discovered by Gottfried Kirch, a German astronomer, on 14 November 1680 (New Style), in Coburg, and became one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth century – reputedly visible even in daytime – and was noted for its spectacularly long tail. Passing 0.42 AUs from Earth on 30 November 1680, it", "title": "Great Comet of 1680" }, { "docid": "9539008", "text": "It passed S.D. Kwei (southern Andromeda/northern Pisces). It passed S.D. Lew (Southern Aries), Wei (Pegasus), Maou, and Peih (Taurus). It then entered into the clouds and was no more seen. X/1106 C1 X/1106 C1, also known as the Great Comet of 1106, was a great comet that appeared on 2 February 1106, and was observed across the world from the beginning of February through to mid-March. It was recorded by astronomers in Wales, England, Japan, Korea, China and Europe. It was observed to split into many pieces, forming the Great Comet of 1843, Great Comet of 1882, Comet Pereyra, Comet", "title": "X/1106 C1" }, { "docid": "16076958", "text": "and Queen. Aboyeur was saddled separately, well away from the other horses, and did not take part in any parade before the start. Accounts of the race are often highly coloured and partisan: what follows is an attempt to summarise the evidence. Aboyeur, ridden by Edwin Piper, took an early lead which he maintained into the straight, where he ran about three horse-widths away from the inside rail to his left. Several challengers emerged: Craganour challenged the leader on his immediate outside (right), with Nimbus and Great Sport further out, while Shogun, Louvois and Day Comet moved up on the", "title": "Aboyeur" }, { "docid": "18326022", "text": "his Newtonian reflecting telescope with 36-inch mirror to photograph the comet. In his \"Astronomical Memoirs\" in the section entitled 1881, John Tebbutt gave an account of his discovery: C/1881 K1 C/1881 K1 (also called the Great Comet of 1881, Comet Tebbutt, 1881 III, 1881b) is a long-period comet discovered by John Tebbutt on 22 May 1881 at Windsor, New South Wales. It is called a great comet because of its brightness at its last apparition. On June 1 Tebbutt found the length of the tail to be 8° 38′. The comet was observed in the southern hemisphere from its discovery", "title": "C/1881 K1" }, { "docid": "74399", "text": "large and active nucleus, will pass close to the Sun, and is not obscured by the Sun as seen from the Earth when at its brightest, it has a chance of becoming a great comet. However, Comet Kohoutek in 1973 fulfilled all the criteria and was expected to become spectacular but failed to do so. Comet West, which appeared three years later, had much lower expectations but became an extremely impressive comet. The late 20th century saw a lengthy gap without the appearance of any great comets, followed by the arrival of two in quick succession—Comet Hyakutake in 1996, followed", "title": "Comet" }, { "docid": "7093675", "text": "disputed this. Newton later changed his mind, however, and then, with Edmond Halley's help, purloined some of Flamsteed's data to indeed verify this was the case without giving Flamsteed credit. Great Comet of 1680 C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, has the distinction of being the first comet discovered by telescope. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch and was one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth century. The comet was discovered by Gottfried Kirch, a German astronomer, on 14 November 1680 (New Style), in Coburg, and became one of the brightest", "title": "Great Comet of 1680" }, { "docid": "14812262", "text": "of the comet with the death of Pope Urban IV, who allegedly fell sick on the very day when the comet was first seen, and died at the exact time it disappeared on October 3, 1264. It was said that the \"prodigy of a hairy star\" had brought upon his illness, and slipped away when the job was finished. This comet was likewise observed in China, and the descriptions agree with the statements of the European historians. The astronomers speculated that the Great Comet of 1556 and the Great comet of 1264 are the same comet. Alexandre Guy Pingré, who", "title": "Great Comet of 1264" }, { "docid": "15485396", "text": "over 43 days, Charles J. Merfield (1866–1931) could calculate only a parabolic orbit, inclined about 131° to the ecliptic. The comet travelled in a retrograde orbit relative to the planetary orbits. The comet was on April 10 about .56 AU from Venus and on April 21 about .19 AU from Mercury. On April 24 the comet reached perihelion at about .245 AU from the Sun. On April 30 the comet made its closest approach to planet Earth at about .83 AU. In the section of his \"Astronomical Memoirs\" entitled 1901, Tebbutt wrote: Great Comet of 1901 The Great Comet of", "title": "Great Comet of 1901" }, { "docid": "13711411", "text": "responds the male choir in a different tonality. Another British romantic composer Hubert Parry wrote a half-hour-long choral setting of Tennyson's poem for soprano, choir, and orchestra. In the song \"Blown Away\" by Youth Brigade, lines from the poem are used, such as \"Death is the end of life; ah, why/Should life all labour be?/Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast\" and \"let us alone; what pleasure can we have to war with evil? is their any peace\" The poem inspired, in part, the R.E.M. song \"Lotus\". \"There’s the great English poem about the lotus eaters, who sit by the", "title": "The Lotos-Eaters" }, { "docid": "2423909", "text": "Great Peace of Montreal The Great Peace of Montreal () was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 13 hundred representatives of 39 aboriginal nations. The French, allied to the Hurons and the Algonquians, provided 16 years of peaceful relations and trade before war started again. Present for the diplomatic event were the various peoples; part of the Iroquois confederacy, the Huron peoples, and the Algonquian peoples. This has sometimes been called the Grand Settlement of 1701, not", "title": "Great Peace of Montreal" }, { "docid": "4644566", "text": "Great Comet of 1843 developed an extremely long tail during and after its perihelion passage. At over two astronomical units in length, it was the longest known cometary tail until measurements in 1996 showed that Comet Hyakutake's tail was almost twice as long. There is a painting in the National Maritime Museum that was created by astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth. The purpose of the painting is to show the overall brightness and size of the tail of the comet. Estimates for the orbital period of the comet have varied from 512 ± 105 years (Kreutz's classical work from 1901), 654", "title": "Great Comet of 1843" }, { "docid": "11186748", "text": "empire, industrialisation and the founding of America and its subsequent revolution. At the heart of this bifurcation into secular and ecclesiastical revolutions is a major and recurring idea in Rosenstock-Huessy's work: that the Great War (and after its outbreak he included the Second World War) is a \"Marriage of War and Revolution\". That is, he saw that the great revolutions had created a 'circulatory spirit' forming the collective aspirations that had driven the European nations and their colonies to fight for one final peace which would lead to what he called a 'metanomical society,' a society in which there could", "title": "Out of Revolution" }, { "docid": "16155036", "text": "C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Comet Lovejoy, formally designated C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), is a long-period comet and Kreutz sungrazer. It was discovered in November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. The comet's perihelion took it through the Sun's corona on 16 December 2011, after which it emerged intact, though greatly impacted by the event. As Comet Lovejoy was announced on the 16th anniversary of the SOHO satellite's launch it became known as \"The Great Birthday Comet of 2011\", and because it was visible from Earth during the Christmas holiday it was also nicknamed \"The Great Christmas Comet of 2011\". Comet Lovejoy", "title": "C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)" }, { "docid": "18336387", "text": "also often called Napoleon’s Comet. The great comets that occurred during Napoleon’s lifetime were those of 1769, 1771, 1783, 1807, 1811, and 1819 (and possibly other years depending upon the definition of “great comet”). C/1769 P1 C/1769 P1 (Messier) is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye at its last apparition in 1769. Because of its outstanding brightness it is called a great comet. At the Naval Observatory in Paris, late in the evening of 8 August 1769 Charles Messier in his routine telescope search for comets saw a small nebulosity just above the horizon in the", "title": "C/1769 P1" }, { "docid": "509511", "text": "Colombe published \"Discourse of Lodovico delle Colombe in which he shows that the Star Newly Appeared in October 1604 is neither a Comet nor a New Star\" where he defended an Aristotelian view of cosmology which was then sharply challenged by Galileo Galilei. In Kepler's \"De Stella Nova\" (1606), he criticised Roeslin concerning this supernova. Kepler argued that in his astrological prognostications, Roeslin had picked out just the two comets, the Great Comet of 1556 and 1580. Roeslin responded in 1609 that this was indeed what he had done. When Kepler replied later that year, he simply observed that by", "title": "Kepler's Supernova" }, { "docid": "18294480", "text": "varies roughly as the inverse cube of their distance from the Sun, meaning that if a comet's distance from the Sun is halved, it will become eight times as bright. This means that the peak brightness of a comet depends significantly on its distance from the Sun. For most comets, the perihelion of their orbit lies outside the Earth's orbit. Any comet approaching the Sun to within 0.5 AU or less may have a chance of becoming a great comet. For a comet to become spectacular, it also needs to pass close to the Earth if it is to be", "title": "Great comet" }, { "docid": "12954064", "text": "ruler of the \"Dalmatian lands\". The two brothers were to rule the appointed regions as Manuel's vassals. The event is part of what would become a competition between the Byzantine Emperor and Holy Roman Emperor that would soon move into Hungary. In 1151, Manuel I declares war on Hungary. This was due to the fact that Hungary had aided Serbia in its revolts against Byzantine rule. Byzantine troops are sent into Srem and across the Danube. The Byzantines caused great destruction and then withdrew, the operation being strictly punitive, with no occupation of lands. Geza soon signed a peace treaty.", "title": "Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia" }, { "docid": "14078538", "text": "The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters () is an 1835 novel by Vladimir Odoevsky. It is a futuristic novel, set in the year 4338, a year before Biela's Comet was to collide with the Earth as computed in the 1820s although the comet burned up later in the nineteenth century. This work was originally conceived as the third part of a trilogy, which was also to have featured depictions of Russia in the time of Peter the Great and in the author's contemporary period, the 1830s. The first part was never written and the second and", "title": "The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters" }, { "docid": "11367543", "text": "Museum of Earth History The Museum of Earth History is a controversial young Earth creationist museum based on fundamentalist Christian theology. It features replicas of dinosaur skeletons in exhibits and the Book of Genesis biblical scripture. Exhibits explain that extinction of dinosaurs was caused by the Great Flood rather than a comet. Noah carried dinosaurs aboard his ark. A \"Tyrannosaurus\" alongside Adam and Eve are described as living in peace with each other therefore \"Tyrannosaurus\" was a herbivore rather than a carnivore. Originally located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on the grounds of The Great Passion Play, but later moved to", "title": "Museum of Earth History" }, { "docid": "4644575", "text": "Great Comet of 1882 The Great Comet of 1882 formally designated C/1882 R1, 1882 II, and 1882b, was a comet which became very bright in September 1882. It was a member of the Kreutz Sungrazers, a family of comets which pass within of the Sun's photosphere at perihelion. The comet was bright enough to be visible next to the Sun in the daytime sky at its perihelion. The comet appeared in the morning skies of September 1882. Reports suggest that it was first seen as early as 1 September 1882, from the Cape of Good Hope as well as the", "title": "Great Comet of 1882" }, { "docid": "18326020", "text": "C/1881 K1 C/1881 K1 (also called the Great Comet of 1881, Comet Tebbutt, 1881 III, 1881b) is a long-period comet discovered by John Tebbutt on 22 May 1881 at Windsor, New South Wales. It is called a great comet because of its brightness at its last apparition. On June 1 Tebbutt found the length of the tail to be 8° 38′. The comet was observed in the southern hemisphere from its discovery to June 11; it then became visible in the night sky of the northern hemisphere by June 22 as a spectacular object to the naked eye. On June", "title": "C/1881 K1" }, { "docid": "18328486", "text": "C/1807 R1 C/1807 R1 (also known as the Great Comet of 1807) is a long-period comet, which in 1807 was visible to naked-eye observers in the northern hemisphere from early September to late December. On the basis of its outstanding brightness it is called a great comet. Orbital data points compiled in the northern hemisphere indicate a surprising fact. This comet should have been first discovered by the unassisted eye in the southern hemisphere several weeks before its actual discovery in the northern hemisphere. However, there are no such historical reports from the southern hemisphere. In Australia the comet should", "title": "C/1807 R1" }, { "docid": "74398", "text": "comets and asteroids.\" On 11 August 2014, astronomers released studies, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) for the first time, that detailed the distribution of HCN, HNC, , and dust inside the comae of comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2012 S1 (ISON). Approximately once a decade, a comet becomes bright enough to be noticed by a casual observer, leading such comets to be designated as great comets. Predicting whether a comet will become a great comet is notoriously difficult, as many factors may cause a comet's brightness to depart drastically from predictions. Broadly speaking, if a comet has a", "title": "Comet" }, { "docid": "15172740", "text": "the 23rd, Thome recorded a tail length of over 40 degrees, but like other observers stated he could not find a nucleus. On January 27, C. Todd recorded seeing the comet's head as a \"diffused nebulous mass\", but noted a break between the head and the tail (possibly representing what is referred to as a \"tail disconnection event\"). Following the publication of an ephemeris by S. C. Chandler, which suggested the comet could be located 20° from Rigel by the end of February, astronomers in the United States eagerly waited for it to move far enough into northern skies to", "title": "Great Southern Comet of 1887" }, { "docid": "14812264", "text": "an ellipse to a parabola or a hyperbola. Sir Isaac Newton showed that a body controlled by the Sun moves in a conic section—that is, an ellipse, a parabola or a hyperbola. Because the latter two are open curves, a comet which pursued such a path would go off into space never to reappear. A derangement of orbit from closed to open curve has doubtless happened often. Great Comet of 1264 The Great Comet of 1264 (C/1264 N1) was one of the brightest comets on record. It appeared in July 1264 and remained visible to the end of September. It", "title": "Great Comet of 1264" }, { "docid": "1518844", "text": "was donated to the National Trust in 1919 by Lord Leconfield \"in perpetual memory of the men of the Lake District who fell for God and King, for freedom peace and right in the Great War 1914-1918 ...\". There is a better-known war memorial on Great Gable, commemorating the members of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club. Scafell Pike is one of three British peaks climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge, and is the highest ground for over 90 miles. Scafell Pike consists of igneous rock dating from the Ordovician; it is geologically part of the Borrowdale", "title": "Scafell Pike" }, { "docid": "14744042", "text": "onwards. The department became part of the School of Humanities in 1989 and the School of Social Science and Public Policy in 2001. In 2012 the department celebrated its 50th anniversary, with a series of celebratory events to mark the occasion. The Tolstoy Cup is an annual football match played between the students of the Department of War Studies at King's and the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford since 1995. The rivalry between 'Peace Studies' and 'War Studies' was featured on the \"Financial Times\" list of \"Great college sports rivalries\". The competition is named after \"War", "title": "Department of War Studies, King's College London" } ]

[ "March 2 , 1699" ]

[ { "docid": "2644202", "text": "Canal Street, on the upriver side of the French Quarter. Mardi Gras day traditionally concludes with the \"Meeting of the Courts\" between Rex and Comus. The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice. The date of the first celebration of the festivities in New Orleans is unknown. A 1730 account by Marc-Antione Caillot celebrating with music and dance, masking and costuming (including cross-dressing).", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2644202", "text": "Canal Street, on the upriver side of the French Quarter. Mardi Gras day traditionally concludes with the \"Meeting of the Courts\" between Rex and Comus. The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice. The date of the first celebration of the festivities in New Orleans is unknown. A 1730 account by Marc-Antione Caillot celebrating with music and dance, masking and costuming (including cross-dressing).", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" } ]

[ { "docid": "2644199", "text": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in Southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition). Usually there is one major parade each day (weather permitting); many days have several large parades. The largest and most elaborate parades take place the last five days of the Mardi Gras season. In the final week, many events occur throughout New Orleans and surrounding communities, including parades and balls (some of them", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "16017672", "text": "square feet. Mardi Gras World Mardi Gras World (also known as Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, MGW) is a tourist attraction located in New Orleans. Guests tour the 300,000 square foot working warehouse where floats are made for Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. Mardi Gras World is located along the Mississippi River, next to the Morial Convention Center. Their events venue, the River City Complex, also hosts festivals, weddings, private parties and corporate events. In 1946, Blaine Kern, Sr. founded Blaine Kern Artists. Kern came from a family of float builders, but began creating floats after 1947, when a", "title": "Mardi Gras World" }, { "docid": "16017670", "text": "Mardi Gras World Mardi Gras World (also known as Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, MGW) is a tourist attraction located in New Orleans. Guests tour the 300,000 square foot working warehouse where floats are made for Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. Mardi Gras World is located along the Mississippi River, next to the Morial Convention Center. Their events venue, the River City Complex, also hosts festivals, weddings, private parties and corporate events. In 1946, Blaine Kern, Sr. founded Blaine Kern Artists. Kern came from a family of float builders, but began creating floats after 1947, when a surgeon and", "title": "Mardi Gras World" }, { "docid": "2644240", "text": "over, as it is the start of Lent, commencing with Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday (the day after Big Tuesday) is sometimes jokingly referred to as \"Trash Wednesday\" because of the amount of refuse left in the streets during the previous day's celebrations and excesses. The tons of garbage picked up by the sanitation department is a local news item, partly because it reflects the positive economic impact of tourist revenue. Mardi Gras in New Orleans The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in Southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "4593037", "text": "Krewe of OAK The Krewe of OAK is a small neighborhood New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe and parade held in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. The parade starts and ends on Oak Street, presumably the origin of the name, although members say that OAK stands for \"Outrageous And Kinky\". The krewe's Carnival parade is held on the Friday night before Mardi Gras Day. OAK also holds a \"Mid Summer Mardi Gras\" celebration, usually in August. The Krewe Ball is held at the Maple Leaf Bar, and parades start and end outside that neighborhood landmark. The Krewe of OAK", "title": "Krewe of OAK" }, { "docid": "19187557", "text": "Go to the Mardi Gras \"Go to the Mardi Gras\" or \"Mardi Gras in New Orleans\" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed R&B song that was performed by Professor Longhair (real name Henry Roland Byrd) and recorded several times since 1949. He co-wrote the song with Theresa Terry. The song was covered by Fats Domino and released as a single in 1953. It is now considered an iconic festive song of the New Orleans Carnival season. Henry Roeland Byrd, Better known as Professor Longhair (or nickname \"Fess\"), was born in Bogalusa and moved to New Orleans with his family as", "title": "Go to the Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "497510", "text": "1720, Biloxi had been made capital of Louisiana. The French Mardi Gras customs had accompanied the colonists who settled there. In 1723, the capital of Louisiana was moved to New Orleans, founded in 1718. The first Mardi Gras parade held in New Orleans is recorded to have taken place in 1837. The tradition in New Orleans expanded to the point that it became synonymous with the city in popular perception, and embraced by residents of New Orleans beyond those of French or Catholic heritage. Mardi Gras celebrations are part of the basis of the slogan \"Laissez les bons temps rouler\"", "title": "Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "9604312", "text": "\"Mardi Gras in New Orleans\" liner notes. Mardi Gras Mambo \"Mardi Gras Mambo\" is a Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch. The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts, whose membership included Art Neville, a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. It is one of the iconic songs frequently played during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. The original version of the song was written in 1953 by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch as a country song. It had a syncopated Latino beat. The song was recorded at Cosimo Matassa's", "title": "Mardi Gras Mambo" }, { "docid": "1329809", "text": "Shreveport is home to many theatres, museums, and performing arts groups, including: Mardi Gras celebrations in Shreveport date to the mid‑19th century when krewes and parades were organized along the lines of those of New Orleans. Mardi Gras in Shreveport did not survive the cancellations caused by World War I. Attempts to revive it in the 1920s were unsuccessful, and the last Carnival celebrations in Shreveport for decades were held in 1927. Mardi Gras in Shreveport was revived beginning in 1984 with the organization of the Krewe of Apollo. The Krewes of Gemini, Centaur, Aesclepius, Highland, Sobek, Harambee, and others,", "title": "Shreveport, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "15474756", "text": "Bury the Hatchet (film) Bury the Hatchet is a documentary film directed by Aaron Walker. The film is a portrait of the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans. Bury the Hatchet is a portrait of three Mardi Gras Indian Big Chiefs of New Orleans, descendants of runaway slaves taken in by the Native Americans of the Louisiana bayous. Once plagued by intertribal violence, today these African-American tribes take to the backstreets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras, dressed in elaborate Native American influenced costumes that they sew over the course of the year. When tribes meet instead of attacking each", "title": "Bury the Hatchet (film)" }, { "docid": "12843471", "text": "the parade. After 1897, formal Mardi Gras parades and balls seemed to come and go until 1934 when the Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras association was formed by representatives from civic and service organizations to ensure that Lafayette would always have a Mardi Gras celebration. Lake Charles hosts a family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration with nine parades. With over 50 krewes, it is second only to New Orleans in the number of krewes in Louisiana. The Lake Charles Mardi Gras celebration is unique in that it is the only place in Louisiana where the public is invited to see the costumes of", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "2644221", "text": "Social Aid & Pleasure Club and Krewe of Rex, who will parade the following day, arrive by boat on the Mississippi Riverfront at the foot of Canal Street, where an all-day party is staged. Uptown parades start with one of New Orleans' most prestigious organizations, the Krewe of Proteus. Dating to 1882, it is the second-oldest krewe still parading. The Proteus parade is followed by a newer organization, the music-themed super-Krewe of Orpheus, which is considered less prestigious as it draws a significant portion of its membership from outside of New Orleans. The celebrations begin early on Mardi Gras, which", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2644212", "text": "resulted in a compromise schedule. It was scaled back but less severely than originally suggested. The 2006 New Orleans Carnival schedule included the Krewe du Vieux on its traditional route through Marigny and the French Quarter on February 11, the Saturday two weekends before Mardi Gras. There were several parades on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday the 19th a week before Mardi Gras. Parades followed daily from Thursday night through Mardi Gras. Other than Krewe du Vieux and two Westbank parades going through Algiers, all New Orleans parades were restricted to the Saint Charles Avenue Uptown to Canal Street route,", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "19184985", "text": "a local classic and has joined Professor Longhair’s \"Go to the Mardi Gras\" and \"Big Chief\", and The Hawketts \"Mardi Gras Mambo\" as one of the most played and requested songs of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Carnival Time (song) \"Carnival Time\" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed R&B song that was performed by Al Johnson and recorded in 1960. The song's composition was originally credited to Al Johnson and Joe Ruffino, though Johnson now holds exclusive rights. It is now considered an iconic festive song of the New Orleans Carnival season. Al Johnson, sometimes referred to as Al \"Carnival", "title": "Carnival Time (song)" }, { "docid": "5984824", "text": "Jefferson City Buzzards The Jefferson City Buzzards group is the oldest marching club in New Orleans Mardi Gras, United States. It was started in 1890. The Buzzards have an all-male membership. The Jefferson City Buzzards have five parades each spring. Two weeks prior to Mardi Gras, they have a \"practice parade\" in uptown New Orleans dressed in drag. Two Saturdays before Mardi Gras since 2016 they march before the Krewe of Caesar in Metairie. On Mardi Gras morning around 6:45am, wearing traditional Mardi Gras costumes, they begin marching at Exposition Blvd. and Laurel St. Uptown, at the edge of Audubon", "title": "Jefferson City Buzzards" }, { "docid": "2644227", "text": "of the most valuable throws. New Orleans Social clubs play a very large part in the Mardi Gras celebration as hosts of many of the parades on or around Mardi Gras. The two main Mardi Gras parades, Zulu and Rex, are both social club parades. Zulu is a mostly African-American club and Rex is mostly Caucasian. Social clubs host Mardi Gras balls, starting in late January. At these social balls, the queen of the parade (usually a young woman between the ages of 18 and 21, not married and in high school or college) and the king (an older male", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "9604308", "text": "Mardi Gras Mambo \"Mardi Gras Mambo\" is a Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch. The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts, whose membership included Art Neville, a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. It is one of the iconic songs frequently played during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. The original version of the song was written in 1953 by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch as a country song. It had a syncopated Latino beat. The song was recorded at Cosimo Matassa's studio in New Orleans by singer Jody", "title": "Mardi Gras Mambo" }, { "docid": "12483060", "text": "St. Louis, Missouri area when it opened in March 2010. After being shuttered since its closure in June 1995, the terminal building complex was acquired by Mardi Gras World owner Barry Kern in early 2008 and became one of the venue offerings of Mardi Gras World (New Orleans tour attraction and events venue). The acquisition more than quadrupled Mardi Gras World's event space. After more than 13 years of dormancy, the River City Complex finally saw new life during the Krewe of Boo inaugural parade on Halloween night 2008. It was also the site of the Gulf Aid benefit concert", "title": "River City Casino (New Orleans)" }, { "docid": "19178099", "text": "Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads When the parade season ended in 2014, the New Orleans city government spent $1.5 million to pick up about 1,500 tons of Mardi Gras-induced waste, consisting mostly of beads. This is a recurring problem every year for the city. In addition, the city must also deal with the environmental repercussions endured after Mardi Gras. Because they are not biodegradable and contain high amounts of heavy metals, Mardi Gras beads put the local environment and health of southern Louisianians at risk. Polyethylene and polystyrene are popular plastics used in beads. Polystyrene is very stable and", "title": "Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads" }, { "docid": "16005230", "text": "at that.\" Mardi Gras: Spring Break Mardi Gras: Spring Break is a 2011 comedy/road trip film. It stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Josh Gad, Bret Harrison, Arielle Kebbel, Danneel Harris, Regina Hall, and Carmen Electra. It is directed by Phil Dornfield. The film follows a trio of senior college students who visit New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season. Originally shot in 2008 as \"Max's Mardi Gras\", it was scheduled for release by Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division. It was shelved until September 2011, when Samuel Goldwyn Films released it in select cities. Three best friends Mike (Nicholas D'Agosto), Bump (Josh Gad),", "title": "Mardi Gras: Spring Break" }, { "docid": "16005226", "text": "Mardi Gras: Spring Break Mardi Gras: Spring Break is a 2011 comedy/road trip film. It stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Josh Gad, Bret Harrison, Arielle Kebbel, Danneel Harris, Regina Hall, and Carmen Electra. It is directed by Phil Dornfield. The film follows a trio of senior college students who visit New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season. Originally shot in 2008 as \"Max's Mardi Gras\", it was scheduled for release by Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division. It was shelved until September 2011, when Samuel Goldwyn Films released it in select cities. Three best friends Mike (Nicholas D'Agosto), Bump (Josh Gad), and Scottie", "title": "Mardi Gras: Spring Break" }, { "docid": "9748117", "text": "60 miles downriver from the wilderness that would become New Orleans. Meanwhile, in 1702, the 21-year-old Bienville founded the settlement of Mobile (Alabama), as the first capital of French Louisiana,and in 1703, the American Mardi Gras tradition began with French annual celebrations in Mobile. The feasting and revelry on Mardi Gras in Mobile was called Boeuf Gras (fatted ox). Masked balls, with the Masque de la Mobile, began in 1704. The first known parade was in 1711, when Mobile's Boeuf Gras Society paraded on Mardi Gras, with 16 men pushing a cart carrying a large papier-mâché cow's head. By 1720,", "title": "Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama" }, { "docid": "9179689", "text": "for the Krewe of Barkus since 1998. Krewe of Barkus The Mystic Krewe of Barkus is a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade where participants are dogs costumed according to a central parade theme. The annual event is organized by the Krewe of Barkus, a nonprofit organization that promotes adoption and rescue of homeless animals in New Orleans. The Mystic Krewe of Barkus makes fun of the more traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras parades and is the only Mardi Gras \"krewe\" in New Orleans created for dogs. The Mystic Krewe of Barkus traces its history to a November 1992 meeting of", "title": "Krewe of Barkus" }, { "docid": "9179686", "text": "Krewe of Barkus The Mystic Krewe of Barkus is a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade where participants are dogs costumed according to a central parade theme. The annual event is organized by the Krewe of Barkus, a nonprofit organization that promotes adoption and rescue of homeless animals in New Orleans. The Mystic Krewe of Barkus makes fun of the more traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras parades and is the only Mardi Gras \"krewe\" in New Orleans created for dogs. The Mystic Krewe of Barkus traces its history to a November 1992 meeting of the Margaret Orr fan club. Orr is", "title": "Krewe of Barkus" }, { "docid": "2644237", "text": "known in English, is a Spanish anisette traditionally consumed during the New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities. In Ojén, the original Spanish town where it is produced, production stopped for years, but it started again in early 2014 by means of the distillery company Dominique Mertens Impex. S.L. Women showing their breasts during Mardi Gras has been documented since 1889, when the \"Times-Democrat\" decried the \"degree of immodesty exhibited by nearly all female masqueraders seen on the streets.\" The practice was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, generally avoided", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "12843437", "text": "3, 1699, Mardi Gras day, so in honor of this holiday, Iberville named the spot \"Point du Mardi Gras\" (French: \"Mardi Gras Point\") and called the small tributary Bayou Mardi Gras. Bienville went on to found Mobile, Alabama in 1702 as the first capital of French Louisiana. In 1703 French settlers in that city began to celebrate the Mardi Gras tradition. By 1720, Biloxi was made capital of Louisiana. While it had French settlers, Mardi Gras and other customs were celebrated with more fanfare given its new status. In 1723, the capital of French Louisiana was moved to New Orleans,", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "19178105", "text": "PLA products in as quickly as a month. A second way is to “recycle” by purchasing used beads rather than buying new ones, which can also save krewe members money. Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads When the parade season ended in 2014, the New Orleans city government spent $1.5 million to pick up about 1,500 tons of Mardi Gras-induced waste, consisting mostly of beads. This is a recurring problem every year for the city. In addition, the city must also deal with the environmental repercussions endured after Mardi Gras. Because they are not biodegradable and contain high amounts of", "title": "Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads" }, { "docid": "10829782", "text": "New Orleans area, especially during Mardi Gras.) King wrote the song while attending school, and recalled the tune during a recording session with Longhair arranged by Wardell Quezergue. Longhair originally wanted to record the song with a small ensemble, but Quezergue, King, and Smokey Johnson (who also played on the session) convinced him to include an eleven- or fifteen-piece horn ensemble on the 1964 recording. The song refers to Mardi Gras Indian groups; an important part of the African American Mardi Gras tradition. The \"Indian Nation\" of Mardi Gras Indian \"gangs\" in New Orleans includes the Wild Magnolias, the Golden", "title": "Big Chief" }, { "docid": "3868387", "text": "the second covered bridge was moved, is located in Yankee Harbor. One of the park's newest themed areas, it opened in 2004, after being converted from part of Orleans Place. The area's theme comes from the Mardi Gras holiday, and specifically the famous celebration of the holiday in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is connected to Yankee Harbor and Orleans Place. Orleans Place is themed around New Orleans in the late 1800s, specifically the historic French Quarter. The area is connected both thematically and physically to the Mardi Gras area on the other side of the Scenic Railway, and also borders", "title": "Six Flags Great America" }, { "docid": "2644203", "text": "An account from 1743 that the custom of Carnival balls was already established. Processions and wearing of masks in the streets on Mardi Gras took place. They were sometimes prohibited by law, and were quickly renewed whenever such restrictions were lifted or enforcement waned. In 1833 Bernard Xavier de Marigny de Mandeville, a rich plantation owner of French descent, raised money to fund an official Mardi Gras celebration. James R. Creecy in his book \"Scenes in the South, and Other Miscellaneous Pieces\" describes New Orleans Mardi Gras in 1835: Shrove Tuesday is a day to be remembered by strangers in", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2644238", "text": "by locals on Mardi Gras Day, flashers on balconies cause crowds to form on the streets. In the last decades of the 20th century, the rise in producing commercial videotapes catering to voyeurs helped encourage a tradition of women baring their breasts in exchange for beads and trinkets. Social scientists studying \"ritual disrobement\" found, at Mardi Gras 1991, 1,200 instances of body-baring in exchange for beads or other favors. The formal end of New Orleans Mardi Gras arrives with the \"Meeting of the Courts,\" a ceremony at which Rex and His Royal Consort, the King and Queen of Carnival, meet", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "2644223", "text": "French Quarter with at least one jazz band. At the other end of the old city, the Society of Saint Anne journeys from the Bywater through Marigny and the French Quarter to meet Rex on Canal Street. The Pair-O-Dice Tumblers rambles from bar to bar in Marigny and the French Quarter from noon to dusk. Various groups of Mardi Gras Indians, divided into uptown and downtown tribes, parade in their finery. For upcoming Mardi Gras Dates through 2050 see \"Mardi Gras Dates\". In New Orleans, costumes and masks are seldom publicly worn by non-Krewe members on the days before Fat", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "497509", "text": "New Orleans is today, and made camp. This was on 3 March 1699, Mardi Gras, so in honour of this holiday, Iberville named the spot \"Point du Mardi Gras\" (French: \"Mardi Gras Point\") and called the nearby tributary Bayou Mardi Gras. Bienville went on to found the settlement of Mobile, Alabama in 1702 as the first capital of French Louisiana. In 1703 French settlers in Mobile established the first organised Mardi Gras celebration tradition in what was to become the United States. The first informal mystic society, or krewe, was formed in Mobile in 1711, the \"Boeuf Gras Society\". By", "title": "Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "9748150", "text": "on Mardi Gras day. A cross-mix occurred when former Mobile Cowbellions instigated scheduled Tuesday parades in New Orleans, which led Joe Cain having parading in New Orleans in 1865, and then in Mobile in 1867. The influence of Joe Cain led to an annual Joe Cain Day in Mobile, celebrated with a parade, on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, but not in New Orleans, which has other traditions. The mystic societies or orders/krewes differ between the cities. Mobile's final parade, on Tuesday night, is presented by the Order of Myths. In New Orleans, since 1857 the final parade had been", "title": "Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama" }, { "docid": "9748109", "text": "Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama Mardi Gras is the annual Carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama. It is the oldest annual Carnival celebration in the United States, started by Frenchman Nicholas Langlois in 1703 when Mobile was the capital of Louisiana. This was fifteen years before New Orleans was founded, although today their celebrations are much more widely known for all the current traditions such as masked balls, parades, floats and throws were first created there. From Mobile being the first capital of French Louisiana (1702), the festival began as a French Catholic tradition. Mardi Gras in Mobile has now evolved", "title": "Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama" }, { "docid": "9748153", "text": "finale. The Mobile Mardi Gras season uses several terms which have specific meanings for the events: Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama Mardi Gras is the annual Carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama. It is the oldest annual Carnival celebration in the United States, started by Frenchman Nicholas Langlois in 1703 when Mobile was the capital of Louisiana. This was fifteen years before New Orleans was founded, although today their celebrations are much more widely known for all the current traditions such as masked balls, parades, floats and throws were first created there. From Mobile being the first capital of French Louisiana", "title": "Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama" }, { "docid": "12843435", "text": "Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, a 38-year-old French Canadian, named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (French: \"Mardi Gras Point\") near Fort Jackson. The earliest organized Carnival celebrations occurred in Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, and Pensacola, which have each developed separate traditions. In addition, modern activities generally vary from city to city across the U.S. Mardi Gras arrived in North America as a sedate French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "16005227", "text": "(Bret Harrison) in search of a booze-fueled sexcapade find their way to Mardi Gras for boobs, beads and brews along with Mike's clingy girlfriend Erica (Danneel Harris). Those university fellas make their way to Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. Out of 3, Only Mike are dating while Bump and Scottie still find a way to get laid. Main reason why their come to Mardi Gras a long trip journey from Pennsylvania State University. First problem occurred when Erica initially came to Mike telling him she will be gone for long after sad passing of her grandad,actuallty she goes", "title": "Mardi Gras: Spring Break" }, { "docid": "2644931", "text": "to New Orleans, many ex-soldiers joined popular Wild West Shows, most notably Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The show wintered in New Orleans from 1884 to 1885 and was hailed by the \"Daily Picayune\" as \"the people's choice\". There was at least one black cowboy in the show, and numerous black cowhands. On Mardi Gras in 1885, fifty to sixty Plains Indians marched in native dress on the streets of New Orleans. Later that year, the first Mardi Gras Indian gang was formed; the tribe was named \"The Creole Wild West\" and was most likely composed of members of Buffalo", "title": "Mardi Gras Indians" }, { "docid": "14849384", "text": "Backstreet Cultural Museum The Backstreet Cultural Museum is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's Tremé neighborhood, founded by Sylvester Francis. The museum's collections include objects relating to the African American culture of New Orleans with a special emphasis on jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians, and second lines parades sponsored by Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs. The museum contains many priceless artifacts of African-American culture in New Orleans, including elaborate, brightly colored suits worn by Mardi Gras Indians in previous years, and rare photos of Mardi Gras Indian \"gangs\" from the 1940s. The museum is also a clearing house for information", "title": "Backstreet Cultural Museum" }, { "docid": "2644936", "text": "the Mardi Gras Indians are not plagued by violence; instead they base their fights over the \"prettiness\" of their suits. Mardi Gras Indians Mardi Gras Indians are black carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. Collectively, their organizations are called \"tribes\". There are about 38 tribes. They range in size from half a dozen to several dozen members. The groups are largely independent, but a pair of umbrella organizations loosely coordinate the Uptown Indians and the Downtown Indians. In addition to Mardi Gras Day, many of the", "title": "Mardi Gras Indians" }, { "docid": "11082027", "text": "Mardi Gras throws Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats in the New Orleans Mardi Gras, the Mobile Mardi Gras and parades all throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets. The \"gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are] tossed to the crowds from parading floats\". Mardi Gras celebrations in other Gulf Coast cities, such as Mobile and Lafayette, have adopted the custom. \"The goodies, or 'throws,' consist of necklaces of plastic beads, coins called doubloons, which are stamped with krewes' logos,", "title": "Mardi Gras throws" }, { "docid": "12843473", "text": "enjoyed in Lake Charles year round at the Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu, which features elaborate costumes and an interactive float. This museum houses the world's largest collection of Mardi Gras costumes. New Roads another Mardi Gras celebration outside New Orleans. The family-friendly celebration has been an annual event since 1922 and includes two parades on Fat Tuesday: the Community Center Carnival parade, one of the nation's oldest African-American sponsored events, which rolls in the morning; and the New Roads Lions Carnival parade, the first-known Mardi Gras parade to be staged as a charitable fundraiser, which rolls in the", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "6619387", "text": "Chiefs. For most of his adult life, Montana worked as a lather, building wood or metal frames for plaster structures. In 1956, Montana married Joyce Francis, who never masked with the Mardi Gras Indians, but who did help Tootie with his suits over the years. Montana was a parishioner of St. Augustine Church in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. Allison Montana Chief Allison \"Tootie\" Montana (December 16, 1922 – June 27, 2005), a lather by trade, was a New Orleans cultural icon who acted as the Mardi Gras Indian \"chief of chiefs\" for over 50 years. Tootie is revered", "title": "Allison Montana" }, { "docid": "10409418", "text": "Danny Frolich Danny Frolich (a/k/a Dany Frolich) is an American artist from New Orleans. He designed many Mardi Gras floats, scrolls, Mardi Gras dubloons, and cups. He was active in science fiction fanzines of the early 1970s, and in the short-lived New Orleans underground comix scene of that era, primarily as a contributor to the underground publications of Big Muddy Comics. His work appeared in (among others) \"Swamp Fever\" and \"Cosmic Capers\", and Big Muddy published one issue of Frolich's own \"Trivial Annoyances\" in 1972. He has worked as an illustrator (he did the cover and interior illustrations for \"Left", "title": "Danny Frolich" }, { "docid": "2644928", "text": "these were the only times Mardi Gras Indians were seen in public in full regalia. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival began the practice of hiring tribes to appear at the Festival as well. In recent years it has become more common to see Mardi Gras Indians at other festivals and parades in the city. Notwithstanding the popularity of such activities for tourists and residents alike, the phenomenon of the Mardi Gras Indians is said to reflect both a vital musical history, and an equally vital attempt to express internal social dynamics. Mardi Gras Indians have been parading in", "title": "Mardi Gras Indians" }, { "docid": "2644927", "text": "Mardi Gras Indians Mardi Gras Indians are black carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. Collectively, their organizations are called \"tribes\". There are about 38 tribes. They range in size from half a dozen to several dozen members. The groups are largely independent, but a pair of umbrella organizations loosely coordinate the Uptown Indians and the Downtown Indians. In addition to Mardi Gras Day, many of the tribes also parade on Saint Joseph's Day (March 19) and the Sunday nearest to Saint Joseph's Day (\"Super Sunday\"). Traditionally,", "title": "Mardi Gras Indians" }, { "docid": "7952483", "text": "photos. As soon as the Mardi Gras is over the Captain and lieutenants begin work on the next year's theme and activities. KOE KOE, formally known as the Krewe of Elvis, is a Mardi Gras parading organization that consists of members from around the world who meet in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. 1998 saw the birth of Mardi Gras' first Cyber Krewe, KOE and its members are from all over the world. Two Internet \"netheads\" (Craig Imboden and Chip Curley)founded it and it is made up of fellow Internet junkies devoted to Mardi Gras. KOE is a non-profit club", "title": "KOE" }, { "docid": "9032591", "text": "continued its traditional place of honor during Mardi Gras. Viewing galleries in front of the hall are reserved for Mardi Gras royalty, and parades on the St. Charles route pause in front of them. Marching bands typically perform shows here during the parades. On Mardi Gras Day the mayor of New Orleans toasts the kings of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club and Rex Parade here. Gallier Hall is currently a convention center, reception hall, and home of the Ty Tracy Theatre, named for the late artistic director of the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) Theatre. The Ty Tracy", "title": "Gallier Hall" }, { "docid": "12843434", "text": "Mardi Gras in the United States Mardi Gras in the United States is not observed nationally across the country, however a number of cities and regions in the U.S. have notable Carnival celebrations. Most trace their Mardi Gras celebrations to French, Spanish, and other colonial influences on the settlements over their history. The earliest Carnival celebration in North America occurred at a place on the west bank of the Mississippi river about 60 miles (96.6 kilometers) downriver from where New Orleans is today; this Mardi Gras on the 3rd of March 1699 and in honor of this holiday, Pierre Le", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "19187561", "text": "Rebennack on guitar, long before he became known as Dr. John. The song was also re-recorded in 1971 and released in 1991 on the album \"Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge\". Another version was recorded in 1974 and included on the remixed 1985 version of his \"Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo\" album. Numerous live recordings of the song have also been released. The song also appeared on numerous compilation albums, including \"The Devil's Music - Keith Richards' personal compilation of Blues, Soul and R&B Classics\". Go to the Mardi Gras \"Go to the Mardi Gras\" or \"Mardi Gras in New Orleans\" is", "title": "Go to the Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "12654477", "text": "The Mardi Gras Mystery The Mardi Gras Mystery is the 81st book in the Nancy Drew series. Set in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, it concerns a mysterious art theft. In \"The Mardi Gras Mystery\", Nancy's boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, is invited to spend the vacation with Brian Seaton, an Emerson College friend. On their way to the Seaton Mansion, Brian stops at Warren Tyler's house to pick up his father, Bartholomew Seaton, and at the same time shows Ned a portrait of his late mother, Danielle Seaton, by the famous artist Lucien Beaulieu. The painting is in the possession of", "title": "The Mardi Gras Mystery" }, { "docid": "12654480", "text": "a million dollars. The money was to pay for his daughter's plastic surgery. The Mardi Gras Mystery The Mardi Gras Mystery is the 81st book in the Nancy Drew series. Set in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, it concerns a mysterious art theft. In \"The Mardi Gras Mystery\", Nancy's boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, is invited to spend the vacation with Brian Seaton, an Emerson College friend. On their way to the Seaton Mansion, Brian stops at Warren Tyler's house to pick up his father, Bartholomew Seaton, and at the same time shows Ned a portrait of his late mother, Danielle Seaton,", "title": "The Mardi Gras Mystery" }, { "docid": "11865432", "text": "Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras is a 1999 independently produced comedy horror film directed by Karl DeMolay, Will Frank, and Mike Lyddon. The opening scenes of the film center on MacGuffin, a deranged occultist whose life has been dedicated to vengeance after being trampled and rendered a paraplegic as a child by overzealous Mardi Gras revelers in the throes of bead-catching madness. With the help of a Sumerian Goddess, MacGuffin performs a ritual that raises Zombie! (exclamation point mandatory) from his grave. Zombie! embarks on a killing spree in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras festivities. A", "title": "Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "8066076", "text": "last and biggest day, Mardi Gras (literally, \"Fat Tuesday\"), held just before the beginning of the Catholic liturgical season of Lent. Mardi Gras celebrations include parades and floats; participants toss strings of cheap colorful beads and doubloons to the crowds. The Mardi Gras season is kicked off with the only parade allowed through the French Quarter (Vieux Carré, translated Old Square), a walking parade aptly named \"Krewe du Vieux\". The largest of the city's many musical festivals is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Commonly referred to simply as, \"Jazz Fest\", it is one of the largest music festivals", "title": "Culture of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "19771203", "text": "Six Flags Mardi Gras Parades and Events. In 1984, Kern Studios expanded to include Mardi Gras World, a tourist attraction where visitors can see behind-the-scenes of Kern Studios. Barry Kern is the current president and CEO of Kern Studios and Mardi Gras World. The companies employs more than 100 people. Kern Studios is responsible for building Mardi Gras floats used by a variety of New Orleans Mardi Gras krewes each year. It was creating over 300 floats by the 1970s and over 400 floats by the 2010s. The company consistently creates floats for Krewe of Orpheus, Endymion, Rex parade, Krewe", "title": "Kern Studios" }, { "docid": "497495", "text": "Tuesday, which is derived from the word \"shrive\", meaning \"confess\". The festival season varies from city to city, as some traditions, such as the one in New Orleans, Louisiana, consider Mardi Gras to stretch the entire period from Twelfth Night (the last night of Christmas which begins Epiphany) to Ash Wednesday.<ref name=\"Wild/Dufour/Cowan (seas/New Orl.)\"></ref> Others treat the final three-day period before Ash Wednesday as the Mardi Gras. In Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras-associated social events begin in November, followed by mystic society balls on Thanksgiving, then New Year's Eve, followed by parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to", "title": "Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "19187560", "text": "\"Mardi Gras in New Orleans\" by Professor Longhair and His Shuffling Hungarians in 1949 on a Star Talent 10\" 78 RPM single. A version recorded in November 1949 and produced by Ahmet Ertugun and Herb Abramson was released as a 10\" by Professor Longhair and his New Orleans Boys on Atlantic in February 1950. A third 1949 recording of the song has also been released. In 1959, Byrd re-recorded the song as \"Go to the Mardi Gras\", which was produced by Joe Ruffino and released in December as a 7\" and 10\" on Ruffino's label, Ron Records. It featured Mac", "title": "Go to the Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "2644230", "text": "late 19th and early 20th century, the French Opera House was a leading venue for New Orleans balls. From the mid 20th century until Hurricane Katrina the Municipal Auditorim was the city's most famous site for Carnival balls. In more recent years, most are at the ballrooms of various hotels throughout the city. The largest \"Super Krewes\" use larger venues; Bacchus the Morial Convention Center and Endymion the Superdome. One of the many Mardi Gras throws which krewes fling into the crowds, doubloons are large coins, either wood or metal, made in Mardi Gras colors. Artist H. Alvin Sharpe created", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "17136910", "text": "the heart of a unique New Orleans tradition. Mardi Gras Indians are a society of social organizations comprised, in large part, of the African-Americans of New Orleans' inner cities. They have paraded for over a century in groups formed as imaginary Indian tribes and named according to the streets of their neighborhood. The Mardi Gras Indians modeled themselves after Native Americans to pay them respect for their assistance in escaping the tyranny of slavery. It is now a tradition and practice for the Mardi Gras Indians to compare their tribal song, dance and dress with other tribes as they meet", "title": "Daniel Buckner Price" }, { "docid": "14868397", "text": "Mardi Gras Massacre Mardi Gras Massacre is a 1978 American horror film written and directed by Jack Weis. It is a semi-remake of the 1963 film \"Blood Feast\". The plot follows a serial killer roaming the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, sacrificing women to a Peruvian god. The film is notable for its reputation as a \"video nasty,\" having been banned in the United Kingdom upon its release and given an X rating in the United States. In New Orleans, Louisiana, a man named John arrives at a bar searching for the \"evilest\" prostitute he can take home. He is", "title": "Mardi Gras Massacre" }, { "docid": "14868393", "text": "Mardi Gras Massacre Mardi Gras Massacre is a 1978 American horror film written and directed by Jack Weis. It is a semi-remake of the 1963 film \"Blood Feast\". The plot follows a serial killer roaming the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, sacrificing women to a Peruvian god. The film is notable for its reputation as a \"video nasty,\" having been banned in the United Kingdom upon its release and given an X rating in the United States. In New Orleans, Louisiana, a man named John arrives at a bar searching for the \"evilest\" prostitute he can take home. He is", "title": "Mardi Gras Massacre" }, { "docid": "497515", "text": "Halloween costumery, Mardi Gras costumes are not usually associated with such things as zombies, mummies, bats, blood, and the like, though death may be a theme in some. The Venice tradition has brought golden masks into the usual round of costumes. Women showing their breasts during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, USA, has been documented since 1889, when the \"Times-Democrat\" decried the \"degree of immodesty exhibited by nearly all female masqueraders seen on the streets.\" The practice was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, generally avoided by locals", "title": "Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "4587903", "text": "return into the French Quarter. Society of Saint Anne The Society of Saint Anne is a New Orleans Mardi Gras marching krewe that parades each Mardi Gras Day. The Society was founded in 1969. Known for the very elaborate and beautiful costumes of its members, the core group gathers in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans each Mardi Gras morning, with the Storyville Stompers brass band providing the music. As they pass through the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter, additional costumed marchers join the parade at various coffee-shops and bars along the route. The marchers continue to Canal Street to", "title": "Society of Saint Anne" }, { "docid": "4587902", "text": "Society of Saint Anne The Society of Saint Anne is a New Orleans Mardi Gras marching krewe that parades each Mardi Gras Day. The Society was founded in 1969. Known for the very elaborate and beautiful costumes of its members, the core group gathers in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans each Mardi Gras morning, with the Storyville Stompers brass band providing the music. As they pass through the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter, additional costumed marchers join the parade at various coffee-shops and bars along the route. The marchers continue to Canal Street to watch the Rex Parade, then", "title": "Society of Saint Anne" }, { "docid": "6615065", "text": "adapted from AllMusic and Discogs. The Wild Tchoupitoulas (album) The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a 1976 album by the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribe The Wild Tchoupitoulas. The album features the \"call-and-response\" style chants typical of Mardi Gras Indians. Vocals were provided by George Landry, as \"Big Chief Jolly\", as well as other members of his Mardi Gras tribe. Instrumentation was provided in part by members of the New Orleans band The Meters. The album also notably features Landry's nephews, the Neville Brothers, providing harmonies and some of the instrumentation. While not a commercial success, the effort was well received", "title": "The Wild Tchoupitoulas (album)" }, { "docid": "6615063", "text": "The Wild Tchoupitoulas (album) The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a 1976 album by the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribe The Wild Tchoupitoulas. The album features the \"call-and-response\" style chants typical of Mardi Gras Indians. Vocals were provided by George Landry, as \"Big Chief Jolly\", as well as other members of his Mardi Gras tribe. Instrumentation was provided in part by members of the New Orleans band The Meters. The album also notably features Landry's nephews, the Neville Brothers, providing harmonies and some of the instrumentation. While not a commercial success, the effort was well received critically and the experience recording", "title": "The Wild Tchoupitoulas (album)" }, { "docid": "7803690", "text": "Lundi Gras Lundi Gras is a relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. It includes the tradition of Rex, king of the New Orleans carnival,and Zulu King arriving by boat. This began in 1874, but the term Lundi Gras (French for \"Fat Monday\") was not widely applied until 1987 when the arrival was brought back as part of a series of river-related events under the name of \"Lundi Gras\". Lundi Gras was the creation of journalist Errol Laborde. The event was staged with the cooperation of Riverwalk Marketplace", "title": "Lundi Gras" }, { "docid": "7803694", "text": "chronology of the term's usage in the common language of the New Orleans carnival is generally misunderstood. While there has been some earlier historic use of the term not confined to New Orleans, the current Lundi Gras, referring to a group of New Orleans riverfront activities, is a relatively new rather than an old carnival custom. Lundi Gras Lundi Gras is a relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. It includes the tradition of Rex, king of the New Orleans carnival,and Zulu King arriving by boat. This began", "title": "Lundi Gras" }, { "docid": "6619376", "text": "slavery in New Orleans. When slaves would escape from the city, many would find shelter with the Indigenous people of America. Traditions of the Mardi Gras Indians stemmed from what was observed while under the care of the indigenous people. The art of masking in Indian suits at Carnival is a way to pay respect to the people who looked after escaped slaves. Originally, the Mardi Gras Indians were a violent group of people fighting over lands and wards surrounding the parishes. Tribes from different sections of town would engage in fights called humbugs in parts of New Orleans called", "title": "Allison Montana" }, { "docid": "2644219", "text": "doubles during the five days before Mardi Gras Day, in anticipation of the biggest celebration. Wednesday night begins with Druids, and is followed by the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, the newest all-female Krewe. Nyx is famous for their highly decorated purses, and has reached Super Krewe status since their founding in 2011. Thursday night starts off with another all-women's parade featuring the Krewe of Muses. The parade is relatively new, but its membership has tripled since its start in 2001. It is popular for its throws (highly sought-after decorated shoes and other trinkets) and themes poking fun at politicians and", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "19598992", "text": "first time. Mystic Krewe of Nyx The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is an all-female Carnival Krewe organization, based in New Orleans, which was organized and founded by Julie Lea in 2011. The Nyx's first pageant, \"NOLA Reality Reigns,\" was featured on the St. Charles Avenue Parade Route on February 15, 2012. The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is named after the Greek goddess of the night, Nyx (). After Mardi Gras in 2011, Founder and Captain Julie Lea had an idea to start her own all-female Mardi Gras Krewe. She wanted the Krewe to parade for the 2012 season. The new", "title": "Mystic Krewe of Nyx" }, { "docid": "19598988", "text": "Mystic Krewe of Nyx The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is an all-female Carnival Krewe organization, based in New Orleans, which was organized and founded by Julie Lea in 2011. The Nyx's first pageant, \"NOLA Reality Reigns,\" was featured on the St. Charles Avenue Parade Route on February 15, 2012. The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is named after the Greek goddess of the night, Nyx (). After Mardi Gras in 2011, Founder and Captain Julie Lea had an idea to start her own all-female Mardi Gras Krewe. She wanted the Krewe to parade for the 2012 season. The new Krewe had", "title": "Mystic Krewe of Nyx" }, { "docid": "4260573", "text": "banquets were part of Mobile's New Year's Eve celebrations, rather than being held on Mardi Gras day. Other groups had developed Mardi Gras parades, but the Civil War had brought them to a halt. Cain was in New Orleans in 1867 for the Fireman's Day parade. He stayed over until the next day which was Mardi Gras that year, saw the celebration in the streets, and he returned to Mobile determined to revive the spirits of the citizens and to create a similar celebration of Mardi Gras for the people. He conceived the fictional character of Chief Slacabamorinico (\"slaka-BAM orin-ah-CO\")", "title": "Joe Cain" }, { "docid": "12843468", "text": "of Poseidon(new for 2010) which offer more of a traditional New Orleans-style parade. All parades take place downtown, with the exception of the annual Southdowns parade, which runs through the Southdowns subdivision just south of Downtown. Houma hosts a significant Mardi Gras celebration of ten parades, two of which roll on Mardi Gras day, and the others on the two weekends preceding the big day. King Houmas rules on Fat Tuesday itself. Law enforcement officials estimated that in 2008, more than 150,000 people lined the route of his parade. Mardi Gras has been celebrated annually in Houma since 1947. \"Krewe", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "2652596", "text": "Mardi Gras Manual\". Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes The Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the most active on Mardi Gras Day, with many elaborate costumers strolling the streets. This part of town is relatively little visited by tourists compared to other areas with active celebrations. The informal walking krewes \"Society of Saint Anne\" and \"The Pair-O-Dice Tumbers\" parade through the neighborhood and surrounding areas, as do many smaller groups and individual revelers in costume. In 2008, WWL-TV personality and Carnival historian Professor Carl Nivale made the Marigny his new base of operations for \"The Compleat", "title": "Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes" }, { "docid": "1584041", "text": "Mistick Krewe of Comus The Mistick Krewe of Comus, founded in 1856, is a New Orleans, Louisiana Carnival krewe. It is the oldest continuous organization of New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities. Prior to the advent of Comus, Carnival celebrations in New Orleans were mostly confined to the Roman Catholic Creole community, and parades were irregular and often very informally organized. Comus was organized by (largely Protestant) Anglo-Americans. In December 1856, six Anglo-American New Orleans businessmen gathered at a club room above the now-defunct Gem Restaurant in New Orleans' French Quarter to organize a secret society to observe Mardi Gras in", "title": "Mistick Krewe of Comus" }, { "docid": "12843485", "text": "some of the younger participants in 2001. Local restaurants include New Orleans' themes, such as Fat Tuesday's, Les Bon Temps, and Nola's. Galveston, Texas is home to the largest Mardi Gras festival in Texas attracting up to 200,000 revelers to the island each year. The celebration in Galveston dates back 1867 when it consisted of merely a masked ball and a theatre performance of Shakespeare's \"King Henry IV.\" The emergence of rival Krewes the \"Knights of Momus\" and the \"Knights of Myth\" created the first extravagant Mardi Gras celebration in 1871. The island tradition now includes many night parades, masked", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "12843458", "text": "New Orleans. The group's leader, Pierre Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville dubbed the spot La Pointe du Mardi Gras. Three hundred years later, the Rex organization put a marker at the site. An account from 1743 notes that the custom of holding Carnival balls was established by that date, during the time when Bienville was governor. On Mardi Gras, there were masques and processions in the streets of the city, although they were, at times, prohibited by law. The celebrations were quickly resumed whenever restrictions were lifted or the enforcement of them was lax. In 1833, Bernard Xavier de Marigny", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "1584075", "text": "effort of the Uptown parade route after Mardi Gras, as well as continued efforts to support New Orleans' Charter Schools. Rex parade Rex (founded 1872) is a New Orleans Carnival Krewe which stages one of the city's most celebrated parades on Mardi Gras Day. Rex is Latin for \"King\", and Rex reigns as \"The King of Carnival\". Rex was organized by New Orleans businessmen in part to put on a spectacle in honor of the New Orleans visit of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (remembered locally as \"Grand Duke Alexis\") during the 1872 Carnival season. Also in the minds", "title": "Rex parade" }, { "docid": "1080780", "text": "music. In contrast to the elaborate costumes and regal \"krewes,\" for example, in the New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities, in Iota and surrounding areas, Cajuns celebrate the more traditional ritual of the \"Courir de Mardi Gras\" riders. Disguised in home-made costumes which often feature faux tatters and tall conical caps known as capuchons, the townspeople maraude through the surrounding countryside incognito, speaking only Cajun French, begging for ingredients for a chicken and sausage gumbo. The gumbo is the centerpiece of the community supper the same night, where the Mardi Gras riders sing the \"Chanson de Mardi Gras\", an old song", "title": "Iota, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "35355", "text": "Cajun culture's extension to the north, the city recognizes Mardi Gras as an official holiday. The annual Mardi Gras Krewes Parade – occurring on the Sunday before Mardi Gras – on Texas Avenue is a major cultural festivity in the area. It is featured as a family-oriented event, and parade goers can enjoy over 20 New Orleans style floats, high school and college marching bands, as well as appearances by local celebrities. In addition to the main Sunday parade, the College Cheerleaders & Classic Cars Parade, which was established in 2008, takes place downtown on the Friday before Mardi Gras,", "title": "Alexandria, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "7952476", "text": "KOE KOE, formally known as the Krewe of Elvis, is a Mardi Gras parading organization that consists of members from around the world who meet in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. 1998 saw the birth of Mardi Gras' first Cyber Krewe, KOE and its members are from all over the world. Two Internet \"netheads\" (Craig Imboden and Chip Curley)founded it and it is made up of fellow Internet junkies devoted to Mardi Gras. KOE is a non-profit club that parades throughout the French Quarter on Fat Tuesday. There are a number of costumed marching krewes that parade through the Quarter", "title": "KOE" }, { "docid": "6619375", "text": "Allison Montana Chief Allison \"Tootie\" Montana (December 16, 1922 – June 27, 2005), a lather by trade, was a New Orleans cultural icon who acted as the Mardi Gras Indian \"chief of chiefs\" for over 50 years. Tootie is revered in the Mardi Gras Indian culture as the Big Chief who is responsible for changing the violent way of the Indians' culture. Tootie was Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Tribe and made the culture of the Mardi Gras Indians about pageantry rather than violence. The history of the Mardi Gras Indians can be traced back to the time of", "title": "Allison Montana" }, { "docid": "14341838", "text": "in 2010.\" Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon The Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon is an annual international marathon race which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It is part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series of road running competitions and it also features the Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon. The event, held since 1965 (but not in 1968), was taken over by Competitor Group for the 2010 edition and adopted the Rock 'n' Roll Series name after its takeover. For the first edition, the marathon was run as an open class", "title": "Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon" }, { "docid": "12843438", "text": "founded in 1718. With the growth of New Orleans as a city and the creolization of different cultures, the varied celebration of Mardi Gras became the event most strongly associated with the city. In more recent times, several U.S. cities without a French Catholic heritage have instituted the celebration of Mardi Gras, which sometimes emerged as grassroots movements to help accompany single people to celebrate something in late Winter which is often dominated by the commercialized and couple-centric Valentine's Day, and as a result it has been co-opted as the single people's late Winter holiday. Mardi Gras is an official", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "11076223", "text": "Krewe of Muses The Krewe of Muses, named after the Muses, is an all-female krewe or New Orleans Mardi Gras social organization. The Muses were founded in 2000 by Staci Rosenberg, and first paraded during Mardi Gras in 2001. Since then, their krewe has grown to include approximately 1100 members. The krewe's parade is held on the Thursday evening before Mardi Gras, and features 25 floats designed by Kern Studios. The krewe is known for non-traditional Mardi Gras throws such as decorated shoes. Each year's Honorary Muse rides in the krewe's main float, in the form of a large fiber", "title": "Krewe of Muses" }, { "docid": "2644209", "text": "City Council passed an ordinance that required social organizations, including Mardi Gras Krewes, to certify publicly that they did not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, to obtain parade permits and other public licenses. Shortly after the law was passed, the city demanded that these krewes provide them with membership lists, contrary to the long-standing traditions of secrecy and the distinctly private nature of these groups. In protest—and because the city claimed the parade gave it jurisdiction to demand otherwise-private membership lists—the 19th-century krewes Comus and Momus stopped parading. Proteus did parade in the 1992", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "6615061", "text": "The Wild Tchoupitoulas The Wild Tchoupitoulas were originally a group of Mardi Gras Indians formed in the early 1970s by George \"Big Chief Jolly\" Landry. Landry, with his mixed African-American, Caucasian, and Native American (Choctaw) heritage, had been an active performer in the Mardi Gras Indian styling for a number of years. With help from local New Orleans musicians The Meters, The Wild Tchoupitoulas recorded an eponymous album, which featured the \"call-and-response\" style chants typical of Mardi Gras Indians. Vocals were provided by Landry, as well as other members of his Mardi Gras tribe. Instrumentation was provided in part by", "title": "The Wild Tchoupitoulas" }, { "docid": "17100907", "text": "Juan Fangio II with Geoff Brabham and P.J. Jones finishing 2nd and 3rd. In 1995, the Grand Prix du Mardi Gras IMSA GTS-2 street race was run on the 1.43-mile circuit around the Louisiana Superdome on October 8. The winner of the 41.47 miles/29 lap race was Bill Auberlen with Kevin Buckler and Jorge Trejos finishing 2nd and 3rd. Grand Prix du Mardi Gras The Grand Prix du Mardi Gras was an IMSA GT Championship street race held in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1991, 1992 and 1995. The 1991 IMSA GTP/Lights race was held on June 16, 1991 using a", "title": "Grand Prix du Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "14341836", "text": "Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon The Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon is an annual international marathon race which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It is part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series of road running competitions and it also features the Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon. The event, held since 1965 (but not in 1968), was taken over by Competitor Group for the 2010 edition and adopted the Rock 'n' Roll Series name after its takeover. For the first edition, the marathon was run as an open class or mass", "title": "Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon" }, { "docid": "19187559", "text": "lyrics advise anyone wishing to visit New Orleans to go to the Mardi Gras celebration and witness its various sights, such as to \"see the Zulu King on Saint Claude and Dumaine.\" In 1959, at time of the recording, the Zulu parade, hosted by the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, took an improvised route each year on the day of Mardi Gras, which would often pass this street intersection. \"Go to the Mardi Gras,\" along with a later record \"Big Chief,\" released in 1964, has become an iconic standard of the Carnival season. The song was first released as", "title": "Go to the Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "7952477", "text": "and surrounding areas each Mardi Gras, but KOE was the first organized over the internet consisting mostly of out-of-towners who enjoyed New Orleans Mardi Gras. KOE members regularly gather on their members page for posts and cyber chats to stay in touch throughout the year. Memberships are open to the public and currently over 150 strong. KOE's first Lundi Gras party was held in 1999 and it remains as the official beginning of each year's KOE's Mardi Gras. The annual KOE Lundi Gras party is held Monday, the day before Fat Tuesday. Members gather at a G.W. Fins restaurant to", "title": "KOE" }, { "docid": "12843469", "text": "of Hercules\", \"Krewe of Aquarius\", \"Krewe of Hyacinthians\", \"Krewe of Titans\", \"Krewe of Aphrodite\", \"Krewe of Mardi Gras\", \"Krewe of Terreanians\", \"Krewe of Cleopatra\", \"Krewe of Houmas\", and the \"Krewe of Kajuns\" make up the ten parades. Houma is about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans. Lafayette is home to the state's second largest Mardi Gras celebration, which includes eight parades of floats and bands during the Carnival season. The first parade, ten days before Mardi Gras, is the celebrity-led \"Krewe of Carnivale en Rio Parada\", featuring over 600 riders. Parade royalty on Fat Tuesday includes King Gabriel and Queen", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "4827122", "text": "the population of the island itself. In October 2005, the event was postponed because of devastation wrought on the island by Hurricane Wilma; instead of being held at its usual time close to Halloween, it was moved to December and celebrated just before Christmas. The Theme that year was \"Freaks, Geeks and Goddesses\" Fantasy Fest has been compared to New Orleans Mardi Gras and Carnival in Rio De Janeiro. As with New Orleans Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Fantasy Fest tend to attract many people to the concentration of bars along Duval Street. Most of the event", "title": "Fantasy Fest" }, { "docid": "1083809", "text": "the New Orleans metropolitan area and is home to a vibrant restaurant scene. Several New Orleans radio and television stations have transmitter facilities in Metairie and Jefferson Parish; two of them, WGNO-TV and WNOL, now have studios and main offices in Metairie. Metairie has a large Mardi Gras season that touts itself as more family-friendly than the New Orleans Mardi Gras. The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, with winds of , directly hit Metairie. Much of the community was under of water. Hurricane Betsy, a Category Three storm, hit the area in 1965, causing extensive wind damage and moderate flooding. The", "title": "Metairie, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "2644205", "text": "horseback, in wagons, carts, coaches, cars, &c., in rich confusion, up and down the streets, wildly shouting, singing, laughing, drumming, fiddling, fifeing, and all throwing flour broadcast as they wend their reckless way. In 1856 six businessmen gathered at a club room in New Orleans's French Quarter to organize a secret society to observe Mardi Gras with a formal parade. They founded New Orleans' first and oldest krewe, the Mystick Krewe of Comus. According to one historian, \"Comus was aggressively English in its celebration of what New Orleans had always considered a French festival. It is hard to think of", "title": "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" }, { "docid": "19598990", "text": "Krewe of Nyx to roll in the 2012 Mardi Gras season and intending to add them to the parade schedule.' On November 3, 2011, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to allow the Mystic Krewe of Nyx to parade in New Orleans in 2012. (#41-CAL. No. 28,734). This was the first new Mardi Gras Krewe created in over a decade. In less than three months upon receiving the City Council's approval, the Mystic Krewe of Nyx paraded on the streets of New Orleans for the first time on February 15, 2012, with 534 riders. The Krewe of Nyx parades", "title": "Mystic Krewe of Nyx" }, { "docid": "12518598", "text": "Lewis, to name a few. In 1956, at seventeen, he recorded his first songs, \"Ole Time Talkin\" and \"I've Done Wrong\"\" for Aladdin Records. Johnson subsequently signed with Ric records and recorded series of songs at Cosimo Matassa's New Orleans recording studio starting with \"Lena\" in 1958. \"Carnival Time\" was recorded for the label in 1960. Produced by Joe Ruffino, the owner of the Ric Label, the song eventually joined Professor Longhair’s \"Go to the Mardi Gras\" and \"Big Chief\", and The Hawketts \"Mardi Gras Mambo\" as one of the most played and requested classics of the New Orleans Mardi", "title": "Al \"Carnival Time\" Johnson" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18593945", "text": "indigenous film of the year. In April 2014, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award, having emerged as best actress of the year along with Odunlade Adekola who emerged as best actor of the year. Faithia Balogun also won the Best Indigenous Language: Yoruba award for the work done in the film Iya Alalake at the 2015 Africa-Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards AMVCA She was formerly married to veteran nollywood actor, Saheed Balogun. Faithia Balogun Faithia Balogun (born February 5, 1969) is a Nigerian actress, filmmaker, producer and director. She was born in Ikeja on February 1969. Her ancestry is from", "title": "Faithia Balogun" }, { "docid": "1470236", "text": "Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife, Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for \"Easy Rider\" (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for \"Ulee's Gold\" (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award", "title": "Peter Fonda" }, { "docid": "1609140", "text": "Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, \"12 Years a Slave\", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, as a producer, and he also received the award for Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle. McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. McQueen frequently collaborates with actor Michael Fassbender, who has starred in three", "title": "Steve McQueen (director)" }, { "docid": "9686065", "text": "Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian film actor, director and writer who works in Malayalam cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2010 for his role in Adaminte Makan Abu, for which also bagged the Kerala State Film Award for the year. His directorial film Karutha Joothan won best story in 2017 Kerala State film Award. He had also won a Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for \"Achanurangatha Veedu\" (2005) and a Kerala State Television Award for Best Actor (2013). Salim Kumar was born on 10 October 1969", "title": "Salim Kumar" }, { "docid": "7407830", "text": "American film \"Music Box\" (1990) and Czech film \"Larks on a String\" (1969). That same month, the film garnered eight Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor; its closest rival was \"Driving Miss Daisy\", which received nine nominations. At the 62nd Oscars, Stone won a second Academy Award for Best Director; he had previously won the award for \"Platoon\". The film also won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing; \"Driving Miss Daisy\", \"The Bear\", \"Glory\" and \"The Fabulous Baker Boys\" had also been nominated in that category. At the 44th British Academy Film Awards in 1991, the", "title": "Born on the Fourth of July (film)" }, { "docid": "5519536", "text": "and actor Roland Hedlund won for Best Actor at the 6th Guldbagge Awards. Internationally, the film won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. Ådalen 31 Ådalen 31 (; released in the United States as Adalen Riots) is a 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It depicts the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened", "title": "Ådalen 31" }, { "docid": "4427974", "text": "the film \"Little Murders\" as a \"turning point\". He won Obie Awards in 1960 and 1969. A life member of The Actors Studio, Gardenia won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1972 for his performance in \"The Prisoner of Second Avenue\", opposite Peter Falk. In 1979, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in \"Ballroom\". In film, he was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in \"Bang the Drum Slowly\" and \"Moonstruck\". In television, Gardenia won the 1990 Emmy Award for his performance", "title": "Vincent Gardenia" }, { "docid": "718785", "text": "Academy Award, \"The Italian Job\" (1969), and \"Battle of Britain\" (1969). His roles in the 1970s included \"Get Carter\" (1971), \"The\" \"Last\" \"Valley\" (1971), \"Sleuth\" (1972), for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination, \"The Man Who Would Be King\" (1975), and \"A Bridge Too Far\" (1977). He achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with \"Educating Rita\" (1983), earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1986, he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's \"Hannah and Her Sisters\". Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in", "title": "Michael Caine" }, { "docid": "540612", "text": "during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in \"Philadelphia\" (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for \"Forrest Gump\" (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2014, he", "title": "Tom Hanks" }, { "docid": "19793875", "text": "Susskind Show\", \"Open End\", \"The Bishop Sheen Show\", and \"One Night Stand\", among others. In 1962, the Landaus produced \"Long Day's Journey Into Night\", an adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play directed by Sidney Lumet, which won Best Actor awards for all its leading actors at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Katharine Hepburn as Best Actress. This was followed in 1964 by \"The Pawnbroker\"(Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nomination for Rod Steiger as Best Actor), \"The Madwoman of Chaillot\" (1969) also with Hepburn, and the documentary (1970). The film about", "title": "Edie Landau" }, { "docid": "19313450", "text": "to win an Academy Award, surpassing the 431-minute long \"War and Peace,\" which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969. Following the five-part documentary's win, new Academy rules barred any \"multi-part or limited series\" from being eligible for documentary categories. With Casey Affleck winning the Oscar for Best Actor, him and his older brother, Ben Affleck, became the 16th pair of siblings to win Academy Awards. Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Viola Davis became the first black person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting with her Oscar, Emmy, and", "title": "89th Academy Awards" }, { "docid": "7210793", "text": "52nd British Academy Film Awards The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998. Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. \"Elizabeth\" was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in \"La vita è bella", "title": "52nd British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "18835335", "text": "Indiana Jones) and Robert Downey, Jr. (three of which for playing Iron Man) being tied for third with six nominations. Arnold Schwarzenegger also holds the record for most nominations without a victory. Anthony Hopkins and Martin Landau are the only actors to have won the Saturn Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for the same role; however, Landau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and not Best Actor. Hamill is the only actor to have won the award several times for the same role, doing so three times. \"†\" indicates an Academy Award-winning actor on the", "title": "Saturn Award for Best Actor" }, { "docid": "2033392", "text": "in the science-fiction film Silent Running. He played a psychotic Goodyear Blimp pilot who launches a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl in \"Black Sunday\". Dern was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for \"Coming Home\". In 1983, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival for \"That Championship Season\". In 2013, Dern won the Best Actor Award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Alexander Payne's \"Nebraska\", and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Dern was married to Marie Dawn Pierce from 1957 to 1959. He", "title": "Bruce Dern" }, { "docid": "1470576", "text": "Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film \"No Country for Old Men\". He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as \"Jamón, jamón\", \"Carne trémula\", \"Vicky Cristina Barcelona\", \"Boca a boca\", \"Los lunes al sol\", \"Mar adentro\", and \"Skyfall\", for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Bardem has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA,", "title": "Javier Bardem" }, { "docid": "1387560", "text": "Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Also, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama \"The Ides of March\". In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing \"Argo\". He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars", "title": "George Clooney" }, { "docid": "7210795", "text": "\"' \"Elizabeth\" - \"Jenny Shircore\" \"' \"Elizabeth\" - \"David Hirschfelder\" 52nd British Academy Film Awards The 52nd BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 11 April 1999, honoured the best in film for 1998. Shakespeare in Love won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture) and Best Editing. \"Elizabeth\" was voted Best British Film. Both Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett won awards for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Geoffrey Rush won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Italian actor Roberto Benigni won the award for Best", "title": "52nd British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "9686070", "text": "He conducts a mimicry troupe named \"Cochin Stallions\" which introduced cine-serial actor Ramesh Pisharody and many other talents into the limelight. Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian film actor, director and writer who works in Malayalam cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2010 for his role in Adaminte Makan Abu, for which also bagged the Kerala State Film Award for the year. His directorial film Karutha Joothan won best story in 2017 Kerala State film Award. He had also won a Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for", "title": "Salim Kumar" }, { "docid": "360810", "text": "16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in \"The Untouchables\".", "title": "Sean Connery" }, { "docid": "16227126", "text": "the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. †- indicates performance that won The Academy Award for Best Actor ‡- indicates performance that was nominated for The Academy Award for Best Actor. AACTA International Award for Best Actor The AACTA International Award for Best Actor is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for a performance by a male actor in a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy", "title": "AACTA International Award for Best Actor" }, { "docid": "1406376", "text": "and \"Little Miss Sunshine\", for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar; and \"Argo\". His portrayal of Dr. Oatman, a scared and emotionally conflicted psychiatrist treating John Cusack's hit man character Martin Q. Blank in \"Grosse Point Blank\" was also well received. His role in \"Little Miss Sunshine\", as Grandfather Edwin, who was foul-mouthed and had a taste for snorting heroin, won him the BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. On receiving his Academy Award on February 25, 2007, Arkin said, \"More than anything,", "title": "Alan Arkin" }, { "docid": "4150763", "text": "Hoffman (1985, Golden Globe and Emmy awards), Warren Mitchell (1996) and Dennehy (2000, Golden Globe and SAG awards and Emmy nomination). Fredric March won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 9th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor at the 24th Academy Awards and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Foreign) at the 6th British Academy Film Awards. Brian Dennehy won Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play at the 53rd Tony Awards in 1999, while Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the same", "title": "Willy Loman" }, { "docid": "26433", "text": "as Robert Ford in the HBO sci-fi series \"Westworld\". Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in \"\", which was released in June 2017. Perhaps Hopkins' most famous role is as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in \"The Silence of the Lambs\", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Hopkins also picked up his first BAFTA for Best Actor. Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter twice; in", "title": "Anthony Hopkins" }, { "docid": "13082429", "text": "Best Comedy Actor Award. The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor winners: Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor (originally called the Best Supporting Actor Award) has been awarded annually in India since 1969. The award for Best Comedy Actor was introduced in 2008 as a regular category. The Kerala State Film Awards were managed directly by the Government of Kerala's Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997; they are now given by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit institution working under the Department of Cultural Affairs.", "title": "Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor" }, { "docid": "1422350", "text": "Ashby and a stellar Peter Sellers performance.\" Sellers won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor as well at the 52nd Academy Awards, but lost to Dustin Hoffman for \"Kramer vs. Kramer\". Melvyn Douglas won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. The credits at the film's end roll over an outtake, known as the \"Rafael outtake.\" Sellers was later displeased that the outtake ran because", "title": "Being There" }, { "docid": "7212237", "text": "47th British Academy Film Awards The 47th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1994, honoured the best films of 1993. Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List won the award for Best Film (and later won the Academy Award for Best Picture). \"Shadowlands\" was voted Best British Film of 1993. \"Schindler's List\" also won the awards for Best Director (Spielberg), Supporting Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Score and Editing. Anthony Hopkins won the award for Best Actor (\"Shadowlands\") and Holly Hunter was voted Best Actress for her role in \"The Piano\". \"The Age of", "title": "47th British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "7210680", "text": "53rd British Academy Film Awards The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999. Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; had won the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law (\"The Talented Mr. Ripley\") and Maggie Smith (\"Tea with Mussolini\") won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Pedro Almodóvar, director of \"Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)\", won", "title": "53rd British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "360772", "text": "Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in \"The Untouchables\". His film career also includes such films as \"Marnie\", \"The Name of", "title": "Sean Connery" }, { "docid": "715096", "text": "a hit and his performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he became the world's highest-paid actor within two years. Marion won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. Douglas Shearer also won the first Academy Award for Sound. The film was nominated for Best Picture. \"The Big House\" was one of the first prison films ever made and was tremendously influential on the genre. Kent (Robert Montgomery), a drunk driver who carelessly kills a man, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding", "title": "The Big House (1930 film)" }, { "docid": "7287413", "text": "backdrop of a full-length feature film called Runaway Train. The film was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, & stars Jon Voight, who was nominated for an Academy Award & won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Eric Roberts, who was nominated for an Academy Award & Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Rebecca DeMornay, John P. Ryan, Kyle T. Heffner, Kenneth McMillan & Edward Bunker who also co-wrote the script. It was filmed on the B.A.&P. Railway & at the Roundhouse at Anaconda in March 1985. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture", "title": "Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway" }, { "docid": "3828463", "text": "produced \"True Grit\", for which John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor of 1969, and its sequel. After moving to Universal Pictures, he produced \"Mary, Queen of Scots\" (starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson) and \"Anne of the Thousand Days\" (starring Richard Burton and Canadian-born actress Geneviève Bujold). He received 16 Academy Award producer nominations for Best Picture, winning for \"Casablanca\" in 1943. For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with the Academy Awards' Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He was also nominated for seven Golden Globe awards, twice winning awards for", "title": "Hal B. Wallis" }, { "docid": "17752160", "text": "won The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ‡- indicates performance that was nominated for The Academy Award for Best supporting Actor AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor The AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to \"identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television.\" The award is presented at the annual AACTA International Awards, which rewards achievements in feature films, regardless of the country the film was made. The winners and nominees are determined", "title": "AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor" }, { "docid": "2271016", "text": "Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Director (the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical). Tolkin was nominated for a Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and he received an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Geraldine Peroni's editing was nominated for both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award. Tim Robbins also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Comedy or Musical and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, \"Entertainment Weekly\"s 25th anniversary year, it named \"The Player\" in its list of the", "title": "The Player (film)" }, { "docid": "13546612", "text": "Was Chile's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, won the Golden Tulip - Best Film at the Istanbul International Film Festival. Won two of its three nominations at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for the Best Actor and for the FEISAL Award. Won Best Actor at the Cinemanila International Film Festival Won two prizes at the Havana Film Festival, Best Actor and the Grand Coral - First Prize. Received a Special Mention in the Ibero-American Competition of the Miami Film Festival. Won a KNF Award at", "title": "Cinema of Chile" }, { "docid": "19777891", "text": "Oldman his first Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. At the 90th Academy Awards the film earned six nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards it received nine nominations including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. In May 1940, the opposition Labour Party in Parliament demands", "title": "Darkest Hour (film)" }, { "docid": "7210682", "text": "\"Tea with Mussolini\" (Los lobos de Washington) \"\"'The Matrix\" Winners Losers (minimum two nominations) 53rd British Academy Film Awards The 53rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 9 April 2000, honoured the best in film for 1999. Sam Mendes's American Beauty won the award for Best Film (also won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Actor (Kevin Spacey; had won the Academy Award) and Actress (Annette Bening), Cinematography, Editing and Film Music. Jude Law (\"The Talented Mr. Ripley\") and Maggie Smith (\"Tea with Mussolini\") won the awards for Best Supporting Actor and", "title": "53rd British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "15726343", "text": "Nay Toe Nay Toe ( ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and a comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe Htawara Hninzi. He is well known for his role as 'Tar Tar'in the 2017 film Tar Tar Gyi.He won his first Academy Award for best actor with the 2009 film \" Moe Nya Einmet Myu\" and won second academy award for best leading actor in 2015 in \"Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal (နက္ခတ်မှားတဲ့ တိုက်ပွဲ).He won his third academy award in\"Tar Tay Gyi\" in 2018.\" Nay Toe was", "title": "Nay Toe" }, { "docid": "426984", "text": "which won the Academy Award for Best Film and Cruise the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cruise portrayed real-life paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic in 1989's \"Born on the Fourth of July\", which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actor, a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Cruise's first Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Cruise's next films were \"Days of Thunder\" (1990) and \"Far", "title": "Tom Cruise" }, { "docid": "13082428", "text": "Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor (originally called the Best Supporting Actor Award) has been awarded annually in India since 1969. The award for Best Comedy Actor was introduced in 2008 as a regular category. The Kerala State Film Awards were managed directly by the Government of Kerala's Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997; they are now given by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit institution working under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The following is a list of recipients of the Second Best Actor Award and", "title": "Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor" }, { "docid": "4375975", "text": "his work. \"The Cardinal\" was the 18th highest-grossing film of the year. It grossed $11,170,588 in the United States, earning $5.46 million in domestic rentals. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama, marking the third time, following \"East of Eden\" (1955) and \"Spartacus\" (1960), and the last time () a film won that category without later being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.Preminger was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director; John Huston was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor", "title": "The Cardinal" }, { "docid": "1470596", "text": "and second Best Actor nomination, for the film \"Biutiful\", in 2011. Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film \"No Country for Old Men\". He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as \"Jamón, jamón\", \"Carne trémula\", \"Vicky Cristina Barcelona\", \"Boca a boca\", \"Los lunes al sol\", \"Mar adentro\", and \"Skyfall\", for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.", "title": "Javier Bardem" }, { "docid": "1445215", "text": "Best Original Screenplay and Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 68th Academy Awards. In his acceptance speech Spacey said, \"Well, whoever Keyser Söze is, I can tell you he's gonna get gloriously drunk tonight.\" The film was nominated as the best film at the 1996 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA awards). McQuarrie won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and John Ottman won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards — Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, Best Screenplay for Christopher McQuarrie and Best Cinematography", "title": "The Usual Suspects" }, { "docid": "834930", "text": "quiet loyalty and restrained heroism do not furnish many outlets for histrionic show, and Miss Davis is artist enough not to throw any extra bits of it to prove she is one of the stars.\" The film won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (the first time the award was presented), and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. Lucile Watson was", "title": "Watch on the Rhine" }, { "docid": "826642", "text": "Sisters\" (1986). In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the Danish film \"Pelle the Conqueror\" (1987), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Von Sydow has since won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award for his title role in \"Father\" (1989), the Best Director Award for his only directorial foray, \"Katinka\" (', 1988), based on a novel by Herman Bang, and the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for \"The", "title": "Max von Sydow" }, { "docid": "525076", "text": "Best Years of Our Lives\" received nine Academy Awards. Fredric March won his second Best Actor award (also having won in 1932 for \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\"). Despite his Oscar-nominated performance, Harold Russell was not a professional actor. As the Academy Board of Governors considered him a long shot to win, they gave him an honorary award \"for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance.\" When Russell in fact won Best Supporting Actor, there was an enthusiastic response. He is the only actor to have received two Academy Awards for the same performance. In 1992,", "title": "The Best Years of Our Lives" }, { "docid": "7350230", "text": "57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. The big winner at the ceremony was Miloš Forman's \"Amadeus\", which had received 11 nominations and won 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham. As of the 90th Academy Awards, \"Amadeus\" is the most recent film to receive two lead actor nominations. The winner of Best Supporting Actor was also significant. Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian surgeon who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, won the award for his", "title": "57th Academy Awards" }, { "docid": "5196766", "text": "in September's referendum on that issue. Dominic West Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in \"The Wire\" (2002–2008) and for playing Noah Solloway in\" The Affair\" (2014–present), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor at the 2012 British Academy Television Awards for portraying serial killer Fred West (no relation) in \"Appropriate Adult\" (2011). His film credits include \"Chicago\" (2002), \"300\" (2007), \"\" (2008), \"John Carter\" (2012), and \"The", "title": "Dominic West" }, { "docid": "5196755", "text": "Dominic West Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in \"The Wire\" (2002–2008) and for playing Noah Solloway in\" The Affair\" (2014–present), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor at the 2012 British Academy Television Awards for portraying serial killer Fred West (no relation) in \"Appropriate Adult\" (2011). His film credits include \"Chicago\" (2002), \"300\" (2007), \"\" (2008), \"John Carter\" (2012), and \"The Square\" (2017). Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton", "title": "Dominic West" }, { "docid": "19371032", "text": "his studies in 1971. Antonis Kafetzopoulos Antonis Kafetzopoulos (; born 13 October 1951) is a Greek actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1980. He has won two Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his roles in the films \"Plato's Academy\" and \"Unfair World\". He also won the best actor award in San Sebastián International Film Festival for his role in \"Unfair World\" He became popular to wider audience from the successful television series \"Kai oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psyhi\", aired in period 1997-2000. In 1969 he entered the financial and political department of the law school of the university", "title": "Antonis Kafetzopoulos" }, { "docid": "19371031", "text": "Antonis Kafetzopoulos Antonis Kafetzopoulos (; born 13 October 1951) is a Greek actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1980. He has won two Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his roles in the films \"Plato's Academy\" and \"Unfair World\". He also won the best actor award in San Sebastián International Film Festival for his role in \"Unfair World\" He became popular to wider audience from the successful television series \"Kai oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psyhi\", aired in period 1997-2000. In 1969 he entered the financial and political department of the law school of the university of Thessaloniki but abandoned", "title": "Antonis Kafetzopoulos" }, { "docid": "9201805", "text": "receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2010. The following month, he won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for playing a character in a Tarantino film. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: \"I think that Landa is", "title": "Christoph Waltz" }, { "docid": "1229130", "text": "Robert Duvall, who won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film. The 1984 film \"Places in the Heart\" starring Sally Field was also filmed in Waxahachie. Unlike \"Mercies\", it was filmed deliberately in the town square and utilized the Victorian and plantation homes still intact in the area. Field won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1985 for her role in the film. The 1985 film \"The Trip to Bountiful\" starring Geraldine Page was also filmed in Waxahachie. Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1986 for her role in \"Bountiful\".", "title": "Waxahachie, Texas" }, { "docid": "731145", "text": "film was also successful at the box office. Less popular was \"Great Catherine\" (1968) with Jeanne Moreau, an adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw which Buck and O'Toole co-produced. In 1969, he played the title role in the film \"Goodbye, Mr. Chips\", a musical adaptation of James Hilton's novella, starring opposite Petula Clark. He was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. O'Toole fulfilled a lifetime ambition in 1970 when he performed on stage in Samuel Beckett's \"Waiting for Godot\", alongside Donal", "title": "Peter O'Toole" }, { "docid": "10336390", "text": "1978 TV sequel starred Warren Oates in the featured role. The 2010 film stars Jeff Bridges as Cogburn. John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Cogburn in the 1969 film. On January 24, 2011, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the same award for his portrayal of Cogburn. Reuben Cogburn was born on July 15, 1825. Cogburn was a veteran of the American Civil War who served under Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill, where he lost his eye. He was married first to an Illinois woman who left him to return to her first husband", "title": "Rooster Cogburn (character)" }, { "docid": "1700088", "text": "first film \"Billy Budd\" (1962), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. Stamp won recognition for the film \"The Collector\" (1965); which is commemorated in Cannes Film Festival. For \"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert\" (1994), Stamp won a Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actor and was nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role, an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For \"The", "title": "Terence Stamp" }, { "docid": "7212225", "text": "48th British Academy Film Awards The 48th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1995, honoured the best films of 1994. Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral won the award for Best Film. It also won the awards for Best Director (Mike Newell), Actor (Hugh Grant) and Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas). \"Pulp Fiction\" won the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Samuel L. Jackson) and Original Screenplay. Susan Sarandon won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her role in \"The Client\". \"' Hugh Grant – \"Four Weddings and a Funeral\" \"'", "title": "48th British Academy Film Awards" }, { "docid": "3270537", "text": "for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (as a producer) and he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a TV Movie. The same year, he portrayed Dave Schultz in \"Foxcatcher\", for which he was nominated for awards, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for \"Infinitely Polar Bear\" and also received BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for his role in the drama \"Spotlight\". Ruffalo was born in", "title": "Mark Ruffalo" }, { "docid": "4067500", "text": "(1986), \"Mr. India\" (1987), \"Ghar Ho To Aisa\" (1990), \"Awaargi\" (1990), \"Benaam Badsha\" (1991), and \"Virasat\" (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; \"Taal\" (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; \"Pukar\" (2000), which earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor; \"No Entry\" (2005) and \"Dil Dhadakne Do\" (2015) for which he won his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's Academy Award-winning film \"Slumdog Millionaire,\" for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance", "title": "Anil Kapoor" }, { "docid": "1790807", "text": "of Ceremonies is joined by two of the Kit Kat girls. After the box office failure of his film version of \"Sweet Charity\" in 1969, Bob Fosse bounced back with \"Cabaret\" in 1972, a year that would make him the most honored director in the movie business. The film also brought Liza Minnelli, the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, her own first chance to sing on screen, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. With Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Original Song Score and Adaptation,", "title": "Cabaret (1972 film)" }, { "docid": "12434999", "text": "Supporting Actress\" while Ryo Nishikido won \"Best Supporting Actor.\" Masami Nagasawa tied in fourth place for \"Best Actress\" while Eita also came fourth in the \"Best Supporting Actor\" category. In the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards, Last Friends won as Best Drama. Masami Nagasawa won the 3rd Best Actress award. Juri Ueno won as Best Supporting Actress, while Ryo Nishikido won the Best Supporting Actor award. Both Ueno and Nishikido won with straight sets from the fans, journalists and critics. Eita was the runner up in the Best Supporting Actor category. Last Friends was also awarded the Best Script, Best", "title": "Last Friends" }, { "docid": "9986512", "text": "Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack) Life Is Beautiful is the original soundtrack album, on the Virgin Records America label, of the 1997 Academy Award-winning film \"Life Is Beautiful\" (original title: La vita è bella), starring Roberto Benigni (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as \"Guido Orefice\" in this film), Nicoletta Braschi and Giustino Durano. The original score was composed by Nicola Piovani, with the exception of a classical piece which figures prominently: the \"Barcarolle\" by Jacques Offenbach. The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award: \"Best", "title": "Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "1459266", "text": "Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's \"The King's Speech\" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the \"Brit Pack\" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's \"Pride", "title": "Colin Firth" }, { "docid": "4427892", "text": "In 1968, Marley won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his work in \"Faces\". In 1970, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in \"Love Story\" but lost to John Mills, who won for \"Ryan's Daughter\". He was also nominated for a 1971 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting role in Any Motion Picture for his work in \"Love Story\". John Marley John Marley (born Mortimer Marlieb, October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor", "title": "John Marley" }, { "docid": "1459303", "text": "2017. Firth added, \"I will always be extremely British (you only have to look at or listen to me).\" Interviews Further reading Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's \"The King's Speech\" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the \"Brit Pack\" of", "title": "Colin Firth" }, { "docid": "2141425", "text": "She replaced DJ October Gonzalez from the first season of the show. Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film \"Ray\", he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film", "title": "Jamie Foxx" }, { "docid": "2141399", "text": "Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film \"Ray\", he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film \"Collateral\". Since spring 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive", "title": "Jamie Foxx" }, { "docid": "10038909", "text": "Awards. Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film. The award was first presented in 1969 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian", "title": "Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor" }, { "docid": "10038908", "text": "Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film. The award was first presented in 1969 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian Screen", "title": "Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor" }, { "docid": "26419", "text": "College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre. In 1968, he achieved renown, playing Richard the Lionheart in the Academy Award-winning film \"The Lion in Winter\". In the mid 1970s, Richard Attenborough, who would direct five Hopkins films, called him \"the greatest actor of his generation.\" Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in \"The Silence of the Lambs,\" for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, its", "title": "Anthony Hopkins" }, { "docid": "18125774", "text": "won for the third time in a row the award for Best Cinematography and DiCaprio won his first award for Best Actor. Hardy lost the award for Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance for \"Bridge of Spies\", and the film itself lost Best Picture to \"Spotlight\". At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards it won three awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor – Drama. It also had a nomination for Best Original Score. On January 14, 2016, the film received 12 Academy Award nominations (more than any other film at the ceremony), including Best Picture and", "title": "The Revenant (2015 film)" }, { "docid": "14306924", "text": "Asian Cinema Award Nominated: Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award Won: Telia Film Award Won: Best Leading Actor (Ethan Juan) Won: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Lee Lieh) Won: Best Sound Effects Nominated: Best Original Film Score (Sandee Chan) Nominated: Best Art Direction Nominated: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Doze Niu) Won: Best New Actor (Mark Chao) Nominated: Best New Actor (Mark Chao) The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. Monga (film) Monga () is a 2010", "title": "Monga (film)" }, { "docid": "13482282", "text": "Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of this award for his role in \"Come and Get It\". Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of", "title": "Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor" }, { "docid": "13480095", "text": "or more Best Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in \"The Last Command\" and \"The Way of All Flesh\". Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected", "title": "Academy Award for Best Actor" }, { "docid": "957022", "text": "the first African-American to win a Best Actor award and the second African-American to win any Oscar (the first was Hattie McDaniel who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for \"Gone with the Wind\"). Poitier also won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lilia Skala), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The film was also nominated in 1965 for the United Nations Award at the BAFTA Awards. Also, the film", "title": "Lilies of the Field (1963 film)" }, { "docid": "1517060", "text": "becoming one of the highest earning films of 2000, with a worldwide box office gross of $457 million and received universal critical praise. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. For his performance, which the critic Lisa Schwarzbaum described as \"deliciously creepy perversity\", Phoenix was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and received his first nomination for the Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He", "title": "Joaquin Phoenix" }, { "docid": "880230", "text": "He has two children, Brawley (b. 1986) (who has had a few acting roles himself) and Sophie (b. 2007) with his wife Clytie Lane. Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, November 20, 2017. Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film \"The Prince of Tides\". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for \"Affliction\" (1998) and", "title": "Nick Nolte" }, { "docid": "1470415", "text": "the \"Time Out Film Guide\", Geoff Andrew called the film a \"sensitive but rather dull adaption of Russell Banks' novel [...] the narrative's too unfocused and low-key really to engage the heart or mind.\" James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Nick Nolte was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a", "title": "Affliction (1997 film)" }, { "docid": "6920064", "text": "Peter Capaldi Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in \"Doctor Who\" and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in \"The Thick of It\", for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role of Tucker in the feature film \"In the Loop\", Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA", "title": "Peter Capaldi" }, { "docid": "416203", "text": "movies\". \"The Sixth Sense\" has received numerous awards and nominations, with Academy Award nomination categories ranging from those honoring the film itself (Best Picture), to its writing, editing, and direction (Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay), to its cast's performance (Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress). Especially lauded was the supporting role of actor Haley Joel Osment, whose nominations include an Academy Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Overall, \"The Sixth Sense\" was nominated for six Academy Awards and four British Academy Film Awards, but won none. The film received three", "title": "The Sixth Sense" }, { "docid": "16898818", "text": "numerous accolades. Most praised the performances of McConaughey and Leto, who received the Academy Award for Best Actor and for Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the 86th Academy Awards, making this the first film since \"Mystic River\" (2003), and only the fifth movie ever, to win both awards. The film also won the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and garnered nominations for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. In July 1985, Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live. He initially refuses to accept the diagnosis", "title": "Dallas Buyers Club" }, { "docid": "15726356", "text": "the lists of his works but it may not be the complete lists. Nay Toe Nay Toe ( ; born Nay Lin Aung on 9 September 1981) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and a comedian with the Burmese traditional dance troupe Htawara Hninzi. He is well known for his role as 'Tar Tar'in the 2017 film Tar Tar Gyi.He won his first Academy Award for best actor with the 2009 film \" Moe Nya Einmet Myu\" and won second academy award for best leading actor in 2015 in \"Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal (နက္ခတ်မှားတဲ့ တိုက်ပွဲ).He", "title": "Nay Toe" }, { "docid": "12258012", "text": "You Know\" in 2010, but does not consider himself to be retired. He has also directed three films, including \"The Two Jakes\" (1990), the sequel to \"Chinatown\". Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice - one for the drama \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\" (1975), and the other for the romantic comedy \"As Good as It Gets\" (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama \"Terms of Endearment\" (1983). Nicholson is one of three", "title": "Jack Nicholson" }, { "docid": "4363860", "text": "previous work, \"Richard III\" was only nominated for a single Academy Award: Academy Award for Best Actor. It was Olivier's fifth nomination in the category, though the award was won by Yul Brynner for his performance in \"The King and I\". \"Richard III\" was the second film to have won both Best Film awards at the BAFTAS. It dominated that year's awards ceremony, winning, in addition to the two Best Film awards, the award for Best British Actor. It was also the first winner of the newly created Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, which had been split", "title": "Richard III (1955 film)" }, { "docid": "9992287", "text": "Mesurier and he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1972. Traitor (TV drama) Traitor is a BBC television drama written by Dennis Potter and directed by Alan Bridges, which featured in the \"Play for Today\" series on 14 October 1971. It stars John Le Mesurier as Adrian Harris, a character loosely based on Kim Philby. Le Mesurier's performance won him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1972. Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the Soviet Union. Harris believes", "title": "Traitor (TV drama)" }, { "docid": "11524192", "text": "Pasupathy Pasupathy (born 18 May 1969) is an Indian film actor. He appeared in critically acclaimed roles in many noted films in Tamil cinema, playing supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles. His performance in \"E\" (2006) earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won an ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in \"Kuselan\" (2008). He has also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. Pasupathy Masilamani was born in 1969 near Maduravoyal, a suburb of Chennai, India. In 1984, he joined", "title": "Pasupathy" }, { "docid": "6131660", "text": "The Cider House Rules (film) The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on John Irving's novel of the same name. The film had its world premiere at the 56th Venice Film Festival. The film tells of the coming-of-age of Homer Wells, who lives in a World War II-era Maine orphanage run by a doctor who performs illegal abortions. The film won two Academy Awards: Irving won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, while Michael Caine won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It", "title": "The Cider House Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "971247", "text": "willing to appear both arrogant and weak.\" In 1962, Darin won the Golden Globe Award for \"New Star of the Year – Actor\" for his role in \"Come September\". The following year he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for \"Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama\" (Best actor) in \"Pressure Point\". In 1963, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a shell-shocked soldier in \"Captain Newman, M.D.\". In October 1964, he appeared as a wounded ex-convict who is befriended by an orphan girl in \"The John", "title": "Bobby Darin" }, { "docid": "20221800", "text": "11 Academy Award nominations. It again won Best Picture. Coppola won Best Director and Robert DeNiro won best supporting actor for his portrayal of a young Vito Corleone. The lesson of the films' successes was not wasted on Hollywood. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the studios issued a steady flow of films about Italian American gangsters and the Mafia. Some of these were critically acclaimed. Scorsese's \"Goodfellas\" about Henry Hill's life and relationship with the Lucchese and Gambino crime families, was nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director and won the award for Best Supporting Actor", "title": "Gangster film" }, { "docid": "733869", "text": "Fredric March Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as \"one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and '40s.\" He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\" (1931) and \"The Best Years of Our Lives\" (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for \"Years Ago\" (1947) and \"Long Day's Journey into Night\" (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and", "title": "Fredric March" }, { "docid": "1000226", "text": "terms with their new family situation. \"Ordinary People\" garnered three big Oscars for 1980, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. The picture was Robert Redford's debut at directing, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Alvin Sargent won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Timothy Hutton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his first film role (he had previously appeared on television). The film marked Mary Tyler Moore's career breakout from the personality of her other two famous roles as Laura Petrie on \"The Dick Van Dyke Show\" and Mary Richards", "title": "Ordinary People" }, { "docid": "4139772", "text": "Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jason Robards was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and was honored by the Boston critics. Bo Goldman won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, and the Boston Society of Film Critics", "title": "Melvin and Howard" }, { "docid": "18531317", "text": "funny. Instead of having a sense of humor, he felt that his character should have been angry all of the time. Adam McKay and Charles Randolph won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They also won an Empire Award for the Best Screenplay. Christian Bale won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor (Motion Picture). Hank Corwin won the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for", "title": "The Big Short (film)" }, { "docid": "10290296", "text": "In 2016, he played Ray, a menacing Texan, in Tom Ford's thriller \"Nocturnal Animals\". For the role, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Johnson also became first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor winner since Richard Benjamin who did not receive an Academy Award nomination. For the role he also received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2017, he played an American soldier (alongside John Cena) in Doug Liman's thriller \"The Wall\", and in 2018 he will appear in \"Outlaw King\", an American-British historical", "title": "Aaron Taylor-Johnson" }, { "docid": "2293338", "text": "front lines.\" Similar sentiments were expressed by \"USA Today\" Claudia Puig who asserted: \"It's clearly Cooper's show. Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl, Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence, intensity and vulnerability.\" \"American Sniper\" earned $547 million worldwide to become Cooper's highest-grossing live-action film and the third highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Cooper won an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor; the film was nominated for Best Picture. With these nominations, Cooper became the tenth actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in", "title": "Bradley Cooper" }, { "docid": "4931050", "text": "Bridges, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe. Matt Dillon was particularly praised for his performance and received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six Academy Award nominations, and won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for nine BAFTA awards, and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Thandie Newton. The", "title": "Crash (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "934366", "text": "Nigel Hawthorne Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He portrayed Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom \"Yes Minister\" and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, \"Yes, Prime Minister\". For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in \"The Madness of King George\" (1994). He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for", "title": "Nigel Hawthorne" }, { "docid": "3367203", "text": "Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture. The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound. Steve Kloves was presented with the Sutherland Trophy by the British Film Institute, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. Michael Ballhaus was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and won the LAFCA Award for Best Cinematography and the NSFC Award for Best Cinematography. Beau Bridges won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. William Steinkamp was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. The film is recognized by", "title": "The Fabulous Baker Boys" }, { "docid": "212670", "text": "as visionary despite the fact that no one actually understands what he is really saying. Many questions surround his mysterious origins, and filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. The novel was made into a 1979 movie directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Peter Sellers, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, and Melvyn Douglas, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor. The screenplay was co-authored by award-winning screenwriter Robert C. Jones with Kosiński. The film won the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Film) Best Screenplay Award, as well as the", "title": "Jerzy Kosiński" }, { "docid": "1466352", "text": "the BAFTA Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, on 14 January 2013, Day-Lewis won his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and at the 66th British Academy Film Awards on 10 February, he won his fourth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. At the 85th Academy Awards, Day-Lewis became the first three-time recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his role in \"Lincoln\". John Hartoch, Day-Lewis' acting teacher at Bristol Old Vic theatre school, said of his former pupil's achievement, Following his historic third Oscar win, there was much debate", "title": "Daniel Day-Lewis" }, { "docid": "1394345", "text": "directed by Steven Spielberg. He won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Actor at the 50th Academy Awards ceremony for his portrayal of a struggling actor in \"The Goodbye Girl\" (1977), becoming the youngest actor to do so (at the age of 30 years, 125 days old), besting Marlon Brando, who had won his first Oscar in 1955 at the age of 30 years 360 days old. This record stood for 25 years until it was broken in 2003 by Adrien Brody, who was three weeks shy of age 30 at the time of the 75th Academy Awards ceremony. Around", "title": "Richard Dreyfuss" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12443606", "text": "on for her role in \"Billions\". Siff worked extensively in regional theater before acting in television. She won a Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theater in 1998 for her work in Henrik Ibsen's \"Ghosts\" at Lantern Theater Company. Siff started appearing in television series in 2004. She appeared as an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker during an episode of \"Rescue Me\" in Season 2. She also had roles on \"\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", and \"Law & Order\". She played Rachel Menken Katz on the series \"Mad Men\" from 2007 to 2008, which earned her a nomination, along with the rest of the cast,", "title": "Maggie Siff" }, { "docid": "16283045", "text": "Maureen Ryan called the second season \"engrossing\". She elaborated that \"the pacing is better \"[and]\" the plotting is tighter\" and commended Sagal and Perlman for their performances. \"Variety\"’s Stuart Levine called the new season \"compelling\" and complimented the acting skill of Perlman, Sagal, Hunnam, and Siff. James Poniewozik of \"TIME\" called Sagal's performance \"devastatingly powerful\" and named the series on his list of Top 10 Shows of 2009. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 31, 2010. Sons of Anarchy (season 2) The second season of the American television drama series \"Sons", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2)" } ]

[ { "docid": "16111439", "text": "Forest Rangers). Musicians performing on the album include Anvil, Franky Perez (of Scars on Broadway), Lions, Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and The Dead Weather) and actress Katey Sagal, who plays Gemma Teller Morrow in the show, among others. The album was released on November 29, 2011, through Columbia Records. Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 is a soundtrack album featuring music from FX television program \"Sons of Anarchy\". The album consists of songs recorded for the show as well as those previously released through a", "title": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4" }, { "docid": "16283040", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2) The second season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. The second season of \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 8, 2009, on cable network FX and concluded on December 1, 2009 after 13 episodes aired. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16283034", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1) The first season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX and concluded on November 26, 2008, after 13 episodes commenced airing. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16283039", "text": "character and re-cast Ron Perlman in the role, and Clay's scenes were re-shot. Additionally, Emilio Rivera was originally cast as a Sons of Anarchy club member named \"Hawk,\" who eventually evolved into the character of Tig Trager. Also, the One-Niners street gang who buy weapons from SAMCRO first appeared in \"The Shield\", which Sutter produced. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The first season was released on DVD on August 18, 2009. Sons of Anarchy (season 1) The first season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14333653", "text": "Rivera was originally cast as a Sons of Anarchy club member named \"Hawk,\" who eventually evolved into the character of Tig Trager. Also, the One-Niners street gang who buy weapons from SAMCRO first appeared in \"The Shield\", which Sutter produced. IGN gave the plot episode of Sons of Anarchy a 7.2/10.0 rating, stating \"At first blush, Sons of Anarchy is not nearly as assured or gripping as The Shield. Charlie Hunnam is excellent as Jackson, and Perlman and Sagal are great as usual. The show looks good, the dialogue occasionally crackles and the story has rich possibilities. However, the show", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14493361", "text": "Tara and Jax then embrace and make love while Kohn's iPod plays the Andy Williams song \"Can't Get Used to Losing You\" again and again. Meanwhile, back at the clubhouse, Tig and Opie prepare the club for war by gathering weapons. Josh Kohn's death was voted #14 on E! Online's \"21 Most Important Sons of Anarchy deaths\". While the scene where Jax and Tara have sex near his dead body was voted #15 on Rolling Stone's \"20 Best ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Moments\". The Pull \"The Pull\" is the eighth episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons", "title": "The Pull" }, { "docid": "16111438", "text": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 is a soundtrack album featuring music from FX television program \"Sons of Anarchy\". The album consists of songs recorded for the show as well as those previously released through a number of EPs; \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country\" (2009), \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter\" (2009) and \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone\" (2010). Songs include covers of \"What a Wonderful World\", \"Forever Young\", \"John the Revelator and the Emmy nominated theme song \"This Life\" (performed by Curtis Stigers and the", "title": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4" }, { "docid": "18436680", "text": "not writing it on period speech just because there's no actual recording of what that vernacular sounded like with intonation and everything.\" The series was announced in December 2013. Sutter began writing the scripts once the last episode of \"Sons of Anarchy\" had wrapped up in late 2014. Katey Sagal is \"definitely...involved\" in the series. Paris Barclay, who directed 15 episodes of \"Sons of Anarchy\", directed the pilot and was executive producer. Charles Murray, a writer/co-executive producer of the last two seasons of \"Sons of Anarchy\", was a writer/co-executive producer on the series. Nichole Beattie was another \"Sons of Anarchy\"", "title": "The Bastard Executioner" }, { "docid": "16283047", "text": "\"The Shield\", \"Nip/Tuck\", and \"Rescue Me\". \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. In 2018, Universo announced the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy in Español on 29 October 2018. Gemma has been hiding in Rogue River, Oregon with Tig at the home of Gemma's father, Nate (Hal Holbrook), who suffers from dementia. Gemma struggles when", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17779031", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 9, 2014, and concluded on December 9, 2014 after 13 episodes aired. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the President of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after his wife is murdered. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "16283063", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 6, 2011 and concluded on December 6, 2011 after 14 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. It is the longest season of \"Sons of Anarchy\" and the only season to have 14 episodes as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "16283046", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3) The third season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 7, 2010, on cable network FX. Season three attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever at the time, surpassing FX's other hits", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "6281932", "text": "episode of the HBO prison drama series \"Oz\". In 1984 he acted in \"The Way It Is\" (1985) by Eric Mitchell, which included actors Steve Buscemi and Rockets Redglare. He has appeared in some of Buscemi's directorial work, including \"Trees Lounge\" and as \"Evil\" in \"Lonesome Jim\". (Buscemi was also in \"Armageddon\".) Boone was a regular cast member on the TV drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\", playing Bobby \"Elvis\" Munson. In an episode of the TV series \"Quantum Leap\", he plays a biker named Maddog, similar to his character many years later in \"Sons of Anarchy\". In 2010, he played", "title": "Mark Boone Junior" }, { "docid": "12183526", "text": "a third six-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone - EP\", was released on November 23, 2010. In November 2011, selected highlights from the EPs and new tracks were released in \"Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4\", followed up by \"\" released in November 2012, \"\" released in December 2013, and \"\" released in February 2015. In 2013, Boom! Studios began publishing a \"Sons of Anarchy\" comic book. As of September 2015, 25 issues have been published. Issue 25 is the final issue. A new comic book prequel, \"Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original\",", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283075", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6) The sixth and penultimate season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 10, 2013 and concluded on December 10, 2013 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. The season finale was the second-most watched episode of the season and the most-watched finale in the", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16283070", "text": "(Ron Perlman). The premiere (\"Sovereign\"), directed by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter, was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. In retaliation for the death of Veronica Pope (Laroy's girlfriend, who was also the daughter of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16283069", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 11, 2012 and concluded on December 4, 2012 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), first shown as vice president then as president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after the deaths of several SAMCRO members at the hand of Clay Morrow", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16983977", "text": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy) \"The Revelator\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the first season of FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". The episode was directed and written by series creator Kurt Sutter. The episode originally aired on November 26, 2008 in the united states, and garnered 2.4 million viewers. Jax consoles Opie, who blames his choice to return to SAMCRO for Donna's death. Jax visits Tara at the hospital to check in on her and she breaks down, guilty over Kohn's murder and unsure about her future with Jax. She tells Jax of her plans to leave", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20996916", "text": "now Tara, the outsider who finally found her way to belonging, has reason to be suspicious. Makes you wonder what else is in those letters. And it makes you wonder what Jax'll do if he reads them.\" NS (Sons of Anarchy) \"NS\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was directed by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and written by Dave Erickson. It originally aired in the United States on November 30, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Ally Walker (Agent June Stahl), Paula Malcomson", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16983984", "text": "Clay and Gemma's cunning behind them.\" The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy) \"The Revelator\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the first season of FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". The episode was directed and written by series creator Kurt Sutter. The episode originally aired on November 26, 2008 in the united states, and garnered 2.4 million viewers. Jax consoles Opie, who blames his choice to return to SAMCRO for Donna's death. Jax visits Tara at the hospital to check in on her and she breaks down, guilty over Kohn's murder and unsure about her future with Jax. She tells", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183487", "text": "Sons of Anarchy Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter that aired from 2008 to 2014. It followed the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show starred Charlie Hunnam as Jackson \"Jax\" Teller, who is initially the vice president and subsequently the president of the club following his stepfather and president, Clay Morrow, was demoted after a challenge vote was brought up by the club. He soon begins to question the club and himself. Brotherhood, loyalty and redemption were constant themes.", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "180372", "text": "himself hosting a radio show. In 2006, Rollins appeared in a documentary series by VH1 and The Sundance Channel called \"The Drug Years\". Rollins appears in FX's \"Sons of Anarchy's\" second season, which premiered in the fall of 2009 in the United States. Rollins plays A.J. Weston, a white-supremacist gang leader and new antagonist in the show's fictional town of Charming, California, who poses a deadly threat to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. In 2009, Rollins voiced \"Trucker\" in \"American Dad!'s\" fourth season (episode eight). Rollins voiced Benjamin Knox/Bonk in the 2000 animated film \"\". In 2010, Rollins appeared", "title": "Henry Rollins" }, { "docid": "15925110", "text": "Drenik also launched his side project Battleme, contributing the song \"Burn This Town\" to the second series finale of \"Sons of Anarchy\" as well as the series soundtrack \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter - EP\". He would later, in 2010, contribute a cover of Neil Young's \"Hey Hey, My My\" for the \"Sons of Anarchy\" third series finale and soundtrack \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone\". In 2010, Lions performed at SXSW '10, and later performed one show in Austin, Texas in October, with Drenik focusing on his side project Battleme stating \"I'm guessing we'll do a lot of back-and-forth", "title": "Lions (band)" }, { "docid": "12183532", "text": "of Ireland, the show aired on RTÉ Two from 2009. It premiered in Canada on Super Channel October 20, 2008. In India, season 6 is airing from September 26, 2013, only on Star World Premiere. In 2018, Universo announced the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy in Spanish on October 29, 2018. The show has been available on Netflix since 2011 but all seasons were removed from Netflix on December 1, 2018. Sons of Anarchy Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter that aired from 2008 to 2014. It followed the lives", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "12183500", "text": "Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (\"mother\") charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, referred to by the acronym SAMCRO or Sam Crow, located in San Joaquin County, California, in the fictional town of Charming, which appears", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "1024192", "text": "was also shown in E! network's reality TV show \"The Girls Next Door\". The hit television program \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in a fictional town a short distance from Lodi. In the show, Lodi is the home of two other gangs: the Grim Bastards and Calaveras MC. Lodi was featured in the 2015 movie Concussion, starring Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a Lodi doctor who linked football concussions to a brain disease. Lodi, California Lodi ( ) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California, in the northern portion of California's Central Valley. The population was 62,134 at", "title": "Lodi, California" }, { "docid": "14253234", "text": "with Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and his Scars on Broadway bandmate, drummer John Dolmayan. Also in 2009, Perez recorded a cover of The Who's Slip Kid with heavy metal group Anvil, released on \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country\", a five-song EP featuring music from the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". In 2012, Perez performed a cover of Stevie Wonder's, \"Higher Ground\" for the fifth-season soundtrack of 'Sons of Anarchy', along with Sons of Anarchy house band, The Forest Rangers. In 2010, a cover band of musicians and Ducati enthusiasts, called Ducati All-Stars, was announced featuring guitarists Billy Morrison (Camp", "title": "Franky Perez" }, { "docid": "17779033", "text": "with all parties involved. The series ends with Jax making the ultimate sacrifice to complete his part of the story of SAMCRO and fulfill his father's vision. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Although \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood.", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "14333636", "text": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy) \"Pilot\" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by series creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Alan Coulter and Michael Dinner. It originally aired in the United States on September 3, 2008, and garnered 2.5 million viewers. The Mayans, a Mexican-American motorcycle gang, break into a warehouse and begin stealing hundreds of guns inside. Unknown to them, two women are hiding beneath the building. At a nearby convenience store, Jax Teller, the Vice-President of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, purchases condoms and a pack", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14356293", "text": "of Anarchy, much to Hale's delight. In a review for the episode, Film School Rejects said \"What we are really seeing with Sons of Anarchy, as I explained yesterday, is the slow build to the big burn.\" The scene where Clay emasculates a rapist was voted #18 in Rolling Stone's \"20 Best ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Moments\". Fun Town \"Fun Town\" is the third episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by Kurt Sutter, directed by Stephen T. Kay and originally aired on September 17, 2008 in the United States. This episode", "title": "Fun Town" }, { "docid": "14487709", "text": "legend Stan Lee appeared once again this year. Other notable guests included \"Agent Carter\" actress Hayley Atwell, \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\" actress Ming-Na Wen, \"Doctor Who\" actor Sylvester McCoy, \"Game of Thrones\" actors Jason Momoa and Finn Jones, \"Firefly\" actress Jewel Staite, \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\" creator Joel Hodgson, \"Lord of the Rings\" actor Sean Astin, and the most of the cast of \"Orphan Black.\" C2E2 2016 was held March 18–20, 2016. Some of the spotlight entertainment guests included \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\" actors Chloe Bennet and J. August Richards, \"Supergirl\" actresses Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh, and \"Sons of Anarchy\" actors", "title": "Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo" }, { "docid": "20996909", "text": "come to Hale's office. Tara sees Salazar pull out a knife, and he tells her he plans to kill her while Jax watches and then kill Jax. As Jax enters the office, Salazar is about to kill Tara, but Jacob Hale stabs him instead. Jax wrestles the gun from Salazar, gives it to Tara, and tells her to kill anyone who is not a cop. When the whole ordeal is over with Jax and Tara go to the doctor for an ultrasound to make sure the baby was not harmed. The baby is healthy and Jax and Tara hear the", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16983982", "text": "Sons. I'm not exactly sure what this show has in store for us over the next umpteen seasons, but the growing civil war within the gang \". Zach Handler of The AV Club gave \"The Sleep of Babies\" a perfect A rating, stating; \"And then there's Donna's funeral. It plays out like the end of a rock video; Jax shows up during the service in a T-shirt in jeans and Tara brings him his Sons jacket; they make out a bit; and then Jax gives the evil eye to Clay and the others. It's a goddamn chasm between him and", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14333640", "text": "after returning from service in Vietnam. He also finds a journal entitled \"The Life and Death of Sam Crow: How the Sons of Anarchy Lost Their Way\", written by him for his sons Jax and Tommy (who died in 1990). When he is called away to a club meeting, Jax hides the journal. At the clubhouse, all charter members have gathered in the \"Chapel\", the club's meeting room. Intelligence officer Juice Ortiz has located the guns stolen from the warehouse, now being stored by the Mayans in San Leandro. Clay wants to find the guns, steal them back, and torch", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14333654", "text": "rides very close to being self-parody. While Jackson might be having second thoughts about the Sons lifestyle – the show itself is certainly in love with the bikes, the guns, and the brutality. This isn't good enough to recommend without reservation – but if you need to get your manliness on- this might be just the thing.\". Pilot (Sons of Anarchy) \"Pilot\" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by series creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Alan Coulter and Michael Dinner. It originally aired in the United States", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14481509", "text": "co-starred in the short-lived CBS drama \"The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire\", also created by Kelley. In 2006, she played Aunt Lou in the HBO drama series \"Deadwood\" during its third and final season. In 2009, King had the recurring role as Neeta, the nanny of Jax Teller's son in the FX drama series, \"Sons of Anarchy\". In 2010, King was cast in the series regular role as grandmother Rosetta \"Nana\" McMillan in the CBS sitcom \"Mike & Molly\", even though she is only 7 years older than Reno Wilson (who plays her grandson, Carl). She also appears regularly in", "title": "Cleo King" }, { "docid": "13470697", "text": "Sons of Anarchy. Piney was the only contemporary SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) member to wear the original Sons of Anarchy denim kutte. The Mayans stole the Sons' weapons and torched their storage facility. When a meeting was called, Piney attended and proved to be a commanding figure amongst the gang's hierarchy despite his health. Later on, his son, Opie, came to him and asked to borrow money. Piney refused and told him to \"grow a dick\". Piney did, however, tell Opie to join Clay Morrow and Bobby Munson on a protection run to make some extra", "title": "Piney Winston" }, { "docid": "15501994", "text": "in the circus tent are shocked to hear it and it is revealed that Munna is Sahib's nephew. All in the circus tent accepts him wholeheartedly. Munna ignores Laila and she tries to commit suicide. Munna confesses his love for her. While romancing he plays the same music and the doctor who was passing by hears it and he comes with his daughters and sons-in-law and they forcefully takes him. Munna tries to leave but is given sedation and put to sleep. One of the sons-in-law is a police officer and the other is a doctor and they are able", "title": "Kabooliwala" }, { "docid": "6949058", "text": "Doll\" and \"Get Clean\", appeared as DLC in the iPhone and iPad versions of the official Rock Band game. On May 31, 2012, the duo released their third full album, \"Life In The Underground\". Also in 2012, many previously released Anarchy Club songs began to appear as downloadable content for the Rock Band Network. Anarchy Club Anarchy Club is an alternative rock/electronica duo from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam von Buhler, who plays guitar (including all solos), bass, drums, and other instruments, and is a", "title": "Anarchy Club" }, { "docid": "4031499", "text": "FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", about a fictional outlaw motorcycle club, allegedly based on the Hells Angels. Show creator Kurt Sutter spent time with Barger and other members of Hells Angels researching for the show, and acted opposite Barger in his scene. Barger returned again on the \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Lenny \"The Pimp\" Janowitz November 29, 2011, in the Season 4 finale, part one. Barger's third guest appearance on \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Lenny \"The Pimp\" Janowitz was during Season 5, Episode 10, which aired on November 13, 2012. Sonny Barger Ralph Hubert \"Sonny\" Barger (born October 8,", "title": "Sonny Barger" }, { "docid": "12183525", "text": "Television Awards, Charlie Hunnam received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Walton Goggins received a nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for the seventh season. Three EP soundtracks have been released by 20th Century Fox Records, on iTunes, featuring songs from each series. The first five-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country – EP\", was released on September 8, 2009 and featured the full version of the Emmy Award nominated theme song \"This Life\". A second five-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter – EP\", was released on November 24, 2009 while", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "14334877", "text": "that’s not to say that the show has lost any edge — there was still plenty edgy elements — digging up graves, for example — that’s always fun. And while some viewers may be growing tired of the way that the show seems to be generically lumbering along, it is clear that there are many layers to it — layers that could pay off in droves down the road. For now, I’m still watching and holding out hope.\" Seeds (Sons of Anarchy) \"Seeds\" is the second episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13539074", "text": "Ernest Darby Ernest Darby is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Mitch Pileggi. He is one of the show's early antagonists and is the leader of the Nordics, a White supremacist drug dealing street gang. Darby is the leader of the Nordics, a White supremacist street gang who deal in methamphetamine, and lives in a large suburban home in Charming, Northern California. It is indicated that he had a prior romantic interest in Gemma Teller Morrow, despite her being of partial Jewish heritage and the wife of Sons of Anarchy president Clay Morrow.", "title": "Ernest Darby" }, { "docid": "13362746", "text": "his death in 2013. The substation is now being commanded by Lieutenant Althea Jarry. One of the notable biker clubs in Northern California, the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, was founded in Charming. The Club was formed in 1969 by John Teller and Piney Winston following their service in the Vietnam War, with the duo acting as President and Vice President respectively. The Sons of Anarchy has become one of the most prevalent Clubs worldwide, with charters ranging from the United States to Northern Ireland and beyond. However, the founding chapter remained in Charming, becoming known as Redwood Original or", "title": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183530", "text": "based on \"Sons of Anarchy\" was announced in February 2014, confirmed for mobile platforms in August, and the name \"Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect\" revealed in December of that year. The game was set to have never-before seen graphics for mobile devices, but failed to deliver those when the first episode was launched on February 1, 2015. As of May 11, 2016, a spin-off series is in the works titled \"Mayans M.C.\". The pilot will begin shooting in March, directed by Sutter from a script he co-wrote with Elgin James. On February 13, 2017, Edward James Olmos will star as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "12183513", "text": "previously worked as an executive producer for the FX series \"The Shield\". The \"Sons of Anarchy\"s other executive producers are father and son team Art Linson and John Linson; Jim Parriott served as an executive producer and writer for the first season only. Paris Barclay joined \"Sons of Anarchy\" as an executive producer in the fourth season, after directing episodes in the first and second season. In addition to serving as Executive Producer in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons, Barclay directed three episodes each season, including the season 4 and 5 premieres, the top two highest-rated telecasts in the", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "13362739", "text": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy) Charming is a fictional town in the television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". According to a sign on the edge of town, Charming's population is 14,679, and the city motto is \"Our Name Says It All\". Charming covers and is located in San Joaquin County, California, in the upper part of the metro triangle, which is bounded by the Bay Area, Stockton, and Sacramento. Show writer Kurt Sutter has stated that he envisions the town as being located between Lodi and Stockton, which would place it near the real-life Census-designated place of Morada, California. At other times", "title": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20993298", "text": "SO (Sons of Anarchy) \"SO\" is the third season premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and directed by Stephen Kay. It originally aired in the United States on September 7, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Taylor Sheridan (Deputy Chief David Hale), and the first for Paula Malcomson (Maureen Ashby) and James Cosmo (Fr. Kellan Ashby). In an interview, series creator and executive producer, Kurt Sutter, explained that the decision to kill Hale in the season premiere was motivated by Sheridan's desire to move on", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073826", "text": "Unser both futilely rush towards his bloodied body as the van speeds off. In an interview, series creator and executive producer, Kurt Sutter, explained that the decision to kill Hale in the season premiere was motivated by Sheridan's desire to move on to another project. David Hale (Sons of Anarchy) Deputy Chief David Hale is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Taylor Sheridan. He was the Deputy Chief of Police in the small Northern Californian town of Charming. The Chief, Wayne Unser, nicknamed him \"Captain America\" for his black and white views, and", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283078", "text": "other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Although \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood. Main sets located there include the clubhouse, St. Thomas Hospital and Jax's house. The production rooms at the studio used by the writing staff also double as the Charming police station. External scenes are often filmed nearby in Sun Valley and Tujunga. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Season", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "17779036", "text": "received a score of 68% based on reviews from 6 critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, it received a score of 83% based on 12 reviews, 10 positive, 2 negative. Sons of Anarchy (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 9, 2014, and concluded on December 9, 2014 after 13 episodes aired. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the President of the club,", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "16283074", "text": "received favourable reviews and has a rating of 72 on the review aggregator site Metacritic. Ken Tucker of \"Entertainment Weekly\" praised the series by calling it a \"richly detailed portrait of self-righteous villainy\". The fifth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 27, 2013. Sons of Anarchy (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 11, 2012 and concluded on December 4, 2012 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "14334868", "text": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy) \"Seeds\" is the second episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It originally aired on September 10, 2008 in the United States. Despite the incident happening outside of his jurisdiction, the Deputy Chief of the Charming Police Department David Hale gets a warrant to investigate the warehouse explosion. He claimed that the warehouse's security guard was found dead by his men inside Charming, meaning he was given the investigation. Tig confesses to Clay that he was sleeping with both the Mexican women found burned alive in the warehouse, and that", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283041", "text": "Charming, California, as well as the other members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Introduced into this season was white separatist called the League of American Nationalists (LOAN). LOAN arrive in Charming. LOAN's leader Ethan Zobelle and Zobelle's enforcer, A.J. Weston, seek to drive the Sons of Anarchy out of Charming. White separatists called the League of American Nationalists (LOAN) arrive in Charming. LOAN's leader Ethan Zobelle and Zobelle's enforcer, A.J. Weston, seek to", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16283072", "text": "that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Although \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood. Main sets located there include the clubhouse, St. Thomas Hospital, and Jax's house. The production rooms at the studio used by the writing staff also double as the Charming police station. External scenes are often filmed nearby in Sun Valley and Tujunga. On his \"Sons of Anarchy\" YouTube channel Sutterinksoa, Kurt Sutter has stated that he began writing scripts for season 5, episodes one and two as early", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16283052", "text": "inferior to other villainous characters such as Stahl, Zobelle and Weston. However, she praised Ally Walker's performance, comparing her character to \"The Shield\"s Vic Mackey. Critic Alan Sepinwall said the season was \"interesting but uneven\", noting that the plot gained traction in later episodes. Tim Goodman of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said \"Sutter should be applauded for shaking things up\", calling the slower pace a \"creative necessity\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The third season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 30, 2011. Sons of Anarchy (season 3) The third season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\"", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "12183488", "text": "\"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX. The series's third season attracted an average of 4.9 million weekly viewers, making it FX's highest rated series and surpassing its other hits \"The Shield\", \"Nip/Tuck\" and \"Rescue Me\". Season four and five premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. On December 9, 2014, the series ended, as creator Kurt Sutter felt seven seasons was enough, and that he wanted \"Sons of Anarchy\" to end in a blaze of glory. The sixth season aired from September 10, 2013, through December 10, 2013. The seventh and final", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283068", "text": "in the finale. \"TIME\" said the fourth season was the strongest since season two, but the show needed to end sooner rather than later. \"TIME\" also agreed that the finale's contrivances were sometimes too visible, stating \"it’s the principle: you can only turn up alive at your own funeral so many times before it starts to lose its impact.\" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 28, 2012. Sons of Anarchy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 6, 2011 and concluded", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20972442", "text": "Anarchy list ahead of the airing of the show's third season. A.J. Weston A.J. Weston is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Henry Rollins. He is one of two main antagonists in season two (the other being Ethan Zobelle) and is the a high ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood. AJ is an extremely violent ex-convict and ardent white supremacist, albeit also being a loving single father of two young sons, Cliff and Duke. Weston moved into Charming along with Ethan Zobelle, who presented himself to the townspeople and local law enforcement as", "title": "A.J. Weston" }, { "docid": "16283064", "text": "every other season each had 13 episodes. The season premiere episode (\"Out\") by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. After the deaths of Agent Stahl and Jimmy O’Phelan, the", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "20996908", "text": "NS (Sons of Anarchy) \"NS\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was directed by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and written by Dave Erickson. It originally aired in the United States on November 30, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Ally Walker (Agent June Stahl), Paula Malcomson (Maureen Ashby) and Titus Welliver as (James 'Jimmy' O'Phelan) Salazar takes Tara to Jacob Hale's office, where he takes Hale hostage as well. When he gives his list of demands, one of them is for Jax to", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283065", "text": "imprisoned SAMCRO members leave the penitentiary after their 14-month stay and are met by Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt of the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department, the new law enforcement presence in Charming. They also discover Hale has become the mayor. US Attorney Lincoln Potter seeks Lieutenant Roosevelt's help to build a RICO case against SAMCRO. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "16283076", "text": "series history. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Following the arrest of Tara and Clay, Jax struggles to hold SAMCRO together while Tara is imprisoned. Toric approaches both Tara and Clay and offers them deals in exchange for giving up SAMCRO; both initially refuse, but Clay later relents when confronted with being thrown into the prison's", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "14073815", "text": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy) Deputy Chief David Hale is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Taylor Sheridan. He was the Deputy Chief of Police in the small Northern Californian town of Charming. The Chief, Wayne Unser, nicknamed him \"Captain America\" for his black and white views, and squeaky-clean adherence to the law, and possibly because of his square jawed all-American looks. Hale is a native of Charming, California, and his father, Jacob, was a county judge and a very powerful and wealthy man. He also has an older brother, Jacob, Jr. As", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13539290", "text": "Marcus Álvarez Marcus Álvarez is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\" and its spinoff \"Mayans MC\", played by Emilio Rivera. He initially serves as an antagonist on the show but gradually comes to a less hostile relation with the Sons of Anarchy. He is the leader of the Mayans, a Mexican-American outlaw motorcycle club. Álvarez, who is of Mexican descent, is the President of the Mayans Motorcycle Club's Oakland, California chapter and seems to be their national president. His son, Esai, was also a member of the club but had a hit placed on him", "title": "Marcus Álvarez" }, { "docid": "16283071", "text": "powerful Oakland kingpin Damon Pope), the Niners attack SAMCRO and ambush a cargo shipment. With the death of Piney Winston and the growing conflict between the Niners and SAMCRO, along with several home invasions targeting people linked to the Club, Jax is forced to meet with Damon Pope, to face a new threat unlike anything SAMCRO has ever faced. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16283079", "text": "six has received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, the season received a critic score of 74% based on 9 critic reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes, it received a score of 78% based on 18 reviews, 14 positive, 4 negative, with the website's consensus stating: \"Sons of Anarchy continues to deliver an energetic blend of bracing action sequences, pitch black humor, and heartless violence.\" At IGN, season 6 episodes received critic ratings ranging from a low of 8.1 (Episode 604, labelled \"Great\" and \"Editors' Choice\") to a high of 9.5 (Episode 611, labelled \"Amazing\", and \"Editors' Choice\"). Sons of Anarchy (season 6)", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "12183528", "text": "John Teller's manuscript, titled \"The Life and Death of SAMCRO\". \"Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect\" was an episodic adventure video game developed by Silverback Games and published by Orpheus Interactive. The game was originally slated to have ten episodes and to be released on Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android. The first episode was released on February 1, 2015 for iOS only, and was met with mixed reviews. but has not seen an update since, and, although a season pass is being offered, no further episode was ever released. On April 7, 2016, refunds were issued to everyone who", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "14478794", "text": "the film \"Baby It's You\", directed by John Sayles, who would also direct Springsteen's video clips for \"Born in the U.S.A.\", \"I'm on Fire\" and \"Glory Days\". The song was used in Season 7 during the opening scene of episode 13 \"Papa's Goods,\" the series finale of \"Sons of Anarchy\". The creator of \"Sons of Anarchy\" Kurt Sutter originally wanted to use the song as a cover in the final episode of Season 3, but there were issues with licensing from Sony and Springsteen did not like the idea of a cover of his song. An agreement was finally reached", "title": "Adam Raised a Cain" }, { "docid": "16983981", "text": "hands Jax a fresh copy of his father's memoirs, declaring that it's \"time for a change.\" Jax visits his father's grave and proclaims his agreement as Gemma and Clay look on, nervously. The song, \"John the Revelator\", performed by Curtis Stigers and the Forest Rangers, plays over the ending scene. IGN gave \"The Revelator\" an 8.6/10.0 rating, stating; \"I can't talk much more about this episode without revealing anything important, so I'll just wrap it up. I made a backhanded comparison between Sons and The Wire last week, and that was unfair. The Wire is a completely different show from", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183510", "text": "by club associate Elliot Oswald), where they have stored weapons and cocaine for the Galindo Cartel. The club also rents an old soda fountain/candy shop that is used as the clubhouse in seasons 6 and 7 after the Teller/Morrow clubhouse was destroyed in an explosion. They also spend time at Red Woody, the club's porn studio (run by Lyla), and Diosa and Diosa Norte, the club's two escort agencies. \"Sons of Anarchy\" has commonly been called \"\"Hamlet\" on Harleys\". Similar to \"Hamlet\", Jax's father was usurped by his father's SAMCRO \"brother\", who then married Jax's mother. There were also intermittent", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "12183499", "text": "recent loss and turns himself into the authorities. While in jail, Jax makes decisions that radically alter the direction of the club and uses it to exact revenge. Another member's death fuels the hate and lies created by Gemma and Juice, who are on the run and hiding from the club. After Jax learns the truth, he works to make things right with all parties involved. The series ends with Jax making the ultimate sacrifice to complete his part of the story of SAMCRO and fulfill his father's vision. \"Sons of Anarchy\" was the story of the Teller-Morrow family of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283077", "text": "general population and assuredly being killed by inmates paid off by Damon Pope's men as a retaliation for Pope's murder. Juice returns to Charming after helping Bobby relocate after stepping down as VP, which angers Chibs, who doesn't believe Juice has been punished enough for talking to cops and later beats him. With the growing romance between Gemma and Nero, the death of Clay Morrow, and death of Tara, the tables get turned and club starts to go in a new darker direction. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "2534705", "text": "also removed from the schedule. On September 3, 2008, FX debuted \"Sons of Anarchy,\" a drama series created by Kurt Sutter (who previously served as executive producer of \"The Shield\") about a fictional outlaw motorcycle club devoted to protecting their sheltered California town from corporate developers and drug dealers; its September premiere coincided with that of \"The Shield\"s final season. \"Sons of Anarchy\" became a critical and commercial success, having aired for seven seasons . In 2010, the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it \"FX\"s highest rated series to date. Other new shows that", "title": "FX (TV channel)" }, { "docid": "17779032", "text": "the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Jax struggles with his recent loss and turns himself into the authorities. While in jail, Jax makes decisions that radically alter the direction of the club and uses it to exact revenge. Another member's death fuels the hate and lies created by Gemma and Juice, who are on the run and hiding from the club. After Jax learns the truth, he works to make things right", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "7192650", "text": "FX drama \"Sons of Anarchy\". She plays the motorcycle club's lawyer. As of 2014, she plays a recurring role on \"Chicago P.D.\" Robin Weigert Robin Weigert (born July 7, 1969) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying Calamity Jane on the HBO series \"Deadwood\" (2004–06, 2019), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Weigert was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Dionne Laufman and Berlin-born Wolfgang Oscar Weigert, a psychiatrist. She is Jewish. After graduating from Brandeis University in 1991, Weigert attended New", "title": "Robin Weigert" }, { "docid": "6949054", "text": "Anarchy Club Anarchy Club is an alternative rock/electronica duo from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam von Buhler, who plays guitar (including all solos), bass, drums, and other instruments, and is a former member of the band Splashdown. Friends Adam von Buhler and Keith Smith formed the band in the winter of 2004. Their debut album, \"The Way and Its Power\", was released in 2005. The album contained the song \"Behind the Mask,\" which appeared in the PlayStation 2 game \"Guitar Hero\" as a bonus track.", "title": "Anarchy Club" }, { "docid": "8193049", "text": "television, he had a recurring role as a doctor on \"NYPD Blue\" and was one of the stars of the CBS police drama \"Brooklyn South\". Moreover, Welliver is well known for playing the semi-regular character Silas Adams on the HBO series \"Deadwood\". Welliver played \"The Representative\" in two episodes of \"Prison Break\", portrayed Kyle Hollis (a.k.a. Reverend Orson Parker) in the NBC series \"Life\", and appeared in the season five finale of \"Lost\" as the \"Man in Black\", which he continued to portray during the sixth and final season. He was introduced into FX's \"Sons of Anarchy\" midway through season", "title": "Titus Welliver" }, { "docid": "15546617", "text": "Your Mother\", at the end of the 16th episode of the 7th season, in the last scene of the season 4 finale of \"New Girl\", and in the last two scenes of the 14th episode, titled ‘She’, of the TV show \"The Good Doctor\". Their single, \"Down in the Valley\", was played in the season finale of the British television program \"Beaver Falls\", was also featured in \"Sons of Anarchy\" in the 5th season episode 9 \"Andare Pescare\", and was used at the end of episode 5 of the first season of \"Battle Creek\". The band made a cameo appearance", "title": "The Head and the Heart" }, { "docid": "9455597", "text": "days of original \"Doctor Who theme music\" performer Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. A man obsessed with \"Doctor Who\" brings home a mysterious woman he met at a science fiction convention. Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays is a compilation album of three original BBC audio dramas inspired by the effect of the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\" on its fans and others. The plays were originally broadcast separately on BBC Radio on various dates, and the compilation was released to audio CD on 4 September 2006.", "title": "Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays" }, { "docid": "14333647", "text": "and warn him to keep his drug dealing out of Charming. At the hospital, Tara recommends that Abel's heart surgery happen today, and asks to privately talk to Gemma. She asks her to talk to Wendy and let her know that she has somebody, but Gemma says she would only give her vitriol. Tara asks if she has a problem with her being involved with the case, to which Gemma replies that as long as she's a good doctor, she couldn't care less. The two argue, with Tara claiming she's a different person to how she was 10 years ago.", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "7495891", "text": "country and fought under Aparicio Saravia, thus continuing his family's history of political action. During this phase, he came into contact with intellectuals such as Eduardo Acevedo Díaz. Shortly after his wartime service, his political affiliation with anarchy began. He wrote in \"La Protesta\" (\"The Protest\") and in the magazine \"El Sol\" (\"The Sun\"), the latter being led by Alberto Ghiraldo. Sánchez's plays \"Ladrones\" (\"Thieves\") and \"Puertas adentro\" (\"Doors Within\") were written in the anarchist model. On August 13, 1903, his first play, \"M'hijo el dotor\" (\"My son, the doctor\"), was performed in the Comedy Theater of Buenos Aires. It", "title": "Florencio Sánchez" }, { "docid": "16228183", "text": "of Thrones\", episode 8 of season 3 \"Second Sons\", alongside Emilia Clarke. He also appears as Ken's father in \"\". Mark Killeen Mark Killeen is a British film and television actor. His first major role was in \"Rise of the Footsoldier\". He plays the lead role in two romantic comedies from 2013 - British feature \"The Callback Queen\" and \"The Right Juice\", filmed in the Algarve. He appeared in \"The Dark Knight Rises\" opposite Anne Hathaway and plays the Greek Commander in \"\". On television he appeared in the Doctor Who episode \"Let's Kill Hitler\", as well as two episodes", "title": "Mark Killeen" }, { "docid": "19875403", "text": "Mayans M.C. Mayans M.C. is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James that premiered on September 4, 2018 on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as \"Sons of Anarchy\" and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club. In October 2018, it was announced that FX had renewed the series for a second season. \"Mayans M.C.\" takes place four years after the events of \"Sons of Anarchy\" and is set hundreds of miles away in the fictional California border town of Santo Padre. The series focuses on the struggles", "title": "Mayans M.C." }, { "docid": "9455596", "text": "Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays is a compilation album of three original BBC audio dramas inspired by the effect of the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\" on its fans and others. The plays were originally broadcast separately on BBC Radio on various dates, and the compilation was released to audio CD on 4 September 2006. Love and sexuality issues affect a group of friends as they prepare for an annual \"Doctor Who\" convention. This play features appearances by Sophie Aldred and Tom Baker. A dramatisation of the early", "title": "Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays" }, { "docid": "20967204", "text": "Mayans M.C. (season 1) The first season of the American television drama series \"Mayans M.C.\" premiered on September 4, 2018, and concluded on November 6, 2018 after 10 episodes aired on cable network FX. Mayans M.C. is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as \"Sons of Anarchy\" and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club. \"Mayans M.C.\" takes place four years after the events of \"Sons of Anarchy\" and is set hundreds of miles away in the fictional California border town of", "title": "Mayans M.C. (season 1)" }, { "docid": "13362749", "text": "childhood friend Opie as Vice President. Following Opie's murder, Jax officially named Robert \"Bobby\" Munson as his Vice President and Filip \"Chibs\" Telford as Sergeant-At-Arms. When Bobby stepped down from the position in a dispute over Jax's leadership of the Club, Chibs was named as Vice President with fellow member Happy Lowman taking over as Sergeant-At-Arms. Following Jax Teller's death by suicide in December 2014, Chibs took over as President, naming Alexander \"Tig\" Trager as the new Vice President. Happy Lowman continued to serve as Sergeant-At-Arms. Charming (Sons of Anarchy) Charming is a fictional town in the television series \"Sons", "title": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "8352438", "text": "IMDB. Of note, he appeared on FX TV's \"Sons of Anarchy\" and as host of \"Best of AXS TV Concerts 2012 - Legends of Rock\". He starred along TV and Broadway greats in Los Angeles plays. He has appeared in films, TV and in commercials. He was on the cover, and was profiled, by the Beverly Hills Times as a rising star in the world of acting. McNabb is also active in the Los Angeles charity scene (including celebrity golf tournaments and Harley rides), appearing in such magazines as Angeleno, and LA Confidential. He married Los Angeles based KTTV news", "title": "Sean McNabb" }, { "docid": "7062236", "text": "as well as parts in \"Seinfeld\", \"Law & Order\", \"\", and \"\". Ornstein's stage acting credits span twenty-five years' worth of new plays in New York City, in addition to creating the role of Louis Ironson in the 1991 World Premiere of \"Angels in America\" at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco. Ornstein played Chuck \"Chucky\" Marstein on \"Sons of Anarchy\" and \"Mayans MC\". Michael Marisi Ornstein Michael Marisi Ornstein (born 1963) is an American actor and painter. Ornstein studied acting as a child at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and later studied under Stella", "title": "Michael Marisi Ornstein" }, { "docid": "4342682", "text": "plays the ruthless ex-cop Charles Barosky, a boss at the Stockton port and has dealings with the SAMCRO motorcycle club. In 2017, Weller began appearing as Dr. Paul Vellek, a scientist, on \"The Last Ship\". Weller has also directed various projects for television, including episodes of \"\", \"Monk\" and three episodes of the aforementioned \"Odyssey 5\". He directed a 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's \"Gold Coast\" starring David Caruso and Marg Helgenberger after previously starring in a version of Leonard's thriller \"Cat Chaser\". He has directed eleven episodes of the series \"Sons of Anarchy\", two in Season 4, titled \"Dorylus\"", "title": "Peter Weller" }, { "docid": "4280308", "text": "violating the conditions of her plea bargain to not contact Manning. Taryn Manning Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Manning made her film debut in the teen drama \"Crazy/Beautiful\" (2001), followed by a lead part opposite Britney Spears in \"Crossroads\" (2002), which garnered her mainstream attention. She then appeared in \"8 Mile\" (2002), \"White Oleander\" (2002), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005) and \"Hustle & Flow\" (2005). Manning has also had a main role on \"Hawaii Five-0\" and had recurring roles in television on \"Sons of Anarchy\", and plays the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett", "title": "Taryn Manning" }, { "docid": "13988249", "text": "(as Smith) and \"Suicide Squad\". In the 2017 film \"\", he plays a grandson of his \"Captain America\" character. Choi has appeared in over 40 television shows. Most notably, he played Henry Lin in \"Sons of Anarchy\", Captain Ed Rollins on the NBC TV series \"Ironside\", and Sam Luttrell for the NBC TV series \"Allegiance.\" Choi played Judge Lance Ito in the Emmy Award-winning FX series, \"American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson\". He also appeared in various TV series, including \"Longmire\", \"The Newsroom\", \"The Last Man on Earth\", \"Glee\", \"Heroes\", \"24\", \"Lincoln Heights\", \"\", \"House M.D.\" and \"The", "title": "Kenneth Choi" }, { "docid": "4280286", "text": "Taryn Manning Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Manning made her film debut in the teen drama \"Crazy/Beautiful\" (2001), followed by a lead part opposite Britney Spears in \"Crossroads\" (2002), which garnered her mainstream attention. She then appeared in \"8 Mile\" (2002), \"White Oleander\" (2002), \"A Lot Like Love\" (2005) and \"Hustle & Flow\" (2005). Manning has also had a main role on \"Hawaii Five-0\" and had recurring roles in television on \"Sons of Anarchy\", and plays the role of Tiffany \"Pennsatucky\" Doggett in the Netflix original series \"Orange Is the New Black\". Manning", "title": "Taryn Manning" }, { "docid": "7812643", "text": "\"Melrose Place\", \"Roseanne\", \"The Nanny\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"The X-Files\", \"Six Feet Under\", \"Ghost Whisperer\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"Private Practice\", \"\", \"Criminal Minds\", \"Sons of Anarchy\", \"Castle\", \"The Middle\", \"Grimm\" and among other notable television series. From 2006 to 2011, Hoag also appeared as Cindy Price on the HBO drama series \"Big Love\". In 2012, Hoag was cast in a recurring role in the ABC drama series \"Nashville\" created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri. She plays the poised and driven Tandy Hampton, daughter and protégé of Lamar Wyatt. She referees sister Rayna (Connie Britton) and Lamar's (Powers Boothe)", "title": "Judith Hoag" }, { "docid": "7916945", "text": "an Offering Tree. Anarchy is loose, and soon all the world will be bathed in violence... But then the Doctor steps out of the cattle truck, bringing his confidence with him. Nick lies dead near the standing stones, killed for speaking against a message of dissent. The Doctor knows the Ragman for what he is; a being of foulness and corruption, who promises change but brings only hatred and death. And as long as he stands here, drawing power from the ley lines which gave birth to him, he's vulnerable. The Doctor forces Charmagne to look at the Ragman, and", "title": "Rags (novel)" }, { "docid": "11670730", "text": "his trumpet and he has no relation with his daughter. Meesaikarar asks Rani to return the trumpet. Madhavan plays the same music which the Kabooli used to play after getting the trumpet. All in the circus tent are shocked to hear it and it is revealed that Madhavan is Meesaikarar 's nephew. All in the circus tent accepts him wholeheartedly. Madhavan ignores Rani and she tries to commit suicide. Madhavan confesses his love for her. While romancing he plays the same music and the doctor who was passing by hears it and he comes with his daughters and sons-in-law and", "title": "Meesai Madhavan" }, { "docid": "12318360", "text": "Adam von Buhler Adam von Buhler is a producer and musician, currently one half of the rock duo Anarchy Club, and a former member of the band Splashdown. He plays drums, bass, guitar and other instruments, and works the studio gear. Although he plays most of the instruments heard on Anarchy Club recordings and is responsible for the guitar solos, he solely plays bass guitar live, when the band adds a drummer and rhythm guitarist. He has no formal musical training and plays entirely by ear. His name appears as either Adam Buhler or Adam von Buhler from project to", "title": "Adam von Buhler" }, { "docid": "7955830", "text": "Chief in the NBC drama series \"Chicago Fire\". Dandridge also had the recurring roles in the FX drama series, \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Rita Roosevelt, and short-lived The CW teen soap \"Star-Crossed\" in 2014. In 2015, she co-starred in the second season of NBC medical drama, \"The Night Shift\" as Gwen Gaskin. In 2015, Dandridge was cast as lead character in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, \"Greenleaf\" opposite Lynn Whitfield. She plays the role of Grace Greenleaf, Greenleaf's estranged daughter. Dandridge has received critical acclaim for her first leading screen role. Dandridge starred as Papa Ge the God of", "title": "Merle Dandridge" }, { "docid": "8212073", "text": "on Monday 2 August 2010. He was one of the main cast members of \"Sons of Anarchy\", in which he plays an outlaw biker named Filip \"Chibs\" Telford. In October 2010, Flanagan was revealed as the spokesperson for the Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru. In July 2016, he appeared in the music video for the song \"Rotting in Vain\" by Korn. In July 2018, it was announced that Flanagan was cast in the series regular role of Alec McCullough on the Netflix series, \"Wu Assassins\". Tommy Flanagan (actor) Tommy Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish actor. He is best", "title": "Tommy Flanagan (actor)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18677862", "text": "MagicBands MagicBands are plastic bracelets that contain RFID radios, in use at Walt Disney World Resort. The MagicBands form the central part of the MyMagic+ experience, providing a way for the system to connect data to guests. This includes connecting park tickets, hotel room keys, payments, and PhotoPass information to the MagicBands. The bands were announced on January 7, 2013 by Tom Staggs as a part of MyMagic+. MagicBands were developed alongside the MyMagic+ program as a way to tie all of the different elements of the program together. The MagicBand idea came at the start of the Next Generation", "title": "MagicBands" }, { "docid": "3682711", "text": "luggage, and a parking garage was built. The \"Disney Dream\", the \"Disney Wonder\", the \"Disney Magic\" and the \"Disney Fantasy\" have departed from Port Canaveral. In late 2012, \"Disney Magic\" and \"Disney Wonder\" began sailing cruises out of Galveston, Texas and Miami, Florida, respectively. In 2013, \"Disney Magic\" relocated to Barcelona, Spain and \"Disney Wonder\" relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia. In Fall 2013, \"Magic\" and \"Wonder\" returned to the United States but switched home ports, with the \"Magic\" leaving out of Miami and \"Wonder\" leaving out of Galveston. In January 2014, \"Wonder\" took over for \"Magic\" in Miami and \"Magic\"", "title": "Disney Cruise Line" }, { "docid": "18199660", "text": "Dwarfs made rare appearances in shorts, despite their popularity; they simply were too numerous to animate efficiently. They appeared in the shorts \"The Standard Parade\" (1939), \"The Seven Wise Dwarfs\" (1941, using mostly recycled footage), \"All Together\" (1942) and \"The Winged Scourge\" (1943). Snow White's Scary Adventures is a popular theme park ride at Disneyland (an opening day attraction dating from 1955), Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and, formerly, Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster opened in 2013 as part of the New Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom. Snow White, her Prince, the Queen", "title": "Snow White (franchise)" } ]

[ { "docid": "5180350", "text": "a control booth at the rear of the area. Magic Kingdom: Groups performing in the Magic Kingdom may have the opportunity to perform Cosmic Ray's Starlite Cafe in Tomorrowland. Groups may also perform at the Disney Springs stage in front of World of Disney. For those groups that are marching, the bands perform a march down the parade route at various times but may or may not coincide with one of Disney's actual parades. They may also march at Epcot around the World Showcase or Future World. Hong Kong Disneyland: Vocal and dance groups may perform at the Hong Kong", "title": "Magic Music Days" }, { "docid": "19517850", "text": "Seven Seas Lagoon Ferry at Epcot, and animatronics. Last but not least, Victoria & Albert's restaurant. To close out the episode, Scott sits in a tram and tells some guests that when they're looking for their vehicle, all of the parking spots are named after the famous Disney characters. Scott personally parked on Goofy. As it turns out, when Scott arrives at the Magic Kingdom, he sees his polka dot Volkswagen beetle literally on top of Goofy! Goofy tells Scott to give his car a start. Scott opens the door to find the Walt Disney World Inside Out insider a", "title": "Walt Disney World Inside Out" }, { "docid": "9412573", "text": "A Disney Halloween \"A Disney Halloween\" is a 90-minute Halloween-themed television special which originally aired as part of \"The Wonderful World of Disney\" on October 29, 1983. The special is hosted by an offscreen narrator (voiced by Hal Douglas) and the Magic Mirror (using re-edited vintage footage of the late Hans Conried) which incorporates segments from both \"Disney's Halloween Treat\" (1982) and \"Disney's Greatest Villains\" (1977) episodes featuring classic short cartoons and excerpts of various villains from Disney feature films. The opening and closing credits feature footage of the 1929 \"Silly Symphony\" short \"The Skeleton Dance\", as did \"Disney's Halloween", "title": "A Disney Halloween" }, { "docid": "2831965", "text": "never printed without the Walt Disney World prefix. This purpose was to differentiate between the park and Disneyland in California, which was and is also commonly referred to as the Magic Kingdom. In 1994, to differentiate it from Disneyland, the park was officially renamed Magic Kingdom Park, but is still known as Magic Kingdom or sometimes The Magic Kingdom. Like all Disney theme parks, the official name of the park does not start with an article (\"the\"), though it is commonly referred to that way; however, a sign on the railroad station at the front of the park reads \"Magic", "title": "Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "9777669", "text": "has competed in state finals at Ford Field in Detroit, taking second place in 2009. The band has also received straight Division I (excellent) ratings in both marching and symphonic band since 1996. The bands march together during parades, including Walt Disney World, America's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit, local parades, festivals, and football games. The band program has jazz band available to students in addition to concert band. Every three years, The Marysville Viking Regiment travels to Walt Disney World to perform in Disney's Magic Music Days, which includes a workshop on professional musicianship, and a parade in Magic", "title": "Marysville High School (Marysville, Michigan)" }, { "docid": "481988", "text": "traffic would be kept underground, leaving pedestrians safe above ground. The original model of EPCOT can still be seen by passengers riding the Tomorrowland Transit Authority attraction in the Magic Kingdom park; when the PeopleMover enters the showhouse for Stitch's Great Escape!, the remaining portion of the model is visible on the left (when facing forward) behind glass. Walt Disney was not able to obtain funding and permission to start work on his Florida property until he agreed to first build Magic Kingdom. He died nearly five years before Magic Kingdom opened. After Disney's death, Walt Disney Productions decided that", "title": "Epcot" }, { "docid": "9412575", "text": "overdubbed with Goofy's (Bill Farmer) voice. The following two cartoons were featured after the Magic Mirror's segment of the program: A Disney Halloween \"A Disney Halloween\" is a 90-minute Halloween-themed television special which originally aired as part of \"The Wonderful World of Disney\" on October 29, 1983. The special is hosted by an offscreen narrator (voiced by Hal Douglas) and the Magic Mirror (using re-edited vintage footage of the late Hans Conried) which incorporates segments from both \"Disney's Halloween Treat\" (1982) and \"Disney's Greatest Villains\" (1977) episodes featuring classic short cartoons and excerpts of various villains from Disney feature films.", "title": "A Disney Halloween" }, { "docid": "16204053", "text": "The Legend of the Lion King The Legend of The Lion King is the name of former attractions hosted at both Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Florida and in Disneyland Paris. Although both shows were inspired by the hit Disney film \"The Lion King\" they took on two different performance styles. The Legend of the Lion King Show at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort was a stage performance retelling the story of the film using life size puppets, while the show at Disneyland Paris was a Broadway inspired performance that used human actors and featured popular", "title": "The Legend of the Lion King" }, { "docid": "20147503", "text": "The Magic of Walt Disney World The Magic of Walt Disney World is a 1972 documentary featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions. Filmed at the then-new Walt Disney World resort in Florida, this film served as a tour of the Magic Kingdom theme park, the resort hotels and other areas within the \"Vacation Kingdom\". It was narrated by actor Steve Forrest. The film was released on the same bill as the Disney feature \"Snowball Express\". An expanded and updated version, with new narration by Andrew Duggan, was broadcast as part of \"The Wonderful World of Disney\" on March 31, 1974.", "title": "The Magic of Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "20147502", "text": "The Magic of Walt Disney World The Magic of Walt Disney World is a 1972 documentary featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions. Filmed at the then-new Walt Disney World resort in Florida, this film served as a tour of the Magic Kingdom theme park, the resort hotels and other areas within the \"Vacation Kingdom\". It was narrated by actor Steve Forrest. The film was released on the same bill as the Disney feature \"Snowball Express\". An expanded and updated version, with new narration by Andrew Duggan, was broadcast as part of \"The Wonderful World of Disney\" on March 31, 1974.", "title": "The Magic of Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "6693967", "text": "and Dolphin guests can also use Extra Magic Hours, and Disney's Fastpass+ service, guests can select time slots for attractions 60 days prior to their arrival at the resort. However, room charging (using hotel key as a credit card at Walt Disney World) is not available and hotel restaurants only participate in the Tables in Wonderland Dining Plan, not the Disney Dining Plan. There is onsite Disney Character Dining nightly and on weekend mornings, and reservations for all restaurants can by made through Disney. Room charging within the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort Complex is available. Also, guests", "title": "Walt Disney World Dolphin" }, { "docid": "16204056", "text": "show ran for 30 minutes and had performances in both English and French. http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/disneyland-park/entertainment/thelegendofthelionking/ The Legend of the Lion King The Legend of The Lion King is the name of former attractions hosted at both Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Florida and in Disneyland Paris. Although both shows were inspired by the hit Disney film \"The Lion King\" they took on two different performance styles. The Legend of the Lion King Show at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort was a stage performance retelling the story of the film using life size puppets, while the show at", "title": "The Legend of the Lion King" }, { "docid": "2831964", "text": "2001, due to the terrorist attacks that day. In addition, there are four \"phases\" of park closure when Magic Kingdom exceeds capacity, ranging from restricted access for most guests (Phase 1) to full closure for everyone, even cast members (Phase 4). \"Magic Kingdom\" was often used as an unofficial nickname for Disneyland before Walt Disney World was built. The official tagline for Disneyland is \"The Happiest Place On Earth\", while the tagline for Magic Kingdom is \"The Most Magical Place On Earth\". Up until the early 1990s, Magic Kingdom was officially known as Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, and was", "title": "Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "20256315", "text": "Disney Skyliner Disney Skyliner is an upcoming gondola lift system that will connect Disney's Pop Century Resort, Disney's Art of Animation Resort, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, and the new Disney Riviera Resort to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot. Not long after the opening of Disneyland in 1955, a similar gondola system called the Skyway debuted, connecting Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. When Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort was opened, the same gondola system was implemented as was at Tokyo Disneyland when it opened to the public in 1983. The Magic Kingdom Skyway closed in 1999, with the station in", "title": "Disney Skyliner" }, { "docid": "4473462", "text": "with dramatic orchestra and choir. Despite being released on CDs attributed to the Magic Kingdom or Walt Disney World in general, as well as often bearing specific track attribution (such as \"from Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain\"), the country-western style soundtrack actually found at the Florida and Tokyo parks has at least managed to surface on the 2003 Walt Disney World CD entitled \"The Official Album/Where Magic Lives\". Banjos are heard for over halfway through the 7:57 length, as well as at the end. It is a very different musical arrangement when compared to many other \"Walt Disney World\", \"Disneyland\",", "title": "Splash Mountain" }, { "docid": "5180352", "text": "90 minutes long and are designed to give students a taste of what professional studio musicians, singers, or dancers go through. Dance workshops are run like an audition. Instrumental workshops and Choral workshops cover multiple song segments from Disney animated and live action movies and are dubbed onto the film using a click track. Groups participating in a Workshop often receive a DVD of their work. Walt Disney World: WDW clinics are run by Disney World Cast Members. Some of these clinicians also work professionally in their field outside of Walt Disney World. Instrumental clinics are three hours long, cover", "title": "Magic Music Days" }, { "docid": "14673173", "text": "Summer Nightastic! Summer Nightastic! was an annual three-month promotion by the Walt Disney Company celebrating the summer at the US Disney Resorts. It started in 2009 at the Disneyland Resort and had returned for 2010 at the Disneyland Resort and at the Walt Disney World Resort. The event included special nighttime events and ride operations. Walt Disney World featured events at the Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. The Disneyland Resort featured events at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. It was replaced by Disney Soundsational Summer at Disneyland, however the fireworks were retained. The event did not", "title": "Summer Nightastic!" }, { "docid": "18254702", "text": "projects that included the massively multiplayer online game, \"Virtual Magic Kingdom\", as well as \"Disney's Villains' Revenge\" and \"Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters\" Online. At Walt Disney Imagineering he served as the Senior Show Producer, and Imagineering creative director for projects including the 100 Years of Magic and Millennium Celebrations at Walt Disney World, and co-invented Disney's Magic Moment Pins, location sensitive display device, system, and method of providing animation sequences. Holzberg’s \"Magic Moments Pins and Magic Moments Game\" helped launch the Disney pin trading phenomena at Walt Disney World. Both of these Disney celebrations are chronicled in The Tiara Talk", "title": "Roger Holzberg" }, { "docid": "956793", "text": "it was too risky to venture into city planning now that its biggest advocate was gone. But Roy persisted and took the reins on the project, stepping out of retirement to do it. However, Roy could not convince the board to build EPCOT. But, he did forge ahead with the Magic Kingdom project. The Walt Disney World Resort opened in October 1971 with only the Magic Kingdom and two hotels. Roy insisted it be called Walt Disney World as a tribute to the man who had dreamed it up. Even though the city was never built, the Resort represents some", "title": "EPCOT (concept)" }, { "docid": "5180349", "text": "Adventure (DCA). On rare occasions the Small World mall area has been used for performances. Bands march down Disneyland's parade route as a pre-parade, a show directly before the parade. Bands might also march down DCA's performance corridor as a pre-parade or as a pre-show to the High School Musical Pep Rally. Walt Disney World: Orchestras may play on an outdoor stage at the marketplace, an outdoor shopping center. At Epcot, groups may also perform on a stage that is encased by a temporary \"shell\", this is located next to Innoventions West. The stage faces a small seating area with", "title": "Magic Music Days" }, { "docid": "10937211", "text": "way to keep kids entertained for a couple of hours\", it was not worth paying full price. Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey is a video game of the Disney Princess franchise, which was released for the PlayStation 2, Wii and Windows in 2007. It was released on PlayStation Network on February 15, 2012 in Europe. The players can interact with various characters and solve problems by way of a magic wand that they are given at the start of the game. The players can collect gems and transform Bogs into non-threatening butterflies. As players complete each world", "title": "Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey" }, { "docid": "10937208", "text": "Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey is a video game of the Disney Princess franchise, which was released for the PlayStation 2, Wii and Windows in 2007. It was released on PlayStation Network on February 15, 2012 in Europe. The players can interact with various characters and solve problems by way of a magic wand that they are given at the start of the game. The players can collect gems and transform Bogs into non-threatening butterflies. As players complete each world a gem will shine in their avatar's necklace and their castle will become less run down and", "title": "Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey" }, { "docid": "5743727", "text": "specifically related to ensuring that minor details are not ignored and guests are immersed in the illusion (or as Disney calls it 'the magic') when they visit a Disney theme park. Over the years, several International Programs were operated and subsequently suspended, a new one was created for Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park and ultimately in 2004, all the Walt Disney World International Programs were combined into two new all-encompassing programs, namely \"The Walt Disney World Cultural Representative Program\" and \"Walt Disney World The International College Program\". A new seasonal worker program has also been launched which initially required participants", "title": "Walt Disney World International Program" }, { "docid": "8582268", "text": "for the Memories\" by Fall Out Boy, \"Rhythm is Gonna Get You\", \"I'm Walking on Sunshine\", and \"Trooper Salute\". The band has performed in the Magic Music Days program at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida in 2007, 2010, and 2014. The band also performed at the city's annual Home Days Festival before its cancellation in 2008. The band performs at many shows, band festivals, and competitions and is considered one of the most active bands in the conference. The school gained notoriety on October 20, 1955, when Elvis Presley performed in their auditorium. It was the", "title": "Brooklyn High School (Ohio)" }, { "docid": "1819738", "text": "illegitimate son of the Sultan, and his interest in genies stems from his mentor and lover, Amara, who discovered a ritual that could be used to rewrite the laws of magic using the power of three genies and two sorcerers. Jafar betrayed Amara by transforming her into his serpent staff so that he could have her power for himself. Andrews did not reprise his role in \"Once Upon a Time\"'s sixth season due to a scheduling conflict, and he was replaced by Oded Fehr. Jafar (Disney) Jafar is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 31st animated feature", "title": "Jafar (Disney)" }, { "docid": "12223407", "text": "Entertainer of the year. He has also received two Merlin awards from the International Society of Magicians. Mike Super Mike Super is an American magician who is the winner of the NBC show \"Phenomenon\". He currently tours the U.S. and Canada with his illusion show. Super started doing magic at the age of six. He became interested in magic when he visited a magic shop in Walt Disney World. He saw an old man performing tricks and became fascinated. He idolizes Walt Disney, Harry Houdini, David Copperfield, and Doug Henning. He performed magic to study at the University of Pittsburgh,", "title": "Mike Super" }, { "docid": "12223405", "text": "Mike Super Mike Super is an American magician who is the winner of the NBC show \"Phenomenon\". He currently tours the U.S. and Canada with his illusion show. Super started doing magic at the age of six. He became interested in magic when he visited a magic shop in Walt Disney World. He saw an old man performing tricks and became fascinated. He idolizes Walt Disney, Harry Houdini, David Copperfield, and Doug Henning. He performed magic to study at the University of Pittsburgh, where he majored in Computer Science. Super won NBC's TV series \"Phenomenon\", and most recently was a", "title": "Mike Super" }, { "docid": "17312251", "text": "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom is an interactive game in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. In the game you help Merlin the Magician using special Spell Cards. Having grown tired of the dreary scenery in the Underworld, Hades decides to make the Magic Kingdom his new summer home; however, Merlin would be able to easily repel an invasion with the power of his magic crystal. In an attempt to outwit Merlin, Hades sends Pain and Panic to steal the crystal, however their bumbling leads to the crystal being shattered", "title": "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "4119475", "text": "Carousel of Progress was one of two attractions that opened in the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland on January 15, 1975; the other attraction being Space Mountain. General Electric signed a 10-year contract to sponsor Carousel of Progress at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Unlike the small changes that had occurred when the Carousel of Progress moved from the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair to Disneyland Park, extensive changes were made when the attraction moved to Walt Disney World. A new carousel theater building was designed to house the attraction: a one-story pavilion, with a loft above. The loft is", "title": "Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress" }, { "docid": "5180357", "text": "the Walt Disney World Resort. The town of Kissimmee, FL is also a major sponsor for the entire Magic Music Days program at the Disney World Resort complex. Yamaha is the Official Music provider of the Disneyland Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Magic Music Days Magic Music Days is a program put on by the Disneyland Resort, the Walt Disney World Resort, the Disneyland Resort Paris and the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. It brings in school and community groups to perform in the parks and/or take part in workshops or clinics. Types of groups include: Disneyland: Groups wishing to", "title": "Magic Music Days" }, { "docid": "4814465", "text": "Walt Disney World Monorail System The Walt Disney World Monorail System is a public transit monorail system in operation at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. The Walt Disney World Resort currently operates twelve Mark VI monorail trains on three lines of service. The monorail system opened in 1971 with two routes (Magic Kingdom: Resort and Express) and with Mark IV monorail trains. It was expanded to three lines (Magic Kingdom: Resort and Express, plus Epcot) in 1982, and the rolling stock was updated to Mark VI trains in 1989. , the system is one", "title": "Walt Disney World Monorail System" }, { "docid": "10197447", "text": "was also an All button located on Car 3. In 1984 an \"arming\" button was added to prevent unintentional opening of the doors. Cast Members had to hold both the button activating the pneumatic system and the button or buttons for the desired cars they wished to open. When Walt Disney World opened, there were only two lines—the Express Monorail (to/from the Magic Kingdom parking lot) and the Resort Monorail (which operated as local stopping at the Contemporary Resort, the Polynesian Resort, and the Magic Kingdom). Originally the Resort Monorail did not stop at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC)", "title": "Mark IV monorail" }, { "docid": "20596890", "text": "and the \"New York Times\" recognizes him as “a Master of Illusions.” Using his knowledge of deception, he has consulted for major entertainment entities like NBC, Disney and Warner. As an example, Guimarães personally trained Oscar-winning actresses Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett for their roles in the movie \"Ocean's 8\". He lives in Los Angeles. Hélder Guimarães Helder Guimarães is Portuguese-born world-renowned performer, magician and creator of theatrical and immersive magic experiences. He is a World-Champion of Magic, two-time Parlor Magician of the Year and Ascanio Prize winner. Known for his unique approach of sleight-of-hand magic, storytelling and performance, Helder’s", "title": "Hélder Guimarães" }, { "docid": "9738893", "text": "Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix Gameplay is typical to other 4th Mix generation DDR games. The game also features \"Dance Magic\" mode, an item battle mode using a tug of war style lifebar, where combos increase a gauge which sends modifiers to the other player. The mode was not seen on any future DDR game until it was revived as Battle mode on \"SuperNOVA\". The arcade release of \"Disney's Rave\" was historically available at a few Walt Disney Parks and Resorts locations, including Disneyland in Anaheim, California (at Innoventions) and Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (at Innoventions", "title": "Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix" }, { "docid": "4814491", "text": "guests use the rope to shimmy down the windscreen to the surface of the beam. They finally start walking along the beam away from the train. Reedy Creek Emergency Services provides fire response and rescue for the Walt Disney World Monorail System and maintains an all-wheel-drive fire truck specially designed for monorail rescue. The Express station at the Transportation and Ticket Center, and both stations at the Magic Kingdom have remotely opened or automated gates that bar riders from approaching the guideway (and, thus, any approaching or departing train) until the operators have determined that it is safe to allow", "title": "Walt Disney World Monorail System" }, { "docid": "7239597", "text": "Fairytale Hall\" opened at the Magic Kingdom. Many shows and parades across the property feature the princesses, including \"Fantasmic\", \"Main Street Electrical Parade\", \"Dream Along with Mickey\", the \"Festival of Fantasy Parade\", \"Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade\" and \"Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade\". A store named \"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique\" opened April 5, 2006, at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs) at Walt Disney World; this shop allows children to receive princess makeovers. A second location opened in Cinderella Castle on September 10, 2007. On January 22, 2007, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort", "title": "Disney Princess" }, { "docid": "12287285", "text": "any regular Disney Transport bus routes. In addition, prior to the Magic Kingdom's bus stop being built in the late 1980s/early 1990's, buses also traveled to several other Walt Disney World resorts, including Fort Wilderness, Disney Institute, Swan and Dolphin, and Caribbean Beach, among others. Buses also served Downtown Disney, Fort Wilderness, and Wilderness Lodge in the past as well. Transportation and Ticket Center The Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) is an intermodal monorail, ferry, and bus transportation hub on the Walt Disney World Resort. The station serves both the Magic Kingdom and Epcot spurs of the Walt Disney World", "title": "Transportation and Ticket Center" }, { "docid": "12383631", "text": "Christmas Carol\", \"The Great Mouse Detective\" and \"The Little Mermaid\". Henn has also animated Mickey Mouse on Nighttime Spectaculars in DisneyParks and Resorts, including \"Celebrate The Magic\" in Walt Disney World's \"Magic Kingdom\", \"World of Color\" – Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney in \"Disney's California Adventure Park\", \"Ignite the Dream, A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light\" in \"Shanghai Disneyland\", \"Disney Illuminations\" in \"Disneyland Paris\", Disney Gifts Of Christmas and Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland in \"Tokyo Disneyland\", and \"We Love Mickey\" Main Street Projection Show in \"Hong Kong Disneyland\". He has been nominated for an Annie award four times:", "title": "Mark Henn" }, { "docid": "5269527", "text": "amenities around the resort. Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is situated on the southern shore of the manmade Seven Seas Lagoon, south of Magic Kingdom and adjacent to other Walt Disney World complexes, with the Transportation and Ticket Center to the east and Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa to the west. The resort is on the Magic Kingdom monorail loop, providing transportation to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot (via transfer), and is part of the route for Disney's Magic Kingdom Resorts Water Launch service. Other Walt Disney World Resort theme parks and attractions are served by Disney Transport buses. The", "title": "Disney's Polynesian Village Resort" }, { "docid": "4604825", "text": "In the television special, the Muppets are visiting Kermit's family for their annual reunion where they meet up with Kermit's aunts and uncles. When the others learn that the swamp is right next to Walt Disney World, they sneak in, and are pursued by a security guard named Quentin Fitzwaller (played by Charles Grodin). Attractions and areas featured include Big Thunder Mountain, the \"Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!\", Star Tours, the Mad Tea Party, World Showcase, the Walt Disney World Monorail System and the utilidors. The special depicts the three parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios) as like one", "title": "The Muppets at Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "7740324", "text": "Greatest\" compilations also contained songs from films released from 1999 - 2002, after the \"Classic Disney\" compilations were released. Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic is a five-volume compilation series, each containing 25 (125 in total) songs compiled from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, various Disney films in animation and live-action, and the Walt Disney anthology television series. Each volume was released individually on CD and cassette between 1995 and 1998. Volume One was released on March 28, 1995, Volume Two on September 12, 1995, Volume Three on July 2, 1996, Volume", "title": "Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic" }, { "docid": "12893219", "text": "society. The book consists of detailed analysis of Disney cartoons with full colorful sketches of daily life at the Disney studio with tales about the creation of Disneyland and Disney World. During the mid- century Walt was acknowledged as the spokesman for the American way of life. His amazing creations- from Mickey Mouse to Disneyland transforms American pop culture. It was reviewed by \"The Nation\", \"The Historian\", \"Commentary Magazine\", and \"New York Times\". Roy Disney, Walt Disney's nephew, also commented on the monograph. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and", "title": "The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life" }, { "docid": "17312260", "text": "and scooter parking in front of a portal can also be an issue, but asking a nearby cast member to move them will usually resolve the issue ( It's not a good idea to move anyone else's property yourself. Cast members have the authority to do that). Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom is an interactive game in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. In the game you help Merlin the Magician using special Spell Cards. Having grown tired of the dreary scenery in the Underworld, Hades decides to make the", "title": "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "4438065", "text": "standard safety orange took a waiver of international maritime rules. As with other Disney cruise ships, the ship's horn blast plays an excerpt from Disney's famous flagship tune, \"When You Wish upon a Star\". \"Disney Magic\"s Godmother is Patricia Disney, former wife of Walt Disney's nephew, Roy E. Disney. Disney had cruise ship designs drawn up by February 1994. In 1995 Disney Cruise Line commissioned \"Disney Magic\" and \"Disney Wonder\" from Fincantieri in Italy. The ship was built in two halves with the bow built at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard and the aft at their Marghera shipyard. The planned maiden voyage", "title": "Disney Magic" }, { "docid": "17785482", "text": "Disney's theme parks: \"The Magic Carpets of Aladdin\", a Dumbo the Flying Elephant-like ride at both Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort and Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Resort Paris; and the show \"\" at Disney California Adventure Park. In 2015 Disney Press launched a young adult novel series that retells Disney films but with certain elements changed. The first novel in the series is \"A Whole New World: A Twisted Tale\", written by Liz Braswell, which retells the film but with Jafar gaining control of the genie before Aladdin does. Aladdin (franchise) Aladdin is a Disney media", "title": "Aladdin (franchise)" }, { "docid": "12439162", "text": "game \"Disney Magical World\". Cinderella's world is one of the four Disney movie worlds accessible to the player in this game, and many characters and items related to the movie appear. Additionally, the player has the option of attending balls at Cinderella's castle. The Cinderella Castle is an attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland at the Tokyo Disney Resort. Both serve as globally recognized icons for their respective theme parks. Cinderella and the other Disney Princesses have a meet and greet attraction called \"Princess Fairytale Hall\" at Magic Kingdom. In the season six episodes of the", "title": "Cinderella (Disney character)" }, { "docid": "6295383", "text": "Light Magic Light Magic was a parade/street show that ran at Disneyland from May–September 1997. It was billed as a replacement for the 24-year-old Main Street Electrical Parade. At the time of Light Magic's closure, Disney officially stated that it would return in 2000, but that did not occur. Despite the show's short run, infrastructure improvements made specifically for Light Magic – particularly in Fantasyland – are still used today. Light Magic was a \"streetacular\" (a portmanteau of \"street\" and \"spectacular\"). Floats moved into two performance zones, one located at the Small World Mall in Fantasyland, and the other on", "title": "Light Magic" }, { "docid": "7403970", "text": "help kids and parents understand safety issues in the Disney parks and resorts. They are also featured on the Disney Safety website which was created in conjunction with Animax Entertainment. Timon and Pumbaa were also main characters in \"Legend of the Lion King\", a former Fantasyland attraction in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, which retold the story of the film using fully articulated puppets. The two also make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland and the Disneyland versions of It's a Small World. They appeared along with Simba in the 1995 film \"\", an edutainment film at Epcot's Land", "title": "Timon and Pumbaa" }, { "docid": "10700330", "text": "The Magic of Disney Animation The Magic of Disney Animation was a show and tour at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida. A Disney animator would show guests how the characters in Disney animated films were chosen and designed. The attraction closed permanently on July 12, 2015. In December 2015, the building began to be used to house the \"Star Wars\" Launch Bay. Originally, when the park first opened in 1989, the \"Feature Animation\" pavilion of \"The Magic of Disney Animation,\" designed originally by award-winning experience designer Bob Rogers and the design team BRC Imagination Arts, included four connected experiences which explored", "title": "The Magic of Disney Animation" }, { "docid": "4166114", "text": "Seven Seas Lagoon, all of which have beaches. These hotels are the only hotels on Walt Disney World property that are directly serviced by the Walt Disney World Monorail System, allowing full monorail access from these hotels to the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Transportation and Ticket Center. Seven Seas Lagoon The Seven Seas Lagoon is a man-made lake at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Located south of the Magic Kingdom theme park, the Seven Seas Lagoon serves as a natural buffer between the Magic Kingdom and its parking lot and connects with the", "title": "Seven Seas Lagoon" }, { "docid": "7740322", "text": "Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic is a five-volume compilation series, each containing 25 (125 in total) songs compiled from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, various Disney films in animation and live-action, and the Walt Disney anthology television series. Each volume was released individually on CD and cassette between 1995 and 1998. Volume One was released on March 28, 1995, Volume Two on September 12, 1995, Volume Three on July 2, 1996, Volume Four on July 15, 1997 and Volume Five on September 22, 1998. In 2000, a box set was released", "title": "Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic" }, { "docid": "19517847", "text": "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Then at the Magic Kingdom, Scott interviews guests by asking them what are they going to dress up like for Halloween. Scott heads to the Walt Disney World costume department at the Disney-MGM-Studios and tried on a few costumes. Scott then goes to make-up and has the look of a werewolf when the whole make-up process finished or as Scott calls it: \"a cross between Jack Nicholson and a poodle\" . Scott meets some of the Disney villains and asked them if they would turn him back into himself. But the Disney villains turned Scott", "title": "Walt Disney World Inside Out" }, { "docid": "5970966", "text": "it is unknown if either knew of the other's existence until recent web searches began producing results for both. When Walt Disney World opened in 1971, it featured many popular Disneyland rides, but not Pirates of the Caribbean. The Western River Expedition was to have been Walt Disney World's answer to this ride. When plans were being made for the Magic Kingdom, Imagineers had no plans to replicate Pirates of the Caribbean for the Magic Kingdom. At the time, it was believed by many Imagineers that Florida residents were too accustomed to pirates, as pirates are part of Florida's local", "title": "Western River Expedition" }, { "docid": "19517848", "text": "into a monkey much to his disappointment. Then a segment at Pleasure Island's improv comedy theater. Scott goes to check out the Never Land Club at Disney's Polynesian Resort when one of the kids dressed up in a costume that looks exactly like Scott's clothes. Scott then rides Maelstrom at Epcot '94. Scott eats candy at the Magic Kingdom. Then a trip to Innoventions and Walt Disney Imagineering Labs where Scott tries the then-new vr attraction Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride. Scott heads back to the Magic Kingdom to ride the Haunted Mansion. Then a look at the calendar to check", "title": "Walt Disney World Inside Out" }, { "docid": "5160289", "text": "Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams was a fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom theme park of Walt Disney World. The show debuted at the park on October 9, 2003, and was developed by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, under the direction of VP Parades & Spectaculars, Steve Davison, who was assigned to create a replacement for the 32-year-old \"Fantasy in the Sky\" fireworks. Several variations of the show at Walt Disney World include \"Happy HalloWishes\" during \"Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party\", \"Holiday Wishes\" during \"Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party\", and \"Magic, Music and", "title": "Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams" }, { "docid": "3974557", "text": "three ferries are clad in different trim colors and are named for past Disney executives: the \"General Joe Potter\" (blue), the \"Richard F. Irvine\" (red) and the \"Admiral Joe Fowler\" (green). Motor launches and cruisers link several places in the Seven Seas Lagoon, using colored flags to indicate the route. Launches link the Magic Kingdom to the Grand Floridian and Polynesian Resorts via the Seven Seas Lagoon, using the Gold Route. These launches also connect the Magic Kingdom to Bay Lake via a water bridge to reach Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, using the Green Route. There is also", "title": "Disney Transport" }, { "docid": "20256318", "text": "stations were more than halfway completed by summer 2018. In November 2018, Disney Parks announced that Disney Skyliner would open in fall 2019. Disney Skyliner Disney Skyliner is an upcoming gondola lift system that will connect Disney's Pop Century Resort, Disney's Art of Animation Resort, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, and the new Disney Riviera Resort to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot. Not long after the opening of Disneyland in 1955, a similar gondola system called the Skyway debuted, connecting Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. When Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort was opened, the same gondola system was implemented as", "title": "Disney Skyliner" }, { "docid": "10816468", "text": "including lack of available space, Walt Disney's death, and the Disney company's focus on building what would become Walt Disney World led to the project's postponement in the late 1960s. After the early success of the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World, Disney revived the Space Mountain project and opened the first Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom in 1975. Soon after, Disney began plans to build a smaller version of Space Mountain at Disneyland, and opened Disneyland's Space Mountain in 1977. The design of Disneyland's Space Mountain was replicated at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983 and Hong Kong Disneyland", "title": "Space Mountain (Disneyland)" }, { "docid": "4140795", "text": "and can see, hear, sense a person's presence and emotions, and have a conversation. WEDway is a people mover system using linear induction motor (LIM) technology to propel vehicles along a pair of steel rails. This system was developed by WED Enterprises (now known as Walt Disney Imagineering) and has been installed at places such as Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, United States. Disneyland had a special version of this system that used rubber wheels placed every 9 feet along the guide-way that operated from 1967 to 1995. Over the years,", "title": "Walt Disney Imagineering" }, { "docid": "13272408", "text": "Vacation Club resort, and the seventh located at the Walt Disney World Resort. It is the second Disney Vacation Club resort to be built in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area, following The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, which opened in 2000. Non-Disney Vacation Club members may stay in Bay Lake Tower villas on cash reservations. There is limited availability to trade into Bay Lake Tower using an RCI timeshare exchange. The tower shares design features with the original Contemporary Resort, sharing the same modern theme. As a result of the building's shape, rooms have a wedge shape that give them", "title": "Bay Lake Tower" }, { "docid": "481835", "text": "travel between the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, including select on-property resorts such as The Grand Floridian and The Polynesian Village. The system operates on three routes that interconnect at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), adjacent to the Magic Kingdom's parking lot. A fleet of Disney-operated buses on property, branded Disney Transport, is also complimentary for guests. Disney Transport also operates a fleet of watercraft, ranging in size from water taxis, up to the ferries that connect the Magic Kingdom to the Transportation and Ticket Center. Disney Transport is also responsible for maintaining the fleet of parking lot trams that", "title": "Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "10816429", "text": "the ride from 1975 to 1993; FedEx sponsored Space Mountain from 1994 to 2004. Walt Disney originally conceived the idea of a space-themed roller coaster for Disneyland following the success of the Matterhorn Bobsleds, which opened in 1959. However, a number of technological limitations and the Disney company's focus on building what would become Walt Disney World led to the project's postponement in the late 1960s. After the early success of the Magic Kingdom park in the early 1970s, the Disney company started looking to build its first thrill ride at the Magic Kingdom. Disney decided that a duplicate of", "title": "Space Mountain (Magic Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "481844", "text": "to process guests accused of shoplifting by Disney security personnel. Although the scattering of ashes on Disney property is illegal, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported in October 2018 that Walt Disney World parks were becoming a popular spot for families to scatter the ashes of loved ones, with the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom being the favorite location. The practice is unlawful and prohibited on Disney property, and anyone spreading cremated remains would be escorted from the park. Walt Disney World The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World and Disney World, is an entertainment complex in Bay", "title": "Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "3682700", "text": "designs drawn up by February 1994. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Travel Company started signing up other cruise lines to offer packages that included Disney hotels and resorts. On May 3, 1994, Disney announced that they intended to start their own cruise line with operations starting in 1998. Arthur Rodney was selected to serve as the first president of the cruise line tentatively called Disney Vacation Cruises. Disney Cruise Line in 1995 commissioned \"Disney Magic\" and \"Disney Wonder\" from Fincantieri in Italy. The cruise line was incorporated as Devonson Cruise Company, Limited on February 6, 1996, in the United Kingdom, but soon", "title": "Disney Cruise Line" }, { "docid": "8540615", "text": "Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom) Swan Boats were an attraction at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It was in operation between May 20, 1973 till August 1983. It originally took a D ticket. The Swan Boats officially opened in 1973 and quickly became a popular attraction at Magic Kingdom. The boats took guests on a ride around the hub of the Magic Kingdom and the Swiss Family Treehouse. Originally there were 12 boats when the ride opened, but this was reduced to 11 when one of the boats was converted to clean the canals. By the end of the", "title": "Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "6480640", "text": "the couple opened the Blue Guitar blues club above the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, which lasted six years, closing in 2004. David and Bono continued to tour and frequently played at B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. David is the voice of 'Sonny Eclipse', a singing alien audio-animatronic, who resides at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. He did another performance for Disney World at Epcot, where he performed the \"Unhealthy Living Blues\" for the \"Goofy About Health\" exhibit at the Wonders of", "title": "Kal David" }, { "docid": "9527691", "text": "The Magic Carpets of Aladdin The Magic Carpets of Aladdin is a ride in Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World. It is based on the 1992 film, \"Aladdin\". It is similar to the Dumbo the Flying Elephant attraction in that riders in the front rows control how high their carpets fly, and the ride lasts about 90 seconds. Aladdin's magic lamp is at the top, rather than Timothy Mouse. At the entrance, there is a camel that squirts people as they walk by, much like the Stitch figurine outside the World of Disney store. Guests who have visited Adventureland before", "title": "The Magic Carpets of Aladdin" }, { "docid": "2831957", "text": "Magic Kingdom Magic Kingdom is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products division, the park opened on October 1, 1971, as the first of four theme parks at the resort. Initialized by Walt Disney and designed by WED Enterprises, its layout and attractions are based on Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. The park is represented by Cinderella Castle, inspired by the fairy tale castle seen in the 1950", "title": "Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "10700334", "text": "production area was dedicated and opened on April 22, 1998, the same day Disney's Animal Kingdom opened. Roy E. Disney noted it in his dedication speech. The Magic of Disney Animation The Magic of Disney Animation was a show and tour at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida. A Disney animator would show guests how the characters in Disney animated films were chosen and designed. The attraction closed permanently on July 12, 2015. In December 2015, the building began to be used to house the \"Star Wars\" Launch Bay. Originally, when the park first opened in 1989, the \"Feature Animation\" pavilion of", "title": "The Magic of Disney Animation" }, { "docid": "5476270", "text": "Disney World near Orlando, Florida, Disneyland's Team Disney Anaheim, near Disneyland Paris, and Burbank's Team Disney Headquarters. The Walt Disney World building is located behind the Magic Kingdom, across from the Cast Member parking lot. It is also where newly hired Cast Members, Disney College Program student interns, and Walt Disney World International Program participants attend employee orientation, known as \"\"Disney Traditions\"\". All new Cast Members attend 'Traditions' on their first day of work; this class imparts the importance of Disney culture, heritage, values, and policies through media and group activities. The two-story building at Walt Disney World houses several", "title": "Disney University" }, { "docid": "481983", "text": "Epcot Epcot is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products division. Inspired by the unrealized concept developed by Walt Disney, the park opened on October 1, 1982 as EPCOT Center, and was the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World, after the Magic Kingdom. Spanning , more than twice the size of the Magic Kingdom park, Epcot is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely technological innovation and international culture, and is often", "title": "Epcot" }, { "docid": "481838", "text": "as the Lake Buena Vista STOLport. During the early 1970s, scheduled passenger service was operated by Shawnee Airlines with small de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter turboprops which had STOL (short take off and landing) capabilities on flights to Tampa and Orlando. The airport is no longer in operation. When the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, the site employed about 5,500 \"cast members\". Today, Walt Disney World employs more than 74,000 cast members, spending more than $1.2 billion on payroll and $474 million on benefits each year. The largest single-site employer in the United States, Walt Disney World has", "title": "Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "17048975", "text": "to make than copyright.\" Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu did not think Disney would have any defensible intellectual property claim. \"Though the filmmakers may have committed trespass when they broke Disney World's rules and if it violated the terms of entry on their tickets, the film itself is a different matter,\" he wrote on \"The New Yorker\"'s blog. \"As commentary on the social ideals of Disney World, it seems to clearly fall within a well-recognized category of fair use, and therefore probably will not be stopped by a court using copyright or trademark laws.\" Despite the film's repeated use", "title": "Escape from Tomorrow" }, { "docid": "6693998", "text": "access to a spa, arcade, day care program, along with multiple Disney gift shops. Walt Disney World Swan guests are provided complimentary transportation to all Walt Disney World theme parks and attractions on the Disney Transportation System, via boat (to Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios), and bus (to all other Disney attractions). Length-of-stay park passes are available, as is package delivery from Disney theme park shops to the resort. There is a Walt Disney World guest services desk located in the lobby of each resort. Walt Disney World Swan guests can also use Extra Magic Hours, and Disney's Fastpass+ service,", "title": "Walt Disney World Swan" }, { "docid": "4972073", "text": "Martini in his hometown of Orlando, Florida, Vintage and Vyce Lounge on the \"VBlock\" of downtown Orlando, Florida and House of Blues at Downtown Disney in Lake Buena Vista, Florida every Sunday. Magic Mike also continues to tour across the United States of America, as well as internationally. DJ Magic Mike is also the cousin of DJ Scratch. DJ Magic Mike D.J. Magic Mike (born Michael Hampton) is one of the most pivotal Miami bass producers, and the first platinum selling recording artist from Orlando, Florida. Magic Mike made his debut in the world of Miami Bass productions when he", "title": "DJ Magic Mike" }, { "docid": "6355015", "text": "Walt Disney World\". Both songs also appear on the album \"The Sherman Brothers Songbook\". Magic Journeys Magic Journeys is a 3D film created by WED Enterprises for presentation at Disney theme parks. It was featured at four different parks over the course of its 11-year run. On October 1, 1982, \"Magic Journeys\" premiered as one of the opening-day attractions at the Journey Into Imagination pavilion in Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center. It was directed by Murray Lerner and featured a song composed by Robert and Richard Sherman. A preshow presentation, anchored by another Sherman Brothers song, \"Makin' Memories\", played before", "title": "Magic Journeys" }, { "docid": "4352764", "text": "Tale Weddings & Honeymoons. With success of the May special, the show was picked up as a series with seven episodes in October 2017. However, another special, Holiday Magic, was aired on December 11, 2017 with the now six episode regular series starting on June 11, 2018. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, officially Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and informally known as Disney Parks, was one of The Walt Disney Company's four major business segments and a subsidiary. It was founded in 1971, following the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World", "title": "Walt Disney Parks and Resorts" }, { "docid": "4352722", "text": "wetland, on April 23, 1993, the company agreed to form a wilderness preserve in Florida. The Disney Inn hotel was leased starting February 1, 1994, by the US Army, then purchased on January 12, 1996, and later renamed Shades of Green. Planet Hollywood opened a location in Pleasure Island on December 17, 1994. The third water park at Walt Disney World, Disney's Blizzard Beach, opened on April 1, 1995. The Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland was completely refurbished and reopened in June, 1995. Taking up a corner of the Magic Kingdom parking lot, the Walt Disney World Speedway opened on November 28,", "title": "Walt Disney Parks and Resorts" }, { "docid": "12332118", "text": "show that opened in November 2004 in Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort as a replacement for The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Stitch's Supersonic Celebration was a short-lived stage show that ran from May 6, 2009 to June 27, 2009 at Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. Stitch Encounter is an interactive show similar to Turtle Talk with Crush that opened in 2006 at Hong Kong Disneyland at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Other versions of the attraction opened Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris (as Stitch Live!) in 2008, Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort", "title": "Lilo & Stitch (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1960835", "text": "puffs. She is trailed by small amounts of pixie dust when she moves, and the dust can help humans fly if they think happy thoughts. Since 1954, Tinker Bell has featured as a hostess for much of Disney's live-action television programming and in every Disney film advertisements flying over Disneyland with her magic wand and her fairy dust, beginning with \"Disneyland\" (which first introduced the theme park to the public while it was still under construction), to \"Walt Disney Presents,\" \"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color,\" and \"The Wonderful World of Disney\". In 1988, she appeared in the final shot", "title": "Tinker Bell" }, { "docid": "12893215", "text": "The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life is a non-fiction book by Steven Watts. Steven Watts is a professor at University of Missouri-Columbia. He has published many articles and essays; however one of the most reviewed and major non- fiction books he wrote was \"The Magic Kingdom \". Walt Disney was born in Chicago on December 5, 1901 and lived in Marceline, Missouri from 1905 to 1910. When he was young, he had a talent for drawing and he earned money doing illustrations for newspapers", "title": "The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life" }, { "docid": "16767816", "text": "Celebrate the Magic Celebrate the Magic was a nighttime show at the Magic Kingdom park of Walt Disney World, that premiered on November 13, 2012. It replaced \"The Magic, the Memories and You\" display, a similar show that ran at the Magic Kingdom and Disneyland from January 2011 to September 4, 2012. \"Celebrate the Magic\" takes place on Cinderella Castle and includes a contemporary musical score, projection mappings, pyrotechnics and lighting. A three-dimensional computer-generated rendering of Cinderella Castle was released by Disney in August 2012, revealing some of the various designs that will be displayed on the structure. On October", "title": "Celebrate the Magic" }, { "docid": "2550876", "text": "in their native land in a similar manner to the Hong Kong Disneyland version. This similar plan originally supposed to be in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, but it’ll most likely happen sometime in 2021 for the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Resort and Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Sylvania has agreed to a twelve-year sponsorship. In 2014, the sponsor logo at the attraction's entrance changed to that of Siemens, the parent company of Sylvania. As part of Disney's \"Let the Memories Begin\" campaign for 2011, a nighttime projection show premiered at Disneyland's It's a Small World in", "title": "It's a Small World" }, { "docid": "5358535", "text": "Mary Blair, in August 2017. The book is written by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville, and illustrated by Brigette Baranger, who once worked as an artist at Disney. Mary Blair has been credited with introducing modernist art styles to Walt Disney and his studio by using primary colors to form intense contrast and colors that are unnatural to the image they are depicting. Blair’s artwork was exhibited in \"The Colors of Mary Blair\" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, July 2009. From March 13 to September 7, 2014, the \"Magic, Color, Flair: The World of Mary Blair\" exhibition opened", "title": "Mary Blair" }, { "docid": "481832", "text": "the Walt Disney World property, twenty-eight are owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products. These are classified into four categories — Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and Disney Vacation Club Villas — and are located in one of five resort areas: the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Wide World of Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney Springs resort areas. While all of the Deluxe resort hotels have achieved an AAA Four Diamond rating, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is considered the highest tier flagship luxury resort on the Walt Disney World Resort complex. Guests with a Disney Resort reservation (excluding", "title": "Walt Disney World" }, { "docid": "20095540", "text": "advanced projection mapping display in Disney Parks history. A keyhole appears on Cinderella Castle. A narration says that each of us has a dream and, when we pursue it, we embark on a journey, only if we look inside and ‘unlock the magic within’. Magical pixie dust flows through the keyhole and covers the castle and surrounding turrets in royal red and gold as the \"Happily Ever After\" theme song plays. Introduced by Tiana, we see various Disney characters longing for their deepest desires - Ariel wishing to be ‘part of our world’, Remy for his own career as a", "title": "Happily Ever After (Magic Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "4814493", "text": "On July 5, 2009, a driver was killed after the Pink and Purple monorails collided on the Epcot line at the Transportation and ticket Center. This was the only deadly incident on the Walt Disney World Monorail System in its history. Walt Disney World Monorail System The Walt Disney World Monorail System is a public transit monorail system in operation at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. The Walt Disney World Resort currently operates twelve Mark VI monorail trains on three lines of service. The monorail system opened in 1971 with two routes (Magic Kingdom:", "title": "Walt Disney World Monorail System" }, { "docid": "6371212", "text": "Walt Disney World opened in 1971, the program became nationwide, allowing anyone the opportunity for a cheaper admission, as well as added benefits such as vacation packages. Over his 30 years with The Walt Disney Company, Baldwin held many roles, one of which was the Worldwide Director of the Magic Kingdom Club. From 1978-1994 he ran the MKC, and spent most of his time in Japan and Europe over seeing the production of Disneyland Paris and Disneyland Tokyo. When he was not running the MKC, Baldwin was also the publisher of Disney Magazine for quite some time. The very first", "title": "Disney Magazine" }, { "docid": "802418", "text": "uniforms. The logo, featuring a basketball crowded by stars and the wordmark \"Magic\" with a star replacing the A, was created following meetings with Walt Disney World artists and over 5000 suggestions sent from around the country. Stars would remain a primary feature of the logo once it was redesigned in 2000 to feature a comet-like basketball. Pat Williams first suggested the colors black and gold of his alma mater Wake Forest, but this was eschewed for various factors, including the local college Central Florida using the same scheme. Black would still be the primary color in the scheme used", "title": "Orlando Magic" }, { "docid": "2831983", "text": "it will be open before Disney World's 50th anniversary in 2021. Magic Kingdom lies more than a mile away from its parking lot, on the opposite side of the man-made Seven Seas Lagoon. Upon arrival, guests are taken by the parking lot trams to the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), which sells admission into the parks and provides transportation connections throughout the resort complex. To reach the park, guests either use the Walt Disney World Monorail System, the ferryboats, or Disney Transport buses, depending on the location of their hotel or parking lot. The three hotels closest to Magic Kingdom,", "title": "Magic Kingdom" }, { "docid": "8786879", "text": "the Commonwealth of Virginia. They were selected to perform as a part of Magic Music Days at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Each year, the Emerald Sound Marching Band performs with the four other Spotsylvania County marching bands in the Spotsylvania Showcase at Spotsylvania High School and the Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg Christmas parades. List of Shows: Riverbend High School Riverbend High School is a public secondary school located in Spotsylvania, Virginia, and is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools. Opened in 2004, Riverbend is Spotsylvania County's newest high school. The school mascot is a bear and the school colors", "title": "Riverbend High School" }, { "docid": "12169468", "text": "they narrate their marching band's respective shows. The marching bands' appeal is also used to attract fans to other events during the Florida Classic weekend. On Fridays, both bands perform after high school bands during the annual Florida Blue Battle of the Bands at Amway Center. Prior to 2007 while Walt Disney World was still a sponsor, both bands performed annually at a parade at one of the Walt Disney World parks. Florida Classic The Florida Classic is the annual college football rivalry game between Bethune–Cookman University and the Florida A&M University. The game is televised nationally by ESPNU as", "title": "Florida Classic" }, { "docid": "13616692", "text": "Magician Mickey Magician Mickey is a 1937 Walt Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon, originally released to theaters on February 6, 1937. Mickey puts on a magic show, but is constantly interrupted by a heckler, Donald Duck, whom he in turn tries to get his revenge on through his magic tricks. This cartoon sometimes deletes the scene where Goofy gets electrocuted when he sticks his finger in a live light socket. In the game Mickey's Magical Arts World, The cartoon appears as you can make your own character instead of Donald. When a jealous Donald Duck tries to sabotage Mickey's magic act,", "title": "Magician Mickey" }, { "docid": "14673174", "text": "return to Walt Disney World in 2011 either. Summer Nightastic! Summer Nightastic! was an annual three-month promotion by the Walt Disney Company celebrating the summer at the US Disney Resorts. It started in 2009 at the Disneyland Resort and had returned for 2010 at the Disneyland Resort and at the Walt Disney World Resort. The event included special nighttime events and ride operations. Walt Disney World featured events at the Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. The Disneyland Resort featured events at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. It was replaced by Disney Soundsational Summer at Disneyland, however", "title": "Summer Nightastic!" }, { "docid": "832243", "text": "real-world, but since closed Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom). He first appeared as a statue in \"Walt Disney's Comics and Stories\" #138 in the 1952 story \"Statuesque Spendthrifts\" by Carl Barks. His statue and legacy has later appeared in many other stories. Although Cornelius was a well-known figure to readers of Disney comics, his character history was not told until Don Rosa began using the character in the late 1980s. The following history is mainly based on Rosa's stories, especially \"His Majesty, McDuck\", first published in \"Uncle Scrooge Adventures\" #14. Cornelius Coot was born in 1790 as an", "title": "Duck family (Disney)" }, { "docid": "2621759", "text": "Delta Dreamflight Delta Dreamflight was an attraction located in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom inside the Walt Disney World Resort, and was sponsored by Delta Air Lines. Dreamflight replaced an attraction called If You Could Fly (originally If You Had Wings), sponsored by Eastern Air Lines. Dreamflight used the same basic Omnimover ride system that other Disney rides utilize today. It was a pop-up book version of the history of flight using simplistic sets, some Audio-Animatronics and projection effects. Riders passed through scenes of barnstormers, an M-130, Tokyo and Paris in the 1930s, the jet age, and the future of", "title": "Delta Dreamflight" }, { "docid": "20114060", "text": "Highway 192 in Kissimmee, nearly six miles away from the Walt Disney World Resort. Baker filmed the final scene at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park clandestinely, using an iPhone 6S Plus without Disney's knowledge. To maintain secrecy, the filming at the resort used only the bare minimum crew, including Baker, Bergoch, cinematographer Alexis Zabe, acting coach Samantha Quan, Cotto, Prince, and the girls' guardians. Baker intended the ending to be left up to audience interpretation: \"We've been watching Moonee use her imagination and wonderment throughout the entire film to make the best of the situation she's in—she can't go", "title": "The Florida Project" }, { "docid": "14153154", "text": "with Rafiki who gives him wisdom by narrating the past tales of the Pridelands. The story of the books was completely ignored by Disney in \"The Lion King\" sequels and isn't considered canon. \"The Legend of the Lion King\" was an underground stage performance retelling the story of the film using fully articulated puppets in Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland. This attraction ran from June 1994 to February 2002. A Broadway-caliber short-form stage musical named \"Festival of the Lion King\" is performed live in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Florida and in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland. It uses the", "title": "The Lion King (franchise)" } ]

[ "Russ Tamblyn", "Tommy Rall", "Marc Platt", "Jacques d'Amboise", "Matt Mattox", "Jeff Richards", "Howard Keel" ]

[ { "docid": "708555", "text": "to integrate into the cast two non-dancer MGM contract players who were assigned to the film, Jeff Richards, who performed just the simpler dance numbers, and Russ Tamblyn, using him in the dance numbers by exploiting his talents as a gymnast and tumbler. The other four brothers were portrayed by professional dancers – Matt Mattox, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, and Jacques d'Amboise. All four balanced on a beam together during their barn-raising dance. The wood-chopping scene in \"Lonesome Polecat\" was filmed in a single take. Professional dancers played all seven of the brides. The four girls whom Adam sees in", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708555", "text": "to integrate into the cast two non-dancer MGM contract players who were assigned to the film, Jeff Richards, who performed just the simpler dance numbers, and Russ Tamblyn, using him in the dance numbers by exploiting his talents as a gymnast and tumbler. The other four brothers were portrayed by professional dancers – Matt Mattox, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, and Jacques d'Amboise. All four balanced on a beam together during their barn-raising dance. The wood-chopping scene in \"Lonesome Polecat\" was filmed in a single take. Professional dancers played all seven of the brides. The four girls whom Adam sees in", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "9971130", "text": "happy and want to marry the brothers. The story ends with a shotgun wedding of the six remaining couples. The stage musical version of \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was first performed in June 1978 in the Dallas Summer Musicals season with Howard Keel and Jane Powell reprising the lead roles they had played in the original movie 24 years earlier. The production - with Keel and Powell still attached - then proceeded on what was touted as a pre-Broadway tour playing limited engagements in St Louis, Kansas City (Missouri), Toronto and Atlanta. An engagement at the Pantages Theatre in", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "708561", "text": "Seven Brothers' the niftiest musical I've seen in months.\" \"Harrison's Reports\" called it \"A thoroughly delightful blend of songs, dances and romantic comedy\" with \"exceptionally good musical numbers.\" \"The Monthly Film Bulletin\" wrote that the dances \"give the picture its remarkably spirited and exhilarating quality ... A minor weakness is the playing of Jane Powell, whose Milly is a somewhat colourless figure; Howard Keel, the brides and the brothers, however, are all admirable.\" John McCarten of \"The New Yorker\" posted a dissenting negative review, writing that the film \"got on my nerves\" and \"struck me as desperately contrived and often", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "3237991", "text": "Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) Jacques d'Amboise (born July 28, 1934) is an American danseur and choreographer. D'Amboise was born as Joseph Jacques Ahearn in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where ballets were created especially for him by choreographer George Balanchine. D'Amboise also choreographed ballets for the New York City Ballet. As well as ballets, d'Amboise danced in films, including \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", where he played the part of Ephraim, one of the brothers—and \"Carousel\" (1956), where he danced the ballet role of the \"Starlight Carnival\" barker, in which he partnered Susan", "title": "Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)" }, { "docid": "3237995", "text": "Kelly Crandall. Carolyn George died on February 10, 2009, aged 81. Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) Jacques d'Amboise (born July 28, 1934) is an American danseur and choreographer. D'Amboise was born as Joseph Jacques Ahearn in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where ballets were created especially for him by choreographer George Balanchine. D'Amboise also choreographed ballets for the New York City Ballet. As well as ballets, d'Amboise danced in films, including \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", where he played the part of Ephraim, one of the brothers—and \"Carousel\" (1956), where he danced the ballet", "title": "Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)" }, { "docid": "3009620", "text": "grown over the years. Donen solidified his solo career and scored another hit with the musical \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Based on a short story by Stephen Vincent Benét, the film had music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and choreography by Michael Kidd. Jane Powell plays Milly, an 1850s frontierswoman who marries Adam (Howard Keel) only hours after meeting him. When she returns with Adam to his log cabin in the Oregon backwoods, Milly discovers that her husband's six brothers are uncivilized and oafish. She makes it her mission to domesticate them", "title": "Stanley Donen" }, { "docid": "5456014", "text": "Marc Platt (dancer) Marcel Emile Gaston LePlat (December 2, 1913 – March 29, 2014), known professionally as Marc Platt, was an American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Daniel Pontipee, one of the seven brothers in the film \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Born Marcel LePlat to a French immigrant father in Pasadena, California, he was one of the original members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, performing under the name Platoff. While with the company, Platt choreographed \"Ghost Town\" (1939), set to music by Richard Rodgers. Platt danced the", "title": "Marc Platt (dancer)" }, { "docid": "2757796", "text": "Megan McBride in \"127 Hours\" (2010); she had an extended arc as Martha M. Masters in the medical drama series \"House.\" She also had a starring role as Jenny on season eleven and twelve (Final Season) of the CBS sitcom \"Two and a Half Men\". Tamblyn was born in Santa Monica, California. Her father, Russ Tamblyn, is an actor, dancer, and singer who starred in the 1961 film \"West Side Story\", the 1954 film \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" and the television series \"Twin Peaks\", and her mother, Bonnie Murray, is a singer, teacher, and artist. Her paternal grandfather, Eddie", "title": "Amber Tamblyn" }, { "docid": "6763462", "text": "Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor) Jeff Richards (November 1, 1924 – July 28, 1989) was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers, who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor. He is best known for his role as Benjamin Pontipee in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954). Following this performance, he tied with George Nader and Joe Adams for the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. Despite this, his acting career soon floundered. He was born Richard Mansfield Taylor in Portland, Oregon. Taylor joined the United States Navy during World War", "title": "Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)" }, { "docid": "6763470", "text": "from unknown causes. He is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor) Jeff Richards (November 1, 1924 – July 28, 1989) was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers, who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor. He is best known for his role as Benjamin Pontipee in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954). Following this performance, he tied with George Nader and Joe Adams for the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. Despite this, his acting career soon floundered. He was born Richard Mansfield", "title": "Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)" }, { "docid": "8644556", "text": "wife, and Leif Erickson, Allyn Joslyn, Rhys Williams, J. M. Kerrigan, Chris Olsen, the child actor, and Russ Tamblyn, who contributes an acrobatic dance reminiscent of his chore in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", weigh in with competent performances as Cross Creek's leading lights.\" Recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz praised the film, writing, \"Though the story gets lost for too long in too much psychological explaining, it redeems itself with a fine action-packed tense ending. Rouse does a nice job keying in on the reactions of the townsmen, stages some fine action sequences and the performances are solid (especially by", "title": "The Fastest Gun Alive" }, { "docid": "5286804", "text": "acrobatic dancer and Elvis contemporary, as well as MGM star Russ Tamblyn, (\"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\") who visited Elvis at his suite at the Knickerboker Hotel on the night before the filming of the \"Jailhouse Rock\" scene. He had trouble, that same day at the rehearsals, in interpreting what the MGM choreographer Alex Romero demanded of him, so Tamblyn's input at the suite that night helped Elvis deliver the first of that dancing sequence which, incidentally, was witnessed by none other than the then MGM megastar, Gene Kelly. In fact, the producers had wanted Elvis for \"The Girl Can't", "title": "The Girl Can't Help It" } ]

[ { "docid": "11075066", "text": "was cancelled after one season. It was created after the 1954 Hollywood film \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was executive produced by David Gerber for MGM Television and filmed on location at Murphys, California. The series' theme, \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", was written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Phil Silas. The musical numbers were choreographed by Carl Jablonski. Michael J. Fox auditioned for this show, before auditioning successfully for \"Family Ties\". Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9971134", "text": "among them - and fans of the show chanted and held picket signs demanding Rich retract his review presumably in vain hopes of a resultant reprieve for \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\".) \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" would receive a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score. The musical premiered in the West End at the Old Vic, starting on July 2, 1985 and running for 41 performances. It starred Roni Page and Steve Devereaux and included Michaela Strachan as the bride Liza. The show also played at The Prince of Wales Theatre, Leicester Square produced by Michael Winter, and", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "11075065", "text": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March 23, 1983. The series told the adventures of a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in northern California. Into the chaos came feisty Hannah, who married Adam and took on the task of bringing order to the household. The series contained about one musical number per episode, written by notable songwriter Jimmy Webb. Despite a small but dedicated fan following, the series", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series)" }, { "docid": "708541", "text": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 American musical film, photographed in Ansco Color in the CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story \"The Sobbin' Women\", by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the Ancient Roman legend of The Rape of the Sabine Women. \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", which is set in Oregon in", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708542", "text": "1850, is particularly known for Kidd's unusual choreography, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and raising a barn. Film critic Stephanie Zacharek has called the barn-raising sequence in \"Seven Brides\" \"one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen.\" \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for four additional awards, including Best Picture (where it lost the award to Elia Kazan's \"On the Waterfront\"). In 2006, American Film Institute named \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" as one of the", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708564", "text": "sure to please the whole family,\" despite the fact that the movie was originally produced for film and debuted on Broadway over two decades later. The following slogan was used to publicize the film in 1954: The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 American musical film, photographed in Ansco Color in the CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708563", "text": "preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.\" In 2006, it was ranked #21 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. In 2008, the film was ranked number 464 in Empire magazine's list of the 500 greatest films of all time. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes awards \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" an 88% \"Fresh\" rating based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The critics' consensus states: \"Buoyed by crowd-pleasing tunes and charming performances, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers makes a successful transition from Broadway to screen that's", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "9971125", "text": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It is based on the 1954 Stanley Donen film of the same name which is, itself, an adaption of the short story \"The Sobbin' Women,\" by Stephen Vincent Benét, based on the Ancient Roman legend of \"The Rape of the Sabine Women\". The show's 1978-79 premiere tour was canceled without reaching Broadway: after touring for eighteen months", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "9971140", "text": "will be licensed by Music Theatre International for stock and regional use. The musical toured in the UK during 2008, starring Steven Houghton and Susan McFadden, and played in over thirty cities, including The Liverpool Empire. A new restaged version of the show is currently being produced and will open at The Churchill Theatre Bromley on 13 September 2013 before touring the UK & Ireland. The new re-staged production stars Sam Attwater & Helena Blackman and directed/choreographed by Patti Colombo. www.sevenbridesthemusical.com In October 2014 it was announced that Regent's Park Open Air Theatre will present \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\"", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "9971142", "text": "as Milly. The brothers were played by Wes Drummond (Benjamin), Carver Duncan (Caleb), Matt Casey (Daniel), Ben Cramer (Ephraim), Will Leonard (Frank) and Max King (Gideon). The brides were played by Diane Huber (Dorcas), Danielle Barnes (Ruth / Dance Captain), Kelsey Beckert (Liza), Avery Bryce Epstein (Martha), Corinne Munsch (Sarah) and Kiersten Benzing (Alice). The suitors were played by Sean Cleary (Nathan), Marty Craft (Luke), Joshua Kolberg (Matt), Olin Davidson (Joel), Corey John Hafner (Zeke), and Glenn Britton (Jeb). The cast was rounded out by Dustin Cunningham and Courtney Cunningham as the Hoallums, Michael Weaver as the Preacher and Katharine", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "2372854", "text": "was to be written by Gene de Paul with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. De Paul and Mercer had previously written the score for the popular movie musical, \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Michael Kidd, who had choreographed \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", was to direct and choreograph \"Li'l Abner\". Al Capp approved the production and was to receive a share of any profits. Paramount Pictures was the sole backer of the musical and also paid $300,000 for its film rights, with Panama and Frank slated to adapt, direct, and produce the film version. The producers conducted a long search for", "title": "Li'l Abner (musical)" }, { "docid": "708560", "text": "film \"a wholly engaging, bouncy, tuneful and panchromatic package ... Although the powers at M-G-M are deviating from the normal song-and-dance extravaganza in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,' it is a gamble that is paying rich rewards.\" \"Variety\" wrote: \"This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping, country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show. It offers songs, dances and romancing in such a delightful package that word-of-mouth could talk it into solid business at the boxoffice.\" Richard L. Coe of \"The Washington Post\" declared: \"Dandy dancing, singable songs and the ozone of originality make 'Seven Brides for", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708554", "text": "over their arms. The film ends with the brothers kissing their respective brides in the living room of the Pontipee cabin. The Brothers and their Brides: To perform the dance numbers and action sequences, choreographer Michael Kidd wanted dancers to portray all six of Adam Pontipee's brothers. Kidd said that he \"had to find a way to have these backwoods men dance without looking ridiculous. I had to base it all around activities you would accept from such people – it couldn't look like ballet. And it could only have been done by superbly trained dancers.\" However, he was able", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "4513288", "text": "of the Bride\" (1950) and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1955). They won Writers Guild of America awards for \"Easter Parade\" (1949), \"Father's Little Dividend\" (1951), \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954), and \"The Diary of Anne Frank\" (1959), as well as nominations for \"In the Good Old Summertime\" (1949), \"Father of the Bride\" (1950) and \"The Long, Long Trailer\" (1954). They also won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for their original play \"The Diary of Anne Frank\". Some of their other films include: \"Another Thin Man\" (1939) and \"It's a Wonderful", "title": "Albert Hackett" }, { "docid": "708547", "text": "girls take a fancy to the brothers as well. However, all of them already have suitors among the young men of the town, who taunt the brothers into fighting during the barn-raising. At first, the six brothers remember Milly's teachings and try to resist being drawn into a fight. The suitors finally go too far when they attack Adam, provoking Gideon into fighting back. A brawl ensues in which the brothers dominate their physically weaker town rivals. Although the Pontipee brothers did not start the fight, they are kicked out of the town by the townspeople. Winter comes, and the", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708543", "text": "best American musical films ever made. In 2004, \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.\" In 1850, backwoodsman Adam Pontipee comes to town in the Oregon Territory to shop and look for a bride. He eventually comes upon the local tavern, where he sees Milly chopping wood. After being convinced of her worth by the quality of her cooking and her insistence on finishing her chores before she would leave with him, he proposes and she accepts despite knowing him", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708562", "text": "witless,\" though he did concede that there were \"some fine dances\" in it. \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was the 5th most popular film at the British box office in 1955. According to MGM records it made $5,526,000 in the US and Canada and $3,877,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $3,198,000. The film came in third in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the UK's \"Number One Essential Musicals\" and was listed as number eight in the \"Top 10 MGM musicals\" in the book \"Top 10 of Film\" by Russell Ash. In 2004, the film was selected for", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "9971132", "text": "Earl Wilson attributed the show's folding to \"squabbling between the stars...and the producers\": Kasha's co-producer Zev Bufman would attribute the tour's preemption to the financial backer, subsequent to a \"corporate shuffle\", no longer making theatrical investments. The musical was revived in 1981 as a vehicle for singer Debby Boone, a June showcase engagement in the Akron-based Kenley Players season of 1981 being followed by an eighteen month US tour launched with a December 1981 engagement at the Fox Theater (San Diego). \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" would then open on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on 8 July 1982 subsequent", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "708552", "text": "families; the brothers are unwilling, believing their parents won't let them marry their daughters, and the other six women refuse to return to their families, lest their parents to force them to return to their former suitors; they ran away to hide. When Milly discovers that they are not in the house, Adam tells the brothers to find them and bring them back. The townspeople arrive, intent on hanging the Pontipee brothers for the kidnappings. The fathers, who find the brothers trying to force the women to return to town, misunderstand their efforts as assautive, and charge to the girls'", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "7721533", "text": "Satte Pe Satta Satte Pe Satta () is a 1982 Hindi action comedy film. It featured Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Ranjeeta Kaur, Sachin, Shakti Kapoor, Paintal, Sudhir, Inderjeet, Sarika, Kanwaljit Singh, Prema Narayan, Mac Mohan and Kalpana Iyer amongst others. The film is an adaptation of the American musical film \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". The film was remade in Kannada as \"Jaggu\". \"Satte Pe Satta\" is the story of seven brothers living on a large farmhouse. The first half of the movie shows the life of the brothers who grow up under the leadership of their oldest", "title": "Satte Pe Satta" }, { "docid": "1391939", "text": "making his first appearance on a TV show called \"Fantasy\" singing with his sister Rain. In 1982, River was cast in the short-lived CBS television series, \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", in which he starred as the youngest brother, Guthrie McFadden. River arrived at the auditions with his guitar and promptly burst into a convincing Elvis Presley impersonation, charming the show producer. By this age, Phoenix was also an accomplished tap dancer. Almost a year after \"Seven Brides\" ended in 1983, Phoenix found a new role in the 1984 television movie \"Celebrity\", where he played the part of young Jeffie", "title": "River Phoenix" }, { "docid": "9971138", "text": "that overshadows many shortcomings.\" Two songs, \"Where Were You?\" and \"I Married Seven Brothers\" were added, \"Glad That You Were Born\" was revised, and the book was heavily rewritten. With a realistic approach, rustic orchestrations and a focus on the Oregon Trail, the show was quite different from its film predecessor. Plans for a 2005-2006 National Tour of this production failed. A production ran at the West End Haymarket Theatre from August 16, 2006 through November 18, 2006. A revised version played at several venues, including the Paper Mill Playhouse (New Jersey) (April 11, 2007 - May 11), North Shore", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "708546", "text": "shocked at how handsome they are, and that none of them got married. It turns out that the brothers rarely saw a girl or woman and never learned how to communicate with them. At first, the brothers have a hard time changing from their \"mountain man\" ways, but eventually come to see their only chance to get brides of their own is to do things Milly's way. They try out their new manners at a social gathering in the town (a dance and barn-raising), where they meet six women they like – Dorcas, Ruth, Martha, Liza, Sarah, and Alice. The", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708557", "text": "explained to Mercer and dePaul his conception of the \"Lonesome Polecat\" number, the lament of the brothers for the women, and the two worked out the music and lyrics. In his introduction to a showing on Turner Classic Movies on January 17, 2009, host Robert Osborne, as well as Jane Powell in her autobiography, \"The Girl Next Door,\" both say MGM was much less interested in \"Seven Brides\" than it was in \"Brigadoon\" which was also filming at the time, even cutting its budget and transferring the money to the Lerner and Loewe vehicle. Most of the movie was shot", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708544", "text": "for only a few hours. On the journey home, Milly talks about how she is excited to be cooking and taking care of only one man, visibly upsetting Adam. When they arrive at his cabin in the mountains, Milly is surprised to learn that Adam is the oldest of seven brothers living under the same roof. The brothers have been given Bible names \"alphabetically\": Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank (short for frankincense—supposedly due to no Bible names beginning with F—and their mother thought he smelled sweet), and Gideon. All of the brothers have red hair, and all but Gideon", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "5456171", "text": "she played supporting or leading roles in a number of Warner Brothers musicals. Her most famous film role was Liza in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" in 1954. While in Hollywood she also starred in a television series \"So This Is Hollywood\" with Mitzi Green, which ran for one season in 1955. She was a regular performer on The Johnny Carson Show (1955–56), an earlier Carson series, not to be confused with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1956 she returned to Broadway to play Ethel Merman's daughter in the musical \"Happy Hunting.\" She then became one of the", "title": "Virginia Gibson" }, { "docid": "9835726", "text": "\"Saturday Night\" at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London. On 14 February 2011, Blackman released her debut album, The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein, consisting of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein material, as well as some of their lesser known songs. From 5 to 31 December 2011, Blackman appeared in the title role of \"Snow White\" at the Redditch Palace Theatre. From September 2013 to May 2014 she played the leading role of Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers on the UK and Ireland tour. From 7 to 20 August 2017 Blackman starred alongside Daniel Boys and Sherman Brothers' musical", "title": "Helena Blackman" }, { "docid": "8607248", "text": "told me modestly, \"I couldn't think of anything else to do.\" He was awarded the VC. I wasn't because we used a dummy. But Donald could swim!\" The cast also included Anthony Wager, who had played a young Pip in \"Great Expectations\" (1946). John Mills, who played the older Pip, appeared opposite him. The film was the sixth most popular film at the British box office that year, after \"The Dam Busters\", \"White Christmas\", \"Doctor at Sea\", \"The Colditz Story\" and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". It helped John Mills be voted the fifth most popular star in the country.", "title": "Above Us the Waves" }, { "docid": "708548", "text": "six younger brothers are pining for the girls they had fallen in love with. Milly asks Adam to talk to the brothers as she fears they will want to leave because of missing the girls. Adam reads his brothers the story of \"The Sobbin' Women\" (taken from Plutarch's story of the Sabine Women), from the Bible Milly had brought to the homestead. He tells them that they should take whatever action is necessary to get their women. Aided by Adam, the brothers kidnap the six girls, then cause an avalanche in Echo Pass so the townspeople can't pursue them. The", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "3016413", "text": "be completely understandable.\" In \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" he employed leading ballet dancers, but insisted that his dancers avoid ballet dance moves, and instead focus on \"work movements like ax wielding\". In choreographing \"Seven Brides\", Kidd once said that he \"had to find a way to have these backwoods men dance without looking ridiculous. I had to base it all around activities you would accept from such people—it couldn't look like ballet. And it could only have been done by superbly trained dancers.\" Yet he was able to integrate into the cast a non-dancer MGM contract player who was", "title": "Michael Kidd" }, { "docid": "708558", "text": "on the MGM sound stages. One exterior sequence not filmed at the studio was shot on location at Corral Creek Canyon in Sun Valley, Idaho. It was here that the escape following the brothers' kidnapping their future brides and the avalanche that closed the pass was filmed. On the 2004 DVD commentary, Stanley Donen states that the film was originally shot in two versions, one in CinemaScope and another in normal ratio, because MGM was concerned that not all theaters had the capability to screen it. Despite the fact that it cost more than the widescreen version to make, he", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708549", "text": "Pontipee homestead is cut off from the town until the spring thaw opens Echo Pass again. The only problem: The brothers forgot to bring the parson along to perform the marriages. Milly is furious with Adam and his brothers for kidnapping the women, and she kicks both Adam and his brothers out of their house and sends them to the barn to \"eat and sleep with the rest of the livestock,\" while the women stay in the house with her. Adam, angered by Milly's action, leaves for the trapping cabin farther up the mountain to spend the winter by himself.", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "9971127", "text": "meets Milly, a waitress at a local restaurant. Milly and Adam rush into marriage and immediately return to Adam's remote ranch in the mountains. As soon as they return home, Adam reverts to his true self: an ill-mannered and inconsiderate slob. Milly meets his six brothers, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon, all of whom also share Adam's love for all things disorderly. Milly decides to reform the brothers and help them change their ways. She teaches them to dance and then takes them to a barn-raising. There, the six brothers meet six girls they like and start courting", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "14314240", "text": "before being replaced by former Brad Majors ITV Superstar winner Ben Forster. Between September 2013 and February 2014, Sam has appeared as Adam Pontipee in a nationwide tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Sam married Vicky Ogden on 26 August 2014. On 18 June 2016, Ogden gave birth to their daughter, Rosie Ida May Attwater. Sam Attwater Samuel Attwater (born 10 April 1986) is an English actor and singer who played Leon Small in the British soap opera \"EastEnders\" and its online spin-off \"\". He won the sixth series of \"Dancing on Ice\" in March 2011 and participated in", "title": "Sam Attwater" }, { "docid": "13997904", "text": "movie \"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers,\" and was very loosely based upon the transportation of single women from the East Coast to what was then the frontier logging outpost of Seattle, which in time became a major metropolitan area of present-day Washington State. The show's theme song, \"Seattle,\" was covered by crooner Perry Como, who enjoyed some chart success with it. Hanley's character was the love interest of Jeremy Bolt, played by then teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman; Sherman's interpretation of \"Seattle\" was not as successful as Como's had been. \"Harper Valley PTA\" was an early 1980s American television sitcom based", "title": "Bridget Hanley" }, { "docid": "9971128", "text": "them. Conflicts arise when each of the six girls turns out to have her own jealous suitor. Upon returning home Adam reads his brothers the story of The Rape of the Sabine Women, inciting them to kidnap the girls and bring them back home with them. The brothers kidnap the girls and then cause an avalanche to fall and block the suitors' way, making the brothers' house unreachable until spring. The girls are crying and furious by the time they reach the house. An angry Milly scolds the boys and sends them all to live in the barn, and Adam", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "708545", "text": "are well over six feet tall. Milly is also shocked at how filthy dirty their house is, along with how bad-tempered and ill-mannered Adam and his brothers are. At first, Milly is angry and believes that Adam wanted a servant girl instead of a wife, but Adam tells her that living in the backwoods is a hard life, and men and women have to work alongside each other to survive. The next morning, Milly decides to teach Adam and his brothers cleanliness and proper manners - especially at the table during meals. After the brothers wash and shave, Milly is", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "10518072", "text": "around to auditions. Michaelsen's four siblings all acted as children, most notably Peter Billingsley and, to a lesser extent, Neil, who began playing Danny Walton on the daytime soap opera \"Search for Tomorrow\" in 1975. She appeared in many television commercials and guest starring in quite a number of television shows including \"Code Red\", \"Here's Boomer\", \"The Young Riders\", and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Melissa starred in several made-for-TV movies such as \"Orphan Train\", \"Broken Promise\", and the \"Goldie and the Boxer\" films. Michaelsen's played the title role, Maxx Davis, on the sitcom \"Me and Maxx\" in 1980. She", "title": "Melissa Michaelsen" }, { "docid": "4513292", "text": "basis only, and to concentrate on providing witty exchanges for the principal characters, Nick and Nora Charles (played by William Powell and Myrna Loy). The resulting film was one of the major hits of the year, and the script, considered to show a modern relationship in a realistic manner for the first time, is considered groundbreaking. They received Academy Award for Screenplay nominations for \"The Thin Man\", \"After the Thin Man\" (1936), \"Father of the Bride\" (1950) and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1955). They won Writers Guild of America awards for \"Easter Parade\" (1949), \"Father's Little Dividend\" (1951), \"Seven", "title": "Frances Goodrich" }, { "docid": "5732132", "text": "and \"The Geena Davis Show\", played the lead in the short-lived series \"Brimstone\", and played Crane McFadden in the one season series (1982–1983) \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". He played Jacob in the 1982 feature film \"Split Image\", Father Mahoney in the 1986 feature film \"Where the River Runs Black\" Roy Fox in the 1996 film \"Two Days In The Valley\" and played Burt in the 1984 Stephen King movie \"Children of the Corn\". He had a minor role in Cameron Crowe's Seattle romantic comedy, \"Singles\". He played Harry Landers in the \"Hospital\" skit from \"Amazon Women on the Moon\"", "title": "Peter Horton" }, { "docid": "5456138", "text": "Ball of the Thalians with the late Debbie Reynolds throughout these five decades. In 2011, after 55 years of involvement with the Thalians, she stepped down and is now a member emerita. Ruta Lee Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama \"Witness for the Prosecution\" and Stanley Donen's musical comedy \"Funny Face\" and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series \"The", "title": "Ruta Lee" }, { "docid": "5456125", "text": "Ruta Lee Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1935) is a Canadian-American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama \"Witness for the Prosecution\" and Stanley Donen's musical comedy \"Funny Face\" and also is remembered for her guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Rod Serling's sci-fi series \"The Twilight Zone\" called \"A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain\". Lee guest-starred on many television series, and was also featured on a number of game shows, including \"Hollywood Squares\", \"What's My Line?\",", "title": "Ruta Lee" }, { "docid": "4142106", "text": "Here Come the Brides Here Come the Brides is an American comedy Western series from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970. The series was loosely based upon the Mercer Girls project, Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to old Seattle in the 1860s by importing marriageable women from the east coast cities of the United States, where the ravages of the American Civil War left those towns short of men. The producers said the show was inspired by the movie \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" in an interview with", "title": "Here Come the Brides" }, { "docid": "10344590", "text": "the Word\". As a result, she played the lead female role of Sandy in the West End production of \"Grease\" with Danny Bayne beginning in August 2007. In 2008, McFadden recorded two songs for the CD \"Act One - Songs From The Musicals Of Alexander S. Bermange\", an album of 20 brand new recordings by 26 West End stars, released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records. She played the lead role of Milly in the stage adaption of \"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers\", with Steven Houghton. McFadden starred in the original west end cast of the musical \"Legally Blonde\"", "title": "Susan McFadden" }, { "docid": "708550", "text": "Gideon tells Milly and begs her to tell Adam not to leave, but Milly refuses, saying: \"He's gotta learn that he can't treat people this way.\" Winter slowly passes, and the women vent their frustrations by pulling pranks on the brothers. After Milly announces that she's going to have a baby, the women and the brothers come together as a family. Milly gives birth to a daughter, in the spring. The daughter is named as Hanna as a continuum to the names in alphabetical order, the last one being Gideon. Gideon rides to the cabin to inform Adam of his", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "708553", "text": "rescue. Alice's father, Reverend Elcott (Ian Wolfe) -- the minister the brothers had forgotten to grab when they took the girls—hears baby Hannah cry in the distance, and worries that the baby might belong to one of the kidnapped girls. Elcott asks the girls whose baby he heard, and to not be afraid to tell. They each answer \"Mine.\" This misinformation serves the women's and the brothers' needs: the townspeople, including the girls' fathers, insist on immediate shotgun weddings, which are performed by Reverend Elcott, while Adam and Milly watch and the fathers stand behind their respective daughters' grooms, guns", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "16430601", "text": "The two older straight boys are engaged to twin sisters. But their younger brother Jonathan (played by Nicholas Conlon) is \"special\" and his father is concerned that he'll go through life alone, unless they can find him a husband, with assistance and support from a \"hired hand\" named Bill Tom (played by Ryan Idol) to arrange this. Attempts include a match with an escaped convict and later, a good-hearted drag queen. But as it turns out, Jonathan has felt a lifelong affection for Bill Tom himself. Some compared the story to a gay version of \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\"", "title": "Scent of Rain" }, { "docid": "9971136", "text": "though there was an ongoing dispute that said the show did not have the rights to play in London itself, only in the provinces. However, the situation seems to have resolved itself when “Seven Brides” returned to the West End - at the Prince of Wales - the following year where it ran for 5 and a half months from 8th May 1986 to 26 October 1986 and again Newpalm Productions toured the UK a number of times during the following years. A 2002 tour of the UK starred Dave Willetts. A Spanish production premiered at Teatro Nuevo Apolo on", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "9971143", "text": "Gentsch as the Swing. The production was directed by Dean Sobon, choreographed by Kerry Lambert, and music directed by Scott Williams. \"One Man\", \"Love Never Goes Away\", \"The Townsfolk's Lament\", \" A Woman Ought To Know Her Place\", \"We Gotta Make It Through The Winter\", \"Spring Dance\", and \"Glad That You Were Born\" were written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the musical. \"Bless Your Beautiful Hide\", \"Wonderful Wonderful Day\", \"Goin' Courtin'\", and \"Sobbin' Women\" are from the 1954 film and written by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer. NEW REVISED VERSION Act I Act II Seven Brides for", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "7320537", "text": "role of Sky Masterson in the 1992 revival of \"Guys and Dolls\". He originated the role of Gaston in Disney's \"Beauty and the Beast\" in 1994 on Broadway, as well as in the Los Angeles and London West End productions. He succeeded Brian Stokes Mitchell in the roles of Fred Graham/Petruchio in the Broadway revival of \"Kiss Me, Kate\" in January 2001. He played Herakles in the 2004 production of Sondheim's \"The Frogs\". He appeared as Adam in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" at Goodspeed Opera House in 2005. Moses played El Gallo in the 2006 off-Broadway revival of the", "title": "Burke Moses" }, { "docid": "7266843", "text": "a recurring role on the ABC sitcom \"Who's the Boss?\", and guest starred on \"CHiPs\", \"Trapper John, M.D.\" and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Tonya Crowe Tonya Crowe (born January 24, 1971) is an American actress, best known for playing Olivia Cunningham, the daughter of Donna Mills's Abby Cunningham, in the CBS prime time soap opera, \"Knots Landing\", a role she played from 1980 to 1990 as well as in the reunion miniseries \"\" (1997). She received three Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Prime Time., and well as Young Artist Award for Best Young", "title": "Tonya Crowe" }, { "docid": "3315470", "text": "third base for one of their farm teams until he was injured in 1978. Hogestyn began his acting career by entering a Columbia Pictures talent search that included 75,000 people. Hogestyn was among the 30 selected, and his first starring role was on the prime time series \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". After a few minor roles (one as Kort, leader of the Micro Workers in the episode 'Princess Metra', on the 80s television series \"Otherworld (TV series)\"), Hogestyn joined the cast of \"Days of our Lives\" in 1986. He initially played a mystery man referred to simply as \"The", "title": "Drake Hogestyn" }, { "docid": "3009621", "text": "and, upon Milly's sarcastic suggestion, the brothers kidnap six women from a neighboring town to marry them. The film was shot in the new CinemaScope format and is remembered for its dance sequences, particularly the \"barn raising scene\" in which architecture and construction become acrobatic ballet steps. \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was one of the highest-grossing films of 1954 and appeared on many critics' 10 Best Films lists. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture), which it won. Its success was a surprise to MGM, which had invested", "title": "Stanley Donen" }, { "docid": "4355550", "text": "appeared as Old Deuteronomy in the 20th anniversary production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's \"Cats\" in London, and as Jean Valjean in the 10th anniversary production of \"Les Misérables\" in Sydney, Australia. He took the role of Heathcliff in the studio recording of Bernard J. Taylor musical version of \"Wuthering Heights\". In 2004, he appeared in the West End production of \"Ragtime\" alongside Maria Friedman. In December of the same year he appeared in \"Aladdin\" in Bromley. He has played the starring role of 'Adam Pontipee' in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" in the West End (2006). and the national tour", "title": "Dave Willetts" }, { "docid": "1103303", "text": "British Lion studio in Elstree, in \"The Small Voice\" (1948), released in the United States as \"The Hideout\". He played an escaped convict holding a playwright and his wife hostage in their English country cottage. Additional Broadway credits include \"Saratoga\", \"No Strings\", and \"Ambassador\". He appeared at The Muny in St. Louis as Adam in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1978); Emile de Becque in \"South Pacific\" (1992); Henry Higgins in \"My Fair Lady\" (1996); and as General Waverly in \"White Christmas\" (2000). He returned to his first love, the stage. In 1957, he was in a short-lived revival of", "title": "Howard Keel" }, { "docid": "18114735", "text": "subjects. Bachmann went on to study Law at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio between 1976 and 1981, receiving a Juris Doctor Degree upon completion. Bachmann's movie acting career spanned over three decades. He spent the majority of his acting career on the theatre stage focussing predominantly on musicals. One of his first roles was in the play 1776 which was performed at the Ohio State University, Mansfield Branch Campus in 1976. Bachmann played South Carolina's Edward Rutledge. Performances in subsequent years include Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Adam Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and", "title": "Hans Bachmann" }, { "docid": "15657086", "text": "after poor sales of his debut album. It was reported that the singer claimed that Syco boss, Simon Cowell, was anti-Scottish. McDowall was born in Tarbolton in Ayrshire, Scotland where he worked as a support worker prior to winning \"Britain's Got Talent\". He was a member of the Ayr Amateur Opera Company and Loudoun Musical Society. He played roles such as Frank in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" and Motel in \"Fiddler on the Roof\". Before his job of looking after young people with disabilities, Jai spent two years studying Music and Audio Technology (NC & HNC) at Music and", "title": "Jai McDowall" }, { "docid": "9739349", "text": "in the process of raising funds for a restoration of the currently dilapidated Tower Room, to create a community art studio and exhibition space. Many one night touring shows come through the Kings Theatre, from ballet to rock music, through drama to children's shows. Since the major restorations have been undertaken, the Kings Theatre has attracted large national touring productions such as \"Chicago\", \"Beauty & The Beast\", \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", \"The Rocky Horror Show\", \"Blood Brothers\" and \"Grease\". Productions from larger amateur societies, such as South Downes Musical Society and The Portsmouth Players, regularly feature in the programme", "title": "Kings Theatre, Southsea" }, { "docid": "20117209", "text": "Laura Pitt-Pulford Laura Pitt-Pulford is a British actress, best known for her work in Musical Theatre. In 2015 she played Milly in Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". She received great acclaim for her performance, with a review from Claire Allfree in \"The Daily Telegraph\" commenting \"In a marvellous performance, Laura Pitt-Pulford’s sparky, indomitable Milly holds all the power here\". Mark Shenton of \"The Stage\" stated that \"Pitt-Pulford, too, is a radiant, ravishing Milly, combining brassy toughness with vulnerability\". She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for", "title": "Laura Pitt-Pulford" }, { "docid": "7001180", "text": "In the 1954 musical film \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" the verse is quoted by Milly after comparing her new husband and his brothers to hogs for failing to say grace and for the way they rudely and voraciously began eating the first dinner she had prepared in her new home. The verse is likely the inspiration for the Pokémon Spoink and its evolved form Grumpig. Matthew 7:6 Matthew 7:6 is the sixth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse contains an", "title": "Matthew 7:6" }, { "docid": "9971141", "text": "in 2015. On 1 April 2015 it was announced that the cast would be led by Alex Gaumond as Adam and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Milly. The show opened on the 16 July and received critical acclaim, praised for its choreography and musical arrangements. In January 2015, Prather Touring (a subsection of Prather Entertainment Group) produced a National Tour of the production. The tour played at venues in over 30 states and was followed by an 8-week sit-down at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Ft Myers, FL. The cast was headed up by Justun Hart as Adam and Kate Marshall", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "9971129", "text": "flees up to their hunting cabin in the mountains to live by himself. They live there all through the Winter, but by the time Spring arrives, the girls miss the brothers' attention and find themselves to be in love. Gideon goes to the cabin and attempts to get Adam to return home by telling him that Milly had a baby girl. A changed Adam returns home to find his wife and newborn daughter waiting for him. The snow clears up and the angry suitors make their way up to the house in the mountains to find that the girls are", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "1454103", "text": "many great songs were still to come. Mercer wrote for some MGM films, including \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954) and \"Merry Andrew\" (1958). He collaborated on three Broadway musicals in the 1950s—\"Top Banana\" (1951), \"Li'l Abner\" (1956), and \"Saratoga\" (1959). Mercer made occasional television appearances. In the 1953–1954 season, he guest starred as himself on ABC's \"Jukebox Jury,\" a musical/quiz program on which celebrities judge the latest releases from the recording companies. In 1954, he appeared on NBC's \"The Donald O'Connor Show.\" His more successful songs of the 1950s include \"The Glow-Worm\" (sung by the Mills Brothers) and \"Something's", "title": "Johnny Mercer" }, { "docid": "9006946", "text": "musical \"Born to Dance\", which established his reputation as a respected producer. Cummings remained at MGM even after his uncle was fired from the studio in 1951, working with talent such as the Marx Brothers, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, and Fred Astaire and producing some of the era's best-known musicals, including 1953's \"Kiss Me Kate\" and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" in 1954, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He left MGM to become an independent producer affiliated with Twentieth Century-Fox and produced the 1959 remake of \"The Blue Angel\" and the 1960 movie version of the Abe", "title": "Jack Cummings (director)" }, { "docid": "708551", "text": "daughter's arrival and asks him to come home. Adam refuses, saying that he had said he would return home when the pass was open. Adam does return home, when Echo Pass comes open, to reconcile with Milly and meet his new daughter. As a newly responsible father, he has become aware of how worried the townspeople would be about what has happened to the six abducted girls. Adam admits that \"he\" would have hung his daughter's kidnapper(s) on the nearest tree; Milly forgives him for his past behavior. Adam tells his brothers they need to return the women to their", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" }, { "docid": "9971126", "text": "from 1981 a subsequent production opened on Broadway in July 1982 to close three days and five performances after its official opening. In 1985 a West End production had a six week limited engagement run, with a further five and a half week West End run at The Prince of Wales Theatre. Revised versions of the musical have met with success in U.S. regional theatres and in amateur productions on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1850s Oregon, Adam goes into town seeking a wife to run the household that consists of just himself and his six brothers. There he", "title": "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)" }, { "docid": "1502700", "text": "in bit parts and uncredited roles in films as dancers, including a part as the \"dancer-assassin\" in \"Slaves of Babylon\" (1953) and the \"gilded girl\" in \"Serpent of the Nile\" (1953), in which she was clad in gold paint. She danced in several other films, including \"The Band Wagon\" (also 1953) and \"Demetrius and the Gladiators\" (1954). She also worked as a choreographer and dancer for Universal Studios beginning at age nineteen. Her first major role, billed as Julie Newmeyer, was as Dorcas, one of the brides in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (also 1954). Her three-minute Broadway appearance as", "title": "Julie Newmar" }, { "docid": "17426523", "text": "film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel \"Inherent Vice\" (2014). Both roles earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2017, his performance as the damaged savior of sex-trafficking victims in \"You Were Never Really Here\" netted him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Joaquin Phoenix filmography Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1982) and \"\" (1984) with his brother River Phoenix and on an episode of \"Murder, She", "title": "Joaquin Phoenix filmography" }, { "docid": "14492903", "text": "been influenced by the movie musicals of the 1950s and 1960s, most notably \"Singing in the Rain\" and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,\" and her experience choreographing \"Popeye\", she wanted to further study the process of choreographing for the camera. While teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University she choreographed, produced, and directed a dance video, \"Choreographic Journey\" In addition she worked with other faculty members who were also interested in making works created for the camera. Kinney notes that she encouraged her students at Virginia Commonwealth University to pursue further studies of dance through graduate school and additional training, which inspired", "title": "Sharon Kinney" }, { "docid": "3016389", "text": "Michael Kidd Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Kidd, who was strongly influenced by Charlie Chaplin and Léonide Massine, was an innovator in what came to be known as the \"integrated musical\", in which dance movements are integral to the plot. He was probably best known for his athletic dance numbers in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", a 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical, and for choreographing Fred Astaire and", "title": "Michael Kidd" }, { "docid": "9463124", "text": "(1952), \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954) in small roles, as well as in starring roles in pictures like \"Daughter of the Jungle\" (1949) and \"Pirates of the High Seas\" (1950). She is perhaps best known for her supporting role as Sister Constance in Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed 1991 drama \"Dead Again\", which also featured Raymond Cruz and Steven Culp. She also guest-starred in TV series such as \"\", \"Cold Case\", \"Six Feet Under\", \"Nip/Tuck\", and \"The Unit\". She was also seen in the hit films \"Gone in 60 Seconds\" (2000) and \"Flightplan\" (2005). In 1953 Hall married Maurice Willows, who", "title": "Lois Hall" }, { "docid": "3352526", "text": "(1951), \"Retreat, Hell!\" (1952), and \"The Winning Team\" (1952). MGM had been impressed by Tamblyn's performance in \"Retreat Hell\" and signed him to a long term contract. His first role under the new contract was as a young soldier in boot camp in \"Take the High Ground!\" (1953), directed by Richard Brooks. His training as a gymnast in high school, and abilities as an acrobat, prepared him for his breakout role as Gideon, the youngest brother, in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954). He was not a trained dancer and always considered himself an actor who danced rather than the", "title": "Russ Tamblyn" }, { "docid": "20996013", "text": "Kwai\", \"Lawrence of Arabia\", and \"Doctor Zhivago\". His other books are \"Where There's a Will: Who Inherited What and Why\" (1991), an examination and analysis of celebrity wills; \"Dancing On the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies\" (1996, a biography and critical study of the director choreographer famous for directing film musicals such as \"Singin' in the Rain\" and \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", and comedies like \"Charade\" and \"Bedazzled\"); \"The Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces of Tinseltown\" (1997); \"Funny Ladies: 100 Years of Great Comediennes\" (1999); \"Movie Mutts: Hollywood Goes to the Dogs\" (2001); \"Envy, Anger and Sweet Revenge:", "title": "Stephen M. Silverman" }, { "docid": "6473368", "text": "appeared with John Payne in various roles in five episodes of his NBC western series \"The Restless Gun\", and also guest starred as Mrs. Wayne in the \"Rawhide\" episode \"Incident of the Tinkers Dam\". Bates, who also taught acting, also appeared in films such as \"The Strangler\" (1964), \"Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came\" (1970), and David Lynch's \"Eraserhead\" (1977) as Mrs. X. In July 1982, she appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Bixby in a production of \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Her last roles were small parts in \"Die Hard 2\" (1990), \"Grand Canyon\" (1991), \"Dream Lover\"", "title": "Jeanne Bates" }, { "docid": "1517053", "text": "worked as a landscaper. Phoenix and his siblings were eventually discovered by one of Hollywood's leading children's agents, Iris Burton, who got the five children acting work, mainly doing commercials and television show appearances. At the age of eight, Phoenix made his acting debut alongside his brother River in the television series \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" in the 1982 episode \"Christmas Song\". In his first major role, Phoenix co-starred opposite River in the \"ABC Afterschool Special\" \"\" (1984). Also in 1984, Phoenix made guest appearances in the \"Murder, She Wrote\" episode \"We're Off to Kill the Wizard\" with his", "title": "Joaquin Phoenix" }, { "docid": "17426517", "text": "Joaquin Phoenix filmography Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1982) and \"\" (1984) with his brother River Phoenix and on an episode of \"Murder, She Wrote\" (1984) with his sister Summer Phoenix. He made his feature film debut in \"SpaceCamp\" (1986) and had his first starring role in \"Russkies\" (1987). His first major film release was Ron Howard's dramedy \"Parenthood\" (1989) with Steve Martin. During his period as a child actor, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, his self-given name.", "title": "Joaquin Phoenix filmography" }, { "docid": "7962248", "text": "Ralph E. Winters Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry. After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller \"Gaslight\" (1944). Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for \"King Solomon's Mines\" (1950) and \"Ben-Hur\" (1959). He received four additional nominations: \"Quo Vadis\" (1951), \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954), \"The Great Race\" (1965) and \"Kotch\" (1971).", "title": "Ralph E. Winters" }, { "docid": "13265208", "text": "Earl W. Wallace Earl W. Wallace is an American screen and television writer who began his career in the 1970s writing episodes of the hit CBS Western series \"Gunsmoke\", one of which inspired him, his wife Pamela, and William Kelley to develop the screenplay for the 1985 film \"Witness\". Wallace adapted the Herman Wouk novel \"War and Remembrance\" for a twelve-part miniseries broadcast by ABC. He also wrote episodes of \"How the West Was Won\", \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\", and \"Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected\", and several television movies, including \"Wild and Wooly\", \"If These Walls Could Talk\",", "title": "Earl W. Wallace" }, { "docid": "3009622", "text": "more money in two other musicals: \"Rose Marie\" and \"Brigadoon\", starring Kelly. \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" was more profitable than either film, as well as \"On the Town\" and \"Singin' in the Rain\", and its success was a major turning point for Donen's career. The film was later criticized by novelist Francine Prose, who described it as anti-woman, calling it \"one of the most repulsive movies about men and women that has ever been made\" and a musical about rape. Later in 1954 Donen made \"Deep in My Heart\", a biography of the Hungarian-born American operetta composer Sigmund Romberg", "title": "Stanley Donen" }, { "docid": "2714402", "text": "The screenplay was written by Helen Deutsch (\"National Velvet\") and Dorothy Kingsley (\"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\"), and produced by Robson and David Weisbart. Reviews were scathing, but the film was an enormous box-office hit, becoming the sixth most popular of the year with $44 million at the domestic box office. Susann, who had a cameo as a news reporter, hated the film, reportedly telling director Robson that it was \"a piece of shit.\" The novel was adapted for television in 1981 as \"Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls\", a mini-series executive-produced by Susann's widower Irving Mansfield and directed by", "title": "Valley of the Dolls" }, { "docid": "11766981", "text": "neighbours. They would live in honourable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and—dearest of all to human nature—would be the mothers of free men.\" The women married Roman men, but the Sabines went to war with the Romans. The conflict was eventually resolved when the women, who now had children by their Roman husbands, intervened in a battle to reconcile the warring parties. The tale is parodied by English short-story writer Saki in \"The Schartz-Metterklume Method\". It also serves as the main plot of the movie \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". In Sanskrit literature, the practice is", "title": "Raptio" }, { "docid": "9041852", "text": "\"The Binge\" and \"Once Upon a Time\" show Kelly's efforts to make use of Cinemascope. Comden and Green wrote the songs with André Previn providing the music as well as the accompanying score; it was his first major assignment on an MGM film. Kelly asked his old friend and collaborator Stanley Donen to co-direct with him. Donen, who had just scored a major success with \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (with Kidd as choreographer), did not want to go back to collaborating with Kelly, but he reluctantly agreed. The two men clashed over creative differences in the film, with Donen", "title": "It's Always Fair Weather" }, { "docid": "8300190", "text": "in the Shade - 1986 Fiddler on the Roof -1987 H.M.S. Pinafore - 1988 Brigadoon - 1989 Kiss Me, Kate - 1990 The Sound of Music - 1991 Big River - 1992 My Fair Lady - 1993 Oklahoma! - 1994 Anything Goes - 1995 The Music Man - 1996 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - 1997 Annie - 1998 Pirates of Penzance - 1999 Hello, Dolly! - 2000 The Secret Garden - 2001 Carousel - 2002 Oliver! - 2003 Lucky Stiff - 2004 Guys & Dolls - 2005 Cinderella - 2006 The Pajama Game - 2007 The Sound of Music", "title": "Schmeckfest" }, { "docid": "15595381", "text": "the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ [[C. Thomas Howell] - \"The Outsiders\" (Warner Bros) ★ Roxana Zal - \"Table for Five\" (Warner Bros) ★ Scott Schwartz - \"The Toy\" (Columbia) ★ Missy Francis - \"Man, Woman and Child\" (Paramount) ★ Gary Coleman - \"\" (NBC) ★ Sydney Penny - \"The Thorn Birds\" (ABC) ★ River Phoenix - \"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers\" (CBS) ★ Melissa Gilbert - \"Little House on the Prairie: A New Beginning\" (NBC) ★ Ricky Schroeder - \"Silver Spoons\" (NBC) ★", "title": "5th Youth in Film Awards" }, { "docid": "6059052", "text": "music for \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" (1954) and \"Annie Get Your Gun\" (1950). He was nominated for \"The Band Wagon\" (1953) and the 1951 film version of \"Show Boat\", for which he conducted the orchestra. For Broadway and Hollywood, he conducted, composed and arranged music, but did not write songs, not even for the Broadway shows on which he worked. In addition to his music for westerns and his conducting of the scores for musicals, Deutsch composed for films noir, including \"The Mask of Dimitrios\" (1944), \"The Maltese Falcon\" (1941), and \"Nobody Lives Forever\" (1946), as well as \"Little", "title": "Adolph Deutsch" }, { "docid": "7839756", "text": "groups during their time. The songwriting duo won two Oscars for Best Song, \"The Morning After\" from \"The Poseidon Adventure\" in 1973 and \"We May Never Love Like This Again\" from \"The Towering Inferno\" in 1975. They also received two more Academy Award Nominations for their work in the 1977 Walt Disney live action animated classic \"Pete's Dragon\" where they were nominated for Best Song Score and Best Song (\"Candle On The Water,\" sung by Helen Reddy). Along with Hirschhorn, Kasha also received two Tony nominations for \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" and \"Copperfield\", two Grammy nominations and an Emmy,", "title": "Al Kasha" }, { "docid": "10029599", "text": "Actress, but lost to Betsy Blair in \"Marty\". At the 5th Berlin International Film Festival the film won the Bronze Berlin Bear award. The film also won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Herschel Burke Gilbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture but lost to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin for \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\". Harry Kleiner was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. The soundtrack recording featuring Marilyn Horne and LeVern Hutcherson was originally released on LP by RCA Victor Red", "title": "Carmen Jones (film)" }, { "docid": "9864253", "text": "NIce Life\", winning the 2006 Outstanding Ensemble NYMF Excellence Award, and most recently, the title role in The York Theatre's production of \"I Remember Mama\", as part of their Musicals in Mufti Series 2010. In 2004, Donovan won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lizzie Curry in \"110 in the Shade\" at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C., where she also originated the role of Elmira in the world premiere of the musical \"Nevermore\". She won a Connecticut Critics Circle Award in 2005 for her portrayal of Milly in \"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\" at", "title": "Jacquelyn Piro Donovan" } ]

[ "Ozzy Osbourne" ]

[ { "docid": "4974483", "text": "Networks, Hybrid Films, and D&D Television Productions in Colorado federal court, claiming he was promised to be a full cast member, but received only $6,000 for his contributions. The lawsuit is for \"the misappropriation of his publicity rights as well as claims of breach of contract and promises. Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne sings the show's theme song, \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\". The song can be heard on Osbourne's \"Prince of Darkness\" box set. Many episodes feature at least one song from a band that is either unsigned or with an independent label, usually played during an action scene. These", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "4974483", "text": "Networks, Hybrid Films, and D&D Television Productions in Colorado federal court, claiming he was promised to be a full cast member, but received only $6,000 for his contributions. The lawsuit is for \"the misappropriation of his publicity rights as well as claims of breach of contract and promises. Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne sings the show's theme song, \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\". The song can be heard on Osbourne's \"Prince of Darkness\" box set. Many episodes feature at least one song from a band that is either unsigned or with an independent label, usually played during an action scene. These", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" } ]

[ { "docid": "4974473", "text": "Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter is an American reality television series which aired on A&E and chronicled Duane \"Dog\" Chapman's experiences as a bounty hunter. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado. On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons. The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013. Dog and Beth then starred in a spin-off series, \"\" on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015. On November 14, 2017 A&E announced that they would be airing a 2-hour special called \"Dog", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "4974486", "text": "a second chance of his own. The book largely deals with the fallout from two factors: the federal marshals' arrest and the scandal over his use of the word \"nigger\". Chapman has been parodied in live action productions: Chapman has also been parodied in both animation and print: Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter is an American reality television series which aired on A&E and chronicled Duane \"Dog\" Chapman's experiences as a bounty hunter. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado. On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "6931330", "text": "arcade cabinet under the name Six Gun Select. Originally, home versions of the game were released to the MS-DOS, 3DO and CD-i. It has since been bundled with both \"Mad Dog McCree\" and \"\" as part of 2009's \"Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack\", a compilation for the Wii. The player steps into the shoes of an anonymous bounty hunter who rides into a busy town in order to track down and bring to justice four outlaws whose control over the territory is widespread: Handsome Harry, Nasty Dan, El Loco, and The Cactus Kid. The bounty hunter first fights against a", "title": "The Last Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "14103682", "text": "Waylon Jennings, Chris Stapleton, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and other country artists. The film's score was written and performed by Nick Cave, and Warren Ellis. \"Blood, Sweat & Murder\" was also used in the television program, \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", in the episode titled \"A Helping Hand\" and also on an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl, and on FX Channel’s Mayans M.C.. Biram's song \"Hit The Road\" was also used on \"Dog The Bounty Hunter\". \"Lost Case of Being Found,\" \"Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue,\" and \"No Way\" were used in season four of FX Cable Channel's \"Sons", "title": "Scott H. Biram" }, { "docid": "2159574", "text": "airing beginning on January 8, 2013. Ordered for ten episodes, the new program saw the return of the show's host, Ralph Garman, as a seasoned bounty hunter. J. Holland Moore, a writer on the previous seasons, takes over as head writer and executive producer. The format featured a single contestant who believes he's in a competition to become a bounty hunter, with $100,000 at stake in a parody of bounty hunter shows such as \"Dog The Bounty Hunter\". As with previous versions of the program, the other 11 contestants are actors. Included among them for the first time is a", "title": "The Joe Schmo Show" }, { "docid": "1857402", "text": "laws are broken by them. While the United States government generally allows the activities of bounty hunters within the United States, the governments in other sovereign nations consider them a felony. Bounty hunter Duane \"Dog\" Chapman, star of the TV series \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", was arrested in Mexico after he apprehended the multi-millionaire rapist and fugitive Andrew Luster. Chapman was subsequently released and returned to the U.S. but was later declared a fugitive by a Mexican prosecutor and was subsequently arrested in the United States to be extradited back to Mexico. Chapman has maintained that under Mexico's citizen arrest", "title": "Bounty hunter" }, { "docid": "4974477", "text": "the prison, in addition to serving as the warden’s barber. When an inmate was attempting to escape, Chapman tackled him, which prevented the escapee from being shot at by guards. This, in addition to Chapman’s overall good behavior, led to him being paroled after only 18 months. Inspired by his tackle, Chapman decided to pursue becoming a bounty hunter once released. Dog was seen in 2016 making an appearance with his wife using a cane, which is surprising for the active bounty hunter we saw for so many years. Production and airing of the show was halted by A&E on", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "16046600", "text": "first single in eight years, \"Departure!\", was used as the opening theme song for the 2011 \"Hunter × Hunter\" anime. \"Departure! -Second Version-\" was used as the series' second opening theme, with Galneryus' \"Hunting for Your Dream\" as the second ending theme. Ono sings \"Fight It Out!!\", the opening theme song for the international versions of the final arc of \"Dragon Ball Kai\". In 2010 he established his own vocal school \"Bese\". Masatoshi Ono , also known as Sho, is a Japanese rock/heavy metal singer-songwriter and vocal coach. Ono got his start in the 1980s as vocalist of the heavy", "title": "Masatoshi Ono" }, { "docid": "4974474", "text": "and Beth: Fight of Their Lives\". The special aired two weeks later, on November 27, documenting Beth Chapman and her family as she was fighting throat cancer. The program spun off from Chapman's appearance on the show \"Take This Job\", a program about people with unusual occupations. \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\" captured an audience immediately by drawing viewers into the interaction of Chapman and his family/team, mixing street smarts, romance, arguments, teamwork, adrenaline-laced arrests and a philosophy of hope and second chances. Viewers are taken along as Chapman and his family/team locate and arrest people who have broken the terms", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "4974475", "text": "of their bail agreements. Bounty hunts and arrests segue into the rides to jail, during which Chapman and his team show compassion and strongly counsel the fugitives to start over, leaving behind drugs and/or crime to become dependable members of their families and society. Rounding out most episodes are scenes featuring Dog, Beth and their large family of children, grandchildren and friends. As the show progressed, viewers were taken further behind the scenes during Baby Lyssa's training as a licensed bail bondswoman and bounty hunter; Dog's capture of Andrew Luster and the ensuing arrests of Chapman, Tim and Leland in", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "13057828", "text": "Evensen with whom she owned a tanning salon. Lyssa Chapman Lyssa Rae Chapman (born June 10, 1987), more commonly known as \"Baby Lyssa\", is an American businesswoman and former bail bondswoman and bounty hunter, most noted for her role on A&E TV's \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", in which she, along with her father Duane \"Dog\" Chapman and various friends and family, track down and capture wanted fugitives. Lyssa Rae Chapman was born the ninth of twelve children of Duane \"Dog\" Chapman. Her mother is his third wife, Lyssa Rae Brittain (née Greene). She is known as \"Baby Lyssa\" to distinguish", "title": "Lyssa Chapman" }, { "docid": "13057825", "text": "Lyssa Chapman Lyssa Rae Chapman (born June 10, 1987), more commonly known as \"Baby Lyssa\", is an American businesswoman and former bail bondswoman and bounty hunter, most noted for her role on A&E TV's \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", in which she, along with her father Duane \"Dog\" Chapman and various friends and family, track down and capture wanted fugitives. Lyssa Rae Chapman was born the ninth of twelve children of Duane \"Dog\" Chapman. Her mother is his third wife, Lyssa Rae Brittain (née Greene). She is known as \"Baby Lyssa\" to distinguish from her mother \"Big Lyssa\". She was raised", "title": "Lyssa Chapman" }, { "docid": "2312107", "text": "March 2007, Tucker Chapman, son of Duane \"Dog\" Chapman, sold a tape to the \"Enquirer\" of his father disparaging his black girlfriend with the use of the word \"nigger\" in which the \"Enquirer\" paid Tucker an undisclosed amount. The A&E Network canceled Chapman's show, \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", pending an investigation. On February 21, 2008, A&E Network stated they would resume production of \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", and on May 14, 2008, announced it would return to TV on June 25, 2008. In January 2009, the \"Enquirer\" ran a story claiming that pop star Michael Jackson was gravely ill and", "title": "National Enquirer" }, { "docid": "1847284", "text": "Their Lives,\" which was premiered on November 27, 2017. Duane documented her doctor's visit, how Beth and Duane shared diagnosis with their family, the gruelling 13-hour surgery to have a Stage 2 tumour removed and also the aftermath in September 2017. Duane Chapman Duane Lee \"Dog\" Chapman (born February 2, 1952) is an American bounty hunter and a former bail bondsman. He starred in a weekly reality television program called \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", which ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2012. He then starred in the reality television program \"\" which aired from April 21, 2013 to August", "title": "Duane Chapman" }, { "docid": "1847259", "text": "Duane Chapman Duane Lee \"Dog\" Chapman (born February 2, 1952) is an American bounty hunter and a former bail bondsman. He starred in a weekly reality television program called \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", which ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2012. He then starred in the reality television program \"\" which aired from April 21, 2013 to August 22, 2015. Chapman was born February 2, 1952, in Denver, Colorado, to Wesley and Barbara Chapman. He is the oldest of four children, with two younger sisters and one brother. He is German on his mother's side and English on his", "title": "Duane Chapman" }, { "docid": "6931329", "text": "The Last Bounty Hunter The Last Bounty Hunter is a live-action laserdisc video game released by American Laser Games in 1994. Like almost all of the games produced by the now-defunct company, it is a rail shooter and, like the two installments in the \"Mad Dog McCree\" series before it, is set in the Old West. Filmed at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona, it was one of the company's last releases before it was forced to close down. It was re-released by Digital Leisure in 2002 and was eventually packaged with \"Fast Draw Showdown\" by Global VR as an", "title": "The Last Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "3391208", "text": "hot drum roll between verses of the song. However, in performing \"Hound Dog\" \"Elvis sings the first line like Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, who repeat \"hound dog\" behind the lead singer: Elvis sings \"hound dog\" and his \"second voice\" repeats \"hound dog.\" By the third verse, he sings the phrase like Thornton.\" An upbeat version ended abruptly as Presley threw his arm back, then began to vamp at half tempo, \"You ain't-a nuthin' but a hound dog, cuh-crying all the time. You ain't never caught a rabbit…\" A final wave signaled the band to stop. Elvis pointed threateningly at", "title": "Hound Dog (song)" }, { "docid": "2869501", "text": "half the tribe who went after him with the help of Henri d'Aubergnon. Jonah Hex was inspired to become a bounty hunter after murdering his first criminal, the outlaw Lucas \"Mad Dog\" McGill. He gunned down Mad Dog while the man was beating his wife outside of a saloon; in his inebriated stupor, Hex believed him to be his own father, Woodson Hex, abusing his mother, Virginia Hex. The local deputy insisted that, even drunk, it was the fastest draw he had ever seen and gave him the massive bounty on McGill's head. Hex accepted the money and scattered it", "title": "Jonah Hex" }, { "docid": "4974482", "text": "and severed ties with their family. The March 21, 2012 episode showed Duane Lee telling Beth \"You want me fired, you gotta fire me,\" and then Leland weighed in, saying \"I quit too.\" In January 2012, the two brothers confirmed leaving the show. Leland now operates his own bail bond company on the Big Island of Hawaii and heads Bounty Hunter Tactical Supply Co. while Duane Lee moved to Florida. Beth tweeted, \"It will take 6 weeks to get through the whole thing tonight's jus the beginning.\" In September 2011 Bobby Brown, who appeared in 30 episodes, sued A&E Television", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "4974479", "text": "of \"Dog the Bounty Hunter,\" along with never-before-seen episodes from season 4, began airing on June 25, 2008, and the show continued, along with special episodes about the arrest and fallout from the Luster situation. On April 21, 2009, during filming of Season 6, Chapman was allegedly shot at with a handgun while his crew, along with bail bondsman Bobby Brown, were attempting to arrest a fugitive named Hoang Nguyen in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The suspect escaped on a motorcycle and was captured by Chapman about six hours later. This is contrary to evidence shown in the A&E airing of", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "8780910", "text": "Tim Chapman Timothy Charles \"Youngblood\" Chapman (born May 13, 1965 in Ventura, California, USA) is a retired American bounty hunter, known for being one of the stars of A&E TV's \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", in which he assists Duane \"Dog\" Chapman track down and capture wanted fugitives. Timothy Charles \"Youngblood\" Chapman, a third generation bondsman, is the son of Ronald Chapman and a Colorado bondswoman, Diane Wimberly, whose slogan was, \"Let A Blond Write Your Bond\". According to Tim, he grew up in Ventura, California. His parents separated when he was 2 1/2-years-old and Tim and his brother, Russell J.", "title": "Tim Chapman" }, { "docid": "15693500", "text": "was uploaded to YouTube on the band's official YouTube page. On September 2, the song \"Spectrelight\" was uploaded to the band's official YouTube page. On Rockline Radio on September 26, Mastodon revealed that the song \"Curl Of the Burl\" was based on an episode of the hit show Intervention. It was also revealed that, while the whole album does not have a unified elemental theme, the classical Chinese element \"wood\" is a common motif throughout the album. \"The Hunter\" is Mastodon's second non-concept album. Moreover, \"The Hunter\" marks the first time that drummer Brann Dailor composes and sings a Mastodon", "title": "The Hunter (Mastodon album)" }, { "docid": "5138524", "text": "2Xtreme Racing 2Xtreme Racing is a monster truck team consisting of the trucks Bounty Hunter, Scarlet Bandit and Iron Outlaw, all of which compete primarily on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit. The team is owned by Jimmy Creten, and includes Creten, his wife Dawn Creten, Trent Montgomery, and Todd Morey as drivers. Each truck features an old west theme with a character based on the truck's name. All three vehicles have competed in the Monster Jam World Finals, and Bounty Hunter was the 2005 World Freestyle Champion. Jimmy Creten and Trent Montgomery currently drive the two Bounty Hunter trucks, Dawn", "title": "2Xtreme Racing" }, { "docid": "2346930", "text": "Last of the Dogmen Last of the Dogmen is a 1995 American Western adventure film written and directed by Tab Murphy, and starring Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey. Set in the mountains of northwest Montana, near the Idaho and Canadian borders, the film is about a bounty hunter who tracks escaped convicts into a remote region and encounters an unknown band of Dog Soldiers from a tribe of Cheyenne Indians. The film was shot on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, as well as in Mexico. Distraught but skillful bounty hunter Lewis Gates, accompanied by his horse and faithful", "title": "Last of the Dogmen" }, { "docid": "11340840", "text": "it was a \"legitimate attempt to dethrone 'My Humps' for its ignominious distinction as dumbest song ever recorded.\" Yahhh! \"Yahhh!\" (also known as \"Yahhh Bitch Yahhh\") is the third single by American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album \"souljaboytellem.com\" featuring Arab. The music video premiered on BET on February 2, 2007 On January 8, 2008, the video for \"Yahhh!\" premiered on BET Access Granted. The video parodies people trying to get Soulja Boy's autograph, including Duane Chapman of \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", an imitation of Hillary Clinton and an imitation of Britney Spears, who appears to be intoxicated. The video also", "title": "Yahhh!" }, { "docid": "2808303", "text": "about Raoul Wallenberg. The song is featured in the 1985 high-school wrestling movie \"Vision Quest\", the \"Miami Vice\" episode \"Smuggler's Blues\", the \"My Name is Earl\" episode \"Bounty Hunter\" and on an episode of \"Eastbound & Down\". The beginning of the song is used as a part of a bump for the Cincinnati radio station, WEBN. It is also the inspiration for Kurt Angle's entrance theme in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It is also used as American Mixed Martial Artist Dan Henderson's and Randy Couture's entrance theme as of late. American guitarist Gary Hoey covered \"Lunatic Fringe\" on his 2006", "title": "As Far as Siam" }, { "docid": "3321115", "text": "television series. Producer Glen A. Larson (who had first worked with Majors on \"Alias Smith and Jones\", where Majors guest starred in one episode, and later on \"The Six Million Dollar Man\") asked him to star in the pilot of \"The Fall Guy\". Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. Majors was also a producer and a director on the show, and even sang its theme song, the self-effacing \"Unknown Stuntman\". Majors also invited several longtime friends, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, to guest-star in various episodes. The series ran", "title": "Lee Majors" }, { "docid": "6169573", "text": "Samuel A. Peeples and Charles Beaumont. The first season theme song was written and conducted by William Loose. It was replaced by a new theme titled \"Wanted\". This theme was used until the end of the series and was written and supervised by Herschel Burke Gilbert. In December 1987, Four Star International colorized \"Wanted: Dead or Alive\" making it the first vintage TV series to be completely colorized; the colorized version aired on at least 50 independent television stations. In 1987, New World Pictures adapted the series into a low-budget film ; Rutger Hauer played modern-day bounty hunter Nick Randall,", "title": "Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9842487", "text": "even more so). The album version of the song does not have this piano playing until the coda. The video for \"Teenagers\" can be seen and heard on the television in one scene of the television series \"Bionic Woman\", in the episode \"Do Not Disturb\". This song is also featured in an episode of \"Dog The Bounty Hunter\", the 2008 film \"Never Back Down\", and an episode of \"LA Ink\", in which tattoo artist Kat Von D tattoos Frank Iero. The main riff of the single was featured in the seventh episode of \"Dirty Sexy Money\"' \"The Wedding\". It is", "title": "Teenagers (song)" }, { "docid": "13559924", "text": "The Bounty Hunter (2010 film) The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ex-wife, who has skipped bail. The film was released in the United States on March 19, 2010. Milo Boyd is a former New York Police Department detective who works as a bail enforcement agent (bounty hunter). Milo's ex-wife, Nicole Hurley, is an investigative reporter who has been arrested for assaulting a police officer. When Nicole receives a tip on a story, an apparent suicide", "title": "The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "6121164", "text": "in a plastic surgery clinic where the staff and the patients, except Alison Goldfrapp, have a dog's head and a human body. The video's theme is a reference to the song's lyrics in which Goldfrapp sings \"I'm like a dog to get you\". The video depicts the story of a white poodle who is being operated on by Great Dane and Yorkshire Terrier surgeons (the receptionist and attendant nurses are saluki). Scenes of Alison Goldfrapp acting like a dog and dancing with the clinic's staff are intercut throughout the video. The video premiered in the UK in early October 2005.", "title": "Number 1 (Goldfrapp song)" }, { "docid": "4613426", "text": "animated music video to accompany the release of the song. The video, featuring the Crazy Frog character, is set in the future, and centres on his pursuit by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter receives notification of a $50,000 reward for capturing the frog. There were three edits to the song. The original version of the song can be found at most P2P networks. This song used the \"What's going on?\" samples twice throughout the song and the \"weeee!\" sound is heard before the motorbike section of the song. A radio edit was made which had the frog saying \"This", "title": "Axel F" }, { "docid": "9944046", "text": "Unknown Stuntman \"Unknown Stuntman\" was a single sung by Lee Majors, released in 1984, written by Glen A. Larson, Gail Jensen, and Dave Somerville, and with a 2-minute and 38 second running time. A shorter version (1:47 and with slightly different instrumentation) was used as the theme song for the television series \"The Fall Guy\", in which Majors starred as the title character, a stunt double who worked as a bounty hunter when not filming stunts. Larson, the creator of \"The Fall Guy\", had a musical background as a member of and songwriter for the 1960s folk group The Four", "title": "Unknown Stuntman" }, { "docid": "7962852", "text": "1992 story \"Sky Hunter II\". Some of the most memorable moments of the programme were its educational songs. Each story had its own individual theme tune, many of which are well remembered among fans of the programme. Each teaching segment also featured many songs with animations, featuring characters like Dog Detective, which were used regularly over the show's history. Many of the lyrics, such as the 'Clue Song' with Dog Detective, the Karate Chopper and 'Bill the Brickie', were written by Patricia Farrington, who also created the characters. Music for the songs were composed by Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb and", "title": "Look and Read" }, { "docid": "5010575", "text": "Leland Chapman Leland Blane Chapman (born December 14, 1976 in Groom, Texas) is an American bail bondsman and bounty hunter, known as one of the stars of the A&E Network reality television program \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\". He also starred in the Country Music Television television documentary \"\". Leland Blane Chapman was born as son of Duane Chapman Sr. and his first wife, La Fonda Sue Darnall (née Honeycutt). Duane Lee is his brother. Chapman spent his early years in Pampa, Texas, but during his teen years, moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. As a teenager Chapman ran away from home,", "title": "Leland Chapman" }, { "docid": "13466751", "text": "II and III). Besides the usual quests and puzzles in that town, a map is provided for connecting it to other towns along the railroad. The storyline heavily involves maintenance and control of Turner Railroad. Another main difference is that there is no longer a saloon where the player can hire \"gunslingers\". Rather, they randomly show up at the train station of the player's main town (sometimes with dogs). In addition, they are referred to as \"bounty hunters\". If a bounty hunter shows up with a dog and is hired, the player gets the dog for free. A medieval version", "title": "Westward (series)" }, { "docid": "8343615", "text": "Jonah Hex (who was drunk at the time). In his inebriated state, Jonah Hex believed that McGill was his father Woodson Hex abusing his mother Ginny and shot him dead where he stood. He was rewarded a substantial sum of money by the local sheriff immediately afterward. This encounter inspired Jonah Hex to become a bounty hunter. Jonah's wife Tall Bird later recounted this story to historians documenting Jonah Hex's life story. A serial killer named Martin \"Mad Dog\" Hawkins was created in \"Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe\" #1 and featured in \"\". Batman reads about", "title": "Mad Dog (DC Comics)" }, { "docid": "4974485", "text": "to a 2007 autobiographical book, \"You Can Run But You Can't Hide\", which chronicles Chapman's years before becoming a bounty hunter and some of his more infamous hunts, including the controversial hunt that took him and his team to Mexico to capture serial rapist Andrew Luster. It also delves into his criminal past as well as his family background, imprisonment in Texas, marriages and children. A second book, \"Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given\", was published in 2009. Its title reflects Chapman's overriding philosophy of second chances, which he writes about at length as he asks the public for", "title": "Dog the Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "5010581", "text": "for the first time since the split in 2012. Leland moved from Hawaii and is in mainland USA at Alabama since 2015. He resides with wife, Jamie P. Chapman whom he married in 2016 and is still working as a bail agent. Leland Chapman Leland Blane Chapman (born December 14, 1976 in Groom, Texas) is an American bail bondsman and bounty hunter, known as one of the stars of the A&E Network reality television program \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\". He also starred in the Country Music Television television documentary \"\". Leland Blane Chapman was born as son of Duane Chapman", "title": "Leland Chapman" }, { "docid": "11179693", "text": "all his CDs because he is \"downloading all his music to his new iPod\", then proceeds to list several albums, including singer Natalie Merchant's 1995 album \"Tigerlily\", Alanis Morissette's album \"Jagged Little Pill\", and finally Richard Marx's single \"Hold On to the Nights\", the last of which Darth Vader excitedly agrees to take. Calling upon various bounty hunters, Darth Vader reviews a lineup of auditioning hunters, including Dog the Bounty Hunter, IG-88, Zuckuss, Bossk, Boba Fett as portrayed by the Giant Chicken, and finally Raggedy Andy, who Vader angrily dismisses. During a confrontation with Han, Darth Vader deflects lasers using", "title": "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" }, { "docid": "2969699", "text": "alienated Ezquerra. Wagner returned to write the character from issue 9, and has written the majority of Judge Dredd stories since. Ezquerra returned in 1982 to draw the \"Apocalypse War\" storyline, and continued to draw the character semi-regularly until his death in 2018. Wagner created two long-running series in 1978. One, \"Robo-Hunter\", a private detective-style character who specialised in robot-related cases, was initially drawn by José Ferrer, but his pages were partly redrawn by Ian Gibson, who became the strip's regular artist. The other, \"Strontium Dog\", a sci-fi western about a bounty hunter in a future where mutants are an", "title": "John Wagner" }, { "docid": "12429361", "text": "stars as bail bondsman Lucky Jim in the episode, the same job his character held in the 1997 film \"Jackie Brown\". The bail bondsman Wolf is a parody of Duane \"Dog\" Chapman, the star of the series \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", while one of the bounty hunters lining up to chase Homer down, before Ned takes the job, is Rose McGowan's character Cherry Darling from Robert Rodriguez's 2007 film \"Planet Terror\". In the opening St. Patrick's Day brawl, Marvel Comics characters The Thing and The Incredible Hulk have cameos, while before that Bart notes that he misses the IRA, a", "title": "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" }, { "docid": "6986134", "text": "appeared on his 1974 album \"Roxy & Elsewhere\", from a live recording. Another live version of the song was released on \"You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2\". The song is mentioned in the \"Book of the SubGenius\". Cheepnis Cheepnis is a song by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, which is a tribute to B-movies. The song sings about the special effects in early horror movies, including a monster, named \"Frunobulax\", a very large poodle dog. The poodle is a recurring theme in other Zappa songs and is an illustration of what he referred to as the \"conceptual", "title": "Cheepnis" }, { "docid": "15720900", "text": "in which Fabio seemed to have lost his magical touch and needed a pep talk so that he could pick up Nicole Steinwedell. That was followed with \"A Day with the Simmons family\" in which Zucker spent the day at the family home of KISS musician Gene Simmons and his partner Shannon Tweed. Next Zucker flew out to Hawaii to film with Dog the Bounty Hunter and his family in a skit called \"Dog the TP Hunter tracks down Bill Zucker\". This was the first time Bill would collaborate with his close friend and graphics artist Arnie John Runge. They", "title": "Bill Zucker" }, { "docid": "9764525", "text": "Mad Dog Rassitano Mad Dog Rassitano is a Marvel Comics fictional character that first appeared in \"The Mighty Thor\" #426 (1990). Mad Dog was created by Pittsburgh artist Ron Frenz. Mad Dog was part of a human SWAT team, named , that dealt with super-powered criminals. The long-haired, wise-cracking Mad Dog specialized in all sorts of firearms and heavy weaponry. Mad Dog returns in \"Amazing Spider-Girl\" #4. In this Marvel alternate future title, Mad Dog is completely shaven and now a bounty hunter with his own TV show. Mad Dog now uses various super weaponry, ostensibly taken from the super-villains", "title": "Mad Dog Rassitano" }, { "docid": "1857393", "text": "to exonerate the bail bond. If the fugitive eludes bail, the bondsman, not the bounty hunter, is responsible for 100% of the total bail amount. This is a way of ensuring clients arrive at trial. As of 2003, bounty hunters claimed to catch 31,500 bail jumpers per year, about 90% of people who jump bail. Bounty hunters have varying levels of authority in their duties with regard to their targets depending on which states they operate in. Barring restrictions applicable state by state, a bounty hunter may enter the fugitive's private property without a warrant in order to execute a", "title": "Bounty hunter" }, { "docid": "9344633", "text": "1940s. However, because the clones' experiments were considered to have tainted their alien race, the Bounty Hunter was sent to kill them. Walter Skinner meets Mulder and Samantha at Mulder's apartment, telling them that the remaining clones are missing. Mulder receives a call from Scully, who tells him that the Bounty Hunter seeks an exchange for Samantha. Mulder and Samantha are sent to a bridge near Bethesda while Skinner hides nearby with a sharpshooter. After the exchange takes place, Samantha attacks the Bounty Hunter. During the struggle, the sharpshooter fires upon the Bounty Hunter, and both he and Samantha fall", "title": "End Game (The X-Files)" }, { "docid": "12953185", "text": "eats cats. After admitting that she hooked up with Frank, Jenna reveals that Dog the Bounty Hunter is the second grossest guy she has ever been with. Later in the episode, to cover-up for Jack, after psyching himself up and completely forgetting that he was wearing a microphone and that everyone could hear him, Liz starts singing the song \"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)\" by dance music group C+C Music Factory. \"Retreat to Move Forward\" references Jack's time in the Bush administration that occurred in the show's second season, and Jack's unsuccessful attempts of becoming CEO of General", "title": "Retreat to Move Forward" }, { "docid": "9458976", "text": "University of Rhode Island. Because of his , frame, Longo was often chosen for roles that depict him as an imposing giant with freakish strength, and sub-standard intelligence, such as Mad Dog in the 1980s comedy/drama \"1st and Ten\" where he was a linebacker for the fictional football team, the California Bulls. Mad Dog was paired with fellow linebacker Dr. Death, played by actor Donald Gibb who has had a career playing similar roles as Longo. He also appeared in \"Suburban Commando\" starring Hulk Hogan as a bounty hunter alongside The Undertaker. Longo died in his sleep at his home", "title": "Tony Longo" }, { "docid": "1857390", "text": "Bounty hunter A bounty hunter is a person who captures fugitives for a bounty. The occupation, also known as bail enforcement agent, bail agent, recovery agent, bail recovery agents, or fugitive recovery agent, has historically existed in many parts of the world. However, today, it is found almost exclusively in most of the United States and its former commonwealth, the Philippines, as the practice is illegal under the laws of most other countries. Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon and Wisconsin have outlawed commercial bail bonds. In 1873, the Supreme Court ruled that bounty hunters were a part of the U.S. law enforcement", "title": "Bounty hunter" }, { "docid": "17303703", "text": "clashes with CeCe, but becomes a love interest of Rocky. At the Jones/Hunter wedding, Georgia and Jeremy break up at the altar and Rocky and Logan start dating. The couple break up a few episodes later after Logan won't make an effort to befriend CeCe. Selena Gomez sings the theme song. The opening theme starts with Rocky and CeCe dancing in grass skirts (as shown in \"Boot It Up\"), then showing various clips of the cast members (some clips from the previous seasons are also included), starting off with Zendaya and Bella Thorne, then going in order with Davis Cleveland,", "title": "Shake It Up (season 3)" }, { "docid": "15186403", "text": "series. Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter is a graphic novel series by Daniel LuVisi. The series, set 600 years in the future, and tells the story of Gabriel, the last living Paladin soldier. The first volume in the series was published on 29 September 2010 in both hardcover and softcover variants. And again in 2013 through Dark Horse Comics. It introduces the main character and his allies and enemies, and his overall plan of revenge against those who set him up. \"Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter\"", "title": "Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "15186400", "text": "Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter is a graphic novel series by Daniel LuVisi. The series, set 600 years in the future, and tells the story of Gabriel, the last living Paladin soldier. The first volume in the series was published on 29 September 2010 in both hardcover and softcover variants. And again in 2013 through Dark Horse Comics. It introduces the main character and his allies and enemies, and his overall plan of revenge against those who set him up. \"Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter\" tells", "title": "Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "6986133", "text": "Cheepnis Cheepnis is a song by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, which is a tribute to B-movies. The song sings about the special effects in early horror movies, including a monster, named \"Frunobulax\", a very large poodle dog. The poodle is a recurring theme in other Zappa songs and is an illustration of what he referred to as the \"conceptual continuity\" of his body of work. It was also a part of the unreleased \"Hunchentoot\" play written around 1972. The play also included tracks released on 1972's album \"The Grand Wazoo\", 1979's \"Sleep Dirt\", and various others. The song first", "title": "Cheepnis" }, { "docid": "13186250", "text": "The Bounty Hunter (1954 film) The Bounty Hunter is a 1954 western film, the last of six Randolph Scott Westerns directed by Andre DeToth and the first film to feature a bounty hunter as its hero. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was filmed in 3-D but released in standard format, though a 3-D print exists in the Warner archives. Stock footage from \"Carson City\" is used at the beginning of the film. A prologue explains the role of the bounty hunter. A wanted criminal named Burch tries to ambush bounty hunter Jim Kipp, but Kipp gets the", "title": "The Bounty Hunter (1954 film)" }, { "docid": "5010580", "text": "thing tonight's jus [sic] the beginning\". Since leaving the show Leland Chapman operates his own bail bond company, Kama'aina Bail Bonds on the Big Island of Hawaii and runs his father's business, Da Kine Bail Bonds in Oahu. He previously headed Bounty Hunter Tactical Supply Co. after Duane Lee moved to Florida. In April 2013, Duane \"Dog\" Chapman's new television show, \"Dog and Beth: On the Hunt\", debuted on CMT. The show features Dog, Beth, and Leland traveling across the country giving bail bondsmen business advice and assisting them with bounties. The pilot episode featured Chapman and Dog working together", "title": "Leland Chapman" }, { "docid": "1857405", "text": "starvation in the Tribal Trust Lands; second, it negatively affected the economy of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Because the army and the British South Africa Police were overstretched on three fronts, mercenaries were hired to confront the rustlers. They were called \"Range Detectives\", and most of them were Vietnam veterans, some of them members of The Crippled Eagles. Payment was roughly seven Rhodesian dollars a day, and a 750 Rhodesian dollar bonus for each rustler caught. Bounty hunter A bounty hunter is a person who captures fugitives for a bounty. The occupation, also known as bail enforcement agent, bail agent, recovery", "title": "Bounty hunter" }, { "docid": "1417737", "text": "Rickards tells the story of a German prisoner who escaped the colony. Director Frank Borzage's 1940 film \"Strange Cargo\" stars Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, and Albert Dekker in the story of several convicts (and one woman) who escape from Devil's Island and are led by a man (Hunter) who may or may not be the personification of God. Lorre is a bounty hunter in hot pursuit of the convicts and Crawford. Devil's Island is also the title of a song by musical group CocoRosie, featured as a hidden track on the album Tales of a GrassWidow.", "title": "Devil's Island" }, { "docid": "15217799", "text": "and the birthday soprano signs off by saying, \"Bye Bye, Birthday!\". There are also Disney Mickey and Disney Minnie Sing-a-ma-jigs. Mickey and Minnie each sing a favorite Disney tune. Mickey sings the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Song and Minnie sings Hot Dog. There are 5 Sing-a-ma-jigs of a series part called \"The Hits!\". These were only sold in the UK and Japan, and they all have the Voice Wiggle Effect. 3 more dolls were part released in 2011 as Kohls Exclusives. Sing-a-ma-jigs \"Duets\" consist of one larger character holding another smaller character. With one press of the belly, they simultaneously", "title": "Sing-a-ma-jigs" }, { "docid": "10273938", "text": "Gus: A light grey dog-car, and legendary mechanic. He was the one who built The Crusher, and exiled himself when his creation went out of control. He later outfitted Hot Rod and Carbs with weaponry, to better combat The Crusher's forces. The Crusher: Originally designed to recycle the junk of Autopia, something went horribly wrong, and he became a power-hungry monster. Scarhood: A bounty hunter, and The Crusher's main henchman. A mean and nasty black Dog-car, he has gained a personal vendetta against Hot Rod for his numerous defeats. Choppers: Scarhood's idiot henchmen. A band of nasty-looking Cat-cars, equipped with", "title": "The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats" }, { "docid": "8343623", "text": "In this new timeline, a new character named Mad Dog appeared. This version of the character works as bounty hunter for an unnamed organization that \"pays his bills.\" He is hired to go after the Suicide Squad in order to recover a newborn baby the Squad had kidnapped. Mad Dog knows Deadshot's secret identity, and is surprised that Deadshot is a member of the Suicide Squad and not incarcerated at Belle Reve. While using thermal vision on his mask to see through smoke, Mad Dog shoots Black Spider in the chest and blows up a diner with Black Spider and", "title": "Mad Dog (DC Comics)" }, { "docid": "2969866", "text": "actor and \"Spaced\" co-author Simon Pegg later went on to play Johnny Alpha in the Big Finish Productions \"Strontium Dog\" audio plays. Strontium Dog Strontium Dog is a long-running British comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly \"2000 AD\", starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. The series was created by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquerra for \"Starlord\", a short-lived weekly science fiction comic, in 1978. When \"Starlord\" was cancelled, the series transferred to \"2000 AD\". In 1980, Wagner was joined by", "title": "Strontium Dog" }, { "docid": "13559933", "text": "even if it packs in as many clichés as any.\" She also praises Aniston's and Butler's performances, but is critical of the \"improbable\" plot. \"The Bounty Hunter\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 13, 2010. The only extra material is three featurettes (\"Making The Bounty Hunter\", \"Rules for Outwitting a Bounty Hunter\", and \"Stops Along the Road: Hunting Locations\"). The film grossed $23,310,266 from DVD sales in North America. The Bounty Hunter (2010 film) The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers", "title": "The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "11909740", "text": "he deserted his alien heritage, takes Exley's form and murders a scientist who is investigating the green ooze that Dales found. After learning of the attack, Dales warns Exley that he is now wanted by the police, and Exley goes into hiding. The narrative returns to the events at the start of the episode. The KKK leader is revealed as the Alien Bounty Hunter, who has arrived to assassinate Exley. The Bounty Hunter demands that Exley revert to his true form before he dies. Exley refuses and the Bounty Hunter then kills him. However, Exley miraculously bleeds red, human blood.", "title": "The Unnatural (The X-Files)" }, { "docid": "17109797", "text": "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt Dog and Beth: On the Hunt is an American reality television series and spin-off of Dog the Bounty Hunter that aired on CMT and debuted on April 21, 2013. It was announced on May 21, 2013, that CMT had ordered additional episodes of the first season. New episodes returned on August 24, 2013. Season 2 premiered on June 14, 2014 and ended in October 2014. Season 3 premiered on July 18, 2015 and ended in August 2015. Beth Chapman announced on January 12, 2016 that the Chapmans were leaving CMT (with all rights to", "title": "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt" }, { "docid": "17109799", "text": "and Leland announced he has moved to Alabama for a fresh start. Dog and Beth: On the Hunt Dog and Beth: On the Hunt is an American reality television series and spin-off of Dog the Bounty Hunter that aired on CMT and debuted on April 21, 2013. It was announced on May 21, 2013, that CMT had ordered additional episodes of the first season. New episodes returned on August 24, 2013. Season 2 premiered on June 14, 2014 and ended in October 2014. Season 3 premiered on July 18, 2015 and ended in August 2015. Beth Chapman announced on January", "title": "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt" }, { "docid": "4600894", "text": "has done a great job in suppressing the myth that games based on the Skywalker universe aren't any fun. A definite recommendation for \"Star Wars\" fans, \"Bounty Hunter\" isn't necessarily built for everyone, but for those of you out there who just can't get enough of this stuff, it's one of your better choices for this or any holiday season.\" Less impressed was GameSpot, who awarded the GameCube version 6.5 out of 10 and the PS2 version 5.4. They found the technical issues of the game to be too significant; \"\"Bounty Hunter\" suffers from an array of technical problems that", "title": "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "11345554", "text": "of this episode. The character is played by Matt Lucas. Quimby A wolf hunter all his life who for a bounty will not only catch but kill and gut an animal in 1.2. Experienced, he is keen to tell stories of his adventures through his scars, whether they are caused by his prey, self-inflicted or by his wife.He methods are more akin to catching a shark as his flatbed truck \"WOLF 1\" is full of ropes, fishing buoys and a shark cage. The latter appears to be a place where he drinks his beer and sings in a drunken manner.", "title": "Fun at the Funeral Parlour" }, { "docid": "6552111", "text": "was never released. \"Mad Dog McCree\" was the first in a series of American Laser Games releases to be reissued by Digital Leisure with updated video and sound quality in 2001 for DVD, playable with a standard DVD remote. In 2009 the game was released for the Nintendo Wii as part of the \"Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack\". Included in this collection are its sequel \"\" and \"The Last Bounty Hunter\". In 2011, it was released for iOS. On June 14, 2012, it was released on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. Sony revealed on January 21, 2013 that", "title": "Mad Dog McCree" }, { "docid": "4600868", "text": "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (released in Japan as Star Wars: Jango Fett) is a \"Star Wars\" video game developed and published by LucasArts for the GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2, released in 2002. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Store in November 2015. In the game, the player controls the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, featured in the 2002 film \"\", to which this game serves as a prequel. The main objective of \"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter\" is to hunt Dark Jedi Komari Vosa. During the game, it is revealed why Jango Fett was chosen", "title": "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "13473306", "text": "novel, two picture books of the first two OVA were released by Nihonbungeisha under the label \"Film Comics\" with and respectively. The theme songs of the series are included in several CDs. At the time of the OVA releases, several goods were available, including postcards, bags, cassette recorders, pencil cases, stationery, etc. Mujigen Hunter Fandora Along with the OVA, a 222-page novel written by Koichi Minade and illustrated by Nagai was released on by Kodansha with . The OVAs were also released in Italy by Dynamic Italia with the title Dimension Hunter Fandora. The stars are a bounty hunter girl", "title": "Mujigen Hunter Fandora" }, { "docid": "1847272", "text": "work in capturing bail fugitives, in particular Chapman's efforts in hunting down Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. After Luster's jailing, Chapman was interviewed for the August 28, 2003 episode of the truTV television series\" Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice\". By now Chapman's profile had come to the attention of the American public. It was during this time A&E decided to create an ongoing reality series around his bounty hunting job. On August 30, 2004, the first series of \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\" made its television debut, running for eight seasons before being cancelled in", "title": "Duane Chapman" }, { "docid": "1857397", "text": "county sheriffs and their deputies are all blue brown or green, and the Minnesota DNR is green. Therefore, a bounty hunter in the state in of Minnesota can wear any colors that are not already listed above. It is recommended that anyone looking to work in this field be knowledgeable of these laws before they hit the streets. The State of Connecticut has a detailed licensing process which requires any person who wants to engage in the business as a bail enforcement agent (bounty hunter) to first obtain a professional license from the Commissioner of Public Safety; specifically detailing that", "title": "Bounty hunter" }, { "docid": "9470447", "text": "Smith (Roy Thinnes) are approached by the Alien Bounty Hunter (Brian Thompson). Mulder and Smith flee with both Scully and the Bounty Hunter in pursuit, eventually reaching a waterfront. Mulder sneaks up on the Bounty Hunter and stabs him in the neck with the alien stiletto. Both he and Jeremiah escape on a boat, leaving Scully alone with the seemingly dead Bounty Hunter. When she approaches the body, the Bounty Hunter wakes up and chokes her, demanding to know where Mulder and Smith are heading. He releases her after realizing she has no such knowledge. On the boat, Mulder and", "title": "Herrenvolk (The X-Files)" }, { "docid": "7022724", "text": "his life back on track. This episode involves Terrence, an Akron, Ohio native with a fantastic singing voice who was fleeced by a shady producer. We also meet West Virginia native and spousal abuse survivor Robyn, who is looking to get a criminal law degree, but has so far not made it through the application process. The team attempts to get them moving in the right direction. While watching an episode of \"Dog The Bounty Hunter\", a man named Timothy saw a commercial for Random 1, and recognized a man he had not talked to in thirteen years—Normand, from Episode", "title": "Random 1" }, { "docid": "8297630", "text": "Jack Williams commands the Black Ball\"\" line it is sung \"\"For Captain Jack Sparrow commands the Black Pearl\"\" to make the song fit the album's theme better. Bill Murray's character sings a chorus from the shanty after his first successful sailing endeavor in the film \"What About BOB.\" The \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" theme song was inspired by the melody from \"Blow the Man Down.\" \"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Sponge Bob Square Pants!...\". Mr. Krabs also sings the melody to the tune while transitioning in several episodes. Also in the season one episode \"I Was a Teenage Gary\",", "title": "Blow the Man Down" }, { "docid": "7188035", "text": "chosen and his or her role is to shoot the villains before they manage to hit the player character. A special cursor is used to specify the location the player is aiming at. There is also a limited number of bullets in the chamber; however, reloading can be done an infinite number of times. Like \"Mad Dog McCree\", \"The Last Bounty Hunter\" and \"Fast Draw Showdown\", \"Mad Dog II\" contains random scenes in which the player takes part in a showdown, in which he or she is up against one or more gunfighters. One starts out with an empty chamber", "title": "Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold" }, { "docid": "2969825", "text": "Strontium Dog Strontium Dog is a long-running British comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly \"2000 AD\", starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. The series was created by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquerra for \"Starlord\", a short-lived weekly science fiction comic, in 1978. When \"Starlord\" was cancelled, the series transferred to \"2000 AD\". In 1980, Wagner was joined by co-writer Alan Grant, although scripts were normally credited to Grant alone. Grant wrote the series solo from 1988 to 1990. The premise", "title": "Strontium Dog" }, { "docid": "7188032", "text": "storyline and is required to quickly shoot certain enemies to proceed on the quest. The game was re-released by Digital Leisure in 2003 on DVD-Video and again in 2009 on the Wii as part of the \"Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack\", a compilation that also includes the first \"Mad Dog\" game as well as \"The Last Bounty Hunter\". The anonymous main character must track down the wanted outlaw himself, eliminating any and all gang members and hostiles along the way; from the introduction, one can conclude that he or she will be up against renegade Indians, \"banditos\" and \"Mad Dog's", "title": "Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold" }, { "docid": "19507295", "text": "that state legislators had a constitutional right to carry guns in the Oklahoma State Capitol. Duane Chapman (\"Dog the Bounty Hunter\") and his wife Beth were supporters of legislation introduced by Shortey to regulate the bounty-hunting industry. Shortey took a \"hard-line stance against abortion\" and in 2012 proposed legislation to outlaw the use of aborted fetuses in food; the widely ridiculed bill did not receive a committee hearing. In response, Shortey explained his intent was to deter the use of human embryonic stem cells in research by private companies. In February 2017, Shortey came under public criticism for trying to", "title": "Ralph Shortey" }, { "docid": "651579", "text": "Ralter, Luke's gunner in the battle of Hoth who was killed by an AT-AT. Richard Oldfield is Rebel pilot Hobbie Klivian. Morris Bush portrays the bounty hunter Dengar, Alan Harris portrays the bounty hunter Bossk and Chris Parsons portrays the robotic bounty hunter 4-LOM. George Lucas' 1977 film \"Star Wars\" exceeded all expectations in terms of profit, had a revolutionary effect on the film industry, and had an unexpected resonance as a cultural phenomenon. Lucas hoped to become independent from the Hollywood film industry, choosing to finance \"The Empire Strikes Back\" himself with $33 million from loans and the previous", "title": "The Empire Strikes Back" }, { "docid": "1847282", "text": "the detainees. After 16 years together, they married on May 20, 2006, at a Hilton hotel on Waikoloa Village in Hawaii. Besides Beth's daughter Cecily, whom Chapman has adopted, they have two children together, Bonnie Joanne Chapman and Garry Chapman. Dominic rejoined the family as an adult, when Chapman located him for Beth. Recently, Duane Chapman, Beth Chapman, his sons Leland Chapman and Duane Lee Chapman II, and his daughter Lyssa Chapman all worked together as bail bondsmen and bounty hunters. Their work was the subject of the \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\" show, which ran for eight seasons on A&E.", "title": "Duane Chapman" }, { "docid": "7355135", "text": "betrayal. He must seek out and destroy those who have wronged him. Three different races populate the Vagner System, all settlers from their own home systems. These are humans, the Jaldari, large gorilla-like humanoids and Valleakan, green lizard-like humanoids. All three races are at peace and mix freely together throughout the universe. The game received \"mixed\" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter is a first person shooter video game developed by Warthog Games and released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. A GameCube version was", "title": "Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter" }, { "docid": "5133260", "text": "they come across Steeljaw, an escaped convict who has his own plan to lead the other escaped convicts. The Autobots would later receive a visit from Bumblebee's old comrade Jazz, who informed Bumblebee that his actions in departing Cybertron had angered the high council. After helping apprehend a fugitive named Ped, Jazz volunteered to return to Cybertron and inform the council of what had taken place. The team then received another group of Cybertronian visitors, in the form of Autobot bounty hunter Drift, Decepticon bounty hunter Fracture, and their Mini-Con teammates. Both Cybertronians arrived to collect a bounty placed on", "title": "Bumblebee (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "4613431", "text": "the Black Eyed Peas. Its highest U.S. success was just missing the top spot at number 2 on the US Adult Contemporary Top 20. The song was the 65th best-selling single of the 2000 decade in UK. The bounty hunter activates a killbot mounted on armoured hover cycle in the video, then it proceeds to track the Crazy Frog as he commutes around the City on his imaginary motorcycle. As the bounty hunter closes in on his prey, the Crazy Frog becomes aware of his pursuer and an unlikely chase begins over skyscrapers and through the city's sewer system, before", "title": "Axel F" }, { "docid": "6748084", "text": "by M. Shayne Bell. Zuckuss, who is able to intuit possible futures, meditates shortly before the bounty hunter scene in \"The Empire Strikes Back\", and the duo encounters survivors from the Battle of Hoth. The story of the most famous \"Star Wars\" bounty hunter, Boba Fett, is told by Daniel Keys Moran. A prologue set 15 years before \"The Empire Strikes Back\" explores Fett's history with Han Solo. Then, just before the events of \"Empire\", Fett tracks Solo to the Rebel base on Hoth to obtain the bounty from Jabba the Hutt, encountering his previous employer Darth Vader. On Tatooine,", "title": "Tales of the Bounty Hunters" }, { "docid": "8499565", "text": "Star Records which include ten tracks including the theme song entitled \"\"Argos\"\" which was composed and interpreted by the band, Bamboo. Other tracks include the love theme for the series, entitled \"\"Iniibig Kita\"\" sung by Kitchie Nadal and \"\"Tanging Ikaw\"\" performed by Shamrock. Also in the Rounin OST include 2006 Rockista grand prize grand winner, Bojo who sings \"“Walang Hangganan,\"\" Acel Bisa (former vocalist of Moonstar 88) sings \"“Sa Ngalan ng Pag-Ibig,”\" Rock icon Kevin Roy, of Razorback performs \"“Kailanpaman,”\" and the superband, Sandwich sings \"“Humanda Ka”\" plus up and coming rock bands Bliss, Side Crash and North Groove performing", "title": "Rounin (TV series)" }, { "docid": "13186255", "text": "rid of the bounty hunter. Vance rescues Kipp, grateful that the bounty hunter is not after him. Kipp opens one of the letters in the mail pouch and looks at the contents, then looks at the sheriff. The sheriff reveals himself as one of the robbers when he pulls a gun on Kipp, but Alice Williams kills him. She explains that Brand deserved it for shooting her husband. Julie, who had been watching, struggles with Alice for her gun and Kipp subdues Alice. Kipp realizes that Alice is the third robber. He searches her saddle bag and finds the stolen", "title": "The Bounty Hunter (1954 film)" }, { "docid": "6612973", "text": "the Hall of Mirrors video, and the Crazy DJ clip, then more of the \"Axel F\" clip. The flashbacks end, and the bounty hunter robot begins to throw a snowball at the frog. But instead he kisses the bounty hunter robot, and his lips get stuck to him, until the robot pulls him off. They then make snow angels and a message reads \"Have a ding dong Christmas, everyone!\" All entries charted as \"Jingle Bells/Last Christmas\", except where noted. Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This \"Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This\" is a 2005 Crazy Frog cover of the Christmas song \"Jingle", "title": "Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This" }, { "docid": "7188095", "text": "player watching the full motion video, listening to the various characters and shooting the right enemies at the right time with a powerful Tommy gun. Most other games produced by the company - with minor exceptions such as \"The Last Bounty Hunter\", where the player can use a shotgun for a limited amount of time - feature no more than a simple pistol, which must be used to eliminate successive foes. Also, the player narrates the story. Unlike previous games, such as \"Mad Dog McCree\" and \"Crime Patrol\", the player's Tommy gun does not need to be reloaded, but one", "title": "Who Shot Johnny Rock?" }, { "docid": "20178124", "text": "released on March 9, 2015, and \"The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie\" was released as his first single. His music gained the attention of Brock Lesnar who helped to raise his profile among wrestling fans. Songs from the album were featured in the television show \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", and the films \"Hell or High Water\" and \"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\". The track used in the films, \"Sleeping on the Blacktop\", gained more than a million streams on Spotify. In 2016, Wall opened for Lucinda Williams at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was signed to Rick Rubin's", "title": "Colter Wall" }, { "docid": "11340837", "text": "Yahhh! \"Yahhh!\" (also known as \"Yahhh Bitch Yahhh\") is the third single by American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album \"souljaboytellem.com\" featuring Arab. The music video premiered on BET on February 2, 2007 On January 8, 2008, the video for \"Yahhh!\" premiered on BET Access Granted. The video parodies people trying to get Soulja Boy's autograph, including Duane Chapman of \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", an imitation of Hillary Clinton and an imitation of Britney Spears, who appears to be intoxicated. The video also featured a stop-motion animated puppet that interacted with the cast. The video ranked at #92 on BET's Notarized:", "title": "Yahhh!" }, { "docid": "11921713", "text": "band Warlock at age 22. When the grunge scene took over in the early 1990s, Levin took a break from being a musician because he wasn't interested in that type of music. Levin relocated to the West Coast and became an entertainment lawyer. In his capacity as an entertainment lawyer, Jon has served as legal counsel, working with Jim Paidas, of Paidas Management, on a myriad of licensing programs; some of which include Orange County Choppers, \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\", \"American Hot Rod\", and \"Rockstalgia. In 1998, Levin got a call from Jeff Pilson, Dokken's bassist, who asked him to", "title": "Jon Levin" }, { "docid": "5010576", "text": "began skipping school and joined a gang. Unable to handle him any longer, his mother put him in foster care and he was placed in a boys care home at 13. He was given the choice go back into foster care or go live with his father and he chose to live with his father. At seventeen, Chapman began training in boxing and mixed martial arts with the help of his good friend Sonny Westbrook (who has appeared many times on \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\"). Chapman started out working for his father at their family's bail bonds company, Da Kine", "title": "Leland Chapman" }, { "docid": "16755279", "text": "first in the 1981 Peru International. In 2009, Buttons described himself as a \"recovering drug addict\" who had been sober for three years. His drug problems began in 1985 with cocaine; he returned to surfing in 1996 but was arrested in 1998, although charges were later dropped. In 2007 he featured on the TV show \"Dog the Bounty Hunter\" after being arrested for drug offences. Buttons was named after actor Montgomery Clift. He had 8 children and 9 grandchildren. Kaluhiokalani died on November 2, 2013 due to complications from lung cancer. He was 55 years old. A memorial service was", "title": "Montgomery Kaluhiokalani" }, { "docid": "8662917", "text": "are getting closer. Striker, the bartender, and the bounty hunter finally catch up to Levi and Sunshine at a beach, where Striker has a change of heart and even betrays and stabs the bartender. However, the bounty hunter refuses to give up the hunt, and when Sunshine attempts to flee into the water with the map, the bounty hunter guns him down, with the map washing away in the current. Levi overpowers the bounty hunter and beats him to death with the butt of his own rifle before the reformed Striker stops him and comforts him, even helping him carry", "title": "Black Rage (film)" }, { "docid": "12050699", "text": "on the soundtrack, by Willie Nelson (Uncle Jesse in the film). In the film \"\" (2007), country singer John Anderson sings the theme. Rock band Cage9, performed a cover version of the song was heard in the trailers from the same two films. Nike used the song in an advertising campaign featuring NFL star Randy Moss and NBA star Jason Williams, who were teammates in the same high school in rural Belle, West Virginia. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) The \"Theme from \"The Dukes of Hazzard\" (Good Ol' Boys)\" is a song written and recorded by", "title": "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" }, { "docid": "17752760", "text": "travels to the American West to search for his love, Rose Ross. He encounters a group of men chasing a Native American; an Irish bounty hunter, Silas Selleck, arrives and kills the leader. Jay employs the bounty hunter for protection. At a trading post, unbeknownst to Jay, Silas sees a wanted poster offering a $2,000 bounty for Rose and her father. He plans to use Jay to get to the bounty. Another bounty hunter, Victor the Hawk, also takes notice of the poster. In the trading post, a Swedish couple attempt a robbery which results in the death of the", "title": "Slow West" }, { "docid": "13933136", "text": "him. Dr. Adams saves Batman by killing Cavendish with the same razor Amadeus used to kill his mother. Amadeus' role in creating the asylum, Mad Dog's history with Amadeus and Amadeus' murder of Mad Dog and descent into madness have become canon and are the origin of Arkham Asylum in all incarnations of the asylum since. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Amadeus Arkham is re-established as having been the partner of the bounty hunter Jonah Hex. Amadeus was a psychologist who specializes in criminal behavior and lived in a mansion with his", "title": "Amadeus Arkham" } ]

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[ { "docid": "271620", "text": "December 29, 2013, defeating the Detroit Lions 14–13 to end the season. Since the team's first season in 1961, the Vikings have had one of the highest winning percentages in the NFL. As of 2017, they have won at least three games in every season except in 1962, and are one of only six NFL teams to win at least 15 games in a regular season. The Vikings have won one NFL Championship, in 1969, before the league's merger with the American Football League (AFL). Since the league merger in 1970, they have qualified for the playoffs 27 times, third-most", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "19121036", "text": "Peterson returned to action and had six carries for 22 yards against the Colts. This was the last game he'd ever play for the Vikings. With the loss, the Vikings dropped to 7–8 and were officially eliminated from postseason contention. The loss also made the Vikings the first team to twice start 5–0 or better, and on both occasions miss the playoffs (they also missed the playoffs in 2003 after starting 6–0). Five Vikings were selected for the 2017 Pro Bowl: defensive end Everson Griffen, defensive tackle Linval Joseph, return specialist Cordarrelle Patterson, cornerback Xavier Rhodes and free safety Harrison", "title": "2016 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "19820625", "text": "2017 Minnesota Vikings season The 2017 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 57th in the National Football League, and their fourth under head coach Mike Zimmer. With the team's home stadium, U.S. Bank Stadium, scheduled to host Super Bowl LII at the end of the season, the Vikings attempted to make history as the first team to play the Super Bowl on their home field; in recording their best regular season record since 1998, they clinched a first-round bye for the first time since 2009 and became the eighth team in the Super Bowl era to qualify for the playoffs in", "title": "2017 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "11331721", "text": "to the Texans for Keenum, where he played until signing as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 2017. After starter Sam Bradford got injured, Keenum came in and had a career year, setting highs in starts, passing yards, completions and touchdowns. He led the Vikings to a 13-win regular season, followed by a last-second win over the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the playoffs; the Vikings lost in the next round to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Keenum once again became a free agent, and signed a two-year deal with the Broncos in", "title": "Case Keenum" }, { "docid": "271620", "text": "December 29, 2013, defeating the Detroit Lions 14–13 to end the season. Since the team's first season in 1961, the Vikings have had one of the highest winning percentages in the NFL. As of 2017, they have won at least three games in every season except in 1962, and are one of only six NFL teams to win at least 15 games in a regular season. The Vikings have won one NFL Championship, in 1969, before the league's merger with the American Football League (AFL). Since the league merger in 1970, they have qualified for the playoffs 27 times, third-most", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" } ]

[ { "docid": "12843981", "text": "on Sunday night would make Minnesota repeat division champions for the first time since 1978, when they won six consecutive NFC Central titles. Also, if the Eagles lost against San Francisco, the Vikings would also clinch a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs. Coming off their home win over the Bengals, the Vikings flew to Bank of America Stadium to face the Carolina Panthers in a Week 15 Sunday Night duel. The Vikings clinched the NFC North about an hour before the game thanks in part to Pittsburgh's 37–36 last-second win over the Packers. With a win, the Vikings would", "title": "2009 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "4582510", "text": "as Minnesota's offensive coordinator for the next 18 years, from 1968–1985. During that time, the Vikings made the playoffs 12 times, won 11 division titles, and played in four Super Bowls. When Grant retired from coaching for the second time in 1985, Burns was named as the 4th head coach of the Minnesota Vikings on January 7, 1986. He coached Minnesota for six years, from 1986 to 1991. Burns compiled a record of 52–43 and led the Vikings to the playoffs three times. He helped the Vikings win the division title in 1989 and led them to the NFC championship", "title": "Jerry Burns" }, { "docid": "9741233", "text": "1998 Minnesota Vikings season The 1998 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 38th in the National Football League. The Vikings became the third team in NFL history to win 15 games during the regular season, which earned them the National Football Conference (NFC) Central division championship and the first overall seed in the NFC playoffs. The team entered the playoffs as the favorite to win Super Bowl XXXIII, but their season ended when they were upset by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1998 NFC Championship Game. The 1998 Vikings team is known for its offense, which featured veteran quarterback Randall Cunningham,", "title": "1998 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "4957890", "text": "the season. Head coach Dave McGinnis stated that \"Josh is the right decision professionally for our organization,\" and that \"Some quality time is what he needs against good teams ... and it's important to find out what we have there.\" In the final game of the season on December 28 against the Minnesota Vikings, McCown threw a game-winning 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Nate Poole as time expired to beat the Vikings by a score of 18–17. The Vikings would have made the playoffs if they had won the game but the Green Bay Packers made the playoffs in", "title": "Josh McCown" }, { "docid": "9822485", "text": "2001 Minnesota Vikings season The 2001 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 41st in the National Football League. Despite having a 12th ranked offense, the Vikings finished 5–11 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Before the end of the season, the team fired head coach Dennis Green, who had become a polarizing force among the Viking fan base despite his successful coaching tenure with the team. Mike Tice coached the final game of 2001, a loss to the Ravens. The season began in tragic circumstances when offensive lineman Korey Stringer died of heat stroke in training camp.", "title": "2001 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "11404636", "text": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season The 2008 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 48th in the NFL and their third under head coach Brad Childress. They won their 17th NFC North title with a 10–6 record, the first time since 2000 that they made the playoffs and finished with a winning record, but had to play in the wild card round of the playoffs, where they were paired with Childress's former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, who ended the Vikings' season with a 26–14 win. Second-year running back Adrian Peterson led the league in rushing with 1,760 yards. On February 11, it was", "title": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "8735756", "text": "establishment – Metropolitan Stadium, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and U.S. Bank Stadium; attendance records, both home and away, are included on this page. Last updated: As of week 15 of the 2018 NFL season Minnesota Vikings statistics The Minnesota Vikings is an American football franchise based in Minneapolis. The team was established in 1961 and is part of the National Football League's NFC North division. Since then, the team has taken part in the NFL playoffs 29 times, reaching four Super Bowls in 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977. This list encompasses the major records set by the team, its coaches", "title": "Minnesota Vikings statistics" }, { "docid": "9862170", "text": "North extinguished when the Bears defeated the Packers earlier in the day, the Vikings were officially eliminated from NFC playoff contention with a 30–23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The Vikings won their last game of the 2005 season against the Bears, with a 34–10 victory. However, the Vikings fired head coach Mike Tice immediately following the game. They ended up with a 9–7 record and one win away from the playoffs. Prior to the 2006 season, the Vikings hired Brad Childress as the 7th head coach in Vikings history. The Vikings started their season with two narrow victories.They edged", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "5155428", "text": "took eight victories in the last 10 games, won the NFC West and made the playoffs again. Their first-round opponent was the [[1977 Minnesota Vikings season|Vikings]] at home in the rain, but the Rams lost 14–7 in the [[1977–78 NFL playoffs#NFC: Minnesota Vikings 14, Los Angeles Rams 7|Mud Bowl]]. Haden's small hands impaired his ability to grip the wet muddy ball. Haden completed 14 of 32 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown with 3 interceptions while Viking QB Bob Lee was only able to complete 5 of 10 passes for 57 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions. Haden was", "title": "Pat Haden" }, { "docid": "16816800", "text": "last play touchdown in the playoffs on January 14, 2018. Allen is known for his over the top and emotional calls, such as the aforementioned 2009 NFC Championship, the 2003 Vikings vs Cardinals Regular Season Finale, and The 2015 Wildcard Playoff game between the Vikings and the Seahawks.! Paul Allen (sports commentator) Paul Allen is a sports commentator who calls play-by-play for the Minnesota Vikings on KFAN. He is the voice of the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network and Canterbury Park. Allen previously called horse races at different locations throughout the United States until he came to Canterbury Park in Shakopee,", "title": "Paul Allen (sports commentator)" }, { "docid": "11777444", "text": "on the last play of the first half. 1987 New Orleans Saints season The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the National Football League (NFL). The strike-shortened year was the Saints' first-ever winning season. The Saints also qualified for the postseason for the first time, riding largely on a nine-game winning streak to close the season. However, they were soundly defeated at home by the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, by a score of 44–10. The Vikings entered the playoffs with an 8–7 record and needed the Dallas Cowboys to", "title": "1987 New Orleans Saints season" }, { "docid": "3563551", "text": "to his demise in Minnesota. Tice's contract with the Minnesota Vikings was allowed to expire after the last game of the 2005 season on January 1, 2006. The Vikings had just defeated the Chicago Bears, but a loss to the Baltimore Ravens eliminated the Vikings from playoff contention and effectively sealed Tice's fate. During his tenure of more than four years as the Vikings head coach, he had a regular season record of 32-33-0, while going 1-1 in the playoffs. Also during his tenure, the Vikings recorded an NFL record for the most consecutive games with over 300 yards of", "title": "Mike Tice" }, { "docid": "7694520", "text": "still have a chance to make the playoffs, so we're still trying to do that. So it's obvious that Brad is still our quarterback so we can stay on that.\" Two weeks later in week 15, Johnson started the game but was benched in the fourth quarter when the Vikings had been underperforming the entire game losing by a score of 26-7 at the time Jackson went in late in the third quarter against the New York Jets. Although Johnson had not thrown an interception that game and had a respectable passer rating of 94.2 in the game, the Minnesota", "title": "Tarvaris Jackson" }, { "docid": "9975558", "text": "1981 Minnesota Vikings season The 1981 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 21st season, the 62nd regular season of the National Football League, and the final season for the team at Metropolitan Stadium. The Vikings finished with a record of seven wins and nine losses, and missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. The Vikings attempted 709 passes in 1981 (44.31 per game) a league record that stood for 30 years until it was broken by the 2012 Detroit Lions. After opening the season with back-to-back losses, the Vikings ran off five straight wins and sat near", "title": "1981 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "271637", "text": "January 6, 1986, following the 1985 season, Bud Grant re-retired, this time permanently, as head coach of the Vikings. At the time of his retirement he was the 6th winningest coach in NFL history with 168 career wins, including playoffs. In 18 seasons, he led the Vikings to a 158–96–5 regular season record. Longtime Vikings assistant coach Jerry Burns was named the fourth head coach in team history on January 7, 1986. He served as the Vikings' offensive coordinator from 1968 to 1985, when the team won 11 division titles and played in four Super Bowls. In his first season,", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "16181683", "text": "meeting in the playoffs for only the second time ever, Blair Walsh capped the game's opening drive with a field goal to put the Vikings 3–0 up. However, the Packers then scored 24 unanswered points to take a 24–3 lead in the 3rd quarter. The Vikings tried to rally a comeback with a touchdown to make it 24–10, but it was too little, too late as time ran out for Minnesota. Four Minnesota Vikings players were selected for the 2013 Pro Bowl: two on offense (running back partners Adrian Peterson and Jerome Felton), one on defense (DE Jared Allen) and", "title": "2012 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975602", "text": "1987 Minnesota Vikings season The 1987 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 27th year in the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and seven losses. The 1987 strike caused the cancellation of the September 27 game at the Kansas City Chiefs. The games played October 4, 11 and 18 were played with replacement players. Despite finishing the season only one game over .500, and losing three of their final four games, Minnesota sneaked into the playoffs with the final Wild Card position. In the playoffs, the Vikings won two huge upsets, beating the 12–3", "title": "1987 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975421", "text": "against Detroit was originally scheduled to be played in Detroit. The game was switched with the November 17 game due to game 4 of the World Series. 1968 Minnesota Vikings season The 1968 season was the Minnesota Vikings' eighth in the National Football League. Under head coach Bud Grant, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title with an 8–6 record, and qualified for the postseason for the first time in franchise history. The Vikings' first trip to the playoffs saw them suffer a 24–14 loss in the Western Conference Championship Game to the eventual NFL champion and Super Bowl", "title": "1968 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975420", "text": "1968 Minnesota Vikings season The 1968 season was the Minnesota Vikings' eighth in the National Football League. Under head coach Bud Grant, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title with an 8–6 record, and qualified for the postseason for the first time in franchise history. The Vikings' first trip to the playoffs saw them suffer a 24–14 loss in the Western Conference Championship Game to the eventual NFL champion and Super Bowl runner-up Baltimore Colts at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. In the Playoff Bowl two weeks later, they again lost to the Dallas Cowboys 17–13. Note: The October 6 game", "title": "1968 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975617", "text": "1992 Minnesota Vikings season The Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 32nd in the 73rd regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of 11 wins and five losses. With that record, they returned to the playoffs after a two-year absence. They met the Washington Redskins, their first playoff meeting in six years after the 1987 NFC Championship game, this time in the Wildcard round. The Vikings looked to avenge their loss, but it was too late as the Redskins would go on to stun the NFC Central champions, 24-7. Minnesota's starting quarterbacks were Rich", "title": "1992 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "11404677", "text": "touchdown pass to running back Brian Westbrook, followed by an Akers 45-yard field goal. Try as they might, the Vikings were unable to build any momentum to mount a rally. With the loss, the Vikings' season ended with an overall record of 10–7. 2008 Minnesota Vikings season The 2008 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 48th in the NFL and their third under head coach Brad Childress. They won their 17th NFC North title with a 10–6 record, the first time since 2000 that they made the playoffs and finished with a winning record, but had to play in the wild", "title": "2008 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "8735755", "text": "Minnesota Vikings statistics The Minnesota Vikings is an American football franchise based in Minneapolis. The team was established in 1961 and is part of the National Football League's NFC North division. Since then, the team has taken part in the NFL playoffs 29 times, reaching four Super Bowls in 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977. This list encompasses the major records set by the team, its coaches and its players. The players section of this page lists the individual records for passing, rushing and receiving, as well as selected defensive records. The team has had three full-time home stadiums since its", "title": "Minnesota Vikings statistics" }, { "docid": "18445874", "text": "650 games in their 71 seasons. The winningest coach in program history is Steve Johnson with a 216-99-1 career record. On April 2, 2016, Steve Johnson was inducted into the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Bethel has appeared in 2 Division III Final Four Playoffs (2007,2010). Matt Eller, Defensive Line (2002) – Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers Cory Svihla, Linebacker (2010) – Minnesota Vikings Mitch Elliot, Offensive Tackle (2011) – Minnesota Vikings Seth Mathis, Linebacker (2013) – Minnesota Vikings Mitch Hallstrom, Wide Receiver (2013) – Minnesota Vikings At the beginning of the 2013 football season, the Bethel Royals", "title": "Bethel Royals football" }, { "docid": "9852192", "text": "2004 Minnesota Vikings season The 2004 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 44th in the National Football League. The Vikings finished the 2004 season going 3–7 over the final 10 weeks, just like they did in 2003; however, they made the playoffs with an overall 8–8 record. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper amassed MVP-level statistics, throwing for 4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touchdowns (a franchise record) and 5,123 total yards (an NFL record). In the wildcard round of the playoffs, the Vikings defeated their rival Green Bay Packers 31–17 in their first ever playoff meeting, making them the second team", "title": "2004 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9862146", "text": "the time of his retirement, he was the sixth-winningest coach in NFL history with 168 career wins, including the playoffs. In 18 seasons, he led the Vikings to a 158–96–5 regular season record. Longtime Vikings assistant coach Jerry Burns was named the fourth head coach in team history on January 7, 1986. He served as the Vikings offensive coordinator from 1968 to 1985, when the team won 11 division titles and played in four Super Bowls. In his first season, the Vikings, led by the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Tommy Kramer, went 9–7, their first winning record in", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "9975589", "text": "1983 Minnesota Vikings season The 1983 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 23rd in the National Football League, and the 17th under head coach Bud Grant. The team finished with an 8–8 record and failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in five seasons. At the end of the season, Grant retired as head coach, although he returned for a final season in 1985. Against the Detroit Lions in Week 14, the Vikings became the 35th team in NFL history and only the fifth since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger, to score just a safety in a game. This has", "title": "1983 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975590", "text": "happened only three times since: by the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals, the 2011 Atlanta Falcons, and the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars. 1983 Minnesota Vikings season The 1983 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 23rd in the National Football League, and the 17th under head coach Bud Grant. The team finished with an 8–8 record and failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in five seasons. At the end of the season, Grant retired as head coach, although he returned for a final season in 1985. Against the Detroit Lions in Week 14, the Vikings became the 35th team in NFL history", "title": "1983 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "16181685", "text": "another casualty of injury. Rudolph was named the game's MVP. 2012 Minnesota Vikings season The 2012 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 52nd in the National Football League, as well as their second full season under head coach Leslie Frazier. They looked to improve upon their 3–13 season the year before, and did so after defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 5; their win over the Houston Texans in Week 16 made this their first winning season since 2009. The Vikings also made the playoffs for the first time since 2009 with a Week 17 win over the Green Bay Packers", "title": "2012 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "16181677", "text": "2012 Minnesota Vikings season The 2012 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 52nd in the National Football League, as well as their second full season under head coach Leslie Frazier. They looked to improve upon their 3–13 season the year before, and did so after defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 5; their win over the Houston Texans in Week 16 made this their first winning season since 2009. The Vikings also made the playoffs for the first time since 2009 with a Week 17 win over the Green Bay Packers to give them a 10–6 regular season record, but were", "title": "2012 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9822487", "text": "receiving yards, and touchdowns. He retired at the end of the disappointing season, but would briefly return to play for the Miami Dolphins midway through next season. Notes 2001 Minnesota Vikings season The 2001 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 41st in the National Football League. Despite having a 12th ranked offense, the Vikings finished 5–11 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Before the end of the season, the team fired head coach Dennis Green, who had become a polarizing force among the Viking fan base despite his successful coaching tenure with the team. Mike Tice coached", "title": "2001 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "12843962", "text": "into scoring range, but Hauschka's 44-yard field goal attempt went wide left, preserving the Vikings' perfect season. With the win, the Vikings acquired their first 6–0 start since 2003 (unfortunately that team did not make the playoffs). Also, dating back to Week 17 of the 2008 season, Minnesota has won seven-straight regular season games for the first time since 2000. Coming off their thrilling home win over the Ravens, the Vikings flew to Heinz Field for a Week 7 interconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Minnesota trailed late in the first quarter as Steelers kicker Jeff", "title": "2009 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "19127755", "text": "straight season that the Giants traveled to Minnesota. The Vikings defeated the Giants 49–17 in Week 16 of last season. The loss dropped the Giants to 2–2 and into a tie with the Redskins in last place in the NFC East. Eli Manning has had at least a giveaway in each of the first 4 games as he threw an interception. This was the first time the Giants have returned to Lambeau Field since their victory over the Packers in the Divisional Round of the 2011 Playoffs. This game was featured on Sunday Night Football. The Packers defense dominated the", "title": "2016 New York Giants season" }, { "docid": "9822419", "text": "weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury. Despite the rough patch, the Vikings would return to the playoffs again for the fifth straight year. After easily beating the Saints in the Divisional game 34–16, they were humiliated 41–0 by the New York Giants in the Conference Championship, and to top that, Robert Smith retired at the end of the year, after only playing eight NFL seasons. It would be 2004 before the Vikings returned to the playoffs. After a contract dispute, Hall of Fame defensive tackle John", "title": "2000 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "17736574", "text": "history. The Bears entered the bye week with a 3–5 record, tied with the Vikings for last in the NFC North, two games behind the Packers, and four behind the Detroit Lions. The last time the Bears had been 3–5, yet made the playoffs was in 1979, and had also performed the feat in 1977, while the last time that Chicago had made the playoffs after having a record of two games below .500 occurred in 2005, when the team was 1–3, but finished the regular season 11–5. On offense, the Bears were tied for seventh in the league in", "title": "2014 Chicago Bears season" }, { "docid": "271667", "text": "record, tied with the 1984 Vikings for the second worst record in franchise history. During the 2012 NFL Draft, the team selected USC lineman Matt Kalil with the 4th overall pick after a trade with the Cleveland Browns, and Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith in the first round. Both players were instrumental in helping the Vikings reach the playoffs for the 27th time in franchise history, as was fellow draftee, sixth-round selection Blair Walsh. After beating the Packers in the final game of 2012 to reach the playoffs as the NFC's sixth seed, the Vikings lost 24–10 to the Packers", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "10221255", "text": "weeks 13 and 14 (back then home field advantage in the playoffs was rotated and not determined by best record, so the Rams knew they would open the playoffs in Minnesota regardless of their record) and the Rams lost in a Detroit snowstorm to the Lions, 28–0, and then they dropped a 13–7 game to the Colts in the final game. The Rams ventured into a cold weather venue (Bloomington, Minnesota) just as they had in 1967 when they dropped a 28–7 game to the Packers in Milwaukee. This time they faced the 12–2 Vikings who had beaten the Rams", "title": "1969 Los Angeles Rams season" }, { "docid": "3200127", "text": "two interceptions. The Steelers became just the third team to win the Super Bowl despite not playing a single home game in the playoffs. The Green Bay Packers, who won Super Bowl I (against the Kansas City Chiefs), and the Kansas City Chiefs, who won Super Bowl IV (against the Minnesota Vikings), also accomplished the feat. The Steelers, however, had to win four games to accomplish the feat, while the Chiefs won three and Packers won only two games. Of a \"bridging the eras\" moment, Steelers cornerback Willie Williams was the last remaining player to have been on the Steelers", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "docid": "4922139", "text": "passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns, with one interception. Aided by the Cardinals' turnovers, the Vikings scored 16 points in less than 7 minutes in the third quarter. On their first possession of the game, St. Louis drove to the Vikings 35-yard line, but lost the ball on a failed 4th and 1 conversion attempt. St. Louis eventually got onto the scoreboard first with quarterback Jim Hart's 13-yard touchdown pass to receiver Earl Thomas, but Minnesota countered when quarterback Fran Tarkenton completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to John Gilliam. The 7-7 tie would last till the end of the", "title": "1974–75 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "9975608", "text": "Bowl era. The Vikings made the postseason for the second consecutive time under coach Jerry Burns. They defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the Wildcard round, but the following week, the Vikings couldn't flick the switch this time, losing 34-9 to the rejuvenated San Francisco 49ers, who would go on to win their third Super Bowl. This was the last time the Vikings had won a playoff game until 1997. 1988 Minnesota Vikings season The 1988 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 28th year in the National Football League. The team won eleven games, and finished second to the Chicago", "title": "1988 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "15208520", "text": "compete in multiple sports in other leagues such as the Big Ten Conference. There have been 117 regular season games through November 25, 2018. (Two each year except 1982, which was shortened by the player's strike.) There have been 2 playoff games between the teams -- in 2005 and 2013. The rivalry has included 117 games, from its inception in 1961 through Week 12 of the 2018 football season. Other rivalries involving the two teams Packers–Vikings rivalry The Packers–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. The rivalry began in 1961, when the Minnesota", "title": "Packers–Vikings rivalry" }, { "docid": "12843991", "text": "show hosts and sports analysts were convinced that a red-hot Dallas team was going to end the Vikings' explosive season with Brett Favre. Tony Romo had been throwing more accurately than ever, and because the Vikings had a week off, even their own fans were feeling the pressure of facing a tough Dallas team. Entering the playoffs as the NFC's number 2 seed, the Vikings began their playoff run at home in the NFC Divisional Round against the number 3 Dallas Cowboys. Minnesota delivered the opening strike in the first quarter as quarterback Brett Favre found wide receiver Sidney Rice", "title": "2009 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "4281447", "text": "Minnesota in the divisional round of the playoffs. Brett Favre threw four touchdown passes during the game, and Brooking argued that since the Vikings had already won by the fourth quarter, the last pass was unnecessary, was unsportsmanlike, and served no purpose other than to run the score up and pad Favre's stats. Brooking also displayed his anger by violently choking Minnesota Vikings' Bernard Berrian with his forearm after a tackle, only to be pulled off by a referee. The same day an article was written in \"The Dallas Morning News\" about Brooking's motivational speeches. The article featured this speech", "title": "Keith Brooking" }, { "docid": "4968840", "text": "Championship that the Vikings have won. 1976–77 NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs for the 1976 season began on December 18, 1976. The postseason tournament concluded with the Oakland Raiders defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI, 32–14, on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Raiders stormed into the 1976 playoffs in dominant form, with an NFL-best 13-1 record. However, their only loss of the season was to New England, a brutal 48-17 thrashing in week 4. New England finished the year with an 11-3 record, a spectacular turnaround after going 3-11 the", "title": "1976–77 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "4328050", "text": "by the Minnesota Vikings as the offensive coordinator. On November 2, 2016, Turner unexpectedly resigned from his position as the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. The Vikings had lost their last two games at the time of his resignation after starting the season with five consecutive victories. He was hired as the Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator on January 11, 2018. Norv Turner is married to his wife Nancy, and they have three children: Scott, Stephanie and Drew. Turner's son Scott Turner is the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers. With losing records with the Redskins and Raiders, and a winning record", "title": "Norv Turner" }, { "docid": "15209205", "text": "Bears–Vikings rivalry The Bears–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. It began when the Vikings entered the league as an expansion team in 1961. The first time these two teams met, the Vikings stunned the Bears 37–13 in Minnesota. Both teams are members of the NFC North, and play at least twice a year. The rivalry has generally seen the home team win and has recently been the sight of thriller games with huge swings. The rivalry is known for having had many offensive-oriented contests, and also several surprising results. Other rivalries involving the", "title": "Bears–Vikings rivalry" }, { "docid": "15209206", "text": "two teams Bears–Vikings rivalry The Bears–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. It began when the Vikings entered the league as an expansion team in 1961. The first time these two teams met, the Vikings stunned the Bears 37–13 in Minnesota. Both teams are members of the NFC North, and play at least twice a year. The rivalry has generally seen the home team win and has recently been the sight of thriller games with huge swings. The rivalry is known for having had many offensive-oriented contests, and also several surprising results. Other rivalries", "title": "Bears–Vikings rivalry" }, { "docid": "9975472", "text": "1973 Minnesota Vikings season The 1973 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 13th in the National Football League. With a 12–2 record, the Vikings regained the NFC Central title after having gone 7–7 the previous year. They started the season 9–0 and looked a threat to the previous year's Dolphins' record of a perfect season before losing to the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals in their next three games. Their narrow 10–9 win over the Los Angeles Rams constituted the last time until 1997 that the last two unbeaten NFL teams played each other. The Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins 27–20", "title": "1973 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "5868511", "text": "could not relax. They, too, were an old-line NFL franchise coming off many years in the doldrums. They had not been to the playoffs since winning their third NFL title in 1960, and had only notched two winning seasons in the 17 years since then. However, their fans were less inclined to be forgiving than Giants' fans. A loss to the slumping Giants would have dealt a severe blow to the confidence the team needed to maintain over the last quarter of its schedule, in which it would face not only the Cowboys, but the equally formidable Minnesota Vikings as", "title": "Miracle at the Meadowlands" }, { "docid": "9862158", "text": "at halftime, but the Rams outscored the Vikings 35–20 in the second half to win 49–37. St. Louis would go on to win Super Bowl XXXIV. In 2000, led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper (a 1999 first-round draft pick out of Central Florida), the Vikings had a season in which Robert Smith ran for a team record 1,521 yards with seven touchdowns. The Vikings were 11–2 after Week 14, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury. They would go on to make the playoffs for the fifth", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "2015403", "text": "were in danger of missing the playoffs. Montana regained the starting position and led the 49ers to a 10–6 record and the NFC Western Division title. The 49ers earned a trip to Super Bowl XXIII when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears in the playoffs. In the NFC Divisional Playoffs, the 49ers faced Minnesota, who had eliminated them the year before. Montana threw three first-half touchdowns as the 49ers won, 34–9. The victory over the Bears in the NFC Championship game is of particular note. Played at Soldier Field in Chicago, with temperatures in the single digits", "title": "Joe Montana" }, { "docid": "4858945", "text": "force a punt, giving them one last chance to drive for a tying touchdown. However, the Raiders forced a turnover on downs and then ran out the rest of the clock. Lamonica finished the game 8/16 for 187 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions. The 10–3–1 49ers, making their first playoff game since 1957, stunned the heavily favored Vikings, the defending NFL champions who had finished the regular season with an NFL best record at 12–2. The 49ers defeated the Vikings in Minnesota, despite losing three of five fumbles; Minnesota had four turnovers. Quarterback John Brodie led the 49ers", "title": "1970–71 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "20533996", "text": "Minneapolis Miracle The Minneapolis Miracle (also known as the Minnesota Miracle) was the National Football Conference (NFC) divisional playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints on January 14, 2018, and specifically its final play. The game was played as part of the National Football League (NFL)'s 2017–18 playoffs. The Saints came back from a 17–0 first-half deficit and established a 24–23 lead with 25 seconds remaining in the contest. On the last play of the game, Vikings quarterback Case Keenum threw a 27-yard pass to wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who evaded Saints safety Marcus Williams and", "title": "Minneapolis Miracle" }, { "docid": "9975627", "text": "1997 Minnesota Vikings season The 1997 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 37th in the National Football League and their sixth under head coach Dennis Green. The team finished with a 9–7 record and qualified for a wild card berth in the playoffs. In the wild card round against the New York Giants, the Vikings came back from a 22–13 deficit with 90 seconds to play to win 23–22, their first playoff victory since 1988. In the divisional round, the Vikings were defeated 38–22 by the San Francisco 49ers. Vikings defensive tackle John Randle led the league in sacks with 15.5.", "title": "1997 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9852287", "text": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season The 2007 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 47th in the National Football League. The Vikings' 8–8 record under second-year head coach Brad Childress was an improvement on their 6–10 record in 2006; nonetheless, for the third straight year, the Vikings failed to make the playoffs. Although they had the worst pass defense in the NFL in 2007, surrendering 4,225 passing yards, the Vikings finished the season with the league's best defense against the run, allowing only 74.1 rushing yards per game, as well as the best rushing offense with running backs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor.", "title": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "19121030", "text": "2016 Minnesota Vikings season The 2016 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 56th in the National Football League and their third under head coach Mike Zimmer. After starting the season with five consecutive wins prior to their bye week, the Vikings managed just three victories after the bye and were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 16 with a 38–25 road loss to the Packers. They joined the 1978 Redskins, 1993 Saints, 2003 Vikings, 2009 Broncos, 2009 Giants and 2015 Falcons in missing the playoffs after starting 5–0 or better. The Vikings are the only team in NFL history to start", "title": "2016 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9862190", "text": "forced the Jets to forfeit all of their 2009 draft picks to the Packers if they tried to trade him to Minnesota. Following a 2008 season in which the Jets did not reach the playoffs with a 9–7 record, Favre retired a second time. During the spring of 2009, rumors began swirling of Favre signing with the Vikings, something Green Bay had not permitted him to do the previous year and which prompted the trade to the Jets. However, he was already engaged in secret negotiations with the Vikings, which were made public in the summer. On August 17, he", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "11113279", "text": "Washington Redskins at the Metrodome in Minnesota and even though the Vikings had the home field advantage, they lost the game 24–7. The Minnesota Vikings finished the season with a record of 11–5 and 1st in the NFC Central Division. The 1993 season was a year of recovery for Kalis. Following an extensive rehabilitation regimen due to the knee injury from the previous year, Kalis battled and recaptured the starting right guard position. As the season progressed so did his play and the Vikings returned to the NFC playoffs for the fourth time during his six-year tenure as a Viking.", "title": "Todd Kalis" }, { "docid": "9862147", "text": "four years. In his second season, he led the Vikings to the NFC championship game. Following the strike-shortened 1987 season, the 8–7 Vikings, who had finished 8–4 in regular games but 0–3 using replacement players, pulled two upsets in the playoffs by beating the two teams with the best regular season records. They beat the 12–3 New Orleans Saints 44–10 at the Louisiana Superdome in the Wild Card Playoff game. The following week, in the Divisional Playoffs, they beat the 13–2 San Francisco 49ers, 36–24 at Candlestick Park. During that game, Anthony Carter set the all-time record for most receiving", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "4968819", "text": "the second quarter. A promising drive for them into Vikings territory ended with no points when Moseley missed a 51-yard field goal attempt. Minnesota then drove 66 yards, featuring a 35-yard completion from Tarkenton to Ahmad Rashad, to score on Foreman's 2-yard touchdown run, putting them up 21-3. The Redskins next drive ended with an interception by Vikings defensive back Nate Wright. On the next play, Houston intercepted the ball from Tarkenton and returned it 8 yards to the Vikings 38. But Minnesota was unable to move the ball and had to punt. In the final seconds of the half,", "title": "1976–77 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "2580782", "text": "points allowed. They defeated the Minnesota Vikings 17–10 in the opening round of the playoffs. The next week on January 15, 1994, in what would be Taylor's final game, the Giants were beaten 44–3 by the San Francisco 49ers. As the game came to a conclusion, television cameras drew in close on Taylor who was crying. He announced his retirement at the post-game press conference saying, \"I think it's time for me to retire. I've done everything I can do. I've been to Super Bowls. I've been to playoffs. I've done things that other people haven't been able to do", "title": "Lawrence Taylor" }, { "docid": "9852205", "text": "2005 Minnesota Vikings season The 2005 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 45th in the National Football League, and Mike Tice's fourth and final season as head coach. The Vikings finished the season with a 9–7 record and missed the playoffs despite going 8–3 over the final 11 weeks. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper was injured after seven games, resulting in Brad Johnson taking over as starter. The loss of Culpepper and the departure of Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders resulted in the Vikings dropping from 2nd in passing offense in 2004 to 20th in 2005. During the team's bye week in", "title": "2005 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9852237", "text": "of head coach Mike Tice only a few hours after the game. 2005 Minnesota Vikings season The 2005 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 45th in the National Football League, and Mike Tice's fourth and final season as head coach. The Vikings finished the season with a 9–7 record and missed the playoffs despite going 8–3 over the final 11 weeks. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper was injured after seven games, resulting in Brad Johnson taking over as starter. The loss of Culpepper and the departure of Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders resulted in the Vikings dropping from 2nd in passing offense", "title": "2005 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9852204", "text": "Mewelde Moore added 138 yards rushing to ice a defensive second half. The Vikings defense had their season best performance, holding the Titans to 243 yards in the victory, which improved their record to 4–1. 2004 Minnesota Vikings season The 2004 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 44th in the National Football League. The Vikings finished the 2004 season going 3–7 over the final 10 weeks, just like they did in 2003; however, they made the playoffs with an overall 8–8 record. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper amassed MVP-level statistics, throwing for 4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touchdowns (a franchise", "title": "2004 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9852223", "text": "Robinson and Travis Taylor to set up Paul Edinger's 48-yard game-winning field goal, giving the Vikings consecutive wins for the first time in 2005. The Vikings were again on the road in Week 11, traveling to Green Bay for a Monday night contest against the 2–7 Packers, as the Vikings attempted to get back to .500 and reignite their hopes of making the playoffs; however, the Vikings fell behind in the first quarter with Brett Favre finding Donald Driver for a 15-yard touchdown. The Vikings leveled the scores late in the second quarter, with Dovonte Edwards returning an interception 51", "title": "2005 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9862182", "text": "playoff berth ended when they lost to the Washington Redskins 32–21 on NBC's \"Sunday Night Football.\" The Vikings then dropped their final regular season game against the Denver Broncos at Invesco Field 22–19. However, unlike in 2004, the Vikings had an 8–8 record but did not make the playoffs. Adrian Peterson also won the NFL's Rookie of the Year award. To replace departing free agent quarterbacks Kelly Holcomb and Brooks Bollinger, the Vikings signed veteran Gus Frerotte, a former Vikings backup from 2003 to 2004, and drafted USC quarterback John David Booty. To amp up the passing attack, the Vikings", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "271649", "text": "to getting into the playoffs. However, the Arizona Cardinals completed a game-winning touchdown on 4th-and-28 with 0:00 left, knocking the Vikings out of the playoffs. The moment of Arizona's touchdown was actually the first moment the entire season in which the Vikings hadn't led their division. The Vikings became the second team in football history to miss the playoffs after getting off to a 6–0 start, following the 1978 Washington Redskins. In 2004, Daunte Culpepper amassed MVP-like statistics, throwing for 4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touchdowns (a Viking record), and 5,123 total yards (an NFL record). In", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "17736706", "text": "a kneeldown. With the close win over the Redskins, the Vikings improved to 4–5. Teddy Bridgewater's third win as a starting rookie quarterback breaks the franchise record (two wins) shared by both Fran Tarkenton and Christian Ponder. The Vikings took their bye week in week 10, along with the Texans, Colts, Patriots, Chargers and Redskins. With the overtime win, the Vikings improve to 6–7 and have therefore improved on last year's record. The loss resulted in the Vikings being officially eliminated from playoff contention. Source for this section: Minnesota Vikings' official website. Source for this section: NFL.com. 2014 Minnesota Vikings", "title": "2014 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "271646", "text": "and an appearance in the NFC Championship game, where they were defeated 41-0 by the New York Giants. The following season, they struggled by posting a 5–11 record in 2001. The team would make the playoffs again in 2004, but would not win a divisional title again until 2008. Since the merger, the 2000s became the decade with the fewest playoff berths for the franchise. In 2000, the Vikings went 11–5. The Vikings were 11–2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper was hampered by injury.", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "9975364", "text": "by the East 30–20. 1962 Minnesota Vikings season The 1962 season was the Minnesota Vikings' second in the National Football League. Under head coach Norm Van Brocklin, the team finished with a 2–11–1 record that still stands as the franchise's worst season record in terms of winning percentage, both by today's standards (.179) and at the time (.154), when ties weren't counted as games played. The Vikings have won at least three games in every season since. Second-year halfback Tommy Mason was the only Viking voted to the East–West Pro Bowl game, played January 13, 1963, at the Los Angeles", "title": "1962 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975363", "text": "1962 Minnesota Vikings season The 1962 season was the Minnesota Vikings' second in the National Football League. Under head coach Norm Van Brocklin, the team finished with a 2–11–1 record that still stands as the franchise's worst season record in terms of winning percentage, both by today's standards (.179) and at the time (.154), when ties weren't counted as games played. The Vikings have won at least three games in every season since. Second-year halfback Tommy Mason was the only Viking voted to the East–West Pro Bowl game, played January 13, 1963, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and won", "title": "1962 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9862163", "text": "Green Bay win over Denver, led to the Packers winning the NFC North division at 10–6, while the Vikings were 9–7, joining the 1978 Washington Redskins as the only teams to start the season 6–0 and miss the playoffs (a feat since matched by the 2009 Denver Broncos). The following season the Cardinals hired Dennis Green as their head coach. As in the 2003 season, the Vikings finished the season going 3–7 over the final 10 weeks after starting 5–1, the worst performance ever by an NFL playoff team over the last 10 games. Unlike 2003, however, they made the", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "4723223", "text": "score on a 41-yard Luckhurst field goal. Now down 24-23 with six minutes left in regulation, Minnesota put together a 72-yard drive for the game winning score. Brown had runs of 11 and 10 yards along the way, while Kramer completed a 19-yard pass to receiver Terry LeCount. On the last play, Brown scored a 5-yard touchdown run to put his team up 30-24 with 1:44 left in the game. Atlanta still had one last chance to drive for a winning touchdown, but after reaching the Vikings 45, Turner intercepted a pass from Bartkowski, enabling the Vikings to run out", "title": "1982–83 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "4899469", "text": "with Toni Fritsch's 17-yard field goal cut the lead to 17–10. Then a wave of turnovers began. On the ensuing possession, Dallas got a huge opportunity to score when Charlie Waters forced a fumble from Foreman that safety Cliff Harris recovered on the Minnesota 37. However, the Vikings took the ball right back when Staubach threw a pass that was deflected into the arms of linebacker Jeff Siemon. An even better scoring chance awaited the Cowboys at the end of the Vikings next drive, as Tarkenton threw an interception to Waters on the Minnesota 24. But Dallas fared no better", "title": "1973–74 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "4968959", "text": "frustrating playoff losses in the cold of Minnesota, the Rams finally had a home playoff game against the Vikings. In addition, Viking quarterback Fran Tarkenton was injured in that Monday night game. However, as luck would have it, Los Angeles was engulfed in a torrential rainstorm, and the game became known as “The Mud Bowl”. Running back Chuck Foreman led the Vikings to a victory by recording 101 rushing yards on the heavy field. Minnesota head coach Bud Grant’s strategy was to have quarterback Bob Lee throw early before the field lost traction. By the end of the game, the", "title": "1977–78 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "9862143", "text": "the 1982 opener on September 12, when the Vikings defeated Tampa Bay 17–10. Running back Rickey Young scored the first regular season touchdown in the facility on a three-yard run in the second quarter. A players strike shortened the 1982 regular season to nine games, with the Vikings qualifying for the postseason with a 5–4 record. In the first round of the 16-team playoffs, the Vikings defeated the visiting Atlanta Falcons 30–24, but then lost at the Washington Redskins 21–7 in the second round. The Vikings and St. Louis Cardinals played the first American football game in London's Wembley Stadium", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "9862192", "text": "fell a second time, the score being 38–26. After the bye week came three wins at home over weak opponents, after which the Vikings faced the Cardinals in Arizona and lost 30–17 in a contest where linebacker E. J. Henderson broke his leg and was taken out of commission for the rest of the season. The Vikings dropped two of the next three games, including an overtime loss to Chicago in freezing weather. The last game of the regular season saw them sweep a Giants team that had recently been eliminated from playoff contention. As a result, Minnesota won the", "title": "History of the Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "271654", "text": "lost their final two games to finish the season at 8–8 and missed the playoffs. In Week 13 of the 2008 season against the Bears, Gus Frerotte hooked up with Bernard Berrian and set the record for longest play in franchise history with a 99-yard touchdown pass. In the 2009 season, Adrian Peterson led the NFL with 1760 rushing yards, breaking the franchise record. The Vikings clinched the NFC North championship for the first time after defeating the New York Giants 20–19 in Week 17, when kicker Ryan Longwell made the game-winning field goal. Peterson had 19 carries for 109", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "9975503", "text": "in week 6. In the NFC Championship game in a game played in Dallas, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys 23–6. 1977 Minnesota Vikings season The 1977 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 17th in the National Football League. After starting the season 5–3, the team's starting quarterback Fran Tarkenton broke his leg in week 9 and missed the rest of the season. Despite losing Tarkenton, the team managed to finish the season with a 9–5 record and went to the playoffs as winners of the NFC Central division title. They beat the Los Angeles Rams 14–7 in the Divisional", "title": "1977 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975502", "text": "1977 Minnesota Vikings season The 1977 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 17th in the National Football League. After starting the season 5–3, the team's starting quarterback Fran Tarkenton broke his leg in week 9 and missed the rest of the season. Despite losing Tarkenton, the team managed to finish the season with a 9–5 record and went to the playoffs as winners of the NFC Central division title. They beat the Los Angeles Rams 14–7 in the Divisional Round in a game played in Los Angeles and termed the , although the Vikings had lost 35–3 to the same opponent", "title": "1977 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975628", "text": "Wide receiver Cris Carter's 13 touchdown receptions also were most in the league. Before the season, the Vikings acquired Randall Cunningham after a year out of the game, a move that reunited Cunningham with his former Philadelphia Eagles teammate Cris Carter. Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. 1997 Minnesota Vikings season The 1997 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 37th in the National Football League and their sixth under head coach Dennis Green. The team finished with a 9–7 record and qualified for a wild card berth in the playoffs. In the wild card round against the New York Giants,", "title": "1997 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9852187", "text": "2003 Minnesota Vikings season The 2003 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 43rd in the National Football League. They finished second in the NFC North with a 9–7 record, but missed the playoffs for a third straight year. Despite gaining 6,294 yards of offense over their 16 games, by far the most in the league, the team managed just 416 points, the sixth-most in the NFL. The Vikings won their first six games of the 2003 season, then lost their next four games, after which they alternated wins and losses for the remainder of the season. Despite their 9–7 record, they", "title": "2003 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9822501", "text": "season. They finished the season with a 6–10 record and missed the playoffs for the second year in a row. Second-year running back Michael Bennett enjoyed a successful year, rushing for 1,296 yards, resulting in a Pro Bowl selection at the end of the season. After losing Cris Carter to retirement, Randy Moss had a career-high 106 receptions, but only had 7 touchdowns. 2002 Minnesota Vikings season The 2002 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 42nd in the National Football League, and the first under head coach Mike Tice. Tice was the third of the Vikings' six head coaches to be", "title": "2002 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9822418", "text": "2000 Minnesota Vikings season The 2000 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 40th in the National Football League. They won the NFC Central division title with an 11–5 record and beat the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the playoffs before losing 41–0 to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game. After not retaining either Randall Cunningham or Jeff George, the team was led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper and running back Robert Smith, who ran for a then team record 1,521 yards and seven touchdowns. The Vikings started out 7–0 and were 11–2 after 14", "title": "2000 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975622", "text": "touchdown. 1994 Minnesota Vikings season The 1994 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 34th in the National Football League and their third under head coach Dennis Green. The team finished with a 10–6 record and reached the playoffs for a third straight season, but also failed to make it out of the Wild Card round for the third year in a row, losing 35–18 to their division rival Chicago Bears. The Bears picked off Warren Moon twice while Steve Walsh threw two touchdowns, backs Raymont Harris and Lewis Tillman added rushing scores, and Kevin Miniefield ran back a Vikings fumble for", "title": "1994 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "9975621", "text": "1994 Minnesota Vikings season The 1994 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 34th in the National Football League and their third under head coach Dennis Green. The team finished with a 10–6 record and reached the playoffs for a third straight season, but also failed to make it out of the Wild Card round for the third year in a row, losing 35–18 to their division rival Chicago Bears. The Bears picked off Warren Moon twice while Steve Walsh threw two touchdowns, backs Raymont Harris and Lewis Tillman added rushing scores, and Kevin Miniefield ran back a Vikings fumble for a", "title": "1994 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "15208519", "text": "Packers–Vikings rivalry The Packers–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. The rivalry began in 1961, when the Minnesota Vikings entered the league as an expansion team. The rivalry is known for its many close games and the parity of the all-time series. It is also considered to be one of the most intense rivalries in the National Football League, due to both teams being located in the same division since the Vikings' inception, and the fact that the two states (Minnesota and Wisconsin) are geographically located side by side, thereby allowing them to", "title": "Packers–Vikings rivalry" }, { "docid": "9852193", "text": "in NFL history to have a .500 record (8–8) in the regular season and win a playoff game (the first team to do it was the St. Louis Rams, who beat the Seattle Seahawks 27–20 the day before the Vikings–Packers game took place). In the divisional round, the Vikings were defeated 27–14 by the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and did not return to the playoffs for four years. Following the season, Randy Moss was traded to the Oakland Raiders; he returned briefly to the Vikings in 2010. The Vikings kicked off the season hosting the Bill Parcells coached Dallas", "title": "2004 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "18389009", "text": "2015 Minnesota Vikings season The 2015 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 55th season in the National Football League and their second under head coach Mike Zimmer. It marked the last season in which the Vikings played their home games at the University of Minnesota's on-campus TCF Bank Stadium, before moving into U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in July 2016, located on the site of the now-demolished Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Vikings improved on their 7–9 record from 2014 and clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2012. They also won their first NFC North title since 2009", "title": "2015 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "12235527", "text": "Administration. Undrafted as a rookie, he signed with the Minnesota Vikings where he was a member of the same rookie class as Randy Moss. After being released by the Minnesota Vikings after training camp, Stuckey signed with the New England Patriots, where he made the team as a linebacker and wore jersey number 93. He started in six games, recovered one fumble during the 1998 season, and became the only free-agent rookie to start in the NFL playoffs, against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The fumble recovery marked the eleventh time in NFL history that an NFL rookie recovered a fumble in", "title": "Shawn Stuckey" }, { "docid": "271664", "text": "or date change for a Vikings game and was the first NFL game played on a Tuesday since 1964. The Vikings proceeded to upset the dynamic Eagles offense, led by a resurgent Michael Vick, 24–14 with rookie Joe Webb at the helm. The Vikings finished the season 6–10 with a 20–13 loss against the Detroit Lions. The 2010–11 season was a step down for the Minnesota Vikings. After coming within a few plays of Super Bowl XLIV, Minnesota ended the 2010 season with a 6–10 record and a last place finish in the NFC North for the first time since", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "docid": "9975463", "text": "took their last meaningful shot, but failed on fourth down at their own 29. The Steelers then sealed the game with a touchdown catch by Frank Lewis, making the final 23-10. 1972 Minnesota Vikings season The 1972 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 12th in the National Football League. It marked the return of Fran Tarkenton to the Vikings after he had been traded to the New York Giants in 1967. In return, Minnesota sent three players to the Giants (Norm Snead, Bob Grim and Vince Clements), plus a first and second round draft choice. Tarkenton's return also led to the", "title": "1972 Minnesota Vikings season" }, { "docid": "1792352", "text": "Tickets to the game were free, and the Giants ended up winning the game. Due to roof repair time estimates, the Vikings December 20 game against the Chicago Bears was moved to TCF Bank Stadium. The final two games for the 2010 Minnesota Vikings season already were scheduled as road games, and the team had already been eliminated from the playoffs. The Gophers' first baseball game of their 2011 season at the Metrodome was scheduled for February 5. However, on December 29, it was announced that the roof would not be repaired until the spring of 2011. As a result,", "title": "Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome" }, { "docid": "13705842", "text": "for 141 yards. Dallas started the game with two drives inside the Vikings 40-yard line, but didn't score on either one. First, Romo lost a fumble on the Vikings 35 while being tackled by Ray Edwards; it was recovered by the Vikings' Kevin Williams. Then after a punt, Dallas drove to the Vikings 30-yard line, only to have Shaun Suisham miss a 48-yard field goal. Four plays later, Minnesota took the lead with Favre throwing a 47-yard touchdown to Rice. Dallas responded with a drive from their own 18 to the Vikings 15-yard line where Suisham kicked a field goal", "title": "2009–10 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "11777442", "text": "1987 New Orleans Saints season The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the National Football League (NFL). The strike-shortened year was the Saints' first-ever winning season. The Saints also qualified for the postseason for the first time, riding largely on a nine-game winning streak to close the season. However, they were soundly defeated at home by the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, by a score of 44–10. The Vikings entered the playoffs with an 8–7 record and needed the Dallas Cowboys to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals on the final", "title": "1987 New Orleans Saints season" }, { "docid": "7000749", "text": "26, 1994, Kraft's first full day as owner of the Patriots, the team sold 5,958 season tickets, shattering by over sixfold the team's prior single-day record of 979. Moreover, soon after Kraft took full ownership, the Patriots sold out the entire 1994 season—the first time in team history that had happened. Every Patriots home game—preseason, regular season, and playoffs—has been sold out ever since. Halfway through the 1994 season, the Patriots looked flat. They were 3–6 and had lost 4 straight games when they faced the Minnesota Vikings at home for Week 10. With the season on the line, Drew", "title": "History of the New England Patriots" }, { "docid": "5577320", "text": "division, missing the playoffs again. The 2010 season saw the Panthers finish last in the league, at 2–14. As of this time, Fox was one of only two coaches, and the only one as a head coach, still working on the NFL sidelines that was once a member of former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll's coaching staff, the other being Minnesota Vikings wide receivers coach George Stewart. Tom Moore, currently an offensive consultant for the Arizona Cardinals, is still active in the league but works from home. On December 31, 2010, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced that he", "title": "John Fox (American football)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "864307", "text": "was gradually superseded by the heliocentric model of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. There was much resistance to the transition between these two theories. Some Christian theologians were reluctant to reject a theory that agreed with Biblical passages. Others felt a new, unknown theory could not subvert an accepted consensus for geocentrism. The geocentric model entered Greek astronomy and philosophy at an early point; it can be found in pre-Socratic philosophy. In the 6th century BC, Anaximander proposed a cosmology with Earth shaped like a section of a pillar (a cylinder), held aloft at the center of everything. The Sun, Moon,", "title": "Geocentric model" } ]

[ { "docid": "16394944", "text": "History of the center of the Universe The center of the Universe is a concept that lacks a coherent definition in modern astronomy; according to standard cosmological theories on the shape of the universe, it has no center. Historically, the center of the Universe had been believed to be a number of locations. Many mythological cosmologies included an \"axis mundi\", the central axis of a flat Earth that connects the Earth, heavens, and other realms together. In the 4th century BCE Greece, the geocentric model was developed based on astronomical observation, proposing that the center of the Universe lies at", "title": "History of the center of the Universe" }, { "docid": "864304", "text": "Geocentric model In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center. Under the geocentric model, the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbited Earth. The geocentric model served as the predominant description of the cosmos in many ancient civilizations, such as those of Aristotle and Ptolemy. Two observations supported the idea that Earth was the center of the Universe. First, from anywhere on Earth, the Sun appears to revolve around Earth once per day. While the Moon and the planets have their own motions,", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "11021155", "text": "two reasons for the persistence of the idea of a geocentric, or Earth-centered universe: human pride in our existence, and the threat of torturing those who dissented from it, particularly during the time of the Roman Inquisition. However, he also admits that the scientific tools to prove the Earth orbited the Sun were (until the last few hundred years) not accurate enough to measure effects such as parallax, making it difficult for astronomers to prove that the geocentric theory was false. After saying that we have gained humility from understanding that we are not literally the center of the universe,", "title": "Pale Blue Dot (book)" }, { "docid": "864333", "text": "that both Venus and Mercury went around the Sun rather than the Earth, but this is no longer accepted. Martianus Capella definitely put Mercury and Venus in orbit around the Sun. Aristarchus of Samos was the most radical. He wrote a work, which has not survived, on heliocentrism, saying that the Sun was at the center of the universe, while the Earth and other planets revolved around it. His theory was not popular, and he had one named follower, Seleucus of Seleucia. In 1543, the geocentric system met its first serious challenge with the publication of Copernicus' \"De revolutionibus orbium", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "864332", "text": "knew about Tusi's work or that of the Maragha school. Not all Greeks agreed with the geocentric model. The Pythagorean system has already been mentioned; some Pythagoreans believed the Earth to be one of several planets going around a central fire. Hicetas and Ecphantus, two Pythagoreans of the 5th century BC, and Heraclides Ponticus in the 4th century BC, believed that the Earth rotated on its axis but remained at the center of the universe. Such a system still qualifies as geocentric. It was revived in the Middle Ages by Jean Buridan. Heraclides Ponticus was once thought to have proposed", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "611572", "text": "Earth in the Universe were explored philosophically. The Earth was believed to be the center of the Universe with the Sun, the Moon and the stars rotating around it. This is known as the geocentric model of the Universe, or the Ptolemaic system, named after Ptolemy. A particularly important early development was the beginning of mathematical and scientific astronomy, which began among the Babylonians, who laid the foundations for the later astronomical traditions that developed in many other civilizations. The Babylonians discovered that lunar eclipses recurred in a repeating cycle known as a saros. Following the Babylonians, significant advances in", "title": "Astronomy" }, { "docid": "864361", "text": "Maimonides' calendar calculations, the great majority of Jewish religious scholars, who accept the divinity of the Bible and accept many of his rulings as legally binding, do not believe that the Bible or Maimonides command a belief in geocentrism. Prominent cases of modern geocentrism in Islam are very isolated. Very few individuals promoted a geocentric view of the universe. One of them was Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, a Sunni scholar of Indian subcontinent. He rejected the heliocentric model and wrote a book that explains the movement of the sun, moon and other planets around the Earth. The Grand Mufti of", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "16394964", "text": "the geocentric Ptolemaic system. The cosmological principle is an extension of the Copernican principle which states that the Universe is homogeneous (the same observational evidence is available to observers at different locations in the Universe) and isotropic (the same observational evidence is available by looking in any direction in the Universe). A homogeneous, isotropic Universe does not have a center. History of the center of the Universe The center of the Universe is a concept that lacks a coherent definition in modern astronomy; according to standard cosmological theories on the shape of the universe, it has no center. Historically, the", "title": "History of the center of the Universe" }, { "docid": "4517201", "text": "freely elects to create an effect in time. Therefore ... I conclude that it is rational to believe that God exists.\" The demonstrated existence of God in turn leads into God's purpose in creating the cosmos, which is mankind: \"The observations that place the Earth near the centre of the universe are consistent with God’s focus on mankind.\" For many centuries, The Geocentric model, a description of the cosmos which posited Earth as the center of all celestial bodies, was widely accepted by a variety of different civilizations. The Geocentric model was developed primarily by Greek philosopher Aristotle and Greco-Egyptian", "title": "Creationist cosmologies" }, { "docid": "14208137", "text": "It therefore improves understanding of the surroundings of the solar system in terms of observer-neutral celestial coordinate systems—systems that are neither geocentric nor heliocentric—such as the galactic coordinate system and supergalactic coordinate system. The Digital Universe Atlas has spun off a commercial-grade planetarium platform from SCISS called Uniview that was featured in the White House star party on October 7, 2009. The Atlas database and Partiview interface is compatible with professional planetarium software such as Evans & Sutherland's Digistar and Sky-Skan's DigitalSky 2. Digital Universe Atlas Digital Universe Atlas is a free open source software planetarium application, available under the", "title": "Digital Universe Atlas" }, { "docid": "20995218", "text": "Traditional Part 3, which is about astronomical signs and periods such as days and nights. Chapter 10 De calculo ecclesiastico The seventeenth century, a two-dimensional model drawn by du Chevreul was meant to be grasped as a solid, however the technology was not available to make a three-dimensional layout. Jacques du Chevreul’s eccentric-epicycle geocentric template of the universe had elements like previous astronomers Ptolemy and Aristotle and modifications based on Galileo’s telescopic observations. The model, created in 1623 had, unlike other geocentric models of its time, sunspots rotating about the sun, in the form of the Bourbon Planets suggested by", "title": "Jacques du Chevreul" }, { "docid": "864358", "text": "to the rightful independence of science and which, from the arguments and controversies they spark, lead many minds to conclude that faith and science are mutually opposed.\" The footnote on this statement is to Msgr. Pio Paschini's, \"Vita e opere di Galileo Galilei\", 2 volumes, Vatican Press (1964). Pope John Paul II regretted the treatment which Galileo received, in a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1992. The Pope declared the incident to be based on a \"tragic mutual miscomprehension\". He further stated: A few Orthodox Jewish leaders maintain a geocentric model of the universe based on the", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "168101", "text": "geocentric view that the Earth was the center of the universe, and that all heavenly bodies revolved around it. The ultimate limit of the universe was the \"primum mobile\", whose diurnal rotation was conferred upon it by a transcendental God, not part of the universe (although, as the kingdom of heaven, adjacent to it), a motionless prime mover and first cause. The fixed stars were part of this celestial sphere, all at the same fixed distance from the immobile Earth at the center of the sphere. Ptolemy had numbered these at 1,022, grouped into 48 constellations. The planets were each", "title": "Giordano Bruno" }, { "docid": "469254", "text": "allowed him to obtain the value 3.14159. Later, Zu Chongzhi (429–500) approximated pi as formula_7 or 3.141592, the most accurate calculation for pi the ancient Chinese would achieve. In his publication of AD 120 called \"The Spiritual Constitution of the Universe\" (靈憲, \"Ling Xian\", lit. \"Sublime Model\"), Zhang Heng theorized that the universe was like an egg \"as round as a crossbow pellet\" with the stars on the shell and the Earth as the central yolk. This universe theory is congruent with the geocentric model as opposed to the heliocentric model. Although the ancient Warring States (403–221 BC) Chinese astronomers", "title": "Zhang Heng" }, { "docid": "7779239", "text": "Primum Mobile In classical, medieval, and Renaissance astronomy, the Primum Mobile (or \"first moved\") was the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe. The concept was introduced by Ptolemy to account for the apparent daily motion of the heavens around the Earth, producing the east-to-west rising and setting of the sun and stars, and reached Western Europe via Avicenna. The Ptolemaic system presented a view of the universe in which apparent motion was taken for real – a viewpoint still maintained in common speech through such everyday terms as \"moonrise\" and \"sunset\". Rotation of the Earth on", "title": "Primum Mobile" }, { "docid": "434551", "text": "Universe The Universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. While the spatial size of the entire Universe is still unknown, it is possible to measure the observable universe. The earliest scientific models of the Universe were developed by ancient Greek and Indian philosophers and were geocentric, placing Earth at the centre of the Universe. Over the centuries, more precise astronomical observations led Nicolaus Copernicus to develop the heliocentric model with the Sun at the centre of the Solar System. In developing the law of universal", "title": "Universe" }, { "docid": "91942", "text": "it had in the Ptolemaic geocentric model, it was successors to Copernicus, notably the 16th century Giordano Bruno who adopted this new perspective. The earth's central position had been interpreted as being in the \"lowest and filthiest parts\". Instead, as Galileo said, the earth is part of the \"dance of the stars\" rather than the \"sump where the universe's filth and ephemera collect\". In the late 20th Century, Carl Sagan asked, \"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe", "title": "Copernican principle" }, { "docid": "864316", "text": "work, the \"Almagest\", was the culmination of centuries of work by Hellenic, Hellenistic and Babylonian astronomers. For over a millennium European and Islamic astronomers assumed it was the correct cosmological model. Because of its influence, people sometimes wrongly think the Ptolemaic system is identical with the geocentric model. Ptolemy argued that the Earth was a sphere in the center of the universe, from the simple observation that half the stars were above the horizon and half were below the horizon at any time (stars on rotating stellar sphere), and the assumption that the stars were all at some modest distance", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "125243", "text": "book \"La pluralité des mondes habités\". None of these notions of pluralism were based on any specific observation or scientific information. There was a dramatic shift in thinking initiated by the invention of the telescope and the Copernican assault on geocentric cosmology. Once it became clear that Earth was merely one planet amongst countless bodies in the universe, the theory of extraterrestrial life started to become a topic in the scientific community. The best known early-modern proponent of such ideas was the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who argued in the 16th century for an infinite universe in which every star", "title": "Extraterrestrial life" }, { "docid": "864308", "text": "and planets were holes in invisible wheels surrounding Earth; through the holes, humans could see concealed fire. About the same time, Pythagoras thought that the Earth was a sphere (in accordance with observations of eclipses), but not at the center; they believed that it was in motion around an unseen fire. Later these views were combined, so most educated Greeks from the 4th century BC on thought that the Earth was a sphere at the center of the universe. In the 4th century BC, two influential Greek philosophers, Plato and his student Aristotle, wrote works based on the geocentric model.", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "864352", "text": "part \"the world is established, firm and secure\".) Contemporary advocates for such religious beliefs include Robert Sungenis (president of Bellarmine Theological Forum and author of the 2006 book \"Galileo Was Wrong\"). These people subscribe to the view that a plain reading of the Bible contains an accurate account of the manner in which the universe was created and requires a geocentric worldview. Most contemporary creationist organizations reject such perspectives. Morris Berman quotes a 2006 survey that show currently some 20% of the U.S. population believe that the sun goes around the Earth (geocentricism) rather than the Earth goes around the", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "1777754", "text": "up. In this geocentric model, the structure of the universe was believed to be a series of perfect spheres. The Sun, Moon, planets and fixed stars were believed to move on celestial spheres around a stationary Earth. Though Aristotle's theory of physics survived in the Christian world for many centuries, the heliocentric model was eventually shown to be a more correct explanation of the Solar System than the geocentric model, and atomic theory was shown to be a more correct explanation of the nature of matter than classical elements like earth, water, air, fire, and aether. In proposition 2 of", "title": "Spherical Earth" }, { "docid": "16394954", "text": "begin a paradigm shift away from the Ptolemaic geocentric model to a heliocentric model. The Copernican revolution, as this paradigm shift would come to be called, would last until Isaac Newton’s work over a century later. Johannes Kepler published his first two laws about planetary motion in 1609, having found them by analyzing the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe. Kepler's third law was published in 1619. The first law was \"The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.\" On 7 January 1610 Galileo used his telescope, with optics superior to what", "title": "History of the center of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2153816", "text": "geocentric model within the universe and \"explores the notion of the existence of a multiverse in the context of his commentary\" on the Quranic verse, \"All praise belongs to God, Lord of the Worlds.\" He raises the question of whether the term \"worlds\" in this verse refers to \"multiple worlds within this single universe or cosmos, or to many other universes or a multiverse beyond this known universe.\" Al-Razi states: Al-Razi rejected the Aristotelian and Avicennian notions of a single universe revolving around a single world. He describes their main arguments against the existence of multiple worlds or universes, pointing", "title": "Fakhr al-Din al-Razi" }, { "docid": "3832793", "text": "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (\"On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres\") is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times. Copernicus initially outlined his system in a short, untitled, anonymous manuscript that he distributed to several friends, referred to as the \"Commentariolus\". A physician's library list dating to 1514 includes a manuscript whose description matches the \"Commentariolus\", so Copernicus must", "title": "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" }, { "docid": "3832826", "text": "resides at the Archives of the University of Santo Tomas in the Miguel de Benavides Library. In January 2017, a second-edition copy was stolen as part of a heist of rare books from Heathrow Airport and remains unrecovered. English translations of \"De revolutionibus\" have included: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (\"On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres\") is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been", "title": "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" }, { "docid": "1828973", "text": "of Samos's heliocentric scheme had centuries earlier necessarily placed the stars at least two orders of magnitude more distant. Problems with Ptolemy's system were well recognized in medieval astronomy, and an increasing effort to criticize and improve it in the late medieval period eventually led to the Copernican heliocentrism developed in Renaissance astronomy. The non-geocentric model of the Universe was proposed by the Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus (d. 390 BC), who taught that at the center of the Universe was a \"central fire\", around which the Earth, Sun, Moon and planets revolved in uniform circular motion. This system postulated the existence", "title": "Heliocentrism" }, { "docid": "3952542", "text": "is due to the motion of the earth, not the sun moving up or down in relation to the earth. This illusion caused ancients to falsely believe in a geocentric universe rather than the currently accepted heliocentric view. Hocking's criterion was corroborated in the mid-20th century by Richard Feynman, a physicist who won the Nobel Prize. Feynman states that anything described as true \"... could never be proved right, because tomorrow's experiment might succeed in proving wrong what you thought was right ...\" and, \"... if it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong.\" Finally, Sahakian and Sahakian note inadequacies and", "title": "William Ernest Hocking" }, { "docid": "864362", "text": "Saudi Arabia from 1993 to 1999, Ibn Baz also promoted the geocentric view between 1966 and 1985. The geocentric (Ptolemaic) model of the solar system is still of interest to planetarium makers, as, for technical reasons, a Ptolemaic-type motion for the planet light apparatus has some advantages over a Copernican-type motion. The celestial sphere, still used for teaching purposes and sometimes for navigation, is also based on a geocentric system which in effect ignores parallax. However this effect is negligible at the scale of accuracy that applies to a planetarium. Geocentric model In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "864309", "text": "According to Plato, the Earth was a sphere, stationary at the center of the universe. The stars and planets were carried around the Earth on spheres or circles, arranged in the order (outwards from the center): Moon, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, fixed stars, with the fixed stars located on the celestial sphere. In his \"Myth of Er\", a section of the \"Republic\", Plato describes the cosmos as the Spindle of Necessity, attended by the Sirens and turned by the three Fates. Eudoxus of Cnidus, who worked with Plato, developed a less mythical, more mathematical explanation of the planets'", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "9481116", "text": "Copernican heliocentrism Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model displaced the geocentric model of the Ptolemy that had prevailed for centuries, placing Earth at the center of the Universe. It is often regarded as the launching point to modern astronomy and the Scientific Revolution. Copernicus was aware that the ancient Greek Aristarchus had already proposed a", "title": "Copernican heliocentrism" }, { "docid": "9481132", "text": "was published during the year of his death, though he had arrived at his theory several decades earlier. The book marks the beginning of the shift away from a geocentric (and anthropocentric) universe with the Earth at its center. Copernicus held that the Earth is another planet revolving around the fixed sun once a year, and turning on its axis once a day. But while Copernicus put the Sun at the center of the celestial spheres, he did not put it at the exact center of the universe, but near it. Copernicus' system used only uniform circular motions, correcting what", "title": "Copernican heliocentrism" }, { "docid": "9481146", "text": "in geometry, given that he had no experimental evidence. Copernican heliocentrism Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model displaced the geocentric model of the Ptolemy that had prevailed for centuries, placing Earth at the center of the Universe. It is often regarded as the launching point to modern astronomy and the Scientific Revolution. Copernicus was aware", "title": "Copernican heliocentrism" }, { "docid": "10331829", "text": "people invented constellations in an effort to make sense of the randomly scattered stars. In accelerated time, we see the complex motions of the sun, moon, and planets. The scene dissolves to ancient Alexandria, Egypt. We see the Great Library and the Pharos Lighthouse. In a courtyard, next to a pool surrounded by torches, we see the 2nd Century astronomer Claudius Ptolemy adjusting an armillary sphere to chart star positions. Behind Ptolemy is a small table on which rests a scroll. We approach the scroll and see that it depicts a geocentric model of the universe. Paintings on the scroll", "title": "Centered in the Universe" }, { "docid": "3143914", "text": "This Geocentric view was held through the Middle Ages and was later countered by subsequent astronomers and mathematicians alike, such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler. The tradition of thought which appears in all of these systems of the universe, even with their divergent mechanisms, is the presence of a celestial sphere which contains the fixed stars. Ptolemy was influential with his heavily mathematical work, The \"Almagest\", which attempts to explain the peculiarity of stars that the moved. These \"wandering stars\", planets, moved across the background of fixed stars which were spread along a sphere surrounding encompassing the universe. Later", "title": "Fixed stars" }, { "docid": "16394952", "text": "southern constellations rise higher above the horizon, and the shadow of Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse is round, and spheres cast circular shadows while discs generally do not. This understanding was accompanied by models of the Universe that depicted the Sun, Moon, stars, and naked eye planets circling the spherical Earth, including the noteworthy models of Aristotle (see Aristotelian physics) and Ptolemy. This geocentric model was the dominant model from the 4th century BCE until the 17th century CE. Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary", "title": "History of the center of the Universe" }, { "docid": "13056310", "text": "egg, where the heavens are shaped as a celestial sphere around the earth. The latter astronomical theory was mentioned by Yang Xiong in his \"Model Sayings\" (\"Fayan\" 法言) and expounded on by Zhang Heng in his \"Spiritual Constitution of the Universe\" (\"Lingxian\" 靈憲) of 120 CE. Thus, the Han-era Chinese believed in a geocentric model for the immediate solar system and greater universe, as opposed to a heliocentric model. The Han-era Chinese discussed the illumination and shapes of heavenly bodies: were they flat and circular, or were they rounded and spherical? Jing Fang wrote in the 1st century BCE that", "title": "Science and technology of the Han dynasty" }, { "docid": "707846", "text": "It was geocentric and used as a mechanical calculator designed to calculate astronomical positions. According to Cicero, the Roman philosopher who was writing in the first century BC, Posidonius constructed a planetary model. In 1348, Giovanni Dondi built the first known clock driven mechanism which displays the ecliptical position of Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn according to the complicated ptolemeic planetary theories. The clock itself is lost, but Dondi left a complete description of the astronomic gear trains of his clock. As late as 1650, P. Schirleus built a geocentric planetarium with the Sun as a planet,", "title": "Orrery" }, { "docid": "5986852", "text": "with Earth as just one planet orbiting it. However, there were only a few people who took the theory seriously. The earliest recorded sighting of Halley's Comet is made by Chinese astronomers. Their records of the comet's movement allow astronomers today to predict accurately how the comet's orbit changes over the centuries. The astronomer Shi Shen is believed to have cataloged 809 stars in 122 constellations, and he also made the earliest known observation of sunspots. Ptolemy publishes his star catalogue, listing 48 constellations and endorses the geocentric (Earth-centered) view of the universe. His views go unquestioned for nearly 1500", "title": "Timeline of astronomy" }, { "docid": "1828992", "text": "by a combination of circular motions similar to those proposed by al-Tusi. Nicolaus Copernicus in his \"De revolutionibus orbium coelestium\" (\"On the revolution of heavenly spheres\", first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg), presented a discussion of a heliocentric model of the universe in much the same way as Ptolemy in the 2nd century had presented his geocentric model in his \"Almagest\". Copernicus discussed the philosophical implications of his proposed system, elaborated it in geometrical detail, used selected astronomical observations to derive the parameters of his model, and wrote astronomical tables which enabled one to compute the past and future positions", "title": "Heliocentrism" }, { "docid": "864357", "text": "the \"Dialogue\" from the list. In his 1921 papal encyclical, \"In praeclara summorum\", Pope Benedict XV stated that, \"though this Earth on which we live may not be the center of the universe as at one time was thought, it was the scene of the original happiness of our first ancestors, witness of their unhappy fall, as too of the Redemption of mankind through the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ\". In 1965 the Second Vatican Council stated that, \"Consequently, we cannot but deplore certain habits of mind, which are sometimes found too among Christians, which do not sufficiently attend", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "653652", "text": "Konrad Zuse published his book \"Calculating Space\", proposing that the physical laws of the universe are discrete by nature, and that the entire universe is the output of a deterministic computation on a single cellular automaton; \"Zuse's Theory\" became the foundation of the field of study called \"digital physics\". Also in 1969 computer scientist Alvy Ray Smith completed a Stanford PhD dissertation on Cellular Automata Theory, the first mathematical treatment of CA as a general class of computers. Many papers came from this dissertation: He showed the equivalence of neighborhoods of various shapes, how to reduce a Moore to a", "title": "Cellular automaton" }, { "docid": "707848", "text": "on display in Kassel at the Astronomisch-Physikalisches Kabinett and in Dresden at the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon. In \"De revolutionibus orbium coelestium\", published in Nuremberg in 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the Western teaching of a geocentric universe in which the Sun revolved daily around the Earth. He observed that some Greek philosophers had proposed a heliocentric universe. This simplified the apparent epicyclic motions of the planets, making it feasible to represent the planets' paths as simple circles. This could be modelled by the use of gears. Tycho Brahe's improved instruments made precise observations of the skies (1576–1601), and from these Johannes Kepler", "title": "Orrery" }, { "docid": "12150602", "text": "by Nicolaus Lilienfeld according to the belief of a geocentric universe. The clock was originally located on the western wall of the southern transept, above the steps to the monks dormitories. The four corners depict famous philosophers and astronomers of ancient times. of Great Duke Friedrich Franz I. von Mecklenburg (died 1837) took 16 years to finish and was put in front of the high altar in 1843. It was moved to its present place in the western part of the Minster in 1976. Friedrich Franz was the first Great Duke of Mecklenburg and founded the first seaside health spa", "title": "Doberan Minster" }, { "docid": "864339", "text": "17th century competition between astronomical cosmologies focused on variations of Tycho Brahe's Tychonic system (in which the Earth was still at the center of the universe, and around it revolved the Sun, but all other planets revolved around the Sun in one massive set of epicycles), or variations on the Copernican system. Johannes Kepler analysed Tycho Brahe's famously accurate observations and afterwards constructed his three laws in 1609 and 1619, based on a heliocentric view where the planets move in elliptical paths. Using these laws, he was the first astronomer to successfully predict a transit of Venus (for the year", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "3889238", "text": "round, not flat (see Myth of the flat Earth), though until the Copernican Revolution of the 1500s, they still believed in a geocentric model with the Earth at the center of the Universe. The engraving depicts a man, clothed in a long robe and carrying a staff, who is at the edge of the Earth, where it meets the sky. He kneels down and passes his head, shoulders, and right arm through the star-studded sky, discovering a marvellous realm of circling clouds, fires and suns beyond the heavens. One of the elements of the cosmic machinery bears a strong resemblance", "title": "Flammarion engraving" }, { "docid": "1995748", "text": "BC on the Pythagorean astronomical system: It is not known whether Philolaus believed Earth to be round or flat, but he did not believe the earth rotated, so that the Counter-Earth and the Central Fire were both not visible from Earth's surface, or at least not from the hemisphere where Greece was located. But the conclusion of Pythagorean philosophers that the universe is not geocentric was not based on empirical observation. Instead, as Aristotle noted, the Pythagorean view of the astronomical system was grounded in a fundamental reflection on the value of individual things and the hierarchical order of the", "title": "Pythagoreanism" }, { "docid": "325298", "text": "science, in Arabic manuscripts (hence its familiar name). Because of its reputation, it was widely sought and was translated twice into Latin in the 12th century, once in Sicily and again in Spain. Ptolemy's model, like those of his predecessors, was geocentric and was almost universally accepted until the appearance of simpler heliocentric models during the scientific revolution. His \"Planetary Hypotheses\" went beyond the mathematical model of the \"Almagest\" to present a physical realization of the universe as a set of nested spheres, in which he used the epicycles of his planetary model to compute the dimensions of the universe.", "title": "Ptolemy" }, { "docid": "6589408", "text": "that it was instead 1 degree every 70 years. This was impossible to believe, however, since it was still thought that the Earth was the center of the universe. Ibn Yunus and Ibn al-Shatir's findings were part of Copernicus's calculations to figure out that the sun was the center of the universe. The period when a distinctive Islamic system of astronomy flourished. The period began as the Muslim astronomers began questioning the framework of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy. These criticisms, however, remained within the geocentric framework and followed Ptolemy's astronomical paradigm; one historian described their work as \"a reformist", "title": "Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world" }, { "docid": "3591631", "text": "all controversies, and while many scientists have accepted the definition, some in the astronomical community have rejected it outright. While knowledge of the planets predates history and is common to most civilizations, the word \"planet\" dates back to ancient Greece. Most Greeks believed the Earth to be stationary and at the center of the universe in accordance with the geocentric model and that the objects in the sky, and indeed the sky itself, revolved around it (an exception was Aristarchus of Samos, who put forward an early version of heliocentrism). Greek astronomers employed the term \"asteres planetai\" (ἀστέρες πλανῆται), \"wandering", "title": "Definition of planet" }, { "docid": "1823090", "text": "ideas of fixed direction in space, and developed one of the first non-geocentric views of the universe. His new way of thinking quite literally revolved around a hypothetical astronomical object he called the Central Fire. In Philolaus's system a sphere of the fixed stars, the five planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth, all moved round his Central Fire. According to Aristotle writing in \"Metaphysics\", Philolaus added a tenth unseen body, he called Counter-Earth, as without it there would be only nine revolving bodies, and the Pythagorean number theory required a tenth. However, according to Greek scholar George Burch, Aristotle was", "title": "Philolaus" }, { "docid": "864310", "text": "motion based on Plato's dictum stating that all phenomena in the heavens can be explained with uniform circular motion. Aristotle elaborated on Eudoxus' system. In the fully developed Aristotelian system, the spherical Earth is at the center of the universe, and all other heavenly bodies are attached to 47–55 transparent, rotating spheres surrounding the Earth, all concentric with it. (The number is so high because several spheres are needed for each planet.) These spheres, known as crystalline spheres, all moved at different uniform speeds to create the revolution of bodies around the Earth. They were composed of an incorruptible substance", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "6262854", "text": "the Ray of Creation such as: the evolution of the substances in the Universe, relationship between the cosmoses and the human body, etc. In a word, many of the properties of the laws of octaves could be displayed using the Ray of Creation. Some of the subtler properties of the law of octaves, and their effects, require that one have a knowledge of the laws of vibrations, and of involution and evolution, which knowledge today we call physics, acoustics, and music. According to G. I. Gurdjieff, some of the ancient geocentric models don't represent an Earth-centered universe at all, but", "title": "Ray of Creation" }, { "docid": "153055", "text": "extraterrestrial life is extremely rare or proposing reasons that such civilizations have not contacted or visited Earth. The Fermi paradox is a conflict between the argument that scale and probability seem to favor intelligent life being common in the universe, and a total lack of evidence of intelligent life having ever arisen anywhere other than on the Earth. The first aspect of the Fermi paradox is a function of the scale or the large numbers involved: there are an estimated 200–400 billion stars in the Milky Way (2–4 × 10) and 70 sextillion (7×10) in the observable universe. Even if", "title": "Fermi paradox" }, { "docid": "864325", "text": "Ptolemy (\"shukūk\"). Several Muslim scholars questioned the Earth's apparent immobility and centrality within the universe. Some Muslim astronomers believed that the Earth rotates around its axis, such as Abu Sa'id al-Sijzi (d. circa 1020). According to al-Biruni, Sijzi invented an astrolabe called \"al-zūraqī\" based on a belief held by some of his contemporaries \"that the motion we see is due to the Earth's movement and not to that of the sky.\" The prevalence of this view is further confirmed by a reference from the 13th century which states: According to the geometers [or engineers] (\"muhandisīn\"), the Earth is in constant", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "7456918", "text": "circumference of heaven and earth\" and \"the totality of heaven and earth\". Their worldview was not exactly geocentric either. The idea of geocentrism, where the center of the Earth is the exact center of the universe, did not yet exist in Babylonian cosmology, but was established later by the Greek philosopher Aristotle's \"On the Heavens\". In contrast, Babylonian cosmology suggested that the cosmos revolved around circularly with the heavens and the earth being equal and joined as a whole. The Babylonians and their predecessors, the Sumerians, also believed in a plurality of heavens and earths. This idea dates back to", "title": "Babylonian astronomy" }, { "docid": "7779242", "text": "Bacon was as sceptical of the Primum Mobile as he was of the rotation of the earth. Once Kepler had made the sun, not the Primum Mobile, the cause of planetary motion, however, the Primum Mobile gradually declined into the realm of metaphor or literary allusion. Primum Mobile In classical, medieval, and Renaissance astronomy, the Primum Mobile (or \"first moved\") was the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe. The concept was introduced by Ptolemy to account for the apparent daily motion of the heavens around the Earth, producing the east-to-west rising and setting of the sun", "title": "Primum Mobile" }, { "docid": "628321", "text": "Counter-Earth The Counter-Earth is a hypothesized by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Philolaus (c. 470 – c. 385 BC) to support his non-geocentric cosmology, in which all objects in the universe revolve around an unseen \"Central Fire\" (distinct from the Sun which also revolves around it). The Greek word Antichthon () means \"Counter-Earth\". In modern times a hypothetical planet always on the other side of the Sun from Earth has been called a \"Counter-Earth\", and has been a recurring theme in UFO claims, as well as in fiction (particularly science fiction). An astronomical system positing that the Earth, Moon, Sun, planets", "title": "Counter-Earth" }, { "docid": "2956870", "text": "monk of Glastonbury. Its mechanism, dated to between 1386 and 1392, was replaced in the 19th century, and the original mechanism moved to the Science Museum in London, where it continues to operate. It is the second-oldest surviving clock in England, after the Salisbury cathedral clock. The clock has its original medieval face. As well as showing the time on a 24-hour dial, it reflects the motion of the Sun and Moon, the phases of the Moon, and the time since the last new Moon. The astronomical dial represents a geocentric or pre-Copernican view of the universe, with the Sun", "title": "Wells Cathedral" }, { "docid": "375073", "text": "meteorological information, land survey data (e.g. remote sensing), Amateur (HAM) Radio, and other different scientific research applications such as earth science, marine science, and atmospheric research. The first satellite, Sputnik 1, was put into orbit around Earth and was therefore in geocentric orbit. By far this is the most common type of orbit with approximately 1,886 artificial satellites orbiting the Earth. Geocentric orbits may be further classified by their altitude, inclination and eccentricity. The commonly used altitude classifications of geocentric orbit are Low Earth orbit (LEO), Medium Earth orbit (MEO) and High Earth orbit (HEO). Low Earth orbit is any", "title": "Satellite" }, { "docid": "173823", "text": "that nothing remains in the same state indefinitely. This observation made him one of the first scholars in ancient physics to address the role of time in the universe, a key and sometimes contentious concept in modern and present-day physics. The early physicist Leucippus (fl. first half of the 5th century BCE) adamantly opposed the idea of direct divine intervention in the universe, proposing instead that natural phenomena had a natural cause. Leucippus and his student Democritus were the first to develop the theory of atomism, the idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms.", "title": "History of physics" }, { "docid": "3059979", "text": "Universe. This was the first publication of that model in English, and a milestone in the popularisation of science. For the most part, the appendix was a loose translation into English of chapters from Copernicus' book \"De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.\" Thomas Digges went further than Copernicus, however, by proposing that the universe is infinite, containing infinitely many stars, and may have been the first person to do so. According to Harrison: \"Copernicus had said little or nothing about what lay beyond the sphere of fixed stars. Digges's original contribution to cosmology consisted of dismantling the starry sphere, and scattering the", "title": "Thomas Digges" }, { "docid": "8030921", "text": "was a sphere, the work advances the idea that the world is flat, and that the heavens form the shape of a box with a curved lid, and especially attacks the idea that the heavens were spherical and in motion, now known as the geocentric model of the universe. The author cites passages of scripture which he interprets originally in order to support his thesis, and attempts to argue down the idea of a spherical earth by stigmatizing it as \"pagan\". An early surviving reference to the work is by Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople in the 9th century AD.", "title": "Christian Topography" }, { "docid": "926064", "text": "Day of the Doctor\", it is possible that Romana may still be alive as Gallifrey did not fall, but was instead sent to a pocket universe through the combined efforts of the first thirteen incarnations of the Doctor. Outside of the television programme, the Fourth Doctor and Romana II also appear in Australian-filmed television advertisements for PR1ME Computer, Inc. in 1980, which played in a tongue-in-cheek way with the idea that the two characters shared a romantic relationship, climaxing with the Doctor proposing marriage (which occurred in real life between Tom Baker and Lalla Ward after her departure from the", "title": "Romana (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "864334", "text": "coelestium\" (\"On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres\"), which posited that the Earth and the other planets instead revolved around the Sun. The geocentric system was still held for many years afterwards, as at the time the Copernican system did not offer better predictions than the geocentric system, and it posed problems for both natural philosophy and scripture. The Copernican system was no more accurate than Ptolemy's system, because it still used circular orbits. This was not altered until Johannes Kepler postulated that they were elliptical (Kepler's first law of planetary motion). With the invention of the telescope in 1609,", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "403740", "text": "Scientific Revolution was not marked by any single change, the following new ideas contributed to what is called the Scientific Revolution. Many of them were revolutions in their own fields. For almost five millennia, the geocentric model of the Earth as the center of the universe had been accepted by all but a few astronomers. In Aristotle's cosmology, Earth's central location was perhaps less significant than its identification as a realm of imperfection, inconstancy, irregularity and change, as opposed to the \"heavens\" (Moon, Sun, planets, stars), which were regarded as perfect, permanent, unchangeable, and in religious thought, the realm of", "title": "Scientific Revolution" }, { "docid": "434633", "text": "Aristarchus thus believed the stars to be very far away, and saw this as the reason why stellar parallax had not been observed, that is, the stars had not been observed to move relative each other as the Earth moved around the Sun. The stars are in fact much farther away than the distance that was generally assumed in ancient times, which is why stellar parallax is only detectable with precision instruments. The geocentric model, consistent with planetary parallax, was assumed to be an explanation for the unobservability of the parallel phenomenon, stellar parallax. The rejection of the heliocentric view", "title": "Universe" }, { "docid": "3469030", "text": "consisting of 343 pages) is devoted to an analysis of the world system question: Is the universe geocentric or heliocentric? Does the Earth move or is it immobile? The historian of science Edward Grant has described Book 9 as being the \"probably the lengthiest, most penetrating, and authoritative\" analysis of this question made by \"any author of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\", in his opinion apparently superseding even Galileo's \"Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems — Ptolemaic and Copernican.\" Indeed, one writer has recently described Book 9 as \"the book Galileo was supposed to write\". Within Book 9 Riccioli", "title": "Giovanni Battista Riccioli" }, { "docid": "494672", "text": "Theon's commentary on the \"Almagest\", based on the title of Theon's commentary on the third book of \"Almagest\", which reads \"Commentary by Theon of Alexandria on Book III of Ptolemy's \"Almagest\", edition revised by my daughter Hypatia, the philosopher\", but, based on analysis of the titles of Theon's other commentaries and similar titles from the time period, scholars have concluded that Hypatia corrected, not her father's commentary, but the text of \"Almagest\" itself. Her contribution is thought to be an improved method for the long division algorithms needed for astronomical computation. The Ptolemaic model of the universe was geocentric, meaning", "title": "Hypatia" }, { "docid": "168109", "text": "vindication would have to wait for the implications and impact of Newtonian cosmology. Bruno's overall contribution to the birth of modern science is still controversial. Some scholars follow Frances Yates stressing the importance of Bruno's ideas about the universe being infinite and lacking geocentric structure as a crucial crosspoint between the old and the new. Others see in Bruno's idea of multiple worlds instantiating the infinite possibilities of a pristine, indivisible One, a forerunner of Everett's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. While most academics note Bruno's theological position as pantheism, physicist and philosopher Max Bernhard Weinstein in his \"Welt- und", "title": "Giordano Bruno" }, { "docid": "369879", "text": "motion are at the foundation of the Scientific Revolution, which is understood to have culminated with the publication of Newton's \"Principia\" in 1687. Newton's theories about space and time helped him explain the movement of objects. While his theory of space is considered the most influential in Physics, it emerged from his predecessors' ideas about the same. As one of the pioneers of modern science, Galilei revised the established Aristotelian and Ptolemaic ideas about a geocentric cosmos. He backed the Copernican theory that the universe was heliocentric, with a stationary sun at the center and the planets—including the Earth—revolving around", "title": "Space" }, { "docid": "20284622", "text": "Novum\", Giovanni Battista Riccioli set out 126 arguments against the Copernican model of the universe. In his 43rd argument, Riccioli considered the points Galileo had made in his \"Letters on Sunspots\", and asserted that a heliocentric (Copernican) explanation of the phenomenon was more speculative, while a geocentric model allowed for a more parsimonious explanation and was thus more satisfactory (ref: Occam's Razor). As Riccioli explained it, whether the sun went round the earth or the earth round the sun, three movements were necessary to explain the movement of sunspots. If the earth moves around the sun, the necessary movements were", "title": "Letters on Sunspots" }, { "docid": "11959082", "text": "and asserted that Atlantis never existed in a geographical sense. In keeping with recent Platonic scholarship, he took the story to be political allegory, based on Plato's critical view of Athens’ status as a powerful but decadent maritime empire in the 5th century BC. But he argued that the story was simultaneously an allegory for the creation of the universe – following the geocentric cosmogony of the Greeks. In this way, he claimed that the story was indeed \"true\" – as Plato insisted it was – for the ancient sages believed that the myth of creation was a true account", "title": "Alan F. Alford" }, { "docid": "11273855", "text": "musical works from the beginning, which are open in their structural sense. These kind of \"openness\" is not only for musical works, it might be any kind of artistic work (painting, poem, performance etc.) This kind of \"openness\" is derived from the science of the time, he says. When people believed in a geocentric world, they expected every work of art to have only one definitive interpretation, but as people found out about the universe and the magnitude of stars in the sky and their hierarchy, they began to expect more ideas to be interpreted from every work. He continues", "title": "Open text" }, { "docid": "11453914", "text": "embraces it as the truth of reality. Brassier concludes from his readings of Badiou and Laruelle that the universe is founded on the nothing, but also that philosophy is the \"organon of extinction,\" that it is only because life is conditioned by its own extinction that there is thought at all. Brassier then defends a radically anti-correlationist philosophy proposing that Thought is conjoined not with Being, but with Non-Being. In an interview with Kronos magazine published in March 2011, Ray Brassier denied that there is any such thing as a \"speculative realist movement\" and firmly distanced himself from those who", "title": "Speculative realism" }, { "docid": "4762686", "text": "in philosophy, \"procuratore\", and finally provost in 1654. Prince Alfonso supported another candidate and Guarini was soon replaced and had to leave Modena. The next few years are poorly documented. He became a member of the Theatine House of Parma in 1656 and apparently visited Prague and Lisbon before publishing his play \"La Pietà trionfante\" in Messina in 1660, where he was a lecturer in mathematics. He wrote four mathematical books in both Latin and Italian, of which \"Euclides adauctus\" is a work on descriptive geometry. In 1665, he published a mathematical-philosophical tract \"Placita Philosophica\" defending the geocentric universe against", "title": "Guarino Guarini" }, { "docid": "20580464", "text": "found that in March–April 1924, geocentric Jupiter was at max South declination, and geocentric Uranus in South declination during all of 1924. On July 8, 1927 geocentric Jupiter was at 0 North declination, and on May 1, 1927, geocentric Uranus was at 0 North declination. The declination of both planets was “increasing” during the 1924-1927 bull market. The Tunnel Thru the Air; Or, Looking Back from 1940 The Tunnel Thru the Air, Or, Looking Back from 1940 is a science fiction novel written by market forecaster William Delbert Gann in 1927. In the Foreword, Gann hinted that this book is", "title": "The Tunnel Thru the Air; Or, Looking Back from 1940" }, { "docid": "864344", "text": "the sun is treated as neither stationary nor the center of the universe, but rather rotating around the center of our galaxy, while in turn our galaxy is also not at rest in the cosmic background. Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld wrote in \"The Evolution of Physics\" (1938): \"Can we formulate physical laws so that they are valid for all CS (=coordinate systems), not only those moving uniformly, but also those moving quite arbitrarily, relative to each other? If this can be done, our difficulties will be over. We shall then be able to apply the laws of nature to", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "628336", "text": "to Kepler's second law, a planet revolves faster when it is close to the star, so a Counter-Earth following the Earth on the same orbit with half a year of delay would sometimes not be exactly 180 degrees from Earth. To remain hidden from Earth, the Counter-Earth would require an orbit symmetrical to Earth's, not sharing the second focus or orbit path. Counter-Earth The Counter-Earth is a hypothesized by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Philolaus (c. 470 – c. 385 BC) to support his non-geocentric cosmology, in which all objects in the universe revolve around an unseen \"Central Fire\" (distinct from", "title": "Counter-Earth" }, { "docid": "6520670", "text": "Purgatory as being so high that it reached above the sublunary sphere, so that “These slopes are free from every natural change”. Samuel Johnson praised Shakespeare's plays as “exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, intermingled”. Sublunary sphere In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, and fire. The sublunary sphere was the realm of changing nature. Beginning with the Moon, up to the limits of the universe, everything (to classical", "title": "Sublunary sphere" }, { "docid": "2224407", "text": "system. When the Earth is at perihelion in January, TCG ticks even more slowly than it does on average, due to gravitational time dilation from being deeper in the Sun's gravity well and also velocity time dilation from moving faster relative to the Sun. At aphelion in July the opposite holds, with TCG ticking faster than it does on average. Geocentric Coordinate Time Geocentric Coordinate Time (TCG - Temps-coordonnée géocentrique) is a coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to precession, nutation, the Moon, and artificial satellites of the Earth.", "title": "Geocentric Coordinate Time" }, { "docid": "12469656", "text": "Discovery and exploration of the Solar System Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's \"cosmic neighborhood\". This includes the Sun, Earth and the Moon, the major planets including Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, their satellites, as well as smaller bodies including comets, asteroids, and dust. For many thousands of years, astronomers maintained a geocentric world view and did not recognize the existence of a Solar System. Most believed Earth was stationary at the center of the Universe and categorically different from the divine or ethereal objects", "title": "Discovery and exploration of the Solar System" }, { "docid": "18699968", "text": "Observations suggest that such interactions can cause the stripping of atmospheres from moons and the generation of spectacular auroras. The notion of satellite systems pre-dates history. The Moon was known by the earliest humans. The earliest models of astronomy were based around celestial bodies (or a \"celestial sphere\") orbiting the Earth. This idea was known as geocentrism (where the Earth is the centre of the universe). However the geocentric model did not generally accommodate the possibility of celestial objects orbiting other observed planets, such as Venus or Mars. Seleucus of Seleucia (b. 190 BCE) made observations which may have included", "title": "Satellite system (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "63847", "text": "to the rotation of the Earth about its axis for example, Joshua 10:12 where the Sun and Moon are said to stop in the sky, and Psalms 93:1 where the world is described as immobile. Contemporary advocates for such religious beliefs include Robert Sungenis, co-author of the self-published \"Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right\" (2006). These people subscribe to the view that a plain reading of the Bible contains an accurate account of the manner in which the universe was created and requires a geocentric worldview. Most contemporary creationist organizations reject such perspectives. The Omphalos hypothesis argues that in", "title": "Creationism" }, { "docid": "6414686", "text": "the date of the feast, March 25. One proposed reasoning for such gesture is that it is to remind the viewer of the Annunciation's significance, and to reflect upon \"the purpose of the coming of Christ – to \"repair the Fall\" enacted by Adam and Eve in the adjoining sector of the panel, and to redeem the sins of man, which their Expulsion represents.\" Another interesting part of this image is that earth is encircled by multicolored rings. One argument is because during this time a geocentric view of the universe was widely accepted, Giovanni was simply following Dante's description", "title": "Giovanni di Paolo" }, { "docid": "3292692", "text": "which was to pass—largely through Martianus Capella's book—into the early medieval period, was modified but scarcely revolutionized by Christianity. The verse portions, on the whole correct and classically constructed, are in imitation of Varro. The eighth book describes a modified geocentric astronomical model, in which the Earth is at rest in the center of the universe and circled by the moon, the sun, three planets and the stars, while Mercury and Venus circle the Sun. This view was singled out for praise by Copernicus in Book I of his \"De revolutionibus orbium coelestium\". Martianus Capella can best be understood in", "title": "Martianus Capella" }, { "docid": "864317", "text": "from the center of the universe. If the Earth was substantially displaced from the center, this division into visible and invisible stars would not be equal. In the Ptolemaic system, each planet is moved by a system of two spheres: one called its deferent; the other, its epicycle. The deferent is a circle whose center point, called the eccentric and marked in the diagram with an X, is removed from the Earth. The original purpose of the eccentric was to account for the difference in length of the seasons (northern autumn was about five days shorter than spring during this", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "1777775", "text": "on the basis of a spherical earth inherited from Hellenistic astronomy. The Islamic theoretical framework largely relied on the fundamental contributions of Aristotle (\"De caelo\") and Ptolemy (\"Almagest\"), both of whom worked from the premise that the earth was spherical and at the centre of the universe (geocentric model). Early Islamic scholars recognized Earth's sphericity, leading Muslim mathematicians to develop spherical trigonometry in order to further mensuration and to calculate the distance and direction from any given point on the Earth to Mecca. This determined the \"Qibla,\" or Muslim direction of prayer. Around 830 AD, Caliph al-Ma'mun commissioned a group", "title": "Spherical Earth" }, { "docid": "2344444", "text": "the vector pointing from the radar to the aircraft in the ENU frame is Note: formula_5 is the \"geodetic\" latitude. A prior version of this page showed use of the \"geocentric\" latitude (formula_43). The \"geocentric\" latitude is \"not\" the appropriate \"up\" direction for the local tangent plane. If the original \"geodetic\" latitude is available it should be used, otherwise, the relationship between \"geodetic\" and \"geocentric\" latitude has an altitude dependency, and is captured by: Obtaining \"geodetic\" latitude from \"geocentric\" coordinates from this relationship requires an iterative solution approach, otherwise the \"geodetic\" coordinates may be computed via the approach in the", "title": "Geographic coordinate conversion" }, { "docid": "10552472", "text": "the best astronomical observations of his era. To explain the epicycles, Ptolemy adopted the geocentric cosmology of Aristotle, according to which planets were confined to concentric rotating spheres. This model of the universe was authoritative for nearly 1500 years. The modern understanding of planetary motion arose from the combined efforts of astronomer Tycho Brahe and physicist Johannes Kepler in the 16th century. Tycho is credited with extremely accurate measurements of planetary motions, from which Kepler was able to derive his laws of planetary motion. According to these laws, planets move on ellipses (not epicycles) about the Sun (not the Earth).", "title": "Newton's theorem of revolving orbits" }, { "docid": "8964099", "text": "Wells Cathedral clock The Wells Cathedral clock is an astronomical clock in the north transept of Wells Cathedral, England. The clock is one of the group of famous 14th to 16th century astronomical clocks to be found in the West of England. The surviving mechanism, dated to between 1386 and 1392, was replaced in the 19th century, and was eventually moved to the Science Museum in London, where it continues to operate. The dial represents the geocentric view of the universe, with sun and moon revolving round a central fixed earth. It may be unique in showing a philosophical model", "title": "Wells Cathedral clock" }, { "docid": "20995203", "text": "at the College Royal. Throughout his lifetime Jacques du Chevreul held various teaching and administrative positions including principal and rector. Little is known about his later life. Although he studied subjects such as philosophy, logic, ethics, metaphysics, and physics, he published his two popular books over mathematics. \"Arithmetica\" (1622) and \"Sphaera\" (1623, 1640, and 1649) were both published in Paris, France. \"Sphaera\", du Chevreul’s most popular book was about his view of the world and the universe. He used references from the Bible, Aristotle, and Plato to reject the Copernican model and instead created his own eccentric-epicycle geocentric model of", "title": "Jacques du Chevreul" }, { "docid": "1817321", "text": "novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time, proposing that time is not a constant but has various qualities tending toward either \"habit\" or \"novelty\". Habit, in this context, can be thought of as entropic, repetitious, or conservative; and novelty as creative, disjunctive, or progressive phenomena. McKenna's idea was that the universe is an engine designed for the production and conservation of novelty and that as novelty increases, so does complexity. With each level of complexity achieved becoming the platform for a further ascent into complexity. The basis of the theory was originally conceived in the mid-1970s after", "title": "Terence McKenna" }, { "docid": "9956985", "text": "to do; that of heating or chilling and of desiccating or moistening. The four elements exist \"only\" with regard to this capacity and relative to some potential work. The celestial element is eternal and unchanging, so only the four terrestrial elements account for \"coming to be\" and \"passing away\"or, in the terms of Aristotle's \"De Generatione et Corruptione\" (Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς), \"generation\" and \"corruption\". The Aristotelian explanation of gravity is that all bodies move toward their natural place. For the elements earth and water, that place is the center of the (geocentric) universe; the natural place of water is", "title": "Aristotelian physics" }, { "docid": "14788", "text": "motion, surviving. (There was also a second section on astronomical calculation, and a third section, on astronomical instruments.) Following on from his \"Doubts on Ptolemy\", Alhazen described a new, geometry-based planetary model, describing the motions of the planets in terms of spherical geometry, infinitesimal geometry and trigonometry. He kept a geocentric universe and assumed that celestial motions are uniformly circular, which required the inclusion of epicycles to explain observed motion, but he managed to eliminate Ptolemy's equant. In general, his model didn't try to provide a causal explanation of the motions, but concentrated on providing a complete, geometric description that", "title": "Ibn al-Haytham" }, { "docid": "173840", "text": "\"sublunary\" realm could only be achieved through artifice, and prior to the 17th century, many did not view artificial experiments as a valid means of learning about the natural world. Physical explanations in the sublunary realm revolved around tendencies. Stones contained the element earth, and earthly objects tended to move in a straight line toward the centre of the earth (and the universe in the Aristotelian geocentric view) unless otherwise prevented from doing so. During the 16th and 17th centuries, a large advancement of scientific progress known as the Scientific revolution took place in Europe. Dissatisfaction with older philosophical approaches", "title": "History of physics" }, { "docid": "864318", "text": "time period) by placing the Earth away from the center of rotation of the rest of the universe. Another sphere, the epicycle, is embedded inside the deferent sphere and is represented by the smaller dotted line to the right. A given planet then moves around the epicycle at the same time the epicycle moves along the path marked by the deferent. These combined movements cause the given planet to move closer to and further away from the Earth at different points in its orbit, and explained the observation that planets slowed down, stopped, and moved backward in retrograde motion, and", "title": "Geocentric model" }, { "docid": "2224402", "text": "Geocentric Coordinate Time Geocentric Coordinate Time (TCG - Temps-coordonnée géocentrique) is a coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to precession, nutation, the Moon, and artificial satellites of the Earth. It is equivalent to the proper time experienced by a clock at rest in a coordinate frame co-moving with the center of the Earth: that is, a clock that performs exactly the same movements as the Earth but is outside the Earth's gravity well. It is therefore not influenced by the gravitational time dilation caused by the Earth. TCG was", "title": "Geocentric Coordinate Time" }, { "docid": "419230", "text": "is very slightly faster than that of TT, see below, Relativistic relationships of TT.) TT differs from Geocentric Coordinate Time (TCG) by a constant rate. Formally it is defined by the equation formula_1 where TT and TCG are linear counts of SI seconds in Terrestrial Time and Geocentric Coordinate Time respectively, L is the constant difference in the rates of the two time scales, and E is a constant to resolve the epochs (see below). L is defined as exactly × 10. (In 1991 when TT was first defined, L was to be determined by experiment, and the best available", "title": "Terrestrial Time" }, { "docid": "3757600", "text": "police officer, arrived in Gotham as backup support for an arriving hurricane. They share a brief glance in precinct headquarters. Kane reveals her identity as Batwoman by proposing to her in costume in \"Batwoman\" #17. After Commissioner Jason Bard voluntarily resigns, Maggie is appointed in his place. However, she ended up stepping down to return to the MCU, and has Gordon restored as Commissioner. In the alternate universe of \"Bombshells\", Maggie is again Batwoman's lover, and helps hide her activities. During the DC Rebirth event, it is revealed that Maggie has transferred back to Metropolis PD in the first arc", "title": "Maggie Sawyer" } ]

[ "( high schools" ]

[ { "docid": "616733", "text": "Education in Australia Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (high schools), tertiary education (universities, TAFE colleges, and vocational education and training providers) and adult education (referred to as adult and community education or ACE). Regulation and funding of education is primarily the responsibility of the States and territories, but the Federal Government also plays a funding role. Education in Australia is compulsory between the ages of five or six and fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, depending on the State or territory and date of birth. For primary", "title": "Education in Australia" } ]

[ { "docid": "17025868", "text": "matter what I'm working on. I want to perfect everything I do. Success is the only option. They call me ‘Trap Lord’ because my hustle game is impeccable.\" Friends since high school, A$AP Rocky recognized that Ferg had an \"impeccable hustle game\" and pushed Ferg to continue rapping as much as possible. They later joined the hip hop collective A$AP Mob, from which they both adopted their respective monikers. Since 2010, they collaborated on various songs such as \"Get High,\" \"Kissin' Pink\" and \"Ghetto Symphony\", the latter being from Rocky's chart-topping major label debut, \"Long. Live. A$AP\" (2013). Ferg's debut", "title": "ASAP Ferg" }, { "docid": "14706889", "text": "Champaign County, and Greene County and often extending into the general \"Miami Valley\" area, which is the common name for the area surrounding Dayton, Ohio. Topics discussed usually involve local high school and collegiate athletics involving what the hosts call the \"Big Three\" American sports: baseball, basketball, football. Other sports such as soccer, mixed martial arts and auto racing receive much less coverage, and the hosts do little to hide their lack of interest or knowledge on those topics. While both Billing and Matteson do hint that they having a waning interest in other sports (Billing has repeatedly said softball", "title": "Penda Sports" }, { "docid": "4738474", "text": "improv forms are Harolds with an added requirement. These include: Harold (improvisation) Harold is a structure used in longform improvisational theatre that is performed by improv troupes and teams across the world. The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, performed the first Harold in Concord, California, in 1967. They were invited to a high school and decided to do their improvisations on the war in Vietnam. On the way home in a Volkswagen bus, they were discussing the performance, when one of them asked what they should call it. Allaudin (Bill) Mathieu called out \"Harold\", which was a joking reference", "title": "Harold (improvisation)" }, { "docid": "4738471", "text": "Harold (improvisation) Harold is a structure used in longform improvisational theatre that is performed by improv troupes and teams across the world. The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, performed the first Harold in Concord, California, in 1967. They were invited to a high school and decided to do their improvisations on the war in Vietnam. On the way home in a Volkswagen bus, they were discussing the performance, when one of them asked what they should call it. Allaudin (Bill) Mathieu called out \"Harold\", which was a joking reference to a line from \"A Hard Day's Night\" where a", "title": "Harold (improvisation)" }, { "docid": "8087616", "text": "Learning Community) journey towards becoming certified as a PLC Exemplar School. The collaborative planning in all areas of the education is guided by the four essential PLC questions: Q1: What is it that we want our kids to know and be able to do? Q2: How will we know they know it? Q3: What will we do if they don’t know it? Q4 What will we do if they already know it? With this, the school is aiming to become a highly effective, learning progressive school in which students gain solid, conceptual understanding of subject areas while maintaining the high", "title": "International Community School of Addis Ababa" }, { "docid": "5094487", "text": "university or a vocational education centre. Think about what stage you are at in life and where you would like to take the next step. Do you need to obtain a high school qualification, would you like to enrol in TAFE or attend university? This will largely influence what English course you undertake. CRICOS stands for Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students. If an ELICOS provider has met the national standards, then they will be registered with CRICOS, so it is very important to verify this before you sign the dotted line with any education institution. You", "title": "English Australia" }, { "docid": "19362844", "text": "M.E. LaZerte High School M.E. LaZerte High School is a high school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the north eastern Kilkenny neighbourhood. It is part of Edmonton Public Schools. The school's team name is the Voyageurs, which is also what they call the student body. M.E. LaZerte High School was founded in 1969 as M.E. LaZerte Composite High School, and was named for Milton Ezra LaZerte. LaZerte spent 61 years in the education field in various municipal, provincial, federal and academic positions. As of the 2016–2017 school year the school's students came from more than 83 cultural backgrounds and spoke", "title": "M.E. LaZerte High School" }, { "docid": "17195428", "text": "Wilson described going in to register for admission to the all-white high school: \"I don't remember being afraid in the office. We weren't made to feel that way. But the atmosphere was that no one really knew what to do. Whether they should go ahead and register us, or wait until there was some decision, perhaps from the Board at that time. They didn't really know what to do. But we registered, and then the whole process began.\" The integration was optional, and for the first time, the students had the option to choose between Dunbar \"Colored\" High School and", "title": "Mayfield Ten" }, { "docid": "15511255", "text": "provides an aid kit, Tips on \"what to-do and what not to-do\", Projectors, Televisions, Board and White Screen. SMA-P consists of 1 Cafeteria and 3 Canteens (2 Currently in service) for the Grade School and High School students. For the grade school department, they have 1 prayer room, though it is often used by the pupils. It contains seats preferable similar to the church seats, a table, status, kneeling tables, and crucifix of Christ. In the High School Department, in contains seats similar to the church, statues, Table, Platform, and Crucifix of Christ. It contains seats per student, a stage", "title": "St. Mary's Academy of Pasay" }, { "docid": "18915143", "text": "product than they do today. Look at some of the high school tests from earlier in this century and you'll wonder if they weren't college-level tests. And we've got to bring on the competition—open the schoolhouse doors and let parents choose the best school for their children. Education reformers call this school choice, charter schools, vouchers, even opportunity scholarships. I call it competition—the American way.\" Trump has blasted the Common Core State Standards Initiative, calling it a \"total disaster\". Trump has asserted that Common Core is \"education through Washington, D.C.\", a claim which Politifact and other journalists have rated \"false\",", "title": "Political positions of Donald Trump" }, { "docid": "5576361", "text": "check the \"Do Not Call List\" database. They are required to remove the registered numbers from their leads lists. However the \"Do Not Call List\" has certain limitations. Even if a person is registered for the \"Do Not Call List\", certain organizations can still call. These organizations include: The FTC has also set certain regulations on when one can be called. Cold calling can only be done in between 8 a.m and 9 p.m. The caller is also required by law to tell the customer who they are and what organization they represents. This includes clarifying if the organization is", "title": "Cold calling" }, { "docid": "5576365", "text": "Service. Australia has its own version of the \"Do Not Call List\" known as the Do Not Call Register. The \"Do Not Call Register\" is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) which acts as the supreme telecommunications authority in Australia. Registering for the \"Do Not Call Register\" prevents telemarketers and fax marketers from contacting registered members. Registration for the program is free and will last for eight years. Similar to other countries, there are exceptions to the \"Do Not Call Register\". These exceptions include: political parties, charities and educational institutions. The \"Do Not Call Register\"", "title": "Cold calling" }, { "docid": "5217861", "text": "that they go back the way they came and leave the station, telling them they will not survive if they go on any further and that there is nothing they can do. In the end, Ripley thanks Call: \"You did the right thing, bringing me back out into the black, I know that now. Please -- go. Let me do what I can do... Let me finish the job\". Voorman agrees with Ripley and drags Call back to the \"Carthage\", commenting that Call is \"a lot closer to human than she is\" as they leave. As Ripley returns to follow", "title": "Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator" }, { "docid": "11721693", "text": "teens and parents, according to some researchers. Better student-teacher relations. Less teacher wasted energy/frustration. Students recognize desirable positive behaviors, rather than feel attacked. Statistics show that each year, close to one third of eighteen-year-olds do not finish high school (Bridgeland, 2006; Dilulio, 2006; Morison, 2006). Minority and low-income areas show even higher numbers. 75 percent of crimes committed in the United States are done by high school drop-outs. In order to know how to intervene Civic Enterprises interviewed dropouts and asked them what they suggest be done to increase high school completion numbers. Here is what they came up with:", "title": "Positive discipline" }, { "docid": "11474824", "text": "wonderful players – truly, the finest in the nation – who receive the greatest funding. They do whatever it takes to help our school succeed.\" Tesch also acknowledged the community's support of the school. \"The Milton community really values education, high standards and rigor. When we announced the award, everyone was jubilant. You could feel the pride throughout the school. Our teachers and students know the significance of this kind of award and what it means. Parents are stopping me in the hall to say how proud they are and what it means to the community.\" Tesch and assistant principal", "title": "Milton High School (Georgia)" }, { "docid": "7833853", "text": "members of the defunct \"Norfolk Federation of Women Teachers\" have served here as teachers. They were willing to volunteer in an attempt to teach the mentally disabled children and allow them to graduate from elementary school. Once in high school, alumni from this school were usually assigned to basic-level courses of what we would call the \"vocational program\" in today's society and not in special education programs. Dropout rates in the area high schools were particularly high back then and the disabled high school children had a higher chance of dropping out due to the difficulty level of the assignments.", "title": "Norfolk Board of Education" }, { "docid": "8648019", "text": "in the 2012 - 2013 school year, the 9th and 10th graders will do New Tech. New Tech is a model used in the new ways of teaching. Its mostly based around \"Project Based Learning\" which students do projects to show what they know. New Tech also will offer new types of technology used for teaching. This includes using laptops and Smart Boards. Buchtel Community Learning Center John R. Buchtel Community Learning Center, formerly known as John R. Buchtel High School and often referred to as Buchtel High School or Buchtel CLC, is a public high school in Akron, Ohio,", "title": "Buchtel Community Learning Center" }, { "docid": "4222078", "text": "around a group of five friends and their favourite teacher. Together they join the Science Club at Blake Holsey High, a boarding school located in southern Ontario. Strange things occur at Blake Holsey High, and the Science Club decides to discover what is going on. They consider what a wormhole, a floating Qigong ball, and Pearadyne Industries, a lab that was destroyed years ago right next to the school, all have to do with the mystery. \"Strange Days at Blake Holsey High\" began airing in Canada on Global and on NBC, as well as VRAK.TV in Quebec. In the United", "title": "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High" }, { "docid": "5834260", "text": "City High City High was an American R&B/hip hop trio consisting of rappers/singers Ryan Toby, Robbie Pardlo and Claudette Ortiz. City High is best known for their song, \"What Would You Do?\", which earned a Grammy nomination. City High issued \"What Would You Do?\" from their 2001 self-titled album. Their follow-up single was \"Caramel\". A remix was released, featuring rapper Eve. The final single from the group's debut and only album was \"City High Anthem\". Throughout high school, Ortiz dated future City High bandmate Robby Pardlo. After meeting and performing for Wyclef Jean, they were signed to his Booga Basement", "title": "City High" }, { "docid": "7653291", "text": "Craig Stout said an assault report was eventually filed by the Wolfe family, not the school. Wolfe's mother claims she begged the assistant principal of the school, Byron Zeagler, to call the police. \"\"He said my son got what he deserved.\"\" Former Fayetteville Superintendent Bobby New said\" \"We stand behind our administrators and believe they acted appropriately.\"\" Students at Fayetteville High School, in reaction to perceived bias in the New York Times article, expressed their opinion when being interviewed by the local news. They stated that Wolfe \"brings a lot of it on himself, that he actually picks a lot", "title": "Fayetteville High School (Arkansas)" }, { "docid": "1561456", "text": "a follow-up study to Don’t Call Them Dropouts that examined the role that relationships with adults play in keeping students in school called Don’t Quit On Me: What Young People Who Left School Say About the Power of Relationships. The Center’s 2016 study, Who’s Minding the Neighborhood? The Role of Adult Capacity in Keeping Young People on a Path to Graduation examined how adult-to-youth ratios in neighborhoods impact educational outcomes, the first study to do so. Adding seven adults to a neighborhood, researchers concluded, results in one fewer student dropping out of high school. Also released in 2016: Barriers to", "title": "America's Promise" }, { "docid": "2850558", "text": "and became good friends with Jules Bastien-Lepage. Weir also encountered impressionism for the first time, and reacted strongly: \"I never in my life saw more horrible things...They do not observe drawing nor form but give you an impression of what they call nature. It was worse than the Chamber of Horrors.\" He complained about the Impressionists in a letter from April 15, 1877 to his parents saying, \"They do not observe drawing nor form but give you an impression of what they call nature\". As a conservative academic painter at this stage in his career, Weir was esteemed by his", "title": "J. Alden Weir" }, { "docid": "20759359", "text": "\"By 1880, Howard Academy was run by African American teachers.\" [We] were the beneficiaries of very well-educated, very dedicated, and very strong teachers [who couldn’t get jobs elsewhere]\". Howard got hand-me-down textbooks from Ocala High. For many years, Howard Academy was one of the outstanding black schools in the state. \"The emphasis at Howard High School was on academics... \"They used what I call the Greco-Roman model; you succeed academically and you succeed athletically\"... It was one of two schools in the state of Florida that awarded high school diplomas to African-Americans. (The other was Lincoln High School, in Tallahassee.)", "title": "Howard Academy" }, { "docid": "14133138", "text": "there without having to wait on their male elders, obey the ritual traditions, but simply in exchange for their labour at the missions. Children were kept in dormitories and discouraged from using their native languages while at school. In 1958 Lauriston Sharp argued that the Yir-Yoront were devoid of politics because they could only think of relationship in terms of kinship system. This was cited in turn by Marshall Sahlins in his \"Stone Age Economics\" who argued that while what we call institutional differentiation exists among them, they do not, as civilized people do, draw a clear line between work", "title": "Yir-Yoront" }, { "docid": "12549899", "text": "time, residents were having a difficult time in deciding what to call the new Willingboro high school; some sought to name the new high school \"J.F. Kennedy High School - East\" while others debated on naming the school, \"Robert F. Kennedy\" after the recently deceased Attorney General and senator from New York and President Kennedy's brother. A vote was taken and it was decided that the only appropriate name would be what the school is called today \"Willingboro High School\". The two schools were merged at the start of the 1989-90 school year, with all students transferred to Willingboro High", "title": "John F. Kennedy High School (Willingboro, New Jersey)" }, { "docid": "817012", "text": "gymnast Elena went by herself to be enrolled in Voronezh's famous \"Spartak\" Gymnastics school, yet was turned away, as she was very small, and considered at the time to have the wrong physique for the sport.\"They would call me Kolobok after the little fairytale pancake\". Rather than giving up however, she secretly watched the lessons through windows and tried to imitate in the schoolyard what she had observed.\"My Mom wanted me to do Piano and I would run away from it to do gymnastics\". Soon a coach at the school, Gennadiy Korshunov, noticed her. She had drawn a balance beam", "title": "Yelena Davydova" }, { "docid": "16953557", "text": "carrying on what may be called the emancipation of political economy--its liberation from the kind of doctrines of the old school (now taken up by well to do people) which treat what they call economical laws, supply and demand for instance, as if they were laws of inanimate matter, not amendable to the will of the human beings from whose feelings, interests, and principles of action they proceed. This is one of the queer mental confusions which will be wondered at by and by and you are helping very much in the good work of cleaning it up.\" This shows", "title": "William Thomas Thornton" }, { "docid": "14880809", "text": "the Muslim community made some progressive people unhappy. So, they started thinking what to do with that including Kazim Ali Master. In 1885, the \"Shekh-e-Chatgam\" established a school named Chittagong Middle English School. In 1886, it became a high school. After the death of Kazim Ali Master in 1926, the school was named Kazim Ali High School. The first headmaster of the school was Nalinikanto Shen. Kazim Ali High School Kazim Ali High School is a secondary school in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is situated beside Chittagong College Road near Gani Bakery. The school is named after Kazim Ali Master who", "title": "Kazim Ali High School" }, { "docid": "4079724", "text": "goals: \"But even with God's blessing, it's helpful to consult a lawyer before joining the battle... For instance, the Dover area school board might have had a better case for the intelligent design disclaimer they inserted into high school biology classes had they not mentioned a religious motivation at their meetings... Give us a call before you do something controversial like that... I think we need to do a better job at being clever as serpents.\" Intelligent design movement The intelligent design movement is a neo-creationist religious campaign for broad social, academic and political change to promote and support the", "title": "Intelligent design movement" }, { "docid": "12667951", "text": "exercise each week. Even so, he says wire walking is primarily a mental skill. Wallenda has developed several tricks that he often incorporates into his high-wire routine including stopping to make a phone call, sitting on the wire, and lying down on the wire. He is said to be \"obsessed\" with the technological aspects of his acts, insisting on calculating every detail himself. When asked why he risks his life on the high-wire, he replied \"I do this because I love what I do ... If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd still be doing what I do.\" \"Walking the", "title": "Nik Wallenda" }, { "docid": "13046278", "text": "an orphanage and school for the deaf. Reverend Lord, through his pseudonym, responded in his own defense, stating that \"Roman Catholic institutions, charitable if they please to call them so\" are not what is opposed by Protestants, only the fact that the state legislature is \"[funding] not a public hospital but a Roman Catholic one,\" and were \"willing to do for the Papists what they have never done for their own religious institutions.\" He accused the government of being in collaboration with the Catholic Church, arguing that the funding was illegal. He warned that Sisters of Charity Hospital would make", "title": "Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)" }, { "docid": "12202156", "text": "Mr. Happy?\" his favorite Nomeansno record. The album fell out of print when Nomeansno bought the rights to their back catalogue from Alternative Tentacles. Although they have reissued many of their records on their own Wrong Records imprint, \"Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?\" has not been reissued. \"Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?\" was well received by critics and became a fan favorite. Writing for \"The Guardian\", critic John Doran called it \"the high watermark of western civilization\" in a 2016 retrospective review. AllMusic critic Ned Raggett praised the album for hitting \"amazing rock epic heights\" having", "title": "Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?" }, { "docid": "12333448", "text": "television show about high school and college athletics, is the cable counterpart to SST. Sports Stars of Tomorrow Sports Stars of Tomorrow (SST) is a United States nationally syndicated sports television show about high school and college athletics. The show began in 2005, originally hosted by Pat Summerall, and then began being hosted by college and National Football League television analyst Charles Davis in 2012. Its goal is to provide stories about the top prep athletes in the United States, and what they do they do off the field. It is produced by GameDay Productions, a private television production company", "title": "Sports Stars of Tomorrow" }, { "docid": "7719434", "text": "School, and provided them with a new greenhouse, campus cleanup, and a new desert landscape in the front of the school. In 2006, the school was ranked 614th in Newsweek's \"The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools\". In the most recent available API index (2013) LQHS had the highest growth API score in the Coachella Valley with an 842. La Quinta High School has four academies for students that have a feel of what they want to do once they get older. These academies educates them about the field they would want to get into and prepares them to be", "title": "La Quinta High School (La Quinta, California)" }, { "docid": "16231078", "text": "Iowa. He had previously been a teacher in Davenport. He supported graded schools and equal pay for female teachers. The district also educated students 14 to 17 from its very beginning in what was called an “intermediate” school. They decided to not call it a high school because a majority of taxpayers did not support funding a high school, which was seen as a way of subsidizing the education of the children from wealthy families. In 1861 Kissell was elected the president of the Iowa State Teachers Association and in 1864 he became the Iowa State Superintendent of Schools. The", "title": "Davenport Community School District" }, { "docid": "14513184", "text": "1959, 1963, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2016. Furthermore, they are currently the defending champions of the ISSA basketball U19 and U16 competitions for the last three years. Our players have a long history of attracting what we analysts call \"season gyal\" Cornwall College, Jamaica Cornwall College is a prominent public high school for boys located on Orange Street in Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica. It is the third oldest high school in the county of Cornwall. The school in St. James dates to the 19th century. In 1871 the academy closed it doors when representatives from Scotland encouraged", "title": "Cornwall College, Jamaica" }, { "docid": "6949906", "text": "Co-Ignite class studies years 8, 9 and 10 in the full three years but at an extended level. They then complete years 11 and 12 as normal. For technology lessons, the two classes come together to study with each other. The Heights School also offers a Pre-Ignite Program. This is not an official part of the Ignite Program. This was designed by The Heights to allow students whom they thought would be able to complete the Ignite Program, to do years 6 and 7 at an extended level. Glenunga International High School (starting 1998) and Aberfoyle Park High School (1999)", "title": "Heights School (Australia)" }, { "docid": "10105225", "text": "advocates spanking children. Of course, they also need to be loved and played with.\" McCotter has been criticized for his teachings on dating. In a 1984 Great Commission International (GCI) teaching, McCotter taught that dating was forbidden by the Bible because, \"What we call 'dating,' the Bible may call 'partiality' (James 2:9). What we call 'boyfriend/girlfriend,' the Bible may call a 'clique' or a 'faction' (Galatians 5:20).\" According to former member and researcher Larry Pile, quoted in a 1988 newspaper article, \"[In GCI] You’re practically engaged by the time you have what you normally consider a date. I do know", "title": "Jim McCotter" }, { "docid": "12461647", "text": "they will select me. I can't say that I deserve a game or not. So I'll just wait and see what they'll do.\" Subsequent to end of the West Indies domestic season, Australia toured the Caribbean. Having not been selected for either the Test series or the initial or the first three ODIs, Miller was \"surprised\" to be one of three new players called up for the final two ODIs in St Kitts, replacing Suliemann Benn. \"I was looking out for it [earlier] because I had a good season so I always kept my mind in tune for that call", "title": "Nikita Miller" }, { "docid": "6854141", "text": "Indooroopilly State High School Indooroopilly State High School (ISHS), colloquially known as \"Indro\", is a state high school situated in the south-western suburb of Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school was founded in 1954. It is accredited by the Council of International Schools and offers the International Baccalaureate program. Unlike most schools in Queensland and Australia, students at ISHS do not have to wear a school uniform. However, the school does have a sports uniform which students are required to wear during all interschool sports events. Some of the Indooroopilly State High School Buildings are listed on the Queensland", "title": "Indooroopilly State High School" }, { "docid": "9927850", "text": "act. Is what they are about to do or say true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, or kind? If not, do not do it or say it! S.H.A.R.E. tells students to size up the problem, help yourself and others, assert yourself, report responsibly, and empower yourself and others. T.H.I.N.K. and S.H.A.R.E. posters are displayed around the schools as well as the school safety motto, \"Not in our nest!\" Lower Dauphin School Board established a district wellness policy in 2006. The policy deals with nutritious meals served at school, the control of access to some foods and beverages during school hours, age appropriate", "title": "Lower Dauphin High School" }, { "docid": "19749184", "text": "say \"OK, we've called the police, now what?\" By slowing down the last six second of the recording of the call, they heard three people talking. Patsy was deemed to have said \"What did you do?\" and \"Help me, Jesus.\" John saying \"We're not speaking to you.\" A child, likely Burke, saying \"What did you find?\" The Ramseys had claimed that Burke was asleep during the time that the 911 call was made. The wording used during the call was concerning to the team: During the call Patsy did not mention the name of her daughter. Also, she said \"I'm", "title": "The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey" }, { "docid": "5335225", "text": "Zeitlin. Hanna, however, has the opposite experience upon reading books by Holocaust survivors. She tells Michael: I always had the feeling that no one understood me anyway, that no one knew who I was and what made me do this or that. And you know, when no one understands you, no one can call you to account. Not even the court could call me to account. But the dead can. They understand. They don't even have to have been there, but if they do, they understand even better. Here in prison they were with me a lot. They came every", "title": "The Reader" }, { "docid": "9484715", "text": "Coventry High School (Ohio) Coventry High School is a public high school located in Coventry Township, near Akron, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Coventry Local School District. It has been rated \"Excellent with distinction\" for three years running. Coventry High School was formerly known as Coventry Township High School (Erwine Intermediate). Then, Coventry High School was housed in what we now call the middle school. In 1994, Coventry school's purchased an entertainment complex known as Jackie Lee's for 4 million to house its high school students. The complex had a 40 lane bowling alley,", "title": "Coventry High School (Ohio)" }, { "docid": "10394686", "text": "13 years of schooling before moving to vocational or higher education. Primary schooling for most children starts after they turn 5 years old. In most states, children can be enrolled earlier at the discretion of individual school principals on the basis of intellectual giftedness. In Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory, ACT and Tasmania students then move through Kindergarten/Preparatory School/Reception and Years 1 to 6 before starting high school. In Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia students do Year 7 while still enrolled at primary school, although most governmental primary schools are moving to a K to 6 structure to", "title": "Primary education" }, { "docid": "2340093", "text": "in fact they had no particular connection with the group, and did not appear in a group photo of the Trenchcoat Mafia in the 1998 Columbine yearbook. Harris's father stated that his son was \"a member of what they call the Trenchcoat Mafia\" in a 911 call he made on April 20, 1999. Klebold attended the high school prom three days before the shootings with a classmate named Robyn Anderson. Harris and Klebold linked their personal computers on a network and both played many games over the Internet. Harris created a set of levels for the game \"Doom\", which later", "title": "Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold" }, { "docid": "10381242", "text": "find help in learning what they can do about a child who has run away, how to go about making an official report, and to get emotional support during the crisis. Often, parents call not because their children already are missing, but because they fear they might run away in the future or because of ongoing problems involving discipline, drug abuse or alcohol abuse, truancy, etc. Runaways can use the NRS message service to forward messages to parents or guardians after they have run away, if they do not wish to call them directly. Parents or guardians can, in turn,", "title": "National Runaway Safeline" }, { "docid": "14833035", "text": "happened. Amanda feels betrayed by Chris and above all by Jason. Chris calls Jason and his father into school. Jason's father turns out to be quite an intimidating figure; after getting Jason's assurance that he is telling the truth, he demands to know why Chris has not yet reported the incident to the police. Chris agrees to do so. Jason asks his friends to go to the police to volunteer a statement against Amanda and they eventually agree to do so. While waiting late at night for a phone call to tell him what happened at the station, Jason is", "title": "Mogadishu (play)" }, { "docid": "640756", "text": "New York Historical Society, as well as in several repositories in Australia, including the National Library of Australia, National Archives of Australia, and the Newman College Archives of the University of Melbourne. At the centenary of the Griffins' design work for Canberra, some believe they are owed a permanent memorial. \"...\"I am what may be termed a naturalist in architecture. I do not believe in any school of architecture. I believe in architecture that is the logical outgrowth of the environment in which the building in mind is to be located\"...\" From the \"New York Times\", Sunday 2 June, 1912", "title": "Walter Burley Griffin" }, { "docid": "389231", "text": "later 16th century. In England wool was smuggled to the continent in the 17th century, under the pressure of high excise taxes. In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote of Lymington, Hampshire, on the south coast of England \"I do not find they have any foreign commerce, except it be what we call smuggling and roguing; which I may say, is the reigning commerce of all this part of the English coast, from the mouth of the Thames to the Land's End in Cornwall.\" The high rates of duty levied on tea and also wine and spirits, and other luxury goods coming", "title": "Smuggling" }, { "docid": "9484719", "text": "is currently being leased out. All these projects were completed by 2016-2017 and costed roughly 39.3 million. Coventry High School (Ohio) Coventry High School is a public high school located in Coventry Township, near Akron, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Coventry Local School District. It has been rated \"Excellent with distinction\" for three years running. Coventry High School was formerly known as Coventry Township High School (Erwine Intermediate). Then, Coventry High School was housed in what we now call the middle school. In 1994, Coventry school's purchased an entertainment complex known as Jackie Lee's", "title": "Coventry High School (Ohio)" }, { "docid": "2502118", "text": "are meant to reflect the world, others to influence it. What sort of name shall we give to verbs like 'believe' and 'wish' and so forth? I should be inclined to call them 'propositional verbs'. This is merely a suggested name for convenience, because they are verbs which have the \"form\" of relating an object to a proposition. As I have been explaining, that is not what they really do, but it is convenient to call them propositional verbs. Of course you might call them 'attitudes', but I should not like that because it is a psychological term, and although", "title": "Propositional attitude" }, { "docid": "7995873", "text": "Davenant Foundation School heeded the call to take global issues such as Make Poverty History, Aids, The Tsunami Disaster, Children of Chernobyl seriously. 'We live in one world. What we do affects others, and what others do affects us, as never before. To recognise that we are all members of a world community and that we all have responsibilities to each other is not romantic rhetoric, but modern economic and social reality.' 'The school curriculum should contribute to the development of pupils' sense of identity through knowledge and understanding of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural heritages of Britain's diverse", "title": "Davenant International" }, { "docid": "16707413", "text": "\"apologia pro vita sua\" that the novel constitutes. The novel's themes are politics and sex, both abiding preoccupations of the author. Biographer David Smith called \"The New Machiavelli\" \"Wells's most autobiographical novel\". The development of political and sexual passion in the protagonist is traced in intricate detail. The artificiality of Victorian and Edwardian morality is the novel's chief target, \"Thank God! I'll soon be out of it! The shame of it! The very savages in Australia initiate their children better than the English do to-day. Neither of us was ever given a view of what they call morality that didn't", "title": "The New Machiavelli" }, { "docid": "5246715", "text": "right to pass judgment over mortals, but their very divinity. They claim that the gods (whom they call \"powers\") are powerful but have limits and do not deserve worship. Instead, Athar priests channel divine power from what they call the \"Great Unknown\", or what they believe to be the true divine force behind everything. Their headquarters in Sigil is the Shattered Temple, the former temple of the dead god Aoskar. Following the faction war, and banned from Sigil, they moved their headquarters to the base of the infinite spire where divine magic does not function in protection of the many", "title": "Faction (Planescape)" }, { "docid": "2296814", "text": "that has brought this large audience together? [A yell from the mob without the building.] Those voices without ought to awaken and call out our warmest sympathies. Deluded beings! \"they know not what they do.\" They know not that they are undermining their own rights and their own happiness, temporal and eternal. Do you ask, \"what has the North to do with slavery?\" Hear it -- hear it. Those voices without tell us that the spirit of slavery is \"here\", and has been roused to wrath by our abolition speeches and conventions: for surely liberty would not foam and tear", "title": "Angelina Grimké" }, { "docid": "15315746", "text": "call sign is sent at a time. Each call sign is sent in Morse code generated at different audio frequencies and speeds, timed to overlap each other. Competitors must record as many of the call signs as they can during a fixed period of time. They may choose to do this either by recording the call signs by hand on paper, or by typing them in with a computer keyboard. The winner is the competitor with the most correctly recorded call signs. The rules of international and European championships are defined in the document IARU Region 1 Rules for High", "title": "High-speed telegraphy" }, { "docid": "8050622", "text": "often impressed, asking \"And what do you call the act?\" The punchline of the joke is then given: \"'The Aristocrats'\". The joke, as first delivered in the film, contains the set-up line \"What the heck do you call an act like that?\" followed by the punchline \"I call it 'The Aristocrats'.\" In subsequent renditions of the joke, the agent asks, \"What do you call your act?\" The film itself consists of interviews with various comedians and actors, usually in candid settings. The interviewees engage both in telling their own versions of the joke, and in reminiscing about their experiences with", "title": "The Aristocrats (film)" }, { "docid": "10692668", "text": "school's vacant main hall. Fire fighters were able to control the spread of the fire, but the main building appeared to be totally destroyed. Officials issued a call for leads into who may have started the fire. On Saturday, 20 May 2017, another fire occurred. On Friday, 27 Of April 2018, A small fire was lit in one of the first buildings. List of technology high schools in New South Wales Macquarie Boys Technology High School Macquarie Boys' Technology High School was a high school for boys in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The present-day Macquarie Boys’ Technology High School", "title": "Macquarie Boys Technology High School" }, { "docid": "12815623", "text": "finds out through his phone records that there is a number that he calls repeatedly every month. They discover that particular number belongs to Dr. Heller, a criminal psychologist. They attempt to call Dr. Heller posing as an insurance company, planning to get any information from Dr. Heller but failed. However, Dr. Heller is shocked to learn that Dave is currently in Fairview, and decides to book a plane there in the end of the episode. What More Do I Need? \"What More Do I Need?\" is the 94th episode of the ABC television series, \"Desperate Housewives\". It is the", "title": "What More Do I Need?" }, { "docid": "11425485", "text": "2009-2010 school year. For two years it was housed in the main campus but in 2014 moved back into the Wahtonka High School building, where it currently resides. Since 2010, The Dalles High has used a \"credit by proficiency\" system. According to the Oregon Department of Education, \"this provides students the opportunity to earn graduation credits within Oregon’s standards-based system by demonstrating what they know and can do. Students may demonstrate proficiency through classroom work or documentation of learning experiences outside of school, or through a combination of these means.\" In 2008, 77% of the school's seniors received a high", "title": "The Dalles High School" }, { "docid": "7622480", "text": "answer unto the questions that shall be propounded to them out of such catechism by their parents or masters or any of the Select men when they shall call them to a tryall of what they have learned of this kind. And further that all parents and masters do breed & bring up their children & apprentices in some honest lawful calling, labour or employment, either in husbandry, or some other trade profitable for themselves, and the Common-wealth if they will not or cannot train them up in learning to fit them for higher employments. And if any of the", "title": "Massachusetts School Laws" }, { "docid": "19906555", "text": "call Schmidt.\" \"The task before us, then, narrowed itself down to getting Schmidt to handle 47 tons of pig iron per day and making him glad to do it. This was done as follows. Schmidt was called out from among the gang of pig-iron handlers and talked to somewhat in this way:\" \"Schmidt, are you a high-priced man?\" Vell, I don't know vat you mean. \"Oh yes. you do. What I want to know is whether you are a high-priced man or not.\" Vell, I don't know vat you mean. \"Oh, come now, you answer my questions. What I want", "title": "Schmidt (worker)" }, { "docid": "20408667", "text": "that “It was his warning that made me aware that maybe I should be involved in it. Now, I didn’t get involved in it until shortly after my graduation, which was in 1960. But if the call had come and said, ‘We need your help,’ I probably would have.” After high school graduation, Gunn attended Tennessee State University, a historically black university in Nashville, studying Romance languages along with math and chemistry. College was always part of the family’s plans for Gunn: “What I do remember is not ever being faced with the question of whether or not I would", "title": "Wendell Wilkie Gunn" }, { "docid": "13405073", "text": "the name of George Beverly Shea was on the same program!) He would study with two additional teachers before stopping formal lessons altogether. The third teacher was his band instructor in high school. \"He was a military type and very strict about my doing everything it by the book,\" he recalls (by the way, the \"book\" in question was the Arban method!). \"When he would call me in for a lesson I would know that was pending so I would get about 5 minutes of cramming in to see what I could do with lip trills and making decent sounds", "title": "Bill Pearce" }, { "docid": "14964740", "text": "“What would you do without me?” attitude toward the frequently troubled Satsuki. What you would call an aloof mystery. Up front and self-assured. She always speaks in a masculine way. Although she's never had much interest in eating, Yuuno has been using her home cooking to draw her out more, so that she'll be straightforward with her expressions of affection, regardless of their surroundings. She also makes an appearance in Yuririn. She's family friends with Chiaki, who is a nurse and teacher, and has admired her since they were little. Taking her acceptance to nursing school as an opportunity to", "title": "A Kiss for the Petals" }, { "docid": "7923709", "text": "go to their orientation, as this school is much different from other public high schools. The first two days are considered 'getting to know your building and things around you.' After that the freshmen take a trip to the Princeton-Blairstown Center, a camp in Princeton, New Jersey. They do team building exercises to ready themselves for what they will be doing for the next four years. The entire orientation adds up to five days. Student mentors and teachers also help as the freshmen transition into their new high school life. Each year, The Brooklyn Latin School celebrates Founders' Day to", "title": "Brooklyn Latin School" }, { "docid": "19969525", "text": "parents about their disagreement with the introduction of the overarching national framework of Safe Schools, which included \"\"...theme days at the school such as Wear it Purple Day...\"\". Miranda Devine alleged that the celebration of Wear it Purple Day at Cheltenham Girls' High School caused \"\"...some students... [to] ...feel marginalised and excluded if they do not embrace the ideology.\"\", with MP Damien Tudehope adding that students are \"ostracised\" if they do not support \"Purple Day\" [sic]. David Phillips, then-National Director of FamilyVoice Australia, gave evidence to the Australian Parliament's Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, that students were vilified and", "title": "Wear it Purple Day" }, { "docid": "15650304", "text": "involving the Beverly Public Library and a number of greater-Boston’s finest archival repositories and libraries. This voluntary student program was designed and administered by Eastman, Beverly High School Librarian Kevin McGrath, and Beverly Public Library Director Tom Scully. The class was conducted on Wednesdays and on Saturdays at research institutions including the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard School of Education’s Gutman Library, and the Massachusetts State Archives. One of the principal objectives of PATH was to determine how, what, and why historians do what they do, to bridge the distance between students, teachers, scholars and research institutions. The", "title": "W. Dean Eastman" }, { "docid": "11211128", "text": "David Gregg after driving home from a party in the mountains to celebrate Ray and Barry's high-school graduation. After promising to never tell anyone, they drift apart: Barry goes to the local college, Helen drops out of school, Ray goes to California, and Julie continues at school. Now, having received the note, Julie fearfully visits Helen. They call Barry, but he is sure it is just a prank; anyone who did know about their crime would go to the police instead of leaving notes. This calms the girls. Ray returns home to Julie, but she does not want to continue", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel)" }, { "docid": "13926234", "text": "relayed a story from his own high school days, whereby his drama teacher refused to let him sing the song because of his sex. Murphy explained: \"I found a way to write it into the show because that's in a nutshell what this show is about: someone being told that they can't do something because of what the perception of them is as opposed to what their real ability is.\" Colfer stated that the opportunity to finally sing the song \"really meant the world\" to him, and that: \"It's absolutely terrifying to watch yourself do something you've dreamed about for", "title": "Wheels (Glee)" }, { "docid": "13881543", "text": "and when seen by patriarchal husbands and affected wives can change household dynamics. Another solution is sponsored by Always, Always provides feminine care products to school girls so that they do not miss school during their menstrual cycle, which often happens because they feel ashamed. The final and probably most empowering solution is an education. Allowing girls to attend school and go beyond elementary school can truly help women advance in developing countries. Carolyn See, a book critic from \"The Washington Post\", said in her review: \"'Half the Sky' is a call to arms, a call for help, a call", "title": "Half the Sky" }, { "docid": "6220335", "text": "son, Tommy, was playing. Mangino apparently became angry after referees failed to call what he believed was a late hit on Tommy, the Lawrence High quarterback. Lawrence High School officials took undisclosed action against Mangino after the game for violating a Kansas High School rule barring abuse of game officials by coaches, players and fans. In 2004, Mangino paid a $5,000 fine for suggesting that officials acted with favoritism in a questionable offensive pass interference call that affected the outcome of a game against Texas. Mangino implied that money and a BCS berth for the Big 12 Conference influenced the", "title": "Mark Mangino" }, { "docid": "16989864", "text": "generation of Disney classics.\" Now That's What I Call Disney Now That's What I Call Disney is a compilation album from the \"Now!\" series released in the United Kingdom as a 3-disc set on November 21, 2011. It was re-released the following year with a bonus disc of Disney-related Christmas songs. An abbreviated single-disc version was released in the United States on November 6, 2012. The UK version takes songs from the vast Disney library from its animated classics, Pixar films and live-action performances from \"Hannah Montana\" and \"High School Musical\". The US version, at 20 tracks, contains songs only", "title": "Now That's What I Call Disney" }, { "docid": "16989862", "text": "Now That's What I Call Disney Now That's What I Call Disney is a compilation album from the \"Now!\" series released in the United Kingdom as a 3-disc set on November 21, 2011. It was re-released the following year with a bonus disc of Disney-related Christmas songs. An abbreviated single-disc version was released in the United States on November 6, 2012. The UK version takes songs from the vast Disney library from its animated classics, Pixar films and live-action performances from \"Hannah Montana\" and \"High School Musical\". The US version, at 20 tracks, contains songs only from Disney and Pixar", "title": "Now That's What I Call Disney" }, { "docid": "5365273", "text": "required classes. Home room in Australia is similar to the US concept, however it varies from school to school. Some schools do not have home room at all, and attendance and announcements are made during the first period of the school day in a \"student bulletin\", while other schools run a home room system which is identical to that run in American schools. Alternative names for home room in Australia are \"admin\" or \"administration,\" \"form-class,\" \"form-period,\" \"roll-call\" or \"DEAR\" (drop everything and read). Most schools, as well as having a form-class, also have an \"assembly\" which is attended by the", "title": "Homeroom" }, { "docid": "13295055", "text": "to have a soul, and how you prove what a soul is\"; he says he enjoys the way the film is a \"call to arms\" about the positives of life. He adds that its message could hopefully remind people that they have a choice when they arise in the morning whether to pursue their own choice of activities for the day, or to do what they should do or are obliged to do. Keira Knightley feels that the film's story is alarming, but has said that the film is \"more about humanity's ability to look the other way\". \"You know", "title": "Never Let Me Go (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "17188514", "text": "The Paper Kites The Paper Kites are an indie rock-folk band from Melbourne, Australia. The band was formed in 2010 and consists of Sam Bentley, Christina Lacy, Dave Powys, Josh Bentley and Sam Rasmussen. They have released two EPs and their debut album \"States\" was released in 2013. Their second record \"twelvefour\" was released on 28 August 2015. Before the formation of the Paper Kites, the current five members were close friends. In high school, Sam Bentley and Christina Lacy began writing and playing music together and continued to do so for a few years after high school. They gained", "title": "The Paper Kites" }, { "docid": "6412785", "text": "the middle \"dan\" ranks and held the title of 'Master' when they arrived, as they were sent to Australia by their respective Korean governing bodies. Rhee Taekwon-Do was the first Australian martial art school founded by a Korean master and using the name of taekwondo. Rhee's school was also the first nationwide taekwondo school in Australia, having operated in South Australia from its founding in the mid-1960s, Western Australia from at least 1970, Victoria from at least 1970, the Australian Capital Territory from 1971, Queensland from at least 1973, New South Wales from 1973, and Tasmania from at least 1983.", "title": "Rhee Taekwon-Do" }, { "docid": "5057904", "text": "girls' clubs while two others were inactive. The main boys' clubs were Pow Pow and Ramal. At the time the clubs had a membership capacity; those with more prospective members than slots held lotteries that randomly determined who is permitted to join. Many clubs at the time had a tradition of hazing new members. Several clubs engaged in charitable events and fundraisers, and they also sponsored parties. Curtis wrote that \"But what they do is really secondary, just as what fraternities and sororities do is secondary. It is the \"belonging\" that counts.\" Curtis added that the clubs \"have an aura", "title": "Lamar High School (Houston)" }, { "docid": "6900415", "text": "Kim is currently enrolled, changing it from high school sophomore to high school senior. Additionally, Kim finally gets her own car, which she inherits from her father, while her younger brothers Jim and Tim begin enrollment at Middleton High School, having skipped several grades due to their genius-level intellect, much to Kim's chagrin. However, Kim eventually relents and insists that her brothers continue attending the same school as her, threatening to leave if they do. Aware of what does and does not work in television animation, Schooley and McCorkle knew that Kim needed to be a physically attractive character. Kim's", "title": "Kim Possible (character)" }, { "docid": "11041443", "text": "8–0 loss to Samoa. Australia fielded a team with several rarely used players as many regulars were either rested or omitted from the team. Strikers John Aloisi and Damian Mori who combined for 10 goals in the 22–0 win over Tonga were also omitted for this match. The American Samoa team were troubled by passport issues, with only one member of their original 20-man senior team, goalkeeper Nicky Salapu, eligible to play. American Samoa were also unable to call their under-20 players because most of them were involved in high school exams at the time. They were forced to draft", "title": "Australia 31–0 American Samoa" }, { "docid": "5215217", "text": "from Denmark; they came with myriad knobs and switches Gordon didn't really want. \"I have trouble making decisions,\" he says. \"I probably change my instrument settings only every two years.\" The three larger knobs on the bass control volume (one per pickup) and pickup blend; the four micro-switches and three smaller knobs are for various midrange contours and high and low boosts. (Languedoc comments, \"Even I don't know what they all do!\") Gordon and Languedoc both call the Fish — also named for its inlays — \"a bit of an experiment.\" The bass, which was built about two years ago,", "title": "Paul Languedoc" }, { "docid": "9084552", "text": "(a decrease of 17 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The high school was opened in 1975 as a response to the overcrowded student population at John F. Kennedy, then the only high school in Willingboro, located just down the road on Kennedy Way. For a short time, residents were having a difficult time in deciding what to call the new Willingboro high school; some sought to name the new high", "title": "Willingboro High School" }, { "docid": "3908260", "text": "joke: \"What do you call a person who speaks three languages? A trilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? A bilingual. What do you call a person who speaks one language? An American.\" There is also increasing pressure on bilingual immigrants to renounce their mother tongue and to adopt their host country's language. As a result, even though there may be immigrants from a wide variety of nationalities and cultures, the main language spoken in the country does not reflect them. Snow and Hakuta write that in a cost-benefit analysis, the choosing of English as the", "title": "Monolingualism" }, { "docid": "266188", "text": "the phone, and a bit more conversation with Miho, Piro instructs her to stay in the apartment until they can figure out what to do. Junko and Ping are shown leaving for school, with Junko seeming taking Ed's shotguns from last night with her. After receiving a phone call from Yutaka, whom Masamichi initially disapproves of, Yuki, who has not changed clothing from the events of the previous chapter, leaves her house, grabs him, and takes him to a rooftop, where they try to explain things after Yutaka was being questioned by Asako and Mami. She goes over everything, even", "title": "Megatokyo" }, { "docid": "108660", "text": "Chingford, as a child, and attended Chase Lane Primary School and Chingford County High School. In a 2007 interview, Beckham said that, \"At school whenever the teachers asked, 'What do you want to do when you're older?' I'd say, 'I want to be a footballer.' And they'd say, 'No, what do you really want to do, for a job?' But that was the only thing I ever wanted to do.\" Beckham's maternal grandfather was Jewish, and Beckham has referred to himself as \"half Jewish\" and wrote in his autobiography \"I've probably had more contact with Judaism than with any other", "title": "David Beckham" }, { "docid": "2373077", "text": ", the high priests call a gathering of the Sanhedrin in reaction to the raising of Lazarus. In the parable related in the Gospel of Luke the likely reaction of the \"five brothers\" to the possibility of the return of the beggar Lazarus has given rise to the suggestion by Claude-Joseph Drioux and others that the \"rich man\" is itself an attack on Caiaphas, his father-in-law, and his five brothers-in-law. Caiaphas considers, with \"the Chief Priests and Pharisees\", what to do about Jesus, whose influence was spreading. They worry that if they \"let him go on like this, everyone will", "title": "Caiaphas" }, { "docid": "11596255", "text": "up at the home of Molly's owners, \"Big Jim\" Sullivan, a fellow attendee of the party, and his sister and legal ward, Amy Sullivan, whom Dave knows from high school. Amy fears Jim is dead after not returning from the party. Not knowing what else to do, and wanting to put the whole episode behind them, John and Dave return to their jobs at the video store. At work, Dave calls Father Shelnut, a priest at St. Francis. During the call he is bitten by the suddenly animate Soy Sauce. As the drug takes effect, Dave's perception of reality alters", "title": "John Dies at the End" }, { "docid": "5747110", "text": "at Bishop Carroll High School, which allows students to move through the Alberta curriculum at their own individual pace. In Alberta, an elementary school normally teaches Kindergarten to Grade 6, while a junior high school teaches Grades 7-9. Some junior high schools are combined with high schools or elementary schools. Some schools may have French Immersion in Grade 7, 8 or 9. The following list provides information on CCSD elementary and junior high schools. In Alberta, a senior high school teaches Grades 10-12 (what other jurisdictions call \"secondary schools\"). However, some may not teach all three grades. Also, some may", "title": "Calgary Catholic School District" }, { "docid": "8723083", "text": "general practitioner and Dorothy Brown (née Crowley) (1874–1968). Her Quaker parents had three children in all. She was educated at Manchester High School for Girls and The Mount School, York, not unlike \"Chesterham High School\" and \"Heryot School\" in \"The Lark in the Morn\". After a time of reading history at Manchester University, she realized that what she really wanted to do was to sing, and she went on to study singing with teachers in London, Paris and Leipzig and to work as a freelance writer and lecturer. In 1926, Vipont married R. Percy Foulds, a research technologist. They had", "title": "Elfrida Vipont" }, { "docid": "16417980", "text": "Why Do These Kids Love School? Why Do These Kids Love School? is a documentary film directed by filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman, which examines an independent school, Peninsula School, followed by visits to eight public schools around the country (pre-school through high school) all of which have innovative programs. What emerges is the value of implementing humane values and programs that value creative thinking, self-directed learning, and first-hand experience more than memorization of facts. The schools in the film are Peninsula School, Graham and Parks School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Central Park East Secondary School in New York City (now a high", "title": "Why Do These Kids Love School?" }, { "docid": "5217842", "text": "base, Ripley is still yet to be convinced to join the mission to stop Trollenberg's project. Ripley mentions that she no longer has nightmares about the aliens; she plainly states that they \"can't be stopped. The aliens are coming and the human race is going to suffer...they just do what they have to do. And then you're dead and it's over.\" Eventually Call blackmails Ripley, saying she will inform the military of her location, to which Ripley replies, \"I could learn to hate you.\" Meanwhile, a Predator is traveling toward the \"Typhoon\", intent on hunting the super soldier. Call, her", "title": "Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator" }, { "docid": "17420251", "text": "of $500,000 in private and corporate donations. In 2003, McCollough was named Principal of Gainesville Elementary School in Gainesville, Georgia. During the 2004 Republican National Convention acceptance speech, President George W. Bush recognized the high-poverty, mostly Hispanic school and McCollough’s efforts: “In northeast Georgia, Gainesville Elementary School is mostly Hispanic and 90% poor — and this year 90% of its students passed state tests in reading and math. The principal expresses the philosophy of his school this way: ‘We don't focus on what we can't do at this school; we focus on what we can do. We do whatever it", "title": "Shawn Arévalo McCollough" }, { "docid": "16619165", "text": "was born in Victoria, British Columbia. After graduating high school, Ben was selected as a member of the Canadian national rugby team, and earned academic and athletic scholarships to attend the University of Victoria. At University, fed up with the monotony of day-to-day life, Ben and his friends set out on a two-week road trip with a camera and a borrowed RV to complete a list of \"100 things to do before you die.\" Along their journey, they asked people the question, \"What do you want to do before you die?\" For each item they accomplished on their list, they", "title": "Ben Nemtin" }, { "docid": "4781098", "text": "the number). On the other side, the caller is decoupled from specific knowledge of who they are calling, where they are, and knowing how the receiver of the call operates internally. Carrying the example a step further, the caller might say to the receiver of the call, \"Please do this job for me. Call me back at this number when you are finished.\" The 'number' being offered to the receiver is referred to as a \"Call-back\". Again, the loose coupling or decoupled nature of this functional object is apparent. The receiver of the call-back is unaware of what or who", "title": "Loose coupling" }, { "docid": "2712828", "text": "left the exiled people to their fate.\" As early as 1852 John West's \"History of Tasmania\" portrayed the obliteration of Tasmania's Aboriginal people as an example of \"systematic massacre\" and in the 1979 High Court case of Coe v Commonwealth of Australia, judge Lionel Murphy observed that Aboriginal people did not give up their land peacefully and that they were killed or forcibly removed from their land \"in what amounted to attempted (and in Tasmania almost complete) genocide\". Historian Henry Reynolds says there was a widespread call from settlers during the frontier wars for the \"extirpation\" or \"extermination\" of the", "title": "Black War" }, { "docid": "17376570", "text": "I Didn't Do It (TV series) I Didn't Do It is an American comedy television series that premiered on Disney Channel on January 17, 2014, and ended on October 16, 2015. The series was created by Tod Himmel and Josh Silverstein and stars Olivia Holt, Austin North, Piper Curda, Peyton Clark, and Sarah Gilman. The series follows brother-sister twins, Lindy and Logan Watson, and their three best friends, Jasmine, Garrett, and Delia, as they begin their freshman year of high school at Ditka High. Each episode in the first season began with a comedic \"what just happened\" situation followed by", "title": "I Didn't Do It (TV series)" }, { "docid": "9946479", "text": "other in football beginning in 2008. Lately, however, sporting events against Middletown High School of nearby Middletown have become more heated and a small rivalry has started to form. The marching band at St.Helena High School resumed in the 2010s after a 30-year break. They plan to march again next year and hope to perform a few field shows next in 2015 football season. The band is led by Pam Nadue. Nuriootpa High School is a sister school located in Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia. Stanthorpe State High School- Australia, QLD, Stanthorpe St. Helena High School Saint Helena High School or", "title": "St. Helena High School" }, { "docid": "18606642", "text": "do, i.e. wearing school uniform and doing homework. However, she was clearly different. She went to school in an expensive car. During break time, she smoked with a teacher. After school, she drank beer. No one knows what she was up to, but they know, she was able to change people. She questioned the system and fought to change it. She tried to solve the problems faced by high school students, for example, bullying. She helped her classmates and befriended them, whilst trying to survive high school and put her tragic past behind her. Nevertheless, there is no secret that", "title": "35-sai no Koukousei" } ]

[ "Hareton Earnshaw" ]

[ { "docid": "12576142", "text": "Catherine Linton Catherine Linton (also known as \"Young Catherine\" or Cathy Linton and later as Catherine Heathcliff then as Catherine Earnshaw) is a character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". She is the daughter of Edgar Linton and Cathy Earnshaw, and, despite Heathcliff's attempts at exacting revenge on her for the indiscretions of her family, she eventually marries her true love, Hareton Earnshaw, re-establishing long-lost equilibrium in the story. Cathy is the only child of Catherine and Edgar. Her mother dies a few hours after giving premature birth to her, about half-way through the novel. Her father, Edgar, calls her", "title": "Catherine Linton" }, { "docid": "12576142", "text": "Catherine Linton Catherine Linton (also known as \"Young Catherine\" or Cathy Linton and later as Catherine Heathcliff then as Catherine Earnshaw) is a character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". She is the daughter of Edgar Linton and Cathy Earnshaw, and, despite Heathcliff's attempts at exacting revenge on her for the indiscretions of her family, she eventually marries her true love, Hareton Earnshaw, re-establishing long-lost equilibrium in the story. Cathy is the only child of Catherine and Edgar. Her mother dies a few hours after giving premature birth to her, about half-way through the novel. Her father, Edgar, calls her", "title": "Catherine Linton" }, { "docid": "12576143", "text": "\"Cathy\" for the most part, while Heathcliff refers to her as \"Catherine\", because he called her mother \"Cathy\" as an expression of his immense affection and love for her. Cathy is a very curious and mischievous girl, and, at thirteen years of age, she seeks out Wuthering Heights, the house to which she is not allowed to travel because Heathcliff, Edgar's enemy, resides there. On arrival she meets Hareton Earnshaw, the nephew of her mother. Nelly, who travels with her, insists that he is indeed her cousin, but Cathy, genuinely amazed at his coarse, uneducated language, his dirty clothes and", "title": "Catherine Linton" }, { "docid": "12576243", "text": "Hareton Earnshaw Hareton Earnshaw is a character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". He is the son of Hindley Earnshaw and Hindley's wife, Frances. At the end of the novel, he makes plans to wed Catherine Linton, with whom he falls in love. Frances dies shortly after giving birth in June 1778 to Hareton, which results in Hindley's descent into a life of anguish and inebriety, so Hareton is cared for and nursed by Nelly Dean, the primary narrator of the story. When Nelly leaves to reside at Thrushcross Grange with Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton, Heathcliff seeks revenge on", "title": "Hareton Earnshaw" } ]

[ { "docid": "12576146", "text": "Heights in their stead. Edgar presently falls ill with distress, and Heathcliff keeps Cathy and Nelly at the Heights until Catherine finally agrees to marry Linton. Desperate to see her father once more before he dies, she consents, and her fate at Wuthering Heights is sealed. Edgar dies, kissing his daughter on the cheek, knowing that Thrushcross Grange, the Linton household, is now in the hands of his enemy. Linton, who does not at all resemble his father, but is in almost every way like his mother, falls ill as well and dies shortly after his marriage. Heathcliff forces him", "title": "Catherine Linton" }, { "docid": "10627052", "text": "Catherine and her choice to marry Edgar rather than Heathcliff are central to the issues of nature versus nurture, self versus society, class division, and violence in \"Wuthering Heights\", as well as to the antitheses of good and evil, and physical existence and spiritual existence, which pervade the novel. Catherine Earnshaw Cathy Earnshaw is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the novel \"Wuthering Heights\" written by Emily Brontë. Cathy Earnshaw is the younger sibling of Hindley, and is born and raised at Wuthering Heights. She becomes the foster sister of the orphan, Heathcliff, at the age of six,", "title": "Catherine Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "9858373", "text": "and gambling after the death of his wife, Frances, out of his ownership of \"Wuthering Heights\"; he heartlessly takes advantage of Edgar Linton's sister Isabella and marries her, before treating her in a cruel and contemptuous fashion. Although he tells Catherine that he despises Isabella and would \"cut (his own) throat\" if he imagined Catherine wanted him to marry Edgar's younger sister, his and Isabella's marriage promises to result in his inheriting \"Thrushcross Grange\" on Linton's death. This can only be achieved, however, by Heathcliff's forcing his and Isabella's son Linton into marriage with Cathy's daughter, who is called Catherine.", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668113", "text": "that she moved to Wuthering Heights to replace the housekeeper, Zillah, who had left. Hareton has an accident and is confined to the farmhouse. During his convalescence, he and Cathy overcome their mutual antipathy and become close. While their friendship develops, Heathcliff begins to act strangely and has visions of Catherine. He stops eating and, after four days of increasingly bad health, is found dead in Catherine's old room. He is buried next to Catherine. Lockwood learns that Hareton and Cathy plan to marry on New Year's Day. As he gets ready to leave, he passes the graves of Catherine,", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668110", "text": "one but two cousins: Hareton, in addition to Linton. She also lets it be known that her father has gone to fetch Linton. When Edgar returns with Linton, a weak and sickly boy, Heathcliff insists that he live at Wuthering Heights. Three years pass. Walking on the moors, Nelly and Cathy encounter Heathcliff, who takes them to Wuthering Heights to see Linton and Hareton. Heathcliff hopes that Linton and Cathy will marry, so that Linton will become the heir to Thrushcross Grange. Linton and Cathy begin a secret friendship, echoing the childhood friendship between their respective parents, Heathcliff and Catherine.", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12576343", "text": "her that he \"will have his vengeance\", and that he does not love Isabella: if Catherine wished him to marry her, he, \"would cut his throat.\" One night, it is revealed to Nelly Dean, a servant at Wuthering Heights and the primary narrator of the novel, that Isabella has run off with Heathcliff, although Edgar has warned her that, if she does so, he will cut off all ties with her. After several months, Heathcliff and Isabella marry, but she soon realises her mistake, sending a long letter to Nelly in which she details her hostile and displeasing \"welcome\" at", "title": "Isabella Linton" }, { "docid": "668106", "text": "whom she cannot marry because of his low social status and lack of education. She hopes to use her position as Edgar's wife to raise Heathcliff's standing. Heathcliff overhears her say that it would \"degrade\" her to marry him (but not how much she loves him), and he runs away and disappears without a trace. Distraught over Heathcliff's departure, Catherine makes herself ill. Nelly and Edgar begin to pander to her every whim to prevent her from becoming ill again. Three years pass. Edgar and Catherine marry and go to live together at Thrushcross Grange, where Catherine enjoys being \"lady", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668107", "text": "of the manor\". Six months later, Heathcliff returns, now a wealthy gentleman. Catherine is delighted, but Edgar is not. Edgar's sister, Isabella, soon falls in love with Heathcliff, who despises her, but encourages the infatuation as a means of revenge. This leads to an argument with Catherine at Thrushcross Grange, which Edgar overhears. Finally, enraged by Heathcliff's constant appearance and foul parlance, he forbids Heathcliff from visiting Catherine altogether. Upset, Catherine locks herself in her room and begins to make herself ill again. She is also now pregnant with Edgar's child. Heathcliff takes up residence at Wuthering Heights and spends", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12575905", "text": "they are brother and sister only in name. His features are described within \"Wuthering Heights\"' as such: Mrs. Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression. It formed a sweet picture. The long light hair curled slightly on the temples; the eyes were large and serious; the figure almost too graceful. Edgar Linton Edgar Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". His role in the story is that of Catherine Earnshaw's husband. He resides at Thrushcross Grange and falls", "title": "Edgar Linton" }, { "docid": "9858370", "text": "both Catherine Earnshaw and her elder brother, Hindley; whilst Catherine later befriends and loves Heathcliff, Hindley continues to resent him, seeing him as an interloper who has stolen his father's affection. Upon Mr. Earnshaw's death and his inheritance of the estate, the spiteful Hindley proceeds to treat Heathcliff as little more than a servant boy and makes him work the fields, which creates Heathcliff's lifelong anger and resentment. Catherine, however, remains close to her foster brother. As she matures into her young teens, however, Catherine grows close to Edgar Linton, a timid and well-bred young man from the neighbouring estate,", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668109", "text": "the funeral, Isabella leaves Heathcliff and finds refuge in the South of England. She gives birth to a son, Linton. Hindley dies six months after Catherine, and Heathcliff thus finds himself master of Wuthering Heights. Twelve years pass. Catherine's daughter, Cathy, has become a beautiful, high-spirited girl. Edgar learns that his sister Isabella is dying, so he leaves to retrieve her son Linton in order to adopt and educate him. Cathy, who has rarely left home, takes advantage of her father's absence to venture further afield. She rides over the moors to Wuthering Heights and discovers that she has not", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "9858383", "text": "it to the Birmingham stage in 1998. Masterpiece Theatre presented a 2009 two-part series of \"Wuthering Heights\" starring English actor Tom Hardy as Heathcliff. In this version, the second-generation characters play a key role, and the telling of the story begins and ends with them. In 2011, director Andrea Arnold directed a film adaptation starring James Howson as Heathcliff. \"Wuthering Heights\", a single from Kate Bush's 1978 debut album, \"The Kick Inside\", is told from the perspective of a ghostly Catherine Earnshaw visiting an aged Heathcliff. Australian actor Heath Ledger and his sister were named after Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668102", "text": "back to Thrushcross Grange. After his visit to the Heights, Lockwood becomes ill and is confined to his bed for some length of time. The Grange housekeeper, Ellen (Nelly) Dean, who is looking after him, tells him the story of the family at the Heights during his convalescence. Thirty years earlier, the owner of Wuthering Heights was Mr. Earnshaw, who lived with his son Hindley and younger daughter Catherine. On a trip to Liverpool, Earnshaw encounters a homeless boy, described as a \"dark-skinned gypsy in aspect\". He adopts the boy and names him Heathcliff. Hindley feels that Heathcliff has supplanted", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "7909627", "text": "Poetry. He also served as a juror for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. A professor emeritus since 1996, Wheatcroft has continued to write and be published since his retirement. Wheatcroft's significant writings include the play \"Ofoti\", which was produced for NET Playhouse (now PBS) in 1966 starring René Auberjonois, and made into a film, The Boy Who Loved Trolls, in 1984. He wrote \"Catherine, Her Book\", creating diary entries of Catherine Earnshaw from \"Wuthering Heights\", which is cited in Patsy Stoneman's \"Brontë Transformations\", and Christopher Heywood's version of \"Wuthering Heights\". He is mentioned in the 1986 edition of Curt", "title": "John Wheatcroft" }, { "docid": "668103", "text": "him in his father's affections and becomes bitterly jealous. Catherine and Heathcliff become friends and spend hours each day playing on the moors. They grow close. Hindley is sent to university/college. Three years later Earnshaw dies, and Hindley becomes the landowner; he is now master of Wuthering Heights. He returns to live there with his new wife, Frances. He allows Heathcliff to stay, but only as a servant, and regularly mistreats him. A few months after Hindley's return, Heathcliff and Catherine walk to Thrushcross Grange to spy on Edgar and Isabella Linton, who live there. After being discovered, they try", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "10627040", "text": "Catherine Earnshaw Cathy Earnshaw is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the novel \"Wuthering Heights\" written by Emily Brontë. Cathy Earnshaw is the younger sibling of Hindley, and is born and raised at Wuthering Heights. She becomes the foster sister of the orphan, Heathcliff, at the age of six, and the two become close companions. They are separated when Hindley becomes jealous of his father's affection towards Heathcliff and reduces him to servant-boy status after the death of Mr Earnshaw, who took Heathcliff in as a Liverpool foundling. Cathy and Heathcliff's strong characters do not part them; rather,", "title": "Catherine Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "12804321", "text": "Wuthering Heights (2009 TV serial) Wuthering Heights is a two-part British ITV television series adaptation of the novel \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë. The episodes were adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc. The programme stars Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley in the roles of the famous lovers Heathcliff and Catherine or 'Cathy' Earnshaw. The series was first broadcast in January 2009 in the US, as part of PBS's Masterpiece Classic programming. It eventually aired in the UK in two separate 90-minute instalments on consecutive nights, on 30 and 31 August 2009. It was broadcast", "title": "Wuthering Heights (2009 TV serial)" }, { "docid": "5884298", "text": "18, within a few hours late at night on 5 March 1977. She was inspired after seeing the 1967 BBC adaptation of the 1847 novel \"Wuthering Heights\". She then read the book and discovered that she shared her birthday with author Emily Brontë. \"Wuthering Heights\" is sung from the perspective of the \"Wuthering Heights\" character Catherine Earnshaw, pleading at Heathcliff's window to be allowed in. It quotes Catherine's dialogue, including the chorus lyric \"Let me in! I'm so cold!\" and \"bad dreams in the night\". Critic Simon Reynolds described it as \"Gothic romance distilled into four-and-a-half minutes of gaseous rhapsody\".", "title": "Wuthering Heights (song)" }, { "docid": "668104", "text": "to run away, but are caught. Catherine is injured by the Lintons' dog and taken into the house to recuperate, while Heathcliff is sent home. Catherine stays with the Lintons. The Lintons are landed gentry, and Catherine is influenced by their elegant appearance and genteel manners. When she returns to Wuthering Heights, her appearance and manners are more ladylike, and she laughs at Heathcliff's unkempt appearance. The next day, knowing that the Lintons are to visit, Heathcliff, upon Nelly's advice, tries to dress up, in an effort to impress Catherine, but he and Edgar get into an argument, and Hindley", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "10627043", "text": "the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy. That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there, had not brought Heathcliff so low I shouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made", "title": "Catherine Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "12576145", "text": "bitter tyrant Heathcliff, they take to writing love letters to one another. It soon becomes apparent that Heathcliff's plans for their marriage form part of his endeavour for revenge on Edgar and his daughter: Catherine \"will\" marry Linton, be it willingly or not. Nelly finds the childish love letters and burns them. Linton's letters, it is implied, are so beautiful that they were most likely written by Heathcliff as a means of drawing Cathy to the Heights. The relationship sinks after Nelly's discovery, but it later emerges, to Nelly's considerable horror, that Cathy has been making more visits to Wuthering", "title": "Catherine Linton" }, { "docid": "9858375", "text": "her into a cold, distant creature, far removed from the bright, lively girl she used to be. Hareton and Catherine eventually fall in love, however, and their relationship in some ways mirrors and in others opposes that between Heathcliff and the elder Catherine. Their union breaks the cycle of hatred at \"Wuthering Heights\", and Heathcliff no longer cares to continue his vendetta. Hareton, resembling his aunt Catherine Earnshaw much in looks, creates a sense of uneasiness for Heathcliff: Brontë often implies that he has a secret regard for Hareton, and that Hareton sees Heathcliff as his true father. The novel", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668108", "text": "his time gambling with Hindley and teaching Hareton bad habits. Hindley dissipates his wealth and mortgages the farmhouse to Heathcliff to pay his debts. Heathcliff elopes with Isabella Linton. Two months after their elopement, Heathcliff and Isabella return to Wuthering Heights, where Heathcliff discovers that Catherine is dying. With Nelly's help, he visits Catherine secretly. The following day, she gives birth to a daughter, Cathy, shortly before dying. While Catherine is lying in her coffin overnight, prior to the funeral, Heathcliff returns and replaces the lock of Edgar's hair in her necklace with a lock of his own. Shortly after", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "2370782", "text": "Annie Thompson Annie Emma Thompson, Lady Thompson (née Affleck; June 26, 1842 – April 10, 1913) was the wife of Sir John Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to James Affleck, a sea captain, and Catherine Saunders. She was the eldest of eight children. She has been described by historians as a high-spirited young woman who resembled Catherine Linton in Emily Brontë's \"Wuthering Heights\". She married Thompson in 1870 in Portland, Maine. Their first child, a son, was stillborn on September 3, 1871. They had eight more children: In 1882, when John", "title": "Annie Thompson" }, { "docid": "12589602", "text": "Nelly Dean Ellen \"Nelly\" Dean is a female character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights.\" She is the main narrator for the story, and gives key eyewitness accounts as to what happens between the characters. Ellen is for the most part called \"Nelly\" by all characters. A tenant named Lockwood visits the household of Wuthering Heights at the beginning of the story, and is overcome with shock when he believes he has seen the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw at a window in one of the chambers of the Heights. Eager to know the story of Heathcliff, the master of Wuthering", "title": "Nelly Dean" }, { "docid": "15098790", "text": "Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic gothic, period drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name Announced in April 2008, Natalie Portman was originally set to star as Cathy in a new film adaptation of the novel, but she withdrew in May. In May 2008, director John Maybury cast Michael Fassbender as Heathcliff and Abbie Cornish as Cathy. However, in May 2009, Peter Webber was announced", "title": "Wuthering Heights (2011 film)" }, { "docid": "9858366", "text": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) Heathcliff is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". Owing to the novel's enduring fame and popularity, he is often regarded as an archetype of the tortured anti hero whose all-consuming rage, jealousy and anger destroy both him and those around him. He is better known for being a romantic hero due to his youthful love for Catherine Earnshaw, than for his final years of vengeance in the second half of the novel, during which he grows into a bitter, haunted man, and for a number of incidents in his early life that suggest that", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "15098796", "text": "of 100, based on 24 critics. Andrew O'Hehir of \"Salon\" placed the film at number one on his list of the top 10 best films of 2012. Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic gothic, period drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name Announced in April 2008, Natalie Portman was originally set to star as Cathy in a new film adaptation of the novel, but she", "title": "Wuthering Heights (2011 film)" }, { "docid": "11410923", "text": "Wuthering Heights (1970 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1970 film directed by Robert Fuest. It is based on the classic Emily Brontë novel of the same name. Like the 1939 version, this film depicts only the first sixteen chapters concluding with Catherine Earnshaw Linton's death and omits the trials of her daughter, Hindley's son, and Heathcliff's son. This film version differs from the book in several ways, and most of the differences involve Hindley Earnshaw. First it takes a more sympathetic look at Hindley. Usually portrayed as being a cruel oppressor of Heathcliff, in this version he is persecuted by", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "12589606", "text": "a marriage with his weak and quickly-dying son Linton. Cathy's misery at Wuthering Heights is one of the few sequences of events that Nelly does not witness for herself: She has been ordered by Heathcliff to remain at the Grange, but inveterate gossip that she is, she manages to hear of it from Zillah, the housekeeper at Wuthering Heights. Nelly continues to fight to restore peace at Wuthering Heights and, at the conclusion of the novel, is asked by Heathcliff to come back to work there. She is the one who finds Heathcliff dead in his chamber, enabling the New", "title": "Nelly Dean" }, { "docid": "11410927", "text": "House of Seven Gables\", and \"Tale of Two Cities\". Wuthering Heights (1970 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1970 film directed by Robert Fuest. It is based on the classic Emily Brontë novel of the same name. Like the 1939 version, this film depicts only the first sixteen chapters concluding with Catherine Earnshaw Linton's death and omits the trials of her daughter, Hindley's son, and Heathcliff's son. This film version differs from the book in several ways, and most of the differences involve Hindley Earnshaw. First it takes a more sympathetic look at Hindley. Usually portrayed as being a cruel oppressor", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "9858371", "text": "\"Thrushcross Grange\", and accepts his proposal of marriage; but, she insists that her true and only love is Heathcliff. She claims that she cannot marry him because it \"would degrade her\" and that the two would be beggars were such a union to take place. Nevertheless, she also declares her passion for him in such ways as \"whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same\", and the famous quote \"I \"am\" Heathcliff.\" Aware only of Catherine's decision to marry Edgar, rather than her proclamation of true love for him, a bitter Heathcliff leaves \"Wuthering Heights\" upon", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668100", "text": "Bush. In 1899, Lockwood, a wealthy young man from the South of England, who is seeking peace and recuperation, rents Thrushcross Grange in Yorkshire. He visits his landlord, Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. There Lockwood finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff, who seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house, who is in her mid-teens; and a young man, who seems to be a member of the family, yet dresses and speaks as if he is a servant. Snowed in, Lockwood is grudgingly allowed to stay and is", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "16269912", "text": "would create. For the rest of her artistic life Clarke Hall added to the \"Wuthering Heights\" drawings and etchings during periods of emotional crisis. They portrayed scenes such as the distraught Catherine crying for the absent Heathcliff and Heathcliff supporting the dying Catherine. One of her drawings of the latter scene was inscribed with the quote ‘Let me alone! If I've done wrong, I'm dying for it'. Apart from \"Wuthering Heights\", Edna's sons, Justin (b. 1905) and Denis (1910–2006) were key subjects for her art. She frequently painted them whilst they were otherwise absorbed in their own pursuits, creating tender", "title": "Edna Clarke Hall" }, { "docid": "17324913", "text": "are deeply personal, sometimes disturbing studies of the human condition. While exorcising personal demons on one level, underneath lurks the doom of modern civilization itself. While perhaps not as overtly pagan in outlook as other artists, the forces of Nature are the backbone of Ravn´s poetry. The band does not reference 19th-century literature in their lyrics to any real extent, despite the fact the band takes its name from the novel \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë, and despite the allusion in the name of their 2004 album \"Far From the Madding Crowd\" to Thomas Hardy. Wuthering Heights (band) Wuthering Heights", "title": "Wuthering Heights (band)" }, { "docid": "9858376", "text": "ends with the death of Heathcliff, who has become a broken, tormented man, haunted by the ghost of the elder Catherine, next to whom he demands to be buried. His corpse is initially found by Nelly Dean, who, peeping into his room, spots him. Heathcliff grows restless towards the very end of the novel and stops eating. Nelly Dean does not believe that he had the intention to commit suicide, but that his starvation may have been the cause of his death. He wanted to be with Cathy in eternal life. laid on his back. His eyes met mine so", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "6980344", "text": "is fully recuperated but still living at the Lintons. Edgar Linton (David Niven) has fallen in love with Cathy and soon proposes, and after Edgar takes her back to Wuthering Heights, she tells Ellen what has happened. Ellen reminds her about Heathcliff, but Cathy flippantly remarks that it would degrade her to marry him. Heathcliff overhears and leaves. Cathy realizes that Heathcliff has overheard, is overcome by guilt and runs out after him into a raging storm. Edgar finds her and nurses her back to health once again, and soon he and Cathy marry. Heathcliff was thought to have disappeared", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)" }, { "docid": "15066755", "text": "Wuthering Heights (1978 TV serial) Wuthering Heights is a 1978 British film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\", starring Ken Hutchison, Kay Adshead, Pat Heywood, and John Duttine, originally broadcast on BBC Two as a 5-part mini-series, beginning 24 September 1978. Location filming took place on the Yorkshire Moors. This BBC version is regarded as being the one most faithful to the original novel because it does not end with Cathy's death but continues into the next generation, with Heathcliff seeking revenge against those he felt had wronged him. Allmovie wrote, \"Irish playwright Hugh Leonard handles the adaptation, deftly", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1978 TV serial)" }, { "docid": "12804327", "text": "of making even careworn middle-aged women rend their garments, tear their hair and head for the moors\". She did, however, note a dip in quality in the concluding episode, noting that \"even the young Tom Hardy couldn't quite stop the second half from being a bit, like, Wuthever\". Wuthering Heights (2009 TV serial) Wuthering Heights is a two-part British ITV television series adaptation of the novel \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë. The episodes were adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc. The programme stars Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley in the roles of the famous", "title": "Wuthering Heights (2009 TV serial)" }, { "docid": "668114", "text": "Edgar, and Heathcliff and pauses to contemplate the quiet of the moors. Ellen Moers, in \"Literary Women\", developed a feminist theory that connects women writers, including Emily Brontë, with the gothic fiction. Catherine Earnshaw has been identified by some critics as a type of gothic demon, because she \"shape-shifts\" in order to marry Edgar Linton, by assuming a domesticity, which is contrary to her true nature. It has also been suggested that Catherine's relationship with Heathcliff conforms to the \"dynamics of the Gothic romance, in that the woman falls prey to the more or less demonic instincts of her lover,", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12576248", "text": "and bemoaned him with that strong grief which springs naturally from a generous heart, though it be tough as tempered steel. At the close of \"Wuthering Heights\", Cathy and Hareton plan to live in Thrushcross Grange and marry on New Year's Day, adding a sense of the happy ending to an otherwise dark story. Hareton is a broad-shouldered, strong man, with dark hair. Isabella Linton says that he has \"a look of Catherine [Earnshaw] in his eyes\", and indeed he and Cathy Linton both have the dark brown \"Earnshaw eyes\". He seems to carry Heathcliff's spirit, and the two have", "title": "Hareton Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "9858372", "text": "overhearing her saying that it would degrade her and while away, by means unknown, makes his fortune. Nelly Dean describes him as \"lazy\" when he returns and that his \"upright carriage suggested his being in the army\". No other hints are given about where Heathcliff was and how he made his fortune over the course of his three-year absence. On returning, he is ruthlessly determined to destroy those who degraded him and prevented him from being with Catherine, cementing his status as an anti-hero, rather than a romantic hero. Not only does he swindle Hindley, who has fallen into alcoholism", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "13232202", "text": "weather outside. After being ushered by a servant into a small room, and instructed not to let Heathcliff know that he is in it, Lockwood picks up a book in which he finds scrawled the names \"Catherine Earnshaw\" and \"Catherine Linton\" repeatedly. Shortly afterwards he has either a spectral visitation or a nightmare, in which a ghostly female tries to force her way in through his window, clutching at his arm as she does so. Lockwood relates, The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a", "title": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "12072984", "text": "is about to be wed to a \"well-intentioned man,\" yet she does not love him, and is still infatuated with a former love (portrayed by Lukas Haas) who watches the ceremony. The video was inspired by Emily Brontë's famous novel \"Wuthering Heights\", reflecting Catherine Earnshaw and her torment over marrying Edgar Linton (the \"well-intentioned man\") when she loves Heathcliff. The band are occasionally shown sitting in what seems to be a dressing room with a grassy floor, with all four members mouthing the lyrics to the song. For promotion, the video was available for remixing on MTV's online video mixer.", "title": "Cath..." }, { "docid": "12589603", "text": "Heights, Lockwood returns to Thrushcross Grange, his temporary residence, where he asks Nelly, the housekeeper, to divulge all that she knows. Nelly's mother was a servant at Wuthering Heights, and helped raise Hindley Earnshaw; Nelly was thus a foster sister and servant to Hindley and his sister Catherine Earnshaw. Nelly is the same age as Hindley, about six years older than Cathy. After an orphan boy named Heathcliff is brought to live at Wuthering Heights, Nelly is witness to much of the Earnshaw family's misfortune, the affection that Mr. Earnshaw has for Heathcliff (which leads to Hindley's bitter jealousy) and,", "title": "Nelly Dean" }, { "docid": "9858374", "text": "After Catherine Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff's vindictive cruelty intensifies, aimed at destroying not only his enemies but also their heirs — Hareton, son of Hindley and Frances Earnshaw, and Catherine, daughter of Edgar Linton and Catherine the elder. Heathcliff forces his sickly son, Linton, who entirely resembles his mother, Isabella, into marriage with Catherine Linton, daughter of Cathy and Edgar, in a bid to gain control of \"Thrushcross Grange\". Shortly after the two are married in their nearly loveless match, the insipid Linton dies, hardly a surprise to either his father or his widow. Heathcliff treats Catherine with relative mercy, turning", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "6980356", "text": "leave the theatre depressed.\" John Mosher of \"The New Yorker\" wrote, \"No screen version of 'Wuthering Heights' could ever touch the heart so closely, I am sure, as does a reading of the printed page; yet the Goldwyn production approximates the quality of the fierce, tempestuous story with a force one might never have expected ... Seldom has the tone of a great novel been so faithfully reproduced by the movie people.\" \"Wuthering Heights\" placed fourth on \"Film Daily\"'s year-end nationwide poll of 542 critics naming the best films of 1939. American Film Institute included the film as #73 in", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)" }, { "docid": "12804034", "text": "& Mr Norrell\". In 2010, she was engaged to English actor Tom HardyRiley and Hardy worked together on \"Wuthering Heights\" and \"The Take\" and they married in July 2014. In October 2015, their first child was born. She is stepmother to Hardy's son from a previous relationship. Charlotte Riley Charlotte Louise Riley (born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in \"Easy Virtue\", Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of \"Wuthering Heights\" and in the lead role as Holly Evans in BBC One's six-part drama Press. Riley was born in Grindon, County", "title": "Charlotte Riley" }, { "docid": "668115", "text": "suffers from the violence of his feelings, and at the end is entangled by his thwarted passion\". At one stage Heathcliff is described as a vampire, and it has been suggested that both he and Catherine are in fact meant to be seen as vampire like personalities. The original text, as published by Thomas Cautley Newby in 1847, is available online in two parts. The novel was first published together with Anne Brontë's \"Agnes Grey\" in a three-volume format: \"Wuthering Heights\" occupied the first two volumes, while \"Agnes Grey\" made up the third. In 1850, when a second edition of", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12576349", "text": "them both into their tormenting marriage. Isabella Linton Isabella Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". She is the sister of Edgar Linton and the wife of Heathcliff. Isabella Linton was raised in the safe, elegant environment of Thrushcross Grange with her brother, Edgar. When Catherine Earnshaw of Wuthering Heights suffers an accident while intruding on the Grange, the Lintons take her in and transform her into a lady in five weeks and return with no sign of mischief being a part of her. When Heathcliff returns to the neighbourhood to exact revenge on the Lintons", "title": "Isabella Linton" }, { "docid": "12576341", "text": "Isabella Linton Isabella Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". She is the sister of Edgar Linton and the wife of Heathcliff. Isabella Linton was raised in the safe, elegant environment of Thrushcross Grange with her brother, Edgar. When Catherine Earnshaw of Wuthering Heights suffers an accident while intruding on the Grange, the Lintons take her in and transform her into a lady in five weeks and return with no sign of mischief being a part of her. When Heathcliff returns to the neighbourhood to exact revenge on the Lintons for Edgar's marriage to his true", "title": "Isabella Linton" }, { "docid": "13232204", "text": "the room to see what all the to-do is about, finding only a stricken Lockwood in his bed and being informed of the event, the master of Wuthering Heights bids his guest go. But Lockwood looks on disobediently as Heathcliff got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. \"Come in! come in!\" he sobbed. \"Cathy, do come. Oh, do — once more! Oh! my heart's darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!\" The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being;", "title": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "668130", "text": "earliest known film adaptation of \"Wuthering Heights\" was filmed in England in 1920 and it was directed by A. V. Bramble. It is unknown if any prints still exist. The most famous was 1939's \"Wuthering Heights\", starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and directed by William Wyler. This acclaimed adaptation, like many others, eliminated the second generation's story (young Cathy, Linton and Hareton) and is rather inaccurate as a literary adaptation. It won the 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film and was nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1967 the BBC produced", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12589610", "text": "mother, and she is shattered when he snubs her -- \"For he meant all the world to her, and her to him\". Nelly Dean Ellen \"Nelly\" Dean is a female character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights.\" She is the main narrator for the story, and gives key eyewitness accounts as to what happens between the characters. Ellen is for the most part called \"Nelly\" by all characters. A tenant named Lockwood visits the household of Wuthering Heights at the beginning of the story, and is overcome with shock when he believes he has seen the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw", "title": "Nelly Dean" }, { "docid": "668117", "text": "some of the changes Charlotte made. There are several theories about which real building or buildings (if any) may have inspired Wuthering Heights. One common candidate is Top Withens, a ruined farmhouse in an isolated area near the Haworth Parsonage, although its structure does not match that of the farmhouse described in the novel. Top Withens was first suggested as the model by Ellen Nussey, a friend of Charlotte Brontë, to Edward Morison Wimperis, an artist who was commissioned to illustrate the Brontë sisters' novels in 1872. The second possibility is High Sunderland Hall, near Halifax, now demolished. This Gothic", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "9422863", "text": "rights to the simple title \"Wuthering Heights\" due to the copyright on their 1939 film version of the novel. The film stars Ralph Fiennes as the tortured Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as the free-spirited Catherine Earnshaw, in a precursor to their later, successful collaboration on \"The English Patient\". The role of Heathcliff opened up doors for Ralph Fiennes to play Amon Goeth in \"Schindler's List\". American director Steven Spielberg claimed he liked Fiennes for Goeth because of his \"dark sexuality.\" The film received mostly negative reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of", "title": "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668098", "text": "Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym \"Ellis Bell\". It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. \"Wuthering Heights\" and Anne Brontë's \"Agnes Grey\" were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel \"Jane Eyre\". After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of \"Wuthering Heights\" and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Although \"Wuthering Heights\" is now a classic of English literature, contemporary reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668141", "text": "author Hilary Scharper's ecogothic novel \"Perdita\" (2013) was deeply influenced by \"Wuthering Heights,\" namely in terms of the narrative role of powerful, cruel and desolate landscapes.<ref>Bob Douglas, \"The Eco-Gothic: Hilary Scharper's Perdita\", \"Critics at Large\", 19 Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym \"Ellis Bell\". It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. \"Wuthering Heights\" and Anne Brontë's \"Agnes Grey\" were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel \"Jane Eyre\". After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of \"Wuthering Heights\" and arranged for the edited", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "9349246", "text": "didn't understand in \"Twilight\" and \"New Moon\". She said that \"every aspect of the novel revolves around this point, every back story, every relationship, every moment of action.\" According to Meyer, the book was inspired and influenced by \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë, although she does not like the book. She said that characters of the book fascinate her and she enjoys reading certain parts, but does not enjoy the book as a whole because she finds it very depressing—an opinion expressed by Edward in \"Eclipse\". When comparing Edward and Jacob to Heathcliff and Edgar Linton of \"Wuthering Heights\", she", "title": "Eclipse (Meyer novel)" }, { "docid": "668101", "text": "shown to a bedchamber, where he notices books and graffiti left by a former inhabitant named Catherine. He falls asleep and has a nightmare, in which he sees the ghostly Catherine trying to enter through the window. He cries out in fear, rousing Heathcliff, who rushes into the room. Lockwood is convinced that what he saw was real. Heathcliff, believing Lockwood to be right, examines the window and opens it, hoping to allow Catherine's spirit to enter. When nothing happens, Heathcliff shows Lockwood to his own bedroom and returns to keep watch at the window. At sunrise, Heathcliff escorts Lockwood", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "10627042", "text": "is visible on her return to the Heights at Christmas time. Heathcliff, although hurt by this, remains devoted to her, forming one part of a love triangle that includes Edgar Linton, who quickly becomes Heathcliff's despised rival. Cathy's most famous speech in the novel is a memorable declaration of her feelings for Heathcliff and Linton to Nelly Dean, the housekeeper of Wuthering Heights and the novel's main narrator: Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into", "title": "Catherine Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "8444955", "text": "Spring 2015. His plays Ghostdancing, an adaptation of the French Novel Thérèse Raquin and adaptation of Wuthering Heights have been published by Methuen. The Wuthering Heights adaptation is on the reading list for Royal Holloway University's Drama department. In 2010 Verma conceived the idea of FAITHSHORTS, a global film competition to inspire young people to make short films about their Faith. This was developed and produced by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and is an annual event. Faith Shorts is an annual global short film competition launched by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation to provide young people with the opportunity", "title": "Deepak Verma" }, { "docid": "19792339", "text": "comes to visit he is enamoured of her and the two sleep together resulting in Anna becoming pregnant. Knowing that, because he is white, the rancher's son will never marry her she leaves again. She goes to Grasse where the Reubens take in \"wayward girls\" until they can have their children and give them up for adoption. The Reubens have two children, Glady Joe and Hy. Glady Joe tries to befriend Anna and eventually succeeds, reading her \"Wuthering Heights\" and \"Jane Eyre\", which Anna enjoys, and other works by white authors like Henry Miller and Leo Tolstoy which Anna does", "title": "How to Make an American Quilt (novel)" }, { "docid": "13232278", "text": "Wuthering Heights is provided by Mr Lockwood, a tenant at the Grange and one of the two primary narrators: Many Gothic houses and manors have claimed or had claimed for them the title of Brontë's inspiration in creating the Heights. The most well-known of these is Top Withens, a local Elizabethan farmhouse which Brontë's biographer Winifred Gérin seems to favour primarily because of its name: the word \"Top\" suggests \"Heights\", while \"Withens\" sounds very much like \"Wuthering\". Wuthering Heights (fictional location) Wuthering Heights is a fictional location in Emily Brontë's novel of the same name. A dark and unsightly place,", "title": "Wuthering Heights (fictional location)" }, { "docid": "668139", "text": "corpse and dancing with it in the cold moonlight\". The song \"Cath\" by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie was inspired by \"Wuthering Heights\". The poem \"Wuthering\" (2017) by Tanya Grae uses \"Wuthering Heights\" as an allegory. Maryse Condé's \"Windward Heights\" (\"La migration des coeurs\", published in 1995; English translation published in 1998) is a reworking of \"Wuthering Heights\" set in Cuba and Guadaloupe at the turn of the 20th century, which Condé stated she intended as an homage to Brontë. Mizumura Minae's \"A True Novel\" (\"Honkaku shosetsu\", published in 2002 by Shinchosha; English translation by Juliet Winters Carpenter", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "20252976", "text": "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever is an event held at locations around the world where participants recreate the music video for musician Kate Bush's 1978 song \"Wuthering Heights.\" The event's inspiration was a 2013 event by a group called Shambush! held in Brighton, United Kingdom which attempted to set an unofficial world record for the most people dressed as Kate Bush in one place, with hundreds attending. In 2016, The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever event was proposed to be held places including Adelaide, Perth, Northern Rivers, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Montreal, Atlanta, Berlin,", "title": "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever" }, { "docid": "6980357", "text": "its AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, and #15 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions. \"Wuthering Heights\" was presented on \"Philip Morris Playhouse\" on October 17, 1941. The adaptation starred Raymond Massey and Sylvia Sidney. It was also presented on \"Screen Guild Players\" on February 25, 1946. That adaptation starred Merle Oberon, Cornell Wilde and Reed Hadley. Streaming audio Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American drama romance film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)" }, { "docid": "13232277", "text": "Wuthering Heights (fictional location) Wuthering Heights is a fictional location in Emily Brontë's novel of the same name. A dark and unsightly place, it is the focus of much of the hateful turmoil for which the novel is renowned. It is most commonly associated with Heathcliff, the novel's primary male protagonist, who, through his devious machinations, eventually comes into ownership both of it and of Thrushcross Grange. Although the latter is by most accounts a far happier place, Heathcliff chooses to remain in the gloom of the Heights, a home far more amenable to his character. The first description of", "title": "Wuthering Heights (fictional location)" }, { "docid": "668105", "text": "humiliates Heathcliff by locking him in the attic. Catherine tries to comfort Heathcliff, but he vows revenge on Hindley. The following year, Frances Earnshaw gives birth to a son, named Hareton, but she dies a few months later. Hindley descends into drunkenness. Two more years pass, and Catherine and Edgar Linton become friends, while she becomes more distant from Heathcliff. Edgar visits Catherine while Hindley is away, and they declare themselves lovers soon afterwards. Catherine confesses to Nelly that Edgar has proposed marriage and she has accepted, although her love for Edgar is not comparable to her love for Heathcliff,", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "19527351", "text": "Wuthering Heights (1959 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1959 Australian TV play adapted from the novel \"Wuthering Heights\". It was directed by Alan Burke and based on a script by Nigel Kneale. The story was mostly filmed live, but some segments were pre-recorded around Sydney. Lew Luton was a DJ and presenter of teen shows at the time. It was one of three plays that Alan Burke directed that year. He said they all received \"tiny ratings\" and that \"Wuthering Heights\" \"was too large for our television conditions, and things went wrong.\" The reviewer for \"The Age\" said the play", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1959 film)" }, { "docid": "13232205", "text": "but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Lockwood (Wuthering Heights) Mr. Lockwood is one of three narrators in Emily Brontë's \"Wuthering Heights\", the others being Nelly Dean and Isabella, if one so chooses to include her letter. He is an effete English gentleman who arrives on the Yorkshire moors for a retreat from city life, and spends most of his recorded time there listening to Nelly's biography of Heathcliff, the landlord in whose affairs he has taken a peculiar interest: Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and", "title": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "11688546", "text": "Ponden Hall Ponden Hall is a farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire, England. It is famous for reputedly being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange, the home of the Linton family, Edgar, Isabella, and Cathy, in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". However, it does not match the description given in the novel and is closer in size and appearance to the farmhouse of Wuthering Heights itself. The Brontë biographer Winifred Gerin believed that Ponden Hall was the original of Wildfell Hall, the old mansion where Helen Graham, the protagonist of Anne Brontë's \"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall\", fled from her husband.", "title": "Ponden Hall" }, { "docid": "668119", "text": "the Duke of Devonshire) is over two miles (3.2 km) long but, as the house sits near the middle, it is no more than a mile and a half (2.4 km) from the lodge to the house. Considering that Edgar Linton apparently does not even have a title, this seems unlikely. There is no building close to Haworth that has a park anywhere near this size, but there are a few houses that might have inspired some elements. Shibden Hall has several features that match descriptions in the novel. Early reviews of \"Wuthering Heights\" were mixed in their assessment. Whilst", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668118", "text": "edifice was located near Law Hill, where Emily worked briefly as a governess in 1838. While it was perhaps grander than Wuthering Heights, the hall had grotesque embellishments of griffins and misshapen nude males similar to those described by Lockwood in Chapter 1 of the novel. The inspiration for Thrushcross Grange has long been traced to Ponden Hall, near Haworth, which is very small. Shibden Hall, near Halifax, is perhaps more likely. The Thrushcross Grange that Emily describes is rather unusual. It sits within an enormous park, as does Shibden Hall. By comparison, the park at Chatsworth (the home of", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "668126", "text": "Magazine\" wrote \"Wuthering Heights, by Ellis Bell, is a terrific story, associated with an equally fearful and repulsive spot ... Our novel reading experience does not enable us to refer to anything to be compared with the personages we are introduced to at this desolate spot – a perfect misanthropist's heaven.\" \"Tait's Edinburgh Magazine\" wrote \"This novel contains undoubtedly powerful writing, and yet it seems to be thrown away. Mr. Ellis Bell, before constructing the novel, should have known that forced marriages, under threats and in confinement are illegal, and parties instrumental thereto can be punished. And second, that wills", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "12576244", "text": "Hindley and gains control of Wuthering Heights. Hindley dies shortly after the decease of Catherine Earnshaw, and Heathcliff sets out to treat Hareton as cruelly and unjustly as Hindley treated him: he reduces Hareton to servant-boy status at the Heights. Nevertheless, Heathcliff's impulsive paternal instincts towards Hareton are revealed when, during one fraught episode in which Hindley's alcoholism takes him too far, he saves the infant from a potentially fatal fall from the top of the Heights' staircase. Because of the dark, savage environment in which he grows up, the boy becomes an ignorant, dirty and uneducated man, unable to", "title": "Hareton Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "13232197", "text": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights) Mr. Lockwood is one of three narrators in Emily Brontë's \"Wuthering Heights\", the others being Nelly Dean and Isabella, if one so chooses to include her letter. He is an effete English gentleman who arrives on the Yorkshire moors for a retreat from city life, and spends most of his recorded time there listening to Nelly's biography of Heathcliff, the landlord in whose affairs he has taken a peculiar interest: Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman, that", "title": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "10030023", "text": "and dark atmosphere of the film. Jose Luis Alcaine's cinematography is dark and cold. The camera has a fondness for darkened bedrooms intense two- shots winter light according to the dark plot line. Some elements of Intruso resemble Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". Luisa assertion that she loves Ángel like a part of herself is similar to Catherine Earnshaw's close self-identification with Heathcliff in the novel. Luisa's love for Ángel and Ramiro also resembles Catherine Earnshaw's split interest between Edgar Linton and Heathcliff. Luisa like Catherine has chosen the placid commodity of a quiet life with Edgar (Ramiro ) over", "title": "Intruder (1993 film)" }, { "docid": "11688549", "text": "Bendigo Benevolent Asylum in Victoria, Australia, on 12 February 1901. The house is a Grade II* listed building and was converted in 2014 into an award winning bed-and-breakfast establishment. Ponden Hall Ponden Hall is a farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire, England. It is famous for reputedly being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange, the home of the Linton family, Edgar, Isabella, and Cathy, in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". However, it does not match the description given in the novel and is closer in size and appearance to the farmhouse of Wuthering Heights itself. The Brontë biographer Winifred Gerin believed", "title": "Ponden Hall" }, { "docid": "6980339", "text": "1940 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work. Nominated for original score (but losing to \"The Wizard of Oz\") was the prolific film composer, Alfred Newman, whose poignant \"Cathy's Theme\" does so much \"to maintain its life as a masterpiece of romantic filmmaking.\" It was largely filmed in Thousand Oaks, California, with scenes shot in Wildwood Regional Park and at the current site of California Lutheran University. In 2007, \"Wuthering Heights\" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)" }, { "docid": "668140", "text": "published by Other Press in 2013) is inspired by \"Wuthering Heights\" and might be called an adaptation of the story in a post-World War II Japanese setting. In Jane Urquhart's \"Changing Heaven\", the novel \"Wuthering Heights\", as well as the ghost of Emily Brontë, feature as prominent roles in the narrative. The song \"Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)\" by the band Marillion includes the line \"Like the girl in the novel in the wind on the moors\". The song \"Emily\" by folk artist Billie Marten is written from Brontë's perspective. Marten wrote the song while studying \"Wuthering Heights\". Canadian", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "9858385", "text": "if I were Heathcliff, it's no myth\". The opening track to the UK melodic hard rock band Ten's eleventh studio album \"Albion\", \"Alone in the Dark\", is based on Heathcliff's internal struggles as depicted in \"Wuthering Heights\". In season one of \"Sword Art Online\", the main antagonist's system name is \"Heathcliff.\" This name is appropriate because his obsession with his work lead him to do terrible things. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) Heathcliff is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". Owing to the novel's enduring fame and popularity, he is often regarded as an archetype of the tortured anti", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "9858380", "text": "their souls were at peace. The novel closes with Lockwood wandering past their graves and wondering \"how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.\" As Charlotte Brontë, Emily's older sister, wrote, \"Heathcliff, in deed, stands unredeemed\", which adds to the uncertainty over whether he not only repented for his sins but was actually a real human being after all; since Lockwood's vision of Catherine at the window was preceded by a dream of a fire-and-brimstone sermon in a church, it is possible that both Heathcliff and Catherine are damned; Catherine herself expresses doubt", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "9858381", "text": "as to whether she could ever be admitted into Heaven. The uncertain fate of Heathcliff's soul, combined with the mystery that Heathcliff's character leaves behind, ends the novel in a mesmerizing, eerie way, justifying Heathcliff's enduring status as an iconic anti-hero of literature. In 1939, Laurence Olivier portrayed Heathcliff in \"Wuthering Heights\", directed by William Wyler. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance. In 1970, Timothy Dalton portrayed Heathcliff in \"Wuthering Heights\", directed by Robert Fuest. Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of Heathcliff in 1992's \"Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights\" marked the second film adaptation to attempt to involve", "title": "Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)" }, { "docid": "9422864", "text": "25% based on 8 reviews, with a rating average of 4.5 out of 10. Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel \"Wuthering Heights\" directed by Peter Kosminsky. This was Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the oft-omitted second generation story of the children of Cathy, Hindley, and Heathcliff. The movie revolves around the lives of the Earnshaws and the Lintons. It portrays the role of suffering, revenge, and unrequited love in society. Paramount Pictures was forced to use the author's name in the", "title": "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "9422862", "text": "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel \"Wuthering Heights\" directed by Peter Kosminsky. This was Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the oft-omitted second generation story of the children of Cathy, Hindley, and Heathcliff. The movie revolves around the lives of the Earnshaws and the Lintons. It portrays the role of suffering, revenge, and unrequited love in society. Paramount Pictures was forced to use the author's name in the title of the film as Samuel Goldwyn Studio (later sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) owned the", "title": "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "8794428", "text": "very positive critical attention. It has since been transferred to CD (Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2050). A live performance by the Orchestre National de Montpellier under Alain Altinoglu, with Daniel Boaz and Laura Aikin (Festival de Radio-France-Monpellier, July 2010) was released in October 2011 by the French label Accord/Universal. The 3-CD set received the Diapason d'Or-Découverte and the Diamand award from French magazines \"Diapason\" and \"Opéra\". \"Wuthering Heights\" quotes various themes from Herrmann's earlier film scores: Some themes from the opera were used in Herrmann's later scores: Wuthering Heights (1951 opera) Wuthering Heights is the sole opera written by Bernard Herrmann. He", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1951 opera)" }, { "docid": "6980338", "text": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American drama romance film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, \"Wuthering Heights\" by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston. The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actor in what many consider Hollywood's greatest single year. The", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1939 film)" }, { "docid": "19527353", "text": "been daemonic, and in general failed to reconcile his desire to work like a twentieth century actor.\" Other actors were praised, and Alan Burke's direction was called \"carefully smooth; but there were moments when the spirit of the production was closer to Stella Gibbons than to Emily Bronte.\" Wuthering Heights (1959 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1959 Australian TV play adapted from the novel \"Wuthering Heights\". It was directed by Alan Burke and based on a script by Nigel Kneale. The story was mostly filmed live, but some segments were pre-recorded around Sydney. Lew Luton was a DJ and presenter", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1959 film)" }, { "docid": "15066756", "text": "juggling the many characters and subplots without the slightest sense of strain\"; and the BFI described the adaptation as \"embracing the hysteria and savagery of its source novel.\" However in a contemporary review Clive James called it \"[t]he latest but not the best of the Beeb's long line of classic serials\", and \"the blithering pits\". Wuthering Heights (1978 TV serial) Wuthering Heights is a 1978 British film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\", starring Ken Hutchison, Kay Adshead, Pat Heywood, and John Duttine, originally broadcast on BBC Two as a 5-part mini-series, beginning 24 September 1978. Location filming took", "title": "Wuthering Heights (1978 TV serial)" }, { "docid": "20252977", "text": "Uppsala, Wellington, Hobart and Amsterdam with Shambush! who inspired the event hosting an event in London. Some of that year's The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever events were held in Saint Anne's Park, Dublin, Glebe Park, Canberra and Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy, Melbourne. 2018 Bunbury - practice sessions held Bunbury Dance Studio - Gold Coin donations for Soup Van 2018 Newcastle NSW. Held in King Edward Park under the pines since 2016. Hundreds were expected to attend. 2018 Austin, TX USA. Held in Zilker Park; first ever event in Austin. 2018 Brussels, Belgium - first ever. The Most Wuthering", "title": "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever" }, { "docid": "12575903", "text": "Edgar Linton Edgar Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's novel \"Wuthering Heights\". His role in the story is that of Catherine Earnshaw's husband. He resides at Thrushcross Grange and falls prey to Heathcliff's schemes for revenge against his family. Edgar is the father of his and Catherine's daughter, Catherine Linton, and the brother of Isabella Linton. He is the foil of Heathcliff as a character, as shown by his tender, kind, loving, gentle, and weak personality as opposed to Heathcliff's savage, tyrannical nature. Edgar Linton is regarded as the complete opposite of Heathcliff. Edgar has fair hair, pale", "title": "Edgar Linton" }, { "docid": "10627051", "text": "— but as my own being — so, don't talk of our separation again — it is impracticable. — and the famous ghostly utterance, \"Let me in your window - I'm so cold!\", was later used by Kate Bush in her 1978 hit \"Wuthering Heights\". The entertainment world, indeed, has been so intrigued by the love between Catherine and Heathcliff that many film adaptations of the novel, particularly the 1939 version with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, cover only half of the story, ending with Catherine's death rather than the lives of the younger Cathy, Hareton, and Linton Heathcliff. Thematically,", "title": "Catherine Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "668111", "text": "Nelly finds out about the letters. The following year, Edgar becomes very ill and takes a turn for the worse while Nelly and Cathy are out on the moors, where Heathcliff and Linton trick them into entering Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff keeps them captive to enable the marriage of Cathy and Linton to take place. After five days, Nelly is released, and later, with Linton's help, Cathy escapes. She returns to the Grange to see her father shortly before he dies. Now master of both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, Cathy's father-in-law, Heathcliff, insists on her returning to live at Wuthering", "title": "Wuthering Heights" }, { "docid": "4208845", "text": "Phyllis Curtin Phyllis Curtin (née Smith; December 3, 1921 – June 5, 2016) was an American classical soprano who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s. She was known for her creation of new roles such as the title role in the Carlisle Floyd opera \"Susannah\", Catherine Earnshaw in Floyd's \"Wuthering Heights\", and in other works by this composer. She was a dedicated song recitalist and retired from singing in 1984. She was named Boston University's Dean Emerita, College of Fine Arts in 1991. Born Phyllis Smith in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Curtin", "title": "Phyllis Curtin" }, { "docid": "4208857", "text": "Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf at Tanglewood was the work's American premiere. Phyllis Curtin Phyllis Curtin (née Smith; December 3, 1921 – June 5, 2016) was an American classical soprano who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s. She was known for her creation of new roles such as the title role in the Carlisle Floyd opera \"Susannah\", Catherine Earnshaw in Floyd's \"Wuthering Heights\", and in other works by this composer. She was a dedicated song recitalist and retired from singing in 1984. She was named Boston University's Dean Emerita, College", "title": "Phyllis Curtin" }, { "docid": "13232203", "text": "most melancholy voice sobbed, \"Let me in — let me in!\" \"Who are you?\" I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself. \"Catherine Linton,\" it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of LINTON? I had read EARNSHAW twenty times for Linton). \"I'm come home: I'd lost my way on the moor!\" As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child's face looking through the window. This is the first of many supernatural occurrences in the novel, although Lockwood, despite being unable to recollect the incident, writes it off as a bad dream. This, again, is in polar opposition to Heathcliff: after entering", "title": "Lockwood (Wuthering Heights)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "384835", "text": "Spider-Man Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book \"Amazing Fantasy\" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane", "title": "Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "5312929", "text": "Spider-Man in video games There are numerous video games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man that have been released. To date, Spider-Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms, which also includes mobile games on mobile phones. The Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in \"Amazing Fantasy\" #15 (August 1962). By the late 1970s, Spider-Man had become a successful franchise. At this time the fictional character had already featured in the animated series \"Spider-Man\", a segment on the children's television series \"The Electric Company\" (called \"Spidey Super Stories\"), and", "title": "Spider-Man in video games" } ]

[ { "docid": "5989138", "text": "Enforcers (comics) The Enforcers are a fictional team of villains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, the team's first appearance was in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #10 (March 1964). The Enforcers appear often in the early issues of \"The Amazing Spider-Man\", debuting in #10, and returning in #14 and #18–19, in the latter two issues teaming with the supervillain Sandman. The team would go on to appear in \"Daredevil\" #356–357, and \"Dazzler\" #7–8, and fight Spider-Man again in \"Marvel Team-Up\" #39–40 and #138, \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\" #19–20,", "title": "Enforcers (comics)" }, { "docid": "20684359", "text": "Screwball (comics) Screwball is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The world's first \"live streaming super-villain\", she commits crimes to get more hits on her web page and is an enemy of Spider-Man. Screwball first appears in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #559 and was created by Dan Slott and Marcos Martín. Not much is known about Screwball's past. Screwball would commit crimes while a film crew filmed her so that she can get more hits on her videos by having Spider-Man appear on it. She first encountered Spider-Man while he was tracing the \"Spider-Tracer Killer.\" Screwball", "title": "Screwball (comics)" }, { "docid": "20684356", "text": "Screwball (comics) Screwball is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The world's first \"live streaming super-villain\", she commits crimes to get more hits on her web page and is an enemy of Spider-Man. Screwball first appears in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #559 and was created by Dan Slott and Marcos Martín. Not much is known about Screwball's past. Screwball would commit crimes while a film crew filmed her so that she can get more hits on her videos by having Spider-Man appear on it. She first encountered Spider-Man while he was tracing the \"Spider-Tracer Killer.\" Screwball", "title": "Screwball (comics)" }, { "docid": "6486657", "text": "Spider-Man (2002 video game) Spider-Man (also known as Spider-Man: The Movie) is a 2002 action-adventure video game based upon the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and is also loosely based on the film \"Spider-Man\". The game was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, and released in 2002 for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. The game has many scenes and villains that did not appear in the film. It was followed by \"Spider-Man 2\" two years later to promote the release of the second film. In 2007, to promote the release of the third film, \"Spider-Man", "title": "Spider-Man (2002 video game)" }, { "docid": "10553568", "text": "Jackpot (comics) Jackpot is the codename shared by two fictional superheroes, Sara Ehret and Alana Jobson, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character have been primarily appearing in Spider-Man's stories. Jackpot's first appearance was in the Free Comic Book Day giveaway \"Spider-Man: Swing Shift\", released on May 5, 2007 and set in the storyline. The character Jackpot, first appeared in the Free Comic Book Day issue \"Spider-Man: Swing Shift\" released on May 5, 2007 and written by Dan Slott with art by Phil Jimenez. Following the character's debut, Jackpot would appear in several \"The Amazing Spider-Man\"", "title": "Jackpot (comics)" }, { "docid": "6486672", "text": "2006. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, it was the 30th highest-selling game launched for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable in that country. Spider-Man (2002 video game) Spider-Man (also known as Spider-Man: The Movie) is a 2002 action-adventure video game based upon the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and is also loosely based on the film \"Spider-Man\". The game was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, and released in 2002 for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. The game has many scenes and villains that did not appear in", "title": "Spider-Man (2002 video game)" }, { "docid": "14202294", "text": "as playing Van Adder until the character's name was revealed to be Dr. Ratha. Embeth Davidtz then replaced Nicholson. Annie Parisse was originally reported to play \"the villain's wife\", and Miles Elliot was reported to portray Billy Connors, son of Dr. Connors; but they did not appear in the final cut of the film. Webb felt a responsibility to reinvent Spider-Man. One departure from the preceding trilogy was to have Spider-Man build artificial web-shooters, as the character does in the comics. In February 2011, with the launch of the official website, the title and first official image of Garfield as", "title": "The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "20403412", "text": "featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom, which was to be produced by New Line Cinema. Dolph Lundgren was in talks to star in the film, which would feature the character Carnage as the main antagonist. The project ultimately did not move forward, and the rights to the character moved to Sony Pictures along with those for the character Spider-Man, of whom Venom is an antagonist in the comics. Eddie Brock, the alter-ego of Venom, would appear in Sony's \"Spider-Man 3\" (2007), with Topher Grace in the role. Grace was intended to only briefly appear as Brock, but became a major", "title": "Venom (2018 film)" }, { "docid": "5989148", "text": "the Brooklyn gangs. The Enforcers appear when Mayday/Spider-Girl ended up within the mind of her father, observing his first encounter with the original Green Goblin. In the alternate universe Ultimate Marvel continuity, the Enforcers were re-imagined as hit men for the Kingpin, and pitted against Spider-Man. The following changes took place: After losing three times to Spider-Man, along with unofficial member Electro, the Enforcers supposedly disbanded. Much later, they came back together to work for Hammerhead. This pitted them directly against their former employer. Enforcers (comics) The Enforcers are a fictional team of villains appearing in American comic books published", "title": "Enforcers (comics)" }, { "docid": "2171868", "text": "is apparently destroyed when he is blasted apart by several cosmic-powered heroes while fighting (and eating) Galactus. The Connors family appear in the first story of the \"Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man\" series, set in the MC2 universe. Mary Jane comforts a distraught Martha when Curt goes missing again, whilst Peter, now a parent to his infant daughter May (\"Mayday\"), is more hesitant than before to become Spider-Man. He is eventually encouraged by his wife to track down and prevent the Lizard's latest rampage. On Earth-65 where Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman after being bitten by the spider, Peter Parker attempts to", "title": "Lizard (comics)" }, { "docid": "337017", "text": "he was about five years old, reading copies of Harvey Comics' \"Casper\" and \"Wendy\" in a barbershop. He became interested in superheroes through the \"Adventures of Superman\" TV series. Although David's parents approved of his reading Harvey Comics and comics featuring Disney characters, they did not approve of superhero books, especially those published by Marvel Comics, feeling that characters that looked like monsters, such as the Thing or the Hulk, or who wore bug-eyed costumes, like Spider-Man, did not appear heroic. As a result, David read those comics in secret, beginning with his first Marvel book, \"Fantastic Four Annual\" #3", "title": "Peter David" }, { "docid": "6629304", "text": "(Spider-Man, for instance), as does the unlikely family background of the second. Grasshopper is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe who first appeared in the pages of the \"GLA: Misassembled\" miniseries of 2005. The character was created by Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier. He was a member of the Great Lakes Avengers for 5.8 seconds. Although first appearing when he joined in a fourth wall breaking out-of-continuity prequel presented by Squirrel Girl, he did not appear in continuity until the next issue. It is revealed that Grasshopper is in fact Doug Taggert, an employee of Roxxon Oil who", "title": "Grasshopper (comics)" }, { "docid": "532828", "text": "in Peter's aunt's home with her and a pet dog, Ms. Lion (adopted from Firestar), a Lhasa Apso. Together, the superheroes battle various supervillains. Some stories featured team-ups with other characters from the Marvel Universe, including Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Sunfire, and the mid-1970s X-Men. A number of characters in the series were original characters that did not appear in the comics prior to the premiere of the series: One of the series' main characters, Firestar was created specifically for this series when the Human Torch was unavailable (due to licensing issues). The original plan was for Spider-Man to", "title": "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" }, { "docid": "20914248", "text": "\"Spider-Man 3\" are based on the film series that they are named after. Although he does not psychically appear, this version of Parker is referenced in the Marvel Comics event, \"Spider-Verse\", which featured many interpretations of the character from many different media. The main Earth-616 Spider-Man notes that, when unmasked, one of the other Spider-Men looks \"just like the guy from \"Seabiscuit\",\" a film starring Maguire released around the same time as \"Spider-Man\". Peter Parker (Spider-Man film series) Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is a film based fictional character of the comic book character of the same name; portrayed by Tobey Maguire", "title": "Peter Parker (Spider-Man film series)" }, { "docid": "8284429", "text": "Spider-Man Unlimited (comics) Spider-Man Unlimited is the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first series began in 1993 and was named in its indicia as Volume 1. It was set in the main Marvel Universe. The second series was based on the animated TV series \"Spider-Man Unlimited\", and was not set in the Marvel Universe. It's also called it Volume 2. The third series, which began in 2004, did not have a volume number listed and was also set in the main Marvel Universe. Originally announced under the title \"Spider-Man Giant Size\", the 1993 series", "title": "Spider-Man Unlimited (comics)" }, { "docid": "15652338", "text": "of \"Spider-Man Comics Weekly\", Spider-Man annuals continued to appear on a yearly basis, continuing from their 1974 debut through 1986, and then from 1990–1992, with a \"Spider-Man and Hulk Omnibus\" annual in 1983. \"Spider-Man Summer Specials\" were published from 1979–1987, and \"Winter Specials\" from 1979-1985. A \"Spider-Man Holiday Special\" was published in 1992. Marvel UK published 28 issues of a digest-sized book titled \"Spider-Man Pocket Book\" between March 1980 and July 1982. Following that title's cancellation, the early Spider-Man stories it was then reprinting continued for a few months in the pages of the short-lived Marvel UK title \"The Daredevils\".", "title": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly" }, { "docid": "20836227", "text": "was watched by Spider-UK until he cuts the scanner feed when Jennix detects it. As Spider-Man learns of the threat of the Inheritors, Daemos arrives in Eastern Europe to target Kaine Parker. Old Man Spider-Man, Spider-Man of Earth-70105, and Spider-Woman of Earth-65 appear. Daemos snaps Spider-Man of Earth-70105's spine and the others escape through a portal. The Inheritors massive dinner-table is laden with crippled Spider-Totems are waiting for Morlun as he returns carrying Spider-Totem. As Verna takes her Hounds Sable, Fireheart, and Kravinoff (Earth-001's version of Silver Sable, Puma, and Kraven the Hunter) out to hunt, Morlun is furious that", "title": "Inheritors (comics)" }, { "docid": "8284442", "text": "two stories per issue, usually by writers without a significant body of previously-published comics work. Spider-Man Unlimited (comics) Spider-Man Unlimited is the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first series began in 1993 and was named in its indicia as Volume 1. It was set in the main Marvel Universe. The second series was based on the animated TV series \"Spider-Man Unlimited\", and was not set in the Marvel Universe. It's also called it Volume 2. The third series, which began in 2004, did not have a volume number listed and was also set in", "title": "Spider-Man Unlimited (comics)" }, { "docid": "8067961", "text": "Battleworld and losing Spider-Man's body, the group encounters Deathlok, who assists them in battle against Dragon Man. After the battle, the Hood follows Kraven as the latter encounters Spider-Man, who has a gaping chest wound but is still alive. After Kraven leaves, the Hood then reveals himself and shoots Spider-Man in the knees. The Hood takes Spider-Man to the camp and forces him to reveal himself as the original Space Phantom. After battling the Space Phantom, the Hood accompanies the group into Limbo to wait for the Space Phantom to appear when he chooses his next target for impersonation. In", "title": "Hood (comics)" }, { "docid": "16433044", "text": "Spider-Men Spider-Men is a five-issue, 2012 superhero comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics, featuring Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, and Miles Morales, the second and current Ultimate Marvel version of Spider-Man, who appear together in a crossover storyline that involves the two alternate universes from which they each originate. The series is written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Sara Pichelli. It marks the first time that characters from the original Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe have crossed over since the latter debuted in 2000. While out web-swinging, Spider-Man sees a brilliant purple light from a distant", "title": "Spider-Men" }, { "docid": "9088999", "text": "first appearance as Venom in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #300 (May 1988). The Venom Symbiote's first human host was Spider-Man, who eventually separated himself from the creature in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #258 (November 1984) (with a brief rejoining in \"Web of Spider-Man\" #1, five months later), when he discovered its true nefarious nature. The Symbiote went on to merge with other hosts, most notably Eddie Brock, its second and most infamous host, with whom it first became Venom and one of Spider-Man's archenemies. Comics journalist and historian Mike Conroy writes of the character: \"What started out as a replacement costume for", "title": "Venom (Marvel Comics character)" }, { "docid": "19760492", "text": "Life Foundation The Life Foundation is a fictional survivalist group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Primarily an enemy of Spider-Man, the organization exists within Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Created by writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane, it first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" Vol. 1, #298 (March 1988). The Life Foundation was introduced in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" Vol. 1, #298-299 and went on to appear in Issues #320-321, #324, and #351-352, as well as the \"Hero Killers\" storyline that ran through \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" Vol. 1, #26, \"The Spectacular", "title": "Life Foundation" }, { "docid": "9196176", "text": "did not appear again until six years later, in \"Spider-Man\" #64. While a first year student at the University of Havana, Cecilia Cardinale becomes romantically involved with Vassily, a member of the military staff at the Soviet embassy. Soviet embassy personnel are forbidden from fraternizing with locals, and when Cecilia becomes pregnant with Vassily's child, he signs a statement saying that she is a prostitute in order to escape full punishment for his violation. She is held in a Cuban prison for several months, and becomes ill from the unsanitary conditions. She is later deported to America, where she lives", "title": "Poison (comics)" }, { "docid": "2100788", "text": "He later helps Verna and the Earth-001 versions of Hammerhead and Ox attack the Spider-Totems on Earth-8847. He is killed by Superior Spider-Man, Assassin Spider-Man, and Spider Punk. Rhino was part of the Kishi Kuri clan. Think was present when Venom usurped Kingpin. Rhino was seen battling the Shadow Clan. On Earth-65, Aleksei Sytsevich is a mercenary who was hired by Kingpin and Matt Murdock to kill George Stacy. Though he doesn't appear as Rhino, Aleksei is depicted as large, having gray skin, and sporting blue hair. He was stopped by Spider-Woman. Officer Frank Castle later interrogated him on who", "title": "Rhino (comics)" }, { "docid": "14900928", "text": "Venom (who was masquerading as Spider-Man during the time when he was a member of the Dark Avengers). After that experience, he joined up with the Redeemers alongside Dementoid, Doctor Everything, Eleven, and General Wolfram in a plan to redeem \"Spider-Man\". During the meeting of the Redeemers' allies, Hippo mentions his background as those who had their limbs eaten off by Venom are outfitted with cybernetic parts. When it came time for the Redeemers' gang to attack \"Spider-Man\", Hippo is rammed into General Wolfram when \"Spider-Man\" delivers a strong headbutt that did this. Hippo is later seen fighting New Avengers", "title": "Hippo (comics)" }, { "docid": "10903228", "text": "Comics) The Century Club The Century Club is a fictional gentleman's club in Manhattan for wealthy executives set in the Marvel Comics Universe, specifically in the Spider-Man titles. The club was first shown in Amazing Spider-Man #23 however was not referred to as The Century Club until Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #80. The Club played a major role in the Hobgoblin mystery storyline that ran through the Spider-Man titles in the 1980s. Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #23, 26<br> Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 #80 (Marvel Comics)<br> Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #249-250 (Marvel Comics)<br> Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1-3", "title": "The Century Club" }, { "docid": "15652341", "text": "(for younger readers), \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" (later \"Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men\" after a merger), and \"Spider-Man and Friends\" (for very young readers). \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\", was launched to accompany \"Spider-Man: The Animated Series\", which began broadcasting in the UK in the mid-90s. Initially, the stories were simply reprints of the US comics based on the series, but eventually the title moved to all-new UK-originated stories, marking the first Marvel UK material featuring classic Marvel characters to be produced since early 1994. Spider-Man Comics Weekly Spider-Man Comics Weekly was a Marvel UK publication which primarily published black-and-white reprints of American Marvel four-color", "title": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly" }, { "docid": "7514929", "text": "he had battled in a previous issue. Unfortunately, Weele lacks practice in using his new device and, in the heat of battle, the Big Wheel topples off a high rooftop and plunges into the Hudson River. Spider-Man tries to save him, but comes up empty-handed. He presumes Jackson Weele died when the Big Wheel vehicle sank to the bottom of the river. Big Wheel did not appear in another comic book for more than twenty years. However, the story was picked up again by writer Cristos Gage. As often happens in the comics medium, Weele survives his seemingly deadly encounter.", "title": "Big Wheel (comics)" }, { "docid": "7424309", "text": "Man-Bull Man-Bull is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Man-Bull first appeared in \"Daredevil\" #78-79 (July–August 1971), and was created by Gerry Conway and Gary Friedrich. The character subsequently appeared in \"Daredevil\" #95-96 (January–February 1973), \"Claws of the Cat\" #4 (June 1973), \"Iron Man\" #72 (January 1975), \"Daredevil\" #129 (January 1976), and \"Daredevil\" #144 (April 1977). The character did not appear again for some time, until \"The Incredible Hulk\" #341 (March 1988), and he then appeared in \"Marvel Year-in-Review '92\", \"The Amazing Spider-Man: Chaos in Calgary\" #4 (February 1993), \"Captain America\" #413", "title": "Man-Bull" }, { "docid": "9308352", "text": "When Spider-Man followed Batwing to the pier, he discovered that Batwing was just a scared kid who was stealing food to survive. Spider-Man read some of his history before Jimmy ran off right into the Councilman who secretly followed in his helicopter. Randolph did not care if Batwing was just a youngster, and he was about to kill the boy when Spider-Man webbed down his men. Batwing fled despite Spider-Man's offer to get Reed Richards or Hank Pym to help cure him. Randolph vowed to ruin Spider-Man's life before having his mouth webbed and himself being shoved into a garbage", "title": "Batwing (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "9229158", "text": "He used a \"Dazzle Gun\" (a gun that could create a dazzling light and a quick getaway) and a helium balloon in his first appearance; these also appeared in \"Spider-Man Family\" #7. In \"Sensational Spider-Man\" #8, he used weapons from Stilt-Man, the Shocker, the Unicorn, the Trapster, and the Mauler. Other weapons include a Wave-Motion gun and a \"Meteor-Powered\" gun (although this did not actually work). In \"Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane\", Mary Jane's high school counselor Mr. Limke uses the identity of the Looter. Looter (comics) The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published", "title": "Looter (comics)" }, { "docid": "2172012", "text": "Night Thrasher and Spider-Man. Shocker has had Spider-Man on the ropes on several occasions, with timely interventions often saving Spider-Man. Individuals thwarting Shocker's victories over Spider-Man include security guards, Dominic Fortune, and even a Scourge of the Underworld impostor. Shocker has also let Spider-Man go on a few occasions, the first being when he found Spider-Man incapacitated with a bout of vertigo on the outside of a tall building. He doesn't kill Spider-Man, thinking it an unworthy end, but doesn't help him either. Shocker found another moment of victory over Spider-Man when he teamed up with the Trapster. Sent by", "title": "Shocker (comics)" }, { "docid": "14288984", "text": "defeated by Silencer as his fellow gangsters looted Stewart's room and found what they are looking for. With help from Spider-Man, Elektra figures out that Scarpetti is behind the attacks. As Spider-Man prevents Elektra from killing Scarpetti, Silencer appears where he attacks Elektra with an axe. Spider-Man lept towards Silencer and suddenly went through him. When Silencer threw Spider-Man and Elektra out the window, they did events that led to them getting the audiotape. Upon tracing the information the Hayden Planetarium, Spider-Man and Elektra started looking until they ran into Silencer who was posing as a part of the black", "title": "Silencer (comics)" }, { "docid": "1912563", "text": "electrically charged villain. Spider-Man eventually used a fire hose to short-circuit Electro while wearing rubber gloves to protect himself. Electro next confronted Daredevil for the first time when trying to break into the Baxter Building. He was again defeated. Electro later joined the original Sinister Six, and was the first member of the group to fight Spider-Man, battling him at a Stark plant, when Spider-Man dodged a bolt of electricity he realized his powers had returned. Electro lost his power when the power was cut off by Spider-Man. Spider-Man got a card from him that led him to fight Kraven", "title": "Electro (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "11530884", "text": "Menace (Marvel Comics character) Menace (Lily Hollister) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics villainess and enemy of Spider-Man. Her first appearance as Lily Hollister is in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #545, and her first appearance as Menace is in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #550, which is the start of the second story arc in the \"\" overarching storyline that followed the events of \"\". Lily Hollister was created by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada and first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #545. Her alter-ego \"Menace\" was created by Marc Guggenheim and Salvador Larroca and first appeared in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #550.", "title": "Menace (Marvel Comics character)" }, { "docid": "10903227", "text": "The Century Club The Century Club is a fictional gentleman's club in Manhattan for wealthy executives set in the Marvel Comics Universe, specifically in the Spider-Man titles. The club was first shown in Amazing Spider-Man #23 however was not referred to as The Century Club until Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #80. The Club played a major role in the Hobgoblin mystery storyline that ran through the Spider-Man titles in the 1980s. Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #23, 26<br> Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 #80 (Marvel Comics)<br> Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #249-250 (Marvel Comics)<br> Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1-3 (Marvel", "title": "The Century Club" }, { "docid": "8183248", "text": "Spider-Man in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #35 (April 1966) as what Spider-Man calls an in-joke. When Molten Man tells Spider-Man that when he beats him, nobody would stop him, Spider-Man remarks, \"There's always Irving Forbush.\" In the 1978 instructional paperback \"How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way\", Chapter Five focuses on drawing a humanoid figure. The introduction states, \"...Most anyone can draw a stick figure. (Even Irving Forbush!)\" In the early 1990s, when \"Comics Buyer's Guide\" begin their annual fan awards, Marvel came up with its own award for assistant editors as they were ineligible for the CBG awards. Some ballots,", "title": "Forbush Man" }, { "docid": "3149360", "text": "deleted from later scripts, the Black Cat and her subplot are used in the video game based on the film. Felicia Hardy was originally supposed to appear in Sam Raimi's \"Spider-Man 4\", though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat, as in the comics. Instead, Raimi's Felicia was expected to become a new super-powered figure called the Vulturess. In March 2013, Raimi stated that Anne Hathaway would have played Hardy if \"Spider-Man 4\" had been made. Felicia Hardy appears in \"The Amazing Spider-Man 2\", portrayed by Felicity Jones. Her character has a \"special relationship\" with the Osborns. In", "title": "Black Cat (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "9229148", "text": "Looter (comics) The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Spider-Man comic books. The character first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #36 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in \"Marvel Team-Up\" #33-34 (May–June 1975), \"Defenders\" #63-64 (September–October 1978), \"Spectacular Spider-Man\" #41 (April 1980), \"Web of Spider-Man\" #39 (June 1988), \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" #26 (1992), \"Amazing Scarlet Spider\" #1 (November 1995), \"Spectacular Scarlet Spider\" #1 (November 1995), \"Web of Scarlet Spider\" #2 (December 1995), \"The Sensational Spider-Man\"", "title": "Looter (comics)" }, { "docid": "13443208", "text": "Avengers Tower appears as a landmark. The Avengers appear as the main characters in the live-action stage show \"\". The line-up in the show features Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, the Black Widow, the Falcon, and Captain Marvel, with Wolverine and Spider-Man assisting them in the crisis. Avengers (comics) in other media The Avengers are a fictional superhero team created by Marvel Comics that appear in comic books. Aside from comics, the Avengers appear in various forms of media such as in novels, television shows, movies, videogames and stage shows. The Avengers are a common narrative plot", "title": "Avengers (comics) in other media" }, { "docid": "7451025", "text": "\"The Gauntlet\" storyline, Spider-Man finds the Juggernaut unconscious. The government comes along and transports the Juggernaut to a secure facility. Spider-Man sneaks into the facility to ask the Juggernaut who did this to him. Then, a new Captain Universe breaks into the room and claims he's there to slay the Juggernaut. Spider-Man learns that Captain Universe is a man named William Nguyen who wants revenge on Juggernaut for ruining his life during his previous fight with Spider-Man over Madame Web. When he insists on trying to kill Juggernaut instead of fixing the tectonic plates beneath New York City, the Uni-Power", "title": "Juggernaut (comics)" }, { "docid": "5658489", "text": "set on Earth-98121, and is not part of mainstream Marvel continuity (Earth-616). Spider-Man: Chapter One Spider-Man: Chapter One is a comic book limited series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 13 issues (#1-12, with a #0 added between #6 and #7) from December 1998 to October 1999. The entire series was written and drawn by John Byrne. The comic was a modest success. Some comics fans objected to Byrne's perceived tampering with the classic Spider-Man stories produced by his creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and complained that the original 1960s stories did not require any updating at all.", "title": "Spider-Man: Chapter One" }, { "docid": "5658484", "text": "Spider-Man: Chapter One Spider-Man: Chapter One is a comic book limited series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 13 issues (#1-12, with a #0 added between #6 and #7) from December 1998 to October 1999. The entire series was written and drawn by John Byrne. The comic was a modest success. Some comics fans objected to Byrne's perceived tampering with the classic Spider-Man stories produced by his creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and complained that the original 1960s stories did not require any updating at all. The editorial intention of the series, however, was to be a retelling", "title": "Spider-Man: Chapter One" }, { "docid": "15652340", "text": "the American monthlies running at the time: \"Spider-Man\", \"Amazing Spider-Man\", \"Spectacular Spider-Man\" and \"Web of Spider-Man\"). \"The Complete Spider-Man\" was launched shortly after the first issue of Todd McFarlane's adjectiveless \"\" title in the US. \"The Exploits of Spider-Man\" was a UK-comic-sized monthly featuring current Spider-Man stories, classic Spider-Man stories, \"Spider-Man 2099\" and \"Motormouth\" reprints. As from issue six of \"The Astonishing Spider-Man\", all of Marvel UK's titles were acquired by Panini UK, which now holds the license to publish comics under the Marvel name in the UK. Panini UK added several biweekly and monthly titles, including \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\"", "title": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly" }, { "docid": "6475148", "text": "cast, including Flash Thompson, have been translated into modern terms but are still very true to the comics, and some have altered ethnicities: Liz Allan is Hispanic and Ned Lee (formerly \"Leeds\") is Korean. The first season follows several plot arcs drawn from the comics. Two seasons of the series were aired, each containing 13 episodes. Though universally acclaimed, the series ended when Sony Pictures relinquished its rights, which it had licensed from Marvel, to produce animated works using Spider-Man and associated characters. Spider-Man was voiced by Josh Keaton. \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" aired on Disney XD. It started airing on April", "title": "Spider-Man in television" }, { "docid": "14430874", "text": "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a video game based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. Players control four different versions of Spider-Man, each originating from a different universe in the Marvel Comics multiverse. Previous Spider-Man voice actors Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Dan Gilvezan, and Josh Keaton each voice one of the four Spider-Men. The game revolves around an artifact known as the Tablet of Order and Chaos. When it is shattered into pieces during a fight between Spider-Man and Mysterio, it causes problems with multiple Marvel Universe realities. Madame Web calls on four versions of Spider-Man", "title": "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" }, { "docid": "9089007", "text": "Venom's existence was first indicated in \"Web of Spider-Man\" #18 (September 1986), when he shoved Peter Parker in front of a subway train without Parker's spider-sense warning him, though only Brock's hand was seen on-panel. The next indication of Venom's existence was in \"Web of Spider-Man\" #24 (March 1987), when Parker climbed out of a high story window to change into Spider-Man, but found a black arm coming through the window and grabbing him, again without being warned by his spider-sense. Venom made his cameo appearance on the last page of \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #299 (April 1988), when he terrorized", "title": "Venom (Marvel Comics character)" }, { "docid": "5126158", "text": "Jim Mahfood Jim Mahfood (born March 29, 1975), a.k.a. Food One, is an American comic book creator. Apart from his creator-owned comic book series \"Grrl Scouts\" and his comic strip \"Stupid Comics\" (which appears weekly in the \"Phoenix New Times\") he also did work for Marvel Comics on various Spider-Man titles, including \"Ultimate Marvel Team-Up\" and \"Spectacular Spider-Man\". His big break came when Oni Press hired him to illustrate two comic books based on Kevin Smith's movie \"Clerks\" from scripts by Smith, following his work on Marvel Comics \"Generation X Underground Special\". At the age of 18 Mahfood attended the", "title": "Jim Mahfood" }, { "docid": "12966523", "text": "later that month, on November 4, 2008, Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. When Marvel Comics discovered the president-elect was an avid collector of Spider-Man comics, they decided to have Obama the comic book character be put on the cover of their \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" No. 583 (January 2009), for the story \"Spidey Meets the President!\" written by Zeb Wells. This particular release proved extremely popular and sold out in a matter of minutes. A day after the release, the edition was sold for $300 on eBay. Prior to the Spider-Man story, the", "title": "Barack Obama in comics" }, { "docid": "3149350", "text": "men in hopes of extracting the identity of Spider-Man, but with nothing to lose anymore she retains her silence. She was then used as a hostage to lure Spider-Man in accepting Mysterio's challenge. After the battle, she would secretly grab the blood of Spider-Man which was extracted earlier to avoid it falling into Mysterio's hands. She would later appear tending to an injured Spider-Man Noir (accompanied by Silk and Spider-Woman) while on the run from the Inheritors. Felicia Hardy makes her appearance in issue #17 of the series. She is a teenager who transfers to the same high school attended", "title": "Black Cat (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "18582962", "text": "a coming-of-age story when he heard that the new Spider-Man would be younger than previous incarnations. Watts re-read the original Spider-Man comics in preparation for the film, and \"came to a new realization\" about the character's original popularity, feeling that he introduced a new perspective to the comics that had already established \"a crazy spectacular Marvel Universe ... to give a regular person's perspective on it\". He felt that this was also the responsibility of this film, since it had to introduce Spider-Man to the already established MCU. Specific comics that Watts noted as potential influences were \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" and", "title": "Spider-Man: Homecoming" }, { "docid": "17400138", "text": "Stacy and son of Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy, appeared as the first Grey Goblin in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". He also appeared in \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\" and \"Amazing Spider-Man Presents: American Son\". Lily Hollister, Harry Osborn's ex-fiancé, first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #545 and had her first appearance as Menace (Grey Goblin) is in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #549. The Red Goblin was Norman Osborn as Green Goblin using the Carnage symbiote. When the Carnage symbiote was bonded to Norman Osborn, it got mixed with the Goblin Formula, making it stronger and purging it's weaknesses. Normie Harold Osborn, Norman’s grandson,", "title": "Goblin (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "5635532", "text": "Web of Spider-Man Web of Spider-Man is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran for 12 issues between 2009 and 2010. The first volume of \"Web of Spider-Man\" published by Marvel Comics for 129 issues between April 1985 and October 1995. It replaced \"Marvel Team-Up\" as the third major Spider-Man title of the time. \"Web of Spider-Man Annual\" ran for ten issues from 1985 to 1994. The series", "title": "Web of Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "4082396", "text": "his parents Richard and Mary Parker. Thus, the revelation that Aunt May is actually Peter Parker's mother was highly controversial among Spider-Man fans. May's behavior in \"Trouble\" did not match Aunt May's character, nor did the characters' appearances match their corresponding characters' looks in previous \"Spider-Man\" comics. Enough of the early lives of Spider-Man's family been established previously that the story contradicted prior continuity. For example, Aunt May and Uncle Ben were much older than Spider-Man's parents, and his parents met while working for the C.I.A. Aunt May was also established as never having had a child. And, whilst Dodson's", "title": "Trouble (comics)" }, { "docid": "5094221", "text": "the mystical nature of totems, and once told Peter the legend of the first \"Spider-Man\". During the \"Spider-Verse\" storyline, different versions of Ezekiel are featured: Ezekiel (comics) Ezekiel Sims was a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Spider-Man. Ezekiel first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" vol. 2 #30 and was created by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. Ezekiel Sims was a rich businessman who, in his younger years, ritualistically gained powers similar to those of Spider-Man. He wanted to use his powers to be a", "title": "Ezekiel (comics)" }, { "docid": "13622741", "text": "Firearms is killed by the aliens there when he attempts to return to Earth prematurely. Larcenous Three The Larcenous Three is a fictional team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The three villains Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro formed a loose partnership of supervillains. The three battled Spider-Man, but when their activities threatened the lives of Nova's parents, Nova helped Spider-Man defeat them. Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro appear as members of Norman Osborn's new at Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.. Vampiro is quickly killed by the Hood for insubordination, but Badd Axe and Firearms are shown as", "title": "Larcenous Three" }, { "docid": "10241755", "text": "a list of \"known cat burglars,\" but nothing else is said about it; it is unclear whether Carradine is actually the burglar who killed Uncle Ben in this universe or is simply another criminal. Spider-Man has a copy of the Burglar's driver license but the name is always hidden when viewed by the readers. This was done intentionally by the artists. The man named Carradine is also believed in \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" #8 to be a part of the Enforcers, a group working for the Kingpin. Various alternate versions of the Burglar appear throughout the \"What If...?\" comic line, most often", "title": "Burglar (comics)" }, { "docid": "5639797", "text": "gave up being Spider-Man to retire with his pregnant wife, and the Scarlet Spider took on his duties. The title returned to its old title and numbering when Ben Reilly took on the Spider-Man name. The writer of the two issues was Todd DeZago and the penciller was Sal Buscema. The first issue is notable for being the first appearance of Override. Both issues are collected in \"Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 1\". The Spectacular Scarlet Spider The Spectacular Scarlet Spider is a comic book series starring the Scarlet Spider published by Marvel Comics for two issues from", "title": "The Spectacular Scarlet Spider" }, { "docid": "8277473", "text": "arm into a misshapen, extended form with elongated fingers and claws. In the \"House of M\" reality, William Bates was killed by Shashenka Popova when she stabbed him when William was trying to prevent her from fleeing the scene of a Sapien League attack. In \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" episode \"Doomed,\" there is a female version of Porcupine named Lady Porcupine that is on the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted database and had been defeated by Spider-Man. Porcupine (comics) Porcupine is the name used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Porcupine first appeared in \"Tales", "title": "Porcupine (comics)" }, { "docid": "5898138", "text": "various clones, the plans and motivations of Professor Miles Warren and other aspects from the stories. Often these changes took place in stories which did not directly involve Carrion, resulting in further stories trying to tie up gaps. No fewer than three separate incarnations have been encountered. The original Carrion first appeared seeking to destroy Spider-Man, somehow knowing that his secret identity was Peter Parker. He unsuccessfully approached the Maggia with a plan to kill Spider-Man. He attacked Peter Parker, blaming him for the death of Gwen Stacy. Carrion sought to destroy Parker/Spider-Man several times before capturing Spider-Man and revealing", "title": "Carrion (comics)" }, { "docid": "13940336", "text": "day of Alistair Smythe's execution. However, she later quit his administration when she saw that Jameson would never end his personal vendetta against Spider-Man. Glory Grant Gloria Grant, more commonly known as Glory Grant, is a Marvel Comics supporting character of Spider-Man. She is introduced in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #140 (January 1975) as a neighbor of Peter Parker. Peter then helps her secure a position as J. Jonah Jameson's secretary at the \"Daily Bugle\", replacing Betty Brant. Glory Grant first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #140 (January 1975) and was created by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru. When first introduced,", "title": "Glory Grant" }, { "docid": "13638864", "text": "Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man was an ongoing monthly comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in September 2011 as part of the second re-launch of the Ultimate Marvel imprint. It followed the \"Death of Spider-Man\" storyline that concluded the series \"Ultimate Spider-Man\", to which \"Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man\" served as a sequel. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Sara Pichelli, the series also served as a continuation of elements from the miniseries \"Ultimate Comics: Fallout\" and focuses on the all-new Spider-Man Miles Morales. The series was set in a continuity shared with other relaunched Ultimate", "title": "Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "20836229", "text": "Inheritors of all creation. When Verna and her Hounds are hunting Miles Morales and the Earth-1610 Jessica Drew who now operates as Black Widow, Superior Spider-Man, Assassin Spider-Man, and Spider-Punk show up to rescue them. When Spider-Man arrives on Earth-928 and finds that Superior Spider-Man is in charge, Old Man Spider-Man tells him about the prophecy that involves targeting the Bride, the Other, and the Scion. When Daemos arrives and kills Spider-Cyborg, Superior Spider-Man kills Daemos only for a second Daemos to arrive with Brix and Bora as the second Daemos fatally wounds Old Man Spider-Man. As the Spider-Men escape", "title": "Inheritors (comics)" }, { "docid": "8056111", "text": "similar to Iron Man's repulsor rays, and teleport himself and others. He was also a gifted mechanical engineer who designed his own equipment, although it was actually constructed by the Tinkerer. The second Ringer used equipment similar to the original's. In \"Ultimate Spider-Man\" #91, the Ringer appeared, but ended up defeated by both Spider-Man and Shadowcat. He was handed over to the police. He would not again appear until the 150th issue where Spider-Man is fighting him after he stole $11,000 worth of Diamonds. During the battle the two caused millions of dollars in damages. Spider-Man beats him and he", "title": "Ringer (comics)" }, { "docid": "14882191", "text": "then the Triskelion can be seen in flames. It is later revealed that the fire was caused by an explosion, which let all super-villains free from the prison, along with symbiotes created from a mixture of the venom suit and OZ formula. Throughout the game, Spider-Man has to fight several villains which appear in Ultimate Spider-Man comics, such as Electro, Green Goblin and Rhino. Many of the villains' followers have to be fought as well, like symbiotes, thugs and goblins. After fighting Electro, the police talks to Spider-Man, saying that if he keeps fighting villains, they would have to send", "title": "Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem" }, { "docid": "2108743", "text": "Chameleon (comics) The Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Commonly depicted as a master of disguise and the half-brother of Kraven the Hunter, the Chameleon is known as being the first supervillain for Spider-Man to face by first appearing in the original issue of \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #1 (March 1963), making him the first member of Spider-Man's rogues' gallery, based on issue publication date, excluding the burglar who murdered Ben Parker", "title": "Chameleon (comics)" }, { "docid": "13622740", "text": "Larcenous Three The Larcenous Three is a fictional team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The three villains Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro formed a loose partnership of supervillains. The three battled Spider-Man, but when their activities threatened the lives of Nova's parents, Nova helped Spider-Man defeat them. Badd Axe, Firearms, and Vampiro appear as members of Norman Osborn's new at Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.. Vampiro is quickly killed by the Hood for insubordination, but Badd Axe and Firearms are shown as members of the new . They accompany the team to liberate the Negative Zone prison.", "title": "Larcenous Three" }, { "docid": "8335079", "text": "Ox (comics) Ox is the alias of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Ox is originally one of the Enforcers, who usually works for the Kingpin, Mister Fear, or Hammerhead. The Raymond Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #10 (March 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #14 (July 1964), #19 (December 1964), \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" #1 (1964), \"Daredevil\" #15 (April 1966), and #86 (April 1972) The Ronald Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\"", "title": "Ox (comics)" }, { "docid": "11203757", "text": "Annex (comics) Annex (Alexander Ellis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as associated with Spider-Man. His first appearance was in \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" #27 (May 1993). With powers resulting from prosthetics through computer technology, he possesses the ability to increase his physical abilities, as well as create any weapon he requires. Annex was created by writer Jack C. Harris and artist Tom Lyle and first appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man Annual\" #27 (1993) as an enemy of Spider-Man, but went on to become an ally. His next", "title": "Annex (comics)" }, { "docid": "3431676", "text": "Marvel Team-Up Marvel Team-Up is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as the lead \"team-up\" character in all but ten of its 150 issues, and in six of its seven \"Annual\"s. It was the first major ongoing spin-off series for Spider-Man, being preceded only by the short-lived \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\" magazine. Of the issues that did not star Spider-Man, the Human Torch headlines six issues (#18, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35); the", "title": "Marvel Team-Up" }, { "docid": "9965935", "text": "was published in July 1981. Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man: The Battle of the Century is a comic book jointly published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics in 1976. It was the second co-publishing effort between DC Comics and Marvel Comics following their collaboration on \"MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz\", and the first modern superhero cross-company crossover. In the story, Superman and Spider-Man must stop a world domination / destruction plot hatched in tandem by their respective arch-nemeses, Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus. The issue is noncanonical, as it assumes that the heroes and their", "title": "Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "9965923", "text": "Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man: The Battle of the Century is a comic book jointly published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics in 1976. It was the second co-publishing effort between DC Comics and Marvel Comics following their collaboration on \"MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz\", and the first modern superhero cross-company crossover. In the story, Superman and Spider-Man must stop a world domination / destruction plot hatched in tandem by their respective arch-nemeses, Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus. The issue is noncanonical, as it assumes that the heroes and their respective cities of residence, Metropolis", "title": "Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "15652322", "text": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly Spider-Man Comics Weekly was a Marvel UK publication which primarily published black-and-white reprints of American Marvel four-color Spider-Man stories. Marvel UK's second-ever title, \"Spider-Man Comics Weekly\" debuted in 1973, initially publishing \"classic\" 1960s \"Spider-Man\" stories (as well as \"Thor\" backup stories). The title proved to be a great success. Along with Marvel UK's flagship title, \"The Mighty World of Marvel\", \"Spider-Man Comics Weekly\" helped Marvel gain a foothold in the (at the time) vast UK weekly comic market, allowing the company to cross-market and later introduce non-superhero UK-reprint titles such as \"Planet of the Apes\" and \"Star", "title": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly" }, { "docid": "4323506", "text": "Jackal (Marvel Comics) The Jackal is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. There are two incarnations of the character: the first and most well-known is Miles Warren, while the second, Ben Reilly, later returns to his previous persona of the Scarlet Spider. The character first appears in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #129 (Feb. 1974), and was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru. In \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #148 (Sep. 1975), the identity of the Jackal was revealed to be Professor Miles Warren, who first", "title": "Jackal (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "5826150", "text": "Calypso (comics) Calypso Ezili is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Calypso first appeared in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #209 and was created by Denny O'Neil and Alan Weiss. Calypso initially appeared as a minor character \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #209 and \"Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man\" #65, where she was an ally of Spider-Man's enemy Kraven the Hunter. After Kraven's death, Calypso bewitched the Lizard into helping her attack Spider-Man in \"\" Vol. 1, #1-5, then made guest appearances in \"Daredevil\" Vol. 1, #310-311 and \"Daredevil Annual\" Vol. 1, #9. Calypso next appeared in", "title": "Calypso (comics)" }, { "docid": "5826160", "text": "pack\". Calypso (comics) Calypso Ezili is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Calypso first appeared in \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #209 and was created by Denny O'Neil and Alan Weiss. Calypso initially appeared as a minor character \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #209 and \"Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man\" #65, where she was an ally of Spider-Man's enemy Kraven the Hunter. After Kraven's death, Calypso bewitched the Lizard into helping her attack Spider-Man in \"\" Vol. 1, #1-5, then made guest appearances in \"Daredevil\" Vol. 1, #310-311 and \"Daredevil Annual\" Vol. 1, #9. Calypso next appeared", "title": "Calypso (comics)" }, { "docid": "5126160", "text": "Ink. In his contribution, he talks about his appreciation for experimental musician Gary Wilson. In 2008, Mahfood was commissioned to supply all of the art and ads for that year's Colt 45 (malt liquor) ad campaign. Jim Mahfood Jim Mahfood (born March 29, 1975), a.k.a. Food One, is an American comic book creator. Apart from his creator-owned comic book series \"Grrl Scouts\" and his comic strip \"Stupid Comics\" (which appears weekly in the \"Phoenix New Times\") he also did work for Marvel Comics on various Spider-Man titles, including \"Ultimate Marvel Team-Up\" and \"Spectacular Spider-Man\". His big break came when Oni", "title": "Jim Mahfood" }, { "docid": "6262415", "text": "Grizzly demanded a rematch with Spider-Man so that he could take revenge on Spider-Man and save face among his peers. Spider-Man faked defeat, allowing Grizzly to think he defeated him. He later joined up with Gibbon, Spot, and Kangaroo II to become the \"Legion of Losers\". Planning only to get back at Spider-Man, Grizzly and Gibbon were shocked to see Kangaroo and Spot robbing a bank. They did capture Spider-Man, but released him, claiming that \"He's an all-right guy\". Grizzly and Gibbon teamed up with Spider-Man to capture Kangaroo and Spot. Grizzly and Gibbon later became crime-fighters and helped Spider-Man", "title": "Grizzly (comics)" }, { "docid": "2451656", "text": "group in an attack on the White House. However, Iron Man stops them. After the battle, S.H.I.E.L.D. seals Marko in various jars and keeps them frozen. Artist Mark Bagley, who drew the first 100+ issues of \"Ultimate Spider-Man\", noted in his rough designs for Ultimate Sandman that he would appear \"Naked\" most of the time. As he wanted to go with the more 'realistic' feel of the Ultimate imprint, he doubted whether Flint Marko's clothing had unstable molecules like his body. Alongside the rest of the Ultimate Six, Sandman plays a role in the \"Death of Spider-Man\" storyline. Norman Osborn", "title": "Sandman (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "15804604", "text": "writer and artist, respectively on a fourth ongoing solo series, \"Miles Morales: Spider-Man\" debuting on December 12, 2018. Miles Morales first appears in \"Ultimate Comics: Fallout\" #4, which was published in August 2011, in which he foils a murder by Kangaroo, a short time after Peter Parker's death. He wears a Spider-Man costume similar to Peter Parker's, but considers changing it when spectators tell him it is in \"bad taste\". The opening story arc of \"Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man\", which premiered in September 2011, is set prior to \"Ultimate Fallout\" #4, and details how Miles received his superhuman abilities. After Oscorp", "title": "Miles Morales" }, { "docid": "3149295", "text": "Cockrum. When Wolfman changed writing assignments within Marvel Comics to \"The Amazing Spider-Man\", he brought his character with him. He and Cockrum made considerable changes to the character and her appearance over this time; the Black Cat intended to debut in \"Spider-Woman\" had only her name and powers in common with the one who finally appeared in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". On the bottom of the letters page of \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #194, a thumbnail of the intended cover for \"Spider-Woman\" #9 appears along with a rejected cover for \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #194. Wolfman said in an interview, \"I didn't plan", "title": "Black Cat (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "14502679", "text": "Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series) Ultimate Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the \"Spider-Man\" comics published by Marvel Comics. The series featured writers such as Brian Michael Bendis (who also writes the comic book series of the same name), Paul Dini, and Man of Action (a group consisting of Steven T. Seagle, Joe Kelly, Joe Casey and Duncan Rouleau). The third season was retitled Ultimate Spider-Man: Web-Warriors and the fourth and final season was retitled Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister 6. It was first announced to air on Disney XD in early 2012, and debuted alongside the second", "title": "Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)" }, { "docid": "10805", "text": "of family, escaping from being pinned by heavy machinery. Comics historian Les Daniels noted that \"Steve Ditko squeezes every ounce of anguish out of Spider-Man's predicament, complete with visions of the uncle he failed and the aunt he has sworn to save.\" Peter David observed that \"After his origin, this two-page sequence from \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #33 is perhaps the best-loved sequence from the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko era.\" Steve Saffel stated the \"full page Ditko image from \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #33 is one of the most powerful ever to appear in the series and influenced writers and artists for many years", "title": "The Amazing Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "7527998", "text": "Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character) Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an alternate version of Spider-Man, a character first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. The Ultimate version of the character originated in Ultimate Marvel, a line of books created in 2000 that are set in a parallel universe with a narrative continuity separate and independent from the main continuity of Marvel Comics stories that began in the 1960s. \"Ultimate Spider-Man\", the first and flagship title of the Ultimate line, was created by writer Brian Michael", "title": "Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)" }, { "docid": "9089015", "text": "the Twelve, Spider-Man swiftly defeated Gargan, even with these additional powers, which Spider-Man suggests is attributed to the fact that Mac Gargan does not hate Spider-Man as much as Eddie Brock did. Gargan later became a member of a sub-group of the Thunderbolts, which was drafted by the Avengers to hunt down the members of the fugitive New Avengers. It was then revealed that he had been outfitted with electrical implants by the government to keep the Symbiote in check. When in the Venom persona, Gargan retained very little of his original personality and was controlled almost completely by the", "title": "Venom (Marvel Comics character)" }, { "docid": "6724001", "text": "Spider-Man was when his mother, Jennie, brought Seagle's brother, Dave, to a comic book store at the Base Exchange, where they purchased \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #66, which featured the villain Mysterio. Years later, after Seagle had begun collecting comics himself, and his best friend, Eric Koppisch, recommended that he read an issue of \"Spider-Man\" himself, Seagle read an issue featuring a team-up with Nova. This cemented Seagle's interest in comics and in Spider-Man. Nova would later be the co-star on the TV series Seagle would produce, \"Ultimate Spider-Man\". After Jack retired from the Air Force and took a job at", "title": "Steven T. Seagle" }, { "docid": "5312971", "text": "and depicts an older and more experienced Spider-Man (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) with an original story and no ties to any of the existing Marvel projects. The game features RPG elements including an experience and levelling-up system as well as numerous suit unlockables. Spider-Man in video games There are numerous video games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man that have been released. To date, Spider-Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms, which also includes mobile games on mobile phones. The Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in \"Amazing", "title": "Spider-Man in video games" }, { "docid": "15652333", "text": "\"Spider-Man and Hulk Team-Up\". The 1977–1979 \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" live-action television series inspired yet another title change, in October 1981; the Spider-Man weekly also changed to more of a magazine format, with photo essays, reader comments, contests, and the like (as well as the obligatory reprints of Marvel US material). The format also changed to 28 pages with 8 pages of colour - a marked difference to others titles when almost all UK comics were still black and white except for their covers and perhaps the centre spread. The colour pages were printed on a glossier paper. Only the Spider-Man", "title": "Spider-Man Comics Weekly" }, { "docid": "384881", "text": "been used as the company mascot. When Marvel became the first comic book company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1991, the \"Wall Street Journal\" announced \"Spider-Man is coming to Wall Street\"; the event was in turn promoted with an actor in a Spider-Man costume accompanying Stan Lee to the Stock Exchange. Since 1962, hundreds of millions of comics featuring the character have been sold around the world. Spider-Man is the world's most profitable superhero. In 2014, global retail sales of licensed products related to Spider-Man reached approximately $1.3 billion. Comparatively, this amount exceeds the global", "title": "Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "10799", "text": "has been the character's flagship series for his first fifty years in publication, and was the only monthly series to star Spider-Man until \"Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man\" in 1976, although 1972 saw the debut of \"Marvel Team-Up\", with the vast majority of issues featuring Spider-Man along with a rotating cast of other Marvel characters. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced in \"Amazing\", and with few exceptions, it is where most key events in the character's history have occurred. The title was published continuously until #441 (Nov. 1998) when Marvel Comics relaunched", "title": "The Amazing Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "9105647", "text": "is cornered, Venom is stopped by Spider-Man. When the Venom symbiote leaves Brock and attaches to Spider-Man, Beetle escapes in the confusion. Disguised as a civilian which Brock least expected, Beetle later captures Venom to deliver to Latveria. Beetle's suit is later seen being repaired by the Tinkerer (Elijah Stern) when a group of villains arrives for weapons against Spider-Man. Beetle (comics) The Beetle is the name used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is also the name of the three versions of high tech armor used by seven separate characters. The", "title": "Beetle (comics)" }, { "docid": "6861318", "text": "brought to Packrat, who had him attempt to activate the robot, which was successful. As this era's Spider-Man did not exist in his outdated records, Flipside extrapolated based on his appearance, configuring himself into a combination of the original Spider-Man and Venom. Immediately after awakening, Flipside embraced Spider-Man and declared that they would be best friends. However, Spider-Man rejected Flipside's affection, sending the android into a fit of rage. Flipside proceeded to smash the computer systems in Packrat's base before slaughtering many of Packrat's henchmen. In the ensuing fight between himself and Spider-Man, he was beheaded. After Spider-Man departs, Flipside", "title": "Flipside (comics)" }, { "docid": "2451624", "text": "Peter Parker/Spider-Man for the first time in Peter's high school. Spider-Man defeats Marko with a vacuum cleaner and hands it over to the police. The Sandman escapes by getting through his window after turning himself to sand, but is recaptured by the Human Torch after the Torch lures the Sandman to a building by disguising himself as Spider-Man, then activating the sprinkler systems. After this Marko resurfaces as a member of the Sinister Six, led by Doctor Octopus. He battles Spider-Man inside an airtight metal box, which is activated when Spider-Man touches a card saying where the Vulture is, but", "title": "Sandman (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "6718700", "text": "make it more receptive to the serum. However, the six-armed Spider-Man is later killed during a trip to 2099 with Lady Spider and Spider-Man 2099 when he is caught and fed on by one of the Inheritors. The Six Arms Saga \"The Six Arms Saga\" is a story arc from the popular Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Gil Kane. It spans the issues \"Amazing Spider-Man\" #100–102 (1971) and features the first appearance of Morbius, the Living Vampire. The story arc is mostly remembered for Spider-Man's striking aesthetics, swinging through the city with four extra", "title": "The Six Arms Saga" }, { "docid": "6441157", "text": "prepares to kill the man, Oliver is defeated by the new Spider-Man. Kangaroo (comics) Kangaroo is the name of two fictional characters, supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both are noted for their leaping ability. The first Kangaroo was introduced in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" #81 in 1970. The second Kangaroo was first seen in \"Cage\" #13 in 1993 and made his debut in \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\" #242 in 1997. Frank Oliver was born in Sydney, Australia. As a young man, he studied kangaroos in his native Australia. Oliver lived, ate and traveled with the kangaroos, developing", "title": "Kangaroo (comics)" }, { "docid": "4873038", "text": "Astonishing Spider-Man The Astonishing Spider-Man is a comic book series being published by Panini Comics in the United Kingdom every fortnight as part of Marvel UK's 'Collectors Edition' line. It reprints selected Spider-Man stories and material from the American comic books. It features two crossover storylines, \"Spider-Verse\" and \"Secret Wars\". Comics that weren't published were: They also published Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #148 - #152. Issue 1: 100-PAGE-SPECIAL! Issue 2: Issue 3: Issue 4: Issue 5: Issue 6: \"Astonishing Spider-Man\" began in November 1995 after Panini Comics obtained Marvel UK's licence to reprint Marvel US's comics internationally. 150 issues were", "title": "Astonishing Spider-Man" }, { "docid": "7803233", "text": "Hornet (comics) Hornet is an identity used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters appear in the Marvel Universe, one villain, and two heroes. Both the first and third versions have suffered from physical disabilities. Although the armor of the third Hornet first appeared in Spider-Man as one of the four new superheroes Peter Parker had taken on, this version first appeared in \"Slingers\" #0 and was created by Joseph Harris, Todd DeZago, and Mike Wieringo. Speculation that the deceased Hornet in \"Wolverine\" #23 was not Eddie, but instead someone else who", "title": "Hornet (comics)" }, { "docid": "11039428", "text": "Marvel Comics Video Library The Marvel Comics Video Library, released by Prism Entertainment, was a series of VHS/Betamax tapes that featured episodes from animated series based on Marvel Comics characters. A total of 24 tapes were released and included episodes from \"Spider-Man\" (1967), \"Spider-Man\" (1981), \"The Marvel Super Heroes\", \"Fantastic Four\" (1978), \"The Incredible Hulk\" (1982) and \"Spider-Woman\". Each tape ran for approximately 60 minutes, and included 2 full episodes. The first episode could be from any of the series, but the second episode was always from the 1981 or 1967 \"Spider-Man\" series. The volumes were released in a numerical", "title": "Marvel Comics Video Library" }, { "docid": "9783827", "text": "universe to fit his vision. CEO Peter uses an elaborate spider-based robot in his fight against Miguel, but Miguel is able to defeat him by using the tentacles of Atrocity- a twisted hybrid of Anti-Venom, Doctor Octopus, and Alchemax employee Walker Sloan- to weaken CEO Peter's powers. He is a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Spider-Man (Max Borne), also known as Spider-Man 2211, is a superhero who appears in comics published by Marvel Comics. Created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi, he first appeared in \"Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man\" (November 1995). Within the context of the stories,", "title": "Alternative versions of Spider-Man" } ]

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[ { "docid": "14912915", "text": "The Inbetweeners Movie The Inbetweeners Movie is a 2011 British coming-of-age comedy film based on the E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\", written by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris and directed by Ben Palmer. The film follows the misadventures of a group of teenage friends on holiday in Malia after the end of their final year at school together, and was intended as an ending to the TV series. It stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" was released on 17 August 2011 in the UK and Ireland by Entertainment Film Distributors, to favourable", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912915", "text": "The Inbetweeners Movie The Inbetweeners Movie is a 2011 British coming-of-age comedy film based on the E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\", written by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris and directed by Ben Palmer. The film follows the misadventures of a group of teenage friends on holiday in Malia after the end of their final year at school together, and was intended as an ending to the TV series. It stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" was released on 17 August 2011 in the UK and Ireland by Entertainment Film Distributors, to favourable", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912936", "text": "2014. It is set in Australia. An American version, titled \"Virgins America\", will be directed by Jim Field Smith. Whether Morris and Beesley have involvement is unknown. The Inbetweeners Movie The Inbetweeners Movie is a 2011 British coming-of-age comedy film based on the E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\", written by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris and directed by Ben Palmer. The film follows the misadventures of a group of teenage friends on holiday in Malia after the end of their final year at school together, and was intended as an ending to the TV series. It stars Simon Bird,", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912928", "text": "soundtrack consists of: Songs not on the official soundtrack but featured in the film: Principal photography took place in the United Kingdom (London, West Sussex), Magaluf, and Malia, Crete in July 2010. A YouTube video shows the lads walking down the Malia Strip, walking past popular clubs 'Corkers', the strip club 'GoGo Lap Dancing Club' and 'Candy Club'. The Interiors of the empty club where Neil shows off his dance moves were shot in Infernos night club on Clapham High Street, London. On its first day of release, \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" grossed over £2.5 million in 409 cinemas. The film", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912917", "text": "a job as a fishmonger in a supermarket and Will's estranged father tells him that he has married his much younger mistress (who was responsible for Will's parents' divorce and is only four years older than Will). The boys decide to go on holiday together and Neil books them a holiday to Malia, Crete. The boys arrive in Crete and are disappointed by their shabby hotel. There, they meet Richard, a strange man who travelled to Malia alone. The boys reach the main strip and are amazed. They meet an attractive promoter who tricks them into visiting a quiet, unpopular", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "11911747", "text": "of the show indicated that there would be no fourth series as the show had run its course, but that an \"Inbetweeners\" movie would be produced, set some time after the third series and following the cast on a holiday in Malia, Crete, Greece. For Red Nose Day 2011, the stars of the show travelled around the UK in the yellow Fiat Cinquecento Hawaii featured in the show in a special named \"The Inbetweeners: Rude Road Trip\". The aim was to try to find the 50 rudest place names in the country. In November 2018, it was announced that a", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "14912920", "text": "Malia as Carli was going and said it was good, much to Simon's annoyance. The next day, Will and Simon awaken to the noise of Neil having getting oral sex from the middle aged woman and find Jay had fallen asleep outside in an ant hill. The boys meet the girls at their hotel, only to be asked to leave after Will gets into an argument with the family of a disabled girl (as Jay had thrown their towels off of vacant sunbeds and into the pool), causing him to go into one of his rants and Jay throws a", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912935", "text": "media release of \"Paul\" as one of the five best-selling DVDs of the year in the UK. In December 2014, parallel with the release of the film's sequel, a special edition with both films was released on DVD. The Blu-ray release also features an extended cut of the film that restores approximately four minutes of material omitted from the theatrical release, most notably an additional scene in which Will and Simon encounter a drunken Mr. Gilbert on a Malia stag weekend. A sequel to the film, titled \"The Inbetweeners 2\", was released in British and Irish cinemas on 6 August", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" } ]

[ { "docid": "14912922", "text": "for all of them the previous night as a surprise. Jay and Neil then go to a club where they see a man on stage performing autofellatio. They then encounter James and his friends and try to break the ice and befriend them, but James brushes them away and verbally abuses the pair and threatens to hurt Jay if they don't leave. Later that evening, the four boys meet back at the empty bar and make up. Simon borrows clothing from the others for the rest of the trip. The girls then turn up and suggest that they all go", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "11911757", "text": "with a planned release date of 6 August 2014 in the UK and Ireland; they released a statement saying \"We couldn't be more excited to be making another Inbetweeners movie. A new chapter in the lives of the Inbetweeners feels like the very least we can do to thank the fans for their phenomenal response to the first movie.\" This sequel is set in Australia. In 2008, Iain Morris and Damon Beesley were asked by ABC to produce a pilot for a US version of \"The Inbetweeners\". The pilot was not picked up by the network, but they have given", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "14912930", "text": "overall. The film saw a limited theatrical release in the United States on 7 September 2012, where it grossed $36,000 making its total box office revenue $88,025,781. \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" received mostly positive reviews upon its original United Kingdom release in August 2011. Following release in the United States in September 2012, critical reaction was less favourable, with the film at first holding a 75% score on Rotten Tomatoes and having since dropped to 54%, with the site's consensus \"It arguably plays most strongly to fans of the British series, but even viewers who have never seen \"The Inbetweeners\" on", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14844272", "text": "Thorpe Park (The Inbetweeners) Thorpe Park is the third episode of the first series of \"The Inbetweeners\". It first aired on 8 May 2008 on E4 and had 305,000 viewers. Simon is about to take his driving test, but does not feel confident that he will pass; even so, Will, Jay and Neil are over-optimistically discussing the possibilities of one of their group owning a full driving licence. Before Simon takes his test, the others have already made plans to go to Thorpe Park - where Neil works, meaning they will be able to get in for free. Simon's driving", "title": "Thorpe Park (The Inbetweeners)" }, { "docid": "17467593", "text": "\"I think the time is right. After the first film, I wanted to hear more from Jay, Will, Neil and Simon. But this time I feel there is enough. There is more than enough Jay in this world\", and Beesley added \"The end of the story has always felt like the time where they go off and start living their adult life. And I think this film takes us up to that point\". Various media outlets blamed \"The Inbetweeners 2\" for an increase in a craze of deliberate defecation in swimming pools to distress other guests. They linked the craze,", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "11923011", "text": "Emily Head Emily Rose Head (born 15 December 1988) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Carli D'Amato in \"The Inbetweeners\" and Rebecca White in \"Emmerdale\" from 2016 until 2018. Emily Head is the elder daughter of actor Anthony Head. She attended the BRIT School in Croydon, where she completed a BTEC course in acting and was a schoolmate of singers Katy B and Adele. Head played a supporting role as Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom, \"The Inbetweeners\" from 2008 until 2010 as well as appearing in its film \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". Head also appeared in an", "title": "Emily Head" }, { "docid": "17467575", "text": "people did care about them and did go back and see it more than once – and that's very rare in cinema. The idea of not following that up seemed insane to most people\". The actors had mixed emotions on making a sequel. Although Buckley and Thomas felt put off by the success of the first film, Harrison and Bird became convinced on reading the script. Iain Morris received inspiration for the film from his own experiences as a high school exchange student on Australia's Gold Coast, describing it as \"a place where people go to get drunk, pick some", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "11911745", "text": "2010, it won the Audience Award, and in 2010 the show won the Best Sitcom award. In the 2011 British Comedy Awards, the show also won the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy. \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" was released on 17 August 2011 to box office success, and a sequel followed on 6 August 2014. Damon Beesley and Iain Morris met as producers on Channel 4's \"The 11 O'Clock Show\". Following posts as commissioners at Channel 4, where Morris shepherded \"Peep Show\", the two launched their own company, Bwark Productions, in 2004 and landed their first series with \"The Inbetweeners\".", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "14912929", "text": "then went on to set a new record for the most successful opening weekend ever achieved by a comedy film in the UK, overtaking \"\" and \"The Hangover Part II\" after earning £13.22 million, compared to second-place \"Rise of the Planet of the Apes\" which took £2.4 million. \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" was confirmed as having the biggest opening weekend for an independent British film. It retained its number 1 position in the UK film charts for four weeks before being overtaken by \"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy\" on 20 September 2011, by which time \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" had grossed £41.8 million", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "17467562", "text": "The Inbetweeners 2 The Inbetweeners 2 is a 2014 British comedy film and sequel to \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" (2011), which is based on the E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\". It was written and directed by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The film involves four school friends who meet up again for a holiday in Australia, and stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. In media interviews, the film's writers and actors stated that it was to be an end to the series. \"The Inbetweeners 2\" was released on 6 August 2014 in the United Kingdom and", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "17467594", "text": "known as \"logging\" or \"Code Brown\", to a scene akin to it in the film. The Inbetweeners 2 The Inbetweeners 2 is a 2014 British comedy film and sequel to \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" (2011), which is based on the E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\". It was written and directed by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The film involves four school friends who meet up again for a holiday in Australia, and stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. In media interviews, the film's writers and actors stated that it was to be an end to the", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "12057519", "text": "University of Cambridge students at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a production of \"All's Well That Ends Well\" directed by author Duncan Barrett. After graduating from university, Thomas took to acting professionally, and his parents have accepted and are proud of his choice of career. Thomas is in a double act along with Sweet, and they have performed their show, \"The Jonny and Joe Show\", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Thomas' big break in television was his role as Simon Cooper in \"The Inbetweeners\" and its feature film \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". Together with Bird and writing partner Sweet, they wrote", "title": "Joe Thomas (actor)" }, { "docid": "12249880", "text": "in the film, \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", and its sequel, \"The Inbetweeners 2\" in 2014. Buckley also does voice-overs using his distinctive voice. He worked with AllAboutCareers.com to produce an explanatory animation for the website. Buckley is also the narrator on E4's show \"Little Box of Horrors\". He starred in the music video for States of Emotion's track \"The Unsung\", and also features on backing vocals and guitar on Steve Cradock's album \"Peace City West\". In 2012, Buckley made his directorial debut, where he directed and starred in a music video for the Essex band The Milk. Buckley has appeared in", "title": "James Buckley (actor)" }, { "docid": "14855922", "text": "A Night Out in London \"A Night Out in London\" is the fourth episode of the second series of \"The Inbetweeners\". It first aired on 23 April 2009 on E4. This episode alone gave all of series two of \"The Inbetweeners\" a BBFC rating of 18. In the common room, Jay shows his friends 2 Girls 1 Cup and another porn video on his new laptop; as a result, they are branded \"saddos\" by a group of girls sat behind them. Will subsequently decides they all to reinvent themselves and lose their negative image, suggesting they go clubbing in central", "title": "A Night Out in London" }, { "docid": "15485784", "text": "an American version of \"The Inbetweeners\" in 2008, MTV announced in late September 2010 that it had hired noted comedy writer Brad Copeland (known for writing on American comedies such as \"Arrested Development\" and \"My Name Is Earl\") to write the script for an American \"Inbetweeners\" series. Taika Waititi was chosen to direct the pilot. On March 31, 2011, MTV officially announced that it had picked-up \"The Inbetweeners\" for an additional eleven episodes, creating a twelve-episode first season. Copeland served as executive producer and showrunner. Late November 2012 brought the news that MTV had decided not to go forward with", "title": "The Inbetweeners (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "15867776", "text": "Musketeers\", in which she portrayed Constance Bonacieux. In 2013, she played Danielle in the ITV comedy \"The Job Lot\". In 2014, she reprised the role of Lucy in \"The Inbetweeners 2\". Tamla Kari Tamla Kari Cummins (born 27 July 1988), known as Tamla Kari, is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Constance Bonacieux in the BBC television series \"The Musketeers\", and Lucy in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and \"The Inbetweeners 2\". Kari was born and brought up in Coventry, West Midlands. She attended Wyken Croft and Earlsdon Primary Schools and later went to Westwood School and", "title": "Tamla Kari" }, { "docid": "11911755", "text": "I.Sat and on 13 August 2013 the Brazilian streaming site \"Muu\" premiered the British production. On 28 February 2011, \"The Inbetweeners\" started airing in France on MCM. The Australian channel ABC2 aired the programme from 8 January 2015. All of the DVDs received an 18 certificate in the United Kingdom and MA15+ in Australia due to their high number of strong language and sex references. The theatrical version of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" received a 15 certificate in the United Kingdom, with the extended cut release receiving an 18 certificate. There have been two books released: In September 2009, Beesley and", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "18778316", "text": "Kat Gellin Kat Gellin is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker, best known for her roles in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", gangster comedy film \"Hackney's Finest\", and \"The Thompsons\". Born in Norway, Katarina Gellin began acting at the age of six, when her mother took over a youth theatre group in a village outside of Oslo. By the age of fourteen, she was directing the same group before moving to the United Kingdom aged 18 to attend drama school. After winning roles in \"Doctors\" and \"Eastenders\", Gellin made the move to film playing the role of Donna in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". She", "title": "Kat Gellin" }, { "docid": "17065614", "text": "2007. After spending two years working as a Children's Entertainer, Bewley was cast as a main character in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". She appeared as \"Metella\" in the ITV2 sitcom \"Plebs\" from 2013 to 2014; and as \"Bunny\", one of the lead characters in the E4 comedy \"Drifters\". She is currently a member of the ensemble cast of \"I Live with Models\". Bewley is an Honorary Ambassador for the East Midlands Rainbows Children's Hospice Lydia Rose Bewley Lydia Rose Bewley (born 9 October 1985) is an English actress known for her role as Jane in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and Metella in", "title": "Lydia Rose Bewley" }, { "docid": "15485785", "text": "a second season of the series. MTV said to The Wrap, \"While we won't be moving forward with another season of \"The Inbetweeners\", we enjoyed working with the show's creators and such a talented, funny cast.\" The American version is extremely unpopular with British viewers, with many newspapers reporting that it had 'flopped'. It was listed by \"Metro\" as one of the 'Top 10 British comedies whose US remakes have flopped'. On July 3, 2012, it was announced that a U.S. adaptation of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" is to be made. Morris and Beesley were approached by Paramount Pictures to lead", "title": "The Inbetweeners (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "14912933", "text": "TV roots, and plot-wise, this is nothing the Greek tourist board would want to advertise.\" Australian critic Margaret Pomeranz from \"At the Movies\" called the characters \"gormless\" and said, \"I'm giving this one star really generously.\" She also said that the style of humour in the film was the reason that the British Empire collapsed. On 12 December 2011, \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the UK by 4DVD, with the latter version sold as a triple pack containing both formats along with a digital copy of the film. Both versions include a number of", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "11911754", "text": "airing \"The Inbetweeners\" from 25 January 2010. The network aired both of the first two series as a single 12-episode series. The same was done by MTV Latin America. In 2010, \"The Inbetweeners\" started airing in Australia on the Nine Network's digital channel GO!, on Super Channel in Canada, on the comedy channel TV4 Komedi in Sweden, on TV2 in New Zealand, on MTV Latin America. In Israel, yes Next aired the first two series, while the third series airdate is unknown. The three seasons came in 2012 to HOT VOD. In 2011, the series was premiered in Brazil on", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "15337448", "text": "sitcom guest appearances, their music was featured including two covers (unreleased) they did on \"The Flying Nun\". Boyce and Hart also had filmed video promos for their songs \"Out and About\" and \"Alice Long\". Boyce and Hart also were involved in producing music for Columbia Pictures' motion pictures during the mid-late 1960s, including two Matt Helm movies (\"The Ambushers\" and \"Murderer's Row\"), \"Winter A-Go-Go\" and \"Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows\". They also provided the music score for a TV movie called \"Three's a Crowd\" starring Larry Hagman and Jessica Walter. Boyce and Hart also did promos for the U.S. Army", "title": "Boyce and Hart" }, { "docid": "18820881", "text": "Europe in the 1990s, Polina found her true calling and has since combined her pop sensibilities with her passion for electronic and dance music. Early in her career she moved to New York City where she met Sandy Vee and production team Stargate. Together, they co-wrote platinum recording artist Sean Kingston's 2011 single \"Party All Night (Sleep All Day)\", which peaked at number seven on the UK Pop Singles chart and number one on the UK R&B Singles chart. The song was featured on the soundtrack of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", one of the most successful comedy films in British cinema", "title": "Polina (singer)" }, { "docid": "14912923", "text": "skinny dipping at the local beach. Jane attempts to kiss Jay, but when two men poke fun at her over her weight and Jay pulls away embarrassed, she leaves him behind. Will has better luck with Alison until she spots her boyfriend, Nicos, having sex with another woman, and she leaves distraught by what she's witnessed. In the sea, Lucy and Simon appear to be growing closer, and are about to kiss, but Simon sees Carli on the beach and leaves Lucy alone in the sea, angering her. The boys, feeling down, decide to go out and get drunk. The", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912932", "text": "film \"updates the teen summer holiday formula surprisingly entertainingly, considering it doesn't subvert its one iota and the formula was already done previously with \"Holiday on the Buses\" and \"Kevin & Perry Go Large\" among others.\" Tim Robey of \"The Daily Telegraph\" also gave a positive assessment of the film, praising it as \"an enormous hit, a \"Mamma Mia!\" for the \"Hangover\" demographic.\" \"Screen Daily\", on the other hand, gave a mixed review, praising the performances of the main cast and proclaiming the film \"Britain’s delayed riposte to \"American Pie\"\", yet simultaneously arguing that it \"can't quite shake off its", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "11998936", "text": "In 2010 Bird created a BBC Three comedy panel show \"The King Is Dead\", in which a well-known person is hypothetically killed off and a panel of three personalities go head-to-head in a series of satirical quiz rounds and challenges in their bid to replace them. He hosted alongside Nick Mohammed and Katy Wix. Another of Bird's projects is \"Friday Night Dinner\", a single-camera comedy written by Robert Popper and made by Big Talk Productions. Bird returned to the character of Will McKenzie in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" which was released on 17 August 2011. In 2014 he portrayed Will McKenzie", "title": "Simon Bird" }, { "docid": "14912919", "text": "does not go smoothly, but the girls arrange to meet the boys at their hotel the next day. Outside the bar, Jay gets into an argument with the promoter after he tries to seduce her and Simon sees Carli across the street and talks awkwardly with her before being knocked down by a quad-bike driven by James, a cocky and arrogant club rep and Carli's new love interest. She reveals that she is going to an all-day boat party later in the week, and Simon promises to meet her there. Upon wondering why she was there, Neil revealed he chose", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "12087035", "text": "them and briefly lectures them about the importance of friendship, pointing out that despite everything that's happened between them and Madison, she needs them now more than ever. Hearing this, the girls let go of their anger towards Madison and go to her home, where they all apologize to each other and become friends again. In the end, the girls all go to the red carpet premiere of the movie, where they join up with Lindsay. After Ryan gets to the premiere and tries getting Madison and Lindsay's attention, but they ignore and go to watch the movie with the", "title": "My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie" }, { "docid": "11939649", "text": "in 1971. The single did not make the charts. Lee performed songs from this album, including \"Where Did They Go\" and \"My Sweet Lord,\" during her June 1971 engagement at The Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. After completing work on \"Where Did They Go\", Peggy Lee did not return to the recording studio again until nearly a year later, when she began recording \"Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota\" in April 1972. This album was released on 8-track, along with LP. Where Did They Go (album) Where Did They Go is a 1971 album by Peggy Lee. It", "title": "Where Did They Go (album)" }, { "docid": "17467581", "text": "2014, surpassing its predecessor as the top grossing opening day in the UK for a comedy film. By the end of its first weekend, it topped the UK box office with a gross of £12.5 million, surpassing \"\" (£11.7 million) as the largest UK opening in 2014; this, however, was less than the £13.2 million opening of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" in 2011. It topped the box office for a second week, in which it grossed £9.83 million. In its third week, it fell to second spot behind new release \"Lucy\". In its opening week in Australia, the film grossed $3.155", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "17517882", "text": "Storme Toolis Storme Toolis (born 26 November 1992) is an actress who lives in London and whose family come from Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. Her mother is Dea Birkett, a television and print journalist; she has a younger brother, River and a younger sister, Savanna. She first appeared on film in Channel 4's \"The Inbetweeners\" as an extra, and then as a minor character in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", based on the earlier television series, subsequently joining the cast of \"New Tricks\" as \"Holly Griffin\" in August 2013 in series 10 of the show. For her role in New", "title": "Storme Toolis" }, { "docid": "15867773", "text": "Tamla Kari Tamla Kari Cummins (born 27 July 1988), known as Tamla Kari, is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Constance Bonacieux in the BBC television series \"The Musketeers\", and Lucy in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and \"The Inbetweeners 2\". Kari was born and brought up in Coventry, West Midlands. She attended Wyken Croft and Earlsdon Primary Schools and later went to Westwood School and Community College. She started dance lessons at the age of four in tap, modern dance, and gymnastics. She also took up ballet, musical theatre, and street dance, and continued this training", "title": "Tamla Kari" }, { "docid": "17467573", "text": "her engagement to Mr. Gilbert. Will is aghast and attempts to run back onto the plane, but is wrestled to the ground by security. Daisy Ridley's scene was cut from the final version. The film makers wanted to film another scene with her but she was busy making \"\". Although originally intended as an unambiguous ending to the television series, the unexpected popularity and box office success of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" led to speculation over the possibility of a sequel. These rumours began in early September 2011, while the film was still in cinemas, and were denied by its writers", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "14149260", "text": "on \"\" for New Line Cinema. Prior to work as a composer, Michael worked as a music editor with films including Peter Jackson's \"The Lord of the Rings\" trilogy, Richard Curtis' \"Love Actually\", \"\" and \"Nanny McPhee\". As a music editor, Michael has been nominated for 4 MPSE Golden Reel Awards, winning in 2001 for \"The Fellowship of the Ring\". Michael has also worked with fellow composer David Arnold since 2002, with whom he has written and arranged on a number of projects, including Edgar Wright's \"Hot Fuzz\", \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and \"The Inbetweeners 2\". Michael and David co-compose the", "title": "Michael Price (composer)" }, { "docid": "15914190", "text": "November 2013. Bain said ideas were being developed for a potential movie adaptation, following the runaway success of 2011's \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". However, a fourth series followed instead, filmed in 2015 and aired in February 2016 as a conclusion to the series. The plot revolves around the lives of six students — Vod, Oregon, Josie, Kingsley, JP and Howard — who are freshers (with the exception of Howard) at the fictional Manchester Medlock University (loosely based on Manchester Metropolitan University). They live in a shared house off-campus in Rusholme rather than university halls of residence, due to their late application.", "title": "Fresh Meat (TV series)" }, { "docid": "11939648", "text": "Where Did They Go (album) Where Did They Go is a 1971 album by Peggy Lee. It was arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky and Al Capps. The recording sessions for this album took place at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood, California. \"Where Did They Go\" was Peggy Lee's first album not to make the \"Billboard\" 200 chart since her Grammy-winning hit \"Is That All There Is?\" in 1969. Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the song \"My Rock And Foundation\" specifically for Lee. Capitol Records released \"Where Did They Go\" (backed by \"All I Want\") as a 45\" single", "title": "Where Did They Go (album)" }, { "docid": "18097467", "text": "of the band Spector, and formerly of Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, is his cousin. Lloyd-Hughes first appeared in the TV series \"Murphy's Law\" in 2004 before playing Roger Davies in the 2005 film \"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\". He then appeared in Joanna Hogg's film \"Unrelated\" in 2007 alongside Tom Hiddleston. From 2008–2010 he played school bully Mark Donovan in the British sitcom \"The Inbetweeners\". He reprised the role in the film \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" in 2011. In 2010, he portrayed former British Labour Party politician David Miliband in the TV film documentary \"Miliband of Brothers\". In 2011,", "title": "Henry Lloyd-Hughes" }, { "docid": "11998937", "text": "in the second movie about the Inbetweeners, \"The Inbetweeners 2\". Bird has co-created, co-written, and co-starred in a pilot, \"Chickens\", for Channel 4, alongside Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas. It is about three men who remain in England during World War I. It was broadcast as part of Channel 4's \"Comedy Showcase\" season. In 2012, Sky One picked up a six episode season; filming began in late 2012 and the series premiered in summer 2013. In 2015, Bird voiced thetrainline.com TV advertisements. As of 2017, he was starring on the West End in \"The Philanthropist\", alongside Charlotte Ritchie. In 2017", "title": "Simon Bird" }, { "docid": "14912918", "text": "bar. As they are about to leave, they meet four girls: Alison, Lucy, Lisa, and Jane. They dance in comical fashion until Will asks if they can join them. Will mocks Alison's Greek waiter boyfriend until he realises she isn't joking; Simon complains to Lucy about Carli leaving him and Neil and Lisa sit in silence before he goes off with an unattractive, middle aged Northern woman. Jay and Jane seem to get on but he tells her he already has a girl waiting outside for him (the one who duped them into going into the bar). Their initial meeting", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14912916", "text": "reviews, although its later release in the United States was not as well received. It was a commercial success, setting the record for the biggest opening weekend for a comedy film in the UK. A sequel, \"The Inbetweeners 2\", was released on 6 August 2014. Teenage friends Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright, and Neil Sutherland have finished their A-levels and are about to leave Rudge Park Comprehensive, much to the relief of Mr. Gilbert, their sardonic head of sixth form. Within their final week of school, Jay's grandfather dies; Simon is dumped by his girlfriend Carli D'Amato; Neil has", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "16121241", "text": "(sixth form only), English Language/Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Media, History, Geography, PE, Textiles, Wood Work, Metal Work, Food Tech, Art, Business Studies, ICT, Cultural Studies, Sociology (Sixth form only), Psychology (sixth form only), Politics (Sixth form only- coming in 2015/2016), French, Spanish, Music, Drama, Travel and Tourism (Sixth form only), Ruislip High also includes an Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts performing arts school, and houses the South Ruislip Adult Education Centre. Ruislip High represents the fictional school \"Rudge Park Comprehensive\" from \"The Inbetweeners\" television series and \"The Inbetweeners Movie\"., which began in 2008. Ruislip High School Ruislip High School", "title": "Ruislip High School" }, { "docid": "17467567", "text": "but then unknowingly to him, passes out as they are in bed together and Will is fingering her. A backpacker girl comes in, sees what is happening and thinking that Will had taken advantage of a now unconscious Katie, wrestles him to the ground, and sets off a \"rape alarm\" Will's overprotective mother gave to him. The Inbetweeners and the backpackers visit a water park where, Neil accidentally kills a dolphin and Jay gets Simon into trouble with the parents of some children. It is revealed that Jane was working somewhere at the water park and Jay tries to find", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "17941002", "text": "of the sitcom would make it as much of a commercial success as \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", it did not deserve to be. In \"The Daily Telegraph\", writer Robbie Collin also gave the film 1 star out of 5. He was highly critical of the Chinese character Mr Wang, played by O'Carroll \"with his eyes narrowed and Ls and Rs switched, while making little karate-choppy motions in the air with his hands\", calling it \"something close to anti-funny\". He also said that the sitcom's inclusion of bloopers and characters breaking the fourth wall didn't translate to the format of cinema without", "title": "Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie" }, { "docid": "12249882", "text": "Teeth subsidiary. In 2017, Buckley began starring in the sitcom \"White Gold\", along with his \"The Inbetweeners\" co-star, Joe Thomas. It has now been commisioned for a second series. Buckley married Scottish former model Clair Meek on 3 November 2012. They have two children and reside in Kilmarnock. James Buckley (actor) James Patrick Buckley (born 14 August 1987) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and YouTuber. He is best-known for playing foul-mouthed Jay Cartwright in the BAFTA-winning E4 sitcom \"The Inbetweeners.\" Buckley was born in Croydon, where he attended Thornton School. It was here, while taking part in school", "title": "James Buckley (actor)" }, { "docid": "14912926", "text": "lies and tells her she dumped him before the holiday and that he was embarrassed to tell the others. Simon finally sees that Lucy is more worthy of his attention than Carli, and knowing that he has been less than kind to her, he decides to swim back to shore as a romantic gesture, but he struggles and nearly drowns. As he is loaded into an air ambulance and taken back to the beach, Lucy kisses him and they reconcile. After the boat party is finished, the other boys and girls visit Simon in hospital, and after his recovery, they", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14743994", "text": "calm and simple music, and they moved to Copenhagen. Here they tried for some time to get a record contract, but did not succeed despite radio rotation and a movie appearance. The duo decided to go to a showcase in London in 2002 playing for the English music industry, where Tina Dico set them up with her English manager Jonathan Morley. He arranged for them to go to Nashville to exchange ideas with American song writers in 2003, and this trip reaffirmed their belief of having a special musical expression. Another showcase in London brought good reviews in the British", "title": "The Sound of Hush" }, { "docid": "12783725", "text": "Blake Harrison Blake Harrison (born 22 July 1985) is an English actor. He is best-known for playing Neil Sutherland in the BAFTA-winning E4 comedy \"The Inbetweeners\". Blake starred in three series and two subsequent films of the multi-award-winning comedy \"The Inbetweeners\". Harrison's other television work includes the BBC Three comedies \"Way to Go\" and \"Him & Her\", Comedy Central's \"Big Bad World\", \"The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff\", and \"The Bill\". Harrison also starred in all three seasons of \"The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret\", created by David Cross. Harrison's theatre work includes 'End of the Pier' at the", "title": "Blake Harrison" }, { "docid": "14844179", "text": "First Day (The Inbetweeners) \"First Day\" is the pilot episode of \"The Inbetweeners\" which aired on 1 May 2008 on E4. When originally broadcast, it was viewed in 240,000 households. Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) arrives at his new comprehensive school, Rudge Park, as he cannot continue to have private education due to his mother's financial problems following her divorce. Will has a meeting with the other new students, otherwise known as 'The Freaks', as well the aggressive Head of Sixth, Mr Gilbert (Greg Davies), where he is issued and forced to wear a large green badge introducing himself. This, alongside", "title": "First Day (The Inbetweeners)" }, { "docid": "13685851", "text": "Laura Haddock Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Kacie Carter in \"Honest\", Lucrezia in \"Da Vinci's Demons\", Meredith Quill in \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" and its sequel \"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\", Alison in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and Viviane Wembly in \"\". Born in Enfield, London and raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (where she attended St George's School), She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick. Haddock made her television debut in the television", "title": "Laura Haddock" }, { "docid": "15857126", "text": "Jessica Knappett Jessica Amy Knappett (born 28 November 1984) is an English comedy writer and actress. She is best known for playing Meg in the TV series \"Drifters\", which she created, and Lisa in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". Knappett was born and brought up in Bingley, West Yorkshire where she attended Woodhouse Grove School, before studying at the University of Manchester. She was a founder member of Lady Garden, a sketch group who met in Manchester in 2005 and performed their first show at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, returning in 2009 and 2010. During this period, the group toured throughout", "title": "Jessica Knappett" }, { "docid": "15857130", "text": "therapeutic re-writing of history. Jessica Knappett Jessica Amy Knappett (born 28 November 1984) is an English comedy writer and actress. She is best known for playing Meg in the TV series \"Drifters\", which she created, and Lisa in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". Knappett was born and brought up in Bingley, West Yorkshire where she attended Woodhouse Grove School, before studying at the University of Manchester. She was a founder member of Lady Garden, a sketch group who met in Manchester in 2005 and performed their first show at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, returning in 2009 and 2010. During this period,", "title": "Jessica Knappett" }, { "docid": "11243797", "text": "building as Harold and Kumar. They declined to go to White Castle with Harold and Kumar as they chose Hot Dog Heaven instead, but in the third movie did go to White Castle. In the third movie, Goldstein has a son named Christian and stated he had converted to Christianity after marrying his wife, and even wished to uncircumcise himself, which all aggravated Rosenberg who still practices Judaism. Harold & Kumar Harold & Kumar is the name for a series of American stoner comedy films starring John Cho (Harold) and Kal Penn (Kumar). The first film, \"Harold & Kumar Go", "title": "Harold & Kumar" }, { "docid": "16458466", "text": "Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced. \"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy\" won the most awards with three including Best British Film. Other winners included \"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2\" and \"Thor\" with two awards and \"Kill List\", \"Like Crazy\", \"\", \"The Inbetweeners Movie\", and \"Tyrannosaur\" with one. Michael Fassbender received the Empire Hero Award, Ron Howard received the Empire Inspiration Award and Tim Burton received the Empire Legend Award. Indira Suleimenova from Kazakhstan won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for her 60-second film version", "title": "17th Empire Awards" }, { "docid": "13716914", "text": "contributed to Marathi movie Let's Go Back where in June 2010 she sang \"Bigi Bigi\". She recorded the title track for \"Let's Go Back\" in July 2010. In May 2011, Mugdha recorded foot tapping title song for the movie \"Ya gol gol dabyatala\". This film was released in 2012. Mugdha contributed to Marathi Movie Chintamani released in 2014, she sang ″Kadhitari Kuthetari″ along with Amruta Subhash. She did major contribution as a playback singer in the film Ubuntu which was released in Sep. 2017. In November 2010, Mugdha became a brand ambassador for the \"Jungle Book\" contest of the Marathi", "title": "Mugdha Vaishampayan" }, { "docid": "15903855", "text": "The Inbetweeners Soundtrack The Inbetweeners Soundtrack is a compilation album released as the soundtrack album for the British comedy show \"The Inbetweeners\". It was released in November 2009 by EMI Records. It is a double album containing 48 tracks, featuring various artist tracks and sound bites from the first two series of the show. Due to being released in 2009, it only covers the first two series of \"The Inbetweeners\". Its cover is similar to \"The Inbetweeners\" Series 1 DVD cover and title screen from all three series. It features a majority of the tracks from the series. Not included", "title": "The Inbetweeners Soundtrack" }, { "docid": "15726261", "text": "shot off. Robin Peck (Rebel Wilson's character), Doorbal's girlfriend, then wife, in the film, is based on Cindy Eldridge, who did refer Doorbal to a doctor. Contrary to events in the film, they did not meet at a medical office, they did not have a whirlwind courtship or marry at home, and Doorbal did not need to commit further crimes to fund his injections. Furthermore, Doorbal was violent and sadistic in real life, unlike Anthony Mackie's mild-mannered character in the movie. In the movie, the police arrest: In the film, Lugo escapes in Kershaw's go-fast boat, and at Du Bois'", "title": "Pain & Gain" }, { "docid": "5801781", "text": "water park (fictionally called \"Splash Planet\") in \"The Inbetweeners 2\", a 2014 British comedy film, were filmed at the park. In selected peak seasons (such as the 2012–2013 summer season) Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast offers Fast Track, a system where guests could get to the front of a ride's line in exchange for a set fee. A similar system is in operation at Warner Bros. Movie World. The Extreme HO Zone first opened at the back of the park for during 2006 with three rides with staggered openings. It features the latest cutting-edge attractions including a funnel slide, enclosed and open", "title": "Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast" }, { "docid": "7489844", "text": "of a number of young players in the film who were under a long-term deal with AIP, the others including Donna Loren, Bobbi Shaw, Cheryl Sweeten, Mary Hughes, Michael Nader and Edward Garner. It was also the first movie Buster Keaton made for AIP. Louis M Heyward claims casting Keaton was his idea as they had worked together previously on \"The Faye Emerson Show\". and the first movie Bobbi Shaw, is playing her \"ya, ya\" Swedish bombshell part, Keaton's partner. Dorothy Lamour makes her last musical appearance in a film, singing \"Where Did I Go Wrong?\" The dances for this", "title": "Pajama Party (film)" }, { "docid": "11911748", "text": "special retrospective programme featuring the cast would be aired to mark the 10 year anniversary of the show's first airing in 2008. The four main characters are seen in every episode as well as the 2011 and 2014 films. They consist of: Episodes of the first, second and third series can be viewed in Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Australia and USA through Netflix. Channel 4's catch-up service All 4 also carries it in the UK and Ireland. All three series are also available on YouTube, along with \"The Inbetweeners: Rude Road Trip\" and \"Top Ten Inbetweeners Moments\". The opening theme", "title": "The Inbetweeners" }, { "docid": "14844185", "text": "back at Will at some point during the school year as revenge for his actions. Jay and Neil are also deeply annoyed that Will spoiled the evening, but Simon finds himself amused by the many insults Will aimed at the other students when revealing they were underage, and begins warming to him as a new friend. First Day (The Inbetweeners) \"First Day\" is the pilot episode of \"The Inbetweeners\" which aired on 1 May 2008 on E4. When originally broadcast, it was viewed in 240,000 households. Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) arrives at his new comprehensive school, Rudge Park, as he", "title": "First Day (The Inbetweeners)" }, { "docid": "11013411", "text": "Ivanka Trump Big Brother contestant Liza Jeynes contacted Act Against Bullying for support over her suicide attempts over cyberbullying. Act Against Bullying has a young following and Joseph McManners was photographed for them when he attended a function as well as Hugo Boss model Nicholas Joyce. They worked with Britain's Got Talent 2008 finalists martial arts duo Strike. In 2008 Fashion Showcase Wales sponsored by L'Oreal was held in support of the charity at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff in the 2011 Act Against Bullying's campaign posters and messages featured in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". Act Against Bullying Act Against Bullying", "title": "Act Against Bullying" }, { "docid": "1456337", "text": "Onion skinning Onion skinning is a 2D computer graphics term for a technique used in creating animated cartoons and editing movies to see several frames at once. This way, the animator or editor can make decisions on how to create or change an image based on the previous image in the sequence. In traditional cartoon animation, the individual frames of a movie were initially drawn on thin onionskin paper over a light source. The animators (mostly inbetweeners) would put the previous and next drawings exactly beneath the working drawing, so that they could draw the 'in between' to give a", "title": "Onion skinning" }, { "docid": "1961754", "text": "Verona, Italy, and Erik Hesselberg, a journalist. Douglas grew up in Connecticut, in the Old Saybrook area, but said that really she grew up all over, in Massachusetts where her father lived, Connecticut where her mother lived, and New York, where her extended family lived. During her childhood she spent time going back and forth between relatives during the summer. Douglas said that her parents were heavily influenced by the 1970s hippie culture—her father especially by the movie \"Easy Rider\". They had a loose parenting style and did not pressure her to go to college. Comedy albums were really big", "title": "Illeana Douglas" }, { "docid": "18251385", "text": "that \"DeKnight doesn't attempt to invest his monsters with majesty, the way Guillermo del Toro did in the previous film. With DeKnight it's just a lot of pounding, smashing and driving, purely functional.\" In October 2017, five months before the film’s release, DeKnight stated \"If enough people show up to this, we've already talked about the plot of the third movie, and how the end of the third movie would expand the universe to a \"Star Wars\"/\"Star Trek\"-style [franchise or series] where you can go in many, many different directions... You can go main canon, you can go spin-offs, you", "title": "Pacific Rim Uprising" }, { "docid": "17642754", "text": "was released on 8 December 2014 by 4DVD. Drifters (TV series) Drifters is a British sitcom. It stars Jessica Knappett, Lydia Rose Bewley and Lauren O'Rourke as two cousins and their friend who live in Leeds following their graduation from university. E4 broadcast four series, between 2013 and 2016. All three actresses previously appeared together in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". The series first aired on E4 on 31 October 2013. On 9 May 2014, Channel 4 announced they had ordered a second series of \"Drifters\". The new series began airing on E4 on 23 October 2014 and concluded on 27 November", "title": "Drifters (TV series)" }, { "docid": "17642752", "text": "Drifters (TV series) Drifters is a British sitcom. It stars Jessica Knappett, Lydia Rose Bewley and Lauren O'Rourke as two cousins and their friend who live in Leeds following their graduation from university. E4 broadcast four series, between 2013 and 2016. All three actresses previously appeared together in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". The series first aired on E4 on 31 October 2013. On 9 May 2014, Channel 4 announced they had ordered a second series of \"Drifters\". The new series began airing on E4 on 23 October 2014 and concluded on 27 November 2014. It began transmission on 23 October 2014,", "title": "Drifters (TV series)" }, { "docid": "14912921", "text": "Greek child who can't swim into the pool. Jay and Simon get into an argument over Simon's continuing obsession with Carli and Jay's continual false bravado and they brawl in the street, embarrassingly until Will and Neil separate the pair. Desperate to buy a ticket for the boat party to try to reconcile with Carli, Simon naively sells all of his clothes to James, including the clothes that he is wearing, but receives no payment for it after waiting hours for him to \"return\". Meanwhile, Jay angrily tears up two of the four boat party tickets that he secretly bought", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "14855883", "text": "attendees burst out laughing. Work Experience (The Inbetweeners) \"Work Experience\" is the second episode of the second series of \"The Inbetweeners\". It first aired on 9 April 2009 on E4. It is Valentine's Day and the boys compare the cards they have received; Will has only received one from his nan, though Jay shares a handful of cards full of sexual messages that Will and Simon immediately suspect he wrote himself. Simon then shows off a genuine card he has received from a younger pupil, Hannah Fields, but is merely adamant to make sure Carli doesn't find out. Will later", "title": "Work Experience (The Inbetweeners)" }, { "docid": "14855877", "text": "Work Experience (The Inbetweeners) \"Work Experience\" is the second episode of the second series of \"The Inbetweeners\". It first aired on 9 April 2009 on E4. It is Valentine's Day and the boys compare the cards they have received; Will has only received one from his nan, though Jay shares a handful of cards full of sexual messages that Will and Simon immediately suspect he wrote himself. Simon then shows off a genuine card he has received from a younger pupil, Hannah Fields, but is merely adamant to make sure Carli doesn't find out. Will later catches up with Charlotte,", "title": "Work Experience (The Inbetweeners)" }, { "docid": "7488767", "text": "and his crew. He says they have made a movie by a \"brand new process\". He adds that they have made a movie like a military operation. With a military operation, the troops take on the town and as they go forward, they encounter many obstacles and they have to get through them in the film. Kingsley says they have been making an attack on the nature of reality. He asks \"What is reality?\" The cast and crew begin to discuss what they do and don't like about Kingsley and the movie. One of the females did not like the", "title": "Maidstone (film)" }, { "docid": "16713925", "text": "Education Movie\" and was released on 21 August 2015 in the UK. The film saw ineffectual teacher Alfie Wickers travelling to Cornwall with his students. Entertainment Film Distributors, who also handled the release of the box-office 2011 hit \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" dealt with the release of the \"Bad Education Movie\". The series received mixed reviews from the British press. \"The Guardian\" called it \"in poor taste\" and accused Whitehall of \"phoning it in\". \"The Daily Telegraph\" gave the show a rating of 2 out of 5, claiming that the show \"uses too many stereotypes\" and that Whitehall \"tends to repeat", "title": "Bad Education (TV series)" }, { "docid": "15857128", "text": "4 aired on E4 and Channel 4 at the end of 2016. Knappett played the lead role of Lisa in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" and appeared in Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge Movie \"Alpha Papa\" and the TV Movie \"Irreversible\" alongside David Schwimmer. Other credits include \"Drunk History\" for Comedy Central, \"Mid-Morning Matters\" for Sky One, \"Twenty Twelve\" for BBC Two, E4's \"Meet the Parents\" for Objective Productions, \"How Not to Live Your Life\" and \"Lunch Monkeys\" for BBC3. She also played the role of Carly in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series \"Shedtown\" alongside Johnny Vegas. She has also recorded a", "title": "Jessica Knappett" }, { "docid": "14912924", "text": "following day, Will is hungover and the group meet the girls again at the beach. Alison gives Will Nicos' ticket, while Simon apologises to Lucy, and she offers him her boat party ticket so that he can be with Carli. On board, Simon witnesses an argument between Carli and James. Carli then kisses Simon passionately, and he is elated, until he realises that she is just using him to make James jealous. Finally seeing Carli for her true colours, he ditches her. Meanwhile, Jay apologises to Jane and they start a relationship as do Will and Alison, and Neil and", "title": "The Inbetweeners Movie" }, { "docid": "13492889", "text": "screens. In total, the film accrued $60.3 million from its Friday-through-Monday opening weekend, more than tripling the international gross of \"The Hangover\"s debut in the same territories. The highest weekend gross came from the United Kingdom where the film earned £10,409,017 from 469 screens, breaking the record for the highest-grossing opening for a US comedy, but this record was overtaken by \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" (£13,216,736). Australia accrued a gross of $12.1 million to replace \"Sex and the City\" in the country as the highest-grossing opening for an MA-rated film—no-one under the age of 15 permitted. The film took $8.7 million", "title": "The Hangover Part II" }, { "docid": "15592254", "text": "Love\" is the opening track of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". \"Black Dragon\" and \"Goodbye\" are used in the opening titles of \"\". Future Primitive (The Vines album) Future Primitive is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band The Vines. It was released on 3 June 2011. The majority of the album was recorded at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia during February and March 2010 with producer Christopher Colonna of The Bumblebeez. Additional recording and production touch-ups occurred throughout the preceding year (2010–early 2011) whilst the band shopped the album to potential record labels, as they were without a label at", "title": "Future Primitive (The Vines album)" }, { "docid": "8213300", "text": "Movie Surfers Movie Surfers is a Disney Channel mini that appears in commercial form where teenagers go behind the scenes of Walt Disney related films. It was about teenagers communicating with each other via webcams and getting info about the movies. Now it also appears after a Disney Channel movie or series ends. In 1997 when the show began, Mischa, Lindsay, Alexis and Marcus used a computer to surf the Internet to go behind the scenes of upcoming movies. They began sitting in a screening room and talking to various actors and actresses of the movie. Later cast members included", "title": "Movie Surfers" }, { "docid": "8213301", "text": "Rose, Stevanna, Josh, Jeryn and Tessa. In 2009 Disney XD started airing \"Movie Surfers\". sometimes during commercial breaks. Movie Surfers Movie Surfers is a Disney Channel mini that appears in commercial form where teenagers go behind the scenes of Walt Disney related films. It was about teenagers communicating with each other via webcams and getting info about the movies. Now it also appears after a Disney Channel movie or series ends. In 1997 when the show began, Mischa, Lindsay, Alexis and Marcus used a computer to surf the Internet to go behind the scenes of upcoming movies. They began sitting", "title": "Movie Surfers" }, { "docid": "15903857", "text": "Brothers' \"Setting Sun\", and Damien Rice's \"9 Crimes\". The album features fourteen tracks that are clips (samples) taken from moments in the show. some are these are featured in \"The Inbetweeners: Top 10 Moments\". It also features cut-outs of the four main characters in the show (in box forms), as well as unseen photos and sleeve notes. The Inbetweeners Soundtrack The Inbetweeners Soundtrack is a compilation album released as the soundtrack album for the British comedy show \"The Inbetweeners\". It was released in November 2009 by EMI Records. It is a double album containing 48 tracks, featuring various artist tracks", "title": "The Inbetweeners Soundtrack" }, { "docid": "19870610", "text": "intent on a good time. Other cast members include Cara Theobold as Alex's former girlfriend Ellie, Inbetweeners star Emily Atack as Alex’s older sister Liz, Algina Lipskis as Zara, and movie pundit Alex Zane who makes a cameo as a club promoter. \"Hollywood News\" felt that the story moved along nicely but had too many characters, including Big Jim who they found 'a little too crass and sex-obsessed to win the audience over'. \"Bloody Disgusting\" gave it three and a half skulls out of five saying \"This isn’t a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoyed", "title": "Zombie Spring Breakers" }, { "docid": "12113161", "text": "so low by not telling his actors they were in a movie until the final piece was ready. The group then goes to an after party, however Matt is unable to gain entry into the club after not wanting to appear desperate and ask his old friend Jett to get him in. The four actors go to a different bar, where they decide to go to Chad's isolated cabin in the woods to write their own movie to star in; fed up of only being cast as extras. After arriving at the cabin, Michelle gets drunk and decides to go", "title": "Baghead" }, { "docid": "8897119", "text": "his murderous rampage. Raja is now determined to make sure that Rani stays with him only. In a car chase that ensues, they reach the same point where they had originally died. After fighting each other and trading punches, Raja is once again hanging on to Yash's hand, ready to die just like he did earlier, but reverses it by distracting Yash. Now Yash is hanging on for dear life and Raja lets go, killing Yash and thus avenging his death. Raja and Rani finally unite. Hameshaa Hamesha (English: \"Eternal\") is a 1997 Indian Hindi romance movie written and directed", "title": "Hameshaa" }, { "docid": "2926374", "text": "\"Phoenix Nights\" movie following the success of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". In August 2014, it was reported that Kay was in talks to revive \"Phoenix Nights\" in the form of a series of live shows for Comic Relief in 2015. In November 2014, Kay announced during a charity fundraising event at the Opera House Theatre, Blackpool that an official announcement would be made regarding the revival of the show. Kay confirmed again in April 2017 that a third series had been written but that \"things kept getting in the way\" of filming it. Phoenix Nights Phoenix Nights is a British sitcom", "title": "Phoenix Nights" }, { "docid": "7993836", "text": "space and explained why a solo Hulk film did not occur in Phase Two of the MCU by saying, \"After the first \"Avengers\", Iron Man had his own movie, Thor had his own movie, Captain America had his own movie, and Widow and Fury were in \"\". So it was really about, frankly, \"saving\" somebody so that the only place you could get Hulk between \"Avengers\" movies is the \"next\" \"Avengers\" movie, so [director Joss Whedon] could continue to play with that in [\"Avengers: Age of Ultron\"]. Where we go after that, we'll see.\" In October 2014, again on a", "title": "The Incredible Hulk (film)" }, { "docid": "16114101", "text": "on the road.\" De Emmony shopped \"Love Bite\" at the American Film Market 2011 event, allegedly hoping to appeal to the audience of \"The Inbetweeners Movie\". The movie's tagline is \"Dying...to get laid.\" Two official trailers were released. The film was released on 9 November 2012. Movie reviews were mixed. Michael Juvinall of the Horror Society liked it - \"a clever mix of horror and humor\" - with the proviso, \"We don't see too much of the werewolf in the film and what we do see is CGI, which was a little disappointing for me.\" A reviewer for \"GMA News", "title": "Love Bite" }, { "docid": "15245631", "text": "from Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise to star in a movie. However, filming is in Paris, and will take a year, making her incapable of going to college with her best friend, Lilly. She keeps this from Lilly, and tries to get Lilly to come to the decision of not wanting to go to college with Miley, when they drive to Stanford University for a weekend orientation. Lilly, however, is just happy to be able to go to school with her best friend. Finally, Miley reveals the movie deal to Lilly, and they get into an argument, where Lilly says", "title": "Wherever I Go (Hannah Montana)" }, { "docid": "19470579", "text": "a blizzard. They are forced to take shelter at a movie theater. With every other movie being sold out, due to the huge influx of business from other families seeking shelter at the theater, both families go to see the last movie available: \"Missile Tow\", a fictional holiday action comedy film starring Liam Neeson. When the power cuts off during the movie, the families go to the lobby where each man confronts their father about the secrets, lies, and attitudes. Brad confronts Don about not telling him the truth about his divorce, while Dusty tries to talk to Kurt. When", "title": "Daddy's Home 2" }, { "docid": "11653987", "text": "and appeared in \"The Inbetweeners Movie\" (official soundtrack). Furthermore, the song was featured in \"Suburgatory\". The song was also parodied as \"He's Got My Name\" for Cartoon Network's \"Johnny Test\". Additionally, the song was used in a parody music video by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis on their talk show \"I kveld med YLVIS (Tonight with YLVIS)\", titled \"Jeg Heter Finn\" (\"My Name Is Finn\"). This song is also heard in the \"Despicable Me 2\" \"Rollcall\" TV spot. The song was featured in a fall 2013 Joe Fresh commercial Also heard in a commercial for the 2014 film \"The Lego Movie\".", "title": "That's Not My Name" }, { "docid": "15086840", "text": "Sloane admits she did not realize how much she hurt Patrick until after accepting Andrew's proposal and learning about his deception at Caitlin's movie premiere/memorial. She also tells him that it is over between them for good. In the end, Patrick forgives her and they share a romantic kiss. Together they go to Jenny’s house for the Christmas dinner. The movie ends with Sloane making a Merry Christmas toast, surrounded by the people she loves and who love her. During its broadcast premiere, the movie averaged 3.40 million viewers. Christmas Cupid Christmas Cupid is a television film starring Christina Milian,", "title": "Christmas Cupid" }, { "docid": "17467583", "text": "in 2014, after \"The Lego Movie\" and \"\". Of the 37 reviews surveyed by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of reviews were positive. On Metacritic, the film has a 55/100 rating based on 7 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Robbie Collin of \"The Daily Telegraph\" gave the film four stars out of five, saying \"Perhaps the biggest compliment you could pay the film, apart from that it’s by and large hysterically funny, is that it is unmistakably film-like, with a smoothly arcing plot and gross-out moments staged with the verve and ceremony of an action-movie set-piece.\" In \"The Guardian\",", "title": "The Inbetweeners 2" }, { "docid": "17837239", "text": "that letting her go was a mistake. He enlists the help of Sean and some teenagers to find Nancy's house and they decide to take a chance on each other. Alice Grigg In June 2013, it was announced Simon Pegg had joined the Big Talk production, co-starring as the romantic interest. On 19 November 2013 Lake Bell joined the cast as the film's lead, with \"The Inbetweeners\" director Ben Palmer set to direct. The film received funding from BBC Films, with Anton Capital Entertainment and Amazon Prime Instant Video joining as minor production partners. StudioCanal distributed the film. Olivia Williams,", "title": "Man Up (film)" }, { "docid": "820248", "text": "after that performance and talk on their cell phones to talk about their schedules and their performances. The Gecko appears and talks to them about not using their cell phones while the movie is playing. The food items apologize to the viewers and go back in the scene in the opposite direction where they sing \"Let's All Turn Off Our Cell Phones\" as the Gecko tells the viewers to enjoy the movie. Let's All Go to the Lobby Let's All Go to the Lobby is a 1953 animated musical snipe played as an advertisement before the beginning of the main", "title": "Let's All Go to the Lobby" }, { "docid": "8482961", "text": "Don't Ask Me (OK Go song) \"Don't Ask Me\" is the second UK single released by OK Go in 2003 from their self-titled debut album. \"It's Tough to Have a Crush\" was originally released on the band's \"Brown EP\". \"Get over It (BBC Radio 1 Session)\" is a live recording from BBC Radio 1 of the band's previous single, which became a hit in the UK earlier that year. The song was featured in the 2004 film \"Catch That Kid\" and in the TV series \"Smallville\" and \"The Inbetweeners\". It was also featured in the EA Sports video game, MVP", "title": "Don't Ask Me (OK Go song)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11520549", "text": "Al\" Yankovic as Cuomo's standin. Promo Only Radio Single US Retail Cassette/US Promo 7\" Jukebox Single (Black Vinyl) Australian Retail CD UK Retail CD/UK Retail Cassette/UK 7\" Single (Blue Vinyl) French Retail CD/French Promo 7\" Single (Blue Vinyl) Undone – The Sweater Song \"Undone – The Sweater Song\" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on the band's self-titled 1994 debut album. It was released as their debut single in 1994. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has commented on the song, saying: Cuomo has also said that it was his attempt at writing \"a Velvet Underground-type song,\"", "title": "Undone – The Sweater Song" } ]

[ { "docid": "5378796", "text": "Do You Like My Tight Sweater? Do You Like My Tight Sweater? is the first album by the electronic/dance duo Moloko, released in October 1995. The title of the album is derived from the singer Róisín Murphy's chat-up line to Mark Brydon at a party in 1995: \"Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!\" A romantic and professional relationship between the two continued for several years after. \"Do You Like My Tight Sweater?\" combined three tracks from a 1995 independently released EP \"Where is the What if the What is in Why?\" with fourteen new", "title": "Do You Like My Tight Sweater?" }, { "docid": "17920068", "text": "his family's residence to fetch his son's sweater and found Huot in the kitchen. Turcotte said, \"You stole my wife. You betrayed me, you were my friend\" and punched Huot in the face before leaving the house. On February 20, 2009, Turcotte drove by his old house, and Gaston ordered him to leave, telling him, \"you are going to stop controlling my life...now, if I want to, I can change the children's names... I can get custody, I can move anywhere in Quebec\". Turcotte was terrified of losing his children. That day, while he was at work, colleagues noted \"no", "title": "Guy Turcotte killings" }, { "docid": "6552934", "text": "who will support her, not disappear when she needs him the most. She asks if he thinks the relationship is worth fighting for. \"I wanna love/ I want a fire/ To feel the burn/ My desires/ I wanna man by my side/ Not a boy who runs and hides/ Are you gonna fight for me?/ Die for me?/ Live and breathe for me?/ Do you care for me?/ 'Cause if you don't then just leave,\" she sings. Pam Avoledo of Blogcritics wrote that \"[...] Clarkson vocals fiery and smoldering. She's come a long way from American Idol where she had", "title": "Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)" }, { "docid": "10447879", "text": "Is (Not) The Song That Will Save The Welsh Language\" \"The Man Don't Give a Fuck\" was originally intended to be released as a B-side on the \"If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You\" single, however Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen refused to clear a sample of the track \"Show Biz Kids\" which features prominently on the track and it was replaced by \"Guacamole\". All songs by Super Furry Animals. If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You \"If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You\" is the fourth single, and the last to be taken from the album", "title": "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" }, { "docid": "3498877", "text": "of the band Good Charlotte, with whom she worked on the song \"Harder Everyday\", which was released as an international bonus track. The title track, which was also the theme song to her MTV reality series \"The Ashlee Simpson Show\", opens the album by introducing Simpson, who sings \"got stains on my t-shirt, and I'm the biggest flirt\" and \"if you want my auto, want my autobiography / baby, just ask me\". The \"Village Voice\" review described the song as \"wrist-pumping Joan Jett rock candy\", but \"Stylus\" labelled the track \"an age-old trope and a boring one at that\". \"Pieces", "title": "Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)" }, { "docid": "8854753", "text": "for a one-night stand. This \"lustful sexual confidence\" is further demonstrated in the lyrics of the first verse: \"I'm feeling sexy / Wa[nt to] hear you say my name, boy/ If you can reach me, you can feel my burning flame / Feeling kind of N A S T Y / I might just take you home with me\" and the chorus lines: \" Tonight I'll be your naughty girl / I'm callin' all my girls / We're gonna turn this party out / I know you want my body.\" Throughout the song, Beyoncé sings the lines \"I'd love to", "title": "Naughty Girl (Beyoncé song)" }, { "docid": "5378798", "text": "60,000 copies. \"All songs written and produced by Brydon and Murphy\". Do You Like My Tight Sweater? Do You Like My Tight Sweater? is the first album by the electronic/dance duo Moloko, released in October 1995. The title of the album is derived from the singer Róisín Murphy's chat-up line to Mark Brydon at a party in 1995: \"Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!\" A romantic and professional relationship between the two continued for several years after. \"Do You Like My Tight Sweater?\" combined three tracks from a 1995 independently released EP \"Where is", "title": "Do You Like My Tight Sweater?" }, { "docid": "8505377", "text": "song he ever heard. He played and sang it over, bar by bar, explaining why it's the best song he ever heard. I was flattered like crazy.\" A review in the trade publication \"Billboard\" called the composition \"one of those natural songs with a down-to-earth story that boy sings to girl and vice versa, with a matching melody that makes it contagious on the first listen\". The song was published in 1941. \"I Don't Want to Walk Without You\" was first performed in the 1942 Paramount Pictures film, \"Sweater Girl\", by actress Betty Jane Rhodes. In 2012, Tom Vallance of", "title": "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" }, { "docid": "7701334", "text": "guitar solos giving the song a psychedelic touch. The B-side was \"Summertime\". Another version had the B-side \"Turtle Blues\". Franklin said in an interview that when she first heard Joplin's version on the radio, she didn't recognize it because of the vocal arrangement. Noted cultural writer Ellen Willis wrote of the difference: \"When Franklin sings it, it is a challenge: no matter what you do to me, I will not let you destroy my ability to be human, to love. Joplin seems rather to be saying, surely if I keep taking this, if I keep setting an example of love", "title": "Piece of My Heart" }, { "docid": "10447878", "text": "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You \"If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You\" is the fourth single, and the last to be taken from the album Fuzzy Logic, by Super Furry Animals. It reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in September 1996. The packaging of the single features a quote in Welsh, 'Bydded Mae sawl ffordd i gael Wil i'w wely', which roughly translates into English as 'There's more than one way to get Will to bed'. B-side \"(Nid) Hon Yw'r Gân Sy'n Mynd I Achub Yr Iaith\" translates in English as \"This", "title": "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" }, { "docid": "15779886", "text": "Love.\" If You Want My Lovin' \"If You Want My Lovin'\" is a song released by American singer Evelyn \"Champagne\" King. Released on April 3, 1981, The song appears on the album \"I'm in Love\". The single version of \"If You Want My Lovin'\" was the follow-up to her charting single \"I'm in Love,\" but less successful. The song reached number one on the \"Billboard\" dance chart together with \"I'm in Love.\" \"If You Want My Lovin'\" was also released as a single. This version of \"If You Want My Lovin'\" is the less-successful follow-up to Evelyn's charting single \"I'm", "title": "If You Want My Lovin'" }, { "docid": "15779885", "text": "If You Want My Lovin' \"If You Want My Lovin'\" is a song released by American singer Evelyn \"Champagne\" King. Released on April 3, 1981, The song appears on the album \"I'm in Love\". The single version of \"If You Want My Lovin'\" was the follow-up to her charting single \"I'm in Love,\" but less successful. The song reached number one on the \"Billboard\" dance chart together with \"I'm in Love.\" \"If You Want My Lovin'\" was also released as a single. This version of \"If You Want My Lovin'\" is the less-successful follow-up to Evelyn's charting single \"I'm In", "title": "If You Want My Lovin'" }, { "docid": "16405713", "text": "head like I knew you would.\" In the sing-a-long chorus, she sings: “I want to be your favorite song/ You can turn it up/ Turn me on all night long/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la, la-la-la / I want to be your melody/ Going through your head when you think of me/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la.” Meanwhile, Common’s lyrics are softhearted as he tries his hand at crooning. “Girl the songs you sing / They my favorite things / You stay in my dreams / Something so supreme,” he warbles. Later, he raps:", "title": "Favorite Song" }, { "docid": "5551887", "text": "I would like to record my favorable impression of the manner in which my query was dealt. The lady who handled the query not only dealt with it expeditiously but gave the impression she really wanted to help\" wrote Max Farquhar of Price Waterhouse. Dan Astound-the-customer Rogers has even received a sweater for a Customer Service Representative, knitted by a more than satisfied customer. \"You need to be able to hear the smile.\" he says. Good CSRs, in his opinion are people who want to make the world a better place. Innovation in marketing also gathered pace. By June 1992,", "title": "Clear Communications" }, { "docid": "1361693", "text": "dynamite, pump, stiletto, dagger. In short, we must do everything possible to destroy the bourgeoisie and the government. You who are representatives of bourgeois companies, if you want my head, you can take it!He never attempted to deny his actions or ask the judges for mercy. He was offered the opportunity to plead insane, in exchange for giving the names of some of his accomplices, but he refused. He told the police \"Caserio is a baker, never an informer.\" The Board of Pardons decided against all appeals for clemency on 14 August. Caserio was executed by guillotine in Lyon at", "title": "Sante Geronimo Caserio" }, { "docid": "6005053", "text": "want to cry/If it helps you see/If it clears your eyes/Hate, if you want to hate/If it keeps you safe/If it makes you brave.\" \"My Wave\" appeared in the trailer for the 1994 film, \"The Endless Summer II\". The song is featured on the soundtrack for the 2004 film, \"Riding Giants\". It later appeared in a 2007 advertisement for the sixth season of the popular television series, \"24\". The music video for \"My Wave\" was co-directed by Henry Shepherd (bassist Ben Shepherd's brother), who would later direct the international version of the music video for \"Pretty Noose\", and Doug Pray.", "title": "My Wave" }, { "docid": "17504930", "text": "country industry that hit in the early 1990s. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers. If You Want to Be My Woman \"If You Want to Be My Woman\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in December 1989 as the third single from his album \"\". The song peaked at number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart in Canada. \"If You Want to Be My Woman\" was Haggard's last", "title": "If You Want to Be My Woman" }, { "docid": "17504929", "text": "If You Want to Be My Woman \"If You Want to Be My Woman\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in December 1989 as the third single from his album \"\". The song peaked at number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart in Canada. \"If You Want to Be My Woman\" was Haggard's last top-40 country hit; like most classic country artists, Haggard's chart career was severely damaged by changes in the", "title": "If You Want to Be My Woman" }, { "docid": "6237940", "text": "the chorus-verse pattern. The song opens with the lines \"Hit me\" and the first verses sung by Beyoncé follow: \"I put it right there made it easy for you to get to / Now you want to act like you don't know what to do\". The chorus follows during which the group repeatedly sings the lines \"Can you keep up?\". Rowland's second verses follow where she sings the lines \"Put it on me deep in the right direction\". The chorus is repeated twice before the bridge by Williams. After the bridge, the group sings the lines \"Here's your papers, baby", "title": "Lose My Breath" }, { "docid": "16342250", "text": "the key of B♭ minor and its tempo is 54 beats per minute. The song opens with Bieber using a lower-register and breathy vocals while rapping, \"If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go/ I can take you places you ain’t never been before/ Baby, take a chance or you’ll never ever know/ I got money in my hands that I’d really like to blow/ Swag, swag, swag on you/ Chillin' by the fire while we eatin’ fondue.\" As the chorus follows, he adopts a Michael Jackson similar falsetto, and sings about being \"everything you want\". The instrumentation,", "title": "Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)" }, { "docid": "14591524", "text": "Queen sings: \"Pure love does not fight, it does not hurt you, love that is pure does not cause you to fall\", and described the song as \"an honest statement of what love is\". \"I Do\" is a minor-key, mid-tempo pop and R&B power ballad built on a handclapped rhythm and piano. Lyrically, the song is a message to men and women; Queen sings: \"My ladies, if you know better, if he loves you, let him come back. My fellas, if you love her, don't let nothing hold you back, run out and look for her\". Queen recorded the song", "title": "Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album)" }, { "docid": "19215974", "text": "other countries, like Spain where it went top 10. If You Want My Love (Twenty 4 Seven song) \"If You Want My Love\" is a song recorded by the Dutch band Twenty 4 Seven. It was the tenth single and the sixth song to be taken from the fourth album, \"Twenty 4 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week\". The song remained a constant area of success only in the Netherlands, the single reached 77 on the (Single Top 100). It did not chart in the United Kingdom. \"If You Want My Love\" was postponed a couple of times, because", "title": "If You Want My Love (Twenty 4 Seven song)" }, { "docid": "19215973", "text": "If You Want My Love (Twenty 4 Seven song) \"If You Want My Love\" is a song recorded by the Dutch band Twenty 4 Seven. It was the tenth single and the sixth song to be taken from the fourth album, \"Twenty 4 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week\". The song remained a constant area of success only in the Netherlands, the single reached 77 on the (Single Top 100). It did not chart in the United Kingdom. \"If You Want My Love\" was postponed a couple of times, because \"We Are the World\" did successfully well in many", "title": "If You Want My Love (Twenty 4 Seven song)" }, { "docid": "4827538", "text": "to sing Coxon's lines; \"\"Oh my baby/Oh my baby/Oh why?/Oh my\"\". At Blur's headline appearance at Reading Festival in 2003, he introduced the song by saying \"I don't want, for one moment, to be a sentimental but... Graham wrote this song as well... you know the bits he sings and I want you to sing them as loudly as you possibly can. Everyone needs to sing this song.\" Drummer Dave Rowntree would also sing Coxon's lines on occasion. In July 2009 when Blur re-formed, Coxon's lines in \"Tender\" were repeated and sung powerfully by the audience to call Blur back", "title": "Tender (song)" }, { "docid": "20300289", "text": "the Shells\" reissue \"This is music of the mind, certainly, but it is also from the body and the earth itself. This is free jazz that sings!.\" The \"JazzTimes\" review by John Murph says about the reissue \"Both wild and peaceful, \"Touch The Earth-Break the Shells\", is an invigorating post-Art Ensemble of Chicago experience.\" All compositions by Smith / Kowald / Sommer If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells is an album by a free jazz trio consisting of German bassist Peter Kowald, American trumpeter", "title": "If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells" }, { "docid": "20596430", "text": "If You Don't Want My Love \"If You Don't Want My Love\" is a song by Robert John from 1968. It became a hit in the U.S. (\"Billboard\" #49, \"Cash Box\" #34) and the UK (#42). It did best in Canada, where it reached #21. The song was performed with Michael Gately, as was the B-side of the single, \"Don't\". \"If You Don't Want My Love\" was the first charting hit of John's adult career. At age 12 he had previously had a minor hit in 1958 with \"White Bucks and Saddle Shoes\" under his given name, Bobby Pedrick Jr.", "title": "If You Don't Want My Love" }, { "docid": "20596429", "text": "If You Don't Want My Love \"If You Don't Want My Love\" is a song by Robert John from 1968. It became a hit in the U.S. (\"Billboard\" #49, \"Cash Box\" #34) and the UK (#42). It did best in Canada, where it reached #21. The song was performed with Michael Gately, as was the B-side of the single, \"Don't\". \"If You Don't Want My Love\" was the first charting hit of John's adult career. At age 12 he had previously had a minor hit in 1958 with \"White Bucks and Saddle Shoes\" under his given name, Bobby Pedrick Jr.", "title": "If You Don't Want My Love" }, { "docid": "20278608", "text": "similarities in \"poignant bass notes\" that help create a sense of the holiday season. As a whole, \"You Make It Feel Like Christmas\" contains various songs alluding to Stefani's relationship with boyfriend Blake Shelton. Rachel McRady from \"Entertainment Tonight\" suggested that even when considering their previously released duet (\"You Make It Feel Like Christmas\"), \"My Gift Is You\" may be the \"most telling tune\" on the parent album. Stefani sings: \"I can't wait to give all my lovin' to my best friend / All I want is you to take my love and give it back again\". While crooning, she", "title": "My Gift Is You" }, { "docid": "3988731", "text": "teach you the capriole, If you want to come to my school I'll teach you the capriole, yes, Teach you, yes, Teach you. I'll know, I'll know, I'll know, I'll know, I'll know, but slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly; Sooner every dark secret by dissembling I shall uncover. Artfully fencing, artfully working, stinging here, joking there, all of your schemes I'll turn inside out. all of your schemes I'll turn inside out. If you want to dance, my little count, If you want to dance, my little count, I'll play the little guitar for you, I'll play the", "title": "Se vuol ballare" }, { "docid": "13386494", "text": "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) \"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)\" or \"Take My Heart\" is a 1981 single by Kool & the Gang from their album, \"Something Special\". The single was the group's sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week. It also reached #17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. De-Lite Records - DE-815: De-Lite Records - 0930.037: Robert Palmer covered the song on his 1983 album \"Pride\" under the title \"You Can Have It (Take My Heart)\". In 2003,", "title": "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" }, { "docid": "11288817", "text": "released in recent years on the budget \"The Collection\" compilation and \"Classics & Collectibles\" (2005). \"I Have Dreamed,\" \"Country Girl,\" \"When the World Was Young,\" \"Someone to Light Up My Life,\" \"The Impossible Dream,\" \"If She Walked Into My Life,\" \"Who (Will Take My Place)\" and \"Lost in the Stars\" are included on \"Classics & Collectibles\", while \"The Look of Love\" is included on \"The Collection\". \"Will You Still Be Mine,\" \"The Song Is You\" and \"Only the Young\" remain unavailable. \"Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series\" received mixed reviews by the majority of critics. Richie Unterberger,", "title": "Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series" }, { "docid": "15752099", "text": "was further described as dynamic, \"slamming\" and loud. As the song progresses, the melody goes through \"dramatic crashes\" and crescendos. \"What You Want\" opens with rapid drums and soon moves into a guitar-driven mode, accompanied by synthesizers. Throughout the song, Lee uses \"pseudo operatic\" and \"poppy\" vocals. In the opening lines, she sings: \"Do what you, what you want / If you have a dream for better / Do what you, what you want / 'Til you don't want it anymore.\" Those sounds are followed by a hard rock surging guitar and strings which were noted to be part of", "title": "What You Want (Evanescence song)" }, { "docid": "3988730", "text": "dissimulando scoprir potrò. L'arte schermendo, l'arte adoprando, di qua pungendo, di là scherzando, tutte le macchine rovescierò, rovescierò. tutte le macchine rovescierò, rovescierò. Se vuol ballare, signor contino, se vuol ballare, signor contino, il chitarrino le suonerò, il chitarrino le suonerò, sì, le suonerò, sì, le suonerò..</poem> <poem style=\"margin-left:2em; float:left;\">Literal translation If you want to dance, my little count, If you want to dance, my little count, I'll play the little guitar for you, I'll play the little guitar for you, yes, I'll play for you, yes, I'll play for you. If you want to come to my school I'll", "title": "Se vuol ballare" }, { "docid": "18811911", "text": "/ Trying to get over how bad I want you so much\". Sharp percussion and dark string instrumentation begins playing as the chorus builds in intensity. Ora then belts out the song's hook, \"I pick my poison and it's you / Nothing could kill me like you do / You're going straight to my head / And I'm heading straight to the edge / I pick my poison and it's you / I pick my poison and it's you \", over prominent synthesizers. Drums later feature most prominently during the middle eight in which Ora sings about her world falling", "title": "Poison (Rita Ora song)" }, { "docid": "13386495", "text": "saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song from his release \"Lovelife.\" Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) \"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)\" or \"Take My Heart\" is a 1981 single by Kool & the Gang from their album, \"Something Special\". The single was the group's sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week. It also reached #17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. De-Lite Records - DE-815: De-Lite Records - 0930.037: Robert Palmer covered the song on his 1983 album \"Pride\" under the", "title": "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" }, { "docid": "16155174", "text": "in an interview with AOL Music, \"Enrique really made the record amazing, he added just the right amount of sexy and of course sounded great! Working with him was an awesome experience, shout out to all my fellow Latinas y Latinos out there!\" Its chorus includes both the singers singing, \"So I don’t care what they say it’s our life, life, life / We can dance if we want make it feel alright / Temperature’s rising I feel on fire / Tonight it’s just me and you\". Dev breaks up & sings, \"Tell me, baby, will you be here when", "title": "Naked (Dev and Enrique Iglesias song)" }, { "docid": "18012842", "text": "even several ill-advised ballads. The album starts with \"A.K.A.\", the RoccStar-produced hip-hop track features rapper T.I. and was considered a \"bass heavy banger.\" Lyrically, \"A.K.A.\" is a declaration of self-identity and a presumed ex's inability to realize what they had before it was too late. \"It took too long to find out what you want right now/ I'm too gone to stay around/ switching up my style,\" she sings. The second track and second single \"First Love\" was produced by Max Martin and it's an upbeat, bass heavy track, in which Lopez sings: \"I wish you were my first love,", "title": "A.K.A. (album)" }, { "docid": "6511452", "text": "Kiedis' growth as a singer and songwriter: \"the guy [Kiedis] who once yelped, 'I want to party on your pussy!' whisper-sings a gentler, though not unrelated, proposition: 'All I want is for you to be happy/And take this moment to make you my family.' The delicate 'Hard to Concentrate' is the most vulnerable Peppers tune ever—a full-on marriage proposal from Anthony Kiedis, with Flea's muted bass and John Frusciante's layered guitars slow-dancing over Afrobeat hand drums.\" \"Q magazine\" said it was one of the year's best albums and rated it at 5/5, whilst Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic called it", "title": "Stadium Arcadium" }, { "docid": "17480883", "text": "however, that title would not last long and he would change it back. In June 2013, YG revealed that he signed a deal to Jeezy's record label CTE World. On September 4, 2013, YG announced that he had changed the name of his debut album from \"I'm From Bompton\" to \"My Krazy Life\". He explained the change saying Jeezy asked him, \"Who do you want to support your album? Do you want a certain type of people or do you want the whole world?\" YG responded saying the whole world. He then explained, \"If my album was called \"I'm From", "title": "My Krazy Life" }, { "docid": "17691865", "text": "If You Want Some \"If You Want Some\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Joel Crouse. It was released in February 2013 as his debut single. Crouse wrote the song with Jamie Houston and Luke Laird. Billy Dukes of \"Taste of Country\" gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that \"it’s a worthwhile story that allows the singer to show some personality.\" Dukes thought that Crouse \"sings with more confidence than 20 years provides most artists\" and that the song is \"cool enough to grab one’s attention, but not so cool that", "title": "If You Want Some" }, { "docid": "19456547", "text": "\"raw\" guitar riffs, \"soothing electronics\", \"snare slaps\", \"whooshing synths\" and a \"dub step-esque boom-bap.\" In the song, she uses her breathy vocals and \"soulful crescendos of 'Make me oooh, oooh, oooh.'\" Lyrically, \"Make Me...\" talks about demanding sexual satisfaction, with the singer \"want[ing] the object of her affection to make her move,\" explaining that \"she's on the lookout for someone to 'raise [her] roof.'\" In the chorus, she sings: \"I just want you to make me move like it ain’t a choice for you, like you got a job to do/ Just want you to raise my roof, something sensational.", "title": "Make Me... (Britney Spears song)" }, { "docid": "2741250", "text": "\"My Life\". The first single was \"Local Girls\" which reached No. 54. In 2009, Milsap released a two-CD set entitled \"Then Sings My Soul\" which featured 24 hymns and gospel songs, including \"Up To Zion\". \"Up To Zion\" was co-written by Gregory James Tornquist and Noreen Crayton and became a No. 1 hit on the southern gospel charts. On May 12, 2010, he was part of a Gaither Video Taping. Milsap's next studio album,\"Country Again\", was released in July 2011. The CD was a return to a more traditional country sound. The first single, \"If You Don't Want Me To\",", "title": "Ronnie Milsap" }, { "docid": "15701997", "text": "\"Misty\", \"Cry Me a River\" and \"What Kind of Fool Am I?\". The album reached #24 on the \"Billboard\" 200. Edsel Records released the album on Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, \"Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts\". The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by \"Pitchfork\". I'll Cry If I Want To I'll Cry If I Want To was the debut album of Lesley Gore. The album included her hit singles \"It's My Party\" and its follow-up, \"Judy's Turn to Cry\". The album was rushed out after \"It's My Party\" became", "title": "I'll Cry If I Want To" }, { "docid": "7428105", "text": "there after killing Liszt, who regret their behaviour towards him and each other and finally live in harmony. In the final episode, Liszt and the women decide to fly down to Earth in a spaceship to destroy Wagner-Hitler who has now ravaged Berlin in a fiery machine-gun frenzy. Once Wagner-Hitler is destroyed, Liszt sings that he has found \"peace at last\". Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and called it \"a berserk exercise of demented genius, and on that level (I want to make my praise explicit) it functions and sometimes even works. Most people will", "title": "Lisztomania (film)" }, { "docid": "15041093", "text": "and noted the similarity of the song's middle eight to that of The Beatles' \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps.\" In a review of the 1996 box set \"Sex, America, Cheap Trick\", \"Billboard\" commented: \"Cheap Trick never ceased producing the occasional Beatlesque gem, such as \"If You Want My Love\"...\" In the 2007 book \"Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide\", a section on Cheap Trick featured reviews on the top 20 stand-out tracks from the band. \"If You Want My Love\" was included, with the author John M. Borack writing: \"Best ballad of the '80s anyone? For sheer Lennon-meets-McCartney-head-on", "title": "If You Want My Love" }, { "docid": "5556100", "text": "father and mother. Be careful and not forget your English tongue. If you shall have an opportunity to get away from the Indians don't try to escape; for if you do they will find and destroy you. Don't forget, my little daughter, the prayers that I have learned you - say them often: be a good child, and God will bless you! May God bless you, my child, and make you comfortable and happy.' During this time, the Indians stripped the shoes and stockings from the little boy that belonged to the woman who was taken with us, and put", "title": "Mary Jemison" }, { "docid": "8659766", "text": "If My World Stopped Turning \"If My World Stopped Turning\" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Chris Doran, who had an unusual previous career, being a former national kick boxing champion. The song, with music by former Westlife member Bryan McFadden, is a ballad in which Doran sings to his lover about the depth of his feelings (\"I can see my future/When I'm looking in your eyes/And I can sense security/Just by you bein' in my life\"). He goes on to explain, however, that if his relationship should end, \"Then I would", "title": "If My World Stopped Turning" }, { "docid": "19170375", "text": "tone while \"hating on a girl for loving herself too much.\" In the pre-chorus, he sings with a husky tone in the lower registers: \"My mama don't like you, and she likes everyone,\" \"in a style that molds well to Sheeran's,\" according to \"Rolling Stone\" Brittany Spanos. \"And I [never] like to admit that I was wrong. And I've been so caught up in my job, didn't see what's going on, and now I know, I'm better sleeping on my own,\" he continues. In the chorus, Bieber sings, \"Cause if you like the way you look that much, oh baby", "title": "Love Yourself" }, { "docid": "13871165", "text": "Baby\" as the song to launch her '60s career as a solo recording artist. Produced by Bob Crewe, Greenwich's version reached #83 in the spring of 1967 marking her only US chart appearance as a recording artist (apart from her singles with The Raindrops). She included the song on her 1968 debut solo album \"Ellie Greenwich Composes, Pruduces and Sings\". In the UK Annie Ross - John Hendricks' future co-partner in Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - had an October 1955 single release of \"I Want You to Be My Baby\" recorded with Tony Crombie & His Orchestra: neither this disc", "title": "I Want You to Be My Baby" }, { "docid": "15041094", "text": "splendor, it's damned hard to top. One of Zander's finest leads ever, punctuated by his oh-so-Paulie 'woooos'.\" If You Want My Love \"If You Want My Love\" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1982 as the first single from their sixth studio album \"One on One\". It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached No. 45 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 Chart, and No. 2 in Australia. The song was the first single release from the band to feature new bassist Jon Brant. A music video was", "title": "If You Want My Love" }, { "docid": "15041090", "text": "If You Want My Love \"If You Want My Love\" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1982 as the first single from their sixth studio album \"One on One\". It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached No. 45 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 Chart, and No. 2 in Australia. The song was the first single release from the band to feature new bassist Jon Brant. A music video was filmed to promote the single, which received regular airing on MTV. The single's B-side, \"Four Letter Word\",", "title": "If You Want My Love" }, { "docid": "8998219", "text": "them \"confessional ballads\", with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. \"Dreaming of You\" begins with a moderately slow beat. Selena sings that she is up at night thinking of her lover, \"wishing on a star\" that he is thinking of her too. The song then plays at a moderate tempo, when Selena sings the chorus that she is dreaming of her lover and telling him that she plans on holding him the next day. She then asks her love interest \"if you looked in my eyes, would you see what's inside, would you even", "title": "Dreaming of You (Selena song)" }, { "docid": "15505634", "text": "Unless you want to hold hands / Unless you want to be dad\". After Gaga sings \"I'm gonna drink my tears and cry / 'cos I know you love me baby\" during the techno-inspired bridge, she alludes to the alleged affair between Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy with the lyrics \"Put your hands on me / John F. Kennedy / I'll make you squeal baby\", singing in a monotonous, yet seductive tone. \"Government Hooker\" was well received by the media. Roberts asserted that the song's dynamic was a quirky exception to the contravening nature of \"Born This Way\". Chris", "title": "Government Hooker" }, { "docid": "17633842", "text": "really unique and she sings the shit out of it.\" On November 1, 2013, Spears tweeted that she would reveal previews of \"Perfume\" through her Snapchat account. Along with the lyrics \"I want to believe / It's just you and me / Sometimes it feels like there's three of us in here, baby / So I wait for you to call and I try to act natural / Have you been thinking 'bout her or 'bout me / And while I wait, I put on my perfume / Yeah I want it all over you\", the singer also shared the", "title": "Perfume (Britney Spears song)" }, { "docid": "3696488", "text": "two met at a party in Sheffield, where Murphy approached Brydon with the chat-up line, \"Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!\" Its first sentence became their début album's title, recorded while Murphy and Brydon had begun dating. The name Moloko comes from the narcotic-filled milk drink, Moloko Plus, in the Anthony Burgess novel \"A Clockwork Orange\", based on the Russian for milk, \"молоко\" (\"moloko\"). The group signed to Echo Records and released their single \"Where Is the What If the What Is in the Why?\" The group's debut album \"Do You Like My Tight", "title": "Moloko" }, { "docid": "16470107", "text": "Rubenstein wrote that Usher sings about a \"hot chick and how it'll be a total cinch for him to get her home\", in the line \"I see you over there, so hypnotic/ Thinking 'bout what I do to that body.../ Got no drink in my hand/ But I'm wasted/ Getting drunk of the thought of you naked/ I get you like ooh, baby, baby.\" In the chorus, he sings \"If you wanna scream ‘yeah,’ let me know and I’ll take you there / Get you going like a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby, a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby / If", "title": "Scream (Usher song)" }, { "docid": "8840300", "text": "close my eyes and I'm with you, and all that I so want to give you, is only a heart beat away.\" In a 2006 interview with \"The Globe and Mail\" Cohen said: I once had that nicking happen with Leo Sayer. Do you remember that song 'When I Need You'?\" Cohen sings the chorus of Sayer's number one hit from 1977, then segues into 'And Jane came by with a lock of your hair', a lyric from 'Famous Blue Raincoat'. 'Somebody sued them on my behalf … and they did settle', even though, he laughs, 'they hired a musicologist,", "title": "When I Need You" }, { "docid": "699666", "text": "crowd still calls for Jesus's death, informing Pilate that he has his duty to keep the peace. Finally, he reluctantly agrees to crucify Jesus to keep the crowd from getting violent, saying to Jesus: \"Don’t let me stop your great self-destruction! Die if you want to, you misguided martyr! I wash my hands of your demolition! Die if you want to, you – innocent puppet...\" As Jesus's crucifixion awaits, he is haunted by the ghost of Judas, who taunts him and questions why Jesus chose to arrive in the manner and time that he did, and if what happened to", "title": "Jesus Christ Superstar" }, { "docid": "5842788", "text": "killing my son. So even if my son died, I want him again to resurrect as my son. Then Thirumal asked the reason for the Tavam with the woman. She told that, the lady who was performing Tavam as a cow over there had a son who was in love with me. As i refused, he killed my 14-year-old boy. So I want his boy also to be killed. Hearing this, Thirumal told the lady that you will achieve the aim of the Tavam and told the cow that even if your son would be killed, he will take birth", "title": "Akilam five" }, { "docid": "539344", "text": "want to expose you to some religious order and see if that's something you like'. So although my religious training was not really specific, I do feel spiritual things. If I stand on the side of the Grand Canyon and look down, it moves me in some way.\" \"Of course, it would be wonderful to talk with my parents again, who are, of course, deceased. It makes the idea of death much less scary. But then again, if you think that nothing happens after you die, maybe it makes you live life better. Maybe you're supposed to do the best", "title": "Clint Eastwood" }, { "docid": "17579986", "text": "\"Do what u want/ What u want with my body/ Do what u want/ What u want with my body/ Write what you want, say what you want about me/ If you want you know that I'm not sorry\". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, \"Do What U Want\" is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of A major with Gaga's vocals spanning the tonal nodes of E to F. The song follows a basic sequence of D–E–Fm–E–D–E as its chord", "title": "Do What U Want" }, { "docid": "6718942", "text": "but we don't want to debate that, Pete.\" Rose: \"Well, why not? Why do we want to believe everything he says?\" Gray: \"You signed a paper acknowledging the ban. Why did you sign it if you didn't agree with it?\" Rose: \"It also says I can apply for reinstatement after one year, if you remember correctly. In the press conference, as a matter of fact, my statement was \"I can't wait for my little girl to be a year old so I can apply for reinstatement\". At my press conference. So you forgot to add that clause that was in", "title": "Jim Gray (sportscaster)" }, { "docid": "5027093", "text": "nucleus of the song, the melody primary music, and then some of the words were there as we finished writing it. I started playing some rock 'n' roll piano and started boogie woogie-ing my left hand, and that inspired Mariah to come up with the melodic [Sings.] 'I don't want a lot for Christmas.' And then we started singing and playing around with this rock 'n' roll boogie song, which immediately came out to be the nucleus of what would end up being 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' That one went very quickly: It was an easier song", "title": "All I Want for Christmas Is You" }, { "docid": "3427690", "text": "so he lay in bed getting weaker. Then one day, King Ajatashatru was having meal with his mother, Kosala Devi. He had a son, who was playing with a puppy. Ajatashatru asked, 'Where are you now?' The prince answered,'I am playing with puppy.' King Ajatashatru asked the prince to have meal together. The prince arrived, but did not want to eat. King Ajatashatru asked, 'Why do you not want to eat?' The prince said, 'If you let me have my meal together with my puppy, I will eat.' King Ajatashatru said, 'As you wish.' So the prince took his meal,", "title": "Ajatashatru" }, { "docid": "19035196", "text": "she goes in a \"conciliatory\" direction. Lyrically, it talks about a one-night stand, presenting a dichotomy between heart and head, when we are with someone we shouldn't be with, or we want to be with someone we shouldn't be with. Though denied by Goulding, \"On My Mind\" was described by many critics as an answer song to Ed Sheeran's \"Don't\" (2014). According to Horton, while in \"Don't\", Sheeran sings, \"Don't fuck with my love\", Goulding responds in \"On My Mind\", \"You don't mess with love/You mess with the truth\". \"Q\" described it as a \"guitar led, Swiftian tale of a", "title": "On My Mind (Ellie Goulding song)" }, { "docid": "19360481", "text": "York City. \"Befour\" is a smooth R&B and synth-pop song, which incorporates musical elements of disco and soul music. It features four-on-the-floor beats, mellow synths, and a grinding guitar loop in its instrumentation. During the middle eight section, Zayn provides a high-reaching falsetto run. Lyrically, the song tells the story of a man who has finally broken out on his own. In the chorus, Zayn sings, \"So say what you wanna say, what you want / Shame is you won’t say that to my face,\" which made critics believe that the song also addresses critics of his career with his", "title": "Befour (song)" }, { "docid": "19798480", "text": "Bart – Sings Yinglish − Haviva Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − I love you much too much Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − Misirlou Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − Momele Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − My Mother's Shabbath Candles Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − That wonderful girl of mine Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − Tumbalalaika Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − We come to live Jan Bart – Sings Yinglish − Hatzlicho No Jan Bart – Studio Tape 01 R638PRE − Ich Beink Nuch Mein Mamen Jan Bart – Studio Tape 01 R638PRE − If", "title": "Jan Bart" }, { "docid": "18544514", "text": "CD version The original CD version contained four bonus tracks: \"Everybody Loves To Play The Fool\", \"I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around The World\", \"Into The Mystic\" and \"Don't Let It Rain on My Parade\". All songs written by Ian McNabb, except \"Into The Mystic\" written by Van Morrison. Disc 1 follows the same track listing as the 10-track LP version of this album. with: If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song is the third album by The Icicle Works. The album was released", "title": "If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song" }, { "docid": "156302", "text": "its image awards as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture from his role in \"Poetic Justice\". Some rappers labeled her \"narrow-minded\", and some ridiculed her in their lyrics, notably Shakur, who mentions her multiple times in his diamond certified 1996 album \"All Eyez On Me\". Shakur mentions Tucker in the tracks \"Wonda Why They Call U Bitch\", and \"How Do U Want It\", where Shakur sings \"Delores Tucker, you's a motherfucker/Instead of trying to help a nigga you destroy a brother.\" Tucker filed a $10 million lawsuit against Shakur's estate for the comments made in both songs. In her lawsuit,", "title": "Gangsta rap" }, { "docid": "10248504", "text": "all my friends, to my brother whom I love very much. May he study hard to become a man later on. Seventeen and a half years, my life has been short, I have no regrets, if only that of leaving you all. I am going to die with Tintin, Michels. Mummy, what I ask you, what I want you to promise me, is to be brave and to overcome your sorrow. I cannot put any more. I am leaving you all, Mummy, Serge, Daddy, I embrace you with all my child’s heart. Be brave! Your Guy who loves you.\" »", "title": "Guy Môquet" }, { "docid": "10833573", "text": "sings the racy jazz tune \"I Don't Want to Get Married.\" Her second song \"Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do\" is likewise racy, about the joy of carousing and cheating: \"If I feel like going out and having some fun/ With some young cat who looks like he might be my son/ That ain't nobody's business what I do.\" The act of Warren Patterson & Al Jackson sing Jule Styne & Sammy Kahn's \"I Believe,\" Warren leading off and Al doing his part as a Louis Armstrong impersonation. Then Al sings the Fats Waller classic \"Ain't Misbehavin\" as Warren tapdances.", "title": "Killer Diller (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "12585010", "text": "go from 36 to 39 percent, which is what it was under Bill Clinton.\" Obama also said, \"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance at success, too... My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. If you've got a plumbing business, you're gonna be better off [...] if you've got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody's so pinched that business", "title": "Joe the Plumber" }, { "docid": "16047233", "text": "features a \"monstrous bass\", which will according to Graham \"will make you want to trade in your factory-installed car speakers for a top-of-the-line sound system.\" In the \"unashamedly sexual\" song, Rihanna sings about her desire and wish to find a man who is able to satisfy and please her in any way possible, singing \"Where have you been all my li-i-i-i-i-fe\" (sic). According to Robert Copsey for Digital Spy, it is when Rihanna performs this line that the instrumental changes into a \"strobing trance section that ends in a synth-squelching breakdown.\" Andy Kellam for AllMusic likened the song's chorus to", "title": "Where Have You Been" }, { "docid": "19829268", "text": "individuals who have not even been charged with a crime if the property is forwarded to the federal government. Previously, in February 2017, when a sheriff complained about a state senator who proposed legislation to end asset forfeiture, Trump responded, \"Who is the state senator? Do you want to give his name? We'll destroy his career.\" In a July 2017 speech to police officers, Trump appeared to advocate police brutality, stating \"And when you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon — you just see them thrown in, rough", "title": "Presidency of Donald Trump" }, { "docid": "8436693", "text": "son, who had not answered his parents' phone calls in weeks: \"I want you to know that if you abuse my credit again, I will be forced to file forgery affidavits in order to disclaim liability and that applies to the Citibank college loan if you attempt to reactivate it or use my credit to obtain any other loan.\" The email concluded: \"We may be disappointed with you, but your mother and I still love you and care about your future.\" Christopher Porco told investigators that on the night of November 14 he had retired to a dormitory lounge to", "title": "Christopher Porco" }, { "docid": "6576856", "text": "the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It, with the lyrics re-written to the refrain of \"If you want a car or truck, go see Cal, if you want to save a buck, go see Cal;\" following this were several different versions of the lyrics, such as \"Give a new car to your wife, she will love you all your life\" or \"I will stand upon my head until my ears are turning red,\" and ending with \"Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal\". When the idea of a jingle was first pitched to him, it", "title": "Cal Worthington" }, { "docid": "8745648", "text": "all over me. They come up to you and they know who you are. And they go, 'We're really excited about \"Battlefield Earth\".'\" This did not impress Mechanic: \"Do you think in any way, shape, or form that weirding me out is going to make me want to make this movie?\" Travolta's involvement in \"Battlefield Earth\" was first publicized in late 1995. He told the \"New York Daily News\" that \"\"Battlefield Earth\" is the pinnacle of using my power for something. I told my manager, 'If we can't do the things now that we want to do, what good is", "title": "Battlefield Earth (film)" }, { "docid": "7400512", "text": "About her performance in the Broadway production, Ben Brantley wrote in \"The New York Times\": \"Counseling the romantically troubled Kate, she temporarily drops her habitually pinched voice to deliver, in the show's wittiest coup de théâtre, a full-throated ballad in the manner of a 1950's musical diva...\"The more you love someone/The more you want to kill him,\" Christmas sings in a shivery, rafters-shaking alto. And though you can construe the song as a satire if you choose, there is no doubt that Christmas means every word she sings.\" Hilton Als, in The New Yorker, in another rave for the show,", "title": "Ann Harada" }, { "docid": "16453775", "text": "being \"pedestrian\". Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts, also known as Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts, is an album by Lesley Gore. It was released in 1963 as the follow-up to her debut album \"I'll Cry If I Want To\". Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger considers \"Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts\" to be better than \"I'll Cry If I Want To\" and an \"above average\" though not excellent 1963 pop/rock album. Unterberger cites as a reason for being preferable to \"I'll Cry If I Want To\" that \"Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts\" avoids the", "title": "Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts" }, { "docid": "16453773", "text": "Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts, also known as Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts, is an album by Lesley Gore. It was released in 1963 as the follow-up to her debut album \"I'll Cry If I Want To\". Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger considers \"Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts\" to be better than \"I'll Cry If I Want To\" and an \"above average\" though not excellent 1963 pop/rock album. Unterberger cites as a reason for being preferable to \"I'll Cry If I Want To\" that \"Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts\" avoids the self-pity theme", "title": "Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts" }, { "docid": "10523671", "text": "Feel All My Love Inside \"Feel All My Love Inside\" is an album track issued by Marvin Gaye on his 1976 album, \"I Want You\". The song was co-written by Gaye and collaborators Leon Ware and Arthur \"T-Boy\" Ross. The erotic tune, much like \"Come Live with Me Angel\" and \"Since I Had You\", featured sexual moans by an unidentified female voice while Gaye sings seductively through. The song's personal nature related to Marvin's relationship with girlfriend Janis Hunter, then nineteen at the time of recording of the song. Much of the album was mostly dedicated to Hunter unlike his", "title": "Feel All My Love Inside" }, { "docid": "14258271", "text": "very happy about that.\" In 1993, in an interview for NBC News about gangsta rap, Russell Simmons quotes the Sticky Fingaz's lines from \"Throw Ya Gunz\": \"The fact that there's a lot of gangster records right now, there's a lot of voices from people who had no voice before. Sticky Fingaz said 'I hate your guts and I hope you die, my name is Sticky Fingaz my life is a lie'. I want you to feel it in your chest, i want you understand he is a third generation forty projects, he's dead man. Maybe if they do jobs there,", "title": "Throw Ya Gunz" }, { "docid": "9357544", "text": "gonna get a jacket just like yours/And give my false support to your cause/Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!\") condemn rather than condone violence: at the end of the song he sings, \"If death comes so cheap/Then the same goes for life!\" In the liner notes of the \"Singles Box\", Carl Barat (former frontman of Dirty Pretty Things and The Libertines), says that \"Tommy Gun\" was important for music at the time because it let people know what was going on in the world—it talked about real issues. He says, Tommy Gun (song) \"Tommy Gun\" is a song by", "title": "Tommy Gun (song)" }, { "docid": "1451008", "text": "the Israeli defense ministry and its 'amen corner' in the United States.\" He also said: \"The Israelis want this war desperately because they want the United States to destroy the Iraqi war machine. They want us to finish them off. They don't care about our relations with the Arab world.\" Furthermore, on \"The McLaughlin Group\" Buchanan has also made such comments as \"'Capitol Hill is Israeli occupied territory' and 'If you want to know ethnicity and power in the United States Senate, 13 members of the Senate are Jewish folks who are from 2% of the population. That is where", "title": "Pat Buchanan" }, { "docid": "5434626", "text": "Quran was written in response: \"You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred...\" When Abu Bakr ransomed Muslim slaves who were being persecuted in 613614, Abu Quhafa said to him: \"My son, I see that you are freeing weak slaves. If you want to do what you are doing, why don’t you free powerful men who could defend you and protect you?\" But Abu Bakr replied: \"I am only", "title": "Uthman Abu Quhafa" }, { "docid": "10523672", "text": "previous album, 1973's \"Let's Get It On\". Feel All My Love Inside \"Feel All My Love Inside\" is an album track issued by Marvin Gaye on his 1976 album, \"I Want You\". The song was co-written by Gaye and collaborators Leon Ware and Arthur \"T-Boy\" Ross. The erotic tune, much like \"Come Live with Me Angel\" and \"Since I Had You\", featured sexual moans by an unidentified female voice while Gaye sings seductively through. The song's personal nature related to Marvin's relationship with girlfriend Janis Hunter, then nineteen at the time of recording of the song. Much of the album", "title": "Feel All My Love Inside" }, { "docid": "15701996", "text": "I'll Cry If I Want To I'll Cry If I Want To was the debut album of Lesley Gore. The album included her hit singles \"It's My Party\" and its follow-up, \"Judy's Turn to Cry\". The album was rushed out after \"It's My Party\" became a big hit, and the songs are mostly about crying, linking to the hit single's first line \"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to\", incorporating songs with titles such as \"Cry\", \"Just Let Me Cry\" and \"Cry and You Cry Alone\". Besides the hit singles, the album included pop standards such as", "title": "I'll Cry If I Want To" }, { "docid": "837553", "text": "or stop it saying the sort of things it says. There's always been trouble about the licence and if you dropped your guard you could bet our bottom dollar there'd be plenty of people who'd want to take it away. The licence fee is the basis on which the BBC is based and if you destroy it, broadcasting... becomes a wasteland. Attenborough expressed regret at some of the changes made to the BBC in the 1990s by its Director-General, John Birt, who introduced an internal market at the corporation, slimmed and even closed some departments and outsourced much of the", "title": "David Attenborough" }, { "docid": "769757", "text": "am going to be around if I get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame so you must read this for me, I am not sure, I guess I am feeling sorry for myself at this time but you must remember everything I want you to do and say. Mother said you would do what I want because you always did. So read this for me. I would like to thank everyone who supported me to get into the NFL Hall of Fame, the Dallas Cowboys organization, all of my team mates and everyone who played for the Cowboys, (thank", "title": "Bob Hayes" }, { "docid": "10412651", "text": "acoustic combo blues \"If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)\" are also similar. For example, she sings \"If you see my rooster, please run 'im on back home\", while Dixon uses \"If you see my little red rooster, please drive 'im home\". Additionally, similar melody lines are found in both songs. For her recording, Memphis Minnie does a full-throated imitation of a rooster's crow. Mimicking animal sounds later became a feature of several recordings of \"Little Red Rooster\". In the post-war era, Margie Day with the Griffin Brothers recorded a song in 1950 titled \"Little Red Rooster\" in", "title": "Little Red Rooster" }, { "docid": "6103593", "text": "the chorus, she poses the question: \"If you had my love / And I gave you all my trust... / Would you lie to me / And call me baby?\" Lopez explained in her book \"True Love\" (2014) that the lyrics refer to \"the beginning of a new relationship and what I expect and what I want,\" saying that \"there's a little bit of fear in there too, and a feeling of, what will you do if I give you my heart?\" The verses consist of her \"trying to lay down the rules\", while the chorus expresses \"all of the", "title": "If You Had My Love" }, { "docid": "17890114", "text": "day you have to fight and work hard to follow your passion and what you love to do. I learned to have respect for others. Respect you have to earn. If you don’t have respect for people you will never have it back. You have to accept who you are and what you have. If you want it different you have to take action to change it. Equality is very important and my parents learned me that from day 1. If you have another color of hair, skin or you are straight, gay or bisexual. Everybody is human and have", "title": "Emily Vanhoutte" }, { "docid": "13928160", "text": "But Crassus replied:\" You, who destroyed the authority of the Senate before the Roman people, do you really think to intimidate me? If you want to keep me silent, you have to cut my tongue. And even if you do it, my spirit of freedom will hold tight your arrogance\". Crassus' speech lasted a long time and he spent all of his spirit, his mind and his forces. Crassus' resolution was approved by the Senate, stating that \"not the authority nor the loyalty of the Senate ever abandoned the Roman State\". When he was speaking, he had a pain in", "title": "De Oratore, Book III" }, { "docid": "16882779", "text": "by him in a similar manner during her second term in office, she snapped at him (in prog #1803), saying, \"If you want to be Chief Judge, the chair is yours... But if you don't want the responsibility – if you don't even want the burdens of Council membership – if you'd rather just barge into my office at regular intervals to blackmail me with a badge you'll never hand in, over issues whose complexity you refuse to engage with – then the door is that way.\" Chief Judge Hershey has proposed a massive reorganisation of Justice Department – part", "title": "Trifecta (Judge Dredd story)" }, { "docid": "15505608", "text": "synth-pop song and begins with Gaga singing the line \"Whenever I dress cool, my parents put up a fight/ And if I'm a hot shot, Mom will cut my hair at night/ And in the morning I'm short of my identity/ I scream, 'Mom and Dad, why can't I be who I want to be?\" As the music grows louder, Gaga sings the sing along chorus of the song, gradually moving towards the breakdown—which is inspired by retro music—talking about the different hairstyles she has had. Jocelyn Vena from MTV described the track as a \"fist-pumping, defiant disco track all", "title": "Hair (Lady Gaga song)" }, { "docid": "6581326", "text": "natural, round sound. \"Sabsylma\" is hectic, sharper. Not on purpose, mind you. I can't help it. If you're driving in a van for months, and you constantly hear the sounds of traffic, TV, hardrock on the radio ... those sounds hook up in your ears, and come out if you start to sing.\" Daulne also broadened her music to embrace other cultures on \"Sabsylma\". \"Before I spoke about the Pygmies and the people around them. Now I want to talk about the people around me,\" says Daulne. \"My neighbor who has nothing to eat–I want to know what’s going on", "title": "Marie Daulne" }, { "docid": "18827856", "text": "this vulnerable. Look—I want to change the world, and that begins with you, seeing yourself. If you watch this video without my consent, then I hope you reflect on your reasons for objectifying me and participating in my rape, for, in that case, you were the one who couldn't resist the urge to make \"Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol\" about what you wanted to make it about: rape. Please, don't participate in my rape. Watch kindly. They then ask a series of questions: \"Are you searching for ways to either hurt or help me? ... Do you think I'm the", "title": "Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol" }, { "docid": "7230795", "text": "then sings background vocals and directs the musicians during overdubs. From there, she goes to the wedding rehearsal where Si has arranged an elaborate setup with an old friend who owns the Wedding Palace. The next day, Laurie auditions for a film that needs a singing voice for the leading lady. The director, she discovers, is Chris, who is as surprised as she is. Chris asks to see the songs in her portfolio. Laurie's voice and the orchestra's performance of her song \"You Light Up My Life\" impresses everyone, and Chris asks her if she would be interested in auditioning", "title": "You Light Up My Life (film)" }, { "docid": "15919844", "text": "was bulletproof/ But you got an AK and you're blowing through,\" Lloyd sings. Lyrically, it talks about Lloyd's feeling of \"being on top of the world\" with her lover. \"I feel like I'm on top of the world with your love,\" she insists in the chorus. Posner sings \"I don't even care if you sing my songs wrong\", referring to when Lloyd forgot the words to \"Cooler Than Me\" at the Judges Houses, showing how far she has come since the \"X Factor\" days. Bradley Stern of MuuMuse commented that the groove is reminiscent of Rihanna's \"What's My Name\" and", "title": "With Ur Love" }, { "docid": "1880273", "text": "151.) A more detailed version: I am arresting you for (charge). It is my duty to inform you that you have the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay. You may call any lawyer you want. There is a 24-hour telephone service available which provides a legal aid duty lawyer who can give you legal advice in private. This advice is given without charge and the lawyer can explain the legal aid plan to you. If you wish to contact a legal aid duty lawyer, I can provide you with a telephone number. Do you understand? Do you want", "title": "Right to silence" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9878558", "text": "was pregnant on July 11, 2017, and disclosed that she had a miscarriage previously. On December 4, 2017 Rauch announced on Instagram that she had given birth to a girl, Sadie. Rauch modeled the voice of Bernadette after her parents: the \"sweet, high-pitched purr\" is modeled after her mother, while the \"eerie, haranguing imitation\" of Mrs. Wolowitz is modeled after her father. Both are \"very different\" from Rauch's real voice. Melissa Rauch Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". Rauch was", "title": "Melissa Rauch" }, { "docid": "9878558", "text": "was pregnant on July 11, 2017, and disclosed that she had a miscarriage previously. On December 4, 2017 Rauch announced on Instagram that she had given birth to a girl, Sadie. Rauch modeled the voice of Bernadette after her parents: the \"sweet, high-pitched purr\" is modeled after her mother, while the \"eerie, haranguing imitation\" of Mrs. Wolowitz is modeled after her father. Both are \"very different\" from Rauch's real voice. Melissa Rauch Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". Rauch was", "title": "Melissa Rauch" }, { "docid": "9878554", "text": "Melissa Rauch Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". Rauch was born to a Jewish family in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. Her parents are Susan and David Rauch. She has a brother, Ben. She developed an interest in acting while attending Marlboro High School. Rauch graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2002. Some of Rauch's early work was as a regular contributor to VH1's \"Best Week Ever\" television show. In 2009, Rauch began playing the recurring role", "title": "Melissa Rauch" } ]

[ { "docid": "14572615", "text": "still annoy him). Wil Wheaton begins appearing as Sheldon's arch-enemy. Howard begins to date Bernadette Rostenkowski. At the end of the season, Sheldon meets Amy Farrah Fowler. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The third season received favorable reviews. Maureen Ryan of \"Chicago Tribune\" wrote that \"\"Big Bang Theory,\" which is in its third season, is doing many things very right\", Alan Sepinwall of \"The Star-Ledger\" wrote \"the Penny/Sheldon interaction was gold, as always\", and Ken Tucker of \"Entertainment Weekly\", who wrote that \"what lifts \"The Big Bang Theory\" into frequent excellence is its one constant from the start: the brilliantly nuanced performance of", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 3)" }, { "docid": "14852803", "text": "the series, she was shown working as a bartender instead of waitressing at her usual workplace, The Cheesecake Factory, to hide her injury. In January 2011, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was renewed for an additional three years; extending it through the 2013/14 season, for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The fourth season received particular praise for character developments. Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx praised the additions of Bernadette and Amy to the cast, writing that \"With Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette promoted to semi-permanent status, the show is now able to spend large chunks of each episode focusing", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 4)" }, { "docid": "14572613", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 3) The third season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" was originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2009 to May 24, 2010 with 23 episodes. It received higher ratings than the previous two seasons with over 15 million viewers. Season three started three months after the end of season two when the guys left for the North Pole. The third season saw the first appearances of future main cast members Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski in \"The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary\" and Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in the season", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 3)" }, { "docid": "14852801", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 4) The fourth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", began airing on CBS on September 23, 2010. Season four started four months after the end of season 3. Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik were upgraded to the main cast during the fourth season as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski and Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler. Johnny Galecki submitted the episode \"The Benefactor Factor\" for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Jim Parsons won the Primetime Emmy Award", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 4)" }, { "docid": "14572616", "text": "Jim Parsons\". The American Film Institute ranked season three one of the ten best television seasons of 2009. The Big Bang Theory (season 3) The third season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" was originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2009 to May 24, 2010 with 23 episodes. It received higher ratings than the previous two seasons with over 15 million viewers. Season three started three months after the end of season two when the guys left for the North Pole. The third season saw the first appearances of future main cast members Melissa Rauch as Bernadette", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 3)" }, { "docid": "9878555", "text": "of Bernadette Rostenkowski, a co-worker of Penny who began to date Howard Wolowitz, in the third season of TV's \"The Big Bang Theory\". The following season her character became Howard's fiancée and Rauch was promoted to a series regular. The characters married in the season five finale. In December 2011, Rauch and fellow cast members of \"The Big Bang Theory\" received the first of four nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Other acting credits include \"True Blood\" (on which she had a recurring role in 2010 as Summer, a", "title": "Melissa Rauch" }, { "docid": "10248536", "text": "lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's similarly geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. Over time, supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles including: physicist Leslie Winkle, neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, microbiologist Bernadette Rostenkowski, and Stuart Bloom, the cash-strapped owner of the comic book store the characters often visit. The show is filmed in front of a live audience and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions. \"The Big Bang Theory\" received mixed reviews from critics throughout its first season, but reception was more favorable in", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "18221509", "text": "that Leonard is single again\", following the events of \"The Good Guy Fluctuation\". The Isolation Permutation \"The Isolation Permutation\" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the US sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" and the 95th episode of the show overall. It first aired on CBS on November 3, 2011. In the episode, Amy becomes upset when Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and Bernadette go dress shopping without her. Bernadette and Penny are shopping for bridesmaid dresses; Howard inadvertently mentions this in front of Amy, who is upset that they did not invite her. Sheldon is unable to contact Amy:", "title": "The Isolation Permutation" }, { "docid": "18221502", "text": "The Isolation Permutation \"The Isolation Permutation\" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the US sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" and the 95th episode of the show overall. It first aired on CBS on November 3, 2011. In the episode, Amy becomes upset when Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and Bernadette go dress shopping without her. Bernadette and Penny are shopping for bridesmaid dresses; Howard inadvertently mentions this in front of Amy, who is upset that they did not invite her. Sheldon is unable to contact Amy: she does not answer Facebook messages, video chats or any other form of", "title": "The Isolation Permutation" }, { "docid": "13124428", "text": "Resonance\", an episode of the television sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", the character Howard plays the song \"If I Didn't Have You (Bernadette's Song)\", written by Garfunkel and Oates, for his wife Bernadette. Micucci and Lindhome both have recurring roles in the series. In 2014, Garfunkel and Oates was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #81. April 13, 2016 saw the release of their Vimeo special \"Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to be Special\", in which Kate and Riki decide to host a fundraising concert so they may afford to film their very own special. It features", "title": "Garfunkel and Oates" }, { "docid": "13142744", "text": "should get it, Sheldon makes the sarcastic comment, \"I've seen pictures of your mother. Keep eating\", a reference to Penny's mother's weight, that clearly unsettles her. In \"The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition\", Penny confesses to Bernadette that her mother smoked pot while she was pregnant with her. Penny has mentioned having a sister who appears to be the mother of her 13-year-old nephew mentioned in Season 2. In \"The Bachelor Party Corrosion\", Penny tells Bernadette, Amy and viewers that at her sister's wedding she was heavily pregnant since she and their father started a father-daughter dance and then her water broke.", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "10248545", "text": "progress to the boards ... . We worked hard to get all the science right.\" Several of the actors in \"The Big Bang Theory\" previously worked together on the sitcom \"Roseanne\", including Johnny Galecki, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf (who plays Sheldon's mother, Mary Cooper), and Meagen Fay (who plays Bernadette's mother). Additionally, Lorre was a writer on the series for several seasons. The Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies wrote and recorded the show's theme song, which describes the history and formation of the universe and the Earth. Co-lead singer Ed Robertson was asked by Lorre and Prady to write", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "15886784", "text": "returns and I can see how it all plays out before I decide if I like this new entanglement or not\". Day then praised the season as a whole and complimented the three new female characters by saying \"Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this season, in particular, the growth of our nerdy friends and the addition of Bernadette, Amy and even Priya to the mix\". The Roommate Transmogrification \"The Roommate Transmogrification\" is the fourth season finale of the television series \"The Big Bang Theory\" that first aired on CBS on May 19, 2011. It is the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth", "title": "The Roommate Transmogrification" }, { "docid": "5104182", "text": "Cambridge. In 1958, Hoyle was Plumian professor of astronomy at Cambridge and engaged in the study of the structure and evolution of the stars. Even though he coined the phrase “Big Bang,” Hoyle rejected the ‘big bang’ theory of the origin of the universe in favor of the steady state theory, which claimed that the universe has always looked as it does now. Martin Ryle, however, held to the big bang theory for the creation of the universe in a moment, the theory that eventually held sway. Some of Hoyle’s writings, including science fiction and plays, popularized astronomy. Christopher H.", "title": "The World's Last Night and Other Essays" }, { "docid": "16652523", "text": "The Countdown Reflection \"The Countdown Reflection\" is the 24th and final episode of the fifth season of \"The Big Bang Theory\". It first aired on CBS on May 10, 2012. It is the 111th episode overall. In the episode, featuring astronaut Mike Massimino, Howard and Bernadette get married before Howard goes to space. \"The Countdown Reflection\" received 13.72 million views in the U.S. and garnered mostly positive reviews. Howard is in a Soyuz capsule with Mike Massimino and Dimitri Rezinov, about to travel to the International Space Station, while his friends Bernadette, Raj, Leonard, Sheldon and Penny are watching on", "title": "The Countdown Reflection" }, { "docid": "13142767", "text": "has formed strong friendships with Doctors Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette Rostenkowski, and the three are often seen spending time together. However, Amy and Bernadette occasionally prefer to meet without Penny, and often tease her incessantly. In the penultimate episode of season 7, \"The Gorilla Dissolution\", she and Leonard become engaged, after Penny realizes that it is not fame she wants out of life, but happiness with Leonard. Throughout season 8, a running gag is their reluctance to decide upon a wedding date. In the season 8 finale, Penny asks Leonard to marry her that night in Las Vegas. Leonard", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "13142739", "text": "\"Penny already eats our food, she can pay for Wi-Fi\". In the seventh season \"The Convention Conundrum\", when the women go out for drinks, and ponder their own maturity, and Penny questions the significance of that trait, Bernadette replies that it would mean that their check would be split three ways. Penny's financial situation takes a turn at the start of season eight, when she lands a job in \"The Locomotion Interruption\" as a sales representative at the pharmaceutical company at which Bernadette works. By \"The Expedition Approximation\", she is making enough money to be financially self-sufficient, able to sell", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "16534081", "text": "until the end\". The Stag Convergence \"The Stag Convergence\" is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". The episode premiered on April 26, 2012 on CBS. In it, the main characters go to the bachelor party to celebrate Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette's (Melissa Rauch) upcoming marriage. At the party, a drunk Raj (Kunal Nayyar) reveals some information about Howard's past sexual encounters. When Bernadette picks them up from the party, Howard and Rajesh find out that Bernadette learned about Howard's sexual history from a video posted on the internet. The story", "title": "The Stag Convergence" }, { "docid": "16534070", "text": "The Stag Convergence \"The Stag Convergence\" is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". The episode premiered on April 26, 2012 on CBS. In it, the main characters go to the bachelor party to celebrate Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette's (Melissa Rauch) upcoming marriage. At the party, a drunk Raj (Kunal Nayyar) reveals some information about Howard's past sexual encounters. When Bernadette picks them up from the party, Howard and Rajesh find out that Bernadette learned about Howard's sexual history from a video posted on the internet. The story and concept of", "title": "The Stag Convergence" }, { "docid": "13142726", "text": "Recurrence\", it is revealed that Penny was a bully during her time at school. However, she seems to be genuinely unaware of the hurt her actions caused, and upon her realization, she attempts to make amends with a classmate she tormented, with little success. A recurring personality trait is her consumption of alcohol, specifically wine. In \"The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition\", Penny, while spending the evening with Bernadette and Amy, observes that they have finished the bottle of wine, and when Bernadette and Amy point out that they consumed only half a glass and no wine at all, respectively, Penny snaps,", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "8161705", "text": "Metcalf, who played Jackie in \"Roseanne\", plays Sheldon's mother Mary. Christine Baranski, an alumna of \"Cybill\", was cast as Leonard's mother Beverly. Also, on \"The Big Bang Theory\", Sheldon, Leonard, and Penny are seen watching \"Oshikuru: Demon Samurai\". \"Oshikuru\" was the show for which the character Charlie Harper wrote the theme song on \"Two and a Half Men\". Charlie Sheen made a cameo appearance in the \"Big Bang Theory\" episode \"The Griffin Equivalency\". Jon Cryer of \"Two and a Half Men\" appeared in one episode of \"Dharma & Greg\". Jenna Elfman, Susan Sullivan, and Joel Murray of \"Dharma & Greg\"", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "docid": "10248555", "text": "is budding. When Bernadette takes an interest in Leonard's work, it makes both Penny and Howard envious and results in Howard confronting Leonard, and Penny asking Sheldon to teach her physics. Sheldon and Amy also briefly end their relationship after an argument over which of their fields is superior. David Saltzberg, who has a Ph.D. in physics, has served as the science consultant for the show for six seasons and attends every taping. While Saltzberg knows physics, he sometimes needs assistance from Mayim Bialik, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Saltzberg sees early versions of scripts which need scientific information", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "10248593", "text": "Lorre and Molaro, with Prady expected to be involved in some capacity, and intended to air in the 2017–18 season alongside \"The Big Bang Theory\". The initial idea for the series came from Parsons, who passed it along to \"The Big Bang Theory\" producers. In early March 2017, Iain Armitage was cast as the younger Sheldon, as well as Zoe Perry as his mother, Mary Cooper. Perry is the real-life daughter of Laurie Metcalf, who portrays Mary Cooper on \"The Big Bang Theory\". On March 13, 2017, CBS ordered the spin-off \"Young Sheldon\" series. Jon Favreau directed and executive produced", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "2495534", "text": "by Johnny Galecki, who had previously played Gilbert's love interest David Healy on \"Roseanne\". In the second episode of the second season of \"The Big Bang Theory\", Gilbert was elevated to the show's main cast, portraying again a potential love interest of Galecki's character, and at one point a love interest to Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg). By January 2009, it was announced that the writers did not know how to write for her character full-time, and her status was reduced from regular to recurring. Winkle was discontinued after Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette Rostenkowski became prominent characters. Gilbert is a", "title": "Sara Gilbert" }, { "docid": "48718", "text": "advocated and developed by George Gamow, who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and whose associates, Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman, predicted the CMB. Ironically, it was Hoyle who coined the phrase that came to be applied to Lemaître's theory, referring to it as \"this \"big bang\" idea\" during a BBC Radio broadcast in March 1949. For a while, support was split between these two theories. Eventually, the observational evidence, most notably from radio source counts, began to favor Big Bang over Steady State. The discovery and confirmation of the CMB in 1964 secured the Big Bang as the best theory", "title": "Big Bang" }, { "docid": "3128434", "text": "in the series \"Now and Again\" as the voice of Roger's overbearing wife Ruth, who was never seen by viewers. Baranski later appeared in the 2000–2001 sitcom \"Welcome to New York\" and, with John Laroquette, in the 2003–2004 NBC sitcom \"Happy Family\". She co-starred with Bernadette Peters in a pilot for an ABC sitcom, \"Adopted\", in 2005, which was not picked up. She also played Faith Clancy, the mother of Jim Clancy in \"Ghost Whisperer\". In 2009 Baranski began guest-starring in \"The Big Bang Theory\" as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter, a dispassionate psychiatrist and neuroscientist and mother of one of the", "title": "Christine Baranski" }, { "docid": "10248571", "text": "still cuts his meat for him, takes him to the dentist, does his laundry and \"grounds\" him when he returns home after briefly moving out. Until Howard's marriage to Bernadette in the fifth-season finale, Howard's former living situation led Leonard's psychiatrist mother to speculate that he may suffer from some type of pathology, and Sheldon to refer to their relationship as Oedipal. In season 8, Howard's mother dies in her sleep while in Florida, which devastates Howard and Stuart, who briefly lived with Mrs. Wolowitz. In the apartment building where Sheldon, Leonard and Penny (and later Amy) live, the elevator", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "14852802", "text": "for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for the episode \"The Agreement Dissection\". Penny dates a couple of guys including the dense Zack who likes the \"science dudes\", Sheldon begins a platonic relationship with Amy, Howard reconnects with Bernadette eventually asking her to marry him, Leonard begins to date Raj's sister Priya, Penny becomes friends with Amy and expresses regret at breaking up with Leonard. During the season, actress Kaley Cuoco was absent from two episodes after she fell off a horse and the horse accidentally crushed her leg. When she returned to", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 4)" }, { "docid": "6120132", "text": "History of the Big Bang theory The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations. Much of the theoretical work in cosmology now involves extensions and refinements to the basic Big Bang model. In medieval philosophy, there was much debate over whether the universe had a finite or infinite past (see Temporal finitism). The philosophy of Aristotle held that the universe had an infinite past, which caused problems for medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophers who were unable to reconcile the Aristotelian conception of the eternal with the Abrahamic view of creation.", "title": "History of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "10850204", "text": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory Since the emergence of the Big Bang theory as the dominant physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies. Some accept the scientific evidence at face value, some seek to harmonize the Big Bang with their religious tenets, and some reject or ignore the evidence for the Big Bang theory. The Big Bang itself is a scientific theory and as such stands or falls by its agreement with observations. However, as a theory which addresses the nature of the universe since its", "title": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "7302480", "text": "of the Big Bang theory, the book tells the personal stories of the people who played a part in advancing it, both by hypothesis and by experiment. These include Einstein, for his General Relativity, Friedmann for first discovering that this theory led to an expanding universe, Lemaître who concluded independently of Friedman discovered an expanding universe, and then that the theory must lead to an initial event of creation, which is the Big Bang theory we know today, Hubble for observing that the universe expanded, thereby confirming Friedman and Lemaître, Gamow, Alpher, Herman, Ryle, Penzias and Wilson, among many others.", "title": "Big Bang (book)" }, { "docid": "10248554", "text": "of the series focuses on science, particularly physics. The four main male characters are employed at Caltech and have science-related occupations, as do Bernadette and Amy. The characters frequently banter about scientific theories or news (notably around the start of the show), and make science-related jokes. Science has also interfered with the characters' romantic lives. Leslie breaks up with Leonard when he sides with Sheldon in his support for string theory rather than loop quantum gravity. When Leonard joins Sheldon, Raj, and Howard on a three-month Arctic research trip, it separates Leonard and Penny at a time when their relationship", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "13142759", "text": "friends Bernadette Rostenkowski and Amy Farrah Fowler during a \"Truth or Dare?\" game that she has still not moved on from Leonard. This is further implied in \"The Justice League Recombination\" when she indicates to Leonard that her reunion with Zack, and Zack's decision to have the two of them join the men in dressing up as the Justice League for New Year's Eve costume party at Stuart's comic shop is made difficult by her history with Leonard. In \"The Love Car Displacement\", Penny and the rest of the cast attend an academic conference in Big Sur. She and Leonard", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "10850206", "text": "and several complained that the beginning of time implied by the Big Bang imported religious concepts into physics; this objection was later repeated by supporters of the steady state theory, who rejected the implication that the universe had a beginning. The view from the Hindu \"Puranas\" is that of an eternal universe cosmology, in which time has no absolute beginning, but rather is infinite and cyclic, rather than a universe which originated from a Big Bang. However, the \"Encyclopædia of Hinduism\", referencing \"Katha Upanishad\" 2:20, states that the Big Bang theory reminds humanity that everything came from the Brahman which", "title": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "10850213", "text": "such as Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, who is a Sufi scholar, and Muhammad Asad, who was a nondenominational Muslim scholar. Further, some scholars such as Faheem Ashraf of the Islamic Research Foundation International, Inc. and Sheikh Omar Suleiman of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research argue that the scientific theory of an expanding universe is described in Sūrat adh-Dhāriyāt: Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory Since the emergence of the Big Bang theory as the dominant physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies. Some accept the scientific evidence at", "title": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "13142771", "text": "the potential to be a bimbo, but she [Cucco] has developed it into a fully fleshed-out woman, who isn't as book-smart as the other characters but is wiser in so many ways. She's also a great straight person, who can get off zingers of her own\". Penny (The Big Bang Theory) Penny is a fictional character on the American CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", portrayed by actress Kaley Cuoco. She is the primary female character in the series, befriending her across-the-hall neighbors Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), two physicists who work at the nearby California", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "6120153", "text": "understanding what happened in the earliest times after the Big Bang, and reconciling observations with the basic theory. Cosmologists continue to calculate many of the parameters of the Big Bang to a new level of precision, and carry out more detailed observations which are hoped to provide clues to the nature of dark energy and dark matter, and to test the theory of General Relativity on cosmic scales. History of the Big Bang theory The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations. Much of the theoretical work in cosmology now", "title": "History of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "20057399", "text": "co-creator Bill Prady expected to be involved in some capacity, and intended to air in the 2017–18 season alongside \"The Big Bang Theory\". The initial idea for the series came from Jim Parsons (who portrays the older Sheldon on \"The Big Bang Theory\"), who passed it along to \"The Big Bang Theory\" producers. On March 13, 2017, CBS ordered the spin-off \"Young Sheldon\" series, which was created by Lorre and Molaro. Jon Favreau directed and executive produced the pilot. Parsons, Lorre, Molaro and Todd Spiewak also serve as executive producers on the series, for Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association", "title": "Young Sheldon" }, { "docid": "10248535", "text": "The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, who share an apartment; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "300929", "text": "on the number of galaxies suggest UV absorption by hydrogen and reemission in near-IR (not visible) wavelengths also plays a role. A different resolution, which does not rely on the Big Bang theory, was first proposed by Carl Charlier in 1908 and later rediscovered by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1974. They both postulated that if the stars in the universe were distributed in a hierarchical fractal cosmology (e.g., similar to Cantor dust)—the average density of any region diminishes as the region considered increases—it would not be necessary to rely on the Big Bang theory to explain Olbers' paradox. This model would", "title": "Olbers' paradox" }, { "docid": "13341928", "text": "to the producers of the show and requested to appear on an episode of the series. Smoot, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work which cemented the Big Bang theory, is an admitted fan of the series. The scene involving Smoot was shot at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on February 18, 2009. Summer Glau also appeared as herself in the episode. Glau was part of the cast of \"\" which, along with \"The Big Bang Theory,\" was produced by Warner Bros. Television. Bill Prady, a co-creator of \"The Big Bang Theory,\" presented", "title": "The Terminator Decoupling" }, { "docid": "566372", "text": "was buried at the racetrack's Circle of Champions. In The Big Bang Theory, one of the show's main character Penny (The Big Bang Theory) is from Omaha. Sports have been important in Omaha for more than a century, and the city currently plays host to three minor-league professional sports teams. Omaha has hosted the annual June NCAA College World Series men's baseball tournament since 1950. It has been played at the downtown TD Ameritrade Park since 2011. The Omaha Sports Commission is a quasi-governmental nonprofit organization that coordinates much of the professional and amateur athletic activity in the city, including", "title": "Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "8161704", "text": "first time since \"Dharma & Greg\" premiered in 1997, a new show of Lorre's did not use his traditional Vanity Card. Instead a standard production logo was used. \"Two and a Half Men\" and \"The Big Bang Theory\" were both taped at the Warner Brothers lot, in adjacent stages; the shows shared several writers and technical crews. \"The Big Bang Theory\" has cast a number of alumni from Lorre's past series, starting with Johnny Galecki from \"Roseanne\" (he was Darlene's boyfriend and later husband). Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene on \"Roseanne\", was Leslie Winkle on \"The Big Bang Theory\". Laurie", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "docid": "2436874", "text": "\"The Big Bang Theory\", Amy told a portion of the Miller's Tale (recited in the original Middle English) when Bernadette dared her to tell a dirty story. According to Amy, it was the dirtiest story she knew. The Miller's Tale \"The Miller's Tale\" () is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's \"Canterbury Tales\" (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to \"quite\" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) \"The Knight's Tale\". The Miller's Prologue is the first \"quite\" that occurs in the tales (to \"quite\" someone is to repay them for a", "title": "The Miller's Tale" }, { "docid": "20904341", "text": "The Proposal Proposal \"The Proposal Proposal\" is the first episode of the eleventh season, and 232nd episode overall of the \"The Big Bang Theory\". It first aired on CBS on September 25, 2017. Amy enthusiastically accepts Sheldon's marriage proposal. However, when dining with Amy's colleagues later that night, Sheldon is offended that they are more impressed with Amy's work than his own. With help from Stephen Hawking, Sheldon later comes to grips with the fact that he will not always be the center of attention in the marriage. Bernadette is shocked to realize that she is pregnant again. She and", "title": "The Proposal Proposal" }, { "docid": "16640290", "text": "noted the \"episode was a great example of how \"The Big Bang Theory\" works best as an \"ensemble\".\" Elizabeth also enjoyed Raj's dinner party and the manner in which his \"creepy\" behavior disturbed Howard and Bernadette. R.L. Shaffer of IGN found that the episode \"felt a lot more along the lines of the first two seasons\" since the fans got \"to watch our nerds do what they do best – nerd out\". R.L. Shaffer liked Sheldon's \"Fun with Flags\" series, calling it \"one of the season's funnier gags.\" He also enjoyed the approach of Penny and Leonard's date, though he", "title": "The Beta Test Initiation" }, { "docid": "12537622", "text": "occasionally disturbing. Despite his intelligence, he often displays childlike qualities, such as extreme stubbornness and a lack of common sense. It is claimed by Bernadette that the reason Sheldon is sometimes unpleasant is because the part of his brain that tells him it is wrong to be nasty is \"getting a wedgie from the rest of his brain\", although, in season 8's \"The Space Probe Disintegration\", Sheldon tearfully admits to Leonard that he \"is\" aware of his peculiarities and how his behavior comes across. The first four episodes of \"The Big Bang Theory\" portray Sheldon slightly inconsistently with respect to", "title": "Sheldon Cooper" }, { "docid": "15552179", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy) \"The Big Bang Theory\" is the 16th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series \"Family Guy\". It aired on Fox in the United States on May 8, 2011. This episode follows Stewie and Brian on their quest to stop Stewie's evil half-brother Bertram from going back in time to the Renaissance period and killing Leonardo da Vinci, who is a part of Stewie's ancestry, in order to prevent Stewie's existence. The episode was written by David A. Goodman and directed by Dominic Polcino. After failing to make a good comeback joke", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "6120143", "text": "scales, has no preferred directions or preferred places. Hubble's idea allowed for two opposing hypotheses to be suggested. One was Lemaître's Big Bang, advocated and developed by George Gamow. The other model was Fred Hoyle's Steady State theory, in which new matter would be created as the galaxies moved away from each other. In this model, the universe is roughly the same at any point in time. It was actually Hoyle who coined the name of Lemaître's theory, referring to it as \"this 'big bang' idea\" during a radio broadcast on 28 March 1949, on the BBC Third Programme. It", "title": "History of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "16062970", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 6) The sixth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" aired on CBS from September 27, 2012, to May 16, 2013. The series crossed the 20 million viewer mark for the first time with this season's \"The Bakersfield Expedition\", which along with \"NCIS\", made CBS the first network to have two scripted series reach that large an audience in the same week since 2007. This success has been attributed to the sitcom's exposure in syndication, its late 2010 move to a new time-slot, and the influence of showrunner Steven Molaro (who took over", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 6)" }, { "docid": "13142720", "text": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory) Penny is a fictional character on the American CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", portrayed by actress Kaley Cuoco. She is the primary female character in the series, befriending her across-the-hall neighbors Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), two physicists who work at the nearby California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Penny's lack of advanced education, but outgoing personality and social aptitude drastically contrasts with the personalities of the primary male characters in the series, even though she is considered part of their group. She is the love interest of Leonard, with whom", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "15552187", "text": "a pleasant weirdness to it that makes me think that this is the way Family Guy should be. It's not excellent, but it's more than good enough\". The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy) \"The Big Bang Theory\" is the 16th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series \"Family Guy\". It aired on Fox in the United States on May 8, 2011. This episode follows Stewie and Brian on their quest to stop Stewie's evil half-brother Bertram from going back in time to the Renaissance period and killing Leonardo da Vinci, who is a part of Stewie's ancestry,", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "12038746", "text": "Pilot (The Big Bang Theory) The pilot episode and series premiere of \"The Big Bang Theory\" originally aired on CBS in the United States on September 24, 2007. It was written by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, and directed by James Burrows. It marks the first appearance of all five main characters in the series, and also guest stars Vernée Watson as Althea and Brian Patrick Wade as Kurt. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are two intelligent young physicists who have a combined IQ of 360 and claim to have \"beautiful minds\" that understand how the universe works. However, they", "title": "Pilot (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "16534078", "text": "Simon Helberg are the perfect people to deliver it\", although disliked Barry and Wil and said that \"their jokes wore thin fairly quickly\". R.L. Shaffer of IGN also gave the episode a mixed review, saying that \"The Big Bang Theory\" has become more \"cynical and chauvinistic\" towards female characters. Shaffer also noted he was more frustrated about \"the revelation that Bernadette wouldn't allow strippers at Wolowitz's bachelor party\", as it is never explained why. Shaffer claimed that there were \"only a few laughs here and there\" and scored the episode 5.5 out of 10, classifying it as \"mediocre\". Carla Day", "title": "The Stag Convergence" }, { "docid": "10850208", "text": "astronomy (cosmology), that appear to correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology, e.g. Carl Sagan, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Robert Oppenheimer, George Sudarshan, Fritjof Capra etc. At the November 22, 1951, opening meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Pius XII declared that the Big Bang theory does not conflict with the Catholic concept of creation. Some Conservative Protestant Christian denominations have also welcomed the Big Bang theory as supporting a historical interpretation of the doctrine of creation; however, adherents of Young Earth creationism, who advocate a very literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis, reject the", "title": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "5260663", "text": "it is published. The original game has received an extensive rules review, which nevertheless retains the unique and detailed game systems. Apart from a variety of minor fixes, a series of deeper changes have been made to \"fix\" the oft-criticised air game rules. An extensive spreadsheet system, backed by custom programming has been developed in association with the update. This \"playable\" version is hosted at the CNA Play Group. In the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the game is played in \"The Neonatal Nomenclature\" (S11/Ep1-2018) when character Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) offers to stay with Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (Melissa Rauch) while", "title": "The Campaign for North Africa" }, { "docid": "18119699", "text": "The Hot Troll Deviation \"The Hot Troll Deviation\" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the US sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" and the 67th episode of the show overall. It first aired on CBS on October 14, 2010. In the episode, Howard and Bernadette go on a date following their breakup a few months prior. Sheldon and Raj engage in a series of \"tit for tat\" exchanges when working together. The title refers to Howard's virtual affair with a troll on World of Warcraft. The episode features guest appearances by actors Katee Sackhoff (\"Battlestar Galactica\") and George", "title": "The Hot Troll Deviation" }, { "docid": "18433796", "text": "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver \"The Shiny Trinket Maneuver\" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the US sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" and the 99th episode of the show overall. It first aired on CBS on January 12, 2012. In the episode, Amy gets upset with Sheldon after he does not appreciate her good news, and Howard reconsiders his relationship with Bernadette after he finds out she does not like children. On a date, Amy tells Sheldon that her paper will be published in \"Neuron\", a prestigious scientific journal; Sheldon does not acknowledge her good news, distracted by", "title": "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver" }, { "docid": "13142734", "text": "(\"Star Wars\"). After Sheldon introduces her to the online role-playing game \"Age of Conan\", Penny becomes addicted, to the point of ignoring her friends, her hygiene, her general appearance and her job, and pesters Sheldon incessantly for gaming advice. She finally overcomes her addiction when she realizes she has agreed to go on a virtual date within the game with Howard. In episodes such as \"The Apology Insufficiency\", \"The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition\", \"The Wheaton Recurrence\" and \"The Love Car Displacement\", she makes casual references to \"Star Trek\". In \"The Bakersfield Expedition\", Penny, Amy and Bernadette read some of the men's", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "20621507", "text": "In \"The Big Bang Theory\" episode \"The Citation Negation\", Bernadette attempts to learn how to play \"Fortnite Battle Royale\" to beat Howard. \"Fortnite\" also makes an easter egg appearance in the Disney animated film \"Ralph Breaks the Internet\". \"Fortnite\" was a central focal point on the 2018 YouTube Rewind year retrospective, and included an appearance by Ninja. With the release of the mobile version, teachers, parents, and students have found that the game had become popular to younger players due to the free-to-play nature, its cartoonish art style, and its social nature. This carries over into schools, which has been", "title": "Fortnite Battle Royale" }, { "docid": "18433801", "text": "of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the episode a B+ rating, describing Sheldon as \"at his best\", the comedy relating to relationships as \"organic and personal\" and claiming that Raj being a homosexual is a possibility. R.L. Shaffer from IGN rated the episode 8 out of 10, enjoying the plot between Sheldon and Amy; Shaffer described the relationship between Howard and Bernadette as \"a bit strange\" but said \"it resulted in a some pretty amusing jokes\". The Shiny Trinket Maneuver \"The Shiny Trinket Maneuver\" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the US sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" and", "title": "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver" }, { "docid": "15886776", "text": "The Roommate Transmogrification \"The Roommate Transmogrification\" is the fourth season finale of the television series \"The Big Bang Theory\" that first aired on CBS on May 19, 2011. It is the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season of the series and the eighty-seventh episode overall. Aarti Mann continues her recurring role of Priya Koothrappali while Brian George and Alice Amter reprise their roles of Dr. and Mrs. Koothrappali in this episode. During another night out at the Cheesecake Factory, the guys and Penny make fun of Leonard because of his lactose intolerance. However, when Bernadette announces that her dissertation has", "title": "The Roommate Transmogrification" }, { "docid": "18033929", "text": "The Wiggly Finger Catalyst \"The Wiggly Finger Catalyst\" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of \"The Big Bang Theory\" that first aired on CBS on October 6, 2011. It is the 91st episode overall. Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj are playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons, but Leonard becomes concerned when Raj eats a whole pie and states he has no reason to watch his figure as he is not in a relationship. Across the hall, Penny, Bernadette and Amy are also discussing Raj's loneliness. Penny introduces Raj to her friend Emily. Emily is deaf, so Raj's", "title": "The Wiggly Finger Catalyst" }, { "docid": "13142727", "text": "\"Okay, don't judge me! So, what do you want to do, go to the movies, go dancing, lay down for a little bit?\" At the end of that episode, she passes out while the three of them play Twister, and when Bernadette initially fails to revive her, she says \"Penny, we're out of wine\", which manages to wake Penny. In \"The Intimacy Acceleration\", Sheldon asks her, \"If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?\" Penny replied, “Well, not to steal from the Bible, but turning water into wine sounds pretty good.”.", "title": "Penny (The Big Bang Theory)" }, { "docid": "10248583", "text": "quietly in Canada, but managed to garner major success in later seasons. \"The Big Bang Theory\" is telecast throughout Canada via the CTV Television Network in simultaneous substitution with cross-border CBS affiliates. Now immensely popular in Canada, \"The Big Bang Theory\" is also rerun daily on the Canadian cable channel The Comedy Network. The season 4 premiere garnered an estimated 3.1 million viewers across Canada. This is the largest audience for a sitcom since the series finale of \"Friends\" (12.4 million viewers). \"The Big Bang Theory\" has pulled ahead and has now become the most-watched entertainment television show in Canada.", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "14852804", "text": "only on the women, and in the process has made Penny a much more well-rounded character rather than just a foil for the nerds\". Todd VanDerWerff of \"The A.V. Club\" wrote that \"Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco's interplay remains the show's secret weapon\", and Eric Hochberger of TV Fanatic wrote: \"Really though, everything about the main story worked amazing. Mayim fits in perfectly in \"The Big Bang Theory\" cast and played off of Kaley Cuoco just as well as Emmy Award-winning Parsons\". The Big Bang Theory (season 4) The fourth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", began", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 4)" }, { "docid": "14572582", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 1) The first season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" was originally aired on CBS from September 24, 2007, to May 19, 2008, over 17 episodes. An unaired pilot also exists. The Season 1 DVD came without a gag reel and is, so far, the only \"Big Bang Theory\" DVD set not to have one. The reissued Blu-ray, was released July 10, 2012, and includes a gag reel that is exclusive to the set. The episodes on Blu-ray are all in remastered surround sound, whereas the DVD version had stereo. Two of the", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 1)" }, { "docid": "15603122", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 5) The fifth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" was originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to May 10, 2012, over 24 episodes. At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, but \"Modern Family\" on ABC won. The show was also nominated for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series and Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series. Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for \"The Werewolf Transformation\", but lost out", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 5)" }, { "docid": "10248582", "text": "season. The second half of season seven aired in mid 2014. The eighth season premiered on E4 on October 23, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. During its eighth season, \"The Big Bang Theory\" shared its 8:30 p.m. time period with fellow CBS comedy, \"2 Broke Girls\". Following the airing of the first eight episodes of that show's fourth season, \"The Big Bang Theory\" returned to finish airing its eighth season on March 19, 2015. Netflix UK & Ireland announced on February 13, 2016 that seasons 1–8 would be available to stream from February 15, 2016. \"The Big Bang Theory\" started off", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "17860946", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 8) The eighth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" first aired on CBS with a one-hour premiere on Monday, September 22, 2014. It returned to its previous Thursday time slot on October 30 for the season's seventh episode. It concluded on May 7, 2015. On March 12, 2014, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Mayim Bialik submitted the episode \"The Prom Equivalency\" for consideration due to her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 8)" }, { "docid": "18950704", "text": "episode. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> General references The Big Bang Theory (season 10) The tenth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" premiered on CBS Monday, September 19, 2016 and concluded on Thursday, May 11, 2017. It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on October 27, 2016, after \"Thursday Night Football on CBS\". On March 12, 2014, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Like the previous two seasons, the first five episodes of the tenth season aired on a different night due", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 10)" }, { "docid": "18950701", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 10) The tenth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" premiered on CBS Monday, September 19, 2016 and concluded on Thursday, May 11, 2017. It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on October 27, 2016, after \"Thursday Night Football on CBS\". On March 12, 2014, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Like the previous two seasons, the first five episodes of the tenth season aired on a different night due to to \"Thursday Night Football\"", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 10)" }, { "docid": "18832362", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 9) The ninth season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" started airing on CBS on Monday, September 21, 2015. It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on November 5, 2015 for the season's seventh episode. It concluded on May 12, 2016. On March 12, 2014, \"The Big Bang Theory\" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Laura Spencer was upgraded to the main cast during the season as Dr. Emily Sweeney, after being a recurring cast member for two seasons.", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 9)" }, { "docid": "10248595", "text": "show's pilot episode premiered on September 25, 2017. Subsequent weekly episodes began airing on November 2, 2017 following the broadcast of the 237th episode of \"The Big Bang Theory\". The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "544806", "text": "test for the Big Bang theory. If the observed helium abundance is significantly different from 25%, then this would pose a serious challenge to the theory. This would particularly be the case if the early helium-4 abundance was much smaller than 25% because it is hard to destroy helium-4. For a few years during the mid-1990s, observations suggested that this might be the case, causing astrophysicists to talk about a Big Bang nucleosynthetic crisis, but further observations were consistent with the Big Bang theory. Deuterium is in some ways the opposite of helium-4, in that while helium-4 is very stable", "title": "Big Bang nucleosynthesis" }, { "docid": "381071", "text": "the expansion described by the standard Big Bang theory. The theory of cosmic inflation preserves the successes of the Big Bang while providing a natural explanation for some of the mysterious features of the universe. The theory has also received striking support from observations of the cosmic microwave background, the radiation that has filled the sky since around 380,000 years after the Big Bang. In the theory of inflation, the rapid initial expansion of the universe is caused by a hypothetical particle called the inflaton. The exact properties of this particle are not fixed by the theory but should ultimately", "title": "String theory" }, { "docid": "1589497", "text": "out a theory that has since come to be called the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. In 1948, Fred Hoyle set out his opposing Steady State theory in which the universe continually expanded but remained statistically unchanged as new matter is constantly created. These two theories were active contenders until the 1965 discovery, by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, of the cosmic microwave background radiation, a fact that is a straightforward prediction of the Big Bang theory, and one that the original Steady State theory could not account for. As a result, the Big Bang theory", "title": "Ultimate fate of the universe" }, { "docid": "1589514", "text": "mechanics and its uncertainty principle. It is not surprising, therefore, that quantum mechanics has given rise to an alternative version of the Big Bang theory. Also, if the universe is closed, this theory would predict that once this universe collapses it will spawn another universe in an event similar to the Big Bang after a universal singularity is reached or a repulsive quantum force causes re-expansion. In simple terms, this theory states that the universe will continuously repeat the cycle of a Big Bang, followed up with a Big Crunch. In order to best understand the false vacuum collapse theory,", "title": "Ultimate fate of the universe" }, { "docid": "139390", "text": "Fred Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle FRS (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was a British astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. He also held controversial stances on other scientific matters—in particular his rejection of the \"Big Bang\" theory, a term coined by him on BBC radio, and his promotion of panspermia as the origin of life on Earth. He also wrote science fiction novels, short stories and radio plays, and co-authored twelve books with his son, Geoffrey Hoyle. He spent most of his working life at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge and served as its director", "title": "Fred Hoyle" }, { "docid": "1386689", "text": "an eternal cycle of fiery birth, cooling and rebirth. The theory addresses the fundamental question that remains unanswered by the big bang inflationary model: what happened before the big bang? The explanation, according to the ekpyrotic theory, is that the big bang was actually a big bounce, a transition from a previous epoch of contraction to the present epoch of expansion. The key events that shaped our universe occurred before the bounce, and, in a cyclic version, the universe bounces at regular intervals. The original ekpyrotic models relied on string theory, branes and extra dimensions, but most contemporary ekpyrotic and", "title": "Ekpyrotic universe" }, { "docid": "8161707", "text": "plays both Marjorie from \"Mom\" and Abby (Dharma's mother) in \"Dharma & Greg\". Also, Allison Janney and Jaime Pressly from \"Mom\" appeared in episodes of \"Two and a Half Men\". In the season 6 \"Big Bang Theory\" episode \"The Holographic Excitation\", Sheldon and Amy are fighting over which couple to go as to a Halloween party. Among her suggestions seen on a whiteboard are \"Blossom & Joey\" (Blossom and Amy both being played by Mayim Bialik) and \"Dharma & Greg\". Katy Mixon, who plays Victoria on \"Mike & Molly\", also had a recurring role as the character, Betsy, on \"Two", "title": "Chuck Lorre" }, { "docid": "82040", "text": "about the Big Bang or whether the universe had a beginning. The question is not about what got things started or how long they have been going, but rather what keeps them going. Alternatively, the above objections can be dispelled by separating the Cosmological Argument from the A-Theory of Time and subsequently discussing God as a \"timeless\" (rather than \"before\" in a linear sense) cause of the Big Bang. There is also a Big Bang Argument, which is a variation of the Cosmological Argument using the Big Bang Theory to validate the premise that the Universe had a beginning. Cosmological", "title": "Cosmological argument" }, { "docid": "14300778", "text": "Recombination (cosmology) In cosmology, recombination refers to the epoch at which charged electrons and protons first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms. Recombination occurred about 378,000 years after the Big Bang (at a redshift of \"z\" = ). The word \"recombination\" is misleading, since the big bang theory doesn't posit that protons and electrons had been combined before, but the name exists for historical reasons since it was named before the Big Bang hypothesis became the primary theory of the creation of the universe. Immediately after the Big Bang, the universe was a hot, dense plasma of photons,", "title": "Recombination (cosmology)" }, { "docid": "48739", "text": "Future gravitational waves observatories might be able to detect primordial gravitational waves, relics of the early universe, up to less than a second after the Big Bang. As with any theory, a number of mysteries and problems have arisen as a result of the development of the Big Bang theory. Some of these mysteries and problems have been resolved while others are still outstanding. Proposed solutions to some of the problems in the Big Bang model have revealed new mysteries of their own. For example, the horizon problem, the magnetic monopole problem, and the flatness problem are most commonly resolved", "title": "Big Bang" }, { "docid": "95628", "text": "the polarization and the microwave background on small angular scales are ongoing. These include DASI, WMAP, BOOMERanG, QUaD, Planck spacecraft, Atacama Cosmology Telescope, South Pole Telescope and the QUIET telescope. The cosmic microwave background radiation and the cosmological redshift-distance relation are together regarded as the best available evidence for the Big Bang theory. Measurements of the CMB have made the inflationary Big Bang theory the Standard Cosmological Model. The discovery of the CMB in the mid-1960s curtailed interest in alternatives such as the steady state theory. The CMB essentially confirms the Big Bang theory. In the late 1940s Alpher and", "title": "Cosmic microwave background" }, { "docid": "19567427", "text": "Cheetah person named Karra in the 1989 Doctor Who story Survival. She also voices the character of Bernice Summerfield in many audio plays, released on CD by Big Finish. Big Bang Generation Big Bang Generation is a BBC Books original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series \"Doctor Who\". It features the Twelfth Doctor and Bernice Summerfield, making her first appearance in the New Series Adventures along with the Doctor from the revived series. The book was released on 10 September 2015 as a part of \"The Glamour Chronicles\", alongside \"Royal Blood\"", "title": "Big Bang Generation" }, { "docid": "10850205", "text": "earliest discernible existence, the Big Bang carries possible theological implications regarding the concept of creation out of nothing. Many atheist philosophers have argued against the idea of the Universe having a beginning - the Universe might simply have existed for all eternity, but with the emerging evidence of the Big Bang theory, many theologians and physicists have viewed it as implicating theism; a popular philosophical argument for the existence of God known as the Kalam cosmological argument rests in the concepts of the Big Bang. In the 1920s and 1930s almost every major cosmologist preferred an eternal steady state Universe,", "title": "Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory" }, { "docid": "17300083", "text": "theory, and say that time began at the Big Bang. Events before the Big Bang, are simply not defined, because there's no way one could measure what happened at them.\" However, pre-big bang singularity might have emerged or preceded by possibly certain events, such as: Pre–Big Bang physics Pre–Big Bang physics (PBBP) are physics which can be speculated to have existed prior to the Big Bang. PBBP may have been radically different from the current laws of physics. Although theoretical speculation on possible PBBP have only begun, research into the field could hold incredible implications for the makeup of the", "title": "Pre–Big Bang physics" }, { "docid": "16043806", "text": "Warm Kitty \"Warm Kitty\" is a children's song, popularized by the characters Sheldon and Penny in the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" where it is rendered as \"Soft Kitty\". According to claims in a copyright lawsuit, the words to \"Warm Kitty\" were written by Edith Newlin. The original version is a very popular Polish traditional lullaby \"\", a folk tune from the 18th century. In \"The Big Bang Theory\", the song is described by Sheldon as a song sung by his mother when he is ill. The lyrics on \"The Big Bang Theory\" are: \"soft kitty, warm kitty, little", "title": "Warm Kitty" }, { "docid": "7302481", "text": "Another theme of the book is the scientific method itself: how serendipity, curiosity, theory and observation come together to expand our understanding of the world. One of the most interesting points in the book is how Einstein initially dismissed the theory out of hand. Such was his authority in the scientific community that none dared oppose him, thereby stifling research in this area for many years. However, when Hubble confirmed the theory, Einstein was quick to endorse both Lemaître and his theories. Big Bang (book) Big Bang: The most important scientific discovery of all time and why you need to", "title": "Big Bang (book)" }, { "docid": "12537659", "text": "who likely were teased, mocked, told that they will never be appreciated or loved, and we have a group of people who have successful careers, active social lives (that involve things like Dungeons and Dragons and video games), but they also have relationships, and that’s a fulfilling and satisfying life.” Sheldon Cooper Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series \"The Big Bang Theory\" and its spinoff series \"Young Sheldon\", portrayed by actors Jim Parsons in \"The Big Bang Theory\" and Iain Armitage in \"Young Sheldon\" (with Parsons as the latter series' narrator). For", "title": "Sheldon Cooper" }, { "docid": "4517203", "text": "to try and explain how they think we might have been created without a Creator.\" One of the most common creationist criticisms of the Big Bang concerns the horizon problem and supposed problems with the inflationary theory of the early universe. Creationists have claimed that dark matter and dark energy are doubtful concepts invented by Big Bang theorists in order to uphold the theory. Creationists also point to the Baryon asymmetry problem, i.e., that the big bang is expected to have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. One of the largest problems facing the young Earth creationist theory is", "title": "Creationist cosmologies" }, { "docid": "10248574", "text": "All Time. \"The Big Bang Theory\" started off slowly in the ratings, failing to make the top 50 in its first season (ranking 68th), and ranking 40th in its second season. When the third season premiered on September 21, 2009, however, \"The Big Bang Theory\" ranked as CBS's highest-rated show of that evening in the adults 18–49 demographic (4.6/10) along with a then-series-high 12.83 million viewers. After the first three seasons aired at different times on Monday nights, CBS moved the show to Thursdays at 8:00 ET for the 2010–2011 schedule, to be in direct competition with NBC's Comedy Block", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "5179885", "text": "Big Bang Theory (Styx album) Big Bang Theory is the fifteenth studio album and the first covers album by the band Styx, released in 2005. It consists of cover versions of classic rock songs. In 2004, Styx performed a cover of the Beatles song \"I Am the Walrus\" at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival, where the song was received so well that it was released as a single, reaching the Top 10 in the Mediabase Classic Rock charts. The video featured original bassist Chuck Panozzo as the \"eggman\". The single's success resulted in the band recording this album of cover songs.", "title": "Big Bang Theory (Styx album)" }, { "docid": "5179886", "text": "The album reached #46 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, Styx's highest charting album in 14 years. Big Bang Theory (Styx album) Big Bang Theory is the fifteenth studio album and the first covers album by the band Styx, released in 2005. It consists of cover versions of classic rock songs. In 2004, Styx performed a cover of the Beatles song \"I Am the Walrus\" at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival, where the song was received so well that it was released as a single, reaching the Top 10 in the Mediabase Classic Rock charts. The video featured original bassist Chuck", "title": "Big Bang Theory (Styx album)" }, { "docid": "10248592", "text": "didn't know it wasn't the case, so when the creators of \"The Big Bang Theory\" started talking about the show, I was embarrassed. I can't understand why our people first do, and then think. I consider this to be the rock bottom of my career. And I don't want to take part in a stolen show\". In November 2016, it was reported that CBS was in negotiations to create a spin-off of \"The Big Bang Theory\" centered on Sheldon as a young boy. The prequel series, described as \"a \"Malcolm in the Middle\"-esque single-camera family comedy\" would be executive-produced by", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "docid": "20057398", "text": "onwards as he attends high school in the fictional town of Medford, Texas, and tries to fit into the world around him while his family and friends attempt to deal with his unique intellectual capabilities and social challenges. In November 2016, it was reported that CBS was in negotiations to create a spin-off of \"The Big Bang Theory\" centered on Sheldon Cooper as a young boy. The prequel series, described as \"a \"Malcolm in the Middle\"-esque single-camera family comedy\" would be executive produced by \"The Big Bang Theory\" co-creator Chuck Lorre and producer Steven Molaro, with \"The Big Bang Theory\"", "title": "Young Sheldon" }, { "docid": "12038750", "text": "calling it \"a great start for the series\", and stating that the writing was \"some of the best we've seen in a standard sitcom in some time\". Matthew Gilbert of \"The Boston Globe\", however, gave a negative review, saying that the show is \"one of those laugh-track sitcoms that has exactly one comedy routine and just keeps hammering it home\". Pilot (The Big Bang Theory) The pilot episode and series premiere of \"The Big Bang Theory\" originally aired on CBS in the United States on September 24, 2007. It was written by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, and directed by", "title": "Pilot (The Big Bang Theory)" } ]

[ "Waitwell" ]

[ { "docid": "4905354", "text": "other in extra marital affairs in an affected way and pretentious way while Mirabell and Millamant go against the currents of the society. Act 1 is set in a chocolate house where Mirabell and Fainall have just finished playing cards. A footman comes and tells Mirabell that Waitwell (Mirabell's male servant) and Foible (Lady Wishfort's female servant) were married that morning. Mirabell tells Fainall about his love of Millamant and is encouraged to marry her. Witwoud and Petulant appear and Mirabell is informed that should Lady Wishfort marry, he will lose £6000 of Millamant's inheritance. He will only get this", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905354", "text": "other in extra marital affairs in an affected way and pretentious way while Mirabell and Millamant go against the currents of the society. Act 1 is set in a chocolate house where Mirabell and Fainall have just finished playing cards. A footman comes and tells Mirabell that Waitwell (Mirabell's male servant) and Foible (Lady Wishfort's female servant) were married that morning. Mirabell tells Fainall about his love of Millamant and is encouraged to marry her. Witwoud and Petulant appear and Mirabell is informed that should Lady Wishfort marry, he will lose £6000 of Millamant's inheritance. He will only get this", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905353", "text": "full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, Lady Wishfort is a very bitter lady who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilfull, to wed Millamant. Another character, Fainall, is having a secret affair with Mrs. Marwood, a friend of Mrs. Fainall's, who in turn once had an affair with Mirabell. In the meantime, Mirabell's servant is married to Foible, Lady Wishfort's servant. Waitwell pretends to be Sir Rowland and, on Mirabell's command, tries to trick Lady Wishfort into a false engagement.Above all, all the chararacters in the play are involved to each", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905359", "text": "5, Lady Wishfort has found out the plot, and Fainall has had Waitwell arrested. Mrs. Fainall tells Foible that her previous affair with Mirabell is now public knowledge. Lady Wishfort appears with Mrs. Marwood, whom she thanks for unveiling the plot. Fainall then appears and uses the information of Mrs. Fainall's previous affair with Mirabell and Millamant's contract to marry him to blackmail Lady Wishfort, telling that she should never marry and that she is to transfer her fortune to him. Lady Wishfort offers Mirabell her consent to the marriage if he can save her fortune and honour. Mirabell calls", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905356", "text": "Mirabell of her displeasure in his plan, which she only has a vague idea about. After she leaves, the newly wed servants appear and Mirabell reminds them of their roles in the plan. Acts 3, 4 and 5 are all set in the home of Lady Wishfort. We are introduced to Lady Wishfort who is encouraged by Foible to marry the supposed Sir Rowland – Mirabell's supposed uncle – so that Mirabell will lose his inheritance. Sir Rowland is, however, Waitwell in disguise, and the plan is to entangle Lady Wishfort in a marriage which cannot go ahead, because it", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905357", "text": "would be bigamy, not to mention a social disgrace (Waitwell is only a serving man, Lady Wishfort an aristocrat). Mirabell will offer to help her out of the embarrassing situation if she consents to his marriage. Later, Mrs. Fainall discusses this plan with Foible, but this is overheard by Mrs. Marwood. She later tells the plan to Fainall, who decides that he will take his wife's money and go away with Mrs. Marwood. Mirabell and Millamant, equally strong-willed, discuss in detail the conditions under which they would accept each other in marriage (otherwise known as the \"proviso scene\"), showing the", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "4905360", "text": "on Waitwell who brings a contract from the time before the marriage of the Fainalls in which Mrs. Fainall gives all her property to Mirabell. This neutralises the blackmail attempts, after which Mirabell restores Mrs. Fainall's property to her possession and then is free to marry Millamant with the full £6000 inheritance. The epigraph found on the title page of the 1700 edition of \"The Way of the World\" contains two Latin quotations from Horace's \"Satires\". In their wider contexts they read in English: The quotations offer a forewarning of the chaos to ensue from both infidelity and deception. In", "title": "The Way of the World" } ]

[ { "docid": "17802575", "text": "Schlosskonzerte is based in the Marble Hall of the Salzburg Mirabell Palace. Every year more than 230 concerts are performed under the Salzburger Schlosskonzerte name. Luz Leskowitz played a minor role in 2001 French-Austrian film The Piano Teacher, appearing as a violinist. Luz Leskowitz appeared on a number of albums under several music labels, including Cetra Records, Syrinx, Mirabell, Arte Nova Classics, Sony Music, EMI-Classics, BIS Records, Brilliant Classics, Point Classics, One Media, X5 Music Group, BFM Digital, Ok Records in which he plays solo or as a part of an ensemble. Luz Leskowitz Luz Leskowitz (born August 7, 1943)", "title": "Luz Leskowitz" }, { "docid": "13072362", "text": "Mirabell Palace Mirabell Palace () is a historic building in the city of Salzburg, Austria. The palace with its gardens is a listed cultural heritage monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO World Heritage Site. The palace was built about 1606 on the shore of the Salzach river north of the medieval city walls, at the behest of Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau. The Archbishop suffered from gout and had a stroke the year before; to evade the narrow streets of the city, he decided to erect a pleasure palace for him and his mistress", "title": "Mirabell Palace" }, { "docid": "13072367", "text": "while dancing around the horse fountain and using the steps as a musical scale. <BR> Mirabell Palace Mirabell Palace () is a historic building in the city of Salzburg, Austria. The palace with its gardens is a listed cultural heritage monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO World Heritage Site. The palace was built about 1606 on the shore of the Salzach river north of the medieval city walls, at the behest of Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau. The Archbishop suffered from gout and had a stroke the year before; to evade the narrow streets", "title": "Mirabell Palace" }, { "docid": "13072365", "text": "The Marble Hall of Mirabell Palace is the venue of the \"Salzburg Palace Concerts\" (), directed by Luz Leskowitz. It is also a popular location for weddings. On 3 June 1944 Gretl Braun, the sister of Eva Braun (later to marry Adolf Hitler), married SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, who served as Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's liaison officer on Hitler's staff. Their wedding took place at Mirabell Palace with Hitler, Himmler, and Martin Bormann as witnesses. Her sister Eva made all the wedding arrangements. The \"Mirabellgarten\" was laid out under Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun from 1687 according to plans designed by Johann", "title": "Mirabell Palace" }, { "docid": "4905355", "text": "money if he can get Lady Wishfort’s consent to his and Millamant's marriage. Act 2 is set in St. James’ Park. Mrs. Fainall and Mrs. Marwood are discussing their hatred of men. Fainall appears and accuses Mrs. Marwood (with whom he is having an affair) of loving Mirabell (which she does). Meanwhile, Mrs. Fainall (Mirabell's former lover) tells Mirabell that she hates her husband, and they begin to plot to deceive Lady Wishfort into giving her consent to the marriage. Millamant appears in the park and, angry about the previous night (when Mirabell was confronted by Lady Wishfort), she tells", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "9667632", "text": "his customary O'Donnell arms were augmented by the initials and shield of the ducal House of Austria, with additionally the double-headed eagle of the Empire. These arms can still be seen emblazoned on the portico of no. 2 Mirabellplatz in Salzburg, where O'Donnell built his residence thereafter in the former gardens of Schloss Mirabell. Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell Maximilian Karl Lamoral Graf O’Donnell von Tyrconnell (October 29, 1812 — July 14, 1895) was an Austrian officer and civil servant who became famous when he helped save the life of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria. O'Donnell was a descendant of", "title": "Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell" }, { "docid": "4905358", "text": "depth of their feeling for each other. Mirabell finally proposes to Millamant and, with Mrs. Fainall's encouragement (almost consent, as Millamant knows of their previous relations), Millamant accepts. Mirabell leaves as Lady Wishfort arrives, and she lets it be known that she wants Millamant to marry her nephew, Sir Wilfull Witwoud, who has just arrived from the countryside. Lady Wishfort later gets a letter telling her about the Sir Rowland plot. Sir Rowland takes the letter and accuses Mirabell of trying to sabotage their wedding. Lady Wishfort agrees to let Sir Rowland bring a marriage contract that night. By Act", "title": "The Way of the World" }, { "docid": "5740828", "text": "museum is located in what is known as \"the Pantheon\" complex, or \"public assembly rooms.\" It is located on the Pantheon Road in Egmore. The road on which the museum is located too takes its name from the complex. In August 1778, the governor of Madras granted 43 acres for an estate to a civil servant, who, subsequently in 1793, assigned the grounds to a committee of 24 which then regulated the public amusements in the city. In 1821, the committee sold the main house and central garden space to E. S. Moorat, an Armenian merchant who, in turn, sold", "title": "Government Museum, Chennai" }, { "docid": "20584064", "text": "Australia, has been described as a brother. This is contradicted by what is known of their respective parents and their birthplaces. There is no reason to believe he was related to the painter S. T. Gill. Tom Gill (public servant) Thomas \"Tom\" Gill (23 February 1849 – 21 July 1923) CMG ISO was a public servant in South Australia who served as Under-Treasurer from 1894 to 1920. Gill was born in Glen Osmond the son of Thomas Gill (1816 – 1 January 1903) and Maria Gill ( – 1910) née Selby, and educated at the local school. In 1865 he", "title": "Tom Gill (public servant)" }, { "docid": "4539430", "text": "end of the 1970s, another dispute arose between the industrial confection producer Mirabell (today part of Mondelez International) and its competitor Reber over the \"Mozartkugel\" trademark. A provisional agreement was reached in 1981 between representatives of the Austrian and German governments, whereby only Austrian producers were to be allowed to use the label \"Mozartkugeln\". Reber protested against this agreement, and the EC-Commissioner in Brussels charged with deciding in the affair finally declared the agreement invalid. This is why Reber may legitimately and continuously use his \"Genuine Reber Mozart-Kugeln\" trademark, though with a hyphen in-between. Nonetheless, only Mirabell Mozartkugeln are allowed", "title": "Mozartkugel" }, { "docid": "19610935", "text": "responded by challenging Hamilton to a duel, personal combat under the formalized rules for dueling, the \"code duello\". \"The Huffington Post\" likens the song to other battle duets, such as \"The Confrontation\" from \"Les Misérables\" and \"Wicked\"s \"What is this Feeling?\" The \"Vibe\" calls the song an ironic depiction of the correspondence, set from Burr's point of view. Your Obedient Servant (song) \"Your Obedient Servant\" is the twentieth song from Act 2 of the musical \"Hamilton\", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.", "title": "Your Obedient Servant (song)" }, { "docid": "798435", "text": "to take a modified version of their employer's occupation or first name as their last name, adding the letter \"s\" to the word, although this formation could also be a patronymic. For instance, the surname \"Vickers\" is thought to have arisen as an occupational name adopted by the servant of a vicar, while \"Roberts\" could have been adopted by either the son or the servant of a man named Robert. A subset of occupational names in English are names thought to be derived from the medieval mystery plays. The participants would often play the same roles for life, passing the", "title": "Surname" }, { "docid": "11038165", "text": "joined the European Climate Alliance in 1990. Grödig is home to the multinational access control and security company SKIDATA and the \"Mozartkugel\" confection manufacturer Mirabell (part of Mondelez International). It has access to the Tauern Autobahn at the Salzburg-Süd junction. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities Glanegg and Grödig. Subdivisions are: Eichet, Glanegg, Grödig, Fürstenbrunn, and Sankt Leonhard. A church at \"Crethica\" was first mentioned in a 790 deed issued by Bishop Arno of Salzburg. The name is possibly related to , \"rock\", \"crevice\" and may date back to the ancient times of the Roman city of \"Iuvavum\", when", "title": "Grödig" }, { "docid": "15004649", "text": "Campbell. An Anglicised form of the name is \"Gillespie\"; the name is also Anglicised as \"Archibald\", which is etymologically unrelated, but was carried by the early Campbell Earls of Argyll, often in the form \"Archibald Gillespie Campbell\". Gilleasbaig Gilleasbaig is a masculine given name in the Scottish Gaelic language. The traditional form of the name is Gilleasbuig. Another form of the name is Gille Easbaig. The names mean \"servant of the bishop\", with the second word (\"Easbaig\") deriving from the Latin \"episcopus\" (the final syllable and the second vowel suffering elision, the consonants becoming voiced, and the \"s\" being metathesised),", "title": "Gilleasbaig" }, { "docid": "2889332", "text": "testified under oath that she had turned the machines manually from an adjoining room, alternating in that job with Bessler's wife, his brother Gottfried, and Bessler himself. 's Gravesande refused to accept the maid's testimony, writing that he paid \"little attention to what a servant can say about machines\". By then, 's Gravesande was embroiled in an academic dispute with members of Isaac Newton's circle about the possibility of gravity-powered perpetual motion, which 's Gravesande persistently defended based partly on his belief that Bessler, though \"mad\", was not a fraud. The consensus view of modern scientists is that Bessler was", "title": "Johann Bessler" }, { "docid": "20636693", "text": "the rule of Appalaraya Bahadur (K. V. S. Sarma), an eccentric person and a puppet in the hands of servant Venkatappaiah (Ramana Reddy) and a Butler (Relangi). Vimala meets her mother Rajyalakshmi, without giving her identity, she joins as a servant in her mother's house. She was surprised to see Vijay as her maternal uncle and Vijay is also happy to know that Vimala is his elder sister's daughter. Both of them decide to prove Rajeswara Prasad's innocence. Vijay in disguise joins in the kitchen as a cook by the name Gopalam, outside Rajeswara Prasad and Vimala are also trying", "title": "Vimala (film)" }, { "docid": "14599766", "text": "Shery (Egypt) Shery (or Sheri) is the name of an Ancient Egyptian official who lived in the Old Kingdom, in the Fourth Dynasty. Shery is known from his mastaba at Saqqara that was found and partly recorded in the nineteenth century AD. His wife was called Khentetek; a second woman appearing in his tomb decoration was called Inet and may have been a second wife (or mother?). Shery held the title “Overseer of all wab-priests of king Peribsen in the necropolis of king Senedj”, “Great One of the Ten of Upper Egypt” and “God´s Servant of Senedj”. Senedj´s name is", "title": "Shery (Egypt)" }, { "docid": "19306296", "text": "Halim may also be a last name: Halim (name) Halim or Haleem () is an Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, \"what we call a civilized man\". In Islam, \"Al-Halīm\" is one of the 99 names of God, with that meaning. Halim is also a Chinese Indonesian surname based on Lim (林). Abdul Halim or Abdel Halim means servant of God, as thus described, and bearers of that name are listed on that page. \"Halim\" is also used as an abbreviated version of Abdul Halim, or independently, as a name given", "title": "Halim (name)" }, { "docid": "5156246", "text": "Servant of God \"Servant of God\" is a term used for individuals by various religions for people believed to be pious in the faith's tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates an individual who is being investigated by the Church for possible canonization as a saint. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, this term is used to refer to any Eastern Orthodox Christian. The Arabic name \"Abdullah\" (from , \"ʿAbd Allāh\", \"slave of God\"), the Hebrew name \"Obadiah\" (), the German name \"Gottschalk\", and the Sanskrit name \"Devadasa\" are all variations of \"servant of God\". The expression \"servant of God\" appears", "title": "Servant of God" }, { "docid": "5156240", "text": "Servant of God \"Servant of God\" is a term used for individuals by various religions for people believed to be pious in the faith's tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates an individual who is being investigated by the Church for possible canonization as a saint. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, this term is used to refer to any Eastern Orthodox Christian. The Arabic name \"Abdullah\" (from , \"ʿAbd Allāh\", \"slave of God\"), the Hebrew name \"Obadiah\" (), the German name \"Gottschalk\", and the Sanskrit name \"Devadasa\" are all variations of \"servant of God\". The expression \"servant of God\" appears", "title": "Servant of God" }, { "docid": "4539429", "text": "to attempt to secure a trademark. At first, the dispute concerned only confectionery producers in Salzburg, but later spread to include the competition from Germany. The result was an agreement which obliged Fürst’s competitors to use other names. The Mirabell firm, based in Grödig near Salzburg, chose the name, “Real Salzburg Mozartkugeln”. The Bavarian producer, Reber, opted for “Real Reber Mozartkugeln”. In 1996, a dispute between Fürst and a subsidiary of the Swiss food producer, Nestlé, which wanted to market “Original Austria Mozartkugeln”, was decided in the third instance. Only Fürst's products may be called \"Original Salzburg Mozartkugeln\". At the", "title": "Mozartkugel" }, { "docid": "13072363", "text": "Salome Alt. Allegedly built within six months according to Italian and French models, it was initially named Altenau Castle. When Raitenau was deposed and arrested at Hohensalzburg Castle in 1612, his successor Mark Sittich von Hohenems expelled Salome Alt and her family from the premises. Mark Sittich gave the palace its current name from , \"bella\": \"amazing\", \"wonderful\". It was rebuilt in a lavish Baroque style from 1721 to 1727, according to plans designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. On 1 June 1815 the later King Otto of Greece was born here, while his father, the Wittelsbach crown prince Ludwig", "title": "Mirabell Palace" }, { "docid": "18042798", "text": "He says: \"What did My servant say?\" They reply: \"He praised you and mentioned that to You is the return.\" So God says: \"Build a house in Paradise for My servant, and name it 'the house of praise.'\" [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1021, Book 10, Hadith 57] A brief grammatical overview of the sentence is presented below: ʾInnā: means \"Indeed we\" or \"verily we\". \"\"ʾInnā\"\" is a contraction of \"ʾinna-nā\". The first part means \"verily\", the last part \"we\". As the Arabic language tends to simplification, it is written as \"ʾinnā\", with only one \"nūn\" and \"shadda\" for stress. Li-llāhi: \"\"Li\"\" is", "title": "Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" }, { "docid": "2096468", "text": "\"Gilchrist\", which have Scottish Gaelic \"maol\" (Old Irish \"máel\" 'bald, tonsured; servant') and \"gille\" (\"servant, lad', < Old Irish \"gilla\" 'a youth'). The most well-known example of this Cumbric naming practice is \"Gospatric\", which occurs as the name of several notable Anglo-Scottish noblemen in the 11th and 12th centuries. Other examples, standardised from original sources, include \"Gosmungo\" (Saint Mungo), \"Gososwald\" (Oswald of Northumbria) and \"Goscuthbert\" (Cuthbert). It is impossible to give an exact date of the extinction of Cumbric. However, there are some pointers which may give a reasonably accurate estimate. In the mid-11th century, some landowners still bore what", "title": "Cumbric" }, { "docid": "6603938", "text": "Inaam (daughter of Lt. Gen. Aftab Ahmad Khan) and a daughter, Syeda Romana Inaam married to Lt.Gen. Zahid Hussain Khan and has two grandchildren Syeda Sharmeen Inaam and Wahid Hussain Khan respectively. S. M. Inaamullah's name is sometimes misspelled as S. M. Inamullah or as S. M. Inam Ullah. Syed Mohammad Inaamullah S. M. Inaamullah (), an Ambassador of Pakistan was born on 18 May 1937 in Lahore – Pakistan to an illustrious aristocratic family of Syed Mohammad Uzairullah son of Nawab Syed Mohammad Hamidullah (Civil Servant), whose heritage stems from the Naqabdar families of Gilan, started by the sub-continental", "title": "Syed Mohammad Inaamullah" }, { "docid": "8366883", "text": "variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: Abdus Salam (name) Abdus Salam () is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Salam\". The name means \"servant of the All-peaceable\", \"as-Salam\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Salam\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Salam\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdul Salam\", \"Abdul", "title": "Abdus Salam (name)" }, { "docid": "8366882", "text": "Abdus Salam (name) Abdus Salam () is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Salam\". The name means \"servant of the All-peaceable\", \"as-Salam\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Salam\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Salam\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdul Salam\", \"Abdul Salaam\", \"Abdus Salam\" and others, all subject to", "title": "Abdus Salam (name)" }, { "docid": "19306295", "text": "Halim (name) Halim or Haleem () is an Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, \"what we call a civilized man\". In Islam, \"Al-Halīm\" is one of the 99 names of God, with that meaning. Halim is also a Chinese Indonesian surname based on Lim (林). Abdul Halim or Abdel Halim means servant of God, as thus described, and bearers of that name are listed on that page. \"Halim\" is also used as an abbreviated version of Abdul Halim, or independently, as a name given to a male. Examples of that are:", "title": "Halim (name)" }, { "docid": "15004648", "text": "Gilleasbaig Gilleasbaig is a masculine given name in the Scottish Gaelic language. The traditional form of the name is Gilleasbuig. Another form of the name is Gille Easbaig. The names mean \"servant of the bishop\", with the second word (\"Easbaig\") deriving from the Latin \"episcopus\" (the final syllable and the second vowel suffering elision, the consonants becoming voiced, and the \"s\" being metathesised), which also gave rise to English \"bishop\" (the initial \"e\" and final \"us\" suffering elision, initial \"p\" becoming voiced, and \"c\" being palatalized in Old English). An early bearer of the name was the founder of Clan", "title": "Gilleasbaig" }, { "docid": "12504950", "text": "Air 200's and King Air 100's operating scheduled and charter service to multiple villages on Kodiak Island and the Southcentral and Southeast regions of Alaska. Servant Air also provides scheduled air service between Westchester County Airport (KHPN) and Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) under the Beacon Air brand using King Air 200 aircraft. The Servant Air main hub is located at Kodiak State Airport in Kodiak, Alaska. Facilities at the Kodiak hub include a terminal, a heavy maintenance facility, and hangar. Servant air also has hubs at Anchorage International Airport/ and Washington Executive Airport. Seasonally, Servant air operates at Westchester", "title": "Servant Air" }, { "docid": "1993963", "text": "X-kheper-u-Re variations in 18th Dynasty throne names makes it possible. Of the male kings in the period, Smenkhkare can be ruled out as his throne name would be transliterated as something like \"Anahuriya\". Writing on the \"Dakhamunzu\" episode, Jared Miller points out that \"\"‘servant’ is likely used in a disparaging manner, rather than literally, and probably with reference to real person(s) who indeed were being put forth as candidates.\"\" If the reference to a 'servant' no longer exclusively indicates Ay, then Meritaten and Nefertiti become candidates as well. For the plot to succeed, the queen would have to either wield", "title": "Smenkhkare" }, { "docid": "6811589", "text": "a woman around to help raise him. He goes to the nearest settlement and consults Parson Jackson (Tom Tully). David gets talked into buying the contract of an indentured servant named Rachel (Loretta Young) and marrying her. Their marriage, however, is in name alone. Rachel serves more as a servant than a wife and Davey resents what he sees as an attempt to replace his dead mother Susan. Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum), a family friend (and former suitor of Susan's), visits and falls in love with Rachel. When he offers to buy her, David must fight to keep her and", "title": "Rachel and the Stranger" }, { "docid": "6619644", "text": "When Carrisford asks how she came to be a servant at the school, she tells them how she used to be a pupil, but became a servant when a friend lost all of her father's money just before he died. Sara sees a statue of Kali in Carrisford's parlour, and says it looks just like one her father had owned. When Carrisford asks what her father's name was, she tells him, \"Crewe...Ralph Crewe.\" Stunned, Carrisford tells her the statue actually was her father's, and that he is the friend whom it had been thought lost Ralph Crewe's fortune, and he", "title": "A Little Princess (1986 miniseries)" }, { "docid": "14643539", "text": "hyphenation. Abdus Sabur Abdus Sabur () is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Sabur\". The name means \"servant of the Patient One\", \"As-Sabur\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the Arabic letter corresponding to s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Sabur\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Sabur\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdul Saboor\" and others, all subject to variant spacing", "title": "Abdus Sabur" }, { "docid": "14643538", "text": "Abdus Sabur Abdus Sabur () is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Sabur\". The name means \"servant of the Patient One\", \"As-Sabur\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the Arabic letter corresponding to s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Sabur\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Sabur\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdul Saboor\" and others, all subject to variant spacing and", "title": "Abdus Sabur" }, { "docid": "14457984", "text": "to: Abdul Samad Abdul Samad () is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Samad\". The name means \"servant of the Everlasting\", \"al-Samad\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Samad\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Samad\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdus Samad\" and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may", "title": "Abdul Samad" }, { "docid": "14457983", "text": "Abdul Samad Abdul Samad () is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" and \"Samad\". The name means \"servant of the Everlasting\", \"al-Samad\" being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the \"al-\" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to \"Abd al-Samad\", the usual pronunciation corresponds to \"Abd as-Samad\". Alternative transliterations include \"Abdus Samad\" and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer", "title": "Abdul Samad" }, { "docid": "13297555", "text": "root, potentially obscuring the nature of the name. Gebre Gebre () is a common masculine Ethiopian name, meaning \"servant\" or \"slave of\" in Ge'ez. It is used as both a stand-alone given name and, frequently, as a prefix (or stem) in religiously-themed compound names; e.g. Gebreselassie (\"Servant of the Trinity\"), Gebremeskel (\"Servant of the Cross\"), or Gebremariam (\"Servant of Mary\"). Gebru is a variant, often seen in Tigrinya. As with other such compound names, when written in transliteration in a Latin script, it is often abbreviated as \"G/\" (e.g. G/Selassie for Gebreselassie). It may likewise also be transliterated with a", "title": "Gebre" }, { "docid": "20371807", "text": "Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by Jayakanthan. It is based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Nagesh, K. R. Vijaya, T. S. Balaiah, S. V. Sahasranamam and Wahab Kashmiri. The film deals with a mentally retarded servant boy who is wrongly accused of theft in the lodge he works at. \"Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan\" was released on 14 April 1966. Although the film received critical praise for its content and technique, it failed commercially, and Jayakanthan did not direct any film afterwards. Joseph is a mentally retarded", "title": "Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan" }, { "docid": "7242763", "text": "Moses,\" is followed by \"And the Lord called to Moses.\" The Midrash compared this to the case of a king who commanded his servant to build him a palace. On everything the servant built, he wrote the name of the king. The servant wrote the name of the king on the walls, the pillars, and the roof beams. After some time the king entered the palace, and on everything he saw he found his name. The king thought that the servant had done him all this honor, and yet the servant remained outside. So the king had called that the", "title": "Vayikra (parsha)" }, { "docid": "9353053", "text": "Máire Máire is the Irish language form of the Latin Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Both New Testament names were forms of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם or Miryam English language name \"Mary\". It was and still is a popular name in Ireland, and is sometimes spelt in its Anglicised form \"Maura\". Historically, \"Maol Muire\" (devotee of Mary) was the reverential form used by the Irish, just as \"Giolla Phádraig\" (servant of Pádraig) was the reverential usage for what subsequently became Pádraig.", "title": "Máire" }, { "docid": "1420398", "text": "of the camel foal\", given because of this person's kindness towards camels. A common name-form among Arab Muslims is the prefix ' (\"servant\", ') combined with the name of Allah (God), \" ( \"servant of God\"), or with one of the epithets of Allah. As a mark of deference, \" is usually not conjoined with the prophets' names. Nonetheless such names are accepted in some areas. Its use is not exclusive to Muslims and in Lebanon and Egypt, the name \"Abdel-Massih\", \"Servant of Christ\", is a common Christian last name. During the Persian Ghurid dynasty, Amir Suri and his son", "title": "Arabic name" }, { "docid": "3090004", "text": "a relatively normal life.\" In the original novel \"Dune\", a young Alia refers to Paul's servant Harah as \"My brother's \"ghanima\".\" According to Fremen custom, Paul had acquired Harah after defeating her husband Jamis in a ritual battle to the death. The Lady Jessica notes: In \"Dune Messiah\", Harah objects when Paul chooses to name his daughter Ghanima, saying that it is \"an ill-omened name.\" Paul responds, \"It saved your life ... What matter that Alia made fun of you with that name? My daughter is Ghanima, a spoil of war.\" The non-canon \"Dune Encyclopedia\" invents an extended biography for", "title": "Ghanima Atreides" }, { "docid": "7569004", "text": "one of the names of God in Islam, which would form a Muslim Arabic theophoric name. Such as Abdullah simply meaning \"Servant of God\" while \"Abdul Aziz\" means \"Servant of the Almighty\" and so on. The name \"Abdul Masih\", (\"Servant of the Messiah\") is an Arabic Christian equivalent. In addition, \"Abdul\" is occasionally, though much more rarely, used in reference to a figure other than God. For example, the Indian name \"Abdul Mughal\", (\"Servant of the Mughal Empire\"). When followed by a sun letter, the \"l\" in \"al\" (normally pronounced colloquially \"el \") assimilates to the initial consonant of the", "title": "Abdul" }, { "docid": "15025753", "text": "Abdul Mannan Abdul Mannan (Arabic: ′abdu ʾl-mannān عَبْدُ ٱلمَنَّان) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" meaning \"servant\" and \"Mannan, \"\"Benefactor, the Giver of All Good/ Benefits\". The full name means \"servant of the Benevolent/ Benefactor\", \"servant of the Giver of All Good/ Benefits\", and is a Muslim theophoric name. The letter \"a\" of the \"al-\" is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel. The second part may appear as Mannan, or relating to Allah [God] - \"Al-Mannan ٱلمَنَّان\". The whole name is subject to", "title": "Abdul Mannan" }, { "docid": "7307356", "text": "gives them some resistance to vampiric hypnosis, the second comes in a vision of flame and allows the vampire to feed on the metabolism of their servant (when the servant eats/drinks the vampire shares the experience), the third mark involves the vampire feeding from their servant directly allowing the sharing of thoughts and memories between the two, and when the servant is forever bound by the fourth (final) mark which involves the servant drinking the vampires' blood, he/she becomes immortal. The relationship between a vampire and his or her human servant(s) is described as an intimate and eternal union of", "title": "Anita Blake mythology" }, { "docid": "15189778", "text": "section 12(1)(f): Prescribed offices, s.12(1)(g) The following offices are now prescribed for the purposes of section 12(1)(g): Prescribed classes of employees of holders of prescribed offices, s. 12(1)(g) The following classes of employees of holders of the prescribed offices above are now prescribed for the purposes of section 12(1)(g): Crown servant The term \"Crown servant\" is used to denote a \"person employed by the Crown\". Although the term is not consistently defined, generally speaking the term encompasses all executive officials and their staffs, civil servants, police, judicial officials, and members of the armed forces. While the term is used in", "title": "Crown servant" }, { "docid": "7790549", "text": "a leadership crisis and that I should do what I could about it.” In 1970 Greenleaf published his first essay, entitled \"The Servant As Leader\", which introduced the term \"servant leadership.\" Later, the essay was expanded into a book, which is perhaps one of the most influential management texts yet written. The Servant Leadership movement was born. Of his philosophy, Robert Greenleaf wrote in \"Essentials\", \"The servant-leader is servant first... Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different", "title": "Robert K. Greenleaf" }, { "docid": "11099", "text": "corruption of sorts on the phrase \"All has read\", to imply he has read much, and has immense amounts of knowledge. However Abdul is a common Arabic prefix meaning \"Servant\" and \"Al\" is Arabic for \"the\", and if \"hazra\" means \"he prohibited\", \"he fenced in\" or \"Great Lord\", then the name would mean \"Servant of the Prohibited\", \"Servant of the Fenced in\", or \"Servant of the Great Lord\" which would make sense considering his role, even if it is not a proper Arabic name. An explanation that is more in sync with Arabic usage and existing Sufi tradition is that", "title": "Abdul Alhazred" }, { "docid": "13204045", "text": "He was hired as a civil servant in the Norwegian Ministry of the Interior from 1872, and worked there until 1917. He was better known for his several books, having \"won himself a name in the literature\" of the day, starting with 1886's \"I skoven\" ('In the Forest'). Most of his books were about the forest and wildlife. Sophus Christian Munk Aars Sophus Christian Munk Aars (1 October 1841 – 11 April 1931) was a Norwegian civil servant and writer. He was a son of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars (1807–1865) and his wife Sofie Elisabeth Stabel. He", "title": "Sophus Christian Munk Aars" }, { "docid": "8001672", "text": "When Nasilele found out what had happened between her husband and her daughter, she quarrelled with her husband and beat her daughter. Nyambe was so upset by his wife's behaviour that he called his servant, Sasisho, and announced his decision to return to heaven. Nyambe ordered a spider to spin a web, so that he and his servant could climb to heaven leaving Nasilele on Earth. Due to her remorse, Nasilele died a few weeks later. Mwambwa, the daughter of Nyambe and Nasilele, later became the first Luyi sovereign and, therefore, founder of the nation. Her eldest daughter, whose name", "title": "Lozi mythology" }, { "docid": "13297554", "text": "Gebre Gebre () is a common masculine Ethiopian name, meaning \"servant\" or \"slave of\" in Ge'ez. It is used as both a stand-alone given name and, frequently, as a prefix (or stem) in religiously-themed compound names; e.g. Gebreselassie (\"Servant of the Trinity\"), Gebremeskel (\"Servant of the Cross\"), or Gebremariam (\"Servant of Mary\"). Gebru is a variant, often seen in Tigrinya. As with other such compound names, when written in transliteration in a Latin script, it is often abbreviated as \"G/\" (e.g. G/Selassie for Gebreselassie). It may likewise also be transliterated with a hyphen or a space connecting it to the", "title": "Gebre" }, { "docid": "17030082", "text": "(aka Richard Dummer - Dumr is the abbreviation of Dummer, the r is written in superscript in the image.)<br> Dumr Alice 35<br> Dumr Tho 19<br> Dumr Joane 19<br> Dumr Jane 10<br> Dumr Steephen, husbandman<br> Dumr Dorothie 6<br> Dumr Richard 4<br> Dumr Tho 2<br> Huthcinson John 30, carpenter, servant<br> Alcocke Francis 26, servant<br> Mott Adam 19, Taylor, servant<br> Wackefeild Will. 22, servant<br> Parker Nathaunel 20, servant of London Backer<br> Poore Samuel 18, servant<br> Poore Da'yell 14, servant<br> Poore Alce 20, servant<br> Bayley Richard 15, servant<br> Wackefeild Anna 20, Servant <br> Richard Austin, whose descendants of the same surname name would include", "title": "Bevis (ship)" }, { "docid": "11391610", "text": "the secret, he has written Argentine's name on the outside. Mezzetin mistakes Arlequin for Argentine's servant and tells him that he thinks Lélio is having an affair with her. Arlequin reads the letter and assumes that Argentine is cheating on him. He confronts her when she returns to the house, but she refuses to tell Arlequin what she was doing and asks him instead to trust her. He leaves to tell Rosalba's father that Argentine was having an affair. Rosalba comes to Argentine's house, and after hearing what has happened, she runs to her father's house to explain. Arlequin returns,", "title": "Le Bon Ménage" }, { "docid": "10664486", "text": "was inducted into the Labor Department's Labor Hall of Honor in 1989. Cyrus S. Ching Cyrus S. Ching (May 21, 1876 – December 27, 1967) was a Canadian-American who became an American industrialist, federal civil servant, and noted labor union mediator. He was the first director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and the Wage Stabilization Board. Ching was born on his father's farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada on May 21, 1876. The Chings were of Welsh heritage (the family name was originally spelled Chynge). He was the only boy in a family with eight children. Ching", "title": "Cyrus S. Ching" }, { "docid": "15025754", "text": "variable spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: Abdul Mannan Abdul Mannan (Arabic: ′abdu ʾl-mannān عَبْدُ ٱلمَنَّان) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words \"Abd\", \"al-\" meaning \"servant\" and \"Mannan, \"\"Benefactor, the Giver of All Good/ Benefits\". The full name means \"servant of the Benevolent/ Benefactor\", \"servant of the Giver of All Good/ Benefits\", and is a Muslim theophoric name. The letter \"a\" of the \"al-\" is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel. The second part may appear as Mannan, or relating to Allah [God] -", "title": "Abdul Mannan" }, { "docid": "6345067", "text": "Shift (Narnia) Shift is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series \"The Chronicles of Narnia\" by C. S. Lewis. He is the main antagonist of \"The Last Battle\", which is the last book of the series. Shift is an ape who, like many animals in Lewis' work, can talk; Lewis does not specify what kind of ape, but Pauline Baynes' illustrations depict him as a chimpanzee. At the beginning of the book, he lives near his friend/servant Puzzle the donkey at the base of the Great Waterfall, next to the Caldron Pool where the Great River starts its course", "title": "Shift (Narnia)" }, { "docid": "19789527", "text": "What a Beautiful Name \"What a Beautiful Name\" is a song by Australian praise and worship group Hillsong Worship. The song, written and led by Brooke Ligertwood and co-written with Ben Fielding, refers to the promise of salvation through Jesus Christ as represented by His Holy Name. The \"genre-smashing single\" contributed to Hillsong being named \"Billboard\"s Top Christian Artist of 2017. \"What a Beautiful Name\" won two Dove Awards for Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year in 2017. It won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. \"What a Beautiful Name\" was released", "title": "What a Beautiful Name" }, { "docid": "20696611", "text": "Servant of the People (political party) Servant of the People () is a Ukrainian political party which was officially registered at the Ministry of Justice on 31 March 2018. The party has the same name as the Ukrainian tv hit \"Servant of the People\" made by the tv production company Kvartal 95. Party leader is Kvartal 95 lawyer Ivan Bakanov. The party is the successor of the \"Party of Decisive Change\". Kvartal 95 in December 2017 took over this party and renamed it \"so that nobody stole the name of the eponymous series for cynical political purposes.\" In a December", "title": "Servant of the People (political party)" }, { "docid": "10201002", "text": "and ever\", most Mormons are unfamiliar with Granger's name or his activities. A Mormon apologist has responded to these charges by stating that \"the words 'sacred remembrance' most likely refer to the fact that the \"Lord\" would remember him. After all, the verse begins with the Lord saying, 'I remember my servant Oliver Granger.'\" Another apologist has written: Detractors ... imply that the Doctrine and Covenants says everyone will remember him. That is not what the revelation says. As long as we have the Doctrine and Covenants, Oliver Granger's name will be there, and therefore this declaration is fulfilled. The", "title": "Oliver Granger" }, { "docid": "11652978", "text": "-- Ensemble Four (Naked Lady) -- Misses I, O, U, Messrs. R, S, T, Servant, Waiter, 105, 106, Dishwasher Chicken Is He—Rosita The Moment Has Passed—Miss O A Flower—Miss I Rosita Rodriguez* -- Mayor Apres Vous* -- 105, 106, Jailor Bliss* -- Servant, 105, 106, and Ensemble SCENE 3: THE STREET The Cigarette Song—Servant, 105, 106 Thank You* -- Dishwasher The Clothes Make The Man—Servant, 105, 106 Two Little Angels—Mother, 105, 106 The Passing of Time—105, 106 Capricious and Fickle (You Cad) -- Miss U Crown Me—Servant, 105, 106 ACT 2 SCENE 1: THE BATTLEFIELD Mr. Sidney N. Phelps* --", "title": "Promenade (musical)" }, { "docid": "19357228", "text": "Trusty Servant\" as it appears in the painting. \"The Trusty Servant\" is also the name of the Winchester College alumni magazine. The Trusty Servant The Trusty Servant is an emblematic figure in a painting at Winchester College. The wall-painting called \"The Trusty Servant\", painted by John Hoskins in 1579. It hangs outside the kitchen of Winchester College in Hampshire, England. The American author Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896) described \"the time-honoured \"Hircocervus\", or picture of 'the Trusty-servant,' which hangs near the kitchen, and which emblematically sets forth those virtues in domestics, of which we Americans know nothing. It is a figure,", "title": "The Trusty Servant" }, { "docid": "10664472", "text": "Cyrus S. Ching Cyrus S. Ching (May 21, 1876 – December 27, 1967) was a Canadian-American who became an American industrialist, federal civil servant, and noted labor union mediator. He was the first director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and the Wage Stabilization Board. Ching was born on his father's farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada on May 21, 1876. The Chings were of Welsh heritage (the family name was originally spelled Chynge). He was the only boy in a family with eight children. Ching was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. When he was 16, he was", "title": "Cyrus S. Ching" }, { "docid": "14879052", "text": "Laguna and are licensed financial advisers. Danica is very much multi-talented. She is able to help other people and keep her family happy whice being a public servant, an author, a financial consultant, a law student, businesswoman, and definitely an expert in investments. What is more interesting is her expertise in the field of cosmetology. She is a brow (kilay) doctor doing microblading, and hair rebonding. So much talent with credibility. Clips from few episodes of umbrella friend can be seen in yushi20's youtube channel including her debut. It can be seen from her multiply site that she is able", "title": "Danica Gabriel" }, { "docid": "12034834", "text": "dashed by a proclamation from the Emperor Ichindar forbidding such practice, and soon she is even forced to relinquish Kevin for an Imperial exchange of prisoners with the Barbarian King. However, Mara manages to influence Ichindar and manipulate the High Council to thwart Tasaio's ambitions and destroy the Minwanabi once and for all. Mara—pregnant with Kevin's child—is named Servant of the Empire. Servant of the Empire Servant of the Empire is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. Published in 1990, it is the second book in the \"Empire\" Trilogy, preceded by 1987's \"Daughter of", "title": "Servant of the Empire" }, { "docid": "3351287", "text": "Yemenites in their correct pronunciation of Hebrew. They still read the biblical lections and liturgies according to what is prescribed for Hebrew grammar and are meticulous to pronounce the mobile \"šĕwā\" in each of its changing forms. While most other communities also adhere to the rule of mobile \"šĕwā\" whenever two \"šĕwā\"s are written one after the other, as in , most have forgotten its other usages. Aharon Ben-Asher, in his treatise on the proper usage of Hebrew vowels and trope symbols, writes on the \"šĕwā\": \"[It is] the servant of all the letters in the entire Scriptures, whether at", "title": "Yemenite Hebrew" }, { "docid": "7434396", "text": "exists the necessity of being delivered up by parents too! Thus, by allotting this very betrayal, now to the apostles, now to all, He pours out the same destruction upon all the possessors of the name, on whom the name, along with the condition that it be an object of hatred, will rest. But he who will endure on to the end—this man will be saved. By enduring what but persecution—betrayal—death? For to endure to the end is naught else than to suffer the end. And therefore there immediately follows, \"The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant", "title": "Apostasy in Christianity" }, { "docid": "11089251", "text": "John is buried in St Nicholas’ Church, Loughton. John Finlaison will always be remembered for his extraordinary abilities and John has pioneered the way forward for what has become known as the actuarial profession in the UK. John Finlaison John Finlaison (1783–1860) was a Scottish civil servant, government actuary and the first president of the Institute of Actuaries. John was born under the name Finlayson, however, was better known under the name of Finlaison. John Finlaison, eldest son of Donald Finlayson and Isabella Sutherland, was born in Thurso, Caithness on 27 August 1783. His father died from an attack of", "title": "John Finlaison" }, { "docid": "5571384", "text": "nursing home having delusions that she is a servant girl named Hannah Moorhouse. She also sees in another column a report that a Dr. Constantine has given a lecture stating that it is possible to transfer the soul of a person into the body of another. Mrs Rymer is furious with Pyne but, bearing in mind the newspaper story of her transfer to a nursing home for mental delusions, she is not sure just what she can do or say that will be believed. She bides her time at the farm, carrying out \"Hannah\"'s duties which, in themselves, take her", "title": "Parker Pyne Investigates" }, { "docid": "13302448", "text": "myself, to give in a work I am preparing for the press a full, true, and particular account of all the professional transactions between Mr. Ainsworth and myself, in which I shall prove, beyond all fear of contradiction, that I am also the sole originator of what is called 'Ainsworth's \"Tower of London\",' as well as another work bearing his name, but the ideas and suggestions of what were given to him by, Sir, your obedient servant, George Cruikshank. To this expanded claim, Ainsworth simply responded on 11 April 1872, \"I disdain to reply to Mr. Cruikshank's preposterous assertions, except", "title": "Artist and the Author" }, { "docid": "6648170", "text": "awards, the Ace awards. She managed to spot and interview the international singer, Sandro, as he was about to get into his private swimming pool, and she has also interviewed Marcela Acuna and Facundo Arana, among many others. Maciel also voices Laura in the film \"Underdogs\". Lucía Maciel Lucía Maciel (; born c. 1970) is an Argentine actress and television reporter. She works for what is arguably Argentina's largest television network, Telefé. As an actress, Maciel debuted with an extra role as a servant in 2003's \"Resistiré\", which was renamed in English to \"Forever Julia\". It wasn't long before she", "title": "Lucía Maciel" }, { "docid": "6648168", "text": "Lucía Maciel Lucía Maciel (; born c. 1970) is an Argentine actress and television reporter. She works for what is arguably Argentina's largest television network, Telefé. As an actress, Maciel debuted with an extra role as a servant in 2003's \"Resistiré\", which was renamed in English to \"Forever Julia\". It wasn't long before she was able to find a job as a recurrent character. During 2004, she was hired to play Pepa Kathy in her second telenovela, named \"El Deseo\" (\"The Desire\"). Although \"El Deseo\" was not as large a hit as \"Resistiré\", it helped Maciel's career by making her", "title": "Lucía Maciel" }, { "docid": "2166093", "text": "but also sometimes on its own. \"Abdi is also the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible\" Abdi Abdi is a male name. It is a given name with many origins in many countries including Arabic. Among others, one version has Arabic as origin. The name is a Muslim name, given to Muslims. While Arabic speakers commonly use \"Abdu\" (‎ / \"\") rather than \"Abdi\", both are nicknames for \"Abdul\". It originates from the Arabic word \" / / \". The name translates as \"servant\" or \"servant\" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is", "title": "Abdi" }, { "docid": "14306501", "text": "to the city. And your servant is not sending him there any[more ---], but when morning comes round [---]. And may (my lord) be apprised that we are watching for the fire signals of Lachish according to all the signs which my lord has given, because we cannot see Azeqah.\" \"May YHWH cause my [lo]rd to hear tidings of pea[ce] and of good, [now today, now this very da]y! Who is your servant, a dog, that you [s]ent your servant the [letters? Like]wise has your servant returned the letters to my lord. May YHWH cause you to see the harvest", "title": "Lachish letters" }, { "docid": "2563466", "text": "the Supreme Lord (Hari). Thus designation for Vaishnava followers of \"svayam bhagavan\" Krishna was the status title \"dasa\" as part of their names as in \"Hari Dasa\". Dasa or Das is also a surname or middle name found among Hindus and Sikhs, typically in northern half of India, where it literally means \"votary, devotee, servant of God.\" For example, Mohandas Gandhi's first name, Mohandas, means servant of Mohan or Krishna. Also, the name Surdas means servant of Sur or Deva. In the past, many saints of the Bhakti movement added it to their names, signifying their total devotion or surrender", "title": "Dasa" }, { "docid": "18816045", "text": "number corresponding to an item was made up of three parts: Why, take the case of Thales, Theodorus. While he was studying the stars and looking upwards, he fell into a pit, and a neat, witty Thracian servant girl jeered at him, they say, because he was so eager to know the things in the sky that he could not see what was there before him at his very feet. The above text has a DK number of 11A9, since it refers to Thales who is, as mentioned above, chapter 11's subject. The source is \"Theaetetus\" (one of Plato's dialogues),", "title": "Diels–Kranz numbering" }, { "docid": "8211667", "text": "altar, which was made of Siena marble. Harrison came to revere Prabhupada as a teacher and a friend, as well as \"a perfect example of everything he preached\". Harrison was particularly taken with the guru's insistence that he was merely a servant of God, telling Mukunda in 1982: A lot of people say, \"I'm \"it\". I'm the divine incarnation. I'm here and let me hip you.\" … But Prabhupada was never like that … I always liked his humility and his simplicity: \"the servant of the servant of the servant\" is really what it is, you know. None of us", "title": "Radha Krishna Temple" }, { "docid": "15112404", "text": "shows the situation described above. This example is only illustrative and will not offer any actual drawing of geometric objects, nor specification of what they look like. Design patterns Command and Servant are very similar and implementations of them are often virtually the same. The difference between them is the approach to the problem. Even though design patterns Command and Servant are similar it doesn’t mean it’s always like that. There are a number of situations where use of design pattern Command doesn’t relate to the design pattern Servant. In these situations we usually need to pass to called methods", "title": "Servant (design pattern)" }, { "docid": "2166092", "text": "Abdi Abdi is a male name. It is a given name with many origins in many countries including Arabic. Among others, one version has Arabic as origin. The name is a Muslim name, given to Muslims. While Arabic speakers commonly use \"Abdu\" (‎ / \"\") rather than \"Abdi\", both are nicknames for \"Abdul\". It originates from the Arabic word \" / / \". The name translates as \"servant\" or \"servant\" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam,", "title": "Abdi" }, { "docid": "16650772", "text": "Abd (Arabic) ʿAbd () is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. It appears in many common Arab names followed by Al (the) in form of \"Abd ul\", \"Abd ul-\", etc.; this is also commonly translitated as \"el-,\" in the form \"Abd el-\", meaning \"servant of the-\". This is always followed by one of the names for God. These names are given in List of Arabic theophoric names and 99 Names of God. A widespread name Abdullah (name) (or ʿAbd Allah) means \"servant of God\" or \"worshipper", "title": "Abd (Arabic)" }, { "docid": "15361905", "text": "encountered al-Kadhim, who was then five years old. Hanifa asked al-Kadhim the question meant for his father, saying: \"Boy, from whom does disobedience (issue)? Does it issue from Allah or from the servant?\" Al-Kadhim answered, saying: \"Either it issues from God and not from the servant at all, so God does not punish the servant for what he does not do; or it issues from the servant and God, and God is a stronger partner. Therefore, the stronger partner has no right to punish the weak for a sin in which they are equal; or it issues from the servant", "title": "Musa al-Kadhim" }, { "docid": "435443", "text": "Norse \"Ullr\", Old English \"wuldor\". The second element, \"-þewaz\", means \"slave, servant\". The whole compound is a personal name or title, \"servant of the glorious one\", \"servant/priest of Ullr\". \"Niwajmariz\" means \"well-honored\". In Saxo Grammaticus' 12th century work \"Gesta Danorum\", where gods appear euhemerized, \"Ollerus\" is described as a cunning wizard with magical means of transportation: When Odin was exiled, Ollerus was chosen to take his place. Ollerus ruled under the name Odin for ten years until the true Odin was called back. Ullr is mentioned in the poem \"Grímnismál\" where the homes of individual gods are recounted. The English", "title": "Ullr" }, { "docid": "14593900", "text": "Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, \"Lord, should we strike with our swords?\" And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, \"No more of this!\" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. This healing episode follows the kiss of Judas and is the last miracle reported in the Canonical Gospels prior to the Crucifixion of Jesus. Healing the ear of a servant Healing the ear of a servant is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. Even though the incident of", "title": "Healing the ear of a servant" }, { "docid": "12414171", "text": "arrive at the Tsar's palace, the Tsar's small servant comes running to the Tsar and tells him that the ship is filled with a loud group of peasants. The Tsar is displeased at this and asks the servant what he should do about it. The servant tells the Tsar to set impossible tasks that they could never fulfill and the first task would be to eat one-thousand loaves of bread. The Fool sends the Eater to complete this task and the Eater eats all the loaves in a few seconds. The servant then sets a second task to retrieve the", "title": "The Fool and the Flying Ship" }, { "docid": "10635898", "text": "the missing woman as the clock ticks steadily toward the hour of her execution. Portuguese: \"O Criado Secreto\". (\"The Secret Servant\"). (2008). The Secret Servant (Silva novel) The Secret Servant is a 2007 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It spent six weeks as a New York Times Bestseller. In this entry in the series, Gabriel Allon, the master art restorer and sometime officer of Israeli intelligence, had just prevailed in his blood-soaked duel with Saudi terrorist financier Zizi al-Bakari. Now Gabriel is summoned once more by his masters to undertake what appears to be a routine assignment: travel to Amsterdam", "title": "The Secret Servant (Silva novel)" }, { "docid": "20574806", "text": "Minnalkodi Minnalkodi () is a 1937 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by K. Amarnath and produced by Ramaniklal and Mohanlal. The film stars K. T. Rukmini, Srinivasa Rao, and S. S. Kokko. Released on 30 October 1937, it became a commercial success, but no print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film. Mohini is a young girl whose father dies, leaving her and her male servant homeless. Her wily uncle unfairly takes her property. In their wanderings, Mohini and the servant come across Minnalkodi, a dacoit, and protect him from the police. The injured", "title": "Minnalkodi" }, { "docid": "17004950", "text": "The Super Servant Two J. Lauritzen A.S. v Wijsmuller B.V, (The Super Servant Two) [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1 more commonly known as The Super Servant Two was a Court of Appeal case in English contract law. The case is one of the leading case law authorities relating to frustration of contract in English contract law. The claimants in the case, J. Lauritzen A/S, were the owners of an oil drilling rig that the defendants Wijsmuller had agreed to transport from Japan to Rotterdam. Under the terms of the contract the defendants were able to transport the oil rig using", "title": "The Super Servant Two" }, { "docid": "11551832", "text": "a consortium of past, present and future \"servant-leaders\" of the City that follows Mayor Puentevella’ s philosophy to \"work as a team and succeed as one.\" In as such, Bacolod is assured that she is in good hands, ready and willing to upraise her name as one of the prime cities and the top tourist hub of the country. His son Claudio \"Kalaw\" A. Puentevella is an incumbent councilor in Bacolod. His other son Monico “Nicky” A. Puentevella, Jr. was appointed as Director of John Hay Management Corporation in 2017. He was elected as mayor of Bacolod City in 2013.", "title": "Monico Puentevella" }, { "docid": "6639960", "text": "something, begging Paul to forgive her and even kill her, but when asked of what has her scared, she state she does not know. Meanwhile, Yorga awakens in his manor and heads to his basement which has been converted into a throne room where his two vampiric-brides lie on s. One of them is shown to be Donna's mother whom he had drained, made into an undead servant, and dug up her body after she was buried. He awakens the two and watches as they have sex, presumably using his powers of mind-control to force them to do so. Although", "title": "Count Yorga, Vampire" }, { "docid": "298633", "text": "to \"Abdeel\", \"servant of God\", which is also cognate to the Arabic name \"Abdullah\" or \"Obaidullah\". The equivalent Turkish name is Abdil or Abdi. Other individuals named Obadiah in the Old Testament are listed as: Obadiah Obadiah (; \"ʿOvadyah\" or \"ʿOvadyahu\", or in Modern Hebrew \"Ovadyah\"; \"slave of God\") is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning \"servant of God\" or \"worshiper of Yahweh\". The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is \"Obdios\"; in Latin it is \"Abdias\"; in Arabic it is عوبديا \"Obadah\". The Bishops' Bible has it as \"Abdi\". The political situation implied in the prophecy points to", "title": "Obadiah" }, { "docid": "2963270", "text": "that it shared common aspects with other films starring Khanna: 1970's \"Safar\", where terminal illness is also a central motif, and \"Bawarchi\" (1972), in which the protagonist mends relationships between families and friends. Pillai also compared Shah Rukh Khan's death to Tom Hanks' in the 1993 legal drama, \"Philadelphia\". Some reviewers and scholars have said that \"Kal Ho Naa Ho\" has indirect homosexual themes. Manjula Sen of \"The Telegraph\" and Mimansa Shekhar of \"The Indian Express\" note homosexual innuendo, particularly in scenes where Rohit's servant Kantaben finds Rohit and Aman in what she thinks are compromising situations (leading her to", "title": "Kal Ho Naa Ho" }, { "docid": "10575824", "text": "two massive black, crystalline limestone rock outcrops, the Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the smaller Mohini Shikhara. They take Suma, Praveen, Sudha (Praveen?s sister), Pramod and Maruthi (Praveen's servant). Manoj tells Suma that he loves her, and Suma begins to gradually fall in love with Manoj. Another girl, Jaji, arrives on the scene. Maruthi (to whom her father had promised her in marriage) had told her father that he had seen her out with Mahadev, whom she says she loves. Her back is bruised, where her father had beaten her because of what Maruthi had told him. Manoj tells Praveen that Suma", "title": "Nammoora Mandara Hoove" }, { "docid": "1910723", "text": "It is cognate with Old High German \"mar(ah)-scalc\" \"id.\", modern German \"(Feld-)Marschall\" (=\"military chief commander\"; the meaning again influenced by the French use). It originally and literally meant \"horse servant\", from Germanic \"*marha-\" \"horse\" (cf. English \"mare\" and modern German \"Mähre\", meaning \"horse of bad quality\") and \"*skalk-\" \"servant\" (cf. Old Engl. \"scealc\" \"servant, soldier\" and outdated German \"Schalk\", meaning \"high-ranking servant\"). This \"horse servant\" origin is retained in the current French name for \"farrier\": \"maréchal-ferrant\". The late Roman and Byzantine title of \"comes stabuli\" (\"count of the stables\") was a \"calque\" of the Germanic, which became Old French \"con(n)estable\"", "title": "Marshal" }, { "docid": "6030801", "text": "Grand pensionary The grand pensionary (Dutch: \"raad(s)pensionaris\") was the most important Dutch official during the time of the United Provinces. In theory he was only a civil servant of the Estates of the dominant province among the Seven United Provinces: the county of Holland. In practice the grand pensionary of Holland was the political leader of the entire Dutch Republic when there was no stadtholder (in practice the Prince of Orange) at the centre of power. The Dutch name \"raad(s)pensionaris\" literally translates as \"councillor or advisor pensionary\". Indeed, other provinces could also have a \"raadspensionaris\", e.g. Zeeland, but only the", "title": "Grand pensionary" } ]

[ "Kajagoogoo" ]

[ { "docid": "8471675", "text": "Too Shy \"Too Shy\" is a song written and recorded by English band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983. The first single from their debut album \"White Feathers\", the song was an immediate hit and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. It was also very successful in other European countries, spending five weeks at number one in Germany, and reaching number two in Switzerland, and number four in Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands. Assisted by heavy rotation on MTV, the song later became a success in the United States, peaking at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "Too Shy" }, { "docid": "8471676", "text": "100. \"Too Shy\" is Kajagoogoo's only significant hit in the US, where the band is widely regarded as a one-hit wonder. In the UK, however, Kajagoogoo had further hits, including two more top 10 singles: \"Ooh to Be Ah\" and \"Big Apple\", both in 1983. \"Too Shy\" was written by Kajagoogoo and produced by Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes and Colin Thurston, the latter of whom had produced Duran Duran's first two albums. In 2006, \"Too Shy\" was ranked number 27 on VH1's \"100 Greatest Songs of the 80's\" and number 9 on VH1's \"100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of", "title": "Too Shy" } ]

[ { "docid": "8977179", "text": "#16 in 1979. The album featured extensive writing from Goings which would continue for the rest of the band's existence. In 1980, the group released \"Don't Be Shy Tonight\" as internal conflict started to form between the producers of the group, this time scoring a hit with \"C'est Magnifique\". In 1981, Skorsky produced \"Hush\" and 1982's \"Green Talisman\". \"Don't Be Shy Tonight\", \"Hush\" and \"Green Talisman\" marked the band's foray into experimentation with a wider variety of sounds including reggae. Santa Esmeralda also toured extensively throughout the world. During this time the live band included musicians Tony Baker (guitar), Mick", "title": "Santa Esmeralda" }, { "docid": "13218022", "text": "dung, her language is vivid, precise, cinematic\" while Publishers Weekly states \"Napoli does not shy from detailing practices that will make readers wince...\" and \"The vocabulary, much of which is specific to the setting, may challenge readers, but it's unlikely to stop them: the tension over Mel's hopes for escape paces this story like a thriller.\" Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale is a 2007 young adult novel written by Donna Jo Napoli. It appears in numerous school and public library reading lists. The book depicts the world of the slave trade around the year 900", "title": "Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale" }, { "docid": "1650153", "text": "which also appeared, had been previously introduced during Lewis' guest appearance on \"Captain Kangaroo\" in March 1956. NBC gave Lewis her first network program, \"The Shari Lewis Show\", which debuted on October 1, 1960, replacing \"The Howdy Doody Show\". The show ran until September 28, 1963, and featured such characters as Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, and Wing Ding, a black crow. Lamb Chop, which was little more than a sock with eyes, served as a sassy alter ego for Lewis. Hush Puppy had a Southern accent and a reserved, shy personality, while Charlie Horse was a slow-witted, goofy", "title": "Shari Lewis" }, { "docid": "14619421", "text": "training center. Dick explains that he retired as Nightwing after he was shot, resulting in losing an eye while aiding Batman. He then retired in disgust at Bruce's lack of concern for Dick's health after the shooting. As Terry leaves, Dick warns Terry but Terry disregards it. At Cadmus, Waller learns that Doctor Reid has gone missing. Attempting to lure Hush into a trap, Terry uses a hologram to pose as a villain, only to be hit by Hush using Shriek's Tech. Mocking Terry, Hush unmasks himself and reveals himself to be Dick Grayson, determined to replace Bruce Wayne once", "title": "Batman Beyond (comics)" }, { "docid": "6228347", "text": "face. The Ratcatcher has the ability to control an army of rats. He also wields a gas gun and can manipulate various things with cyanide gas. The Ratcatcher appears in \"\", in issues #20 and #29-31. In \"\", it is revealed that Ratcatcher did in fact survive his encounter with the Penguin, albeit losing his left eye and arm in the process. After Hush, disguised as Bruce Wayne, enters his domain with two police officers, Ratcatcher sends his rats to attack them, managing to kill the officers and incapacitate Hush. Before the rats could kill Hush, Arkham Knight comes down", "title": "Ratcatcher (comics)" }, { "docid": "2306879", "text": "to sustaining severe gunshot wounds (including the loss of an eye) in a battle between the Joker and Batman. Though Dick gives an alibi, Hush later incapacitates Terry and removes his bandages to reveal the face of a youthful version of Dick with both eyes intact. It is later revealed that Hush is actually a clone of Grayson, created by Project Cadmus under the guidance of Amanda Waller in order to ensure that the world will always have a Batman. Hush later dies during a final confrontation with Terry, the real Dick Grayson, and a new Catwoman, after they thwart", "title": "Dick Grayson" }, { "docid": "8484851", "text": "later that night, who offered Klein a deal earlier. Unbeknownst to Smith, Klein brings Wylie Bullock, who has a grudge against Smith. When the two meet, Bullock attacks Smith, ripping out his eye and slashing his face ear to ear. Klein shoots Bullock and runs off. An all-points bulletin is issued on Klein and he is caught. A custody battle ensues between the FBI and the LAPD for Klein, which the FBI wins. While in federal custody, Klein writes a full confession of everything he has done, and everything that has happened. He has copies sent to \"Hush-Hush\", the \"Los", "title": "L.A. Quartet" }, { "docid": "19041309", "text": "Again' (the orgy scenes).\" Showbiz.ro felt that the \"80s vibe of the video coincided with the melodic line\". Los 40 Principales cited the video as one of Stan's best clips ever. In order to promote \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\", Stan embarked on a tour in the United States. She also provided live performances of the song throughout her concert tours that promoted the Japan-only reissue. Furthermore, Stan sang the song in a medley with \"Mr. Saxobeat\", \"Get Back (ASAP)\" and \"Lemonade\" at French event Starfloor 2012. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" and \"The Collection\". Cliché (Hush", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush) (song)" }, { "docid": "19411312", "text": "action was too condensed at the end to make this one of those be all, end all finales that we have kind of grown accustom to. The stakes didn't feel as high as it should be, and we all know Hanna isn't dead, so the cliffhanger just felt a little too anti-climactic.\". He blames some of his disappointment on the hype surrounding the twin reveal, which he notes that it \"would have been so much better if they didn't announce a twin reveal at all.\" Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars\" is the twentieth episode and the season", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars" }, { "docid": "13143015", "text": "call the police but cuts the phone line beforehand, revealing that she too is part of the plan. She then calls the hooded man, telling him she will take care of Zakes. The woman cuts the power in the house, kills the elderly couple and then attacks Zakes. He wakes up with his hands nailed to the floorboards, and realises the woman isn't who she said she was. He manages to get free just as she is ready to kill him, stabbing her in the eye with one of the nails. Bleeding and exhausted, he then takes her mobile phone", "title": "Hush (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "2862985", "text": "court cases), \"Hush Hush\" and \"On the beat\", which deals with security and intelligence matters; and a satirical section, \"Craic and Codology\". It also has an extensive financial column, \"Moneybags\". Like \"Private Eye\", the cover features a photo montage with a speech bubble, putting ironic or humorous comments into the mouths of the famous in response to topical events. Other features include an \"Apology\" section (where the magazine offers an ersatz apology for the failings or success of some person or event), \"That Menu in Full\", the use of (\"That's enough of this. -Ed\" type interjections) and their derivatives, and", "title": "The Phoenix (magazine)" }, { "docid": "17044969", "text": "the widespread circulation of the sex video, claiming that someone had earlier attempted to blackmail her for money. Despite proof that the video had been filmed without her consent and the boyfriend had released it with malicious intent, the scandal caused her to be harshly criticized in the media and Oh was forced to quit acting. She left the country for the United States, where she lived for three years and struggled economically. In 2001 she returned to Korea and later found herself in the public eye once again after a hush-hush wedding in September 2002 to Kemongsa president Hong", "title": "Oh Hyun-kyung" }, { "docid": "12979500", "text": "a featured artist. Taila Craines of Orange positively reviewed the song's original version. \"['Hush Hush'] is an epic ballad promoting the Dolls as strong women who 'never asked for help' from their men.\" In the United States, \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" debuted at number 96 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 issue dated March 30, 2009. On the Hot Dance/Club Songs chart \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" fared better; it earned them their sixth consecutive number one. The music video for the \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" was directed by Rich Lee. It features cameo appearances by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and former", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "18686266", "text": "station’s youth centered programmes known as Goldblast. She worked also as floor manager for same and also as a production assistant for another programme \"Talking Drum\". In the year 2002, Mzbel had the opportunity to work with Hush Hush Studios, which at that time had come on the scene as a new production firm. While at Hush Hush, she sometimes would be asked into the studio, and as the technicians played their instruments, she sang along, songs she had created. These were songs she would usually sing to herself with no serious intention of pursuing a music career. While working", "title": "Mzbel" }, { "docid": "3321130", "text": "in studying witchcraft, but is disappointed when they only talk about bake sales. Willow raises the subject of spells but is chastised for pandering to the stereotype about witches performing magic. A shy woman in the group, Tara Maclay, starts to speak up to support Willow's suggestion, but falls silent when the attention turns to her. That night, as Sunnydale sleeps, white wisps float from each person's mouth to a belfry, where they settle in the box from Buffy's dream as ghoulish skeletal figures, with metal-toothed grins and impeccable black suits, look on. In the morning, Buffy and Willow discover", "title": "Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)" }, { "docid": "3321142", "text": "Tara, shy, unsure of herself, and unaccustomed to such experiences, served to fill the gap that Willow's maturing had created. According to Buffy essayist Patrick Shade, Tara's and Olivia's fear \"heighten(s) our sense of vulnerability and so make these scenes more frightening\". Joss Whedon has said that one of his favorite shots in the episode is of Olivia's frightened reaction to a Gentlemen floating by her window, leering in at her. Tara became a regularly recurring character throughout the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons, eventually becoming Willow's girlfriend in what would be the first long-term lesbian relationship in U.S. television.", "title": "Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)" }, { "docid": "15816927", "text": "for the Soft MA contact lenses by Menicon, also starring Mizuki. \"Too Shy Shy Boy!\" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 4 with 83,750 copies sold in its first week. The single charted for eighteen weeks and has sold a total of 362,680 copies. \"Too Shy Shy Boy!\" was the 7th best-selling single in June and July 1992. It ranked number 54 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart. Too Shy Shy Boy! \"Too Shy Shy Boy!\" is the fourth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on May 27, 1992 as the lead single", "title": "Too Shy Shy Boy!" }, { "docid": "3103475", "text": "older turbojet, and low-bypass turbofan, engines. Modern aircraft equipped with high-bypass turbofan engines are designed to comply with contemporary aviation noise abatement laws and ICAO regulations. Several older aircraft that are still in service (typically in a cargo capacity) have hush kits retrofitted so that they are able to conform with noise regulations needed to operate in many commercial airports. Some of the examples include: Hush kits can also be found on small business jets and other aircraft that are too small to be fitted with bulky high-bypass turbofan engines. In many cases, these aircraft are manufactured with hush kits", "title": "Hush kit" }, { "docid": "14408364", "text": "'very soon'. BCDF Pictures, along with Kalahari Film & Media, announced that Kellie Cyrus would be directing the film - who is best known for directing \"The Vampire Diaries\" and \"The Originals\", as well as an episode of the upcoming drama \"You\" from Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. In 2011 Sea Lion Books published the first volume in a proposed three-volume adaptation of \"Hush, Hush\", the first book in the series. Artist Jennyson Rosero was stated to be drawing the series, with Fitzpatrick and Rosero using Fitzpatrick's blog to receive reader advice and criticism from preliminary sketches. Hush, Hush Hush,", "title": "Hush, Hush" }, { "docid": "13870197", "text": "the eye. Elvis Mitchell of \"The New York Times\" was not enamored with the direction, but was fond of the writing and acting. Other reviewers were not so kind and it received a score of 24% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 42 reviews and a normalized score of 42 out of 100 on metacritic based on 20 reviews. The soundtrack was released on February 4, 2000 by Hollywood Records. Gun Shy (2000 film) Gun Shy is a 2000 film written and directed by Eric Blakeney, and starring Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt and Sandra Bullock. Charlie Mayeaux (Liam Neeson) is an", "title": "Gun Shy (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "12979497", "text": "in different editions to include new songs including an up-tempo remix of \"Hush Hush\" titled \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\". The remixed version was first performed by Scherzinger at their second concert tour, Doll Domination Tour (2009), during the section where each member performed solo. Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris received co-writing credits for the song, for containing interpolations of Gloria Gaynor's \"I Will Survive\" (1978) and includes quotation of the original string arrangement by David Blumberg. \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" was produced by Fair, Dave Audé and Quiz & Larossi while Scherzinger handled vocal production and arrangement with Fair. The", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "12979493", "text": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" is the remix of \"Hush Hush\", a song by American female group the Pussycat Dolls. The track was written by Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Dino Fekaris, and Freddie Perren and produced by the former two alongside Ron Fair and Dave Audé. It was released on May 12, 2009 by Interscope Records as the sixth and final single from the revised version of \"Doll Domination\" (2008). Originally a ballad, the remix features a more up-tempo production and interpolates Gloria Gaynor's \"I Will Survive\" (1978) with lyrics alluding to an", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "12979506", "text": "liner notes of \"Doll Domination\". Hush Hush; Hush Hush \"Hush Hush; Hush Hush\" is the remix of \"Hush Hush\", a song by American female group the Pussycat Dolls. The track was written by Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Dino Fekaris, and Freddie Perren and produced by the former two alongside Ron Fair and Dave Audé. It was released on May 12, 2009 by Interscope Records as the sixth and final single from the revised version of \"Doll Domination\" (2008). Originally a ballad, the remix features a more up-tempo production and interpolates Gloria Gaynor's \"I Will Survive\" (1978)", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "15816926", "text": "Too Shy Shy Boy! \"Too Shy Shy Boy!\" is the fourth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on May 27, 1992 as the lead single from Mizuki's second studio album \"Shake Your Body for Me\". The title track was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It was used in commercials for the soft drink Chasse by Kirin, starring Mizuki herself. Komuro recorded a self-cover of the song for his album \"Hit Factory\". \"Too Shy Shy Boy!\" is Mizuki's best-selling single. The B-side, \"Haru no Tobira,\" was written and produced by singer-songwriter and was used in commercials", "title": "Too Shy Shy Boy!" }, { "docid": "3665484", "text": "restaurant for fifteen years, and also had a meaningless affair with Dolly's husband. The routine and rhythm of the restaurant is changed when Dolly hires a new waitress, Callie (Liv Tyler). She is sweet and soft-spoken, and a college drop out. She catches the eye of the painfully shy, overweight Victor. Callie's presence complicates the lives of the rest of the employees, and even some of the local regulars, such as Leo (Joe Grifasi), an alcoholic friend of Delores and long-time customer of Dolly's. Throughout the film, Victor, who is so shy he can hardly communicate with Callie, develops a", "title": "Heavy (film)" }, { "docid": "7370518", "text": "Hush Hush Baby Hush Hush Baby (original title: Shouf Shouf Habibi!) is a 2004 Dutch comedy film, written and directed by Albert ter Heerdt. \"Shouf Shouf Habibi\" (Trans.: \"Look, look, baby!\") is about a Moroccan family that tries to find their way in Dutch society. Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek is a young Moroccan man, about 20 years old. He is happy that, unlike his Uncle Yusuf who stayed in the ancestral Moroccan mountain village, his own father, Ali, moved to the Netherlands. His mother knows only one sentence in Dutch, which she utters every time, and in a strong Moroccan accent:", "title": "Hush Hush Baby" }, { "docid": "5431678", "text": "man uttered a single word, \"Hush\". Returning to the cave, Terry learns what happened in Bruce's last fight with Hush. Terry soon discovers that the reformed villain, Armory, has been killed with sharpened umbrellas (the Penguin's weapon of choice). Attempting to stay ahead of their foe, Terry and Bruce search out the Calendar Man (Julian Gregory Day). Upon confronting Day, Terry is suddenly ambushed by Hush, who broke in beforehand. During Terry's fight with the new Hush, it is revealed that this Hush is not only capable of matching the current Batman in a fight, but is also aware of", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "4713709", "text": "rating of 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews. \"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" received Academy Award nominations for the following: Moorehead won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Farrell and Heller won a 1965 Edgar Award, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. The title song became a hit for Patti Page, who took it to no. 8 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The film's seven Oscar nominations were the most for a movie of the horror genre up to that time. \"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was first released on DVD on August 9,", "title": "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" }, { "docid": "14408352", "text": "Hush, Hush Hush, Hush is a 2009 \"New York Times\" bestselling young adult fantasy novel by Becca Fitzpatrick and the first book in her \"Hush, Hush\" series. The novel received rave reviews and focuses on Nora Grey, a teenager whose life is at risk after beginning a romance with new student Patch, a fallen angel with a dark connection to Nora. Book rights to \"Hush, Hush\" have been sold to over 13 countries, with LD Entertainment purchasing film rights. Nora Grey is an average sophomore student living in Coldwater, Maine. Her life is largely uneventful until she is seated next", "title": "Hush, Hush" }, { "docid": "12979499", "text": "me give a shout-out to my family. Thank you for supporting me, even if I'm not featured\" referring to the billing of the singles, and encouraging the audience to follow their dreams and to \"never let anyone stomp on them, ever.\" Scherzinger later referred about her billing as a featured artist during a radio interview. \"It's no big deal, that doesn't take away from anybody else in the group. That's my role. I wrote 'Hush Hush' as well.\" Following the controversy, Hush Hush; Hush Hush was ultimately released as a digital download on May 12, 2009 without Scherzinger's billing as", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "10901747", "text": "an instrumental version of \"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte\" for his 1965 album \"If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em\" which consisted of songs which had recently been mainstream pop hits. The song was also recorded in 1965 by Eija Merilä () as \"Tuuli Kuiskaa Sen\" and by Birthe Wilke as \"Sov Sød Charlotte\" . Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song) \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" is a popular song with music by Frank De Vol and lyrics by Mack David, introduced in the 1964 film \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" starring Bette Davis. The song's title appears with varying punctuation in its different", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "5653167", "text": "The Very Hush Hush The Very Hush Hush (TVHH) is a band originally from Colorado. The Very Hush Hush formed in 1998 in Golden, Colorado. The band's original lineup consisted of drums and synthesizers. In 2003, TVHH added drummer Symons for work on a first set of studio songs. Symons left the band after the release of a self-titled EP. Soon thereafter, TVHH recorded a follow up EP entitled \"Washing Songs\" with new drummer, Salg. Salg left TVHH in 2004 for Denver band Killfix. The Very Hush Hush followed \"Washing Songs\" with another EP, \"Sign Language\" that included the song", "title": "The Very Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "15144974", "text": "is gun shy and an incompetent marksman. After nearly shooting several of his fellow soldiers on the pistol range, with the actual target being the safest place to hide, Dodo is ordered to go into the woods to practice. There his missed shots impress the picnicking colonel and his daughter Betty when Dodo accidentally shoots a hawk through the eye whilst in flight and after the colonel catches a fish who breaks the line and is in the process of rolling back into the water, an accidental discharge from Dodo's pistol shoots the fish through his eye. Eager to deflate", "title": "Hay Foot" }, { "docid": "19096274", "text": "pictures in oils, the writer, who is a painter of pictures in words, must trust his eye, and use his eye, before he begins to use his pen. Frank Davison understands this. He has looked closely at Australia before beginning to write about it. He has looked through his own eyes and not through the spectacles kindly provided for our use by English, and other visitors, to this country. That is why the work of Frank Dalby Davison is a portent for the future of the Australian novel.\" A reviewer in \"The Queensland Times\" noted that \"With a happy gift", "title": "Man-Shy" }, { "docid": "6071589", "text": "Premiers the Brisbane Broncos one game shy of the Grand Final. Mason was televised appearing to swear during the New Zealand haka, before game 1 of the 2006 Gillette Tri-nations Series. Later in the match Mason suffered a swollen black eye and suspected broken eye socket from a shoulder charge by David Kidwell. Mason explained that his swearing was in response to the traditional Māori dance being performed by Brent Webb, an Indigenous Australian of Torres Strait Islander origin who became a New Zealand citizen. Mason was banned for one game and fined $5,000 following an altercation with Stuart Fielden", "title": "Willie Mason" }, { "docid": "5498295", "text": "community. Because the \"wallflower\" will usually exhibit a \"lack of\" interaction with others, it becomes symbolic of their thoughts and feelings towards others. The most specific example would be in the body language. Many times people who are shy have little or no eye contact with others. You may see a man, woman, or child try to avoid eye contact with others while out walking around in public or even in private. For some this may be a condition that becomes consistent over time and become a normal action. In the case of parties or social gatherings, the \"wallflower\" will", "title": "Wallflower (people)" }, { "docid": "3726441", "text": "Iron\" by Lukas Heller, \"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte\", \"The Tsar's Bride\" by Robert Sherman, \"Brouhaha\" by George Tabori, \"The Legend of Lylah Clare\", \"Paper Eagle\", \"There Really was a Gold Mine\" (a sequel to \"Vera Cruz\"), and \"Genghis Khan's Bicycle\" with the TV series being \"The Man\" by Heller. Screenplays had also been completed on \"Now We Know\" by John O'Hara and Halstead Welles, \"Vengeance is Mine\", \"Potluck for Pomeroy\" and \"Too Late the Hero\" by Robert Sherman. Aldrich later said he did the original draft then had it rewritten by Lukas Heller, who \"made it a much better script.\" However", "title": "Too Late the Hero (film)" }, { "docid": "19041298", "text": "fictional character, Manilla Maniacs. It was moderately successful in Italy, Japan and Romania, reaching the top sixty in the territories. The song's music video was compared by Alexandra Necula of Info Music to the work of Madonna, while its choreography to Michael Jackson's 1980s material. All lyrics written and produced by Andrei Nemirschi and Prodan, unless stated. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\". ! scope=\"row\"| Japan (RIAJ) Cliché (Hush Hush) Cliché (Hush Hush) is the reissue of Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan's debut studio album, \"Saxobeats\" (2011). It was released for digital download on 2 October", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush)" }, { "docid": "17057427", "text": "Hush, Hush (series) The Hush, Hush quartet is a series of four novels by Becca Fitzpatrick that follow teenager Nora Grey as she falls in love with the fallen angel Patch and discovers her own angelic heritage. The first book in the series, \"Hush, Hush\", was released on October 13, 2009 through Simon & Schuster, with the final novel in the series, \"Finale\", releasing on October 23, 2012. The series was initially promoted as a trilogy, with later announcements stating that the series would comprise four books. Film rights to the series have been purchased by LD Entertainment and book", "title": "Hush, Hush (series)" }, { "docid": "10901745", "text": "served as the title cut for Page's May 1965 album release which consisted of songs with a folk song influence. Lyricist Mack David produced a recording of \"Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte\" by Hoyt Axton while a cover version of \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was cut by Bruce Forsyth to compete with the June 1965 UK release of the Patti Page single: neither the Forsyth single - which featured the Mike Sammes Singers - nor that by Page reached the UK charts. Richard Chamberlain's rendition of \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" appeared on his September 1965 album release \"Joy in the Morning\"", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "10901739", "text": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song) \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" is a popular song with music by Frank De Vol and lyrics by Mack David, introduced in the 1964 film \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" starring Bette Davis. The song's title appears with varying punctuation in its different versions: this article indicates how each specific version styled the title. Originally, the film and the song did not share a title, the working title of the film being \"What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?\" Reportedly, Bette Davis disliked the working title feeling it falsely indicated a sequel to \"What Ever Happened to Baby", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "12164640", "text": "Hush money Hush money is a slang term for a form of bribery in which one person or party offers another an attractive sum of money or other enticement, in exchange for remaining silent about some illegal, stigmatic, or shameful behavior, action, or other fact about the person or party who has made the offer. Alternatively it can be money paid to placate a disgruntled adversary who may disclose embarrassing information, even if untrue. This is to save the intended person the harm and hassle of dealing with defamation. The person or party who presents the hush money may be", "title": "Hush money" }, { "docid": "5653168", "text": "\"Love, Like Love\" which later appeared on their first full-length album. \"Sign Language\" was followed by a full LP, \"Mourir C'est Facile\" (2005). A west coast tour commenced to support the album with the aid of label-mates Merrell and Selvage from Tin Tin. An east coast tour followed in 2006. TVHH released a second LP entitled, Evil Milk, in 2008 on Sao Bento Records. The Very Hush Hush The Very Hush Hush (TVHH) is a band originally from Colorado. The Very Hush Hush formed in 1998 in Golden, Colorado. The band's original lineup consisted of drums and synthesizers. In 2003,", "title": "The Very Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "2584587", "text": "to \"Filmfare\" in January 2014, that Suraiya would pass on her letters to her to be delivered to Dev Anand, when her grandmother started keeping an eye on their love-affair. She said that Dev Anand was non-aggressive, not someone to put his foot down and say, \"I'll marry her\". Actually, Kamini Kaushal said in 2007 to rediff.com that in the early days \"Dev was very shy and introverted. We acted together in \"Ziddi\", which was his second film and my fourth. He is still a shy person, but puts on an act of flambuoyance. And let me tell you, it's", "title": "Suraiya" }, { "docid": "19041293", "text": "Cliché (Hush Hush) Cliché (Hush Hush) is the reissue of Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan's debut studio album, \"Saxobeats\" (2011). It was released for digital download on 2 October 2013 through Maan Studio; its deluxe edition was made available for digital and physical consumption on 23 October 2013 by Victor Entertainment. The record premiered following an alleged physical altercation with her former manager Marcel Prodan, which resulted in Stan taking a break from her career. Along with Andrei Nemirschi and Marcian Alin Soare, Prodan has written and produced nearly all the songs on \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\". Being Stan's last activity", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush)" }, { "docid": "4713710", "text": "2005. It was re-released on April 8, 2008 as part of \"The Bette Davis Centenary Celebration Collection\" 5-DVD box-set. On October 17, 2016, \"Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte\" was released onto high-definition Blu-ray by Twilight Time as a 3,000-print limited edition. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Mary Astor in her final film role. The movie was adapted for the screen by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller, from Farrell's unpublished short story \"What Ever Happened to Cousin", "title": "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" }, { "docid": "8521789", "text": "adventures in Hollywood. A short story collection, \"Move Up, Dress Up, Drink Up, Burn Up\" was published in 1968. In the late 1960s he taught at UCLA. Harlan Ellison solicited two stories (\"The Girl with Rapid Eye Movements\", about Gordon Rengs and the generation gap) to appear in his 1972 science fiction anthology, \"Again, Dangerous Visions\". Wolfe wrote an autobiography, \"Memoirs of a Not Altogether Shy Pornographer\" (1972), the title of which alludes to Kenneth Patchen’s \"Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer\". His novel \"Logan’s Gone\" (1974), a return to the character of Gordon Rengs, features contemporary politics with campus protests", "title": "Bernard Wolfe" }, { "docid": "14619423", "text": "In the Batcave, all of the Bat-Wraiths have been activated and controlled by Hush after developing his own remote sparing Bruce as the drones leave. At Cadmus, more inmates have escaped, including Killer Croc and Waller deduces that Hush must have done it. At Gotham Central, Reid reveals that Hush is a clone of Grayson created by Cadmus, due to Waller insisting that \"the world must always have a Batman.\" Waller believed that Bruce's psyche was too unstable, and Grayson was seemingly the next best candidate, as he shares Bruce's passion, as well as other factors. However, the clone escaped", "title": "Batman Beyond (comics)" }, { "docid": "19383374", "text": "be missed.\" Stephen King wrote about the film on April 20, 2016, saying, \"How good is \"Hush\"? Up there with \"Halloween\" and, even more, \"Wait Until Dark\". White knuckle time. On Netflix.\" Filmmaker William Friedkin, director of \"The Exorcist\", also commented on the film, saying \"\"HUSH\" is a great horror film...on Netflix. Terrifying.\" Hush (2016 film) Hush is a 2016 American slasher film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, starring Kate Siegel, who also co-wrote the film with Flanagan. The film co-stars John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, and Emilia \"Emma\" Graves. It was jointly produced by Trevor Macy", "title": "Hush (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "4500183", "text": "End\". When Terry was presumed dead and Tim Drake was Batman, her role as the tech expert was similar to Bruce's role to Terry's Batman. Though Terry never met Batman's former sidekick that was Robin and Nightwing in the animated series, the two did get the chance to meet in the tie-in comic. They work together to bring down Hush (who was a failed clone of Grayson), and Dick helped Terry with handling the Jokerz bombing Gotham and Undercloud. Though Dick was uninvolved in the superhero community for quite some time after losing his eye during a fight between Batman", "title": "Batman (Terry McGinnis)" }, { "docid": "19041303", "text": "Cliché (Hush Hush) (song) \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" is a song recorded by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan for her Japan-only reissue of the same name (2013). Written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi, it was released for digital download on 3 October 2012 through MediaPro. Described as a dance-pop track that features eurodance elements into its sound, \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" discusses different themes of love. An accompanying music video for the single was posted onto YouTube on 27 September 2012, being filmed by Iulian Moga at Palatul Snagov. It was generally praised by music critics, with Los 40", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush) (song)" }, { "docid": "13825481", "text": "for \"Here With You\" featuring remixes by Grammy nominated DJ, Dave Aude and Sick Individuals. Monroe co-wrote and produced his next July 2013 release \"Hush Hush\" alongside Alon Levitan in Hollywood Hills, CA. Monroe filmed the music video for \"Hush Hush\" in Bosnia Herzegovina with Academy Award winner Danis Tanovic. \"Hush Hush\" became a top 10 Billboard song and was featured on MTV and Perez Hilton. \"Hush Hush\" was Monroe's first D Empire Entertainment release with new distribution partner Ingrooves/Fontana. In December 2012, D Empire Entertainment secured a joint venture/album collaboration between Monroe, Chris Brown and Senior VP of A&R", "title": "Asher Monroe" }, { "docid": "10901746", "text": "which consisted of songs from films or stage musicals: \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" also was featured on the 1965 album \"Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova\". The Bette Davis version of \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was first released on the 1976 album \"Miss Bette Davis\". The instrumental version of the movie's theme - as \"Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte\" - was featured on the 1965 album release \"Theme From Peyton Place And 11 Other Great Themes\" by the Frank DeVol Orchestra and was issued as the B-side of that album's single \"Theme from Peyton Place\". Saxophone virtuoso Gerry Mulligan also recorded", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "17008517", "text": "You Most Enjoy. Whilst in high school, Agyekum gained himself underground popularity through \"Kasahare Level\"; a popular rap competition on Adom FM (an Accra based radio station) which featured Sarkodie, Stay Jay and the like. It was through these rap battles and his style of music which caught the eye of the Ejams record label to sign him in 2010. He released his first hit single \"Kill me shy\" the same year. In 2011, he released his debut album called \"Finally Finally\". In 2012, his \"Kill me shy\" emerged the song \"Hiplife song of the year\" at the Ghana Music", "title": "Dr Cryme" }, { "docid": "5431652", "text": "Hush – the pacemaker was still in his body, and he had been allowed to escape from Arkham. At that moment, the Joker arrived, and Hush begged Batman not to leave him. The issue (and the \"Batman: Gotham Knights\" series) ended unresolved. Hush returned in the later \"Man-Bat\" miniseries, and is later shown remembering how painful it was to remove the pacemaker alone, and how the time between \"Gotham Knights\" and \"Heart of Hush\" was mostly spent recovering from the damage suffered, confirming that Batman did desert Hush at the conclusion of \"Payback\". Hush returned in \"Detective Comics\" #846-#850, in", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "14408363", "text": "Hush\" series had been optioned by LD Entertainment as producer and distributor Paramount Pictures. LD Entertainment announced that they would be turning the books into a film series, with Greek creator Patrick Sean Smith set to write the screenplay for the first installment. On July 8th 2014, Becca announced on her website that she has decided that now is not the right time to move forward with the \"Hush, Hush\" movie and did not renew the movie option with LD Entertainment. On July 20th 2018, Becca posted an update stating that a Hush Hush movie would be headed to production", "title": "Hush, Hush" }, { "docid": "13725629", "text": "I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 I, Eye, Aye is a live album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk featuring performances by Kirk recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972 with Ron Burton, Henry \"Pete\" Pearson, Robert Shy and Joe Habad Texidor first released on the Rhino label in 1996. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states \"The set is absolutely electrifying. From the few short raps Kirk offers the crowd, one cannot be prepared for the honking, shouting, funky, gritty sets that follow... This is a hell of an introduction to one of the", "title": "I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972" }, { "docid": "5235029", "text": "'This Hush Puppies Division reported significantly higher earnings'; 'The repositioning of our Hush Puppies brand and maximizing the continuing growth of our Wolverine Work and Outdoor Group will continue to lead the Company's earnings growth during 1994'; and 'The turnaround is behind us.' Hush Puppy shoes are referenced in a number of songs, including Jimmy Buffett's \"Come Monday\", Oran \"Juice\" Jones's \"The Rain\", and Pete Townshend's \"Rough Boys\".Hush Puppies are also specifically mentioned as inappropriate footwear when visiting Elliott - Turbo in Donora PA. Hush Puppies Hush Puppies is an American internationally marketed brand of contemporary, casual footwear for men,", "title": "Hush Puppies" }, { "docid": "9360738", "text": "famous for referring to other people as \"You\". When appearing in variety shows and radio, Yokoyama and Murakami are the two most talkative members. He has even been called a comedian due to his talking style. However, off screen, Yokoyama is very shy. He rarely speaks whilst in the dressing room, as he is too busy playing games. Recently, Yokoyama has been appearing in quite a few dramas such as The Quiz Show 2 and Hidarime Tantei EYE. Yokoyama's mother died at age 50 on May 16, 2010 at 11:51pm. She collapsed while shopping, and was taken to the hospital", "title": "You Yokoyama" }, { "docid": "15141745", "text": "with pimples and peach fuzz, too shy to look a person in the eye.” almost immediately begins to see a change; Casper’s new found confidence enables him to clean up his appearance and befriend Whitney Bouchard, a rich, Yale football player. After the drug trial concludes, Friedrich received a call from an intoxicated Whitney, talking about how Casper had changed ever since he stopped taking his medication and how he had created a list of everybody he blamed for his current state of despair, with Friedrich and Dr. Winton being at the top. Casper appears at Friedrich’s house while Will", "title": "Pharmakon (novel)" }, { "docid": "6600251", "text": "Forever, containing two Wareham-produced songs that had not made it onto \"Monkeys\". On their own initiative, they also made their first appearance at South by Southwest in March 1996, an occasion made memorable when Juristo and Wheeler accidentally tumbled to the stage at the end of their set. \"For any other band, it would have been an embarrassing show-stopper of an accident,\" the \"St. Petersburg Times\" reported. \"For Pee Shy, it was an eye-catching, climactic moment.\" Despite positive national reviews and Mercury's stated belief that \"Little Dudes\" (finally released in November) was \"a potential sleeper hit,\" \"Monkeys\" sold only about", "title": "Pee Shy" }, { "docid": "9878266", "text": "the song as published in 1913 by Shannon through M. Witmark & Sons.<poem> [Verse 1] Over in Killarney, many years ago My Mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low, Just a simple little ditty, in her good ould Irish way, And I'd give the world if she could sing That song to me this day. [Refrain] Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby. [Verse 2] Oft, in dreams I wander To that cot again, I feel her arms a huggin' me As when she held me then.", "title": "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" }, { "docid": "5235021", "text": "Hush Puppies Hush Puppies is an American internationally marketed brand of contemporary, casual footwear for men, women and children. The shoes have been described as \"the classic American brushed-suede shoes with the lightweight crepe sole\". A division of Wolverine World Wide, Hush Puppies is headquartered in Rockford, Michigan. Wolverine markets and completely licenses the Hush Puppies name for footwear in over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition, the Hush Puppies name is licensed for non-footwear fashion categories, including clothing, eyewear, plush toys and more. Hush Puppies uses a Basset Hound named Jason as its logo which are occasionally referred", "title": "Hush Puppies" }, { "docid": "4649096", "text": "Hush (Billy Joe Royal song) \"Hush\" is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal, whose single peaked at number 52 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on 28 October 11 November 1967, and in Canada. South himself recorded the song in 1968, and included it on his second album, \"Games People Play\". Deep Purple and Kula Shaker had later hits with covers of the song. The chorus begins \"Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling my name\", which is a takeoff from the traditional gospel song lyrics \"Hush, hush, somebody's calling", "title": "Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)" }, { "docid": "5431666", "text": "invited beforehand to take advantage of the imminent downfall of Commissioner Gordon. Hush then taunted Batman, stating, \"Maybe you're right Bruce, maybe I'm not you. But right now, who would want to be?\" Hush was then kept as prisoner in the Batcave, but broke out with the help of the then unknown mastermind behind the current threat. Hush proceeded to sabotage the equipment of several members of the Batman Family via the Batcomputer as they fought various villains, including crashing the Batwing with Batman still in it. He was then returned to captivity after having been ambushed by Alfred Pennyworth,", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "13725630", "text": "least-understood figures in jazz history, and an absolute necessity for fans\". I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 I, Eye, Aye is a live album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk featuring performances by Kirk recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972 with Ron Burton, Henry \"Pete\" Pearson, Robert Shy and Joe Habad Texidor first released on the Rhino label in 1996. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states \"The set is absolutely electrifying. From the few short raps Kirk offers the crowd, one cannot be prepared for the honking, shouting, funky, gritty sets that follow...", "title": "I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972" }, { "docid": "5431645", "text": "Tommy; Clayface shapeshifted into Tommy's corpse in order to create this illusion. With these villains as their pawns, Hush and the Riddler set up an elaborate plot against Batman. Jason Todd, who was believed to be dead for years, entered the pact with the villains and gave them insights on how Batman thought. Using the shapeshifting abilities of Clayface, they created a decoy of the former Robin; Hush collaborates with Riddler, Todd, and Clayface to use the Dark Knight's guilt over his ward's apparent death against him at Todd's gravesite. Around this time, Hush cured the disfigured Harold Allnut, a", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "17057437", "text": "December 2012 Entertainment Weekly announced that Lionsgate and LD Entertainment had optioned the rights to the series with the intention of turning it into a film series. Patrick Sean Smith has been confirmed to be writing the screenplay for the first film. On July 8 2014, Becca announced on her website that she has decided that now is not the right time to move forward with the \"Hush, Hush\" movie and did not renew the movie option with LD Entertainment. On July 20 2018, Becca posted an update stating that a Hush Hush movie would be headed to production 'very", "title": "Hush, Hush (series)" }, { "docid": "9969901", "text": "to perform. Seven teenagers dance and eye each other and flirt on a Saturday night at popular Club A Go Go in a town in the British provinces. Sue is going out with Gary, but he flirts with Penny and the other girls at every opportunity. Sharon and Rick like each other but are too shy to tell each other. Eddie is challenged by the boys to persuade \"frigid\" Bridget to \"touch his whatsit\" by closing time, over the course of the night he tries everything, with very little success. The owner of the club, ageing rocker Eric \"Rubber-legs\" De", "title": "A Slice of Saturday Night" }, { "docid": "5431662", "text": "'Bruce Wayne' after he had her released. She infiltrated his life by taking the face of his new assistant, and subsequently cut off Elliot's new face with the intention of becoming Bruce Wayne herself. Batman caught her and Hush, and they were both sent to Arkham. During the events of \"\", Hush was freed from Arkham by a new villain named the Architect. As this happened, Red Robin, Nightwing, and Blackbat realized that the Elliot family was connected to a series of bombings that destroyed three historical Gotham bridges. Nightwing found Hush, who had been betrayed by the Architect and", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "10500611", "text": "Mary Ann Clarke, the wife of an Islington bootmaker. The model for the child was to have been her granddaughter but she was too shy, and the artist had to enlist the aid of the little girl next door, Alice Emma Nichols. The picture was called \"Old Folks at Home\". It was not long before the firm's name was everywhere, stressing the quality of Mazawattee to counteract the criticism of \"doctoring\" that had been levelled at some teas. A contract was made with the railway companies so that eye-catching enamelled signs could be fixed on every railway station platform in", "title": "Mazawattee Tea Company" }, { "docid": "9270910", "text": "inns, in and around the towns of Braidwood and Berrima. For a while in later life, Ralph Hush was a magistrate in Picton. Ralph Hush died on the property of Durran Durra, Braidwood, aged 81. He was buried at Eastfield. Ralph Hush Ralph Hush (1779 – 2 June 1860) was a convict sent from Northumberland to Australia in 1820. He was also one of the first convicts ever to receive a pardon from a life sentence after less than 5 years. Born on a Spittal farm in 1779, Ralph Hush was the youngest of five children. His family lived on", "title": "Ralph Hush" }, { "docid": "9226784", "text": "always told me make sure he's right/I always had my eyes on this one particular guy/I was too shy so I decided to write, Aaliyah gets intimate about her inner-yearning for the apple of her eye and decides to get her feelings off of her chest by penning a detailed letter, which we get a glimpse of in audio form.\" Ross Scarano from Complex praised the production on the song saying \"Timbaland's production is like a haunted maze you walk. And the final payoff you encounter, that languid synth line at nearly five minutes in, is so sticky and fine,", "title": "4 Page Letter" }, { "docid": "14526941", "text": "to become an artist simply isn't strong enough to sustain so much smutty innuendo\". Much Too Shy Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett. The cast includes radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later \"Carry On'\" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler. Formby's featured songs are \"They Laughed When I Started to Play\" (Formby/Cliffe), \"Talking to the Moon About You\" (Day), \"Delivering the Morning Milk\" (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe) and \"Andy the Handy Man\", written by Eddie Latta. A simple handyman, who also", "title": "Much Too Shy" }, { "docid": "14619416", "text": "attack by a man in a trench coat. The mysterious rogue flees at the sight of Batman and Terry checks on the nurse, who says the man told her to \"Hush\". This leads on a hunt for Hush, with Bruce explaining what took place during his last confrontation with Hush. During a fight with him, Hush dived through a window and was shot by the homeowner. Bruce then fled without inspecting the body, but was satisfied with the report that it was Thomas Elliot, for a while. Bruce admits Hush's skill for strategy and plastic surgery meant that Thomas could", "title": "Batman Beyond (comics)" }, { "docid": "7370522", "text": "movie, comparing themselves to the main characters; on the other side, the movie was criticised for being stereotypical and giving an overall negative impression of Moroccan immigrant families. Since January 2006, Dutch broadcasting organisation VARA broadcasts \"Shouf Shouf! de serie\". In this series, most of the main cast is the same as in the film. The series is directed by Tim Oliehoek. Hush Hush Baby Hush Hush Baby (original title: Shouf Shouf Habibi!) is a 2004 Dutch comedy film, written and directed by Albert ter Heerdt. \"Shouf Shouf Habibi\" (Trans.: \"Look, look, baby!\") is about a Moroccan family that tries", "title": "Hush Hush Baby" }, { "docid": "17057439", "text": "some of the designs based on how they were received. Critical reception for the series has been mostly positive, with \"Crescendo\" spending ten weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list and being named one of YALSA's \"Teens’ Top Ten\" for 2011. Kirkus Reviews praised the first entry but gave a mixed review of \"Crescendo\", remarking that the plot was \"drawn out\" and shared many similarities to the first novel. Hush, Hush (series) The Hush, Hush quartet is a series of four novels by Becca Fitzpatrick that follow teenager Nora Grey as she falls in love with the fallen", "title": "Hush, Hush (series)" }, { "docid": "14526939", "text": "Much Too Shy Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett. The cast includes radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later \"Carry On'\" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler. Formby's featured songs are \"They Laughed When I Started to Play\" (Formby/Cliffe), \"Talking to the Moon About You\" (Day), \"Delivering the Morning Milk\" (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe) and \"Andy the Handy Man\", written by Eddie Latta. A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of", "title": "Much Too Shy" }, { "docid": "3103478", "text": "and the European Union, where the EU proposed a new noise ordinance which effectively prevented the use of hush kits in Europe. This regulation threatened to reduce the value of the mostly-American used airplanes that employed hush kits and hurt the profits of American hush kit manufacturers. EU Regulation 925/99 was passed over US threats to ban Concorde but was superseded (and effectively repealed) by EU Directive No. 2002/30/EC issued March 26, 2002. Hush kit A hush kit is an aerodynamic device used to help reduce the noise produced by aircraft jet engines. These devices are typically installed on older", "title": "Hush kit" }, { "docid": "10901742", "text": "Orchestra - under the film's opening credits, just prior to which a group of juvenile tormentors sing a debased version of the chorus, referencing Charlotte's supposed murder of John Mayhew. The Al Martino rendition of \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was relegated to the B-side of his January 1965 single release \"My Heart Would Know\" which reached #52 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100: \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" would be featured on Martino's \"Somebody is Taking My Place\" album. When the song earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, Bette Davis herself reportedly was hoping to perform it: however Patti Page", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "17259367", "text": "and was sent through to the final. In the final he sang \"Jigsaw\" (with Ryan Sheridan) and \"Beggin'\" and was announced as the winner. Keith announced on 12 September 2013 via Facebook that he had finished recording his debut album. He announced on 5 January 2014 that his album would be released by Valentine's Day. He released his debut single \"Blue\" on 21 February 2014. His debut album \"Hush\" was released on 7 March 2014. The album's second single, also titled \"Hush\", was released on 30 May 2014. It was announced on August 10 2014 that Hanley had been dropped", "title": "Keith Hanley" }, { "docid": "5431661", "text": "plan set in place by Wayne himself to transfer controlling interest in Wayne Enterprises to Drake \"if something should happen\". This left Hush with no official standing in the company. Hush reappeared in \"Streets of Gotham\" for the story arc \"House of Hush\" beginning in #14. He attempted to push the boundaries of his new role as Bruce Wayne, such as recommending that convicted criminals be allowed back on the streets. However, this plan backfired when the criminal Jane Doe—a woman who lost her face in an accident and had resorted to cutting off the faces of others—became obsessed with", "title": "Hush (character)" }, { "docid": "4713694", "text": "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Mary Astor in her final film role. The movie was adapted for the screen by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller, from Farrell's unpublished short story \"What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?\" It received seven Academy Award nominations. In 1927, young Southern belle Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) and her married lover John Mayhew (Bruce Dern) plan to elope during a party at the Hollis family's antebellum mansion in Ascension Parish,", "title": "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" }, { "docid": "19411301", "text": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars\" is the twentieth episode and the season finale of the sixth season and 140th episode overall on the Freeform mystery drama series \"Pretty Little Liars\". The episode was broadcast on March 15, 2016. It was written by the series' showrunner I. Marlene King and directed by Ron Lagomarsino. At the beginning of the episode, the girls, Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) and Ezra (Ian Harding) are together after Hanna (Ashley Benson) sends a false message to \"A\", starting her plan to serve as a guinea pig. Aria (Lucy Hale) gets a call from Alison,", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars" }, { "docid": "19041295", "text": "appeared injured on Romanian television. Due to this, the singer eventually decided to take a break from her career. Meanwhile, \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\", her last activity under Prodan's label—Maan Studio—was made available for consumption in Japan on 2 October 2013; a deluxe version of the record was released on 23 October 2013. It serves as a reissue of \"Saxobeats\" (2011), additionally containing three new songs—\"Lemonade\", \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" and \"All My People\"—which were previously released as singles and were intended for her second studio album. The physical edition of the record is packaged in an obi-stripped jewel case, whose booklet", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush)" }, { "docid": "15588002", "text": "Hush Hush (Alexis Jordan song) \"Hush Hush\" is a song by American recording artist Alexis Jordan, taken from her self-titled debut album (2011). It was released as the album's third single on June 10, 2011. The dance-pop song was written by Autumn Rowe, Petr Brdičko, Stargate and Sandy Vee. Alexis called the song \"feisty\" and that it was a song that \"unleashes a fiery side of her personality\". Speaking in May 2011 to urban writer Pete Lewis of \"Blues & Soul\", Jordan described the lyrical background to the song: \"It's really dealing with the situation where - if you've been", "title": "Hush Hush (Alexis Jordan song)" }, { "docid": "12979503", "text": "on a close shot of Scherzinger's face in front of a disco mirror ball wearing an afro wig, which paid homage to Diana Ross. After, the Pussycat Dolls are dancing with male partners in the room with the mirror ball. At the end, Nicole Scherzinger is finishing the song singing \"Baby, Hush Hush\". It closes with a large shot which reveals the video to have taken place in a dollhouse with all dancers and Dolls in the lowest disco room. A Reporter of the Daily Mail commented that the video is \"the most revealing Pussycat Dolls video yet\". While noted", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "7510249", "text": "consulted with acoustics expert Leo Beranek at MIT, who began work to design an improved silencer. Beranek would later bring in J. C. R. Licklider to help demonstrate the Hush-A-Phone retained clarity of sound. 125,796 Hush-A-Phone sets were sold between 1922 and 1949. During the 1940s, telephone service was seen as a \"natural monopoly\", and AT&T was the sole provider of all aspects of telephone service in much of the U.S., including telephone equipment. In the late 1940s, phone company repairmen began warning customers that using devices like the Hush-A-Phone could result in termination of phone service. On December 22,", "title": "Hush-A-Phone" }, { "docid": "12979501", "text": "VIP Pussycat Doll Carmen Electra, who used to sing lead vocals with the Dolls during their burlesque performances. The video makes use of product placement of Campari, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition. The video premiered on May 26, 2009. The music video begins with Nicole Scherzinger lounging in a bathtub, similar to a scene of Cindy Crawford in George Michael's video for \"Freedom! '90\" (1990). As the ballad transits unto the remix she passes a door onto a surreal hall of staircases going in different directions. When the second verse begins, Scherzinger is seen wearing", "title": "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" }, { "docid": "4713706", "text": "later complained that she only learned of her firing during the news on the radio. Three other cast members from \"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\" did appear in \"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte\": Wesley Addy, Dave Willock (as a taxi driver) and Victor Buono. The cast also included Mary Astor, a friend of Davis' since their days at Warner Bros. Astor retired from the screen after this film. Scenes outside the Hollis mansion were shot on location at Houmas House plantation in Louisiana. The inside scenes were shot on a soundstage in Hollywood. \"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was another hit for Aldrich,", "title": "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" }, { "docid": "19041297", "text": "Subsequently, the title track of the record was made available for digital consumption on 3 October 2012, being promoted by a visual filmed by Iulian Moga at Palatul Snagov. The clip later drew comparison to vampire films for teenagers for a scene in which Stan is portrayed in a church surrounded by dark-clothed people. \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" charted at number eleven on the Japan Hot 100, and at number fifty on Italy's FIMI chart. A \"club-friendly\" electro dance recording, \"All My People\", the last single from \"Cliché (Hush Hush)\" premiered on 1 May 2013 and featured the vocals of Prodan's", "title": "Cliché (Hush Hush)" }, { "docid": "15588006", "text": "Netherlands and that is also directly the Highest position of this single. The music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on 6 May, 2011 and lasts four minutes and six seconds. The music video was directed by Clifton Bell. Credits adapted from \"Alexis Jordan\" album booklet. Hush Hush (Alexis Jordan song) \"Hush Hush\" is a song by American recording artist Alexis Jordan, taken from her self-titled debut album (2011). It was released as the album's third single on June 10, 2011. The dance-pop song was written by Autumn Rowe, Petr Brdičko, Stargate and Sandy Vee. Alexis called the", "title": "Hush Hush (Alexis Jordan song)" }, { "docid": "10901743", "text": "performed \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" on the April 5, 1965 37th Academy Awards broadcast, Page singing the song from the perspective of a third-party reassuring Charlotte that she [i.e. Charlotte] has John's constant devotion: Page had recorded the song in a February 17, 1965 session at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville. Despite the song's being bested for the Academy Award by \"Chim Chim Cher-ee\" from \"Mary Poppins\", a recording of Page's rendition of \"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" was rush-released to become the singer's first Top 40 hit on Columbia Records as of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart dated May 22,", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "10901740", "text": "Jane?\" and, the song with the opening lyric \"Hush, hush, sweet Charlotte\" having been written early in the film's development and having been played for Davis, she suggested \"Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte\" should serve as the movie's title. In the storyline of the film, the song is written for Davis' character: the aging Southern belle Charlotte Hollis, by her would-be lover John Mayhew whose murder thirty-seven years ago is generally ascribed to Charlotte. The song also effectively functions as the film's theme as its lyrics in effect reference how Charlotte will obsess over her lost love throughout most of her", "title": "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)" }, { "docid": "7510255", "text": "which the product was featured in catalog-type ads posted by stationer's store Goldsmith Brothers through 1970. In 1972, the last classified ad for Hush-A-Phone was listed by Harrison-Hoge Industries, Inc. for $13.95 in black and $15.95 in green, ivory, or beige. Hush-A-Phone appears to no longer be for sale except as a collector's item. Hush-A-Phone The Hush-A-Phone was a device designed to attach to the transmitter of a telephone to reduce noise pollution and increase privacy. Sold by the Hush-A-Phone company, the device was frequently described in its commercial advertisements as \"a voice silencer designed for confidential conversation, clear transmission", "title": "Hush-A-Phone" }, { "docid": "7510242", "text": "Hush-A-Phone The Hush-A-Phone was a device designed to attach to the transmitter of a telephone to reduce noise pollution and increase privacy. Sold by the Hush-A-Phone company, the device was frequently described in its commercial advertisements as \"a voice silencer designed for confidential conversation, clear transmission and office quiet. Not a permanent attachment. Slips right on and off the mouthpiece of any phone\". The device was the topic of a landmark court case, \"Hush-A-Phone v. United States\". The Hush-A-Phone was regularly referred to in telecommunications policy analysis in the 1980s, attracting renewed interest in the 2000s as a symbol of", "title": "Hush-A-Phone" }, { "docid": "7510243", "text": "a small company fighting against a monopoly, especially in the context of net neutrality. Indeed, because Hush-A-Phone eventually won its case against the phone company, the final legal proceedings involving the Hush-A-Phone turned out to be relevant to the eventual breakup of the Bell system. Advertisements for the Hush-A-Phone not only argued for its importance as an aid to privacy, but also noted the device improved clarity of sound, which AT&T would directly argue against. The manufacture of Hush-A-Phones began in 1921, although the Hush-A-Phone company was first mentioned in \"The New York Times\" in a 1922 classified advertisement for", "title": "Hush-A-Phone" }, { "docid": "20354243", "text": "hip-hop. In the midst of the video, it shows Kumi sitting in an arm chair as she sets fire in her hand. The video ends with red roses being burned, turning to blackened ash. The choreography for the dance utilized in the video was done by Fuko Takenaka, who has been with Kumi for several years. Hush (Koda Kumi song) Hush (stylized as \"HUSH\") is the 61st single by Japanese artist Koda Kumi. The single was announced on September 9, 2017 and was released on October 4, 2017. As with her previous single, \"LIT,\" it only garnered a physical release", "title": "Hush (Koda Kumi song)" }, { "docid": "3617718", "text": "Batman: Hush Batman: Hush is an American comic book story arc published by DC Comics, featuring the superhero Batman. It was published in monthly installments within the comic book series \"Batman\", running from issue #608–619 in December 2002 until November 2003. The story arc was written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair. The story depicts a mysterious stalker called Hush, who seems intent on sabotaging Batman from afar, and it includes a large number of guest appearances by Batman villains, as well as various members of the Batman Family and", "title": "Batman: Hush" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2282036", "text": "Chemical polarity Polar molecules must contain polar bonds due to a difference in electronegativity between the bonded atoms. A polar molecule with two or more polar bonds must have a geometry which is asymmetric in at least one direction, so that the bond dipoles do not cancel each other. Polar molecules interact through dipole–dipole intermolecular forces and hydrogen bonds. Polarity underlies a number of physical properties including surface tension, solubility, and melting and boiling points. Not all atoms attract electrons with the same force. The amount of \"pull\" an atom exerts on its electrons is called its electronegativity. Atoms with", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282051", "text": "polarity. The deflection occurs because of electrically charged droplets in the stream, which the charged object induces. A stream of water can also be deflected in a uniform electrical field, which cannot exert force on polar molecules. Additionally, after a stream of water is grounded, it can no longer be deflected. Weak deflection is even possible for nonpolar liquids. Chemical polarity Polar molecules must contain polar bonds due to a difference in electronegativity between the bonded atoms. A polar molecule with two or more polar bonds must have a geometry which is asymmetric in at least one direction, so that", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282036", "text": "Chemical polarity Polar molecules must contain polar bonds due to a difference in electronegativity between the bonded atoms. A polar molecule with two or more polar bonds must have a geometry which is asymmetric in at least one direction, so that the bond dipoles do not cancel each other. Polar molecules interact through dipole–dipole intermolecular forces and hydrogen bonds. Polarity underlies a number of physical properties including surface tension, solubility, and melting and boiling points. Not all atoms attract electrons with the same force. The amount of \"pull\" an atom exerts on its electrons is called its electronegativity. Atoms with", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282042", "text": "of the opposing charges (i.e. having partial positive and partial negative charges) from polar bonds arranged asymmetrically. Water (HO) is an example of a polar molecule since it has a slight positive charge on one side and a slight negative charge on the other. The dipoles do not cancel out resulting in a net dipole. Due to the polar nature of the water molecule itself, polar molecules are generally able to dissolve in water. Other examples include sugars (like sucrose), which have many polar oxygen–hydrogen (−OH) groups and are overall highly polar. If the bond dipole moments of the molecule", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282041", "text": "\"nonpolar covalent\", or \"ionic\", this is often a relative term, with one molecule simply being \"more polar\" or \"more nonpolar\" than another. However, the following properties are typical of such molecules. A molecule is composed of one or more chemical bonds between molecular orbitals of different atoms. A molecule may be polar either as a result of polar bonds due to differences in electronegativity as described above, or as a result of an asymmetric arrangement of nonpolar covalent bonds and non-bonding pairs of electrons known as a full molecular orbital. A polar molecule has a net dipole as a result", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282047", "text": "polar bonds at 120°. This results in no overall dipole in the molecule. Not every molecule with polar bonds is a polar molecule. Carbon dioxide (CO) has two polar C=O bonds, but the geometry of CO is linear so that the two bond dipole moments cancel and there is no net molecular dipole moment; the molecule is nonpolar. Examples of household nonpolar compounds include fats, oil, and petrol/gasoline. Therefore, most nonpolar molecules are water-insoluble (hydrophobic) at room temperature. Many nonpolar organic solvents, such as turpentine, are able to dissolve non-polar substances. In the methane molecule (CH) the four C−H bonds", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "2282046", "text": "One common form of polar interaction is the hydrogen bond, which is also known as the H-bond. For example, water forms H-bonds and has a molar mass M = 18 and a boiling point of +100 °C, compared to nonpolar methane with M = 16 and a boiling point of –161 °C. A molecule may be nonpolar either when there is an equal sharing of electrons between the two atoms of a diatomic molecule or because of the symmetrical arrangement of polar bonds in a more complex molecule. For example, boron trifluoride (BF) has a trigonal planar arrangement of three", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "390378", "text": "polar and sustains hydrogen bonds. Salts dissolve in polar solvents, forming positive and negative ions that are attracted to the negative and positive ends of the solvent molecule, respectively. If the solvent is water, hydration occurs when the charged solute ions become surrounded by water molecules. A standard example is aqueous saltwater. Such solutions are called electrolytes. Whenever salt dissolves in water ion association has to be taken into account. Polar solutes dissolve in polar solvents, forming polar bonds or hydrogen bonds. As an example, all alcoholic beverages are aqueous solutions of ethanol. On the other hand, non-polar solutes dissolve", "title": "Solution" } ]

[ { "docid": "15717773", "text": "make it easier for the resin to diffuse into the interior of the wall. The resin molecules themselves should also be polar enough to have an affinity to the cell wall and the components of it. The main components of wood’s cell wall are cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, all of which have polar components that can have an affinity for a polar impregnation resin. The impregnation resin must be only slightly polymerized or not polymerized at all. If the resin is completely polymerized before entering the wood, the molecule size will be too large, and the resin won’t be able", "title": "Impregnation resin" }, { "docid": "4981533", "text": "Ion chromatography Ion chromatography (or ion-exchange chromatography) is a chromatography process that separates ions and polar molecules based on their affinity to the ion exchanger. It works on almost any kind of charged molecule—including large proteins, small nucleotides, and amino acids. However, ion chromatography must be done in conditions that are one unit away from the isoelectric point of a protein. The two types of ion chromatography are anion-exchange and cation-exchange. Cation-exchange chromatography is used when the molecule of interest is positively charged. The molecule is positively charged because the pH for chromatography is less than the pI. In this", "title": "Ion chromatography" }, { "docid": "10147067", "text": "and BS3 express the same crosslinking ability toward primary amines. The major structural difference between these two molecules is that DSS does not contain the sulfonate substituents at either end of the molecule, and it is this difference that is responsible for the uncharged, non-polar nature of the DSS molecule. Due to the hydrophobic nature of this crosslinker it must be dissolved in an organic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide before being added to an aqueous sample. Because of the ability of DSS to cross cell membranes, it is best suited for applications where intracelluclar crosslinking is needed. Bissulfosuccinimidyl suberate Bissulfosuccinimidyl", "title": "Bissulfosuccinimidyl suberate" }, { "docid": "3140092", "text": "to the motion of organelles attached to actin filaments via myosin motor proteins. However, in \"Chara corallina\", the organization of actin filaments is highly ordered. Actin is a polar molecule, which means that myosin only moves in one direction along the actin filament. Thus, in \"Chara corallina\", where motion of the chloroplasts and the mysoin molecule follow a barber pole pattern, the actin filaments must all be similarly oriented within each section. In other words, the section where the chloroplasts move upward will have all of the actin filaments oriented in the same upward direction, and the section where the", "title": "Cytoplasmic streaming" }, { "docid": "2214420", "text": "been a subject of intense study since the 1960s. The mechanism is one of polar interactions between the polar centres of the phthalate molecule (the C=O functionality) and the positively charged areas of the vinyl chain, typically residing on the carbon atom of the carbon-chlorine bond. For this to be established, the polymer must be heated in the presence of the plasticizer, first above the Tg of the polymer and then into a melt state. This enables an intimate mix of polymer and plasticizer to be formed, and for these interactions to occur. When cooled, these interactions remain and the", "title": "Phthalate" }, { "docid": "2282045", "text": "with two other atoms, but each of the outer atoms has to share electrons with only one other atom, the central atom is more deprived of electrons than the others (the central atom has a formal charge of +1, while the outer atoms each have a formal charge of −). Since the molecule has a bent geometry, the result is a dipole across the whole ozone molecule. When comparing a polar and nonpolar molecule with similar molar masses, the polar molecule in general has a higher boiling point, because the dipole–dipole interaction between polar molecules results in stronger intermolecular attractions.", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "5832524", "text": "to the approach of a molecule with a permanent dipole to another non-polar molecule with no permanent dipole. This approach causes the electrons of the non-polar molecule to be polarized toward or away from the dipole (or \"induce\" a dipole) of the approaching molecule. Specifically, the dipole can cause electrostatic attraction or repulsion of the electrons from the non-polar molecule, depending on orientation of the incoming dipole. Atoms with larger atomic radii are considered more \"polarizable\" and therefore experience greater attraction as a result of the Debye force. London dispersion forces are the weakest type of non-covalent interaction. They are", "title": "Non-covalent interactions" }, { "docid": "15008799", "text": "Hydrophile A hydrophile is a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water. In contrast, hydrophobes are not attracted to water and may seem to be repelled by it. A hydrophilic molecule or portion of a molecule is one whose interactions with water and other polar substances are more thermodynamically favorable than their interactions with oil or other hydrophobic solvents. They are typically charge-polarized and capable of hydrogen bonding. This makes these molecules soluble not only in water but also in other polar solvents. Hydrophilic molecules (and portions of molecules)", "title": "Hydrophile" }, { "docid": "7407922", "text": "the beginner. Different steric effects can produce different molecules as well, and these essentially allow certain molecular formations to take themselves apart, and if this is done, then the ERG can be recognized as a separate molecule. This is difficult but can prove that ERGs form themselves not due to some type of separation but due to the fact that the presence of weak electronic sources, that an ERG must form. If it does not then the electron weak reaction center will fall apart, and return to its original formation, and thus the separation must occur due to the steric", "title": "Polar effect" }, { "docid": "2282043", "text": "do not cancel, the molecule is polar. For example, the water molecule (HO) contains two polar O−H bonds in a bent (nonlinear) geometry. The bond dipole moments do not cancel, so that the molecule forms a molecular dipole with its negative pole at the oxygen and its positive pole midway between the two hydrogen atoms. In the figure each bond joins the central O atom with a negative charge (red) to an H atom with a positive charge (blue). The hydrogen fluoride, HF, molecule is polar by virtue of polar covalent bondsin the covalent bond electrons are displaced toward the", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "204388", "text": "molecule. The induction-interaction force is far weaker than dipole–dipole interaction, but stronger than the London dispersion force. The third and dominant contribution is the dispersion or London force (fluctuating dipole-induced dipole), which arises due to the non-zero instantaneous dipole moments of all atoms and molecules. Such polarization can be induced either by a polar molecule or by the repulsion of negatively charged electron clouds in non-polar molecules. Thus, London interactions are caused by random fluctuations of electron density in an electron cloud. An atom with a large number of electrons will have a greater associated London force than an atom", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "20368843", "text": "Sucrose esters Sucrose esters or sucrose fatty acid esters are a group of surfactants chemically synthesized from esterification of sucrose and fatty acids (or glycerides). This group of substances is remarkable for the wide range of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) that it covers. The polar sucrose moiety serves as a hydrophilic end of the molecule, while the long fatty acid chain serves as a lipophilic end of the molecule. Due to this amphipathic property, sucrose esters act as emulsifiers; i.e., they have the ability to bind both water and oil simultaneously. Depending on the HLB value, some can be used as", "title": "Sucrose esters" }, { "docid": "20368830", "text": "Sucrose esters Sucrose esters or sucrose fatty acid esters are a group of surfactants chemically synthesized from esterification of sucrose and fatty acids (or glycerides). This group of substances is remarkable for the wide range of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) that it covers. The polar sucrose moiety serves as a hydrophilic end of the molecule, while the long fatty acid chain serves as a lipophilic end of the molecule. Due to this amphipathic property, sucrose esters act as emulsifiers; i.e., they have the ability to bind both water and oil simultaneously. Depending on the HLB value, some can be used as", "title": "Sucrose esters" }, { "docid": "7407921", "text": "or EDG's) releases electrons into a reaction center and as such stabilizes electron deficient carbocations. An ERG can essentially promote groups into have a higher effect. These higher effects are defined as steric effects to a degree, however other effects include observations to changes in polarity, which can thus produce an entirely different molecule. This entirely different molecule is the ERG, plus whatever substituent was left behind. This is partially true but in truth the entirely different molecule is composed of parts and can be further differentiated and stabilized as separate molecules as well, although this can prove difficult for", "title": "Polar effect" }, { "docid": "15334171", "text": "viscosities of ionic liquids. However, modern instruments that can accommodate 30 to 70+ % ionic liquids (and potentially 100% ionic liquid, if both phases are suitably customized ionic liquids) have become available. Ionic liquids can be customized for polar / non-polar organic, achiral and chiral compounds, bio-molecule, and inorganic separations, as ionic liquids can be customized to have extraordinary solvency and specificity. After the biphasic solvent system has been chosen a batch of is formulated and equilibrated in a separatory funnel. This step is called pre-equilibration of the solvent system. The two phases are separated. Then the column is filled", "title": "Countercurrent chromatography" }, { "docid": "9043770", "text": "mobile phase evaporates leaving only the analyte and a small volume of polar co-solvent. If the outlet CO is captured, it can be recompressed and recycled, allowing for >90% reuse of CO. Similar to HPLC, SFC uses a variety of detection methods including UV/VIS, mass spectrometry, FID (unlike HPLC) and evaporative light scattering. A rule-of-thumb is that any molecule that will dissolve in methanol or a less polar solvent is compatible with SFC, including polar solutes. CO has polarity similar to n-heptane at its critical point, but the solvent strength can be increased by increasing density or using a polar", "title": "Supercritical fluid chromatography" }, { "docid": "19529503", "text": "Herboxidiene Herboxidiene is a polyketide molecule soluble in polar solvents such as water, ethanol, n-butanol and acetone but insoluble in non-polar molecule such as hexane. It was first isolated from the fermentation broth of \"Streptomyces chromofuscus by\" researchers in Monsanto Company in 1992. Herboxidiene shows \"in vitro\" antitumor activity by targeting the SF3B protein in the splicesosome. Many antitumor derivatives have also been developed from herboxidiene through chemical modification. Compared to other polyketide compounds, herboxidiene has a unique expoxide functional group. This structure results a relative low yield in the chemical synthesis of herboxidiene as the epoxidation usually accompany with", "title": "Herboxidiene" }, { "docid": "19529506", "text": "the inhibition of cells from entering G1 and S phase of the cell cycle and therefore can contain the growth of tumor cells. Herboxidiene Herboxidiene is a polyketide molecule soluble in polar solvents such as water, ethanol, n-butanol and acetone but insoluble in non-polar molecule such as hexane. It was first isolated from the fermentation broth of \"Streptomyces chromofuscus by\" researchers in Monsanto Company in 1992. Herboxidiene shows \"in vitro\" antitumor activity by targeting the SF3B protein in the splicesosome. Many antitumor derivatives have also been developed from herboxidiene through chemical modification. Compared to other polyketide compounds, herboxidiene has a", "title": "Herboxidiene" }, { "docid": "2819129", "text": "be observed by Raman spectroscopy either. Nevertheless, rotational constants can be obtained by ro-vibrational spectroscopy. This occurs when a molecule is polar in the vibrationally excited state. For example, the molecule methane is a symmetric top but the asymmetric C-H stretching band shows rotational fine structure in the infrared spectrum, illustrated in rovibrational coupling. This spectrum is also interesting because it shows clear evidence of Coriolis coupling in the asymmetric structure of the band. The rigid rotor is a good starting point from which to construct a model of a rotating molecule. It is assumed that component atoms are point", "title": "Rotational spectroscopy" }, { "docid": "4981582", "text": "products. Impurities or any components that are not part of the drug chemical entity are evaluated and they give insights about the maximum and minimum amounts of drug that should be administered in a patient per day. Ion chromatography Ion chromatography (or ion-exchange chromatography) is a chromatography process that separates ions and polar molecules based on their affinity to the ion exchanger. It works on almost any kind of charged molecule—including large proteins, small nucleotides, and amino acids. However, ion chromatography must be done in conditions that are one unit away from the isoelectric point of a protein. The two", "title": "Ion chromatography" }, { "docid": "6972711", "text": "of the masing molecule, there are a few requirements that must be met for a strong maser source to exist. One requirement is a radio continuum background source to provide the radiation amplified by the maser, as all maser transitions take place at radio wavelengths. The masing molecule must have a pumping mechanism to create the population inversion, and sufficient density and path length for significant amplification to take place. These combine to constrain when and where megamaser emission for a given molecule will take place. The specific conditions for each molecule known to produce megamasers are different, as exemplified", "title": "Megamaser" }, { "docid": "8049351", "text": "usually needed. Polar surface area The polar surface area (PSA) or topological polar surface area (TPSA) of a molecule is defined as the surface sum over all polar atoms, primarily oxygen and nitrogen, also including their attached hydrogen atoms. PSA is a commonly used medicinal chemistry metric for the optimization of a drug's ability to permeate cells. Molecules with a polar surface area of greater than 140 angstroms squared tend to be poor at permeating cell membranes. For molecules to penetrate the blood–brain barrier (and thus act on receptors in the central nervous system), a PSA less than 90 angstroms", "title": "Polar surface area" }, { "docid": "8049350", "text": "Polar surface area The polar surface area (PSA) or topological polar surface area (TPSA) of a molecule is defined as the surface sum over all polar atoms, primarily oxygen and nitrogen, also including their attached hydrogen atoms. PSA is a commonly used medicinal chemistry metric for the optimization of a drug's ability to permeate cells. Molecules with a polar surface area of greater than 140 angstroms squared tend to be poor at permeating cell membranes. For molecules to penetrate the blood–brain barrier (and thus act on receptors in the central nervous system), a PSA less than 90 angstroms squared is", "title": "Polar surface area" }, { "docid": "482765", "text": "and hydrogen bonding contributions. Solvents with a dielectric constant (more accurately, relative static permittivity) greater than 15 (i.e. polar or polarizable) can be further divided into protic and aprotic. Protic solvents solvate anions (negatively charged solutes) strongly via hydrogen bonding. Water is a protic solvent. Aprotic solvents such as acetone or dichloromethane tend to have large dipole moments (separation of partial positive and partial negative charges within the same molecule) and solvate positively charged species via their negative dipole. In chemical reactions the use of polar protic solvents favors the S1 reaction mechanism, while polar aprotic solvents favor the S2", "title": "Solvent" }, { "docid": "544718", "text": "these forces are at play depends on the molecular structure and properties of the solvent and solute. The similarity or complementary character of these properties between solvent and solute determines how well a solute can be solvated by a particular solvent. Solvent polarity is the most important factor in determining how well it solvates a particular solute. Polar solvents have molecular dipoles, meaning that part of the solvent molecule has more electron density than another part of the molecule. The part with more electron density will experience a partial negative charge while the part with less electron density will experience", "title": "Solvation" }, { "docid": "4226633", "text": "a different solubility in the solvent. The unequal solubility causes the various color molecules to leave solution at different places as the solvent continues to move up the paper. The more soluble a molecule is, the higher it will migrate up the paper. If a chemical is very non-polar it will not dissolve at all in a very polar solvent. This is the same for a very polar chemical and a very non-polar solvent. It is very important to note that when using water (a very polar substance) as a solvent, the more polar the color, the higher it will", "title": "Paper chromatography" }, { "docid": "13724303", "text": "Molecule Man (video game) Molecule Man is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Mastertronic in for a variety of 8-bit home computers. A level editor is included which enables the player to design their own mazes. Molecule Man is trapped in a radioactive maze and must reach the escape teleport before the radiation kills him. The player controls the Molecule Man in his quest to escape within a time limit. He must find the teleport and repair it using 16 circuit board pieces that are scattered around the maze. Bombs must be purchased to blow open inaccessible areas.", "title": "Molecule Man (video game)" }, { "docid": "204381", "text": "negative end of the other molecule and influence its position. Polar molecules have a net attraction between them. Examples of polar molecules include hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chloroform (CHCl). Often molecules contain dipolar groups, but have no overall dipole moment. This occurs if there is symmetry within the molecule that causes the dipoles to cancel each other out. This occurs in molecules such as tetrachloromethane and carbon dioxide. The dipole-dipole interaction between two individual atoms is usually zero, since atoms rarely carry a permanent dipole.These forces are discussed further in the section about the Keesom interaction, below. Ion-dipole and ion-induced", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "4014936", "text": "Polar ice cap A polar ice cap or polar cap is a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it to be over land; only that it must be a body of solid phase matter in the polar region. This causes the term \"polar ice cap\" to be something of a misnomer, as the term ice cap itself is applied more narrowly to bodies that", "title": "Polar ice cap" }, { "docid": "5832526", "text": "In this example, when one hexane molecule approaches another, a temporary, weak partially negative dipole on the incoming hexane can polarize the electron cloud of another, causing a partially positive dipole on that hexane molecule. While these interactions are short-lived and very weak, they can be responsible for why certain non-polar molecules are liquids at room temperature. π-effects can be broken down into numerous categories, including π-π interactions, cation-π & anion-π interactions, and polar-π interactions. In general, π-effects are associated with the interactions of molecules with the π-systems of conjugated molecules such as benzene. π-π interactions are associated with the", "title": "Non-covalent interactions" }, { "docid": "2909051", "text": "deep within the nostrils that contains the receptors responsible for detecting molecules that are small enough to smell. These receptor neurons then synapse at the olfactory cranial nerve (CN I), which sends the information to the olfactory bulbs in the brain for initial processing. The signal is then sent to the remaining olfactory cortex for more complex processing. An olfactory sensation is called an odor. For a molecule to trigger olfactory receptor neurons, it must have specific properties. The molecule must be: However, humans do not process the smell of various common molecules such as those present in the air.", "title": "Stimulus modality" }, { "docid": "5832529", "text": "of electron-withdrawing substituents on the conjugated molecule Polar-π interactions involve molecules with permanent dipoles (such as water) interacting with the quadrupole moment of a π-system (such as that in benzene (see figure 5). While not as strong as a cation-π interaction, these interactions can be quite strong (~1-2 kcal/mol), and are commonly involved in protein folding and crystallinity of solids containing both hydrogen bonding and π-systems. In fact, any molecule with a hydrogen bond donor (hydrogen bound to a highly electronegative atom) will have favorable electrostatic interactions with the electron-rich π-system of a conjugated molecule. The hydrophobic effect is the", "title": "Non-covalent interactions" }, { "docid": "4789152", "text": "hypervalent molecules, in which main-group elements have apparent valences greater than the maximal of 4 allowed by the octet rule. For example, in the sulfur hexafluoride molecule (SF), Pauling considered that the sulfur forms 6 true two-electron bonds using spd hybrid atomic orbitals, which combine one s, three p and two d orbitals. However more recently, quantum-mechanical calculations on this and similar molecules have shown that the role of d orbitals in the bonding is minimal, and that the SF molecule should be described as having 6 polar covalent (partly ionic) bonds made from only four orbitals on sulfur (one", "title": "Valence (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "13724304", "text": "Meanwhile, the radiation is killing him and health pills must be purchased to prolong his life. Coins can be found lying around. These must be collected and taken to dispensers to purchase bombs and pills. Molecule Man (video game) Molecule Man is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Mastertronic in for a variety of 8-bit home computers. A level editor is included which enables the player to design their own mazes. Molecule Man is trapped in a radioactive maze and must reach the escape teleport before the radiation kills him. The player controls the Molecule Man in his", "title": "Molecule Man (video game)" }, { "docid": "4476965", "text": "Because it is in complex form it has as the further advantage that it is easier to manipulate in calculations than its real counterpart. We consider a molecule consisting of \"N\" particles (electrons and nuclei) with charges \"eZ\". (Electrons have the \"Z\"-value unity, for nuclei it is the atomic number). Particle \"i\" has spherical polar coordinates \"r\", \"θ\", and φ and Cartesian coordinates \"x\", \"y\", and \"z\". The (complex) electrostatic multipole operator is where formula_56 is a regular solid harmonic function in Racah's normalization (also known as Schmidt's semi-normalization). If the molecule has total normalized wave function Ψ (depending on", "title": "Multipole expansion" }, { "docid": "918269", "text": "of the molecule can be conformational rather than structural. That is, for instance, a protein molecule with a helical secondary structure can have a CD that changes with changes in the conformation. By definition, where ΔA (Delta Absorbance) is the difference between absorbance of left circularly polarized (LCP) and right circularly polarized (RCP) light (this is what is usually measured). ΔA is a function of wavelength, so for a measurement to be meaningful the wavelength at which it was performed must be known. It can also be expressed, by applying Beer's law, as: where Then is the molar circular dichroism.", "title": "Circular dichroism" }, { "docid": "2530735", "text": "structure, and the molecule exists as a resonance hybrid. Each of the different possibilities is superimposed on the others, and the molecule is considered to have a Lewis structure equivalent to some combination of these states. The nitrate ion (NO), for instance, must form a double bond between nitrogen and one of the oxygens to satisfy the octet rule for nitrogen. However, because the molecule is symmetrical, it does not matter \"which\" of the oxygens forms the double bond. In this case, there are three possible resonance structures. Expressing resonance when drawing Lewis structures may be done either by drawing", "title": "Lewis structure" }, { "docid": "103306", "text": "(remember that a molecule has a charge distribution) is caused by an electric field external to \"ρ\". This field may, for instance, originate from an ion or polar molecule in the vicinity of \"ρ\" or may be macroscopic (e.g., a molecule between the plates of a charged capacitor). The size of the induced dipole moment is equal to the product of the strength of the external field and the dipole polarizability of \"ρ\". Dipole moment values can be obtained from measurement of the dielectric constant. Some typical gas phase values in debye units are: Potassium bromide (KBr) has one of", "title": "Dipole" }, { "docid": "8953995", "text": "in plants, animals, and even humans, where genetic material from Neanderthals and Denisovans is responsible for much of the immune genes in non-African populations. For a hybrid form to persist, it must be able to exploit the available resources better than either parent species, which, in most cases, it will have to compete with. While grizzly bears and polar bears may have offspring, a grizzly–polar bear hybrid will likely be less suited in either of the ecological roles than the parents themselves. Although the hybrid is fertile, this poor adaptation would prevent the establishment of a permanent population. Likewise, lions", "title": "Hybrid speciation" }, { "docid": "204386", "text": "(induced dipoles). These induced dipoles occur when one molecule with a permanent dipole repels another molecule’s electrons. A molecule with permanent dipole can induce a dipole in a similar neighboring molecule and cause mutual attraction. Debye forces cannot occur between atoms. The forces between induced and permanent dipoles are not as temperature dependent as Keesom interactions because the induced dipole is free to shift and rotate around the non-polar molecule. The Debye induction effects and Keesom orientation effects are termed polar interactions. The induced dipole forces appear from the induction (also termed polarization), which is the attractive interaction between a", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "15959749", "text": "place in combination with water. When TEPP is broken down, the product will be diethyl phosphate, which is more polar than the original TEPP molecule. Due to the more polar character of the diethyl phosphate, it will diffuse and accumulate less into fatty tissues and it can be eliminated more easily via the urine. Furthermore, the diethyl phosphate is less able to phosphorylate other molecules. This is the reason why it is less toxic. This reaction is an example of a phase I reaction. After this phase I reaction it is most likely that other phase I reactions will take", "title": "Tetraethyl pyrophosphate" }, { "docid": "4014946", "text": "planet Pluto. The probe's flyby of Pluto in July 2015 allowed the \"Alice\" ultraviolet imaging spectrometer to confirm that the feature was in fact an ice cap composed of methane and nitrogen ices. Polar ice cap A polar ice cap or polar cap is a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it to be over land; only that it must be a body of", "title": "Polar ice cap" }, { "docid": "9886283", "text": "polar, they are easily attract to partially positive or partially negative charges. On a neutral surface, water molecules bunch up and attract each other, creating a spherical droplet of water. These droplets can then evaporate off the concrete surface rather than be absorbed into the capillaries of the concrete. The exact structure and composition of the crystals used in hydrophobic concrete is not public information; due to its properties, however, it can be assumed that it is a non-polar molecule. The property to repel water gives hydrophobic concrete the ability to avoid contamination by particles dissolved in water drops. Because", "title": "Hydrophobic concrete" }, { "docid": "204380", "text": "boiling point of water (100 °C) compared to the other group 16 hydrides, which have no hydrogen bonds. Intramolecular hydrogen oxygen bonding is partly responsible for the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins and nucleic acids. It also plays an important role in the structure of polymers, both synthetic and natural. Dipole–dipole interactions are the electrostatic interactions between the molecules which have permanent dipole(s).These interactions tend to align the molecules to increase attraction (reducing potential energy). An example of a dipole–dipole interaction can be seen in hydrogen chloride (HCl): the positive end of a polar molecule will attract the", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "19637585", "text": "produced through laser ablation of thorium in the presence of oxygen. This highly polar molecule is calculated to have one of the largest known internal electric fields. Thorium hydroxide, Th(OH), can be prepared by adding a hydroxide of ammonium or an alkali metal to a thorium salt solution, where it appears as a gelatinous precipitate that will dissolve in dilute acids, among other substances. It can also be prepared by electrolysis of thorium nitrates. It is stable from 260–450 °C; at 470 °C and above it continuously decomposes to become thoria. It easily absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide to form the", "title": "Compounds of thorium" }, { "docid": "204382", "text": "dipole forces are similar to dipole-dipole and dipole-induced dipole interactions but involve ions, instead of only polar and non-polar molecules. Ion-dipole and ion-induced dipole forces are stronger than dipole-dipole interactions because the charge of any ion is much greater than the charge of a dipole moment. Ion-dipole bonding is stronger than hydrogen bonding. An ion–dipole force consists of an ion and a polar molecule interacting. They align so that the positive and negative groups are next to one another, allowing maximum attraction. An ion-induced dipole force consists of an ion and a non-polar molecule interacting. Like a dipole-induced dipole force,", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "13883475", "text": "results, it demonstrated 99% inhibition on the hERG ion channel. That inhibition was unacceptable since it can lead to QTc interval prolongation. The research team then did a few modifications to see which part of the molecule played a role in the hERG affinity. Compound 5 shows an analogue that they synthesized which contained an oxygen bridgehead in the tropane ring; however, that reconstruction did not have an effect on the hERG affinity. They then focused on the polar surface area in the molecule to dial out the hERG affinity. These efforts resulted in compound 6. That compound preserved desired", "title": "CCR5 receptor antagonist" }, { "docid": "3842877", "text": "Icosane Icosane (alternative spelling eicosane) is an alkane with the chemical formula CH. It has 366,319 constitutional isomers. Icosane has little use in the petrochemical industry, as its high flash point makes it an inefficient fuel. \"n\"-Icosane (the straight-chain structural isomer of icosane) is the shortest compound found in paraffin waxes used to form candles. Icosane's size, state or chemical inactivity does not exclude it from the traits its smaller alkane counterparts have. It is a colorless, non-polar molecule, nearly unreactive except when it burns. It is less dense than and insoluble in water. Its non-polar trait means it can", "title": "Icosane" }, { "docid": "204387", "text": "permanent multipole on one molecule with an induced (by the former di/multi-pole) multipole on another. This interaction is called the \"Debye force\", named after Peter J. W. Debye. One example of an induction interaction between permanent dipole and induced dipole is the interaction between HCl and Ar. In this system, Ar experiences a dipole as its electrons are attracted (to the H side of HCl) or repelled (from the Cl side) by HCl. The angle averaged interaction is given by the following equation: where formula_6 = polarizability. This kind of interaction can be expected between any polar molecule and non-polar/symmetrical", "title": "Intermolecular force" }, { "docid": "42868", "text": "Some are aromatic, while others are not. Some are flexible, while others are rigid. Lipids are usually made from one molecule of glycerol combined with other molecules. In triglycerides, the main group of bulk lipids, there is one molecule of glycerol and three fatty acids. Fatty acids are considered the monomer in that case, and may be saturated (no double bonds in the carbon chain) or unsaturated (one or more double bonds in the carbon chain). Most lipids have some polar character in addition to being largely nonpolar. In general, the bulk of their structure is nonpolar or hydrophobic (\"water-fearing\"),", "title": "Biochemistry" }, { "docid": "14500665", "text": "it is possible to measure much deeper into the sample than when using TIRF. Fluorescence signal is detected either using ultra sensitive CCD or scientific CMOS cameras for wide field microscopy or SPADs for confocal microscopy. Once the single molecule intensities vs. time are available the FRET efficiency can be computed for each FRET pair as a function of time and thereby it is possible to follow kinetic events on the single molecule scale and to build FRET histograms showing the distribution of states in each molecule. However, data from many FRET pairs must be recorded and combined in order", "title": "Single-molecule FRET" }, { "docid": "103307", "text": "the highest dipole moments because it is an ionic compound that exists as a molecule in the gas phase. The overall dipole moment of a molecule may be approximated as a vector sum of bond dipole moments. As a vector sum it depends on the relative orientation of the bonds, so that from the dipole moment information can be deduced about the molecular geometry. For example, the zero dipole of CO implies that the two C=O bond dipole moments cancel so that the molecule must be linear. For HO the O−H bond moments do not cancel because the molecule is", "title": "Dipole" }, { "docid": "11559920", "text": "have been presented in responsa and are reviewed in a 2005 essay by rabbi J. David Bleich. And, in a more recent STAR-K Kosher Certification article published in Kashrus Kurrents, Summer, 2007, \"When Does One Pray When There is No Day\", by Rabbi Dovid Heber: https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/travel/515/when-does-one-pray-when-there-is-no-day/. The definition of a \"day\" in polar regions affects mitzvot that must be performed during the day, or at a particular time of day. It also affects the passage of time in the Jewish calendar for the purpose of observing Shabbat and other Jewish holidays. A long list of mitzvot must be performed at", "title": "Jewish law in the polar regions" }, { "docid": "19591721", "text": "most important application of 11-aminoundecanoic acid is its use as a monomer for polyamide 11 (also: nylon-11). Wallace Carothers, the inventor of polyamide (nylon 66), is said to have polymerized 11-aminoundecanoic acid as early as 1931. Although polyamide 11 is derived from a renewable raw material (i.e. biobased), it is not biodegradable. Nevertheless, it has the most advantageous ecological profile of comparable thermoplastics. Due to its excellent toughness at low temperatures, polyamide 11 can be used at temperatures as low as -70 °C. Its relatively non-polar molecular structure due to the low frequency of amide bonds in the molecule results", "title": "11-Aminoundecanoic acid" }, { "docid": "462211", "text": "higher than that of air (1.0), similar to those of alkanes and ethanol, but lower than those of glycerol (1.473), benzene (1.501), carbon disulfide (1.627), and common types of glass (1.4 to 1.6). The refraction index of ice (1.31) is lower than that of liquid water. Since the water molecule is not linear and the oxygen atom has a higher electronegativity than hydrogen atoms, it is a polar molecule, with an electrical dipole moment: the oxygen atom carries a slight negative charge, whereas the hydrogen atoms are slightly positive. Water is a good polar solvent, that dissolves many salts and", "title": "Water" }, { "docid": "11776078", "text": "attraction between the two molecules. Debye forces, or dipole-induced dipole interactions, can also play a role in dispersive adhesion. These come about when a nonpolar molecule becomes temporarily polarized due to interactions with a nearby polar molecule. This “induced dipole” in the nonpolar molecule then is attracted to the permanent dipole, yielding a Debye attraction. Sometimes grouped into the chemical mechanism of adhesion, hydrogen bonding can increase adhesive strength by the dispersive mechanism. Hydrogen bonding occurs between molecules with a hydrogen atom attached to a small, electronegative atom such as fluorine, oxygen or nitrogen. This bond is naturally polar, with", "title": "Dispersive adhesion" }, { "docid": "8824079", "text": "Even non-polar bonded silicas have been used with extremely high organic solvent composition, when the silica used for the chromatographic media was particularly polar. With that exception, HILIC phases can be grouped into five categories of neutral polar or ionic surfaces: A typical mobile phase for HILIC chromatography includes acetonitrile (\"MeCN\", also designated as \"ACN\") with a small amount of water. However, any aprotic solvent miscible with water (e.g. THF or dioxane) can be used. Alcohols can also be used, however, their concentration must be higher to achieve the same degree of retention for an analyte relative to an aprotic", "title": "Hydrophilic interaction chromatography" }, { "docid": "2819120", "text": "microwave spectrum can be observed for centrosymmetric linear molecules such as (dinitrogen) or HCCH (ethyne), which are non-polar. Tetrahedral molecules such as (methane), which have both a zero dipole moment and isotropic polarizability, would not have a pure rotation spectrum but for the effect of centrifugal distortion; when the molecule rotates about a 3-fold symmetry axis a small dipole moment is created, allowing a weak rotation spectrum to be observed by microwave spectroscopy. With symmetric tops, the selection rule for electric-dipole-allowed pure rotation transitions is Δ\"K\" = 0, Δ\"J\" = ±1. Since these transitions are due to absorption (or emission)", "title": "Rotational spectroscopy" }, { "docid": "2797381", "text": "14 million years ago. Their common ancestor must have existed even earlier than that. Although polar bears spend most of their time on the ice rather than in the water, polar bears show the beginnings of aquatic adaptation to swimming (high levels of body fat and nostrils that are able to close), diving, and thermoregulation. Distinctly polar bear fossils can be dated to about 100,000 years ago. The polar bear has thick fur and layers of fat on its body to protect it from the cold. Proponents of the aquatic ape hypothesis believe that part of human evolution includes some", "title": "Secondarily aquatic tetrapods" }, { "docid": "2282048", "text": "are arranged tetrahedrally around the carbon atom. Each bond has polarity (though not very strong). However, the bonds are arranged symmetrically so there is no overall dipole in the molecule. The diatomic oxygen molecule (O) does not have polarity in the covalent bond because of equal electronegativity, hence there is no polarity in the molecule. Large molecules that have one end with polar groups attached and another end with nonpolar groups are described as amphiphiles or \"amphiphilic\" molecules. They are good surfactants and can aid in the formation of stable emulsions, or blends, of water and fats. Surfactants reduce the", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "5550482", "text": "bonds, covalent bonds between atoms that thus become oppositely charged. In the case of a water molecule, the hydrogen atoms carry positive charges while the oxygen atom has a negative charge. This charge polarization within the molecule allows it to align with adjacent molecules through strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding, rendering the bulk liquid cohesive. Van der Waals gases such as methane, however, have weak cohesion due only to van der Waals forces that operate by induced polarity in non-polar molecules. Cohesion, along with adhesion (attraction between unlike molecules), helps explain phenomena such as meniscus, surface tension and capillary action. Mercury", "title": "Cohesion (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "17119583", "text": "the read lengths of the next-generation sequencing technologies. Therefore, there is an increased interest in developing single-molecule sequencing technologies, where no amplification is required. This not only shortens the preparation time for the sequencing libraries, it also has the potential to achieve much longer read lengths, as the lagging molecules with failed extensions can be ignored or considered separately. Previously known single-molecule sequencing technologies include Nanopore sequencing (Oxford Nanopore), SMRT sequencing (Pacific Biosciences), and Heliscope single molecule sequencing (Helicos Biosciences). The DNA molecule of interest must be incorporated into a hairpin, and attached to a magnetic bead on one end", "title": "Single-molecule magnetic sequencing" }, { "docid": "20690724", "text": "compatible for RF Welding. Other plastics commonly RF Welded include PET, nylons, thermoplastic polyurethanes, cellulose acetate, EVA, and PVDC. It is possible to weld non-polar plastics by using a conductive-composite implant. The heating mechanism in Radio Frequency plastic welding is dielectric heating. When an electric field is applied to a dipole molecule, the polarity of the molecule will cause it to align itself with the electrical field. When an alternating electrical field is applied, the molecule will continuously try to align itself with the alternating electrical field leading to molecular rotation. This process is not instantaneous therefore if the frequency", "title": "Radio frequency welding" }, { "docid": "10294053", "text": "processes and pathways in the cell. L567.5 rRNA structure is approximately 150 nucleotides in size and it consists of plenty of folded strands, some of which are presumed to be single stranded. This ribosomal RNA works in sync with the 28S rRNA molecule in various ways, i.e. in the folding of the 5.8S rRNA molecule structure. The 5.8S and 28S rRNA have both an ITS 1 and ITS 2 (Internal transcribed spacer) and a 5’ and 3’ ETS (External transcribed spacer) that is between them. The ITS and ETS are necessary because they must be cleaved in order for the", "title": "5.8S ribosomal RNA" }, { "docid": "1683207", "text": "and brought to the surface of the cell by the class I MHC molecule, where they can be recognized by the T cell. If the TCR is specific for that antigen, it binds to the complex of the class I MHC molecule and the antigen, and the T cell destroys the cell. In order for the TCR to bind to the class I MHC molecule, the former must be accompanied by a glycoprotein called CD8, which binds to the constant portion of the class I MHC molecule. Therefore, these T cells are called CD8+ T cells. The affinity between CD8", "title": "Cytotoxic T cell" }, { "docid": "6049754", "text": "the ester molecule may undergo a nucleophilic substitution called transesterification. If the starting material is an ethyl ester, trans-esterification is irrelevant since the product is identical to the starting material. In practice, the alcohol/alkoxide solvating mixture must match the alkoxy components of the reacting esters to minimize the number of different products. Many alkoxides are prepared by salt metathesis from sodium ethoxide. Sodium ethoxide is a strong base, and is therefore corrosive. Sodium ethoxide Sodium ethoxide (also is the organic compound with the formula CHONa) is a white to yellowish powder that dissolves in polar solvents such as ethanol. It", "title": "Sodium ethoxide" }, { "docid": "11116750", "text": "released from the active site, the scissile amide must abstract a second proton from the coordinated water molecule. Alternatively, it has been shown for thermolysin (another metalloproteinase) that the amide product can be released in its neutral (R-NH2) form. The carboxylate product is released after a water molecule attacks the zinc ion and displaces the carboxylate product. The release of the carboxylate product is thought to be the rate-limiting step in the reaction. In addition to the water molecule directly involved in the mechanism, a second water molecule is suggested to be a part of the MMP-3 active site. This", "title": "MMP3" }, { "docid": "4838673", "text": "Strain (chemistry) In chemistry, a molecule experiences strain when its chemical structure undergoes some stress which raises its internal energy in comparison to a strain-free reference compound. The internal energy of a molecule consists of all the energy stored within it. A strained molecule has an additional amount of internal energy which an unstrained molecule does not. This extra internal energy, or strain energy, can be likened to a compressed spring. Much like a compressed spring must be held in place to prevent release of its potential energy, a molecule can be held in an energetically unfavorable conformation by the", "title": "Strain (chemistry)" }, { "docid": "4480096", "text": "the more it fails. The reason for this is that particles have been supposed to be spherical and able to react in all directions, which is not true, as the orientation of the collisions is not always proper for the reaction. For example, in the hydrogenation reaction of ethylene the H molecule must approach the bonding zone between the atoms, and only a few of all the possible collisions fulfill this requirement. To alleviate this problem, a new concept must be introduced: the steric factor ρ. It is defined as the ratio between the experimental value and the predicted one", "title": "Collision theory" }, { "docid": "778381", "text": "Born–Oppenheimer approximation In quantum chemistry and molecular physics, the Born–Oppenheimer (BO) approximation is the assumption that the motion of atomic nuclei and electrons in a molecule can be separated. The approach is named after Max Born, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. In mathematical terms, it allows the wavefunction of a molecule to be broken into its electronic and nuclear (vibrational, rotational) components. Computation of the energy and the wavefunction of an average-size molecule is simplified by the approximation. For example, the benzene molecule consists of 12 nuclei and 42 electrons. The time independent Schrödinger equation, which must be solved to obtain", "title": "Born–Oppenheimer approximation" }, { "docid": "517689", "text": "E and the dipole moment M gives rise to the behavior of the dielectric, which, for a given material, can be characterized by the function F defined by the equation: When both the type of electric field and the type of material have been defined, one then chooses the simplest function \"F\" that correctly predicts the phenomena of interest. Examples of phenomena that can be so modeled include: Dipolar polarization is a polarization that is either inherent to polar molecules (orientation polarization), or can be induced in any molecule in which the asymmetric distortion of the nuclei is possible (distortion", "title": "Dielectric" }, { "docid": "16177373", "text": "from the retrovirus must produce a DNA copy from its RNA molecule before it can be integrated into the genetic material of the host cell. The process of producing a DNA copy from an RNA molecule is termed reverse transcription. It is carried out by one of the enzymes carried in the virus, called reverse transcriptase. After this DNA copy is produced and is free in the nucleus of the host cell, it must be incorporated into the genome of the host cell. That is, it must be inserted into the large DNA molecules in the cell (the chromosomes). This", "title": "Vectors in gene therapy" }, { "docid": "544719", "text": "a partial positive charge. Polar solvent molecules can solvate polar solutes and ions because they can orient the appropriate partially charged portion of the molecule towards the solute through electrostatic attraction. This stabilizes the system and creates a solvation shell (or hydration shell in the case of water) around each particle of solute. The solvent molecules in the immediate vicinity of a solute particle often have a much different ordering than the rest of the solvent, and this area of differently ordered solvent molecules is called the cybotactic region. Water is the most common and well-studied polar solvent, but others", "title": "Solvation" }, { "docid": "5357720", "text": "Products that contain 2-butoxyethanol include acrylic resin formulations, asphalt release agents, firefighting foam, leather protectors, oil spill dispersants, degreaser applications, photographic strip solutions, whiteboard cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, dry cleaning solutions, lacquers, varnishes, herbicides, latex paints, enamels, printing paste, and varnish removers, and silicone caulk. Products containing this compound are commonly found at construction sites, automobile repair shops, print shops, and facilities that produce sterilizing and cleaning products. It is the main ingredient of many home, commercial and industrial cleaning solutions. Since the molecule has both non-polar and polar ends, butoxyethanol is useful for removing both polar and non-polar substances,", "title": "2-Butoxyethanol" }, { "docid": "4320936", "text": "different vibrational states. In a fundamental vibration, the molecule is excited from its ground state (\"v\" = 0) to the first excited state (\"v\" = 1). The symmetry of the ground-state wave function is the same as that of the molecule. It is, therefore, a basis for the totally symmetric representation in the point group of the molecule. It follows that, for a vibrational transition to be allowed, the symmetry of the excited state wave function must be the same as the symmetry of the transition moment operator. In infrared spectroscopy, the transition moment operator transforms as either \"x\" and/or", "title": "Selection rule" }, { "docid": "978018", "text": "chain. The reaction can produce mixed products, depending on the degree of substitution of nitrogen, or the percent nitrogen content on each cellulose molecule; cellulose nitrate has 2.8 molecule of nitrogen per molecule of cellulose. It was determined that sulfuric acid was to be used as well in the reaction in order to first, catalyze the nitric acid groups so it can allow for the substitution onto the cellulose, and second, allow for the groups to easily and uniformly attach to the fibers, creating a better quality nitrocellulose. The product then must be rinsed to wash away any free acids", "title": "Celluloid" }, { "docid": "885554", "text": "portion is hydrophobic and non-polar. The non-polar section has little or no affinity for water, and so this section orients as far away from the water as possible. However, the polar section is attracted to the water and has little or no affinity for the air. Therefore, the molecule orients with the polar section in the water, with the non-polar section in the air. Two primary proteins that are commonly used as aerators in marshmallows are albumen (egg whites) and gelatin. Albumen is a mixture of proteins found in egg whites, and is utilized for its capacity to create foams.", "title": "Marshmallow" }, { "docid": "14671820", "text": "are constants. This equation is usually solved by the ansatz formula_29, but through use of log-polar radius, it can be changed into an equation with constant coefficients: When considering Laplace's equation, formula_31 and formula_32 so the equation for formula_2 takes the simple form When solving the Dirichlet problem in Cartesian coordinates, these are exactly the equations for formula_35 and formula_36. Thus, once again the natural choice for a domain with rotational symmetry is not polar, but rather log-polar, coordinates. In order to solve a PDE numerically in a domain, a discrete coordinate system must be introduced in this domain. If", "title": "Log-polar coordinates" }, { "docid": "949374", "text": "meant that the recorded measurement must not be erased. In other words, to determine whether to let a molecule through, the demon must acquire information about the state of the molecule and either discard it or store it. Discarding it leads to immediate increase in entropy but the demon cannot store it indefinitely: In 1982, Charles Bennett showed that, however well prepared, eventually the demon will run out of information storage space and must begin to erase the information it has previously gathered. Erasing information is a thermodynamically irreversible process that increases the entropy of a system. Although Bennett had", "title": "Maxwell's demon" }, { "docid": "4226632", "text": "phase. When a colored chemical sample is placed on a filter paper, the colors separate from the sample by placing one end of the paper in a solvent. The solvent diffuses up the paper, dissolving the various molecules in the sample according to the polarities of the molecules and the solvent. If the sample contains more than one color, that means it must have more than one kind of molecule. Because of the different chemical structures of each kind of molecule, the chances are very high that each molecule will have at least a slightly different polarity, giving each molecule", "title": "Paper chromatography" }, { "docid": "3732941", "text": "under increasingly alkaline pH), but rather due to the formation of metal complexes with charged/polar moieties on fexofenadine. As suggested by Shehnaza \"et al\" (2014), various sites of the molecule are thought to be responsible for this interaction, including the piperidine nitrogen, the carboxylic acid (-COOH) group, and both hydroxyl (-OH) groups. Meals with high amounts of fat decrease the absorption of fexofenadine by about 50%. Fexofenadine is a pregnancy category C and should only be used if the benefits outweigh the risks. No studies have been done to evaluate the presence of fexofenadine in breast milk. Therefore, nursing women", "title": "Fexofenadine" }, { "docid": "9085652", "text": "a mix of polar and non-polar regions that create a specific binding between ligand and receptor. The interface between the molecules has been shown to be extensive. Structural data on the IL-33 molecule was determined by solution NMR and small angle X-ray scattering. Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a cytokine belonging to the IL-1 superfamily. IL-33 induces helper T cells, mast cells, eosinophils and basophils to produce type 2 cytokines. This cytokine was previously named NF-HEV 'nuclear factor (NF) in high endothelial venules' (HEVs) since it was originally identified in these specialized cells. IL-33 acts intracellularly as a nuclear factor and", "title": "Interleukin 33" }, { "docid": "11279844", "text": "a hydrophobic environment. These pigments are in contact with a number of non-polar, hydrophobic residues. BChl \"a\" molecules that absorb at 800nm are present in a relatively polar environment. The formulated N-terminus of the alpha polypeptide, a nearby histidine, and a water molecule are responsible for this. See chlorosomes. See cyanobacteria. Bacterial antenna complex Bacterial antenna complex proteins are the main light-absorbing components in photosynthetic bacteria. Also known as a light-harvesting complex/system, the bacterial antenna complex is responsible for the transfer of solar energy to the photosynthetic reaction centre. The bacterial antenna complexes of all photosynthetic bacteria have similar features.", "title": "Bacterial antenna complex" }, { "docid": "7781650", "text": "The topology equation shows that there is a one-to-one relationship between changes in Tw and Wr. For example, if a secondary \"Watson-Crick\" twist is removed, then a right-handed supertwist must have been removed simultaneously (or, if the chromosome is relaxed, with no supertwists, then a left-handed supertwist must be added). The change in the linking number, ΔLk, is the actual number of turns in the plasmid/molecule, Lk, minus the number of turns in the relaxed plasmid/molecule Lk. If the DNA is negatively supercoiled ΔLk < 0. The negative supercoiling implies that the DNA is underwound. A standard expression independent of", "title": "DNA supercoil" }, { "docid": "15666115", "text": "is equally likely to accept a molecule of adsorbate: where: The equilibrium constant for this reaction is then defined as: The equilibrium constant is related to the equilibrium surface coverage \"\", which is given by: where: Because many polymers are composed of primarily of hydrocarbon chains with at most slightly polar functional groups, they tend to have low surface energies and thus adsorb rather poorly. While this can be advantageous for some applications, modification of polymer surfaces is crucial for many other applications in which adhering a substrate to its surface is vital for optimal performance. For example, many applications", "title": "Polymer adsorption" }, { "docid": "6042026", "text": "could have important catalytic effects because of its orientation in the middle of the active site and its interactions with the alpha hydroxyl group of the substrate. Glu418, which is located in the deepest region of the active site, plays a critical role in stabilizing the TPP cofactor. To be specific, it is involved in the cofactor-assisted proton abstraction from the substrate molecule. The phosphate group of the substrate also plays an important role in stabilizing the substrate upon its entrance into the active site. The tight ionic and polar interactions between this phosphate group and the residues Arg359, Arg528,", "title": "Transketolase" }, { "docid": "2282040", "text": "bond, which is an approximate function of the difference in electronegativity between the two bonded atoms. He estimated that a difference of 1.7 corresponds to 50% ionic character, so that a greater difference corresponds to a bond which is predominantly ionic. As a quantum-mechanical description, Pauling proposed that the wave function for a polar molecule AB is a linear combination of wave functions for covalent and ionic molecules: ψ = aψ(A:B) + bψ(AB). The amount of covalent and ionic character depends on the values of the squared coefficients a and b. While the molecules can be described as \"polar covalent\",", "title": "Chemical polarity" }, { "docid": "5195521", "text": "the transition state. A given radical formula_16 and a monomer formula_17 are considered to have intrinsic reactivities P and Q, respectively. The polar effects in the transition state, the supposed permanent electric charge carried by that entity (radical or molecule), is quantified by the factor \"e\", which is a constant for a given monomer, and has the same value for the radical derived from that specific monomer. For addition of monomer 2 to a growing polymer chain whose active end is the radical of monomer 1, the rate constant, \"k\", is postulated to be related to the four relevant reactivity", "title": "Radical polymerization" }, { "docid": "6184875", "text": "nitrations as required for the preparation of pesticides and pharmaceuticals. It is used as a color inhibitor for fibers (e.g. polyester) and other polymers. With an LD50 of 2g/kg for rats, trimethylphosphate is expected to have low acute toxicity. Trimethyl phosphate Trimethyl phosphate is the trimethyl ester of phosphoric acid. It is a colourless, nonvolatile liquid. It has some specialized uses in the production of other compounds. Trimethyl phosphate is prepared by treating phosphorus oxychloride with methanol in the presence of an amine base: It is a tetrahedral molecule that is a weakly polar solvent. Trimethyl phosphate is a mild", "title": "Trimethyl phosphate" }, { "docid": "12182909", "text": "it is easier to solve in polar coordinates. However, it is important to note that equation () refers to linear acceleration formula_45 as opposed to angular formula_46 or radial formula_47 acceleration. Therefore, one must be cautious when transforming the equation. Introducing a cartesian coordinate system formula_48 and polar unit vectors formula_49 in the plane orthogonal to formula_44: We can now rewrite the vector function formula_12 and its derivatives as: (see \"Vector calculus\"). Substituting these into (), we find: This gives the non-ordinary polar differential equation: In order to solve this equation, we must first eliminate all time derivatives. We find", "title": "Kepler orbit" }, { "docid": "9911946", "text": "and non-polar side chains. Folding is driven by the burial of hydrophobic side chains into the interior of the molecule so to avoid contact with the aqueous environment. Generally proteins have a core of hydrophobic residues surrounded by a shell of hydrophilic residues. Since the peptide bonds themselves are polar they are neutralised by hydrogen bonding with each other when in the hydrophobic environment. This gives rise to regions of the polypeptide that form regular 3D structural patterns called secondary structure. There are two main types of secondary structure: α-helices and β-sheets. Some simple combinations of secondary structure elements have", "title": "Protein domain" }, { "docid": "1573542", "text": "oxidation number IV in all three species). However, the utility of the oxidation number concept for a covalent molecule, even a polar covalent molecule, is ambiguous. The silicon atom could be rationalized as having the highest formal oxidation state and partial positive charge in SiCl and the lowest formal oxidation state in SiH since Cl is far more electronegative than is H. An alternative industrial process for the preparation of very high purity silane, suitable for use in the production of semiconductor grade silicon, starts with metallurgical grade silicon, hydrogen, and silicon tetrachloride and involves a complex series of redistribution", "title": "Silane" }, { "docid": "77713", "text": "a polar covalent bond such as with H−Cl. However polarity also requires geometric asymmetry, or else dipoles may cancel out resulting in a non-polar molecule. There are several types of structures for covalent substances, including individual molecules, molecular structures, macromolecular structures and giant covalent structures. Individual molecules have strong bonds that hold the atoms together, but there are negligible forces of attraction between molecules. Such covalent substances are usually gases, for example, HCl, SO, CO, and CH. In molecular structures, there are weak forces of attraction. Such covalent substances are low-boiling-temperature liquids (such as ethanol), and low-melting-temperature solids (such as", "title": "Covalent bond" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5547657", "text": "and Elizabeth's first wedding is seen is Nat King Cole's \"L-O-V-E\". The song used in the end credits, in which photos of Nick and Elizabeth's second wedding is seen, is his daughter Natalie Cole's \"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)\". The instrumental music featured prominently in the hotel scene where the girls and their parents cross paths serendipitously is \"In the Mood\", which was previously made famous by the Glenn Miller band. Later in the hotel, Hallie sings a few bars of \"Let's Get Together\", a tune from the first version of the film that was a hit for its", "title": "The Parent Trap (1998 film)" }, { "docid": "5547657", "text": "and Elizabeth's first wedding is seen is Nat King Cole's \"L-O-V-E\". The song used in the end credits, in which photos of Nick and Elizabeth's second wedding is seen, is his daughter Natalie Cole's \"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)\". The instrumental music featured prominently in the hotel scene where the girls and their parents cross paths serendipitously is \"In the Mood\", which was previously made famous by the Glenn Miller band. Later in the hotel, Hallie sings a few bars of \"Let's Get Together\", a tune from the first version of the film that was a hit for its", "title": "The Parent Trap (1998 film)" }, { "docid": "11019253", "text": "L-O-V-E \"L-O-V-E\" is a song recorded by American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole for his studio album \"L-O-V-E\" (1965). The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee Gillette. The trumpet solo was performed by Bobby Bryant. The song had previously appeared as an instrumental track on Kaempfert's album \"Blue Midnight\" (1964). For international versions of the \"L-O-V-E\" album, Nat King Cole also recorded versions of \"L-O-V-E\" and other songs, in Japanese (mixed with English words), Italian, German, Spanish and French. In this last language, the song was renamed \"\"Je Ne", "title": "L-O-V-E" }, { "docid": "13300095", "text": "L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album) L-O-V-E is the final studio album by the American singer Nat King Cole. It was arranged by Ralph Carmichael. \"L-O-V-E\" was Cole's last album, and was released shortly before his death in February 1965. The songs \"The Girl from Ipanema\", \"My Kind of Girl\" and \"More (Theme From \"Mondo Cane\")\" were recorded December 1–3, 1964, shortly after Cole's diagnosis with lung cancer, and were the last recordings he made. It peaked at #4 on the \"Billboard\" Albums chart in the spring of 1965. The initial \"Billboard\" magazine review from January 30, 1965 commented that it", "title": "L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album)" }, { "docid": "13300096", "text": "was \"One of the finest Nat Cole albums to date! He's in great form as he breathes new life into some fine standard material...The title tune is a Cole classic!\". L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album) L-O-V-E is the final studio album by the American singer Nat King Cole. It was arranged by Ralph Carmichael. \"L-O-V-E\" was Cole's last album, and was released shortly before his death in February 1965. The songs \"The Girl from Ipanema\", \"My Kind of Girl\" and \"More (Theme From \"Mondo Cane\")\" were recorded December 1–3, 1964, shortly after Cole's diagnosis with lung cancer, and were the", "title": "L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album)" } ]

[ { "docid": "14600771", "text": "Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold January 12: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 17: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 18: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold January 19: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold January 20: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 23: \"Don't Forget About Us\" - Mariah Carey January 24: \"Hung Up\" - Madonna January 25: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 26: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 30: \"Don't Forget About Us\" - Mariah Carey January 31: \"Don't Forget About Us\" - Mariah Carey February 1: \"Don't Forget", "title": "TRL's Number Ones" }, { "docid": "961644", "text": "\"Levi Jacket (And a Long Tail Shirt)\", \"Pop, Let Me Have the Car\", \"Pink Pedal Pushers\", \"Any Way the Wind Blows\", \"Hambone\", \"Pointed Toe Shoes\", \"Sister Twister\", \"L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E\" and other songs. In 1959, he wrote the country-and-western song \"The Ballad of Boot Hill\" for Johnny Cash, who recorded it on an EP for Columbia Records. In the same year, Perkins was cast in a Filipino movie produced by People's Pictures, \"Hawaiian Boy\", in which he sang \"Blue Suede Shoes\". He performed often at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas in 1962 and 1963. During this time he toured nine", "title": "Carl Perkins" }, { "docid": "14559782", "text": "\" n u l l \" ] , \" n a m 0000240 e \" : \" f a v o r i t e _ n u 0000260 m b e r \" } , { \" t y p e \" : 0000300 [ \" s t r i n g \" , \" n u l 0000320 l \" ] , \" n a m e \" : \" f a 0000360 024 a v r o . c o d e c \\b n u l l 0000400 \\0 211 266 / 030 334 ˪ **", "title": "Apache Avro" }, { "docid": "15267558", "text": "Sloane 3853: h, t, o, e, x, o, r, a, b, a, s, l, a, y, q, c, i, y, s, t, a, l, g, a, a, o, n, o, s, v, l, a, r, y, c, e, k, s, p, f, y, o, m, e, n, e, a, u, a, r, e, l, a, t, e, d, a, t, o, n, o, n, a, o, y, l, e, p, o, t, m, a), the sum forming the Shemhamphorasch, the ineffable name of God (\"magnum nomen Domini Semenphoras licterarum 72\"), showing a clear link to Jewish tradition. Next to the", "title": "Sigillum Dei" }, { "docid": "14600772", "text": "About Us\" - Mariah Carey February 2: \"Don't Forget About Us\" - Mariah Carey February 6: \"Hung Up\" - Madonna February 7: \"Move Along\" - The All-American Rejects February 8: \"Move Along\" - The All-American Rejects February 9: \"Move Along\" - The All-American Rejects February 13: \"Move Along\" - The All-American Rejects February 14: \"Move Along\" - The All-American Rejects February 15: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson February 16: \"Goodbye For Now\" - P. O. D. February 21: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson February 22: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson February 23: \"Sorry\" -", "title": "TRL's Number Ones" }, { "docid": "1752216", "text": "are the second in these pairs, together with the corresponding kerning values. Here are a few examples of glyph classes in the Minion Pro font for the first character in a kerning pair: (d i l u), (h m n), (j q), (b o p), (v w y), (D O Q), (H I), (V W); and for the second character in a pair: (f i m n r), (h k l), (j p t u), (c d e o q), (v w y), (C G O Q), (B D E F H I K L N P R). A type", "title": "Kerning" }, { "docid": "11019256", "text": "studio album, \"Volare\" (2009). The song was covered on the musical comedy \"Glee\" in the season 3 Valentine's Day special episode \"Heart\". The characters Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr.) performed both the vocals and dance routine as a duet. Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall included the song in her 2017 studio album \"Turn Up the Quiet\". Damian McGinty, a member of the Irish stage production Celtic Thunder, covered the song for their most recent CD/DVD set \"Celtic Thunder X\" (2018). L-O-V-E \"L-O-V-E\" is a song recorded by American singer and jazz pianist Nat", "title": "L-O-V-E" }, { "docid": "15063191", "text": "that A-Wei, who impressed the director with his wushu skills, has been invited to guest star in the film. The name of the film has since been changed to \"Martial Spirit\" (武動青春), and a trailer was shown at Lollipop's \"I am Legend\" concert in Hong Kong. Prince and members of Choc7 took part in the film \"L-O-V-E\" (愛到底 L-O-V-E), which consists of four short films directed by four different directors. The film was released on March 6, 2009. As one of Channel [V]'s Chinese New Year programs, a short film called 狼牙棒 aired on January 26, 2009. The short film", "title": "Lollipop F" }, { "docid": "8821916", "text": "What We've Got,\" written by Hal David and performed by Marilyn McCoo. It appears in the opening credits while clips from the original \"The Parent Trap\" movie play, and is reprised in the closing credits when the final scene (Nicki and Mary, as junior bridesmaids/flower girls, walk up the aisle after their parents' wedding) is frozen. Other songs in the film include \"Nothin' At All,\" sung by Andrea Robinson, who would later voice Ariel's mother, Athena, in Disney's \"\", and \"Stand Back,\" sung by Stephanie Mills. The Parent Trap II The Parent Trap II is a 1986 American made-for-television comedy", "title": "The Parent Trap II" }, { "docid": "16075990", "text": "read in Zo ccaw( Zo literature) today. Historical records are needed to confirm the identity of these people groups. A AW B C CC (cc sounds like 'th' in English) D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z a aw b c cc d e f g h I j k l m n o p r s t u v y z Vowels in Zo Ccaw A AW E I O U Y Zotung (Chin) people are heavily affected by natural disaster that hits the country in", "title": "Zotung" }, { "docid": "4087909", "text": "always been fairly small, even before the Europeans invaded, because of the limited resources that each atoll had, which limited the number of people that could be supported on each. Tokelauan is written in the Latin script, albeit only using 15 letters: A, E, I, O, U, F, G, K, L, M, N, P, H, T, and V. Its alphabet consists of 5 vowels: a (pronounced: /a/), e (pronounced: /e/), i (pronounced: /i/), o (pronounced: /o/) and u (pronounced: /u/); and 10 consonants: /p t k f v h m n ŋ l/, /ŋ/ spelled g Long vowels are marked", "title": "Tokelauan language" }, { "docid": "14559781", "text": "\" r e c 0000040 o r d \" , \" n a m e s p a c e 0000060 \" : \" e x a m p l e . a v r o 0000100 \" , \" n a m e \" : \" U s e r 0000120 \" , \" f i e l d s \" : [ { \" 0000140 t y p e \" : \" s t r i n g \" , 0000200 , { \" t y p e \" : [ \" i n t 0000220 \" ,", "title": "Apache Avro" }, { "docid": "12229746", "text": "B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z • see also \"Jump to:\" 0-9 • A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V •", "title": "Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols" }, { "docid": "3083715", "text": "without the ascenders/descenders] Y, y = j [vertically mirrored Г] = ġ З, з [a clockwise-turned U] = ħ I, i = i J, j = j K, k = k [I with a small c superimposed on it] L, l = l M, m = m N, n = n O, o = o P, p = p R, r = r S, s = s Ɯ, ɯ = x V, v = v U, u = u W, w = w Z, z = z Ʒ, ʒ = ż Æ, æ = final e Five grave accented vowels", "title": "Maltese alphabet" }, { "docid": "13227827", "text": "Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights is Bobby Vinton's eleventh studio album, released in 1965. This album was released to capitalize on the success of Vinton's big hit \"Mr. Lonely\" and his album of the same name by containing only songs that refer to loneliness. There were two singles from this album: \"Long Lonely Nights\" (previously a minor hit for Lee Andrews & the Hearts then for Clyde McPhatter in 1957 and then for The Four Seasons in 1964) and Vinton's self-penned \"L-O-N-E-L-Y\". Cover versions include \"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the", "title": "Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights" }, { "docid": "15418616", "text": "of known scholars had the experience of Klejn's seminar: V. S. Bochkarev, V. A. Safronov, M. B. Shchukin, G. S. Lebedev, V. A. Bulkin, B. A. Raev, Yu.Yu. Piotrovsky, I. V. Dubov, E. N. Nosov, Yu. M. Lesman, L. B. Vishnyatsky, E. M. Kolpakov, O. A. Shcheglova, A. D. Rezepkin, V. Ya. Stegantseva, V. A. Dergachev, A. A. Kovalev, A. M. Smirnov, S. Zh. Pustovalov, and many others. V. A. Lynsha and other students who came to Leningrad from other universities, in order to supplement their training, also established themselves as Klejn's pupils. Those who studied under Klejn's guidance or", "title": "Leo Klejn" }, { "docid": "18261164", "text": "O. E. L. \"Bud\" Graves O. E. L. Graves (1897 - 1971) was an American artist and painter/sculptor based in Palm Springs, California during Hollywood's golden years. His client list included many of the rich and famous of his era, from movie stars (Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Janet Gaynor) to business magnates (Raymond Loewys, George R. Hearst Sr.) to shady criminal kingpins. His own personal life was just as full of high intrigue and secrecy as the famous clients he cultivated. As a result, his need to maintain a relatively low profile in his private life has relegated", "title": "O. E. L. \"Bud\" Graves" }, { "docid": "2613191", "text": "is noted by the \"Guinness Book of World Records\" as being \"the most successful pianist in the world\". A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z Numbers Richard Clayderman Richard Clayderman (; born Philippe Pagès , 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Clayderman learned piano from his", "title": "Richard Clayderman" }, { "docid": "18261169", "text": "Jack Louis Midling, then purchased half of the works from Immetta Davis. O. E. L. \"Bud\" Graves O. E. L. Graves (1897 - 1971) was an American artist and painter/sculptor based in Palm Springs, California during Hollywood's golden years. His client list included many of the rich and famous of his era, from movie stars (Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Janet Gaynor) to business magnates (Raymond Loewys, George R. Hearst Sr.) to shady criminal kingpins. His own personal life was just as full of high intrigue and secrecy as the famous clients he cultivated. As a result, his need", "title": "O. E. L. \"Bud\" Graves" }, { "docid": "13756013", "text": "to number 21 on the Hot 100, up from number 58 in the previous week. The series' version of \"ABC\" by The Jackson 5 in the third season \"Hold On to Sixteen\" episode, featuring Ushkowitz as one of the leads, was singled out for demonstrating \"what a lovely singer Tina is\" by \"Billboard\" Rae Votta, and BuddyTV editor John Kubicek said he enjoyed it \"mostly because Tina deserves more singing time\". It entered the Hot 100 at number 88, and the Canadian Hot 100 at 93. Tina sings L-O-V-E with Mike in the \"Heart\" episode, which \"The Washington Post\" Jen", "title": "Tina Cohen-Chang" }, { "docid": "14102503", "text": "so terrible\", but while Lee said his is \"not, by any means, a wonderful voice\" she also said \"he still pirouettes with the kind of easy grace that makes each move a joy to watch.\" Erica Futterman of \"Rolling Stone\" wrote, \"He's got the smooth dance moves down ... but, most impressively, his slick vocals are on point, hitting nice rises and falls at certain moments but mostly staying 'real cool', as the song calls for\", and Berk gave the performance five of five stars. In \"Heart\", he sings L-O-V-E with Tina, which received mostly positive reviews. \"The Washington Post\"", "title": "Mike Chang" }, { "docid": "17361091", "text": "Ehavveer, Õun Yu, H. Kruus. 1949–50: Dinamo Tbilisi: D. Godziashvili, N. Djordjikia, V. Zhgenti, S. Tortladze, Intskirveli L., S. Korkashvili, O. Korkia, A. Meshi, D. Nijaradze, G. Rukhadze. 1950–51: Žalgiris: I. Balakauskas, G. Butautas, J. Lagunavičius, A. Nemcevičius, K. Petkevičius, Z. Sabulis, V. Sercevičius, L. Tendzegolskis, V. Timleris. 1951–52: VVS Moscow: Ev. Alekseev, En. Alekseev, V. Antonov, G. Gupalov, E. Kazakov, A. Konev, A. Moiseev, D. Osipov, G. Silins, S. Tarasov. 1952–53: Dinamo Tbilisi: Gk. Abashidze, Ga. Abashidze, V. Gvantseladze, N. Djordjikia, M. Eganov, V. Zhgenti, L. Inskirveli, A. Kiladze O. Korkia, G. Minashvili, D. Nijaradze. 1953–54: Dinamo Tbilisi: Gk.", "title": "USSR Premier Basketball League" }, { "docid": "11019254", "text": "Repartirai Pas\"\" and translated by Jean Delleme. English singer Joss Stone recorded a cover of \"L-O-V-E\" for the soundtrack to a short film for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, starring Keira Knightley and directed by Joe Wright, which debuted on September 24, 2007 on E!, Bravo, and VH1. Stone's version was released digitally on September 18, 2007, reaching number 100 on the UK Singles Chart and number 75 on the Swiss Singles Chart. It was also later included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of her third studio album \"Introducing Joss Stone\" (2007) as well as her compilation album", "title": "L-O-V-E" }, { "docid": "15278156", "text": "The largest piece consists of the L stacked on top of the V and fashioned as one unit without a seam between the letters. The O and E are separate elements that attach to the LV. Two posts are installed on the top of the E for the alignment and stability of the O, which has corresponding openings on its lowest surface. The right upper serif of the E comes into contact with and forms a smooth continuation to the proper left upper serif of the V. The bottommost curve of the O contacts the E in line with the", "title": "Love (Indianapolis)" }, { "docid": "17238069", "text": "O Since every \"x\" in O has a right inverse \"y\" with \"xy\" = 1, the map π is injective. On the other hand, it is an algebra homomorphism from the nonassociative algebra O into the associative algebra End \"V\", a contradiction. [[File:Max Koecher 2.jpeg|thumb|150px|[[Max Koecher]] pioneered the use of Jordan algebras in studying symmetric spaces]] When (\"e\") is a partition of 1 in a Euclidean Jordan algebra \"E\", the self-adjoint operators L(\"e\") commute and there is a decomposition into simultaneous eigenspaces. If \"a\" = ∑ λ \"e\" the eigenvalues of \"L\"(\"a\") have the form ∑ ε λ is 0,", "title": "Symmetric cone" }, { "docid": "14600770", "text": "14: \"Because Of You\" - Kelly Clarkson December 15: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold December 19: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold December 20: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold December 21: \"Bat Country\" - Avenged Sevenfold December 22: Video Of The Year: \"We Belong Together\" - Mariah Carey January 3: \"Because Of You\" - Kelly Clarkson January 4: \"Because Of You\" - Kelly Clarkson January 5: \"Because Of You\" - Kelly Clarkson January 6: \"Because Of You\" - Kelly Clarkson January 9: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 10: \"L. O. V. E.\" - Ashlee Simpson January 11: \"Bat", "title": "TRL's Number Ones" }, { "docid": "5817080", "text": "1930: A a, B в, C c, D d, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ƣ ƣ, I i, J j, K k, Q q, M m, N n, N̡ n̡, O o, Ө ө, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, Ş ş, Z z, Ƶ ƶ, L l, Ь ь, Y y, Į į. The order of the letters was later changed to correspond with alphabets for other languages in the Soviet Union, the letter Ә ә was replaced with E e, and the letter Į į was dropped. In 1938 the Latin", "title": "Shor language" }, { "docid": "1441190", "text": "in Glendale, California. Cole's last album, \"L-O-V-E\", was recorded in early December 1964—just a few days before he entered the hospital for cancer treatment—and was released just before he died. It peaked at number 4 on the \"Billboard\" Albums chart in the spring of 1965. A \"Best Of\" album was certified a gold record in 1968. His 1957 recording of \"When I Fall in Love\" reached number 4 in the UK charts in 1987. In 1983, an archivist for EMI Electrola Records, a subsidiary of EMI Records (Capitol's parent company) in Germany, discovered some unreleased recordings by Cole, including one", "title": "Nat King Cole" }, { "docid": "5888451", "text": "Ć ć, D d, E e, Ĕ ĕ, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, Ĭ ĭ, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, K' k', L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, Ŏ ŏ, P p, P' p', Q q, Q' q', R r, S s, Ś ś, S' s', Ŝ ŝ, Ş ş, T t, T' t', U u, Ü ü, Ŭ ŭ, V v, X x, Y y, Z z, Ź ź. In 2013 in Russia, an Udi primer, \"Nanay muz\" (), was published with a Cyrillic-based alphabet, a modified", "title": "Udi language" }, { "docid": "12086238", "text": "they appeared on Later With Jools Holland, where they performed their songs \"L-O-V-E\" and \"They Said I Said\". A release of the single \"Gunshots 'n Candyfloss\" followed soon after in March 2008. In June 2008 they released \"L-O-V-E\" as a single along with their first musicvideo produced by Planet of Animation from Melbourne. Their debut album was released in the UK in September 2008 with \"They Said I Said\" as the lead single (with a musicvideo as well and with Corr on the lead vocals). In January 2009 SugaRush Beat Company released their single \"Love Breed\" with Corr on the", "title": "SugaRush Beat Company" }, { "docid": "421200", "text": "Disney Movie Club. The 1998 remake was also released on HD Blu-ray the same day. The Parent Trap (1961 film) The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney Technicolor film. It stars Hayley Mills (in a dual role), Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film's director David Swift was based upon the 1949 book \"Lottie and Lisa\" (German: ) by Erich Kästner. \"The Parent Trap\" was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998", "title": "The Parent Trap (1961 film)" }, { "docid": "3181040", "text": "\"e\" is mapped to a unique vertex, say \"v\", in the line graph \"L\"(\"G\"). If we now perform the same type of random walk on the vertices of the line graph, the frequency with which \"v\" is visited can be completely different from \"f\". If our edge \"e\" in \"G\" was connected to nodes of degree \"O(k)\", it will be traversed \"O(k)\" more frequently in the line graph \"L\"(\"G\"). Put another way, the Whitney graph isomorphism theorem guarantees that the line graph almost always encodes the topology of the original graph \"G\" faithfully but it does not guarantee that dynamics", "title": "Line graph" }, { "docid": "11019255", "text": "\"The Best of Joss Stone 2003-2009\" (2011). Stone performed a duet of the song with Natalie Cole at Frosted Pink, a benefit concert to raise awareness of women's cancer, which took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on October 6, 2007 and aired on ABC on October 14. The song has been covered by several artists, including Dionne Warwick on \"The Windows of the World\" (1967), Cole's daughter Natalie Cole on \"Unforgettable... with Love\" (1991), and Michael Bublé on the special edition of \"Call Me Irresponsible\" (2007). Dean Martin's daughter, Deana Martin recorded \"L-O-V-E\" on her second", "title": "L-O-V-E" }, { "docid": "19426263", "text": "new audiences.\" Jesus Freak Hideout's Christopher Smith rated the album three and a half stars out of five and calls it \"a solid record.\" On August 9, 2017, it was announced that \"H A R D L O V E\" would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year category at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards. On October 17, 2017, \"H A R D L O V E\" won the GMA Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year with Kari Jobe alongside art producers Jon Levine, Dave Tozer, Ed Cash and Ido", "title": "Hard Love (album)" }, { "docid": "15965527", "text": "fountain is located three metres below the actual level of the ground, decorating the southern wall section and covered by a slab of concrete, and accessible from a staircase. The rectangular fountain, 213 centimetres by 231 centimetres in height, is formed from various slabs of granite in a square form with overhang inscribed in Latin. The Latin inscription reads: \"L. I V L I V S. M A E L O. C A V D I C. F L A M. D I V I. A V G D S F\", translated as \"\"Lucius Iulius Maelo Caudicus, flamen of the", "title": "Fountain of Armés" }, { "docid": "20263446", "text": "managed by Sandhya Rajendran, E. A. Rajendran, Actor Mukesh, Jayasree Syamlal and Syamlal. In 2012, Kalidasa Kalakendram ventured into film production through the Malayalam movie \"Hide n' Seek\", directed by Anil. Divyadarshan, the grandson of O. Madhavan, played the lead role in the movie. The movie production house of Kalidasa Kalakendram was named as \"Kalidasa International Movies\". Kalidasa Kalakendram Kalidasa Kalakendram is a professional drama theateric group founded by O. Madhavan, a well-known Malayalam theatre director, in Kollam, Kerala. The group was founded in 25 January 1963 as a society under the parent organaisation, Paul Foundation. The city of Kollam", "title": "Kalidasa Kalakendram" }, { "docid": "20611795", "text": "Arrivabeni, D. Callegari, R. Calderon, L. Campellone, F. M. Carminati, A. Guingal, L. Hussain, F. Layer, G-E. Octors, D. Oren, E. Pido, M. Plasson, C. Rizzi, C. Schnitzler, T. Sokiev, P. Steinberg, D. Trottein... and directors such as P. Audi, R. Auphan, J-C. Auvray, Y. Coudray, L. Baur, G. C. Del Monaco, O. Desbordes, N. Duffaut, J-L. Grinda, N. Joël, N. Lehnhoff, Y Kokkos, G. Lavaudant, S. Norday, Y. Oïda, V. Perez, S. Roche, C. Serreau, C. Servais, V. Vittoz. He participates in the creation of Michaël Levinas's \"La Métamorphose\" at the Opéra de Lille, a production which won the", "title": "André Heyboer" }, { "docid": "17450182", "text": "Head Camerman: Vernon L. Walker<br> Cameramen: H. Haller Murphy, William E. Smith<br> Secretary/Treasurers: Alden V. E. Wessels, L. Linderman (1919), David Townsend (1919)<br> Sales Manager: David Townsend (1920)<br> <br> Rough Riders: A. E. McCormick, Babe Marshall Courvoisier, Charley S. Tipton (formerly with Buffalo Bill's Wild West), Dave Campbell (formerly with Erwin Bros. Wild West show), Fred Shaefer, Lewis Milner, Marion Milner, John Keogh, Ora Keogh, Albert Keogh, Frances Keogh, Lewis Hannan and Thomas Hannan.<br> <br> In July, 1920 the company was sued for $3,000 in the Supreme Court for breach of contract by Frederick W. Eichorn, scenario writer, who had", "title": "Art-O-Graf" }, { "docid": "18441044", "text": "to the extreme state of shortages, it is necessary for many international family members to send essentials to their families. Listed below and categorized alphabetically are common items that have been or are currently affected by shortages in Venezuela: B C E F H I J L M O P R S V W A B C D E G H I L M P R S T U A B C D F I N T V B C G N S V Shortages in Venezuela Shortages in Venezuela of regulated food staples and basic necessities have been widespread", "title": "Shortages in Venezuela" }, { "docid": "1623652", "text": "final, stretched product. The letters are not made in order of appearance in the name (B, L, A, C, K, P, O, O, L) but by their shape; \"square\" letters, (B, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, W, X, Y and Z), are made first, as they will not lose their shape, while \"triangle\" (A and V) and \"round\" (C, D, G, O, Q, S, U) letters are made last to prevent them from losing their shape, as the toffee is still reasonably soft at this point. For example, the letters that make up \"BLACKPOOL", "title": "Rock (confectionery)" }, { "docid": "8826624", "text": "continuation on the Walt Disney film, \"The Parent Trap\". \"The Parent Trap II\" was filmed twenty-five years after the original film. The idea of a second film was announced in 1985. The only actor who returned from the original film, Hayley Mills, continues to portray the twins, Sharon and Susan. \"The Parent Trap II\" focuses on Sharon's daughter Nikki who tries to set up her mother with her best friend's father, portrayed by Tom Skerritt. \"The Parent Trap II\" was such a success for the Disney Channel that it spawned another made-for-television sequel, \"Parent Trap III\", in 1989. Hayley Mills", "title": "The Parent Trap (film series)" }, { "docid": "12511174", "text": "Rafael, You Are Not Alone featuring Kyla, Follow Me featuring DJ Riddler, Already Mine. The song L-O-V-E written and produced by Jay R's good friend Marcus Davis was part of Hollywood movie Bounce Back. Starring Shemar Moore, Nadine Velasquez, Bill Bellamy and more. The album was a sweet victory for label owner Jay R because it reached Gold status and was awarded by PARI (Philippine Association of the Recording Industry) on ABS-CBN TV show ASAP channel 2. In 2016, Jay R was announced to be a member of the R&B group of ASAP titled ASAP Soul Sessions, along with Jason", "title": "Jay R" }, { "docid": "11489407", "text": "K, L, M, N, NG, O, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, V, Z Mara Alphabet (small letters):a, aw, y, b, ch, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, m, n, ng, o, ô, p, r, s, t, u, v, z Mara diphthongs:ao, yu, ai, ei, ia, ie, ua The plural form of a noun is formed by affixing one of the following terms to the end of the noun: Words inside bracket were how a foreign author N.E. Parry (1937) wrote according to his understanding of the sound. But now the Maras have their own alphabet and the correct", "title": "Mara language" }, { "docid": "9377041", "text": "i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z (which also have capital forms: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z). The spelling system, or orthography, of English is multi-layered, with elements of French, Latin, and Greek spelling on top of the native Germanic system. Further complications have arisen through sound changes with which the orthography has not kept pace. Compared to European languages for which official organisations have promoted spelling reforms,", "title": "English language" }, { "docid": "7909892", "text": "messages are filled with null letters (i.e., padding). Messages longer than 64 letters require another turn of the board and another sheet of paper. If the plaintext is too short, each square must be filled up entirely with nulls. J M T H H D L I S I Y P S L U I A O W A E T I E E N W A P D E N E N E L G O O N N A I T E E F N K E R L O O N D D N T T E", "title": "Grille (cryptography)" }, { "docid": "4104805", "text": "Chile is as follows: a, æ, ch, e, ö, f, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, rh, s, š, t, u, w, x. A simplified orthography is a variant of the old Bridges system, created for online use on the Waata Chis discussion list on Yahoo Groups and elsewhere. It has tense and lax vowels as well as voiced and voiceless consonants. In the system, tenseness is marked by colon (:) following the vowel sign: a, a:, ai, au, e, e:, i, i:, iu:, o, o:, oi, u, u:, v (pronounced as a schwa, not ),", "title": "Yaghan language" }, { "docid": "2705108", "text": "K L M N Ꞑ O Ɵ P R S Ş T U V X Y Z Ƶ Ь a ʙ c d e f g ƣ i j k l m n ꞑ o ө p r s ş t u v x y z ƶ ь Examples By September 1943, this Latin-based alphabet was replaced by a Cyrillic-based one, which is still in use to the present day. In the post-Soviet era, Tuvan and other scholars have taken a renewed interest in the history of Tuvan letters. There is no official transliteration standard for transforming the Cyrillic-based Tuvan", "title": "Tuvan language" }, { "docid": "20229810", "text": "signed an agreement with E. T. Varner & Company. E. T. Varner & Company who rebuilt the railroad by 1872. It was run by E. T. Varner & Company as the Tuskegee Railroad until 1902 when it was incorporated under that name and owned by E. T. Varner, L. V. Alexander and Campbell & Wright. Rates were 10 cents per mile in 1882. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen remembered the 99 Squadron of bombers riding on the Tuskegee Railroad in 1943. He mentions segregation in his autobiography, unfair treatment of black people and the", "title": "Tuskegee Railroad" }, { "docid": "2886622", "text": "Richard Poirier (1961–66, assisted by William Abrahams, 1964–66), William Abrahams (1967–96), and Larry Dark (1997–2002). There were no volumes of the series in 1952, 1953, and 2004. In 2009 \"The O. Henry Prize Stories\" publisher, Anchor Books, renamed the series in partnership with the PEN American Center, producing the first \"PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories\" collection. Proceeds from the \"PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009\" would be directed to PEN's Readers & Writers Program, which sends well-known authors to under served inner-city schools. The selection included stories by Graham Joyce, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, E. V. Slate, John Burnside, Mohan Sikka, L. E.", "title": "O. Henry Award" }, { "docid": "10440147", "text": "ïlwb Avi wnÂv kvK gv‡S gv‡S †`Lv †g‡j ‡bD‡j ,KvwQg, ¸uBmvc| wfb‡`‡ki H cvnvo †hb AšÍwiÿ †gvov †gNvj‡qi wPivcyÄx †`q Zv cvnviv| el©v G‡jB cvnvo †hb RxqbKvwVi e‡j AšÍwiZ cvnvo †e‡q SYv©aviv bv‡g| mybvgM‡Äi ag©cvkvq Rj`vb‡ei †Zvo Zvi Zjv‡ZB e‡q P‡j Uv½yqvi nvIo| `yB cv‡k Zvi QqPwjøk MuvI, gv‡S gv‡S RjUz½xi Ni ‡mBLv‡b‡Z kvOv, wS‡q _v‡K Rxebfi| mvwi mvwi e„ÿ †hb e„ÿ‡`‡ei gvqv wb_i R‡j Aciƒc KiP Mv‡Qi Qvqv| Mjv R‡j `uvov‡q eiæY, mv‡_ j‡q wbPzj MÖx‡®§i Zvc`‡n, †`Lvq Zv‡`i mg~j| weR‡b †duv‡U cy¯ú, wnR‡ji kv‡L cÖfv‡Z S‡i c‡o, ‡f‡m hvq †¯ªv‡Z| cv‡o duy‡U ey‡bv †Mvjvc, SY©v, Puv`gvjv ‡cŠl dz‡ji", "title": "Tanguar haor" }, { "docid": "19313111", "text": "the six soloists were: J. A. Stewart (tuba), M. McQuitty (baritone), E. O. Green (slide trombone), Desdunes (alto), L. E. Gideon (cornet), and Lowery (cornet). The rest of the band were F. C. Richardson (clarionet), Harry Gilliam (1st alto), Ed McGruder (2nd trombone), A. P. Harris (bass drum), Gorden and C. Collins (snare drum). In autumn 1898, cornetist Harry Prampin replaced Lowery as the head of the band and Prampin's wife, Laura, joined as a trap drummer. Also, Desdunes occasionally played second trombone in the band under Prampin, while his orchestra's repertoire included overtures from the Operas Raymond and Lucrezia", "title": "Dan Desdunes" }, { "docid": "8829445", "text": "1938 film \"Hold That Co-ed\" as a campaign theme song for John Barrymore's character \"Governor Gabby Harrigan\". The song is subject of multiple parodies in American juvenile oral tradition, with versions about \"L, O, Double L, I, P, O, P\" or \"D, A, V, E, N, P, O, R, T\" and others. Examples can be found in \"The Whim-Wham Book\" by Duncan Emrich and in \"Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood\" by Josepha Sherman and T. K. F. Weisskopf. The Kidsongs Kids and the Biggles covered the song in their 1998 video \"Adventures in Biggleland: Meet the", "title": "Harrigan (song)" }, { "docid": "3907343", "text": "1965, Vinton continued his \"Lonely\" success streak with the self-written \"L-O-N-E-L-Y\". \"Long Lonely Nights\" peaked at number 12 and spawned an album, \"Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights\". Vinton's self-written 1966 hit, \"Coming Home Soldier\", hit #11 on the Hot 100 and was a favorite on request shows on the American Forces Network during the Cold War and Vietnam era, often called in by soldiers about to board the Freedom Bird that would take them back to the \"Land of the Round Doorknobs\". Vinton's lush 1967 remake of \"Please Love Me Forever\", which reached number 6 and sold over a", "title": "Bobby Vinton" }, { "docid": "6899663", "text": "the first lie detector. Nevertheless, the conditions for creative philosophical work began to emerge in the mid-1950s, after the 20th Congress of the CPSU in 1956, albeit only on the 'outskirts' of philosophy: the philosophy of the natural science (B. Kedrov, I. Frolov), theory of perception and gnoseology (P. Kopnin, V. Lektorsky, M. Mamardashvili, E. Ilyenkov), the history of philosophy (V. Asmus, A. Losev, I. Narski), ethics (O. Dobronitski), aesthetics (M. Kagan, L. Stolovitsh), logics (G. Shchedrovitsky, A. Zinovyev) and semiotics and system theories (Y. Lotman, who set up the Sign Systems Studies journal, the oldest semiotics periodical; V. Sadovsky).", "title": "Philosophy in the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "14742699", "text": "State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet: M. Zurashvili, E. Bezirgani, Yu. Sorokin, K. Muhashavriya, L. Bakhtadze, L. Chkhikvishvili, M. Chikovani, K. Bakradze, L. Khozashvili, O. Kuznetsova, N. Ochiauri, C. Cholokashvili, P. Khelashvili, Amaglobeli, M. Alpaidze, N. Godziashvili, N. Lozovaya, I. Fomenko, N. Kupunia, M. Aleksidze, K. Kvitsiani, N. Dzhigauri, V. Tsignadze, G. Kukuladze, A. Tsereteli, P. Godziashvili, Z. Revazishvili, V. Vlasov. This was the first tour in Turkey through the whole history of Georgian ballet. From 1993 to 2008 director and choreography director of the theatre of modern dance \"New Georgian Ballet\" Tamaz Vashakidze produced 11 ballet performances: The", "title": "New Georgian Ballet" }, { "docid": "14151682", "text": "Channel 4 in the U.K. In 2009, his photographic novella, “The Unfortunate Moment of Misunderstanding,” was displayed at Industrial Color’s M Project Gallery in New York in June 2009. Fiscus is represented by f o u r e l e v e n. Jim Fiscus Jim Fiscus is an American photographer specializing in editorial and advertising photography, including several highly regarded campaigns for the Showtime series \"Dexter,\" starring Michael C. Hall. Fiscus, who is based in Athens, Georgia, has won many awards for his work, including at the 2005 International Photo Awards for his portraits of hip-hop and R&B artists", "title": "Jim Fiscus" }, { "docid": "15841584", "text": "would do a remix. After remixing \"Wooden Box\", Morris continued to work with the band as producer. Two twelve-inch releases followed featuring remixes by Stephen Morris and Chris Carter. Since then, Factory Floor released \"(R E A L L O V E)\" (Optimo) and \"Two Different Ways\" on DFA Records. In 2011 the band played a support slot for Chris & Cosey at the ICA, and Chris Carter joined the band later that year for two performances at Primavera Sound and the Roundhouse. Colk Void released a single, \"Gold E\", under the name Nik Colk Void in February 2012. \"Fall", "title": "Factory Floor" }, { "docid": "8821906", "text": "The Parent Trap II The Parent Trap II is a 1986 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to Disney's 1961 film \"The Parent Trap\" (which was based on the book \"Lottie and Lisa\" by Erich Kästner) and the second installment in \"The Parent Trap\" series. It premiered on Disney Channel on July 26, 1986 as a part of the channel's \"Premiere Films\" presentation (a precursor to the Disney Channel Original Movies banner). Hayley Mills is the only actress that returned from the original film. She continues to portray Susan and Sharon, the twins who were separated at age one,", "title": "The Parent Trap II" }, { "docid": "18411946", "text": "adaptation of German novel \"Lottie and Lisa\". Makkala Bhagya Makkala Bhagya (Kannada: ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಭಾಗ್ಯ; English: Luck of children) is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by K. S. L. Swamy (Ravi) and produced by K. Vittal Kumar and K. V. Honnappa. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, K. S. Ashwath and Dwarakish in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The film was a remake of the Hindi Film \"Do Kaliyaan\" which was remade from Tamil film \"Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum\" which in turn was inspired from Disney's \"The Parent Trap\", which in turn was based on 1953 comedy", "title": "Makkala Bhagya" }, { "docid": "18411945", "text": "Makkala Bhagya Makkala Bhagya (Kannada: ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಭಾಗ್ಯ; English: Luck of children) is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by K. S. L. Swamy (Ravi) and produced by K. Vittal Kumar and K. V. Honnappa. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, K. S. Ashwath and Dwarakish in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The film was a remake of the Hindi Film \"Do Kaliyaan\" which was remade from Tamil film \"Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum\" which in turn was inspired from Disney's \"The Parent Trap\", which in turn was based on 1953 comedy \"Twice Upon a Time\", which was an", "title": "Makkala Bhagya" }, { "docid": "10854918", "text": "gallery with the types of sights of history and culture of Brody district, panorama \"Brody XVII–XVIII century\". Activity of the known people the names of which are closely associated with the history of region is lighted in museum: I. Trush, M. Fedyuk, E. Lysyk (painters); Ya. Holovatskyi, J. Korzheniovskiy, T. Bordulyak, V. Hronovych, S. Tudor, J. Roth, L. Buchkovskiy (writers); of researches workers - V. Shtchurat (literary critic), J. Zastyrec (philosopher and philologist), O. Rozdolskiy (ethnographer), V. Yashtchun (Slavist and translator), S. Barontch and I. Sozanskiy (historians); O. Vyslockiy and M. Osadca (publicmen of district); F. West (the Polish publisher);", "title": "Brody Museum of History and District Ethnography" }, { "docid": "20090501", "text": "omorika\" and \"P. abies\") and their heterochromatin Chromomycin-A. In 2003 she along with F. Bogunic, E. Muratovic, and SC Brown have studied five species and two subspecies of pine in the Balkans region and noted that \"P. peuce\", \"P. sylvestris\", \"P. mugo\" and \"P. nigra\" are present at the region. The same year, Sonja Šiljak along with S. Peccenini, E. Muratovic, V. Zoldos, O. Robin and J. Valles had studied lilies; particularly genus \"Lilium\" and some of its species such as \"L. carniolicum\", \"L. pomponium\", and \"L. pyrenaicum\" using the same FISH technology. In 2006 she along with Saranya Srisuwan", "title": "Sonja Siljak-Yakovlev" }, { "docid": "17594568", "text": "Luso Brasileira, v. 03, p. 605-627, 2017. - GORDILHO, Heron J. S.; SILVA, T.T.A. ; RAVAZZANO, F. . Animais e a Hermenêutica Constitucional Abolicionista. Revista Acadêmica - Faculdade de Direito do Recife, v. 88, p. 120-144, 2016. - SILVA, T.T.A.; VIEIRA, L. C. A. . A Inconstitucionalidade da Vaquejada: uma análise da dignidade animal sobre a ADI nº 4983 e a lei estadual nº 15.299/13. Amazon's Research and Environmental Law, v. 04, p. 42-60, 2016. - MENESES, R. C. C. ; SILVA, T.T.A. . O Especismo Como Argumento Filosófico da Não Aceitação do Animal Como Sujeito de Direitos. Revista de", "title": "Tagore Trajano" }, { "docid": "17361092", "text": "Abashidze, Ga. Abashidze, M. Asitashvili, N. Djordjikia, V. Zhgenti, L. Inskirveli, M. Kvachantiradze, A. Kiladze O. Korkia, Kutchava G., D. Nijaradze. 1954–55: Rīgas ASK: M. Valdmanis, T. Gavars, A. Gulbis, T. Kalhert, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, G. Silins, V. Skalder, O. Hecht, L. Jankowski. 1955–56: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Team: M. Valdmanis, I. Veritis, J. Kalnins, T. Kalhert, R. Karnitis, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, G. Silins, O. Hecht, L. Jankowski. 1956–57; Rīgas ASK: M. Valdmanis, I. Veritis, A. Gulbis, J. Davids, T. Kalhert, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, Ostrouhs J., G. Silins, O. Hecht. 1957–58:", "title": "USSR Premier Basketball League" }, { "docid": "644879", "text": "(1927–2016) was an American logologist and author who recreated \"Mary Had a Little Lamb\" six times, excluding first the letter \"S\", then \"A\", \"H\", \"T\", and finally \"E\". In the final verse, he only used half of the alphabet: \"A\", \"C\", \"D\", \"E\", \"H\", \"I\", \"L\", \"M\", \"N\", \"P\", \"R\", \"S\", and \"T\" (thus omitting \"B\", \"F\", \"G\", \"O\", \"U\", \"V\", \"W\", and \"Y\" — note that \"J\", \"K\", \"Q\", \"X\", and \"Z\" are not used in the original poem). A comparison of the verses gives a sense of the difficulties involved in omitting certain common letters from extended passages", "title": "Lipogram" }, { "docid": "646103", "text": "'find' operations and possibly one union for each edge. Even a simple disjoint-set data structure such as disjoint-set forests with union by rank can perform O(\"V\") operations in \"O\"(\"V\" log \"V\") time. Thus the total time is \"O\"(\"E\" log \"E\") = \"O\"(\"E\" log \"V\"). Provided that the edges are either already sorted or can be sorted in linear time (for example with counting sort or radix sort), the algorithm can use a more sophisticated disjoint-set data structure to run in \"O\"(\"E\" α(\"V\")) time, where α is the extremely slowly growing inverse of the single-valued Ackermann function. The proof consists of", "title": "Kruskal's algorithm" }, { "docid": "20248800", "text": "Podlachian microlanguage Podlachian language (\"Pudlaśka mova\") is a microlanguage of Belarusians, Poles and Poleshuks which live in Podlachia. It was founded on speech and dialects of Podlachia by enthusiasts like Jan Maksymiuk and Alexander Maksymiuk. Ć - [t͡sʲ]; Č - [t͡ʃ]; Ď - [dʲ]; Ê - [ɨ ~ e], Iê - [i ~ e]; Ch - [x]; Ł - [l]; Ń - [nʲ]; Ô - [u ~ o]; Ś - [sʲ]; Š - [ʃ]; Ť - [tʲ]; V - [v]; Ź - [zʲ]; Ž - [ʒ]; The letters \"q\", \"w\", \"x\" using only in foreign names (\"Quebec, Quentin, Wellington, Winston,", "title": "Podlachian microlanguage" }, { "docid": "8664680", "text": "FÜHRER J. F. - SCHULTZE V., Die altchristlichen Grabstätten Siziliens, Berlin 1907. GARANA O., Le catacombe siciliane e i loro martiri, Palermo 1961. LIBERTINI G., Il grande cratere di Canicattini del Museo di Siracusa, in BdA, XXXV, 1950, pp. 97–107. MESSINA A., Le chiese rupestri del Siracusano, Palermo 1979. MIRISOLA R. – POLACCO L., Contributi alla paleogeografia di Siracusa e del territorio siracusano (VIII-V sec. a.C.), in Memorie dell’Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, LXVI, Venezia 1996. ORSI P., Canicattini, in NSc, 1895, pp. 238–239. ORSI P., Canicattini Bagni. Gruppi cemeteriali cristiani e bizantini, in NSc, 1905, pp. 425–427.", "title": "Canicattini Bagni" }, { "docid": "12563605", "text": "most notable is \"LaCapaGira\" which was admired by film critics at the Berlin International Film Festival. Many local theatre companies produce light comedy shows in dialect, often focusing on the comic linguistic opportunities presented by the millions who left the region during the 20th century in search of work in northern Italy and overseas. Il Padre Nostro L<nowiki>'</nowiki>Ave Maria Il Salve regina L'Angelo custode The Bari dialect uses this alphabet: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v z In Barese the use of the accents is", "title": "Bari dialect" }, { "docid": "1238789", "text": "known for its reputation as a speed trap, which Patton Village leaders say they're trying to overcome.\" When the \"speed trap\" was active, there were 1,100 citations issued by Patton Village authorities per month. H. L. Patton had criticized the Patton Village for relying on the speed trap. E. A. Ramsey, the municipal judge, agreed with Patton, saying that the stretch of highway in which the speed trap was located was not in the corporate limits of Patton Village. In December 1981 the Patton Village municipal court refused to prosecute motorists who had been ticketed in that speed trap. This", "title": "Patton Village, Texas" }, { "docid": "20248801", "text": "Xanadu, Matrix\"), and digraphs \"dź\" using for record geographical names from Polish and Belarusian languages. Podlachian microlanguage Podlachian language (\"Pudlaśka mova\") is a microlanguage of Belarusians, Poles and Poleshuks which live in Podlachia. It was founded on speech and dialects of Podlachia by enthusiasts like Jan Maksymiuk and Alexander Maksymiuk. Ć - [t͡sʲ]; Č - [t͡ʃ]; Ď - [dʲ]; Ê - [ɨ ~ e], Iê - [i ~ e]; Ch - [x]; Ł - [l]; Ń - [nʲ]; Ô - [u ~ o]; Ś - [sʲ]; Š - [ʃ]; Ť - [tʲ]; V - [v]; Ź - [zʲ]; Ž -", "title": "Podlachian microlanguage" }, { "docid": "11901794", "text": "Love (sculpture) Love is a pop art image by American artist Robert Indiana. It consists of the letters L and O over the letters V and E in bold Didone type; the O is slanted sideways so that its oblong negative space creates a line leading to the V. The original image, with green and blue spaces backing red lettering, served as a print image for a Museum of Modern Art Christmas card in 1964. In much this same form the design soon graced a popular US postage stamp. \"Love\"s original rendering in sculpture was made in 1970 and is", "title": "Love (sculpture)" }, { "docid": "8003910", "text": "the Working Man\" Production T-R-O-U-B-L-E T-R-O-U-B-L-E is the third studio album from the American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. Five singles were released from the album; in order of release, these were \"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man\", \"Can I Trust You with My Heart\", \"T-R-O-U-B-L-E\", \"Looking Out for Number One\", and \"Worth Every Mile\". Respectively, these reached numbers 5, 1, 13, 11, and 30 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts between 1992 and 1993. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of two", "title": "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" }, { "docid": "8003908", "text": "T-R-O-U-B-L-E T-R-O-U-B-L-E is the third studio album from the American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. Five singles were released from the album; in order of release, these were \"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man\", \"Can I Trust You with My Heart\", \"T-R-O-U-B-L-E\", \"Looking Out for Number One\", and \"Worth Every Mile\". Respectively, these reached numbers 5, 1, 13, 11, and 30 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs charts between 1992 and 1993. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of two million copies. \"Lord Have", "title": "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" }, { "docid": "4847049", "text": "script, and the Mende script is considered a \"failed script\". The Bible was translated into Mende and published in 1959, in Latin script. The Latin-based alphabet is: a, b, d, e, ɛ, f, g, gb, h, i, j, k, kp, l, m, n, ny, o, ɔ, p, s, t, u, v, w, y. Mende has seven vowels: a, e, ɛ, i, o, ɔ, u. Mende was used extensively in the movies \"Amistad\" and \"Blood Diamond\", and was the subject of the documentary film \"The Language You Cry In\". Mende language Mende (\"Mɛnde yia\") is a major language of Sierra Leone,", "title": "Mende language" }, { "docid": "304575", "text": "standardized orthography. A few months before the end of World War II in Europe (January 1945) Cosmoglotta had subscribers in 58 cities in Switzerland. Cosmoglotta A began publication again in 1946 after originally planning to do so from 1945. Occidental is written with 26 Latin letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. The letters of the alphabet are pronounced as \"a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, jot, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, qu, er, es, te,", "title": "Interlingue" }, { "docid": "5332614", "text": "ĉ, d, e, ê, f, g, ĝ, h, ĥ, i, ĭ, ĭ:, ĭ́, î, î:, î́, j, ĵ, k, k̆, l, m, m̆, n, n̆, o, ô, p, pʷ (actually, an overstruck ʷ), s, ŝ, t, t̂, ť, u, û, ŭ, v, z, ẑ, z̆, q, q́, q̂, q̂́, w, ẃ, ŵ, ŵ́, x, x́, y, 2, 2́. The sound values of these are not well explained. It appears that the vowels a, e, i, o, u are as in Esperanto. A circumflex vowel is nasal. Ⱥ is as in English 'ash', and ⱥ̂ is nasal ⱥ. Ĭ is as", "title": "Poliespo" }, { "docid": "17414061", "text": "Gloria, visited the house. With her visit, the two and six other housemates were blindfolded while dancing; Daniel and Manolo were spared in order to help Gloria in her task. After that, in the activity area, the twins were tasked to scrub off a dirty board using two toothbrushes. They need to reveal the letters \"I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U-M-A-M-A\" (if spelled, is \"I LOVE YOU MAMA\") while being strapped into a rubber band. They were able to do a Skype video call with their mother, who was pretending to be in Japan. After the video call, Gloria went out to the activity area", "title": "Pinoy Big Brother: All In" }, { "docid": "9623044", "text": "projective) algebraic variety \"V\", a self-morphism φ : V → V, and a line bundle \"L\" on \"V\" with the property that formula_43 for some integer \"d\" > 1. The associated canonical height is given by the Tate limit where φ = φ o φ o … o φ is the \"n\"-fold iteration of φ. For example, any morphism φ : P → P of degree \"d\" > 1 yields a canonical height associated to the line bundle relation φ*\"O\"(1) = \"O\"(\"d\"). If \"V\" is defined over a number field and \"L\" is ample, then the canonical height is non-negative,", "title": "Néron–Tate height" }, { "docid": "10551519", "text": "J.; BACELAR, M.; LOVATO, M. B. 2007. Tentando evitar mais uma extinção: o caso do “Faveiro de Wilson” (Dimorphandra wilsonii Rizzini). In: Recuperando o verde para as cidades: a experiência dos jardins botânicos brasileiros (T. S. Pereira, M. L. M. N. Costa e P. W. Orgs.). Rio de Janeiro: Rede Brasileira de Jardins Botânicos; Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro; BGCI. p. 87-98. This article is available at http://www.amigosdazoobotanica.org.br • Dimorphandra wilsonii • 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. • FONSECA, M. B.; FRANÇA, M. G. C.; ZONTA, E.; GIORNI, V. 2010. Early growth of Dimorphandra", "title": "Dimorphandra wilsonii" }, { "docid": "4586870", "text": "the 200 speakers on Rarotonga, the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Pukapukan is an Austronesian language, (Ethnologue 2013). Though grouped with the Cook Islands the language shows influence from both Eastern and Western Polynesia. There are 15 letters in the Pukapukan alphabet – five vowels and 10 consonants. The digraph 'ng' occurs in the place that G occupies in the English alphabet. a, e, ng, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, t, u, v, w, y The consonant phonemes in Pukapukan are: / p, t, k, v, w, y, m, n, ŋ, l / (Teingoa 1993). The", "title": "Pukapukan language" }, { "docid": "7843037", "text": "overlap, with the brood located in-between these two subterritories. The subterritory borders are not fixed and will shift throughout the day, depending on the presence of intruders. Upon seeing an intruder, a parent will quickly dart out of the core territory to chase the intruder away. The parents will attack conspecifics as well as other fish species that enter the territory. Heterospecifics are attacked far more often than conspecifics, and include both predators (such as \"L. elongatus\" and \"N. fasciatus\") and non-predators (such as \"O. ventralis\" and \"T. moorii\" which compete with \"V. moorii\" for food). \"V. moorii\" attack fry-eating", "title": "Variabilichromis moorii" }, { "docid": "2312797", "text": "the Eritrean Ministry of Education, and the Ethiopian Afar Language Studies and Enrichment Center have since worked with Afar linguists, authors and community representatives to select a standard orthography for Afar from among the various existing writing systems used to transcribe the language. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z a, ba, ca, da, e, fa, ga, ha, i, ja, ka, la, ma, na, o, pa, qa, ra, sa, ta, u, va, wa, ya, za Afar language The Afar language ()", "title": "Afar language" }, { "docid": "6048097", "text": "Moscow in 1962 and the first prize in the Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 1966. Virsaladze has been teaching at Moscow Conservatory since 1967 (She became a professor in 1994) and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, Germany, since 1995. Among her students are many winners and laureates of international piano competitions: B. Berezovsky, E. Voskresenskaya, V. Bronevetsky, Y. Katznelson, A. Volodin, D. Kaprin, M. Kolomiytseva, A. Osminin, L. Akopova, L. Bustani, M. Nahapetov, Regina Chernichko, O. Macheratini, E. Mirkasimova, D. Shishkin, Dinara Klinton (Nadzhafova). Since 1966, Eliso Virsaladze has given recitals and appeared with major", "title": "Eliso Virsaladze" }, { "docid": "4964744", "text": "Dard-e-Ishq Jaag\" etc. went on to become huge hits and were also highly acclaimed as masterpieces. Anarkali also perhaps saw the famed composer-singer combine of Ramachandra and Lata Mangeshkar at their best ever together. A film critic in London who watched the movie is said to have remarked that the heroine sang like an angel without knowing that the angel was actually Lata giving playback for the actress. Similarly, C. Ramchandra's compositions in V. Shantaram's 'Navrang' (Adha hai chandramana, raat aadhi, Tu chhupi hai kahan, Shyamal shyam varan, Are ja re hat natkhat) and V. Shantaram's 'Stree' (O' nirdayi priyatam,", "title": "C. Ramchandra" }, { "docid": "13432333", "text": "Gruberellidae Gruberellidae is a family of Heterolobosea, Its nucleolus fragments during mitosis, can be uni or multinucleated, has flagellated forms in genera \"Stachyamoeba\". \"Gruberella\", \"Stachyamoeba\". ADL, S. M., SIMPSON, A. G. B., FARMER, M. A., ANDERSEN, R. A., ANDERSON, O. R., BARTA, J. R., BOWSER, S. S., BRUGEROLLE, G., FENSOME, R. A., FREDERICQ, S., JAMES, T. Y., KARPOV, S., KUGRENS, P., KRUG, J., LANE, C. E., LEWIS, L. A., LODGE, J., LYNN, D. H., MANN, D. G., MCCOURT, R. M., MENDOZA, L., MOESTRUP, Ø., MOZLEY-STANDRIDGE, S. E., NERAD, T. A., SHEARER, C. A., SMIRNOV, A. V., SPIEGEL, F. W. and", "title": "Gruberellidae" }, { "docid": "12749307", "text": "E, F, Q, and X are not used except in loanwords): A B D G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z These characters together are called \"Pimato\". Semivowels /w j/ and rhotic /r/ only occur in most of the other dialects of the Dusun/Kadazan languages. Forschner (1978) and Antonissen (1958) list two fricatives /v z/ for the Rungus and Penampang Kadazan dialects. [x] is also listed as an allophone of /k/ in word-medial position. The vowels are divided into: Simple vowels: /i u a o/ Diphthongs: \"aa ai\" (sometimes pronounced", "title": "Dusun language" }, { "docid": "17361090", "text": "B. Sarkisov, M. Filippov. 1944–45: CSKA Moscow: Ev. Alekseev, En. Alekseev, Bajkov, Grebenshchikov, V. Kudryashov, S. Kuznetsov, B. Mershin. 1945–46: Armia Tbilisi: G. Akhvlediani, Vachadze A., G. Gupalov, L. Dzekonsky, N. Djordjikia, S. Oganezov, B. Sarkisov, O. Sulaberidze, M. Filippov. 1946–47: Žalgiris: S. Butautas, A. Vilimas, V. Dzenis, I. Kilšauskas, J. Lagunavičius, V. Majorovas, K. Petkevičius, V. Sercevičius, V. Kulakauskas. 1947–48: Dynamo Moscow: G. Bajkov, V. Vlasov, V. Kolpakov, A. Konev, Kogan, Y. Ozerov, Al. Saychuk, P. Sergeev, B. Fedotov, Yuri Ushakov. 1948–49: Tartu Ülikool: W. Kiivet, H. Kreevald, I. Kull, V. Laats, I. Lysov, Rekker G., H. Rusak, E.", "title": "USSR Premier Basketball League" }, { "docid": "3204815", "text": "for official acceptance) is as follows: Zamanälif contains 35 letters. There are 10 vowels and 25 consonants. There are 10 extra letters: Çç, Ğğ, Şş, Ññ, Ää, Öö, Üü, Iı, İi and Íí. The other letters are the same in both alphabets, but they are pronounced differently. A, Ä, B, C, Ç, D, E, F, G, Ğ, H, I, İ, Í, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, O, Ö, P, Q, R, S, Ş, T, U, Ü, V, W, X, Y, Z. Tatar vowels are: a/ä, o/ö, u/ü, í/i, ı/e. The symbol is used for the glottal stop (known as", "title": "Tatar alphabet" }, { "docid": "30651", "text": "c'4 c' g' g' | a' a' g'2 | f'4 f' e' e' | d' d' c'2 | g'4 g' f' f' | e' e' d'2 | g'4 \\times 2/3 { f'8 f' f' } e'4 d' | c' r r2 | \\bar \"|.\" } \\addlyrics { A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V dub- a- U X Y \"Z(ed)\" }</score> Another alternate Zed version: Note that the third line is lengthened and the fourth line is shortened, to compensate for the Dutch pronunciations. A", "title": "Alphabet song" }, { "docid": "18655512", "text": "L-E-V Company L-E-V Company is an Israeli dance and spectacle ensemble created by dancer Sharon Eyal and designer of multimedia events Gai Behar. L-E-V (which means \"heart\" in Hebrew) mixes electronic music, techno, fashion and contemporary works into its productions. L-E-V has performed at venues in its native Israel (e.g. the Israel Festival in Jerusalem), the United States (e.g. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival), Europe, Canada and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico. Sharon Eyal, born in Jerusalem, danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 to 2008. She worked as a choreographer and associate artistic director from 2003-2004 and house", "title": "L-E-V Company" }, { "docid": "12054889", "text": "position, and while the long-short distinction described above is maintained, the \"r\" has its own effect on the vowel, as in Elara (a long but closed syllable ending in \"r\"). Anglo-Latin (hereafter A-L) includes all of the letters of the English alphabet except \"w\", viz.: \"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v x y z\". It differs from Classical Latin in distinguishing \"i\" from \"j\" and \"u\" from \"v\". In addition to these letters the digraphs \"æ\" and \"œ\" may also be used (as in", "title": "Traditional English pronunciation of Latin" }, { "docid": "12290996", "text": "set\" \"V\", an \"edge set\" \"E\", an \"edge reversal\" map formula_1 such that ≠ \"e\" and formula_2 for every \"e\" in \"E\", and an \"initial vertex map\" \"o\" : \"E\" → \"V\". Thus in \"A\" every edge \"e\" comes equipped with its \"formal inverse\" . The vertex \"o\"(\"e\") is called the \"origin\" or the \"initial vertex\" of \"e\" and the vertex \"o\"() is called the \"terminus\" of \"e\" and is denoted \"t\"(\"e\"). Both loop-edges (that is, edges \"e\" such that \"o\"(\"e\") = \"t\"(\"e\")) and multiple edges are allowed. An \"orientation\" on \"A\" is a partition of \"E\" into the union", "title": "Bass–Serre theory" }, { "docid": "18655515", "text": "Bosch painting of an extraterrestrial rave…. But though they range widely in size, they are too close to being clones. And though the choreography has multiple modes, the overriding aesthetic gives everything a numbing sameness. L-E-V Company L-E-V Company is an Israeli dance and spectacle ensemble created by dancer Sharon Eyal and designer of multimedia events Gai Behar. L-E-V (which means \"heart\" in Hebrew) mixes electronic music, techno, fashion and contemporary works into its productions. L-E-V has performed at venues in its native Israel (e.g. the Israel Festival in Jerusalem), the United States (e.g. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival), Europe, Canada", "title": "L-E-V Company" }, { "docid": "823210", "text": "1930s, along the Ohio River, Reverend Harry Powell, a serial killer, flees the scene of his latest murder. Powell is a self-anointed preacher with a penchant for switchblade knives, a misogynist who is both attracted to and repulsed by women. He travels rural roads, preaching in small towns, and rationalizes his murders by telling himself that he is punishing sinful women and gaining money to preach God's word. The letters \"L-O-V-E\" are tattooed on the fingers of his right hand, and the letters \"H-A-T-E\" on those of his left hand. Powell uses them as symbols in impromptu sermons. In one", "title": "The Night of the Hunter (film)" }, { "docid": "8826628", "text": "original 1961 film and its three sequels. Among the interviews, all-new footage featuring Hayley Mills will be included. Additional interviewees include Tom Skerritt, Carrie Kei Heim, Monica Creel Lacy, Susan Henning, Ron Maxwell, Tommy Sands, and Joanna Barnes. Bridgette Andersen's mother discusses reflections on experiences which occurred on-set during filming of \"The Parent Trap II\". The project will analyze and also focus on the life of Erich Kastner who wrote the original German book, that the films were was based on. Aaron Pacentine will executive produce the film. The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap is a \"Disney\" film", "title": "The Parent Trap (film series)" } ]

[ "1940" ]

[ { "docid": "4278083", "text": "intake by 6%. The government made preparations to ration food in 1925, in advance of an expected general strike, and appointed Food Control Officers for each region. In the event, the Trades Unions of the London docks organized blockades by crowds, but convoys of lorries under military escort took the heart out of the strike, so that the measures did not have to be implemented. After the Second World War began in September 1939 the first commodity to be controlled was petrol. On 8 January 1940 bacon, butter and sugar were rationed. This was followed by successive ration schemes for", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "12690384", "text": "fund the purchase as a mortgage. The Council could not refuse without the Minister of Agriculture's permission. In 1919 the Board of Agriculture and the Ministry of Food were merged to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, which later became the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). MAFF was in turn the predecessor of DEFRA. Before the Second World War started, Britain imported 55 million tons of food a year. By the end of 1939, this had dropped to 12 million, and food rationing was introduced at the start of 1940. It did not completely end until July", "title": "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "1619914", "text": "Phoney War The Phoney War (; ) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district. The Phoney period began with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France against Nazi Germany on , and ended with the German attack on France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940. While there was no large-scale military action by Britain and France, they did begin economic warfare, and shut down German surface raiders. They created elaborate", "title": "Phoney War" }, { "docid": "20232765", "text": "supergiant stars, and is part of an association of O- and B-type stars, and designated 47 stars as its members. Bidelman received his Ph.D. in 1943. The Yerkes astronomy graduate program directed by Otto Struve began issuing degrees in 1940, and he was among their first ten graduates. Bidelman served in the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground for over 2 years during World War II. He attended the 1942 American Astronomical Society's annual meeting despite a small assembly due to gasoline rationing during World War II. In 1945, when Bidelman left Aberdeen he was hired at", "title": "William P. Bidelman" }, { "docid": "1552139", "text": "and Britain, making films in both countries, appearing in more than 120 films. He was with MGM studios when he retired from film in 1940 and invested in the manufacture of silk stockings, a lucrative business at a time when Canadian and British women could not get them due to the rationing brought on by the Second World War. Although he no longer made motion pictures, Huntley Gordon remained active in the world of network radio. Huntley Gordon died in Van Nuys, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Huntley Gordon Huntley Ashworth", "title": "Huntley Gordon" }, { "docid": "2621340", "text": "Sir Philip Sassoon, the Under Secretary for Air from 1931-35. He held his seat until 1945, when he stood down. He gained the rank of Group Captain in the service of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Loel Guinness went on active duty with the Royal Air Force. In 1940 he flew as a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, famously buying a petrol station near his aerodrome when his driving was restricted by rationing. In 1944 he became commander of a wing of the Second Tactical Air Force and by", "title": "Loel Guinness (politician)" }, { "docid": "16805804", "text": "2/14th Field Regiment (Australia) The 2/14th Field Regiment was an Australian Army artillery unit that served during the Second World War. Raised in late 1940 as part of the 8th Division, the regiment remained in Australia as a garrison force in Darwin when the division's infantry brigades were sent to various places around Southeast Asia to meet the threat posed by Japan. As a result, it did not deploy overseas until late 1943. In New Guinea, the regiment supported the 5th Division's operations on the Huon Peninsula throughout 1944 before deploying with them to New Britain in early 1945. From", "title": "2/14th Field Regiment (Australia)" } ]

[ { "docid": "1852716", "text": "Food rations for Indian people and black people were significantly smaller. The first modern rationing systems were brought in during the First World War. In Germany, suffering from the effects of the British blockade, a rationing system was introduced in 1914 and was steadily expanded over the following years as the situation worsened. Although Britain did not suffer from food shortages, as the sea lanes were kept open for food imports, panic buying towards the end of the war prompted the rationing of first sugar and then meat. It is said to have in the most part benefited the health", "title": "Rationing" }, { "docid": "6339206", "text": "before the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Four days after the United Kingdom declared war on 3 September 1939, Parliament was called in special session and both King and Manion stated their support for Canada following Britain, but did not declare war immediately, partly to show that Canada was joining out of her own initiative and was not obligated to go to war. Unlike 1914 when war came as a surprise, the government had prepared various measures for price controls, rationing, and censorship, and the War Measures Act of 1914 was re-invoked. After two days of debate, the", "title": "Military history of Canada during World War II" }, { "docid": "5492053", "text": "Food rationing also permitted the upgrading of the quality of the food available, and housewives approved—except for the absence of white bread and the government's imposition of an unpalatable wheat meal \"national loaf\". Surveys of public opinion showed that most Britons were pleased that rationing brought equality and a guarantee of a decent meal at an affordable cost. From very early in the war, it was thought that the major industrial cities of Britain, especially London, would come under Luftwaffe air attack; this did happen in The Blitz. Some children were sent to Canada, the USA and Australia, and millions", "title": "Home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "8069064", "text": "Woolton pie Woolton pie, at first known as Lord Woolton pie, is a pastry dish of vegetables, widely served in Britain in the Second World War when rationing and shortages made other dishes hard to prepare. It was created at the Savoy Hotel in London by its then Maitre Chef de Cuisine, Francis Latry. It was one of a number of recipes commended to the British public by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War to enable a nutritious diet to be maintained despite shortages and rationing of many types of food, especially meat. It was named after", "title": "Woolton pie" }, { "docid": "15466859", "text": "Japan in August 1945. During the war Britain lost many of its lucrative export markets and now confronted an annual balance of payments deficit of £1.2billion. As in World War I, Britain emerged from the war militarily triumphant but economically poorer (rationing did not end until 1953), and economist John Maynard Keynes was sent to America to negotiate a low-interest emergency loan of £3.75 billion to tide Britain over; the final repayment of £45.5m (then about $83m) was made on 31 December 2006. In the former occupied countries, severe inflation – caused in part by the large amount of money", "title": "Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)" }, { "docid": "18173356", "text": "Rationing in the United States Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. Rationing in the US was introduced in stages during World War II. Although the United States did not have food rationing in World War I, it relied heavily on propaganda campaigns to persuade people to curb their food consumption. Through slogans such as \"Food Will Win the War\", \"Meatless Meals\", and \"Wheatless", "title": "Rationing in the United States" }, { "docid": "7809466", "text": "Allies, with special attention to flows from the U.S. and Canada to Britain. By 1943 one needed government issued ration coupons to purchase coffee, sugar, meat, cheese, butter, lard, margarine, canned foods, dried fruits, jam, gasoline, bicycles, fuel oil, clothing, silk or nylon stockings, shoes, and many other items. Some items, like automobiles and home appliances, were no longer made. The rationing system did not apply to used goods like clothes or cars, but they became more expensive since they were not subject to price controls. To get a classification and a book of rationing stamps, one had to appear", "title": "United States home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "15605303", "text": "John Arlott commented that Minton's drawings added to the attractions of the book. David thought good illustration important. Although she did not like Minton's black and white drawings, she described his jacket design (right) as \"stunning\". She was especially taken with \"his beautiful Mediterranean bay, his tables spread with white cloths and bright fruit\" and the way that \"pitchers and jugs and bottles of wine could be seen far down the street.\" The book appeared when food rationing imposed during the Second World War remained fully in force in Britain. As David later put it, \"almost every essential ingredient of", "title": "Elizabeth David bibliography" }, { "docid": "12413654", "text": "pilots and other working women often wore trousers. Frequent photographs from the 1930s of actresses Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn in trousers helped make trousers acceptable for women. During World War II, women working in factories and doing other forms of \"men's work\" on war service wore trousers when the work demanded it. In the post-war era, trousers became acceptable casual wear for gardening, the beach, and other leisurely pursuits. Further, in Britain during World War II, because of the rationing of clothing, many women took to wearing their husbands' civilian clothes, including their trousers, to work while their husbands", "title": "Trousers" }, { "docid": "12258243", "text": "war or other large-scale, extended wars often impose restrictions on home use of critical resources that are needed for the war effort, such as food, gasoline, rubber, metal, etc., typically through rationing. In most cases, a black market develops to supply rationed goods at exorbitant prices. The rationing and price controls enforced in many countries during World War II encouraged widespread black market activity. One source of black-market meat under wartime rationing was by farmers declaring fewer domestic animal births to the Ministry of Food than actually happened. Another in Britain was supplies from the US, intended only for use", "title": "Black market" }, { "docid": "4278079", "text": "Rationing in the United Kingdom Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war. At the start of the Second World War in 1939, the United Kingdom was importing 20,000,000 long tons of food per year, including about 70% of its cheese and sugar, nearly 80% of fruits and about 70% of cereals and fats. The UK also imported more than half of its meat, and relied on imported feed to support its domestic meat production. The civilian population of the country was about 50 million. It was one", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "9698945", "text": "appears that a final judgment was never delivered. Eventually, most of the affected bus operators sold their buses to the MTT or other operators who followed the routes described. Up until the end of World War I, most Adelaideans were dependent on public transport for daily journeys. The introduction of private automobiles decreased passenger numbers until petrol rationing during World War II led to a resurgence in patronage; patronage remained higher than before the war, until rationing was discontinued in 1951. From the start of the great depression until the closure of the network only one lot of trams was", "title": "Trams in Adelaide" }, { "docid": "7594830", "text": "grew dramatically. In addition, demobilisation and economic decline following the war caused high unemployment. The war increased female employment; however, the return of demobilised men displaced many from the workforce, as did the closure of many of the wartime factories. In Britain, rationing was finally imposed in early 1918, limited to meat, sugar, and fats (butter and margarine), but not bread. The new system worked smoothly. From 1914 to 1918, trade union membership doubled, from a little over four million to a little over eight million. Britain turned to her colonies for help in obtaining essential war materials whose supply", "title": "World War I" }, { "docid": "5492076", "text": "capacity of 3.3 million tons a year required 2.4 million tons of structural steel and 7.5 million man-days of labor. (Britain imported all its oil from Iraq, Persia and North America). To overcome this problem, Germany employed millions of forced laborers and POWs; by 1944, they had brought in more than five million civilian workers and nearly two million prisoners of war—a total of 7.13 million foreign workers. Rationing in Germany was introduced in 1939 immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities. Hitler was at first convinced that it would affect public support for the war if a strict rationing program", "title": "Home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "4278096", "text": "under 5; for those under 18; children unable to attend school , certain invalids up to . Each consumer received one tin of milk powder (equivalent to ) every eight weeks. Persons falling within the following descriptions were allowed of cheese a week in place of the general ration of : In Britain during the Second World War, clothes rationing was announced on June 1,1941. This was majorly caused by the increased need for clothing materials to be utilized for producing uniforms. By this point in the war, one fourth of the population was now wearing uniforms. Much of the", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "1811141", "text": "the northern and southern boundaries of the region. The lowest number was found at the border of the Monterey and San Luis Obispo County lines. When the highway opened in 1937, average daily vehicle traffic was over 2,500, but dropped to 1,462 the next year. It rose somewhat until December 1, 1942, when mandatory gas rationing was instituted during World War II. The rationing program and a ban on pleasure driving extremely limited the number of visitors who made the trip to Big Sur. On August 15, 1945, World War II gas rationing was ended on the West Coast of", "title": "Big Sur" }, { "docid": "13145488", "text": "the American culinary experience. The first half of the 20th century was characterized by two world wars with very high degrees of hunger and strict rationing, with the starvation of the civilian populations used as a powerful new weapon. In Germany during World War I the rationing system in urban areas virtually collapsed, with people eating animal fodder to survive the \"Turnip winter.\" In Allied countries, meat was diverted first to the soldiers, then to urgent civilian needs in Italy, Britain, France and Greece. Meat production was stretched to the limit in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and", "title": "Food history" }, { "docid": "7857508", "text": "in war time rationing is limited, however, since food can be purchased in the United States on the regular market without the use of stamps. Rationing was widespread in the United Kingdom during World War II and continued long after the end of the war. It has been credited with greatly increasing public health. Fuel rationing did not end until 1950. Ration cards were used in People's Republic of Poland in two periods: April 1952—January 1953 and August 1976—July 1989. Ration stamp A ration stamp or ration card is a stamp or card issued by a government to allow the", "title": "Ration stamp" }, { "docid": "13146852", "text": "The Politics of Starvation \"The Politics of Starvation\" is an essay published in 1946 by the English author George Orwell. The essay argues the need to help feed Europeans after the war, and attributes motives to left-wingers who oppose the idea. Rationing in the United Kingdom was introduced at an early stage of World War II, and did not end completely until 1954. It became stricter after the war ended than during the hostilities, with bread rationing beginning in 1946 and potato rationing in 1947. This was largely because of the need to feed the population of European areas coming", "title": "The Politics of Starvation" }, { "docid": "1761136", "text": "production fell by 25%. Unlike the First World War, when Irish farmers had made substantial profits selling food to Britain, in the Second World War, Britain imposed strict price controls on Irish agricultural imports. Due to the war, imports to Ireland dried up, leading to a drive for self-sufficiency in food and strict rationing, which continued until the 1950s. Nevertheless, as a result of neutrality, Ireland emerged from the war having been spared the physical destruction and extreme hardship undergone by combatant nations on the European mainland. On 18 April 1949 the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which had been", "title": "History of the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "15598784", "text": "manage women's track and field. Coming out of the second World War, women's sport in the country was in a better place than sport in other countries. Many of the sport organisations for women remained intact during the war period and held competitions. Women did not have to deal with issues like food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing women in post-war Europe. Sport had continued on largely undisturbed. At the end of World War II, Australia saw an increase in immigrants coming to the country, with many coming from places that had not previously sent immigrants", "title": "Women's sport in Australia" }, { "docid": "16043278", "text": "new, more powerful and stable currency in the world. This damaged the British economy and within weeks it was stopped. By 1949, the British pound was over valued and had to be devalued. The major economic priority of post-war Britain was to raise exports and balance the UK's dollar deficit. This required the extension of rationing, as British goods and produce were prioritized for export markets. Unlike Continental European countries, where rationing was abandoned within a few years of the wars' end, Britain actually tightened rationing restrictions and didn't fully abandon them until 1954. The U.S. began Marshall Plan grants", "title": "Economic history of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "18726293", "text": "be found in the exciting train journeys to reach them. The book appeared when food rationing imposed during the Second World War remained fully in force in Britain. As David later put it, \"almost every essential ingredient of good cooking was either rationed or unobtainable.\" She therefore adapted some of the recipes she had learned during the years when she lived in Mediterranean countries, \"to make up for lack of flavour which should have been supplied by meat or stock or butter.\" The historian of food Panikos Panayi argues that with \"A Book of Mediterranean Food\", David profoundly changed English", "title": "A Book of Mediterranean Food" }, { "docid": "1852717", "text": "of the country, through the 'levelling of consumption of essential foodstuffs'. To assist with rationing, ration books were introduced on 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat and sugar. During the war, average calories intake decreased only three percent, but protein intake six percent. Food rationing appeared in Poland after the First World War, and ration stamps were in use until the end of the Polish–Soviet War. Rationing became common during the Second World War. Ration stamps were often used. These were redeemable stamps or coupons, and every family was issued a set number of each kind of stamp based on", "title": "Rationing" }, { "docid": "7638301", "text": "enemy aircraft. These efforts did not replace the kinds of civil defense that took place during World War I. Indeed, World War II saw an even greater use of rationing, recycling, and anti-saboteur vigilance than was seen in World War I. As the threat of air raids or invasions in the United States seemed less likely during the war, the focus on the Civil Defense Corps, air raid drills, and patrols of the border declined but the other efforts continued. Unlike the end of World War I, the US did not dismiss all its civil defense efforts as soon as", "title": "United States civil defense" }, { "docid": "15599002", "text": "riding . Australian women's sports had an advantage over many other women's sport organisations around the world in the period after World War II. Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period. This structure survived in the post-war period. Women's sport were not hurt because of food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing post-war Europe. When international sport resumed in the post-war period, Australian women were at an advantage as a result. Women's cycling in Australia Women's cycling was controversial during the 1890s in Australia. The issue was discussed in", "title": "Women's cycling in Australia" }, { "docid": "10709644", "text": "Sustainable fashion Sustainable fashion, also called eco fashion, is a part of the growing design philosophy and trend of sustainability, the goal of which is to create a system which can be supported indefinitely in terms of human impact on the environment and social responsibility. It can be seen as an alternative trend against fast fashion. Sustainable fashion came to be in the 1940s during World War 2 when the rationing policy was implemented. The cinched waist, box cut and shortening of skirts came about in the 40's because of the rationing of all resources that had to be used", "title": "Sustainable fashion" }, { "docid": "5492060", "text": "small boats and others. Canada expanded food production, but shipped so much to Britain that food rationing had to be imposed. In 1942 it shipped to Britain 25 per cent of total meat production (including 75% of the bacon), 65% of the cheese and 13% of the eggs. 20% of Canada's population were neither of British nor French origin, and their status was of special concern. The main goal was to integrate the marginalized European ethnicities—in contrast to the First World War policy of internment camps for Ukrainians and Germans. In the case of Germany, Italy and especially Japan, the", "title": "Home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "14560760", "text": "Harbor in December 1941, to help with rationing which was brought throughout the USA during 1942. As part of the Global Plant Conservation Strategy and Global Plant Conservation Day adopted in many botanic gardens, especially members of Botanic Gardens Conservation International BGCI, period varieties of fruit and vegetables are being grown after research into surviving 1940s varieties. World War Zoo gardens World War Zoo gardens is a research project and recreation of a wartime \"dig for victory\" garden, created at Newquay Zoo in 2009 based on those created in many a zoo and botanic garden throughout Britain and Europe during", "title": "World War Zoo gardens" }, { "docid": "17520576", "text": "(nor did they run from the very start of the conflict), it is very difficult to estimate the number of Belgians that have sought refuge in Britain during World War I. Estimations vary between 225,000 and 265,000. The estimation does not include the roughly 150,000 Belgian soldiers that have taken leave in Britain at one point in the war and an additional 25,000 wounded Belgian soldiers convalescing in Britain. The fullest account is given in \"Belgian Refugee Relief in England during the Great War\" by Peter Calahan (Garland Publishing, New York and London, 1982). Because of the tension present already", "title": "Belgian refugees" }, { "docid": "3005774", "text": "to essential industries. Access to imports was hampered and rationing made doing some things very difficult. Fuel and rubber shortages were overcome with novel approaches. In New Zealand, industry switched from civilian needs to making war materials on a much larger scale than is commonly understood today. New Zealand and Australia supplied the bulk of foodstuffs to American forces in the South Pacific, as Reverse Lend-Lease. With earlier commitments to supply food to Britain this led to both Britain and America (MacArthur) complaining about food going to the other ally (and Britain commenting on the much more generous ration allocations", "title": "Military history of New Zealand during World War II" }, { "docid": "5302027", "text": "According to the Culinary Heritage of Switzerland, it is one of the most popular cakes in Switzerland, especially for the birthdays of children. The popularity of carrot cake was revived in Great Britain because of rationing during the Second World War. Carrot cake Carrot cake is a cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. The origins of carrot cake are disputed. Many food historians believe carrot cake originated from Medieval carrot puddings eaten by Europeans. This evolution is said to be originated during the Middle Ages when sugar and sweeteners were expensive for most individuals and often hard to", "title": "Carrot cake" }, { "docid": "20090240", "text": "during the war focused on new initiatives in cooperation with the leading allies, promote propaganda efforts with neutrals, and initiatives to undermine the German economy, especially through a naval blockade. In 1915, an Allied conference began operations in Paris to coordinate financial support for allies, munitions productions, and rationing of raw materials to neutrals who might otherwise reship them to Germany. Britain established a blacklist, a shipping control commission and a ministry of blockade. On 4 August, the British Government declared war in the King's name, taking Britain (and the Empire) into the Great War. Strategic risk posed by German", "title": "Diplomatic history of World War I" }, { "docid": "13172915", "text": "song became very popular in Ireland during the Second World War (known in neutral Ireland as the Emergency). The song was a reaction to the widespread rationing of tea, sugar, tobacco and other goods due to the drastic drop in imports, particularly from Britain. It poked fun at Ireland's Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and Minister Seán McEntee who were blamed for the shortages and rationing. The line \"the long and the short and the tall\" had particular sarcastic resonance because De Valera was tall while McEntee was very short. Films Television Bless 'Em All \"Bless 'Em All\", also known as", "title": "Bless 'Em All" }, { "docid": "10810377", "text": "the South Portico of the White House. \"Vogue\" featured its first spread of women wearing slacks in 1939. During World War II, women working in industrial work in war service wore their husbands' trousers, and in the post-war era trousers were still common casual wear for gardening, socialising, and other leisure pursuits. Similarly, in Britain during the Second World War, because of the rationing of clothing, many women took to wearing their husbands' civilian clothes to work while their husbands were away in the armed forces. This was partly because they were seen as work garments, and partly to allow", "title": "Trousers as women's clothing" }, { "docid": "9625988", "text": "Salt lists During the American Civil War, the Union blockade interrupted the normal sources of salt for the Confederate states. Georgia, Alabama and other southern states began a rationing process to ensure fair distribution. Many of the states handed rationing responsibility to the county courts, which created salt lists of eligible families and the amounts of salt (calculated in 1/2 bushels) that they could receive. The rationing programs did not provide the salt for free, except for widows of soldiers. Other families were required to pay, although families of serving soldiers and widowed mothers of soldiers were given special consideration.", "title": "Salt lists" }, { "docid": "9625987", "text": "Salt lists During the American Civil War, the Union blockade interrupted the normal sources of salt for the Confederate states. Georgia, Alabama and other southern states began a rationing process to ensure fair distribution. Many of the states handed rationing responsibility to the county courts, which created salt lists of eligible families and the amounts of salt (calculated in 1/2 bushels) that they could receive. The rationing programs did not provide the salt for free, except for widows of soldiers. Other families were required to pay, although families of serving soldiers and widowed mothers of soldiers were given special consideration.", "title": "Salt lists" }, { "docid": "4278104", "text": "dead being kept and used by the living. In the late 1940s the Conservative Party exploited and incited growing public anger at rationing, scarcity, controls, austerity and government bureaucracy. They used the dissatisfaction with the socialistic and egalitarian policies of the Labour Party to rally middle-class supporters and build a political comeback that won the 1951 general election. Their appeal was especially effective to housewives, who faced more difficult shopping conditions after the war than during it. Although rationing formally ended in 1954, cheese production remained depressed for decades afterwards. During rationing, most milk in Britain was used to make", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "14698221", "text": "dependence on rail transport increased, the company moved its headquarters and main meat processing operations in 1913 to the current site in Willand, near Exeter, to allow easier access to the Great Western Railway. This was also the first year when the first Lloyd Maunder branded shop opened in Bampton Street, Tiverton. Between the wars, the company expanded quickly in both its meat processing capacity, and its retail division. The company expanded into the production of lamb, beef and sausages. Like many butchers it suffered during World War II with rationing of meat (at the start of the war most", "title": "Lloyd Maunder" }, { "docid": "4157888", "text": "food to the country in an attempt to starve Britain into surrender under their unrestricted submarine warfare programme. One response to this threat was to introduce voluntary rationing in , a scheme said to have been endorsed by the King and Queen themselves. Bread was subsidised from September that year; prompted by local authorities taking matters into their own hands, compulsory rationing was introduced in stages between and , as Britain's supply of wheat stores decreased to just six weeks worth. It is said to have in the most part benefited the health of the country, through the 'levelling of", "title": "History of the United Kingdom during the First World War" }, { "docid": "9949945", "text": "and minerals to food. Their work began in the early 1940s, when calcium was added to bread. They were also responsible for formulating the wartime rationing of Britain during World War II. Widdowson and McCance were employed by the Medical Research Council from 1946, and spent most of their working life in Cambridge. They were consulted on the rehabilitation of the victims of severe starvation in Nazi concentration camps, and visited the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in early 1946 to study of the impact of the poor wartime diet on the people in Nazi-occupied territories. Widdowson followed up this work", "title": "Elsie Widdowson" }, { "docid": "4278082", "text": "warfare to try to starve Britain into submission. To meet this threat, voluntary rationing was introduced in February 1917. Bread was subsidised from September that year; prompted by local authorities taking matters into their own hands, compulsory rationing was introduced in stages between December 1917 and February 1918 as Britain's supply of wheat decreased to just six weeks' worth. To help the process, ration books were introduced in July 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat, and sugar. For the most part, rationing benefited the health of the country. During the war, average energy intake decreased by only 3%, but protein", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "11077673", "text": "left to start their own companies elsewhere, Davis became the sole owner of the company. In 1944, World War II brought a sudden change to the dairy markets; the government wanted skim milk to ship overseas and began rationing butter. Demand and prices for dairy products were high during this time, permanently changing both the market and the business model of St. Peter Creamery. 1953–1963 When prices began to drop during the 1950s, the St. Peter Creamery faced many challenges. In order to continue running the company, Stan Davis decided to purchase a dryer. In 1959, Stan Davis’s son Mark", "title": "Davisco Foods International" }, { "docid": "18349468", "text": "the introduction of rail motors. Petrol rationing forced greater use of the rail network by the public during World War II and this improved profitability while rationing remained in place. However, the cost of recovering from neglected maintenance during the War added to the ever-increasing use of motor vehicles accelerated the closure of branch lines after the War. On 1 May 1964, the line beyond Acland was closed. The Acland to Oakey section was kept open to support the operation of the coalmines at Acland. The mines' principal customer was Queensland Rail. In the late 1960s, when Queensland Rail completed", "title": "Muntapa Tunnel" }, { "docid": "457756", "text": "1882–83, red and white hoops in 1882–83, chocolate and white in 1883–84 and cardinal red and blue halves in 1884–85. The blue and white stripes made their first appearance in the 1885–86 season, although at that time they were of a lighter shade of blue; the navy blue stripes did not appear until after the First World War. For the regional leagues played during the Second World War, Albion were forced to switch to all-blue shirts, as rationing meant that striped material was considered a luxury. Like all football clubs, Albion sport a secondary or \"change\" strip when playing away", "title": "West Bromwich Albion F.C." }, { "docid": "12175636", "text": "was felt in many rallies against post war bread rationing. Food rationing had been established early on during World War Two. After six long years, this frustration with austerity and state control became a very political issue, particularly among women who, fed up with rationing, longed for some purchasing power and freedom of choice. Meat, bacon, butter, sugar, eggs, tea, cheese, milk, sweets, clothes, petrol were all still restricted. In February 1946, new cuts were made on poultry and eggs. During the war, bread had never been rationed, it was however introduced in 1946, for two years. Bread rationing caused", "title": "British Housewives' League" }, { "docid": "4612724", "text": "I. Victory gardens were encouraged during World War II When rationing made for food shortages. A popular Tin Pan Alley song of 1919 asked, concerning the United States troops returning from World War I, \"How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?\". As the song hints, many did not remain \"down on the farm\"; there was a great migration of youth from farms to nearby towns and smaller cities. The average distance moved was only 10 miles (16 km). Few went to the cities over 100,000. However, agriculture became increasingly mechanized with widespread use of", "title": "History of agriculture in the United States" }, { "docid": "10974782", "text": "of the ABC1 system of social classification in Britain. Abrams's contacts with other social scientists working abroad during this period led to his work retrieving refugees from Nazi Europe (in 1939 helping Sigmund Freud make his final move to England). During World War Two Abrams was employed first in the BBC Overseas Research Department, then at the Psychological Warfare Board, where he carried out government surveys into working-class diets under rationing and the impact of bombing on civilian morale, and also commissioned covert psychological analysis into the mind of Adolf Hitler. His studies of food consumption during the war contributed", "title": "Mark Abrams" }, { "docid": "3826287", "text": "The party began to decline when political uniforms were banned by the Public Order Act 1936. Its activities were curtailed during World War II, and attempts to rebuild afterwards around a campaign against bread rationing had little success. Hargrave stood again in the 1950 general election, but after he gained only 551 votes, the party disbanded itself in 1951. In 1976, C. J. Hunt, treasurer of the Social Credit Political League, formed a new party under the old name. This short-lived group was based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, where it was active in local politics. Notable supporters of Social Credit", "title": "Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" }, { "docid": "20611822", "text": "in the Battle of the Atlantic to attack shipping bound for Britain, restricting British industry and potentially starving the nation into submission. To deal with sometimes extreme shortages, the Ministry of Food instituted a system of rationing. To buy most rationed items, each person had to register at chosen shops, and was provided with a ration book containing coupons that were only good at that shop. The shopkeeper was provided with enough food for registered customers. Purchasers had to take ration books with them when shopping, so that the relevant coupon or coupons could be cancelled. The outbreak of the", "title": "United Kingdom home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "4157889", "text": "consumption of essential foodstuffs'. To assist with rationing, ration books were introduced on 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat, and sugar. During the war, average calorific intake decreased only three percent, but protein intake six percent. Total British production fell by ten percent over the course of the war; there were, however, increases in certain industries such as steel. Although Britain faced a highly contentious Shell Crisis of 1915 With severe shortages of artillery shells reported from the Western Front. In 1915, a powerful new Ministry of Munitions under David Lloyd George was formed to control munitions production. The Government's", "title": "History of the United Kingdom during the First World War" }, { "docid": "9894527", "text": "Military history of New Zealand during World War I The military history of New Zealand during World War I began in August 1914 when Great Britain declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite its geographic isolation and small population. It was believed at the time that any declaration of war by the United Kingdom automatically included New Zealand; and the Governor (the Earl of Liverpool) announced that New Zealand was at war with Germany from the steps of Parliament on 5 August. The total number of New", "title": "Military history of New Zealand during World War I" }, { "docid": "9116591", "text": "varieties, with British disease-resistant rootstocks still used globally for fruits such as apples. During the World Wars of the 20th century difficulties of food supply were countered by official measures, which included rationing. The problem was worse in WWII, and the Ministry of Food was established to address the problems (see Rationing in the United Kingdom). Due to the economic problems following the war, rationing continued for some years, and in some aspects was more strict than during wartime. Rationing was not fully lifted until almost a decade after war ended in Europe, so that a whole generation was raised", "title": "British cuisine" }, { "docid": "17335749", "text": "to keep their reserves in pounds as \"sterling balances\". An additional $3.2 billion – which did not have to be repaid – came from the American Marshall Plan in 1948–52. However the Plan did require Britain to modernise its business practices and remove trade barriers. Britain was an enthusiastic supporter of the Marshall Plan and used it as a lever to more directly promote European unity. Britain was an enthusiastic cofounder of the NATO military alliance formed in 1949 against the Soviets. Rationing, especially of food, continued in the post-war years as the government tried to control demand and normalise", "title": "Social history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)" }, { "docid": "9894562", "text": "Belgium and Armentierses, Longueval (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery), Grevillers, and Marfaux in France. There are four national battlefield memorials at Passchendaele, Messines, the Somme and Le Quesnoy. Military history of New Zealand during World War I The military history of New Zealand during World War I began in August 1914 when Great Britain declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand government followed without hesitation, despite its geographic isolation and small population. It was believed at the time that any declaration of war by the United Kingdom automatically included New Zealand; and the Governor", "title": "Military history of New Zealand during World War I" }, { "docid": "19455370", "text": "the desperate years in the First World War and shortly after, when ordinary citizens were impoverished and forced to severely curtail their food intake. In Russia, families had to contend with the widespread destruction of their homes and farms. Bomb-scarred Great Britain survived by instituting strict rationing of food and conservation of strategic goods along with efforts to salvage metal in both domestic and industrial programs. Even in affluent North America, the home front has been transformed by the exigencies of a \"total war\". While households may face the inevitable shortages, \"tightening\" the belt\"has resulted in industrial production turned to", "title": "Tomorrow's World (film)" }, { "docid": "8069067", "text": "cakes.) The recipe for Woolton pie has been published on a number of occasions since the war, notably in collections to mark significant anniversaries, e.g. Marguerite Patten's (1985) \"We'll Eat Again\", marking the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Citations Bibliography Woolton pie Woolton pie, at first known as Lord Woolton pie, is a pastry dish of vegetables, widely served in Britain in the Second World War when rationing and shortages made other dishes hard to prepare. It was created at the Savoy Hotel in London by its then Maitre Chef de Cuisine, Francis Latry. It", "title": "Woolton pie" }, { "docid": "15509796", "text": "sugar beet than any other East Anglian station. Inwards traffic included materials for road improvement schemes in the area. Up until 1924 parcels traffic was relatively constant but this fell away as cartage rates became cheaper. During World War 2 and afterwards, rubble from bombed buildings was unloaded at Snape and used for coastal defence purposes. Initially there were two trains per day but as the rubble was cleared this reduced and finally ceased in 1948. As petrol rationing eased after World War 2 local agricultural traffic switched to road. This included the malted barley from the early 1950s. During", "title": "Snape branch line" }, { "docid": "9727009", "text": "asking for more butter during wartime rationing. As Gillis pointed out in the House of Commons, Cape Breton miners had amongst the highest enlistment rates in Canada, and their families were needy, not just for butter, but just about every kind of basic food-stuff. His constant support for workers did eventually bring about changes in the latter part of World War II. When labour unions were being attacked in Parliament, Gillis was usually the one called upon to defend them. In 1942, during the speech from the throne debate, H. A. Bruce, the Conservative Party member from Toronto's Parkdale electoral", "title": "Clarence Gillis" }, { "docid": "14677522", "text": "Britain today. When the loss of Britain's architectural heritage reached its height at the rate of one house every five days in 1955, few were particularly interested or bothered. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, to the British public still suffering from the deprivations of food rationing and restriction on building work the destruction of these great redundant houses was of little interest. From 1914 onwards there had been a huge exodus away from a life in domestic service; having experienced the less restricted and better paid life away from the great estates, few were anxious to return", "title": "Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain" }, { "docid": "525709", "text": "London, ahead of Rome, Detroit, Budapest, Lausanne, Helsinki, Montreal and Athens. World War II stopped the plans and the Games were cancelled so London again stood as a candidate for 1948. Great Britain almost handed the 1948 games to the United States due to post-war financial and rationing problems, but King George VI said that this could be the chance to restore Britain from World War II. The official report of the London Olympics shows that there was no case of London being pressed to run the Games against its will. It says: In May 1946 the IOC, through a", "title": "1948 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "5492077", "text": "was introduced. The Nazis were popular partly because Germany was relatively prosperous, and Hitler did not want to lose popularity or public support. Hitler felt that food and other shortages had been a major factor in destroying civilian morale during World War I, leading to defeatism and surrender. Despite the rationing, civilians had enough food and clothing; witness Howard K. Smith later wrote that \"[f]or a people engaged in a life-and-death war ... the German people for two years of war ate amazingly well.\" The meat ration, for example, was 500 g per week per person. After the German invasion", "title": "Home front during World War II" }, { "docid": "17798132", "text": "ordered the Naval General Staff in mid-1940 to start preparing for a war with Japan in the Far East. Raeder believed that once Britain was defeated, Germany would have to take on and destroy Japan to properly achieve its \"world power status\" because as a great sea power, Japan was bound to become an enemy of the \"Reich\" sooner or later. Raeder's major fear in mid-1940 was that Hitler might not cripple Britain enough when the expected British surrender came, and instead make a \"compromise peace\" that would allow Britain to keep its \"great sea power\". Raeder believed that if", "title": "Erich Raeder during World War II" }, { "docid": "531231", "text": "Some, like Reitz, eventually reconciled themselves to the new \"status quo\", but others could not. One of the most important events in the decade after the end of the war was the creation of the Union of South Africa (later the Republic of South Africa). It proved a key ally to Britain as a Dominion of the British Empire during the World Wars. At the start of the First World War a crisis ensued when the South African government led by Louis Botha and other former Boer fighters, such as Jan Smuts, declared support for Britain and agreed to send", "title": "Second Boer War" }, { "docid": "11554358", "text": "defending world champion Holcomb recorded the fastest track times in both runs while defending Olympic champion Lange had the fastest start times. Russia-2 driven by Alexandr Zubkov, the defending four-man silver medalist and bronze medalist in the two-man event at these Games, crashed out in the first run when one of his steering ropes broke. Austria-1 and Slovakia-1 also crashed out in the first run, and neither sled started the second run with Russia-2. Second run crashes involved USA-2, Great Britain-1, and Japan-1. USA-2 did not start the third run. There were no crashes in the final two runs of", "title": "Whistler Sliding Centre" }, { "docid": "10420351", "text": "in 2010. This productionised philosophy was developed further during the war years to enable the company to address the mass-market afterwards. John's cousin Charles A. Nicholson, universally known as Young Charlie, worked out of the Southampton premises, and not suffering the same shadow of his father launched his design career with the offshore racer \"Yeoman\" in 1937. The company survived World War II intact, and thought it had much repair and maintenance work awaiting its yards through the return of owners. But Britain had changed, with the subdued economy through rationing and high post-war tax rate making owners rethink where", "title": "Camper and Nicholsons" }, { "docid": "84202", "text": "is made in the dairy\". His wife and he were behind the introduction of the cheese into Scotland and North America. His sons, Henry and William Harding, were responsible for introducing Cheddar cheese production to Australia and facilitating the establishment of the cheese industry in New Zealand, respectively. During the Second World War, and for nearly a decade after, most milk in Britain was used for the making of one single kind of cheese nicknamed \"government Cheddar\" as part of war economies and rationing. This almost resulted in wiping out all other cheese production in the country. Before the First", "title": "Cheddar cheese" }, { "docid": "19403106", "text": "Butchers' Federation of Great Britain. He was also one of the main founders of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. During World War I, Carmichael sat on the London Food Vigilance Committee, and argued that rationing should be introduced in order to prevent starvation of workers due to food shortages. He was also a leading campaigner against conscription. Following the war, he became the first president of the National Union of Ex-Service Men. In 1917, Carmichael was elected as the secretary of London Trades Council, and held the post until his death in 1924. In this post, he", "title": "Duncan Carmichael" }, { "docid": "409428", "text": "that the whole economy would have to be geared for war if the Allies were to prevail on the Western Front. As young men left the farms for the front, domestic food production in Britain and Germany fell. In Britain the response was to import more food, which was done despite the German introduction of unrestricted submarine warfare, and to introduce rationing. The Royal Navy's blockade of German ports prevented Germany from importing food and hastened German capitulation by creating a food crisis in Germany. The Second World War was the quintessential total war of modernity. The level of national", "title": "Total war" }, { "docid": "7154115", "text": "a large amount of real lemon juice. When World War II began, Fooks dropped many of his other brands, such as Botl-O and Sunburst, in order to focus on Grapette. Sales of Grapette continued to soar during the war, despite restrictions and material shortages. Sugar, which was subject to wartime rationing, was obtained by adding water to granulated sugar, thus liquefying it, enabling it to be sold as syrup, which was not subject to rationing. In 1942, R. Paul May, an Arkansas oil tycoon, persuaded Fooks to allow him to market Grapette in Latin America, citing a lack of soft", "title": "Grapette" }, { "docid": "1957763", "text": "shocks and shortages. The government had foreseen the possibility of coal and oil shortages and had stockpiled some before the war, which, combined with rationing, prevented some of the worst potential problems from coming to the country. The disruptions to the European trading network were also damaging to the economy, but all things considered, Denmark did quite well compared to other countries during the war. The country, at least certain sections of it, did so well that it has been open to the accusation of profiteering from the war. After the war there was some effort to find and punish", "title": "Denmark in World War II" }, { "docid": "9949949", "text": "her sister in Ireland. She never married. Elsie Widdowson Elsie Widdowson (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000), was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. Widdowson was born in Wallington, Surrey. Her father was a grocer's assistant. Her younger sister Eva Crane trained as a nuclear physicist but became a world-renowned authority on bees. She lived in Dulwich and attended Sydenham County Grammar School for Girls. She studied chemistry at Imperial College, London and graduated with", "title": "Elsie Widdowson" }, { "docid": "9949940", "text": "Elsie Widdowson Elsie Widdowson (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000), was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. Widdowson was born in Wallington, Surrey. Her father was a grocer's assistant. Her younger sister Eva Crane trained as a nuclear physicist but became a world-renowned authority on bees. She lived in Dulwich and attended Sydenham County Grammar School for Girls. She studied chemistry at Imperial College, London and graduated with a BSc in 1928, becoming one of", "title": "Elsie Widdowson" }, { "docid": "12666824", "text": "serves them at tea to Harry and Ron. Rock cake A rock cake, also called a rock bun, is a small fruit cake with a rough surface resembling a rock. Rock cakes originated in Great Britain, where they are a traditional teatime treat, but are now popular in many parts of the world. They were promoted by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War since they require fewer eggs and less sugar than ordinary cakes, an important savings in a time of strict rationing. Traditional recipes bulked them with oatmeal, which was more readily available than white flour.", "title": "Rock cake" }, { "docid": "12666820", "text": "Rock cake A rock cake, also called a rock bun, is a small fruit cake with a rough surface resembling a rock. Rock cakes originated in Great Britain, where they are a traditional teatime treat, but are now popular in many parts of the world. They were promoted by the Ministry of Food during the Second World War since they require fewer eggs and less sugar than ordinary cakes, an important savings in a time of strict rationing. Traditional recipes bulked them with oatmeal, which was more readily available than white flour. A typical modern recipe for 12 cakes requires", "title": "Rock cake" }, { "docid": "11646785", "text": "year to keep its troops in Palestine, while at the same time the country was going through a deep economic crisis as a result of World War II, with widespread power cuts and strict rationing, and was heavily dependent on American economic aid. There were also indications, such as several successful bombings in London and the letter-bombing campaign against British politicians, that the insurgents were beginning to take the war home to Britain. In addition, British treatment of Holocaust survivors and tactics in Palestine were earning Britain bad publicity around the world, particularly in the United States, and earned the", "title": "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "2204683", "text": "Pogrom (\"), on Jewish Germans ( in 1938), could not stabilise the economy for long. The start of World War II was used to justify general price controls and rationing. Thus inflation was officially hidden, and was expressed as ever-growing aggregate savings of the population, which could only spend its earnings on limited rations of goods at artificially low prices. However, inflation could clearly be seen in the rising prices on the black market. During the war, the German economy was supported by war booty taken from occupied countries, continuing to some extent until 1944. By the end of the", "title": "Mark (currency)" }, { "docid": "501978", "text": "highly mobilised during the war. The Labour party was in power and promoted unionisation and the welfare state. Agriculture expanded, sending record supplies of meat, butter and wool to Britain. When American forces arrived, they were fed as well. The nation spent £574 million on the war, of which 43% came from taxes, 41% from loans and 16% from American Lend Lease. It was an era of prosperity as the national income soared from £158 million in 1937 to £292 million in 1944. Rationing and price controls kept inflation to only 14% during 1939–45. Over £50 million was spent on", "title": "History of New Zealand" }, { "docid": "7496056", "text": "and food, starvation and malnutrition, consumption of natural resources (such as fossil fuels) faster than the rate of regeneration, and a deterioration in living conditions. Wealthy but highly populated territories like Britain rely on food imports from overseas. This was severely felt during the World Wars when, despite food efficiency initiatives like \"dig for victory\" and food rationing, Britain needed to fight to secure import routes. However, many believe that waste and over-consumption, especially by wealthy nations, is putting more strain on the environment than overpopulation. In spite of concerns about overpopulation, widespread in developed countries, the number of people", "title": "Human overpopulation" }, { "docid": "13967881", "text": "world champion Holcomb posted the fastest track times in the first two runs while defending Olympic champion Lange had the fastest start times in the first two runs. Russia-2 driven by Zubkov, the defending four-man silver medalist and bronze medalist in the two-man event at these games, crashed out in the first run when one of his steering ropes broke. Austria-1 and Slovakia-1 also crashed out in the first run, and neither sled started the second run, nor did Russia-2. Second run crashes involved USA-2, Great Britain-1, and Japan-1. USA-2 did not participate in the 3rd run of the event.", "title": "Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Four-man" }, { "docid": "15599045", "text": "sport. The second World War was disruptive to women's golf in Australia. Some golfers, such as Wilma Fowler and Kitty McEwen, joined up with the Women's Land Army to help the war effort. Australian women's sports had an advantage over many other women's sport organisations around the world in the period after World War II. Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period. This structure survived in the post war period. Women's sport were not hurt because of food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing post-war Europe. Women's golf in", "title": "Women's golf in Australia" }, { "docid": "15599047", "text": "All Hallows' Convent school for girls. During the 1900s in Australia, this sport became more socially acceptable to participate in. Australian women's sports had an advantage over many other women's sport organisations around the world in the period after World War II. Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period. This structure survived in the post war period. Women's sport were not hurt because of food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing post-war Europe. In 1984, there were 32,157 registered female artistic gymnasts in the country. The first national women's", "title": "Women's gymnastics in Australia" }, { "docid": "15499165", "text": "girls to play. It was medically appropriate for all girls to be able to participate in, so long as they were not done in an overly competitive manner, swimming, rowing, cycling and horseback riding. Australian women's sports had an advantage over many other women's sport organisations around the world in the period after World War II. Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period. This structure survived in the post war period. Women's sport were not hurt because of food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing post-war Europe. During the", "title": "Women's soccer in Australia" }, { "docid": "15599370", "text": "Fowler joined the Women's Land Army. Australian women's sports had an advantage over many other women's sport organisations around the world in the period after World War II. Women's sport organisations had largely remained intact and were holding competitions during the war period. This structure survived in the post war period. Women's sport was not hurt because of food rationing, petrol rationing, population disbursement, and other issues facing post-war Europe. During the 1950s, Australian tennis players competed and won at the Empire Games. These players included Margaret Court and Evonne Cawley. Daniela Di Toro is a wheelchair tennis player from", "title": "Women's tennis in Australia" }, { "docid": "434694", "text": "of submarines. However, a submarine design office was set up in the Netherlands and a torpedo research program was started in Sweden. Before the start of World War II, Germany started building U-boats and training crews, labeling these activities as \"research\" or concealing them using other covers. When this became known, the Anglo-German Naval Agreement limited Germany to parity with Britain in submarines. When World War II started, Germany already had 65 U-boats, with 21 of those at sea, ready for war. During World War II, U-boat warfare was the major component of the Battle of the Atlantic, which began", "title": "U-boat" }, { "docid": "18890412", "text": "of 'advances in nutrition' that had occurred in the years since 1939. Hollingsworth wrote that 'much was accomplished during the Second World War' in nutrition because 'owing to rationing and control, it was difficult to obtain an ill-balanced diet'. Her data showed that the 1947 diet was better than the 1934-38 diet 'the most striking improvements being in calcium, vitamin B1, nicotinic acid, protein (mainly in vegetable protein) and vitamin C'. Among other observations, Hollingsworth noted that, while there were still 'class differences in the consumption of vegetables and fruit' in Britain, there was, since the war, a much smaller", "title": "Dorothy F. Hollingsworth" }, { "docid": "8995728", "text": "Utility furniture Utility furniture refers to furniture produced in the United Kingdom during and just after World War II, under a Government scheme which was designed to cope with shortages of raw materials and rationing of consumption. Introduced in 1942, the Utility Furniture Scheme continued into post-war austerity and lasted until 1952. By 1941 it had become apparent that the combination of a severe lack of timber suitable for furniture making (in which Britain was not self-sufficient) and the increased demand for new furniture due to the losses of housing caused by bombing and to the continuing establishment of new", "title": "Utility furniture" }, { "docid": "3670658", "text": "Stratofortress. There is an annual open house when non-DoD visitors are allowed. Visitors may also tour the museum from 9:30 am to 4 pm every day except official holidays. Barksdale Field was named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (1895–1926) on 2 February 1933. Lieutenant Barksdale received his wings in Great Britain in 1918 and flew with the British during World War I. Barksdale died on 11 August 1926, over McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio when testing a Douglas O-2 observation airplane for spin characteristics. He did not recover from a flat spin while parachuting out of the", "title": "Barksdale Air Force Base" }, { "docid": "10322132", "text": "Albert Gubay Albert Gubay, KC*SG (9 April 1928 – 5 January 2016) was a Welsh businessman and philanthropist, who made his fortune with the Kwik Save retail chain, building it further on investments, mainly in property development. According to \"Forbes\", in 2006 Gubay had an estimated fortune of approximately GBP500 million (US$1.1 billion), making him the 698th richest person in the world. Born on 9 April 1928 in Rhyl, to an Iraqi Jewish father, and an Irish Roman Catholic mother, Gubay began his business career in North Wales selling non-sugar sweets during post-World War II confectionery rationing. When rationing came", "title": "Albert Gubay" }, { "docid": "13764622", "text": "volunteer labour by the Lions fans. After the war, rationing in Britain continued and Millwall were refused permission by the Ministry of Works to construct a new two tier stand, despite having procured all the materials. They had to wait until 1948, when permission was granted to build a smaller single tier stand two thirds the length of the pitch, with a forecourt terrace at the front. Archibald Leitch's \"trademark gables\" were never replaced. Their form during the 1950s was poor, and they suffered relegation on a regular basis. One highlight during this period was on 5 October 1953, when", "title": "History of Millwall F.C." }, { "docid": "13908641", "text": "Germany did not flinch in following them. German leaders had also become increasingly nervous about a 'Kopenhagen,' a British strike to disable their fleet like that conducted in the 1807 Battle of Copenhagen. In December 1904, during the heightened tensions of the Russo-Japanese War, rumors spread that Japan's ally Britain would attack and the German ambassador to Britain, who was in Berlin, had to reassure Wilhelm and other senior officials that Britain did not intend to start a war. As fears rose, so did nationalist sentiment, including right-wing criticism of the leftist Social Democratic Party, who resisted higher defense spending", "title": "Anglo-German naval arms race" }, { "docid": "17636961", "text": "diplomatic powers, but that did not stop the colonial government from attempting to demonstrate its loyalty and legislative independence through supportive parliamentary motions and gestures. The Southern Rhodesian parliament unanimously moved to support Britain in the event of war during a special sitting on 28 August 1939. When Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 following the invasion of Poland, Southern Rhodesia issued its own declaration of war almost immediately, before any of the dominions did. Huggins backed full military mobilisation and \"a war to the finish\", telling parliament that the conflict was one of national survival for", "title": "Southern Rhodesia in World War II" }, { "docid": "17798188", "text": "strategic or long-range consequences\". In early 1942, Raeder become involved in a scandal when it was discovered that he had been a part of group of high-ranking officials who had abused their positions to buy more groceries than the rationing permitted, but Hitler ordered the matter to be covered up. The Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels wanted Raeder and the other high officials of the \"grocery ring\" like Wilhelm Keitel, Hermann Göring and Hans Lammers who had used their positions to ignore rationing when grocery shopping to be punished in order to let the German people know that the elite were", "title": "Erich Raeder during World War II" }, { "docid": "4278086", "text": "children between five and seven years old had become used to wartime restrictions. When questioned about bananas, many did not believe such items existed. Game meat such as rabbit and pigeon were not rationed but were not always available. A popular music-hall song, written 20 years previously but sung ironically, was \"Yes! We Have No Bananas\". During the food rationing, British biologists ate laboratory rats. Most controversial was bread; it was not rationed until after the war ended, but the \"national loaf\" of wholemeal bread replaced the ordinary white variety, to the distaste of most housewives who found it mushy,", "title": "Rationing in the United Kingdom" } ]

[ "Chester Bennington of Linkin Park" ]

[ { "docid": "11289522", "text": "five singers from other bands, each that are good friends of his, to do the vocal work for his songs. Those five singers include Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Disturbed, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, and Jay Gordon of Orgy. Drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 are performed by Vinnie Colaiuta, and Colaiuta and Terry Bozzio on track 8. Aaliyah, the late singer/actress who played the titular role, did not record any songs for \"Queen of the Damned\" like she did for her previous film \"Romeo Must Die\". The alternative metal-styled song \"What", "title": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "11289522", "text": "five singers from other bands, each that are good friends of his, to do the vocal work for his songs. Those five singers include Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Disturbed, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, and Jay Gordon of Orgy. Drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 are performed by Vinnie Colaiuta, and Colaiuta and Terry Bozzio on track 8. Aaliyah, the late singer/actress who played the titular role, did not record any songs for \"Queen of the Damned\" like she did for her previous film \"Romeo Must Die\". The alternative metal-styled song \"What", "title": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "9578220", "text": "Death Valley, over 3000 goths were recruited from Melbourne nightclubs and on the internet, then driven on a fleet of buses to a quarry in Werribee to act as extras. The songs for Lestat's band were written and performed by Jonathan Davis, of the Nu-Metal band Korn, and Richard Gibbs, although Davis's contractual commitments to Sony BMG meant that his vocals could not appear on the soundtrack album. Instead, the vocals were re-recorded by other musicians for the soundtrack release: Wayne Static of Static-X (\"Not Meant for Me\"), David Draiman of Disturbed (\"Forsaken\"), Chester Bennington of Linkin Park (\"System\"), Marilyn", "title": "Queen of the Damned" } ]

[ { "docid": "9578207", "text": "Queen of the Damned Queen of the Damned is a 2002 Australian-American horror film, and a loose adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series, \"The Queen of the Damned\", although the film contains many plot elements from the novel's predecessor, \"The Vampire Lestat\". It stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat. \"Queen of the Damned\" was released six months after Aaliyah's death and is dedicated to her memory. \"Queen of the Damned\" was released on February 22, 2002 in the US and on April 4, 2002 in Australia.", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "9578226", "text": "December 2002, Allan Menzies from West Lothian in Scotland murdered one of his friends. He claimed in court that it was Aaliyah's character \"Queen Akasha\" from the film that told him to do it. Queen of the Damned Queen of the Damned is a 2002 Australian-American horror film, and a loose adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series, \"The Queen of the Damned\", although the film contains many plot elements from the novel's predecessor, \"The Vampire Lestat\". It stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat. \"Queen of the", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "11289521", "text": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack to the 2002 vampire horror film \"Queen of the Damned\", which was released on March 1, 2002 through Warner Music Group. The soundtrack was produced by Richard Gibbs and Jonathan Davis of American nu metal band Korn. The original motion picture soundtrack to the film is Jonathan Davis's first musical output outside of Korn. Originally he was to perform vocals on the soundtrack, but due to contract limitations with Sony, he could not. So, he hired", "title": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "11289524", "text": "released it in mp3 form via Amazon.com & iTunes on November 16, 2007. It was played after a score album medley on the Alone I Play tour. Richard Gibbs has confirmed that there are two other tracks that Jonathan Davis wrote, but it's unlikely that they'll be released. Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack to the 2002 vampire horror film \"Queen of the Damned\", which was released on March 1, 2002 through Warner Music Group. The soundtrack was produced by Richard Gibbs", "title": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "536299", "text": "glee. \"The Queen of the Damned\", deals with the origins of vampires themselves. The mother of all vampires, Akasha, begins as a pre-Egyptian queen, in a land called Kemet (which will become Egypt), many thousands of years ago. During this time two powerful witches (Maharet and Mekare) live in the mountains of an unnamed region. The witches are able to communicate with invisible spirits and gain simple favors from them. During this period there is a bloodthirsty, invisible spirit known as Amel who continually asks the two witches if they need his assistance, although they prudently decline the offer. The", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "8006962", "text": "poetry she has been dubbed \"Prokleta Jerina\" (Serbian Cyrillic: Проклета Јерина, the \"Damned Jerina\" or \"Jerina the Cursed\"). The Maglič fortress, nearby Kraljevo in Serbia is also known as the fortress of damned Jerina. It was built in the 13th century. Damned Jerina, who used to throw her lovers into the deep well inside the walls, built it, the legend reads. The Užice fortress has the legend similar to this. In local tradition she is described as a cruel queen who threw children from highest tower to dark river Đetinja. The meaning of river's name can be translated as \"of", "title": "Irene Kantakouzene" }, { "docid": "1351724", "text": "a script adapted from the novel by Rice and Faye Perozich. In 1991 the entire series was published as a graphic novel by Ballantine. Portions of \"The Vampire Lestat\" were used and loosely interpreted, in the 2002 film adaptation of \"The Queen of the Damned\". The Film \"Queen of the Damned\" was seen to be a critical failure, and disappointed some viewers. Rice herself has dismissed the film. On her Facebook page, any time the subject is brought up, she repeatedly comments that \"The Queen of the Damned\" film is not something she can understand or embrace, that she encouraged", "title": "The Vampire Lestat" }, { "docid": "9578225", "text": "Damned\" was released on February 22, 2002 in the United States and Canada. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics, with several reviewers such as Roger Ebert describing it as \"goofy\" or \"damned\". The film has an approval \"rotten\" rating of 12% at Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus calling the film \"A muddled and campy MTV-styled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad accents.\" Despite negative reviews, \"Queen of the Damned\" nonetheless topped the box office on its opening weekend, against fairly weak competition. The film grossed $45.5 million on a $35 million budget. In", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "13508728", "text": "talk show called \"Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don't\". The video opens with Alex and the host, Nika \"Nothing Personal\" Jones, as she talks about Alex's affair with his school teacher. The video displays distractions Alex has with his classes and at his band practices due to this affair. At the end of the bridge of the song, after Alex sings \"but I never promised you\", the song comes to a halt. Jack, Zack, Rian, Alex's parents, and the school teacher come out, and a full out brawl is started. The chorus of the song comes back", "title": "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)" }, { "docid": "536293", "text": "The Queen of the Damned The Queen of the Damned (1988) is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the third in her \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series. It follows \"Interview with the Vampire\" and \"The Vampire Lestat\". This novel is a continuation of the story that ends in a cliffhanger in \"The Vampire Lestat\" and explores the rich history and mythology of the origin of the vampires, which dates back to Ancient Egypt. In March 2014, a new installment of Rice's series was announced titled \"Prince Lestat\", which Rice's son, novelist Christopher Rice, called \"a true sequel to \"The", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "536304", "text": "and spirit they collectively share. In an experiment by the first Keeper, Akasha and Enkil are exposed to sunlight when they are several thousand years old. This merely darkens their skin. However, the result on all other vampires is extreme, and many of the weakest vampires die, thus confirming the legend that anything that harms Akasha will also directly affect all of her progeny. The Queen of the Damned The Queen of the Damned (1988) is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the third in her \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series. It follows \"Interview with the Vampire\" and \"The", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "9578218", "text": "of Melbourne, which would save considerably on production costs. The first actor cast was R&B singer Aaliyah (who had made her film and acting debut in \"Romeo Must Die\") as Akasha, the eponymous Queen of the Damned. Jenna Dewan and Foxy Brown were rumored to have been considered for the role of Akasha in addition to Aaliyah. The search for an actor to play Lestat took much longer—the idea of Tom Cruise reprising the role was considered but dismissed—although front runners included Wes Bentley, Josh Hartnett and Heath Ledger. Irish actor Stuart Townsend assumed the role in 2000, and the", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "9578214", "text": "and begins to drain Akasha's blood. With the help of the Ancients, Akasha's power diminishes. Maharet is the last to drink Akasha's blood, killing Akasha. Lestat goes to Jesse and, cradling her in his arms, gives her his blood as Maharet turns into a marble statue and \"sleeps\", becoming the new Queen of the Damned. Lestat and Jesse, who is now a vampire, visits David and return Lestat's journal. When asked by David what it is like, Jesse jokingly offers to turn him into a vampire and bids David goodbye. The film closes with Lestat and Jesse walking hand in", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "12362805", "text": "\"Queen of the Damned\". The book was released on October 28, 2014. In 2015, a sequel to the Beauty trilogy, \"Beauty's Kingdom,\" was released. Following its debut in 1976, \"Interview with the Vampire\" received many negative reviews from critics, causing Rice to retreat temporarily from the supernatural genre. When \"The Vampire Lestat\" debuted in 1985, reaction—both from critics and from readers—was more positive, and the first hardcover edition of the book sold 75,000 copies. Upon its publication in 1988, \"The Queen of the Damned\" was given an initial hardcover printing of 405,000 copies. The novel was a main selection of", "title": "Anne Rice" }, { "docid": "14435220", "text": "to bring that vibe back in a big way\". Opening acts for the tour included 2 Cents, Big Jay Oakerson, Dimmu Borgir, Rise to Remain and Shihad. The following songs have been performed at select shows: \"Good God\", \"Faget\", \"Divine\", \"It's On!\", \"The Past\", \"Another Brick in the Wall\" and \"System\", from the \"Queen of the Damned\" soundtrack. The rare performance of \"System\" featured Jonathan Davis playing bass while singing, and was later released exclusively on Korn's \"Digital EP #2\". \"B.B.K.\", \"Love Song\", \"Counting on Me\", \"Move On\", \"Do What They Say\" and \"Ever Be\" have been performed during soundcheck", "title": "Ballroom Blitz Tour" }, { "docid": "12362821", "text": "organized religion. In 1994, Neil Jordan directed a motion picture adaptation of \"Interview with the Vampire\", based on Rice's own screenplay. The movie starred Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as the guilt-ridden Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst in her breakout role as the deceitful child vampire Claudia. A second film adaptation, \"Queen of the Damned,\" was released in February 2002, starring Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat and singer Aaliyah as Akasha. The movie combined plot points from both the novel \"The Queen of the Damned\", as well as from \"The Vampire Lestat\". Produced on a budget of", "title": "Anne Rice" }, { "docid": "536301", "text": "that they again demand advice and help from the two witches. Conspirators, unhappy with the young king's policies, assassinate the royal couple in Khayman's house while they were attempting to exorcise Amel, who had been tormenting Khayman. While the king and queen lie dying, the evil spirit sees its chance to ensnare the soul of the dying queen and pulls it back into her body. The spirit combines itself with the flesh and blood of the queen, transforming her into a vampire. Akasha allows the king to drink her blood, which saves his life. They then order Khayman to find", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "5825894", "text": "found in Africa. Maharet and others suspected that Mekare had gone wild and spent all that time in the jungles, avoiding civilization. Khayman wandered throughout Europe, losing his memory every few centuries. He did not see the twins again until \"The Queen of the Damned\" (1988), when Akasha brings them together in California. There, the vampires defeated Akasha. Mekare consumed Akasha's heart and brain, replacing her as the new Queen of the Damned. Maharet makes a brief appearance at the end of \"Memnoch the Devil\", when she chains Lestat in a monastery after he goes mad from his latest adventure.", "title": "Maharet and Mekare" }, { "docid": "536294", "text": "Queen of the Damned\"\". Part One follows several different people over the same period of several days. Several of the characters from the two previous books appear, including Armand, Daniel (the \"boy reporter\" of \"Interview with the Vampire\"), Marius, Louis, Gabrielle and Santino. Each of the six chapters in Part One tells a different story about a different person or group of people. Two things unify these chapters: a series of dreams about red-haired twin sisters, and the fact that a powerful being is killing vampires around the world by means of spontaneous combustion. Pandora and Santino rescue Marius, having", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "536300", "text": "witches' village is destroyed and they are incarcerated by the king and queen, who desire their knowledge. When the witches offend Akasha, the Queen condemns the twins. Enkil then orders his chief steward (who is Khayman as a mortal man) to rape the twins in his stead, which would prove their lack of power, before the eyes of the court. Afterward the witches are cast out into the desert. While making her way back home with a pregnant Maharet, Mekare curses the king and queen secretly with the bloodthirsty spirit. Eventually this spirit inflicts such torment on Akasha and Enkil", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "7099360", "text": "doing so, eventually forgetting entirely. In the 2002 film \"Queen of the Damned\", Khayman is portrayed by Bruce Spence. Khayman Khayman is a fictional character in \"The Vampire Chronicles\" universe created by Anne Rice. Approximately seven thousand years old, he appears in very few of the books in the series, but is nevertheless considered a powerful force among their number. As related during the history of the vampires related in the book \"The Queen of the Damned\", Khayman was the chief steward in the palace of King Enki and Queen Akasha of Kemet (now Egypt) circa 5000 BC. Of Egyptian", "title": "Khayman" }, { "docid": "9578213", "text": "drop will not survive. Empowered by Akasha's blood, Lestat and the Queen confront the Ancient Vampires. When they refuse to join her, Akasha then commands Lestat to kill Jesse, as The Queen sees her both as an enemy, due to being Maharet's descendant, and as food, with Akasha making an example out of her for those who dare disobey her command. Lestat ostensibly obeys, but after drinking Jesse's blood, comes to his senses and is released from Akasha's power. He angrily requests for his \"crown\" and Akasha openly gives him her arm to feed on. Lestat then turns on her", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "9578224", "text": "had seen the completed film and was sufficiently satisfied to allow her name to be used on promotional material, although she later became disillusioned about it and dismissed the film in 2003, stating that a television series format would be more suited to her work. On her Facebook page, any time the subject is brought up, she repeatedly comments that the \"Queen of the Damned\" film is not something she can understand or embrace, that she encouraged them not to make the film, and that it hurt her to see her work \"mutilated\" the way it was. \"Queen of the", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "4172729", "text": "is present in Angelou's work\". Hagen also states that Angelou \"fictionalizes, to enhance interest\". For example, Angelou uses the first-person narrative voice customary with autobiographies, told from the perspective of a child that is \"artfully recreated by an adult narrator\". Angelou uses two distinct voices, the adult writer and the child who is the focus of the book, whom Angelou calls \"the Maya character\". Angelou reports that maintaining the distinction between herself and the Maya character is \"damned difficult\", but \"very necessary\". Scholar Liliane Arensberg suggests that Angelou \"retaliates for the tongue-tied child's helpless pain\" by using her adult self's", "title": "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" }, { "docid": "15914278", "text": "the video with Annie Lennoxs \"Walking on Broken Glass\". \"Spin\"s Marc Hogan wrote, \"the video doesn't have the clearest plot, [but] it does depict Florence Welch dancing with masked, formally attired men, a visual that sparks comparisons to the posh orgy of Stanley Kubrick's film \"Eyes Wide Shut\", but a bacchanal does not break out. Instead, a white-dressed Welch escapes to the woods, while a red-dressed one parties inside with some seriously creepy people. 'I'm damned if I do, and I'm damned if I don't,' she sings.\" The band performed \"Shake It Out\" on 6 November 2011 during the eighth", "title": "Shake It Out" }, { "docid": "11289523", "text": "If\", a track off her third and final album which was mostly recorded just off the film set, was influenced though not written specifically for the movie and did not make the cut. In the film, the five songs are played by Lestat's heavy metal band, The Vampire Lestat, including \"System\", \"Forsaken\", \" Not Meant For Me\", \"Redeemer\", and \"Slept So Long\". In addition to Jonathan Davis's songs, the soundtrack has many songs by other popular bands, such as Static-X, Disturbed and Deftones. These tracks are found on the DVD: This song was omitted from the soundtrack album, however Jonathan", "title": "Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "1351723", "text": "Queen, awakening them. Akasha feeds from Lestat as Lestat feeds from her. Then, Enkil, furious at the intrusion, attacks and nearly kills Lestat, who is saved by Marius, and then sent away. The book ends on a cliffhanger after Lestat's debut concert in San Francisco, and leads directly into the third volume, \"The Queen of the Damned\". \"The Vampire Lestat\" was adapted into a comic and released as a 12-part miniseries by Innovation Comics in 1990 and 1991. The comic, which was formally titled \"Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat\" and featured Daerick Gross and Mike Okamoto as lead artists, had", "title": "The Vampire Lestat" }, { "docid": "17387779", "text": "of the Damned\" included an interactive choice system to shape the game, making choices an important feature. According to game director Alex Peters, \"Armada of the Damned\" characters were developed unattached from those that appear in the film series. \"We were very clear that we didn't want to be associated with being a movie game\", he commented. This desire led to the creation of James Sterling, a character that would fit the studio's needs and feel familiar to the characters featured in the films. An original music score was written for \"Armada of the Damned\", while the musical themes from", "title": "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned" }, { "docid": "2669837", "text": "November 1994 starring Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as Louis, Kirsten Dunst as Claudia and Antonio Banderas as Armand. A second film, \"Queen of the Damned\", which combined plot elements of \"The Vampire Lestat\" and \"The Queen of the Damned\", was released in 2002 starring Stuart Townsend as Lestat and Aaliyah as Akasha. In August 2014, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment acquired the motion picture rights to the entire \"Vampire Chronicles\" series, with producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci signed to helm the potential film franchise. The deal also included a screenplay for \"The Tale of the Body Thief\"", "title": "The Vampire Chronicles" }, { "docid": "8743094", "text": "\"A Farewell Party\" amongst many others. His feature film credits include \"Young Einstein\", \"The Punisher\", \"Oscar and Lucinda\", \"\", \"\" and \"Queen of the Damned\". Manon has lent his voice to many ABC Radio and Radio National's programs. Christian Manon Christian Manon (born 5 January 1950) is a French-Australian actor based in Sydney, best known for his work in theatre. His most notable film role was Mael in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel, \"Queen of the Damned\". Manon's most influential tutor was the celebrated Zora Semberova. Among many other companies, Manon has worked in five stage productions", "title": "Christian Manon" }, { "docid": "9578212", "text": "with her. Akasha brings Lestat to her new home, where the two vampires mutually feed on one another, during which time Lestat becomes spellbound by Akasha and is forced to obey her, and Akasha proclaims Lestat her new king. After the concert, Jesse is taken to the home of her aunt, Maharet, who later reveals herself to be one of the Ancient Vampires. Knowing Akasha's plan to take over the world, the Ancient Vampires discuss their plans to destroy the Queen by drinking from her and draining her of her blood. However, they believe that whoever drinks the Queen's last", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "16940172", "text": "Queen in an early version of the film's animated opening. In a possibly related Mike Disa's and Evan Spiliotopoulos' abandoned pitch for the DisneyToons' \"Snow White\" prequel film \"The Seven Dwarfs\", a beautiful girl similarly named Narcissa appears to aid the dwarfs against an evil wizard, who would be eventually revealed as her father whom she would betray and trap him inside a mirror. Narcissa steals the ancient magic secrets of the Olden Dwarfs, marries and then murders Snow White's father, and \"begins her reign as the Evil Queen, with the damned soul of her own father forever encased in", "title": "Evil Queen (Disney)" }, { "docid": "11274315", "text": "a tenor or bass. A woman who sings the tenor line is really a contralto when applied to the classical vocal type system, and a man who sings alto or soprano a countertenor or sopranist. That being said, non-classical singers can adopt some of the terms from both systems, but not all of them, when classifying their voices. The six-part structure of the operatic system is much preferable to the four-part choral system for non-classical singers because it has three sets of vocal ranges instead of two to choose from. Most people's voices fall within the middle categories of mezzo-soprano", "title": "Voice classification in non-classical music" }, { "docid": "7543064", "text": "The Acid Queen \"The Acid Queen\" is a song written by Pete Townshend and is the ninth song on The Who's rock opera album \"Tommy\". Townshend also sings the lead vocals. The song tells the attempts of Tommy's parents to try to cure him. They leave him with an eccentric transgender gypsy, a self-proclaimed \"Acid Queen\", who feeds Tommy various hallucinogenic drugs and performs sexuality in an attempt to free him from isolation. \"The Acid Queen\" is often grouped with the album's next track, \"Underture\", a lengthy instrumental which deals with Tommy's hallucinations and his experience with acid. The one", "title": "The Acid Queen" }, { "docid": "536303", "text": "two separate coffins which are then set afloat on two separate bodies of water. They are only reunited near the end of the novel \"Queen of the Damned\". In Mekare's absence, Maharet returns to watch over her daughter and her descendants. Maharet's descendants become what she calls the Great Family. A maternal line, the Great Family includes every culture, religion, ethnicity, and race. The Great Family represents all humanity and shows the vampires what Akasha would destroy with the creation of her New World Order. As the source of all vampires, Akasha is connected to all vampires by the blood", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "9578219", "text": "final cast included Vincent Perez as Marius, Paul McGann as David Talbot, Lena Olin as Maharet and Marguerite Moreau as Jesse Reeves. Australian actors included Claudia Black as Pandora and Matthew Newton as Armand. With a large cast of international and Australian actors, \"Queen of the Damned\" began principal photography on October 2, 2000 and ended on December 17, 2000, in a former biscuit factory, converted into a studio in the Melbourne suburb of St. Albans. Location filming took place around the city of Melbourne, although some filming was done in Los Angeles. For the scenes of Lestat's concert in", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "6535622", "text": "an adaptation for the third book in the series, \"The Queen of the Damned\", was produced and distributed once again by Warner Bros. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt did not reprise their roles as Lestat and Louis. Many characters and important plotlines were written out of the film, which actually combined elements of \"The Vampire Lestat\" with \"The Queen of the Damned\". The film was negatively received by critics, and Rice dismissed it completely as she felt the filmmakers had \"mutilated\" her work. During pre-production, Rice had pleaded with the studio not to produce a film of the book just", "title": "Interview with the Vampire (film)" }, { "docid": "1351725", "text": "them not to do the film and that it hurt her to see her work \"mutilated\" the way it was. The novel formed the basis for the short-lived 2006 Broadway show \"Lestat.\" The musical, which was composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and written by Linda Woolverton, had a pre-Broadway tryout in California in late 2005 and ran for a total of 33 previews and 39 official performances at the Palace Theater in New York. \"The Vampire Lestat\" and \"The Queen of the Damned\" were loosely adapted into the 2002 film, \"Queen of the Damned\". As of August 2009,", "title": "The Vampire Lestat" }, { "docid": "5728820", "text": "Life\" and is currently producing a collection of songs by an adventurous new band, Purple Mountains Majesties. He consistently works with directors Betty Thomas (Dr. Dolittle, 28 Days, I Spy), John Schultz (Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Like Mike, The Honeymooners), along with the aforementioned Michael Rymer, and Tracey Ullman. Gibbs' songwriting and theme credits include \"Until the Stars Fall\" (co-written and produced with Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 for the movie Fired Up!), the theme to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, the Muppets Tonight! theme, and the aforementioned \"Queen of the Damned\" songs. The \"Queen of the Damned\"", "title": "Richard Gibbs" }, { "docid": "9578222", "text": "Sickness\" by Disturbed, \"Change (In the House of Flies)\" by Deftones and \"Before I'm Dead\" by Kidneythieves. The score for the film was also composed by Gibbs and Davis. Both the metal soundtrack and score were released as albums in 2002. Frank Fitzpatrick and Rich Dickerson were the Music Supervisors for the film and the soundtrack album. The original studio recording of \"Careless\" was written and produced by Davis and Gibbs, during the \"Queen of the Damned\" sessions, all vocals by Davis, keyboards by Gibbs, guitars by Munky, Head, and Davis, and drums by Vinnie Colaiuta. By July 2001, author", "title": "Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "536298", "text": "and then consumes Akasha's brain and heart. Amel passes into Mekare, thereby saving the lives of the remaining vampires. She becomes the new Queen of the Damned. In Part Five, the vampires leave Maharet's compound and assemble at Armand's resort, the Night Island, (according to Anne Rice, inspired by Fire Island) in Florida to recover. They eventually go their separate ways (as told in \"The Tale of the Body Thief\"). Lestat takes Louis to see David Talbot in London. After their brief visit with Talbot they depart into the night, an incensed Louis and his angry words filling Lestat with", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "3930440", "text": "of the rules Marius seeks to impress upon him, such as the prohibition on revealing himself to mortals. Such behavior inspires Marius to refer to Lestat as \"the damnedest creature\" and nickname him \"the Brat Prince.\" Lestat sought Marius out to be his teacher but the relationship turned out also to be a father-son relationship. Lestat is entirely responsible for the epic triumph and tragedy told in \"The Queen of the Damned\", after he presents himself to the world through his autobiography and formation of a rock band, singing vampire secrets. His songs waken Akasha, the Queen of the Damned,", "title": "Lestat de Lioncourt" }, { "docid": "5728818", "text": "well over $1 billion in box office receipts worldwide (\"Dr. Dolittle\", \"Step Into Liquid\", \"Say Anything...\" and \"Queen of the Damned\", among others) and acted as musical director and composer for various television shows, including \"Muppets Tonight!\", \"The Simpsons\", and \"Battlestar Galactica\". He has worked extensively with actress-comedian Tracey Ullman, on her various projects. His critically well-received collaboration with Jonathan Davis (lead singer of Korn) on the songs and score for \"Queen of the Damned\" led to a gold record. Gibbs produced the second full-length record for the Warner Bros. Records band Eisley, \"Combinations.\" Pre-production took place in Tyler, TX,", "title": "Richard Gibbs" }, { "docid": "1383932", "text": "Matlock, Rat Scabies of the Damned and the New York Dolls' Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, and Johnny Thunders. He performed the majority of his performances at Max's Kansas City and drew large crowds, though some performances were \"hellish,\" especially when Vicious insulted some of the audience. Examples of this can be heard in the in-between tracks on his live album \"Sid Sings\". Guitarist Steve Dior said in the documentary film \"Who Killed Nancy?\" that he \"got good money for those shows.\" His gigs at Max's would turn out to be his last performances as a solo musician, as well as", "title": "Sid Vicious" }, { "docid": "2558711", "text": "event at Disneyland, just as the Evil Queen and Cruella de Vil are complaining on Madam Mim's behavior. Next, Maleficent sings \"That Old Black Magic\" alone and later \"We're Divas\" along with the whole cast of the show. Maleficent is the final boss in the North American version of the video game \"Mickey Mousecapade\" created in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A version of Maleficent plays a role in the storylines for the 2011 American fantasy drama TV series \"Once Upon a Time\", played by Kristin Bauer van Straten as a witch who is able to take the form", "title": "Maleficent" }, { "docid": "14913998", "text": "Unbreakable Huntress challenged Fleming, but was brutally dismembered by the demon king. Impressed with her refusal to surrender even when reduced to a quad amputee, Fleming made the Huntress into his queen, only to repeatedly kill her over and over again, healing any wounds that resulted from the torture. In rebellion, the Unbreakable Huntress continued to escape from the City of the Damned, only to be dragged back and killed by Fleming. Paula is hinted to have been the Unbreakable Huntress prior to the start of the game. Eventually, Garcia reaches Fleming's \"Castle of Hassle\", and battles his way through", "title": "Shadows of the Damned" }, { "docid": "10421801", "text": "Harrison's songwriting. Never a fan of Harrison's solo work, Robert Christgau later commented on the album: \"Harrison sings as if he's doing sitar impressions, and four different people, including a little man in my head who I never noticed before, have expressed intense gratitude when I turned the damned thing off during 'Be Here Now'.\" By contrast, Stephen Holden of \"Rolling Stone\" admired \"Material World\" as \"a pop religious ceremony for all seasons\" and described the song as \"a meltingly lovely meditation-prayer, the ultimate aural refinement of 'Blue Jay Way'\".<ref name=\"Holden/RS\">Stephen Holden, \"George Harrison, \"Living in the Material World\"\", \"Rolling", "title": "Be Here Now (George Harrison song)" }, { "docid": "829117", "text": "Queen, who turned herself into a Witch), where the evil Queen turns them into grotesque creatures as Koko sings the St. James Infirmary Blues. With her rivals disposed of, the Queen again asks the magic mirror who the fairest in the land is, but the mirror explodes in a puff of magic smoke that returns Betty and Koko to their normal states and changes the Queen into a hideous monster. The queen monster chases the protagonists until Bimbo grabs its tongue and, with one mighty yank, turns it inside out, leaving the skeleton monster to flee away. Betty, Koko, and", "title": "Snow-White (1933 film)" }, { "docid": "1697623", "text": "Damned Damned Damned Damned Damned Damned is the debut studio album by English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 18 February 1977 by Stiff Records. Produced by Nick Lowe, \"Damned Damned Damned\" was the first full-length album released by a UK punk group. After the success of \"New Rose\" and a tour with the Sex Pistols, the Heartbreakers and the Clash, the band went into Pathway Studios to record the album \"Damned Damned Damned\" with producer Nick Lowe, who had previously recorded \"New Rose\" with them. Following 10 days of recording, the mix was completed on 15", "title": "Damned Damned Damned" }, { "docid": "3920262", "text": "were apparently banished from our reality. The Seventh Law of Magic prohibits the summoning of both the Old Ones and their minions the Walkers, or Outsiders. In \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series of novels (1976–2003) by Anne Rice, characters Akasha and Enkil, progenitors of the vampire race – who appear in \"The Vampire Lestat\" (1985) and \"The Queen of The Damned\" (1988) – are referred to both as \"Those Who Must Be Kept\" and \"The Old Ones\". Within this series, the term \"Old Ones\" is also used to describe several other obscure, centuries-old vampires who are much stronger and more powerful", "title": "Old One in fiction" }, { "docid": "1684720", "text": "White Queens, who invite each other to Alice's dinner party. They have a few \"Queenly\" tests (\"Can You do Addition\"), and some words of wisdom for her (\"Emotions\"). The White Queen, exhausted from all the excitement, falls asleep on Alice's lap, and the Red Queen sings her a soothing lullaby (\"Hush-a-bye Lady\"). Alice pines for her Mother and Father, who she fears she'll never see again. Finally Alice finds her way to her castle, where a great feast has been set in her honor, with many of the characters in attendance from her journey. (\"To the Looking-Glass World\") Alice appreciates", "title": "Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "14591524", "text": "Queen sings: \"Pure love does not fight, it does not hurt you, love that is pure does not cause you to fall\", and described the song as \"an honest statement of what love is\". \"I Do\" is a minor-key, mid-tempo pop and R&B power ballad built on a handclapped rhythm and piano. Lyrically, the song is a message to men and women; Queen sings: \"My ladies, if you know better, if he loves you, let him come back. My fellas, if you love her, don't let nothing hold you back, run out and look for her\". Queen recorded the song", "title": "Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album)" }, { "docid": "6682493", "text": "was replaced by a number called \"In Paris Sequence,\" which expanded the original \"In Paris\" lyrics to include Lestat's first arrival in Paris and his first sight of Nicolas's work at the theater. The play-within-a-play at the Vampire theater was changed from the number \"Origin of the Species\"—which explained the legend of King Enkil and Queen Akasha—to \"Morality Play,\" which treated the relationship between Armand and Marius. The revision completely scrapped any references to The Queen of the Damned; later in previews, Queen Akasha and King Enkil were cut from the show completely. \"This synopsis reflects the final, New York", "title": "Lestat (musical)" }, { "docid": "23051", "text": "released in a 12\" vinyl and 7\" single. The music video won the Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film awards at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. It also earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist. The soundtrack went on to sell 1.5 million copies in the United States. After completing \"Romeo Must Die\", Aaliyah began to work on her second film, \"Queen of the Damned\". She played the role of an ancient vampire, Queen Akasha, which she described as a \"manipulative, crazy, sexual being\". Filming both Romeo Must Die and \"Queen of", "title": "Aaliyah" }, { "docid": "3930428", "text": "to be. In much of the book, (and its follow up, \"Queen of the Damned\"), he is instead painted as a fun-loving hero who even leads the charge against Akasha, the vampire queen. Lestat was born on November 7, 1758, as the seventh son of the marquis d'Auvergne in the Auvergne region of France. Only two of his brothers survive to adulthood. While they are technically aristocrats, the de Lioncourt family's fortune has been squandered, and they live in relative poverty in their feudal castle. Lestat's mother, Gabrielle, is the only literate member of the family. Lestat's father is blind", "title": "Lestat de Lioncourt" }, { "docid": "1355097", "text": "he nonetheless caves into temptation once in a while and kills an \"innocent\" or someone who he feels does not necessarily deserve to live. Lestat also suffers from constant nightmares concerning his late \"daughter\", Claudia, for whose death he blames himself. The \"coven\" of vampires formed at the end of \"The Queen of the Damned\" has long since broken up, and Lestat has become extremely lonely. Among his only remaining friends is the mortal head of the Talamasca Caste, David Talbot, who is seventy-four years old. Although Lestat has repeatedly offered David the Dark Gift, David has always refused to", "title": "The Tale of the Body Thief" }, { "docid": "536296", "text": "Maharet's Sonoma compound where she is made into a vampire. The vampires from Part One later congregate in the Sonoma compound. The only vampires not present are Akasha and Lestat. Akasha has abducted Lestat and takes him as an unwilling consort to various locations in the world, inciting women to rise up and kill the men who have oppressed them. Part Three takes place at Maharet's home in a Sonoma forest. There Maharet tells the story of Akasha and the red-haired twins (who are, in fact, Maharet and her sister, Mekare) to Pandora, Jesse, Marius, Santino, Eric, Armand, Daniel, Louis", "title": "The Queen of the Damned" }, { "docid": "13264047", "text": "in parallel time signatures is an unusual mix of Stravinsky and a kind of serial jazz. Finally Gerda sings the opening lullaby to her brother and the ice splinter in his heart melts. They walk out of the Snow Queen's palace and go home. The Snow Queen, left all alone, laments her loss accompanied by a melodian. The chorus sings quietly in response, hinting at the possibility of redemption. The Snow Queen (opera) The Snow Queen is a chamber opera in six scenes and a prologue by Matthew King. The libretto, by Andrew McKinnon, is based on the original allegorical", "title": "The Snow Queen (opera)" }, { "docid": "13264046", "text": "instrumental ensemble invade the stage and sing marxist choruses. The violinist leads the robber band, singing whilst playing. Scene 5 is a homage to Wagner and contains several quotations from the Ring Cycle. Gerda meets a Reindeer who helps her on her journey north. En route, they encounter wise women of Finland and Lapland who speak mysterious prophecies to them. Scene 6 is at the North Pole. The music of the Snow Queen's palace sounds like a Javanese gamelan but when the Snow Queen appears she sings a terrifyingly long and virtuosic aria in Anglo Saxon verse. The music, composed", "title": "The Snow Queen (opera)" }, { "docid": "17387773", "text": "release date. \"Armada of the Damned\" was conceived as an action-adventure role-playing video game played from a third-person perspective and set in an open world environment based on the \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" universe. The player was to take the role of James Sterling, a pirate captain whose main mission was to travel across the Caribbean Sea and make a reputation for himself. Some of Sterling's features could be directly customized by the player, although \"Armada of the Damned\" was centered on a choice system that would affect the character's appearance, personality, weapons, attacks, quests, and story developments. Although most", "title": "Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned" }, { "docid": "5261766", "text": "recorded, including \"Overdose\" on 1989's \"Fabulous Disaster\", and \"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\" on 2004's \"Tempo of the Damned\". Steve Souza Steve \"Zetro\" Souza (born March 24, 1964) is an American vocalist, best known for his work with the thrash metal band Exodus from 1986 to 1994, and again from 2002 to 2004. He rejoined Exodus for a third time in 2014. Souza is one of two singers, along with Chuck Billy, for the band Dublin Death Patrol. He also sings for the death/thrash metal band Tenet. Souza recently announced his new thrash metal project, Hatriot. He was also the", "title": "Steve Souza" }, { "docid": "11332722", "text": "to Peter Morgan, with whom he also worked on \"The Queen\", on the eve of that film's premiere in Venice; Morgan read it by the next morning. Morgan enjoyed it, stating, \"It deals with themes I love: Alcoholism and self-destruction and psychotic male competitiveness and treachery.\" Development of the project continued through February 2007, when BBC Films executive producer Christine Langan, another producer of \"The Queen\", became involved. Frears had Michael Sheen in mind for Clough right from the start. Sheen had appeared in three other Frears projects: \"Mary Reilly\", \"The Deal\" and \"The Queen\". He was chosen because of", "title": "The Damned United" }, { "docid": "10861914", "text": "\"Starship Troopers\" (1959), the poem is sung at marching cadence by Mobile Infantry officer cadets. Billy Bragg borrows part of this poem in his song \"Island Of No Return\" on his 1984 album \"Brewing Up with Billy Bragg\": \"Me and the corporal out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity\". Peter Bellamy recorded it in 1990 for his privately issued cassette \"Soldiers Three\". This recording was also included in 2012 on the CD reissue of \"Peter Bellamy Sings the Barrack-Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling\". The song is spoken of in \"The Road to Kalamata\", a memoir by soldier of", "title": "Gentleman ranker" }, { "docid": "5825891", "text": "seen to dive into Akasha's body, and she was somehow regenerated in a new form. Akasha fell upon Enkil, draining him of the blood that was left, and then feeding him her own. They were the first blood-drinkers. Akasha and Enkil had summoned the twins in the hope that the witches could enlighten them on the form that they had taken, and how they could satisfy their endless thirst for blood. Mekare grows angry after taunts from the Queen and King and curses the Queen, also labeling her The Queen of The Damned, promising her that when the time was", "title": "Maharet and Mekare" }, { "docid": "13426010", "text": "Country Music Association Awards. Ballad of a Teenage Queen \"Ballad of a Teenage Queen\" is a song written by Jack Clement and recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1958 album \"Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous\". The song hit number one on the US Country charts and number 14 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song is 2 minutes and 13 seconds long. The song tells the story of a \"small town girl\" (the prettiest they've ever seen) who loved the boy next door (who worked at the candy store). She was taken to Hollywood by a movie scout", "title": "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" }, { "docid": "13426008", "text": "Ballad of a Teenage Queen \"Ballad of a Teenage Queen\" is a song written by Jack Clement and recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1958 album \"Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous\". The song hit number one on the US Country charts and number 14 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song is 2 minutes and 13 seconds long. The song tells the story of a \"small town girl\" (the prettiest they've ever seen) who loved the boy next door (who worked at the candy store). She was taken to Hollywood by a movie scout where she became famous,", "title": "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" }, { "docid": "6045322", "text": "punk band The Damned to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the release of their debut album \"Damned Damned Damned\", by performing the album in its entirety at London's historic 100 Club. In the same year, Casey Chaos received a Grammy Award Certificate for co-writing \"B.Y.O.B.\" for the band System of a Down. The credit was revoked in 2010 after a court case precipitated by Chaos selling some of his interest to a third-party. In 2012 Chaos collaborated with Ross Robinson again for a movie documentary entitled 'House Of Shock,' also featuring Dave Lombardo of Slayer fame on drums and Gary", "title": "Casey Chaos" }, { "docid": "20668833", "text": "eye of someone who is accustomed to working with mavericks and outcasts.\" Evil Spirits is the Band's first album to make the top 10 on the United Kingdom's Official Charts, landing at #7. The Damned With: Evil Spirits (The Damned album) Evil Spirits is the eleventh studio album from The Damned. Released on 13 April 2018, it is their first album in ten years and was produced by famed producer Tony Visconti who is best known for his work with David Bowie. The album was largely crowdfunded by a successful PledgeMusic campaign. Captain Sensible said of the album: \"we deliberately", "title": "Evil Spirits (The Damned album)" }, { "docid": "3930419", "text": "Lestat de Lioncourt Lestat de Lioncourt is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including \"The Vampire Lestat\". He is a vampire who was the narrator and an antihero in the majority of \"The Vampire Chronicles\". \"The Vampire Lestat\" (the second book in \"The Vampire Chronicles\" series) is presented as Lestat's autobiography and it follows his exploits from his youth in the Auvergne region of France to his early years as a vampire fledgling. Many of the other books in the series also follow his story, such as \"The Queen of the Damned\", \"The Tale of the", "title": "Lestat de Lioncourt" }, { "docid": "7099358", "text": "but will not take blood from any mortal who has made a friendly gesture toward him, preferring to take only anonymous victims. At 7000 years old, Khayman can also kill any vampires weaker than himself by telekinetically igniting their combustible blood. Another interesting vampiric gift of Khayman is the astute understanding of mechanisms at a mere glance. In \"The Queen of the Damned\", it is stated in his point of view that he understood everything in a machine he sees operating, even down to the level of quantum physics. With this gift, he is aware that the vampiric blood inside", "title": "Khayman" }, { "docid": "7099356", "text": "because of the mounting danger for them there. He sees the vampires Mael and Armand (the latter to whom he is strongly attracted, although Armand offers no friendly gestures in return). Khayman advises Mael to shield his thoughts from Akasha, since Akasha can find and kill her vampire progeny through mind-reading. While Akasha slaughters most of her vampire children worldwide, Khayman accompanies Louis and Gabrielle to Maharet's house in Sonoma as one of the 13 surviving vampires who plan to stand against Akasha in \"The Queen of the Damned\". Here he indicates several times that he believes in Mekare's prophecy", "title": "Khayman" }, { "docid": "7005174", "text": "Seasons (Spring; \"Thus, the ever grateful spring\", Summer; \"Here's the Summer\", Autumn; \"See my many coloured fields\", and Winter; \"Now Winter comes slowly\"). After Theseus has been told of the lovers' adventures in the wood, it begins with the goddess Juno singing an epithalamium, \"Thrice happy lovers\", followed by a woman who sings the well-known \"The Plaint\" (\"O let me weep\"). A Chinese man and woman enter singing several songs about the joys of their world. (\"Thus, the gloomy world\", \"Thus happy and free\" and \"Yes, Xansi\"). Two other Chinese women summon Hymen, who sings in praise of married bliss,", "title": "The Fairy-Queen" }, { "docid": "13591479", "text": "in launching the influential music fanzine \"Who Put The Bomp\". Moving to London, UK, in 1972 to attend film school, he was a freelance writer for the \"NME \"and other British music magazines before joining \"Sounds\". As a staff writer from 1975 to 1977 he wrote high-profile interviews with major rock artists such as the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Roxy Music, Tangerine Dream and Queen, and was one of the first journalists to champion the punk music movement. As well as doing the first interview with the Sex Pistols he wrote the first reviews of the Damned and the Clash.", "title": "Jonh Ingham" }, { "docid": "15071713", "text": "makeup on many international films and stage productions. Some notable films for which he has done the prosthetic makeup include: \"The Matrix\", \"Vertical Limit\" (2000), \"Queen of the Damned\" (2002) and \"The Piano\" (1993). He designed the wild boar and the prosthetic makeup for the 1984 film \"Razorback\". McCarron has received shared awards and nominations for his film work. Bob McCarron Robert \"Bob\" McCarron (born July 1950 in London, England) is an Australian medic and special effects prosthetic makeup artist who has worked on many international movies and television shows. He is most recognisable from his on-screen appearances as \"\"Medic", "title": "Bob McCarron" }, { "docid": "11678921", "text": "Angeles branch, \"The Devil's Angels\" included among its members Queen Silver, whose activities with the 4A's inspired the fictionalized movie \"The Godless Girl\". The Rochester Chapter was known as \"The Damned Souls\", at Philadelphia \"God's Black Sheep\", at the University of Wisconsin \"The Circle of the Godless\", and \"The Legion of the Damned\" at the University of North Dakata. However, the organization declined over time. Between 1926 and 1928, Smith came into conflict with John Roach Straton, which resulted in Straton suing Smith for harassment via the mails. On March 20, 1934 Smith debated Aimee Semple McPherson over evolution. In", "title": "Charles Lee Smith" }, { "docid": "1697629", "text": "1979's \"Machine Gun Etiquette\"\". Adapted from the album's liner notes. The first disc contains the twelve tracks from the original album. Disc 3 was recorded at the Damned's live debut at the 100 Club on 6 July 1976 supporting the Sex Pistols. Recorded on a Sony cassette recorder, hidden in a sports bag, onto a Scotch 120 tape. Damned Damned Damned Damned Damned Damned is the debut studio album by English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 18 February 1977 by Stiff Records. Produced by Nick Lowe, \"Damned Damned Damned\" was the first full-length album released by", "title": "Damned Damned Damned" }, { "docid": "5600802", "text": "production also starred Joanna Ampil and ran from 20 November till 6 December. It was the first production of the musical outside the US. In 2018, Ayesa starred in the Philippine-Australian jukebox musical \"All Out of Love: The Musical\", which is based on the songs of Air Supply. Ayesa is also known for working in the role of the money-grubbing landlord Joe, in the kids television show \"The Ferals\" on the ABC. He also had a small part in the film \"Queen of the Damned\" as a vampire who was out to kill Lestat for spreading vampire secrets. He also", "title": "Mig Ayesa" }, { "docid": "1355209", "text": "collect in confusion around the world in an airy realm that the angels describe as \"Sheol\" or the Gloom, attempting to come to terms with their existence. Some dissipate into nothing, some do not realize or do not accept they are dead. Some take comfort and strength from their living descendants, becoming patron ancestors. Such interventions cause the tales of spirits, reincarnation and the first vampires. The addle-brained spirits (mentioned in \"The Queen of the Damned\" and \"The Witching Hour\") are of two types. The first are angels who fell in love with certain parts of nature became spirits of", "title": "Memnoch the Devil" }, { "docid": "847983", "text": "renew the contract, and the film and television rights reverted to Rice, who began developing the Vampire Chronicles into a television series with Christopher. Innovation Comics published a twelve-issue comic book adaptation of \"Interview with the Vampire\" in 1992, following up on adaptations of \"The Vampire Lestat\" and \"The Queen of the Damned\". A Japanese manga adaptation by Udou Shinohara was published in 1994 by Tokuma Shoten. It was also serialized in both \"Animage\" and \"Chara\" magazines. In 2012, the graphic novel \"Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story\" was published by Yen Press, retelling much of the original novel from", "title": "Interview with the Vampire" }, { "docid": "847944", "text": "cardboard box, and the fairies Cluracan and Nuala, who will play important roles in later stories. Season of Mists marks the introduction of the Norse gods for the first time in the series. This collection begins with an Endless family meeting, wherein Desire taunts Morpheus about his intolerant treatment of a former lover, the African queen 'Nada' (\"Nada\" is \"Nothing\" in Spanish), whose story formed the prologue to the second collection, \"\", and Death angers him further by agreeing with Desire, whereupon Morpheus visits Hell to retrieve Nada. As he arrives, Lucifer expels all the demons and damned souls from", "title": "The Sandman: Season of Mists" }, { "docid": "14089172", "text": "like Supersister and Kayak (who had a hit with Ruthless Queen) were already internationally successful in the 1970s. Similarly, in the last decade of the previous century a more extreme variety of metal, death metal, have had some success. Bands like Gorefest, Pestilence, Asphyx and Sinister were well-known both in and outside Europe. At the present, bands like Legion of the Damned, Pyaemia, Maaswater Veenlijk and Severe Torture enjoy a similar status. In the 1980s Vandenberg was internationally successful. Ivy Green was among the first punk bands, originating from Hazerswoude. Tedje en de Flikkers, a group of homosexuals (\"flikkers\" is", "title": "Rock music in the Netherlands" }, { "docid": "10558135", "text": "and the 2007 \"Doctor Who\" Christmas special, \"Voyage of the Damned\". He played Prince Charles' valet in the 2006 motion picture \"The Queen\". O'Brien joined the cast of \"Coronation Street\" as the murderous factory boss, Tony Gordon in September 2007. The actor explained in an interview that he uses sense-memory technique, drawing on \"something dark from the past\", to emote his powerful performances. Asked about female reaction to his character's on-screen conspiracy to murder love rival Liam Connor, played by pin-up Rob James-Collier, O'Brien joked: \"I'm sure most viewers believe that it's just a story.\" O'Brien won Villain of the", "title": "Gray O'Brien" }, { "docid": "974698", "text": "Looking out of his frosted window one winter, Kai sees the Snow Queen, who beckons him to come with her. Kai draws back in fear from the window. By the following spring, Gerda has learned a song that she sings to Kai: Because roses adorn the window box garden, the sight of roses always reminds Gerda of her love for Kai. On a pleasant summer day, splinters of the troll-mirror get into Kai's heart and eyes. Kai becomes cruel and aggressive. He destroys their window-box garden, he makes fun of his grandmother, and he no longer cares about Gerda, since", "title": "The Snow Queen" }, { "docid": "17175932", "text": "Latin music in the United States and the world. They are a strong and important company that has been recognized for nurturing their artists’ creative talents,\" said Ivy Queen, regarding the partnership. \"Amor Puro\" was written by Ivy Queen and Hiram Cruz, the latter who also produced the track. Composed in a minor key, the song features romantic lyrics, a string ensemble and elements of techno music, in the form of synthesizers. Its lyrics focus on the meaning of true love. Queen sings: \"Pure love does not fight, it does not hurt you, love that is pure does not cause", "title": "Amor Puro" }, { "docid": "11332721", "text": "\"small, provincial club\" Nottingham Forest, where they repeated their prior achievements with Derby by getting them promoted to the First Division and then winning the title. They went on to better both Revie and their own spell at Derby by winning two European Cups in succession, in 1979 and 1980. The film ends with the caption: \"Brian Clough remains the greatest manager the England team never had.\" In 2006, Stephen Frears read \"The Damned Utd\" while travelling to the Venice Film Festival. He enjoyed the book and talked with \"The Queen\" producer Andy Harries about it. He then sent it", "title": "The Damned United" }, { "docid": "8990489", "text": "in first grade, she received a part in the stage play \"Annie\". He graduated Chicago High School (Southgate, Ml) in 1995 and Hofstra University in 2000. When it came time for Aaliyah to film the video for her single \"4 Page Letter\" from her 1996 album \"One in a Million\", Rashad would complete the video preparation within two hours while studying at Hofstra University. On the B-side of the \"4 Page Letter\" single, Rashad recorded a song with his sister entitled \"Death of a Playa\". In February 2002, \"Queen of the Damned\", a film which Aaliyah starred as Queen Akasha,", "title": "Rashad Haughton" }, { "docid": "420297", "text": "Damned had yet again split, partly as the result of legal battles: Vanian and Sensible accused Scabies of releasing \"Not of This Earth\" without proper authorization. Sensible rejoined Vanian in 1996 and yet another formation of The Damned appeared. This initially featured bassist Paul Gray, who was later replaced by Patricia Morrison, previously of Bags, The Gun Club and The Sisters of Mercy. By 2000, The Damned consisted of Vanian, Sensible, Morrison and new recruits Monty Oxymoron on keyboards and Andy (Pinch) Pinching, a founding member of English Dogs, on drums. Garrie Dreadful, another recruit from Sensible's solo band, played", "title": "The Damned (band)" }, { "docid": "4345197", "text": "Anti System Anti System were a British punk rock and anarcho-punk band active in the 1980s. Original line-up consisted of Phil, George, Dom and Dave damned on vocals, following their first gig at the Palm Cove in Bradford, dave Damned was replaced by Nogsy. Formed in Bradford in 1981, with a line-up of Phil(Drums), George(Bass), Nogsy (Vocals) and Dom Watts (Guitar) the band recorded a demo whose tracks found their way onto a Pax Records compilation. Their debut release was the five-track 'Defence of the Realm' EP which was followed (on Reconciliation Records after the closure of Pax Records) with", "title": "Anti System" }, { "docid": "12608990", "text": "he died, Damned swore to avenge his brother and track down La Voisin. Unaware of Fear's fate, Defoe was meanwhile making inquiries among the linkboys and mudlarks as to 'Mister Quick', their nickname for a mysterious masked figure who stole away young boys that later turned up dead, as hosts to zombie eggs implanted by the self-styled 'Queen of the zombies', La Voisin, the second in command of Mene Tekel. Managing to narrow down Mister Quick's last known attack to a particular coffee house, Defoe realised that one of the patrons who were there that night had to be Mene", "title": "Defoe (comics)" }, { "docid": "4345199", "text": "- Guitar Keaney - Bass Kevin Frost - Drums Anti System Anti System were a British punk rock and anarcho-punk band active in the 1980s. Original line-up consisted of Phil, George, Dom and Dave damned on vocals, following their first gig at the Palm Cove in Bradford, dave Damned was replaced by Nogsy. Formed in Bradford in 1981, with a line-up of Phil(Drums), George(Bass), Nogsy (Vocals) and Dom Watts (Guitar) the band recorded a demo whose tracks found their way onto a Pax Records compilation. Their debut release was the five-track 'Defence of the Realm' EP which was followed (on", "title": "Anti System" }, { "docid": "4471566", "text": "that tragic genius, which belongs to her equally, with the highest capacity for comedy. [Vaccai's] \"Romeo e Giulietta\" is an admirable opera for Giulietta; in which Romeo is not forgotten. The libretto follows the story of Shakespeare's play. \"Overture prologue\": A short chorus sets the scene of the rival families in Verona. \"A masked ball in the Capulets’ palace\" Tybalt talks to Pâris about Juliette, who appears with her father. Roméo, Mercutio, Benvolio and their friends enter, disguised, and Mercutio sings a ballad about Queen Mab, after which Juliette sings a joyful waltz song. The first meeting between Roméo and", "title": "Roméo et Juliette" }, { "docid": "15877642", "text": "with the album named \"Keemti Cheez\" in 1990 and released several albums since then. Jaswinder Brar Jaswinder Brar (born 8 September 1973) is an Indian folk singer who sings in Punjabi language. She sings Punjabi folk and Bhangra and known as the \"Folk Queen\". She is known for her stage shows and is called \"Akharheya Di Rani\". She is specially known for her Lok Tatths. She started her career with the album named \"Keemti Cheez\" in 1990. Brar was born on 8 September 1973 to Baldev Singh and Narinder Kaur to a Punjabi Jatt family in Mandi Kalanwali of Sirsa", "title": "Jaswinder Brar" }, { "docid": "15877640", "text": "Jaswinder Brar Jaswinder Brar (born 8 September 1973) is an Indian folk singer who sings in Punjabi language. She sings Punjabi folk and Bhangra and known as the \"Folk Queen\". She is known for her stage shows and is called \"Akharheya Di Rani\". She is specially known for her Lok Tatths. She started her career with the album named \"Keemti Cheez\" in 1990. Brar was born on 8 September 1973 to Baldev Singh and Narinder Kaur to a Punjabi Jatt family in Mandi Kalanwali of Sirsa District. She got married on 19 May 2000 to Ranjit Singh Sidhu and took", "title": "Jaswinder Brar" }, { "docid": "16794583", "text": "to hunt them down. Dust of the Damned Dust of the Damned is a 2012 novel by Western author Peter Brandvold. It is a Weird Western, a Western with supernatural, or paranormal, content. The two main characters are werewolf hunter Uriah Zane, and beautiful Deputy U.S. Marshal Aubrey Coffin. \"Dust of the Damned\" is about fugitive werewolves who were released from prison by Abraham Lincoln to help him fight the American Civil War on the condition that after the war they would return to Eastern Europe but they did not keep their promise and headed to the American West. Zane", "title": "Dust of the Damned" }, { "docid": "16794582", "text": "Dust of the Damned Dust of the Damned is a 2012 novel by Western author Peter Brandvold. It is a Weird Western, a Western with supernatural, or paranormal, content. The two main characters are werewolf hunter Uriah Zane, and beautiful Deputy U.S. Marshal Aubrey Coffin. \"Dust of the Damned\" is about fugitive werewolves who were released from prison by Abraham Lincoln to help him fight the American Civil War on the condition that after the war they would return to Eastern Europe but they did not keep their promise and headed to the American West. Zane and Coffin's job is", "title": "Dust of the Damned" }, { "docid": "3188188", "text": "changed from an \"X\" to an \"R.\" The Damned (1969 film) The Damned (Italian title: \"La caduta degli dei\", lit. \"The Fall of the Gods\") is a 1969 Italian-German historical drama film written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The plot centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party, a thinly veiled reference to the Essen-based Krupp family of steel industrialists. The Italian title is the conventional translation of the term \"Götterdämmerung\" (with its Wagnerian association), but for the German version, the title \"Die Verdammten\" (\"The Damned\") was chosen. All versions use", "title": "The Damned (1969 film)" }, { "docid": "2443490", "text": "Brian\" with former Lords of the New Church touring keyboard player Mark Taylor. In 2013 he revisited the material he played in his Damned years, both live by performing throughout the UK with Damned bandmate Rat Scabies and by re-recording nine Damned songs for his third solo album, \"Damned If I Do\". 2015 saw the release of a new studio album, \"The Guitar That Dripped Blood\", which featured guest appearances from Cheetah Chrome and Adam Becvare. Brian James (guitarist) Brian James (born Brian Robertson, 18 February 1955 in Hammersmith, London) is an English punk rock guitarist, who is best known", "title": "Brian James (guitarist)" }, { "docid": "16819976", "text": "Red Rain (novel) Red Rain is a 2012 horror novel by R. L. Stine. Published on October 9, 2012, the book is Stine's second adult hardcover horror novel. Stine, who was inspired by the films \"Village of the Damned\", \"Island of the Damned\" and \"Children of the Damned\", decided to write the novel for his old audience from the 1990s. Although one reviewer felt that the book was a treat for those who grew up reading books by Stine, others stated it had a predictable conclusion, offered no attempt at characterization, and was too bogged down in detail. Intending to", "title": "Red Rain (novel)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2031703", "text": "Ontario Academic Credit The Ontario Academic Credit or OAC ( or CPO) was a fifth year of secondary school education that previously existed in the province of Ontario, Canada, designed for students preparing for post-secondary education. The OAC curriculum was codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in \"Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior\" (OS:IS) and its revisions. The Ontario education system had five years of secondary education, known as Grade 13 from 1921 to 1988; grade 13 was replaced by OAC for students starting high school (grade 9) in 1984. OAC continued to act as a fifth year of secondary", "title": "Ontario Academic Credit" }, { "docid": "2031703", "text": "Ontario Academic Credit The Ontario Academic Credit or OAC ( or CPO) was a fifth year of secondary school education that previously existed in the province of Ontario, Canada, designed for students preparing for post-secondary education. The OAC curriculum was codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in \"Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior\" (OS:IS) and its revisions. The Ontario education system had five years of secondary education, known as Grade 13 from 1921 to 1988; grade 13 was replaced by OAC for students starting high school (grade 9) in 1984. OAC continued to act as a fifth year of secondary", "title": "Ontario Academic Credit" } ]

[ { "docid": "3903563", "text": "students attend Graduation which usually involves an official ceremony and a dinner dance. Ontario previously had Grade 13, which was briefly renamed Ontario Academic Credit (OAC), before being phased out, leaving Grade 12 as the final year. Grades 12 and 13 were similar to sixth form in England. Quebec is the lone province that does not have Grade 12; their students finish secondary school at the equivalent of Grade 11 and then do two years of college before going to university. Thus, when a student is in Grade 12 in Ontario, for instance, the student in Quebec is in his", "title": "Twelfth grade" }, { "docid": "19105784", "text": "seen,\" and \"Here's a motion: Get rid of Matthew Green. He's a terrible politician. You've got to get rid of him. You're only going to make the city great when I'm in.\" Graydon and Green have scuffled publicly in the time since the incident, with Graydon taking to social media in profanity-laced posts demanding apologies from the Ward 3 councillor. Phil Ryerson, who placed last in the race for the city's mayoralty in 2014, registered to run on May 25, 2018. Ryerson's platform focused on cancelling the city's LRT plan, turning city streets into cement roads, and ending all in", "title": "2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election" }, { "docid": "3083918", "text": "in Liberia in 1967. There, they built a community adhering to “laws of righteousness”. Prince Rakhamim, who was a community leader at the time, described what living in Liberia did for the community: We chose to stay there about three and a half years in order to get rid of the foolishness of America before making way to the land of Israel. To make a person born again. To die from the hell we came out of, to get rid of it—to learn to get rid of the hate... to get rid of our bitterness... Liberia was always conceived as", "title": "African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem" }, { "docid": "10600792", "text": "Prior to the elimination of Grade 13 in 2003, qualification was based on Grade 13 courses. From 1984 to 2003, the qualification process used Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) courses. In the 1960s, Ontario Scholars received an award of $400. During the 1970s and 1980s, a $100 monetary award from the Province of Ontario was presented to Ontario Scholars along with their certificate. The student receives a certificate. The number of Ontario Scholars has steadily increased since the 1960s. During those years, only around 5% of Ontario students were Ontario Scholars, with an average of 80% over seven of their grade", "title": "Ontario Scholar" }, { "docid": "13316722", "text": "breezeway. Grade nine students would have half lockers in the old building, grade 12 and 13 students would get assigned full lockers in the new wing, and any thing left would go to the grade 11 then grade 10 students. The lyrics to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama would be the changed to Sweet Home Caledonia, where the Devils are Blue during High School dances during Football Season. The Blue Devils were the football champions in the School year 1991/1992. The entire student body would be photographed from the roof of the school on the front lawn for the center", "title": "Caledonia High School (Ontario)" }, { "docid": "16019187", "text": "to do. Kay, at one point, found out from Reese that a succubus can, after having a one-night stand with someone, die. Kay started to discover that zombie Charity wanted Miguel dead. Kay started regretting what she did and wanted to get rid of zombie Charity. Meanwhile, Tabitha's real life doll Timmy found out that the real Charity can be saved when a device called the Demon’s horn is used. Timmy left in search for the demon’s horn. Zombie Charity then saw Timmy as a threat and proceeded to try and get rid of him. Meanwhile, Kay time after time", "title": "Charity Standish" }, { "docid": "13543130", "text": "the early years of its rule to get rid of political opponents. The last judicial execution in Suriname was that of Wilfred Hawker, a sergeant-major in the Surinamese military who had staged two unsuccessful coup attempts to overthrow the military government. He was executed by firing squad on 13 March 1982. The government did carry out a series of extrajudicial executions in December 1982, when 15 imprisoned opponents of the military regime were shot without trial. The events would become known as the December murders. The death penalty had already been abolished \"de facto\" by signing the Treaty of San", "title": "Capital punishment in Suriname" }, { "docid": "10174711", "text": "another funny story of a last-minute delivery from an overpowering enemy. Horace is accosted by an ambitious flatterer and would-be poet who hopes that Horace will help him to worm his way into the circle of Maecenas' friends. Horace tries in vain to get rid of the Boor. He assures him that this is not how Maecenas and his friends operate. Yet he only manages to get rid of him, when finally a creditor of the Boor appears and drags him off to court, with Horace offering to serve as a witness (74–78). Satire 1.10, \"Nempe incomposito\" (\"I did indeed", "title": "Satires (Horace)" }, { "docid": "17356223", "text": "in Literature and English, he participated in many activities and school competitions, had musical lessons for the guitar and double bass in 5 years, and also sang and played in a local music group that fell apart after his organizer left Irkutsk. However, since first grade Anoufriev was an outcast, and only in senior classes, when his classmates gradually matured and became more friendly, Artyom managed to get rid of this stigma, but at the same time, while in the 10th grade, his performance worsened and graduated from school with a triple passport. In the senior class, shortly before graduation,", "title": "Academy maniacs" }, { "docid": "2031706", "text": "of grade 13. In spite of these recommendations, however, grade 13 was maintained by the Ontario government. A significant opposition amongst parents, businesses and universities regarding the education reforms had surfaced by the 1970s, in which they believed there was a decline in academic standards, a lack of focus in the curriculum, and lax discipline in schools. Combined with financially pressured school boards beginning to call for the abolition of grade 13 as a means of financial restraint, this resulted in the government reevaluating its secondary education system. The resulting document was the \"Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior\" (OS:IS), which", "title": "Ontario Academic Credit" }, { "docid": "10799988", "text": "Thirteenth grade Thirteenth grade or grade thirteen is the final year of secondary school in some jurisdictions. In some locales it is compulsory, while it is optional in others. The Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) ( or CPO) was a fifth year of secondary school education designed for students preparing for post-secondary education that existed in the province of Ontario, Canada. The OAC curriculum was codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in \"Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior\" (OS:IS) and its revisions. The Ontario education system had five years of secondary education, the fifth year known as \"grade 13\" from 1921", "title": "Thirteenth grade" }, { "docid": "2031705", "text": "to re-open the politically sensitive issue of separate school funding and in part due to the Minister of Education's prior interference in curriculum redesign a year earlier. The threat to the fifth year of secondary school education in Ontario grew significantly during the 1960s, with growing opposition to the grade 13 departmental examinations from parents. This led to the establishment of the Grade 13 Study Committee in 1964 by Minister of Education Bill Davis, which recommended the elimination of both the departmental examinations, and grade 13. A subsequent recommendation in 1968, in the Hall-Dennis Report, also called for the elimination", "title": "Ontario Academic Credit" }, { "docid": "8870902", "text": "tolerant of Keitaro when he first arrived in the anime than the manga, and halfway through Volume 1 in the manga, she participates in the \"Get Rid of Keitaro Plan\" devised by the other girls and becomes the coldest of the group towards him. In the manga, Naru made promises with three people that she would get into Tokyo University. At first, she did it because of her crush for Seta. However, it started when Naru was only two years old and living in Hinata when she and Keitaro promised to go to Tokyo University together. Because she was too", "title": "Naru Narusegawa" }, { "docid": "8613601", "text": "moved to \"Pow\" when they merged, arriving in \"Smash\" when it in turn absorbed \"Pow\", and would subsequently be revived in \"Knockout\", finally ending his career in \"Whizzer and Chips\" when it absorbed \"Knockout\" in June 1973. \"Ronnie Rich\" featured the richest kid in the world, who stands to inherit a fortune if only he can get rid of the money he's got. Drawn by Gordon Hogg, each week Ronnie spent his every last penny, in some reckless or extravagant way, only to have his scheme backfire and make him richer than ever. He never did get his hands on", "title": "Smash! (comics)" }, { "docid": "1781307", "text": "differs from that used commonly in Ontario high schools. This nomenclature has varied somewhat over the many years, and is due in part to a curriculum whose courses do not fit neatly into the provincial grading system, and in part to what had until the elimination of Grade 13 in Ontario constituted a six-year course to seven grade levels. The grade level nomenclature, with rough equivalents, consists of: Prior to the double cohort in 2003, F1 and F2 formed both halves of the Ontario Grade 7-9 curriculum; M3 was equivalent to Grade 10, and so forth. Each student is placed", "title": "University of Toronto Schools" }, { "docid": "9799213", "text": "the grade 11’s and 12’s. In conclusion all the players and coaches get along very well. The grade 12 girls did a very good job of making the rookies feel comfortable around the team. They showed very good leadership. This year the River East Kodiaks boys' hockey team is made up of 15- to 18-year-old boys. The team’s record is 3-7 and the team is ranked 9th in the ‘A’ division. The team will be participating in several tournaments in Winnipeg and late November the team will be visiting Ontario Canada. Also this year we are pleased to be hosting", "title": "River East Collegiate" }, { "docid": "5990770", "text": "candidate Geoffrey Grossmith to win the newly created constituency of Etobicoke by 443 votes. The original declared result showed Grossmith winning by over 500 votes, and Braithwaite was only declared elected after a serious error in the vote totals was discovered by his campaign team. The Returning Officer claimed it was an accident, due to pre-count tests of the mechanical adding machines that were not cleared before the official count began. Braithwaite helped to revoke a section of the Ontario Separate Schools act that had allowed for racial segregation in public schools, when he asked the Legislature to \"get rid", "title": "Leonard Braithwaite" }, { "docid": "8794095", "text": "deceased wife, Celia Machado. Cristal explains that she was once in a Mexican hospital, where she befriended Celia and encouraged her to emigrate to the United States using Cristal's identity. Blake pursues Cristal romantically in \"The Butler Did It\", but she is uncomfortable when she realizes that he sees her as a substitute for Celia, and goes back to Arizona. Cristal returns in \"Snowflakes in Hell\" to give Blake her support when he learns that Steven is not his biological son. Alexis tries to get rid of Cristal in \"Queen of Cups\", but she only helps Blake and Cristal get", "title": "Krystle Carrington" }, { "docid": "18764109", "text": "stop Ezra. Sheila and Nate decided to convince Ezra that they did not get along, by throwing insults at each other. Nate was unsure of the plan, but eventually went along with it and got \"a bit too carried away\". However, Ezra believed Nate and confided in him about his plans to redevelop the Waterhole and get rid of Sheila. Sheila also went too far when she called Nate a coward for not dating since Chris left. Sheila encouraged Nate to talk to customer Alistair Hall (Nick Cain), but when Alistair realised Nate was gay, he went on \"a homophobic", "title": "Nate Kinski" }, { "docid": "6814842", "text": "that is continually flipped (usually in groups of three cards at a time) in search of cards to play into the Lake or River. Lastly, the Nertz pile is a 13-card pile that players try to get rid of by playing cards from the pile one at a time, from the top of the pile, into available Lake or River destinations. The first player or team to successfully get rid of their Nertz pile calls or shouts \"Nertz\". Once \"Nertz\" is called all play for that hand stops. The diagram shown in this article may help to clarify these four", "title": "Nertz" }, { "docid": "456035", "text": "the Province of Ontario completed a grade separation at Walker Road and the CP Rail line. Another grade separation was completed in November 2010 at Howard Avenue and the CP Rail line. In both cases, the road travels under the rail line and both have below grade intersections with an east–west street. These were planned as parts of the \"Let's Get Windsor-Essex Moving\" project funded by the Province of Ontario to improve local transportation infrastructure. Windsor is connected to Essex and Leamington via Highway 3, and is well connected to the other municipalities and communities throughout Essex County via the", "title": "Windsor, Ontario" }, { "docid": "12483751", "text": "good enough to be in it. Things are saved when Yatta gets a pop superstar, Dirk Brock (Joey Lawrence), to perform in the musical. Kuzco can't star in the musical anymore, so he tries to get rid of Dirk. Yzma also tries to get rid of Dirk. Kuzco getting rid of Dirk Brock could cause Malina to hate him. He goes through with it by giving Dirk a \"laryngitis\" potion and causing him to lose his voice. But, in the end, Kuzco does the right thing by fixing Dirk's voice, and even when Yzma comes along and things go wrong", "title": "The Emperor's New School Musical" }, { "docid": "14033327", "text": "Who Will Tell My Brother? Who Will Tell My Brother is a young adult novel by Marlene Carvell. Evan, a Native American teenage boy, tries to get rid of his high school's Native American mascot because it is racist to so many cultures. His brother was the first one to try to do it when he was in high school, but he failed. While trying to get rid of the mascot, Evan has to deal with violence, name calling, and bullying. Every month he meets with the school board to try to get rid of the mascot, but it seems", "title": "Who Will Tell My Brother?" }, { "docid": "20614481", "text": "Sandy McIntosh McIntosh was born in Rockville Centre, New York. He attended the Waldorf School until seventh grade, when he was enrolled at the New York Military Academy, from which he graduated, at the suggestion of Fred Trump, a business acquaintance of McIntosh's father. Trump's son Donald was told to help the younger McIntosh navigate school. McIntosh, an underclassman, was enrolled because his father felt he needed to get rid of \"all that spiritual nonsense\" of his Waldorf School education. McIntosh has written and been interviewed extensively about how the New York Military Academy's culture of hazing formed Donald Trump's", "title": "Sandy McIntosh" }, { "docid": "2031707", "text": "had called for the formal elimination of grade 13, without formally eliminating the fifth year of secondary education. Acting upon the recommendations of the document, Ontario formally eliminated grade 13 in 1984, and introduced the Ontario Academic Credit system. The new system allowed for students to graduate from secondary schools in four years, while also maintaining the fifth year, known as OAC, which had courses catering for students planning to proceed with post-secondary education. Despite the fact that students were able to graduate from the secondary school system in four years, a fifth year of secondary education continued to persist", "title": "Ontario Academic Credit" }, { "docid": "9859387", "text": "even suspect that Fancy was always looking for a reason to get rid of him, or even impeding his possible promotion to First Grade Detective. Despite his bigoted obstinence, Sipowicz respected Fancy as his boss, defending him on numerous occasions, including blackmailing Fancy's superior, Borough Commander Haverill, after Sipowicz suspected that Haverill was planning on transferring Fancy to another precinct. Fancy made it clear that he respected Sipowicz's investigative talents, refusing to transfer Sipowicz out of the 15th when given the opportunity to. Fancy suspected that transferring Sipowicz would result in his replacement being another bigot (as a message from", "title": "Arthur Fancy" }, { "docid": "14034259", "text": "by a wider release on September 10. It received mixed reviews and grossed $4.3 million on a budget of $14 million. In 1957, when second-graders Bryce Loski and Julianna \"Juli\" Baker first meet, Juli knows it's love, but Bryce isn't so sure and tries to avoid Juli. By the sixth grade, in 1961, Bryce tries to get rid of Juli by dating Sherry Stalls, whom Juli despises. However, Bryce's best friend, Garrett, takes an interest in Sherry and eventually tells her the truth about Bryce asking her out; she doesn't take it well. From Juli's perspective, Bryce returned her feelings,", "title": "Flipped (film)" }, { "docid": "12727993", "text": "kid with pock marks on his face\", which had caused them to become Goths in the first place. After discussing what they could do to stop the vampire craze, the Goth kids decide to get rid of \"the head vampire\", fifth grade student Mike Makowski, whom they kidnap and mail to Scottsdale. This however fails to solve the problem and just when the Goth kids are about to face defeat from the vampire kids, Butters informs them that Hot Topic is the source of the vampire craze. He takes them there and they burn down the store. At home, Butters", "title": "The Ungroundable" }, { "docid": "18717770", "text": "with the spirit to get rid of it. Linda and the kids decide to use a Ouija board to communicate with the ghost and trap it in a shoebox to get rid of it. Using the board, they learn that the ghost is a 13-year-old boy named Jeff, which piques TIna's interest. After \"trapping\" Jeff in the box, Tina refuses to throw \"him\" out and brings him with her to school. Tammy, Jocelyn, Zeke, and Jimmy Jr. taunt Tina about the box, until Louise has them all use the Ouija board to communicate with Jeff. They become convinced Jeff is", "title": "Tina and the Real Ghost" }, { "docid": "791514", "text": "announced that Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer were to direct and write, respectively, the reboot of \"Hellraiser\" . The film's story would differ from the original film, as Lussier and Farmer did not want to retell the original story out of respect for Clive Barker's work. The film was to instead focus on the world and function of the puzzle box. Lussier and Farmer dismissed the notion of a teen-oriented \"Hellraiser\" film, stating \"if we do \"Hellraiser\", it's rated R; if they want to do PG-13 then they have to get rid of us\". In 2011, Farmer confirmed that both", "title": "Hellraiser" }, { "docid": "598310", "text": "to get rid of the bodies, and did so by digging up and dismembering the corpses, then dissolving them in sulfuric acid while the bones were ground and scattered. No statement was released until three weeks later, despite rumours that Lumumba was dead. On February 10 the radio announced that Lumumba and two other prisoners had escaped. His death was formally announced over Katangan radio on 13 February: it was alleged that he was killed by enraged villagers three days after escaping from Kolatey prison farm. After the announcement of Lumumba's death, street protests were organized in several European countries;", "title": "Patrice Lumumba" }, { "docid": "2962861", "text": "\"Starlord\" used a similar device with the eponymous alien Starlord as did \"Tornado\" with Big E. Pat Mills created Tharg but since regrets it, in 2015 describing him as an anachronism. In 1996 David Bishop was determined to get rid of Tharg and challenge the status quo, so replaced him as host in #1014 with the \"Vector 13\" Men in Black. Reader reaction was \"strong and vitriolic\" and Tharg was reinstated in #1032. Bishop came to realise that Tharg is an intrinsic part of \"2000 AD\" and that the Men in Black were \"a tiresome encumbrance\". Tharg's return and the", "title": "Tharg the Mighty" }, { "docid": "10600793", "text": "13 courses. By the 1980s, that number had risen to 40%, and currently sits at over 60% of graduates being Ontario Scholars with an 80% average or greater over their best six grade 12 courses. This is seen by some as evidence of the harmful effects of grade inflation, which results in higher standards to enter university, but more importantly, it represents a mismatch of performance and evaluation. The increase in the number of Ontario Scholars is connected with the removal of the standardized provincial exams, known as \"departmentals\". Ontario Scholar Ontario Scholars are high school graduates in the Canadian", "title": "Ontario Scholar" }, { "docid": "16811778", "text": "writing for Twitch Film, opined that \"Amnesia\"'s \"story offers nothing of any interest beyond the burning question of what the hell any of it means.\" Seb Reid of UK Anime Network rated it 4 out of 10 and called it \"A show that is best forgotten.\" Silverman gave the second half an overall grade of D, saying that \"Ultimately \"Amnesia\" ends as it began – fascinating in the same way a loose tooth is, but the payout when you finally get rid of it doesn't feel like enough.\" Amnesia Memories European release 26-08-15 Amnesia (visual novel) \"Amnesia\" is classified as", "title": "Amnesia (visual novel)" }, { "docid": "7654702", "text": "and/or enroll in or complete the OSSLC due to unforeseen circumstances, as well as students who have an IEP documenting required accommodations but, because of unforeseen circumstances, did not have access to these accommodations when taking the OSSLT. Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is a compulsory standardized test for secondary school students in Ontario who wish to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. For students who entered Grade 9 in 1999–2000, successful completion of the test is not a graduation requirement. However, for those students who took the field test of the OSSLT", "title": "Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test" }, { "docid": "3851817", "text": "At the same time a change in geo-political orientation towards Europe, coupled with the advent of containerisation meant the whole docking system in the city of Liverpool suffered as newer, stronger ports emerged elsewhere in the UK. Nonetheless the architectural and technological value of the docks was recognised in 1952 when the Albert Dock was granted Grade I listed building status. Despite this recognition, the increasing debts of the MDHB meant that by the 1960s the company was eager to get rid of the Albert Dock. Having considered demolishing the buildings and redeveloping the land, the MDHB soon entered negotiations", "title": "The Royal Albert Dock Liverpool" }, { "docid": "13891769", "text": "traditional festivals including the Mid-autumn Festival, when the traditional Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance is held. Previously listed as a Grade I historic building, the Lin Fa Temple has been declared a monument. Lin Fa Temple was originally built in 1863, during the Qing dynasty. It is said that Kwun Yam, the goddess of mercy, once showed up on the Lotus Rock to help people get rid of disasters and bring them good luck. Since then, the local people built up a temple which looks like a lotus on the Lotus Rock to house Kwun Yam, hoping that she could", "title": "Lin Fa Temple" }, { "docid": "5074576", "text": "pm E/P on Cartoon Network as a 90-minute movie. The episode was written and directed by the show's creator Craig McCracken, with further story work by his then-fiancée Lauren Faust and screenwriters Craig Lewis and Amy Keating Rogers. The episode debuted to positive reviews and high ratings. Eight-year-old Mac and his imaginary friend Blooregard Q. Kazoo (or \"Bloo\" for short) often get into fights with his 13-year-old brother Terrence. When Mac's mother tires of this behavior, she tells him that he has outgrown his age to have an imaginary friend and must get rid of him. Crushed by overhearing their", "title": "House of Bloo's" }, { "docid": "474985", "text": "\"Very difficult man to get on with. He used to drink excessively. You felt sorry for him. He ended up on his own. I thought, he's got rid of everybody else, he's going to get rid of himself and he did.\" There is a sculpture by Bruce Williams (1996) in his honour in Old Square, Corporation Street, Birmingham, a plaque on the house where he was born in Hall Green, Birmingham, and a plaque on the wall of the hotel in Bournemouth where he spent some of his early life. There is also a plaque, placed by the Dead Comics", "title": "Tony Hancock" }, { "docid": "1807880", "text": "Common examples include: to \"offer [one's] condolences\", to \"take a bite out of\", and to \"get rid of\" (while \"to rid\" and \"to condole\" are infrequent). Sometimes examples labeled serial verbs turn out to be compound verbs, as in \"What did you \"go and do\" that for?\" and \"Your business might just \"get up and leave\".\" Another variety of open-compound verb is common in English, German, and some other languages: The phrasal verb is in one in which a verb word and a preposition, particle, or both act together as a unit which does not convey what the words would", "title": "Compound verb" }, { "docid": "4524871", "text": "Protestant-based, although it was gradually transformed into a secular public system. Public funding of Catholic schools was initially provided only to Grade 10 in Ontario. However, in 1985, it was extended to cover the final three years of secondary education (Grade 11 to Grade 13/OAC). Publicly funded Catholic separate schools are also present in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, although they are not as prevalent as in the province of Ontario. The near-exclusive public funding for a single religious denomination in the province of Ontario has garnered controversy in the last few decades. The controversy led to a Supreme", "title": "Catholic school" }, { "docid": "10839889", "text": "put at risk when a serial killer is on the loose. Virginia gets a chance to get rid of Vanessa, but instead decides to help her out when they find themselves in harm's way. When they return to Sunset Beach, it appears that Virginia has finally given up on removing Vanessa from her life, but in reality Virginia is only faking a friendship. Virginia realizes that she needs to go to extreme measures to get rid of Vanessa, and when she learns that Vanessa's mother is suffering from a rare genetic illness called Martin's Syndrome, she decides to use that", "title": "Virginia Harrison" }, { "docid": "2218516", "text": "the church and became an atheist. Laplace did not graduate in theology but left for Paris with a letter of introduction from Le Canu to Jean le Rond d'Alembert who at that time was supreme in scientific circles. According to his great-great-grandson, d'Alembert received him rather poorly, and to get rid of him gave him a thick mathematics book, saying to come back when he had read it. When Laplace came back a few days later, d'Alembert was even less friendly and did not hide his opinion that it was impossible that Laplace could have read and understood the book.", "title": "Pierre-Simon Laplace" }, { "docid": "15283023", "text": "Montreal Forum with bilingual lyrics. Ironically, the Canadiens were responsible for the Maple Leafs' entrance to the League. The NHL had been formed when four of the five teams in the National Hockey Association—including the Canadiens—wanted to get rid of Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone. When they discovered the League constitution did not allow them to simply expel the Blueshirts, they simply created a new league, the NHL, and did not invite the Blueshirts to join them, effectively leaving Livingstone in a one-team league. However, Canadiens owner George Kennedy felt it would be unthinkable not to have a team from", "title": "Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry" }, { "docid": "5279051", "text": "Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Burlington) Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1989 by the Halton Catholic District School Board and currently enrolls students from the ninth to twelfth grades. Notre Dame's emblem is a small dueling leprechaun and, accordingly, the school's slogan is \"Fightin' Irish\". In its first year, Notre Dame began by only enrolling ninth and tenth grade classes. Today it schools the Ontario standard of grades 9 through 12. With grade 13 recently being removed as a requirement for graduation in Ontario, many grade", "title": "Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Burlington)" }, { "docid": "9704353", "text": "the judge transferred the case to Judge Timothy Taylor in response to a challenge from a pro-seal attorney regarding Hofman's ability to rule fairly in a related lawsuit. On September 28 Judge Taylor announced that the October 6th hearing was being moved to November 13. On November 13, 2009, Judge Taylor decided the city would not have to disperse the seals, overturning the previous judicial orders. He said those decisions were correct when they were issued, but that the state legislation signed in July makes it illogical now to force San Diego to get rid of the established colony. The", "title": "Children's Pool Beach" }, { "docid": "5722274", "text": "of Queensland Schoolboys aged 13. He played in Bundaberg's A grade adult team at 14, and came to the attention of state selectors when Bundaberg played a team captained by Test player Alan Kippax in 1931. The following season, he played in the Country trials in Brisbane. He was selected for the Queensland Colts in 1932–33 and represented Queensland Country against Douglas Jardine's England cricket team during the Bodyline tour. In England's innings of 376, Tallon conceded only five byes and stumped Herbert Sutcliffe, regarded as one of the finest batsmen in Test history. He did not get a chance", "title": "Don Tallon" }, { "docid": "6355202", "text": "which helps them develop leadership skills. Grade 8 students travel to Camp Timberlane in Haliburton, Ontario, and Grade 7 students travel to Niagara Falls as part of their leadership program. Generally, 100% of the graduates go to university. A list of university destinations of the graduates from 2006-2010 is provided on the Branksome website. One can get a more detailed brochure about the 2010 graduates' destinations in the school. Branksome Hall Branksome Hall is an independent girls' school. It hosts boarding students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. The school is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was founded in", "title": "Branksome Hall" }, { "docid": "14627832", "text": "I seek out for attention, and I've been trying very, very hard to get rid of it by placing myself in situations where it would be impossible. But, it's not going away; it's haunting me more and more as I get older. Now, the consequences of it are dire, at a time when it's causing me great pain in itself ... Adkins discussed the situation with Manning's therapists, but did not pass the email to anybody above him in his chain of command; he told Manning's court-martial that he was concerned the photograph would be disseminated among other staff. Captain", "title": "Chelsea Manning" }, { "docid": "10355511", "text": "Since the precedent of 1900, when Asa Bird Gardiner was removed by Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, this had become a constant move in New York City politics, but neither Republican Charles S. Whitman nor Democrat Al Smith saw reason enough to act. In November 1920, Swann ran for the New York Supreme Court (1st D.), nominated by the Tammany bosses to get rid of him in the D.A.'s office. After his defeat, Tammany insisted in trying to get him appointed to a vacancy in the New York Court of General Sessions, but Governor Al Smith did not yield. However, for most", "title": "Edward Swann" }, { "docid": "1772960", "text": "detective was undermined by his cheerful optimism. As conceived by Andy Heyward, from Gadget's view of the world, the Sun is always shining. He is usually unable to perceive danger. Gadget's villains are similarly ineffective. Their attempts to get rid of Gadget are as flawed as those of Boris Badenov to get rid of his own opponents. Penny is a more effective character than her uncle. Despite being a pre-teen girl, she is the one actually conducting investigations and solving cases. She was often kidnapped, but this did not reduce the importance of the character to the series. Perlmutter considers", "title": "Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17444920", "text": "leave the area, the crew calls in Mr. Gaffney and asks him to come inside the prison to see if he notices any difference in the energy. He walks inside and explains that it felt different from they time he worked there. Joel and Kate then begin to question him about his former job, and it is revealed that Mr. Gaffney was in the fact the doctor who tortured and sexually molested the inmates. He then begins to get angry at Joel and Kate when they explain that they did not get rid of the ghosts, but instead only investigated", "title": "Apparitional (film)" }, { "docid": "16019139", "text": "teasing her constantly. She developed a crush on her friend Miguel, and uses her best friend, Simone, and his best friend, Reese, to try to get closer to him. His growing relationship with Charity is a threat to her, so Kay has been doing everything to get rid of Charity, knowing she is her cousin. When Simone suggested that Charity's long-lost aunt might be her mother's sister, Kay did everything she could to make sure that the two never met - her crush on Miguel proved more important to her than her mother's happiness. Although she pretended to support Charity", "title": "Kay Bennett" }, { "docid": "1841325", "text": "attend college (see Education in Quebec). Quebec is currently the only province where Grade 12 is part of postsecondary, though Grade 11 was also the end of secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador prior to the introduction of grade 12 in 1983. Ontario had a Grade 13, subsequently, known as Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) year, but this was abolished in 2003 by the provincial government to cut costs. As a result, the curriculum has been compacted, and the more difficult subjects, such as mathematics, are comparatively harder than before. However, the system is now approximately equivalent to what has been", "title": "Education in Canada" }, { "docid": "13633196", "text": "people, saying \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are\" before hanging up. Lisa and Kim later discuss Kim's love life, and they decide she needs an older man who appreciates her. They decide on calling Adrian again, but Lisa, afraid to seduce him, repeats the line \"I saw what you did, and I know who you are.\" Adrian, who was caught in the act when he was burying Robyn's body, does not realize it's a prank and is determined to get rid of her. She thinks he was flirting with her on the phone and later", "title": "I Saw What You Did (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "7846280", "text": "the final independent Canadian company and the American steel conglomerate was finalized on August 27 of that year. This operation has a focus on making steel for the automotive sector. As North America's newest greenfield steel mill it is one of the most efficient mills in North America. Stelco Lake Erie Works generally operates in a region of Southern Ontario where there are no wind generators planned until 2013. Its electricity is provided mostly by the nearby coal-power plant (which is scheduled to close in 2014, due to an Ontario government regulation to get rid of coal power as a", "title": "Stelco Lake Erie Works" }, { "docid": "11708240", "text": "go to and from school with each other. When Kieran is sick one day, Jake takes a shortcut, only to be apprehended by the one person he did not want to meet: Steve. Steve grabs Jake, but immediately releases him when Jake's teacher come out. However, when his teacher leaves, Steve starts to intimidate Jake again. Jake manages to escape to his grandmother's house, where Mrs. Judd manages to get rid of Steve when he follows Jake. The following day Jake returns home from school while Mrs Judd and his mother are at his case conference. Suddenly the door opens", "title": "Jake's Tower" }, { "docid": "16961772", "text": "studied physiotherapy and his father was a business high school teacher at Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Hutchings attended Hillcrest Public School until grade 8 and then the Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute for grades 9-13. He was very music oriented, successfully auditioning three years in a row for the Ontario Youth Orchestra, where he played the trumpet. The group would get together annually for a week in London, ON, perform concerts, and even produce record albums. He thoroughly enjoyed music and came close to enrolling in a Bachelor of Music programme. He decided instead to pursue a", "title": "Jeffrey A. Hutchings" }, { "docid": "2308113", "text": "register, making the practice the closest in format to that conducted by Oxford and Cambridge colleges of any university in North America. The ceremony at King's is quite similar to the matriculation ceremonies held in universities such as Oxford or Cambridge. In Ontario during the era with grade 13, satisfactory completion of grade 12 was considered junior matriculation. Satisfactory completion of grade 13 was senior matriculation. In Nova Scotia, at the present time, Junior matriculation is grade 11 and senior matriculation is completion of grade 12. At Charles University in Prague, the oldest and most prestigious university in the Czech", "title": "Matriculation" }, { "docid": "11990059", "text": "with something terrible, dealing with it in domestic terms. Tragedy right up against sitcom, in a way other cultures don't really get.\" Members of MI-13 attend an official reception in America, presided over by Steve Rogers, given in their honor for being the first country in the world to get rid of the Skrulls. Rogers offers Brian membership in the Avengers. Reactions from the MI-13 team are mixed, but Wisdom eventually, reluctantly declares that Brian will accept, and they can work out some sort of time-share. While the other core members of MI-13 attend an official reception in America, Spitfire", "title": "Captain Britain and MI13" }, { "docid": "9076576", "text": "Mercury Villager minivan. Legere drove twelve blocks to the apartment of a female acquaintance, where he tried to get rid of Parker's gun. Police took him into custody two hours later, when a neighbor saw Legere lying down and bleeding on the apartment's fire escape. Parker's gun was recovered from a lot behind the building. On September 13, 2004, prosecutors filed first degree murder charges against Legere. When the case went to trial, Legere pleaded not guilty but declined to take the stand in his defense. His attorneys' strategy was to portray the crime as an attempt at self-defense, arguing", "title": "Marlon Legere" }, { "docid": "12811721", "text": "attempt. As a result, the Pink and Brown Teams will have the gym to themselves for the week, and the other teams must workout without using the gym. Bob and Jillian are reunited with their teams. When Jillian sees that Dane is there, she is surprised. She thought the others would get rid of Dane because of how big of a threat he is. She and her team mention how they overheard Bob telling his team to get rid of Dane. Jillian says Bob hates it when his team disobeys him, and when Bob talks to his team and realizes", "title": "The Biggest Loser (season 7)" }, { "docid": "17834335", "text": "Orillia Terriers (2013–) The Orillia Terriers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League until 2016 when the league merged into the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Orillia Terriers are the first junior hockey club in Orillia since the Orillia Terriers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League moved to Rama, Ontario in 1997. On September 13, 2013, the Terriers travelled to Penetanguishene, Ontario to play their first ever league game. The Penetang Kings would win the game 4-0. Gordie Weiss would get to play", "title": "Orillia Terriers (2013–)" }, { "docid": "19594035", "text": "go, quickly tricks Turtle to go off to take care of Anemone and go back to Jade Mountain. Qibli then tells Winter that it will be harder to get rid of the rest of them. The group decides to go to the RainWing Kingdom to find Icicle. Qibli reasoned that Icicle would go to the rainforest to get Queen Glory who is hated by Ex-Queen Scarlet for what Queen Glory did to her in the first book, \"The Dragonet Prophecy\". After landing next to a river, Winter gets suspicious, when Moon comments on how he must hate it there because", "title": "Wings of Fire (book series)" }, { "docid": "7952524", "text": "really is no competition. They can do better than this.\" AllMusic retrospectively stated: \"Slade made a powerful statement with \"We'll Bring the House Down\": \"We're back.\" What the band did was to take the best five songs from \"Return to Base\" and mix them in with great new material for a killer album that wouldn't take forever to make. Simple logic will tell you that when you get rid of the worst songs and replace them with great songs, the album's gonna be a lot better. Such is the case here.\" Joe Geesin of the webzine \"Get Ready to Rock!\"", "title": "We'll Bring the House Down" }, { "docid": "3903487", "text": "of high school, (here there are five years of high school then students graduate and go to college), students get a diploma and continue studying two more years, finishing when they complete five years from 13 to 17 years old, but in ninth grade students are around 15 years old. In Denmark, ninth grade is around the same thing as in Sweden. Afterwards, one can choose to go through tenth grade, but it is not required. The students are 15–16 years old. Ninth grade is the year of first final exams and the last year of \"folkeskolen\" (the first 10", "title": "Ninth grade" }, { "docid": "18193126", "text": "senior team when he was 15 years old. After the first year where he collected experience and successfully overcame all the traps of senior age, his talent and skills once again came to the fore. His good performances were not missed by Mladost scouts who wanted to bring him in the summer of 2010, but Medveščak did not want to get rid of his services so easily. Milaković did not sink after an unsuccessful transfer, but became a leading player of VK Medveščak. Especially he proved himself in Cup match against Mladost which resulted with the first victory of VK", "title": "Kristijan Milaković" }, { "docid": "4121268", "text": "to be the band. That was the band that Bob did really want, but those guys didn't want to get involved. You know that the situation around Bob was pretty hectic...They turned it down. So right away, I couldn't get involved, because I didn't want to leave the guys...If I leave, I feel it would be a bad vibes. When Hugh Malcolm joined the group, he couldn't keep up, so they got rid of him. A little later on a drummer came along name Paul Douglas, every so often we would bring him in, because I couldn't play on a", "title": "Chris Blackwell" }, { "docid": "4537268", "text": "scheme to execute the Queen of Scots. When the news of the execution reached Elizabeth she was extremely indignant, and her wrath was chiefly directed against Davison, who, she asserted, had disobeyed her instructions not to seal the warrant, but this instruction did not arrive until 2 February 1587, and Burghley had already taken the initiative. The secretary was arrested and thrown into the Tower, but although he defended himself vigorously, he did not say anything about the Queen's wish to get rid of Mary by assassination. Charged before the Star Chamber with misprision and contempt, he was acquitted of", "title": "William Davison (diplomat)" }, { "docid": "3092627", "text": "order in his affairs. He would like to have good order in his heart business, also, and asked, \"why there were heart specialists if they could not abolish this very disagreeable phenomenon ... he knew himself how to get rid of his attacks. As I did not believe him, he promised to come back next morning with a regular pulse, and he did.\" The man had found by chance that when he took one gram of quinine during an attack, it reliably halted it in 25 minutes; otherwise it would last for two to 14 days. Wenckebach often tried quinine", "title": "Quinidine" }, { "docid": "11408448", "text": "Doug Smith (Canadian football) Doug Smith (born June 16, 1952) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played 11 seasons in the Canadian Football League for two different teams. He was a part of a Grey Cup championship team with the Montreal Alouettes in 1974. Smith played college football at Wilfrid Laurier University. Doug started playing football in High School in Galt (Cambridge) Ontario when he was in grade 9. He never played in one winning game until his year in Grade 13 when his team won the district championship. He was selected as his high schools top", "title": "Doug Smith (Canadian football)" }, { "docid": "7558206", "text": "opportunity to expose Paul's dodgy past when approached by Paul's enemy Marty Kranic (Darius Perkins). Susan tells Karl that he did the right thing not playing dirty as he would have stooped to Paul's level. When Karl's pig Lennie and Chop the sheep push through the fence into Number 26 and destroy the vegetable patch, Sheila Canning (Colette Mann) demands that Karl get rid of them. Susan agrees makes Karl realise that the animals would be happier with more freedom and sends them to a hobby farm. Karl visits Holly in London and returns having dyed his hair black. When", "title": "Karl Kennedy" }, { "docid": "10570263", "text": "get rid of him, Provenza notices how upset she is and berates Rusty telling him that while he doesn't like Raydor, she clearly cares a great deal about Rusty. Rusty is immediately sorry when he realizes Provenza's right and sees Raydor's reaction and Provenza shows disgust for what he did. His words cause Rusty to make up with Raydor. Provenza also takes Rusty in for a week when it's too dangerous for him to live with Raydor anymore due to Wade Weller and congratulates him on his testimony in the trial, trying to cheer him up. When Rusty admits to", "title": "Louie Provenza" }, { "docid": "625548", "text": "interned, and there is an unconfirmed story that Farouk told British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson (who had an Italian wife), \"I'll get rid of my Italians when you get rid of yours\". In addition, Farouk was known for harbouring certain Axis sympathies and even sending a note to Adolf Hitler saying that an invasion would be welcome. In January 1942, when Farouk was away on vacation, Lampson pressured Serry Pasha into breaking diplomatic relations with Vichy France. As the king was not consulted about the serving of ties with Vichy France, Farouk used this violation of the constitution as an", "title": "Farouk of Egypt" }, { "docid": "6226936", "text": "being extended on both north and south ends. The overpass of the James Snow Parkway at Highway 401 was destroyed in 1986 when it was hit by a fuel tanker. It has subsequently been rebuilt. It was renamed after James Snow paid to pave the road extended over the 401 so he could get home faster. Snow died on September 13, 2008 of complications from diabetes. He was 79. James Snow James Wilfred Snow (July 12, 1929 – September 13, 2008) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario", "title": "James Snow" }, { "docid": "4652185", "text": "Afterward, he shaves all their heads bald. Payne also meets and clashes with Emily Walburn, the Academy counselor who tries to soften Payne's discipline with understanding and feelings, especially towards six-year-old orphan Tiger (Orlando Brown). Payne's training and punishments are harsh, which force the cadets to execute a series of failed schemes to get rid of Payne. Things come to a head when Payne offers them the chance to get rid of him - if they get the Military Games trophy he will resign voluntarily, so the boys sneak into rival Wellington Academy to steal it, except Dotson (who is", "title": "Major Payne" }, { "docid": "13420951", "text": "in the police database. Clay orders Tig and Bobby Munson, the club's Treasurer, to get rid of the bodies by any means necessary. The pair then retrieve the corpses from the police site and burn them in a furnace at the local morgue. Unexpectedly, Tig says a heartfelt prayer over their bodies. When local businessman Elliot Oswald went to the Sons of Anarchy and asked them to find the man who raped his 13-year-old daughter, they quickly agreed. When the gang find that the man is one of the carnies from the nearby traveling carnival, they go there, retrieve the", "title": "Tig Trager" }, { "docid": "8189812", "text": "returning from the river was enraged when he saw his wife in another man´s embrace and cursed the man's entire body be covered with 'yoni' (the female organ) and his wife Ahalya to become a statue of stone. Lord Indra in order to get rid of this curse went to Gnanaranya and prayed to the Three Moorthys to rid him of this curse. When he was rid of his curse and transformed into his original form he built a temple and installed the Lingam to represent the three Moorthy - Thanu-Maal-Ayan, and the name of the place came to be", "title": "Suchindram" }, { "docid": "1652892", "text": "when the city was under blackout due to Italian bombing, particularly angered some. The royal Italian servants of Farouk were not interned and there is an unconfirmed story that Farouk had told Sir Miles Lampson, \"I'll get rid of my Italians, when you get rid of yours.\" This remark was a reference to the ambassador's Italian wife. Although Egypt had severed relations with the Axis powers soon after the outbreak of World War II but remained technically neutral until near the end of the war. Following a ministerial crisis in February 1942, the British government, through its ambassador in Egypt,", "title": "Egypt during World War II" }, { "docid": "14569987", "text": "trying to get rid of them. An example of acceptance would be when people feel angry and then choose to focus on the anger and accept that they are angry, rather than trying to unleash their anger to get rid of it. \"Cognitive defusion\" teaches people to not take their thoughts as literal in order to decrease the believability of negative thoughts and increase flexibility to behave as they want. An example of cognitive defusion would be when someone thinks \"I am the worst,\" and then notices the thought for what it is—mere words—perhaps by saying to themselves \"I am", "title": "Flexibility (personality)" }, { "docid": "8210654", "text": "is trying to bribe the witnesses to withdraw their statements. Grimes has knowledge of Donovan's dirty business and believes that there might be a connection between Collins and Donovan's earlier attempts to get rid of reluctant business counterparts. He also suspects that Donovan will try to get rid of Mary Lou in the same way, using Cory's body. It turns out he is right in his suspicion, as Cory forces Janice to go with him in the car when he tries to run Mary Lou over. When she stops him he tries to kill her instead. In a sting of", "title": "The Lady and the Monster" }, { "docid": "13526897", "text": "just like Kiran expected. While Dolly and Raj are enjoying themselves, Kiran's detective starts his job. But he gets crushed by the window as he is trying to climb into Raj and Dolly's room. When Raj and Dolly notice, they call Govardhan to help get rid of the body because they think he is dead. Just as Govardhan shows up, so does Dolly's ex, Diesel. While trying to get rid of the body, Raj's ex-cook, Mangu, shows up (he is now working at the hotel). The story takes a twist when they discover that the detective is alive. Lucky for", "title": "Do Knot Disturb" }, { "docid": "10439544", "text": "with their children. EJ proposes to Sami, and in April, they get engaged. Soon after, Stefano agrees to get rid of the police evidence against Will, and Sami and EJ believe they are in the clear when they get rid of Nick's recording of Will's confession. However, Sami realizes that Stefano is double-crossing them, and she & EJ try to stop him. Meanwhile, Gabi gives birth to Arianna Grace after Will rescues her and Nick from a vicious attack. However, Will is shot while trying to rescue Nick but eventually recovers. Sami witnesses a man trying to kill a comatose", "title": "Sami Brady and EJ DiMera" }, { "docid": "16995643", "text": "ray-finned fishes contains more salt than freshwater, they could simply get rid of ammonia through their gills. When they finally returned to the sea again, they did not recover their old trick of turning ammonia to urea, and they had to evolve salt excreting glands instead. Lungfishes do the same when they are living in water, making ammonia and no urea, but when the water dries up and they are forced to burrow down in the mud, they switch to urea production. Like cartilaginous fishes, the coelacanth can store urea in its blood, as can the only known amphibians that", "title": "Evolution of tetrapods" }, { "docid": "8753217", "text": "\"Smoke N' Mirrors\" appeared in the season 5 finale of \"The Sopranos\". The album was not received with particular enthusiasm. Robert L. Doerschuk of Allmusic noted \"Get it Out\" an AMG Track Pick and stated, \"There's no doubt that grade 8 can pummel through a set of neo-metal material and, most likely, tear it up on-stage; the only question is why that may be all it takes to make it in a style whose rules are as rigid and unforgiving as those of even the most conservative genres.\" \"Grade 8\" did not manage to chart nor did its singles. When", "title": "Grade 8 (album)" }, { "docid": "18353955", "text": "a piece of crap has to live. Brian coaxes him to stop them and they reconcile. Stewie tries to short them out with lemonade. But when he is unsure about outsmarting them, Brian steps in and shorts them out with a hose. Happy that things returned to normal, Lois and Peter find that they have severe itching and get rid of the old mattress again. When Brian asks what he did with the robots, Stewie says that he threw them to the curb. Simultaneously, Lyle, Ted R., and Ted B. are on the curb on top of Lois and Peter's", "title": "Guy, Robot" }, { "docid": "6870907", "text": "Mr. Grey betrayed Iron Claw, saying that the reason he brought Biotrog was to get rid of Iron Claw. This revealead that Grey believed what he was doing and that he had a sick sense of honor and justice (kF#36-37). The final battle between the two occurred when Grey tricked Biotrog and was able to capture him. Although, he did not want to hurt the innocent, he viewed Biotrog as a threat. However, it was Grey who was tricked as it was the Red Ninja posing as Biotrog who he has captured. Biotrog appeared shortly and they fought. When it", "title": "Biotrog" }, { "docid": "6858330", "text": "but furious, she insists he get rid of them before her father finds out. He sells them and gives the money to her. Debbie briefly ends her relationship with Pete when he tries to insist she see someone about getting over what Cameron did to her. When Alistair Harper, a man on a callout, comes onto her, she ends up stabbing him in the leg with a screwdriver. She's arrested for assault but is let out on bail. She admits that she's still vulnerable to Pete who confronts Harper in hospital and threatens him to drop the charges. After discovering", "title": "Debbie Dingle" }, { "docid": "4960167", "text": "the company, but they were shocked when Eric not only accepted Marcus into the family, but did so because the siblings were only trying to dredge up some scandal, real or fictitious, to get rid of Donna. Donna has since fired her. After Eric suffered a heart attack, and was revealed to be poisoned, Felicia continued to ally with her brothers in eliminating Donna's presence from their lives. When Eric awoke from his coma, Felicia helped to reunite him with Stephanie; though this reunion proved short-lived as he eventually returned to Donna much to Felicia and her brothers chagrin. Felicia", "title": "Felicia Forrester" }, { "docid": "13822103", "text": "it was one of very few forms of education besides a \"formal\" university. Another reason is that going back in history secondary schools have traditionally focused on academic, rather than vocational subjects and ability levels, for example, collegiates offered Latin while vocational schools offered technical courses. In Ontario at one time schools that focused on vocational educational were \"officially\" called High school/ secondary school and went up to grade 12, while schools that went up to grade 13, and prepared students for University were called \"Collegiate Institute\" Due to their early history when education streams were few or non-existent, some", "title": "College (Canada)" }, { "docid": "4729284", "text": "grade seven and eight classroom. Liz Sandals, the minister for education, stated that it was \"totally inappropriate.\" Sandals also stated, \"clearly, from what was described in the media, the materials that were being used are totally inappropriate and are in no way connected to the Ontario health and phys ed curriculum\" and \"I’m relieved that Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has gotten rid of the material and that the teacher is no longer in the classroom.\" He had been \"ordered to work from home pending an investigation.\" Sandals called it a \"one off.\" Sandals stated how this type of material", "title": "Toronto District School Board" }, { "docid": "2318467", "text": "15 July 1840 provoked an explosion of patriotic fury: France had been ousted from a zone where it traditionally exercised its influence, while Prussia, which had no interest in it, was associated with the treaty. Although Louis-Philippe pretended to join the general protestations, he knew that he could take advantage of the situation to get rid of Thiers. The latter pandered tp patriotic feelings by decreeing, on 29 July 1840, a partial mobilization, and by starting, on 13 September 1840, the works on the fortifications of Paris. But France remained passive when, on 2 October 1840, the British navy shelled", "title": "July Monarchy" }, { "docid": "12511507", "text": "anxiety and depression were common more among students in GCE Advanced Level classes compared to other grades. Students in grade 13 had the second highest depression and anxiety scores, with examination related issues being the most commonly cited problem. Out of the 445 students that were assessed, 22.9% of students in grade 12 and 28.6% in grade 13 reportedly had severe depression, while 28.6% in grade 12 and 32.1% in grade 13 had severe anxiety. Due to the intimidating nature of the exam, family pressure, and social stigma resulting from exam results, most students tend to get severely depressed if", "title": "GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "8630615", "text": "also reported in Ontario in February 2016.. The patient will develop high grade fever, sweating, chills, abdominal pain, joint pain, red eye, nausea, vomiting, one or multiple rash(es) and/or a headache. The symptoms can appear quickly, the patient will suffer from severe symptoms which may lead to death. To prevent from contracting this virus, avoid contact with wild rats and only adopt pet rats from renown sources who have tested their rats by serology in order to confirm their colony does not carry this virus. Proof of testing should be public and offered to anyone who asks for it. http://navercast.naver.com/contents.nhn?rid=21&contents_id=7177", "title": "Seoul virus" }, { "docid": "2209076", "text": "Catholic University. In 1964, when E.C. LeBel retired, Dr. John Francis Leddy was appointed President of the University of Windsor, and presided over a period of significant growth. From 1967 to 1977, Windsor grew from approximately 1,500 to 8,000 full-time students. In the 1980s and early 1990s, this growth continued. Among the new buildings erected were the Odette Business Building and the CAW Student Centre. Enrollment reached record heights in Fall 2003 with the elimination of Grade 13 (Ontario Academic Credit) in Ontario. The university has developed a number of partnerships with local businesses and industry, such as the University", "title": "University of Windsor" }, { "docid": "2173124", "text": "when the Tories campaigned strenuously against a Liberal proposal to extend funding for Catholic separate schools until Grade 13. Davis reversed himself in 1985, and enacted the funding extension as one of his last acts before leaving office. Davis governed until 1985 with a team of advisers known as the \"Big Blue Machine\" because of their reputed political and strategic skills. Their stamp on the party was so strong that many refer to the Tories' long rule over Ontario as the \"Big Blue Machine era\". During Davis's time as leader of the PC Party, the party moved to the centre,", "title": "Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario" }, { "docid": "12866245", "text": "union affairs. Müller was responsible for the communist agitation and politics within the German unions. He lost this job in March 1921 when he criticised a failed communist uprising in Thuringia. In his views the action was premature and caused by police provocation. But the KPD central committee did not like independent critics within the party and tried to get rid of Müller. Due to an Intervention of Lenin and Trotsky on the Third World-Congress of the Communist International they had to accept the re-integration of Müller and other critics into the KPD. But when fights within the party started", "title": "Richard Müller (socialist)" }, { "docid": "9861314", "text": "receiver Don Maynard, \"When you get rid of veteran ballplayers and replace them with rookies, the level goes down.\" The Jets' success in signing Namath and the rise of the team in the standings adversely affected their crosstown rivals, the Giants, who had played in five NFL championship games in six years to 1963, but who thereafter declined in the standings. Giants owner Wellington Mara stated, \"I think the Jets coming in when they did contributed to our bad years, because we tried to do everything for the short term rather than the long haul—we'd trade a draft choice for", "title": "History of the New York Jets" }, { "docid": "6105243", "text": "Ben, and Nelani to her home on an asteroid near Bimmiel. They agree, so they set course for this asteroid. When they arrive, Brisha informs them that she suspects that there is a Sith Lord in the caves beneath the asteroid, and that she needs the Jedi to get rid of him. They agree, and they follow Brisha down into the bowels of the asteroid. While they're in the cart that's taking them down into the caverns, Ben and Nelani are both yanked out of the travel cart by Brisha through the Force. When Jacen demands why she did it,", "title": "Betrayal (Star Wars novel)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1451657", "text": "Friday the 13th (1980 film) Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and written by Victor Miller. It stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson, and Robbi Morgan. The film tells the story of a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp. Prompted by the success of John Carpenter's \"Halloween\" (1978), director Cunningham put out an advertisement to sell the film in \"Variety\" in early 1979, while", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "10837025", "text": "2008, the teaser trailer debuted at the 2008 Scream Awards and was released three days later. In December, the theatrical trailer was released along with a theatrical poster. On Friday, February 13, 2009, \"Friday the 13th\" was released in 3,105 theaters in North America. The 2009 film was given the widest release of any \"Friday the 13th\" film, including the crossover film with \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\". It was released in nearly three times as many theaters as the original 1980 film and exceeded \"Freddy vs. Jason\" by 91 theaters. \"Friday the 13th\" was also released in 2,100 theaters", "title": "Friday the 13th (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "6952757", "text": "cutting of the film. It has been suggested that Paramount Pictures was keen to remove the offending footage due to the backlash they had received from releasing \"Friday the 13th\" the previous year. The second reason, that Mihalka attributes, is that the movie was cut due to the murder of John Lennon in December 1980, stating that there was a major backlash against movie violence in the wake of his death. An uncensored cut of \"My Bloody Valentine\" remained unavailable to the public for nearly thirty years after its original theatrical release. When Paramount released the film on DVD in", "title": "My Bloody Valentine (film)" }, { "docid": "6185780", "text": "immediately. Cunningham commissioned a New York advertising agency to develop his visual concept of the \"Friday the 13th\" logo, which consisted of big block letters bursting through a pane of glass. In the end, Cunningham believed there were \"no problems\" with the title, but distributor George Mansour contends that there was an issue: \"There was a movie before ours called \"Friday the 13th: The Orphan\". Moderately successful. But someone still threatened to sue. It is unknown whether Phil [Scuderi] paid them off, but the issue was eventually resolved.\" Following the success of \"Friday the 13th\" in 1980, Paramount Pictures began", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "10837027", "text": "the 13th\" earned an additional $24,292,003, making its four-day President's Day weekend total $43,585,449. By the end of its three-day opening weekend, it was already the second highest grossing film in the series, having earned $40,570,365, slightly exceeding \"The Grudge\" (2004) for the best 3-day weekend opening of any horror film. When comparing the 2009 film's opening weekend to that of its 1980 counterpart in adjusted 2009 US dollars, the original \"Friday the 13th\" film earned $17,251,975. Although the 2009 film made more money, when factoring in the number of theaters each film was released in, the 1980 film earned", "title": "Friday the 13th (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "1451687", "text": "film ensued in 1980 between Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and United Artists. Paramount executive Frank Mancuso, Sr. recalled: \"The minute we saw \"Friday the 13th\", we knew we had a hit.\" Paramount ultimately purchased domestic distribution rights for \"Friday the 13th\" for $1.5 million. Based on the success of recently-released horror films (such as \"Halloween\") and the low budget of the film, the studio deemed it a \"low-risk\" release in terms of profitability. It was the first independent slasher film to be acquired by a major motion picture studio. Paramount spent approximately $500,000 in advertisements for the film, and then", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "1451689", "text": "across the United States, ultimately expanding its release to 1,127 theaters. It earned $5,816,321 in its opening weekend, before finishing domestically with $39,754,601, with a total of 14,778,700 admissions. It was the 18th highest-grossing film that year, facing competition from other high-profile horror releases such as \"The Shining\", \"Dressed To Kill\", \"The Fog\", and \"Prom Night\". The worldwide gross for the film was $59,754,601. Of the seventeen films distributed by Paramount in 1980, only two: \"Urban Cowboy\" and \"Airplane!\", returned more profits than \"Friday the 13th\". \"Friday the 13th\" was released internationally, which was unusual for an independent film with,", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "6185844", "text": "Maniacs 1 collection, a figure of Jason from \"Jason Goes to Hell\" was released. Jason was one of the three most popular figures sold from the Movie Maniacs 1 collection, and the other two were Freddy Krueger and Leatherface. The following year, scale models of Jason and Freddy in a glass display case were released by MacFarlane Toys. In 2002, as part of its Movie Maniacs 5 collection, McFarlane released a model of Über-Jason from \"Jason X\". McFarlane did not release another \"Friday the 13th\" collectable until November 2006, when a 3-dimensional movie poster was released. Since 2002, there has", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1451701", "text": "franchise, \"Friday the 13th\" was a cynical, one-off attempt to make a fast buck on a sleazy slasher movie that accidentally ended up spawning a decades-spanning, multimillion-dollar phenomenon ... What's most striking about \"Friday the 13th\" is how little regard anyone but its fans seem to have for it.\" \"Friday the 13th\" was first released on DVD in the United States by Paramount Home Entertainment on October 19, 1999. The disc sold 32,497 units. On February 3, 2009, Paramount released the film again on DVD and Blu-ray in an unrated uncut, for the first time in the United States (previous", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "1451709", "text": "the counselors, because she saw them all as responsible for Jason's death. A number of scenes from the film were recreated in \"Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale\", a two-issue comic book prequel released by WildStorm in 2007. In 2016, the book \"On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th\" was released detailing the planning and filming of the movie. Film scholar Williams views \"Friday the 13th\" as \"symptomatic of its era,\" particularly Reagan-era America, and part of a trajectory of films such as \"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\" (1974) and \"Race with the Devil\" (1975), which \"exemplify a", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "8943878", "text": "is not only sexy but sexual.\" Alice's decayed corpse appears as a part of the model of Jason's shrine to his mother that NECA has released. Mezco Toyz has also released a screen grab statuette of Alice, which depicts the hallucination of Jason attacking her from the ending of \"Friday the 13th\". Alice is a featured character in \"Great Horror Movie Villains Paper Dolls: Psychos, Slashers and Their Unlucky Victims.\" Alice is featured on the alternate cover of the first issue for \"Famous Monsters Underground\". Alice's corpse appears next to Mrs. Voorhees' shrine in the 2017 video game \"\". Alice", "title": "Alice (Friday the 13th)" }, { "docid": "5595880", "text": "theatrical trailer. In 2011, it was released in a 4-disc DVD collection along with the first, third, and fourth films in the series. It was again included in two Blu-ray sets: \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\", released in 2013, and \"Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection\", in 2018. In 1982, Gramavision Records released an LP album of selected pieces of Harry Manfredini's scores from the first three \"Friday the 13th\" films. On January 13, 2012, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 6-CD boxset containing Manfredini's scores from the first six films. It sold out in less than 24", "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2" }, { "docid": "5595862", "text": "the \"Friday the 13th\" title being used for a series of films, released once a year, that would not have direct continuity with one another but be a separate \"scary movie\" of their own right. Phil Scuderi—one of three owners of Esquire Theaters, along with Steve Minasian and Bob Barsamian, who produced the original film—insisted that the sequel have Jason Voorhees, Pamela's son, even though his appearance in the original film was only meant to be a joke. Steve Miner, associate producer on the first film, believed in the idea and would go on to direct the first two sequels,", "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2" }, { "docid": "6185843", "text": "\"\" was released on January 20, 2018. In addition to the films, television series, and various literature based on the \"Friday the 13th\" franchise, there are over 100 licensed products that have grossed more than $125 million in revenue. Over the years, the characters of \"Friday the 13th\" have been marketed under various toy lines. In 1988, Screamin' Toys produced a model kit of Jason Voorhees. Six years later, Screamin' Toys issued a second model kit based on Jason's appearance in \"Jason Goes to Hell\". Both kits are no longer in production. In 1998, as part of McFarlane Toys' Movie", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1451702", "text": "VHS, LaserDisc and DVD releases included the R-rated theatrical version). The uncut version of the film contains approximately 11 seconds of previously unreleased footage. In 2011, the uncut version of \"Friday the 13th\" was released in a 4-disc DVD collection with the first three sequels. It was again included in two Blu-ray sets: \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\", released in 2013, and \"Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection\", in 2018. Contemporary scholars in film criticism, such as Tony Williams, have credited \"Friday the 13th\" for initiating the subgenre of the \"stalker\" or slasher film. Cultural critic Graham Thompson also", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "8943871", "text": "Pamela's Tale\" by Wildstorm also features a cameo appearance by Alice, depicting the scene from the first film when she first meets Mrs. Voorhees. In the original script for \"Friday the 13th\", Alice was written as a more flawed and less sympathetic character. In early drafts, she was having an affair with a married man on the West Coast, which was the reason her relationship with Steve Christy is deteriorating and she wants to leave Crystal Lake. Adrienne King says that she portrayed the character as a traditional horror movie character, stating \"I think that Alice is a great scream", "title": "Alice (Friday the 13th)" }, { "docid": "1451705", "text": "King, who recounted the making of the film to fans. As of 2018, \"Friday the 13th\" has spawned ten sequels, including a crossover film with \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" villain Freddy Krueger. \"Friday the 13th Part 2\" (1981) introduced Jason Voorhees, the son of Mrs. Voorhees, as the primary antagonist, which would continue for the remaining sequels (with exception of the fifth movie) and related works. Most of the sequels were filmed on larger budgets than the original. For comparison, \"Friday the 13th\" had a budget of $550,000, while the first sequel was given a budget of $1.25 million.", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "5644445", "text": "of selected pieces of Manfredini's scores from the first three \"Friday the 13th\" films. On January 13, 2012, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 6-CD boxset containing Manfredini's scores from the first six films. It sold out in less than 24 hours. \"Friday the 13th Part III\" was released theatrically in the United States on Friday, August 13, 1982. It was the first-ever 3-D film to receive a wide domestic release, opening on 1,079 screens. Of these screens, 813 were 3-D capable, while the remainder consisted of drive-in theaters which were unable to accommodate the format. In order to", "title": "Friday the 13th Part III" }, { "docid": "11983341", "text": "Troma's \". While at Troma, Michaels designed and edited 250 DVD covers, 90% of their DVD titles. Michaels' first documentary was \"Vampira: The Movie\", which profiled Maila Nurmi, the first horror host. The film featured testimonials by Sid Haig, Julie Strain, Kevin Eastman, Forrest Ackerman, Debbie Rochon, John Zacherle, Lloyd Kaufman, Bill Moseley, Cassandra Peterson, Jami Deadly, Jerry Only and horror historian David J. Skal. The score was written and performed by Ari Lehman, the first Jason Voorhies of Friday The 13th. Premiering in October 2006, \"Vampira: The Movie\" was released on DVD in September 2007 by Alpha Video, and", "title": "Kevin Sean Michaels" }, { "docid": "2158088", "text": "film \"Freddy vs. Jason\" (2003). In April 2010 Sideshow Toys released a polystone statue of Jason, based on the version appearing in the 2009 remake. NECA and Mezco Toyz also released figures of Jason in its own action figure series. Jason has made an appearance in five video games. He first appeared in \"Friday the 13th\", a 1985 Commodore 64 game. His next appearance was in 1989, when LJN, an American game company known for its games based on popular movies in the 1980s and early 1990s, released \"Friday the 13th\" on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The premise involved the", "title": "Jason Voorhees" }, { "docid": "5890423", "text": "removed from the credits. According to White, Corey Feldman maintained a bratty attitude on set as a result from Zito's treatment. When filming the scene of Tommy hacking at Jason's body, which were two sandbags he was striking at, Feldman pretended the sandbags were Zito. According to the book \"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th\", actress Kimberly Beck stated that she does not like the horror genre. In addition to this, she felt that the film was more of a C-movie rather than a B-movie. During filming, Kimberly Beck experienced strange encounters, including a man watching", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" }, { "docid": "10836993", "text": "re-imagining of the first four \"Friday the 13th\" films. The character Jason Voorhees was redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a backstory that allows the viewer to feel a little sympathy for him, but not enough that he would lose his menace. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for \"Part III\"; though there were subtle changes. \"Friday the 13th\" includes some of Harry Manfredini's musical score from the previous \"Friday the 13th\" films because the producers recognized its iconic status. \"Friday the 13th\" was released", "title": "Friday the 13th (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "13491908", "text": "that feeling to a new generation with a new spin on the character and story. Fuller and Form likened the new film to their 2003 remake of \"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\" but instead of a remake, they saw it as more of a reimagining. The pair also explained that \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" would have a different tone than their \"Friday the 13th\" remake. Form states, \"I think a \"Friday the 13th\" movie like we made was really fun. You know, sex, drugs and rock and roll, and I think a Nightmare movie is not that.\" When asked", "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "6185779", "text": "be more of a \"roller coaster ride\". The first film was meant to be \"a real scary movie\", and at the same time make audiences laugh. The concept for \"Friday the 13th\" began as nothing more than a title. \"A Long Night at Camp Blood\" was the working title Victor Miller used while he drafted a script, but Cunningham believed in his \"Friday the 13th\" moniker and rushed to place an advertisement in \"International Variety\". Worrying that someone else owned the rights to the title and wanting to avoid potential lawsuits, Cunningham thought it would be best to find out", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6185781", "text": "plans to make a sequel and immediately acquired the worldwide distribution rights. According to Paramount Pictures' Chairman and CEO Frank Mancuso, Sr., \"We wanted it to be an event, where teenagers would flock to the theaters on that Friday night to see the latest episode.\" Initial ideas for a sequel involved the \"Friday the 13th\" title being used for a series of discontinuous films, released once a year, and each would be a separate \"scary movie\" of its own right. Phil Scuderi—a co‑owner of Esquire Theaters with Steve Minasian and Bob Barsamian and a producer of the original film—insisted that", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5637816", "text": "also reprised the role of Tommy in the \"Friday the 13th\" fan film \"Never Hike Alone\" released in 2017. In the novelization of \"Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives\", it is revealed what happened between Tommy and Pam at the end of \"Friday the 13th: A New Beginning\"; the book explains that Pam had managed to return Tommy to his senses and, when Tommy was put back in a mental institution, she helped him recover. The novel \"Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs\" references Tommy, revealing he has written at least six books about Jason and Crystal Lake, with", "title": "Tommy Jarvis" }, { "docid": "6185825", "text": "Jason and Leatherface turn on each other. On May 13, 2005, New Line first exercised their rights to use the \"Friday the 13th\" moniker when they, along with Avatar comics, released a special issue of \"Friday the 13th\". Written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller, the story takes place after the events of \"Freddy vs. Jason\", where siblings Miles and Laura Upland inherit Camp Crystal Lake. Knowing that Jason caused the recent destruction, Laura, unknown to her brother, sets out to kill Jason with a paramilitary group so that she and her brother can sell", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5685366", "text": "released by Paramount on September 3, 2002. In October 2004, a box set, \"Crystal Lake to Manhattan\", was released, featuring \"Jason Takes Manhattan\" alongside the previous seven \"Friday the 13th\" films. This release featured an audio commentary with writer-director Hedden. A standalone \"deluxe edition\" DVD was subsequently released in September 2009, featuring Hedden's commentary, a making-of documentary, a gag reel, and deleted sequences. Paramount issued a double-feature Blu-ray on September 8, 2015, featuring the film paired with its predecessor, \"\". \"Jason Takes Manhattan\" was subsequently included in two separate Blu-ray sets: First in 2013's \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\",", "title": "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" }, { "docid": "17976597", "text": "modeling campaign together, eventually making media appearances at Milan Fashion Week. Her first film was the horror movie \"Condemned\", directed by Eli Morgan Gesner, in which she plays the girlfriend of a band member living in a rundown building. The film opened on Friday the 13th in November 2015. Another early role was in \"Elvis & Nixon\", which stars Kevin Spacey. The movie was presented in at least one spring film festival and was released in April 2016. In November 2015 it was announced that she had booked roles in a pair of independent films: \"GenRX\" and \"Unfiltered\". Dylan Penn", "title": "Dylan Penn" }, { "docid": "19831782", "text": "first literary appearance in the novelization of \"Friday the 13th Part 3\" (1982), which states that she is in \"serious condition\" and is suffering from \"severe hysterical shock: because of her battle with Jason Voorhees. She subsequently appears as the lead protagonist in \"Friday the 13th Part II: A Novel\", a novelization of the 1981 film \"Friday the 13th Part 2\", which was released seven years after the film premiered in February 1988. The novel was written by Simon Hawke and based on Ron Kurz's screenplay. The aftermath of her encounter with Jason is once again referenced in the novel", "title": "Ginny (Friday the 13th)" }, { "docid": "19751235", "text": "Friday the 13th (1985 video game) Friday the 13th: The Computer Game is the first game adaptation based on the films of the same name. It was released in 1985 by Domark for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. The game was released on floppy diskette and cassette tape. The player's goal is to find and kill Jason, while making sure his friends or he himself are not killed by Jason. The player can roam around freely in the scenery, walk in and outside of buildings. Jason, as well as other characters, do the same. It is the", "title": "Friday the 13th (1985 video game)" }, { "docid": "5890467", "text": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, and Susan Blu. It is the seventh installment in the \"Friday the 13th\" film series, and the first film with Jason Voorhees portrayed by Kane Hodder, who would continue to portray the character in three subsequent installments. The film follows a psychokinetic teenage girl who inadvertently unleashes Jason from his grave in Crystal Lake, where she and her friends are staying. The film was released", "title": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" }, { "docid": "12745770", "text": "horror and that this is in keeping with Raimi not having produced a \"true horror\" film since he began directing. The film was nominated for \"Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller\" at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, which the film lost to \"Friday the 13th\" (2009). At the 2009 Scream Awards show, \"Drag Me to Hell\" won the awards for Best Horror Movie and Best Scream-play. \"Drag Me to Hell\" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the US on October 13, 2009. Both media include an Unrated Director's Cut as well as the Theatrical Version. In its first two weeks the", "title": "Drag Me to Hell" }, { "docid": "6410377", "text": "Friday 13th (EP) Friday 13th EP is a four-track EP by English rock band the Damned, issued as the result of a one-off deal with the NEMS Records label. It was released on 13 November 1981, which fell on a Friday. The EP was released in the UK and Sweden on 7\" vinyl, and also in Germany on 12\" vinyl. In 1981, EPs were still eligible for the UK Top 75 Singles chart, and \"Friday 13th\" reached No. 50. The lead-off track, \"Disco Man\", was featured on a large number of compilations, also becoming a live favourite. Two of the", "title": "Friday 13th (EP)" }, { "docid": "16291746", "text": "Classic Rock magazine. He was the first Russian journalist who interviewed American musician and actor Ari Lehman (the first portrayer of Jason Voorhees in the first \"Friday the 13th\" movie), and famous movie composer Harry Manfredini who scored most of the \"Friday\" movies. The latter interview was published in Mir Fantastiki Later Vilgotsky interviewed many horror celebrities, including Tom Savini, Felissa Rose, Scott Derrickson, Brian Paulin, Matt Farnsworth, Dieter Laser, Victor Brooke Miller and more. Since 2012, Vilgotsky began to collaborate with Hollywood horror magazine \"Gore Noir\". Also he was noticed among authors of Australian horror magazine Midnight Echo. Vilgotsky", "title": "Tony Vilgotsky" }, { "docid": "19150062", "text": "the theme for the game, \"Killer\", recorded by Crazy Lixx. Other songs included in the game from Crazy Lixx include \"Live Before I Die\" and \"XIII\" which can be heard when the radio is played. The popular 80s punk group the Misfits are also featured on the game's soundtrack. They have one song in the game, appropriately titled \"Friday the 13th\" from their album Friday the 13th-EP released in 2016. The song can be heard on any radio in the game and also in the car when escaping. GunMedia uploaded a trailer featuring the song during the game's development. The", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game" }, { "docid": "5595881", "text": "hours. Waxworks Records released the Harry Manfredini-composed score on vinyl in summer 2015. A novelization based on the screenplay of Ron Kurz was published in 1988: Hawke, Simon, \"Friday the 13th Part II: A Novel\", New American Library, New York, 1988, Friday the 13th Part 2 Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, and the second installment in the \"Friday the 13th\" film series. It is a direct sequel to \"Friday the 13th\", picking up five years after that film's conclusion, where a new murderer stalks", "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2" }, { "docid": "5654218", "text": "a rain machine. The film is the only entry in the \"Friday the 13th\" film series to feature a hockey mask design with two blue triangles pointing downward, as opposed to the more common variant of three red triangles, with the lower two pointing upward. On January 13, 2012, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 6-CD boxset containing Harry Manfredini's scores from the first six \"Friday the 13th\" films. It sold out in less than 24 hours. \"Friday the 13th: A New Beginning\" opened on March 22, 1985, on 1,759 screens. The film debuted at number 1 on its", "title": "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "1832402", "text": "the first horror film to come out in 3D in over 20 years. Horror films and reissues of 1950s 3D classics (such as Hitchcock's \"Dial M for Murder\") dominated the 3D releases that followed. The second sequel in the Friday the 13th series, \"Friday the 13th Part III\", was released very successfully. Apparently saying \"part 3 in 3D\" was considered too cumbersome so it was shortened in the titles of \"Jaws 3-D\" and \"Amityville 3-D\", which emphasized the screen effects to the point of being annoying at times, especially when flashlights were shone into the eyes of the audience. The", "title": "3D film" }, { "docid": "6185838", "text": "Starz television channel during the first week of February, and afterwards it was released on DVD on February 3, 2009. The documentary is hosted by special make‑up effects artist Tom Savini, who interviews the cast and crew members of each of the \"Friday the 13th\" films, asking them questions on the choices they made during filming. It also features interviews with journalists and other filmmakers who offer their opinion of the series. In September 2013, Farrands wrote and directed a second documentary film on the \"Friday\" franchise, \"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th\", this time directly", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6185786", "text": "selected as the main setting, with Jason spending approximately a third of the movie on a boat before reaching New York. The film was then subtitled \"Jason Takes Manhattan\". Ultimately, the character spent the majority of the time on the cruise ship, as budget restrictions forced scenes of New York to be trimmed or downgraded. Vancouver had to substitute for the majority of the New York scenes. When \"Jason Takes Manhattan\" failed to perform successfully at the box office, Sean Cunningham decided that he wanted to reacquire the rights to \"Friday the 13th\" and start working with New Line Cinema", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "5654224", "text": "the 13th\" films on DVD in \"Deluxe Editions,\" reissuing \"A New Beginning\" on June 16, 2009. This release featured several newly-commissioned bonus materials, including an audio commentary and interviews with the cast and crew. On September 13, 2013, Paramount and Warner Brothers co-released the \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\" Blu-ray box set, featuring each of the twelve films; this marked the first Blu-ray release of \"A New Beginning\". Paramount and Warner reissued the film as a standalone double-feature Blu-ray paired with \"\" in 2014. On February 13, 2018, Paramount re-released the film in another box set titled, \"Friday the", "title": "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "16547673", "text": "sequel. However, due to heavy losses incurred, the movie did not have any further sequel. The movie was heavily inspired by Friday the 13th Part III Soundtrack Composed by Premi-Seeni and Lyrics are Written by Muthubharathi The movie was panned by critics but bombed at the box office. Adhisaya Manithan Adhisaya Manithan (),() is a 1990 Tamil Horror film produced by Thakkali C Seenivasan and directed by Velu Prabhakaran. It is a sequel to Nalaya Manithan. The film has Gouthami in the lead role along with bunch of known faces. The film released to negative reviews and bombed at the", "title": "Adhisaya Manithan" }, { "docid": "9519174", "text": "Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre is a 2005 pornographic horror comedy film released by Wicked Pictures. The film, originally released on September 14, 2005, is the first adult film to be released on the HD DVD format. The film is a comedic parody of horror films of its time, with a cross between \"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\" and \"Friday the 13th\". College students Kristen (Daniels) and Megan (Drake) are planning to attend a concert. After they hit a homeless man with their car, the girls and their friends are systematically murdered. A horror movie", "title": "Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre" }, { "docid": "5685357", "text": "million. At the time, it was the most expensive film produced in the series. The film's musical score was composed by Fred Mollin, who worked with longtime \"Friday the 13th\" series composer Harry Manfredini on the previous installment. \"Jason Takes Manhattan\" was the first film in the series not to feature Manfredini credited on the score. On September 27, 2005, BSX records released a limited edition CD of Fred Mollin's \"Friday the 13th Part VII\" and \"VIII\" scores. The song \"The Darkest Side of the Night\" performed by Metropolis plays over the opening and ending credits to the film. Rob", "title": "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" }, { "docid": "6185819", "text": "into novels, and his adaptation of the original \"Friday the 13th\" was published in 1987, with novelizations of \"Part 2\" and \"3\" both being published in 1988. Hawke's first adaptation, \"Jason Lives\", introduced the character of Elias Voorhees, Jason's father, who was supposed to appear in the film before being cut by the studio. The book explains how Elias has Jason's body buried, instead of the planned cremation, after his death in \"The Final Chapter\". In 1994, four young adult novels were released under the title of \"Friday the 13th\". These stories focused on different people finding Jason's mask and", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6410378", "text": "other three tracks, \"Billy Bad Breaks\" and \"Limit Club\", were composed by the band; the final track was a cover version of The Rolling Stones song \"Citadel\". All songs written by Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian, except \"Citadel\". Friday 13th (EP) Friday 13th EP is a four-track EP by English rock band the Damned, issued as the result of a one-off deal with the NEMS Records label. It was released on 13 November 1981, which fell on a Friday. The EP was released in the UK and Sweden on 7\" vinyl, and also in Germany on 12\" vinyl. In 1981, EPs", "title": "Friday 13th (EP)" }, { "docid": "10837026", "text": "in 28 markets outside North America. The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Apple TV on June 16, 2009. The DVD and Blu-ray releases contain the theatrical release and an extended cut of the film. The film was re-released on September 13, 2013 for the \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\", a box set features of all twelve films in the franchise. On its opening day, \"Friday the 13th\" grossed $19,293,446, and immediately exceeded the individual box office grosses for \"\" (1989), \"\" (1993), and \"Jason X\" (2002), which earned $14,343,976, $15,935,068, and $13,121,555, respectively. From February 14–16, \"Friday", "title": "Friday the 13th (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "5644449", "text": "most professional effort when compared to other films released at the time, stating: \"As in each of the other recent 3-D movies, of which this is easily the most professional, there is a lot of time devoted to trying out the gimmick. Titles loom toward you. Yo-yos spin. Popcorn bounces. Snakes dart toward the camera and strike. Eventually, the novelty wears off, and what remains is the now-familiar spectacle of nice, dumb kids being lopped, chopped and perforated.\" Writing for the \"Los Angeles Times\", Linda Gross noted: \"Ironically, \"Friday the 13th Part 3\" is so terrible that \"Friday the 13th", "title": "Friday the 13th Part III" }, { "docid": "18715165", "text": "in and around Swansea. Filming commenced on 6 September 2014 in Margam Country Park, Wales. The film was fully financed by Great Point Media and is produced by Jeremy Salsby of Saltbeef TV and Jules Elvins of Pilot Media. \"Friday Download: The Movie\" was released in the UK and Ireland on 22 May 2015, exclusively in Vue cinemas. The film was released under the title \"Up All Night\". International sales were handled by Genesis Media Sales. \"Friday Download: The Movie\" was released on DVD and on demand by Spirit Entertainment Limited on 19 October 2015. Friday Download: The Movie Friday", "title": "Friday Download: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6618129", "text": "she had several minor roles in movies and television series which included a seven episode role on the show \"Dallas\" from 1982 until 1985. And she has said of being involved with the \"Friday the 13th\" movie series: \"I look back on Friday the 13th with fondness...it is kind of neat that so many people do really enjoy them (the film series).\" She has also appeared in the 2009 documentary \"\" and the 2013 documentary \"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th\". After her acting career, Voorhees worked as a literature, English, grammar, and journalism teacher in", "title": "Debi Sue Voorhees" }, { "docid": "6185835", "text": "who had discovered the \"Necronomicon\". There have been two books released chronicling the making of the \"Friday the 13th\" films. In February 2005, FAB Press published their book containing interviews with the cast and crew of the \"Friday the 13th\" series of films. David Grove, a film journalist who has written for \"Fangoria\", \"Cinefantastique\", and various other British magazines detailing the creation of the \"Friday the 13th\" films, wrote the comprehensive book, \"Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood\". Grove interviewed over 100 \"key personnel involved in making the films\" to collect \"detailed production histories of each of", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "18189007", "text": "films, religious films, and pornography from the late '60s through the early '90s. Since 2013, however, the Snob has started to review more recent and widely released films, such as the \"Friday the 13th\" and \"Nightmare on Elm Street\" series, \"Mommie Dearest\", \"Debbie Does Dallas\", \"The Babe Ruth Story\", \"Xanadu\", \"God's Not Dead\", and \"Sex and the City\". The series has obtained a large cult following, and has met with a positive reception. A movie adaptation, \"The Cinema Snob Movie\", was made in 2012, directed by frequent Jones collaborator Ryan Mitchelle. Brad Jones was inspired to create \"The Cinema Snob\"", "title": "The Cinema Snob" }, { "docid": "6185783", "text": "the addition of a subtitle—as opposed to just a number attached to the end—like \"The Final Chapter\" and \"Jason Takes Manhattan\", or filming the movie in 3-D, as Miner did for \"Friday the 13th Part III\". The third film would also be the birthplace of one of the most recognizable images in popular culture, that of Jason's hockey mask. Producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. eventually decided to kill Jason for good, after he experienced problems finding new films to produce that were more than just horror movies, because his name brought constant association to the \"Friday the 13th\" film series. Jason", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "2158025", "text": "13th\" comics. The first, titled \"Friday the 13th\", was written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller. The story takes place after the events of \"Freddy vs. Jason\", where siblings Miles and Laura Upland have inherited Camp Crystal Lake. Knowing that Jason caused the recent destruction, Laura, unknown to her brother, sets out to kill Jason using a paramilitary group, so that she and her brother can sell the property. A three-issue miniseries titled \"Friday the 13th: Bloodbath\" was released in September 2005. Written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Andrew Dalhouse, the", "title": "Jason Voorhees" }, { "docid": "6185828", "text": "regenerated Jason Voorhees. The \"original\" Jason and Über-Jason, a version of Jason with mechanical limbs, are drawn into a battle to the death. In June 2006, a one-shot comic titled \"Friday the 13th: Fearbook\" was released, written by Mike Wolfer with art by Sebastian Fiumara. In the comic, Jason is captured and experimented upon by the Trent Organization. Jason escapes and seeks out Violet, the survivor of \"Friday the 13th: Bloodbath\", whom the Trent Organization is holding in their Crystal Lake headquarters. In December 2006, WildStorm began publishing its own series of comic books under the \"Friday the 13th\" title.", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "19150067", "text": "that they were paying for a finished product. Despite showing potential that may one day be realized, Friday the 13th comes across as an unfinished game that shouldn't have been released in its current state.\" IGN's Daemon Hatfield scored the game a 6.9/10 with the consensus \"Lopsided gameplay and egregious bugs almost kill the mood of Jason's murder spree in \"Friday the 13th: The Game\".\" 75/100 was Tyler Wilde's score on \"PC Gamer\" with the consensus: \"It needs more maps, but right now \"Friday the 13th\" is a gory game of hide-and-go-seek that's fun with funny people.\" Austen Goslin's score", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game" }, { "docid": "10836999", "text": "distribute the film internationally and New Line retained U.S. distribution rights. Fuller and Form said they did not want to make \"Friday the 13th Part 11\" or \"12\", but wanted to rework the mythology. They liked elements from the first four filmssuch as plot points and ways particular characters are killedand planned to use these in their remake, which they did with Paramount's approval. Fuller said, \"I think there are moments we want to address, like how does the hockey mask happen. It'll happen differently in our movie than in the third one. Where is Jason from, why do these", "title": "Friday the 13th (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "9303736", "text": "October 1935, two months before \"Ants in the Pantry\". The scene with the Stooges demonstrating kissing techniques was deleted when originally released to television in 1958 by Columbia Studio's television distribution subsidiary Screen Gems, as it was deemed too risqué for children's programming. Home video versions present the completed film with the scene intact. The original ending involved the Stooges setting fire to the movie set and fleeing the site. Curly: \"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking 'til you DO succeed!\" Movie Maniacs Movie Maniacs is the 13th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1936 starring", "title": "Movie Maniacs" }, { "docid": "1451667", "text": "the 13th\" logo, which consisted of big block letters bursting through a pane of glass. In the end, Cunningham believed there were \"no problems\" with the title, but distributor George Mansour stated, \"There was a movie before ours called \"Friday the 13th: The Orphan\". It was moderately successful. But someone still threatened to sue. Either Phil Scuderi paid them off, but it was finally resolved.\" The screenplay was completed in mid-1979 by Victor Miller, who later went on to write for several television soap operas, including \"Guiding Light\", \"One Life to Live\" and \"All My Children\"; at the time, Miller", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "5595879", "text": "into a dream. In addition, near the beginning of \"Part III\", a news broadcast reports the body count at eight, thus excluding Paul from this count. \"Friday the 13th Part 2\" was released on VHS and Betamax by Paramount Home Video in 1981. Paramount reissued the VHS again in 1994. The film was first released on DVD by Paramount on October 19, 1999, in a standard widescreen release featuring the theatrical trailer as the sole bonus feature. In 2009, Paramount issued a \"deluxe edition\" of the film on both DVD and Blu-ray, which included several documentary featurettes along with the", "title": "Friday the 13th Part 2" }, { "docid": "1451690", "text": "at the time, no well-recognized or bankable actors; aside from well-known television and movie actress Betsy Palmer. The film would take in approximately $20 million in international box office receipts. Not factoring in international sales, or the cross-over film with \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\"'s Freddy Krueger, the original \"Friday the 13th\" is the highest-grossing film of the film series. To provide context with the box office gross of films in 2014, the cost of making and promoting \"Friday the 13th\"—which includes the $550,000 budget and the $1 million in advertisement—is approximately $4.5 million. With regard to the US box", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "12369403", "text": "More recently, parodies have taken on whole film genres at once. One of the first was \"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood\" and the \"Scary Movie\" franchise. Other recent genre parodies include. \"Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th\", \"Not Another Teen Movie\", \"Date Movie\", \"Epic Movie\", \"Meet the Spartans\", \"Superhero Movie\", \"Disaster Movie\", \"Vampires Suck\", and \"The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It\", all of which have been critically panned. Many parody films have as their target out-of-copyright or non-copyrighted subjects", "title": "Parody" }, { "docid": "6185846", "text": "film in the series has had their musical score and soundtrack released for sale. In December 2006, IGN ranked \"Friday the 13th\" seventh in the top 25 film franchises. Qualifications included: the franchise must have at least three films released before December 2006; the franchises must be either a commercial or artistic success; and the franchise must have had some form of impact on popular culture. Three senior editors, the editor-in-chief, and IGN's entertainment editorial manager judged the various film franchises. In commenting on \"Friday the 13th\"s seventh-place ranking, the general consensus among the reviewers was that even though the", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "6185840", "text": "Bracke's book, which he had also worked on, and drew from its structure and content. \"Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series\" by Alyse Wax, a retrospective focusing on the 1987 television series, was released in October 2015 by BearManor Media. In May 1986, Domark released a \"Friday the 13th\" game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. The plot involved the player picking a \"sanctuary\" and attempting to persuade others to hide there. Jason is \"disguised as a friend\" until he decides to attack the player. Three years later, LJN published a game", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "19150070", "text": "Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon\", \"Hatchet\" and \"Shocker\". Friday the 13th: The Game Friday the 13th: The Game is a survival horror video game formerly developed by IllFonic, and published by Gun Media. It is based on the film franchise of the same name. It was released on May 26, 2017 as a digital release and later released on October 13, 2017 as a physical release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is an asymmetrical multiplayer game, pitting up to seven players controlling Camp Crystal Lake counselors against one player controlling Jason Voorhees. It is", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game" }, { "docid": "19150045", "text": "Friday the 13th: The Game Friday the 13th: The Game is a survival horror video game formerly developed by IllFonic, and published by Gun Media. It is based on the film franchise of the same name. It was released on May 26, 2017 as a digital release and later released on October 13, 2017 as a physical release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is an asymmetrical multiplayer game, pitting up to seven players controlling Camp Crystal Lake counselors against one player controlling Jason Voorhees. It is a semi-open world game, with players able to explore", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Game" }, { "docid": "12167165", "text": "In June 2013, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association released an exclusive figurine of the video game-style Jason with the turquoise and purple color palette to go along with their other Nintendo-esque horror figure, a video game-style Freddy Krueger based on LJN's \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\" game. In 2017, after developer IllFonic released \"\", a \"Retro Jason\" skin based on Jason from the 1989 game was added by developers in a video game patch to apologise to fans for Launch issues the game experienced. Friday the 13th (1989 video game) Friday the 13th is a survival horror video game published", "title": "Friday the 13th (1989 video game)" }, { "docid": "1451686", "text": "basement. Victor Miller and assistant editor Jay Keuper have commented on how memorable the music is, with Keuper describing it as \"iconographic\". Manfredini says, \"Everybody thinks it's cha, cha, cha. I'm like, 'Cha, cha, cha? What are you talking about?'\" In 1982, Gramavision Records released a LP record of selected pieces of Harry Manfredini's scores from the first three Friday the 13th films. On 13 January 2012, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 6-CD boxset containing Manfredini's scores from the first six films. It sold out in less than 24 hours. A bidding war over distribution rights to the", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "1451692", "text": "\"silly, boring, youth-geared horror movie,\" though she praised Manfredini's \"nervous musical score,\" the cinematography, as well as the performances, which she deemed \"natural and appealing,\" particularly from Taylor, Bacon, Nelson, and Bartram. \"Variety\", however, deemed the film \"low budget in the worst sense—with no apparent talent or intelligence to offset its technical inadequacies—\"Friday the 13th\" has nothing to exploit but its title.\" \"The Miami News\"s Bill von Maurer praised Cunningham's \"low-key\" direction, but noted: \"After building terrific suspense and turning over the audience's stomachs, he doesn't quite know where to go from there. The movie begins to sag in the", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "9113325", "text": "Friday the 14th \"Friday the 14th\" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the third episode of series 3, and was first screened on 24 November 1983. The episode title is a pun of the folk-lore bad day of 'Friday the 13th', the horror essence of the episode is a spoof of the horror film series \"Friday the 13th\". The episode sees Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad travelling to Boycie's weekend cottage in Cornwall intending to do some illegal fishing. Once there, they are unnerved when they learn that an axe murderer has just", "title": "Friday the 14th" }, { "docid": "9478040", "text": "Friday the 13th mini-crash The Friday the 13th mini-crash was a stock market crash that occurred on Friday, October 13, 1989. The crash - referred to by some as \"Black Friday\" - was apparently caused by a reaction to a news story of the breakdown of a $6.75 billion leveraged buyout deal for UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines. When the UAL deal fell through, it helped trigger the collapse of the junk bond market. The deal unraveled because the Association of Flight Attendants pulled out of the deal when management, in negotiations over an Employee Stock Ownership", "title": "Friday the 13th mini-crash" }, { "docid": "8674096", "text": "rolling blackouts. When Brian questions Peter's actions, Peter reveals that he's been using the power to reanimate actor Jim Varney's corpse (he'd actually wanted to bring back actor and \"Saturday Night Live\" alumnus John Belushi). Horror-movie legend Jason Voorhees from the \"Friday the 13th\" movie series appeared twice in this episode, carrying his trademark blood-drenched machete. First, Quahog news reporter Tricia Takanawa is interviewing him by the lake, during which he kills two bathing-suit-clad women. The scene references Camp Crystal Lake, Jason's traditional haunt. Later he appears as the boss of the store where Lois tries to buy her expensive", "title": "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" }, { "docid": "5890415", "text": "gives a disturbed look while staring ahead. When \"Friday the 13th Part III\" was released, it was initially supposed to end the series as a trilogy, however there was no moniker to indicate it as such. In 1983, there were rumors that Paramount Pictures billed the fourth film as \"The Final Chapter\" as a result of them feeling embarrassed by their association with the series. Despite how Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel claimed this in their review of the film on \"At the Movies\", Paramount Pictures was aware that the slasher genre had been declining in interest. However, the idea", "title": "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" }, { "docid": "11722226", "text": "company's \"Qee Bear\". It was released at San Diego Comic Con and sold out. A second figure, an 8-inch \"DEADY\" figure was created in January 2005 and could be redeemed on aqworlds for a rare non-member only digital pet. In June 2007 the Deady Minigame was released on ebilgames.com, a site hosting various minigames created by Artix Entertainment. AE's Massively multiplayer online game AQWorlds also featured a Friday the 13th event featuring songs by Voltaire. Voltaire voiced his in-game persona for the occasion. In 2008, Voltaire shot the Animation short film \"X-Mess Detritus\". The movie was the third film of", "title": "Aurelio Voltaire" }, { "docid": "5595961", "text": "vision of Pamela and uses it to manipulate Jason into seeking out the \"Necronomicon\" that is in the house that he and Pamela lived in when he was a child, as seen in the movie Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday. In the fifth issue of the miniseries, in addition to there being a portrait of Pamela in her and Jason's old house, it is implied that she used the Necronomicon to resurrect Jason after he drowned in Crystal Lake. Pamela also appears in the \"Friday The 13th\" video game for the NES. Her severed head is a mini-boss", "title": "Pamela Voorhees" }, { "docid": "6185836", "text": "the 11 films\", not including interviews with other film professionals like Wes Craven. Grove's book also includes previously unseen production photos which were acquired from private collections. Eight months after the release of Grove's book, Titan Books, in association with Sparkplug Press, released a detailed history on the \"Friday the 13th\" series. Peter M. Bracke released \"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th\" on October 24, 2005. The book chronicles the creation of the series up to the release of \"Freddy vs. Jason\". Bracke spent three years researching the series and collecting more than 200 interviews from", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "17739054", "text": "and a Bengali film The Royal Bengal Tiger in 2014. Neeraj Pandey's powerful short film 'Ouch' was shown for the first time ever at the Mumbai Film Festival, well known for showcasing the best of films in front of a demanding audience. In 2016, Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment came together to form a new venture named Plan C Studios to produce films. The movie Rustom which was released in 2016 was the first film under this venture.Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Naam Shabana are planned to be released worldwide in 2017 under Plan C Studios. Friday Filmworks Friday Filmworks", "title": "Friday Filmworks" }, { "docid": "5708698", "text": "version and contains material beyond what is allowed under the R rating. In certain regions of the world, including Australia, the DVD was only released with the R-rated version of the film available to view. On September 13, 2013, Paramount and Warner Bros. co-released the \"Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection\" Blu-ray box set, featuring each of the twelve film in the franchise; this marked the first Blu-ray release of \"Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday\", but the collection is out of print, and \"Jason Goes to Hell\" has not been released separately in the higher definition format. A", "title": "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" }, { "docid": "477361", "text": "the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500.\" In years which begin on the same day of the week and are of the same type (that is, whether they are a common year or leap year), Friday the 13th occurs in the same months. This sequence, given here for 1900–2099, follows a 28-year cycle from 1 March 1900 to 28 February 2100. The months with a Friday the 13th are determined by the Dominical letter (G, F, GF,", "title": "Friday the 13th" }, { "docid": "18715164", "text": "Friday Download: The Movie Friday Download: The Movie (released theatrically as Up All Night) is a 2015 British comedy film directed by John Henderson and is based on \"Friday Download\", a children's entertainment programme airing on CBBC. The film was announced in 2014 and was released on 22 May 2015. It stars Dionne Bromfield, Shannon Flynn, Bobby Lockwood, George Sear, Richard Wisker, Ethan Lawrence, Louisa Connolly-Burnham and Tyger Drew-Honey. The film was distributed by Great Point Media and produced by Jeremy Salsby, Jules Elvins and Dan Shepherd, with Toby Davies writing the screenplay. The film was shot over four weeks", "title": "Friday Download: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6185830", "text": "comic book covers Pamela Voorhees' journey to Camp Crystal Lake and the story of her pregnancy with Jason as she recounts it to hitchhiker Annie, a camp counselor who is killed in the original film. The miniseries pre‑sold a combined 16,051 copies. WildStorm released another comic book special, titled \"Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation\", consisting of two issues that were released on September 12 and October 10, 2007. The comic book provides insight into the psychology of Jason Voorhees as he befriends a boy born with a skull deformity. The first issue of \"How I Spent", "title": "Friday the 13th (franchise)" }, { "docid": "19831783", "text": "\"Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs\", which states that her claims of finding Jason's shack in the woods went ignored, due to the authorities doubting her sanity. In 2014, Fright-Rags released \"Ginny's Revenge\", a Horror T-shirt with Ginny being the main part of the design. It received a limited release with only 300 shirts being sold. The cost of the shirts were $27 with sizes ranging from S-5X, Girls S-2X. In 2017, Ginny was featured on the design of another Fright-Rags T-shirt entitled \"Victims and Survivors\". In \"\" (2017), Ginny is referenced in the Virtual Cabin 2.0 mode. When viewing", "title": "Ginny (Friday the 13th)" }, { "docid": "1451672", "text": "Jack, Ned, and Marcie respectively. It is Bacon and Nelson's contention that, because the three already knew each other, they already had the specific chemistry the casting director was looking for in the roles of Jack, Ned, and Marcie. Taylor has stated that Hughes and Moss were highly regarded while she was an actress, so when they offered her an audition she felt that, whatever the part, it would \"be a good opportunity.\" \"Friday the 13th\" was Nelson's first feature film, and when he went in for his first audition the only thing he was given to read were some", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "7652665", "text": "Richard Brooker Richard Brooker (20 November 1954 – 8 April 2013) was an English actor and stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in \"Friday the 13th Part III\" as Jason Voorhees. Brooker, a former trapeze artist, started his career in acting in a casting magazine, \"Dramalogue\". The casting call was for a big man to play a role in an upcoming movie directed by Steve Miner; however it wasn’t until after Richard’s tryout that he found out it was for the role of Jason Voorhees in \"Friday the 13th: Part III\". During filming of the series, Richard had to", "title": "Richard Brooker" }, { "docid": "477357", "text": "(\"I have lived\", implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number. However, due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky as well. The 2000 parody film \"Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth\" was released in Italy with the title \"Shriek – Hai impegni per venerdì 17?\" (\"\"Shriek – Do You Have Something to Do on Friday the 17th?\"\"). Friday the 17th occurs on a month starting on Wednesday. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North", "title": "Friday the 13th" }, { "docid": "1399203", "text": "After the success of \"Friday the 13th\", Paramount Pictures picked up \"My Bloody Valentine\" with hopes to achieve similar success. The film became the subject of intense scrutiny in the wake of John Lennon's murder, and was released heavily edited; lacking the draw of gore, \"My Bloody Valentine\" barely sold 2 million tickets in North America, much less than the 15 million sold by \"Friday the 13th\" the year beforehand. Thematically similar to \"My Bloody Valentine\", \"The Prowler\" hoped to lure an audience with gore effects by \"Friday the 13th\"'s Tom Savini but large MPAA edits contributed to its failure", "title": "Slasher film" }, { "docid": "12531484", "text": "member, actually showing some signs of remorse. Much of the story takes place from Leatherface's point of view. In 1995, Topps Comics released the three-issue miniseries Jason vs. Leatherface, a non-canonical crossover between the Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchises, written by Nancy A. Collins with art by Jeff Butler. The series premise involves accidentally placing Jason Voorhees, the main antagonist of Friday the 13th, on a train headed for a dumping ground in Mexico when Crystal Lake is drained of radioactive waste by a company. Running amok on the train, Jason kills its crew and causes the", "title": "Leatherface" }, { "docid": "5654223", "text": "galore, as gruesome and disgusting as ever.\" Writing for \"Slant Magazine\", Jeremiah Kipp wrote: \"There’s more plot than usual, involving Jason survivor Tommy Jarvis wondering if the pileup of corpses can be blamed on Jason, a copycat, or himself. But Agatha Christie this ain’t. The tone is crude, raunchy, and leering, with kill scenes combined with more nudity than usual.\" \"Friday the 13th: A New Beginning\" was released on LaserDisc in 1986, and on VHS in 1994 by Paramount Home Video. Paramount released it in the United States on DVD on September 25, 2001. In 2009, Paramount reissued its \"Friday", "title": "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "2158007", "text": "films, parodied in television series, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the \"Friday the 13th\" films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture. Jason Voorhees first appears during a nightmare of the main character Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) in the original \"Friday the 13th\" film; he becomes the main antagonist of the series in its sequels. As well as the films, there have been books and comics that have either expanded the universe of Jason, or been based", "title": "Jason Voorhees" }, { "docid": "7506631", "text": "hit with audiences and became one of the top three syndicated dramas airing at the time. After the series was canceled in 1990, Robey starred in the independent thriller \"Play Nice\" alongside fellow \"Friday the 13th\" star Amy Steel. In a post on her now-defunct website dated 17 August 2008, Robey announced that she would be appearing on the DVD release of the first season of \"Friday the 13th: The Series,\" and that she also continued to work on music and photography projects. In December 2013, Robey released a new single, \"Take It To The Top\", a collaboration with recording", "title": "Louise Robey" }, { "docid": "20181328", "text": "movie scream queens of yesteryear, casting the likes of Adrienne King (of the original \"Friday the 13th\"), Amy Steel (of \"Friday the 13th Part 2\" and \"April Fool’s Day\"), and Caroline Williams (of \"Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2\" and \"Contracted\"). The segment was hailed by Decay Magazine as \"an excellent exhibition of experimental Horror filmmaking.\" Varrati has said that the segment allowed him \"give life to an existential crisis\" on film and cites filmmakers Derek Jarman and Jean Cocteau as being influential on the piece’s dreamlike nature. Tales of Poe premiered on August 20, 2014 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood,", "title": "Michael Varrati" }, { "docid": "17124606", "text": "heard about an audition being held in Westport for the movie, \"Manny's Orphans\", about a group of inner-city orphans who play soccer, directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Lehman snuck into the audition and landed the role of \"Roger\". This role led to Lehman getting the call to play Jason Voorhees in \"Friday the 13th\" from Sean S. Cunningham. \"For his audition Lehman was asked one key question by the director, ‘Can you swim?’\" After the release of \"Friday the 13th\", Lehman returned to New York City, where he enrolled at New York University and concentrated on Big Band Orchestration and", "title": "Ari Lehman" }, { "docid": "1451691", "text": "office gross, the film would have made $177.72 million in adjusted 2017 dollars. On July 13, 2007, \"Friday the 13th\" was screened for the first time on Blairstown's Main Street in the very theater which appears shortly after the opening credits. Overflowing crowds forced the Blairstown Theater Festival, the sponsoring organization, to add an extra screening. A 30th Anniversary Edition was released on March 10, 2010. A 35th-anniversary screening was held in the Griffith Park Zoo as part of the Great Horror Campout on March 13, 2015. Linda Gross of the \"Los Angeles Times\" referred to the film as a", "title": "Friday the 13th (1980 film)" }, { "docid": "5644454", "text": "effects as paving the way for later horror films which also used the technique. \"Friday the 13th Part III\" was first made available on home video on VHS, Betamax, CED, and LaserDisc and later on DVD, with the film presented only in 2D form. There was also a VHD release for Japan (\"\" and \"\" would follow). The 3-D version of the film was eventually released as a part of the film's DVD \"Deluxe Edition\" on February 3, 2009. The \"Deluxe Edition\" and eventual Blu-ray release include both the 2D and 3-D versions of the film, as well as two", "title": "Friday the 13th Part III" }, { "docid": "5890478", "text": "were considered for the job, including Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The film's original working title was \"Birthday Bash,\" chosen to conceal its identity as a \"Friday the 13th\" film. The entire production of this film was scheduled, completed, and released within seven months. Shooting took place from October to November 1987 in Baldwin County, Alabama, at Byrnes Lake off Highway 225, and in nearby Mobile. This film marks the first of four appearances by Kane Hodder as Jason, the only actor to ever reprise the role. Although C. J. Graham, who had portrayed Jason in \"Part VI\", was initially considered,", "title": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" }, { "docid": "5644441", "text": "was denied an injunction that would have required Paramount to change its equipment. \"Friday the 13th Part III\" was shot on location at the Valuzet Movie Ranch in Saugus, California. The house, barn, and lake featured in the film were all custom-built. The house remained on the ranch lot until it burnt down in 2012. Additional photography for the film's grocery store scenes took place at a small market in Green Valley, California. Because of the newness of the 3-D camera lenses, the shooting process was extensive, with the crew sometimes taking hours to set up a shot, and the", "title": "Friday the 13th Part III" }, { "docid": "2158028", "text": "the survivor of \"Friday the 13th: Bloodbath\", who is being contained by the Trent Organization in their Crystal Lake headquarters. The \"Friday the 13th\" novella storyline was not connected to the \"Jason X\" series, and did not continue the stories set forth by the films, but furthered the character of Jason in its own way. \"Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath\" has Jason resurrected by a religious cult. Jason is stuck in Hell, when recently executed serial killer Wayne Sanchez persuades Jason to help him return to Earth in \"Friday the 13th: Hell Lake\". In \"Hate-Kill-Repeat\", two religious", "title": "Jason Voorhees" }, { "docid": "5890483", "text": "in their sockets. The boxed set DVD release of all of the films and the single deluxe edition have all these scenes available as deleted scenes in rough workprint footage; however, the deluxe edition features more additional footage than the boxed set. On , BSX records released a limited edition CD of Fred Mollin's \"Friday the 13th Part VII\" and \"VIII\" scores. \"Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood\" opened on Friday, May 13, 1988 in 1,796 theaters, debuting at number 1 and earning $8.2 million its opening weekend. Ultimately, the film would go on to gross a total", "title": "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" }, { "docid": "477360", "text": "the 13th\"; however, the authors clearly state that \"the numbers of admissions from accidents are too small to allow meaningful analysis\". Subsequent studies have disproved any correlation between Friday the 13th and the rate of accidents. On the contrary, the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics on 12 June 2008 stated that \"fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home. Statistically speaking, driving is slightly safer on Friday the 13th, at least in the Netherlands; in", "title": "Friday the 13th" }, { "docid": "5654225", "text": "13th: The Ultimate Collection\" features only the first eight films of the franchise. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (also known as Friday the 13th: Part V) is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann, and starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross. It is the fifth installment in the \"Friday the 13th\" film series, after \"\" (1984). Narratively, \"A New Beginning\" departs from the Camp Crystal Lake setting and Jason Voorhees-themed mystery of the previous four installments and instead acts as a psychological horror film set at a fictional halfway", "title": "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5189955", "text": "Jennifer Morrison Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, producer, director, and former child model. She is known for her roles as Dr. Allison Cameron in the medical-drama series \"House\" (2004–2012) and Emma Swan in the ABC adventure-fantasy series \"Once Upon a Time\" (2011–2017, 2018). She has also portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosby's love interests on the comedy series \"How I Met Your Mother\"; Winona Kirk, mother of James T. Kirk in the 2009 science-fiction film \"Star Trek\"; and Tess Conlon in the 2011 sports drama film \"Warrior\". She made her feature film directorial", "title": "Jennifer Morrison" } ]

[ { "docid": "6694688", "text": "by several newspapers that used a star rating system. In the years since the movie’s release, many critics have focused on comparing the movie to other Roddenberry works, especially \"Star Trek\". In a three-way comparison between the earlier \"Genesis II\", \"Planet Earth\" and \"Star Trek\", Saxon’s character was considered closer to \"Star Trek\"’s Captain Kirk in that he shared the same \"physical beauty\" and \"charming arrogance\" as Kirk, compared to the dark, brooding star of \"Genesis II\", played by Alex Cord. Saxon's fighting skills were also complimented by critics, \"... you have to love Saxon delivering a full-on Captain Kirk", "title": "Planet Earth (film)" }, { "docid": "1619024", "text": "he starred in \"Get Crazy\" as Reggie Wanker, a parody of Mick Jagger. Also in 1983, McDowell starred as the Wolf (Reginald von Lupen) in \"Faerie Tale Theatre\"s rendition of \"Little Red Riding Hood\" (his wife at that time, Mary Steenburgen, played Little Red Riding Hood). In 1984, he narrated the documentary \"The Compleat Beatles\". He is known in \"Star Trek\" circles as \"the man who killed Captain Kirk\", appearing in the film \"Star Trek Generations\" (1994) in which he played the mad scientist Dr. Tolian Soran, and several overzealous \"Star Trek\" fans even issued death threats for this. McDowell", "title": "Malcolm McDowell" }, { "docid": "4969258", "text": "Christine Scodari expressed the opinion that the portrayal of Uhura's character in the reboot is a step forward in terms of the representation of women of color. On August 24, 2013, at the Fan Expo Canada, actor Zachary Quinto (who plays Spock in the rebooted \"Star Trek\") replied to a fan asking him about whether his fictional character (and him and Chris Pine, the actor who plays Jim Kirk in the reboot) are lovers: Kirk/Spock Kirk/Spock, commonly abbreviated as K/S and referring to James T. Kirk and Spock from \"Star Trek\", is a pairing popular in slash fiction, possibly the", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "4969243", "text": "Kirk/Spock Kirk/Spock, commonly abbreviated as K/S and referring to James T. Kirk and Spock from \"Star Trek\", is a pairing popular in slash fiction, possibly the first slash pairing, according to Henry Jenkins, an early slash fiction scholar. Early in the history of \"Star Trek\" fan fiction, a few fan writers started writing about a romantic and sexual relationship between Kirk and Spock, highlighting a romantic or sexual element to the friendship between the men. As of 1998, most academic studies on slash fiction focused on Kirk/Spock, as \"Star Trek\" was by that point one of the longest-lived and most", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "3951908", "text": "\"Father Knows Best\", where she played Jane Wyatt's eldest daughter. On the next broadcast \"Star Trek\" episode, Jane Wyatt guested, playing Spock's mother Amanda. Cochrane reappears as the focal character of the movie \"\" (1996), in which he is played by James Cromwell. This episode was the first time in the original series that Kirk does not appear on board the \"Enterprise\" at any point. Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series) \"Metamorphosis\" is the ninth episode of the of the American science fiction television series \"\". Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Ralph Senensky, it was first broadcast", "title": "Metamorphosis (Star Trek: The Original Series)" }, { "docid": "16082410", "text": "mission sees Kirk and Spock land on the planet New Vulcan; a colony created by Vulcans following the destruction of their homeworld in the 2009 film. There are further types of gameplay in \"Star Trek\" seen in the mini-games that appear throughout, such as those featuring \"space dives\" as seen in both 2009's \"Star Trek\" and 2013's \"Star Trek Into Darkness\". Other elements of the game break from the third-person shooter style. These include swimming levels that have Spock and Kirk move past obstacles using a teleportation gun, and levels featuring turret-based shooting on board \"Enterprise\". Climbing and platforming are", "title": "Star Trek (2013 video game)" }, { "docid": "715934", "text": "fan publication called \"Spockanalia\", published in September 1967 by members of the Lunarians. Some of the earliest examples of academic fandom were written on \"Star Trek\" zines, specifically K/S (Kirk/Spock) slash zines, which displayed a gay relationship between the two. Author Joanna Russ wrote in her 1985 analysis of K/S zines that slash fandom at the time consisted of around 500 core fans and was 100% female. Russ observed that while SF fans looked down on Star Trek fans, Star Trek fans looked down on K/S writers. Kirk/Spock zines contained fanfiction, artwork, and poetry created by fans. Zines were then", "title": "Zine" }, { "docid": "11892911", "text": "Voyage of the Starship \"Enterprise\"\", with John Belushi as Kirk, Chevy Chase as Spock and Dan Aykroyd as McCoy. In the 1980s, \"Saturday Night Live\" did a sketch with William Shatner reprising his Captain Kirk role in \"The Restaurant Enterprise\", preceded by a sketch in which he played himself at a \"Trek\" convention angrily telling fans to \"Get a Life\", a phrase that has become part of \"Trek\" folklore. \"In Living Color\" continued the tradition in a sketch where Captain Kirk is played by a fellow Canadian Jim Carrey. A feature-length film that indirectly parodies \"Star Trek\" is \"Galaxy Quest\".", "title": "Star Trek" }, { "docid": "581877", "text": "in the role for the show's three seasons, and later provided the voice of the animated version of Kirk in \"\" (1973–74). Shatner returned to the role for \"\" (1979) and in six subsequent films. Chris Pine portrays an alternative young version of the character in the 2009 \"Star Trek\" film, with Jimmy Bennett playing Kirk as a child. Pine reprised his role in \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013) and in \"Star Trek Beyond\" (2016). Other actors have played the character in fan-created media, and the character has been the subject of multiple spoofs and satires. Kirk has been praised", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "6382981", "text": "what feels right instead of what is logical. Spock remains in Starfleet, becoming first officer under Kirk's command. \"Enterprise\" goes to warp as the elder Spock speaks the \"where no one has gone before\" monologue. Chris Hemsworth plays George Kirk, James Tiberius Kirk's father, who dies aboard USS \"Kelvin\" while battling Nero. Mark Wahlberg was also approached for the role. Faran Tahir plays \"Kelvin\" captain Richard Robau. Winona Kirk, Kirk's mother, is played by Jennifer Morrison. Greg Ellis plays Chief Engineer Olson, the redshirt who is killed during the space jump. Additional minor roles include Rachel Nichols as Gaila, an", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "2844713", "text": "of a recurring type of \"Star Trek\" episodes concerned with issues of individuality and self. She thematically tied this episode to \"\" episode \"\" where the transporter rends Captain Kirk into two separate representations of his psyche, \"Star Trek: Voyager\"s episode \"\" where hybrid Human/Klingon character B'Elanna Torres is split along her bloodline into two separate species, and \"\"s character of Jadzia Dax who is of a conjoined species (Trill) that repeatedly goes through a conjoining process when the host organism dies. When asked regarding accusations of \"Tuvix\" and other \"Voyager\" episodes simply aping previous \"Star Trek\" series in this", "title": "Tuvix" }, { "docid": "1661817", "text": "simulator mode using the same interface. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game) Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is an adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions, based on the Star Trek universe. The game chronicles various missions of James T. Kirk and his crew of the USS \"Enterprise\". Its 1993 sequel, \"\", continues and concludes this two-game series, which together may be seen as the final two years of the USS \"Enterprise\"s five-year mission. The player takes on the role of Captain James T. Kirk on board the USS \"Enterprise\", a Starfleet vessel as seen in the American science", "title": "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game)" }, { "docid": "1661806", "text": "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game) Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is an adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions, based on the Star Trek universe. The game chronicles various missions of James T. Kirk and his crew of the USS \"Enterprise\". Its 1993 sequel, \"\", continues and concludes this two-game series, which together may be seen as the final two years of the USS \"Enterprise\"s five-year mission. The player takes on the role of Captain James T. Kirk on board the USS \"Enterprise\", a Starfleet vessel as seen in the American science fiction television series \"\". It is", "title": "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game)" }, { "docid": "16082411", "text": "built into the terrain exploration elements of the main game. The game takes place within the \"Star Trek\" reboot universe, following 2009's \"Star Trek\" film and before \"Star Trek Into Darkness\". It follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by Chris Pine) and his crew on board the Starfleet starship, the \"USS Enterprise\". The first film showed Kirk becoming Captain of the \"Enterprise\" for the first time and the formation of the crew, and so the video game shows one of their early missions. The rebooted universe was developed by director J.J. Abrams along with writers Roberto Orci", "title": "Star Trek (2013 video game)" }, { "docid": "6382974", "text": "making it the first \"Star Trek\" film to win an Academy Award. It was followed by two sequels, \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013) and \"Star Trek Beyond\" (2016). In the 23rd century, the Federation starship USS \"Kelvin\" is investigating a \"lightning storm\" in space. A Romulan ship, \"Narada\", emerges from the storm and attacks \"Kelvin\". \"Narada\"s first officer, Ayel, demands that \"Kelvin\"s Captain Robau come aboard to negotiate a truce. Robau is questioned about the current stardate and an \"Ambassador Spock\", whom he does not recognize. \"Narada\"s commander, Nero, kills him, and resumes attacking \"Kelvin\". George Kirk, \"Kelvin\"s first officer,", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "581887", "text": "is \"angry at the world\". Kirk and Spock clash at Starfleet Academy, but, over the course of the film, Kirk focuses his \"passion and obstinance and the spectrum of emotions\" and becomes captain of the \"Enterprise\". The alternate timeline continues in the 2013 sequel \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", and the 2016 sequel \"Star Trek Beyond\", in which Pine reprises his role. Jeffrey Hunter played the commanding officer of the USS \"Enterprise\", Captain Christopher Pike, in the rejected \"Star Trek\" television pilot \"\". In developing a new pilot episode, called \"Where No Man Has Gone Before\", series creator Gene Roddenberry changed", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "3272837", "text": "Number One (Star Trek) Number One is a fictional character who, in \"\", the original pilot episode of the science-fiction television series \"\", was the unnamed intellectual, problem-solving second-in-command serving under Captain Christopher Pike. She performs the same role for Pike \"as Spock later does for Kirk\". The character was played by Majel Barrett, who went on to play Nurse Christine Chapel in the original \"Star Trek\" and Lwaxana Troi in \"\" and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as the computer's voice. Initially the character appeared only in the unaired pilot and in the footage used in \"\".", "title": "Number One (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "3272843", "text": "making \"Number One\" her informal name. Number One (Star Trek) Number One is a fictional character who, in \"\", the original pilot episode of the science-fiction television series \"\", was the unnamed intellectual, problem-solving second-in-command serving under Captain Christopher Pike. She performs the same role for Pike \"as Spock later does for Kirk\". The character was played by Majel Barrett, who went on to play Nurse Christine Chapel in the original \"Star Trek\" and Lwaxana Troi in \"\" and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as the computer's voice. Initially the character appeared only in the unaired pilot and", "title": "Number One (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "793390", "text": "video games (\"X-Men Legends\", \"X-Men Legends II\", and \"\"). Stewart announced that he was leaving the \"X-Men\" film franchise after \"Logan\", which was the final time he played the role. In 2011, Stewart appeared in the feature-length documentary \"The Captains\" alongside William Shatner (who played \"Star Trek\" Captain James Kirk) – Shatner also wrote and directed the film. In the film, Shatner interviews actors who have portrayed captains within the \"Star Trek\" franchise. The film pays a great deal of attention to Shatner's interviews with Stewart at his home in Oxfordshire, as well as at a \"Star Trek\" Convention in", "title": "Patrick Stewart" }, { "docid": "4969250", "text": "Hephaistion and Kirk/Spock: Susan Sackett, Gene Roddenberry's personal assistant for 17 years, sometimes commented on the slash phenomenon. In September 1978, Sackett sent a letter to a UK fan club president commenting on the acceptability of including K/S slash fiction in zines: \"Gene and the executives at Paramount feel that this is harmful to the \"STAR TREK\" concept, since this was never the intention in creating the series.\" \"Star Trek: The Original Series\" writer David Gerrold, has also spoken about K/S slash sometimes. In 1985, Gerrold commented: When asked about whether there was intentional homoerotic content between K/S in the", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "6382990", "text": "Abrams said that he had never seen \"Star Trek: Nemesis\" because he felt the franchise had \"disconnected\" from the original series. For him, he said, \"Star Trek\" was about Kirk and Spock, and the other series were like \"separate space adventure[s] with the name \"Star Trek\"\". He also acknowledged that as a child he had actually preferred the \"Star Wars\" movies. He noted that his general knowledge of \"Star Trek\" made him well suited to introduce the franchise to newcomers, and that, being an optimistic person, he would make \"Star Trek\" an optimistic film, which would be a refreshing contrast", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "12381308", "text": "William Shatner William Shatner, (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS \"Enterprise\", in the \"Star Trek\" franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of \"Star Trek\", and has co-written several novels set in the \"Star Trek\" universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called \"TekWar\" that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police", "title": "William Shatner" }, { "docid": "581905", "text": "scientific illustrator Jenny Parks' 2017 book \"Star Trek Cats\", in which Kirk is depicted as an orange tabby cat. The \"\" fan production, originally titled \"Star Trek: New Voyages\", portrays the further voyages of the original \"Enterprise\" crew. The series' creators feel that \"Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest should be treated as 'classic' characters like Willy Loman from \"Death of a Salesman\", Gandalf from \"The Lord of the Rings\" or even Hamlet, Othello or Romeo. Many actors have and can play the roles, each offering a different interpretation of said character\". James Cawley played Kirk in most of the", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "12259991", "text": "considered one of the top two captains in the \"Star Trek\" franchise – there are often lengthy and serious debates over whether Picard or James T. Kirk is the \"best\" Starfleet captain. A 1991 \"TV Guide\" cover story was titled \"It's Kirk vs. Picard: Experts and fans debate who's best\". In a more lighthearted take on the debate, the cover of a 1994 \"Mad\" magazine \"Star Trek\" special features both Kirk and Picard wrestling childishly to fit into the \"Enterprise\"s captain's chair, while Scotty and Worf watch their respective commanders with looks of astonishment. Picard is deemed the ultimate delegator", "title": "Jean-Luc Picard" }, { "docid": "2971043", "text": "\"Star Trek\". Another \"Discovery\" producer, Greg Harberts isn't worried whether fans are satisfied with the ship's redesign: while many of the staff who developed the new appearance are \"Star Trek\" fans, Harberts stated fans rarely agree on anything. Starfleet commissioned the \"Enterprise\" in 2245. Robert April is the \"Enterprise\"s first captain, succeeded by Christopher Pike. Pike leads the \"Enterprise\" for about a decade and is the commanding officer in the original pilot, \"The Cage\". Throughout the first live action and animated \"Star Trek\" television series, Captain James T. Kirk commands the ship on an exploration mission from 2264 to 2269.", "title": "USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)" }, { "docid": "18251473", "text": "villain since \"First Contact\"s Borg Queen.\" Despite its international success, \"Star Trek Beyond\" was met by critics who were less taken with the film. Kyle Smith of the \"New York Post\" gave the film 1½ stars out of 4 and he commented that the filmmakers \"should have called it \"Star Trek Into Drowsiness.\"\" Smith later added, \"\"Beyond\" is tepid when it’s trying to be emotional, moronic when it’s trying to be thrilling and unfunny when it’s trying to be non-unfunny. It lacks a storytelling module: Things just click into place when needed, as when Kirk commands Scotty to rev up", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "docid": "16082420", "text": "similar game to tie-in with 2009's \"Star Trek\" film because it would have suffered from those problems. He also expressed disappointment at the quality of previous in-universe games and wanted the new \"Star Trek\" to be \"a triple-A game\" and something that the franchise deserved. The idea for the game came out of a brainstorming session in which it was decided that the game should allow the gamer to play as Kirk and Spock, and therefore should featuring co-op style game-play. During his E3 pitch, Steve Sinclair described the game's genre as \"bro-op\". It was created by Digital Extremes, who", "title": "Star Trek (2013 video game)" }, { "docid": "7058285", "text": "of Captain James T. Kirk. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of \"Star Trek\", asserts in the book \"The Making of Star Trek\" by Stephen Whitfield, that the character of Kirk had been born in the state of Iowa. In March 1985, when the town was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously. The council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as", "title": "Cultural influence of Star Trek" }, { "docid": "19053320", "text": "Divided We Stand (Star Trek Continues) \"Divided We Stand\" is a fan-produced \"Star Trek\" episode released in 2015, the fifth in the web series \"Star Trek Continues\", which aims to continue the episodes of \"\" replicating their visual and storytelling style The episode is dedicated to Grace Lee Whitney, who had died earlier in the year. During an attempt to free the ship's computer from a nano-virus, an explosion puts Kirk and McCoy in a coma that leaves them awake in a turbulent moment in time - the American Civil War, with Kirk in a Union uniform and McCoy in", "title": "Divided We Stand (Star Trek Continues)" }, { "docid": "12381326", "text": "(1977) led the studio to instead consider developing a \"Star Trek\" motion picture. Shatner and the other original \"Star Trek\" cast members returned to their roles when Paramount produced \"\", released in 1979. He played Kirk in the next six \"Star Trek\" films, ending with the character's death in \"Star Trek Generations\" (1994). Some later appearances in the role are in the movie sequences of the video game \"\" (1997), briefly for a DirecTV advertisement using footage from \"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country\" running from late summer 2006, and the 2013 Academy Awards, in which he reprised the role", "title": "William Shatner" }, { "docid": "15034180", "text": "as David Beckham, greets Pierce (Chevy Chase), who is dressed as \"Star Trek\"'s Captain Kirk for the annual Greendale Halloween party. The pair walk inside, where all the songs being played are by the 1970's pop group ABBA and Pelton's voice notes to himself (given that they are using his iPod for the music). Jeff confronts Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), who is dressed as Lady Gaga, over the less-than-tasty food being served at the party. Pelton refuses to say where he got it, until Jeff reveals Pelton bought it at an army surplus store. Suddenly, Pierce begins sweating. When Annie", "title": "Epidemiology (Community)" }, { "docid": "644335", "text": "television. Viewers admired Spock's \"coolness, his intelligence\", and his ability to successfully take on any task, adds Fischer. As a result, Nimoy's character \"took the public by storm\", nearly eclipsing the star of the series, William Shatner's Captain Kirk. President Obama, who said he loved Spock, similarly described Nimoy's character as \"cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of \"Star Trek\"s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity's future.\" Nimoy and Shatner, who portrayed his commanding officer, became close friends during the years the series was on television, and were \"like brothers\", said Shatner. \"Star Trek\" was broadcast from 1966 to 1969.", "title": "Leonard Nimoy" }, { "docid": "6382975", "text": "orders the ship's personnel, including his pregnant wife Winona, to abandon ship while he pilots \"Kelvin\" on a collision course with \"Narada\". Kirk sacrifices his life to ensure Winona's survival as she gives birth to James T. Kirk. Seventeen years later on the planet Vulcan, a young Spock is accepted to join the Vulcan Science Academy. Realizing that the Academy views his human mother Amanda as a \"disadvantage\", he joins Starfleet instead. On Earth, Kirk becomes a reckless but intelligent young adult. Following a bar fight with Starfleet cadets accompanying Nyota Uhura, Kirk meets Captain Christopher Pike, who encourages him", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "13431255", "text": "lucky again.\" Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation reviewed \"Cloak\" as \"superbly written, highly readable and a lot of fun.\" Cloak (Star Trek) Cloak is a \"\" novel written by S. D. Perry. It is part of the \"\" miniseries. Captain James T. Kirk of the USS \"Enterprise\" learns the cloaking device he stole from the Romulan Star Empire months ago is being used for sinister purposes. He also learns about Section 31, a group of Starfleet officers who answer to no one and are willing to kill anyone to protect their secrets. In \"Voyages of Imagination\", Perry comments: \"Marco was", "title": "Cloak (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "13431254", "text": "Cloak (Star Trek) Cloak is a \"\" novel written by S. D. Perry. It is part of the \"\" miniseries. Captain James T. Kirk of the USS \"Enterprise\" learns the cloaking device he stole from the Romulan Star Empire months ago is being used for sinister purposes. He also learns about Section 31, a group of Starfleet officers who answer to no one and are willing to kill anyone to protect their secrets. In \"Voyages of Imagination\", Perry comments: \"Marco was talking to me about one of his pet projects and I pretty much begged for the . I was", "title": "Cloak (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "4220814", "text": "are popular; they are sometimes known as \"slash and femslash\". Within the anime/manga fandom, borrowed Japanese terms such as yaoi and yuri may be used. A person who supports same-sex pairings and reads or writes slash fiction may be referred to as a \"slasher\". The term \"slash\" predates the use of \"shipping\" by at least some 20 years. It was originally coined as a term to describe a pairing of Kirk and Spock of \"Star Trek\", Kirk/Spock (or \"K/S\"; sometimes spoken \"Kirk-slash-Spock\", whence \"slash\") homosexual fan fiction. For a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s, \"K/S\" was used", "title": "Shipping (fandom)" }, { "docid": "581891", "text": "endless surprises presented to him by the universe ... He didn't take things for granted and, more than anything else, respected life in every one of its weird weekly adventure forms\". Shatner did not expect \"Star Trek\" to be successful, so when it was cancelled in 1969, he assumed it would be the end of his association with the franchise. He went on to voice Kirk in the animated \"Star Trek\" series, star in the first seven \"Star Trek\" films, and provide voice acting for several games. \"\" director and writer Nicholas Meyer, who had never seen an episode of", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "16082405", "text": "Trek\" films to avoid the typical pitfalls associated with film tie-in video games. Video games which influenced \"Star Trek\" included the \"Mass Effect\" series, \"Uncharted\" and \"Metroid Prime\", and certain elements of \"Star Trek\" reflected episodes of \"\" such as \"\" and \"Amok Time\". The game is set in the \"Star Trek\" Kelvin universe, between the events of the films \"Star Trek\" and \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", and follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starfleet starship USS \"Enterprise\". The player takes control of either Kirk or first officer Spock, and investigates the theft", "title": "Star Trek (2013 video game)" }, { "docid": "4969249", "text": "ones (K/S), but both often removed Kirk and Spock from the \"Enterprise\" to avoid science fiction \"distractions\" like the starship and the Federation. In June 1976, the first Kirk/Spock dedicated fanzine appeared, but as the number of non-science fiction fans grew, within several years \"relationship\" stories became the dominant form of \"Star Trek\" fan fiction outside the K/S genre. By 1987, 30 K/S fanzines existed to 47 non-K/S. In an interview, after revealing that he had cast Shatner as Kirk partly on the basis of his performance as Alexander, Roddenberry talked about fans seeing a possible parallel between Alexander and", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "2358315", "text": "already been in use in the introductory sequence for \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\", now narrated by Patrick Stewart: The quote was used in the 2009 \"Star Trek\" reboot film series, at the end of each film. In the 2009 film reboot of \"Star Trek\", the word \"ongoing\" is used in place of \"continuing\". The quote is spoken by Spock Prime in \"Star Trek\", Kirk in \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" and by Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones, Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura in \"Star Trek Beyond\"; the latter used the same monologue used for \"The Next Generation.\" Leonard Nimoy also delivers a", "title": "Where no man has gone before" }, { "docid": "12683799", "text": "watching the sketch in 1976 would be hard-pressed to imagine a future, thirty-seven-years later, where \"Star Trek\" was so thoroughly ensconced within popular culture. Lane wrote that Belushi was flawless in his role parodying Shatner playing Kirk. He observed that Belushi both performed an effective parody, while simultaneously injecting his own weariness into the Kirk character. Lane wondered how the \"Star Trek\" franchise could ever come back from the total deconstruction the \"SNL\" skit presented. The sketch became a cult classic hit among \"Star Trek\" and science fiction fans. Captain Kirk actor William Shatner was asked which \"Star Trek\" parody", "title": "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" }, { "docid": "581883", "text": "from \"Space Seed\", Khan Noonien Singh. The movie introduces Kirk's son, David Marcus. Spock, who notes that \"commanding a starship is [Kirk's] first, best destiny\", dies at the end of \"Star Trek II\". In \"\", Admiral Kirk leads his surviving officers in a successful mission to rescue Spock from a planet on which he is reborn. Although Kirk is demoted to Captain in \"\" for disobeying Starfleet orders, he also receives command of a new \"Enterprise\", the USS \"Enterprise\"-A (NCC 1701-A). The ship is ordered decommissioned at the end of \"\". In \"Star Trek Generations\", Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds Kirk", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "19766024", "text": "Embracing the Winds \"Embracing The Winds\" is the seventh episode of the \"Star Trek\" fan series \"Star Trek Continues\", which sought to emulate and continue the original Star Trek series. Kirk and Spock are travelling to the Starbase at Corinth IV for a classified briefing, while Sulu and McKennah take some leisure time, Sulu to visit a museum, McKennah to chase up the social changes in Orion society following the \"Enterprise's\" incident with Zaminhon and the slave girl Lolani. At the starbase, Kirk and Spock are greeted by Commodore Laura Gray, who informs them that the crew of the Hood", "title": "Embracing the Winds" }, { "docid": "13501682", "text": "Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy is a text adventure game developed by Trans Fiction Systems and published by Simon & Schuster Software in 1986 during the 20th anniversary of the . The game was developed by Ron Martinez and Jim Gasperini who also worked on \"Hidden Agenda\". The player assumes the role of James T. Kirk captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise which has sustained heavy damage after being attacked by an unknown entity. A landing party headed by Kirk beams down to a nearby planet to find food for the ship's crew as the resources", "title": "Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy" }, { "docid": "16329965", "text": "Captain Kirk) to play at Trek Fest. On February 9, 2013 they traveled to Dayton, Ohio where they played two shows, one at Bell Book and Comic and one at Omega Music. On October 12 of the same year, they played at Pandoracon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Early in 2014, they played their first show in the state of Kentucky, a convention in Bowling Green called Concave. In September 2014, they ventured to Lexington, Kentucky to play at a Star Trek party at Al's Bar. They also served as the house band for Star Trek Las Vegas in August 2014. On", "title": "Five Year Mission" }, { "docid": "4969255", "text": "the fate of a Vulcan male in pon farr who is unable to claim a mate. Another plot element is the Hurt/Comfort theme; one character is hurt and the other comforts him. Another key element in 'first time' stories and in established relationship stories is the mind meld - either as a way to break the barriers between the men, or as a plot device. Although there is no consensus on how homosexuality is depicted in \"Star Trek\", Woledge suggests that as K/S stories draw on many particular events from the canon of \"Star Trek\", the text itself is homoerotic.", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "1868430", "text": "III\" (as the voice of the flight recorder) and \"Star Trek V\", (as a Starfleet Chief of Staff Admiral who gives Captain Kirk his orders). Following \"Star Trek V\", Bennett developed an idea for a sixth \"Star Trek\" film that would take a different approach from the previous films. Titled \"The Academy Years\", it would have focused on the characters of Kirk and Spock when they were much younger and cadets at Starfleet Academy. It would have delved into the early relationships between these characters, and shown how they developed such a close friendship over the years. While William Shatner", "title": "Harve Bennett" }, { "docid": "1868431", "text": "and Leonard Nimoy would have had cameos at the beginning and end of the film to \"bookend\" the story in flashback form, new actors would have portrayed most of the roles in the film, including the young Kirk and Spock. Although Paramount was initially enthusiastic about the idea, feedback from fans was almost universally negative over a \"Star Trek\" film without the established actors that fans had come to know and love. Also, Martin Davis who at the time was the head of Gulf & Western, wanted a film featuring the original cast to mark \"Star Trek\"s 25th anniversary in", "title": "Harve Bennett" }, { "docid": "1659356", "text": "read in a \"Star Trek\" fan magazine. The film's production acknowledged certain expectations from fans—Nimoy remarked that if Spock had not been resurrected and, instead, \"Captain Kirk turn[ed] to the camera and [said] 'Sorry, we didn't find him,' people would throw rocks at the screen.\" A major issue Bennett wrestled with was how to introduce the story for people who had not seen \"The Wrath of Khan\". Bennett said that his television producer mentality \"won out\"; he added a \"previously in \"Star Trek\" ...\" film device, and had Kirk narrate a captain's log, describing his feelings and sense of loss.", "title": "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" }, { "docid": "12263306", "text": "Killing Time (Star Trek novel) Killing Time is a \"\" novel written by Della Van Hise and published by Pocket Books in 1985. The original manuscript had Kirk/Spock slash fiction elements, and these were requested to be removed by Paramount. However, they were not removed, and 250,000 copies were printed. These romantic undertones between Spock and James T. Kirk were brought to the attention of the office of the creator of \"Star Trek\", Gene Roddenberry, who made Pocket Books recall the first edition. This edition subsequently became a collector's item, with more than fifty changes made to a revised version.", "title": "Killing Time (Star Trek novel)" }, { "docid": "644380", "text": "alternate timeline. Both reprised their roles in the 2013 sequel \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" and Quinto reprised his role again in 2016's \"Star Trek Beyond\". Spock serves aboard the starship \"Enterprise\", as science officer and first officer, and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel. Spock's mixed human-Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the character's appearances. Along with Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard \"Bones\" McCoy, he is one of the three central characters in the original \"Star Trek\" series and its films. After retiring from Starfleet, Spock serves as a", "title": "Spock" }, { "docid": "7441233", "text": "Duke Seifried.” 2 July 2005 <https://web.archive.org/web/20051212091507/http://www.gama.org/news2/2005-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced-2-july-2005>. Kim, John H. An Encyclopedia of Role-playing Games. <http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/index.html>. Milestone, Emmet F. “Kirk on Karit 2: A Star Trek Scenario Report.” Different Worlds: Magazine of Adventure Role-Playing Games, January 1982. 9-11. Sapienza, Jr. John T. \"Star Trek Figures from Citadel.\" Different Worlds: Magazine of Adventure Role-Playing Games, January 1982. 18-20. Scoleri, Joe. \"Game Article Index: S: Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier- Heritage.\" The Maverick's Space and Fantasy Gamer's Guide, 1999. 313. Swenson, Anders. Reviews. “Starfleet Voyages.” Different Worlds: Magazine of Adventure Role-Playing Games, June 1983. 43. White, Damon. “A close look", "title": "Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier" }, { "docid": "5205012", "text": "fiction which began to dominate fan publications in the mid- to late 1970s, references to bisexuality occurred in Gene Roddenberry's 1979 novelization of \"\". In a foreword written by James Kirk, the Captain cleverly avoids confirmation or denial of a romantic relationship with Spock. In 1972, \"Grup\", the first sexually themed \"Star Trek\" zine was published, to controversy in the fandom. In 1974 the first \"publicly published\" \"Star Trek\" slash fiction was presented in \"Grup #3\". Kirk/Spock fan fiction was the first prominent slash pairing. In 2000, a group of \"Star Trek\" fans created their own low budget \"Star Trek\"", "title": "Sexuality in Star Trek" }, { "docid": "561547", "text": "engineer Montgomery Scott during the original series. The phrase was never uttered by anyone in the original series, although the lines \"Scotty, beam us up\" and \"Beam me up\" were spoken by Captain Kirk in that series. \"Scotty, beam me up\" was spoken by Admiral Kirk in \"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home\". On the special edition DVD of \"Star Trek IV\", the text commentary provided by Michael and Denise Okuda (co-authors of \"The Star Trek Encyclopedia\" and \"The Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future\") indicates that this was the closest anyone came to using that catchphrase in", "title": "Transporter (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "7441227", "text": "author’s influences were stated up-front: Paramount's , , and Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual. was over a year away from release at the time Crabaugh finished his article, and he stated that he did not use simply because there was a lot more useful gaming material available in the TV episodes and their novelizations. “Kirk on Karit 2: A STAR TREK Scenario Report” was developed by Emmet F. Milestone for use at DunDraCon IV. The intended players were a mix of “old dungeon-mates” and some non-gamer Trekkies who were interested in finding out about role-playing. Emmet F. Milestone played", "title": "Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier" }, { "docid": "7563876", "text": "of the \"Star Trek\" television character Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner. Shatner wrote a letter of support to \"Zumwalt\"s crew in April 2014. On 7 December 2015, the ship departed Bath Iron Works for sea trials to allow the Navy and contractors to operate the vessel under rigorous conditions to determine whether \"Zumwalt\" is ready to join the fleet as an actively commissioned warship. On 12 December 2015, during sea trials, \"Zumwalt\" responded to a US Coast Guard call for assistance for a fishing boat captain who was experiencing a medical emergency from Portland, Maine. Due to", "title": "USS Zumwalt" }, { "docid": "16074491", "text": "Eve and Peter Weller are also credited in the film's principal cast. It was the last time Nimoy would portray the character of Spock before his death in 2015. Set in the 23rd century, Kirk and the crew of USS \"Enterprise\" are sent to the Klingon homeworld seeking former Starfleet member-turned terrorist John Harrison. After the release of \"Star Trek\", Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Kurtzman, and Orci agreed to produce its sequel. Filming began in January 2012. \"Into Darkness\"s visual effects were primarily created by Industrial Light & Magic. The film was converted to 3D during its post-production stage. \"Star Trek", "title": "Star Trek Into Darkness" }, { "docid": "640333", "text": "to Eden\". In \"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home\", Spock, while he and Kirk were riding on a San Francisco city bus, used the nerve pinch to subdue a rude punk who had ignored Kirk's asking to turn off his boom box as his music was too loud, to the other passengers' relief. The technique was also used by Spock to subdue James Kirk in the 2009 film, when Kirk opposes Spock's decision as captain of the USS \"Enterprise\" to reunite with the remainder of Starfleet in the Lorentian system, instead of pursuing Nero immediately. Depictions of the effects of", "title": "Vulcan (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "4969248", "text": "general, as the show's popularity increased, it acquired fans who were not general science fiction fans but rather found the show appealed to them as a \"buddy\" show, or as a heroic/romantic saga, in which Kirk and Spock were the focus. This led to a quantity of fan fiction about the show focusing on the relationships between characters on the show, with less of an emphasis on science-fictional elements. Many of these fans found that Kirk and Spock's deep friendship was the most interesting topic for writing about \"Star Trek\" fan fiction. Such \"relationship\" stories (K&S) were distinct from homoerotic", "title": "Kirk/Spock" }, { "docid": "3922577", "text": "for print, and this ending appears in the chapter \"Operation -- Annihilate!\" in the anthology \"Star Trek 2\". This was the first episode of the series to be directed by Herschel Daugherty. Daugherty would later direct Season Three's \"The Savage Curtain\" as well. It was also the first appearance in \"Star Trek\" for child actor Craig Hundley, who played \"Peter Kirk\". He would also portray \"Tommy Starnes\" in the third-season episode \"And the Children Shall Lead\". Location shooting occurred in two places. The scene where the \"Enterprise\" landing party beams down to the surface was filmed at the TRW Space", "title": "Operation: Annihilate!" }, { "docid": "18251447", "text": "galactic conflict. Kirk pursues Edison into \"Yorktown\"s ventilation system, where Edison activates the bioweapon. Before it can activate, Kirk ejects it and Edison into space, where the weapon consumes Edison. Using the alien ship they commandeered, Spock and McCoy save Kirk moments before he is also blown into space. In the aftermath, Commodore Paris closes the files of Captain Edison and the USS \"Franklin\" crew. Kirk decides to keep his position as the \"Enterprise\"s captain; Spock chooses to remain in Starfleet, and begins to renew his relationship with Uhura. On Kirk's recommendation, Jaylah is accepted into Starfleet Academy. As the", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "docid": "15773228", "text": "favorite names. The public could choose from a selection of Greek mythological names related to the god Pluto, or could propose their own names. After the initial announcement, William Shatner, the actor who played Captain James T. Kirk in the \"Star Trek\" franchise, proposed the names Vulcan and Romulus, ostensibly referring to the fire god Vulcan (a nephew of Pluto), and to Romulus the founder of Rome, but also alluding to the fictional planets of Vulcan and Romulus in the \"Star Trek\" universe. The 'Romulus' suggestion was discounted, because there is already an asteroid moon of that name, but Vulcan", "title": "Kerberos (moon)" }, { "docid": "373473", "text": "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the 1960s television series \"\" created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the second film in the \"Star Trek\" film series and is a sequel to \"\" (1979). The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS \"Enterprise\" facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), a character who first appeared in the 1967 \"Star Trek\" episode \"Space Seed\". When Khan escapes", "title": "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" }, { "docid": "12381320", "text": "known film \"White Comanche\" starring as two characters: Johnny Moon and his twin brother Notah. Shatner was cast as Captain James T. Kirk for the second pilot of \"Star Trek\", titled \"Where No Man Has Gone Before\". He was then contracted to play Kirk for the \"Star Trek\" series and held the role from 1966 to 1969. During its original run on NBC, the series pulled in only modest ratings and was cancelled after three seasons. In his role as Kirk, Shatner famously kissed actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) in the November 22, 1968, \"Star Trek\" episode, \"Plato's Stepchildren\". The", "title": "William Shatner" }, { "docid": "16074497", "text": "larger Starfleet warship, USS \"Vengeance\", commanded by Admiral Marcus. Marcus demands that Kirk deliver Khan, but \"Enterprise\" flees to Earth to expose him. After \"Vengeance\" disables \"Enterprise\" near the Moon, Carol reveals her presence aboard the ship. Marcus forcibly transports Carol to \"Vengeance\" before ordering \"Enterprise\"s destruction. Kirk offers Khan and himself for the lives of his crew, but Marcus rejects Kirk's offer, revealing he never intended to spare them and orders \"Vengeance\" to attack. \"Vengeance\" suddenly loses power after being sabotaged by Scotty, who infiltrated the ship. With transporters down, Kirk and Khan, with the latter's knowledge of the", "title": "Star Trek Into Darkness" }, { "docid": "5714982", "text": "calm to knock Picard out and beam his unconscious body back up to the \"Enterprise\". Kirk then pulls the lever and triggers the explosion. However, even as the crew watches, Spock, who has always been able to sense Kirk ever since they first mind-melded, still does not believe that his friend is dead. Shortly after the release of \"Star Trek Generations\", William Shatner pitched the story of Kirk being brought back to life by the Borg for the next \"Star Trek\" film. While Paramount was interested in using the Borg for the next movie, they also felt the torch had", "title": "The Return (Shatner novel)" }, { "docid": "12520261", "text": "1999 film \"Free Enterprise\" chronicled the lives of two men who grew up worshipping \"Star Trek\" and emulating Captain Kirk. Most of the movie centers on William Shatner, playing a parody of himself, and how the characters wrestle with their relationships to \"Star Trek\". A Trekkie featured in one episode of the television series \"The West Wing\", during which Josh Lyman confronts the temporary employee over her display of a \"Star Trek\" pin in the White House. The 2009 film \"Fanboys\" makes frequent references to \"Star Trek\" and the rivalry between Trekkies and \"Star Wars\" fans. William Shatner makes a", "title": "Trekkie" }, { "docid": "10839200", "text": "fans gathered together to begin shooting new episodes and by 2003 a pilot “” was shot as a proof of concept. Cawley left the role of Kirk following the episode \"Kitumba\" to focus solely on the production aspect of the series. However, he makes a humorous cameo in the following episode \"Mind-Sifter\" as an Elvis impersonator in an asylum who confronts Kirk (now played by Brian Gross), referred to as having \"been here forever,\" with the new Kirk declaring, \"I hate that guy!\" Cawley’s prominent role in \"Star Trek: New Voyages\" gave him the opportunity to play small roles in", "title": "James Cawley" }, { "docid": "6382996", "text": "service on \"Farragut\", a major backstory point to the original episode \"\", was left out because it was deemed irrelevant to the story of Kirk meeting Spock, although Orci felt nothing in his script precluded it from the new film's backstory. There was a scene involving Kirk meeting Carol Marcus (who is revealed as the mother of his son in \"\") as a child, but it was dropped because the film needed more time to introduce the core characters. Figuring out ways to get the crew together required some contrivances, which Orci and Kurtzman wanted to explain from old Spock", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "581894", "text": "of the film \"Star Trek Generations\". An addendum inserted while Shatner's \"Star Trek Movie Memories\" memoir was being printed expresses his enthusiasm at being called back to film a rewritten ending. Despite the rewrite, \"Generations\" co-writer Ronald D. Moore said that Kirk's death, which was intended to \"resonate throughout the Star Trek franchise\", failed to \"pay off the themes [of death and mortality] in the way we wanted\". Malcolm McDowell, whose character kills Kirk, was dissatisfied with both versions of Kirk's death: he believed Kirk should have been killed \"in a big way\". McDowell claims to have received death threats", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "373759", "text": "reality created when the Romulan character Nero traveled through time via an artificial black hole. Registry: Service: 2258–2263 (5 Years) Captains: Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) The main setting for the films \"Star Trek\" (2009), \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013), and \"Star Trek Beyond\" (2016). \"Enterprise\" is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of \"Star Trek Into", "title": "Starship Enterprise" }, { "docid": "4142121", "text": "(spelled \"Stemple\" in the book) before he could thwart an attempted 19th-century alien invasion of Earth. During most of the story, Spock has lost his memory and is cared for by Stempel, who passes him off as his nephew \"Ishmael\" and helps him hide his alien origins. At the end of the story, Captain Kirk discovers that Stempel was one of Spock's mother's ancestors, a reference to the fact that Mark Lenard also played Spock's father Sarek in episodes of the original \"Star Trek\" and \"\", as well as several of the \"Star Trek\" motion pictures. In that sense, Lenard", "title": "Here Come the Brides" }, { "docid": "9727555", "text": "Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative was a \"Star Trek\" themed computer software game, designed for the Apple II Plus, Apple IIe, and Apple IIc. The game was also available for the Commodore 64, Macintosh and IBM PC. This text adventure was first published in 1985 by Simon & Schuster. The player assumes the role of Captain James T. Kirk. As Kirk, the player commands the actions of the \"Enterprise\" crew, as well as the \"Enterprise\" itself. The game was expansive and ambitious, but also very buggy. The plot is based on the idea that Starfleet", "title": "Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative" }, { "docid": "1656400", "text": "Space Nine\", although Section 31 also appears in \"\". Several works of \"Star Trek\" spin-off fiction expand on Section 31's operations; Pocket Books published a four-part series profiling connections between Section 31's operations and the missions of James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, and the crews of Deep Space Nine and the USS \"Voyager\". These novels explicitly link Section 31 to Admiral Lance Cartwright's actions in \"\" and Admiral Matthew Dougherty's actions in \"\". Section 31 is also heavily featured in the \"Star Trek: Enterprise\" novel \"The Good That Men Do\", in which Trip Tucker joins the organization after his supposed", "title": "Section 31" }, { "docid": "7441222", "text": "range and the attacker’s Dexterity. Players had the option of playing virtually any humanoid character introduced in the original Star Trek TV series or the animated series. They included: Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, Andorians, Orions, Klingons, Romulans. Two other races introduced in the animated series - Caitians and Edoans - could also be played. Using the Basic Rules, the players used the pregenerated Bridge Crew to assume the roles of the Star Trek characters, including Captain Kirk, Mr Spock, Lieutenant Uhura and Yeoman Janice Rand from Paramount's and included M’res and Arex from Paramount's . About twenty pages of information charts", "title": "Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier" }, { "docid": "11892905", "text": "of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy was modeled on classical mythological storytelling. \"Star Trek\" and its spin-offs have proven highly popular in syndication and are shown on TV stations worldwide. The show's cultural impact goes far beyond its longevity and profitability. \"Star Trek\" conventions have become popular among its fans, who call themselves \"trekkies\" or \"trekkers\". An entire subculture has grown up around the show which was documented in the film \"Trekkies\". \"Star Trek\" was the highest-ranked cult show by \"TV Guide\". The franchise has also garnered many comparisons of the \"Star Wars\" franchise being rivals in the science fiction genre", "title": "Star Trek" }, { "docid": "2406778", "text": "of the eventual series, but there were numerous differences. The Captain of the starship USS \"Enterprise\" was not James T. Kirk, but Christopher Pike. Spock was present, but not as First Officer. That role was taken by a character known only as Number One, played by Majel Barrett. Spock's character differs somewhat from that seen in the rest of \"Star Trek\"; he displays a youthful eagerness that contrasts with the later more reserved and logical Spock. He also delivers the first line in all of \"Star Trek\": \"Check the circuit!\" followed by, \"Can't be the screen then.\" The weaponry used", "title": "The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)" }, { "docid": "6630455", "text": "the grandfather of the character he plays on the later television series. It is the second and last \"Star Trek\" film directed by Nicholas Meyer and last screenplay co-authored by Leonard Nimoy. Picard enlists the help of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extradimensional realm, to prevent a renegade scientist (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its populated planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm. This film also included original crew members Scotty (James Doohan) and Chekov (Walter Koenig). Following seven seasons of \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\", the next \"Star Trek\" film", "title": "Star Trek (film series)" }, { "docid": "6382969", "text": "Star Trek (film) Star Trek is a 2009 American space opera film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh film in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard USS \"Enterprise\" as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "docid": "895557", "text": "and two \"Planet of the Apes\" sequels. Rosenman wrote an arrangement of Alexander Courage's \"Star Trek\" television theme as the title music for \"The Voyage Home\", but Nimoy requested an original composition. Music critic Jeff Bond writes, \"The final result was one of the most unusual \"Star Trek\" movie themes,\" consisting of a six-note theme and variations set against a repetitious four-note brass motif; the theme's bridge borrows content from Rosenman's \"Frodo March\" for \"The Lord of the Rings\". The melody is played in the beginning of the film on Vulcan and the scenes of Taylor's search for Kirk to", "title": "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" }, { "docid": "12253111", "text": "Trek\" novel to reach the US bestseller lists. In Robert Greenberger's analysis of the novelizations of \"Star Trek\" for \"Starlog\", he described \"Web of the Romulans\" as an \"interesting examination\" of the Romulan culture and empire. He called the computer love subplot \"silly\", but overall called it a \"well-done and well-conceived novel\". Web of the Romulans Web of the Romulans is a \"\" novel written by M. S. Murdock. The subplot where the \"Enterprise\" falls in love with Captain James T. Kirk was taken from a story that Murdock had originally written for a \"Star Trek\" fanzine. A deadly virus", "title": "Web of the Romulans" }, { "docid": "6748125", "text": "it is actually Carter Winston (voiced by Ted Knight), a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years. Once aboard, the Vendorian renders Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by William Shatner) unconscious, takes his form and orders the helmsman, Lt. Hikaru Sulu (voiced by George Takei) to steer the \"Enterprise\" into the Neutral Zone, where Romulan warbirds lie in wait. When the real Kirk eventually regains consciousness, he orders the \"Enterprise\" to get out of the Neutral Zone at Warp 8. The Vendorian who has been shapeshifting himself into other members of the \"Enterprise\"s crew eventually reveals", "title": "The Survivor (Star Trek: The Animated Series)" }, { "docid": "11892866", "text": "the Vulcans, who had a violent past but learned to control their emotions. Roddenberry also gave \"Star Trek\" an anti-war message and depicted the United Federation of Planets as an ideal, optimistic version of the United Nations. His efforts were opposed by the network because of concerns over marketability, e.g., they opposed Roddenberry's insistence that \"Enterprise\" have a racially diverse crew. The central trio of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy from \"Star Trek: The Original Series\" was modeled on classical mythological storytelling. William Shatner said: Richard Lutz wrote: In early 1964, Roddenberry presented a brief treatment for a proposed \"Star Trek\"", "title": "Star Trek" }, { "docid": "331952", "text": "Kaku believes all these things are possible. William Shatner, who portrayed James T. Kirk in the original \"Star Trek\" series, believed this as well, and went on to cowrite the book \"I'm Working on That\", in which he investigated how \"Star Trek\" technology was becoming feasible. In the \"Star Trek\" fictional universe, subspace is a feature of space-time that facilitates faster-than-light transit, in the form of interstellar travel or the transmission of information. Subspace works similarly to the Alcubierre Drive, but obeys different laws of physics. Subspace has also been adopted and used in other fictional settings, such as the", "title": "Technology in Star Trek" }, { "docid": "19053321", "text": "a Confederate uniform - the Battle of Antietam. Divided We Stand (Star Trek Continues) \"Divided We Stand\" is a fan-produced \"Star Trek\" episode released in 2015, the fifth in the web series \"Star Trek Continues\", which aims to continue the episodes of \"\" replicating their visual and storytelling style The episode is dedicated to Grace Lee Whitney, who had died earlier in the year. During an attempt to free the ship's computer from a nano-virus, an explosion puts Kirk and McCoy in a coma that leaves them awake in a turbulent moment in time - the American Civil War, with", "title": "Divided We Stand (Star Trek Continues)" }, { "docid": "1961771", "text": "Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise and based on the created by Gene Roddenberry, who also served as its producer. It is the first installment in the \"Star Trek\" film series, and stars the cast of the original television series. The film is set in the twenty-third century, when a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS \"Enterprise\", to lead it on", "title": "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "3967913", "text": "seeking revenge after the destruction of their homeworld. While James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is attending Starfleet Academy, he is romantically involved with an Orion woman named Gaila (Rachel Nichols) who is the roommate of Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana). In the sequel, \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", an Orion is seen in a crowd shot of San Francisco. Fans of \"Star Trek\" embraced the Orions, specifically the image of the Orion slave girl, making it a popular choice for cosplay at science fiction conventions. This includes an Orion themed dance troop called \"Orion's Envy\". Several fan-based \"Star Trek\" web series have", "title": "Orion (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "18505021", "text": "in Sha-Ka-Ree. However, this scene was simplified for the film due to budget constraints. Star Trek: The God Thing Star Trek: The God Thing is an unproduced film script written by \"\" series creator Gene Roddenberry. Following the success of \"Star Trek\" in broadcast syndication during the early 1970s, Paramount Pictures sought to produce a feature film based on the property. The film's plot follows the \"Enterprise\" crew after the events of \"The Original Series\": when an alien entity declares itself God and begins travel to Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk reunites the crew, who send it back to its", "title": "Star Trek: The God Thing" }, { "docid": "18505007", "text": "Star Trek: The God Thing Star Trek: The God Thing is an unproduced film script written by \"\" series creator Gene Roddenberry. Following the success of \"Star Trek\" in broadcast syndication during the early 1970s, Paramount Pictures sought to produce a feature film based on the property. The film's plot follows the \"Enterprise\" crew after the events of \"The Original Series\": when an alien entity declares itself God and begins travel to Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk reunites the crew, who send it back to its own dimension. Roddenberry completed the story on June 30, 1976, but Paramount rejected the", "title": "Star Trek: The God Thing" }, { "docid": "18200926", "text": "Star Trek: Khan Star Trek: Khan is a five-issue comic book prequel and sequel to the 2013 film \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" by IDW Publishing. It follows Khan Noonien Singh, explaining his past and how he came to have a change in facial appearance and serve Admiral Alexander Marcus. Starts with the trial of Khan Noonien Singn on stardate 2259.246 (September 3, 2259). Khan is brought forward, where he states that he rejects the court's authority. But Kirk note that the defendant calling himself Khan, looks nothing like the records of Khan Noonien Singn and ask him who him really", "title": "Star Trek: Khan" }, { "docid": "1659343", "text": "standoff that follows, Kruge orders that one of the hostages on the surface be executed. Marcus is killed defending Saavik and Spock. A distraught Kirk feigns surrender and activates the \"Enterprise\"s self-destruct sequence, destroying the old ship and killing the Klingon boarding party, while the crew transports to the planet's surface. Promising the secret of Genesis, Kirk lures Kruge to the planet and has him beam his crew to the Klingon vessel. As the Genesis planet disintegrates, Kirk and Kruge engage in a fistfight; Kirk emerges victorious after kicking Kruge off a cliff. Kirk and his officers take control of", "title": "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" }, { "docid": "581876", "text": "James T. Kirk James Tiberius \"Jim\" Kirk is a fictional character in the \"Star Trek\" franchise. Kirk first appears in \"\" and has been portrayed in numerous films, books, comics, webisodes, and video games. As the captain of the starship USS \"Enterprise\", Kirk leads his crew as they explore \"new worlds, to boldly go where no man has gone before\". Often, the characters of Spock and Leonard McCoy act as his logical and emotional sounding boards, respectively. Kirk, played by William Shatner, first appears in the broadcast pilot episode, \"The Man Trap\", originally broadcast on September 8, 1966. Shatner continued", "title": "James T. Kirk" }, { "docid": "895510", "text": "Kirk. Kirk is demoted from Admiral to the rank of Captain and returned to the command of a starship. Kirk and Gillian part ways, as she has been assigned to a science vessel by Starfleet. The crew departs on their ship, the newly christened USS \"Enterprise\" (NCC-1701-A), and leaves on a shakedown mission. William Shatner portrays Admiral James T. Kirk, former captain of the \"Enterprise\". Shatner was unwilling to reprise the role of Kirk until he received a salary of $2 million and the promise of directing the next film. Shatner described \"The Voyage Home\"s comic quality as one \"that", "title": "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" }, { "docid": "9674057", "text": "as Khan's son, Joachim, in \"Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan\". Not only did he get a featured role in the best Star Trek movie ever, but he got to play opposite Ricardo Montalban. The two entered into a friendship which is still alive and well today. Recently, when Ricardo received a lifetime achievement award, Judson was the presenter. Scott also played a in \"\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s \"\" (opposite \"Star Trek II\" co-star Merritt Butrick) and a Romulan in \"\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s \"\". Scott still makes appearances at science fiction conventions and has his own fan club composed mostly of Star Trek fans. Joaquin", "title": "Joachim (Star Trek)" }, { "docid": "18251438", "text": "Star Trek Beyond Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American space opera film directed by Justin Lin and written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the television series \"Star Trek\" created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the thirteenth film in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following \"Star Trek\" (2009) and \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their respective roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films.", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "docid": "1077155", "text": "school, Highland Elementary, is in Riverside, while the middle and high school are nearby in an unincorporated area. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of \"Star Trek\", asserts in his book \"The Making of Star Trek\" that the character of James Tiberius Kirk was born in the state of Iowa. In March 1985, when the city was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously. Although not", "title": "Riverside, Iowa" }, { "docid": "18604494", "text": "The White Iris \"The White Iris\" is a fan-produced \"Star Trek\" episode released in 2015, the fourth in the web series \"Star Trek Continues\", which aims to continue the episodes of \"\" replicating their visual and storytelling style The episode is dedicated to Leonard Nimoy, who had died earlier in the year. Captain Kirk, Scotty, and Uhura are on the planet Chalcis to welcome its people to the Federation. To protect the Chalcidians from missile attacks by their warlike sister world of Eretria, the Federation has promised the Chalcidians a planetary defense grid. However, during the meeting, Kirk is struck", "title": "The White Iris" }, { "docid": "11697750", "text": "Star Trek/X-Men Star Trek/X-Men is a one-shot comic book crossover, written by Scott Lobdell and published in 1996. Produced by Marvel Comics as part of its short-lived Paramount Comics imprint, the book chronicles the first encounter between Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the \"Enterprise\" (during the five-year mission of ) and members of the X-Men, who traveled through a dimensional rift chasing the mutant Proteus. This was the first of the \"Star Trek\" comic books produced by Marvel for the Paramount Comics line, and it contains previews for several of the follow-up series. Returning to the planet", "title": "Star Trek/X-Men" }, { "docid": "561761", "text": "and thongs are mining tools used as martial weapons by the \"troglyte\" (a corruption of \"troglodyte\") miners, and apparently the ruling class is also trained with these weapons, as Plasus challenges Kirk to hand-to-hand combat, asking, \"Are you as brave with a mortae as with a phaser?\" Kirk responds, \"Both will kill.\" In the \"Enterprise\" episode \"United\", Andorian commander Thy'lek Shran and the NX-01's captain Jonathan Archer, as a second for a Tellarite officer who kills Tallas, Shran's chief tactical officer and lover, engage in an Andorian \"ushaan\" duel. The weapon used is the ushaan-tor, an Andorian ice-mining blade. The", "title": "Weapons in Star Trek" }, { "docid": "4011509", "text": "\"Enterprise\" has been ordered to Sigma Iotia II, where the space vessel \"Horizon\" was reported missing 100 years earlier. The ship receives a message from Bela Oxmyx, an Iotian, who promises information about the \"Horizon\" and invites the crew down to the planet. First Officer Spock notes that their interference in the planet's development could violate the Prime Directive, but Captain James T. Kirk points out that the \"Horizon\"s arrival a century ago would have already contaminated the culture. Kirk, Spock, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy transport to the planet. They find themselves in a city fashioned after an", "title": "A Piece of the Action (Star Trek: The Original Series)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "13423886", "text": "of \"Redbook\" magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed \"The Cat in the Hat\" and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books. Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423886", "text": "of \"Redbook\" magazine. Dr. Seuss began work on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" a couple of years later, around the beginning of 1957. He had recently completed \"The Cat in the Hat\" and was in the midst of founding Beginner Books with Phyllis and Bennett Cerf and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. Helen, who had ongoing medical problems and had suffered a small stroke in April 1957, nevertheless acted as an unofficial editor, as she had with previous Dr. Seuss books. Dr. Seuss wrote the book quickly and was mostly finished with it within a few weeks. Biographers Judith and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" } ]

[ { "docid": "7707203", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423897", "text": "Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Max, the Grinch's dog, and the Grinch himself also appear in the children's puppet show \"The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss\". The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in \"Seussical\", a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Seuss books. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "13423881", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town Whoville on Christmas Eve. The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of \"Redbook\". The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "9175844", "text": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is a seasonal musical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The musical, with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, original score by Mel Marvin and choreography by John DeLuca, made its debut on the mainstage of Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company in November 1994, after special arrangements had been made with the Dr. Seuss estate to exclusively adapt and perform the book. The original production was remounted in again", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7902057", "text": "(alternatively titled \"The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched\"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7902040", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special also features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9175852", "text": "Lake City, Spokane, Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Costa Mesa and Denver. In 2015, the production toured in North America with shows in Worcester, Detroit, Appleton, Columbus, Jacksonville, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Stefán Karl performed as Grinch, Bob Lauder as Old Max, and Genny Gagnon and Rachel Katzke as Cindy Lou Who. The musical will make its UK premiere at The Lowry, in Salford from 10 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, or simply How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, is", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7707228", "text": "plain dull story.\" Todd McCarthy of \"Variety\" wrote, \"Carrey tries out all sorts of intonations, vocal pitches and delivery styles, his tough guy posturing reminding at times of Cagney and his sibilant S's recalling Bogart. His antic gesturing and face-making hit the mark at times, but at other moments seem arbitrary and scattershot. Furthermore, his free-flowing tirades, full of catch-all allusions and references, are pitched for adult appreciation and look destined to sail right over the heads of pre-teens.\" How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "6884280", "text": "Malone was used in the teaser for the 2018 CGI-animated adaptation of \"The Grinch\". The song itself was covered for the movie and its soundtrack by Tyler, the Creator. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884278", "text": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" The lyrics were written by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. The song's lyrics describe the Grinch as being foul, bad-mannered and sinister, using increasingly creative put-downs, metaphors, similes and off-hand comments by the singer, beginning with the opening line \"you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch\". Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "7902045", "text": "Director Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) had worked together on the \"Private Snafu\" training cartoons at Warner Bros. Cartoons during World War II. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" into one in time for the holiday season. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film \"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.\", he eventually agreed. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "15096879", "text": "though she later becomes a Grinch when the gifts are repossessed. The episode features seven songs, two of which come from the television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". The creators of \"Glee\" received permission from the estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Most of the songs featured in the episode had been released on \"\" four weeks prior to airing, including \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", which debuted at number fifty-seven on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 after the episode aired, despite", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "8750175", "text": "on the Loose!\" DVD set, along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\". The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20,", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "10241545", "text": "sick of apologizing and the two agree to skip straight to the forgiveness. Ted takes off after his cousin's children overhear Lily say she \"was kind of a grinch\", and they all begin to cheer \"grinch!\" over and over. Joel Keller of TV Squad said it was a good episode, and an improvement over the previous year's New Year's Eve episode. How Lily Stole Christmas \"How Lily Stole Christmas\" is the 11th episode in the second season of the television series \"How I Met Your Mother\". It originally aired on December 11, 2006. Ted has decided to spend Christmas in", "title": "How Lily Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "19559651", "text": "the Grinch, Cindy comes to invite him to celebrate Christmas at her house and he awkwardly attends. When seated down for dinner, he confesses that it wasn't really Christmas he disliked but being lonely and his bitterness over being neglected. Before carving the roast beast, the Grinch offers a toast, \"To kindness and love, the things we need most.\" In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with the working title \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", later shortened to \"The Grinch\". Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "19559644", "text": "The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. It stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson,", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "7707213", "text": "Grinch pepper-sprayed. Martha turns down the mayor's proposal and returns his engagement ring, deciding to be with the Grinch instead. The Grinch joins in the Whos' celebration feast, carving the roast beast himself. Before his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss had refused offers to sell the film rights to his books. However, his widow Audrey Geisel, agreed to several merchandising deals, including clothing lines, accessories and CDs. In July 1998, Geisel's agents announced via letter she would auction the film rights of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". In order to pitch their ideas to Geisel, the suitors ultimately had to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423896", "text": "Latin as \"Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit\". The translation was published in October 1998 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" one of its \"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children\". In 2012 it was ranked number 61 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the fourth of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book's main characters have made appearances in other works. The Grinch appears in the animated specials \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\" and \"The", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "11705180", "text": "snouts and twelve toes. In the live-action film, the fur was missing from the Whos. Just north of Whoville, atop a high mountain, Mount Crumpit, a bitter, cave-dwelling creature named the Grinch lives with his dog Max. Cindy Lou Who is a generous young girl who was introduced in the book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the 2000 live action film, \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" she is played by actress Taylor Momsen. The Grinch is a fictional, green colored creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. He lives in isolation upon Mt. Crumpet with his dog Max.", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "7707216", "text": "in the character Cindy Lou Who and pitched a film in which she would have a larger role as well as a materialistic representation of the Whos and an expanded backstory of the Grinch. On September 16, 1998, it was announced that Howard would direct and co-produce a live-action adaptation of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" with Jim Carrey attached to star. It was also reported that Universal Pictures, who had acquired the distribution rights, paid $9 million for the film rights for an adaptation of \"Grinch\" and \"Oh, the Places You'll Go!\" to Geisel. Jeffrey Price and Peter S.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902053", "text": "The special was released on high definition Blu-ray Disc in 2009 with the title changed to \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" It contained all the bonus features from the 2000 DVD, except for \"Horton Hears a Who!\", and also included a DVD of the special and a Digital Copy. Three songs with lyrics were included in the special: \"Welcome Christmas,\" \"Trim up the Tree\" and \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.\" The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "5410566", "text": "The Grinch first appeared in the May 1955 issue of Redbook in a 32-line poem called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" but made his book debut in the 1957 story \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, published as both a Random House book and in an issue of \"Redbook\" magazine. In 1966, the story was adapted into an animated television featurette of the same name, which was directed by Chuck Jones and included the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\". Boris Karloff serves as both the story's narrator and the voice of the Grinch,", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "13423892", "text": "\"I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.\" Seuss's step-daughter, Lark Dimond-Cates, stated in a speech in 2003, \"I always thought the Cat... was Ted on his good days, and the Grinch was Ted on his bad days.\" Cohen notes that Seuss drove a car with a license plate that read \"GRINCH\". Thomas Fensch notes that the Grinch is", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707205", "text": "by Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" was released by Universal Pictures on November 17, 2000 to mixed reviews from critics yet grossed over $345 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000 and the second highest-grossing holiday film of all-time behind \"Home Alone\" (1990). It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup as well as getting nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. All the residents of Whoville (Whos) enjoy celebrating Christmas, except for the Grinch, a misanthropic and egotistical creature who hates it and the Whos. No one", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "115640", "text": "however, the animated portions were merely edited versions of previous animated television specials and, in some cases, re-dubbed as well. After Geisel died of cancer at the age of 87 in 1991, his widow Audrey Geisel was placed in charge of all licensing matters. She approved a live-action feature-film version of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" starring Jim Carrey, as well as a Seuss-themed Broadway musical called \"Seussical\", and both premiered in 2000. \"The Grinch\" has had limited engagement runs on Broadway during the Christmas season, after premiering in 1998 (under the title \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\") at the", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "docid": "11705181", "text": "The Grinch overlooks the city of Whoville with a lack of empathy for all Whos. He is known to be of a different species than the Whos, being stated as a What in the 2000 film. The Grinch is played by actor Jim Carrey in the 2000 production of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the book \"Horton Hears a Who!\", there is a mayor in Whoville. In the live-action film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" there is a mayor named Augustus Maywho, played by Jeffrey Tambor. Actor Steve Carell plays the Mayor of Whoville in the 2008 animated film", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "4580419", "text": "DVD on October 31, 2000. The special, along with other Rankin/Bass Christmas specials and Chuck Jones' animated TV adaptation of \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", was bundled in Warner's Christmas Television Favorites DVD box set, released on October 2, 2007. On October 7, 2008, these same titles are released in another holiday-themed DVD set, Classic Christmas Favorites. Once again and this time, Warner Home Video released seven different original Rankin/Bass holiday classics along with \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" on the third DVD box set, Santa's Magical Stories, released on October 4, 2011. \"A Miser Brothers'", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "19800290", "text": "Grinch Stole Christmas!\" Unlike most episodes that are rated TV-14 on American television, this one is rated TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D) and offensive language (L). When Christmas comes around Quahog, the Griffins decide to go sledding instead of attending church after watching \"How David Lynch Stole Christmas\". Mayor Adam West at first bans sledding from Quahog. After an argument with Peter, he reverses the decision and severely injures himself. When sledding, the Griffins go sledding on the dining room table, except for Lois who protests that the table has been in her family for generations. The remaining members go", "title": "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707207", "text": "but was timid and not as cruel as he would later become. In school, the Grinch had a crush on Martha May Whovier, and was Augustus May Who’s rival for Martha May's affections. One year, the Grinch made a Christmas gift for Martha, and cut his face attempting to shave after May Who pointed out he had a beard. When his classmates laughed at his cut face, he lost his temper, destroyed the Christmas gift, trashed the classroom, and exiled himself to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whoville. Touched by this story, Cindy Lou decides to nominate the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7707225", "text": "the actor sneaks up on Carrey the wild-man dervish. In whichever mode, he carreys the movie.\" Peter Stack of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" said, \"Nobody could play the Grinch better than Jim Carrey, whose rubbery antics and maniacal sense of mischief are so well suited to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". Dr. Seuss himself might have turned to Carrey as a model for the classic curmudgeon had the actor been around in 1957.\" However, he wondered why Carrey \"made himself sound like Sean Connery\" and warned that the character's intensity may frighten small children. James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote that", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902041", "text": "narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart \"two sizes too small\" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707210", "text": "to erect before he leaves. The mayor then shames Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch. Since the Grinch's attack has failed to crush the Whos' Christmas spirit, he concocts a plan to steal all of their presents, decorations, and food while they are sleeping. Creating a Santa suit and powered sleigh, and dressing his dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends to Whoville and steals all of the Christmas gifts. When Cindy Lou catches him stealing the tree, he tells her he is taking it to Santa's workshop for repair of a defective light. On Christmas morning, the Whos", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "17622974", "text": "persuades a group to believe that the other party is treacherous. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" is an iconic piece of literature that uses the rhetorical device of bdelygmia to portray the main character, Mr. Grinch, as a terrible person. The lyrics not only allow the audience to understand that the Grinch is a bad person, but they use words such as \"foul\" and \"nasty\" [?to attribute with the Grinch]. Another example of bdelygmia in popular culture is found in the movie \"\"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\"\". When Clark Griswold finds out he will not get his expected bonus, he goes", "title": "Bdelygmia" }, { "docid": "13423891", "text": "moral and humor. Charlotte Jackson of the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" called the book \"wonderful fantasy, in the true Dr. Seuss manner, with pictures in the Christmas colors.\" Some writers, including Dr. Seuss himself, have made a connection between the Grinch and Dr. Seuss. In the story, the Grinch laments that he has had to put up with the Whos' celebration of Christmas for 53 years. As both Thomas Fensch and Charles Cohen note, Dr. Seuss was 53 when he wrote and published the book. Dr. Seuss himself asserted the connection in an article in the December 1957 edition of \"Redbook\":", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902049", "text": "(such as 1964's \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", 1965's \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and 1969's \"Frosty the Snowman\") that have come to be regarded as classics. It received modestly positive reviews at the time it was released. Critic Rick Du Brow said it was \"probably as good as most of the other holiday cartoons.\" It has since been recognized as a classic, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 100% \"fresh\" rating on its website; the critical consensus reads, \"\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" brings an impressive array of talent to bear on an adaptation that honors a classic holiday story –", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13423885", "text": "to let out bitter and sorrowful cries, but is confused to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead. He is puzzled until it dawns on him that \"maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more\" than just presents and feasting. The Grinch's shrunken heart suddenly grows three sizes. The reformed and liberated Grinch returns to the village to give back all of the Whos' Christmas stuff and participate in their Christmas feast. The Grinch first appeared in a 32-line illustrated poem by Dr. Seuss called \"The Hoobub and the Grinch,\" which was originally published in the May 1955 edition", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7810434", "text": "Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and is the prequel to \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977. In Whoville, on a night known as \"Grinch Night\", which commences when a \"Sour-Sweet Wind\" blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to prompt The Grinch into terrorizing the Whos, as he believes such nights are", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "11705184", "text": "section of the amusement park to him. Within the Islands of Adventure, there is a component designated to the city of Whoville. In the town, visitors of Universal Orlando Resort are able to interact with the characters and explore the theme park. The television program \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was a 26-minute segment originally telecasted on CBS in 1966. In 2000 \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was developed into a motion picture, which became the first Dr. Seuss story ever made into a featured film. Also, \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was adapted into a 26-minute television segment in 1970.", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "12909011", "text": "messages, remixes, and a Christmas medley, and again as Merry Christmas Jackson's. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9998 [edit] In 1957, Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was published by Random House. The tale's rhyming verse accompanies illustrations by the author, and follows a disagreeable character called the Grinch and his attempts to thwart the arrival of Christmas by stealing the gifts, trims, and other trappings of the holiday from the happy Whos of Whoville. In spite of his attempts, Christmas arrives all the same. The Grinch realizes then that Christmas is something more than its trappings. The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "7707220", "text": "it one of the largest makeup crews ever assembled. Most of the appliances the actors wore were noses that connected to an upper lip along with a few dentures, ears, and wigs. The film was released on VHS and DVD on November 20, 2001. The extended cut of the film on VHS and DVD was released on October 29, 2002. A Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released on October 13, 2009. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" grossed $260 million domestically and $85.1 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $345.1 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2000. In", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "7902050", "text": "and has rightfully become a yuletide tradition of its own.\" The special continues to be popular in Nielsen Ratings, with its 2010 airing (the last of many times it had aired that year) winning its time slot among persons 18 to 49 and finishing second in overall viewers. \"TV Guide\" ranked the special No. 1 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list. \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was released to VHS, Betamax, CED, and LaserDisc by MGM/UA Home Video in the 1980s, and was reissued several times. The special was first released to the VHS and DVD formats in", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7616658", "text": "start until after the 2000 Christmas/comedy film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", based on another Dr. Seuss book of the same name, became a commercial success. Brian Grazer, who was the producer of \"The Grinch\", stated, \"Because we grew up with these books, and because they have such universal themes and the illustrations ignite such fantasy in your mind as a child — the aggregation of all those feelings — it leaves an indelible, positive memory. And so when I realized I had a chance to convert first \"The Grinch\" and then, \"The Cat in the Hat\", into movies, I", "title": "The Cat in the Hat (film)" }, { "docid": "13423893", "text": "the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang \"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch\" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "9894845", "text": "Avram C. Freedberg Avram Chaim Freedberg (born June 25, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Broadway theatre producer, a direct marketer, and founder of National Collector's Mint. He founded Maximum Entertainment Productions LLC and has produced and invested in a number of Broadway shows. Freedberg's Broadway credits include \"Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"The Addams Family\" and \"Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking\". One of his off-Broadway shows, \"Los Big Names\", earned Outer Critic’s Circle and Dram Desk nominations. In 2006 and 2007 Freedberg's company Maximum Entertainment was the producer for \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" during", "title": "Avram C. Freedberg" }, { "docid": "9399834", "text": "that included electricity. Many homeowners often pass along their decorations to new residents when they sell their property. While they're not under any sort of contractual obligation to decorate, most opt to do so. Popular annual displays include several Peanuts characters ice-skating on a small pond, a plywood Oregon State Beaver and a large wooden Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" that has been a staple since the 1980s. The Grinch has been vandalized several times over the years. It was stolen for a brief period in 1994 and was decapitated in 1997. The Grinch now has a red", "title": "Peacock Lane" }, { "docid": "11705178", "text": "mentioned. In the 1970s television special \"Horton Hears a Who!\" as well as the 2008 CGI-animated film of the same name, Whoville retains its literary location being within a speck on a clover flower. The 1966 television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" also stays true to the literature. In the 2000 live-action film adaptation \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Whoville is located inside a snowflake, south of Mt. Crumpit within the mountainous Highrange of Pontoos, described in the movie's introduction. As the story takes place in the winter, the speck on which Whoville", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "7481719", "text": "Where Are You, Christmas? \"Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?\" is a song co-written by James Horner, Will Jennings and Mariah Carey, for the movie \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" in 2000. In the movie, it is first sung by Taylor Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who. A longer version of this song, called \"Where Are You, Christmas?\", was co-written by Horner, Jennings and Carey. The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a legal case with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith Hill. A video was", "title": "Where Are You, Christmas?" }, { "docid": "8750167", "text": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (also known as The Grinch vs. The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched in the working title) is a 1982 American animated musical television special and crossover starring the two characters created by Dr. Seuss, who also wrote and produced the special: The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". It premiered on May 20, 1982 on ABC and won two Emmys. It also aired on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas", "title": "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat" }, { "docid": "19559663", "text": "like its hairy protagonist’s heart), \"The Grinch\" is impossibly cute, visually rich and boasts enough festive fun to satisfy young viewers.\" The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "8095294", "text": "what he will be if he isn't Santa. Several films have been created which explore the consequences should an impostor Santa take over. Probably one of the first films featuring a fake Santa Claus is the 1914 silent film, \"The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus\", written by Frederic Arnold Kummer. In this film, a bogus Santa steals all the Christmas presents and amateur detective Octavius (played by Herbert Yost) tries to recover them. Arguably the most notorious impostor appears in the 1966 cartoon based on Dr. Seuss's children's book, \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", wherein the Grinch attempts to", "title": "Santa Claus in film" }, { "docid": "14690055", "text": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997, the script was presented to Jonathan Harris in 1998 though it was not until 2000 that his voice work was actually recorded. Harris died in 2002, long before the", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "15096887", "text": "Jackson (Lauren Potter), and Blaine, lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers. \"A Very Glee Christmas\" features cover versions of seven Christmas songs: \"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year\" from \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", performed by New Directions; \"We Need a Little Christmas\" from \"Mame\", with Amber Riley on lead vocals; Frank Loesser's \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\", sung by Criss and Colfer; \"Merry Christmas Darling\" by The Carpenters, sung by Michele, \"Last Christmas\" by Wham!, sung by Michele and Monteith; and \"Welcome Christmas\" from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", also by New Directions. Another song from \"How the Grinch", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902043", "text": "drink before sending her back to bed. He empties the first house of all the food and Christmas-related items, namely presents, the tree, decorations and even the stockings on the chimney, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville, while also taking the village decorations. With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Crumpit. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch waits to hear a sad cry from the Whos. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols, proving that the spirit of Christmas", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707211", "text": "discover the theft, and May Who blames Cindy Lou for inciting the Grinch. Her father defends her for reminding the Whos that Christmas is about love of family and friends, not just gifts. The people start singing Seuss's \"Welcome Christmas\". Before the Grinch can push the stolen gifts off the top of Mount Crumpit, he hears the Whos' singing and sees he has failed to prevent Christmas, and has an epiphany that Christmas \"doesn't come from a store\", but \"perhaps ... means a little bit more\". His heart grows three sizes, and as the sleigh full of gifts begins to", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "14690058", "text": "of short films and music videos by Wardlaw. The DVD bonus features include early animations and audio out takes. The film was licensed to ShortsHD and ShortsTV in 2014. The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997,", "title": "The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas" }, { "docid": "7902056", "text": "and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number. Karloff received a Grammy Award in the Spoken Word category—the only major performing award of his career—for the album. A television special called \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\", created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, aired on ABC in 1977, eleven years after the Christmas special. This special involved a tale of the Grinch coming down to scare the Whos every Halloween. Though less successful than the original, it was awarded an Emmy. A later cartoon, \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\"", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7810438", "text": "the title \"Grinch Night\". In 2003, the special was released as a bonus special on the VHS and DVD release of Dr. Seuss on the Loose from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On October 18, 2011, the special was released on DVD by Warner Home Video under \"Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!\", along with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Halloween Is Grinch Night Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocasette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and", "title": "Halloween Is Grinch Night" }, { "docid": "7707206", "text": "likes the Grinch, due to the vengeful and harmful stunts he occasionally pulls on them. Seven-year-old Cindy Lou Who believes everyone is missing the point about Christmas by focusing on the gifts and festivities, instead of personal relationships. She has a face-to-face encounter with the Grinch at the post office, in which he reluctantly saves her life, and she becomes interested in his history. She asks everyone what they know about him and discovers his tragic past. The Grinch arrived in Whoville as a baby, and was adopted by two spinster sisters. He showed some sadistic tendencies as a child,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423884", "text": "Whos' Christmas presents, the Christmas tree, and the log for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch travels back to the top of Mount Crumpit, intending to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "766816", "text": "In the mid-1960s, he enjoyed a late-career surge in the United States when he narrated the made-for-television animated film of Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" and also provided the voice of the Grinch, although the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" was sung by the American voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft. The film was first broadcast on CBS-TV in 1966. Karloff later received a Grammy Award for \"Best Recording For Children\" after the recording was commercially released. Because Ravenscroft (who never met Karloff in the course of their work on the show) was uncredited for his contribution to", "title": "Boris Karloff" }, { "docid": "12588843", "text": "Dave Matthews and performed by the Dave Matthews Band. The \"organ-tinged, gospel rendition\" of \"Go Tell It on the Mountain\", originally written by John Wesley Work, Jr. with traditional music, was arranged and given additional lyrics by Suzie Ungerleider (also known as Oh Susanna). The Barenaked Ladies' \"Green Christmas\", a song credited to Steven Page and Ed Robertson, about experiencing Christmas in a location where snow never falls, was recorded originally for the soundtrack to the 2000 film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". The acoustic studio version that appeared on \"Maybe This Christmas Too?\" differed from the soundtrack version as", "title": "Maybe This Christmas Too?" }, { "docid": "7707208", "text": "Grinch to be the Christmas Whobilation \"Holiday Cheermeister\", much to the displeasure of May Who, now the mayor of Whoville. She climbs Mount Crumpit to invite the Grinch to the Whobilation; he initially turns her down, but changes his mind as he considers the promised award, the fact that Martha will see him at the celebration, and it will be a chance to upset his rival. As Cheermeister, he endures being made to wear an ugly sweater and judge all the Whos' Christmas food concoctions, but he enjoys showing unsportsmanlike conduct by beating all the children in the competitions. May", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423883", "text": "high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max. From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he devises a wicked scheme to steal their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7902042", "text": "he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a reindeer. He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited June Foray), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "7707221", "text": "the United States, \"The Grinch\" opened at number-one on its opening day, making $15.6 million, with a weekend gross of $55.0 million, for an average of $17,615 from 3,127 theaters. The film held the record for the highest opening weekend for a Christmas-themed film until the 2018 film version of \"The Grinch\" passed it with $67.6 million. In its second weekend, the film grossed $52.1 million, dropping only 5.1%, settling a new record for highest-grossing second weekend for any film. The film stayed at the top of the box office for four weekends until it was overtaken by \"What Women", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "2418804", "text": "light entertainment while marveling at how adept Hollywood has become at these techniques. There are songs, laughs, and a little romance. In short, \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" does what it intends to: entertain.\" Desson Thomson of \"The Washington Post\" enjoyed stylistic features in common with Oscar Wilde, German Expressionism, the Brothers Grimm and \"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\". Michael A. Morrison discusses the influence of Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" on the film, writing that Jack parallels the Grinch and Zero parallels Max, the Grinch's dog. Philip Nel writes that the film \"challenges the wisdom of adults through", "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas" }, { "docid": "14647278", "text": "Howard and written by Allan Loeb. The film was Howard's first comedy film since he directed \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" in 2000. The film was first announced in January 2010 as an untitled project when actor Vince Vaughn signed on for a starring role. The premise was conceived by producer Brian Grazer, Howard's production partner at Imagine Entertainment; Loeb wrote the script. Actor Kevin James was cast alongside Vaughn in February. The film continues \"Vaughn's interest in tackling the dark areas of relationships\", following \"The Break-Up\" (2006) and \"Couples Retreat\" (2009). The darker moments of the latter film were", "title": "The Dilemma" }, { "docid": "9913375", "text": "USA Networks, MTV, The Lord of the Rings, TV Guide, Hewlett Packard, Carolina Hurricanes and Phoenix Coyotes. Also, a \"matching skins\" campaign with RealNetworks allowed users to match the look-and-feel of the NeoPlanet Browser with that of RealNetworks' RealJukebox TM. Also in 2000, Universal Pictures launched the official Grinch Web Browser at \"www.meanone.com\" to promote the movie \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\". The new browser featured unique interface designs with sounds and images from The Grinch movie and direct \"channel\" links to Grinch Web sites and the Universal Pictures Web sites. The Grinch Browser also featured a Lycos/Grinch", "title": "NeoPlanet" }, { "docid": "5410562", "text": "Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos, the Grinch", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "7559881", "text": "reading the story to his two little girls. After the story, Kathy ends up in the story of \"Green Eggs and Ham\" where she is chased by Sam I Am who tries to get her to taste the aforementioned dish. After that, Kathy ends up in the mountains where The Grinch had lived. A lady reads her the story of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". Next, Kathy shows up at the street of the lifted Lorax where she put in a payment (15 cents, a nail, and the shell of a great, great, great grandfather snail) written on paper in", "title": "In Search of Dr. Seuss" }, { "docid": "15096886", "text": "the New Directions members to decorate a new Christmas tree and spread holiday cheer. The episode was written by series co-creator Ian Brennan and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. The creators of \"Glee\" received permission from the estate of Dr. Seuss for the use of characters from \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", but were not allowed to use them in promotional photographs. Recurring characters in this episode include glee club members Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) and Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink), school bullies Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and Azimio (James Earl), football coach Shannon Beiste, cheerleader Becky", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707212", "text": "slide over the edge of the cliff, he desperately strains to save them, but cannot. He then sees Cindy Lou on top of the sleigh because she has come to spend Christmas with him. Motivated to save not just gifts but a life, the Grinch finds the strength to lift the loaded sleigh and Cindy Lou to safety. They then ride the sleigh down the mountain to return the gifts. The Grinch confesses to the burglary, apologizes, and surrenders himself to the police chief. The chief accepts the Grinch's apology, and refuses to follow the mayor's desire to have the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "5410571", "text": "Time\" list. Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos,", "title": "Grinch" }, { "docid": "6884279", "text": "of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but who himself could not sing. Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song. Mainstream and pop acts have covered the song, usually for holiday-themed albums. Jim Carrey, as the Grinch, sang a slightly condensed version of the song in the 2000 live action film adaptation, \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", with 1940s style big band music by James Horner. A version by Bob", "title": "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" }, { "docid": "13423887", "text": "Neil Morgan wrote, \"It was the easiest book of his career to write, except for its conclusion.\" According to Dr. Seuss, \"I got hung up getting the Grinch out of the mess. I got into a situation where I sounded like a second-rate preacher or some biblical truism... Finally in desperation... without making any statement whatever, I showed the Grinch and the Whos together at the table, and made a pun of the Grinch carving the 'roast beast.' ... I had gone through thousands of religious choices, and then after three months it came out like that.\" By mid-May 1957,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "3716500", "text": "cancer. At the time of her death only three months after having had surgery for the disease, cancer was not cited as an immediate cause of her death. Stritch's voice and vocal delivery are spoofed in the \"Forbidden Broadway\" songs \"The Ladies Who Screech\" and \"Stritch\", parodies of \"The Ladies Who Lunch\" and \"Zip\", songs she performed in the musicals \"Company\" and \"Pal Joey\". In 2009, a parody by Bats Langley entitled \"How the Stritch Stole Christmas\" (loosely based on \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\") appeared on YouTube. On \"The Big Gay Sketch Show\" in 2007, she was spoofed (and", "title": "Elaine Stritch" }, { "docid": "7602970", "text": "a vision from the past and sent on an incredible journey through time and space. The film parodies Dr. Seuss's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" by mixing it with elements of the \"Star Wars\" films, as well as parodying elements of \"The Hobbit\", \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\", and \"Citizen Kane\". The film has a very distinct and lush look, as Bracewell animated the film himself using a combination of painted backgrounds, painted cutout characters, and 3D animation. The released film is subtitled \"Jingle Far, Far Away\", and is the first part of a trilogy. A trailer has been released for", "title": "How the Sith Stole Christmas" }, { "docid": "2356372", "text": "Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" Ravenscroft did some voice-over work and singing for Disney in both the films and the attractions at Disneyland (which were later featured at Walt Disney World). The best known of these attractions are Haunted", "title": "Thurl Ravenscroft" }, { "docid": "11705185", "text": "In 2008, \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was made into a full-length film. A CGI adaptation called \"The Grinch\", was released in November 2018. Whoville Whoville is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the books \"Horton Hears a Who!\" and \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", however, there were significant differences between the two renditions. The population of Whoville consists of Mr. and Mrs. Mayors and all of their children and the Grinch. The exact location of Whoville seems to vary depending on which book or media is being referenced. Most,", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "9015556", "text": "York. Page's Broadway credits include originating the role of The Grinch in \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", Scar in \"The Lion King\", Lumière in \"Disney's Beauty and the Beast\", Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley in \"A Christmas Carol\" at Madison Square Garden, Decius Brutus in \"Julius Caesar\" (opposite Denzel Washington), and multiple roles in \"The Kentucky Cycle\". His performance as King Henry VIII (opposite Frank Langella) in the Broadway revival of \"A Man for All Seasons\" in 2008 was nominated for the Outer Critics Award and chosen by \"The Wall Street Journal\" as one of the outstanding theatre", "title": "Patrick Page" }, { "docid": "7707209", "text": "Who reminds him of his childhood humiliation by giving him an electric shaver as a present, then publicly proposes marriage to Martha May, giving her a large ring and promising her a new car. In response, the Grinch berates the Whos, telling them that Christmas is only about gifts that they will end up throwing in the garbage, which is dumped on Mount Crumpit near his home. He proceeds to ruin the party by burning down the town's Christmas tree and causing chaos throughout Whoville. His actions prove fruitless, as the Whos have a spare tree, which they are able", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "9175851", "text": "Francisco. Stefán Karl again performed as the Grinch, with Bob Lauder as Old Max, Seth Bazacas as Young Max, Brance Cornelius as Papa Who, and Serena Brook as Mama Who and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2012, the production toured North America playing in Bloomington, Hartford, Richmond, Chicago and Detroit, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2013, the production toured North America playing in Cincinnati, Durham, Rochester, Buffalo and San Antonio, with Stefán Karl performing as the Grinch. In 2014, the production toured North America with showings planned in Springfield, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Albuquerque, Salt", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "19559658", "text": "film a positive review, calling it \"full of warmth and wit\" and writing, \"Purists may balk about revisiting this tale, but \"The Grinch\" earns its laughter and its sentiment, both of which are plentiful. It's a full-throated Fah-Who-Foraze.\" Owen Gleiberman of \"Variety\" compared the film favorably to the 2000 live-action version, writing, \"For anyone who grew up with \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" \"The Grinch\" won’t replace it, yet it's nimble and affectionate in a way that can hook today's children, and more than a few adults, by conjuring a feeling that comes close enough. By the end, your own", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "docid": "1454329", "text": "Portrait\" series. She signed an endorsement deal with CoverGirl makeup, performed at the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards, appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, and performed the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Hill was also named to Mr. Blackwell's 10-best dressed women of 2000, the only singer listed among actresses and other celebrities. Hill and McGraw also embarked on their first Soul2Soul tour, the \"Soul2Soul Tour 2000.\" Musically, in 2000, Hill recorded a song for the movie \"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", entitled \"Where Are You Christmas\" (written by James Horner, Will Jennings and R&B", "title": "Faith Hill" }, { "docid": "19217773", "text": "its focus on commercialism, stating that \"The show’s writer, Jamie Nash, and director, Savage Steve Holland, must never have read or seen “\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\",” because then they would know that Christmas isn’t just about getting presents and that it means a little bit more.\" In contrast, the \"New York Times\" gave a more favorable opinion of the movie. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Leo Award for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series (2015, won) Santa Hunters Santa Hunters is a 2014 made-for-television film created for Nickelodeon. It was directed by Savage Steve Holland, based on a script written by Jamie Nash.", "title": "Santa Hunters" }, { "docid": "957684", "text": "Eric Clapton, which won song of the Year and also won the Ivor Novello award for best song from a film. Teaming with James Horner and Mariah Carey, Jennings wrote the lyrics for the central song in \"How The Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Where Are You Christmas?\", sung by a character within the film and by Faith Hill at the end of the film. In 2002, Horner and Jennings contributed a song for the Oscar-winning film \"A Beautiful Mind\". In 2002, Peter Wolf’s new album, \"Sleepless\", appeared with positive reviews. The album featured six songs written by Jennings and Wolf, who", "title": "Will Jennings" }, { "docid": "7902052", "text": "and labeled as a \"50th Birthday Deluxe Edition\". That labeling refers to the 1957 date of the book's publication rather than to the date of the 1966 TV special. This DVD release featured a new retrospective featurette and contained all the bonus features from the previous release, except for the audio commentary, and the Grinch was restored to his original green color. This edition is also available as part of the four-disc \"Classic Christmas Favorites\" box set. The special was again re-released on DVD with Phil Roman's and June Foray's audio commentary replacing the \"Horton Hears a Who!\" bonus special.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13423894", "text": "animated feature film, titled \"The Grinch\" directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018. Several audio recordings and audio-visual adaptations of the book have also been published. In 1975, Zero Mostel narrated an LP record of the story. In 1992, Random House Home Video released an updated animated version of the book narrated by Walter Matthau. In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the iPhone. A musical stage version", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "15096888", "text": "Stole Christmas!\" is heard in the episode—an arrangement of \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\", soundtracked by k.d. lang, and with the lyric \"Mister Grinch\" modified to \"Sue the Grinch\". \"Last Christmas\" had been released previously as a charity single in late 2009, and is included on \"\". \"Welcome Christmas\" was released as a single, available for digital download, separately from the album, which otherwise includes all remaining tracks and six additional songs not heard in the episode; a different version of \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" was recorded for the album, which featured Morrison along with lang and", "title": "A Very Glee Christmas" }, { "docid": "7707215", "text": "Phillips and John Davis in attendance, in which Jack Nicholson was in mind to play the Grinch. Additionally, the Farrelly brothers and John Hughes pitched their own separate versions. Universal Pictures held its pitch presentation with Brian Grazer and Gary Ross in attendance, but Geisel refused such offer. Grazer then enlisted his producing partner Ron Howard to help with the negotiations. At the time, Howard was developing a film adaptation of \"The Sea-Wolf\", and did not express interest in \"Grinch\", but Grazer talked Howard into traveling to Geisel's residence for the pitch meeting. While studying the book, Howard became interested", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13423890", "text": "pointed out, no one can do it more gaily. The reader is swept along by the ebullient rhymes and the weirdly zany pictures until he is limp with relief when the Grinch reforms and, like the latter, mellow with good feelings.\" The review for \"The Saturday Review of Literature\" stated: \"The inimitable Dr. Seuss has brought off a fresh triumph in his new picture book... The verse is as lively and the pages are as bright and colorful as anyone could wish.\" The reviewer suggested that parents and older siblings reading the book to young children would also enjoy its", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "9175850", "text": "Max. In 2009, the musical was produced at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, and ran from November 10, 2009 to December 27, 2009. Stefán Karl reprised his role from the tour as the Grinch, with John Larroquette as Old Max, Kayley Stallings and Issadora Ava Tulalian as Cindy Lou Who, and James Royce as Young Max. In 2010, a North American tour ran in the cities of Omaha, Houston, Dallas, Tempe and Toronto. Stefán Karl performed as the Grinch and Brooke Lynn Boyd as Cindy Lou Who. In 2011, the tour played Providence, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, St. Louis and San", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7902055", "text": "Seuss cartoon, \"Horton Hears a Who\"). Both story collections contain selected dialogue and music numbers. The \"isolated music tracks\" in this edition are taken directly from the television soundtrack and are not the re-recorded tracks from earlier versions. The dialogues are the originals, being voiced by Boris Karloff for \"Grinch\" and Hans Conried for \"Horton.\" Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\", it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "11705177", "text": "city of Whoville is located within a floating speck of dust which is then placed onto a clover flower by Horton the Elephant. In the book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", the location of Whoville is never mentioned; the only geographic clues include the mentioning of a \"Mount Crumpit\" (elevation 3,000 feet, implying a size more comparable to human cities) and an overlook just north of the city where the titular Grinch resides. In the 1977 television special \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\", additional geographic features are added to Whoville such as Punkers Pond. Again, however, its greater location is not", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "11705183", "text": "Stole Christmas!\" published in 1957. Both books went on to be among Dr. Seuss's most popular works. \"Seussical\", is a Broadway musical produced by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty in 2000. The musical is a collection of Dr. Seuss's most famous stories that were combined to represent a synthesis of his work. The majority of the musical centers around the life in Whoville, especially the Whos' Christmas pageant and Horton the elephant. Both themes were based on the plots of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" and \"Horton Hears a Who!\" Universal Orlando Resort endorses Dr. Seuss's work by attributing a", "title": "Whoville" }, { "docid": "9175849", "text": "occurrence for Broadway shows. Cast 2006 season 2007 season A limited-engagement tour ran during the Christmas season of 2008. The musical started at the Hippodrome in Baltimore from November 11 to 23, and then played the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston from November 26 to December 28. Matt August directed the show, with John DeLuca as original choreographer and Bob Richard as co-choreographer. The cast included Stefán Karl Stefánsson (who was best known for playing Robbie Rotten on the children's TV series \"LazyTown\") starring as the Grinch, Walter Charles as Old Max, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Young", "title": "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" }, { "docid": "7902044", "text": "does not depend on material things. The Grinch begins to understand the true meaning of Christmas, though he barely does so in time to prevent the stolen treats from going over the cliff and while he tries to stop the sleigh from falling off, his heart grows three sizes—granting him \"the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!\", which he needs to lift up the sleigh. He brings everything back to the Whos and participates in the holiday feast. He is given the honor of carving the roast beast, while Max gets the first slice for himself for all his troubles.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13423889", "text": "and word is always the same, yet, so rich are the variations he plays on his themes, always fresh and amusing.\" \"Kirkus Reviews\" wrote, \"Youngsters will be in transports over the goofy gaiety of Dr. Seuss's first book about a villain.\" The reviewer called the Grinch \"easily the best Christmas-cad since Scrooge.\" Ellen Lewis Buell, in her review in \"The New York Times\", praised the book's handling of its moral, as well as its illustrations and verse. She wrote, \"Even if you prefer Dr. Seuss in a purely antic mood, you must admit that if there's a moral to be", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "docid": "7707219", "text": "of his trailer, wanting to quit the film. The production brought in a CIA operative who instructed agents how to endure extreme torture techniques to coach Carrey to remain calm during the process. The process was later refined so that it took only two and a half hours in the morning getting in, and one hour in the evening to get out. In total, Carrey spent 92 days in the Grinch make-up, and became a \"Zen Master\" while sitting in the make-up chair. The actors who played the Whos were a large task for Baker and his crew, which made", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" } ]

[ "encountered it on Easter Sunday" ]

[ { "docid": "640900", "text": "explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (5 April) in 1722, while searching for Davis or David's island. Roggeveen named it \"Paasch-Eyland\" (18th-century Dutch for \"Easter Island\"). The island's official Spanish name, \"Isla de Pascua\", also means \"Easter Island\". The current Polynesian name of the island, \"Rapa Nui\" (\"Big Rapa\"), was coined after the slave raids of the early 1860s, and refers to the island's topographic resemblance to the island of Rapa in the Bass Islands of the Austral Islands group. However, Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl argued that \"Rapa\" was the original name of Easter Island and that", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640900", "text": "explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (5 April) in 1722, while searching for Davis or David's island. Roggeveen named it \"Paasch-Eyland\" (18th-century Dutch for \"Easter Island\"). The island's official Spanish name, \"Isla de Pascua\", also means \"Easter Island\". The current Polynesian name of the island, \"Rapa Nui\" (\"Big Rapa\"), was coined after the slave raids of the early 1860s, and refers to the island's topographic resemblance to the island of Rapa in the Bass Islands of the Austral Islands group. However, Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl argued that \"Rapa\" was the original name of Easter Island and that", "title": "Easter Island" } ]

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In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. It is believed that Easter Island's Polynesian inhabitants arrived on Easter Island sometime near 1200 AD. They created a thriving and industrious culture, as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone \"moai\" and", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "4587744", "text": "the second-to-last Sunday of January), Senhor dos Passos (third Sunday after Easter), Ramos (Sunday following Easter), Senhor Morto (evening of Good Friday), Senhor Ressuscitado (Easter Sunday), Enfermos (first Sunday after Easter) and São Pedro Gonçalves (on the sixth Sunday after Easter). The feasts of the Holy Spirit () include the folkloric ‘’Despensas’’ (a local dance) that is different then the traditional dances on the island, that include the ‘’Balho dos Homens da Terra’’ and the ‘’Balho dos Homens do Mar’’, which are danced solely by men, accompanied by castanhetas. Throughout the dance women do participate, but they never begin the", "title": "Rabo de Peixe" }, { "docid": "640943", "text": "cool. Precipitation averages per year. Occasionally, heavy rainfall and rainstorms strike the island. These occur mostly in the winter months (June–August). Since it is close to the South Pacific High and outside the range of the intertropical convergence zone, cyclones and hurricanes do not occur around Easter Island. There is significant temperature moderation due to its isolated position in the middle of the ocean. Easter Island, together with its closest neighbour, the tiny island of Isla Sala y Gómez farther east, is recognized by ecologists as a distinct ecoregion, the Rapa Nui subtropical broadleaf forests. The original subtropical moist broadleaf", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640957", "text": "from the coast with an impressive cliff high, was not explored by Europeans until well into the 19th century. Easter Island has suffered from heavy soil erosion in recent centuries, perhaps aggravated by agriculture and massive deforestation. This process seems to have been gradual and may have been aggravated by sheep farming throughout most of the 20th century. Jakob Roggeveen reported that Easter Island was exceptionally fertile. \"Fowls are the only animals they keep. They cultivate bananas, sugar cane, and above all sweet potatoes.\" In 1786 Jean-François de La Pérouse visited Easter Island and his gardener declared that \"three days'", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "20866443", "text": "2017 Easter Island marine reserve referendum A three-part referendum on a marine reserve was held in Easter Island on 3 September 2017. Voters were asked whether they approved of the creation of a marine reserve, whether it should be jointly administered by a board of six Easter Islanders and five officials representing the national government, and whether fishing in the marine reserve should be limited to traditional methods. The proposals were the result of a November 2013 decree by the Chilean government that started the process of creating a 740,000 square kilometre marine reserve around Easter Island. All three proposals", "title": "2017 Easter Island marine reserve referendum" }, { "docid": "640960", "text": "exploration of Easter Island (1914) recorded that the indigenous population strongly rejected allegations that they or their ancestors had been cannibals. The most important myths are: The Rapa Nui people had a Stone Age culture and made extensive use of local stone: The large stone statues, or \"moai\", for which Easter Island is famous, were carved in the period 1100–1680 AD (rectified radio-carbon dates). A total of 887 monolithic stone statues have been inventoried on the island and in museum collections. Although often identified as \"Easter Island heads\", the statues have torsos, most of them ending at the top of", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640907", "text": "Only about a dozen eventually returned to Easter Island, but they brought smallpox, which decimated the remaining population of 1,500. Those who perished included the island's \"tumu ivi 'atua\", bearers of the island's culture, history, and genealogy besides the \"rongorongo\" experts. Estimated dates of initial settlement of Easter Island have ranged from 300 to 1200 AD, though the current best estimation for colonization is in the 12th century AD. 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The Easter Island Foundation (EIF) was organized in 1989 by a group of concerned scientists and interested persons who together were inspired by Polynesia's incomparable archaeological", "title": "Easter Island Foundation" }, { "docid": "20866444", "text": "were approved by voters. 2017 Easter Island marine reserve referendum A three-part referendum on a marine reserve was held in Easter Island on 3 September 2017. Voters were asked whether they approved of the creation of a marine reserve, whether it should be jointly administered by a board of six Easter Islanders and five officials representing the national government, and whether fishing in the marine reserve should be limited to traditional methods. The proposals were the result of a November 2013 decree by the Chilean government that started the process of creating a 740,000 square kilometre marine reserve around Easter", "title": "2017 Easter Island marine reserve referendum" }, { "docid": "10679955", "text": "kilometers and you do not know the island\"\". His appointment as Easter Island governor sparked protests from indigenous Polynesians on the island, who feared he planned land deals. In response the \"Rapa Nui Parliament\", a group of indigenous Polynesians, occupied government buildings, demanded Paoa's resignation and wrote to the Pacific Islands Forum saying they wanted to secede from Chile. Edmunds resigned from office in early August 2010. He was temporarily replaced by Jorge Miranda, a lawyer, as interim governor following his resignation. Edmunds' permanent successor, Carmen Cardinali, was appointed Governor in September 2010. In 2015, being the mayor of Easter", "title": "Pedro Edmunds Paoa" }, { "docid": "9353398", "text": "then, leaders of Easter Island have been hereditary rulers who claimed divine origin and separated themselves from the rest of the islanders with taboos. These \"ariki\" not only controlled religious functions in the clan, but also ran everything else, from managing food supplies to waging war. Ever since Easter Island was divided into two super-clans, the rulers of Easter Island followed a predictable pattern. The people of Rapa Nui were especially competitive during those times. They usually competed to build a bigger moai than their neighbors, but when this failed to resolve the conflict the tribes often turned to war", "title": "Kings of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "15996702", "text": "Natsumi Hinata, Fuyuki’s sister, yelling at them and telling them to clean it up. Fuyuki explains to Keroro about the statue and it’s relation to the “Moai” statues at Easter Island. The sergeant (Keroro) shrugs this off as Fuyuki talking about another character that goes by Angol Mois. The Sergeant sees this as a challenge, and decides him and his platoon are going to conquer the Easter Island. They go to Easter Island, and during the trip there, they encounter a storm and crash down onto the island. They wake up later and find themselves to be in captivity of", "title": "Keroro Gunso the Super Movie: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island" }, { "docid": "640948", "text": "Easter Island). Lacks of studies resulting in poor understandings of oceanic fauna of Easter Island and waters in vicinity, however possibilities of undiscovered breeding grounds for humpback, southern blue and pygmy blue whales including Easter Island and Isla Salas y Gómez have been considered. Potential breeding areas for fin whales have been detected off northeast of the island as well. The immunosuppressant drug sirolimus was first discovered in the bacterium \"Streptomyces hygroscopicus\" in a soil sample from Easter Island. The drug is also known as rapamycin, after Rapa Nui. It is now being studied for extending longevity in mice. Trees", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "4416849", "text": "the jaw bone of a horse, upaupa, an accordion, and stones, which are clapped together for percussive effect. Due to ongoing contacts with Chile and elsewhere in South America, Latin American music has had influences on the music of Easter Island. Tango, for example, has spawned an Easter Island style called tango Rapanui, characterized by a simple guitar accompaniment instead of the frenetic bandoneon. The first music school on the island was opened in 2012 by Mahani Teave, and teachers piano, cello, ukulele, and violin. Music of Easter Island Easter Island is located in the Pacific Ocean. Though its earliest", "title": "Music of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "11476299", "text": "Easter Island Foundation The Easter Island Foundation is an American non-profit organization that promotes the conservation and protection of the fragile cultural heritage of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and other Polynesian islands. The Easter Island Foundation (EIF) was organized in 1989 by a group of concerned scientists and interested persons who together were inspired by Polynesia's incomparable archaeological treasures. Among its many projects, the Foundation established the William Mulloy Library on the island and continues to support its operations. The EIF funds archaeological research on Rapa Nui and other Polynesian islands, provides Rapa Nui students with scholarships, books and equipment,", "title": "Easter Island Foundation" }, { "docid": "640936", "text": "with dozens of seamounts, formed by the Easter hotspot. The range begins with Pukao and next Moai, two seamounts to the west of Easter Island, and extends east to the Nazca Ridge. The ridge was formed by the Nazca Plate moving over the Easter hotspot. Located about 350 km east of the East Pacific Rise, Easter Island lies within the Nazca Plate, bordering the Easter Microplate. The Nazca-Pacific relative plate movement due to the seafloor spreading, amounts to about 150 mm per year. This movement over the Easter hotspot has resulted in the Easter Seamount Chain, which merges into the", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "4416848", "text": "Music of Easter Island Easter Island is located in the Pacific Ocean. Though its earliest inhabitants, the Rapa Nui People, are ethnically Polynesian, the island is part of the South American state of Chile. The music of the island combines influences from both cultures. Traditional music from the island consists of choral singing and chanting, similar to Tahitian music. Families often performed as choirs, competing in an annual concert. They were accompanied by a trumpet made from a conch shell and a percussive dancer jumping onto a stone which is set over a calabash resonator. Other instruments include the kauaha,", "title": "Music of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10679956", "text": "Island at the time, Paoa once again ran into problems with the Rapa Nui Parliament when they took control over the island and its archaeology. The situation still hasn't been solved. Pedro Edmunds Paoa Pedro Pablo \"Petero\" Edmunds Paoa (born 1 July 1961) is a Chilean politician. He serves as mayor of Easter Island Commune. He was previously the Governor of the Easter Island Province from March 2010 to August 2010. His first term as mayor of Easter Island was between 1994 and 2008, and he was member of the Christian Democratic Party. Currently he is member of the Progressive", "title": "Pedro Edmunds Paoa" }, { "docid": "10699459", "text": "rays. The Easter Island butterflyfish is native to the waters around Easter Island and is found nowhere else. Its preferred habitat is on reefs and among volcanic boulders heavily clad in brown algae at depths down to about . Juvenile fish are sometimes found among corals in rock pools. Juvenile Easter Island butterflyfish have been observed to act as cleaner fish, picking parasites off the skin of larger fish. During the breeding season, male and female adult fish form pair bonds. The Easter Island butterflyfish is a bottom feeding fish. Examination of its stomach contents have shown that it feeds", "title": "Easter Island butterflyfish" }, { "docid": "20246933", "text": "in the Garden? was voted one of Tom Robinson's \"Fresh Faves\" on his 'Fresh on the Net' blog, being described as \"a fine slice of whip smart indie-rock, the sort that fans of Franz Ferdinand would clamber to get their hands on.\" Influences include Beat Happening, The Beatles, The Lucksmiths, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Nirvana. The band's sound has been summarised as \"Thousands of horses pouring down the side of a hill\" The Easter Island Statues have never been to Easter Island. Easter Island Statues (band) The Easter Island Statues are an English alternative rock band from Oxford, UK. The", "title": "Easter Island Statues (band)" }, { "docid": "11356415", "text": "The Lost Gods of Easter Island The Lost Gods of Easter Island is a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of remote Easter Island. It was first transmitted in 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages collection of seven documentaries. Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden figurine carving which turned up in an auction room in New York during the 1980s. The auction catalogue indicated that the carving was from Easter Island and the auctioneers told him", "title": "The Lost Gods of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640899", "text": "single commune of the Province Isla de Pascua. The 2017 Chilean census registered 7,750 people on the island, of whom 3,512 (45%) considered themselves Rapa Nui. Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, away; the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, away. Easter Island is considered part of Insular Chile. The name \"Easter Island\" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "486499", "text": "Easter Island\". Heyerdahl proposed that Tiki's neolithic people colonized the then uninhabited Polynesian islands as far north as Hawaii, as far south as New Zealand, as far east as Easter Island, and as far west as Samoa and Tonga around 500 AD. They supposedly sailed from Peru to the Polynesian islands on \"pae-paes\"—large rafts built from balsa logs, complete with sails and each with a small cottage. They built enormous stone statues carved in the image of human beings on Pitcairn, the Marquesas, and Easter Island that resembled those in Peru. They also built huge pyramids on Tahiti and Samoa", "title": "Thor Heyerdahl" }, { "docid": "640980", "text": "appointed by the President of the Republic. The municipal administration is located in Hanga Roa, led by a mayor and a six-member municipal council, all directly elected for a four-year mandate. In August 2018, a law took effect prohibiting non-Rapa Nui people from staying on the island for more than 30 days. Easter Island is served by Mataveri International Airport, with jet service (currently Boeing 767s and Boeing 787s) from LAN Airlines and, seasonally, subsidiaries such as LAN Peru. Easter Island Easter Island (, ) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "8223168", "text": "likeness was augmented by those of other contributors, including Dr Adam Rutherford, April Ashley, Professor A. C. Grayling and Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC. The \"Easter Island Head\" motif is revisited and extended in Metascifi (iOS app, 2015). Video portraits of performers who are influential in that subculture express the sociological and philosophical significance of the dramas they have played out in their respective television franchises. \"I aimed for extreme simplicity and a tacit monumentality, like the heads of Easter Island. The aesthetic problem was always one of portraiture – how do you make portraiture of these incredible performers (and", "title": "Martin Firrell" }, { "docid": "640977", "text": "claim descent from those 36. Easter Island's traditional language is Rapa Nui, an Eastern Polynesian language, sharing some similarities with Hawaiian and Tahitian. However, as in the rest of mainland Chile, the official language used is Spanish. It is supposed that the 2.700 indigenous Rapa Nui living in the island have a certain degree of knowledge of their traditional language; however, census data do not exist on the primary known and spoken languages among Easter Island's inhabitants and there are recent claims that the number of fluent speakers is as low as 800. Indeed, Rapa Nui has been suffering processes", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "9353394", "text": "Kings of Easter Island Easter Island was traditionally ruled by a monarchy, with a king as its leader. The legendary first paramount chief of Easter Island is said to have been Hotu Matu‘a, who supposedly arrived around 800 to 900 AD. Legend insists that this man was the chief of a tribe that lived on Marae Renga. The Marae Renga is said to have existed in a place known as the \"Hiva region\". Some books suggest that the Hiva region was an area in the Marquesas Islands, but today it is believed that the ancestral land of the Easter Islanders", "title": "Kings of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "9454319", "text": "Rapa Nui mythology Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, refers to the native myths, legends, and beliefs of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island in the south eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Rapa Nui mythology Hotu Matu'a was the legendary first settler and \"ariki mau\" (\"supreme chief\" or \"king\") of Easter Island. \"Hotu Matu'a\" and his two canoe (or one double hulled canoe) colonising party were Polynesians from the now unknown land of Hiva. They landed at Anakena beach and his people spread out across the island, sub-divided it between clans claiming descent", "title": "Rapa Nui mythology" }, { "docid": "9454316", "text": "Rapa Nui mythology Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, refers to the native myths, legends, and beliefs of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island in the south eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Rapa Nui mythology Hotu Matu'a was the legendary first settler and \"ariki mau\" (\"supreme chief\" or \"king\") of Easter Island. \"Hotu Matu'a\" and his two canoe (or one double hulled canoe) colonising party were Polynesians from the now unknown land of Hiva. They landed at Anakena beach and his people spread out across the island, sub-divided it between clans claiming descent", "title": "Rapa Nui mythology" }, { "docid": "16662234", "text": "a cabin boy and the Routledges. They arrived on the southern coast of the island at Hanga Roa Bay, by way of the Strait of Magellan, on March 29, 1914, setting up their first camp at Mataveri, on the island's southwest corner. The English archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford referred to the expedition as \"an archaeological fiasco\". Mana Expedition to Easter Island The Mana Expedition to Easter Island (Polynesian: \"mana\" means \"good luck\") occurred between March 1913 and August 1915. It was the first archaeological expedition to Rapa Nui which was privately organized and funded, preceding the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition", "title": "Mana Expedition to Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925671", "text": "Easter Islanders claimed that a chief Hotu Matu'a arrived on the island in one or two large canoes with his wife and extended family. They are believed to have been Polynesian. There is considerable uncertainty about the accuracy of this legend as well as the date of settlement. Published literature suggests the island was settled around 300–400 CE, or at about the time of the arrival of the earliest settlers in Hawaii. Some scientists say that Easter Island was not inhabited until 700–800 CE. This date range is based on glottochronological calculations and on three radiocarbon dates from charcoal that", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10870767", "text": "to be made from Easter Island volcanic rock or not made from Easter Island volcanic rock. Determining the age of an Easter Island Moai head is therefore an art, and not a science. Field experts make judgments and express opinions about what tools they feel were used and attempt to tie an age to that opinion. Such a condition means that Moai Heads cannot be tested with hope of determining authenticity; they may, however, be brought under suspicion of being fakes. As with any object of antiquity, the patrimony, the history and story of the heads, is an important part", "title": "Relocation of moai objects" }, { "docid": "10815375", "text": "became one of the first two commercial passengers to fly from Easter Island to Chile. During the year he lived in Easter Island, Lorenzo Domínguez made one large sculpture, a portrait of Father Sebastian Englert, the priest, linguist and ethnographer who lived on Easter Island from 1935 until his death in 1969. Lorenzo Domínguez completed Englert's head in plaster in the Island, and carved it in wood in Mendoza after his return. He also carved some small reliefs on Easter Island stones. Between January 1960 and February 1961, Lorenzo Domínguez completed 128 large drawings inspired by the moais and petroglyphs", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "640975", "text": "of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place on the Island of Rapa Nui. Tapati Rapa Nui festival (\"week festival\" in the local language) is an annual two-week long festival celebrating Easter Island culture. Population at the 2012 census was 5,761 (increased from 3,791 in 2002). In 2002, 60% were persons of indigenous Rapa Nui origin, 39% were mainland Chileans (or their Easter Island-born descendants) of European (mostly Spanish) or mestizo (mixed European and indigenous Chilean Amerindian and/or Rapa Nui) origin and Easter Island-born mestizos of European and Rapa Nui descent, and the remaining 1% were indigenous mainland", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925670", "text": "History of Easter Island Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism, civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their population crash on more than one occasion. The ensuing cultural legacy has brought the island notoriety out of proportion to the number of its inhabitants. Early European visitors to Easter Island recorded the local oral traditions about the original settlers. In these traditions,", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640937", "text": "Nazca Ridge further to the east. Easter Island and Sala y Gómez are surface representations of that chain. The chain has progressively younger ages to the west. The current hotspot location is speculated to be west of Easter Island, amidst the Ahu, Umu and Tupa submarine volcanic fields and the Pukao and Moai seamounts. Easter Island lies atop the Rano Kau Ridge, and consists of three shield volcanoes with parallel geologic histories. Poike and Rano Kau exist on the east and south slopes of Terevaka, respectively. Rano Kau developed between 0.78 and 0.46 Ma from tholeiitic to alkalic basalts. This", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "1341389", "text": "remain on Easter Island for nine months, evangelizing its inhabitants. He wrote an account of his stay in which he reports his discovery of the tablets that year: There is no other mention of the tablets in his report, and the discovery went unnoticed. Eyraud left Easter Island on October 11, in extremely poor health. Ordained a priest in 1865, he returned to Easter Island in 1866 where he died of tuberculosis in August 1868, aged 48. In 1868 the Bishop of Tahiti, Florentin-Étienne \"Tepano\" Jaussen, received a gift from the recent Catholic converts of Easter Island. It was a", "title": "Rongorongo" }, { "docid": "10501682", "text": "of 2018 Tarita Alarcon Rapu, the Governor of Easter Island, asked the British Museum to return the statue. The Rapa Nui people have recently gained administration over their ancestral lands on Easter Island. The museum agreed to discuss the statue with representatives of the Rapa Nui people . The museum does not list the statue as a gift in its digital archives, it is recorded as a collected artifact. Hoa Hakananai'a Hoa Hakananai'a is a \"moai\" (Easter Island statue) housed in the British Museum in London. It was taken from ‘Orongo, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in November 1868 by the", "title": "Hoa Hakananai'a" }, { "docid": "8855509", "text": "auction room in New York during the 1980s. The trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Makemake is so named because both the planet and the island are connected to Easter; the planet was discovered shortly after Easter 2005, and the first European contact with Easter Island was on Easter Sunday 1722. The dwarf planet's code name was \"Easterbunny\". Makemake (deity) Makemake (also written as Make-make or MakeMake; pronounced in Rapa Nui) in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, is the creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the \"Tangata manu\" or \"bird-man\" cult (this cult succeeded the", "title": "Makemake (deity)" }, { "docid": "640925", "text": "to develop tourism on the island and was the principal informant for the British and German archaeological expeditions for the island. He sent several pieces of genuine Rongorongo to his niece's husband, the German consul in Valparaíso, Chile. Salmon sold the Brander Easter Island holdings to the Chilean government on 2 January 1888, and signed as a witness to the cession of the island. He returned to Tahiti in December 1888. He effectively ruled the island from 1878 until his cession to Chile in 1888. Easter Island was annexed by Chile on 9 September 1888 by Policarpo Toro by means", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "9473014", "text": "Carter E. Graham from England to Easter Island, where ancient horror is discovered and combatted. \"Dead Titans, Waken!\" was edited for re-publication by S.T. Joshi and was to have been issued during the 1990s by Fedogan and Bremer. It was finally published by Centipede Press in a limited edition of 300 copies in March 2012. The Web of Easter Island The Web of Easter Island is a novel by American writer Donald Wandrei. It was published by Arkham House in 1948 in an edition of 3,068 copies. It was the fourth full-length novel to be published by Arkham House. \"The", "title": "The Web of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "9473013", "text": "The Web of Easter Island The Web of Easter Island is a novel by American writer Donald Wandrei. It was published by Arkham House in 1948 in an edition of 3,068 copies. It was the fourth full-length novel to be published by Arkham House. \"The Web of Easter Island\" was first written in 1932 under the title \"Dead Titans, Waken!\". The manuscript was rejected by several publishers including Harper & Brothers but was eventually revised and published by Arkham House. It is loosely related to the Cthulhu Mythos (it is dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft) and follows the exploits of", "title": "The Web of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "9353407", "text": "Hotu Matua, then Kaimakoi, Tehetu-tara-Kura, Huero, Kaimakoi (or Raimokaky), finally Gaara who is Ngaara on the main list below.) Today, Valentino Rirokoro Tuki (crowned July 2011) claimed to be the actual King and grandson of the above. Kings of Easter Island Easter Island was traditionally ruled by a monarchy, with a king as its leader. The legendary first paramount chief of Easter Island is said to have been Hotu Matu‘a, who supposedly arrived around 800 to 900 AD. Legend insists that this man was the chief of a tribe that lived on Marae Renga. The Marae Renga is said to", "title": "Kings of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "20016972", "text": "Kon-Tiki2 The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition built and sailed two balsawood rafts from Peru to Easter Island in 2015. The goal of the expedition was to show that balsawood rafts can be sailed across long distances, and to collect scientific data in the southeast Pacific. The expedition built two rafts in 30 days and went on to sail the rafts more than 2000 nautical miles before reaching Easter Island after 43 days at sea. No other balsa rafts have sailed to Easter Island in modern times. On the return journey from Easter Island to South America, the expedition was terminated after 71", "title": "Kon-Tiki2" }, { "docid": "16662233", "text": "Mana Expedition to Easter Island The Mana Expedition to Easter Island (Polynesian: \"mana\" means \"good luck\") occurred between March 1913 and August 1915. It was the first archaeological expedition to Rapa Nui which was privately organized and funded, preceding the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island of Thor Heyerdahl by more than 40 years. The Mana Expedition was led by Katherine and William Scoresby Routledge. The expedition and its ship, the \"Mana\", bore the same name. The ship left Falmouth, England on March 13, 1913 with a crew of twelve, including a surveyor, geologist, sailing master, navigator, engineer, cook, seamen,", "title": "Mana Expedition to Easter Island" }, { "docid": "14421982", "text": "Easter Island and is more abundant at Easter Island than at other localities in its range. \"Conus miliaris\" from most areas in the Indo-West Pacific, where it co-occurs with as many as 36 congeners, preys almost exclusively on three species of eunicid polychaetes (Eunicidae). But at Easter Island its diet is considerably broader and includes additional species of eunicids as well as several species of nereids, an onuphid and members of seven other polychaete families. Its prey on Easter Island include: Eunicidae includes \"Lysidice collaris\", \"Nematonereis unicornis\", \"Eunice afra\", \"Eunice cariboea\" and \"Palola siciliensis\"; Nereididae includes \"Perinereis singaporensis\"; Onuphidae includes", "title": "Conus miliaris" }, { "docid": "13194010", "text": "Van Tilburg is involved include the administration of a small grants program, training in field methods, and the creation of prototype digital storage projects for special collections. Van Tilburg is also director of the Easter Island Statue Project. She has conducted seasonal fieldwork in the Pacific since 1982, including in the Republic of Palau and on Easter Island. She is considered as one of the world's leading experts on Easter Island statues, and has worked closely with the Easter Island community to inventory, describe and catalog nearly 900 statues. She has produced a typological analysis and classification of the statue", "title": "Jo Anne Van Tilburg" }, { "docid": "11356417", "text": "combines art, anthropology, and history traces the origin of the carving and in doing so tells the story of a forgotten civilization and of a people who inhabited one of the most remote places on Earth. The Lost Gods of Easter Island The Lost Gods of Easter Island is a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of remote Easter Island. It was first transmitted in 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages collection of seven documentaries. Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the", "title": "The Lost Gods of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925686", "text": "the Russian ship \"Rurik\" visited under the command of Otto von Kotzebue. In 1825 the British ship HMS \"Blossom\" visited A series of devastating events killed almost the entire population of Easter Island in the 1860s. Such devastating events that contributed to the downfall and collapse of the Easter Island society can be attributed to the rapid deforestation during the time of moai-construction. The Easter Island palm was used by settlers for means of constructing agricultural tools for their society and aiding in the transport of the Island's statues. It is likely the decline of the palm and the rapid", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10815382", "text": "large sculpture in red stone, \"Peace\", representing an angel breaking a sword; and he carved two wood heads of Easter Island inspiration: \"Young Girl from Easter Island\" and \"Father Sebastian Englert\". He completed eight large embossed iron and copper plates on Easter Island subjects, all of which can be considered masterpieces: \"Ship Chased by an Aku-Aku\", or demon; \"Hieroglyph from Hanga-Papara\", on the subject of fecundation; \"Komaris\", or vulvas; \"Make-Make of the Storm\"; the stylized \"Flying Bird\"; a copper plate entitled \"The Birds, or The Kiss\"; \"The Shipwrecked\", that depicts anthropomorphic oars representing shipwreck and death; and \"Easter Island Torso\",", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "10815327", "text": "have been photographed and classified in twenty-three thematic series: Standing nudes, Seated nudes, Reclining nudes, Two nudes, Via Crucis of Don Quixote, Portraits, Religious themes, Maternities, Drawings anticipating Easter Island, Stones, Mythology of Chile, Assorted themes, Moais, Make-Makes, Bird Men, Moai hands, Komaris, Easter Island torsos, Birds, the Flying Bird series, the Marine series, Easter Island stones, and Assorted Easter Island themes. For Lorenzo Domínguez, stone is the authentic form of expression of Latin American art: \"In Chile, I realized that sculpture in the Americas should be mainly done in stone, as in pre-Columbian times\". Lorenzo Domínguez was born in", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "10699461", "text": "was that, although its range was very limited, this fish was quite common within that range and did not face any significant threats. A small number of fish were collected for the reef aquarium trade but the number was not believed to reduce the population to any great extent. Easter Island butterflyfish The Easter Island butterflyfish or white-tip butterflyfish (\"Chaetodon litus\") is a species of subtropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to the seas round Easter Island, off the coast of mainland Chile. Butterflyfish have deep, laterally flattened bodies, a slightly upturned snout, uninterrupted dorsal fins and", "title": "Easter Island butterflyfish" }, { "docid": "10699458", "text": "Easter Island butterflyfish The Easter Island butterflyfish or white-tip butterflyfish (\"Chaetodon litus\") is a species of subtropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to the seas round Easter Island, off the coast of mainland Chile. Butterflyfish have deep, laterally flattened bodies, a slightly upturned snout, uninterrupted dorsal fins and unforked, broadly wedge-shaped tail fins with flat ends. \"Chaetodon litus\" has a rectangular outline and is silvery-grey with white-edged scales. The maximum length is long. The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 23 to 25 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 19 or 20 soft", "title": "Easter Island butterflyfish" }, { "docid": "640927", "text": "island was rented to the Williamson-Balfour Company as a sheep farm until 1953, this exemplified the introduction of private property into Rapa Nui. The island was then managed by the Chilean Navy until 1966, at which point the island was reopened in its entirety. In 1966, the Rapanui were colonized, and given Chilean citizenship. Following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, Easter Island was placed under martial law. Tourism slowed, land was broken up, and private property was distributed to investors. During his time in power, Pinochet visited Easter Island on three occasions. The military", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925685", "text": "of the island were cultivated with banana, sugarcane, and sweet potatoes, while other parts looked like they had once been cultivated but had fallen into disuse. Georg Forster reported in his account that he saw no trees over ten feet tall on the island. On 10 April 1786 the French explorer Jean François de Galaup La Pérouse visited and made a detailed map of Easter Island. He described the island as one-tenth cultivated and estimated that the population of the island was around two thousand. In 1804 the Russian ship \"Neva\" visited under the command of Yuri Lisyansky. In 1816", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640929", "text": "shore to feed our families, but in less than two years we depleted all of it,” Pakarati said. On 30 July 2007, a constitutional reform gave Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Islands (also known as Robinson Crusoe Island) the status of \"special territories\" of Chile. Pending the enactment of a special charter, the island continues to be governed as a province of the V Region of Valparaíso. Species of fish were collected in Easter Island for one month in different habitats including shallow lava pools and deep waters. Within these habitats, two holotypes and paratypes, \"Antennarius randalli\" and \"Antennarius", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925699", "text": "by , reaching , and was re-opened in 1987. Pinochet is reported to have refused to attend the opening ceremony in protest against pressures from the United States to address human rights cases. On 30 July 2007, a constitutional reform gave Easter Island and the Juan Fernández Islands (also known as Robinson Crusoe Island) the status of \"special territories\" of Chile. Pending the enactment of a special charter, the island continued to be governed as a province of the V Region of Valparaíso. A total solar eclipse visible from Easter Island occurred for the first time in over 1300 years", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640976", "text": "Chilean Amerindians (or their Easter Island-born descendants). Population density on Easter Island in 2012 is only . The 1982 population was 1,936. The increase in population in the last census was partly caused by the arrival of people of European or mixed European and Native American descent from the Chilean mainland. However, most married a Rapa Nui spouse. Around 70% of the population were natives. Estimates of the pre-European population range from 7–17,000. Easter Island's all-time low of 111 inhabitants was reported in 1877. Out of these 111 Rapa Nui, only 36 had descendants, but all of today's Rapa Nui", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "11017808", "text": "volcanic mountain rising over from the seabed. It is part of the Sala y Gómez Ridge, a mostly-submarine mountain range with dozens of seamounts. Pukao and Moai are two seamounts west of Easter Island, extending east to the Nazca Seamount. Pukao, Moai and Easter Island were formed during the last 750,000 years, with the last eruption a little over 100,000 years ago. These are the youngest mountains of the Sala y Gómez Ridge, which was formed by the Nazca Plate floating over the Easter hotspot. Only on Easter Island is the Sala y Gómez Ridge dry land. The volcanic Juan", "title": "Geology of Chile" }, { "docid": "2873000", "text": "Wayne Easter Wayne Easter (born June 22, 1949) is a Canadian politician who has been the elected member of parliament for the riding of Malpeque since 1993. Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Easter received an honorary doctorate of law degree from University of Prince Edward Island in 1988 for his work and contribution to agriculture and social activism on the national and international level. He was awarded the Governor General's Canada 125 Medal in", "title": "Wayne Easter" }, { "docid": "10679954", "text": "Pedro Edmunds Paoa Pedro Pablo \"Petero\" Edmunds Paoa (born 1 July 1961) is a Chilean politician. He serves as mayor of Easter Island Commune. He was previously the Governor of the Easter Island Province from March 2010 to August 2010. His first term as mayor of Easter Island was between 1994 and 2008, and he was member of the Christian Democratic Party. Currently he is member of the Progressive Party. He is a supporter of the island autonomy from Valparaíso region, saying this would allow islanders to handle the problems locally rather than rely on an official \"\"more than 4000", "title": "Pedro Edmunds Paoa" }, { "docid": "10501667", "text": "Hoa Hakananai'a Hoa Hakananai'a is a \"moai\" (Easter Island statue) housed in the British Museum in London. It was taken from ‘Orongo, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in November 1868 by the crew of the British ship , and arrived in England in August 1869. Though relatively small, it is considered to be typical of the island’s statue form, but distinguished by carvings added to the back, associated with the island birdman cult. It has been described as a \"masterpiece\" and \"without a doubt, the finest example of Easter Island sculpture\". The statue was identified as Hoa Hakananai'a by islanders at", "title": "Hoa Hakananai'a" }, { "docid": "2873003", "text": "currently holds the position of Co-Chair for the Canada- U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Association, and is also the current Chair of the Finance Committee. Wayne Easter Wayne Easter (born June 22, 1949) is a Canadian politician who has been the elected member of parliament for the riding of Malpeque since 1993. Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Easter received an honorary doctorate of law degree from University of Prince Edward Island in 1988 for his work and", "title": "Wayne Easter" }, { "docid": "640922", "text": "script, the only Polynesian script to have been found to date. (Although debate exists about whether this is proto-writing or true writing.) When the slave raiders were forced to repatriate the people they had kidnapped, carriers of smallpox disembarked together with a few survivors on each of the islands. This created devastating epidemics from Easter Island to the Marquesas islands. Easter Island's population was reduced to the point where some of the dead were not even buried. Tuberculosis, introduced by whalers in the mid-19th century, had already killed several islanders when the first Christian missionary, Eugène Eyraud, died from this", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "11816034", "text": "few years to decades of the destruction of Easter Island society by slave raiding and introduced epidemics, two amateur investigators recorded readings and recitations of \"rongorongo\" tablets by Easter Islanders. Both accounts were compromised at best, and are often taken to be worthless, but they are the only accounts from people who may have been familiar with the script first-hand. In 1868 the Bishop of Tahiti, Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, received a gift from recent converts on Easter Island: a long cord of human hair wound around a discarded rongorongo tablet. He immediately recognized the importance of the tablet, and asked Father", "title": "Decipherment of rongorongo" }, { "docid": "6612859", "text": "soil erosion and insufficient resources to build boats for fishing or tools for hunting. Competition for dwindling resources resulted in warfare and many casualties (an additional \"Runaway Train\" iteration). Together these events led to the collapse of the civilization, but no single factor above provides an adequate account. Mainstream interpretations of the history of Easter Island also include the slave raiders who abducted a large proportion of the population and epidemics that killed most of the survivors (see Easter Island History#Destruction of society and population.) Again, no single point explains the collapse; only a complex and integrated view can do", "title": "Societal collapse" }, { "docid": "640978", "text": "of decline and hispanicization, because the island is under the jurisdiction of Chile and is now home to a number of Chilean continentals, most of whom speak only Spanish. For this reason, most Rapa Nui children now grow up speaking Spanish, and those who do learn Rapa Nui begin learning it later in life. Even with efforts to revitalize the language, Ethnologue has established that Rapa Nui is currently a threatened language. Easter Island's indigenous Rapa Nui toponymy has survived with few Spanish additions or replacements, a fact that has been attributed in part to the survival of the Rapa", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "7354329", "text": "Aku-Aku Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1957 book by Thor Heyerdahl published in English the following year. The book describes the 1955–1956 Norwegian Archaeological Expedition's investigations of Polynesian history and culture at Easter Island, the Austral Islands of Rapa Iti and Raivavae, and the Marquesas Islands of Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa. Visits to Pitcairn Island, Mangareva and Tahiti are described as well. By far the greatest part of the book tells of the work on Easter Island, where the expedition investigated the giant stone statues (\"moai\"), the quarries at Rano Raraku and Puna Pau, the ceremonial", "title": "Aku-Aku" }, { "docid": "486507", "text": "excavations at such prominent sites as Orongo and Poike. The expedition published two large volumes of scientific reports (\"Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific\") and Heyerdahl later added a third (\"The Art of Easter Island\"). Heyerdahl's popular book on the subject, \"Aku-Aku\" was another international best-seller. In \"Easter Island: The Mystery Solved\" (Random House, 1989), Heyerdahl offered a more detailed theory of the island's history. Based on native testimony and archaeological research, he claimed the island was originally colonized by Hanau eepe (\"Long Ears\"), from South America, and that Polynesian Hanau momoko (\"Short", "title": "Thor Heyerdahl" }, { "docid": "10925704", "text": "Rapa Nui opposed to private property and in favor of traditional communal property. On 26 March 2015, local minority group Rapa Nui Parliament took control over large parts of the island, throwing out the CONAF park rangers in a non-violent revolution. Their main goal is to obtain independence from Chile. The situation has not yet been resolved. History of Easter Island Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925698", "text": "managed by the Chilean Navy until 1966, at which point the island was reopened in its entirety. In 1966 the Rapanui were given Chilean citizenship. Following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, Easter Island was placed under martial law. Tourism slowed down and private property was \"restored\". During his time in power, Pinochet visited Easter Island on three occasions. The military built a number of new military facilities and a new city hall. As a result of an agreement in 1985 between Chile and the United States, the runway at Mataveri International Airport was extended", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "10925684", "text": "hills on Poike. Four years later, in mid-March 1774, British explorer James Cook visited Easter Island. Cook himself was too sick to walk far, but a small group explored the island. They reported the statues as being neglected with some having fallen down; no sign of the three crosses and his botanist described it as \"a poor land\". He had a Tahitian interpreter who could partially understand the language. Other than in counting, though, the language was unintelligible. Cook later estimated that there were about 700 people on the island. He saw only three or four canoes, all unseaworthy. Parts", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "13481678", "text": "the Pitcairn Islands and Easter Island. Easter Fracture Zone The Easter Fracture Zone is an oceanic fracture zone associated with the transform fault extending from the Tuamotu archipelago in the west to the Peru–Chile Trench to the east. The Easter Fracture Zone extends roughly 5900 kilometers from 20°S,131°W to 26°S,78°W. The landscape consists of several ridges and isolated volcanos with maximal peak elevation above the seafloor of 3000m. Because the local seafloor has depths around 4000m to the north of the fracture zone and 3400m to the south of the fracture zone, most of its volcanic peaks form seamounts. They", "title": "Easter Fracture Zone" }, { "docid": "4744358", "text": "his wealth, all succeeding images of Gautama Buddha show his stretched ear lobes without jewellery. Stretched earlobes can be found on the heads of the giant statues on Easter Island, giving them the title ‘Long Ears.’ It is said that the original inhabitants of Easter Island carved the heads to depict themselves. When another tribe arrived to the Island, they were given the title ‘Short Ears.’ The ‘Long Ears’ would enslave the ‘Short Ears’ until there were more ‘Short Ears’ to overthrow them. The Mursi are a Nilotic people inhabiting the Nile Valley, known for their women decorating themselves with", "title": "Stretching (body piercing)" }, { "docid": "2492179", "text": "Pacific and was coaling at Easter Island. The following day, Lüdecke was promoted to \"Kapitän zur See\" (Captain at Sea). On 18 October, \"Dresden\" and the East Asia Squadron, centered on the armored cruisers and , departed Easter Island for the South American coast. They arrived at Más a Fuera island on 26 October. The following evening, the German cruisers escorted the auxiliary cruiser and the merchant ships and to Chile. The flotilla arrived off Valparaiso on 30 October, and the following evening, von Spee received intelligence that a British cruiser was at the Chilean port of Coronel. Von Spee", "title": "SMS Dresden (1907)" }, { "docid": "640945", "text": "Nui palm. Although some may believe that rats played a major role in the degradation of the forest, less than 10% of palm nuts show teeth marks from rats. The remains of palm stumps in different places indicate that humans caused the trees to fall because in large areas, the stumps were cut efficiently. In 2018, a New York Times article announced that Easter Island is eroding. The clearance of the palms to make the settlements led to their extinction almost 350 years ago. The toromiro tree \"(Sophora toromiro)\" was prehistorically present on Easter Island, but is now extinct in", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "640942", "text": "steam reportedly came out of the Rano Kau crater wall. This was photographed by the island's manager, Mr. Edmunds. Under the Köppen climate classification, the climate of Easter Island is classified as a tropical rainforest climate (\"Af\") that borders on a humid subtropical climate. The lowest temperatures are recorded in July and August (minimum ) and the highest in February (maximum temperature ), the summer season in the southern hemisphere. Winters are relatively mild. The rainiest month is May, though the island experiences year-round rainfall. Easter Island's isolated location exposes it to winds which help to keep the temperature fairly", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "4797546", "text": "and further information in the records of other ancient peoples. His writings attempt to describe the civilisation of Mu, its history, inhabitants, and influence on subsequent history and civilisation. Churchward claimed that the ancient Egyptian sun-god Ra originated with the Mu; he claimed that \"Rah\" was the word which the Naacals used for \"sun\" as well as for their god and rulers. Alfred Metraux undertook research on Easter Island in the 1930s, and in 1940 published a monograph on Easter Island which includes a rebuttal of the hypothesis that Easter Island was a remnant of a sunken continent. In the", "title": "James Churchward" }, { "docid": "13929723", "text": "Caledonia, Easter Island, and the Cook Islands and where 1385 cases were confirmed by January 2014. During the same year, Easter Island acknowledged 51 cases. Australia began seeing cases in 2012. Research showed it was brought by travelers returning from Indonesia and other infected countries. New Zealand also experienced infections rate increases through returning foreign travelers. Oceania countries experiencing Zika today are New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga. Between 2013 and 2014, further epidemics occurred in French Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, and New Caledonia. There was an epidemic in 2015 and 2016", "title": "Zika virus" }, { "docid": "13846851", "text": "biography of Katherine Routledge \"Among Stone Giants: the Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island\". Although the book was somewhat interpretive of Scoresby's character, it was based on fact, and a large amount of research Soon after another book was released written by Yale graduate Jennifer Vanderbes. In a comprehensive travel article written for the \"New York Times\", \"A Faraway Land Steeped in Mystery\" in late 2003, she does not mention the Routledges. However her book, \"Easter Island, A Novel\", shows more than a passing similarity to the story of the Routledges and Easter Island. Both", "title": "William Scoresby Routledge" }, { "docid": "11649423", "text": "script of Easter Island (as glyph 07: ), and one \"reimiro\" is preserved with a long rongorongo text. Although the human faces on the \"reimiro\" are unique to Easter Island, the pectoral itself is part of a wider tradition. In the Solomon Islands, for example, women wear shell pectorals which resemble \"reimiro.\" Reimiro A reimiro is a crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanui \"rei\" 'stern' or 'prow' and \"miro\" 'boat'. Thus the crescent represents a Polynesian canoe. Each side of the \"reimiro\" ended in a human face. The outer,", "title": "Reimiro" }, { "docid": "10815383", "text": "a copper plate depicting a powerful female torso. In 1961 the artist finished an embossed copper plate, \"Breakfast is Ready\", on the subject of painful servitude: mother and child are carrying a tray, lacerated by the nails and crown of thorns typical of Christian crucifixion. During this period Lorenzo Domínguez performed drawings that can also be considered masterpieces and show the influence of the aesthetic experience he had just lived in Easter Island. He completed three drawings on the \"Shipwreck\" subseries (Series of Assorted Easter Island Themes) and three \"Easter Island Torsos\"; as well as two drawings with the subject", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "10815325", "text": "are of Easter Island inspiration (\"Father Sebastian Englert from Easter Island\" and \"Young Girl from Easter Island\"). Lorenzo Domínguez created 34 large embossed metal plates. This is an aesthetic manifestation that is characteristic of his work. It goes beyond what in sculpture is known as a \"relief\", since it actually implies blending the art of drawing with that of sculpting. Domínguez incorporated techniques used by jewelers, but instead of working with small, thin, precious metal sheets, he worked with iron or copper plates that were several millimeters thick, with an area ranging from 50 x 30 cm. to 1 x", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "10815321", "text": "certain syncretisms. Before his encounter with Easter Island, the artist synthesized the Spanish and French artistic perspectives acquired during his formative years with certain Latin American pre-Columbian artistic features, like privileging stone over other classical sculpting materials such as bronze or wood, or privileging local stones over the more traditional Carrara marble, or using the technique of direct carving. The encounter with the moais and petroglyphs of Easter Island, is not felt by Lorenzo Domínguez as the incorporation of a \"foreign\" element, but as a continuity: in his eyes, Easter Island, with its “stones that look like sculptures and its", "title": "Lorenzo Domínguez" }, { "docid": "3622314", "text": "behind on Henderson. Almost a year after \"Essex\" sank, \"Lloyd's List\" reported that \"Surry\" had rescued the three men and taken them to Port Jackson, Australia. The remaining \"Essex\" crewmen, now numbering 17 in three boats, resumed the journey on December 27 with the intention of reaching Easter Island. Within three days they had exhausted the crabs and birds they had stockpiled from Henderson in preparation for the voyage, leaving only a small reserve of the bread previously salvaged from \"Essex\". On January 4, 1821, they estimated that they had drifted too far south of Easter Island to reach it", "title": "Essex (whaleship)" }, { "docid": "9353400", "text": "total population was of only 111 individuals, and the paramount chiefs and their priests had perished, thus facilitating their conversion to Christianity. In 1887, when Chile wanted to annex Easter Island, it became necessary to appoint new local authorities to be able to sign the treaty and accept the sovereignty of Chile, so the Bishop of Tahiti decided to appoint a very pious islander as king, a title that did not exist before on Easter Island. This title befell on Tekena, who was baptized as Atamu Tekena or \"Adam\" Tekena and his wife as \"Eve\". He was not a traditional", "title": "Kings of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "7430352", "text": "set as 4 hours 42 minutes 46.3 seconds behind Greenwich. Summer time in Chile, also known as daylight saving time (DST) in Chile was used in Chile from 1968 to 2014 & 2016-present. The time zone Chile Summer Time (CLST) was used on the mainland with the offset and Easter Island Summer Time (EASST) was used on Easter Island with the offset . In mainland Chile, time was changed at on a Saturday, i.e. at 0:00 on the following Sunday. In Easter Island, time was changed at 20:00 on a Saturday. In 2015, the time offset used in this time", "title": "Time in Chile" }, { "docid": "7354334", "text": "lakes. These are now (by DNA analysis not available at the time) recognised as a separate species from similar ones in Lake Titicaca. He made the same claim for sweet potato and this fact is a riddle since this is South American. A cultural feature on Easter Island was enlonging of the earlobe. This is not present in Polynesia but common in South America. On the other hand, weaving and pottery (used in the Americas) was not known to the inhabitants of Easter Island. Aku-Aku Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1957 book by Thor Heyerdahl published in", "title": "Aku-Aku" }, { "docid": "6532301", "text": "Chile in 1946 and reprinted in 1970. An English translation is now available online, with all the illustrations at very high resolution (see below). History of Easter Island Stéphen Chauvet Stéphen-Charles Chauvet (1885–1950), more commonly known as Dr Stéphen Chauvet, was the author of the first illustrated compendium of information about Easter Island, \"L'Île de Pâques et ses mystères,\" published in Paris in 1935. Chauvet never traveled to Easter Island and he derived much of his information from sources of mixed reliability. However, his book remains an important work, in particular, because of the copious illustrations, some of which show", "title": "Stéphen Chauvet" }, { "docid": "640918", "text": "expedition, showed that the competitions for Bird Man (Rapa Nui: \"tangata manu\") started around 1760, after the arrival of the first Europeans, and ended in 1878, with the construction of the first church by Roman Catholic missionaries who formally arrived in 1864. Petroglyphs representing Bird Men on Easter Island are the same as some in Hawaii, indicating that this concept was probably brought by the original settlers; only the competition itself was unique to Easter Island. According to Diamond and Heyerdahl's version of the island's history, the \"huri mo'ai\"—\"statue-toppling\"—continued into the 1830s as a part of fierce internal wars. By", "title": "Easter Island" }, { "docid": "5765406", "text": "second B-side, \"Sneaker,\" was originally titled \"Easter Island\" and was co-written by Mark Hamilton & Barry Peak of Backwater while Mark and Rick were involved in a side-project band called Sneaker. Sneaker (the band) featured Rick McMurray on guitar, Mark Hamilton on bass, Barry Peak on guitar and vocals, and Shaun Robinson on drums. \"Easter Island\" was only released on a compilation of Irish bands called Laugh Hard At The Absurdly Evil, and unlike Ash's version of the song, is slower and has clear vocals. Shortly after, Ash took \"Easter Island\" and recorded it, giving it the title \"Sneaker.\" Ultimately,", "title": "Goldfinger (Ash song)" }, { "docid": "19556336", "text": "Hina-Oio Hina-Oio is a goddess of the sea animals in the mythology of Easter Island. She was married to Atua-Metua and represented the mother of all animals of the sea. Hina is a divine figure common throughout the Polynesian narrative, with prominent variants also found in Māori mythology, Samoan mythology, and Hawaiian religion. The creation chant of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island references Hina-Oio twice in the following passage: This passage was sung from memory by an old man named Ure-vai-ko to William Thomson, an American on an 1886 Smithsonian expedition to Easter Island. The chant was written", "title": "Hina-Oio" }, { "docid": "18536645", "text": "Easter Island after 43 days at sea, becoming the first rafts to have sailed to Easter Island in modern times. The return journey proved more difficult due to unusual weather patterns and the expedition was terminated halfway between Easter Island and South America. Torgeir Sæverud Higraff Torgeir Sæverud Higraff is an explorer, teacher and author with special interest in prehistoric transoceanic contact. Like Thor Heyerdahl, Higraff combines history, anthropology and traditional knowledge with expeditions. In 2002, the year Heyerdahl died, Higraff decided to recreate the Kon-Tiki expedition, and in 2006 the Tangaroa Expedition sailed from Peru to Raiatea in eastern", "title": "Torgeir Sæverud Higraff" }, { "docid": "13846845", "text": "from Easter Island after voyages aggregating 100,000 miles in the schooner-yacht Mana. The article mentioned that there were 23 persons on board the yacht during its voyage. Katherine wrote a book describing the trip, \"The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition\" which went into a second publishing. She intended to write a more academic work in later years which never came about. Scoresby and Katherine were the first qualified scholars to carry out an archeological survey of the island. Much of their research has stood the test of time. Once again, the Routledges' timely visit to Easter", "title": "William Scoresby Routledge" }, { "docid": "13194011", "text": "corpus that is a significant aid to chronological studies. She has conducted extensive archival and museum studies throughout the world and, since 1995, has researched the life of Edwardian archaeologist Katherine Routledge, the first woman (in company with her husband and fellow anthropologist William Scoresby Routledge), to conduct field work on Easter Island and in the Pacific. Van Tilburg wrote a biography of Routledge entitled \"Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island\". In 1998 she completed an experimental archaeology project to make and move a replica statue on Easter Island. A documentary", "title": "Jo Anne Van Tilburg" }, { "docid": "10925695", "text": "who had left with the missionaries in 1871. Despite the lack of a resident priest to celebrate mass regularly, the Rapa Nui had returned to Roman Catholicism, but there remained some tension between temporal and spiritual power as Father Roussel disapproved of Salmon because of his Jewish paternity. On 8 March 1837, under the command of Teniente de Marina Leoncio Señoret, the ship of the Chilean Navy \"Colo Colo\" sailed off from Valparaíso bound for Australia. Thus, the \"Colo Colo\" was the first Chilean ship to visit the Easter Island. Easter Island was annexed by Chile on 9 September 1888", "title": "History of Easter Island" }, { "docid": "3480142", "text": "of bone meal. Rapa Nui people The Rapa Nui are the aboriginal Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) make up about 60% of the current Rapa Nui population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland Chile. They speak both the traditional Rapa Nui language and the primary language of Chile, Spanish. At the 2002 census there were 3,304 island inhabitants—almost all living in the village of Hanga Roa on the sheltered west coast. As of 2011, Rapa Nui's", "title": "Rapa Nui people" }, { "docid": "3480124", "text": "Rapa Nui people The Rapa Nui are the aboriginal Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) make up about 60% of the current Rapa Nui population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland Chile. They speak both the traditional Rapa Nui language and the primary language of Chile, Spanish. At the 2002 census there were 3,304 island inhabitants—almost all living in the village of Hanga Roa on the sheltered west coast. As of 2011, Rapa Nui's main source of", "title": "Rapa Nui people" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7790685", "text": "public affairs. The other four members are selected from people who: The commission has the power to determine their own procedure and: A member may be disqualified if: Every member will be in office for the time period as specified in the order of the President, but is eligible for reappointment provided he has, by means of a letter addressed to the president, resigned his office. The members of the commission shall provide full-time or part-time service to the commission, as the President specifies in his order. The members shall be paid salaries and allowances as per the provisions made", "title": "Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "7790681", "text": "Finance Commission The First Finance Commission (IAST: \"Vitta Āyoga\") was established by the President of India in 1951 under \"Article 280\" of the Indian Constitution. It was formed to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951 additionally defines the terms of qualification, appointment and disqualification, the term, eligibility and powers of the Finance Commission. As per the Constitution, the Commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members. Since the institution of the First Finance Commission, stark changes in", "title": "Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "14313936", "text": "matters. When a State violates the Constitution, Presidential rule is imposed under Article 356 and the President takes over the State’s administration with \"ex post facto\" consent of the Parliament per Article 357. Article 282 accords financial autonomy in spending financial resources available to the states for public purpose. allows States to borrow without limit without consent from the Union government. However, the Union government can insist upon compliance with its loan terms when a state has outstanding loans charged to the consolidated fund of India or a federally-guaranteed loan. The President of India constitutes a Finance Commission every five", "title": "Federalism in India" }, { "docid": "7790686", "text": "by the Central Government. So far 14 Finance Commissions have been appointed which are as follows: Major Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission headed by Prof. Y V Reddy The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted by the Government of India, after the approval from the President of India, through a notification in the Gazette of India in November 2017. Nand Kishore Singh was appointed as the commission's chairman, with its full-time members being Shaktikanta Das and Anoop Singh and its part-time members being Ramesh Chand and Ashok Lahiri. The commission was set up to give recommendations for five years commencing on", "title": "Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "323701", "text": "in advance of the 2019 election have been opposed by some in the Council. The President is elected for a renewable five-year term starting five months after the elections to the European Parliament. These were brought into alignment via the Maastricht Treaty (prior to which the Commission had a four-year term of office) and the elections take place in June every five years (in years ending in 4 and 9). This alignment has led to a closer relationship between the elections and the President himself with the above-mentioned proposals for political parties running with candidates. The President and his Commission", "title": "President of the European Commission" }, { "docid": "15499885", "text": "on a uniform and comparable basis for the 5 years ending with 1988-89 also comes under its agenda. It will review the policy and arrangement in regards to the financing of relief expenditure by the States affected by natural calamities and make appropriate suggestions. The commission shall make its report by October 31, 1986 on each of the matters aforesaid. The major objective of the Eighth Finance Commission was to reduce interstate disparities through their scheme of devolution. Eighth Finance Commission The Eighth Finance Commission of India was constituted by the President of India, on April 28, 1984 under the", "title": "Eighth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "7790685", "text": "public affairs. The other four members are selected from people who: The commission has the power to determine their own procedure and: A member may be disqualified if: Every member will be in office for the time period as specified in the order of the President, but is eligible for reappointment provided he has, by means of a letter addressed to the president, resigned his office. The members of the commission shall provide full-time or part-time service to the commission, as the President specifies in his order. The members shall be paid salaries and allowances as per the provisions made", "title": "Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "9789363", "text": "vice-presidents, the chairman of the finance commission and 20 National Society representatives. The highest body of the IFRC is the General Assembly which convenes every two years with delegates from all National Societies. Among other tasks, the General Assembly elects the president. The current president of the IFRC is Tadateru Konoe, who also fulfills the role of president of the Japanese Red Cross). , the president of the IFRC is Tadateru Konoe (Japanese Red Cross). The vice presidents are Annemarie Huber-Hotz (Switzerland), Osvaldo Manuel Ferrero (Argentina), Abbas Gullet (Kenya), Francesco Rocca (Italy), Baige Zhao (China). Former presidents (until 1977 titled", "title": "International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies" }, { "docid": "15508221", "text": "fares was repealed after the Third Finance Commission had been constituted. Hence, the Commission was asked to make recommendations on the principle on which the ad hoc grant should be distributed among the states. The commission adopted the principle of compensation based on which the grants should be distributed. Third Finance Commission The Third Finance Commission of India was appointed in 1960, for the period 1960-64, by the President of India and was chaired by Shri A.K. Chanda. Members of the Commission were: The Commission was asked to make recommendations to the President with regard to the following:- With regard", "title": "Third Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "6948976", "text": "most notable achievements is the reversal of the flow of the Chicago River in 1900 and the construction of the \"Deep Tunnel\" and/or Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP). The MWRD is governed by a nine-member Board of Commissioners elected at large from throughout Cook County, Illinois for six-year terms. Terms are staggered so that three commission chairs are open every two years. Bi-annually the board elects from its members a President, Vice President, and Chairman of Finance. All of the commissioners receive $70,000 per year, except the Vice President and Chairman of Finance receive $75,000, and the President receives $80,000.", "title": "Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago" }, { "docid": "7687579", "text": "Michael Riegels Michael Riegels (pronounced ) was the inaugural chairman of the Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands. He is a qualified barrister and was formerly the senior partner of Harneys from 1984 to 1997, and he also served the president of the BVI Bar Association from 1996 to 1998 and as president of the British Virgin Islands branch of the Red Cross. Riegels was also part of the \"gang of five\" who drafted the original International Business Companies Act in 1984, the principal statute of the BVI's offshore finance industry for many years (and subsequently copied by", "title": "Michael Riegels" }, { "docid": "7790688", "text": "FC's role to mere recommend grants to states on revenue account only under article 275 of Indian constitution. However, after the formation of NITI Aayog (National Institute of Transforming India), which comes to replace the Planning Commission seeks to empower FC with the originally envisaged task of distribution of revenue to the states. Finance Commission The First Finance Commission (IAST: \"Vitta Āyoga\") was established by the President of India in 1951 under \"Article 280\" of the Indian Constitution. It was formed to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. The Finance Commission", "title": "Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "6731871", "text": "causes to be laid before the State Legislature the annual financial statement which is the State Budget. Further no demand for grant shall be made except on his recommendation. He can also make advances out of the Contingency Fund of the State to meet any unforeseen expenditure. Moreover, he constitutes the Finance Commission of state. The governor can use these powers: The governor has no role or powers in a contingency situation such as president's rule unless specifically permitted by the president under , 356 and 357. The Governor is not permitted to take any decision on his own without", "title": "Governor (India)" }, { "docid": "6502686", "text": "of India. Usually, the Commission consists of 9 to 11 members including the chairman. Every member holds office for a term of six years or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier. The terms and conditions of service of chairman and members of the Commission are governed by the Union Public Service Commission (Members) Regulations, 1969. The chairman and any other member of the Commission can submit his resignation at any time to the President of India. He may be removed from his office by the President of India on the ground of misbehaviour (only if", "title": "Union Public Service Commission" }, { "docid": "9717500", "text": "is governed by a Board composed of five members appointed by the president, but ratified by the senate. Each term is ten years long and members are chosen in a staggered way every two years. The president appoints the Governor of the Board (and the bank) from existing members, for the minimum between the chosen member’s remaining term and five years. At least three members need to be present for the board to operate and measures are adopted with the support of the majority of present members. The Minister of Finance also participates in board meetings with the right to", "title": "Central Bank of Chile" } ]

[ { "docid": "12946132", "text": "emulated by other states. State Finance Commission (Kerala) State Finance Commission is the Constitutional body of experts on public finance and public administration appointed by each state government at regular intervals of five years under the article 243I of the Constitution to review and revise the financial position of panchayat raj institutions and urban local governments. Kerala state was prompt in submitting SFC reports well in time and to take action on it. Three State Finance Commission reports, with recommentations for enhancing the financial health of the local governments were submitted and acted upon in Kerala with practically every recommendation", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "12946116", "text": "State Finance Commission (Kerala) State Finance Commission is the Constitutional body of experts on public finance and public administration appointed by each state government at regular intervals of five years under the article 243I of the Constitution to review and revise the financial position of panchayat raj institutions and urban local governments. Kerala state was prompt in submitting SFC reports well in time and to take action on it. Three State Finance Commission reports, with recommentations for enhancing the financial health of the local governments were submitted and acted upon in Kerala with practically every recommendation being adopted, as per", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "20274047", "text": "the five years starting from 1 April 1957 under the Second Finance Commission’s recommendations: Second Finance Commission The Second Finance Commission of India was constituted by president Rajendra Prasad on 1 June 1956. The members of the Commission were: The Commission was asked to make the following recommendations: With regard to the distribution of Income Tax, the Commission made the following recommendations: As far as the allocation to the States from the Union duties of excise on matches, tobacco, vegetable products, tea, coffee, sugar, paper and vegetable non-essential oils was concerned, the Commission considered that it should be 25 per", "title": "Second Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "10159325", "text": "Francisco Mayorga Francisco Mayorga (Born in 1949 in León, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan economist and writer who specializes in international finance and economic development. For twenty years he taught managerial economics and corporate finance at INCAE, the leading Latin American graduate business school. In the eighties he served for five years in the board of directors of the Central American Bank (\"CABEI\"), the largest financial institution of the region. In the eighties, Mayorga also worked for the cause of peace in Central America, acting as Executive Secretary of the International Commission for Central American Recovery and Development (the \"Sanford Commission\").", "title": "Francisco Mayorga" }, { "docid": "9295333", "text": "members of the Planning Commission when it was constituted in 1950 by a cabinet resolution. Deshmukh succeeded John Mathai as the Union Finance Minister in 1950 after Mathai resigned in protest over the transfer of certain powers to the Planning Commission. As Finance Minister, Deshmukh continued to remain a member of the Planning Commission. His successors as Finance Minister were also made members of the Commission thus establishing a convention of the Finance Minister being an ex officio member of the Commission. Deshmukh's term as Finance Minister covered the period of the First Five Year Plan. He employed deficit financing", "title": "C. D. Deshmukh" }, { "docid": "4620947", "text": "once in every twelve years in accordance with the census reports, which are compiled by the Central Statistics Office every five years; under the Electoral Act 1997, a Constituency Commission is to be established after each census. The Commission is independent and is responsible for the redrawing of constituency boundaries. Members of the five person commission must be a Judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal or High Court as Chair, the Clerk of the Dáil, the Clerk of the Seanad, the Ombudsman, and the Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Any alterations in", "title": "Dáil constituencies" }, { "docid": "14253598", "text": "National Energy Commission The National Energy Commission (NEC; ) is an agency established in 2010 to coordinate the overall energy policies for the People's Republic of China. The body includes 23 members from other agencies such as environment, finance, central bank, National Development and Reform Commission. The purpose of this new commission is to draft a new energy development strategy, evaluate energy security and coordinate international cooperation on climate change, carbon reduction and energy efficiency. China had a Ministry of Energy established in 1988 but it was disbanded five years after its portfolio overlapped with existing ministries. In 2003, National", "title": "National Energy Commission" }, { "docid": "6755710", "text": "National Finance Commission Award The National Finance Commission Award or NFC is a series of planned economic program enacted since 1951. Constituted under the Article 160 of the Constitution, the program was emerged to take control of financial imbalances and equally managed the financial resources to four provinces to meet their expenditure liabilities while alleviating the horizontal fiscal imbalances. As per Constitution, the program awards the designs of financial formulas of economic distribution to provincial and federal government for five consecutive years. All together, a total of seven awards has been reimbursed since its emergence in 1951, by Prime Minister", "title": "National Finance Commission Award" }, { "docid": "6904526", "text": "(NSR), 14% of whom are Emeritus or Level III members. The Membership Commission, led by the vice-president of AMC, is composed of ten researchers from the areas of exact, natural and social sciences, each of whom occupies this post for four years. Every two years, half of the Commission's members, who have held the post for four years, are replaced by new members, elected by members' vote. Every year, this Commission analyzes all candidates seeking election as regular or corresponding members. The Awards Commission, also led by the vice-president of AMC and divided into five areas: Exact Sciences, Social Sciences,", "title": "Mexican Academy of Sciences" }, { "docid": "2118873", "text": "2017 the State Commission is presided by \"regierender Landammann\" Roland Innauen. The \"regierende Landammann\" and the \"stillstehender Landammann\" (stationary president) are switched every two years. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the canton's parliament, the \"Grosse Rat\", and the \"Landsgemeinde\", as well as legal judgments are carried by the State Commission. The regular (re-)election of the State Commission by the \"Landsgemeinde\" is held every year. Any resident of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the State Commission. The assignment of the departments for the \"Säckelmeister\" (minister of finance), \"Landeshauptmann\" (country's", "title": "Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden" }, { "docid": "12946126", "text": "first) to submit the fourth report, with a recommendation that 25-30 per cent or more of state plan funds need to be devolved to local governments. The general purpose grant had been fixed at 3.5 per cent and the maintenance grant at 4.5 per cent. These components would be enhanced in the coming years. This amounted to a five-fold increase from that recommended by the first State Finance Commission. The second commission, headed by Prabhat Patnaik, economist, institutionalised devolution of funds and fixed it at 25 per cent. The third commission upset the entire system. Much more than the commission's", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "2130940", "text": "of the six districts that make up the electoral constituencies: Neuchâtel (35 seats), Boudry, (25) Val-de-Travers (8), Val-de-Ruz (10), Le Locle (10), La Chaux-de-Fonds (27). The State Council (cantonal government), five \"ministers\" who assume the annual presidency in turn and manage the departments of justice, health and safety; finance and social welfare; public economy; regional management; education and culture. The cantonal authorities, which have their seat in the castle (the Château de Neuchâtel), are elected every four years by universal suffrage. The people also elect their representatives to the federal parliament every four years: five of the 200 members of", "title": "Canton of Neuchâtel" }, { "docid": "20544361", "text": "Fifteenth Finance Commission The FifteenthFinance Commission of India (XV-FC) is an Indian Finance Commission constituted in November2017 and is to give recommendations for devolution of taxes and other fiscal matters for fivefiscal years, commencing 1April2020. The commission's chairman is N. K. Singh, with its full-timemembers being Shaktikanta Das, Ashok Lahiri and Anoop Singh. In addition, the commission also has a part-timemember in Ramesh Chand. The FifteenthFinance Commission was constituted by the Government of India—after getting ceremonial approval from President of India—through a notification in \"The Gazette of India\" on 27November2017. Nand Kishore Singh was appointed as the commission's chairman, with", "title": "Fifteenth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "18416416", "text": "Expenditure management commission The constitution of Expenditure Management Commission (EMC) was announced in the Budget Speech by Honorable Finance Minister of India Shri Arun Jaitley in the budget of 2014-15. The Commission will be a recommendation body with the primary responsibility of suggesting major expenditure reforms that will enable the government to reduce and manage its fiscal deficit at more sustainable levels. EMC is a five-member body composed of the former Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan, who has been appointed to Head the Commission, former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose, former Deputy RBI Governor Subir Gokarn and two", "title": "Expenditure management commission" }, { "docid": "7993058", "text": "contains provision for devolution of powers and responsibilities to the panchayats, both for the preparation of economic development plans and social justice, as well as for implementation in relation to 29 subjects listed in the eleventh schedule of the constitution, and the ability to levy and collect appropriate taxes, duties, tolls and fees.. The Act aims to provide a three-tier systems of Panchayati Raj for all states having a population of over 2 million, to hold Panchayat elections regularly every five years, to provide seats reserved for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and women; to appoint a State Finance Commission to", "title": "Panchayati raj (India)" }, { "docid": "19015299", "text": "operationally independent of the Scottish Government. Its Commissioners are directly accountable to the Scottish Parliament. It publishes two sets of five year forecasts a year in line with the Scottish budget process. It also publishes evaluations of its forecasts and working papers on related subjects. Its five year forecasts cover Scotland's: It also assesses the reasonableness of Scottish Ministers' borrowing projections The Scottish Fiscal Commission currently comprises four members, who are nominated for appointment by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy. The nominations are considered by the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament, which then reports on the", "title": "Scottish Fiscal Commission" }, { "docid": "14882054", "text": "John R. Murphy John Robert Murphy (August 25, 1856 – December 28, 1932) was a Massachusetts politician and attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department, Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission and in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature. Murphy was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on August 25, 1856, to John Murphy and Jane Smiley; he was born into a family of five (two of his siblings passed away before he was born). He graduated from Charlestown High School, and—after a pause of many years—earned a degree from Boston University in 1900. Murphy was brother-in-law to", "title": "John R. Murphy" }, { "docid": "1906962", "text": "China. Two years later, he was identified as responsible for finance in the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region as well. He added Northeast China to his portfolio in 1946 (under the overall leadership of General Lin Biao and Political Commissar Peng Zhen. In May 1949, Chen Yun was named head of the new national Central Finance and Economic Commission. In early 1952, Zhou Enlai led a team to draft the first Five-Year Plan which included Chen, Bo Yibo, Li Fuchun and General Nie Rongzhen. Zhou, Chen and Li presented the draft to Soviet experts in Moscow, who rejected it. In early 1953,", "title": "Chen Yun" }, { "docid": "14794335", "text": "(David Torrence) and his sons David (Donald Crisp) and James (Dudley Digges) are greatly concerned about Alick's daughter Maggie (Helen Hayes), who has been jilted by a minister. She is less than heartbroken, but they fear for her marital prospects at the age of 27. When they catch poor but ambitious 21-year-old John Shand (Brian Ahern) breaking into their house late at night to use their library, they seize the opportunity. Impressed by his initiative, they offer him £300 to finance his studies provided that he give Maggie the option of marrying him after five years. After some thought, he", "title": "What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)" }, { "docid": "20396719", "text": "Fourteenth Finance Commission The Fourteenth Finance Commission of India was a finance commission constituted on 2 January 2013. The commission's chairman was former Reserve Bank of India governor Y. V. Reddy and its members were Sushma Nath, M. Govinda Rao, Abhijit Sen, Sudipto Mundle, and AN Jha. The recommendations of the commission entered force on April 2015; they take effect for a five-year period from that date. by 1.2 percentage point relative to GDP. reduced. Transfers from Union to states consist of tax devolution, non-Plan grants, Plan grants and grants for various Cental Supported Schems (CSS) including those which were", "title": "Fourteenth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "9151667", "text": "agreed to hold meetings every five years or when they needed to discuss family problems. The Commission held the power of approving a new boss before he could take over officially. The New York Five Families also decided that the names of all new proposed members must be approved by the other families. After the new proposed member was approved by the other families, he could become a made man. The Commission allowed Jewish mobsters Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Louis \"Lepke\" Buchalter, Dutch Schultz, and Abner \"Longie\" Zwillman to work alongside them and participate in some meetings. In 1935, Dutch", "title": "The Commission (mafia)" }, { "docid": "13182079", "text": "Consumer Credit who is appointed by the commission. The department was created in 1969 during the term of Governor Dewey F. Bartlett. The Commission on Consumer Credit is the governing body of the department. The commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate. Five of those members are appointed at-large members and four members are appointed as follows: one member is recommended by the Oklahoma Consumer Finance Association, one from the Independent Finance Institute, one from the Oklahoma Pawnbrokers Association and one from the Oklahoma Association of Mortgage Professionals. The", "title": "Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit" }, { "docid": "19853073", "text": "Commission explored expanding the council to seven members after the next redistricting. The expansion, along with requirements to hold some meetings outside of Everett and include evening meetings for public hearings, were rejected by the commission. The council consists of five members representing five geographic districts of equal population. Each member serves a four-year term during a regular election held during November on odd-numbered years. No member can serve more than three total terms. Districts are redrawn every ten years by an independent Districting Committee using United States Census data. Snohomish County Council The Snohomish County Council is the legislative", "title": "Snohomish County Council" }, { "docid": "12946123", "text": "period. While this has cost the Local Governments the possible gains due to buoyancy in tax revenue, it has improved predictability as the State Finance Commission has indicated Local Government-wise share for each year over the five-year period under the three streams of General Purpose Fund, Maintenance Fund and Development Fund. The recommendations of the third SFC were as follows:- (1) For the financial year 2006-07, Rs.300 crore may be transferred as General Purpose Grant, Rs.350 crore Maintenance Grant and Rs.1400 crore as Development Grant. 10% annual increase may be provided during each of the four subsequent years. The entire", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "20274054", "text": "Fund to which the state governments may contribute a percentage of their revenue receipts. The government's decision to accept all the major recommendations of this commission which would bring substantial benefits to the state during the eighth five-year plan period (especially in relation to debt relief) shows the upper hand enjoyed by this body. Ninth Finance Commission The Ninth Finance Commission of India was set up in June 1987 under the chairmanship of Mr. N.K.P Salve. The members of the Commission were: The Commission was asked to adopt a normative approach in assessing the receipts and the expenditures on the", "title": "Ninth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "9238807", "text": "Texas Real Estate Commission The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is the state agency that governs real estate practices in the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered at 1700 North Congress in Austin. TREC is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the Texas Senate. The members are appointed for six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring every two years. Six members must be licensed real estate brokers who have been engaged in the real estate brokerage business as their major occupations for at least five years preceding their appointments. Three members", "title": "Texas Real Estate Commission" }, { "docid": "12946128", "text": "in the State will get Rs.4,160 crore in 2011-12, a one-third increase from the allocation for 2010-11, following the recommendations of the Fourth State Finance Commission. The recommendations had come as a major boost to decentralised governance. While launching the People's Plan Campaign, the then government had taken an ad hoc decision to devolve 30 per cent funds to the civic bodies. This amounted to a five-fold increase from that recommended by the first State Finance Commission. The second commission, headed by Prabhat Patnaik, economist, institutionalised devolution of funds and fixed it at 25 per cent. The third commission upset", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "20396732", "text": "an aggregate corpus for all States of Rs. 61,219 crore for the five years based on the expenditure from the past years. The commission recommended all States to contribute 10 per cent and Union with the remaining 90 per cent. Considering the need for regard to state-specific disasters, the commission recommended that up to 10 per cent of the funds available under the SDRF can be used by States for natural disasters that they consider to be 'disasters' within the local context in the State and which are not included in the notified list of disasters of the Ministry of", "title": "Fourteenth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "5280625", "text": "integrated guidance on internal control. These five organizations formed what is now called the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The original chairman of the Treadway Commission was James C. Treadway, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Paine Webber and a former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hence, the popular name \"Treadway Commission\". Robert B. Hirth, Jr. became the Chairman of COSO on June 1, 2013. He held the position for 4.5 years. On February 1, 2018, Paul J. Sobel became the new COSO chairman. Due to questionable corporate political campaign finance practices and", "title": "Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission" }, { "docid": "20544378", "text": "direct tax revenue and got around from the Government of India in return. Jammu and Kashmir finance minister, economist and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party member, Haseeb Drabu, said, in an editorial in \"Livemint\" commented that the commission's ToR were outdated, and needed to be redrafted \"to make the 15thFinance Commission a ‘secondgeneration’ commission\". Fifteenth Finance Commission The FifteenthFinance Commission of India (XV-FC) is an Indian Finance Commission constituted in November2017 and is to give recommendations for devolution of taxes and other fiscal matters for fivefiscal years, commencing 1April2020. The commission's chairman is N. K. Singh, with its full-timemembers", "title": "Fifteenth Finance Commission" }, { "docid": "13939546", "text": "Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, fixed for five years with annual updating. The third chapter details the commissions that come into play in the Agreement. There is the Mixed Commission of the Economic Agreement, with parity between the Basque side (one representative for each Provincial Council and three for the Basque Government) and the State, with decisions taken by unanimity. This Commission agrees on the modifications to be made to the Agreement and the methodology of the Quota every five years. In addition to this commission there is the Coordination and Evaluation Commission, formed by eight members (half from", "title": "Basque Economic Agreement" }, { "docid": "20078117", "text": "would be being distinguished professionally in public, civic or academic service in the fields of economics, law, finance, commerce or engineering. According to the PCA, the Chairperson and the Commissioners are to serve for 7 years without reappointment, and shall enjoy security of tenure. Of the first set of appointees, the Chairperson and two (2) Commissioners shall hold officer for a term of seven (7) years, and the other two (2) Commissioners shall serve a term of five (5) years. Appointed by former President Benigno Aquino III, Mr. Arsenio Balisacan serves as the first chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission.", "title": "Philippine Competition Commission" }, { "docid": "1152483", "text": "three-member commission, since 1929. Members of the commission are elected at-large in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis in elections held every four years as part of the May municipal election. , members of the Borough Commission are Mayor Susan Howard (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), James F. Cunniff (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance) and Dave Stickle (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property), whose terms of office end concurrently as of May 14, 2021. Monmouth Beach is located in the 6th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 13th", "title": "Monmouth Beach, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "7993872", "text": "97 years. After the 15th year of the lease, and every five years, hence; one of the 2 teams may opt out of the lease after giving the state 12 months notice. However, if one team leaves for a new stadium, the other team would have to remain for the remainder of the lease. Based on the teams' histories, this clause presumably allows the Jets to eventually decide they want to play in their own stadium and leave if they can find a way to finance it. However, the high cost of building and relocating to a new stadium makes", "title": "MetLife Stadium" }, { "docid": "12351034", "text": "NFC Employees Cooperative Housing Society NFC Employees Cooperative Housing Society or NFCHS is a housing estate located within union council 144 (Haloke), Constituency NA-134 , in the administrative town of Nishtar of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The housing estate was founded by the employees of the National Finance Commission of Pakistan. NFCHS is divided into NFCHS I and NFCHS II. NFCHS I is a beautifully planned town managed and controlled by the executive committee of society elected after every 3 years by the residents of society via elections. Plot cutting is in 4 Kanals , 2 Kanals , 1 Kanal and", "title": "NFC Employees Cooperative Housing Society" }, { "docid": "3641201", "text": "establishes a lower maximum of five years. Elections are by single transferable vote (STV), with each constituency returning between three and five deputies, each called a \"Teachta Dála\" or TD. Since 1981, constituencies have been redrawn by an independent Constituency Commission after each census. Elections to the European Parliament are held simultaneously across Europe every five years. In Ireland, as for Dáil elections, STV is used in constituencies returning three to five members. Local elections are held on the same day as European elections. Local electoral areas (LEAs) return between six and ten councillors by STV. Until the Local Government", "title": "Elections in the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "18090377", "text": "position in which Whitt achieved great success in a 34-year career. After the city charter was switched to the mayor-council format, Hébert became the first director of the revised city department of public works under Carroll E. Lanier, the first mayor elected after the demise of the city commission government and a former finance and utilities commissioner. Hébert left the post in 1951 after four years of service. At the age of fifty-five, he sustained a life-altering stroke, which required caregivers for the remainder of his life. Hébert was known for his wit, strength, smile, and use of unusual, pithy", "title": "Malcolm Hebert" }, { "docid": "3786589", "text": "result of communicating with the cadres in those bureaus. From February 14 to April 24, Mao listened to the reports from 34 different bureaus, plus the report from the State Planning Commission on the Second Five-year Plan. During these 41 days, Mao listened to reports for four to five hours every day in Zhongnanhai. Other top leaders including Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yun, and Deng Xiaoping had also participated in these meetings and expressed their opinions. The reporting began with heavy industry, then proceeded to light industry, handicraft industry, transportation and telecommunication, agriculture and forestry, finance, and other areas.", "title": "Ten Major Relationships" }, { "docid": "19559026", "text": "Planning, Finance and Technical Department, taking over from Fritz Müller as head of the department in 1960. Schürer combined this responsibility with membership of the Politburo's Economics Commission. Further promotion followed in 1962 when he became deputy head of the . He took over leadership of the Planning Commission just three years later in 1965, when, according to Schürer, the incumbent, Erich Apel, shot himself after failing to win more than lukewarm support from Walter Ulbricht in the context of a trade and finance deal he was attempting to negotiate with the Soviets. For Schürer leadership of the Planning Commission", "title": "Gerhard Schürer" }, { "docid": "17276254", "text": "as: Exams are closed-book and proctored for each course much like any business course offered by an accredited institution. To maintain the designation, holders must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years and adhere to The American College Code of Ethics and Procedures. The American College is Accredited By Middle States Commission on Higher Education Agency. Those with a college degree who have passed the ChFC program may apply for the CWM Chartered Wealth Manager credential which is conferred from a TUV Accredited and ISO Certified 29990 certification body.Global Academy of Finance and Management Chartered Financial Consultant Chartered", "title": "Chartered Financial Consultant" }, { "docid": "6084700", "text": "which both form the territorial economic contribution (CET), a local tax introduced by the Finance Act 2010. In 1471 the commune had 46 fires and in 1765 had a population of 848. In 2010 the commune had 1,070 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year. The demographic history of Banon, after the bloodletting of the 14th and 15th centuries", "title": "Banon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence" }, { "docid": "10987436", "text": "invaluable instrument in Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts at reform and \"perestroika\". The committees of people's control extended throughout the Soviet Union. In 1989, of the more than 10 million citizens who served on these organs, 95 percent were volunteers. General meetings of work collectives at every enterprise and office elected the committees for tenures of two and one-half years. The chairman of the Committee of People's Control and a professional staff served for five years. The chairman sat on the USSR Council of Ministers. People's Control Commission The People's Control was a semi-civic, semi-governmental organisation in the Soviet Union", "title": "People's Control Commission" }, { "docid": "17418325", "text": "an “impressive and dynamic strategy” that has “left nobody in any doubts as to where they [TBF] are heading in the next few years.\" Demirel also has been active in the governance of European and international basketball. He is a member of the FIBA Finance Commission (2002—2014). He has served as a Vice President of FIBA Europe (2006—2010), a member of the Executive Committee (2006–2010), a board member of FIBA Europe (1994–2002 and 2006–2010), and a member of FIBA Europe's Finance Commission (1994–1998). He has served as a member of the Finance Commission (2002–2010), President of the Finance Commission (1998–2002),", "title": "Turgay Demirel" }, { "docid": "8186018", "text": "about Haryana Legislative Assembly Elections, Safidon Constituency is No. 35 as per Election Commission. After every five years, people chose their representative by voting and send him/her to Vidhan Sabha. Safidon is a Municipal Committee city in district of Jind, Haryana. The Safidon city is divided into 17 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. Safidon Municipal Committee has total administration over 6,568 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipal Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. The Safidon Sub-Division comprises", "title": "Safidon" }, { "docid": "7431922", "text": "Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy The Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy (CCGP) is a non-profit organization which has established a voluntary professional certification program for pharmacists. Pharmacists must pass a written examination to become certified and must re-certify every five years. Candidates are expected to be knowledgeable about principles of geriatric pharmacotherapy and the provision of pharmaceutical care to the elderly. A pharmacist who is certified in geriatric pharmacy practice is designated as a \"Certified Geriatric Pharmacist,\" and may use the acronym \"CGP\" as a suffix to their personal name. CCGP was founded in 1997 by the American", "title": "Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy" }, { "docid": "7431923", "text": "Society of Consultant Pharmacists and R. Tim Webster, and it is based in Alexandria, Virginia. As of 2007, CCGP has certified pharmacists in Australia, Canada, Panama, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Singapore, United States and Japan. Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy The Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy (CCGP) is a non-profit organization which has established a voluntary professional certification program for pharmacists. Pharmacists must pass a written examination to become certified and must re-certify every five years. Candidates are expected to be knowledgeable about principles of geriatric pharmacotherapy and the provision of pharmaceutical care to the elderly. A pharmacist who", "title": "Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy" }, { "docid": "118401", "text": "budget. The Parliament's members, up-until 1980 were national MPs serving part-time in the Parliament. The Treaties of Rome had required elections to be held once the Council had decided on a voting system, but this did not happen and elections were delayed until 1979 (see European Parliament election, 1979). After that, Parliament was elected every five years. In the following 20 years, it gradually won co-decision powers with the Council over the adoption of legislation, the right to approve or reject the appointment of the Commission President and the Commission as a whole, and the right to approve or reject", "title": "European Economic Community" }, { "docid": "16622302", "text": "old record of three consecutive 100-degree days which was set back in August 1947. Normally, the highest temperature recorded in a typical Chicago summer is around , a streak of 3 days above constitutes a \"heat wave\", and the thermometer reaches or surpasses only once every five to ten years. The Chicago temperatures exceeded the 1995 Chicago heat wave, which claimed over 750 lives, although humidity and registered dew points were higher during that heat wave. Through the first five days of July, the mean temperature in Chicago averaged , above normal, the hottest since 1911. Two deaths are confirmed", "title": "2012 North American heat wave" }, { "docid": "11922216", "text": "per annum; for the third five years from the date of commission at $3,500 per annum; for the fourth five years from the date of commission at $3,700 per annum, and after twenty years from the date of commission at $4,200 per annum. The petition further alleged that an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1873, 17 Stat. 247, fixed the pay of officers of the navy, who were then or might thereafter be retired on account of incapacity, resulting from sickness or exposure in the line of duty at 75 percent of the sea pay of the grade or", "title": "Thornley v. United States" }, { "docid": "18639141", "text": "applicants who in the initial phase set up the bank in a cluster of under-banked States / districts, such as in the North-East, East and Central regions of the country. These applicants will not have any hindrance to expand to other regions in due course. It is expected that the small finance bank should primarily be responsive to local needs. After the initial stabilisation period of five years, and after a review, RBI may liberalize the requirement of prior approval for annual branch expansion plans and scope of activities of the small finance banks. The other financial and non-financial services", "title": "Small finance bank" }, { "docid": "18995354", "text": "are skyrocketing, the village's restrictions on alcohol sales. The village has government school, government dispensary, Aanganbadi office, the public is well managed by the state government, rural drinking water wells in the village. Village Development Committee in collaboration operate Gausala in the village Thakurji, Janaki Vallabhjee, Bhairuji, gogaji, Ramdev, etc. There is Dewatao the temple, built in the west of the village of Balaaji temple \"Balaaji who Nim\" is quite well known, the village director is chosen after every five years under The State Election Commission of Rajasthan. Connecting the village to the nearby villages All paths remains on the", "title": "Vijaipura" }, { "docid": "18766413", "text": "a total of 707 months of prison. Examples of successful prosecutions include: three Nathans Finance directors were found guilty of making untrue statements in the company's prospectus, two received prison sentences of over two years, one received a sentence of home detention; two Capital + Merchant finance directors sentenced to seven and a half years and five years after being found guilty of charges of theft by a person in a special relationship; and convictions of five directors of Bridgecorp resulting in prison sentences of six and a half years for Rod Petricevic and Rob Roest. The most serious case", "title": "Finance company collapses, 2006–2012 (New Zealand)" }, { "docid": "1586799", "text": "Nuremberg principles The Nuremberg principles were a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime. The document was created by the International Law Commission of the United Nations to codify the legal principles underlying the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi party members following World War II. Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefor and liable to punishment. The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international", "title": "Nuremberg principles" }, { "docid": "8597929", "text": "by the Florida Legislature in 1887, the FPSC was originally called the Florida Railroad Commission and primarily regulated railroad passenger and freight rates and operations. As Florida grew, the Commission's purpose expanded. 2011- The Commission's jurisdiction over telecommunications was reduced The Florida Public Service Commission consists of five members selected for their knowledge and experience in one or more fields. These fields include economics, accounting, engineering, finance, natural resource conservation, energy, public affairs, and law. A Commissioner is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Commissioners serve terms of four years. Prior to 1979, three Commissioners were elected", "title": "Florida Public Service Commission" }, { "docid": "10400837", "text": "have relationships to work across party lines.\" Heflin also stressed his experience as county judge for five years: \"I understand how a county budget works. I served on [the Crosbyton] City Council . . . There are those [who] want to . . . referee the game from the sideline, but some of us have been involved in the game for a long time, and I think experience is very important.\" Meanwhile, Heflin was fined $1,200 by the Texas Ethics Commission for campaign-finance violations. Heflin claims that the fine is excessive and that he merely made clerical errors in the", "title": "Joseph P. Heflin" }, { "docid": "650441", "text": "uses the mayor-commissioner type of system. The city commission consists of five commissioners that are elected from single member districts. The city commission constitutes the governing body with powers to pass ordinances, adopt regulations, and exercise all powers conferred upon the city in the city charter. The mayor is elected at large and appoints a city manager. The City of Miami is governed by Mayor Tomás Regalado and 5 City commissioners that oversee the five districts in the city. The commission's regular meetings are held at Miami City Hall, which is located at 3500 Pan American Drive on Dinner Key", "title": "Miami" }, { "docid": "455702", "text": "have entered into \"official relations\" with WHO and are invited as observers. In the World Health Assembly they are seated alongside the other NGOs. The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the legislative and supreme body of WHO. Based in Geneva, it typically meets yearly in May. It appoints the Director-General every five years and votes on matters of policy and finance of WHO, including the proposed budget. It also reviews reports of the Executive Board and decides whether there are areas of work requiring further examination. The Assembly elects 34 members, technically qualified in the field of health, to the", "title": "World Health Organization" }, { "docid": "15740574", "text": "Federal Elections Commission as of July 15, 2011. Campaign Finance information through March 30, 2011, according to the Federal Elections Commission as of April 15, 2011. Fundraising for the 2012 United States presidential election Fundraising plays a central role in many presidential campaigns, and is a key factor in determining the viability of candidates. Money raised is applied in many ways, such as for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, and media advertisements. Under United States law, candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) at the end of every", "title": "Fundraising for the 2012 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "1232115", "text": "over. Since 1972, Bass River Township has been governed under the Walsh Act by a three-member commission. The members of the commission are elected at-large in nonpartisan elections held every four years as part of the May municipal election to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. Each of the Commissioners is the head of a designated department, with the mayor presiding over meetings but having no executive role. Mayor Deborah Buzby-Cope (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), Deputy Mayor Nicholas Capriglione (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property) and Louis Bourguignon (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public", "title": "Bass River Township, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "5481234", "text": "Finance) and Slovakia (Istrobanka). After receiving government support during the financial crisis, the bank embarked on a divestment programme to satisfy the requirements of the European Commission. As such, it sold several subsidiaries, including Centea, Fidea, Kredyt Bank, ADB, KBC Deutschland, Absolut Bank and KBL \"epb\" (Krediet Bank Luxembourgeoise), its network of European private banking subsidiaries. The divestment programme was completed in 2014 and the state aid entirely paid back by 2015, five years ahead of the agreed schedule. The group now focusses on its six core countries: Belgium, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Ireland. KBC has been", "title": "KBC Bank" }, { "docid": "16280974", "text": "the claims, establishing their legitimacy, the amounts illegally paid and to establish the roles of the solicitor general and the minister of finance, amongst other civil servants. The Commission was suspended and restarted five times between September 2006 and September 2008 due to issues over financing. The Commission’s 812-page report was published in October 2009 and presented to parliament in February 2010. At its tabling in Parliament, Somare commented that \"people who read it, would shudder in awe\" at the level of corruption in the finance department. The Commission’s report was broadly damning and stated, “The plain conclusion is that", "title": "Ministry of Finance (Papua New Guinea)" }, { "docid": "1972159", "text": "Local government in Scotland Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authorities designated as \"councils\" which consist of councillors elected every five years by registered voters in each of the council areas. Councils receive the majority of their funding from the Scottish Government, through aggregate external finance (AEF). AEF consists of three parts: Revenue support grants, non-domestic rates, and income and specific grants. The level of central government support for each authority is determined by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, currently Derek Mackay MSP, and is distributed by the Finance and Central Services Department of", "title": "Local government in Scotland" }, { "docid": "1225811", "text": "mid-1995, the population grew to 1,499 and the land increased 66%. The government of Lakesite is run by a manager-commission charter. The commission consists of five members who are elected at-large for four-year terms. The commission then elects a mayor and a vice mayor. Each commission is assigned a chair position to oversee aspects of the city including public safety, budget and finance, parks and recreation, and public works. Lakesite is home to two schools: McConnell Elementary and Loftis Middle School. Lakesite, Tennessee Lakesite is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,826 at the 2010", "title": "Lakesite, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "118437", "text": "European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU. The Parliament is composed of 751 members, who represent the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009). It has been directly elected every five years by universal suffrage since 1979. However, voter turnout at European Parliament elections has fallen consecutively at each", "title": "European Parliament" }, { "docid": "16295348", "text": "contrary be proved.” Section 78(1A) of the CPA reiterates that every person is presumed not to suffer from a mental illness or mental defect so as not to be criminally responsible in terms of section 78(1), until the contrary is proved on a balance of probabilities. In terms of section 78(1B), whenever the criminal responsibility of an accused is in issue, with reference to a commission or omission which constitutes an offence, the burden of proof will be on the party who raises the issue. Almost always, therefore, it will be on the accused. In \"S v Kalogoropoulos\", the court", "title": "South African criminal law" }, { "docid": "3318979", "text": "for US$40 million. The SFPUC is headed by a board consisting of five Commissioners, who are nominated by the Mayor of San Francisco and confirmed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Each of the five Commissioners is chosen according to criteria set forth in the San Francisco City Charter: Seat 1 on the Commission shall be a member with experience in environmental policy and an understanding of environmental justice issues. Seat 2 shall be a member with experience in ratepayer or consumer advocacy. Seat 3 shall be a member with experience in project finance. Seat 4 shall be a", "title": "San Francisco Public Utilities Commission" }, { "docid": "7123483", "text": "Arizona Supreme Court The Arizona Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Arizona. It consists of a chief justice, a vice chief justice, and five associate justices. Each justice is appointed by the governor of Arizona from a list recommended by a bipartisan commission. Justices stand for retention in an election two years after their appointment and then every six years. They must retire at age 70. The Chief Justice is chosen for a five-year term by the court, and is eligible for re-election. He or she supervises the administration of all the inferior courts.", "title": "Arizona Supreme Court" }, { "docid": "9837145", "text": "forums that addressed key leadership issues such as finance and ethics in education, the role of trustees, and importance of diversity to the educational mission. In 1981, the Council created the Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE) to help address the need for diversity in higher education. In 1982, ACE published the first of its annual status reports on minorities in higher education; five years later, the Council created the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American Life. In 1986, ACE conducted a national study to determine who the leaders of colleges and universities leaders were, what paths", "title": "American Council on Education" }, { "docid": "16920568", "text": "6th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party The 6th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party was held in Vientiane from 18–20 March 1996. The congress occurs once every five years. A total of 381 delegates represented the party's 78,000 card-carrying members. The 6th Congress saw the weakening of the authority of those people who supported faster and more radical economic reforms. Leading officials who was not elected to the Central Committee were Khamphoui Keoboualapha, the Chairman of the Committee for Planning and Cooperation, Minister of Finance Khamsai Souphanouvong and Phao Bounnaphon, the Minister of Communications. Of the 49", "title": "6th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party" }, { "docid": "13373291", "text": "27 November 2017, Modi government appointed him as the chairman of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India. Former Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand, Former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, and Georgetown University Professor Anoop Singh are the other members of the Commission. As per Article 280 of Indian Constitution, Finance Commission is required to make recommendations on the distribution of the net proceeds of taxes between the Centre and the states. 15th Finance Commission will make recommendations after reviewing several important aspects of federal fiscal finance including deficit, cash balances, debt levels, and fiscal discipline efforts", "title": "N. K. Singh" }, { "docid": "18094973", "text": "junior athletics program. In 1952, he became a deputy for the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department under J. Howell Flournoy. After nine years, he resigned as a deputy to run for public safety commissioner under the city commission form of government, a five-member body that exercised combined executive and legislative functions. Then Governor Jimmie Davis had been the Shreveport public service commissioner early in his political career from 1938 to 1942. The other commissioners presided over the public works, utilities, and finance departments. The mayor was technically the \"commissioner of administration.\" A Democrat, D'Artois was first elected commissioner in 1962, when", "title": "George W. D'Artois" }, { "docid": "12058327", "text": "John McWilliams Ford John McWilliams Ford (February 18, 1880 – July 1, 1965) was the longest-serving elected public official in Shreveport, Louisiana. Though he served as mayor only from 1918 to 1922, it was his tenure as finance commissioner that is most remembered for longevity—from 1930 until his death thirty-five years later. The finance commissioner was established under the previous city commission government, which was replaced with the 1978 elections by the mayor-council form of municipal government. Ford's first elective office was as city alderman in 1908. He was also a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, the parish", "title": "John McWilliams Ford" }, { "docid": "14266388", "text": "NDC or the Planning Commission. The loan part which was given to the state had gotten accumulated and for some of the states the loan obligation and repayments were bigger than the assistance they got. In 1969, after the draft the fourth five-year plan was presented, the Planning Commission officially discussed with the states the impact of the Finance Commission Awards on their finances. Great variations in the provision of these awards were witnessed amongst the states. Some states had a substantial surplus and other states could not even meet their budgetary responsibilities. Another problem was of the ways and", "title": "Gadgil formula" }, { "docid": "13980005", "text": "returned to Seattle in 1985 and started an advertising agency, Seattle, Burgess & Associates (later, The Domain Group), which he ran until selling the agency to Merkle in 2005. The company had an annual revenue of $70 million and more than 200 employees at the time of its sale. Burgess chaired the Queen Anne Community Council in the 1990s and served on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission from 1989 to 2001, chairing the commission for five years. Burgess publicly criticized city councilmembers for their ties to organized crime and campaign-finance violations during the Strippergate scandal of 2003, taking a", "title": "Tim Burgess (politician)" }, { "docid": "15235618", "text": "Education and State Affairs Committees under State Senator Anthony Stamm (R-Kalamazoo). More recently, he has served as a finance co-chair and member of the campaign finance team of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. He was appointed as Democratic co-chair of the Michigan commission created to improve customer service in state government (known as the Secchia Commission) by Governor John Engler. Cole left Michigan State University in January, 2014, after having served for eight years as Professor in the Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing department, which he chaired from 2006 to 2011. Earlier in his career, 1988 to 1990, he was an", "title": "Richard T. Cole" }, { "docid": "382517", "text": "monarch; to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats; 10 members appointed by the monarch and 55 elected by popular vote; to serve five-year terms). The elections are held every five years after dissolution of parliament by the King. The last elections were held on 20 September 2013. The balloting is done on a non-party basis in all categories. All election procedures are overseen by the elections and boundaries commission. Nominations take place at the chiefdoms. On the day of nomination, the name of the nominee is raised by a show of hand and the nominee is", "title": "Politics of Eswatini" }, { "docid": "9640772", "text": "at the village level. They are a cornerstone of the panchayati raj system. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with a population of more than five hundred. There is a common gram panchayat for two or more villages if the population of these villages is less than five hundred, whereupon it is called a group-gram panchayat. There are 28,813 gram panchayats in Maharashtra. After every five years, Maharashtra State Election Commission conducts elections in all local bodies. Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2014-15 Local government in Maharashtra Local govt. in Maharashtra State follows the general structure of Local", "title": "Local government in Maharashtra" }, { "docid": "12946122", "text": "Governments should prepare annual maintenance plans. (12) 10% of the Development Grant may be set apart for an incentive system. (13) For grants-in-aid a bill system may be introduced for drawing from the Treasuries instead of the cheque system. (14) A Cell under the general control of Finance and Local Self Government Departments may be set up for monitoring financial matters of Local Governments. The Third SFC has moved on to a regime of fixed grants. It fixed the base year's grant equivalent to the recommendations of the Second State Finance Commission and suggested 10% annual increases for the five-year", "title": "State Finance Commission (Kerala)" }, { "docid": "14855025", "text": "towards ensuring the efficient coordination and effective implementation of the MIFC initiative. The Royal Award For Islamic Finance The Royal Award for Islamic Finance (RAIF) is an international award that is held every 2 years to recognise one exceptional individual who has excelled in advancing Islamic finance globally through outstanding performance and contribution. The Royal Award provides further impetus to deepen the body of knowledge and cross-border application of Islamic finance. Inspired by ethical principles that drive the industry, this recognition is unique and meant to highlight the individual’s outstanding contribution and its impact towards the advancement of Islamic finance", "title": "The Royal Award For Islamic Finance" }, { "docid": "14855016", "text": "The Royal Award For Islamic Finance The Royal Award for Islamic Finance (RAIF) is an international award that is held every 2 years to recognise one exceptional individual who has excelled in advancing Islamic finance globally through outstanding performance and contribution. The Royal Award provides further impetus to deepen the body of knowledge and cross-border application of Islamic finance. Inspired by ethical principles that drive the industry, this recognition is unique and meant to highlight the individual’s outstanding contribution and its impact towards the advancement of Islamic finance globally, beyond commercial achievements. Established in 2010 under the Malaysia International Islamic", "title": "The Royal Award For Islamic Finance" }, { "docid": "3432261", "text": "is the only legislative standard for measuring the viability of non-major parties. Elected officials codified five percent in the Federal Election Campaign Act, and taxpayers finance candidates whose parties attract five percent of the popular vote. The Citizens' Debate Commission advocates the following format stipulations for future presidential debates: The Citizens' Debate Commission also proposes the following four basic formats for future presidential debates: The following serve or have served on the CDC: The following civic organizations serve on the Advisory Board of the Citizens' Debate Commission: Citizens' Debate Commission The Citizens' Debate Commission (CDC) is a nonpartisan American organization,", "title": "Citizens' Debate Commission" }, { "docid": "16768917", "text": "In addition, the organizations also pursue different goals: the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association concentrate on membership association activities such as conferences, professional development, and publications, while the e Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification concentrates on promoting quality rehabilitation counseling services for individuals with disabilities through certification. Individuals who pass the voluntary certification examination, become qualified as Certified Rehabilitation Counselors. To maintain certification, counselors are required to stay current either through re-examination or by meeting specific ongoing educational requirements every five years. The requirements include the following: Certification is voluntary and not required for supervised", "title": "Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification" }, { "docid": "16557156", "text": "to individual civil liability. (Though the timing remains unmentioned in the film, the opinion is delivered two weeks before Gov. Perry announces his candidacy for President of the United States, and five years after the Forensic Science Commission initially accepted the Willingham/Willis complaint. Also the Attorney General’s office had a representative attending every Forensic Science Commission meeting from its inception, and never previously questioned the body's jurisdiction; Assistant AG Barbara Deane can be seen in meetings documented in the film.) The film looks upon the anti-death penalty movement's seizing upon the case with some skepticism: the primary voices of the", "title": "Incendiary: The Willingham Case" }, { "docid": "9417283", "text": "Act (Commonwealth Act No. 83). This occurred just two years after the United States Congress created the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The first commissioner of the SEC was Ricardo Nepomuceno. The SEC was not in operation during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, but was restored in 1947. Since 1981, the SEC has five commissioners. The current commissioners are: Past commissioners included (incomplete list): The SEC has two principal departments: (1) prosecution and enforcement and (2) supervision and monitoring. Its major functions include registration of securities, analysis of every registered security, and the evaluation of the financial condition", "title": "Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)" }, { "docid": "5831834", "text": "2001-2017) The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, Article 181(4) states that local government elections will be held after every five years. The Electoral Commission had not been able to hold the LC elections when Uganda was still passing off as a one party system of governance, because it was challenged in the case of Rtd Rubaramira Ruranga Vs Electoral Commission and another in the Constitutional Petition No. 21 of 2006 as inappropriate in a multi-party dispensation. The delay in holding the election was stated to be due to the high cost involved in holding the election through secret", "title": "Local Council (Uganda)" }, { "docid": "5575885", "text": "from Battleford to Regina, faced controversy because he owned property in Regina. After the territorial government moved to Ottawa, the government was often resented for being so far away. The Carrothers Commission spent two years visiting nearly every community in the territory and consulting with residents, community leaders, business people, and territorial politicians. The Carrothers Commission investigated and considered five communities for the capital: Hay River, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Inuvik and Yellowknife. Many people in the Northwest Territories believed that Fort Smith would win since it already housed the Territories' civil service. Yellowknife officially became the capital on September", "title": "History of Northwest Territories capital cities" } ]

[ "Leon Haywood" ]

[ { "docid": "16841121", "text": "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) \"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)\" is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit, earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1982. The track peaked at # 22 in the U.S., and became a Gold record. It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, \"Everlasting Love.\" It reached # 34 in the UK Singles Chart. \"She's a Bad Mama Jama\" also spent eight weeks", "title": "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" }, { "docid": "16841122", "text": "at number two on the R&B/Soul chart. It was blocked from the top spot by Diana Ross's and Lionel Richie's song, \"Endless Love\". Carlton's subsequent album, \"Carl Carlton\", went gold in 1981. \"She's a Bad Mama Jama\" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks and is often sampled in rap music, including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's Big Bad Mamma. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) \"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)\" is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit,", "title": "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" } ]

[ { "docid": "17510632", "text": "is a cover of the song originally released by The Manhattans. Like a Stranger (album) Like a Stranger is the second studio album by freestyle music singer Johnny O, released in 1990 by Micmac Records label. Three singles were released from the album, the first of which, \"Dreamboy / Dreamgirl\", a duet with singer Cynthia, peaked at number 53 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The singles, \"We Can Not Go On This Way\" and \"I Just Wanna Get to Know You (If It's Alright With You)\", were not as successful. The song \"Bad Mamma Jamma\" is a cover of the", "title": "Like a Stranger (album)" }, { "docid": "17510631", "text": "Like a Stranger (album) Like a Stranger is the second studio album by freestyle music singer Johnny O, released in 1990 by Micmac Records label. Three singles were released from the album, the first of which, \"Dreamboy / Dreamgirl\", a duet with singer Cynthia, peaked at number 53 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The singles, \"We Can Not Go On This Way\" and \"I Just Wanna Get to Know You (If It's Alright With You)\", were not as successful. The song \"Bad Mamma Jamma\" is a cover of the song originally released by Carl Carlton and \"Kiss & Say Goodbye\"", "title": "Like a Stranger (album)" }, { "docid": "20089861", "text": "a \"Good-Bad\" rating indicating that while the movie is lacking in many regards, its shortcomings make it entertaining in a \"so bad it's good\" kind of way. Slamma Jamma Slamma Jamma is a 2017 American faith-based-themed sports drama film written and directed by Timothy A. Chey. Once promising college basketball player Michael Diggs (Chris Staples) is released from prison after serving six years in prison for armed robbery and wins the national slam dunk competition against all odds. \"Slamma Jamma\" grossed $1,687,000 in 502 theaters in its opening weekend \"Slamma Jamma\" received both positive and negative reviews. In a review", "title": "Slamma Jamma" }, { "docid": "20089858", "text": "Slamma Jamma Slamma Jamma is a 2017 American faith-based-themed sports drama film written and directed by Timothy A. Chey. Once promising college basketball player Michael Diggs (Chris Staples) is released from prison after serving six years in prison for armed robbery and wins the national slam dunk competition against all odds. \"Slamma Jamma\" grossed $1,687,000 in 502 theaters in its opening weekend \"Slamma Jamma\" received both positive and negative reviews. In a review for Focus on the Family, the film critic wrote, \"Slamma Jamma has a good heart and fine messages. But perhaps more importantly for those who want to", "title": "Slamma Jamma" }, { "docid": "14155406", "text": "Jamma nich Jamma nich is a studio album by German pop singer Nena. The title is a colloquial rendering of the German injunction \"jammere nicht!\" (\"don't complain\" or \"don't whine\"). Nena wrote the album with Annette Humpe (Ideal, Ich und Ich), who also co-produced, and (Lucilectric). Their involvement may explain the \"synth pop tendency\" that makes it \"a unique kind of semideparture in her catalog\". By the time \"Jamma nich\" was released, Nena was pregnant with her fifth and final child but continued a full round of TV and promotional appearances in support of the various singles released from the", "title": "Jamma nich" }, { "docid": "14155407", "text": "album until late into her pregnancy. Official singles were \"Ganz gelassen\" and \"Alles was du willst\"; there were also promotional singles \"Jamma nich\" and \"Auf dich und mich\". The album enjoyed moderate success, peaking at in Germany. Jamma nich Jamma nich is a studio album by German pop singer Nena. The title is a colloquial rendering of the German injunction \"jammere nicht!\" (\"don't complain\" or \"don't whine\"). Nena wrote the album with Annette Humpe (Ideal, Ich und Ich), who also co-produced, and (Lucilectric). Their involvement may explain the \"synth pop tendency\" that makes it \"a unique kind of semideparture in", "title": "Jamma nich" }, { "docid": "3128427", "text": "(2008). Baranski has starred in numerous films, including \"9½ Weeks\" (1986), \"Legal Eagles\" (1986), \"Reversal of Fortune\" (1990), \"Addams Family Values\" (1993), \"Jeffrey\" (1995), \"The Birdcage\" (1996), \"Bulworth\" (1998), \"Cruel Intentions\" (1999), \"Bowfinger\" (1999), \"Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" (2000), \"Chicago\" (2002), \"Mamma Mia!\" (2008), \"The Bounty Hunter\" (2010), \"Into the Woods\" (2014), \"A Bad Moms Christmas\" (2017), and \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\" (2018). Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazurowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish descent, and her grandparents were actors in", "title": "Christine Baranski" }, { "docid": "12309277", "text": "Before\" as the B-side. Big Bad Mamma \"Big Bad Mamma\" is a single by American rapper Foxy Brown and American R&B group Dru Hill from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, \"How to Be a Player\". The song also appeared on the re-issue of Foxy Brown's debut album, \"Ill Na Na\". The song, which was produced by the Trackmasters and based on an interpolation of Carl Carlton's \"She's a Bad Mama Jama\", became a semi-successful hit, peaking at 53 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, Foxy's second highest charting single as a solo artist. The single was released with the recently", "title": "Big Bad Mamma" }, { "docid": "12309276", "text": "Big Bad Mamma \"Big Bad Mamma\" is a single by American rapper Foxy Brown and American R&B group Dru Hill from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, \"How to Be a Player\". The song also appeared on the re-issue of Foxy Brown's debut album, \"Ill Na Na\". The song, which was produced by the Trackmasters and based on an interpolation of Carl Carlton's \"She's a Bad Mama Jama\", became a semi-successful hit, peaking at 53 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, Foxy's second highest charting single as a solo artist. The single was released with the recently reunited EPMD's \"Never Seen", "title": "Big Bad Mamma" }, { "docid": "2965642", "text": "Machine Operators' Union (AOU), who had their own trade show, to promote a new event: the Japan Amusement Expo. JAMMA is the namesake of a widely used wiring standard for arcade games. An arcade cabinet wired to JAMMA's specification can accept a motherboard for any JAMMA-compatible game. JAMMA introduced the standard in 1985; by the 1990s, most new arcade games were built to JAMMA specifications. As the majority of arcade games were designed in Japan at this time, JAMMA became the de facto standard internationally. Before the JAMMA standard, most arcade PCBs, wiring harnesses, and power supplies were custom-built. When", "title": "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association" }, { "docid": "20743131", "text": "1934 by H. S. Rouse at the Hong Kong and Whampoa dockyards. Meryl Streep took opera singing lessons as a child, and as an adult, she previously sang in several films, including \"Postcards from the Edge\", \"Silkwood\", \"Death Becomes Her\", and \"A Prairie Home Companion\". She was a fan of the stage show \"Mamma Mia!\" after seeing it on Broadway in September 2001, when she found the show to be an affirmation of life in the midst of the destruction of 9/11. Due to \"Mamma Mia!\" financial success, Hollywood studio chief David Linde, co-chairman of Universal Pictures told \"The Daily", "title": "Mamma Mia! (film series)" }, { "docid": "20089860", "text": "nary a cliché untouched.\" A review on Common Sense Media gave it one out of five stars stressing that \"[u]nless you're a fan of the physical act of the slam dunk (of which there are plenty in this film), there's nothing to recommend in this artless redemption story. \"Slamma Jamma\" has a decent message -- hanging onto faith and fortitude is a decisive way to rise from the ashes of youthful 'mistakes' -- but the film itself is weighed down by so many missed opportunities that it's hard to watch.\" Bad movie podcast The Flop House unanimously gave the film", "title": "Slamma Jamma" }, { "docid": "11503672", "text": "fourteenth century. One of the earliest European mentions is by the missionary Pedro Páez, who was the first European to see and describe the origin of the Abay. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf, in the 1840s the Jamma defined the boundary between Marra Biete and Moret, two districts of the former province or Sultanate of Shewa. Jamma River The Jamma River is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary of the Abay (or Blue Nile) on its right side. It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Amhara and Oromia Regions. The Upper Jamma flows through steep,", "title": "Jamma River" }, { "docid": "3658830", "text": "compete against SNK's Neo Geo. Capcom released the CPS Changer as an attempt to sell their arcade games in a home-friendly format. The CPS Changer adapter was basically an encased SuperGun (Television JAMMA adapter), and was compatible with most JAMMA standard PCBs. Capcom's \"protection\" against people using the CPS Changer on other arcade boards was the physical shape of the device. On a normal JAMMA PCB it would not attach firmly and tended to lean at odd angles, but it would work. The CPS Changer has outputs for composite video, S-video and line-level mono audio. The CPS Changer featured Super", "title": "CP System" }, { "docid": "20089859", "text": "see the film, it showcases some amazing athleticism. While this basketball film sometimes stumbles a bit narratively and content-wise, on the court its slam dunk maestros literally soar.\" In a review for MovieGuide, the film critic wrote, \"SLAMMA JAMMA is an uplifting, positive movie with strong Christian faith and values. It calls on people to choose God’s love and turn to faith to overcome the world’s troubles.\" In a review for \"The Hollywood Reporter\", Frank Scheck wrote that the film combined its \"inspirational and sports-movie tropes in hackneyed, unoriginal fashion\" and it's \"hoary, melodramatic plotting and painfully awkward dialogue leave", "title": "Slamma Jamma" }, { "docid": "13337008", "text": "in San Francisco, April–May 2009. In 2010, Andersson exhibited at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado. Her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld, Germany in 2011. She is also represented by David Zwirner Gallery in New York City, where she had three solo exhibitions. \"Room Under the Influence\" (2006), \"Who is sleeping on my pillow\" (2010), and \"Behind the Curtain\" in 2015. Mamma Andersson's work is included in the following collections: Mamma Andersson Mamma Andersson (born 1962) is a contemporary artist based in Stockholm. She is represented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Stephen", "title": "Mamma Andersson" }, { "docid": "1787903", "text": "as Catherine Johnson (who went on to pen \"Mamma Mia\", the ABBA musical) and Matthew Graham (\"This Life\", \"Doctor Who\" and co-creator of BBC One's \"Life on Mars\"). The first writer was Adele Rose - in Series 1 she wrote episodes 1–4 and 6; her daughter, Carrie Rose, wrote episode 5. The most prolific was Brian B. Thompson, who wrote 50 episodes over 12 series. \"Byker Grove\" gave Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper his first break into TV drama when he directed four episodes in 1997. \"Byker Grove\" was not filmed in the Byker area of Newcastle. The actual youth club", "title": "Byker Grove" }, { "docid": "14240511", "text": "delivered one of the funnier episodes from the past several weeks.\" Canning said that the other stories were \"also very fun\", and having been a critic to Jane Krakowski's Jenna, Canning said that her appearance in \"Mamma Mia\" was \"effectively funny without overdoing her self-centeredness.\" In conclusion, Canning gave it a 9.1 out of 10 rating. Television columnist Alan Sepinwall for \"The Star-Ledger\" wrote that this was a \"very funny episode, boosted by the ingenious casting of Alan Alda\" as Jack's biological father. \"The A.V. Club\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Nathan Rabin praised \"30 Rock\" for delivering \"comically\" with this episode, and observing there", "title": "Mamma Mia (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "6922104", "text": "Catherine Johnson (playwright) Catherine Johnson (born 14 October 1957) is a British playwright, producing works for stage and television. She is best known for her book for the ABBA-inspired musical \"Mamma Mia!\" and screenplay for the film of the same name. The film became the highest-grossing motion picture of all time in the UK, and the biggest selling UK DVD of all time in January 2009. She also co-wrote the 2018 sequel, \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\". Johnson grew up in Wickwar near Wotton-under-Edge and attended Katharine Lady Berkeley's School in Wotton. She was expelled from school at 16,", "title": "Catherine Johnson (playwright)" }, { "docid": "20163998", "text": "name \"Saul Goodman\". Kim is taken aback and notes that \"Saul\" has \"a lot of energy\", to which Jimmy responds that it's \"just a name\". The episode was directed by Keith Gordon and written by Ann Cherkis, who previously wrote the season 2 episode \"Rebecca\". Laura Fraser briefly reprises her \"Breaking Bad\" role as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, Gus' business associate. In a Q&A with AMC, Fraser distinguished the \"Better Call Saul\" version of Lydia from that of \"Breaking Bad\"'s remarking, \"She hasn’t started unraveling. She feels really secure and confident in her place in the world, and she even experiences moments", "title": "Off Brand" }, { "docid": "19852727", "text": "did not visit her for fear of getting locked up himself for possible warrants out for his arrest. Curt tells Mamma that it's a man's job to protect and provide for his woman, and if he can't do that, the woman who even looks at him \"should have her funky ass run into the ground like a piece of scum!\". Rich and Shaky leave. Mamma starts flirting with Art, who shows no interest. She tells him that her name is actually Queenie Bell Mack, but changed it to Mamma Too Tight because she felt it fit better. Pandora descends the", "title": "Goin' a Buffalo" }, { "docid": "1862526", "text": "Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper \"Mamma Mia\". Ulvaeus and Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad has been involved financially in the production and she has also been present at many of the premieres around the world.", "title": "Mamma Mia!" }, { "docid": "2965645", "text": "buttons, different controller types, or support more players by adding extra connectors—or even by utilizing dormant JAMMA pins. Circuitry designs that overstep the JAMMA specification in this way are unofficially called \"JAMMA+\". The JAMMA Video Standard (JAMMA VIDEO規格, JVS) is a newer JAMMA connector standard designed for contemporary USB peripherals. The standard specifies communication protocols and physical interfaces for peripheral devices. Per the first edition of the JVS, published in 1996, peripheral devices connect to a dedicated I/O board. The main board connects to the I/O board via a USB Type-A to USB Type-B interface cable, and peripherals connect to", "title": "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association" }, { "docid": "6922108", "text": "British Film\" award at the BAFTA 62nd British Academy Film Awards. Catherine Johnson (playwright) Catherine Johnson (born 14 October 1957) is a British playwright, producing works for stage and television. She is best known for her book for the ABBA-inspired musical \"Mamma Mia!\" and screenplay for the film of the same name. The film became the highest-grossing motion picture of all time in the UK, and the biggest selling UK DVD of all time in January 2009. She also co-wrote the 2018 sequel, \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\". Johnson grew up in Wickwar near Wotton-under-Edge and attended Katharine Lady", "title": "Catherine Johnson (playwright)" }, { "docid": "13337004", "text": "Mamma Andersson Mamma Andersson (born 1962) is a contemporary artist based in Stockholm. She is represented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and David Zwirner, New York. She is one of Sweden's most internationally famous artists. She is married to Swedish contemporary artist Jockum Nordström. Mamma Andersson's birthplace and childhood home of Luleå is in North Sweden near the Polar Circle. Born Karin Andersson, she drew and painted from an early age without any family members being interested in art. She studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and her nickname Mamma (\"Mother\") was added", "title": "Mamma Andersson" }, { "docid": "19793498", "text": "Mamma Mia (Supernatural) \"Mamma Mia\" is the second episode of the paranormal drama television series \"Supernatural\"s season 12, and the 243rd overall. The episode was written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming and directed by Thomas J. Wright. It was first broadcast on October 20, 2016, on The CW. In the episode, Dean, Mary and Castiel are getting closer to Sam's location. Sam, meanwhile, is continued to being tortured by Toni, looking for information on the American hunters. Meanwhile, Crowley has finally found Lucifer, who is now in a new vessel: a faded rock star named Vince Vincente and sets", "title": "Mamma Mia (Supernatural)" }, { "docid": "5378507", "text": "Kick harness The kick harness, also known as the extra harness or plus harness, is a set of additional connectors that allow arcade PCBs to have extra inputs beyond what the JAMMA wiring standard allows. A typical JAMMA PCB supports only 1 joystick and 3 buttons each for 2 players. JAMMA boards that require this extra harness are referred to as JAMMA+ or JAMMA Plus boards. The kick harness is named for its most ubiquitous use in arcades: the additional kick buttons in the game Street Fighter II. Many games, especially fighting games, have adopted similar button layouts. Harnesses for", "title": "Kick harness" }, { "docid": "5307503", "text": "JAMMA-compatible arcade boards, many systems support additional features not provided by JAMMA. The most common additional feature is wirings for extra buttons. This can be done with an extra set of wires that directly connect the supergun to the arcade board (called a \"kick harness\") or by wiring the extra buttons to some unused pins on the JAMMA connector itself. Regardless of the method used, these extra connections fall into the generic name JAMMA+. JAMMA only provides for three buttons per controller, but games requiring wiring for extra buttons have become common enough that many superguns support this out of", "title": "SuperGun" }, { "docid": "5378509", "text": "Capcom, but they have different pinouts due to the configuration of their respective CPS-1 and CPS-2 system boards. Kick harness The kick harness, also known as the extra harness or plus harness, is a set of additional connectors that allow arcade PCBs to have extra inputs beyond what the JAMMA wiring standard allows. A typical JAMMA PCB supports only 1 joystick and 3 buttons each for 2 players. JAMMA boards that require this extra harness are referred to as JAMMA+ or JAMMA Plus boards. The kick harness is named for its most ubiquitous use in arcades: the additional kick buttons", "title": "Kick harness" }, { "docid": "16466041", "text": "as part of VEVO's LIFT showcase. On 13 March 2011 she performed the song on \"Saturday Night Live\". On 3 June 2011 hit the stage on Britain's Got Talent. On 12 April, Jessie J performed the song at BET's., and on 13/03/2011 she performed it at MTV Push. A homemade video posted by Jessie on your account on YouTube helped promote it. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Mamma Knows Best \"Mamma Knows Best\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Jessie J, from her debut studio album \"Who You Are\". Written by Jessica Cornish, Ashton Thomas and produced by", "title": "Mamma Knows Best" }, { "docid": "11503671", "text": "Jamma River The Jamma River is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary of the Abay (or Blue Nile) on its right side. It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Amhara and Oromia Regions. The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut first through volcanic rock and then through the Cretaceous sandstone and shaly sandstone, with Jurassic limestone at the bottom. It has a drainage area of about 15,782 square kilometers in size. Tributaries include the Wanchet. The earliest mention of this river is in the \"Gadla\" of Tekle Haymanot, which was written in the", "title": "Jamma River" }, { "docid": "17481452", "text": "Jew. Being a prisoner in Germany was not as bad as being a child in the concentration camps. In Germany, she was tortured but not beaten. After the war with Germany was over she moved to England and has lived there ever since. In the last 25 years in England she has re-enacted her life in a play called \"Who Do We Think We Are,\" choreographed plays, acted in her famous movies, danced, and wrote a book. Arriving in the United Kingdom as a refugee at the end of World War II, she married Michael S. Posner in 1950. In", "title": "Ruth Posner" }, { "docid": "16294416", "text": "Ines Pellegrini Ines Pellegrini (born in 7 November 1954) is a retired Italian actress of Eritrean origin. Though born in Milan, Pelligrini spent her childhood in Eritrea, attending Italian schools, before returning to Italy with her adoptive father in the 1970s. She made her film debut in 1973 in \"Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia\" but her career was launched by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who chose her for the role of Zumurrud in \"Arabian Nights\" (1974); she also appeared in Pasolini's last film, \"Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom\" (1975). About her Pasolini wrote: \"When", "title": "Ines Pellegrini" }, { "docid": "2965647", "text": "addition, following items cannot be manufactured, sold, or transferred to arcades as prizes: Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association The , abbreviated JAMMA, is a Japanese trade association headquartered in Tokyo. JAMMA is run by representatives from various arcade video game manufacturers, including Namco Bandai, Sega, Taito, Tecmo, Capcom, Konami and Atlus, among others. Until 1 April 2012, \"JAMMA\" stood for . The corporation was renamed after they merged with the Nihon Shopping Center Amusement Park Operator's Association (NSA) and the Japan Amusement Park Equipment Association (JAPEA). Before 2012, JAMMA had been organizing an annual trade fair called the Amusement", "title": "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association" }, { "docid": "2965641", "text": "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association The , abbreviated JAMMA, is a Japanese trade association headquartered in Tokyo. JAMMA is run by representatives from various arcade video game manufacturers, including Namco Bandai, Sega, Taito, Tecmo, Capcom, Konami and Atlus, among others. Until 1 April 2012, \"JAMMA\" stood for . The corporation was renamed after they merged with the Nihon Shopping Center Amusement Park Operator's Association (NSA) and the Japan Amusement Park Equipment Association (JAPEA). Before 2012, JAMMA had been organizing an annual trade fair called the Amusement Machine Show for many years. In 2013, they began collaborating with the Amusement", "title": "Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association" }, { "docid": "5597928", "text": "Industry Association of America (RIAA) and over 3 million copies worldwide. Three singles were released from the album. \"Get Me Home\" was released on September 15, 1996. It peaked at number 42 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The second single, \"I'll Be\", released on March 4, 1997, also noted a commercial success. It peaked at number seven on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, becoming Brown's highest charting single. The song was ranked number 52 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. \"Big Bad Mamma\" was released July 28, 1997 and was featured on the soundtrack to the film \"How to Be a", "title": "Ill Na Na" }, { "docid": "13583241", "text": "song re-entered the chart at number twenty-three. In its fifth week on the chart, \"My Mamma Said\" peaked at number four. In January 2010, the song was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales of 7,500 copies in Denmark. My Mamma Said \"My Mamma Said\" is a song by Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua. The song was written by members Søren Rasted and Lene Nystrøm, and produced by Rasted, for their second greatest hits album (2009). It was released as the second single from the album, following \"Back to the 80's\". An atypically sombre track", "title": "My Mamma Said" }, { "docid": "13583239", "text": "My Mamma Said \"My Mamma Said\" is a song by Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua. The song was written by members Søren Rasted and Lene Nystrøm, and produced by Rasted, for their second greatest hits album (2009). It was released as the second single from the album, following \"Back to the 80's\". An atypically sombre track for Aqua, \"My Mamma Said\" deals with emotions and considerations concerning the death of the mother of the first person character. The dominant instruments are the piano and the 'cello. Nystrom is the principal vocalist and her part concerns fears and reflections about her mother,", "title": "My Mamma Said" }, { "docid": "19852731", "text": "fight almost ensues as Curt and the musicians all try to get the phone to talk to Deeny, who is on his way. Pandora and Art talk about Mamma's heroin habit and the frustrating present. Curt tells Art that if things go south, he is to take care of Pandora in San Francisco. He recounts how they met. Shaky arrives and urges Mamma to pull in $100, to which Mamma says she needs more time, and that he's pushing her too hard. Art seduces Mamma Too Tight by telling her that Shaky doesn't understand her, that he pushes her too", "title": "Goin' a Buffalo" }, { "docid": "9170344", "text": "patch, which she removed after she was lowered to the main stage. To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide and second overall tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–09). She performed in Europe, North America, Oceania, Asia and Africa. During the concert shows she wore S&M-inspired outfits and high boots. Mike Usinger of \"The Georgia Straight\" gave the show a mixed review; he wrote that even though Rihanna's vocals were improved, he felt she still struggled to keep the audience engaged. Jason MacNeil of Canadian Online Explorer gave a positive review of the concert after", "title": "Good Girl Gone Bad" }, { "docid": "12934903", "text": "2007. With Luigi Ferini-Strambi (Fondazione San Raffaele del Monte Tabor) she wrote the book \"Un Sonno Perfetto\" (\"A Perfect Sleep\"), which discusses the causes and treatments of sleep disorders. With Arianna Banderali she wrote the book \"Ricette low cost: Mangiare bene e sano spendendo poco\" (\"Low-cost recipes: eating well and healthily while spending little\"). Manuela Campanelli (science journalist) Manuela Maria Campanelli (born 1962 in Milan) is an Italian science journalist. She has written articles for \"SuperQuark News\", \"Focus\", \"\", \"OK Salute\", \"Corriere della Sera\", \"Donna & Mamma\", and \"Corriere Medico e Doctor\". She is a graduate of the University of", "title": "Manuela Campanelli (science journalist)" }, { "docid": "4616917", "text": "Et & Alt\". In 2006 Rasted wrote and arranged music for \"Det Kgl Teater\", the music for the Royal Danish Opera ballet \"American Mixtures\". Rasted is a member of the Danish band Hej Matematik. He has also made various TV scores and film scores. In 2009 Rasted produced the Aqua songs for the \"Best of\" album: \"Back to the 80's\", \"Live Fast - Die Young\" and \"My Mamma Said\". in 2011 Rasted wrote and produced with Claus Norreen, Rene Dif and Lene Nystrøm the Aqua album \"MEGALOMANIA\". In 2012 Rasted started the Label \"LabelLand\" distributed by ArtPeople. In 2012 Rasted", "title": "Søren Rasted" }, { "docid": "17736963", "text": "pretext of the mother to drown her son, so she can stay with him forever, even after death. While Didino dies drowned the servant under the house waits in tears for his arrival ... Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (\"To my dear mother on the day of her birthday\") is a 1974 Italian comedy drama film directed by Luciano Salce. The young noble Didino is a big baby and an introvert man who has trouble to socializing because of the possessive mother. He is still treated in", "title": "Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno" }, { "docid": "9759818", "text": "Daniel McDonald (actor) Daniel McDonald (July 30, 1960 – February 15, 2007) was an American actor who guest-starred in many TV shows including \"\", \"Law & Order\", \"Murder, She Wrote\" and \"Sex and the City\". He was also involved in Broadway, performing in \"Mamma Mia!\". McDonald was born the youngest of seven children in Scranton, Pennsylvania and raised in Romulus, New York. He graduated from Ithaca College. McDonald's older brother, Christopher McDonald, is also an actor who is seen in many films and television shows. He met Mujah Maraini-Melehi during the rehearsals for \"Steel Pier\". The couple were married in", "title": "Daniel McDonald (actor)" }, { "docid": "14346355", "text": "are bad things in themselves.\" McAlpine complimented the overall sound of Kesha and Cruz's vocal work together on the song commenting that \"the jarring clash between Taio's supersmooth soul-gentleman image and Kesha's sloppy drunken nonsense is genuinely fascinating. The song actually transforms from one kind of a thing to another, depending who has their hand on the microphone.\" \"The Guardian\"'s Caroline Sullivan first criticized Cruz for his evident \"facelessness\" in his music while reviewing his album; she, however, wrote that the song \"saves the day\" and wrote that it exemplified \"British humour by impersonating a camera ('Snap, snap, click!').\" Sara", "title": "Dirty Picture" }, { "docid": "6569497", "text": "Bernardino, who would become her first biographer. Mamma Rosa reputedly lived an intense life of prayer. She emulated the strong women of the Bible and aimed to become a treasure to her family. It is reported in her biographies that, even in times of crisis, she managed to balance the family budget, while exercising great charity towards the poor, especially towards orphans of World War I. She cared for the sick and gave them continuous assistance, especially during the final illness and death of her husband Carlo, in 1930. Mamma Rosa became a Secular Franciscan (Third Order founded by St.", "title": "Eurosia Fabris" }, { "docid": "3769782", "text": "Jaglom's \"Someone to Love\". Late in the decade Kellerman planned to release her second album, which would have included \"It's Good to Be Bad, It's Bad to Be Good\" from 1992's \"\" (which she produced and starred in as Natasha Fatale); however, the album was never released. In 1992, there was a fourth collaboration between Kellerman and Altman in \"The Player\", where she appeared as herself. Supporting roles followed in Percy Adlon's \"Younger and Younger\" (1993), \"Murder She Wrote\" (1993) and \"Mirror, Mirror II: Raven Dance\" (1994), the sequel of the Yvonne De Carlo and Karen Black horror film \"Mirror,", "title": "Sally Kellerman" }, { "docid": "4521199", "text": "offices, held by Jamma ryots (native militia farmers, also called jamma tenure-holders), who were mostly Kodavas while including people from a few other communities as well, exempted the Kodavas from the 1861 Indian Arms Act. The 1878 Indian Arms Act listed among those groups of persons not restricted by the Act: \"all persons of Kodava race, and all jumma tenure-holders in Coorg who by their tenures are liable for police and military duties.\" The Kodava language, called Kodava takk, is an independent and has quite a few words from languages of neighboring states as well as from Kannada. Kodava takk", "title": "Kodava people" }, { "docid": "13464313", "text": "cavaliere\", \"Tre ragazzi ed il Sultano\", \"Il ladro di Picasso\", \"Due ragazzi nella Firenze dei Medici\",\"Mamma Natale\", \"Mamma Natale ed i Pirati\" and the travel books \"Rome for two\" and \"Walkin' Rome\". In 2000 wrote and directed the comedy movie \"Un anno in campagna\" (\"One year in the Countryside\") starring Francesca Antonelli, Yari Gugliucci, Giulio Di Mauro, Enzo Cardogna, Ludovica Modugno. He wrote also texts to comics, such as \"I grandi del calcio\" (Football Stars), \"I grandi del jazz\" (Jazz Stars), \"I grandi del cinema\" (Movie Stars), \"Yeti\" (strip), \"Piero\" (strip), \"Hans & Chica\" (adventure). He wrote italian detective books", "title": "Marco Di Tillo" }, { "docid": "6865444", "text": "Mamma Roma Mamma Roma is a 1962 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Anna Magnani and Ettore Garofolo. An ex-prostitute, Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani), tries to start a new life selling vegetables with her 16-year-old son Ettore. When Ettore later finds out that she was a prostitute, he succumbs to his dark side and stops doing his duties. He later carries out a petty theft of a radio in a hospital and goes to prison. Meanwhile, Mamma Roma is struggling to raise her son the best way possible and build a new life for", "title": "Mamma Roma" }, { "docid": "731776", "text": "positive reviews with praise directed to the performances of the two leads. Manohla Dargis wrote that \"Streep creates an acutely moving portrait of a woman who in liberating herself helps instigate a revolution\". It earned over $177 million against a budget of $50 million. Streep received her 31st Golden Globe nomination and 21st Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2018, Streep briefly reprised the role of Donna Sheridan in the musical sequel \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\". She played a supporting part in Rob Marshall's \"Mary Poppins Returns\", starring Emily Blunt in the title role. Streep will next", "title": "Meryl Streep" }, { "docid": "2559320", "text": "mother prevailed. The two of them left Los Angeles by train on September 13, 1943. Farmer moved in with her parents in West Seattle, but she and her mother fought bitterly. Farmer wrote in her autobiography: \"Mamma and I had fought, argued, threatened, and screamed until it had finally come down to a climax of two exhausted women sitting across from each other in a small, cluttered kitchen. We were enemies who had grown tired of pretending.\" After one violent physical attack, Lillian had Farmer committed to Western State Hospital at Steilacoom, Washington. Three months later, in early July 1944,", "title": "Frances Farmer" }, { "docid": "16560556", "text": "the memory of music teacher Perla Espinal. The show was broadcast on NJN on June 29, 2011. June 2011 saw the debut of \"Perks\", a musical webseries described by \"Playbill\" as \"\"Glee\" meets Wii\", in which Strong stars as Courtney, the object of affection for geeky high school gamer Josh (Alex Wyse), the series’ male lead, who is too shy to express his feelings to her. In August 2011, Strong auditioned for the Broadway musical \"Mamma Mia!\", on the advice of \"Bye Bye Birdie\"'s musical director. A week later she was cast as a temporary replacement for a cast member", "title": "Allison Strong" }, { "docid": "16150281", "text": "Judy Craymer Judy Craymer , is an English creator and producer of musical theatre who has also worked extensively in the film, television and music industries. She is also the founder of Littlestar Services Ltd. Craymer has achieved international popular success in musical theatre, in particular her work on \"Mamma Mia!\", which has been seen by more than 60 million people worldwide. Craymer was nominated for the \"Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film\" at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards for the film version of \"Mamma Mia!\" She", "title": "Judy Craymer" }, { "docid": "12168838", "text": "the script for the film \"Bad Santa 2\" with Johnny Rosenthal. Shauna Cross Shauna Cross is an American screenwriter, novelist and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym \"Maggie Mayhem\", and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel \"Derby Girl\", a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote a film adaption of the novel, \"Whip It\", which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of \"Variety\"s 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008. Cross grew up in Austin, Texas with her", "title": "Shauna Cross" }, { "docid": "589669", "text": "on 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom. In her diary she wrote, \"I was awoke at 6 o'clock by Mamma, who told me the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham were here and wished to see me. I got out of bed and went into my sitting-room (only in my dressing gown) and \"alone\", and saw them. Lord Conyngham then acquainted me that my poor Uncle, the King, was no more, and had expired at 12 minutes past 2 this morning, and consequently that \"I\" am \"Queen\".\"", "title": "Queen Victoria" }, { "docid": "2829546", "text": "When Verraros advanced into the top ten for \"American Idol\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first season, Shaw (of \"Entertainment Weekly\") wrote of the contestant, \"I can't decide whether I love him or loathe him.\" She likened Verraros to a forgettable boy-band member, but also wrote that she had appreciated Verraros' decision to use sign language during his audition. After Verraros was voted off the series, Shaw wrote of him, \"I genuinely felt bad for the guy...Of course, I could have told you all that he wasn't advancing on to the next round. You can't follow up stellar singers like Tamyra and Justin [Guarini] with", "title": "Jim Verraros" }, { "docid": "19793510", "text": "Winchesters are back together and Lucifer has a new vessel, I'm excited to see where we go from here.\" Mamma Mia (Supernatural) \"Mamma Mia\" is the second episode of the paranormal drama television series \"Supernatural\"s season 12, and the 243rd overall. The episode was written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming and directed by Thomas J. Wright. It was first broadcast on October 20, 2016, on The CW. In the episode, Dean, Mary and Castiel are getting closer to Sam's location. Sam, meanwhile, is continued to being tortured by Toni, looking for information on the American hunters. Meanwhile, Crowley has", "title": "Mamma Mia (Supernatural)" }, { "docid": "20662445", "text": "She Bad \"She Bad\" is a song recorded by American rapper Cardi B for her debut studio album \"Invasion of Privacy\" (2018), with American rapper YG. It was written by Cardi B, Jordan Thorpe, YG, and its producers DJ Mustard and DJ Official. It entered at number 57 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 the week following the album's release. \"She Bad\" is a trap number. Lyrically, the rapper boasts about her growing riches and multi-tasking. \"Variety\"s Jim Aswad, \"Rolling Stone\"s Rob Sheffield and \"Billboard\"s Carl Lamarre highlighted the line where she raps about having a threesome with Rihanna and", "title": "She Bad" }, { "docid": "20711476", "text": "thirty years, the band sounded reinvigorated. Spencer Kornhaber of \"The Atlantic\" felt that \"Bad Witch\" does not reach the highs of 1992's \"Broken\" or 1994's \"The Downward Spiral\", but it does not dishonor them either. \"Drowned in Sound\"'s Christian Cottingham was more mixed on the album, criticizing it for relying too much on previous Nine Inch Nails sounds and material. Sam Sodomsky of \"Pitchfork\" wrote, \"for the first time in a long time, Reznor sounds like he’s got his eye on the future.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Bad Witch\". Nine Inch Nails Additional personnel Bad Witch Bad", "title": "Bad Witch" }, { "docid": "10027736", "text": "1906, and Brown's letters gave the trial national attention. Brown pleaded with Gillette in the letters to accept responsibility for her pregnancy. In her final letter, written July 5, Brown looked forward to her impending Adirondack trip with Gillette, and she said farewell to her childhood home of South Otselic, wishing she could confess her pregnancy to her mother: \"I know I shall never see any of them again. And mamma! Great heavens, how I do love Mamma! I don't know what I shall do without her (...) Sometimes I think if I could tell mamma, but I can't. She", "title": "Murder of Grace Brown" }, { "docid": "16138138", "text": "to American actor James Dean, \"You're my James Dean / you make me feel like I'm seventeen\". She also relates about how good girls often fall for bad boys; she affirms that \"bad boy\" she loves, \"drive[s] too fast\" and \"smoke[s] too much\". During the chorus, Beyoncé projects the image of a woman, who wants to love and be loved regardless of what others may say, \"I'd rather die young / Than live my life without you / Rather not live at all\". As the song progresses, Beyoncé references \"some deeper emotional fires burning\" as she sings, \"Nobody understands what", "title": "Rather Die Young" }, { "docid": "9894873", "text": "in Preston, England and started her training at Cardinal Newman College before moving to Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She graduated in 1999. Whilst training at Mountview, she played Fern in \"Charlotte's Web\" at the Polka Children's Theatre in Wimbledon, London. After her training, she played Iris Bentley in \"Let Him Have Justice\", which she co-wrote. She was later cast in the lead role of Sophie in the West End production of \"Mamma Mia!\" (2000), and then as Serena Katz in the national tour of \"Fame\". A season was then spent appearing in \"Out of This World\" at the Chichester", "title": "Julie Atherton" }, { "docid": "3549501", "text": "and one which only plays the two \"Samurai Shodown\" games. The fighting game board has two revisions. While looking like one, the first revision is not true JAMMA, as the sound does not come from the JAMMA edge but from an AMP connector mounted on the front of the board, which is controlled by a potentiometer. There is a modification available to get mono sound off the JAMMA edge which involves removing a jumper and setting another. There is also an extra +5v connector that is supposed to be connected to the back of the board to \"prolong\" the life", "title": "Hyper Neo Geo 64" }, { "docid": "4521205", "text": "strict laws and taboos against poaching and felling of trees. These groves are also an important storehouse of biodiversity in the district. A system of land tenure, known as Jamma (privileged tenureship), was formerly instituted in Kodagu during the pre-colonial Paleri Dynasty of the Lingayat Rajas. Jamma agricultural lands were held almost exclusively by Kodavas as a hereditary right, and were both indivisible and inalienable. Importantly, rights over the adjacent uncultivated woods (bane) were also attached to Jamma tenure, such that relatively expansive agricultural-forestry estates have remained intact across Kodagu. The exclusion of plantation crops, such as coffee, from India’s", "title": "Kodava people" }, { "docid": "3549502", "text": "of the board per SNK. It is still unconfirmed if having the extra +5v connector connected actually does increase the board's life. Some say it is to divert the heat of the high amps going through the JAMMA edge. The second board revision is true JAMMA and also has a switch to select between JAMMA output as well as MVS output, which has stereo sound. Revision 1 has a volume port and amp connectors on the front, while the Revision 2 board has only amp connectors (around five) on the front of the board. Seven games were released, all developed", "title": "Hyper Neo Geo 64" }, { "docid": "18541171", "text": "SPECTRE light vehicle The SPECTRE is a lightweight all-terrain vehicle originally intended to replace the AM General High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in some roles. As development of the Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset (JAMMA) vehicle (later renamed SPECTRE) progressed, the type became more focused on long range patrol and special forces type roles. According to General Dynamics, the SPECTRE is no longer marketed, and none are known to have been sold.<ref name=\"Jane's Logistics, Support & Unmanned 2015-2016 General Dynamics Land Systems Force Protection JAMMA/SPECTRE light vehicle\"></ref> The TAC-V Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset (JAMMA) family of vehicles has", "title": "SPECTRE light vehicle" }, { "docid": "3215092", "text": "few games at the time to allow two-player cooperative side-by-side gameplay, and to use vehicles. The game cabinet is a standard upright model. \"Ikari Warriors\" printed circuit boards (PCBs) were manufactured in two different versions: SNK pinout and JAMMA pinout. Most SNK-pinout units were put into \"Ikari Warriors\" cabinets, while most JAMMA-pinout units were supplied as conversion kits. The SNK-pinout boards have a 22/44-pin edge connectors. The JAMMA-pinout PCBs have a 28/56-pin edge connectors. Both types consist of a stack of three boards, with interconnects. \"Ikari Warriors\" uses SNK's model LS-30 joysticks, which contain a 12-way rotary switch box. The", "title": "Ikari Warriors" }, { "docid": "1862572", "text": "women should prioritise following their goals and enjoying their youths over marriage. It also celebrates female friendship, and undermines the importance of fathers in women’s lives, prioritising self-actualisation and the role of the mother instead. Librettist Catherine Johnson manages to express these themes through her transformation of ABBA’s music, as she turns these somewhat stereotypical songs into empowering ones by having characters of different genders sing them. Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA composed by Benny Andersson", "title": "Mamma Mia!" }, { "docid": "18319287", "text": "21 on Darin's YouTube channel. It was directed by Alex Herron and filmed in Palmdale, California. As stated by the director himself, \"\"the video feels as if it's a love story in the beginning but then it starts to escalate and she's a Mamma Mia, she's the ultimate crazy woman. They rob a bank, she strips for him. It's pretty dirty, it's pretty good\"\". The production of the video costed 500.000 Swedish crowns. Mamma Mia (Darin song) \"Mamma Mia\" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Darin featuring vocals by rapper Prophet of 7Lions. It was released on April", "title": "Mamma Mia (Darin song)" }, { "docid": "6865445", "text": "both. The lingering shots of Ettore, strapped to a prison bed in his underwear are seductive and haunting, as are shots of Mamma Roma walking at night, joined by different men in conversation, one after another in one continuous shot. Pier Paolo Pasolini said that he wasn't able to rebirth Anna Magnani as she was in \"Roma, città aperta\" because, as an actor, she chose to maintain her independence from his artistic visions. \"If I had to shoot the film over, I would have still chosen her\", said Pasolini later. \"Mamma Roma\" was dedicated to the director of \"Roma, città", "title": "Mamma Roma" }, { "docid": "2443912", "text": "recording ABBA songs (such as \"Honey, Honey\" and \"Bang a Boomerang\"), similarly ABBA offered \"Mamma Mia\" to British pop group Brotherhood of Man, who turned it down. \"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do\" topped the Australian charts for three weeks; however, the promo clip for \"Mamma Mia\" proved the more popular after repeat screenings on Australian television, notably Molly Meldrum's \"Countdown\". ABBA’s Australian record company, RCA, asked that \"Mamma Mia\" be released as a single but Polar Music refused. However, Stig Anderson agreed to this; \"Mamma Mia\" was released in Australia in August 1975, where it", "title": "Mamma Mia (song)" }, { "docid": "17885571", "text": "the part of Mowgli in \"The Jungle Book\", and then took several parts one after the other, such as \"The Prince and the Pauper\", \"Coups de foudre\", \"Grease\", \"Les Misérables\", \"Peter Pan\", \"Fiddler on the Roof\"... In 2010, she played Lisa, and Sophie’s understudy in the musical \"Mamma Mia!\". In 2011 she joined the \"Cabaret (musical)\"'s troop at the Théâtre Marigny where she played Frenchie, and Claire Pérot’s understudy – the leading part of Sally Bowles. In October 2013, and January 2014, she played the title role in \"\" in Paris. Since 2011, she has patronized the association \"Coeurs en", "title": "Vanessa Cailhol" }, { "docid": "16466039", "text": "Mamma Knows Best \"Mamma Knows Best\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Jessie J, from her debut studio album \"Who You Are\". Written by Jessica Cornish, Ashton Thomas and produced by same. The song peaked at number 59 in UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Jessie J, Ashton Thomas and produced by same. This big-band work out was one of the first songs written by Jessie J and the first one that brought her to people's attention. \"Mamma Knows Best\" received generally positive reviews from critics. Mike Diver from \"BBC\", said: \"Mamma Knows Best\" brings a big-band-trapped-in-a-synthesizer sound", "title": "Mamma Knows Best" }, { "docid": "15531121", "text": "RAI, in cooperation with the UN. On September 11 2016 she won the 'Premio Salento - Giornalisti del Mediterraneo - sezione terrorismo' for her article in the daily newspaper Libero: 'Ho dovuto uccidere mamma e sorella per salvarle dall'Isis'. She is a granddaughter of professor Franco Giongo, radiologist and 11 times Italian track and field athletics champion. She wrote hundreds of articles for daily papers as 'Il Giornale' and 'Libero' and for weekly papers as 'Il popolo lombardo' and 'Oggi', 'Novella 2000', 'Astra', 'Alba', 'Sette', 'Salve', 'Visto', 'Corriere Medico', from Rizzoli Rcs publishers. In these magazines appeared various interviews with,", "title": "Maria Cristina Giongo" }, { "docid": "13922990", "text": "audio professionals such as theatrical sound designers do what was previously possible only with highly sophisticated and expensive measurement devices. Audio system engineers from Clair Brothers used Smaart to tune the sound system at each stop during U2's PopMart Tour 1997–1998. As it increased in popularity, engineers who used Smaart found mixed results: touring veteran Doug Fowler wrote that \"misuse was rampant\" when the software first started appearing in the field. He warned users against faulty interpretation, saying \"I still see bad decisions based on bad data, or bad decisions based on a fundamental lack of understanding of the issues", "title": "Smaart" }, { "docid": "7101227", "text": "During her time as a series regular on \"Dawson's Creek\", Holmes first leading role in a film came in 1998's \"Disturbing Behavior\", a \"Scream\"-era \"Stepford Wives\"-goes-to-high school thriller, where she was a loner from the wrong side of the tracks. The film was recut from what the director intended. Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" wrote her character, Rachel, \"dresses in black and likes to strike poses on the beds of pickup trucks and is a bad girl who is in great danger of becoming a very good one.\" Despite the fact that it received mixed reviews and was not", "title": "Katie Holmes" }, { "docid": "4873282", "text": "James Gaddas James Gaddas (born 9 June 1960 in Ragworth, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is an English actor best known for playing Governing Governor Neil Grayling in ITV's Bad Girls. Prior to Bad Girls, Gaddas had played Robert Prescott in Coronation Street in 1989 before returning later as Vinnie Sorrell. Since leaving \"Bad Girls\", Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in \"Billy Elliot the Musical\", productions of \"Peter Pan\" and \"Spamalot\" and Bill Anderson in \"Mamma Mia!\" in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on \"The Bill\", Tracy Beaker Returns, \"Medics\", \"Dogtown\", BBC's daytime soap \"Doctors\" and \"Waterloo Road\" and in", "title": "James Gaddas" }, { "docid": "5842157", "text": "chart (his first, coincidentally, had also been a duet: 1982's \"The Girl Is Mine\" with Paul McCartney). It was released without an accompanying music video. The presence of Garrett on the track was a last-minute decision by Jackson and Jones, after Jackson's first two choices for the duet, Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston, both decided against participating. Garrett, a protégé of Jones's who co-wrote another song on \"Bad\", \"Man in the Mirror\", did not know that she would be singing the song until the day of the recording session. It became her first hit since Dennis Edwards' 1984 song \"Don't", "title": "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" }, { "docid": "15067166", "text": "to PM Winston Churchill, in the film \"Darkest Hour\". She headlined the World War II drama \"The Exception\", playing a British agent posing as a servant to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. James starred as the younger version of Meryl Streep's character, Donna Sheridan, in the sequel to \"Mamma Mia!\", titled \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\". The film was released in July 2018. James played author Juliet Ashton in the 2018 period dramedy \"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society\" who exchanges letters with the residents of Guernsey, an island off the coast of Normandy that was German-occupied", "title": "Lily James" }, { "docid": "6821628", "text": "a new domino.\" Raja Sen of Rediff.com felt the film was \"conventional and predictable\", and complained that the director did not develop his characters. However, Sen was impressed by Chopra's performance and wrote, \"[She] handles her role with efficiency, looking every bit the competent woman of actionand a ravishing babe who fills out a skintight white jumpsuit deliciously\". Pratim D. Gupta of \"The Telegraph\" gave the film a positive review, noting that the director turned a formula \"good defeats bad\" film into a modern-day neo-noir film where \"bad fights bad\", and wrote, \"The new Don is more of a remix", "title": "Don (2006 Hindi film)" }, { "docid": "9430772", "text": "in Djursholms chapel where Natanael Beskow was a preacher. In 1885 she married Jakob Tegnér (1851–1926). Jakob Tegnér was a lawyer, and later secretary of the Swedish Publishers' Association and editor of \"Svenska Bokhandelstidningen\". Alice Tegnér wrote many well-known children's songs in Swedish, most notably \"Mors lilla Olle\". It was published during 1895 in volume 3 of \"Sjung med oss, mamma!\". In addition to children's songs, Alice Tegnér wrote many other types of music in classical genres such as chamber and sacred music together with choral music, cantatas, cello and violin sonatas. Her songs and compositions were inspired by both", "title": "Alice Tegnér" }, { "docid": "1925429", "text": "Barry in \"DuBarry Was a Lady\" at Her Majesty's Theatre in November 2001 (which she had also played as part of the series in 1993). She played Tanya in \"Mamma Mia!\" for two years at the Prince Edward Theatre (2000–02) followed by Phyllis in \"Follies\" at the Royal Festival Hall (2002). \"The Observer\" wrote, \"Louise Gold's Phyllis is versatile and formidable: injured queen one moment, vamp the next.\" \"The Guardian\" found her \"wonderfully acerbic\". During the summer of 2003, she performed at the Festival Theatre, Chichester, playing the Duchess of Plaza-Toro in \"The Gondoliers\" and starring as the fairy characters", "title": "Louise Gold" }, { "docid": "857671", "text": "time, earning $250 million. In 2008, she signed a $180 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. In 2018, Cher returned to film for her first on-screen role since 2010's \"Burlesque\", starring in the musical romantic comedy film \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\". Inspired by the film, the album \"Dancing Queen\" (2018) debuted at number three on the \"Billboard\" 200, tying with 2013's \"Closer to the Truth\" for Cher's highest-charting solo album in the U.S. Cher has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards,", "title": "Cher" }, { "docid": "18983906", "text": "that the audience's \"perception of her changes throughout the show\", from a villainous figure to a sympathetic individual. She observed that Vause has \"a great sense of humor about the whole situation\" and is \"pretty caring and insightful\". \"TV Guide\"s Liz Raftery considered Vause a polarizing character, asking \"is she a master manipulator or just misunderstood?\". She proposed that Vause \"seems to think of herself as a bad person but maybe she isn't, whereas [Chapman] is so convinced that she's a good person and is totally taken aback whenever anyone challenges that.\" Gerri Mahn of \"Den of Geek\" wrote that", "title": "Alex Vause" }, { "docid": "14557428", "text": "(1998, as \"Lars\"), \"The Invitation\" (2003, as \"Joel Gellman\"), \"The Lazarus Child\" (2004, as \"John Boyd\"), \"Fierce People\" (2005, as \"Dr. Leffler\"), and \"Big Bad Wolf\" (2006, as \"Charlie Cowley\"). He has also starred on Broadway as \"Sam\" in \"Mamma Mia\" and \"Dean Newhouse\" in \"Going Down Swingin\"', following successful stints in the Canadian productions of \"Miss Saigon\", \"Les Misérables\", \"Phantom of the Opera\" and \"Sunset Boulevard\". Christopher Shyer Christopher Shyer (sometimes credited as Chris Shyer) is a Canadian-American actor who has appeared in over 50 film and television roles. Shyer was born in Downsview, Ontario, Canada. Shyer has appeared", "title": "Christopher Shyer" }, { "docid": "14250855", "text": "in 1842 by Edward Hill, he wrote for some years, though he thought newspaper writing ‘a bad employment.’ He resumed in 1876 when the \"Christian Life\" was started by his friend Robert Spears, writing a weekly article till his death. He had contributed papers, chiefly biblical, to the \"Christian Reformer\" (1834–63) with the signature ‘S. S.,’ and to many other periodicals. He published, besides doctrinal tracts: HIs biography \"Samuel Sharpe, Egyptologist and Translator of the Bible\" (1883) was written by Peter William Clayden, who married Ellen Sharpe in 1887, and later wrote about Rogers. Samuel Sharpe (scholar) Samuel Sharpe (1799–1881)", "title": "Samuel Sharpe (scholar)" }, { "docid": "9879538", "text": "late 2006. He played and co-wrote music for the albums \"Santi\" and \"Fast Times at Barrington High\". Chislett writes music and plays guitar in the band 1969, whose line-up is completed by Butch Walker and drummer Darren Dodd (The Let's-Go-Out-Tonites, Electric South). 1969's debut album, \"Maya\", was released on 1 April 2008. Chislett also plays guitar in Pistol Youth with Brad Carter from Steriogram. Pistol Youth's \"Smiling can backfire\" EP was released digitally in early 2008. In 2004, Chislett played guitar for the band Mamma and the All-Stars with Matthew Kennedy (guitar), Joel Houston (bass), Marty Sampson (drums) and Andris", "title": "Michael Guy Chislett" }, { "docid": "4791469", "text": "music to be used. Parker also says he received a letter of thanks from her for the sales boost she enjoyed as a result of the episode. In addition to recordings, Wing has made various appearances in New Zealand, like Massey University Orientation in Wellington. On 21 August 2007, Wing made her U.S. debut in San Francisco. Wing performed at the 2008 South by Southwest festival. On May 11, 2008, she performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend, singing versions of ABBA's \"Dancing Queen\" and \"Mamma Mia\" and Elton John's \"Candle in the Wind\". DJ Scott", "title": "Wing (singer)" }, { "docid": "10160019", "text": "Award, an annual award given to a significant Finnish lyricist. Vesala was the 26th person and the 5th woman to receive the award. Vesala acted in a silent film called \"Myrsk\" (Tempest) by director Elina Oikari at TaiK in 2013, playing the role of Prince Ferdinand. She has provided the Finnish voice for several movies including \"Tinker Bell\", \"Happily N'Ever After\", \"Arthur and the Minimoys\", \"High School Musical 1\", 2 and . She translated Benny Andersson's, 's and Björn Ulvaeus' musical \"Kristina från Duvemåla\", and the ABBA songs in the musical \"Mamma Mia!\" from Swedish to Finnish for Svenska Teatern.", "title": "Paula Vesala" }, { "docid": "5172261", "text": "Mamma (song) \"Mamma\" is a popular song composed in 1940 by Cesare Andrea Bixio with Italian lyrics by Bixio Cherubini under the title \"Mamma son tanto felice\" (\"Mum, I am so happy\"). The performers of this song included: Beniamino Gigli, Luciano Tajoli, Richard Tucker, Claudio Villa, Robertino Loreti, Violetta Villas, Muslim Mogomayev, Luciano Pavarotti, Toto Cutugno, Andrea Bocelli, Sergio Franchi, Romina Arena, Jon Christos and Mario Frangoulis. In 1946, the English lyrics were written by Harold Barlow and Phil Brito who had their popular recording hit the charts in May 1946 under the title of \"Mama\". British singer David Whitfield", "title": "Mamma (song)" }, { "docid": "3819109", "text": "Margot Robbie after production was pushed back. In 2013, she began modeling for Givenchy. In 2015, she starred in the comedy \"Ted 2\", alongside Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane, and played Peter Pan's mother in the film \"Pan\". In 2018, she starred as Anon, a futuristic visual hacker, in the Netflix original film \"Anon\", with Clive Owen; and reprised her role as Sophie Sheridan in the \"Mamma Mia!\" sequel, \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\", which was released in July. Seyfried has stated that she has anxiety and panic attacks. She also has stage fright and avoided performing in theater", "title": "Amanda Seyfried" }, { "docid": "12026158", "text": "which led to her daughter Maria tearfully proclaiming: \"Mamma is dead, Mamma is dead\" to which Sophia corrected: \"No! She is praying\". This led to Domenico growling: \"Be quiet; she's asleep. Let her alone, she had no sleep last night\". Before she died she met with the first Bishop of Louisville Benedict Joseph Flaget and she praised him and the United States of America. Napoleon's mother Letizia Ramolino learned of her and even sought her spiritual advice. A spiritual advisor of hers was Monsignor Raffaele Natali - the secretary of Pope Pius VII - and another was Saint Vincenzo Strambi.", "title": "Anna Maria Taigi" }, { "docid": "8964931", "text": "was deemed blasphemous. Red Hot Mamma Red Hot Mamma is a 1934 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. It's a snowy winter's night, and a shivering Betty is trying to sleep. Shutting all the windows isn't enough, so she lights a roaring fire in the fireplace and falls asleep on the hearthplace rug. The heat of the flames soon turns two roosting chickens into roasted chickens, and causes Betty to dream that her fireplace has become the gate to Hell itself. Betty explores the underworld, and sings \"Hell's Bells\" for Satan and his minions. When Satan", "title": "Red Hot Mamma" }, { "docid": "8964929", "text": "Red Hot Mamma Red Hot Mamma is a 1934 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. It's a snowy winter's night, and a shivering Betty is trying to sleep. Shutting all the windows isn't enough, so she lights a roaring fire in the fireplace and falls asleep on the hearthplace rug. The heat of the flames soon turns two roosting chickens into roasted chickens, and causes Betty to dream that her fireplace has become the gate to Hell itself. Betty explores the underworld, and sings \"Hell's Bells\" for Satan and his minions. When Satan tries to put", "title": "Red Hot Mamma" }, { "docid": "20838149", "text": "While recording, Cher hinted on her Twitter account that she might be releasing an ABBA cover album. On July 16, 2018, it was officially revealed in an interview with \"The Today Show\" that the album will indeed consist of ABBA covers. She further stated: \"After filming \"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\", I was reminded again of what great and timeless songs they wrote and started thinking, 'Why not do an album of their music?' The songs were harder to sing than I imagined but I'm so happy with how the music came out. I'm really excited for people to", "title": "Dancing Queen (album)" }, { "docid": "16402471", "text": "2005, Grahn worked as an actress at Malmö City Theater. In addition to the theater, Grahn was an actor in film and television. In 1974, she played in Jan Halldoff's \"The Last Adventure\". That same year she played Vera in the play \"\", directed by Suzanne Osten, and also participated in the play's soundtrack recording. Osten wrote the role of the movie guard in her debut film \"Mamma\" (1982) especially for Grahn. Grahn also had roles in \"The Simple-Minded Murderer\", \"Night of the Orangutan\", \"\", \"Eva & Adam\", \"\", \"\", \"\", \"Rederiet\", and Henning Mankell's \"The Fifth Woman\". Grahn died", "title": "Wallis Grahn" }, { "docid": "12699574", "text": "disputed, and she is brought before a village council. Music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and Released on Star Music. Balaji B of \"Thiraipadam\" wrote \"It is neither a political satire nor, in spite of having the heroine's name as its title, a socially relevant film. His [Karunaidhi] dialogues do shine at some places but for the most part, are made irrelevannt by the horrid screenplay and bad character development.\" \"Indiaglitz\" wrote \"The film is peppered with messages on nationalism, caste and communal harmony. But it lacks the spellbinding effect of certain war films.\" Kannamma (film) Kannamma () is", "title": "Kannamma (film)" }, { "docid": "9322043", "text": "Mamma Mia! (film) Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson based on the 1999 musical of the same name, also written by Johnson, which itself is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, including the title song, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to", "title": "Mamma Mia! (film)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11991182", "text": "(in bold) in the fourteen music-related categories. The reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel won four awards. Four sports awards were presented (winners in bold). Four fashion and image awards were presented (winners in bold). Three movie awards were presented (winners in bold). Three other pop culture awards were presented (winners in bold). 2008 Premios Juventud The 5th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 17, 2008. The broadcast attracted an average audience of 5.2 million viewers and was the top-rated program of the evening among adults 18-34, attracting more viewers than all of its English-language competitors,", "title": "2008 Premios Juventud" }, { "docid": "11363566", "text": "Santos, Antonio Banderas, Maná, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Trevi and Fifth Harmony. The first two editions were held in September. In 2006 it was moved up to July. From 2004 to 2017 the show aired on a Thursday. The 2018 edition will be the first edition to be held on a Sunday and first edition to not have nominees and voting. Every edition has been held in the Watsco Center. Premios Juventud Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) is an awards show for Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, music, sports, fashion, and pop culture, presented by the television network Univision. Winners", "title": "Premios Juventud" }, { "docid": "14126429", "text": "Juanes took home one award each. 2004 Premios Juventud The 1st Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on September 23, 2004. Marc Anthony and Thalía was the leading nominees, with 13 nominations each. Jennifer Lopez follows with 12 nominations in various categories. Other artists receiving nominations include Luis Miguel with 11, Paulina Rubio and Ricky Martin with 9 each, and Colombian pop star Shakira with 6 nominations. The night's biggest winners were Mexican superstar Thalía and Chayanne, with three statuettes. Other takers included Jennifer Lopez and popular Banda group Liberación, with two statuettes, baseball shortstop Alex Rodríguez,", "title": "2004 Premios Juventud" }, { "docid": "14126428", "text": "2004 Premios Juventud The 1st Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on September 23, 2004. Marc Anthony and Thalía was the leading nominees, with 13 nominations each. Jennifer Lopez follows with 12 nominations in various categories. Other artists receiving nominations include Luis Miguel with 11, Paulina Rubio and Ricky Martin with 9 each, and Colombian pop star Shakira with 6 nominations. The night's biggest winners were Mexican superstar Thalía and Chayanne, with three statuettes. Other takers included Jennifer Lopez and popular Banda group Liberación, with two statuettes, baseball shortstop Alex Rodríguez, and Colombian idols Paulina Rubio and", "title": "2004 Premios Juventud" }, { "docid": "11991181", "text": "2008 Premios Juventud The 5th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 17, 2008. The broadcast attracted an average audience of 5.2 million viewers and was the top-rated program of the evening among adults 18-34, attracting more viewers than all of its English-language competitors, including \"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?\", \"So You Think You Can Dance\", \"Greatest American Dog\", \"\", \"Swingtown\", \"Last Comic Standing\", \"Fear Itself\", \"Ugly Betty, \"Grey's Anatomy\", and \"Hopkins\". The following is a list of musical artists in order of performance: The following is a list of the nominees and winners", "title": "2008 Premios Juventud" }, { "docid": "10643445", "text": "Peregrin was the most nominated female artist of the year. Café Tacuba were expected to play live on the show, but one day before the show MTV cancelled their presentation because according to MTV politics they can't have any other activities except for the ones MTV has planned for them in the upcoming week. The band are expected to play on \"Las Lunas del Auditorio\" on 24 October 2007. It was announced during the red carpet that 12 million votes were counted for the different categories. Jose Tillan was the Executive Producer of the event. Winners in bold. Los Premios", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007" }, { "docid": "18004552", "text": "Will Smith & Era Istrefi Enrique Iglesias Paulina Rubio Stafford Brothers ft Christina Milian & Lil Wayne Parker Ighile Jodie Connor Daley Pahlavan A documentary Film telling wrestling's story. Best Music Video, 2011, Ev. Gerard Award, Dirty Dancer Best Music Video, 2011, Los Premios 40 Principales Award, Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You) Best Music Video, 2011, Univision’s Best of Music, Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You) Los Premios 40 Prinpales, 2014, Best Spanish Video - Bailando Latin Music Italian Awards, 2014, Best Latin Male Video of the Year - Bailando Premios Juventud, My Favourite Music Video - Bailando Yasha Malekzad Yasha Malekzad (born", "title": "Yasha Malekzad" }, { "docid": "10992110", "text": "garnered award nominations on Premios Lo Nuestro, Premios Orgullosamente Latino and Premios Juventud. The song's accompanying music video went on to win an Orgullosamente Latino Award in 2008 in the category for 'Latin Music Video of the Year'. The song's official remix, which features reggaeton duo Jowell & Randy and reggaeton solo artist De La Ghetto, also won an award, in the category 'The Perfect Combo' at the 2008 Premios Juventud. The single peaked at #6 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Latin Songs chart, becoming the group's last top-ten hit on the ranking, but reached #2 on the US \"Billboard\"", "title": "Inalcanzable (song)" }, { "docid": "10076355", "text": "at the Premios Oye!. Gonzalez also performed in 2008 in \"los premios juventud.\" Lola, érase una vez Lola, érase una vez (Lola, Once Upon a Time), is a teen-targeted Mexican melodrama telenovela produced by Televisa that is an adaptation of the Argentine global phenomenon and teenage telenovela \"Floricienta\". The show tells the story of a modern Cinderella, Lola, a 20-year-old girl, who works as a nanny and sings in a rock band and meets her so-called Prince Charming (Aaron Diaz). It debuted in Mexico on February 26, 2007, starring Aarón Díaz and Eiza González, and was produced by Pedro Damián.", "title": "Lola, érase una vez" }, { "docid": "12558224", "text": "the Group or Duo of the year field. For the Premios Juventud of 2008 the group received the following nominations: Red Hot Artist, Catchiest Tune (\"Todo Cambió\"), CD to die for (\"Todo Cambió: Special Edition\"), and won for Best Ballad (\"Todo Cambió\") and Favorite Pop Star. At the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards the band won for Duo or Group of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year (\"Todo Cambió\"). Also the album was nominated for Latin Album of the Year. Camila also won two awards at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica for Best New Artist - North", "title": "Todo Cambió" }, { "docid": "6195184", "text": "+ Gold for a total of 650,000 copies worldwide. She has been nominated for awards such as, Latin Grammy, Premios Juventud Latin Billboard OYE awards and Lo Nuestro music awards. On April 26, 2007, Yuridia won a Latin Billboard Award for \"Best Pop Female Album\". In early May 2007, Yuridia also received four nominations for the Premios Juventud. She was nominated for \"Best Artist\", \"Best Album\", \"Catchiest Song\" and \" Most Heart-Breaking Song\". By the end of 2008, Yuridia won a Premios Oye award as the best Female Artist of the year. In 2009 she also had three nominations for", "title": "Yuridia" }, { "docid": "10994861", "text": "Latino and Premios Juventud. The song's official remix, which featured reggaeton duo Jowell & Randy and reggaeton solo artist De La Ghetto, won the award for 'The Perfect Combo' at the 2008 Premios Juventud. The song's music video was directed by Esteban Madrazo and shot on November 7, 2007, and won the award for 'Latin Video of the Year' at the 2008 Premios Orgullosamente Latino. On January 29, 2008, the album's second single was released, the title track \"Empezar Desde Cero\". The single was chosen through a poll conducted by the \"Esmas\" website. The song's main vocals are performed only", "title": "Empezar Desde Cero" }, { "docid": "10388661", "text": "winning two of them. These were \"Female Artist of the Year\" and \"Song with the Best Elaboration of Lyrics\" for \"Te He Querido, Te He Llorado\". \"Flashback\" was nominated for \"Compilation Album of the Year\". At the Premios Juventud 2005 awards, Queen was nominated for \"Voice of the Moment, Female\" and \"Favorite Urban Artist\". At the Premios Juventud 2006 awards, she was again nominated for \"Favorite Urban Artist\" and awarded the first ever \"Diva Award\", which honored the singer for her musical career. Queen was awarded \"Best Reggaetón Singer\" at the 2006 Premios Furia Musical. At the Broadcast Music, Inc.", "title": "Flashback (Ivy Queen album)" }, { "docid": "1449402", "text": "live at Univision's Premios Juventud, singing \"Causa y Efecto\" with a different musical arrangement and choreography. Rubio appeared at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 on 15 October along with Cobra Starship, performing \"Good Girls Go Bad\" and \"Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes\". She was the female performer with the most nominations (and second most overall): Video of the Year, Best Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Solo Act and Artist of the Year, winning Best Solo Act and Best Live Performance for her performance with Cobra Starship. Paulina began her Gran City Pop Tour, her third international trek, in September 2009. The", "title": "Paulina Rubio" }, { "docid": "11662080", "text": "broadcaster in Mexico, Canal de las Estrellas. Since 1989, the network has served as the broadcaster of \"Premio Lo Nuestro\" (\"Our Thing Awards\"), a awards show established by the network to honor the previous year's top artists in Latin music, with nominees initially selected by Univision and \"Billboard\" and winners decided by viewers (after \"Billboard\" created its own Latin Awards ceremony in 1994, the nominees and winners were selected by a poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations throughout the United States, with results were tabulated and certified by Arthur Andersen). In 2004, the network launched \"Premios Juventud\"", "title": "Univision" }, { "docid": "12651343", "text": "Oye! begins July 1 from the previous year to June 30 of the actual year. PricewaterhouseCoopers is in charge of accounting the results of votes from more than 1,700 members of the jury in order to obtain 5 nominees or 6 in case of a tie. It is also responsible for publicizing the winners through sealed envelopes that will be open on the day of the final. 155 Musas of Premio Oye! have been awarded to 95 artists in 9 years. To date Shakira and Alejandro Fernández has won the most awards, 9 and 8 respectively. \"List of winners Premios", "title": "Premios Oye!" }, { "docid": "5594561", "text": "the 18th Lo Nuestro Awards. In 2006, Daddy Yankee received an ASCAP Award for Latin Songwriter of the Year for his work on \"Gasolina\", \"Lo Que Pasó, Pasó\" and \"No Me Dejes Solo\", among other songs. He was also awarded Artist of the Year at the 13th Billboard Latin Music Awards, and Urban Artist of the Year at the 18th Lo Nuestro Awards. He received the Premios Juventud award for Voice of the Moment and Favorite Urban Artist at the 2nd Premios Juventud awards show, and was also nominated for a Favorite Latin Artist award at the 33rd American Music", "title": "Barrio Fino" }, { "docid": "5212577", "text": "Peas, a series of Pepsi commercials to air on South America and Spanish-speaking countries. On July 19, 2007, RBD performed their single \"Bésame Sin Miedo\" at Premios Juventud 2007, and also won 7 awards that night, including \"Voice of the Moment\" and \"Favorite Concert\". They had won a total of 24 Premios Juventud awards by then. RBD broke the record for most albums in the top 20 in Brazil, being with three different albums in the top 20 for the week ending January 20, 2007. The group has become such a phenomenon they have been nominated as best international song", "title": "RBD" }, { "docid": "6447675", "text": "\"Alta Inspiration Award 2016\" by Alta Med, Tvynovelas Award's \"Best Actress in a Leading Role\" and \"Favorite Leading Actress\" at the \"Premios Juventud 2016\" both for the soap opera \"Antes Muerta Que Lichita\" (Anything But Plain). She released her first solo album in 2013, entitled \"Eclipse de Luna\" (Moon Eclipse). The release of the music video for the album's first single, \"Tu y Yo\" was during the \"Premios Juventud 2013\" (2013 Youth Awards), which aired on Univision and was seen by over 13 million viewers. The CD reached #2 on the U.S. Latin Pop Charts. In July 2016, she released", "title": "Maite Perroni" }, { "docid": "13595996", "text": "Mexican artist had achieved before. The impact the singer earned two nominations to targeted categories will videos, one for the Premios Juventud and one for Latin Orgullosamente. The song was written by herself, Gil Cerezo, Ulises Lozano members from Mexican band Kinky and Miguel Blas, it was produced by Gil Cerezo and Ulises Lozano and it's her first solo single since she released her last album \"Baby Blue\" in 2000 after almost ten years without a solo album, \"Mi Delirio\" was performed first time in Premios Juventud 2009 on July 16 in Miami, Florida and was used to close the", "title": "Mi Delirio (song)" }, { "docid": "11519733", "text": "Flex (singer) Félix Danilo Gómez Bosquez (born August 26, 1980), known by his stage names Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian reggaeton artist. He adopted the name \" Nigga\" after being told by another Panamanian artist that he \"sings like a black guy from Jamaica.\" Before releasing an album in the United States in 2008, Flex removed references to his nickname in songs, and his CD packages were reprinted with the name \"Flex.\" Flex has received nominations for a variety of awards shows including Premios Billboard, Premios lo Nuestro, Latin Grammys, Premios Juventud, Premios Oye, and Premios Monitor Latino. Flex", "title": "Flex (singer)" }, { "docid": "19930014", "text": "Leroy Sanchez Leroy Sanchez (born September 1, 1991) is a Spanish-born singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California. Sanchez was born in Abetxuko, Vitoria, Spain, where he taught himself to play guitar. At the age of 15, Sanchez uploaded his first cover song on YouTube, and his videos have since received more than 400 millions views and over 3.5 million subscribers. In 2010 Sanchez met producer Jim Jonsin, who brought him to Miami. Leroy released two singles in 2014, \"By My Side\" and \"Little Dancer\". In 2016, he was nominated for a Premios Juventud Award, and a Teen Choice Award.", "title": "Leroy Sanchez" }, { "docid": "13747150", "text": "host this year's event. Miranda! and Pablo Lescano performed at Espacio Darwin on September 30. The Hipódromo de las Américas at Mexico City was the second venue to host the regional event on October 5. Jesse & Joy, Panda and Placebo performed. The next city to host the regional event was Bogotá at Corferias on October 11. Alejandro Sanz, Doctor Krápula, Fanny Lu, Shakira and The Veronicas performed. Jose Tillan was the Executive Producer of the event. Winners are in bold text. Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009" }, { "docid": "4200276", "text": "in a duet with P. Diddy. The album was promoted throughout Latin America, the United States, and Europe, reaching certified gold in Japan. Due to the album's success, Ayala received promotional contracts with radio stations and soda companies, including Pepsi. His hit single, \"Gasolina\", received the majority of votes cast for the second edition of \"Premios Juventud\", in which it received eight nominations and won seven awards. Ayala also made a live presentation during the award ceremony. \"Gasolina\" received nominations in the Latin Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards. The commercial success of \"Gasolina\" in the United States led to", "title": "Daddy Yankee" }, { "docid": "17510769", "text": "Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Song The Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Song is an honor presented annually at the Los 40 Principaless, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a greater awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latino artists in the international scene. Juanes is the most awarded songwriter in the category with two. Shakira and Cali & El Dandee are the only lyricists to be nominated twice in the same year: Shakira in 2011, and Cali & El Dandee one year later. Cali & El Dandee are the last winners so far for the song \"Yo", "title": "Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Song" }, { "docid": "2181103", "text": "transfusion. Cortázar wrote numerous short stories, collected in such volumes as \"Bestiario\" (1951), \"Final del juego\" (1956), and \"Las armas secretas\" (1959). In 1967, English translations by Paul Blackburn of stories selected from these volumes were published by Pantheon Books as \"End of the Game and Other Stories\"; it was later re-titled \"Blow-up and Other Stories\". Cortázar published four novels during his lifetime: \"Los premios\" (\"The Winners\", 1960), \"Hopscotch\" (\"Rayuela\", 1963), \"\" (\"62 Modelo para Armar\", 1968), and \"Libro de Manuel\" (\"A Manual for Manuel\", 1973). Except for \"Los premios\", which was translated by Elaine Kerrigan, these novels have been", "title": "Julio Cortázar" }, { "docid": "12135153", "text": "music video was not made. The former single, \"Empezar desde Cero\" was chosen through a poll on RBD's official website. \"Y No Puedo Olvidarte\" ended in second place, with 30% of the votes (while \"Empezar Desde Cero\" gained 40%), finishing the decision of choosing a third single. On July 17, 2008, the song was performed for the first time on television on Univision's Premios Juventud. After the release of the parent album, Y No Puedo Olvidarte was inclueded in the setlists at numerous presentations and promotional stops as well as being performed during their final two tours. A music video", "title": "Y No Puedo Olvidarte" }, { "docid": "16338161", "text": "nice memories. At the 2012 Premios Juventud, \"Las Cosas Pequeñas\" was awarded \"Catchiest Tune\", \"Best Ballad\", \"Best Ringtone\" and \"My Favorite Video\". At the first annual Premios Tu Mundo award ceremony, the song won \"Song That Steals My Heart\". It was nominated for Tropical Song of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2013. Las Cosas Pequeñas \"Las Cosas Pequeñas\" (English: \"The Little Things\") is a Latin pop and bachata song by American recording artist Prince Royce. It was written by Royce and Sergio George, who also produced it. It released as the first single from his second studio album,", "title": "Las Cosas Pequeñas" }, { "docid": "10308083", "text": "a label targeting the ever-growing urban Latino audience. Appearances in many U.S. cities to receptive crowds has earned the duo a reputation as one of reggaeton's most popular duos. In 2005, their debut studio album \"Los MVP\" was released and featured the hit singles \"Ven Baílalo\" and \"De Cazeria\". The album was certified Platinum by the United States Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a special edition was released the following year. The special edition of \"Los MVP\" featured their two singles \"Fua\" and \"De Lao a Lao\". Performances at high-visibility events like opening Premios Juventud and closing the", "title": "Angel & Khriz" }, { "docid": "13932675", "text": "the hit single \"Carita Bonita\" and a new single called \"Tan Feliz\" featuring two new Puerto Rican reggaeton singers Dyland & Lenny in Premios Tecate Deportes 2009. On July 16, 2009, Pee Wee performed for the first time, his new single \"Cumbayá\" in 2009 Premios Juventud. On July 27, 2009, the telenovela \"Camaleones\" premiered in Mexico in which Pee Wee stars as Ulises Morán. On August 11, 2009, his debut studio album \"Yo Soy\" was released. On August 12, 2010, Pee Wee was scheduled to perform on Premios Texas 2010 from Austin, TX he is nominated for Best Male Artist.", "title": "Pee Wee (singer)" }, { "docid": "14811896", "text": "category. At the 2011 \"Billboard\" Music Awards \"Sale el Sol\" was nominated for \"Top Latin Album\", but lost it to Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias's album \"Euphoria\". At the 2011 Latin \"Billboard\" Music Awards, the album won the award for \"Latin Digital Album of the Year\", and Shakira won the award for \"Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female\". At the 2011 Premios Juventud awards ceremony, the album was nominated for \"Lo Toco Todo. CD Favorito\" (\"Your Favorite CD\"). At the 2011 Premios Shock awards ceremony, it was nominated Album of the Year. At the 2012 Premios Lo Nuestro awards", "title": "Sale el Sol" }, { "docid": "13804051", "text": "World Theatre to a local audience of 200 spectators. Hosts and celebrity attendees include: Hosted by: Carlos Calderon & Alejandra Espinoza Attendees/Winners Included: Hosted by: Cynthia Urias & Jose Ron Attendees/Winners Included: Hosted by: Marissa Del Portillo & Diego Shoenig Attendees/Winners Included: Hosted by: Jackie Guerrido & Raul Brindis Attendees/Winners included: Past winners of prestigious people’s choice awards include: The following list includes past recipients of the grand award, Lifetime Achievement. Premios Texas Premios Texas \"(Texas Latin Awards)\" is a Latin music awards celebration. Produced by KAKW Univision 62 Austin, \"Premios Texas\" bestows awards annually to the winners from the", "title": "Premios Texas" }, { "docid": "19563806", "text": "Justin Quiles Justin Rafael Quiles Rivera (born March 29, 1990), known professionally as Justin Quiles or J Quiles, is a Puerto Rican-American reggaeton singer. Quiles has been nominated for Premios Juventud. Besides writing his own songs, Quiles has written for his colleagues, most notably \"Pierde Los Modales\", by J Balvin feat. Daddy Yankee, \"Take It Off\", by Lil Jon feat. Yandel & Becky G, \"Recuérdame\", by Maluma, as well as \"Loba\" and \"Mi Nena\", by Yandel. Since August 2013, Quiles has been signed to record label Rich Music. In February 2017, Rich Music and Quiles signed a distribution deal with", "title": "Justin Quiles" }, { "docid": "4813255", "text": "My Favorite Regional Mexican Artist at Univision's Juventud Awards, and 2006's Best Female Performer at Mexico's Oye! Awards (Mexico's version of the Grammy Awards). In September 2012, she was crowned queen of the LGBT community in Los Angeles, California, as well as in Atlanta, Georgia in 2014 and in San Francisco on January 1, 2015. By the fall of 2012, she was honored for her 20-year music trajectory from Regional Mexican Music award show Premios de la Radio. In a career spanning over 20 years, she has sold over 8 million albums, singles, and videos worldwide, making her one of", "title": "Ana Bárbara" }, { "docid": "5846401", "text": "Media Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. Reik has received two nominations. The MTV Millennial Awards is an annual Latin American music award presented by the cable channel MTV Latin America to honor the best of Latin music and the digital world of the millennial generation. Reik has received two nominations. The Premios Lo Nuestro are awarded annually by television network Univision. Reik has received fourteen nominations. The Premios Juventud are awarded annually by television network Univision. Reik has received one nomination. The Premios Tu Mundo are awarded annually by television network Telemundo. Reik has received three", "title": "Reik" }, { "docid": "16597678", "text": "\"El Nasi\", Joan Ortiz, Jorge Villamizar, Andres Castro, Lavi Beats/ Lavi Hoss and Vein. The album shows a more dance/pop sound, combined with an urban flavor and lyrics with popular appeal. She performed \"En El Amor Hay Que Perdonar\" on 2012 Premios Juventud, Kids' Choice Awards Mexico 2012, Despierta América, Hoy, and La Voz... México; \"Te Voy A Esperar\" at the Premios Ondas 2012 with Juan Magán; and \"En La Obscuridad\" at the Premios Telehit 2012, Tour Positivo and Mexico Sueña. She has made many interviews around Europe, Latin America and United States to promote the album, she also has", "title": "Catarsis" }, { "docid": "13932672", "text": "on MTV Tr3s. On July 17, 2008, Pee Wee made his debut as a solo artist in 2008 Premios Juventud singing \"Life Is A Dance Floor\". In September 2008, Pee Wee was invited by Rubén and Santiago Galindo to take part in the reality show \"El Show De Los Sueños\", production of Televisa, in the first season of \"\" where he competed with artists such as Gloria Trevi, Edith Márquez, Ernesto D'Alessio and Kalimba, along with Susana Fuente and Adriana Fuente, the Fuentes. On October 27, 2008, Pee Wee and his team defeated Gloria Trevi and Kalimba in the final", "title": "Pee Wee (singer)" }, { "docid": "15186987", "text": "Mario Domm Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar, Aka Mario Domm, (born January 22, 1977 Torreón, Mexico) is a Mexican producer, composer and singer. A founding member of the pop rock band Band Camila, he has won 4 Latin Grammy Awards; 4 Billboard Awards; 11 Premios Lo Nuestro; 14 SACM awards; 5 Juventud Awards, 5 Telehit awards, 4 MTV Awards, 8 ASCAP Awards, 3 Gaviotas de plata Awards and 3 Gaviotas de Oro Awards, 7 Monitor Latino Awards, 2 Los 40 Principales Awards, 1 Orgullosamente Latino Award, and a recognition as a musical genius by Telehit. During his career he has placed", "title": "Mario Domm" }, { "docid": "13766475", "text": "Nuestro Premios Juventud Premios Telehit Premios EñE de la música Primera Fila (Thalía album) Primera Fila (English: \"Front Row\") is the first live album by Mexican singer-songwriter Thalía. The album was recorded in Miami, Florida at the BankUnited Center on July 29 and 30, 2009, with a selected audience to attend the concert. \"Primera Fila\" is Thalia's first project under the Sony Music label. The album was released on 1 December 2009 in the United States and Latin America; in Europe and Asia it was released in April 2010. It includes duets with multi Grammy Award-winning Mexican singer and songwriter", "title": "Primera Fila (Thalía album)" }, { "docid": "14871670", "text": "for Africa)\", were also nominated, and the award was won by the latter song. In the same year, at the Latin \"Billboard\" Music Awards, the Spanish version was nominated for \"Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event\" and \"Latin Digital Download of the Year\", but lost both. At the 2011 Premios 40 Principales awards ceremony, the Spanish version of the song was nominated for \"Mejor Canción Internacional en Español\" (\"Best International Song in Spanish\"). The Spanish version of the song was nominated for \"La Más Pegajosa\" (\"Catchiest Tune\") and \"Mi Ringtone\" (\"My Ringtone\") at the 2011 Premios Juventud awards,", "title": "Loca (Shakira song)" }, { "docid": "14871679", "text": "2011 Premios Nuestra Tierra award ceremony, the music video won the award for \"Mejor Video Musical Para Artista Colombiano\" (\"Best Music Video for Colombian Artist\"). It was nominated at the 2011 Premios Juventud for Mi Video Favorito (My Favorite Video). Having received 100 million views on YouTube, the music video was given a VEVOCertified Award. Shakira performed the English version of \"Loca\" first on 23 September 2010 on the \"Late Show with David Letterman\". Shakira appeared on \"Lopez Tonight\" to talk about \"Loca\" and taught host George Lopez the dance steps of the song. She performed it on \"Dancing With", "title": "Loca (Shakira song)" }, { "docid": "13804050", "text": "Premios Texas Premios Texas \"(Texas Latin Awards)\" is a Latin music awards celebration. Produced by KAKW Univision 62 Austin, \"Premios Texas\" bestows awards annually to the winners from the five most popular Latin music genres including - Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, Rock and Urban - as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award, given to a performer who, during their lifetime, has made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music. Premios Texas is an annual people's choice award ceremony honoring the best in the Latin music industry. Based in Austin, Texas, the show debuted in 2005 at The One", "title": "Premios Texas" }, { "docid": "5384303", "text": "pageants. In the United States, she has been a presenter at \"Premios Juventud\", \"Premios Lo Nuestro\", \"Billboard Latin Music Awards\", and the \"Mexican Billboard Awards\". She has also served as guest host in \"Despierta América\", \"Escandalo TV\", and \"Al Rojo Vivo\". In 2007, Univision recruited her to become the official Runway Coach of the hit reality show \"Nuestra Belleza Latina\" which airs on the Univision network. There she held an active role in this position for three years total (2007–2010) while also doing work for other Univision sister networks. In February 2010 she moved on to work for Galavision as", "title": "Cynthia Olavarría" }, { "docid": "19685175", "text": "Song at the 1st Latin American Music Awards. It was nominated for Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Performance at the 16th Latin Grammy Awards. \"Vaivén\" was nominated for an International Dance Music Award for Best Latin Dance Track at the 31st International Dance Music Awards and for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Song of the Year at the 29th Lo Nuestro Awards. \"Shaky Shaky\" received a Premio Juventud for Best Song for Dancing at the 14th Premios Juventud. It was nominated for \"Billboard\" Latin Music Awards for Hot Latin Song of the Year and", "title": "El Disco Duro" }, { "docid": "11554767", "text": "world by storm and topped the Billboard Latin Airplay, Latin Tropical and Latin Rhythm charts. Since then, Gente De Zona, now signed to Sony Music, have started a movement. Thus far, three of Gente de Zona’s singles reached the top 10 spots on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, and their first U.S. Latin album release, Visualizate, debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart in 2016. The two have won numerous Premios Juventud and Premios Tu Mundo awards. In addition, their album Visualizate won a Latin AMA for “Best Tropical Album” and a Latin Grammy for “Best Fusion", "title": "Gente de Zona" }, { "docid": "3307873", "text": "Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain Cork International Film Festival Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Goya Awards Premios Oye! El Heraldo de México Premios Juventud Venice Film Festival ACE Awards New York Mayahuel de Plata Awards Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican film actor, director, model, and producer. García Bernal is best known for his performances in the films \"Bad Education\", \"The Motorcycle Diaries\", \"Amores perros\", \"Y Tu Mamá También\", \"Babel\" and \"Coco\", and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios' web television series \"Mozart", "title": "Gael García Bernal" }, { "docid": "13465164", "text": "award for \"Best International Song In Spanish Language\". At the 2009 Premios Shock award ceremony, the song was nominated \"Best Radio Song\". At the 2010 Premios Juventud awards ceremony, the song was nominated for \"Mi Ringtone\" (\"My Ringtone\"), but lost to Tito El Bambino's song \"El Amor\". At the 2010 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards, the song was nominated for \"Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year\" and \"Latin Digital Download of the Year\", but lost both. At the 2010 ASCAP awards ceremony, Jorge Drexler won an award for his composition of \"Loba\". It was acknowledged as an award winning", "title": "She Wolf (Shakira song)" }, { "docid": "12635876", "text": "Urban Song. \"Te Quiero\" also was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year. It won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year in 2009. \"Te Quiero\" was on the Latin Billboard charts all of 2008. It was #1 for 20 weeks. Flex performed this song on shows such as the Latin Grammys 2008, Premios Telehit 2008, Cristina, Premios Juventud 2008, One Nation, Vivo, Pepsi Musica, and many more. Thanks to his huge hit, Flex won many awards, received more recognition, and became popular worldwide. Jason Birchmeier gave the album two", "title": "Te Quiero: Romantic Style in da World" }, { "docid": "13465177", "text": "2010 Premios Juventud awards ceremony, the video won the award for \"Mi Video Favorito\" (\"My Favourite Video\"). At the 2010 Premios Lo Nuestro, the video won the award for \"Video del Año\" (\"Video of the Year\"). On 28 April 2014, the video reached 100 million views on video-sharing website YouTube and was hence marked \"Vevo Certified\" by video hosting service Vevo. It is Shakira's tenth \"Vevo Certified\" video. Shakira performed the song live for the first time on the finale of the season four of \"America's Got Talent\", on 16 September 2009. On 17 September, she performed the song at", "title": "She Wolf (Shakira song)" }, { "docid": "2056102", "text": "times nomination), 10 World Music Awards (with 2 times nomination), 6 MTV awards, 19 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards (with 24 times nomination) and 15 Premios Juventud Awards (with 21 times nomination) etc. He has been nominated over 465 times from various Awards. He also won an award for Best International Pop Act at the MTV India Awards. As well as being named \"King of Latin Pop\". In 2000, he was also awarded Most Fashionable Artist at the VH1/\"Vogue\" Fashion Awards. In 2001, for the release of his second English studio album \"Escape\", he received awards for Best-Selling Pop Male Artist", "title": "Enrique Iglesias" }, { "docid": "17340188", "text": "so than because of his radio listeners. Hernandez has uploaded eight music videos on his YouTube channel (), where he has millions of views. In a profile created for Larry Hernandez on VEVO, one can find eight music videos by Hernandez. The music video \"El Baleado,\" alone has over 12 million views and many more videos surpassing the 1 million view mark. 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards 2011 Latin Billboard Music Awards 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards 2012 Latin Billboard Music Awards 2012 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards 2013 Latin Billboard Music Awards 2015 Premios juventud 2015 Premios Banda Max 2015", "title": "Larry Hernandez" }, { "docid": "11692307", "text": "her \"\" co-star, D.J. Cotrona, until June 2016. In September 2015, she revealed that she struggled with depression and compulsive overeating from age 15 to age 20 as a result of her father's death. Universal Awards Latin Music Italian Awards TVyNovelas Award Kids' Choice Awards Premios Juventud People en Español Award MTV Millennial Awards Premios Celebrity E! Eiza González Eiza González Reyna (; born 30 January 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. She gained popularity for her debut role as Dolores \"Lola\" Valente in the Mexican musical telenovela \"Lola...Érase una vez\" (2007–2008). González gained further success starring as Santanico", "title": "Eiza González" }, { "docid": "19153857", "text": "Cisco Suarez Francisco \"Cisco\" Suarez (born April 2, 1956) Independent producer/director. Was Senior Vice President of Special Events and Manager at Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the largest Spanish language television network in the world in terms of viewership. Suarez is an award-winning producer/director of many important live events geared towards Hispanic Americans, including the Latin GRAMMY Awards, Premios Lo Nuestro Latin music awards, and Premios Juventud youth awards, as well as special event productions such as \"La Banda\" 2015. Suarez joined UCI as Director of Project Development for the subsidiary TeleFutura in 2001 and became SVP of Special Events for", "title": "Cisco Suarez" }, { "docid": "4688980", "text": "El Recodo became the first Mexican Band to be invited to perform at The Latin Grammy Awards, repeating their performance in 2008, 2010, 2015 and 2017, which made the Mexican band with the most participation in these awards. They have received 12 \"Premios Lo Nuestro\" in their career, becoming the Band with more awards in its genre. Winners of five Billboard Awards throughout their career in the categories \"Album of the Year,\" \"Song of the Year\" and \"Master Tone.\" They are five-time winners of Premios Oye. Winners of Premios Bandamax, where they also received the special award \"Productor y Visionario", "title": "Banda el Recodo" }, { "docid": "6395324", "text": "awards as MTV Europe Music Award, Premios TVyNovelas, People en Español Award, Premios Juventud and in the American, Mexican and Brazilian editions of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. She was chosen as one of the most beautiful by magazines as People en Español and Quien and is one of the most influential Mexican on Twitter. Dulce María was born on December 6, 1985 in Mexico City, Federal District. She has two sisters, Blanca Ireri and Claudia. She has German, Mexican Indian, and Spanish ancestry and is the great-niece of painter Frida Kahlo. She stated in an interview with Go Pride", "title": "Dulce María" }, { "docid": "5384298", "text": "2005, and became the first Puerto Rican candidate in Miss Universe history to place first runner-up. The winner was Natalie Glebova of Canada. When Glebova was unable to attend the Miss Indonesia 2007 pageant on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization because of Canada's travel ban on Indonesia, Olavarría officially attended in her place. During the course of her reign, she made many appearances on such television programs such as \"Don Francisco Presenta\", \"El Gordo y La Flaca\", \"Despierta America\", \"Cotorreando\", \"Primer Impacto\", \"Objetivo Fama\", \"Premios Juventud\", and \"Premios Lo Nuestro\". Given her success in beauty pageants she has been", "title": "Cynthia Olavarría" }, { "docid": "18068564", "text": "radio station Los 40 Principales. The awards are presented at a gala, with funds raised being donated to charities. The awards are presented based on a popular vote by music lovers in Spain. The Premios Dial are winners who coincide the great advantage through radio española Cadena Dial from 1996 until the acts of the artist and groups in the native language of spanish, from the year they have won in this award. During the year 2016 the group was nominated in the category of Best Large Music Video. Dvicio was nominated in 2016 for Producers Choice Award. Dvicio Dvicio,", "title": "Dvicio" }, { "docid": "4608090", "text": "Maná Maná (Spanish: \"manna\") is a Mexican Rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco. The group's current line-up consists of vocalist/guitarist Fher Olvera, drummer Alex González, guitarist Sergio Vallín, bassist Juan Calleros, and second vocalist Punisher Limas. Maná has earned four Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, six Premios Juventud awards, nineteen Billboard Latin Music Awards and fifteen Premios Lo Nuestro awards. It is considered by many as the most influential and successful Latin American band of all time with over 40 million albums sold worldwide. Maná has topped the all-time lists in much of", "title": "Maná" }, { "docid": "10661858", "text": "have the show on the aforementioned scheduled date. Instead, the awards were given out on a half-hour special called \"Por Fin Los Premios MTV 2005\" where the winners received their awards after having practical jokes played on them (a la \"Punk'd\"). Would-be hosts Molotov hosted this special and played live on a public concert in Playa del Carmen. A second special, called \"Lenguas en Vivo: Ganadores en Concierto\" (Tongues Live: Winners in Concert) aired that same day with some of the winners performing. Miranda! played from their studio in Argentina, two songs from Juanes's concert in Buenos Aires were also", "title": "MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005" }, { "docid": "17101878", "text": "at CMHW in Santa Clara Cuba. One year after enrolling in classical ballet classes Rodriguez was chosen to be in La Colmenita, theatrical group for children who sang, danced, acted. Marianela began working in Television in the United States of America at the age of 10. Years before that she had attended several acting academies in Florida and Nevada. Recently she graduated from her 6th acting school, Tu Escenario. Marianela also participated in many commercials including campaigns with Angelica Vale for Premio Lo Nuestro 2011 as well as in commercials for Premios Juventud. Commercials that were aired nationally and internationally", "title": "Marianela Rodriguez" }, { "docid": "14935564", "text": "music video of 2013 on YouTube Spain. By April 2013, Mateo was ranked at number 3 on the \"Billboard\"'s Next Big Sound chart. In July, he performed \"Señorita\" at the 2013 Premios Juventud Awards in Miami, where he was nominated as \"Best New Artist\". The album's second single, \"Girlfriend\", written by Charlie Mason, was released early October 2013 and debuted within the top fifteen in Spain. The third single, \"Lánzalo\", written by Jacobo Calderón and Mateo himself, was released in March 2014 as a charity single, in support of UNICEF campaign for the children who suffer as a result of", "title": "Abraham Mateo" }, { "docid": "14935558", "text": "He has received four nominations for the Premios Juventud awards, presented by the American Spanish-language television network Univisión. In 2015, Billboard named him to their \"21 Under 21s Next Class\" list of \"music's hottest young stars\", and also placed him on their Top 10 young Latin acts list Mateo is the youngest solo male artist to lead the Billboard's Latin Airplay chart. Abraham Mateo was born on 25 August 1998 in San Fernando, Cádiz, the younger child of Antonio Mateo, a construction worker and security guard, and Susana Chamorro, a housewife. He has an older brother, Tony, who also sings", "title": "Abraham Mateo" }, { "docid": "16468716", "text": "someone who we wish the worst, so this song is for them.\" The song has sounds of Hawaiian ukulele base cumbia and ska combined with a Colombian papayera, similar to Mexican bands, that feeds on wind instruments, brass and percussion. The song was released to radio stations on April 23, 2012. Kany performed \"Que Te Vaya Mal\" for the first time live at the 2012 Premios Juventud on July 19, 2012. Que Te Vaya Mal Que Te Vaya Mal (English: May Things Go Poorly For You) is a Latin pop song written and performed by Kany García. The song was", "title": "Que Te Vaya Mal" }, { "docid": "5921670", "text": "On November 2008, Anahi and Dulce María collaborated with Tiziano Ferro on a song called \"El Regalo Más Grande\". In April 2009, Anahí launched an official website and Twitter page announcing her first solo album since RBD's split. She debuted her first solo single since RBD, \"Mi Delirio\", at the 2009 Premios Juventud in Miami, Florida. It was released for digital download on August 18, 2009. \"Mi Delirio\" was released on November 24, 2009. The album has been certified Gold in Brazil, Anahí becoming the second Mexican artist — after Thalía — who was certified Gold in that country. According", "title": "Anahí" }, { "docid": "10530262", "text": "Patricio with Eduardo Yáñez, Angélica Rivera and Sergio Sendel. Also he has participated as host for Univision in several occasions, \"Desfile de las Rosas 2001\", \"Primer Festival del Mariachi\", \"Premios Juventud 2006\", and several appearances in \"Premio Lo Nuestro\". And with Televisa he hosted \"\". Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila, also known as Jan (born April 30, 1974 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican pop singer and actor, who had a \"huge\" success as a pop-ballad singer in the 90s and later became a screen and stage actor. His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has", "title": "Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila" }, { "docid": "9449809", "text": "to help give away two billion dollars to help others keep the same sentiment as the Christmas Day approached. On April 17, 2010, in a similar give-a-way, she documented the impact of wired transfers in Washington, D.C. On January 23, 2010, Canseco was amongst more than 50 Univision personalities who solicited live donations for the \"Unidos Por Haití\"(United for Haiti) 2010 Haiti earthquake relief effort. The live show aired during Sábado Gigante. Canseco walked the 3rd Annual Premios Juventud red carpet, which is dyed blue, in 2006 along with other celebrities like RBD, Wisin & Yandel and Luny Tunes. She", "title": "Ana María Canseco" }, { "docid": "15054946", "text": "football and then, like Chicharito, comes alive in the penalty area.\" Erick Torres was nominated as \"La nueva Promesa\"' (The New Pledge) for the year 2012 during the 2012 Premios Juventud but lost to Boxer Saúl Álvarez. Erick Torres Padilla Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla (born 19 January 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tijuana. He is nicknamed \"\"El Cubo\"\" (The Cube). Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Torres came into the Guadalajara first team in 2010 and was a promising young player at the club. After being captain of the Chivas U-17", "title": "Erick Torres Padilla" }, { "docid": "13747149", "text": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia at Corferias, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, United States, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina. René Pérez Joglar, also known as Residente from Calle 13, alongside pop singer Nelly Furtado served as the hosts. Sylvia Villagran was the announcer for the show. Regional awards were given out on special events recorded prior to the main show to be held on October 15 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Buenos Aires was the first city to", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009" }, { "docid": "10643444", "text": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007 The annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007 took place on 18 October 2007 in Mexico City at the Palacio de los Deportes for the second time in a row. On 25 July 2007 the local government announced they will invest 10 million pesos on the show's planning and that they will have 16 giant screens around the city to broadcast the event live. There were 3 new categories: \"Best Urban Artist\", \"Influence Award\" and \"Fashionista\". Diego Luna was the host for the third time. He previously co-hosted the 2002 edition and hosted the 2003 edition. Belinda", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007" }, { "docid": "16945962", "text": "the heartbreak and regret Mars felt from letting his lover get away, and his expressed hope that her new man will give her all the love and attention that he failed to provide. It features Mars singing and a piano accompaniment as the sole instrumentation. \"When I Was Your Man\" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who generally praised Mars' vocal prowess; calling it a \"vulnerable and emotional ballad\". The song won \"Favorite Hit\" at the 2013 Premios Juventud and was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. \"When I Was Your Man\" topped", "title": "When I Was Your Man" }, { "docid": "2056080", "text": "also reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart and had an official remix featuring Wisin & Yandel. Iglesias did a tour of the US to promote the compilation. Beginning in Laredo, Texas, Texas and ending at the Izod Center in New Jersey, he was accompanied through most of the tour with bachata band Aventura who also performed \"Lloro Por Ti\" with him at the 2008 Premios Juventud. Iglesias was a surprise performer at the 2008 Lo Nuestro Awards, opening the show with a medley of \"¿Dónde Están Corazón?\" and \"Dímelo\". He also performed at the \"Billboard\" Latin Music", "title": "Enrique Iglesias" }, { "docid": "6509883", "text": "Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honor the best Mexican television productions, including telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony rotates between Mexico City and Acapulco. The ceremony is broadcast through Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico and Latin America, and Univision in the United States. For the first time in its 30-year history, Canal de las Estrellas and Univision had broadcast Premios TVyNovelas simultaneously on April 28, 2013. In 2013, Premios TVyNovelas introduced \"Los Favoritos del Público\", a new mechanic that allowed telenovela fans to vote for their favorite nominees", "title": "Premios TVyNovelas" }, { "docid": "6426259", "text": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Premios MTV Latinoamérica (previously known as MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica or VMALA's) was the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world. They are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV Networks Latin America. Until 2004, all the VMALAs were held in Miami. The 2005 edition was the first one planned to be held outside the United States, but the show was cancelled (see below). The 2006 VMALAs (Premios MTV Latinoamérica) were held in Mexico", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica" }, { "docid": "18664815", "text": "the children who suffer as a result of the Syrian conflict. The song debuted at number two on the Spain's Top 50 singles chart. \"AM\" Special Edition includes a remix of \"Señorita\" and an acoustic version of \"Lánzalo\" as Bonus Tracks. It also includes a DVD, featuring a making of and a dance tutorial of Señorita, unreleased footage from his autograph-signing event in Madrid and from his trip to Miami and his performance at the 2013 Premios Juventud Awards. \"AM\" was sold on iTunes with a remix of \"Kill the Lights\" as bonus. AM (Abraham Mateo album) AM is the", "title": "AM (Abraham Mateo album)" }, { "docid": "16149003", "text": "number thirteen, twenty-six, and seventy-seven on the Argentine, Mexican, and Spanish album charts respectively. Santos promoted the record by touring the U.S., Latin America and Europe. It was generally well received by critics, who praised the production of the bachata tracks although some of the duetsincluding those with Mario Domm and Mala Rodríguezwere criticized as obvious attempts to appeal outside of the bachata audience. The album earned Santos several accolades, including a Grammy Award nomination, three \"Billboard\" Latin Music Awards, a \"Billboard\" Music Award, a Lo Nuestro nomination, a Premios Juventud award, and a Soberano Award. Six singles were released", "title": "Formula, Vol. 1" }, { "docid": "3967186", "text": "Omar \"someone who misses the money and the high-life\" he had while he was married to Queen. No legal action was taken, however. Omar appeared on television station Telefutura's program \"Escándalo TV\" and accused Queen of being unfaithful in their marriage. Queen however, denied the claims. Queen was in a relationship with DJ Urba from mid-2006 to the end of 2007. In 2010, after Queen invited American actor Vin Diesel to attend 2010 Premios Juventud, it was rumored they were in a relationship together. She told \"Escándalo TV\" that there was no romance between them and that they were just", "title": "Ivy Queen" }, { "docid": "6509884", "text": "from 8 different categories using a Twitter account. The results were announced on April 27, 2013. Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honor the best Mexican television productions, including telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony rotates between Mexico City and Acapulco. The ceremony is broadcast through Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico and Latin America, and Univision in the United States. For the first time in its 30-year history, Canal de las Estrellas and Univision had broadcast Premios TVyNovelas simultaneously on April 28, 2013. In 2013, Premios TVyNovelas introduced \"Los", "title": "Premios TVyNovelas" }, { "docid": "17691728", "text": "compete in the Miss El Salvador 2018 competition. She won and was crowned Miss El Salvador 2018. She will now represent El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018. Marisela de Montecristo Marisela de Montecristo (born 25 August 1992) is a Salvadoran-American model, television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who has been crowned Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 and Miss El Salvador 2018. After winning Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, de Montecristo made appearances on several television shows, was a backstage presenter on \"Premios Juventud\", worked as a model on \"Sábado Gigante\", and made a cameo appearance in the \"Fun\" music video by", "title": "Marisela de Montecristo" }, { "docid": "17691725", "text": "Marisela de Montecristo Marisela de Montecristo (born 25 August 1992) is a Salvadoran-American model, television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who has been crowned Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 and Miss El Salvador 2018. After winning Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, de Montecristo made appearances on several television shows, was a backstage presenter on \"Premios Juventud\", worked as a model on \"Sábado Gigante\", and made a cameo appearance in the \"Fun\" music video by Pitbull. As Miss El Salvador 2018, she will represent El Salvador at Miss Universe 2018. De Montecristo was born on 25 August 1992 in Olocuilta, La Paz.", "title": "Marisela de Montecristo" }, { "docid": "16809944", "text": "Los Premios 40 Principales 2013 for Best International Song, however it lost to \"Impossible\" by James Arthur. The song was one of the several winners of the 2014 ASCAP Pop Music Awards for Most Performed Song. In 2014, \"Locked Out of Heaven\" received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for its Sultan + Ned Shepard remix at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, but did not win for any. In 2015, the recording was also nominated for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the category of Record Production/Single or Track at the TEC Awards.", "title": "Locked Out of Heaven" }, { "docid": "18142442", "text": "Guadalajara, Gran Canaria and Córdoba. Premios Max The Max Awards for the Performing Arts (Los Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas, ), commonly known as the Premios Max, are presented annually to honour professionals and organisations in Spain for their contributions to the performing arts. The awards are named after Max Estrella, the protagonist of Bohemian Lights, which is considered to be one of the most outstanding works of Spanish theatre of the twentieth century. The awards are organised by the General Society of Authors and Publishers, which created the awards in 1998, alongside the Spanish Academy of the Performing", "title": "Premios Max" }, { "docid": "18142439", "text": "Premios Max The Max Awards for the Performing Arts (Los Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas, ), commonly known as the Premios Max, are presented annually to honour professionals and organisations in Spain for their contributions to the performing arts. The awards are named after Max Estrella, the protagonist of Bohemian Lights, which is considered to be one of the most outstanding works of Spanish theatre of the twentieth century. The awards are organised by the General Society of Authors and Publishers, which created the awards in 1998, alongside the Spanish Academy of the Performing Arts. The awards ceremony has", "title": "Premios Max" }, { "docid": "5594560", "text": "Fino\" also received a Billboard Latin Music Award for Reggaeton Album of the Year, a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year, and a Latin Music Fan Award for Album of the Year. \"Gasolina\" also received the Catchiest Tune award at the 2nd Premios Juventud. Its music video received a Latin Music Fan Award for Music Video of the Year and was nominated for a MTV2 Award at the 22nd MTV Video Music Awards and a MTV Video Music Awards Japan for Best Reggae Video. \"Lo Que Pasó, Pasó\" won an Urban Song of the Year award at", "title": "Barrio Fino" }, { "docid": "15238727", "text": "Music Awards at the Pop Category. It received a Broadcast Music Award at the Pop Awards and the London Awards. At the 2011 Premios Juventud ceremony, the duo received a nomination for La Combinación Perfecta (The Perfect Combination) for the song. She got nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song (\"On the Floor\"), the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female (\"On the Floor\"), MuchMusic Video Award for International Video of the Year - Artist (\"On the Floor\") with Pitbull. \"On the Floor\" made its chart debut in Canada, during the week beginning February 12, 2011. It", "title": "On the Floor" }, { "docid": "14928698", "text": "Tropical Album which was awarded to Juan Luis Guerra for \"A Son de Guerra\". At the Lo Nuestro Awards of 2011 Royce received three Lo Nuestro awards including Tropical Song of the Year for \"Stand by Me\", Tropical Artist of the Year, and Tropical Breakout Artist or Group of the Year while the album received a nomination for Tropical Album of the Year. At the 2011 Casandra awards in the Dominican Republic, Royce received an award for New Artist of the Year and two nominations including Musical Album of the Year. At the 2011 Premios Juventud, Royce received three awards", "title": "Prince Royce (album)" }, { "docid": "10305055", "text": "Billboard Music Awards, where \"Que Lloren\" also received a nomination for \"Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year\". This was the third time Queen was nominated for \"Reggaetón Album of the Year\" following \"Diva\" (2004) in 2005 and \"Flashback\" (2005) in 2006. At the Premio Lo Nuestro of 2008, \"Sentimiento\" was awarded \"Urban Album of the Year\". Tijana Illich thought the \"sweetest moment was a teary-eyed Ivy Queen finally getting recognition for her super album \"Sentimiento\".\" At the 2007 and 2008 Premios Juventud award ceremonies, Queen was nominated for \"Favorite Urban Artist\". Ivy Queen received a gold and platinum", "title": "Sentimiento (album)" }, { "docid": "2027020", "text": "and Armando Valladares, who wrote a memoir describing the prison's harsh conditions and cruel treatment of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners. Presidio Modelo ceased functioning as a prison in 1967. It has been declared a national monument and its hospital rooms converted into a museum. Its functions are now carried out in more modern facilities, including one minimum security prison (Prison El Guayabo) and four correctional facilities: Center for Reeducation of Minors, Correctional Los Colonos, Paquito Rosales Cueto (1 y 11), and Prison la 60 (Columbia). Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud (; ) is the second-largest", "title": "Isla de la Juventud" }, { "docid": "16201352", "text": "Monitor Latino, for 26 consecutive weeks. Alternating between the first 20 positions for such a long time is considered very impressive and was seen as a great achievement. The song \"6 AM\" earned him nominations twice at Premios Juventud for Best Urban Fusion/Performance for \"6 AM\" and Best Urban Song at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. On April 3, 2018, Farruko was arrested in Puerto Rico, accused of hiding $52,000 in undeclared cash in shoes and luggage when returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic. Farruko Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado (born May 2, 1991), better known by his", "title": "Farruko" }, { "docid": "10301905", "text": "of which topped the Latin Rhythm chart. The latter remained atop Billboard's Latin Rhythm chart for over a month. Sobrenatural sold over 100,000 units worldwide. The duo was invited to perform alongside Camila at the 2008 Latin Billboard Awards and they joined Toby Love on stage at the 2008 Premios Juventud awards show. They were nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards for \"Soy Igual Que Tú\" and in the Best Urban Music Album field for \"Sobrenatural\". In 2009 they released \"Down To Earth.\" In November 2010, they released the album \"Perreología\". Its first single \"Rescate\" features Daddy Yankee while the", "title": "Alexis & Fido" }, { "docid": "16773548", "text": "Ruta de las Mañanas and on Venevisión Rugemanía's television program. His skills as a dancer captured the attention of many, as he learned with ease, garnering a number of opportunities to showcase in events like los Premios Ronda, Chica 2001, Unidos Contra el Cáncer and Premios Anda. In 2000, he traveled to the United States, performing in events such as Nuestra Navidad and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2002. Drija also performed in stage shows such as Celebremos La Vida and Érase Una Vez Un Baúl Encantado. He additionally performed at the Premios Fox Sports, Premios Lo Nuestro, Premios", "title": "Víctor Drija" }, { "docid": "18242680", "text": "and the Premios Juventud awards show. Since February 2013, she has been the host of the television series \"Art Loft\" for WPBT. Of the Dallas police officers killed in 2016, in a video entitled \"I don't want to feel this way...\", she said, \"I'm dealing with a bit of guilt because I don't feel sad for the officers that lost their lives, and I know that that's not really my heart. I value human life. And I want to feel sad for them but I can't help but feeling like the shooter was a martyr. And I know it's not", "title": "Kalyn Chapman" }, { "docid": "17411197", "text": "covered Premios Juventud, Premio lo Nuestro, Latin Grammy, Nuestra Belleza Latina since 2007. In April 2011 she covered the Royal Wedding of Principe William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in London for Escandalo TV y La Tijera in Telefutura Network (now Unimas). In 2012 she covered the Golden Globe for Tómbola, y the Oscars for Despierta América. In 2011 she participated in Teletón México in Telefutura Network and in 2012 in Teleton United States where she was accompanying the Teleton troop where actor Carlos Ponce was participating. From October 2011 to January 2012 she was in the show Tómbola on", "title": "Maity Interiano" }, { "docid": "14935572", "text": "Mau & Ricky, and Rio Roma. Mateo was featured on the ballad version of chart-topping single \"Quisiera\", from CNCO's debut album, \"Primera Cita\". He wrote \"Malas Lenguas\" for Gemeliers' album \"Gracias\" and \"Rumbera\" for Spanish trio Lérica. Mateo received three nominations at the 2016 Premios Juventud awards where he also took to the stage as presenter. In 2015, he performed the single \"Mellow Yellow\" by Donovan for the Spanish soundtrack of the Universal Pictures animated film, Minions. A year later, he made a cameo performance in the Portuguese teenage series \"Massa fresca\", broadcast by Televisão Independente (TVI). In 2017, with", "title": "Abraham Mateo" }, { "docid": "13206292", "text": "has been certified Gold for sales of over 40,000. On the Spain Albums Chart, the album debuted at #3. In Colombia, the album reached a gold certification for over 10,000 copies sold. Paulina's big comeback took place in the month of April at the 2009 \"Billboard\" Latin Music Awards, where Rubio performed her lead single \"Causa y Efecto\" for the first time. Paulina also performed live at Univision's Premios Juventud. Rubio made a private concert at Gotham Hall in New York City on May 11 to promote \"Gran City Pop\". The concert was presented by Univision Radio. During her stay", "title": "Gran City Pop" }, { "docid": "15780797", "text": "presidential campaign kickoff speech last week [June 2015], Trump accused illegal immigrants of bringing drugs, crime and rapists to the U.S.\" His live performance had been scheduled for July 12, 2015 in Louisiana, which would have been J Balvin's first performance on national mainstream television. On January 16, 2016, J Balvin premiered his new single \"Ginza\" from his upcoming album, at the Premios Juventud. Later that week, he premiered the music video on Vevo. The music video broke the record for the most views for a Latin music video in the first 24 hours, at over two million views. Since", "title": "J Balvin" }, { "docid": "14447456", "text": "joined CNN after working as TV presenter for the sports segments on Telemundo News, based in Miami, where she was also invited as a guest reporter on the extreme sport show, Ritmo Deportivo. She started her television career as an Entertainment Reporter for the Telemundo Internacional Weekend Newscast broadcast in Latinoamerica and parts of Europe. In 2004, Pérez became the Co-Host and Entertainment Anchor for “Quiéreme Descalzi”, a news magazine in América Teve. In 2006 Pérez hosted Galavision 2 hour special \"Rumbo a Premios Juventud\". Pérez has hosted other shows on Telemundo including Reventon Billboards 2009 and Calle 8. In", "title": "Elizabeth Pérez" }, { "docid": "6426262", "text": "having practical jokes played on them (a la \"Punk'd\"). Would-be hosts Molotov hosted this special and played live on a public concert in Playa del Carmen. Another special aired that same day with some of the winners performing. Miranda! played from their studio in Argentina. Two songs from Juanes's concert in Buenos Aires were also filmed by MTV for this special, and Panda and Reik also performed from MTV's studios in Mexico City. Another half-hour special was broadcast that day showing how the show was supposed to happen and the reaction of the artists and MTV's workers after they found", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica" }, { "docid": "6426261", "text": "Theater in Playa del Carmen (close to Cancún), Quintana Roo, Mexico, for the first time in a different location since their creation. However, due to the approach of Hurricane Wilma towards the Mexican Riviera Maya, the show was moved from October 20 to the 19th, but it was eventually postponed. The date was then moved again, this time to December 22. A couple of months later, MTV decided that it was not feasible to have the show on the aforementioned scheduled date. Instead, the awards were given out on a 1/2 hour special where the winners received their awards after", "title": "Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica" }, { "docid": "13447773", "text": "Universe 2005|2005]]). Cruz has appeared in several magazines and has been hosting special events. She has been on some fashion runways and had a special appearance on Premios Cassandra and in the Dominican movie \"Playball\". She has done several photoshoots for Dominican International fashion photographers. Cruz is news anchor at \"Noticias SIN\" from 2010 to 2014, and then since 2014 at \"AN 7\". She is also radio host on “El sol de los sábados”. [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Hermanas Mirabal Province]] [[Category:Miss Universe 2008 contestants]] [[Category:Miss Dominican Republic]] [[Category:Dominican Republic beauty pageant winners]] [[Category:Dominican Republic people of Spanish", "title": "Marianne Cruz" } ]

[ "the Dissolution of the Monasteries" ]

[ { "docid": "298570", "text": "losses of manuscripts as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century. Scholarly study of the language began when the manuscripts were collected by scholars and antiquarians such as Matthew Parker, Laurence Nowell and Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Old English manuscripts have been highly prized by collectors since the 16th century, both for their historic value and for their aesthetic beauty with their uniformly spaced letters and decorative elements. There are four major poetic manuscripts: Seven major scriptoria produced a good deal of Old English manuscripts: Winchester; Exeter; Worcester; Abingdon; Durham; and two Canterbury houses, Christ", "title": "Old English literature" } ]

[ { "docid": "298612", "text": "in the 19th century which was completed by Thomas Northcote Toller in 1898 called \"An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary\", which was updated by Alistair Campbell in 1972. Because Old English was one of the first vernacular languages to be written down, nineteenth-century scholars searching for the roots of European \"national culture\" (see Romantic Nationalism) took special interest in studying Anglo-Saxon literature, and Old English became a regular part of university curriculum. Since WWII there has been increasing interest in the manuscripts themselves—Neil Ker, a paleographer, published the groundbreaking \"Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon\" in 1957, and by 1980 nearly all Anglo-Saxon manuscript", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "298567", "text": "of English literature, is the most famous work of Old English literature. The \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" has also proven significant for historical study, preserving a chronology of early English history. In descending order of quantity, Old English literature consists of: sermons and saints' lives; biblical translations; translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers; Anglo-Saxon chronicles and narrative history works; laws, wills and other legal works; practical works on grammar, medicine, geography; and poetry. In all there are over 400 surviving manuscripts from the period, of which about 189 are considered \"major\". Besides Old English literature, Anglo-Saxons wrote a number of", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "2185229", "text": "sometimes found in Illuminated manuscripts. Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing. No universally accepted example survives above ground. There are, however, many remains of Anglo-Saxon church architecture. At least fifty churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin with major Anglo-Saxon architectural features, with many more claiming to be, although in some cases the Anglo-Saxon part is small and much-altered. It is often impossible to", "title": "Anglo-Saxon architecture" }, { "docid": "5368648", "text": "Alfred (r. 871–899) held the Vikings back to a line running diagonally across the middle of England, above which they settled in the Danelaw, and were gradually integrated into what was now a unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom. The final phase of Anglo-Saxon art is known as the Winchester School or style, though it was produced in many centres in the south of England, and perhaps the Midlands also. Elements of this begin to be seen from around 900, but the first major manuscripts only appear around the 930s. The style combined influences from the continental art of the Holy Roman Empire", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "15763263", "text": "2001 by an expanded and redefined book, \"Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100\". The \"impact and significance\" of his Handlist was the subject of a 2008 \"Festschrift\" edited by Thomas N. Hall and Donald Scragg. Helmut Gneuss Helmut Gneuss (born 29 October 1927) is a German scholar of Anglo-Saxon and Latin manuscripts and literature. Gneuss is emeritus professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he occupied the chair for English language from 1965 to 1997. He lives in Eichenau. He is a member of the", "title": "Helmut Gneuss" }, { "docid": "6103425", "text": "in Canterbury, described below), none of which have survived, are about works in precious metal, and he is one of a small number of metalwork artists from the period whose name we know and whose work is described in any way. Even the imprecise details given, mostly by Goscelin, are therefore valuable evidence of what Anglo-Saxon metalwork was like. Anglo-Saxon skill in gold-engraving, designs and figures engraved on gold objects, is mentioned by many foreign sources, and the few remaining engraved figures closely parallel the far more numerous pen-drawn figures in manuscripts, also an Anglo-Saxon speciality. Wall-paintings, which seem to", "title": "Spearhafoc" }, { "docid": "13245553", "text": "dominated at all locations. Various scholars have used a synthesis of evidence to present models to suggest an answer to the questions that surround the Anglo-Saxon settlement. These questions include: How many migrants were there? When did the \"Saxons\" gain political ascendency? What happened to the 'Romano-Brittonic' peoples in the south-east of Britain? The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of invaders, migrants and acculturated indigenous people. The ratios and relationships between these formative elements at the time of the Anglo-Saxon settlement are the subject of enquiry. The traditional interpretation of the settlement of Britain has been subject to profound reappraisal, with", "title": "Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain" }, { "docid": "486148", "text": "and specialist research. The manuscripts use a modified Roman alphabet, but Anglo-Saxon runes or \"futhorc\" are used in under 200 inscriptions on objects, sometimes mixed with Roman letters. This literature is remarkable for being in the vernacular (Old English) in the early medieval period: almost all other written literature was in Latin at this time, but due to Alfred's programme of vernacular literacy, the oral traditions of Anglo-Saxon England ended up being converted into writing and preserved. We owe much of this preservation to the monks of the tenth century, who made – at the very least – the copies", "title": "Anglo-Saxons" }, { "docid": "15329534", "text": "\"the oldest relics of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic literature\", belonging \"to the oldest traditions of the Germanic and Indo-European peoples.\" Many of the Anglo-Saxon charms use symbolic comparisons between a known, described event and the magical act being performed. In this way, the \"...two things are in some way brought together, so that what happens to one of them will happen also to the other.\" Storms believed that in comparing the two things, the Anglo-Saxon magician hoped to actually make them similar and that their connection may have been based on a \"similarity in sound, meaning, form, colour and so on.\"", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "2025772", "text": "about 1200. Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, encompasses the surviving literature written in Old English in Anglo-Saxon England, in the period after the settlement of the Saxons and other Germanic tribes in England (Jutes and the Angles) c. 450, after the withdrawal of the Romans, and \"ending soon after the Norman Conquest\" in 1066; that is, c. 1100–50. These works include genres such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles, riddles, and others. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period. Oral tradition was very strong in early English culture and most literary", "title": "British literature" }, { "docid": "11878037", "text": "twice. He died of dropsy on 6 July 1726 and was buried at St Marylebone Church. Wanley's contributed to the scholarship of Old English literature. His 1705 catalog of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, \"Antiquae literaturae septentrionalis liber alter. Seu Humphredi Wanleii ... cum totius thesauri linguarum septentrionalium sex indicibus\", was of paramount importance in the field. According to Neil Ripley Ker, Wanley was a \"great paleographer...His catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is a book which scholars will continue to use, or neglect at their peril.\" Humfrey Wanley Humfrey Wanley (21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726) was an English librarian, palaeographer and scholar", "title": "Humfrey Wanley" }, { "docid": "298569", "text": "of manuscripts remain from the Anglo-Saxon period, with most written during its last 300 years (9th to 11th centuries). Manuscripts written in both Latin and the vernacular remain. It is believed that Irish missionaries are responsible for the scripts used in early Anglo-Saxon texts, which include the Insular half-uncial (important Latin texts) and Insular minuscule (both Latin and the vernacular). In the 10th century, the Caroline minuscule was adopted for Latin, however the Insular minuscule continued to be used for Old English texts. Thereafter, it was increasingly influenced by Caroline minuscule, while retaining certain distinctively Insular letter-forms. There were considerable", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "12778831", "text": "took an interest in the crime if the victim was of the serving class. Sex and rape were also found in literature. There are actual and threatened acts of violent sexual assaults present in some literature and legal texts; an example is the homily of Wulfstan, a text in which he wrote about women being raped at the hands of the Vikings. The written law only represents a portion of the laws that impacted the lives of women; therefore they only reflect partial views of what actually happened. Despite what the churches doctrines taught, women were considered to be a", "title": "Women in Anglo-Saxon society" }, { "docid": "15329521", "text": "the magical practices of the time. What we know of Anglo-Saxon magic comes primarily from the surviving medical manuscripts, such as \"Bald's Leechbook\" and the \"Lacnunga\", all of which date from the Christian era. Written evidence shows that magical practices were performed by those involved in the medical profession. From burial evidence, various archaeologists have also argued for the existence of professional female magical practitioners that they have referred to as cunning women. Anglo-Saxons believed in witches, individuals who would perform malevolent magic to harm others.[Citation for this definition?] In the late 6th century, Christian missionaries began converting Anglo-Saxon England,", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "5368649", "text": "with elements of older English art, and some particular elements including a nervous agitated style of drapery, sometimes matched by figures, especially in line drawings, which are the only images in many manuscripts, and were to remain especially prominent in medieval English art. Early Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination forms part of Insular art, a combination of influences from Mediterranean, Celtic and Germanic styles that arose when the Anglo-Saxons encountered Irish missionary activity in Northumbria, at Lindisfarne and Iona in particular. At the same time the Gregorian mission from Rome and its successors imported continental manuscripts like the Italian St. Augustine Gospels,", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "3244865", "text": "at Canterbury in Kent, on the site of St. Augustine's abbey, \"Anglo-Saxon Attitudes\". \"Anglo-Saxon Attitudes\" was also the name of an historical conference \"in pursuit of the English\" to define the evolution of the English \"cultural self-image\" held at the University of Salford on 9–11 July 1999. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Anglo-Saxon Attitudes is a satirical novel by Angus Wilson, published in 1956. It was Wilson's most popular book, and many consider it his best work. The novel deals with the significance of two connected events that happened on the same day, long before the opening of the novel. The first was", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Attitudes" }, { "docid": "5368663", "text": "of metalwork artists from the period whose name we know and whose work is described in any way. According to several sources, including the Norman chronicler Goscelin, who knew him personally, Spearhafoc \"was outstanding in painting, gold-engraving and goldsmithery\", the painting very likely mainly in illuminated manuscripts. It was probably his artistic work which brought into contact with the royal family, and launched his rapid promotion in the church. Even the imprecise details given, mostly by Goscelin, are therefore valuable evidence of what Anglo-Saxon metalwork was like. Anglo-Saxon skill in gold-engraving, designs and figures engraved on gold objects, is mentioned", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "5368664", "text": "by many foreign sources, and the few remaining engraved figures closely parallel the far more numerous pen-drawn figures in manuscripts, also an Anglo-Saxon speciality. Wall-paintings, which seem to have sometimes contained gold, were also apparently often made by manuscript illuminators, and Goscelin's description of his talents therefore suggests an artist skilled in all the main Anglo-Saxon media for figurative art – of which being a goldsmith was then regarded as the most prestigious branch. One 11th century lay goldsmith was even a \"thegn\". Many monastic artists reached senior positions; Spearhafoc's career in metalwork was paralleled in less sensational fashion by", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "15078130", "text": "by bringing the study of Old English from the Faculty of English to Archaeology and Anthropology in 1928, founded what was to become the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic: 'Chadwick's aim ... was to keep Old English studies free from philology (as it was then practised), but also from the dominance of English Literature'. However, 'the alliance of Anglo-Saxon and archaeology suited the professor and not the students; and in the 1960s Professor Dorothy Whitelock led the Saxon flock back into the English fold'--specifically in 1967, though the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology continues to sustain strengths in Anglo-Saxon", "title": "Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge" }, { "docid": "15763261", "text": "Helmut Gneuss Helmut Gneuss (born 29 October 1927) is a German scholar of Anglo-Saxon and Latin manuscripts and literature. Gneuss is emeritus professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he occupied the chair for English language from 1965 to 1997. He lives in Eichenau. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Academia Europaea, the British Academy, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Medieval Academy of America. Gneuss's 1976 article on the Anglo-Saxon poem \"The Battle of Maldon\" is regarded as \"a turning point\" in the history of Maldon scholarship. Specifically, his", "title": "Helmut Gneuss" }, { "docid": "298568", "text": "Anglo-Latin works. Old English literature has gone through different periods of research; in the 19th and early 20th centuries the focus was on the Germanic and pagan roots that scholars thought they could detect in Old English literature. Later, on account of the work of Bernard F. Huppé, the influence of Augustinian exegesis was emphasised. Today, along with a focus upon paleography and the physical manuscripts themselves more generally, scholars debate such issues as dating, place of origin, authorship, and the connections between Anglo-Saxon culture and the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages, and literary merits. A large number", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "5970597", "text": "of the days of the week in the English language. What is known about the religion and its accompanying mythology have since influenced both literature and Modern Paganism. The word \"pagan\" is a Latin term that was used by Christians in Anglo-Saxon England to designate non-Christians. In Old English, the vernacular language of Anglo-Saxon England, the equivalent term was \"hæðen\" (\"heathen\"), a word that was cognate to the Old Norse \"heiðinn\", both of which may derive from a Gothic word, \"haiþno\". Both \"pagan\" and \"heathen\" were terms that carried pejorative overtones, with \"hæðen\" also being used in Late Anglo-Saxon texts", "title": "Anglo-Saxon paganism" }, { "docid": "17595157", "text": "Unready ordered the manufacture of helmets. The Bayeux Tapestry reflects the idea that helmets were a standard piece of military equipment for an Anglo-Saxon army by 1066. Late Anglo-Saxon literature, such as \"Beowulf\", also makes some references to helmets. Four mostly intact Anglo-Saxon helmets have been discovered, although archaeologists have unearthed additional fragments of what might have been helmets. All the helmets which have been found are substantially different from the others in their construction and ornamentation. It is possible that most helmets were made of boiled leather and therefore did not physically survive. The earliest known example was found", "title": "Weaponry in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "298615", "text": "Paul Muldoon's \"Caedmona's Hymn\" in his \"Moy Sand and Gravel\" (2002) and U. A. Fanthorpe's \"Caedmon's Song\" in her \"Queuing for the Sun\" (2003). These translations differ greatly from one another, just as Seamus Heaney's \"Beowulf\" (1999) deviates from earlier, similar projects. Heaney uses Irish diction across \"Beowulf\" to bring what he calls a \"special body and force\" to the poem, foregrounding his own Ulster heritage, \"in order to render (the poem) ever more 'willable forward/again and again and again.'\" Old English literature Old English literature or Anglo-Saxon literature, encompasses literature written in Old English, in Anglo-Saxon England from the", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "15132149", "text": "Old English Reader (Cambridge, 2004) R. North, Heathen Gods in Old English Literature, CSASE 22 (Cambridge, 1997) E. G. Stanley, The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism (Cambridge, 1975) J. Wilcox, ‘The Dissemination of Wulfstan’s Homilies: the Wulfstan Tradition in Eleventh-Century Vernacular Preaching’, in England in the Eleventh Century, Proceedings of the 1990 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. C. Hicks (Stamford, 1992), pp. 199–217 D. Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Paganism (London 1992) Bethurum, Dorothy. The Homilies of Wulfstan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print. Continuations and Beginnings. Ed. Eric Gerald Stanley. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1966. Print. Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile. Ed. Peter Clemoes.", "title": "De Falsis Deis" }, { "docid": "3244857", "text": "Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Anglo-Saxon Attitudes is a satirical novel by Angus Wilson, published in 1956. It was Wilson's most popular book, and many consider it his best work. The novel deals with the significance of two connected events that happened on the same day, long before the opening of the novel. The first was the excavation of an ancient and valuable archaeological idol, a phallic figure unearthed from the tomb of an Anglo-Saxon bishop Eorpwald, known as the \"Melpham excavation\". Gerald has long been haunted by a drunken revelation by his friend Gilbert, who was involved with this excavation, that the", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Attitudes" }, { "docid": "485986", "text": "Hills and Richard Hodges suggest the number is nearer 20,000. By around 500 the Anglo-Saxon migrants were established in southern and eastern Britain. What happened to the indigenous Brittonic people is also subject to question. Heinrich Härke and Richard Coates point out that they are invisible archaeologically and linguistically. But based on a fairly high Anglo-Saxon figure (200,000) and a low Brythonic one (800,000), Brythonic people are likely to have outnumbered Anglo-Saxons by at least four to one. The interpretation of such figures is that while \"culturally, the later Anglo-Saxons and English did emerge as remarkably un-British, . . .", "title": "Anglo-Saxons" }, { "docid": "5970656", "text": "virtually no references to pre-Christian sacred trees in Old English literature, there are condemnations of tree veneration as well as the veneration of stones and wells in several later Anglo-Saxon penitentials. In the 680s, the Christian writer Aldhelm referred to the pagan use of pillars associated with the \"foul snake and stag\", praising the fact that many had been converted into sites for Christian worship. Aldhelm had used the Latin terms \"ermula cruda\" (\"crude pillars\"), although it was unclear what exactly he was referring to; possibly examples include something akin to a wooden totem pole or a re-used Neolithic menhir.", "title": "Anglo-Saxon paganism" }, { "docid": "5368661", "text": "Farm Brooch is a 7th-century example. Decoration included cloisonné (\"cellwork\"), in gold and garnet for high-status pieces. Despite a considerable number of other finds, the discovery of the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, probably interred in the 620s, transformed the history of Anglo-Saxon art, showing a level of sophistication and quality that was wholly unexpected at this date. The most famous finds are the helmet and matching suite of purse-lid, belt and other fittings of the king buried there, which made clear the source in Anglo-Saxon art, previously much disputed, of many elements of the style of Insular manuscripts. By the", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "15582851", "text": "articles, on subjects ranging from Greek cosmology and Classical Latin literature to medieval palaeography and textual criticism, especially the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, in both Latin and Old English. He is, for instance, an expert on the Leiden Glossary. He has devoted much of his scholarly energy to editing scholarly journals and series, having been general editor for many years of \"Anglo-Saxon England\", \"Oxford Medieval Texts\", \"Scriptores Latini Hiberniae\", and \"Henry Bradshaw Society Publications\", as well as \"Compendium Auctorum Latinorum Medii Aevi (C.A.L.M.A.)\" and \"Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England\" (both of which he founded). In 2002, he delivered the Triennial", "title": "Michael Lapidge" }, { "docid": "15763262", "text": "extensive lexicographical study of the important word \"ofermod\" \"proved beyond doubt\" that it means \"pride\", settling an important question in the interpretation of the poem; in the words of Fred C. Robinson, \"the poet's use of \"ofermod\" signals a criticism of Byrhtnoth's generalship.\" His 1981 publication \"A preliminary list of manuscripts written or owned in England up to 1100\" was described as the next milestone in Anglo-Saxon manuscript studies after Neil Ripley Ker's 1957 book \"Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon\". The \"preliminary\" list (\"an indispensable tool and essential starting point for anyone interested in Anglo-Saxon literary culture\") was followed in", "title": "Helmut Gneuss" }, { "docid": "9618052", "text": "the period. Many Anglo-Saxon manuscripts written in the south, and later the north, of England show strong Insular influences until the 10th century or beyond, but the pre-dominant stylistic impulse comes from the continent of Europe; carpet-pages are not found, but many large figurative miniatures are. Panels of interlace and other Insular motifs continue to be used as one element in borders and frames ultimately classical in derivation. Many continental manuscripts, especially in areas influenced by the Celtic missions, also show such features well into the early Romanesque period. \"Franco-Saxon\" is a term for a school of late Carolingian illumination", "title": "Insular art" }, { "docid": "5847504", "text": "the West Saxon literary language had no more influence than any other dialect. Middle English literature is written, then, in the many dialects that correspond to the history, culture, and background of the individual writers. While Anglo-Norman or Latin was preferred for high culture and administration, English literature by no means died out, and a number of important works illustrate the development of the language. Around the turn of the thirteenth century, Layamon wrote his \"Brut\", based on Wace's twelfth century Anglo-Norman epic of the same name. Layamon's language is recognisably Middle English, though his prosody shows a strong Anglo-Saxon", "title": "Middle English literature" }, { "docid": "5368641", "text": "Anglo-Saxon art Anglo-Saxon art covers art produced within the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, beginning with the Migration period style that the Anglo-Saxons brought with them from the continent in the 5th century, and ending in 1066 with the Norman Conquest of a large Anglo-Saxon nation-state whose sophisticated art was influential in much of northern Europe. The two periods of outstanding achievement were the 7th and 8th centuries, with the metalwork and jewellery from Sutton Hoo and a series of magnificent illuminated manuscripts, and the final period after about 950, when there was a revival of English culture after the", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "486023", "text": "long as I lived, and to leave after my life, to the men who should come after me, the memory of me in good works. (Preface: \"The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius\") A framework for the momentous events of the 10th and 11th centuries is provided by the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\". However charters, law-codes and coins supply detailed information on various aspects of royal government, and the surviving works of Anglo-Latin and vernacular literature, as well as the numerous manuscripts written in the 10th century, testify in their different ways to the vitality of ecclesiastical culture. Yet as Simon Keynes suggests", "title": "Anglo-Saxons" }, { "docid": "15329527", "text": "survive. The \"main sources of our knowledge of magic\" in the Anglo-Saxon period are the surviving medical manuscripts from the period. The majority of these manuscripts come from the 11th century, some being written in Old English and others in Latin, and they are a mix of new compositions and copies of older works. Three main manuscripts survive, now known as \"Bald's Leechbook\", the \"Lacnunga\" and the \"Old English Herbarium\", as do several more minor examples. Remarking on the magico-medical knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons, historian Stephen Pollington noted that the amount \"actually recorded was probably only a fraction of the", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "18269224", "text": "manuscripts. This is probably because of the interest in vernacular works fostered by the Benedictines. Most surviving vernacular literature was produced by followers of the Benedictine reformers, and written in the standard Old English they championed. Walter Hofstetter observes: The Continental leaders of the church immediately after 1066 justified the Conquest by denigrating the pre-Conquest state of the Anglo-Saxon church. Newcomers such as Lanfranc, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070, had no interest in saints venerated by the Anglo-Saxons, and his \"Constitutiones\" for Christ Church, Canterbury, show no debt to the \"Regularis Concordia\". However, Anglo-Norman monks soon turned the", "title": "English Benedictine Reform" }, { "docid": "16458509", "text": "that this witch “belongs firmly to the realm of fiction.” A further account of an Anglo-Saxon witch can be found in the Chronicle of the Abbey of Ramsay, a document written in the 12th century which had been based upon what the anonymous author discovered through reading Old English wills, writs and charters as well as tales that were passed down in local tradition. According to the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\", King Edward was murdered at Corfe Castle in 978. As the king developed into a cult figure, a body of literature grew up around his murder, at first implying and then", "title": "Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "9766446", "text": "overran East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria and came close to controlling most of Anglo-Saxon England. By 871 they had reached London and they are believed to have camped within the old Roman walls during the winter of that year. Although it is unclear what happened during this time, London may have come under Viking control for a period. In 878, West Saxon forces led by Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Ethandun and forced their leader Guthrum to sue for peace. The Treaty of Wedmore and the later Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum divided England and", "title": "Anglo-Saxon London" }, { "docid": "12375147", "text": "society. As the invaders integrated, their language and literature mingled with that of the natives, and the Norman dialects of the ruling classes became Anglo-Norman. From then until the 12th century, Anglo-Saxon underwent a gradual transition into Middle English. Political power was no longer in English hands, so that the West Saxon literary language had no more influence than any other dialect and Middle English literature was written in the many dialects that corresponded to the region, history, culture, and background of individual writers. In this period religious literature continued to enjoy popularity and Hagiographies were written, adapted and translated:", "title": "English literature" }, { "docid": "63537", "text": "Anglo-Saxon England, and Lombard Italy) due to his vast conquests. He greatly increased the provision of monastic schools and scriptoria (centres for book-copying) in Francia. Most of the surviving works of classical Latin were copied and preserved by Carolingian scholars. Indeed, the earliest manuscripts available for many ancient texts are Carolingian. It is almost certain that a text which survived to the Carolingian age survives still. The pan-European nature of Charlemagne's influence is indicated by the origins of many of the men who worked for him: Alcuin, an Anglo-Saxon from York; Theodulf, a Visigoth, probably from Septimania; Paul the Deacon,", "title": "Charlemagne" }, { "docid": "18161411", "text": "help elucidate the allegorical import of many passages. Catherine Karkov Catherine Karkov is professor of History of Art and head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Her research centres on early medieval art, especially Anglo-Saxon art, and she has published two monographs, one on Anglo-Saxon art, and one on the relation between text and image in Anglo-Saxon literature. In the latter, whose focus is on MS Junius 11, she argues that a complete edition of the manuscript leaves out the many illustrations at its own peril; these illustrations occur", "title": "Catherine Karkov" }, { "docid": "19689413", "text": "Cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England A cult of saints played a key part within Anglo-Saxon Christianity, a form of Roman Catholicism practiced in Anglo-Saxon England from the late sixth to the mid eleventh century. Ecclesiastical authors produced hagiographies of many of these saints. These texts were aimed largely at an ecclesiastical audience, although some were also aimed at royalty and nobility, and outlined how to live an ideal Christian life. With a few exceptions, there was no \"absolute definition\" of what constituted a saint in Anglo-Saxon England. In some cases, particularly from the ninth century onward, designation of a", "title": "Cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "5368645", "text": "between them left virtually nothing in England except for books and archaeological finds. Metalwork is almost the only form in which the earliest Anglo-Saxon art has survived, mostly in Germanic-style jewelry (including fittings for clothes and weapons) which was, before the Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England, commonly placed in burials. After the conversion, which took most of the 7th century, the fusion of Germanic Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Late Antique techniques and motifs, together with the requirement for books, created Hiberno-Saxon style, or Insular art, which is also seen in illuminated manuscripts and some carved stone and ivory, probably mostly drawing from", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "15329539", "text": "to have a malicious intent towards humans and which had access to hostile magic. There were various different kinds of magician in the Anglo-Saxon world. Evidence from the medical manuscripts informs us that among those who performed magic were members of the Anglo-Saxon medical profession, now known as leeches. In the context of Anglo-Saxon medics, the term \"leech\" was unconnected to the bloodsucking worms, instead deriving from the Old English \"læce\", a term that in Early Mediaeval England referred to healers of any kind. Being a commonly used word in Old English, \"læce\" was the basis to several place names", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "8238024", "text": "Parker Library, Corpus Christi College The Parker Library is the rare books and manuscripts library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It is known throughout the world due to its invaluable collection of over 600 manuscripts, particularly medieval texts, the majority of which were bequeathed to the College by Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker, a former Master of Corpus Christi College. The library houses a significant proportion of all extant Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, including the earliest copy of the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" (Version A of the ASC, Corp. Chris. MS 173, known as the Winchester Chronicle or the Parker Chronicle, c. 890), the", "title": "Parker Library, Corpus Christi College" }, { "docid": "5368656", "text": "at the other. All these changes were not restricted to manuscripts, and may not have been driven by manuscript style, but we have a greater number of manuscripts surviving than works in other media, even if in most cases illuminations are restricted to initials and perhaps a few miniatures. Several ambitious projects of illumination are unfinished, such as the Old English Hexateuch, which has some 550 scenes in various stages of completion, giving insight into working methods. The illustrations give Old Testament scenes an entirely contemporary setting and are valuable images of Anglo-Saxon life. Manuscripts from the Winchester School or", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "486126", "text": "explanation of their origins in Britain\". What survives through writing represents primarily the register of Anglo-Saxon, and this is most often in the West Saxon dialect. Little is known about the everyday spoken language of people living in the migration period. Old English is a contact language and it is hard to reconstruct the pidgin used in this period from the written language found in the West Saxon literature of some 400 years later. Two general theories are proposed regarding why people changed their language to Old English (or an early form of such): either, a person or household changed", "title": "Anglo-Saxons" }, { "docid": "5970638", "text": "are a variety of symbols; of these, the swastikas have sometimes been interpreted as symbols associated with Thunor. Many Anglo-Saxonists have also assumed that Anglo-Saxon paganism was animistic in basis, believing in a landscape populated by different spirits and other non-human entities, such as elfs, dwarfs, and dragons. The English literature scholar Richard North for instance described it as a \"natural religion based on animism\". Dunn suggested that for Anglo-Saxon pagans, most everyday interactions would not have been with major deities but with such \"lesser supernatural beings\". She also suggested that these entities might have exhibited similarities with later English", "title": "Anglo-Saxon paganism" }, { "docid": "5368642", "text": "end of the Viking invasions. By the time of the Conquest the move to the Romanesque style is nearly complete. The important artistic centres, in so far as these can be established, were concentrated in the extremities of England, in Northumbria, especially in the early period, and Wessex and Kent near the south coast. Anglo-Saxon art survives mostly in illuminated manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon architecture, a number of very fine ivory carvings, and some works in metal and other materials. Opus Anglicanum (\"English work\") was already recognised as the finest embroidery in Europe, although only a few pieces from the Anglo-Saxon period", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "5847501", "text": "Henry VIII. There are three main categories of Middle English Literature: Religious, Courtly love, and Arthurian, though much of Geoffrey Chaucer's work stands outside these. Among the many religious works are those in the Katherine Group and the writings of Julian of Norwich and Richard Rolle. After the Norman conquest of England, Law French became the standard language of courts, parliament, and society. The Norman dialects of the ruling classes mixed with the Anglo-Saxon of the people and became Anglo-Norman, and Anglo-Saxon underwent a gradual transition into Middle English. Around the turn of the thirteenth century, Layamon wrote in Middle", "title": "Middle English literature" }, { "docid": "5368668", "text": "wear as jewellery, and a number of these survive in Scandinavian museums. While larger works are all lost, several small objects and fragments have survived, nearly all having been buried; in recent decades professional archaeology as well as metal-detecting and deep ploughing have greatly increased the number of objects known. Among the few unburied exceptions are the secular Fuller Brooch, and two works made in Anglo-Saxon style carried to Austria by the Anglo-Saxon mission, the Tassilo Chalice (late 8th century) and the Rupertus Cross. Especially in the 9th century, Anglo-Saxon styles, sometimes derived from manuscripts rather than metal examples, are", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "5368653", "text": "English manuscript in which \"developed trumpet spiral patterns\" are found. The 9th century, especially the latter half, has very few major survivals made in England, but was a period when Insular and Anglo-Saxon influence on Carolingian manuscripts was at its height, from scriptoria such as those at the Anglo-Saxon mission's foundation at Echternach Abbey (though the important Echternach Gospels were created in Northumbria), and the major monastery at Tours, where Alcuin of York was followed by another Anglo-Saxon abbot, between them covering the period from 796 to 834. Although Tours' own library was destroyed by Norsemen, over 60 9th century", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "15756525", "text": "Anglo-Saxon riddles Anglo-Saxon riddles are part of Anglo-Saxon literature. The riddle was a major, prestigious literary genre in Anglo-Saxon England, and riddles were written both in Latin and Old English verse. The most famous Anglo-Saxon riddles are in Old English and found in the tenth-century Exeter Book, while the pre-eminent Anglo-Saxon composer of Latin riddles was the seventh- to eighth-century scholar Aldhelm. Surviving riddles range from theological and scholarly to comical and obscene and attempt to provide new perspectives and viewpoints in describing the world. Some at least were probably meant to be performed rather than merely read to oneself", "title": "Anglo-Saxon riddles" }, { "docid": "15756541", "text": "to the edition by Krapp and Dobbie. Major editions of the Exeter Book riddles are: Major collections of translations are: A new collection of scholarly translations of the Exeter Book riddles is being produced in blog form at theriddleages.wordpress.com. Anglo-Saxon riddles Anglo-Saxon riddles are part of Anglo-Saxon literature. The riddle was a major, prestigious literary genre in Anglo-Saxon England, and riddles were written both in Latin and Old English verse. The most famous Anglo-Saxon riddles are in Old English and found in the tenth-century Exeter Book, while the pre-eminent Anglo-Saxon composer of Latin riddles was the seventh- to eighth-century scholar", "title": "Anglo-Saxon riddles" }, { "docid": "7227844", "text": "varied, but in many instances these descriptions revealed the Anglo-Saxons' ideas about their landscape. Charters have provided fundamental source material for understanding Anglo-Saxon England that complements the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" and other literary sources. They are often used by historians as sources for the history of Anglo-Saxon England. It was frequently kings who gave land in charters. By seeing what land was awarded, it is possible to see the extent of a king's control and how he exercised his power. In 846, Æthelwulf of Wessex granted land in Devon by charter, perhaps dividing the spoils from this recently conquered territory among", "title": "Anglo-Saxon charters" }, { "docid": "9320489", "text": "Sid Bradley Sid (Sidney Arthur James) Bradley (born 1936) is an academic, author and specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature. In his best known publication, \"Anglo-Saxon Poetry\", Bradley has translated into modern English prose virtually the entire corpus of extant Anglo-Saxon poetry. Bradley studied Anglo-Saxon at University College, Oxford, and subsequently taught it at King's College London then in the University of York where he became a Professor of English and Related Literature. From 1990 he was seconded to the Centre for Grundtvig Studies in the Theology Faculty of the University of Aarhus, Denmark, as a Research and Teaching Associate, during which", "title": "Sid Bradley" }, { "docid": "15329526", "text": "of \"drycraeft\". Etymologists have speculated that the latter word might have been an anglicised term for the Irish \"drai\", a term referring to druids, who appeared as anti-Christian sorcerers in much Irish literature of the period. In this case, it would have been a term borrowed from the Celtic languages, which were widespread across southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon migration. From the Early Mediaeval to the present day, much information about the Anglo-Saxons and their magical practices have been lost. What we do know comes from a small selection of historical and archaeological sources that have been able to", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "2048591", "text": "the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Cutting the Society of Antiquaries from his bequests, he began transferring his collections to the Bodleian. A series of almanacs in 175 volumes, ranging in date from 1607 to 1747 arrived in 1752-55. At his death, Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford. Richard Rawlinson", "title": "Richard Rawlinson" }, { "docid": "9518125", "text": "The \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" recorded the incident: Harold Godwinson repaired the town's defences in 1056, but what happened to the castle is not mentioned. Shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, William FitzOsbern was made Earl of Hereford. He may have rebuilt the castle as it was in use in 1067 when the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" noted that Eadric the Wild harassed its garrison. In 1071 William FitzOsbern died and his son Roger took over possession of the castle. He was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to depose King William and consequently forfeited the castle. In April 1138, Geoffrey Talbot captured Hereford", "title": "Hereford Castle" }, { "docid": "5368654", "text": "illuminated manuscripts from the \"scriptorium\" survive, in a style showing many borrowings from English models, especially in initial pages, where Insular influence remained visible in northern France until even the 12th century. The Anglo-Saxon metalwork produced in the Salzburg area of modern Austria has a manuscript counterpart in the \"Cutbercht Gospels\" in Vienna. By the 10th century Insular elements were relegated to decorative embellishments in England, as the first phase of the \"Winchester style\" developed. The first plant ornament, with leaves and grapes, was already seen in an initial in the Leningrad Bede, which can probably be dated to 746.", "title": "Anglo-Saxon art" }, { "docid": "18161410", "text": "Catherine Karkov Catherine Karkov is professor of History of Art and head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Her research centres on early medieval art, especially Anglo-Saxon art, and she has published two monographs, one on Anglo-Saxon art, and one on the relation between text and image in Anglo-Saxon literature. In the latter, whose focus is on MS Junius 11, she argues that a complete edition of the manuscript leaves out the many illustrations at its own peril; these illustrations occur at dramatic moments in the four poems and", "title": "Catherine Karkov" }, { "docid": "13762595", "text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the \"Chronicle\" was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great (r. 871–899). Multiple copies were made of that one original and then distributed to monasteries across England, where they were independently updated. In one case, the \"Chronicle\" was still being actively updated in 1154. Nine manuscripts survive in whole or in part, though not all are of equal historical value and none of them is the original version.", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" }, { "docid": "12372911", "text": "often backed with gold leafs to create a rich, shimmering effect. Anglo-Saxon art covers art produced within the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, beginning with the Migration period style that the Anglo-Saxons brought with them from the continent in the 5th century, and ending in 1066 with the Norman Conquest of a large Anglo-Saxon nation-state whose sophisticated art was influential in much of northern Europe. The two periods of outstanding achievement were the 7th and 8th centuries, with the metalwork and jewellery from Sutton Hoo and a series of magnificent illuminated manuscripts, and the final period after about 950, when", "title": "History of art" }, { "docid": "16421440", "text": "Heathen Gods in Old English Literature Heathen Gods in Old English Literature is a historical study of the literary references for several pagan deities in Anglo-Saxon England. Written by the English studies scholar Richard North of University College London, it was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1997. The book was released as the twenty-second monograph in the Press' series, \"Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England\", edited by Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge and Andy Orchard. Prior to the book's publication, North had previously authored other studies of Anglo-Saxon paganism, such as \"Pagan Words and Christian Meanings\" (1991). \"Heathen Gods in", "title": "Heathen Gods in Old English Literature" }, { "docid": "4333791", "text": "it. Turner's \"History of the Anglo-Saxons\" appeared in four volumes between 1799 and 1805. Britain at the time of original publication was involved in wars against France and the idea of the Norman yoke (Anglo-Saxon liberty versus Norman despotism) had been around since the seventeenth century. Turner demonstrated Anglo-Saxon liberty \"in the shape of a good constitution, temperate kingship, the witenagemot, and general principles of freedom\". Turner researched extensively the collections in the British Museum and the manuscripts of Sir Robert Cotton. In doing so he obtained a working knowledge of Anglo-Saxon. The \"History\" had a profound impact on historiography", "title": "Sharon Turner" }, { "docid": "1932110", "text": "namegiving attribute of the god of poetry, '. Professor of Literature at University of California San Diego, Seth Lerer suggests, \"What we have come to think of as the inherently 'oral' quality of Old English Poetry... [may] be a literary fiction of its own.\" Early English scholars have different opinions on whether or not the Anglo-Saxon oral poet ever really existed. Much of the poetry that survives does have an oral quality to it, but some scholars argue that it is a trait carried over from an earlier Germanic period. If, as some critics believe, the idea of the Anglo-Saxon", "title": "Scop" }, { "docid": "5433234", "text": "Insular art the fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic techniques and motifs, which had largely ceased in Ireland and Northern England with the Viking invasions. Anglo-Saxon art is mainly known today through illuminated manuscripts and metalwork. After the demise of the Carolingian Empire, France split into a number of feuding provinces, so that lacking any organized Imperial patronage, French art of the 10th and 11th centuries became localised around the large monasteries, and lacked the sophistication of a court-directed style. Multiple regional styles developed based on the chance availability of Carolingian manuscripts (as models to draw from), and the availability of", "title": "Pre-Romanesque art and architecture" }, { "docid": "11292915", "text": "style produced in Scotland, Britain and Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th century, with the combining of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon forms. Surviving examples of Insular art are found in metalwork, carving, but mainly in illuminated manuscripts. Surfaces are highly decorated with intricate patterning, with no attempt to give an impression of depth, volume or recession. The best examples include the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, Book of Durrow. Carpet pages are a characteristic feature of Insular manuscripts, although historiated initials (an Insular invention), canon tables and figurative miniatures, especially Evangelist portraits, are also common. The finest era of the style was", "title": "Scotland in the Early Middle Ages" }, { "docid": "10979200", "text": "Purple parchment Purple parchment, Purple vellum or Codex Purpureus refers to manuscripts written on parchment dyed purple. The lettering may be in gold or silver. Later the practice was revived for some especially grand illuminated manuscripts produced for the Emperors in Carolingian art and Ottonian art, in Anglo-Saxon England and elsewhere. Some just use purple parchment for sections of the work; the 8th century Anglo-Saxon Stockholm Codex Aureus alternates dyed and un-dyed pages. It was at one point supposedly restricted for the use of Roman or Byzantine Emperors, although in a letter of Saint Jerome of 384, he \"writes scornfully", "title": "Purple parchment" }, { "docid": "15368213", "text": "a cemetery in Trossingen which dates to c. 580 CE, thereby being contemporary with similar Anglo-Saxon sites. More importantly for the development of Anglo-Saxon barrow burials, the practice had been adopted by the Merovingian dynasty Franks, who lived in what is now France, from the mid fifth century CE. It was from these Merovingian Franks that the Anglo-Saxons likely adopted the practice. The Anglo-Saxon peoples had migrated to Britain during the fifth century CE, settling primarily along the eastern areas of what is now England. They were adherents of a pagan religion. Throughout the sixth century, the south-eastern Anglo-Saxon Kingdom", "title": "Anglo-Saxon burial mounds" }, { "docid": "15756527", "text": "they are known as \"enigmata\" ('enigmas') and formed a thriving literary genre which is likely to have inspired the later collection of vernacular riddles in the Exeter Book. Unlike the Exeter Book riddles, the Anglo-Saxon \"enigmata\" are presented in manuscripts with their solutions as their title, and seldom close with a challenge to the reader to guess their solution. Apparently inspired by the hundred \"Aenigmata\" of Symphosius, along with Byzantine literary riddling, the Anglo-Saxon aristocrat, scholar, abbot and bishop Aldhelm composed his own collection of a hundred (hexa)metrical \"enigmata\". He included it in his \"Epistola ad Acircium\", a study of", "title": "Anglo-Saxon riddles" }, { "docid": "13762636", "text": "to a battle fought by Cenwealh in 652; this battle is mentioned in [A], [B] and [C], but not in [E]. He does mention a battle fought by Cenwealh at Wirtgernesburg, which is not in any of the extant manuscripts, so it is possible he had a copy now lost. The \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" is the single most important source for the history of England in Anglo-Saxon times. Without the \"Chronicle\" and Bede's \"Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum\" (the \"Ecclesiastical History of the English People\"), it would be impossible to write the history of the English from the Romans to the Norman", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" }, { "docid": "2237228", "text": "version of the \"Lorica of Laidcenn\", an abbreviated or \"Breviate Psalter\", and a text of the \"Harrowing of Hell\" liturgical drama, which were combined together to provide a source used for private devotion and contemplation. Based on stylistic and palaeographical features, the Book of Cerne has been included within the Canterbury or Tiberius group of manuscripts that were manufactured in southern England in the 8th and 9th centuries CE associated with the Mercian hegemony in Anglo-Saxon England. This Anglo-Saxon manuscript is considered to be the most sophisticated and elaborate of this group. The Book of Cerne exhibits various Irish/Celtic, Anglo-Saxon,", "title": "Book of Cerne" }, { "docid": "13250575", "text": "Herbs Charm mentions both the Germanic god Woden and Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. Twelve Metrical Charms survive in Old English, principally in the collection of medical texts known in modern scholarship as \"Lacnunga\" (10th to 11th century), but also in Bald's Leechbook (10th century) and as marginal additions in other manuscripts. They are: Anglo-Saxon metrical charms Anglo-Saxon metrical charms were sets of instructions generally written to magically resolve a situation or disease. Usually, these charms involve some sort of physical action, including making a medical potion, repeating a certain set of words, or writing a specific set", "title": "Anglo-Saxon metrical charms" }, { "docid": "14818663", "text": "began the study of Anglo-Saxon and related languages. In 1743 he published, with additions, the \"Etymologicum Anglicanum\" of Francis Junius from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. To this work he prefixed an Anglo-Saxon grammar. In 1750, he edited the Gothic version of the gospels, \"Sacrorum Evangeliorum Versio Gothica\" (Oxford) with a Latin translation, notes, and a Gothic grammar. About 1737 Lye began to work on an Anglo-Saxon and Gothic dictionary, which he despaired of publishing; in 1765 he was encouraged by a subscription from Archbishop Thomas Secker, and other subscriptions. About thirty sheets were printed just before Lye's death, and", "title": "Edward Lye" }, { "docid": "16423331", "text": "of the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" prepared by Æthelweard, himself a descendant of the royal family. His version makes Geat the son of Tetuua, son of Beow, son of Scyld, son of Scef. The last three generations also appear in Beowulf in the pedigree of Hroðgar, but with the name of Beow expanded to that of the poem's hero. The surviving manuscripts of the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" instead places several generation between Scyld and Sceaf. Asser gives a similar pedigree with some different name forms and one version of the \"Chronicle\" has an obvious error removing the early part of the pedigree, but", "title": "Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies" }, { "docid": "15329531", "text": "The name \"Lacnunga\" does not itself appear in the manuscript, but was given to the work by the Reverend Oswald Cockayne who first edited and published it into modern English in the third volume of his \"Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England\" (1866). Godfrid Storms compared the \"Leechbook\" and the \"Lacnunga\", arguing that if the former had been \"the handbook of the Anglo-Saxon medical man\", then the latter was more like \"the handbook of the Anglo-Saxon medicine-man\", placing a greater emphasis on magical charms and deviating from normal medical manuscripts in style. Archaeologists have identified evidence for magical practices", "title": "Magic in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "13762629", "text": "1055. The [C], [D] and [E] manuscripts say the following: Another example that mentions Ælfgar shows a different kind of unreliability in the \"Chronicle\": that of omission. Ælfgar was Earl of Mercia by 1058, and in that year was exiled again. This time only [D] has anything to say: \"Here Earl Ælfgar was expelled, but he soon came back again, with violence, through the help of Gruffydd. And here came a raiding ship-army from Norway; it is tedious to tell how it all happened.\" In this case other sources exist to clarify the picture: a major Norwegian attempt was made", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" }, { "docid": "15797996", "text": "The Death of King Edgar \"The Death of King Edgar\" is an Old English poem commemorating the death of the English King Edgar, nicknamed \"the Peaceful\". The poem, a \"song of mourning\", is found in two of the manuscripts of the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\". Two of the manuscripts of the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" contain the poem, in the annal for the year 975: the [D] manuscript (also known as \"The Worcester Chronicle\") and the [E] manuscript, also known as the \"Peterborough Chronicle\". The 37-line poem reads like a series of disasters that will befall the English people after the death of the", "title": "The Death of King Edgar" }, { "docid": "12375140", "text": "forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible as well as the Great Vowel Shift. Through the influence of the British Empire, the English language has spread around the world since the 17th century. Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, encompasses the surviving literature written in Old English", "title": "English literature" }, { "docid": "17491063", "text": "\"is now compelled to recognize itself\" (41). But on Fulton's reading, Christ, across the range of Saxon and Anglo-Saxon translations, Implicit here, but not fully articulated, is the suggestion that there was a type of affective devotion and an effort to craft or shock an emotional response, but that the emotions were different than those that would be evoked in later affective devotional practice. Likewise in support of pushing the timeline back is the fact that over the years there have been a number or articles on Anglo-Saxon literature that show how many of the features of later medieval affective", "title": "Affective piety" }, { "docid": "47681", "text": "of Lindsey from around 800, further suggesting that Bede came from a noble family. Bede's name reflects West Saxon \"Bīeda\" (Northumbrian \"Bǣda\", Anglian \"Bēda\"). It is an Anglo-Saxon short name formed on the root of \"bēodan\" \"to bid, command\". The name also occurs in the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\", s.a. 501, as \"Bieda\", one of the sons of the Saxon founder of Portsmouth. The \"Liber Vitae\" of Durham Cathedral names two priests with this name, one of whom is presumably Bede himself. Some manuscripts of the \"Life of Cuthbert\", one of Bede's works, mention that Cuthbert's own priest was named Bede; it", "title": "Bede" }, { "docid": "1068979", "text": "his \"Hymn\" (audio version). The poem is known from 21 manuscript copies, making it the best-attested Old English poem after Bede's \"Death Song\" (with 35 witnesses) and the best attested in the poetic corpus in manuscripts copied or owned in the British Isles during the Anglo-Saxon period. The \"Hymn\" also has by far the most complicated known textual history of any surviving Anglo-Saxon poem. It is found in two dialects and five distinct recensions (Northumbrian \"aelda\", Northumbrian \"eordu\", West-Saxon \"eorðan\", West-Saxon \"ylda\", and West-Saxon \"eorðe\"), all but one of which are known from three or more witnesses. It is one", "title": "Cædmon" }, { "docid": "19689426", "text": "eleventh century, as reflected in the actions of Cnut. Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the cult of saints could have developed into a source of opposition to the new Norman administration, but this does not appear to have happened. In one of the anti-Norman rebellions, that led by Hereward the Wake, the rebels swore fealty to their cause on the body of St Æthelthryth—a local saint in the area of Ely where they were based—but there is no evidence that Æthelthryth became an enduring symbol of Anglo-Saxon resistance. Many of the Norman bishops and other ecclesiastical figures", "title": "Cult of saints in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "14791240", "text": "substantial corpus of material in the Welsh language freely available online to readers in all parts of the world. The twenty-five projects funded under Enriching Digital Resources Programme were the following Anglo-Saxon Cluster Developed at King's College London, the Anglo-Saxon Cluster (ASC) brings together various online resources relating to Anglo-Saxon society. Automatic Biodiversity Literature Enhancement (ABLE) The aim of the project was to establish and extend information extraction techniques from scanned taxonomic literature in the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Scanned texts contain errors introduced by imperfect Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and other sources, so techniques are required that are robust in", "title": "JISC Digitisation Programme" }, { "docid": "5468587", "text": "Ruthwell Cross The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, and possibly the oldest surviving \"text\", predating any manuscripts containing Old English poetry. It has been described by Nikolaus Pevsner thus; \"The crosses of Bewcastle and Ruthwell ... are the greatest achievement of their date in the whole of Europe.\" The cross was smashed by Presbyterian iconoclasts in 1642, and the pieces left in the churchyard until they", "title": "Ruthwell Cross" }, { "docid": "2185214", "text": "Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing. No universally accepted example survives above ground. There are, however, many remains of Anglo-Saxon church architecture. At least fifty churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin with major Anglo-Saxon architectural features, with many more claiming to be, although in some cases the Anglo-Saxon part is small and much-altered. It is often impossible to reliably distinguish between pre- and", "title": "Anglo-Saxon architecture" }, { "docid": "5970607", "text": "or non-existent in certain parts of the country; it may be due to changes in nomenclature brought about by Scandinavian settlement in the Late Anglo-Saxon period or because of evangelising efforts by later Christian authorities. In 1941, Stenton suggested that \"between fifty and sixty sites of heathen worship\" could by identified through the place-name evidence, although in 1961 the place-name scholar Margaret Gelling cautioned that only forty-five of these appeared reliable. The literature specialist Philip A. Shaw has however warned that many of these sites might not have been named by pagans but by later Christian Anglo-Saxons, reflecting spaces that", "title": "Anglo-Saxon paganism" }, { "docid": "13762642", "text": "interspersed material from the other manuscripts where they differ. A facsimile edition of [A], \"The Parker Chronicle and Laws\", appeared in 1941 from the Oxford University Press, edited by Robin Flower and Hugh Smith. A recent scholarly edition of the [B] text is \"The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition, 4, MS B\" by S. Taylor (Cambridge, 1983). The [C] manuscript was edited by H.A. Rositzke; \"The C-Text of the Old English Chronicles\", in \"Beitrage z. engl. Phil.\", XXXIV, Bochum-Langendreer, 1940; and the [D] manuscript in \"An Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from British Museum Cotton MS., Tiberius B. iv\", edited by E. Classen", "title": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" }, { "docid": "16421441", "text": "Old English Literature\" details North's theory that the god Ing played a prominent role in the pre-Christian religion of Anglo-Saxon England, and highlights references to him in such texts as \"Beowulf\" and the sole surviving Anglo-Saxon copy of the \"Book of Exodus\". The book received a mixed reviewed in peer reviewed journals such as \"The Modern Language Review\". Critics argued that North's interpretations of the evidence were too speculative. In the opening chapter, entitled \"Nerthus and Terra Mater: Anglian religion in the first century\", North begins by describing the approach that he has taken in this particular study of Anglo-Saxon", "title": "Heathen Gods in Old English Literature" }, { "docid": "298589", "text": "in the Exeter Book, an allegorisation of the \"De ave phoenice\" by Lactantius. Other short poems derive from the Latin bestiary tradition. Some examples include \"The Panther\", \"The Whale\" and \"The Partridge\". Anglo-Saxon riddles are part of Anglo-Saxon literature. The most famous Anglo-Saxon riddles are found in the Exeter Book. This book contains secular and religious poems and other writings, along with a collection of 94 riddles, although there is speculation that there may have been closer to 100 riddles in the book. The riddles are written in a similar manner, but \"it is unlikely that the whole collection was", "title": "Old English literature" }, { "docid": "17201841", "text": "evidence for this. The collapse of Anglian authority affected what happened in Cumbria: the power vacuum was filled by the Norse, the Danes in the east, and by the Strathclyde Brythons who themselves came under pressure from the Norse in the 870s and 890s. (The expansion of the Scots to the north and the English to the south also complicates the picture). Once again, our sources for what happened are extremely limited: the \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\", for example, barely mentions the north. We are thrown back upon the study of place-names, artifacts, and stone sculptures, to fill in the picture of", "title": "History of Medieval Cumbria" }, { "docid": "1377730", "text": "the latest, of a group of manuscripts in what is known as the Insular style, produced from the late 6th through the early 9th centuries in monasteries in Ireland, Scotland and England and in continental monasteries with Hiberno-Scottish or Anglo-Saxon foundations. These manuscripts include the Cathach of St. Columba, the Ambrosiana Orosius, fragmentary Gospel in the Durham Dean and Chapter Library (all from the early 7th century), and the Book of Durrow (from the second half of the 7th century). From the early 8th century come the Durham Gospels, the Echternach Gospels, the Lindisfarne Gospels (see illustration at right), and", "title": "Book of Kells" }, { "docid": "5401028", "text": "Irish Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art had profitably fused. The first major work that can be called purely Hiberno-Saxon is the Book of Durrow in the late 7th century. There followed a golden age in metalworking, manuscripts and stone sculpture. In the 9th century the heyday of the Hiberno-Saxon style neared its end, with the disruptions of Viking raids and the increasing dominance of Mediterranean forms (see Anglo-Saxon art). The surviving evidence of Irish Celtic art from the Iron Age period is dominated by metalwork in a La Tène style. Hanging bowls such as those found at Sutton Hoo are among", "title": "Migration Period art" }, { "docid": "4333790", "text": "the study of Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon literature. He settled himself in Red Lion Square near the British Museum, staying there for sixteen years. When his friend Isaac D'Israeli left the synagogue after a dispute with the rabbi, Turner persuaded him to have his children, including the future Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, baptised in the Church of England, to give them a better chance in life. Some of his manuscripts were written almost illegibly in the margins of letters, on the inside covers of magazines, or on discarded wax paper. His publisher sent him clean paper but Turner did not use", "title": "Sharon Turner" }, { "docid": "13245587", "text": "adopted and adapted styles based on set roles and styles. John Hines, commenting on the diversity of nearly a thousand glass beads and many different clothes clasps from Lakenheath, states that these reveal a \"society where people relied on others to fulfill a role\" and \"what they had around them was making a statement\", not one about the individual, but about \"identity between small groups not within small groups\". Julian Richards commenting on this and other evidence suggests: \"[The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain] was more complex than a mass invasion bringing fully formed lifestyles and beliefs. The early Anglo-Saxon, just", "title": "Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain" }, { "docid": "16458501", "text": "creation of syncretic religion that blended pagan elements with Christianity. In an academic paper published in 1989, Anthony Davies of the University of Groningen noted that in the surviving literature, there were five separate accounts of Anglo-Saxon witches recorded in Anglo-Saxon or Norman England. Four of these, he argued, represented witches who were “little more than literary constructs”, owing more to the folk tales of the time than to any actual magical practitioners. The fifth, he argued, represented a genuine magical practitioner accused of a malevolent act. The Witch of Ailsworth appears in a charter discussing an Anglo-Saxon land transaction", "title": "Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "17595153", "text": "in late Anglo-Saxon literature, but few examples have been found archaeologically. The only known complete Anglo-Saxon mailcoat was discovered in the cemetery at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, but it severely damaged by corrosion. Therefore, the scarcity of archaeological examples may simply be due to the widespread corrosion of mail. A completely intact coat of mail from the fourth or fifth century, similar to those which were probably utilized in Anglo-Saxon England, was found in Vimose, Denmark. The coat of mail found at Sutton Hoo comprised iron rings in diameter. Some rings were filled in with copper rivets, indicating that the", "title": "Weaponry in Anglo-Saxon England" }, { "docid": "12375141", "text": "in Anglo-Saxon England, in the period after the settlement of the Saxons and other Germanic tribes in England (Jutes and the Angles) c. 450, after the withdrawal of the Romans, and \"ending soon after the Norman Conquest\" in 1066. These works include genres such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles and riddles. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period. \"Widsith\", which appears in the Exeter Book of the late 10th century, gives a list of kings of tribes ordered according to their popularity and impact on history, with Attila King of the", "title": "English literature" } ]

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[ { "docid": "967820", "text": "the proteins required by our body. The material that remains undigested and unabsorbed passes into the large intestine. Absorption of the majority of nutrients takes place in the jejunum, with the following notable exceptions: The small intestine supports the body's immune system. The presence of gut flora appears to contribute positively to the host's immune system. Peyer's patches, located within the ileum of the small intestine, are an important part of the digestive tract's local immune system. They are part of the lymphatic system, and provide a site for antigens from potentially harmful bacteria or other microorganisms in the digestive", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "967809", "text": "the best developed in the jejunum. There is no line of demarcation between the jejunum and the ileum. However, there are subtle histological differences: The lining of the jejunum is specialized for the absorption, by enterocytes, of small nutrient particles which have been previously digested by enzymes in the duodenum. Once absorbed, nutrients (with the exception of fat, which goes to the lymph) pass from the enterocytes into the enterohepatic circulation and enter the liver via the hepatic portal vein, where the blood is processed. The jejunum is involved in magnesium absorption. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine", "title": "Jejunum" }, { "docid": "967820", "text": "the proteins required by our body. The material that remains undigested and unabsorbed passes into the large intestine. Absorption of the majority of nutrients takes place in the jejunum, with the following notable exceptions: The small intestine supports the body's immune system. The presence of gut flora appears to contribute positively to the host's immune system. Peyer's patches, located within the ileum of the small intestine, are an important part of the digestive tract's local immune system. They are part of the lymphatic system, and provide a site for antigens from potentially harmful bacteria or other microorganisms in the digestive", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "7088438", "text": "of excessive numbers of bacteria inhabiting the proximal small intestine. Bacterial concentrations greater than 10 organisms per milliliter is diagnostic for SIBO. We know bacteria are colonizing the proximal and not the distal small intestine for several reasons. First, the gold standard method for detection of SIBO is jejunal aspirates. Intestinal fluid of the proximal intestine is sampled, not distal intestinal fluid. Secondly, the consequences of SIBO are the result of competition between bacteria and the human host for ingested nutrients in the intestine. Various functional consequences of bacterial infiltration cause enterocyte damage in the jejunum such as diminished disaccharidase", "title": "Hydrogen breath test" }, { "docid": "8058282", "text": "while the majority of absorption occurs in the jejunum. Bile from the liver aids in digesting fats in the duodenum combined with enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine. Horses do not have a gall bladder, so bile flows constantly. Most food is digested and absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine, including proteins, simple carbohydrate, fats, and vitamins A, D, . Any remaining liquids and roughage move into the large intestine. The cecum is the first section of the large intestine. It is also known as the \"water gut\" or \"hind gut\". It is a cul-de-sac pouch, about", "title": "Equine anatomy" } ]

[ { "docid": "497725", "text": "eyes assist in the swallowing of food as they can be retracted through holes in the skull and help push food down the throat. The food then moves through the oesophagus into the stomach where digestive enzymes are added and it is churned up. It then proceeds to the small intestine (duodenum and ileum) where most digestion occurs. Pancreatic juice from the pancreas, and bile, produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, are secreted into the small intestine, where the fluids digest the food and the nutrients are absorbed. The food residue passes into the large intestine where", "title": "Frog" }, { "docid": "967818", "text": "The small intestine is the site where most of the nutrients from ingested food are absorbed. The inner wall, or mucosa, of the small intestine is lined with simple columnar epithelial tissue. Structurally, the mucosa is covered in wrinkles or folds called plicae circulares, which are considered permanent features in the wall of the organ. They are distinct from rugae which are considered non-permanent or temporary allowing for distention and contraction. From the plicae circulares project microscopic finger-like pieces of tissue called villi (Latin for \"shaggy hair\"). The individual epithelial cells also have finger-like projections known as microvilli. The functions", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "4609116", "text": "amounts of glucose, the pancreas uses amino acids to trigger insulin release instead. Food then moves on to the jejunum. This is the most nutrient absorptive section of the small intestine. The liver regulates the level of nutrients absorbed into the blood system from the small intestine. From the jejunum, whatever food that has not been absorbed is sent to the ileum which connects to the large intestine. The first part of the large intestine is the cecum and the second portion is the colon. The large intestine reabsorbs water and forms fecal matter. There are some things that the", "title": "Cat anatomy" }, { "docid": "967819", "text": "of the plicae circulares, the villi, and the microvilli are to increase the amount of surface area available for the absorption of nutrients, and to limit the loss of said nutrients to intestinal fauna. Each villus has a network of capillaries and fine lymphatic vessels called lacteals close to its surface. The epithelial cells of the villi transport nutrients from the lumen of the intestine into these capillaries (amino acids and carbohydrates) and lacteals (lipids). The absorbed substances are transported via the blood vessels to different organs of the body where they are used to build complex substances such as", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "17916280", "text": "small intestine contains circular folds, flaps of doubled mucosal membrane which partially encircle and sometimes completely encircle the lumen of the intestine. These folds together with villi serve to increase the surface area of the jejunum enabling an increased absorption of digested sugars, amino acids and fatty acids into the bloodstream. The circular folds also slow the passage of food giving more time for nutrients to be absorbed. The last part of the small intestine is the ileum. This also contains villi and vitamin B12; bile acids and any residue nutrients are absorbed here. When the chyme is exhausted of", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "4239320", "text": "usually develops when there is less than 2 meters (6.6 feet) of the small intestine left to absorb sufficient nutrients. In a process called intestinal adaptation, physiological changes to the remaining portion of the small intestine occur to increase its absorptive capacity. These changes include: Intestinal failure is decreased intestinal function such that nutrients, water, and electrolytes are not sufficiently absorbed. Short bowel syndrome is when there is less than of working bowel and is the most common cause of intestinal failure. Symptoms of short bowel syndrome are usually addressed with medication. These include: In 2004, the USFDA approved a", "title": "Short bowel syndrome" }, { "docid": "9715296", "text": "digestive organ where 50 to 70 percent of all nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. Bile from the liver acts here, combined with enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine itself. Equids do not have a gall bladder, so bile flows constantly, an adaptation to a slow but steady supply of food, and another reason for providing fodder to horses in several small feedings. The cecum is the first section of the large intestine. It is also known as the \"water gut\" or \"hind gut.\" It is a blind-ended pouch, about long that holds to . The small intestine opens", "title": "Equine nutrition" }, { "docid": "790778", "text": "chyli develops, all lymph sacs become invaded by mesenchymal cells and are converted into groups of lymph nodes. The spleen develops from mesenchymal cells between layers of the dorsal mesentery of the stomach. The thymus arises as an outgrowth of the third pharyngeal pouch. The lymphatic system has multiple interrelated functions: Lymph vessels called lacteals are at the beginning of the gastrointestinal tract, predominantly in the small intestine. While most other nutrients absorbed by the small intestine are passed on to the portal venous system to drain via the portal vein into the liver for processing, fats (lipids) are passed", "title": "Lymphatic system" }, { "docid": "9274153", "text": "of nutrients is thought to be dominated by transcellular transport, e.g., glucose is primarily absorbed via the SGLT1 transporter and other glucose transporters. Paracellular absorption therefore plays only a minor role in glucose absorption, although there is evidence that paracellular pathways become more available when nutrients are present in the intestinal lumen. In contrast, small flying vertebrates (small birds and bats) rely on the paracellular pathway for the majority of glucose absorption in the intestine. This has been hypothesized to compensate for an evolutionary pressure to reduce mass in flying animals, which resulted in a reduction in intestine size and", "title": "Paracellular transport" }, { "docid": "6834314", "text": "species of primate (the sportive lemur (\"Lepilemur mustelinus\")). The process by which cecotropes are produced is called \"hindgut fermentation\". Food passes through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, where nutrients are initially absorbed ineffectively, and then into the colon. Through reverse peristalsis, the food is forced back into the cecum where it is broken down into simple sugars (i.e. monosaccharides) by bacterial fermentation. The cecotrope then passes through the colon, the anus, and is eliminated by the animal and then reingested. The process occurs 4 to 8 hours after eating. This type of reingestion to obtain more nutrients is similar to", "title": "Cecotrope" }, { "docid": "967811", "text": "Small intestine The small intestine or small bowel is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine, and is where most of the end absorption of food takes place. The small intestine has three distinct regions – the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum is the shortest part of the small intestine and is where preparation for absorption begins. It also receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct, controlled by the sphincter of Oddi. The primary function of the small intestine is the absorption of nutrients and minerals from food, using small finger-like", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "967817", "text": "the gallbladder enter the small intestine in response to the hormone cholecystokinin, which is produced in the small intestine in response to the presence of nutrients. Secretin, another hormone produced in the small intestine, causes additional effects on the pancreas, where it promotes the release of bicarbonate into the duodenum in order to neutralize the potentially harmful acid coming from the stomach. The three major classes of nutrients that undergo digestion are proteins, lipids (fats) and carbohydrates: Digested food is now able to pass into the blood vessels in the wall of the intestine through either diffusion or active transport.", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "1839613", "text": "passing through. This is also where the ruminant digests the microbes produced in the rumen. Digesta is finally moved into the small intestine, where the digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs. The small intestine is the main site of nutrient absorption. the surface area of the digesta is greatly increased here because of the villi that are in the small intestine. This increased surface area allows for greater nutrient absorption. Microbes produced in the reticulorumen are also digested in the small intestine. After the small intestine is the large intestine. The major roles here are breaking down mainly fiber by", "title": "Ruminant" }, { "docid": "8058281", "text": "a non-glandular proximal region (saccus cecus), divided by a distinct border, the margo plicatus, from the glandular distal stomach. In the stomach, assorted acids and the enzyme pepsin break down food. Pepsin allows for the further breakdown of proteins into amino acid chains. Other enzymes include resin and lipase. Additionally, the stomach absorbs some water, as well as ions and lipid-soluble compounds. The horse’s small intestine is long and holds . This is the major digestive organ, and where most nutrients are absorbed. It has three parts, the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The majority of digestion occurs in the duodenum", "title": "Equine anatomy" }, { "docid": "15697623", "text": "serious health complications, including various types of cancer. A low-FODMAP diet is highly restrictive in various groups of nutrients, can be impractical to follow in the long-term and may add an unnecessary financial burden. The basis of many functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) is distension of the intestinal lumen. Such luminal distension may induce pain, a sensation of bloating, abdominal distension and motility disorders. Therapeutic approaches seek to reduce factors that lead to distension, particularly of the distal small and proximal large intestine. Food substances that can induce distension are those that are poorly absorbed in the proximal small intestine, osmotically", "title": "FODMAP" }, { "docid": "1430942", "text": "The partially digested food enters the duodenum as a thick semi-liquid chyme. In the small intestine, the larger part of digestion takes place and this is helped by the secretions of bile, pancreatic juice and intestinal juice. The intestinal walls are lined with villi, and their epithelial cells is covered with numerous microvilli to improve the absorption of nutrients by increasing the surface area of the intestine. In the large intestine the passage of food is slower to enable fermentation by the gut flora to take place. Here water is absorbed and waste material stored as feces to be removed", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "2963944", "text": "iron absorption. Oral iron supplements are available in multiple forms. Some are in the form of pills and some are drops for children. Most forms of oral iron replacement therapy are absorbed well by the small intestine; however, there are certain preparations of iron supplements that are designed for longer release in the small intestine than other preparations. Oral iron supplements are best taken up by the body on an empty stomach because food can decrease the amount of iron absorbed from the small intestine. The dosing of oral iron replacement therapy is as much as 200 mg per day.", "title": "Iron-deficiency anemia" }, { "docid": "586426", "text": "break down. Despite this, lagomorphs have developed a way of extracting maximum nourishment from their diet. First they bite off and shred plant tissues with their incisors and then they grind the material with their molars. Digestion continues in the stomach and small intestine where nutrients are absorbed. After that, certain food remains get diverted into the caecum, a blind-ended pouch. Here, they are mixed with bacteria, yeasts and other micro-organisms that are able to digest cellulose and turn it into sugar, a process known as hindgut fermentation. Other faecal matter passes along the colon and is excreted in the", "title": "Lagomorpha" }, { "docid": "11158942", "text": "less weight loss initially and greater subsequent weight regain. Bile is secreted by the liver, enters the upper small intestine by way of the bile duct, and is absorbed in the small intestine. Bile has an important role in fat digestion, emulsifying fat as the first stage in its digestion. Bypassing the major site of bile acid reabsorption in the small intestine therefore further reduces fat and fat-soluble vitamin absorption. As a result, huge amounts of fatty acids, which are normally absorbed in the small intestine, enter the colon, where they cause irritation of the colon wall and the secretion", "title": "Jejunoileal bypass" }, { "docid": "4530118", "text": "have to ingest food. Instead, it gains much needed nutrition from the mother pig via the umbilical cord. In the adult pig, food will follow the general flow through the esophagus, which can be located behind the tracheae. From the oral cavity, the esophagus leads to the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Other organs developing during fetal pig development such as the gallbladder, pancreas and spleen are all critical in contributing to the overall flow of the digestive system because they contain digestive enzymes that will perform chemical digestion of food. After food is digested and nutrients are absorbed,", "title": "Fetal pig" }, { "docid": "607421", "text": "368 kcal per 100 grams of dry powder (table), fructose has 95% the caloric value of sucrose by weight. Fructose powder is 100% carbohydrates and supplies no nutrients in significant content (table). Fructose exists in foods either as a monosaccharide (free fructose) or as a unit of a disaccharide (sucrose). Free fructose is absorbed directly by the intestine. When fructose is consumed in the form of sucrose, it is digested (broken down) and then absorbed as free fructose. As sucrose comes into contact with the membrane of the small intestine, the enzyme sucrase catalyzes the cleavage of sucrose to yield", "title": "Fructose" }, { "docid": "138870", "text": "methyl esters; additionally, a separation of unsaturated isomers is possible by argentation thin-layer chromatography. Short- and medium-chain fatty acids are absorbed directly into the blood via intestine capillaries and travel through the portal vein just as other absorbed nutrients do. However, long-chain fatty acids are not directly released into the intestinal capillaries. Instead they are absorbed into the fatty walls of the intestine villi and reassembled again into triglycerides. The triglycerides are coated with cholesterol and protein (protein coat) into a compound called a chylomicron. From within the cell, the chylomicron is released into a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal,", "title": "Fatty acid" }, { "docid": "14765491", "text": "endoparasitic species. Tapeworms are endoparasites with numerous adaptations to enhance parasitic nutrition. Tapeworms live in the small intestine of humans, providing an ideal location to access a readily available, rich source of pre-digested nutrients. Since nutrients in the small intestine are plentiful and pre-digested by the host, tapeworms do not require a gut and instead have adaptations to maximise nutrient absorption. Tapeworms have a tegument that they use to absorb nutrients directly from the host small intestine by diffusion. They also have anatomical adaptations in the form of a scolex with hookers and suckers that they use to attach to", "title": "Parasitic nutrition" }, { "docid": "11399397", "text": "about 300 mg. Under physiological conditions, only part of the sphingomyelin can be digested and absorbed. The limitation is thought to be caused by several factors that are present in the intestine such as cholesterol, phospholipids, fat and high concentrations of bile salts. It is thus understandable why SM digestion occurs most effectively in the low part of the small intestine, where most fat, phospholipids, and bile salt have been absorbed or up taken. It is also understandable that considerable amount of dietary sphingomyelin is delivered into the colon and excreted in the feces. ENPP7 may have important roles in", "title": "ENPP7" }, { "docid": "3441990", "text": "enzymatic breakdown of food. Mechanical processes include chewing, gastric churning, and the to-and-fro mixing in the small intestine. Enzymatic hydrolysis is initiated by intraluminal processes requiring gastric, pancreatic, and biliary secretions. The final products of digestion are absorbed through the intestinal epithelial cells. Malabsorption constitutes the pathological interference with the normal physiological sequence of digestion (intraluminal process), absorption (mucosal process) and transport (postmucosal events) of nutrients. Intestinal malabsorption can be due to: There is no single, specific test for malabsorption. As for most medical conditions, investigation is guided by symptoms and signs. A range of different conditions can produce malabsorption", "title": "Malabsorption" }, { "docid": "5886196", "text": "initial components of the gastrointestinal tract are the mouth and the pharynx, which is the common passage of the oral and nasal cavities. The pharynx leads to the esophagus, a muscular tube that delivers food to the stomach, where some preliminary digestion occurs; here, the digestion is extracellular. From the stomach, food passes to the small intestine, where a battery of digestive enzymes continue the digestive process. The products of digestion are absorbed across the wall of the intestine into the bloodstream. What remains is emptied into the large intestine, where some of the remaining water and minerals are absorbed;", "title": "Extracellular digestion" }, { "docid": "5886195", "text": "more digestive glands or digestive caeca. Digestive enzymes are secreted into the lumen of these glands. Additional extracellular digestion takes place in the stomach. In cephalopods, digestion is entirely extracellular. In the most other mollusks, the terminal stages of digestion are completed intracellularly, within the tissue of the digestive glands. The absorbed nutrients enter the circulatory system for distribution throughout the body or are stored in the digestive glands for later use. Undigested waste pass through an intestine and out through the anus. Other aspects of food collection and processing have already been discussed where appropriate for each group. The", "title": "Extracellular digestion" }, { "docid": "1777847", "text": "digested by enzymes from a pair of large pharyngeal glands. The oesophagus, in turn, opens into a stomach, where enzymes from a digestive gland complete the breakdown of the food. Nutrients are absorbed through the linings of the stomach and the first part of the intestine. The intestine is divided in two by a sphincter, with the latter part being highly coiled and functioning to compact the waste matter into faecal pellets. The anus opens just behind the foot. Chitons lack a clearly demarcated head; their nervous system resembles a dispersed ladder. No true ganglia are present, as in other", "title": "Chiton" }, { "docid": "5242265", "text": "particles are then moved backwards up the colon, through the illeo-cecal valve, and into the cecum. Symbiotic bacteria in the cecum help to further digest the non-fibrous particles into a more metabolically manageable substance. After as little as three hours, a soft, fecal \"pellet\", called a cecotrope, is expelled from the rabbit's anus. The rabbit instinctively eats these grape-like pellets, without chewing, in exchange keeping the mucous coating intact. This coating protects the vitamin- and nutrient-rich bacteria from stomach acid, until it reaches the small intestine, where the nutrients from the cecotrope can be absorbed. The soft pellets contain a", "title": "Domestic rabbit" }, { "docid": "4179493", "text": "of diarrhea where fats are not properly absorbed and spill into the stool, may also occur. Patients with bacterial overgrowth that is longstanding can develop complications of their illness as a result of malabsorption of nutrients. Anemia may occur from a variety of mechanisms, as many of the nutrients involved in production of red blood cells are absorbed in the affected small bowel. Iron is absorbed in the more proximal parts of the small bowel, the duodenum and jejunum, and patients with malabsorption of iron can develop a microcytic anemia, with small red blood cells. Vitamin B is absorbed in", "title": "Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth" }, { "docid": "1430918", "text": "that move along the stomach wall. This allows the mass of food to further mix with the digestive enzymes. After some time (typically 1–2 hours in humans, 4–6 hours in dogs, 3–4 hours in house cats), the resulting thick liquid is called chyme. When the pyloric sphincter valve opens, chyme enters the duodenum where it mixes with digestive enzymes from the pancreas and bile juice from the liver and then passes through the small intestine, in which digestion continues. When the chyme is fully digested, it is absorbed into the blood. 95% of absorption of nutrients occurs in the small", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "1430934", "text": "close equivalent of a monogastric stomach (e.g., those in humans or pigs), and digesta is processed here in much the same way. It serves primarily as a site for acid hydrolysis of microbial and dietary protein, preparing these protein sources for further digestion and absorption in the small intestine. Digesta is finally moved into the small intestine, where the digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs. Microbes produced in the reticulo-rumen are also digested in the small intestine. Regurgitation has been mentioned above under abomasum and crop, referring to crop milk, a secretion from the lining of the crop of pigeons", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "14614241", "text": "their corresponding monosaccharides by enzymes (maltase, isomaltase, sucrase and lactase) present in the brush border of the small intestine. In the typical Western diet, digestion and absorption of carbohydrates is fast and takes place usually in the upper small intestine. However, when the diet contains carbohydrates not easily digestible, digestion and absorption take place mainly in the ileal portion of the intestine. Digestion of food continues while simplest elements are absorbed. The absorption of most digested food occurs in the small intestine through the brush border of the epithelium covering the villi (small hair-like structure). It is not a simple", "title": "Carbohydrate digestion" }, { "docid": "17916260", "text": "fats to some degree though is not as efficient as the pancreatic lipase. The pylorus, the lowest section of the stomach which attaches to the duodenum via the pyloric canal, contains countless glands which secrete digestive enzymes including gastrin. After an hour or two, a thick semi-liquid called chyme is produced. When the pyloric sphincter, or valve opens, chyme enters the duodenum where it mixes further with digestive enzymes from the pancreas, and then passes through the small intestine, where digestion continues. When the chyme is fully digested, it is absorbed into the blood. 95% of absorption of nutrients occurs", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "2243998", "text": "will be absorbed along with other nutrients. Chyme has a low pH that is countered by the production of bile, helping to further digest food. Chyme is part liquid and part solid: a thick semifluid mass of partially digested food and digestive secretions that is formed in the stomach and small intestine during digestion. Chyme also contains cells from the mouth and esophagus that slough off from the mechanical action of chewing and swallowing. After hours of mechanical and chemical digestion, food has been reduced into chyme. As particles of food become small enough, they are passed out of the", "title": "Chyme" }, { "docid": "2919366", "text": "providing exceptionally efficient absorption of nutrients in the lumen. There are also enzymes (enterocyte digestive enzyme) on the surface for digestion. Villus capillaries collect amino acids and simple sugars taken up by the villi into the blood stream. Villus lacteals (lymph capillary) collect absorbed chylomicrons, which are lipoproteins composed of triglycerides, cholesterol and amphipathic proteins, and are taken to the rest of the body through the lymph fluid. Villi are specialised for absorption in the small intestine as they have a thin wall, one cell thick, which enables a shorter diffusion path. They have a large surface area so there", "title": "Intestinal villus" }, { "docid": "1430949", "text": "enzyme that breaks down the disaccharide sucrose, commonly known as table sugar, cane sugar, or beet sugar. Sucrose digestion yields the sugars fructose and glucose which are readily absorbed by the small intestine. DNA and RNA are broken down into mononucleotides by the nucleases deoxyribonuclease and ribonuclease (DNase and RNase) from the pancreas. Some nutrients are complex molecules (for example vitamin B) which would be destroyed if they were broken down into their functional groups. To digest vitamin B non-destructively, haptocorrin in saliva strongly binds and protects the B molecules from stomach acid as they enter the stomach and are", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "5886181", "text": "down outside the cell either mechanically or with acid by special molecules called enzymes. Then the newly broken down nutrients can be absorbed by the cells nearby. Humans use extracellular digestion when they eat. Their teeth grind the food, enzymes and acid in the stomach liquefy it, and additional enzymes in the small intestine break the food down into parts their cells can use. Although fungi do not have a digestive tract like humans, they still use extracellular digestion. Fungi and other decomposers utilize nutrients derived from breaking down the substrate they grow on. Another example of extracellular digestion being", "title": "Extracellular digestion" }, { "docid": "607425", "text": "using the hydrogen breath test. These studies indicate that fructose is not completely absorbed in the small intestine. When fructose is not absorbed in the small intestine, it is transported into the large intestine, where it is fermented by the colonic flora. Hydrogen is produced during the fermentation process and dissolves into the blood of the portal vein. This hydrogen is transported to the lungs, where it is exchanged across the lungs and is measurable by the hydrogen breath test. The colonic flora also produces carbon dioxide, short-chain fatty acids, organic acids, and trace gases in the presence of unabsorbed", "title": "Fructose" }, { "docid": "2897193", "text": "one with a strong heat of solution. Sugar alcohols are usually incompletely absorbed into the blood stream from the small intestine which generally results in a smaller change in blood glucose than \"regular\" sugar (sucrose). This property makes them popular sweeteners among diabetics and people on low-carbohydrate diets. However, like many other incompletely digestible substances, overconsumption of sugar alcohols can lead to bloating, diarrhea and flatulence because they are not absorbed in the small intestine. Some individuals experience such symptoms even in a single-serving quantity. With continued use, most people develop a degree of tolerance to sugar alcohols and no", "title": "Sugar alcohol" }, { "docid": "8548572", "text": "Acid Score. Most proteins are decomposed to single amino acids by digestion in the gastro-intestinal tract. Digestion typically begins in the stomach when pepsinogen is converted to pepsin by the action of hydrochloric acid, and continued by trypsin and chymotrypsin in the small intestine. Before the absorption in the small intestine, most proteins are already reduced to single amino acid or peptides of several amino acids. Most peptides longer than four amino acids are not absorbed. Absorption into the intestinal absorptive cells is not the end. There, most of the peptides are broken into single amino acids. Absorption of the", "title": "Protein (nutrient)" }, { "docid": "953899", "text": "process in the human body involves secretion into the small intestine of pancreatic enzymes and bile, which facilitates emulsification and micelle formation required for absorption of lipophilic substances. Food intake (and the presence of lipids) stimulates bodily biliary excretion of bile acids and greatly enhances absorption of CoQ. Exogenous CoQ is absorbed from the small intestine and is best absorbed if taken with a meal. Serum concentration of CoQ in fed condition is higher than in fasting conditions. Data on the metabolism of CoQ in animals and humans are limited. A study with C-labeled CoQ in rats showed most of", "title": "Coenzyme Q10" }, { "docid": "93481", "text": "energy and stored nutrients during the passage through the stomach by shutting down protein production. When the surviving bacteria exit the stomach and reach the small intestine, they must propel themselves through the thick mucus that lines the small intestine to reach the intestinal walls where they can attach and thrive. Once the cholera bacteria reach the intestinal wall, they no longer need the flagella to move. The bacteria stop producing the protein flagellin to conserve energy and nutrients by changing the mix of proteins which they express in response to the changed chemical surroundings. On reaching the intestinal wall,", "title": "Cholera" }, { "docid": "17916281", "text": "its nutrients the remaining waste material changes into the semi-solids called feces, which pass to the large intestine, where bacteria in the gut flora further break down residual proteins and starches. The cecum is a pouch marking the division between the small intestine and the large intestine. The cecum receives chyme from the last part of the small intestine, the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. At this junction there is a sphincter or valve, the ileocecal valve which slows the passage of chyme from the ileum, allowing further digestion. It is also the site", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "11968602", "text": "bacteria present in the small intestine. According to Truvia's website, up to 90% of erythritol is absorbed by the small intestine and excreted unchanged in the urine. Only a small amount of it will reach the large intestine where GI symptoms, like bloating, flatulence, and cramping usually originate. Truvia's website claims: Studies with erythritol show almost no side effects reported unless very high doses are consumed at a single sitting in liquid form on an empty stomach(Bornet FR 1996). It took at least 4 times the amount of erythritol to generate looser stools, compared with the level of sorbitol, a", "title": "Truvia" }, { "docid": "11253358", "text": "for large companies and January 1, 2021 for small companies. Most omnivorous people in developed countries obtain enough vitamin B from consuming animal products including, meat, fish, eggs, and milk, but there are no vegan sources other than B-fortified foods or B supplements. B is only produced in nature by certain bacteria, and archaea. It is synthesized by some bacteria in the gut flora in humans and other animals, but humans cannot absorb this as it is made in the colon, downstream from the small intestine, where the absorption of most nutrients occurs. Ruminants, such as cows and sheep, absorb", "title": "Vitamin B12" }, { "docid": "5824657", "text": "fertilize the female's egg. In humans, there is no connection between the gastrointestinal system and the reproductive system, and sperm ingested by the woman would be killed and broken down by acids in her stomach and proteins in the small intestine. The breakdown products are then absorbed as a negligible quantity of nutrients. However, there is a potential risk of pregnancy if semen comes in contact with the vaginal area in some way, such as semen in the ejaculate finding its way onto fingers, hands, or other body parts, which then comes in contact with the vaginal area. Oral sex", "title": "Oral sex" }, { "docid": "325276", "text": "is to change the nature of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract, and to change how other nutrients and chemicals are absorbed. Soluble fiber binds to bile acids in the small intestine, making them less likely to enter the body; this in turn lowers cholesterol levels in the blood. Soluble fiber also attenuates the absorption of sugar, reduces sugar response after eating, normalizes blood lipid levels and, once fermented in the colon, produces short-chain fatty acids as byproducts with wide-ranging physiological activities (discussion below). Although insoluble fiber is associated with reduced diabetes risk, the mechanism by which this occurs is", "title": "Polysaccharide" }, { "docid": "2244000", "text": "starches in chyme that were not digested fully in the small intestine. When all of the nutrients have been absorbed from chyme, the remaining waste material changes into semisolids that are called feces. The feces pass to the rectum, to be stored until ready to be discharged from the body during defecation. The chyme of an unweaned calf is the defining ingredient of pajata, a traditional Roman recipe. Chyme Chyme or chymus (; from Greek χυμός \"khymos\", \"juice\") is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the", "title": "Chyme" }, { "docid": "935195", "text": "are soluble in the digestive juices within the small intestine, where they are absorbed into the blood. Once absorbed, they cannot be stored in the body, so they are either metabolized as required or excreted in the urine. Proteins consist of amino acids in different proportions. The most important aspect and defining characteristic of protein from a nutritional standpoint is its amino acid composition. Amino acids which an animal cannot synthesize on its own from smaller molecules are deemed essential. The synthesis of some amino acids can be limited under special pathophysiological conditions, such as prematurity in the infant or", "title": "Human nutrition" }, { "docid": "4020337", "text": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine) In traditional Chinese medicine the Small Intestine (小肠/大腸) is a fu organ described in the Zang-fu theory concept. The small intestine governs the separation of the clear from the turbid. The small intestine further digests food decomposed initially by the stomach. The clear, referring to the essence of water and grain and to the large amount of fluid, is absorbed by the spleen and distributed to the whole, body. The turbid is sent downwards to the large intestine, while the useless water is infused to the bladder. The disorders of the small intestine are attributable to", "title": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "760819", "text": "as the immune system, inflammation and more. Dietary fibers can change the nature of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract and can change how other nutrients and chemicals are absorbed through bulking and viscosity. Some types of soluble fibers bind to bile acids in the small intestine, making them less likely to re-enter the body; this in turn lowers cholesterol levels in the blood from the actions of cytochrome P450-mediated oxidation of cholesterol. Insoluble fiber is associated with reduced risk of diabetes, but the mechanism by which this is achieved is unknown. One type of insoluble dietary fiber, resistant starch,", "title": "Dietary fiber" }, { "docid": "7497974", "text": "duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, and in the large intestine (colon), where they are sometimes called \"colonic crypts\". Intestinal glands of the small intestine contain a base of replicating stem cells, Paneth cells of the innate immune system, and goblet cells, which produce mucus. In the colon, crypts do not have Paneth cells. The enterocytes in the small intestinal mucosa contain digestive enzymes that digest specific foods while they are being absorbed through the epithelium. These enzymes include peptidase, sucrase, maltase, lactase and intestinal lipase. This is in contrast to the gastric glands of the stomach where chief cells secrete pepsinogen.", "title": "Intestinal gland" }, { "docid": "3384867", "text": "version, the Y-intersection is formed near the upper (proximal) end of the small intestine. The Roux limb is constructed using of the small intestine, preserving the rest (and the majority) of it from absorbing nutrients. The patient will experience very rapid onset of the stomach feeling full, followed by a growing satiety (or \"indifference\" to food) shortly after the start of a meal. The small intestine is normally in length. As the Y-connection is moved further down the gastrointestinal tract, the amount available to fully absorb nutrients is progressively reduced, traded for greater effectiveness of the operation. The Y-connection is", "title": "Gastric bypass surgery" }, { "docid": "16973726", "text": "is broken down chemically. It then moves to the intestine, where the process of breaking the food down into simple molecules continues and the results are absorbed as nutrients into the circulatory and lymphatic system. Although the precise shape and size of the stomach varies widely among different vertebrates, the relative positions of the oesophageal and duodenal openings remain relatively constant. As a result, the organ always curves somewhat to the left before curving back to meet the pyloric sphincter. However, lampreys, hagfishes, chimaeras, lungfishes, and some teleost fish have no stomach at all, with the oesophagus opening directly into", "title": "Fish physiology" }, { "docid": "2243999", "text": "stomach at regular intervals into the small intestine, which stimulates the pancreas to release fluid containing a high concentration of bicarbonate. This fluid neutralizes the gastric juices, which can damage the lining of the intestine and result in duodenal ulcer. Other secretions from the pancreas, gallbladder, liver, and glands in the intestinal wall help in digestion. When food particles are sufficiently reduced in size and composition, they are absorbed by the intestinal wall and transported to the bloodstream. Some food material is passed from the small intestine to the large intestine. In the large intestine, bacteria break down proteins and", "title": "Chyme" }, { "docid": "17916291", "text": "vitamin deficiencies due to the improper absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. The small intestine can also be obstructed by a volvulus, a loop of intestine that becomes twisted enclosing its attached mesentery. This can cause mesenteric ischemia if severe enough. A common disorder of the bowel is diverticulitis. Diverticula are small pouches that can form inside the bowel wall, which can become inflamed to give diverticulitis. This disease can have complications if an inflamed diverticulum bursts and infection sets in. Any infection can spread further to the lining of the abdomen (peritoneum) and cause potentially fatal peritonitis. Crohn's", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "1430948", "text": "glucose molecules) that can be absorbed by the small intestine. Lactase is an enzyme that breaks down the disaccharide lactose to its component parts, glucose and galactose. Glucose and galactose can be absorbed by the small intestine. Approximately 65 percent of the adult population produce only small amounts of lactase and are unable to eat unfermented milk-based foods. This is commonly known as lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance varies widely by ethnic heritage; more than 90 percent of peoples of east Asian descent are lactose intolerant, in contrast to about 5 percent of people of northern European descent. Sucrase is an", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "1680080", "text": "Giardia lamblia Giardia lamblia, also known as Giardia intestinalis, is a flagellated parasitic microorganism, that colonizes and reproduces in the small intestine, causing giardiasis. The parasite attaches to the epithelium by a ventral adhesive disc or sucker, and reproduces via binary fission. Giardiasis does not spread via the bloodstream, nor does it spread to other parts of the gastrointestinal tract, but remains confined to the lumen of the small intestine. \"Giardia\" trophozoites absorb their nutrients from the lumen of the small intestine, and are anaerobes. If the organism is split and stained, its characteristic pattern resembles the familiar \"smiley face\"", "title": "Giardia lamblia" }, { "docid": "17916231", "text": "teeth, and also by the contractions of peristalsis, and segmentation. Gastric acid, and the production of mucus in the stomach, are essential for the continuation of digestion. Peristalsis is the rhythmic contraction of muscles that begins in the esophagus and continues along the wall of the stomach and the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. This initially results in the production of chyme which when fully broken down in the small intestine is absorbed as chyle into the lymphatic system. Most of the digestion of food takes place in the small intestine. Water and some minerals are reabsorbed back into the", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "2171915", "text": "faecal material from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is present in most amniotes, and also in lungfish. Many fish in addition have a number of small outpocketings, also called pyloric caeca, along their intestine; despite the name they are not homologous with the caecum of amniotes. Their purpose is to increase the overall surface area of the digestive epithelium, therefore optimizing the absorption of sugars, amino acids, and dipeptides, among other nutrients. As with other vertebrates, the relative positions of the esophageal and duodenal openings to the stomach remain relatively constant. As", "title": "Fish anatomy" }, { "docid": "4870019", "text": "the fertilized eggs, which are sometimes expelled with the feces. However, most of the time, the egg may also settle in the microvilli of the small intestine, hatch, and the larvae can develop to sexual maturity without ever leaving the host. The dwarf tapeworm, like all other tapeworms, lacks a digestive system and feeds by absorption on nutrients in the intestinal lumen. They have nonspecific carbohydrate requirements and they seem to absorb whatever is being passed through the intestine at that time. When it becomes an adult, it attaches to the intestinal walls with its suckers and toothed rostellum and", "title": "Hymenolepis nana" }, { "docid": "510303", "text": "the small intestine, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme within anywhere between forty minutes and a few hours. The average human stomach can comfortably hold about a litre of food. Gastric juice in the stomach also contains pepsinogen. Hydrochloric acid activates this inactive form of enzyme into the active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down proteins into polypeptides. Although the absorption in the human digestive system is mainly a function of the small intestine, some absorption of certain small molecules nevertheless does occur in", "title": "Stomach" }, { "docid": "14614243", "text": "produces gases (hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane) and short-chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate). The gases are absorbed and excreted by breathing or through the anus (flatulence). Fatty acids are rapidly metabolized. Butyrate is used mainly by cells in the colon and acetate is absorbed into the blood and taken up by the liver, muscle and other tissue. Propionate is an important precursor of glucose in some animals, but not humans. Carbohydrate digestion All carbohydrates absorbed in the small intestine must be hydrolyzed to monosaccharides prior to absorption. Hydrolysis precedes transport of monosaccharides in hamster intestine. From sucrose, glucose is", "title": "Carbohydrate digestion" }, { "docid": "531344", "text": "by symbiotic algae, which they eject from their salivary glands onto their captured prey held in their mouth. These juices separate the flesh of their prey from the bone or shell. The salivary gland has a small tooth at its end which can be poked into an organism to digest it from within. The digestive gland itself is rather short. It has four elements, with food passing through the crop, stomach and caecum before entering the intestine. Most digestion, as well as the absorption of nutrients, occurs in the digestive gland, sometimes called the liver. Nutrients and waste materials are", "title": "Cephalopod" }, { "docid": "17916233", "text": "the colon or large intestine. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste matter is stored prior to defecation. Most of the digestion of food takes place in the small intestine. A major digestive organ is the stomach. Within its mucosa are millions of embedded gastric glands. Their secretions are vital to the functioning of the organ. There are many specialised cells of the GI tract. These include the various cells of the gastric glands, taste cells, pancreatic duct cells, enterocytes and microfold cells. Some parts of the digestive system are also part of the excretory system, including the large", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "8009866", "text": "folds slow the passage of the partly digested food along the intestines, and afford an increased surface for absorption. They are covered with small finger-like projections called villi (singular, villus). Each villus, in turn, is covered with microvilli. The microvilli absorb fats and nutrients from the chyme. Circular folds The circular folds (valves of Kerckring) (also, plicae circulares, or valvulae conniventes) are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine. The entire small intestine has circular folds of mucous membrane, also called the valves of Kerkring and \"plicae circulares\". The majority extend transversely around the cylinder of", "title": "Circular folds" }, { "docid": "967816", "text": "and ten the small intestine rotates anticlockwise, as viewed from the front of the embryo. It rotates a further 180 degrees after it has moved back into the abdomen. This process creates the twisted shape of the large intestine. Food from the stomach is allowed into the duodenum through the pylorus by a muscle called the pyloric sphincter. The small intestine is where most chemical digestion takes place. Many of the digestive enzymes that act in the small intestine are secreted by the pancreas and liver and enter the small intestine via the pancreatic duct. Pancreatic enzymes and bile from", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "14080192", "text": "suppress gastric secretion and motility. The effect of this is that gastrin secretion declines and the pyloric sphincter contracts tightly to limit the admission of more chyme into the duodenum. This gives the duodenum time to work on the chyme it has already received before being loaded with more. The enteroendocrine cells also secrete glucose dependent insulinotropic peptide. Originally called gastric-inhibitory peptide, it is no longer thought to have a significant effect on the stomach, but to be more concerned with stimulating insulin secretion in preparation for processing the nutrients about to be absorbed by the small intestine. Regulation of", "title": "Regulation of gastric function" }, { "docid": "1430919", "text": "intestine. Water and minerals are reabsorbed back into the blood in the colon (large intestine) where the pH is slightly acidic about 5.6 ~ 6.9. Some vitamins, such as biotin and vitamin K (KMK7) produced by bacteria in the colon are also absorbed into the blood in the colon. Waste material is eliminated from the rectum during defecation. Digestive systems take many forms. There is a fundamental distinction between internal and external digestion. External digestion developed earlier in evolutionary history, and most fungi still rely on it. In this process, enzymes are secreted into the environment surrounding the organism, where", "title": "Digestion" }, { "docid": "17916261", "text": "in the small intestine. Water and minerals are reabsorbed back into the blood in the colon of the large intestine, where the environment is slightly acidic. Some vitamins, such as biotin and vitamin K produced by bacteria in the gut flora of the colon are also absorbed. The parietal cells in the fundus of the stomach, produce a glycoprotein called intrinsic factor which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), is carried to, and through the stomach, bound to a glycoprotein secreted by the salivary glands - transcobalamin I also called haptocorrin, which protects the acid-sensitive", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "8335094", "text": "spaces which surround the gland, through which they communicate with the lacteal system. They are situated partly in the submucous tissue, partly in the mucous membrane, where they form slight projections of its epithelial layer. The solitary lymphatic nodules of the large intestine are most abundant in the cecum and vermiform process, but are irregularly scattered also over the rest of the intestine. They are similar to those of the small intestine. Solitary lymphatic nodule The Solitary lymphatic nodules (or solitary follicles) are structures found in the small intestine and large intestine. The solitary lymphatic nodules are found scattered throughout", "title": "Solitary lymphatic nodule" }, { "docid": "967826", "text": "different regions. In traditional Chinese medicine, the small intestine is a yang organ. Small intestine The small intestine or small bowel is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine, and is where most of the end absorption of food takes place. The small intestine has three distinct regions – the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum is the shortest part of the small intestine and is where preparation for absorption begins. It also receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct, controlled by the sphincter of Oddi. The primary function of the small", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "497369", "text": "eliminate toxic substances by linking them with glucuronic acid, which can then be excreted in the urine. Psilocin is glucuronated by the glucuronosyltransferase enzymes UGT1A9 in the liver, and by UGT1A10 in the small intestine. Based on studies using animals, about 50% of ingested psilocybin is absorbed through the stomach and intestine. Within 24 hours, about 65% of the absorbed psilocybin is excreted into the urine, and a further 15–20% is excreted in the bile and feces. Although most of the remaining drug is eliminated in this way within 8 hours, it is still detectable in the urine after 7", "title": "Psilocybin" }, { "docid": "7851484", "text": "8% anthranoids by mass, of which about two-thirds are cascarosides. The hydroxyanthracene glycosides act as a stimulant laxative by exciting peristalsis in the colon. They trigger peristalsis by inhibiting the absorption of water and electrolytes in the large intestine, which increases the volume of the bowel's contents, leading to increased pressure. The hydroxyanthracene glycosides are not readily absorbed in the small intestine but are hydrolyzed by intestinal flora to a form that is partly absorbed in the colon. Hydrolysis of the cascarosides results in the formation of aloins such as barbaloin and chrysaloin. Some of the chemical constituents present in", "title": "Rhamnus purshiana" }, { "docid": "17916266", "text": "in the chyme. Food fat is dispersed by the action of bile into smaller units called micelles. The breaking down into micelles creates a much larger surface area for the pancreatic enzyme, lipase to work on. Lipase digests the triglycerides which are broken down into two fatty acids and a monoglyceride. These are then absorbed by villi on the intestinal wall. If fats are not absorbed in this way in the small intestine problems can arise later in the large intestine which is not equipped to absorb fats. Bile also helps in the absorption of vitamin K from the diet.", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "4020340", "text": "meridian, alleviates pain, clears Heat and Damp-Heat. SI-9 (Jian Zhen/True Shoulder): Activates the meridian, alleviates pain, benefits the shoulder. SI-10 (Nao Shu/Upper Arm Shu): Activates the meridian, alleviates pain, benefits the shoulder. https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/smallintestine_meridian_graphic http://www.sacredlotus.com/go/acupuncture/channel/small_intestine_channel_of_hand_tai_yang http://www.acatcm.com/small-intestine-meridian-hand-tai-yin-points Small intestine (Chinese medicine) In traditional Chinese medicine the Small Intestine (小肠/大腸) is a fu organ described in the Zang-fu theory concept. The small intestine governs the separation of the clear from the turbid. The small intestine further digests food decomposed initially by the stomach. The clear, referring to the essence of water and grain and to the large amount of fluid, is absorbed by", "title": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "839214", "text": "(for example with pearlescent effects) can enhance brand recognition. If the active ingredient of a tablet is sensitive to acid, or is irritant to the stomach lining, an enteric coating can be used, which is resistant to stomach acid, and dissolves in the less acidic area of the intestines. Enteric coatings are also used for medicines that can be negatively affected by taking a long time to reach the small intestine, where they are absorbed. Coatings are often chosen to control the rate of dissolution of the drug in the gastrointestinal tract. Some drugs are absorbed better in certain parts", "title": "Tablet (pharmacy)" }, { "docid": "4179492", "text": "a variety of symptoms, many of which are also found in other conditions, making the diagnosis challenging at times. Many of the symptoms are due to malabsorption of nutrients due to the effects of bacteria which either metabolize nutrients or cause inflammation of the small bowel, impairing absorption. The symptoms of bacterial overgrowth include nausea, flatus, constipation, bloating, abdominal distension, abdominal pain or discomfort, diarrhea, fatigue, and weakness. SIBO also causes an increased permeability of the small intestine. Some patients may lose weight. Children with bacterial overgrowth may develop malnutrition and have difficulty attaining proper growth. Steatorrhea, a sticky type", "title": "Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth" }, { "docid": "3967744", "text": "from the intestine, generated by gut bacteria from food, are transported by the portal vein to the liver, where 80–90% are metabolised through the urea cycle and/or excreted immediately. This process is impaired in all subtypes of hepatic encephalopathy, either because the hepatocytes (liver cells) are incapable of metabolising the waste products or because portal venous blood bypasses the liver through collateral circulation or a medically constructed shunt. Nitrogenous waste products accumulate in the systemic circulation (hence the older term \"portosystemic encephalopathy\"). The most important waste product is ammonia (NH). This small molecule crosses the blood–brain barrier and is absorbed", "title": "Hepatic encephalopathy" }, { "docid": "14614240", "text": "Carbohydrate digestion All carbohydrates absorbed in the small intestine must be hydrolyzed to monosaccharides prior to absorption. Hydrolysis precedes transport of monosaccharides in hamster intestine. From sucrose, glucose is taken up much faster than fructose. Monosaccharide transport saturates with -glucose at 30 mM. Digestion of starch begins with the action of salivary alpha-amylase/ptyalin, although its activity is slight in comparison with that of pancreatic amylase in the small intestine. Amylase hydrolyzes starch to alpha-dextrin, which are then digested by gluco-amylase (alpha-dextrinases) to maltose and maltotriose. The products of digestion of alpha-amylase and alpha-dextrinase, along with dietary disaccharides are hydrolyzed to", "title": "Carbohydrate digestion" }, { "docid": "1373629", "text": "intestine. Once past the stomach, a typical peristaltic wave only lasts for a few seconds, travelling at only a few centimeters per second. Its primary purpose is to mix the chyme in the intestine rather than to move it forward in the intestine. Through this process of mixing and continued digestion and absorption of nutrients, the chyme gradually works its way through the small intestine to the large intestine. In contrast to peristalsis, segmentation contractions result in that churning and mixing without pushing materials further down the digestive tract. Although the large intestine has peristalsis of the type that the", "title": "Peristalsis" }, { "docid": "3085667", "text": "nitrogen, in large quantities to survive. Some nutrients are termed macronutrients, where the prefix \"macro-\" (large) refers to the quantity needed, not the size of the nutrient particles themselves. Other nutrients, called micronutrients, are required only in trace amounts for plants to remain healthy. Such micronutrients are usually absorbed as ions dissolved in water taken from the soil, though carnivorous plants acquire some of their micronutrients from captured prey. The following tables list element nutrients essential to plants. Uses within plants are generalized. Among the most important molecules for plant function are the pigments. Plant pigments include a variety of", "title": "Plant physiology" }, { "docid": "15363598", "text": "layer fatigue syndrome. Also for all species osteomalacia and reduced fertility are possible. All these symptoms are more or less irreversible, resulting in economic losses for the farmer. The mechanisms of phosphorus digestion and metabolism differ substantially between ruminant and non-ruminant (monogastric) species. In pigs, most phosphorus is absorbed from the small intestine -jejunum, duodenum- in the form of ortho-phosphate where its solubility is greatest. The phosphorus is then transported across the gut wall. The kidney plays the major regulatory role in controlling phosphorus levels, any excess is excreted primarily via the urine. In poultry available phosphorus solubilises in the", "title": "Feed phosphates" }, { "docid": "7328885", "text": "linkages present in starch. The products of isomaltulose digestion are glucose and fructose, which are absorbed and enter blood. Once absorbed, the glucose and fructose follow the same metabolic pathways through the body as if they were derived from sucrose. While fructose is mostly converted to glucose or glycogen stores in the liver, glucose from the small intestine and liver is distributed via blood to different parts of the body where it serves cellular metabolism as an energy source directly or indirectly after storage as glycogen in the tissues of the body especially in skeletal muscle. Based on the heat", "title": "Isomaltulose" }, { "docid": "19059386", "text": "proximal part of the small intestine is disabled, a partial bypass is in question. Patients who undergo this operation achieve better weight and blood sugar control, but face anemia (iron deficiency) risk because of the bypass procedure. In addition to sleeve gastrectomy procedure, a 200 cm segment of ileum is prepared while preserving the last 30 cm part of the small intestine and then ‘’interposed’’ to the proximal part of the small intestine. Thanks to this, food continue to pass throughout the entire small intestine. No malabsorption is in question in this technique, and the food is absorbed by the", "title": "Ileal interposition" }, { "docid": "11786436", "text": "inward current which couples the calcium oscillations to electrical activity. The number of action potentials during the plateau of a particular BER slow wave can vary. This variation in action potential generation does not impact the frequency of waves through the GI tract, only the strength of those contractile waves. The cells that respond to and secrete these substances include I cells and K cells in the proximal small intestine, whose stimulation is dependent on nutrient exposure and entry into the duodenum, and L cells in the distal small intestine and colon which are stimulated by unabsorbed nutrients and gastric", "title": "Basal electrical rhythm" }, { "docid": "11903483", "text": "glycogen metabolism see below. Lactose is a disaccharide sugar composed of galactose and glucose that is found in milk. Lactose can not be absorbed by the intestine and needs to be split in the small intestine into galactose and glucose by the enzyme called lactase; unabsorbed lactose can cause abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, gas, and nausea. In most mammals, production of lactase diminishes after infants are weaned from maternal milk. However, 5% to 90% of the human population possess an advantageous autosomal mutation in which lactase production persists after infancy. The geographic distribution of lactase persistence is concordant with areas", "title": "Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism" }, { "docid": "14765492", "text": "the host small intestine wall, preventing the tapeworm from being egested following peristalsis. Tapeworms have a flattened body with microtriches to maximise the surface area available for nutrient absorption and they additionally have various transporter molecules. Tapeworms have to compete with the host epithelium for nutrients, so it is essential that they compete more efficiently for nutrients. They also secrete enzymes to enhance host digestive enzymes e.g. pancreatic α-amylase. Schistosomes, another type of endoparasite, also live inside the body of the host but instead these parasites acquire their nutrients from host blood. Schistosomes are in direct contact with host blood,", "title": "Parasitic nutrition" }, { "docid": "17360247", "text": "have a residual moisture content in the 4-8% range. Any animal that consumes a whole protein must break down and digest the protein order to absorb the nutrients. For humans this begins with chewing and the addition of saliva enzymes, followed by acid and protease enzyme digestion in the stomach, whereby the end result is a peptide or amino acid fraction ready for uptake into the blood stream via the small intestine. Research has confirmed that most animals have more Peptide receptors in the gut and lower intestine than they do free amino acid receptors - as such the peptide", "title": "Fish protein powder" }, { "docid": "1813593", "text": "third and fourth metapodials are combined into the cannon bone. The ulna and fibula are reduced, and fused with the radius and tibia, respectively. Long scapulae are present, whereas the clavicles are absent. Being ruminants, the stomach is composed of four chambers: the rumen (80%), the omasum, the reticulum, and the abomasum. The ciliates and bacteria of the rumen ferment the complex cellulose into simpler fatty acids, which are then absorbed through the rumen wall. Bovids have a long small intestine; the length of the small intestine in cattle is . Body temperature fluctuates through the day; for instance, in", "title": "Bovidae" }, { "docid": "697612", "text": "of the main functions of the colon is to remove the water and other key nutrients from waste material and recycle it. As the waste material exits the small intestine through the ileocecal valve, it will move into the cecum and then to the ascending colon where this process of extraction starts. The unwanted waste material is moved upwards toward the transverse colon by the action of peristalsis. The ascending colon is sometimes attached to the appendix via Gerlach's valve. In ruminants, the ascending colon is known as the spiral colon. Taking into account all ages and sexes, colon cancer", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "17937710", "text": "Serial transverse enteroplasty Serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) is a surgical procedure used primarily in the treatment of short bowel syndrome (SBS). In STEP, by making cuts in the intestine and creating a zigzag pattern, surgeons lengthen the amount of bowel available to absorb nutrients. The procedure was first performed in 2003 and more than 100 patients had undergone the surgery by 2013. Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the condition in which a patient cannot absorb adequate nutrients because a portion of the small intestine is damaged or absent. SBS commonly affects pediatric patients who have undergone surgery, such as premature", "title": "Serial transverse enteroplasty" }, { "docid": "3384874", "text": "be eaten very slowly and carefully, to avoid increasing discomfort or vomiting. Food is first churned in the stomach before passing into the small intestine. When the lumen of the small intestine comes into contact with nutrients, a number of hormones are released, including cholecystokinin from the duodenum and PYY and GLP-1 from the ileum. These hormones inhibit further food intake and have thus been dubbed \"satiety factors\". \"Ghrelin\" is a hormone that is released in the stomach that stimulates hunger and food intake. Changes in circulating hormone levels after gastric bypass have been hypothesized to produce reductions in food", "title": "Gastric bypass surgery" }, { "docid": "4436708", "text": "induced by food allergy, but can include anaphylaxis. FODMAPs are fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides and polyols, which are poorly absorbed in the small intestine and subsequently fermented by the bacteria in the distal small and proximal large intestine. This is a normal phenomenon, common to everyone. The resultant production of gas potentially results in bloating and flatulence. Although FODMAPs can produce certain digestive discomfort in some people, not only do they not cause intestinal inflammation, but they avoid it, because they produce beneficial alterations in the intestinal flora that contribute to maintain the good health of the colon. FODMAPs are", "title": "Food intolerance" }, { "docid": "8150200", "text": "monosaccharides in the small intestine. Acarbose also blocks pancreatic alpha-amylase in addition to inhibiting membrane-bound alpha-glucosidases. Pancreatic alpha-amylase hydrolyzes complex starches to oligosaccharides in the lumen of the small intestine. Inhibition of these enzyme systems reduces the rate of digestion of carbohydrates. Less glucose is absorbed because the carbohydrates are not broken down into glucose molecules. In diabetic patients, the short-term effect of these drugs therapies is to decrease current blood glucose levels: the long-term effect is a small reduction in hemoglobin level. Since alpha-glucosidase inhibitors are competitive inhibitors of digestive enzymes, they must be taken at the start of", "title": "Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3165480", "text": "First World War, the British awards system was adopted and continued through the Second World War. Post-independence, new awards were instituted on 26January 1950, with retroactive effect from 15August 1947. Param Vir Chakra translates as the \"Wheel of the Ultimate Brave\", and the award is granted for \"most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy\". The medal of the PVC was designed by Savitri Khanolkar, whose daughter's brother-in-law, Major Somnath Sharma, was coincidentally awarded the first PVC. , the medal has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were posthumous and 16 arose from actions in Indo-Pakistani conflicts. Of", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "3165480", "text": "First World War, the British awards system was adopted and continued through the Second World War. Post-independence, new awards were instituted on 26January 1950, with retroactive effect from 15August 1947. Param Vir Chakra translates as the \"Wheel of the Ultimate Brave\", and the award is granted for \"most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy\". The medal of the PVC was designed by Savitri Khanolkar, whose daughter's brother-in-law, Major Somnath Sharma, was coincidentally awarded the first PVC. , the medal has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were posthumous and 16 arose from actions in Indo-Pakistani conflicts. Of", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "8526712", "text": "Somnath Sharma Major Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), an Indian Army officer, was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration. In 1942, Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment. He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign of World War II, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He later fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Sharma was martyred on 3 November 1947 while evicting Pakistani infiltrators from Srinagar Airport, and was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his actions prior to his death. Sharma", "title": "Somnath Sharma" }, { "docid": "8526720", "text": "1947 in defending the Srinagar airport, was gazetted. This was the first time the honour had been awarded since its inception. Coincidentally, Savitri Khanolkar, the mother-in-law of Sharma's brother, was the designer of the Param Vir Chakra. The official citation reads: In the 1980s, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a Government of India enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, named fifteen of their crude oil tankers in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. The crude oil tanker named MT \"Major Somnath Sharma, PVC\" was delivered to SCI on 11 June 1984. The tanker was phased", "title": "Somnath Sharma" }, { "docid": "8526721", "text": "out after 25 years service. The first episode of the TV series on the lives of Param Vir Chakra winners, \"Param Vir Chakra\" (1988) covered Sharma's actions of 3 November 1947. In that episode, his part was played by Farooque Sheikh. The episode was directed by Chetan Anand. Footnotes Citations Somnath Sharma Major Somnath Sharma, PVC (31 January 1923 – 3 November 1947), an Indian Army officer, was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration. In 1942, Sharma was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment. He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign", "title": "Somnath Sharma" }, { "docid": "3165485", "text": "Vikram Khanolkar of the Sikh Regiment, to design the medal for the PVC. Coincidentally, the first PVC would be awarded to Major Somnath Sharma, the brother-in-law of Khanolkar's daughter. Despite gaining independence from British rule, India still remained a dominion of the United Kingdom. This meant that the Governor-General of India could not approve the establishment of the awards without assent from the British Crown. Therefore, a draft of the Royal Warrant was sent to London for approval by King George VI. However, by mid-1948 it became clear that the King's ratification would not be forthcoming for some time. As", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" } ]

[ { "docid": "10462876", "text": "Denzil Keelor Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, AVSM, VrC, KC (born 7 December 1933) is a retired Indian Air Force air marshal and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani war. He was honoured with a number of medals including the Veer Chakra, the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, the Keerti Chakra and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. He had a younger brother, Trevor, who was also honoured for his service in the Indian Air Force. Both brothers have a Veer Chakra for the same feat of shooting down a Sabre jet. This is the first time two brothers have received Veer Chakras", "title": "Denzil Keelor" }, { "docid": "10462879", "text": "For this he was awarded the Vir Chakra. The Sabre kill by Denzil earned the Keelor family a unique distinction. Both the brothers now had Sabres to their credit and both earned the Veer Chakra, making it the first time brothers had won the Veer Chakra for identical feats. In 1978 Keelor was awarded the Kirti Chakra. The citation reads as follows:Gp. Capt. Keelor who had rich and wide combat experience and the destruction of a Sabre aircraft to his credit, was flying a MiG-21 U trainer on 27 Mar 78, when due to structural failure the canopy of the", "title": "Denzil Keelor" }, { "docid": "3165490", "text": "bar. On the reverse, around a plain centre, are two legends separated by lotus flowers. The words \"Param Vir Chakra\" are written in Hindi and English. A purple ribbon, long, holds the Param Vir Chakra. The PVC has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were awarded posthumously and 16 arose from actions in Indo-Pakistani conflicts. Of the 21 awardees, 20 have been from the Indian Army, and one has been from the Indian Air Force. The Grenadiers, with three awards, have received the greatest number of Param Vir Chakras. The various Gorkha Rifle regiments of the Indian Army have", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "2623801", "text": "Army which have won two PVC (Param Veer Chakra), the highest gallantry awarded to soldiers for wartime operations. There are also other important units such as the Institute of Military Law and a well equipped military hospital to care for the health of the soldiers. The Army Postal Service centre is also operational in the cantonment since 1948, to provide training to personnel of Department of Post who volunteer themselves for the Army. Nagpur's National Civil Defence College provides civil defence and disaster management training to pupils from all over India and abroad. Indian Air Force's giant IL-76 transport planes", "title": "Nagpur" }, { "docid": "3165495", "text": "Anand. The first episode of the series featured the first recipient of the award, Major Som Nath Sharma of the Kumaon Regiment. The Bollywood film \"LOC Kargil\" (2003) gives an account of all of the PVC recipients from the Kargil War. Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey is played by Ajay Devgan, Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav is played by Manoj Bajpayee, Naib Subedar Sanjay Kumar is played by Sunil Shetty, and Captain Vikram Batra is played by Abhishek Bachchan. Param Vir Chakra The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. The", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "3165479", "text": "Param Vir Chakra The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. The PVC is equivalent to the Medal of Honor in the United States and the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom. Only 21 soldiers have received this award to date. The history of present-day Indian gallantry awards can be traced back to the rule of the East India Company, when the first formal award was instituted by Lord William Bentinck in 1834 as the Order of Merit, later renamed the Indian Order of Merit in 1902. During the", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "4143210", "text": "Maha Vir Chakra, the first two being awarded in 1965. To date, there are six known awards of a first bar: No second bars have been awarded. Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use M.V.C. as a postnominal abbreviation. The Mahavir Chakra awardees include: Maha Vir Chakra The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (literally \"great warrior medal\") is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the British", "title": "Maha Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "9249594", "text": "Chakra (VRC) respectively. One Param Vir Chakra was awarded to Major Dhan Singh Thapa, of the 1/8 Gorkha Rifles, during the Sino Indian War. To date this is the only recipient of the Param Vir Chakra for the regiment. The regiment was also involved in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan conflicts during which members of the regiment were awarded 4 Maha Vir Chakras. The regiment was also actively involved in the operations in Sri Lanka where again members of the regiment were awarded for gallantry winning one Maha Vir Chakra and four Vir Chakras. In 1979, when the 1/8 became", "title": "8th Gorkha Rifles" }, { "docid": "18412988", "text": "Infantry and Military Operations Branch in the Army HQ. He has also as a Defence Attache to China and led Army talks with China. During his career, he has been awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vir Chakra part his part in the Operation Vijay and the Sena Medal. His battalion was awarded a total of seven gallantry medals during Kargil War including two Param Vir Chakra's, seven Vir Chakra's and fourteen Sena Medal's. He was the commanding officer of Param Vir Chakra awardees Captain Vikram Batra and Rifleman Sanjay Kumar. The citation for the Vir Chakra reads as follows In", "title": "Yogesh Kumar Joshi" }, { "docid": "12241101", "text": "tankers in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. The crude oil tanker named MT \"Naik Jadunath Singh, PVC\" was delivered to SCI on 21 September 1984. The tanker was phased out after 25 years of service. A sports stadium in Shahjahanpur, the town near the village where Singh was born, was named as \"Paramveer Chakra Lance Nayak Jadunath Singh Sports Stadium\" in his honour. Footnotes Citations Jadunath Singh Naik Jadunath Singh, PVC (21 November 1916 – 6 February 1948) was an Indian Army soldier who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for his actions in", "title": "Jadunath Singh" }, { "docid": "6203072", "text": "the princely state of Kashmir, completed his military training from IMA in 1936. General Mohan Singh Deb, commander-in-chief of the First Indian National Army which fought against the British for the independence of India, was also an alumnus. Alumni who have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra include: During the Kargil War of 1999, the Maha Vir Chakra was awarded posthumously to academy alumni, Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Major Vivek Gupta, Captain Anuj Nayyar, Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse and Lieutenant Keishing Clifford Nongrum. Major Balwan Singh and Major Sonum Wangchuk were also awarded the Maha Vir Chakra. Foreign alumni of", "title": "Indian Military Academy" }, { "docid": "6929405", "text": "The citation for the Param Vir Chakra awarded to him reads: He was portrayed by famous Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan in the J.P.Dutta's film LOC Kargil. Manoj Kumar Pandey Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999), was an Indian Army officer of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles who was posthumously awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999. He died during the attack on Jubar Top, Khalubar Hills in Batalik Sector, Kargil. His actions have led to him being referred to as the \"Hero", "title": "Manoj Kumar Pandey" }, { "docid": "7771128", "text": "troops resulted in the gendarmerie losing about half their men; they fled in utter confusion leaving their dead and the injured behind. This enabled the main battalion to easily overrun the Katangese force, clear the roadblock, and prevent the gendarmes from encircling the UN Headquarters in Élisabethville. For his duty and courage, and disregard for his own safety, Salaria was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. For his gallant actions on 5 December 1961, Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. The citation read: Salaria was the first graduate of NDA to win a PVC, and also the", "title": "Gurbachan Singh Salaria" }, { "docid": "4912113", "text": "Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) The Ashoka Chakra (alternative spelling: Ashok Chakra) is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the \"most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice\" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel. Ashok Chakra is equivalent to US Army's peacetime Medal of Honor and the British George Cross. Flt. Lt. Suhas Biswas was the first Indian Air Force officer", "title": "Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)" }, { "docid": "8550820", "text": "Yogendra Singh Yadav Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav PVC is a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army, who was awarded the highest Indian military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his 4 July 1999 action during the Kargil War. Aged 19 when he received the decoration, he is recorded as the youngest person to ever be awarded the Param Vir Chakra. Yogendra Singh Yadav was born on 10 May 1970 in Aurangabad Ahir village of Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh. His father Karan Singh Yadav had served in the Kumaon Regiment, participating in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan", "title": "Yogendra Singh Yadav" }, { "docid": "3165491", "text": "received three awards, with the 1, 8, and 11 Gorkha Rifle regiments each having one PVC recipient. , Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously in 1971, is the only Indian Air Force officer to have been honoured with the medal. Subedar Major Bana Singh, Subedar Sanjay Kumar and Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav, are the only living recipients of the award. The PVC also carries a cash allowance for those under the rank of lieutenant (or the appropriate service equivalent), and in some cases a cash award. Upon the death of the recipient,", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "2416280", "text": "medals and decorations. The medals are produced at Alipore Mint, Kolkata along with the other civilian and military awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, and Param Veer Chakra. The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who were honoured in 1954. , the award has been bestowed on 300 individuals, including 12 posthumous and 19 non-citizen recipients. Some of the conferments have been refused or returned by the recipients; P. N. Haksar, Vilayat Khan, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Swami Ranganathananda,", "title": "Padma Vibhushan" }, { "docid": "18129693", "text": "Pakistani authorities during a flag meet in Kargil. Bana Singh was awarded Param Vir Chakra in 1988 for his courage during the Operation. The highest peak in the Siachen area was named Bana Top in his honour. Rifleman Chuni Lal, and Rifleman Om Raj who accompanied him during the final assault, was awarded Sena Medal. Harnam Singh was awarded Mahavir Chakra. 7 others, including Major Varinder Singh, 2nd Lt. Rajiv Pande were awarded Vir Chakra. Operation Rajiv Operation Rajiv was an Indian Army operation to capture the highest peak in the Siachen area in 1987. The Pakistan Army had established", "title": "Operation Rajiv" }, { "docid": "5129055", "text": "Maj. Shaitan Singh posthumously won the Param Vir Chakra for his actions, the second for the Kumaon Regiment (the first being won by Maj. Somnath Sharma). Other soldiers defending Rezang La who were awarded Vir Chakras were Nk. Hukum Chand (posthumous), Nk. Gulab Singh Yadav, L/Nk. Ram Singh (posthumous), Sub. Ram Kumar and Sub. Ram Chander. Two Kumaon companies captured Kumaon Hill after ousting Pakistani companies from 23 Azad Kashmir and the Special Service Group from the heights on 21 September. Capt. Surendra Shah and Nk. Chander Singh were awarded the Vir Chakra for the battle. On 7 September 1965", "title": "Kumaon Regiment" }, { "docid": "6481154", "text": "of Maharishi Bhrigu who was one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis. 'Haat Kalika Mandir' was chosen by Adi Guru Sankaracharya for installation of one of the Shakti_Peethas. It is believed that the Original Goddess Kalika Mata, which supposed to be in West Bangal, shifted her place form Bangal to Gangolihat. This Temple is very famous all over India, specially among Indian Armed Forces. Posthumous Param Veer Chakra award winner Capt. Bikram Batra was a great devotee of Goddess. The goddess Mahakali is the designated goddess of the Kumaun Regiment. Kumaun regiment has created an Army Rest House near", "title": "Gangolihat" }, { "docid": "2632577", "text": "battle honours and 4 theatre honours were awarded to units of the Indian Army; notable among them are: For bravery, a number of soldiers and officers on both sides were awarded the highest gallantry award of their respective countries. Following is a list of the recipients of the Indian award Param Vir Chakra, Bangladeshi award Bir Sreshtho and the Pakistani award Nishan-E-Haider: Recipients of the Param Vir Chakra: Recipients of the Bir Sreshtho: Recipients of the Nishan-E-Haider: On 25 July 2011, Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona, the Bangladesh Freedom Honour, was posthumously conferred on former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On 28", "title": "Indo-Pakistani War of 1971" }, { "docid": "6794351", "text": "is a TV documentary which premièred on Veer by Discovery Channel series, Mission & Wars. \"Story of CQMH Abdul Hamid\" released by the Indian Army detailing the events of the battle and his death. Abdul Hamid (soldier) Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, PVC (1 July 1933 – 10 September 1965), was an Indian Army soldier who posthumously received India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Hamid joined the army in December 1954, and was posted to the 4th Battalion of the Grenadiers regiment. During the Sino-Indian War, his battalion participated", "title": "Abdul Hamid (soldier)" }, { "docid": "15772516", "text": "the terrorists. Tragically, he and radio operator L/Nk. Ganpat Shashikant were shot and died in hospital. \"He ensured that all eight infiltrators were wiped out even as he laid down his life for the nation. He was a true soldier who was dedicated to the country and his force\", Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh, Chief of Army Staff at the time, said after Venugopal's death. Col. Venugopal was cremated with full military honours on 1 August 2007 in Bangalore. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for gallantry awarded", "title": "Vasanth Venugopal" }, { "docid": "10160066", "text": "Sainik School, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Sainik School Lucknow was established in July 1960. The only one of the sainik schools to be administered by the state government, the alumni of which, Captain Manoj Pandey, posthumously received Param Veer Chakra (see Awardees of PVC). It was the first Sainik School in the country, and was followed by the setting up of other Sainik Schools, under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, on the same lines. The education in this school is subsidised by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is a boys' residential English medium school affiliated to CBSE Board.", "title": "Sainik School, Lucknow" }, { "docid": "10160060", "text": "Sainik School, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Sainik School Lucknow was established in July 1960. The only one of the sainik schools to be administered by the state government, the alumni of which, Captain Manoj Pandey, posthumously received Param Veer Chakra (see Awardees of PVC). It was the first Sainik School in the country, and was followed by the setting up of other Sainik Schools, under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, on the same lines. The education in this school is subsidised by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is a boys' residential English medium school affiliated to CBSE Board.", "title": "Sainik School, Lucknow" }, { "docid": "5162810", "text": "is provided by the MoD. The local administration of the school is looked after by a Local Board of Administration whose Chairman is the GoC-in-C of the concerned Command where the Sainik School is located. Sainik School Lucknow was established in July 1960. The only one of the Sainik Schools to be administered by the state government, the alumni of which, Captain Manoj Pandey, posthumously received Param Veer Chakra (see Awardees of PVC). It was the first Sainik School in the country, and was followed by the setting up of other Sainik Schools, under the Ministry of Defence, Government of", "title": "Sainik School" }, { "docid": "11863321", "text": "move out of the trench, he was hit by a bullet in his head. As he succumbed to his wounds, Singh hurled a grenade into a nearby Pakistani trench. On 17 July 1948, Company Havildar Major Singh was posthumously was awarded the India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra. The citation reads of follows: Singh was never married. In the 1980s, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a Government of India enterprise operating under the aegis of Ministry of Shipping, named fifteen of her crude oil tankers in honour of the Param Vir Chakra recipients. The crude oil tanker", "title": "Piru Singh" }, { "docid": "4143208", "text": "Maha Vir Chakra The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (literally \"great warrior medal\") is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The medal may be awarded posthumously. The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece bearing the gilded state emblem of India in the center. The words \"Mahavira", "title": "Maha Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "7864743", "text": "Savitri Khanolkar Savitri Bai Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, 20 July 1913 – 26 November 1990) was a designer, best known for designing the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. Khanolkar also designed several other major gallantry medals including the Ashok Chakra (AC), Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), Kirti Chakra (KC), Vir Chakra (VrC) and Shaurya Chakra (SC). She had also designed the General Service Medal 1947, which was used until 1965. Khanolkar was also a painter and an artist. Born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros in Neuchâtel, Switzerland,", "title": "Savitri Khanolkar" }, { "docid": "5786876", "text": "was honoured with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, for knocking out seven enemy tanks with a recoilless gun. This battle led to the creation of Patton Nagar (or \"Patton City\") at the site of the battle. This is because a large number of Patton tanks fielded by the Pakistani forces were either captured or destroyed at the scene. \"Battle of Asal Uttar - Largest Tank Battle Since World War II\" (2018) is a TV documentary which premièred on Veer by Discovery Channel series, Mission & Wars. Battle of Asal Uttar The Battle of Asal Uttar (Hindi :", "title": "Battle of Asal Uttar" }, { "docid": "6775491", "text": "stand fast and fight as a result his company repulsed all the attacks inflicting heavy casualties on the Pakistani army. Though seriously wounded, Major Hoshiar Singh refused to be evacuated till ceasefire. Throughout this operation, Major Hoshiar Singh displayed most conspicuous gallantry, indomitable fighting spirit and leadership in the highest traditions of the Army. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his bravery and leadership. He was also Mentioned-in-Despatches. The Param Vir Chakra citation on the Official Indian Army Website reads as follows: Mohanlal reprised Major Hoshiar Singh's character as Major Sahadevan in the 2017 Malayalam film, . Hoshiar", "title": "Hoshiar Singh Dahiya" }, { "docid": "3165494", "text": "\"wall of valour\" in a thousand educational institutions across the country. The campaign was initiated by the two serving receipts of PVC, Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav and Naib Subedar Sanjay Kumar. The campaign was named “Vidya Veerta Abhiyan”. The objective is to build a wall of by at various educational campuses with the voluntary contributions from the students and the faculty of respective institutions. These walls are to portray all 21 recipients of the PVC along with relevant information. The TV series \"Param Vir Chakra\" (1990), which focuses on the lives of Param Vir Chakra winners, was directed by Chetan", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "1792007", "text": "and \"Satyameva Jayate\" on the reverse side. A white ribbon is attached to the medal so it can be worn around the neck. In 1957, the silver-gilt decoration was changed to burnished bronze. The Bharat Ratna medals are produced at Alipore Mint, Kolkata along with the other civilian and military awards like Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, and Param Veer Chakra. The Bharat Ratna has been surrounded by several controversies and multiple Public-Interest Litigations (PIL) had been filed against the conferral of the award. On 23 January 1992, a press release was published by the President's Secretariat to confer", "title": "Bharat Ratna" }, { "docid": "3165484", "text": "had the option to award British honours, the leaders felt that it would not make sense to give the same honour to personnel from opposing forces. Accordingly, in June 1948 it was decided to institute new Indian awards for gallantry: the Param Vir Chakra(PVC), Maha Vir Chakra(MVC), and Vir Chakra(VrC). After the PVC, the MVC and VrC are the second and third highest gallantry awards during wartime. Nehru entrusted the implementation of the PVC to Major General Hira Lal Atal, the first Indian adjutant general of India. He in turn requested Savitri Khanolkar, the wife of an Indian Army officer,", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "14969971", "text": "Amrapurkar – Ardh Satya\" \"Rohini Hattangadi – Arth\" \"Utpal Dutt – Rang Birangi\" \"Ardh Satya – S.D. Panwalkar\" \"Ardh Satya – Vijay Tendulkar\" \"Arth – Mahesh Bhatt\" \"Masoom – R.D. Burman\" \"Masoom – Gulzar for Tujhse Naraaz Nahin\" \"Agar Tum Na Hote – Kishore Kumar for Agar Tum Na Hote\" \"Masoom – Aarti Mukherjee for Do Naina Ek Kahani\" \"Razia Sultan\" \"Vijeta\" \"Vijeta\" \"Vijeta\" \"Masoom\" \"Veer Savarkar\" https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1984/ 31st Filmfare Awards The 31st Filmfare Awards were held in 1984, with the Indian New Wave at its peak. The biggest winner was a film belonging to the Parallel Cinema genre, Ardh", "title": "31st Filmfare Awards" }, { "docid": "19909360", "text": "later awarded the second highest military decoration for gallantry in the face of enemy, the Maha Vir Chakra. Mohammad Usman's son Abdul Hamid (soldier) was a soldier in the 4th Battalion, The Grenadiers of the Indian Army, who died in the Khem Karan sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 in the Battle of Asal Uttar, and was the posthumous recipient of the Republic of India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra. \"Never in the history of warfare have so many tanks been destroyed by any infantry man-a feat achieved by CGMH Abdul Hamid of 4 grenadiers who destroyed", "title": "Abbas Ansari" }, { "docid": "15577520", "text": "Yusufpur Yusufpur-Mohammadabad is a twin town in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. This town is actually a business hub for other near by districts like Ballia, Mau, Buxar etc. notable person: Dr. Sri Govind Rai medical practitioner and social worker. Yusufpur has a railway station which lies on the railway line linking Varanasi to Chhapra via Ghazipur and Ballia in the North Eastern Railway Zone. Late Dr Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, the ex president of all India congress committee belonged to Yusufpur. Late Brigadier Usman, the recipient of Param veer chakra, was from Yusuf pur.Late Subhanalla Ansari, the noted", "title": "Yusufpur" }, { "docid": "8190991", "text": "background and her father, the late B. C. Jena was a Civil Engineer. In her early teens, Jena enrolled in the Film and Television Institute of India and received her Diploma of Film Acting. Jena participated in an International Transpersonal Association Conference (a science and religion conference). She attended a course in Erhard Seminars Training. Jena performed in Hindi and Odia films, television serials like Ek Kahani, Vikram Betaal, Param Veer Chakra and TV plays like Gogol's Inspector General, Mahesh Elkunchwar's Aks Aur Aina. She received the State Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Odia film \"Jaga", "title": "Bijaya Jena" }, { "docid": "10407791", "text": "gallantry award the Param Vir Chakra. Lt. Navdeep Singh of 15 Maratha Light Infantry regiment was the Ghatak platoon commander during an operation to ambush 17 well-trained and armed terrorists who had infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir state, for which he was posthumously awarded India's highest peacetime gallantry award the Ashoka Chakra. Capt. Chander Choudhary (Sihag), a captain of the Ghatak Platoon of The Grenadiers Regiment was killed in action on 9 September 2002, during a Seek and Destroy operation against insurgents in Dubri village in Udhampur district. Ghatak Force Ghatak Platoon, or Ghatak Commandos, is a special operations capable", "title": "Ghatak Force" }, { "docid": "13679544", "text": "the target, sinking \"PNS Muhafiz\". Other vessels of strike group sank a Pakistan Navy destroyer, and the merchant ship MV Venus Challenger, and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962). Lieutenant Commander Om Prakash Mehta, the Commanding Officer of the \"Veer\" was awarded the Vir Chakra for his role during the operation. INS Veer (K82) INS \"Veer\" (K82) was a Vidyut class missile boat of the Indian Navy. \"INS Veer\" was a part of the 25th \"Killer\" Missile Squadron of the Indian Navy. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, \"INS Veer\" was one of the 3 missile", "title": "INS Veer (K82)" }, { "docid": "4113083", "text": "during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, eventually rising to the rank of air marshal and ending his career as Director-General of Civil Aviation from 1979-1980. Indian Army's Abdul Hamid was posthumously awarded India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for knocking-out seven Pakistani tanks with a recoilless gun during the Battle of Asal Uttar in 1965. Two other Muslims – Brigadier Mohammed Usman and Mohammed Ismail – were awarded Maha Vir Chakra for their actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. High ranking Muslims in the Indian Armed Forces include: Lieutenant General Jameel Mahmood (former GOC-in-C Eastern Command of the", "title": "Islam in India" }, { "docid": "10612142", "text": "Sword of Tipu Sultan\", \"Mirza Ghalib\", \"Akbar Birbal\", \"Bahadur Shah Zafar\", \"Bharat Ek Khoj\", \"Mahabharat\", \"Ramayan\", \"Vishwamitra\", \"Luv Kush Uttar Ramayan\", \"Buddha\", \"Malgudi Days\", \"Surabhi\", \"Hum Paanch\", \"Tiltliyan\", \"Taaraa\", \"Yeh Jo Hai Jindagi\", \"Star Trek\", \"Khaandaan\", \"13 Panne\", \"Air Hostess\", \"Waah Janaab\", \"Tamas\", \"Vikram Aur Betal\", \"Tenali Rama\", \"Kirdaar\", \"Singhasan Battisi\", \"Guldasta\", \"Mrignayani\", \"Shrikant\", \"Sadgati\", \"Nukkad\", \"Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi\", \"Lot Pot\", \"Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne\", \"Bhim Bhawani\", \"Kakkaji Kahin\", \"Paying Guest\", \"Ados Pados\", \"Upannyas\", \"Fauji\", \"Karamchand\", \"Vyomkesh Bakshi\", \"Samandar\", \"Param Veer Chakra\", \"Wagle Ki Duniya\", \"Buniyaad\", \"Hum Log\", \"Kachchi Dhoop\", \"Chunauti\", \"Mahanagar\", \"Talash\", \"Umeed\", \"Subah\", \"Mr. Yogi\", \"Circus\", \"Ek", "title": "DD National" }, { "docid": "6775489", "text": "Hoshiar Singh Dahiya Brigadier Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, PVC (5 May 1937 – 6 December 1998) an officer of the Indian Army who was awarded India's highest military honor, the Param Vir Chakra during Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. He served in the Indian Army with dedication, retiring as a Brigadier. He was born in Sisana village, Sonipat district, Haryana to Choudhary Hira Singh. After his schooling and one year's study at the Jat College, Rohtak, he joined the Army. He was commissioned in The Grenadiers Regiment of the Indian Army on 30 June 1963. His first posting was in NEFA. In", "title": "Hoshiar Singh Dahiya" }, { "docid": "17976310", "text": "private bus stand circle in Madikeri in Kodagu was named after him. Ajjamada B. Devaiah Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya is the only Air Force Officer to be posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the Param Vir Chakra. During the 1965 India-Pakistan War, Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase Sargodha) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his", "title": "Ajjamada B. Devaiah" }, { "docid": "17976305", "text": "Ajjamada B. Devaiah Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya is the only Air Force Officer to be posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC). The Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime gallantry award and is less in precedence only to the Param Vir Chakra. During the 1965 India-Pakistan War, Sqn Ldr A B Devayya (called 'Wings of Fire') was part of a strike mission (on the Pakistani airbase Sargodha) when he was attacked by an enemy aircraft. He shot down the enemy pursuer's plane but in the process his aircraft was damaged and he went missing. Presumably he died in Pakistani", "title": "Ajjamada B. Devaiah" }, { "docid": "11017285", "text": "Indian Military Academy in December 1952, he chose to join the Armoured Corps, and was commissioned into The Poona Horse. He did not participate in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 as he was posted as the Brigade Major of the 66th Brigade. Hanut is widely known for his command of The Poona Horse in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, during the Battle of Basantar. For his conduct during the battle, he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, the citation for which reads Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, also from Hanut's regiment, was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for the same", "title": "Hanut Singh (soldier)" }, { "docid": "16464931", "text": "etc. so far. Harshal Pushkarna's Siachen Awareness Drive continues as there are more cities on the list. On April 22, 2018, Harshal Pushkarna launched yet another book—titled \"PARAM VIR CHAKRA\"—dedicated to the braved soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces. The book narrates, in depth, the lives and times of 21 lionhearted soldiers who were decorated with Param Vir Chakra the highest military decoration. The book was launched by Capt. Bana Singh (PVC). Harshal Pushkarna Harshal Pushkarna is a writer in Safari magazine and owner of Harshal Publications. He is the son of Nagendra Vijay and grandson of Vijaygupta Maurya. Harshal", "title": "Harshal Pushkarna" }, { "docid": "12038444", "text": "1st Armored Division from February 1948 until May 1948. He was later the first native adjutant general of the Indian Union. He was entrusted with the responsibility of designing the Indian equivalent of the Victoria Cross by the first prime minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. General Atal, with the help of Savitri Khanolkar. created the Param Vir Chakra. His brother, K.L. Atal, who went on to win the Mahavir Chakra, was also a Rimcollian. Hira Lal Atal Hira Lal Atal (26 January 1905 – 23 January 1985) was an Indian soldier. He served with the British Indian Army", "title": "Hira Lal Atal" }, { "docid": "7771130", "text": "Gurbachan Singh Salaria who laid down his life while fighting in Congo in Africa? Every Indian feels proud while remembering him.\" Footnotes Citations Gurbachan Singh Salaria Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, PVC (29 November 1935 – 5 December 1961) was an Indian Army officer and member of a United Nations peacekeeping force. He is the only UN peacekeeper to receive the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest wartime military decoration. Singh was an alumnus of King George's Royal Indian Military College and the National Defence Academy. He was the first NDA alumnus and is the only UN Peacekeeper to be awarded", "title": "Gurbachan Singh Salaria" }, { "docid": "9244529", "text": "11 Gurkha Rifles, though some do claim so. In 1949, the spelling of 'Gurkha' in the Indian Army was changed to the traditional 'Gorkha', while upon becoming a republic in 1950, all royal titles associated with the Indian Gorkha regiments were dropped. Since independence, the Gorkhas have fought in every major campaign involving the Indian Army being awarded numerous battle and theatre honours. The regiments have won many gallantry awards like the Param Vir Chakra and the Maha Vir Chakra. The 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), has the unique distinction of producing one of the two Field Marshals of the", "title": "Gorkha regiments (India)" }, { "docid": "6794350", "text": "gates and boundary, and improvements to the garden. Indian Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar, founder of Flags of Honour, spoke on the occasion. On 10 September 2017, the 52nd anniversary of Hamid's death, Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat unveiled a memorial in Ghazipur district. The first episode of \"Param Vir Chakra\", a 1988 TV series on the lives of Param Vir Chakra recipients, explored Hamid's actions on 10 September 1965. Hamid was played by Naseeruddin Shah, and the episode was directed by Chetan Anand. \"Battle of Asal Uttar – Largest Tank Battle Since World War II\" (2018)", "title": "Abdul Hamid (soldier)" }, { "docid": "17860008", "text": "with Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) distinction in all three services,which is generally accorded to generals. He was awarded the United Nation's fellowship for Ski Teaching and was trained in Switzerland and Austria for 4 months. In his efforts to launch river rafting in India, he made the first descent of River Indus in Ladakh and the Teesta in Sikkim. He has also been awarded Kirti Chakra and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (ASVM). There is a Siachen Battalion HQ in Glacier named as \"Kumar Base\", a key forward logistics post at a height of 4,880 m. Narendra Kumar (mountaineer) Colonel", "title": "Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)" }, { "docid": "12241091", "text": "Jadunath Singh Naik Jadunath Singh, PVC (21 November 1916 – 6 February 1948) was an Indian Army soldier who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration for his actions in an engagement during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Singh was enlisted in the British Indian Army in 1941 and served in the Second World War, fighting against the Japanese in Burma. He later took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 as a member of the Indian Army. For an action on 6 February 1948 at Tain Dhar, to the north of Naushahra, Naik Singh was awarded", "title": "Jadunath Singh" }, { "docid": "6770924", "text": "the mountainous terrain of where his fighter went down, much to the disappointment of his wife and family. A detailed story of his effort has been mentioned in fairly detailed account by Air Cdre Kaiser Tufail. His skill was later also praised in an article by Salim Baig Mirza, the pilot who shot him down. The bravery, flying skill and determination displayed by Flying Officer Sekhon, against odds of 1:6, earned him India's highest wartime medal for gallantry, the Param Vir Chakra. The Param Vir Chakra citation reads as follows: Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon is remembered for his gallantry and", "title": "Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon" }, { "docid": "10597039", "text": "and North East States have contributed significantly to their economic development. Lt Gen PS Bhagat of the Corps remains the first Indian Officer to have won the Victoria Cross in the Second World War. Another first in the same war, Subedar Subramaniam was awarded the George Cross. Later, during operations in Kashmir soon after Independence, Major Rama Raghoba Rane was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for making a passage through enemy mine fields while crawling in front of a tank. Engineer units have been deployed abroad as part of UN Missions. The Corps of Engineers has to its credit one", "title": "Indian Army Corps of Engineers" }, { "docid": "10597040", "text": "Param Vir Chakra, one Ashoka Chakra, one Padma Bhushan, 38 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, two Maha Vir Chakras, 13 Kirti Chakras, three Padma Shris, 88 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 25 Vir Chakras, 93 Shaurya Chakras, six Yudh Seva Medals and many other awards. 9 Engineer Regiment became one of the youngest Engineer Regiment in world history to enter the battlefield and got as many as 12 decorations including 01 Mahavir Chakra, 03 Vir Chakra, 04 Sena Medal, 04 Mention in Dispatch at the \"Battle of Basantar\" in 1971. 107 Engineer Regiment gained an Indian Institute of Bridging Engineers award for", "title": "Indian Army Corps of Engineers" }, { "docid": "8662986", "text": "Ramaswamy Parameshwaran Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, PVC (13 September 1946, Mumbai – 25 November 1987, Sri Lanka) was an Officer of the Indian Army who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, for his bravery. Maj. Parameshwaran was granted Short Service Commission in the Mahar Regiment on 16 January 1972. On 25 November 1987, when Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran was returning from search operation in Sri Lanka, late at night, his column was ambushed by a group of militants. With a cool presence of mind, he encircled the militants from the rear and charged into them, taking them completely", "title": "Ramaswamy Parameshwaran" }, { "docid": "8162977", "text": "military honours. Singh was awarded Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal, posthumously, for his leadership and devotion to duty. A memorial was constructed near Dharuhera Chowk in Rewari city, Rezang La Park in Rewari City by Rezangla Shaurya Samiti. Every year, memorial functions are held by the Samiti in collaboration with district administration and the Kumaon Regiment, and family members of those who died at Rezangla also take part. The soul-stirring inscription on the War Memorial at Chushul, Ladakh raised by Indian Army in the memory of the fallen brave Ahirs in the Battle of Rezang La reads:", "title": "Rezang La" }, { "docid": "16942748", "text": "Varinder Singh (soldier) Varinder Singh VrC, SM (24 January 1955 – 12 October 2012) was an Indian Army officer. As a Major, he commanded Operation Rajiv to capture the erstwhile Quaid post (now known as Bana Post) in Siachen area. During this action, then-Nb Sub Bana Singh won the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry. Then-major Varinder Singh was also seriously wounded in combat during this action, and was awarded the Vir Chakra for gallantry in the face of the enemy. Brigadier Varinder Singh attended the prestigious Cambrian Hall public school in Dehradun, India. He later attended the", "title": "Varinder Singh (soldier)" }, { "docid": "11550700", "text": "plan paid off, and 18 Grenadiers resumed the attack on an NLI force facing attack from two directions. 18 Grenadiers seized Tiger Hill Top on the morning of 8 July. While this was happening, the mountaineer Grenadiers had moved into position, and attacked. 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed, and 2 escaped; 5 Indian soldiers were also killed. The main hero of the battle was Indian Soldier Yogendra Singh Yadav who was later awarded with the highest award of the Indian Army Param Vir Chakra. Tiger Hill, Kargil Tiger Hill (also called Point 5062) is a mountain in the Drass-Kargil area", "title": "Tiger Hill, Kargil" }, { "docid": "17885714", "text": "four Major Generals and one Air Marshall of the Indian Air Force, joined the protest at jantar mantar, in New Delhi. Many of these general officers belong to the famous June 1971 Indian Military Academy (IMA) course, the \"Born to battle\" course, that was sent into the 1971 war as Second Lieutenants (2/Lt). One of the 2/Lt from 'born to battle course' who went to war in 1971 was Arun Khetrapal, troop leader, Poona Horse, who was awarded posthoumously the Param Vir Chakra, the nations highest award for valour in the famous tank battle of Basantar. Another 2/Lt from the", "title": "One Rank, One Pension" }, { "docid": "2755289", "text": "and Ladakh. After the war, a total of number of 11 battle honours and one theatre honour were awarded to units of the Indian Army, the notable amongst which are: For bravery, a number of soldiers and officers were awarded the highest gallantry award of their respective countries. Following is a list of the recipients of the Indian award Param Vir Chakra, and the Pakistani award Nishan-E-Haider: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to", "title": "Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948" }, { "docid": "20352936", "text": "Subedar Joginder Singh (film) Subedar Joginder Singh is a 2018 Punjabi biographical war film, based on the life of Joginder Singh, an Indian soldier who was killed in the 1962 Sino-Indian War and posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. It is produced by Saga Music and is set to release by 6 April 2018. The film stars Gippy Grewal and Aditi Sharma and is directed by Simerjit Singh who belongs to the same region of Moga where Subedar was born.. This movie is going to be high budget film as the dialogues and picturization is anticipated to be authentic to", "title": "Subedar Joginder Singh (film)" }, { "docid": "19584234", "text": "in Pune. He then completed Master of Business Administration course from Savitribai Phule Pune University (Pune), India before joining the Indian army. While Sunil Kumar Choudhary was doing MBA, his younger brother Ankur Chaudhary was selected in National Defence Academy and was undergoing his training at the NDA training academy in Khadakwasla where Sunil used to visit him often. In the training academy, there was a statue of Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, who was posthumously awarded the India's highest military honor Param Vir Chakra. Pandey was also in the 11 Gorkha Rifles. Sunil Kumar Choudhary was inspired by Captain Manoj", "title": "Sunil Kumar Choudhary" }, { "docid": "6929398", "text": "Manoj Kumar Pandey Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999), was an Indian Army officer of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles who was posthumously awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999. He died during the attack on Jubar Top, Khalubar Hills in Batalik Sector, Kargil. His actions have led to him being referred to as the \"Hero of Batalik\". Manoj Pandey was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha village, Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was the son of Shri Gopi Chand", "title": "Manoj Kumar Pandey" }, { "docid": "6770445", "text": "and Operation Nepal. The division consisted of the 9th Armoured Brigade and 43rd Lorried Infantry Brigade. The Armoured Brigade consisted of the 16th Cavalry, Hodson's Horse and the Poona Horse equipped with upgunned Sherman tanks and Centurion tanks. The regiment brought home decisive victories in the Battle of Phillora in 1965 and Battle of Basantar in 1971 Indo-Pak war, by sheer gallantry of legendary Lt Col A B Tarapore and 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal, who were posthumously awarded the prestigious Param Vir Chakra. The list of battle honours and theatre honours of the Poona Horse are as follows: Corygaum; Ghuznee", "title": "Poona Horse" }, { "docid": "18129674", "text": "Operation Rajiv Operation Rajiv was an Indian Army operation to capture the highest peak in the Siachen area in 1987. The Pakistan Army had established a post (called the Quaid Post) on the top of the strategically located peak, threatening the Indian movement in the area. An Indian task force, led by Major Varinder Singh, launched multiple attacks to capture the Post. After three unsuccessful attempts, a team led by Naib Subedar Bana Singh captured the Post. The peak was renamed Bana Top in honour of Bana Singh, who was awarded India's highest military award Param Vir Chakra for his", "title": "Operation Rajiv" }, { "docid": "8662989", "text": "India. That must mean a lot to a regiment active since 1941.\" The Army welfare housing board built a colony in Arcot Road Chennai and named it as A.W.H.O Parameshwaran Vihar in the year 1998 in honor of Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran. Ramaswamy Parameshwaran Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, PVC (13 September 1946, Mumbai – 25 November 1987, Sri Lanka) was an Officer of the Indian Army who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, for his bravery. Maj. Parameshwaran was granted Short Service Commission in the Mahar Regiment on 16 January 1972. On 25 November 1987, when Major Ramaswamy", "title": "Ramaswamy Parameshwaran" }, { "docid": "3165481", "text": "the 21 awardees, 20 have been from the Indian Army, and one has been from the Indian Air Force. A number of central and state governments and ministries of India provide allowances and rewards to recipients of the PVC (or their family members in case of the recipient's death). The history of modern-day Indian gallantry awards can be traced back to the rule of the East India Company. Gold medals were awarded to Indian officers for the first time in 1795, with the first recipient being Subedar Abdul Kader of the 5thMadras Native Infantry. The chain of the gold medal", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "7737396", "text": "back. Later the same year, Pakistan lost at least one major Pakistani post, the \"Quaid\", which came under Indian control as Bana Post, in recognition of Bana Singh who launched a daring daylight attack, codenamed Operation Rajiv, after climbing of ice cliff. Bana Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra (PVC) — the highest gallantry award of India for the assault that captured the post. Bana Post is the highest battlefield post in the world today at a height of above sea level. The second assault in 1989 was also unsuccessful as the ground positions did not change. The loss", "title": "Operation Meghdoot" }, { "docid": "3165483", "text": "the First World War, in addition to the IOM, the award system of the British Indian Army was expanded. Based on the British practice for recognising actions of gallantry, senior officers would be awarded the Distinguished Service Order, junior officers the Military Cross, and enlisted men with the Military Medal. This system continued through the Second World War. Post-independence, the British honours and awards system in India informally came to an end. A short time later, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru decided to give gallantry awards for the ongoing conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. Although India and Pakistan still", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "3165482", "text": "awarded to Kader was inscribed with the words \"For Conduct and Courage on All Occasions\". In 1834 the Order of Merit was established by the then-Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck. The decoration was renamed the Indian Order of Merit (IOM) in 1902, and Indians considered it to be \"the most coveted gallantry award\" until the Victoria Cross (VC)—the highest award for gallantry in the British Empire—was extended to Indians in 1911. The VC was awarded to 153 Indian and British soldiers of the British Indian Army, and civilians under its command, from 1857 until Indian independence in 1947. During", "title": "Param Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "8550823", "text": "hills. The platoon subsequently succeeded in capturing Tiger Hill. The Param Vir Chakra was announced for Yadav \"posthumously\", but it was soon discovered that he was recuperating in a hospital, and it was his namesake that had been slain in the mission. The Param Vir Chakra citation on the Official Indian Army Website reads as follows: The actions of the fictional war hero Karan Shergill played by Hrithik Roshan in the Bollywood film Lakshya on Tiger Hill are a screen adaptation of the heroic deeds undertaken by among others, the platoon of Yadav, and give a detailed description of their", "title": "Yogendra Singh Yadav" }, { "docid": "7771118", "text": "Gurbachan Singh Salaria Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, PVC (29 November 1935 – 5 December 1961) was an Indian Army officer and member of a United Nations peacekeeping force. He is the only UN peacekeeper to receive the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest wartime military decoration. Singh was an alumnus of King George's Royal Indian Military College and the National Defence Academy. He was the first NDA alumnus and is the only UN Peacekeeper to be awarded a PVC. In December 1961, Salaria was among the Indian troops deployed to the Republic of the Congo as part of the United", "title": "Gurbachan Singh Salaria" }, { "docid": "9226317", "text": "So Jalam Singh engaged her daughter with Bohara. On the fixed date the ghost family came to marry Rana. Having spiritually power Rana pushed them out of the village. Thus she is worshiped by Hindu People. Two patriots of Harnawa sacrificed their lives for our nation. One of them is Mr.Ramkaran Thakan who sacrificed life during Meghdoot operation in 1992.Subedar Mangej Singh Rathore sacrificed his life during Kargil war. He was awarded The Veer Chakra .The land of Harnawa is the birth place of brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives and also a spiritual Land.The Ranabai temple famous for devotion", "title": "Harnawa" }, { "docid": "9973079", "text": "Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993), an Indian soldier, was the first living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took part in the Burma Campaign of World War II, receiving the Military Medal for his actions during the Battle of the Admin Box in 1944. He also fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, and was awarded the PVC for his role in saving a forward post at Richhmar Gali, south of Tithwal. He was also", "title": "Karam Singh" }, { "docid": "7898016", "text": "soldier could receive. The corresponding gallantry award was the Victoria Cross. The award is equivalent to today's Param Vir Chakra awarded by the President of India. The names of the 21 recipients of the gallantry award are: The epic poem \"Khalsa Bahadur\" is in memory of the Sikhs who died at Saragarhi. The battle has become iconic of eastern military civilisation, the British Empire's military history and Sikh history. The modern Sikh Regiment of the Indian Army continues to commemorate the Battle of Saragarhi on 12 September each year as the Regimental Battle Honours Day. To commemorate the men the", "title": "Battle of Saragarhi" }, { "docid": "5902562", "text": "Vir Chakra Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery on the battlefield. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use Vr.C. as a postnominal abbreviation (note the care to distinguish this abbreviation from that for the Victoria Cross (V.C.). It is third in precedence in the war time gallantry awards and comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra. Established by the President of India on 26 January 1950 (with effect from 15 August", "title": "Vir Chakra" }, { "docid": "8162970", "text": "of the Ahir soldiers came from, claims that 1,300 Chinese soldiers were killed in the battle. The Indian side was led by Major Shaitan Singh (IC 7990), who was later awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest gallantry award for conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of the enemy. In the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the C Company of the 13th Kumaon battalion, almost all of whose soldiers were Ahirs from Rewari in Haryana and Alwar in Rajasthan (Ahirwal area), led by Major Shaitan Singh, held this crucial position at Rezang La, a pass on the south-eastern approach to Chushul", "title": "Rezang La" }, { "docid": "17977487", "text": "40s he flew Hurricane fighters, Tempest Fighters etc. He was among the first to be decorated for piloting skill and bravery and was awarded the Vir Chakra and later on the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. He was also part of Squadron 4 that was involved in operations against Japan. During the 1947-48 Kashmir Operations Flt. Lieutenant C D Subbaiah was distinguished for the operational missions flown during the war. He was made Squadron Leader and was known to inspire his Squadron Pilots. He flew 70 sorties for a month and a half. The resistance of the enemy at Gurais broke", "title": "C. D. Subbaiah" }, { "docid": "20247396", "text": "Bahadur Nariman Kavina, Inderjit Sharma, and Om Prakash Mehta, the commanding officers of INS \"Nipat\", INS \"Nirghat\", and INS \"Veer\" respectively. Master Chief M. N. Sangal of INS \"Nirghat\" was also awarded the Vir Chakra. He died on 30 June 2017, in Adelaide, Australia, where he had been staying with his son. Bahadur Nariman Kavina Lt. Com. Bahadur Nariman Kavina (; 1 March 1937 – 30 June 2017) was a prominent Indian naval officer, who was commanding officer of the . During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Kavina was the chief architect of attack on the Port of Karachi and", "title": "Bahadur Nariman Kavina" }, { "docid": "13620381", "text": "became Vice President and Executive Creative Director at JWT, Delhi, and author of books like, \"The Zoya Factor\" (2008). Thereafter it soon gained mass popularity, and became a battle slogan and rallying cry, first used by Capt. Vikram Batra, an officer of the Indian Army, during the 1999 Kargil War and widely reported in the media. Captain Batra was martyred during the war in July 1999 was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour. The slogan continues to be a part of the Indian popular culture. In 2004, it was used as a title for a Bollywood", "title": "Yeh Dil Maange More!" }, { "docid": "9244531", "text": "heliborne attack. Under the Indian Army, Gorkhas have served in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Siachen, and in the UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Sudan and Sierra Leone. Major Dhan Singh Thapa of the 1st battalion, 8 Gorkha Rifles, 1/8 GR, won the Param Vir Chakra for his heroic actions during the 1962 Sino-Indian conflict. The 1st battalion of the 11 Gorkha Rifles, 1/11 GR, was involved in the Kargil War of 1999 where Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey won the Param Vir Chakra for his gallant actions. Currently there are 39 battalions serving in 7 Gorkha regiments in the Indian Army. Six", "title": "Gorkha regiments (India)" }, { "docid": "5100676", "text": "at the Bharatpur ammunition depot. Another fire at the Pathankot sub-depot resulted in loss of ammo worth . On 24 May 2001, another blaze at the Birdhwal sub-depot destroyed ammunition worth . India's highest awards for military conduct in a time of war are, in descending order, the Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, and Vir Chakra. The peacetime equivalents are respectively the Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra. The latter two awards were formerly known as \"Ashoka Chakra, Class II\" and \"Ashoka Chakra, Class III\" respectively. The peacetime awards have occasionally been bestowed on civilians. For meritorious service,", "title": "Military history of India" }, { "docid": "6770968", "text": "by being instrumental in clearing several roadblocks and minefields. His actions helped clear the way for advancing Indian tanks. He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra on 8 April 1948 for his gallantry. He retired as a major from the Indian Army in 1968. During his 28 years' service with the army, he was mentioned in despatches five times. He died in 1994 at the age of 76. Rama Raghoba Rane was born on 26 June 1918 in the village of Haveri in the Karwar district of Karnataka. He was the son of Raghoba. P. Rane, a police constable from", "title": "Rama Raghoba Rane" }, { "docid": "6623173", "text": "Vikram Batra Captain Vikram Batra, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest and most prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and Pakistan. He led one of the toughest operations in mountain warfare in Indian history. He was often referred to as ‘'Sher Shah'’ (\"Lion King\") in the intercepted messages of the Pakistan Army. Batra was born on 9 September 1974, in a small town in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was the third", "title": "Vikram Batra" }, { "docid": "6952698", "text": "by greatly superior Chinese forces. Major Thapa and his men held the post and repelled three attacks before eventually being overrun. The survivors, including Thapa, were taken as prisoners of war. For his gallant actions and his efforts to motivate his men under fire he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. Thapa was released from captivity after the war ended. Following retirement from the Army, he worked for a brief period with Sahara Airlines. He died on 5September 2005. Dhan Singh Thapa was born to P. S. Thapa on 10 April 1928, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He was commissioned into", "title": "Dhan Singh Thapa" }, { "docid": "15835030", "text": "Jinnah. The enemy post was a glacier fortress with ice walls, 457 metres high, on either side. On 26 June 1987, Naib Subedar Bana Singh led Chuni Lal and other men through an extremely difficult and hazardous route. These men crawled and closed in on the adversary and cleared the post of all intruders. This operation was named as Operation Rajiv and Nb Sub Bana Singh was awarded Param Vir Chakra for courage and bravery. In 1999, in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir during Operation Rakshak, he fought an attempted intrusion by the Pakistan Army and was instrumental", "title": "Chuni Lal" }, { "docid": "3021582", "text": "1971. Pakistan celebrates \"Defence Day\" every year to commemorate 6 September 1965 to pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the war. However, Pakistani journalists, including Taha Siddiqui and Haseeb Asif have criticized the celebration of Defence Day. For bravery, the following soldiers were awarded the highest gallantry award of their respective countries, the Indian award Param Vir Chakra and the Pakistani award Nishan-e-Haider: After the war, a total of 16 battle honours and 3 theatre honours were awarded to units of the Indian Army, the notable amongst which are: Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was", "title": "Indo-Pakistani War of 1965" }, { "docid": "8206608", "text": "the soldiers to leave. They placed him behind a boulder, where he succumbed to his injuries. In the battle, the Indian side suffered 114 casualties out of 123. After the war, Singh's body was found at the same boulder. It was brought to Jodhpur and cremated with military honours. For his actions at the Battle of Rezang La, on 18 November 1962, Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. The official citation read: In 1980s, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a Government of India enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, named fifteen of its crude oil", "title": "Shaitan Singh" }, { "docid": "16675746", "text": "of sight of Ghuman and the ground controllers. One Sabre was seen going out of control in the sky, but while Sekhon chased the second, a third Sabre shot him down. His parachute failed to deploy, and he was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. After the war, in February 1975, the Gnats were phased out, and replaced by HAL Ajeets. In May 1989, when the squadron was at Hindon, they were replaced with MiG 27s. Its former role of Air Defence was changed to Ground-attack. The squadron is expected to be re-formed with indigenously-built HAL Tejas", "title": "No. 18 Squadron IAF" }, { "docid": "6623221", "text": "the Tricolour (Indian flag), or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.\" \"Yeh Dil Maange More! (My heart asks for more!)\" \"Don't worry about us, Pray for your safety.\" Batra's last words were the battle-cry \"Jai Mata Di!\" (\"Victory to Mother Durga!\" in Dogri/ Punjabi) Vikram Batra Captain Vikram Batra, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest and most prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and", "title": "Vikram Batra" }, { "docid": "19909361", "text": "eight pakistani patton tanks with this 106 Recoilless gun before laying down his life for the nation. He was awarded Param Vir Chakra Posthumously for his daring act.\" Abbas's father noted mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, uncle Afzal Ansari & Sibakatullah Ansari have been very active in the Indian politics and have held various position in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Abbas Ansari Abbas Ansari (born 12 February 1992) is an Indian shooter, in shotgun shooting. Abbas has won gold medals in International shooting competitions and now he will also contest from Ghosi on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s ticket for UP election.", "title": "Abbas Ansari" }, { "docid": "7770651", "text": "the Chinese, he single-handedly killed several Chinese soldiers with his bayonet. He later succumbed to his injuries and died in Chinese captivity. Though being heavily outnumbered, Singh led his men, and kept their morale up, in the face of enemy. For his action of gallantry on 23 October 1962, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra. The citation reads: On hearing the news of Singh's death, his elder daughter died. The Chinese sent his ashes with full military honours to the battalion on 17 May 1963. The urn was later brought to the Sikh Regimental Centre at Meerut, and eventually", "title": "Joginder Singh (soldier)" }, { "docid": "8833418", "text": "personnel, making it one of the world's largest military forces. A total of 1,567,390 ex- servicemen are registered with the Indian Army, the majority of them hailing from: Uttar Pradesh (271,928), Punjab (191,702), Haryana (165,702), Maharashtra (143,951), Kerala (127,920), Tamil Nadu (103,156), Rajasthan (100,592) and Himachal Pradesh (78,321). Many of them are re-employed in various Central government sectors. The highest wartime gallantry award given by the Military of India is the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), followed by the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) and the Vir Chakra (VrC). Its peacetime equivalent is the Ashoka Chakra Award. The highest decoration for meritorious", "title": "Indian Armed Forces" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3350826", "text": "The Elements (song) \"The Elements\" is a song by musical humorist and lecturer Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. It was written in 1959 and can be found on his albums \"Tom Lehrer in Concert\", \"More of Tom Lehrer\" and \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\". The song is sung to the tune of the Major-General's Song from \"The Pirates of Penzance\" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song is also included in the musical revue \"Tom Foolery\", along with many of Lehrer's other songs.", "title": "The Elements (song)" }, { "docid": "3350826", "text": "The Elements (song) \"The Elements\" is a song by musical humorist and lecturer Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. It was written in 1959 and can be found on his albums \"Tom Lehrer in Concert\", \"More of Tom Lehrer\" and \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\". The song is sung to the tune of the Major-General's Song from \"The Pirates of Penzance\" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song is also included in the musical revue \"Tom Foolery\", along with many of Lehrer's other songs.", "title": "The Elements (song)" }, { "docid": "2986225", "text": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer. The recording was made on March 20–21, 1959 in Sanders Theater at Harvard. The lyrics refer to controlling pigeons with strychnine-treated corn. In 1950s Boston, this was how the US Fish and Wildlife Service controlled pigeons in public places. The pianist hired for the studio-recorded album, \"More of Tom Lehrer\", fell off his bench when he heard the title. This song borrows heavily from \"The Whiffenpoof Song\", the traditional signature song of the Yale Whiffenpoofs.", "title": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "2986230", "text": "Goes Rolling Along\" as its song in 1956, one year after Lehrer enlisted.) One of the rare parodies of Lehrer's work emerged in Jim Bouton's classic book \"Ball Four\": \"It Makes a Fellow Proud to be an Astro\", conjured up by members of the 1969 Houston Astros. An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer. The recording was made on March 20–21, 1959 in Sanders Theater at Harvard. The lyrics refer to controlling pigeons with strychnine-treated corn. In 1950s Boston, this was how", "title": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "13413164", "text": "More of Tom Lehrer More of Tom Lehrer was the second studio album recorded by musical satirist Tom Lehrer. The LP contains the same songs (in the same sequence) as the live album \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\", which was recorded and released earlier in the same year. The album was recorded and mixed in a single three-hour session at the RCA Studios in New York on July 8, 1959. When Reprise Records took over the distribution of Lehrer's works in the 1960s, they chose to represent Lehrer's 1959 material with the live versions of \"An Evening Wasted\", and", "title": "More of Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "3295337", "text": "the song was issued on the Decca 78 rpm record as the B side to his singing of the main title song. The jazz pianist, singer and songwriter Harry Gibson wrote a song called \"Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine\" in 1947. Benzedrine appears in the song \"Bright College Days\" by the satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer. It appeared on the album \"More of Tom Lehrer\", which was released in 1959. <br>\"To the beer and Benzedrine <br>To the way that the dean <br>Tried so hard to be pals with us all.\" American rock band Fall Out Boy's fourth studio", "title": "History of Benzedrine" }, { "docid": "5830317", "text": "Revisited (Tom Lehrer album) Revisited is a 1960 album by Tom Lehrer, consisting of live recordings of all the songs from 1953's \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\". The CD reissue of the album contains two additional tracks that Lehrer wrote and performed for the PBS television show \"The Electric Company\" (and produced and conducted by Joe Raposo). On the original Lehrer Records release of \"Revisited\", tracks 1–6 (side 1) were recorded live on November 23 & 24, 1959, in Kresge Auditorium at MIT in Cambridge, MA, while tracks 7–13 (side 2) were recorded live at two concerts during Lehrer's tour of", "title": "Revisited (Tom Lehrer album)" }, { "docid": "418255", "text": "album—which included the macabre \"I Hold Your Hand in Mine\", the mildly risqué \"Be Prepared\", and \"Lobachevsky\" (regarding plagiarizing mathematicians)—became a cult success via word of mouth, despite being self-published and without promotion. Lehrer embarked on a series of concert tours, and recorded a second album in 1959. He released the second album in two versions: the songs were the same, but \"More of Tom Lehrer\" was a studio recording and \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\" was recorded live in concert. In 2013, Lehrer recalled the studio session for \"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park\", which referred to the practice", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "4161994", "text": "It just may be chunky Clementine\". Jan and Dean had a hit with \"Clementine\" hitting as high as 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released under the Dore label (SP DORE 539 (US)) in November, 1959; \"You're on My Mind\" was the B Side. Tom Lehrer recorded a set of variations on the song on his live album \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\", demonstrating his theory that \"folk songs are so atrocious because they were written by the people.\" He plays the first verse in the style of Cole Porter, the second in the style of \"Mozart", "title": "Oh My Darling, Clementine" }, { "docid": "823391", "text": "oldest federal environmental review statutes. Under Darling's guidance, the Bureau began an ongoing legacy of protecting vital natural habitat throughout the country. The FWS was finally created in 1940, when the Bureaus of Fisheries and Biological Survey were combined after being moved to the Department of the Interior. In 1959, the methods used by FWS's Animal Damage Control Program were featured in the Tom Lehrer song \"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park\". The Service governs six National Monuments: Pursuant to the eagle feather law, Title 50, Part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 22), and the \"Bald and", "title": "United States Fish and Wildlife Service" } ]

[ { "docid": "418251", "text": "two papers: Lehrer was mainly influenced by musical theater. According to Gerald Nachman's book \"Seriously Funny\", the Broadway musical \"Let's Face It!\" (by Cole Porter) made an early and lasting impression on him. Lehrer's style consists of parodying various forms of popular song. For example, his appreciation of list songs led him to write \"The Elements\", which lists the chemical elements to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's \"Major-General's Song\". In author Isaac Asimov's second autobiographical volume \"In Joy Still Felt\", Asimov recounted seeing Lehrer perform in a Boston nightclub on October 9, 1954. Lehrer sang cleverly about Jim getting", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418280", "text": "Lehrer's Second Song Book\", is out of print, . Lehrer wrote \"The SAC Song\", which was sung in the 1963 film \"A Gathering of Eagles\". Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. Lehrer’s work often parodied popular song forms, though he usually created original melodies when doing so. A notable exception is \"The Elements\", where he set the names of the chemical elements to", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418243", "text": "Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. Lehrer’s work often parodied popular song forms, though he usually created original melodies when doing so. A notable exception is \"The Elements\", where he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the \"Major-General's Song\" from Gilbert and Sullivan's \"Pirates of Penzance\". Lehrer's early work typically dealt with non-topical subject matter and was noted", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "2986226", "text": "The lyrics of \"The Elements\" are a recitation of the names of all the chemical elements that were known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. It can be found on his albums \"Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer\" as well as \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\". The song is sung to the tune of Sir Arthur Sullivan's \"Major General's Song\" (\"I am the very model of a modern major-general...\") from \"The Pirates of Penzance\". Since that time, 16 more have been discovered. At his concert in Copenhagen (1967), Lehrer admitted, \"I like to play", "title": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418274", "text": "real issues I don't think most people touch. The Clinton jokes are all about Monica Lewinsky and all that stuff and not about the important things, like the fact that he wouldn't ban land mines... I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them.\" Gene Weingarten of the \"Washington Post\" interviewed Lehrer off the record in a February 2008 phone call. When Weingarten asked if there was anything he", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "2986227", "text": "this song every once in a while, just to see if I can still do it!\" Indeed, several of Lehrer's fans, such as actor Daniel Radcliffe, have tried and failed to sing it. At some concerts he also played a version he claims is based on Aristotle's elements, Lehrer comments that most popular movies of the time have a catchy title song that helps to draw in audiences. Believing that a recent (1957) film adaptation of Sophocles' play \"Oedipus Rex\" had failed at the box office because it did not have such a song, he wrote this one in ragtime", "title": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "3350827", "text": "The ordering of elements in the lyrics fits the meter of the song, and includes much alliteration, and thus has little or no relation to the ordering in the periodic table. This can be seen for example in the opening and closing lines: <poem> Lehrer was a Harvard Mathematics lecturer, and the final rhyme of \"Harvard\" and \"discovered\" is delivered in a parody of a Boston accent—a non-rhotic manner—so that the two words rhyme. Lehrer did not normally speak with that accent. Lehrer accompanied himself on the piano while singing the song. Lehrer drew the inspiration for \"The Elements\" from", "title": "The Elements (song)" }, { "docid": "418267", "text": "(released in 2000), he cited a simple lack of interest, a distaste for touring, and boredom with performing the same songs repeatedly. He observed that when he was moved to write and perform songs, he did, and when he was not, he did not, and that after a while he simply lost interest. Even though Lehrer was \"a hero of the anti-nuclear, civil rights left,\" and covered its political issues in many of his songs, and even though he shared the New Left's opposition to the Vietnam war, he disliked the aesthetics of 1960s counterculture and stopped performing as the", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "15534529", "text": "Lobachevsky (song) \"Lobachevsky\" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky. According to Lehrer, the song is \"not intended as a slur on [Lobachevsky's] character\" and the name was chosen \"solely for prosodic reasons\". In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song as an adaptation of a routine that Danny Kaye did to honor the Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski. (The Danny Kaye routine is sung from the perspective of a famous Russian actor who learns and applies Stanislavski's secret to method acting: \"Suffer.\") Lehrer sings the song from the point of a view of a preeminent", "title": "Lobachevsky (song)" }, { "docid": "3350829", "text": "Danes's daughter April and her classmates sing the song on the bus. Daniel Radcliffe sang \"The Elements\" on \"The Graham Norton Show\" in 2010. The Jewish parody group Shlock Rock acknowledges Lehrer and \"The Elements\" as inspiration for \"The Shabbat Song\". David Costabile, as Gale, sang along to the song in \"Something Beautiful\", a season 4 episode of \"Better Call Saul\" (2018). Cover recordings include Jesse Dangerously on his album \"How to Express Your Dissenting Political Viewpoint Through Origami\", where the song is titled \"Tom Lehrer's The Elements\". The Elements (song) \"The Elements\" is a song by musical humorist and", "title": "The Elements (song)" }, { "docid": "15534532", "text": "this early version, Ingrid Bergman is named to star in the role of \"Hypotenuse\" in \"The Eternal Triangle\", a film purportedly based on the narrator's book. It was recorded again for \"Revisited (Tom Lehrer album)\", with Brigitte Bardot as Hypotenuse. A third recording is included in \"Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (And Vice Versa)\", a live album recorded in Australia, featuring Marilyn Monroe as Hypotenuse. A fourth recording was made in 1966 when \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" was reissued in stereo, with Doris Day playing Hypotenuse. The song is frequently quoted, especially in works about plagiarism. Writing about it in \"Billboard\",", "title": "Lobachevsky (song)" }, { "docid": "14015599", "text": "Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer is a reissue of musical satirist Tom Lehrer's two studio albums (\"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" and \"More of Tom Lehrer\"), combined with other studio sessions and a newly recorded version of \"I Got It From Agnes\". \"Agnes\" was a song from Lehrer's early live repertoire which he \"polished up\" for the Cameron Mackintosh-produced musical revue \"Tom Foolery\" in 1981, but which Lehrer himself never professionally recorded until 1996. The booklet notes include an essay by Dr. Demento and the original sleeve notes from the LP releases.", "title": "Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "14015601", "text": "on October 8, 1996. Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer is a reissue of musical satirist Tom Lehrer's two studio albums (\"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" and \"More of Tom Lehrer\"), combined with other studio sessions and a newly recorded version of \"I Got It From Agnes\". \"Agnes\" was a song from Lehrer's early live repertoire which he \"polished up\" for the Cameron Mackintosh-produced musical revue \"Tom Foolery\" in 1981, but which Lehrer himself never professionally recorded until 1996. The booklet notes include an essay by Dr. Demento and the original sleeve notes", "title": "Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "15534531", "text": "The actual text of these sentences bear no relation to academics: the first phrase quotes Mussorgsky's \"Song of the Flea\": \"Once there was a king who had a pet flea.\" The second references a Russian joke: \"Now I must go where even the Tsar goes on foot\" [the bathroom]. The song was first performed as part of \"The Physical Revue,\" a 1951–1952 musical revue by Lehrer and a few other professors. It is track 6 on \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\", which was re-released as part of \"Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer\" and \"The Remains of Tom Lehrer\". In", "title": "Lobachevsky (song)" }, { "docid": "418279", "text": "after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.\" Many songs are performed (but not by Lehrer) in \"That Was The Week That Was\" (Radiola LP, 1981) The sheet music of many songs is published in \"The Tom Lehrer Song Book\" (Crown Publishers Inc., 1954) Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 54-12068 and \"Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer: with not enough drawings by Ronald Searle\" (Pantheon, 1981, ; Methuen, 1999, ). A second song book, \"Tom", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "11399245", "text": "of song I wanted to write much of. Not that I didn’t love Tom Lehrer, but I don’t want to be, like Don Henley says, 'What’s this, another novelty song'. And I do write a lot of those, songs that are meant to be funny in a form that listeners take the people in it more seriously than literature.\" Newman performed the song on \"The Old Grey Whistle Test\" in 1972. \"Political Science\" is prominently performed by Newman on the final credits of the 1999 film \"Blast from the Past\". Newman also rerecorded the song for his 2003 release \"The", "title": "Political Science (song)" }, { "docid": "418276", "text": "Vancourt and the British duo Kit and The Widow. British medical satirists Amateur Transplants acknowledge the debt they owe to Lehrer on the back of their first album, \"Fitness to Practice\". Their songs \"The Menstrual Rag\" and \"The Drugs Song\" are to the tunes of Lehrer's \"The Vatican Rag\" and \"The Elements\" (the tune of the \"Major-General's Song\" from \"The Pirates of Penzance\" by Gilbert and Sullivan) respectively. Their second album, \"Unfit to Practise\", opens with an update of Lehrer's \"The Masochism Tango\" called \"Masochism Tango 2008\". In 1967, Swedish actor Lars Ekborg, outside Sweden most known for his part", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "7679962", "text": "the album. However, in an attempt to make the songs more up to date, Lehrer made some noticeable changes in the lyrics that he later regretted and discarded. This version of the album has not been reissued on CD. The Reprise version of the album featured a cartoon cover designed by Eric Martin, who also designed the \"That Was The Year That Was\" cover. During a period when Lehrer's original LP was hard to find (c. 1954), cover versions of all the songs on \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" were released as \"Jack Eljan Sings Tom Lehrer's Song Satires\". The album", "title": "Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "7679963", "text": "was performed by singer Jack Nagle under an easily deciphered assumed name. \"Eljan\"'s album was reissued in 1960 in the wake of \"Revisited\"'s popularity. Actor Dennis Hopper sings a line from \"Be Prepared\" in the 1994 motion picture \"Speed\". In 2012, rapper 2 Chainz sampled \"The Old Dope Peddler\" for his song \"Dope Peddler,\" from his album \"Based on a T.R.U. Story\". Songs by Tom Lehrer Songs by Tom Lehrer is the debut album of musical satirist Tom Lehrer, released in 1953 on his own label, Lehrer Records. In 2004 it was included into the National Recording Registry \"Songs by", "title": "Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "17224753", "text": "Park)\", remixed by Menlo Park on the 1999 album \"Cinematique - The Remixes\". The song was also covered by Meat Puppets. The Old Dope Peddler \"The Old Dope Peddler\" is a satirical song by Tom Lehrer. It was on Lehrer's first album, Songs by Tom Lehrer from 1953, and a new live recording on Tom Lehrer Revisited in 1960. The song is a parody of a popular tune well known at the time, \"The Old Lamp-Lighter\" by Charles Tobias and Nat Simon, which was a hit first for Kay Kyser in 1947, and continued to have popular new recordings to", "title": "The Old Dope Peddler" }, { "docid": "10836400", "text": "and other information. The Remains of Tom Lehrer The Remains of Tom Lehrer is a box set containing all the songs from musical satirist Tom Lehrer's previous albums along with previously unreleased songs and his works featured on the public television show \"The Electric Company\". Some of the songs from his debut album, \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\", were re-recorded for the CD. The box set was released in 2000 and also includes a booklet with an introduction by Dr. Demento, pictures of various album covers and song books, reprints of the \"Mad\" magazine, prints of some of his songs, an", "title": "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "10836399", "text": "The Remains of Tom Lehrer The Remains of Tom Lehrer is a box set containing all the songs from musical satirist Tom Lehrer's previous albums along with previously unreleased songs and his works featured on the public television show \"The Electric Company\". Some of the songs from his debut album, \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\", were re-recorded for the CD. The box set was released in 2000 and also includes a booklet with an introduction by Dr. Demento, pictures of various album covers and song books, reprints of the \"Mad\" magazine, prints of some of his songs, an extensive question-and-answer session", "title": "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418270", "text": "in 25 years at the Lyceum Theatre, London as part of the gala show \"Hey, Mr. Producer!\" celebrating the career of impresario Cameron Mackintosh, who had been the producer of \"Tom Foolery\". The June 8 show was his only performance to date before Queen Elizabeth II. Lehrer sang \"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park\" and an updated version of the nuclear proliferation song \"Who's Next?\" The DVD of the event includes the former song. In 2000 a boxed set of CDs, \"The Remains of Tom Lehrer\", was released by Rhino Entertainment. It included live and studio versions of his first two", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "12295148", "text": "song, this one unashamedly \"levels\" with football fans, and states the true point of fight songs using blunt statements such as \"We're great, and you suck.\" Fight Fiercely, Harvard \"Fight Fiercely, Harvard\" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University. The song was written in 1945 while Lehrer was in his second year of study at Harvard College and \"eventually made him a local hero\". The song was Lehrer's earliest—and for a while his only—musical work and was included on \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\", a debut album", "title": "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" }, { "docid": "15534533", "text": "Jim Bessman calls the song \"dazzlingly inventive in its shameless promotion of plagiarism\", calling out in particular a sequence in which Lehrer strings together rhymes from the names of ten Russian cities. Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg has called it \"surely the greatest comic musical number of all time about mathematical publishing\". Lobachevsky (song) \"Lobachevsky\" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky. According to Lehrer, the song is \"not intended as a slur on [Lobachevsky's] character\" and the name was chosen \"solely for prosodic reasons\". In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song as an adaptation of", "title": "Lobachevsky (song)" }, { "docid": "17224751", "text": "The Old Dope Peddler \"The Old Dope Peddler\" is a satirical song by Tom Lehrer. It was on Lehrer's first album, Songs by Tom Lehrer from 1953, and a new live recording on Tom Lehrer Revisited in 1960. The song is a parody of a popular tune well known at the time, \"The Old Lamp-Lighter\" by Charles Tobias and Nat Simon, which was a hit first for Kay Kyser in 1947, and continued to have popular new recordings to 1960. The verses of the original asserted that It goes on to say that if there were sweethearts in the dark,", "title": "The Old Dope Peddler" }, { "docid": "19954875", "text": "Dead\", River Song's 'final' adventure. Missy alludes to the Doctor's 'retirement' on Darillium with River (\"The Husbands of River Song\") and offers her condolences regarding River's death. Upon entering the Vatican's secret library, Bill utters \"Harry Potter\", for which the Doctor scolds her. He later refers disparagingly to the lengthiness of \"Moby-Dick\", saying: \"Honestly, shut up and get to the whale!\" The lead scientist from CERN tells Bill and Nardole \"We will all go together when we go,\" which is an apocalyptic-themed song by Tom Lehrer and the final track on the LP \"An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer\". Nardole", "title": "Extremis (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "12295141", "text": "Fight Fiercely, Harvard \"Fight Fiercely, Harvard\" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University. The song was written in 1945 while Lehrer was in his second year of study at Harvard College and \"eventually made him a local hero\". The song was Lehrer's earliest—and for a while his only—musical work and was included on \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\", a debut album recorded at Trans Radio Studios, Boston, on January 22, 1953. Starting with a press run of 400 copies of the then-novel 10\" LP record format produced", "title": "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" }, { "docid": "12173547", "text": "with the \"Kasper Prize\" for this album, and in July of the same year she sang again at Visfestivalen in Västervik. Like a number of other artists, she supported option 3 of the (Referendum on nuclear power) and participated in a 1979 compilation titled \"\" (\"No to nuclear power!\") with the song \"We Will All Go Together When We Go\" by Tom Lehrer. The same year, she also produced her own album, \"\", together with the New Band and mainly in English. In the early 1980s, Törnell returned to rock music and began to increasingly write her own songs. With", "title": "Monica Törnell" }, { "docid": "418278", "text": "es\". Lehrer's song \"The Old Dope Peddler\" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song \"Dope Peddler\", on his 2012 debut album, \"Based on a T.R.U. Story.\" The following year, Lehrer said he was \"very proud\" to have his song sampled \"literally sixty years after I recorded it\". Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: \"As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?\" Lehrer has said of his musical career, \"If,", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418246", "text": "universities. Lehrer attended the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, New York. He also attended Camp Androscoggin, both as a camper and a counselor. Lehrer was considered a child prodigy and entered Harvard College at the age of 15 after graduating from Loomis Chaffee School. As a mathematics undergraduate student at Harvard College, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including \"Fight Fiercely, Harvard\" (1945). Those songs were later named collectively \"The Physical Revue\", a joking reference to a leading scientific journal, the \"Physical Review\". Lehrer earned his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (\"magna cum laude\") from Harvard", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "5916346", "text": "Wing. It was originally announced that John Gavin would support Rock Hudson. Tom Lehrer wrote one original song for this film, called \"The SAC Song\". Rod Taylor, as Hollis Farr, performs this song at a party for officers and their wives. Most of Lehrer's work is satirical, and the lyrics and music for this song are quite typical of Lehrer. As Sy Bartlett and Delbert Mann were filming at SAC Headquarters at Offutt AFB in Omaha, they noticed that SAC personnel were unusually tense. They would later learn, when President John F. Kennedy would make this fact public, that SAC", "title": "A Gathering of Eagles" }, { "docid": "12295142", "text": "by Lehrer at his own expense, these records were sold in stores around Harvard Square. In speaking about \"Fight Fiercely, Harvard\" and the rest of his satirical repertoire that brought him a certain level of fame as an undergraduate, Lehrer says he did not write to gain popularity but rather: I mostly thought these songs weren’t of interest to anyone! I wrote ‘Fight Fiercely, Harvard’ in 1945. That’s the earliest song on any of my records. The others were written a little later. I wrote a lot of songs for special occasions ... silly songs, songs about math, and so", "title": "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" }, { "docid": "12295144", "text": "of the Harvard University Band and was included on their 75th anniversary album released in 1995. The song remains fairly well known in the Harvard community. On visiting Harvard for the first time in decades, Lehrer was delighted to discover that his song had been performed at every home football game for many years. The humor of \"Fight Fiercely, Harvard\" revolves around the supposedly refined and gentlemanly nature of Harvard athletes. As it appears on \"Tom Lehrer Revisited\", a live album, it is preceded by banter almost as long as the song itself. In talking to his audience, Lehrer explains", "title": "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" }, { "docid": "7679961", "text": "LP format. The songs from \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" were rerecorded for the 1960 live album \"Revisited\". \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" was re-released alongside Lehrer's second album, \"More of Tom Lehrer\", as part of \"Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer\" in 1997 and as part of the 2000 box set \"The Remains of Tom Lehrer\". In 1966, following the success of \"That Was the Year That Was\", Reprise Records reissued several of Lehrer's previous LPs, but the company was dissatisfied with the technical quality of the original \"Songs\" album and persuaded Lehrer to make a new stereo recording of", "title": "Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418253", "text": "permission to print the lyrics to the subway song in his book. \"I haven't gone to nightclubs often,\" said Asimov, \"but of all the times I have gone, it was on this occasion that I had by far the best time.\" In 1953, inspired by the success of his performances, Lehrer paid $15 for some studio time to record \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\". The initial pressing was 400 copies. At the time, radio stations would not air Lehrer's songs because of his controversial subjects. He sold his album on campus at Harvard for $3 (equivalent to $ today), while \"several", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "2986229", "text": "signifying nothing,\" in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan (suggestive of \"My name is John Wellington Wells\" or other patter songs). Lehrer's argument for rewriting the song is that folk songs in general are \"so atrocious, because they're written 'by the people',\" and that the original \"Clementine\" has \"no recognizable merit whatsoever.\" A parody of the official songs in use by the various branches of the United States military. Lehrer explains that the Army \"didn't have no official song\" when he started basic training; he wrote this one in an attempt to remedy the situation. (The branch adopted \"The Army", "title": "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "10297056", "text": "Poobah\" has been used on the television shows, including \"The Flintstones\" and \"Happy Days\" as the title of a high-ranking official in a men's club, spoofing clubs like the Freemasons, the Shriners, and the Elks Club. The works of Gilbert and Sullivan, filled as they are with parodies of their contemporary culture, are themselves frequently parodied or pastiched. A notable example of this is Tom Lehrer's \"The Elements\", which consists of Lehrer's rhyming rendition of the names of all the chemical elements set to the music of the \"Major-General's Song\" from \"Pirates\". Lehrer also includes a verse parodying a G&S", "title": "Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan" }, { "docid": "13413165", "text": "as a consequence \"More of...\" remained out of print for several decades. It was eventually reissued by Rhino Records as part of the 1997 album \"Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer\" and in the 2000 box set \"The Remains of Tom Lehrer\". Although \"More of...\" was originally released in monophonic and stereo versions, the producers of the Rhino releases opted for the mono mix. More of Tom Lehrer More of Tom Lehrer was the second studio album recorded by musical satirist Tom Lehrer. The LP contains the same songs (in the same sequence) as the live album \"An Evening", "title": "More of Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418468", "text": "Similarly, if another song is labeled \"fast boogie-woogie\", then the piano player will know to play a boogie-woogie bassline. Tom Lehrer's anthology \"Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer\", uses fake English tempo markings to humorous effect. For example, Lehrer specifies that the song \"National Brotherhood Week\" should be played \"fraternally\" or \"We Will All Go Together\" be played \"eschatologically\" (and \"Masochism Tango\" be played \"painstakingly\"). Tempo is not necessarily fixed. Within a piece (or within a movement of a longer work), a composer may indicate a complete change of tempo, often by using a double bar and introducing a new", "title": "Tempo" }, { "docid": "7679960", "text": "Songs by Tom Lehrer Songs by Tom Lehrer is the debut album of musical satirist Tom Lehrer, released in 1953 on his own label, Lehrer Records. In 2004 it was included into the National Recording Registry \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" was recorded in a single one-hour session on January 22, 1953, at the TransRadio studio in Boston for the total studio cost of $15. The first pressing was an issue of 400 copies, produced at Lehrer's own expense in the 10\" LP record format. Records were sold for $3.50, and later $3.95. Later releases were issued in 10\" and 12\"", "title": "Songs by Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "559727", "text": "and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, for example, wrote the libretto for some of Mozart's greatest operas. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa were Italian librettists who wrote for Giacomo Puccini. Most opera composers collaborate with a librettist but unusually, Richard Wagner wrote both the music and the libretti for his works himself. Usually writing in verses and choruses, a lyricist specializes in writing lyrics, the words that accompany or underscore a song or opera. Lyricists also write the words for songs. In the case of Tom Lehrer, these were satirical. Lyricist Noël Coward, who wrote musicals and songs such as \"Mad", "title": "Writer" }, { "docid": "10365976", "text": "on the album \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\". Lehrer's recording predates by several years any documented recording or performance of that song by Kreisler as well as Kreisler's return to performance in German-speaking countries in 1955. Kreisler's \"\" (first released as \"\") has strong similarities to Lehrer's \"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park\". Kreisler and Lehrer each deny copying from the other; so far no one has succeeded in establishing which song was written first. Kreisler's \"\" appears to be related to the Abe Burrows song \"The Girl with the Three Blue Eyes\" (first recording 1950). Kreisler's song \"Bidla Buh\" (first recorded", "title": "Georg Kreisler" }, { "docid": "5602710", "text": "musical material. For example, the mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer taught for a time in MIT's political science department, lecturing on quantitative methods and statistics. This experience led him to write a song called \"Sociology,\" played to the tune of Irving Berlin's \"Choreography.\" The lyrics conclude, Students have also written their own songs during their tenures at the Institute. This tradition, which goes back at least to The Doormat Singers of the 1960s, continues with several present-day groups. MIT in popular culture The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States, has", "title": "MIT in popular culture" }, { "docid": "418264", "text": "by Tom Lehrer\" was a stereo re-recording. This version was not issued on CD, but the songs were issued on the live \"Tom Lehrer Revisited\" CD. The [live] recording included bonus tracks \"L-Y\" and \"Silent E\", two of the ten songs that Lehrer wrote for the PBS children's educational series \"The Electric Company\". Lehrer later commented that worldwide sales of the recordings under Reprise surpassed 1.8 million units in 1996. That same year, the album \"That Was The Year That Was\" went gold. The album liner notes (and Lehrer himself in one routine) promote his songs with self-deprecating humor. (\"I", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "8366839", "text": "Jay Lerner with the number \"She Wasn't You\" / \"He Isn't You\" from the stage and film versions, respectively, of the musical \"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever\". Intentional parodies (as opposed to mere translations) of lyrics, especially for satirical purposes, as practiced in the United States by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic with popular music; humorist Tom Lehrer with his song \"The Elements\", which uses a tune from \"The Pirates of Penzance\"; Forbidden Broadway with musicals; the Capitol Steps; and Mark Russell (the last two involving political parody). Other notable songs with significantly different lyrics in different languages include:", "title": "Contrafactum" }, { "docid": "418259", "text": "States. (\"'Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department,' says Wernher von Braun.\") Lehrer did not appear on the television show—a female vocalist, Nancy Ames, performed his songs—and network censors often altered his lyrics. Lehrer later performed the songs on the album \"That Was The Year That Was\" (1965) so that, in his words, people could hear the songs the way they were intended. In 1966, David Frost's further BBC television programme \"The Frost Report\" invited Lehrer to contribute some of his classic compositions. \"The Frost Report\" was transmitted live, and he pre-recorded", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418266", "text": "Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger in 1973. He did comment that awarding the prize to Kissinger made political satire obsolete, but has denied that he stopped creating satire as a form of protest, asserting that he had stopped several years previously. Another mistaken belief is that he was sued for libel by Wernher von Braun, the subject of one of his songs, and forced to relinquish his royalties to von Braun. Lehrer denied this in a 2003 interview. When asked about his reasons for abandoning his musical career in an interview in the book accompanying his CD box set", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418252", "text": "it from Louise, and Sally from Jim, \"...and after a while you gathered the 'it' was venereal disease [the song was likely \"I Got It From Sally\" (in later versions \"Agnes\")]. Suddenly, as the combinations grew more grotesque, you realized he was satirizing every known perversion without using a single naughty phrase. It was clearly unsingable (in those days) outside a nightclub.\" Asimov also recalled a song that dealt with the Boston subway system, making use of the stations leading into town from Harvard, observing that the local subject-matter rendered the song useless for general distribution. Lehrer subsequently granted Asimov", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "17402875", "text": "Reagan also ran for office and became California's governor. Tom Lehrer made a similar comparison in his song \"George Murphy,\" which opens: Helen Gahagan was also an entertainer turned politician, progressing from Broadway to U.S. Congress until Richard Nixon unseated her after claims that Gahagan was “pink down to her underwear”. In Lehrer's song on his 1965 live album, he punctuates Reagan's name with a question mark, evoking a laugh from an audience who did not yet know that Reagan would sweep the gubernatorial election the following year. In 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival mentioned Reagan in their science fiction-inspired song", "title": "Ronald Reagan in music" }, { "docid": "15534530", "text": "Russian mathematician who learns, from Lobachevsky, that plagiarism is the secret of success in mathematics (though adding \"only be sure always to call it please 'research'\"). The narrator later uses this strategy to get a paper published ahead of a rival, then to write a book and earn a fortune selling the movie rights. Lehrer wrote that he did not know Russian. In the song he quotes two book reviews in Russian; the first is a long sentence that he then translates succinctly as \"It stinks\". The second, a different but equally long sentence, is also translated as \"It stinks.\"", "title": "Lobachevsky (song)" }, { "docid": "2999109", "text": "worked as musicians. Rudolf Jr. was a big band leader in the 1930s and 1940s, and William, a son from Friml's third marriage, was a composer and arranger in Hollywood. In 1969, Friml was celebrated by Ogden Nash on the occasion of his 90th birthday in a couplet which ended: \"I trust your conclusion and mine are similar: 'Twould be a happier world if it were Frimler.\" Similarly, satiric songwriter Tom Lehrer made a reference to Friml on his first album, \"Songs by Tom Lehrer\" (1953). The song \"The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz\" includes the lyric, \"Your lips were like wine", "title": "Rudolf Friml" }, { "docid": "418256", "text": "of controlling pigeons in Boston with strychnine-treated corn: Lehrer had a breakthrough in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1957, when the University of London awarded a doctor of music degree \"honoris causa\" to Princess Margaret, and the public orator, Professor J. R. Sutherland, said it was \"in the full knowledge that the Princess is a connoisseur of music and a performer of skill and distinction, her taste being catholic, ranging from Mozart to the calypso and from opera to the songs of Miss Beatrice Lillie and Tom Lehrer.\" This prompted significant interest in Lehrer's works and to helped secure", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "16315555", "text": "a variety of genres and periods satirizing current events. Dabbling in topical parodies is Buffalo, New York-based humorist Mark Russell, who appears several times a year on PBS television. The New York, NY performing troupe Forbidden Broadway annually parodies the Great White Way's most popular current musicals and their songs on stage and recordings. In the science fiction fan community filk music thrives as a source of both parodies and original music, as it has since at least the 1930s. Tom Lehrer song \"The Elements\" adapts a tune from Gilbert & Sullivan to the periodic table, and more recently he", "title": "Parody in popular music" }, { "docid": "418273", "text": "and lectures like Lehrer.\" Lehrer has commented that he doubts his songs had any real effect on those not already critical of the establishment: \"I don't think this kind of thing has an impact on the unconverted, frankly. It's not even preaching to the converted; it's titillating the converted... I'm fond of quoting Peter Cook, who talked about the satirical Berlin kabaretts of the 1930s, which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the Second World War.\" In 2003 he commented that his particular brand of political satire is more difficult in the modern world: \"The", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418269", "text": "the bomb). \"Tom Foolery\" contained 27 songs and led to more than 200 productions, including an Off-Broadway production at the Village Gate, which ran for 120 performances in 1981. In conjunction with the \"Tom Foolery\" premiere in 1980 at the Criterion Theatre in London, Lehrer made a rare TV appearance on BBC's \"Parkinson\" show, where he sang \"I Got It from Agnes\". In 1993, Lehrer wrote \"That's Mathematics\" for the closing credits to a Mathematical Sciences Research Institute video celebrating the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. On June 7 and 8, 1998, Lehrer performed in public for the first time", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "530303", "text": "was the subject of a satirical song by songwriter/musician Tom Lehrer entitled \"Whatever Became of Hubert?\" The song addressed how some liberals and progressives felt let down by Humphrey, who had become a much more mute figure as Vice President than he had been as a senator. The song goes \"\"Whatever became of Hubert? Has anyone heard a thing? Once he shone on his own, now he sits home alone and waits for the phone to ring. Once a fiery liberal spirit, ah, but now when he speaks he must clear it. ...\" \" During these years Humphrey was a", "title": "Hubert Humphrey" }, { "docid": "2056553", "text": "Democratic Governor Pat Brown to serve the remaining two days of Salinger's term. His election attracted the attention of satirist Tom Lehrer, who wrote and performed a song about him. Murphy was in demand for a time to assist other Republican candidates seeking office. In 1966, he hosted a fundraising dinner in Atlanta, Georgia for US Representative Howard \"Bo\" Callaway, the first Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction. In the election, Callaway outpolled Democrat Lester Maddox, but did not get a majority, and the state legislature elected Maddox. In 1967 and 1968, Murphy was the chairman of the", "title": "George Murphy" }, { "docid": "3102107", "text": "ensure that his personal views did not adversely affect his reporting during his years as a journalist. In 2003, a biography titled \"Good Night Chet,\" by Lyle Johnston, was published by McFarland Publishers. The Tom Lehrer song \"So Long Mom (I'm Off to Drop the Bomb)\" includes the verse: Chet Huntley Chester Robert \"Chet\" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, \"The Huntley-Brinkley Report,\" for 14 years beginning in 1956. Huntley was born in Cardwell, Montana, the only son and oldest of four children born to", "title": "Chet Huntley" }, { "docid": "418272", "text": "the top guys. As a lyricist, as good as there's been in the last half of the 20th century.\" Singer and comedian Dillie Keane has acknowledged Lehrer's influence on her work. Lehrer was praised by Dr. Demento as \"the best musical satirist of the twentieth century.\" Other artists who cite Lehrer as an influence include \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, whose work generally addresses more popular and less technical or political subjects, and educator and scientist H. Paul Shuch, who tours under the stage name Dr. SETI and calls himself \"a cross between Carl Sagan and Tom Lehrer: he sings like Sagan", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "3713050", "text": "of the deli's noted catch phrases. It is referenced in the Tom Lehrer song \"So Long Mom (A Song for World War III)\", in the lyric: \"Remember Mommy, I'm off to get a Commie, so send me a salami, and try to smile somehow\". Katz's continues to support American troops today: the deli has arranged special international shipping for U.S. military addresses only and has been a source of gift packages to the troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Another of the deli's catch phrases is \"Katz's, that's all!\", which came about when a sign maker asked Harry Tarowsky what", "title": "Katz's Delicatessen" }, { "docid": "5830318", "text": "Australia in spring 1960 (March 21 in Melbourne and May 4 in Sydney). Because of issues with the sound quality of the Australian recordings, England's Decca Records assembled its release of the album solely from the MIT concert tapes. The Decca configuration was the basis for the 1990 Reprise/Warner Bros. CD reissue. The cover photograph was taken at Royal Festival Hall in London, England, UK, after his performance there on June 29, 1960. Tracks 14 and 15 were recorded May 28, 1971, and December 14, 1972. Revisited (Tom Lehrer album) Revisited is a 1960 album by Tom Lehrer, consisting of", "title": "Revisited (Tom Lehrer album)" }, { "docid": "418277", "text": "in Ingmar Bergman's \"Summer with Monika\" made an album called \"I Tom Lehrers vackra värld\" (\"In the beautiful world of Tom Lehrer\"), with 12 of Lehrer's songs interpreted in Swedish. Lehrer wrote in a letter to the producer Per–Anders Boquist that, \"Not knowing any Swedish, I am obviously not equipped to judge, but it sounds to me as though Mr Ekborg is perfect for the songs,\" along with further compliments to pianist Leif Asp for unexpected additional flourishes. In 1971, Argentinian singer Nacha Guevara sang Spanish versions of several Lehrer's songs for the show/live album \"Este es el año que", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418248", "text": "means of circumventing the base's ban on alcoholic beverages.) These experiences became fodder for songs, e.g., \"The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be\" and \"It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier\". It was many years before Lehrer publicly revealed having been assigned to the NSA, since the mere fact of its existence was classified at the time; this left him in the interesting position of implicitly using nuclear weapons work as a cover story for something more sensitive. Despite holding a master's degree in an era when American conscripts often lacked a high school diploma, Lehrer", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418265", "text": "know it's very bad form to quote one's own reviews, but there is something the \"New York Times\" said about me [in 1958], that I have always treasured: 'Mr. Lehrer's muse' [is] 'not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste.'\") In the 1970s, Lehrer concentrated on teaching mathematics and musical theater, although he also wrote ten songs for the educational children's television show \"The Electric Company\". His last public performance took place in 1972, on a fundraising tour for Democratic US presidential candidate George McGovern. There is a false rumor that Lehrer gave up political satire when the Nobel Peace", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "13205568", "text": "Ronnie fairly little, although her singing career did inspire the musical elements of the story. Ronnie plays only the piano and Cyrus only sings a small amount in the film, though she does contribute to its soundtrack. Disney did not give Sparks limitations on the topics featured in \"The Last Song\", which include underage drinking, infidelity, and terminal illness but Sparks says that Disney desired to work with him in part because \"they've read my novels. My teenagers… don't do bad things. I just don't write that. I don't write about adultery, I don't write profanity ... I'll certainly have", "title": "The Last Song (film)" }, { "docid": "15468569", "text": "his waist to the shoulder. Ketchup Song (Stompin' Tom Connors song) \"Ketchup Song\" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Stompin' Tom Connors. The song debuted at number 39 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart on June 6, 1970. It peaked at number 1 on July 25, 1970. According to Tom the song was written after he was approached by a policeman when he was hitchhiking through Leamington, Ontario, and was told to write \"a nice loveable song about our nice loveable town of Leamington\". Tom said the policeman had two belts on, one around his", "title": "Ketchup Song (Stompin' Tom Connors song)" }, { "docid": "15468568", "text": "Ketchup Song (Stompin' Tom Connors song) \"Ketchup Song\" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Stompin' Tom Connors. The song debuted at number 39 on the \"RPM\" Country Tracks chart on June 6, 1970. It peaked at number 1 on July 25, 1970. According to Tom the song was written after he was approached by a policeman when he was hitchhiking through Leamington, Ontario, and was told to write \"a nice loveable song about our nice loveable town of Leamington\". Tom said the policeman had two belts on, one around his waist and one going from", "title": "Ketchup Song (Stompin' Tom Connors song)" }, { "docid": "9494181", "text": "their son Ron, who is implied to have fallen into fatalistic despair, dismisses such preparations as pointless (referencing the song \"We'll All Go Together When We Go\" by Tom Lehrer), James builds a lean-to shelter out of several doors inside their home (which he consistently calls the \"inner core or refuge\" per the pamphlets) and prepares a stock of supplies. He also follows through seemingly strange instructions such as painting his windows with white paint and readying sacks to lie down in when a nuclear strike hits. Despite James' concerns, he and Hilda are confident they can survive the war,", "title": "When the Wind Blows (1986 film)" }, { "docid": "18858182", "text": "broadcast license in 1943. <br> Lehrer had his medical offices at 139 South Broadway in Los Angeles, when he acquired a group of neighboring tenement buildings in the early 1950s, anticipating that the State of California would take them under Eminent domain to build a new California State Building. Lehrer was unable to obtain financing to buy one additional building, a former Thrifty Drug Store, 133-135 South Broadway; its owner was Gabriel Laskin. When California did condemn the buildings, Hodge L. Dolle, an attorney known for his expertise in eminent domain, represented Lehrer. The tenement buildings have since been demolished", "title": "Harry Lehrer" }, { "docid": "418271", "text": "albums, \"That Was The Year That Was\", the songs he wrote for \"The Electric Company\", and some previously unreleased material. It was accompanied by a small hardbound book containing an introduction by Dr. Demento and lyrics for all the songs. In 2010, Shout! Factory launched a reissue campaign, making his long out-of-press albums available digitally. They also issued a CD/DVD combo called \"The Tom Lehrer Collection\", which includes his best-loved songs, plus a DVD featuring an Oslo concert. Sardonic composer Randy Newman said of Lehrer, \"He's one of the great American songwriters without a doubt, right up there with everybody,", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "8421590", "text": "Petty's record and The Byrds' musical style was so strong that when his manager first played \"American Girl\" for him, McGuinn asked \"When did I write that song?\" \"American Girl\" has also been covered by the following artists: The Killers, The Shins, Elle King, Cindy Alexander, Angel City Outcasts, Elvis Costello, Melora Creager, Cruiserweight, Dance Hall Crashers, Def Leppard (from \"Yeah!\" 2006), Val Emmich, The Dollyrots, Everclear, Fun, The Gaslight Anthem, Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms, Humble Gods, Ill Repute, Jack's Mannequin, Larkin Poe, Matchbox 20, Matthew Sweet, Of Montreal, Pearl Jam, Rasputina, Saints of the Underground, Six Going on", "title": "American Girl (Tom Petty song)" }, { "docid": "15713887", "text": "of these portraits are seen in a setting of their choice whether it is realistic or not. The professions and disabilities of these subjects vary greatly and are not all directly shown in some of the works. Many of these portraits fall under the category of Magic Realism. This type of art is where “Improbable and fantastical elements are combined with realistic elements, deeply embedding the two opposite and contradictory forces”. Lehrer, like may artists before her, uses this style of art to comment on social inequalities and prejudices she sees. Lehrer also uses this style to express a particular", "title": "Riva Lehrer" }, { "docid": "4622942", "text": "New York Times dubbed it the \"Nobel War Prize\"; the Washington Post quoted retired diplomat George Ball as saying that on the evidence \"The Norwegians must have a sense of humour.\" The well-known comedian and political satirist Tom Lehrer said: \"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.\" When the award was announced, hostilities were continuing. Kissinger did not attend the award ceremony in Oslo over concern that it would be targeted by anti-war protest groups. He requested that the prize money be donated to a scholarship fund for US servicemen killed or missing in", "title": "Nobel Prize controversies" }, { "docid": "20114393", "text": "asked about the fact that she did not write the song after saying in past interviews that she preferred to write her own music, Lipa stated that her perspective had changed and that: \"New Rules\" has been described as a tropical house, EDM, and electropop song with elements of bashment, featuring a drum and horn instrumentation. According to the digital sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Faber Music, the song is composed in the key of A minor, and has a tempo of 116 beats per minute. Lipa's vocals span from the low note of A to the high note", "title": "New Rules (song)" }, { "docid": "13366143", "text": "attributed to singer Bob Dylan in his book \"Imagine,\" Moynihan discussed his discovery at length with Mark Colvin, host of Australia's ABC News' program \"Friday Late.\" Moynihan noted later that the quotations immediately sounded phony to him when he read the book: they \"sounded like a Dylan self-help book\", leading him to seek clarification from Lehrer and Dylan's manager. In a subsequent statement, Lehrer admitted, \"The quotes in question either did not exist, were unintentional misquotations, or represented improper combinations of previously existing quotes.\" He also acknowledged having initially lied about the sources for these quotes to Moynihan when first", "title": "Jonah Lehrer" }, { "docid": "12051979", "text": "and I are sweethearts the same as days of yore;<br> \"Although we've been together, forty years and more. \"Down by the old mill stream where I first met you,<br> \"With your eyes of blue, dressed in gingham too,<br> \"It was there I knew that you loved me true,<br> \"You were sixteen, my village queen, by the old mill stream. In the middle section of his song \"We Will All Go Together When We Go,\" Tom Lehrer parodied \"Down By the Old Mill Stream\" with a stride piano, singing the following words in reference to a nuclear holocaust: \"Down by the", "title": "Down by the Old Mill Stream" }, { "docid": "418263", "text": "American wild west town, the full title is \"The Dodge Rebellion Theatre presents Ballads For '67\". Working with Joe Raposo, Lehrer attempted to adapt Sweeney Todd as a Broadway musical to star Jerry Colonna. They started a few songs but, as Lehrer noted, \"Nothing ever came of it, and of course twenty years later Stephen Sondheim beat me to the punch.\" The record deal with Reprise Records for the \"That Was The Year That Was\" album also gave Reprise distribution rights for his earlier recordings, as Lehrer wanted to wind up his own record imprint. The Reprise issue of \"Songs", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "11456789", "text": "the game's difficulty balance. N64 Magazine criticized Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry as a whole in particular due to the lack of special attacks and mundane attacks that are in the game. They did however write that the characters were not drawn that bad and that the locations in the game from the cartoons were a plus. Nintendo Power gave the game a 8.3 rating and said it was the best 3D Nintendo 64 fighting game. In particular, Nintendo Power cited the multiplayer elements, interactive fighting environments, and precision controls as reasons for the positive rating. Tom and", "title": "Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry" }, { "docid": "6793423", "text": "as a medium for protest. The effectiveness of the satire was attested to by a university professor quoted in 1964 in \"Time\" magazine as saying, \"I've been lecturing my classes about middle-class conformity for a whole semester. Here's a song that says it all in 1½ minutes.\" However, according to Christopher Hitchens, satirist Tom Lehrer described \"Little Boxes\" as \"the most sanctimonious song ever written\". The term \"ticky-tacky\" became a catchphrase during the 1960s, attesting to the song's popularity. The song has been recorded by many musicians and bands, some of whom have arranged and translated the song to meet", "title": "Little Boxes" }, { "docid": "1989312", "text": "the backlash from listeners who found it increasingly annoying. Satirists such as Stan Freberg and Tom Lehrer used novelty songs to poke fun at contemporary pop culture in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1951, Frank Sinatra was paired in a CBS television special with TV personality Dagmar. Mitch Miller at Columbia Records became intrigued with the pairing and compelled songwriter Dick Manning to compose a song for the two of them. The result was \"Mama Will Bark\", a novelty song performed by Sinatra with interspersed spoken statements by Dagmar, saying things like \"mama will bark\", \"mama will spank\", and", "title": "Novelty song" }, { "docid": "10018909", "text": "play. Chanukah, Chanukah, The dreidel spins and spins. Spin your top until it stops, Have a good time, see who wins! חנוכה חנוכה עממי מילים: לוין קיפניס לחן: עממי חנוכה, חנוכה, חג יפה כל כך אור חביב מסביב, גיל לילד רך. חנוכה, חנוכה, סביבון סוב סוב סוב נא סוב, סוב נא סוב מה נעים מה טוב. \"(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica\" is a song written by satirist singer-songwriter and mathematician Tom Lehrer. \"Light One Candle\" is a 1983 Hanukkah song written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary. It is a very popular song and it has been", "title": "Hanukkah music" }, { "docid": "1643930", "text": "Grinzing Cemetery of Vienna, in the same cemetery as her daughter Manon Gropius and her first husband Gustav Mahler. Alma's \"juicy, hot, racy\" obituary prompted musical satirist Tom Lehrer to write a ballad portraying her as \"the loveliest girl in Vienna... the smartest as well\" who became a difficult, temperamental companion to the work-absorbed Mahler, Gropius, and Werfel as each in turn came under her \"spell\". Of her relationship to Mahler he sang: \"Their marriage, however, was murdah/ He'd scream to the heavens above/ 'I'm writing \"Das Lied von der Erde\"/ and she only vants to make love! In the", "title": "Alma Mahler" }, { "docid": "16342815", "text": "to create recipes based on the dishes mentioned in the books. Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer's culinary fan blog \"Inn at the Crossroads\" received over a million hits. Martin, who is \"very good at eating [but] not too much of a cook\", declined repeated requests to write a cookbook, but arranged for Monroe-Cassel and Lehrer to speak to his editor at Bantam Books, who offered them a cookbook deal. Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin.", "title": "Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire" }, { "docid": "418244", "text": "for its black humor in songs such as \"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park\". In the 1960s, he produced a number of songs that dealt with social and political issues of the day, particularly when he wrote for the U.S. version of the television show \"That Was the Week That Was\". Despite their topical subjects and references, the popularity of these songs has endured; Lehrer quoted a friend's explanation: \"Always predict the worst and you'll be hailed as a prophet.\" In the early 1970s, he largely retired from public performances to devote his time to teaching mathematics and music theatre at", "title": "Tom Lehrer" }, { "docid": "8360888", "text": "and telling the truth,\" Barker said. \"For a year, people were saying that what Tom did was valid or called for. It eats at you. So maybe you have to talk about it, and maybe you have to write a song about it.\" The Postal Service influence is noticeable in \"Make You Smile\", which makes frequent use of boy-girl exchange and lament. The song was initially dubbed \"Puppy Killing Machine\" — a name created by Heller that Hoppus deemed \"so ridiculous\" in relation to its upbeat, poppy nature. The anthemic \"Chapter 13\" closes the record and was inspired from chapter", "title": "When Your Heart Stops Beating" }, { "docid": "7778473", "text": "States Marine Corps Marine Fighter Squadron No. 214, forerunner of the Corps's present-day VMA-214 \"Black Sheep\" Squadron. One of the squadron's real-life members, Paul \"Moon\" Mullen, adapted \"The Whiffenpoof Song\" for the squadron's use. The Whiffenpoofs can be heard singing it in the 2006 movie \"The Good Shepherd\", in the scene where Matt Damon's son tells him he wants to join the CIA. In the play \"Serenading Louie\" by Lanford Wilson, performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2010, the song is sung by the cast and by Bing Crosby. Musical satirist Tom Lehrer spoofed \"The Whiffenpoof Song\" as", "title": "The Whiffenpoofs" }, { "docid": "15322213", "text": "He explained: \"I'd write one song and it'd be a hip-hop song. I'd write another and it'd be heavily electronic. Another would be like a spiritual, and another would be classic piano song. I was constantly trying to pull those elements together. It took me six years to do it.\" He still wished to be part of a group; reflecting on a residency he did at a venue performing electronic music, he said, \"It was just me and a laptop. Really, it was terrible. I knew I needed a band.\" Foster the People was born out of a nascent relationship", "title": "Foster the People" }, { "docid": "19199794", "text": "2015, Lehrer served as one of six selection committee members for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. Lehrer is also a lecturer at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture. Mia Lehrer Mia Lehrer is a Salvadorian-born American landscape designer. As a young girl, Lehrer was inspired by her parents and the work they did in their community which piqued her interest in the outdoor environment. During her time as a student, Lehrer studied the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, a renowned landscape architect. She received a B.A. from Tufts University with a degree in environmental design and", "title": "Mia Lehrer" }, { "docid": "4933855", "text": "of music from the concert hall or lyric theatre have included Allan Sherman, known for adding comic words to existing works by such composers as Ponchielli and Sullivan; and Tom Lehrer, who has parodied Sullivan, folk music, ragtime and Viennese operetta. The pianist Victor Borge is also noted for parodies of classical and operatic works. The musical satirist Peter Schickele created P. D. Q. Bach, a supposedly newly discovered member of the Bach family, whose creative output parodies musicological scholarship, the conventions of Baroque and classical music, as well as introducing elements of slapstick comedy. Stan Freberg created parodies of", "title": "Parody music" }, { "docid": "9979428", "text": "\"Top Gun\", the music (without vocals) is played in the first training session at Miramar, while the full version with vocals is played during the ending credits. Shortly prior to the song's release, guitarist Rick Nielsen said in an interview with MTV's Alan Hunter: \"We just finished a song in the studio last night with Harold Faltermeyer, recording a song for his movie called \"Top Gun\" which has Tom Cruise in it, and so the song we did was called \"Mighty Wings\". We didn't write it but we did it, and it sounds pretty cool. That's coming out this summer.\"", "title": "Mighty Wings" } ]

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[ { "docid": "18567776", "text": "Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing \"Filthy\" in a club setting below the field level", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567776", "text": "Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing \"Filthy\" in a club setting below the field level", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "6982255", "text": "representative of modern pop culture. During Super Bowl XXVI, Fox aired a live, football-themed episode of \"In Living Color\" against halftime; the special drew 22 million viewers; Nielsen estimated that CBS lost 10 ratings points during halftime as a result of the special. The success of the special alarmed the National Football League, who took steps to increase interest and viewership of the halftime show by inviting major pop musicians to perform, beginning with Michael Jackson at Super Bowl XXVII. This pattern continued until 2005, when an incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII's halftime show where Justin Timberlake exposed one of", "title": "Counterprogramming" }, { "docid": "2734467", "text": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy Super Bowl XXXVIII – which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas on the CBS television network in the United States – was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a \"wardrobe malfunction\". The incident, sometimes referred to as Nipplegate, was widely discussed. Along with the rest of the halftime show, it led to an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in broadcasting.", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "2734571", "text": "so unexpected, and on such a large stage, that nothing else will ever come close. If Beyoncé were to whip out both breasts and put on a puppet show with them when she performs this year in New Orleans, it would rate as just the second most shocking Super Boob display. Janet's strangely ornamented right nipple is a living legend, and so is Justin Timberlake's terrified reaction.\" Music channel Fuse listed it as the most controversial Super Bowl halftime show, saying the \"revealing performance remains (and will forever remain) the craziest thing to ever happen at a halftime show. Almost", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "2515107", "text": "points. The game was scoreless for a Super Bowl record 26:55 before the two teams combined for 24 points prior to halftime. The clubs then combined for a Super Bowl record 37 points in the fourth quarter. The contest was finally decided when the Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri's 41-yard field goal was made with four seconds left. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career. The game is also known for its controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII" }, { "docid": "469703", "text": "September 2004. Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy: Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network in the United States, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which singer Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by singer Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a \"wardrobe malfunction\". The incident, sometimes referred to as Nipplegate, was widely discussed. Along with the rest of the halftime show, it led to an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency", "title": "2000s (decade)" } ]

[ { "docid": "18563346", "text": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show The Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California as part of Super Bowl 50. It was headlined by the British rock group Coldplay with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, who previously had headlined the Super Bowl XLVII and Super Bowl XLVIII halftime shows, respectively. Coldplay, Rihanna, and Katy Perry were considered as potential acts for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015. Perry was soon confirmed as the headliner of the halftime show in October 2014. In late November, 2015, reports", "title": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734539", "text": "Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Who (McCartney, the Stones and The Who were all part of the British Invasion of the 1960s). In fact, no women performed at the Super Bowl halftime show at all until The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011. In 2012, during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, rapper M.I.A. pointed up her middle finger during her performance. That incident drew comparisons with the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast in the Super Bowl halftime show eight years prior. The Associated Press asserted that people", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "17076836", "text": "the 1998 and 2000 Super Bowl halftime shows but cancelled both. In January 2000 she was scheduled to perform her new single, \"American Pie\", at the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show. However, she withdrew from the commitment due to a conflict with her recording schedule. In a statement at the time, Madonna expressed \"sincere apologies\" to the league and said: \"I look forward to the possibility of doing something with the NFL in the future.\" In late 2011 Madonna was busy with the release of her film \"W.E.\" and with recording her twelfth studio album, \"MDNA\". The singer was reportedly", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "394870", "text": "Super Bowl XII), Chuck Noll (Super Bowl IX), Tom Flores (Super Bowl XV), Mike Ditka (Super Bowl XX), and George Seifert (Super Bowl XXIV). Hank Stram was given the honor of doing the coin toss. The halftime show was titled \"Blues Brothers Bash\" and featured actors Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, and Jim Belushi as the Blues Brothers. The show highlighted blues music and also had performances by the rock band ZZ Top and singer James Brown. While practicing for the show, stuntwoman Laura \"Dinky\" Patterson, one of a 16-member professional bungee jumping team, jumped from the 100-foot high uppermost terrace", "title": "Super Bowl XXXI" }, { "docid": "18563356", "text": "who \"are willing to raise social consciousness and use their artistry to advance social justice.\" In attempt to address her own controversy, Beyoncé explained, \"I have so much admiration and respect for officers and the families of officers who sacrifice themselves to keep us safe. But let's be clear: I am against police brutality and injustice.\" The halftime show became the fourth highest ever watched show in the United States, with total viewership of 115.5 million. Setlist obtained from \"Billboard\". Super Bowl 50 halftime show The Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium", "title": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567743", "text": "of the stage, shouted \"Super Bowl 51\", dropped her microphone, and jumped off the stage catching a football. Around August 2016 media began reporting that singer Adele was in discussions with the National Football League (NFL) to perform at the Super Bowl LI halftime show, on February 5, 2017, at Houston's NRG Stadium. Pepsi Zero Sugar sponsored the show. A representative from the NFL said that \"organisers are doing absolutely everything they can to try to persuade her to sign up\". During her Adele Live 2016 concert tour at Los Angeles, Adele clarified that although she had been asked to", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "17836780", "text": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers. The show was later surpassed by the following year's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in which", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "20550658", "text": "\"We Are the World\", later joining Jackson as he sang his single \"Heal the World\". The halftime show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.. This performance helped Jackson's latest album \"Dangerous\" rise 90 places in the album chart. The following songs were performed during the halftime show: Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17079291", "text": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé with special guests Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It received acclaim from music critics who commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. It became the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history by garnering 110.8 million viewers. The performance, and the stadium blackout that followed,", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18329784", "text": "Shark\". The U.S. Trademark Office rejected her initial attempt to register \"Left Shark\". Her team initiated litigation against an Orlando, Florida, artist named Fernando Sosa, who had been making 3-D figurines of Left Shark. Set list adapted from \"Billboard\". Super Bowl XLIX halftime show The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "docid": "17076837", "text": "signed by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, and in December the league confirmed that Madonna would perform in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was scheduled for February 5, 2012, and its organizers continued their practice of inviting global musicians to perform. Artists who had previously performed in the show included the Black Eyed Peas, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Paul McCartney and Prince. The show coincided with the release of \"W.E.\" in United States. Madonna collaborated with Cirque du Soleil", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734573", "text": "numerous sanctions by the Federal Communications Commission, including a US$550,000 fine against CBS. Talk about a halftime show that will be hard to top.\" The incident was also declared \"the most memorable Super Bowl halftime show in history\", as well as \"the most controversial\", adding \"you can't talk about this halftime show, or any subsequent halftime show from here to eternity, without mentioning the wardrobe malfunction\". Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy Super Bowl XXXVIII – which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas on the CBS television network in the United States – was noted for", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "17079304", "text": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with 118.5 million viewers. Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show became the most tweeted-about moment in Twitter history with 268,000 tweets per minute. In the week ending February 10, 2013, Beyoncé sold 220,000 digital song downloads in the US, while Destiny's Child sold 60,000; up 80% and 36% on the previous week, respectively. Set list adapted from BBC. Super Bowl XLVII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "20550654", "text": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was broadcast on NBC. This halftime performance increased the TV ratings by a significant amount and has been claimed to be one of the most watched events in American television history with 133.4 million viewers. Jackson's performance started the NFL's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and interest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18639514", "text": "McGill even more mainstream attention. Beyoncé's halftime show became the fourth most watched halftime show with 110.8 million viewers after Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show with 115.3 million viewers and Katy Perry's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with 118.5 million viewers. McGill received a lot of positive attention from both social media and music critics for the solo. McGill reprised her pyrotechnic solo on Beyoncé's Mrs. Carter Show World Tour that same year. McGill is known for her aggressive, funky and soulful rock style of", "title": "Bibi McGill" }, { "docid": "18567752", "text": "singer. He added the show would unveil a different aspect of Gaga, since she had never had the opportunity to perform on a big world stage like the Super Bowl. As the day of the show approached, the singer kept posting short videos from rehearsals as well as behind-the-scenes. She showed her pre-game dance routines and choreography, FaceTimeing with her grandmother, warming up for the show, and the onstage activities. Toman explained that they wanted to have fans get \"a peek into the journey to halftime, tapping into the artist fanbase—that really works. Doing a behind-the-scenes content program, giving people", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "18329765", "text": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was watched by more viewers than the", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567794", "text": "in line with that of the game as a whole, which had lost 7% compared to the previous year. According to initial sales reports from Nielsen Music, sales of the songs Timberlake performed during the halftime show gained 534% in the United States on February 4, the day of the Super Bowl, compared to Feb. 3, while his streams on Spotify gained 214%. Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "19152711", "text": "created on Change.org to have the song \"Sweet Victory\" from the Nickelodeon show \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" played at the Super Bowl in honor of the show's late creator, Stephen Hillenburg. Within a week, the petition gained over 820,000 signatures in only five days. Producer Bob Kulick, who worked on the song, retweeted the petition on December 1, 2018. On Dec 12 2018, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium Twitter account posted a tweet on Sweet Victory, included in the Spongebob Squarepants episode “Band Geeks”, indicating that it may be played. Super Bowl LIII halftime show The Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (officially known as", "title": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "12810383", "text": "to its goal of ensuring that the halftime show is as much of a spectacle as the game itself, which has complimented the absolute dominance of the Super Bowl in television viewership. Besides a string of halftime shows from 2006 to 2011 that featured veteran rock acts in the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII \"wardrobe malfunction\", the practice of inviting pop acts to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show has continued. The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show featuring Katy Perry was seen by 118.5 million viewers, as part of an overall telecast that was the most-watched television broadcast", "title": "Super Bowl counterprogramming" }, { "docid": "17076829", "text": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of Super Bowl XLVI. It featured Madonna and guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and CeeLo Green. In 2011, the National Football League (NFL) announced that Madonna would perform at the Super Bowl XLVI show. The singer collaborated with Cirque du Soleil for the show, where her longtime choreographer Jamie King was music director; King, in turn, enlisted the multimedia-show producer Moment Factory. Madonna performed four songs, beginning with \"Vogue\" in a Roman-Egyptian setting", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "18084512", "text": "the league confirmed that the show would be headlined by the British rock band Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show and collaborated with Coldplay on the single \"Hymn for the Weekend\" (which was removed from the setlist before the game), would be making an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and Mark Ronson (Mars's collaborator on \"Uptown Funk\") also performed. Denver took the opening kickoff of Super Bowl 50 and started out strong. Quarterback Peyton Manning completed an 18-yard pass", "title": "Super Bowl 50" }, { "docid": "17836795", "text": "One Direction tickets and Jason Aldean tickets, which were two of the highest prices for an American tours during the spring and summer of 2014. Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "16858082", "text": "Bowl 50, confirmed that she would be performing at the Super Bowl LI halftime show on her Instagram account with the message: \"It's not an illusion. The rumors are true. This year the SUPER BOWL goes GAGA!\" Fox Sports president and executive producer of the show, John Entz, confirmed Gaga's involvement adding \"[She] is one of the most electric performers of our generation, and we couldn't be happier with the choice to have her headline the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show... It is going to be an incredible night.\" Lady Gaga opened the halftime show with a combination of \"God", "title": "Super Bowl LI" }, { "docid": "2734472", "text": "2018, neither Jackson nor Timberlake are banned from the halftime show. Timberlake later performed at Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. In 2002, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jackson was the original choice to perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI, however the NFL ultimately decided to select U2 to headline it after a group of NFL owners and officials attended the band's concert in New York City shortly after the September 11 attacks. In September 2003, the NFL announced that Jackson would be the headline performer of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Because the event was", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "2734480", "text": "\"tasteful, first-class entertainment\" the league expected. FCC Chairman Michael Powell, appearing before a Senate panel, called the Super Bowl incident \"a new low for prime time television\". Joe Browne, Executive Vice President of the NFL, said, \"We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced Halftime show. They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime.\" An hour-long MTV documentary titled \"Making the Super Bowl Halftime Show\" was scheduled to premiere the following week but was canceled before it ever aired and has never been broadcast", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "12810379", "text": "game's viewership as a sign of respect. in the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of Super Bowl halftime shows were themed, musical spectacles that often featured marching bands and performance ensembles such as Up with People (who performed in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986 and performed at the pre-game show of Super Bowl XXV in 1991). The group's halftime shows were described as being \"wholesome\" and \"inoffensive\" by critics, but were frequently derided for being dated and out of touch with modern popular culture. Super Bowl counterprogramming was first popularized by Fox. As an alternative, the", "title": "Super Bowl counterprogramming" }, { "docid": "18567737", "text": "Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, \"Joanne\". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing the show by January 2017 and had no guest performers. Her sister gave her the idea of performing from atop the NRG Stadium; Gaga worked on", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "19152710", "text": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show The Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show) will take place on Sunday February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. \"The New York Times\", \"Rolling Stone\", and \"Billboard\" reported that U.S. pop band Maroon 5 was set to headline the show (with Cardi B and Travis Scott as guests); the NFL has not yet officially announced the performer. In October 2018, it was reported that Rihanna had declined an offer to perform, due to her support of Colin Kaepernick. On November 27, a petition was", "title": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567775", "text": "Main performer Creative personnel Vendors Lighting crew Art design team Stage video and projection crew Intel Shooting Star drone team All Access Staging & Productions crew Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, \"Joanne\". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "17079303", "text": "Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special; and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special eventually winning in the last category. In next year, the performance was nominated for Best Awards, Music, or Game Shows at 2014 Art Directors Guild. Nielsen ratings confirmed that the show was watched by 110.8 million viewers, thus becoming the fourth most watched halftime show in the history after Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show which was watched by 112.5 million viewers, Bruno Mars' performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show which attracted 115.3 million viewers and Katy Perry's", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734519", "text": "advertising of the Super Bowl halftime show, as he, the father of three young children, claimed that pre-game advertising led him to believe that the halftime show would consist of marching bands, balloons and a patriotic celebration. The lawsuit was rejected because Stephenson should have filed a federal lawsuit or complaint to the FCC, which was already investigating the halftime show. America Online, the Internet service provider that sponsored the halftime show, demanded a refund of the approximately US$7.5 million that it paid to sponsor and advertise on the halftime show. However, no other advertisers of the Super Bowl had", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "394665", "text": "of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with him and his manager Sandy Gallin. After three failed negotiations, one having asked the NFL for a fee of $1 million, Jackson's management agreed to allow him to perform at Super Bowl XXVII. Although the league does not pay appearance fees for Super Bowl halftime performers, the NFL and Frito-Lay agreed to donate $100,000 to the Heal the World Foundation—a charity that", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII" }, { "docid": "4450419", "text": "John Randle, and Emmitt Smith – were named the day before. The Saints won the coin toss, marking the 13th straight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super Bowl XXXIV halftime", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "397171", "text": "the game. After trumpeter Wynton Marsalis performed the national anthem, Bart Starr, MVP of Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II, tossed the coin. The performance event group Up with People performed during the halftime show titled \"Beat of the Future\". Up with People dancers portrayed various scenes into the future. This was the last Super Bowl to feature Up with People as a halftime show, though they later performed in the Super Bowl XXV pregame show. The halftime show was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day", "title": "Super Bowl XX" }, { "docid": "17076868", "text": "value of $84 million for Madonna's enterprises and the singer did not have to pay for accommodations, travel, backup dancers, stage setup, advertising and publicity: \"Given all these benefits, playing the Super Bowl halftime show for free is more than worth the trouble. In fact, it's incredibly lucrative – and such a good deal for artists that some suspect a major change might be on the horizon\". Madonna's performance was the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history, with 114 million viewers – more than the game itself, which had 111.3 million viewers. According to the Nielsen ratings, the show", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "20550655", "text": "a special episode of \"In Living Color\", broadcast by future NFL broadcaster Fox during the game's halftime period successfully attracted viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast on CBS (with viewership falling by 22% over halftime), the NFL began the process of heightening the profile of the halftime show in an effort to attract mainstream viewers. Radio City Productions, who would produce the halftime show, attempted to court Michael Jackson to serve as the headline act by meeting with him and his manager Sandy Gallin. After three failed negotiations, including asking the NFL for a fee of $1 million, Jackson's", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567793", "text": "nothing to say in his performance, and said that it lacked soul and meaning. At the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, the Super Bowl halftime show received four nominations: Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special. The Super Bowl LII halftime show was seen by 106.6 million television viewers in the United States, 9% less than Lady Gaga's in 2017. It had higher average viewership than the game itself, and the decline for the halftime show was roughly", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567739", "text": "the first time the drones had been used as part of a television broadcast. The halftime show was critically acclaimed, with media outlets praising Gaga for demonstrating artistic and musical qualities. Some argued it ranked among the top Super Bowl halftime performances in history. The show was also noted for its acknowledgment of the LGBT community, the perceived political undertones, and the technical achievement of the use of drones. With 117.5 million television viewers, it was the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show after Katy Perry's and had higher average viewership than the game itself. Gaga's music catalogue benefited from", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "17076878", "text": "or logic\", and blamed NBC for its \"dereliction\" in not blurring out the gesture during the live telecast. M.I.A. tweeted Madonna with a request to borrow $16 million, later deleting the tweet. In August 2014, ESPN reported that the NFL had reached a confidential agreement with M.I.A. Neither attorney Howard King nor the NFL provided any further details. Source for the set list performed at the show. Credits and personnel adapted from the halftime show's name reel. Super Bowl XLVI halftime show The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "19774385", "text": "of the 20 most anticipated of 2016. Mars' father confirmed the album anticipated release date to be in March and that seven songs had already been recorded, but his son's appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show led to the release being postponed for several months. This meant that he did not release his album until the Super Bowl was over. During the recording of the album, Mars has been in the studio with Skrillex, who said \"what [Bruno and I are] doing is so f—king different, awesome and next level and sounds like nothing else that's happened before\". In", "title": "24K Magic (album)" }, { "docid": "17079299", "text": "last song, Beyoncé told the crowd, \"Thank you for this moment. God bless y'all\". Beyoncé's performance was acclaimed by critics. Randall Roberts of the \"Los Angeles Times\" commented that Beyoncé's performance at the half time show \"reconfirms her skills as a live performer, silencing anyone who might have wondered about them in the wake of a certain revelation.\" David Rooney of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote: \"Continuing in the vein of Madonna in 2012, [Beyoncé] steered the Super Bowl halftime show away from dad rock to embrace girl power.\" Melinda Newman of the website HitFix commented: \"In a Super Bowl half-time", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "394711", "text": "Judd, who joined Wynonna in performing The Judds' single \"Love Can Build a Bridge\", to which everyone eventually joined in. This was the first Super Bowl halftime show in which the main stadium lights were turned off for the performance. The show included dancers with yard-long light sticks. Though the Bills had a lead at halftime, Super Bowl XXVIII would have an identical outcome to the three preceding Super Bowls and end with a Buffalo loss. Dallas kick returner Kevin Williams returned the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Buffalo 48-yard line. The Cowboys began the drive with quarterback Troy", "title": "Super Bowl XXVIII" }, { "docid": "394533", "text": "(ABC), who broadcast the game in the U.S., did not broadcast the Super Bowl XXV halftime show (headlined by the American boy band New Kids on the Block) live. Instead, the network televised a special ABC News report anchored by Peter Jennings on the progress of the war, and then aired the halftime show on tape delay after the game. The Bills and their explosive no-huddle offense were making their first Super Bowl appearance after finishing the regular season with a 13–3 record, and leading the league in total points scored with 428. In advancing to their second Super Bowl,", "title": "Super Bowl XXV" }, { "docid": "18329778", "text": "the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 12, 2015, the halftime show won the awards for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special. The halftime show was also nominated for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. Two days after the halftime show, the \"Guinness World Records\" announced that Perry's performance garnered 118.5 million viewers in the United States, and became the highest-rated halftime show in Super Bowl history. The viewership was higher than the game itself, which was viewed by an audience of 114.4 million. In 2018, \"Deadline\" reported", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734507", "text": "in America. The day immediately following the Super Bowl, then-FCC chairman Michael Powell ordered an investigation into the halftime show.. Timberlake told CBS owned-and-operated station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles a few days following the Super Bowl that even his own family was offended by the mishap at the end of the halftime show. However, an Associated Press poll taken nearly three weeks after the Super Bowl found that although 54% of American adults considered the exposure distasteful, only 18% supported the FCC's investigation. Film director Spike Lee, speaking at Kent State University at Stark on February 3, called the incident", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "18567781", "text": "to announce her name we will do it. Or his name. Or their names.\" The NFL confirmed the announcement on October 22 with a video starring Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. This was Timberlake's third appearance in a Super Bowl halftime show. As a member of NSYNC, Timberlake appeared in the Super Bowl XXXV (2001) halftime show, and as a guest artist in the Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004), which performance featured a controversial incident where Timberlake accidentally exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts on national television, described as a wardrobe malfunction. The Parents Television Council penned an open letter to Timberlake", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17076873", "text": "of the Super Bowl\". According to professional slackliner Frankie Najera, \"That was by far the biggest thing that has happened for the sport\". M.I.A. extended her middle finger to the camera near the end of her verse in \"Give Me All Your Luvin instead of singing the word \"shit\", and the media compared the incident to Janet Jackson's 2004 wardrobe malfunction. According to \"People\", \"Call it a finger malfunction? Madonna was supposed to be the center of attention during the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but the Queen of Pop was upstaged by her collaborator M.I.A., who flipped off the", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "17079295", "text": "Star-Spangled Banner\" at President Obama's second inauguration on January 21, 2013, she was accused for lip sync. During a news conference where she discussed her halftime performance, she admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying \"I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this.\" Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734559", "text": "That's all there was. Janet Jackson,\" adding \"Janet don't pull that thing open herself. He did it. We were surprised that they didn't say anything to Justin about it.\" Timberlake would eventually be invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show when he was named headlining act for the Super Bowl LII halftime show in February 2018. During his performance, Timberlake again sang a portion of \"Rock Your Body,\" but stopped right before reaching the \"I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song\" lyric, saying \"hold up! Stop!\" and smiling. Some commentators interpreted this as a subtle", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "19314921", "text": "who -- until now -- has been beyond race for the mainstream audience. That was the basis of a recent \"Saturday Night Live\" skit that portrayed white fans freaking out about her \"blackness,\" as conveyed by her new \"Formation\" music video and a Super Bowl halftime performance in which her backup dancers dressed in Black Panther-esque outfits. The halftime show has prompted a number of discussions both pro- and anti-Beyoncé.\" Beyoncé performed the song as part of a guest appearance during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, which was headlined by Coldplay at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California", "title": "Formation (song)" }, { "docid": "376035", "text": "premiere the pilot of a promising new one in the lead-out slot, which immediately follows the Super Bowl and post-game coverage. Early Super Bowls featured a halftime show consisting of marching bands from local colleges or high schools; but as the popularity of the game increased, a trend where popular singers and musicians performed during its pre-game ceremonies and the halftime show, or simply sang the national anthem of the United States or America the Beautiful emerged. Unlike regular season or playoff games, thirty minutes are allocated for the Super Bowl halftime. After a special live episode of the Fox", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "394608", "text": "Boitano and Dorothy Hamill skated on sheets of Teflon that were embedded on the tops of large platforms that were placed on the field for the show. Singer Gloria Estefan performed during the show's finale. To compete with the halftime show, Fox decided to broadcast a special live episode of \"In Living Color\" and was able to attract and keep Super Bowl viewers. It was decided that Michael Jackson would perform at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII, followed by more big-name talent during subsequent Super Bowl halftimes in order to maintain Super Bowl viewership. Both teams entered the game as", "title": "Super Bowl XXVI" }, { "docid": "17836781", "text": "American pop star Katy Perry was headliner. The performance generated 2.2 million tweets, due to clamoring for tickets to Mars' Moonshine Jungle Tour. The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show received two 2014 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program and Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special. Bruno Mars was confirmed as the lead half time performer for Super Bowl XLVIII in September 2013 during a Fox NFL Sunday broadcast held live in Times Square in New York City. The NFL's entertainment team started working with Mars and his management on the halftime set", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "403930", "text": "by \"Askmen.com\". Janet Jackson was originally selected to perform at the Halftime Show, but she instead allowed U2 to perform a tribute to the events of September 11 and due to traveling concerns following the tragedy. She performed again for the Super Bowl halftime two years later, when her highly controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show performance incident occurred. The Rams scored first midway through the first quarter, with quarterback Kurt Warner completing 6-of-7 passes for 43 yards on a 48-yard, 10-play drive to set up a 50-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Wilkins. At the time, the field goal was", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVI" }, { "docid": "4243442", "text": "show before a final choice (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) was announced. The halftime entertainer selection process in late 2007 was not unusual: however, since the site selection process four years earlier was of special interest, it is necessary to also mention some of the acts who might have performed, but did not do so. According to the entertainment publication \"Variety\", a wish list of potential halftime performers was developed by the NFL. Among those on the wish list were Bruce Springsteen (who performed during halftime at Super Bowl XLIII the following year), Norah Jones and the Eagles. In addition,", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "docid": "2734500", "text": "Robert Thompson, founding director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, said, \"Michael Powell is representing the Super Bowl like everybody in the family sits around knitting booties, or like, it's the Macy's Day Parade. [...] Come on. There's gambling, there's a lot of drinking, partying, a carnival atmosphere\", he asserted. Jay Rosenthal, attorney for the Recording Artists' Coalition, says the FCC's involvement was a smoke-screen, or a \"sound bite attempt\" by the Republican-led commission to act as if it's doing something. \"When it comes to media consolidation issues affecting consumers and artists, they don't", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "4450375", "text": "touchdown, to clinch the victory. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP. His 32 completions tied a Super Bowl record set by Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVIII. The live broadcast of the game on CBS was watched by an average U.S. audience of 106.5 million viewers, making it then the most-watched Super Bowl. The National Anthem was sung by Carrie Underwood, and the halftime show featured the British rock band The Who. Super Bowl XLIV was the last Bowl to have a uniquely", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "docid": "17079292", "text": "generated more than 299,000 tweets per minute, making it the then second most tweeted moment in the history of Twitter. This would be the first Pepsi sponsored halftime show since Prince's performance in Super Bowl XLI. In October 2012, news sources confirmed Beyoncé would headline the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLVII. Beyoncé made the announcement on her website prior to the National Football League's confirmation by posting an image of her face with the date of the game stenciled into eye black. Lisa de Moraes of \"The Washington Post\" quipped that she would become the first \"female solo", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17836784", "text": "Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Mars and his eight-piece band, The Hooligans, were dressed in clothes custom created by Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane. Prince, Michael Jackson and James Brown used the same style in clothes; Mars worked a retro gold lame jacket paired with a white shirt, black trousers and a matching skinny tie. Mars made history at the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show as the youngest artist ever to serve as the sole NFL Super Bowl Halftime headliner. He opened the show with a drum solo on a kit designed to honor his late mother, Bernadette Hernandez.", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17836783", "text": "regarding the singer's performance. The latter wanted to show the audience wearing light-up bracelets to which Mars concurred \"If you take that camera off me, you're doing yourself a disservice. And what happened? They spent all this money on these things, and it didn't work.\" Fortunately, Mars and his band rehearsed a lot and it didn't matter if they had \"cafeteria lighting\" or a budget of $5 million (U.S.), the performance would always be the best they could do. According to the singer, \"Every smoke machine and laser light is just a bonus.\" The halftime show was produced by Ricky", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17076831", "text": "stage. The modular structure was assembled from a truck, with a large white fabric in front as media screens for Moment Factory. Projection mapping was used by video-hardware manufacturer Barco, with films modified for the spectators and the television audience. The stadium was equipped with Sharpys lighting arrangements from Clay Paky, and the show used Sennheiser sound equipment. Madonna was not paid for performing at the halftime show, which provides global exposure for an artist. The show was a success, setting a Super Bowl halftime-show record of 114 million viewers (higher than the viewership of the game itself). Keith Caulfield", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567767", "text": "Land of \"Salon\" noted Gaga was the first artist to refer to the LGBT community during a Super Bowl halftime show when she sang \"Born This Way\". Land considered this a \"crucial milestone\" for the community. He said, \"Putting LGBT issues on the main stage at the Super Bowl served as a powerful message of queer solidarity in the face on an unprecedented wave of challenges from our government.\" Although Gaga did not openly criticize Trump, Land viewed the singer's opening performance was a subtle \"dig\" at the President. Singing \"This Land Is Your Land\", a protest anthem for the", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "17836786", "text": "As well, the opening was changed to \"The National Football League welcomes you to the (sponsor) Super Bowl (Numeral) Halftime Show\". Set list adapted from \"Billboard\". Mars' performance received generally positive reviews from critics, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers' appearance received mixed to negative reviews. Mike Bruno of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave a positive review of the halftime performance, complimenting Mars' \"impressive\" vocal performance and stating that \"there's no question the kid is talented\". Mars stated that the halftime show was essentially flawless; however felt that the performance was slightly unmemorable. \"Entertainment Weekly\" also criticized the Red Hot Chili Peppers'", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567744", "text": "perform by the NFL, she had declined since she did not believe she was suitable for the halftime show. The NFL explained they had not signed any musician and were still in discussions with several artists. In the meantime singer Lady Gaga announced that she would be releasing her fifth studio album, \"Joanne\", in October 2016. \"Billboard\" reported that the NFL was is discussions with the singer, because of her performance of the national anthem at the previous Super Bowl. On September 29, 2016, Gaga confirmed on her Instagram account that she would be performing at the halftime show. Fox", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "2734469", "text": "of attention and backlash. The increased regulation of broadcasting raised concerns regarding censorship and free speech in the United States, and the FCC increased the fine per indecency violation from US$27,500 to US$325,000 shortly after the event. The halftime show that year was produced by MTV and was themed around the network's Choose or Lose campaign due to the event occurring during a presidential election year. Following the wardrobe incident, the National Football League (NFL) announced that MTV, which also produced the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXV, would not be involved in any halftime shows in the future. The", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "247513", "text": "by a group known as \"The Shower Rangers\". The teens later sued, with MTV later apologizing and ordering the segment's removal. After Viacom's purchase of CBS, MTV was selected to produce the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show in 2001, airing on CBS and featuring Britney Spears, NSYNC and Aerosmith. Due to its success, MTV was invited back to produce another halftime show in 2004, which would spark a nationwide debate and controversy that would drastically change Super Bowl halftime shows, MTV's programming, and radio censorship. When CBS aired Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, MTV was again chosen to produce the", "title": "MTV" }, { "docid": "2734569", "text": "networking. \"Rolling Stone\" stated Jackson's Super Bowl performance \"is far and away the most famous moment in the history of the Super Bowl halftime show\". \"PopCrush\" called the performance \"one of the most shocking moments in pop culture\" as well as a \"totally unexpected and unforgettable moment\". \"Gawker\" ranked the performance among the most recent of the \"10 Shows that Advanced Sex on Television\", commenting the set \"had all the elements of a huge story\" and \"within seconds the world searched furtively for pictures\", concluding \"it remains so ubiquitous, it's impossible to look at a starburst nipple shield without thinking", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "18567769", "text": "Outstanding Music Direction, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special and won for Outstanding Lighting Design. In the United States, the Super Bowl LI halftime show attracted 117.5 million television viewers. It was the second-most-watched halftime show behind Katy Perry's in 2015. For the fourth year in a row, the viewership was higher than the game, which was viewed by an audience of 111.3 million. A total of 5.1 million tweets were made about Gaga's performance, including 2.2 million during her show, making her the most tweeted about entertainer in the show's history. According to statistics presented", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "docid": "4509916", "text": "are hard for me; I don't like being forced to do things when you know you're not ready; when you're on the right path but you know you haven't gotten to the place you want to be.\" \"For additional information, see Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.\" Following Jackson's controversial Super Bowl halftime show performance incident, conglomerates involved with the broadcast were heavily fined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and taken to Supreme Court of the United States for several years. In retaliation, Viacom, owner of Super Bowl broadcaster CBS, MTV, and the radio station group Infinity Broadcasting,", "title": "Damita Jo (album)" }, { "docid": "2734530", "text": "content in daytime television, and indicated that he was reviewing whether soap operas were violating the agency's indecency prohibitions. Two other major sporting events that followed the Super Bowl that year also were forced to censor their respective halftime shows following the incident. The Pro Bowl, which would be played on February 8 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, originally was to feature singer JC Chasez, who was a member of boy band 'N Sync as was Timberlake, sing the National Anthem before the game and perform his hit song \"Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)\" at halftime. However, the NFL", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "3200036", "text": "quarterback Donovan McNabb's 30-yard touchdown pass to receiver Greg Lewis, with 1:48 remaining in the game but could not sustain the comeback. Overall, New England forced four turnovers, while Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch was named Super Bowl MVP for recording 133 receiving yards and tied the Super Bowl record with 11 catches. To avoid the possibility of an incident similar to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show during the previous year, the league selected Paul McCartney as a \"safe\" choice to perform during Super Bowl XXXIX's halftime. The broadcast of the game on Fox was watched by an estimated", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIX" }, { "docid": "4938548", "text": "another main force behind the split was the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, which led to MTV not being allowed to produce any more halftime shows, they had also produced the show for Super Bowl XXXV, the first Super Bowl CBS aired since regaining NFL rights and becoming MTV's corporate sibling). On June 14, 2005, the Viacom Board of Directors approved the split of the company into two firms. The CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of the companies, to be headed by longtime television executive (and Viacom co-President) Leslie Moonves, and would include CBS, UPN, Infinity", "title": "CBS Corporation" }, { "docid": "4243444", "text": "served as the halftime show sponsor. The halftime show itself, produced by Don Mischer and White Cherry Entertainment in association with NFL Network, was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009. Former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, MVP in Super Bowl XXII, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of becoming the first African American quarterback to lead a team to victory in the Super Bowl, took part in the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation ceremony after the game. Eli Manning was awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy for being named MVP, and also received the keys to a 2009 Cadillac Escalade hybrid SUV. Though not", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "docid": "2734538", "text": "staples in such awards telecasts in the past, including Fox's Teen Choice Awards and MTV's self-created Video Music Awards. Author Frederick S. Lane stated in an interview with John Eggerton of \"Broadcasting & Cable\" magazine that the controversy surrounding the halftime show was the primary inspiration for his 2006 book \"The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture\", which explains moral controversies in the American media over the years. The Super Bowl itself would not feature a modern act for its halftime show for the next six years, opting instead for classic rockers such as Paul McCartney, The Rolling", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "docid": "17079302", "text": "that it was a \"ready-made obligatory-Slash-cameo guitar solo\". He finished his review by writing, \"The actual game wasn't bad, either. Sorry, 49ers. But there's no question who the night belonged to: Beyoncé.\" In March 2013, Michael Hogan of \"The Observer\" put the performance in his list of \"The 10 best Beyoncé moments – in pictures\". Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show received three nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards which took place on September 22, 2013. It was nominated in the categories for Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs; Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "18567782", "text": "asking to keep the performance \"family-friendly.\" While the organization acknowledged that Timberlake apologized for the 2004 incident, they asked him to stay true to his word, saying \"we are heartened by your response that the events of 2004 are not going to happen in 2018,\" as the singer stated in a prior interview that \"we are not going to do that again.\" In an interview with \"Billboard\", Pepsi executives expressed: The Halftime Show included a remembrance for Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, who died just hours before Super Bowl LII after being struck by a vehicle. During the performance, Timberlake", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "376038", "text": "quickly cut away from the shot. The incident led to fines being issued by the FCC (and a larger crackdown over \"indecent\" content broadcast on television), and MTV (then a sister to the game's broadcaster that year, CBS, under Viacom) being banned by the NFL from producing the Super Bowl halftime show in the future. In an effort to prevent a repeat of the incident, the NFL held a moratorium on Super Bowl halftime shows featuring pop performers, and instead invited a single, headlining veteran act, such as Paul McCartney, The Who, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen. This practice ended at", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "17872220", "text": "about how they were actually offended by shirtless men and how both men and women should remained clothed because children were watching. The halftime show set a record for the most watched halftime performance in Super Bowl history. The show pulled in 115.3 million viewers, better than Beyoncé did in 2013 with 110.8 million and shattering the previous halftime record Madonna set in 2012 with 114 million watching. The Super Bowl was also the most watched television show in U.S. history. Song selections for the setlists have not changed from the previous tour. Nothing new has been added to the", "title": "Red Hot Chili Peppers 2013–2014 Tour" }, { "docid": "18329766", "text": "game itself and won two Emmy Awards in September 2015. In August 2014, it was reported that the NFL had a shortlist of three potential acts for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, which were Coldplay, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. However, \"The Wall Street Journal\" also reported that league representatives asked representatives of potential acts if they would be willing to provide financial compensation to the NFL in exchange for their appearance, in the form of either an up-front fee, or a cut of revenue from concert performances made following the Super Bowl. While these reports were denied by an", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "docid": "12810380", "text": "then-fledging Fox network aired a special live episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color\" during halftime at Super Bowl XXVI (which featured a halftime show entitled \"Winter Magic\", a Winter Olympics-themed show starring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, and Dorothy Hamill to tie into CBS's upcoming broadcast of the Games). The live episode featured football-themed sketches (such as \"Men on Football\"), a performance by Color Me Badd, and a clock counting down to the start of the third quarter. The episode was sponsored by Frito-Lay, who paid $2 million to hold all national advertising time, and to help", "title": "Super Bowl counterprogramming" }, { "docid": "394025", "text": "from 1970–73. Bryant Gumbel and Lee Leonard with analyst John Brodie anchored NBC’s pregame, halftime and postgame coverage. The pregame festivities featured the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) All-City Band and frisbee dog Ashley Whippet. Later, singer Vikki Carr sang “America the Beautiful”. This is the only game in Super Bowl history that the national anthem wasn’t sung. This was the first time that “America the Beautiful” was sung at a Super Bowl. The halftime show was produced by Disney and was based on \"It's a Small World\", an attraction at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. The show featured", "title": "Super Bowl XI" }, { "docid": "18567786", "text": "scene at the show's opening. All members of the band were featured on the field in the show's finale, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". The band had previously performed in the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVI. Timberlake’s performance received mixed reviews. In a positive review, Bruce R. Miller of \"Sioux City Journal\" wrote \"Timberlake is a masterful live performer – which made Sunday's Super Bowl performance about the only sure bet,\" he continued commenting the performer \"did a lot of infectious dancing and managed to play with the crowd like no other.\" Although it did not have a moment that", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17836790", "text": "controversy through his Twitter page saying: \"FYI... Every band in the last 10 years at the Super Bowl has performed to a previously recorded track. It's the NFL's policy. Period.\" Some fans even complained to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the band's shirtless appearance saying that they were offended and both men and women should wear clothing because children were watching. One person even contacted the FCC complaining sexism and how it was unfair for the Chili Peppers to go topless but Janet Jackson's exposed nipple caused so much backlash. The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show was once", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "17079293", "text": "artist under the age of AARP eligibility\" to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. Initial reports mentioned that Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z was a potential collaborator on the show. However, he did not appear during the show, and a source told to \"Us Weekly\" that he changed his decision at the last minute as he wanted the performance \"to be her moment and didn't want to take away from it\". The halftime show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. During the performance Beyoncé was dressed in an oversized black jacket, lace-and-leather bodysuit and thigh-high stockings. Kelly Rowland", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "docid": "7141050", "text": "Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers. The show opened with a children's choir singing a chorus from \"Billionaire.\" Afterward, Mars appeared, playing a drum solo. Mars then performed the songs \"Locked Out of Heaven\", \"Treasure\", \"Runaway Baby\", \"Give It Away\" (with Red Hot Chili Peppers) and \"Just the Way You Are\" as a tribute to the United States Armed Forces. The halftime performance was the most watched in the history of the Super Bowl drawing in a record 115.3 million viewers, passing the record 114 million who watched Madonna perform two years earlier. It was later revealed", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII" }, { "docid": "17836785", "text": "The artwork was modeled after Mars' arm tattoo dedicated to his mom. During his performance of \"Just the Way You Are\" he was standing midfield, backed by the biggest firework display in NFL Super Bowl history. Montreal-based firm PixMob provided audience lighting effects during the show: \"video ski hats\" with LEDs and an infrared receiver were distributed to attendees of the game. Lighting cues were sent to the hats using infrared signals from around the stadium, transforming the audience into \"pixels\" of a giant \"screen\". Starting with this halftime show, the halftime show logo does not appear in the introduction.", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show" }, { "docid": "394810", "text": "anniversary of the Challenger disaster, the flyover was done in a Missing Man formation. To honor the 30th Super Bowl game, several past Super Bowl MVPs joined the coin toss ceremony (similar to 10 years earlier in Super Bowl XX, and then subsequently repeated every 10 years thereafter in Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl 50). Joe Montana, MVP of Super Bowls XVI, XIX, and XXIV, tossed the coin. Diana Ross performed during the halftime show, titled \"Take Me Higher: A Celebration of 30 years of the Super Bowl\". The show featured a number of her songs along with pyrotechnics,", "title": "Super Bowl XXX" }, { "docid": "388604", "text": "ninth episode at a table read for the reunion show. Though much dialogue in \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\" is improvised, the plot was scripted, and the \"Seinfeld\" special that aired within the show was scripted and directed by \"Seinfeld\" regular Andy Ackerman, making this the first time since \"Seinfeld\" went off the air that the central cast appeared together in a scripted show. Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Wayne Knight, playing their respective \"Seinfeld\" characters, appeared in a spot presented during halftime of Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. FOX came up with the idea of doing such a spot,", "title": "Seinfeld" }, { "docid": "394578", "text": "This was the first time that a major television network successfully scheduled Super Bowl counterprogramming: Fox aired a special live football-themed episode of its popular sketch comedy show \"In Living Color\" during the halftime show. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May 24, 1989 meeting in New Orleans. Indianapolis, Pontiac and Seattle also made bids for the game. Super Bowl XXVI became the second Super Bowl to be played in a cold, winter climate city. The first one was Super Bowl XVI on January 24, 1982 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb", "title": "Super Bowl XXVI" }, { "docid": "18329774", "text": "the show \"bright [and] booming\". He also stated that Perry showcased \"triumphant\" vocals and stated that Perry \"left it all on the field\" after taking a \"well deserved victory lap\" during the performance of \"Firework\". He also complimented Missy Elliott's appearance, calling it \"thrill[ing]\". Jason Lipshutz of \"Billboard\" stated that the \"fiery\" performance \"did not disappoint\" and was a \"career highlight\" for Perry. Chris Chase of \"USA Today\" stated that the performance \"felt more like an Olympic Opening Ceremony\", which he called a \"major achievement\". Chase stated that Perry's performance \"is what a Super Bowl halftime show should be\", while", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "docid": "394156", "text": "group Up with People performed during the halftime show titled \"A Salute to the Big Band Era\". Despite being the underdogs, the Rams managed to hang onto a 13–10 lead at halftime, and a 19–17 lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter. But the Steelers held the Rams scoreless in the fourth quarter and scored two touchdowns for the win. Despite the game's uneven matchup and the final score, this game is regarded by some as one of the most competitive games in Super Bowl history. Overall, the lead changed seven times between both teams, a Super Bowl record", "title": "Super Bowl XIV" }, { "docid": "18563348", "text": "perform \"Uptown Funk\" with Beyonce. Despite this, Mars still didn't think it was a good idea and asked the former to talk to Beyonce to see what was her opinion on that. Martin videotaped him and Mars, while the former sang a song to Beyoncé so that she would come to do the Super Bowl with both of them. Beyonce response was receptive to the idea. At that time, Mars and Beyoncé were both doing a diet and stressing out. One day before the performance they were \"watching playback backstage\", while Beyonce ate a bag of Cheetos. Mars asked her", "title": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show" }, { "docid": "18798746", "text": "that the American pop rock band, Maroon 5, will headline the game's halftime show, though neither the NFL nor Maroon 5 have confirmed the reports. Super Bowl LIII Super Bowl LIII, the 53rd Super Bowl and the 49th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2018 NFL season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 3, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the third Super Bowl in Atlanta, having previously hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 at the Georgia Dome. On", "title": "Super Bowl LIII" } ]

[ "2017" ]

[ { "docid": "242083", "text": "1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956) and the World Series in 1955. After moving to Los Angeles, the team won National League pennants in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017, and 2018, with World Series championships in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988. In all, the Dodgers have appeared in 20 World Series: 9 in Brooklyn and 11 in Los Angeles. For most of the first half of the 20th century, no Major League Baseball team employed an African American player. Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "4341707", "text": "Reds did so. Although the Dodgers had played the maximum seven games in four best-of-seven World Series when they were located in Brooklyn (in 1947, 1952, 1955, and 1956), 1965 marked the first time they had done so when located in Los Angeles. It did not happen again until 2017. The Brooklyn Dodgers had also played seven games in the 1920 World Series when it was a best-of-nine series, losing to Cleveland five games to two. 1965 World Series (4–3): Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) over Minnesota Twins (A.L.) The Dodgers would return to the World Series the following year, only", "title": "1965 World Series" }, { "docid": "20830061", "text": "team since the 1992 Atlanta Braves, to lose consecutive Fall Classics. The Boston Red Sox' most recent World Series appearance was their 2013 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who last won a World Series in 1988 over the Oakland Athletics, made their second consecutive appearance, after losing to the Houston Astros in 2017. The two franchises faced each other in the 1916 World Series; the Red Sox won the series in five games against the then-Brooklyn Robins. Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts were teammates on the Dodgers in 2002, 2003,", "title": "2018 World Series" }, { "docid": "5513296", "text": "fan's worst nightmare.\" The Dodgers and their fans, including Chairman Bob Daly and former manager Tommy Lasorda, rooted for the eventual champions and attended their games in Anaheim. Lasorda was at Game 2 and stood behind the batting cage and said that he's a big fan of Angels manager Mike Scioscia. Daly attended Game 7 and sat near the Angels dugout, as a fan of late Angels owner Gene Autry. This series was the Angels first championship, while the Dodgers' last title came in the 1988 World Series and appearance was 2017. History was made in when two MVPs were", "title": "Freeway Series" }, { "docid": "3968515", "text": "double by Garret Anderson was the difference in the Angels' Game seven win to clinch the series. Glaus was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. The two teams set a record for combined most home runs in a World Series (21), which stood until 2017. This was the fourth World Series played between two teams from California and the last World Series as of today involving two teams from the same state. The 1974 World Series saw the Oakland Athletics defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers; the series saw the Dodgers getting revenge by defeating the Athletics. In the San", "title": "2002 World Series" }, { "docid": "4169751", "text": "That has happened three times before, taking the 19th Century contests into account: The Brooklyn Dodgers of 1889 and 1890, the Cardinals, who won the 1886 Series when they were in the American Association, and the Houston Astros, who played in both the 2005 World Series against the Chicago White Sox as a National League team, and the 2017 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers as an American League team. This also makes this one of two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) that it is not possible to have a rematch, the other being the Astros and", "title": "1982 World Series" }, { "docid": "19067157", "text": "radio with Monday when Steiner was on television. On television, 50 road games were also assigned to a new hire, Joe Davis, alongside Hershiser and Garciaparra. It was subsequently revealed over the off-season that Davis would succeed Vin Scully as the television voice of the Dodgers for the 2017 season. On November 2, 2015, the day after the 2015 World Series, shortstop Jimmy Rollins, second baseman Howie Kendrick and starting pitcher Brett Anderson became free agents. The next day, starting pitcher Zack Greinke exercised an opt out option on his contract, voiding the last three years of his contract and", "title": "2016 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "242080", "text": "two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 1, in his only appearance of the series. The Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 and 2018, but lost the World Series to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox respectively. The Dodgers share a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants, the oldest rivalry in baseball, dating back to when the two franchises played in New York City. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers have collectively appeared in the World Series 20 times, while the New York Giants and", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "13979639", "text": "National League West title and home field advantage throughout the MLB playoffs. In the postseason, the Dodgers swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series and defeated the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series in five games to advance to the World Series against the Houston Astros. The Dodgers lost the series in seven games. Bellinger would be honored as the National League's Rookie of the Year for 2017, marking the third time the Dodgers had their players take home back-to-back Rookie of the Year honors in their history. Despite a 16-26", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Dodgers" } ]

[ { "docid": "8588064", "text": "the Yankees not winning a World Series in the 1980s, the only decade they would not have won a championship since moving to the Bronx. In contrast, the Dodgers were able to defeat the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 World Series. It would be their last post-season meeting to date, the last time ever the Dodgers visited the old Yankee Stadium, and the last meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship until the Rangers and the Kings squared off in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. Although the Yankees and the Dodgers", "title": "Dodgers–Yankees rivalry" }, { "docid": "4271705", "text": "1956 World Series The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers (representing the National League) during October 1956. The Series was a rematch of the 1955 World Series. It was the last all-New York Series until 2000; the Dodgers and the New York Giants moved to California after the 1957 season. Additionally, it was the last time a New York team represented the National League until 1969, when the New York Mets (an expansion team that debuted in 1962) delivered the biggest upset", "title": "1956 World Series" }, { "docid": "10828402", "text": "and Eddie Lopat. Kipp joined the Dodgers on September 1 when the rosters opened up. The Dodgers were in a three-way pennant race with the Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Redlegs. While not getting on the field, Kipp watched the games from the dugout and the bull pen. The Dodgers prevailed in the Pennant race but Kipp was ineligible for the World Series against their nemesis – the New York Yankees. Kipp pitched batting practice for the Dodgers and saw Don Larsen’s perfect game. The Dodgers lost game 7 at Ebbets Field and this would be the last World Series for", "title": "Fred Kipp" }, { "docid": "10316342", "text": "a championship series was in the 1956 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, and the 1928 Yankees were the last team to win four consecutive complete games in a championship series. In fact, the last time any major league pitching staff had hurled four straight complete game victories was near the end of the 1983 regular season, when the Texas Rangers accomplished the feat. The White Sox now advanced to the World Series, where they would take on the National League champion Houston Astros. The White Sox' appearance in the World Series was bittersweet for longtime", "title": "History of the Chicago White Sox" }, { "docid": "3776646", "text": "games played in an indoor stadium (the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome) and, to date, the last World Series game to start earlier than prime time in the eastern United States (Game 6 would start at 4:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CT), and it was the first World Series in which all games were won by the home team. (Four previous series had the home team winning the first six games, including the 1965 World Series, when the Twins dropped Game 7 to the Dodgers.) The bottom half of the ninth inning was never played in any game of this Series, and", "title": "1987 World Series" }, { "docid": "4171634", "text": "would be the final post-season game of Munson's career before his death during the 1979 season. 1978 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) This Series is tied with the 1980 World Series for the highest overall television ratings to date, with the six games averaging a Nielsen rating of 32.8 and a share of 56. The Yankees became the last repeat World Champions until fifteen years later (–; Toronto Blue Jays). This would be the last time the Yankees would win a World Series until . The Dodgers would go on to win the", "title": "1978 World Series" }, { "docid": "5242883", "text": "\"it is utterly impossible for a team with three or more ex-Cubs to win the series.\" Berler based this on a pattern that he observed in the post-1945 era; 1945 being the last time the Chicago Cubs made it to a World Series until 2016. Berler cited many examples of teams with three or more ex-Cubs on their teams that reached the World Series and lost: including the 1958 Milwaukee Braves, the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers, and the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers. The 1978 Dodgers, according to Berler, had lost the 1977 World Series with three ex-Cubs on their roster", "title": "Ex-Cubs Factor" }, { "docid": "2053296", "text": "Beltrán's former teams, the Yankees, in the ALCS in seven games. As the Astros advanced to the World Series, it was the second of Beltrán's career, where they opposed the Los Angeles Dodgers. During the series, Beltrán registered three plate appearances over three games, going 0–3. The Astros defeated the Dodgers in seven games, making Beltrán a World Series champion at last. Beltran announced his retirement from playing on November 13. He was named winner of \"Sports Illustrated\"'s inaugural Hope Award for his work in assisting Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Beltrán has appeared in the four", "title": "Carlos Beltrán" }, { "docid": "10791780", "text": "eventually play in the Major Leagues. The top draft pick in the June draft was catcher Mike Scioscia from Springfield High School in Pennsylvania. He would be the Dodgers starting catcher from 1980–1992 and was a 2-time All-Star and 2-time World Series Champion with the Dodgers. After his playing career ended he became the manager of the Anaheim Angels and would win another World Series as their manager in 2002. 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the western division of the National League. The big news was when long-time", "title": "1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "4169933", "text": "became the first (and so far only) team to have a perfect game pitched against them and win a World Series in the same season. Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitched the Perfect Game on September 16, 1988. With the Lakers winning their fifth NBA championship in nine years four months before, the Dodgers winning the World Series made Los Angeles the first city to have both NBA and World Series champions in the same year. 1988 World Series (4–1): Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) over Oakland Athletics (A.L.) The 1988 World Series marked the last time that NBC would", "title": "1988 World Series" }, { "docid": "10315045", "text": "Johnson closed out the decade in 1959. Roy Tucker and teammate Speedy Mason are cut from the Dodgers and end up together on a Triple-AAA team. When both men get called back, the older and wiser players teach young Schoolboy the meaning of the game. \"Baseball is a test of character, how you react under pressure\". \"Schoolboy Johnson\" ended Tunis' Dodgers series, and it was his last true sports novel until 1973's \"Grand National\". Tunis wrote only two novels in the 1960s, both set during World War II. \"Silence over Dunkerque\" appeared in 1962. It tells the story of the", "title": "John R. Tunis" }, { "docid": "19509856", "text": "since 1945. This was the Dodgers' 11th overall appearance in the NLCS. Los Angeles was in the NLCS for the first time since losing the 2013 National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers split their previous ten NLCS appearances, with their most recent victory in 1988, the same year they last appeared in and won the World Series. This was the second postseason meeting between the Cubs and the Dodgers. Their only other postseason series was the 2008 National League Division Series, in which the Dodgers swept the Cubs in three games, this postseason matchup would", "title": "2016 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "8655303", "text": "1.93 ERA while saving 22 games for Los Angeles in 1978. He appeared in the World Series for the Dodgers, as they lost to the New York Yankees. After the Series, he had bone chips removed from his elbow and his next three seasons were shortened by injuries. He was healthy for the Dodgers' postseason run in 1981, which culminated in him winning a World Series ring after the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in the 1981 World Series. Fully healthy in 1982, he pitched well coming out of the bullpen. On October 3, 1982, in the last regular season game", "title": "Terry Forster" }, { "docid": "13544798", "text": "their brand-new Yankee Stadium, and won the two teams' three subsequent Fall Classic match-ups in 1936, 1937 and 1951. The Yankees faced Brooklyn seven times in October, winning their first five meetings in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953, before losing to the Dodgers in 1955, Brooklyn's sole World Championship. The last Subway Series involving the original New York ballclubs came in 1956, when the Yankees again beat the Dodgers. The trio was separated in 1958 when the Dodgers and Giants moved to California (although the Yankees subsequently met and beat the now-San Francisco Giants in 1962, and played the", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "4169781", "text": "1981 World Series The 1981 World Series was the championship series of the 1981 MLB season. It matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years as well as a record eleventh Series meeting overall and last Series meeting to date. The Dodgers won the Series in six games in a mirror image of the two teams' last Series meeting in , for their first title since and their first victory over the Yankees since and third World Series win over the Yankees, overall. This is the last World", "title": "1981 World Series" }, { "docid": "5325748", "text": "his first World Series appearances. The 1981 World Series marked the last chapter of the Dodgers-Yankees trilogy of that era, this one won by the Dodgers. Reuschel was ineffective in that Series, and it appeared his career might be finished. He returned to the Cubs and was on the roster in 1984 when they won the National League Eastern Division and made the playoffs, but, somewhat controversially, he was not named to the playoff roster. Reuschel was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985 as a free agent, and had a 14-8 won-loss record with the last-place Pirates, earning him", "title": "Rick Reuschel" }, { "docid": "242108", "text": "two teams. While the Giants have more wins in franchise history, the Dodgers and Giants are tied for most National League Pennants at 23, though the Giants have won eight World Series titles, while the Dodgers have won six. The 2010 World Series was the Giants' first championship since moving to California, while the Dodgers had won five World Series titles since their move, their last title coming in the 1988 World Series. This rivalry refers to a series of games played with the Los Angeles Angels. The Freeway Series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "20012298", "text": "to win the NL pennant for the first time in 29 years, their last one in 1988. This was the first time in history that the NLCS and ALCS teams were from the four most populous U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; this NLCS was sponsored by Camping World and was officially known as the \"National League Championship Series presented by Camping World\". The Dodgers would go on to lose to the Houston Astros in the World Series in seven games.", "title": "2017 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "4341588", "text": "were back after a one-year hiatus, having won 13 of their last 14 Series games and 28 of their last 31. This was the first Subway Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees (though the Yankees had already faced the crosstown New York Giants five times). These two teams would meet a total of seven times from 1941 to 1956 — the Dodgers' only victory coming in 1955 — with an additional four matchups after the Dodgers left for Los Angeles, most recently in 1981. Joe Gordon's home run in the second off of Curt Davis put the", "title": "1941 World Series" }, { "docid": "8588049", "text": "Giants and Yankees became the first Subway Series, as match-ups between the Dodgers and the Giants were not referred to as Subway Series. After losing to the Giants in that World Series and again the following year, the Yankees moved across the Harlem River to the original Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, where they captured their first ever World Series from the Giants in 1923. The rivalry between the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers began when the teams first met in the 1941 World Series. In Game 4, with the Yankees leading the series two games to one, the Dodgers led", "title": "Dodgers–Yankees rivalry" }, { "docid": "5124906", "text": "to the Senators. As a Dodger, Osteen was finally made into a full-time starter. In his time with Cincinnati, he went 0-1; in his time with the Senators, he went 33-28. As a Dodger, his career finally took off. After two years with an earned run average under 3.00, Osteen was considered a top starter and a workhorse. In those two years, Osteen and the Dodgers reached two straight World Series, the last two Osteen would reach in his career. In the 1965 World Series, the Dodgers would beat the Minnesota Twins in seven games, and Osteen pitched brilliantly. He", "title": "Claude Osteen" }, { "docid": "4169923", "text": "to win the game was 1956's game 2 (the Yankees); nevertheless, the Yankees prevailed in the series. With a rested Orel Hershiser on the mound, the Dodgers took a 2–0 Series lead. Hershiser went the distance, allowing only three singles, all three hit by Dave Parker. The Dodgers got to Oakland starter Storm Davis with a five-run third. After one-out singles by Hershiser and Steve Sax, consecutive RBI singles by Franklin Stubbs and Mickey Hatcher made it 2–0 Dodgers before Mike Marshall capped the scoring with a three-run home run. Hershiser himself got an RBI when Alfredo Griffin singled in", "title": "1988 World Series" }, { "docid": "4342317", "text": "to 10–6. However, Joe Page held the Dodgers scoreless for the rest of the game to give the Yankees the championship. History was made in the ninth inning when the Ebbets Field lights were turned on, making this the first World Series game finished under artificial lights. The first scheduled Series night game would not be held until . 1949 World Series (4–1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.) 1949 World Series The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the", "title": "1949 World Series" }, { "docid": "802210", "text": "Subway Series rivalry between the American League (AL)'s New York Yankees and the National League (NL)'s New York Mets, and the National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the National Football Conference (NFC)'s New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC)'s New York Jets, the result of the boroughs' proximity through the New York City Subway. Historically, the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn competed via the Dodgers–Giants rivalry, when the two teams were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. Like the Knicks and Nets, the Giants and Dodgers played in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, and were", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "docid": "10973650", "text": "as the Dodgers second baseman in 2014, when he also led the league in steals. 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they won the National League West for the first time since 2004, and returned to the postseason after missing the playoffs in 2007. They swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. It was their first playoff series win since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series. However, they lost to", "title": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "4341744", "text": "the World Series was much more challenging. After blowing a four-game lead with seven to play in 1962, the Dodgers again built a lead in 1963. On August 21, the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 2–1 in 16 innings to take a game lead. When they went to St. Louis for a three-game series on September 16, their lead was one game over the Cardinals, who had won 19 of 20 games. Sports fans around the country were saying how the Dodgers were going to blow it again. But the Dodgers swept the three games from the Cardinals to move four", "title": "1963 World Series" }, { "docid": "2717644", "text": "a three-time All-Star. Hershiser's most successful season came in 1988, when he set a major league record by pitching 59 consecutive innings without allowing a run. He helped lead the Dodgers to a championship in the 1988 World Series, and was named the National League (NL) Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the World Series MVP. That season, he won the NL Cy Young Award and an NL Gold Glove Award. He later pitched in two more World Series and earned the American League Championship Series MVP Award. After 12 seasons with the Dodgers, Hershisher spent time with the", "title": "Orel Hershiser" }, { "docid": "4169793", "text": "left two on once again. Watson led off the fifth with a double, but no one scored as Valenzuela pitched out of it again. In both the third and fifth innings, the Dodgers were helped by the Yankees' being unable to use a designated hitter (since it was used in last season's Series). In both innings, Valenzuela issued two-out intentional walks to Larry Milbourne in order to pitch to Dave Righetti and George Frazier. Valenzuela struck out the pitchers both times. The Dodgers gave Valenzuela the lead back in the bottom of the fifth when Pedro Guerrero doubled in Steve", "title": "1981 World Series" }, { "docid": "4341872", "text": "the next year with 12 against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960 World Series.) The Dodgers became the second National League team to win a World Series after relocating (the 1957 Milwaukee Braves being the first). The Dodgers became the first team to go from 7th place in one season to World Champion the next. The 1959 World Series was the last one for Comiskey Park, and the only one for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The White Sox would move into U.S. Cellular Field, originally \"New Comiskey\", in 1991; the Dodgers would move into Dodger Stadium in 1962. This was", "title": "1959 World Series" }, { "docid": "4169936", "text": "coverage and handled postgame interviews made on-air statements that enraged many in the Dodgers' clubhouse (especially manager Tommy Lasorda). Costas said that the 1988 Dodgers possibly had the weakest hitting line-up in World Series history. After the Dodgers won Game 4, Lasorda (during a postgame interview with Marv Albert) sarcastically said that the MVP of the World Series should be Bob Costas. On the radio side, Jack Buck and Bill White provided commentary for CBS Radio. This was Buck's sixth World Series call for CBS Radio and White's fifth. It was White's last World Series as a broadcaster, as he", "title": "1988 World Series" }, { "docid": "5513300", "text": "The Angels lost the ALCS 4–2 to the eventual champion New York Yankees, while the Dodgers lost the NLCS to the Phillies, 4–1. The Angels' only World Series win and appearance came in , while the Dodgers' last one came in their championship season of , with their latest appearance being in . In 2014, both teams finished first in their respective divisions. However, the Angels were swept, 3–0, by the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS, while the Dodgers lost 3–1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. Freeway Series The Freeway Series is a Major League Baseball", "title": "Freeway Series" }, { "docid": "5325915", "text": "second one-hitter in Series history, only to be surpassed by Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. His best year was 1908, when he won 24 games for the National League and World Series champion Cubs, their last Series championship until they won it again in 2016. He pitched two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 26, 1908. No other pitcher has ever accomplished this feat in the major leagues. In a 1976 \"Esquire\" magazine article, sportswriter Harry Stein published an \"All Time All-Star Argument Starter\", consisting of five ethnic baseball", "title": "Ed Reulbach" }, { "docid": "13544763", "text": "York City, featuring at least one of the three teams located in New York at the time. The Dodgers and Giants moved to California after the 1957 season, leaving the Yankees as the lone team in the city until the Mets were enfranchised in 1962. During this period, other than 1948, 1954, and 1959, the Yankees represented the American League in the World Series. In the years 1947, 1949, 1951–1953, and 1955–1956, both teams in the World Series were from New York, with the Yankees playing against either the Dodgers or Giants. In 1958, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "7166898", "text": "for the first and, to date, last time, appearing in one game during the Dodgers' Division Series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Dessens pitched one more season for the Dodgers, then became a free agent in the offseason. Prior to the 2006 season, Dessens signed with the Kansas City Royals. In July, the Dodgers reacquired Dessens from the Royals for pitcher Odalis Pérez and two minor leaguers, again to bolster their bullpen. While the Dodgers did win the wild card that season, Dessens did not appear as the Dodgers were swept in the Division Series to the New York", "title": "Elmer Dessens" }, { "docid": "4169644", "text": "games to one. The series would be historic in other ways as well: the 76-year gap between matchups was the longest in World Series history, a record this World Series would hold until 2018 when the Red Sox and Dodgers met for their first World Series meeting in 102 years; it also marked the first time two franchises had faced off in the World Series after having once played each other when both were based in a different city. Fay Vincent, who had just taken over as Commissioner of Baseball after the sudden death of his predecessor Bart Giamatti in", "title": "1989 World Series" }, { "docid": "9608790", "text": "and were swept there despite having a 5-1 lead in the 9th inning of the last game. The Dodgers also dropped out of first place during this time. Interleague play then begun with the Blue Jays coming to Los Angeles. The Dodgers were able to end a three-game losing streak in 10 innings, with a walk off home run but then lost the next two games from the Blue Jays. They then swept the 1st Place team of the NL East, the Mets in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The Freeway Series then returned, this time to Dodger Stadium", "title": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "4342362", "text": "1955 World Series The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won while based in Brooklyn, as the team relocated to Los Angeles after the . This was the fifth time in nine years that the Yankees and the Dodgers met in the World Series, with the Yankees having won in , , , and ; the Yankees would also win in the rematch. This Series also marked the end", "title": "1955 World Series" }, { "docid": "14578018", "text": "when they defeated the Detroit Tigers four games to one to win their National League-leading 10th World Series title. This was manager Tony La Russa's sixth World Series appearance as manager and his third with the Cardinals. The Cardinals' last postseason appearance was in 2009, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series. They finished the 2010 season with a record of 86–76 (), finishing in second place in the National League Central standings, five games behind the Cincinnati Reds. During the 2010 offseason, the team signed new contracts with manager Tony La", "title": "2011 World Series" }, { "docid": "10859213", "text": "The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from another championship. The Yankees were back after a one-year hiatus, having won thirteen (13) of their last fourteen (14) Series games and twenty-eight (28) of their last thirty-one (31) games in the World Series. This was the first Subway Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, who had already faced the crosstown New York Giants five times, and the Series was now 1–0 in favor of the Bronx Bombers. These two teams would meet a total of seven (7) times from 1941–1956 – the", "title": "1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "4342415", "text": "as they drew a then-record 43,620 people for the final game. Brooklyn fielded some strong teams under their manager and namesake Wilbert Robinson in the late 1910s. The Robins, also interchangeably called the Dodgers, would win the pennant again in 1920, but the American League teams were generally stronger during that interval. It would be 39 years before the Dodgers would win their first World Series title in . The two franchises met again in the postseason for the first time in 102 years in the 2018 World Series, 60 years after the Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles. The record", "title": "1916 World Series" }, { "docid": "11855904", "text": "Angeles Dodgers. 1976 Major League Baseball season The 1976 Major League Baseball season was the last post 1961-season until 1993 in which the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) had the same number of teams. The season ended with the Cincinnati Reds taking the World Series Championship for the second consecutive season by sweeping the New York Yankees in four games. It would be the Reds' last title until Lou Piniella guided the club in 1990, and the second time that the Yankees were swept in World Series history. The only team to do it before was the", "title": "1976 Major League Baseball season" }, { "docid": "3328732", "text": "San Francisco Giants. Scully's commentary during his final game was simulcast in its entirety on radio, instead of only the first three innings. After the game, he offered a prayer and a final message: At the time of his retirement, Scully was the last direct link the Dodgers organization had to the team's days in Brooklyn. The following year, the Dodgers advanced to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Despite many Dodgers fans petitioning Scully to come out of retirement, including Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck (who was quoted as saying, \"I swear on my late", "title": "Vin Scully" }, { "docid": "20012307", "text": "struck out seven in 4 innings. All the runs in the game were on solo homers. Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner for the Dodgers in the third and eighth off of Arrieta and Wade Davis, respectively. Willson Contreras hit one in the second and Javier Báez hit two home runs in the second and fifth for the Cubs, who staved off elimination with a 3–2 win, despite manager Joe Maddon being ejected for the second time this series. Davis pitched the last two innings for the save. The Dodgers jumped on top in Game 5 off of Jose Quintana when", "title": "2017 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "4342363", "text": "of a long period of invulnerability for the Yankees in World Series. It was the Yankees' first loss in a World Series since and only their second since . While the Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances during that time, they would lose again in , , , and , for a record of 4–5 in World Series over the next decade. This was the sixth World Series contested between the Yankees and Dodgers; the Yankees had won each of the five prior matchups (1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953). New York manager Casey Stengel had played for the Dodgers", "title": "1955 World Series" }, { "docid": "5498626", "text": "but the 1955 Senators (53–101) finished eighth and last, the 1956 edition (59–95) finished seventh, and the 1957 club was 4–16 (and last again) on May 7, 1957, when Dressen was fired. His Senators won only 116 of 328 games — a winning percentage of .354. The team's next winning season would have to wait until , after the franchise had become the Minnesota Twins. After leaving Washington, Dressen rejoined the newly relocated Los Angeles Dodgers to serve as a coach under Alston in and . When the 1959 Dodgers won the World Series, Dressen was in demand as a", "title": "Chuck Dressen" }, { "docid": "40665", "text": "He was chosen out of a field of more than 670 applicants in the 2011–12 offseason. Of the eight original American League teams, the Orioles were the last of the eight to win the World Series, doing so in 1966 with its four–game sweep of the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals. The Orioles won the first-ever American League Championship Series in 1969, and in 2012 the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers in the inaugural American", "title": "Baltimore Orioles" }, { "docid": "4341564", "text": "1966 World Series The 1966 World Series matched the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles against the defending World Series champion and National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in four games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It was also the last World Series played before Major League Baseball (MLB) introduced the Commissioner's Trophy the following year. The Dodgers suffered record low scoring, accumulating just two runs over the course of the series, the lowest number of runs ever scored by any one team in the history of the World Series.", "title": "1966 World Series" }, { "docid": "4341771", "text": "and save a run. Kuzava then quickly put the Dodgers down in the eighth and ninth to give the Yankees their fourth consecutive World Championship. The Yankees batted .216 and the Dodgers only .215 in this tightly contested series. 1952 World Series (4–3): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.) 1952 World Series The 1952 World Series featured the 3-time defending champions New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Yankees won their 4th consecutive title, tying the mark they set in 1936-1939 under manager Joe McCarthy, and Casey Stengel became the second manager in Major", "title": "1952 World Series" }, { "docid": "7010723", "text": "1988 National League Championship Series The 1988 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League East champion New York Mets. The Dodgers won the Series four games to three, en route to defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games in the 1988 World Series. The Mets were heavy favorites when the series began in Los Angeles on October 4. They had beaten the Dodgers ten of eleven times in the regular season, outscoring them, 49–18. The Dodgers had won their fourth, and what turned out to be their final,", "title": "1988 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "10963536", "text": "The Los Angeles Dodgers, however, won three of the next four games and captured their first World Series championship since moving to the west coast in 1958. 92,706 fans witnessed Game 5 of the World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the most ever to attend a World Series game, or for that matter any non-exhibition major league baseball game. The White Sox won that game 1–0 over the Dodgers' 23-year-old pitcher Sandy Koufax, but the Dodgers clinched the series by beating the Sox 9–3 two days later at Comiskey Park. Fox became the last player in the 20th", "title": "1959 Chicago White Sox season" }, { "docid": "242081", "text": "San Francisco Giants have also collectively appeared 20 times. The Giants have won two more World Series (8); the Dodgers and Giants share the record of 23 National League Pennants. Although the two franchises have enjoyed near equal success, the city rivalries are rather lopsided and in both cases, a team's championships have predated to the other's first one in that particular location. When the two teams were based in New York, the Giants won five World Series championships, and the Dodgers one. After the move to California, the Dodgers have won five in Los Angeles, the Giants have won", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "10783874", "text": "game. Perry pitched six seasons in the minors, the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes, and finished 28-40 with a 5.34 ERA before the Dodgers released him. This years draft class also included pitcher Orel Hershiser from Bowling Green University, who was picked in the 17th round. He pitched 18 seasons (13 with the Dodgers), winning 204 games. He set a Major League record with a 59 consecutive scoreless inning streak in 1988 en route to winning the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP. He was also a three-time All-Star. 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 1979", "title": "1979 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "13979718", "text": "become routine during the years since the Second World War, and teams were no longer bound by much slower railroad timetables. Because of civil aviation advances, it became possible to locate teams farther apart – as far west as California – while maintaining the same busy game schedules. When Los Angeles officials attended the 1956 World Series looking to entice a team to move there, they were not even thinking of the Dodgers. Their original target had been the Washington Senators franchise, which moved to Bloomington, Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins in 1961. At the same time, O'Malley was", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Dodgers" }, { "docid": "3073592", "text": "Strickland, a September call-up, recorded the save. This is the only 18 inning game to go the full 18 innings. The third and to date last 18-inning game was Game 3 of the 2018 World Series. It was played on October 26–27, 2018, between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers took a 1–0 lead in the 3rd inning when Joc Pederson homered off of Boston starter Rick Porcello. The Red Sox tied the game in the top of the 8th when Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo home run off of Dodgers closer", "title": "Extra innings" }, { "docid": "6477281", "text": "nearby Anaheim Angels would later claim their first World Series championship four months later. It marked the second occurrence that a city/metropolitan area won both NBA and Major League Baseball championships in the same calendar year. The last time this occurred was in 1988, when the Lakers won that year's NBA Finals in June; the Dodgers followed suit with a World Series victory four months later. In relation to sports of smaller leagues, the Los Angeles Sparks won the WNBA Finals two months after the Lakers' 2002 Finals victory; the Los Angeles Galaxy won the MLS Cup exactly one week", "title": "2002 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "13544774", "text": "to Win Every Home Game The 1987 Minnesota Twins became the 1st team in the history of the World Series to win the championship by winning all 4 games they hosted when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. They repeated this 4 years later in 1991 when they defeated the Atlanta Braves. The 1988 World Series is remembered for the iconic home run by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1. The Dodgers were huge underdogs against the 104-win Oakland Athletics, who had swept the Boston Red Sox", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "20012300", "text": "win their first World Series since 1908. This was the third postseason meeting between the Cubs and Dodgers. The clubs have split their two previous postseason meetings. Los Angeles swept Chicago in the 2008 NLDS (3–0) and the Cubs defeated the Dodgers in the 2016 NLCS in six games (4–2). This was just the tenth time two teams have met in at least two straight League Championship Series, which have existed since divisional play began in 1969. The Dodgers offense took a big hit before the series even began when All-Star shortstop Corey Seager was left off the NLCS roster", "title": "2017 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "18290809", "text": "history behind Sandy Koufax (13). Back home on August 28, Kershaw struck out 14 in eight innings and the Dodgers picked up their fourth straight win, 4–1, over the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers won again the next day, 5–2, thanks to a two-run single by Andre Ethier in the seventh inning. However, they lost the final game of the series, 2–0, when Kris Bryant hit a two-run homer and Jake Arrieta no-hit them, the second time the Dodgers had been no hit in the last week. The Dodgers finished the month with a 5–4 victory over the San Francisco Giants", "title": "2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "7912431", "text": "hit the \"Shot Heard 'Round the World,\" costing the Dodgers the pennant. Walker then backed up Campanella for the next six seasons, the Dodgers' last years in Brooklyn. Over that time, they won four National League titles but Walker appeared in only one World Series, in 1956 against the New York Yankees. He went hitless in two at bats as a pinch hitter. The previous season, Walker was a member of Brooklyn's only world championship team; that year he appeared in 48 regular-season games as Campanella's backup and batted .252. After retiring as an active player in June 1958, Walker", "title": "Rube Walker" }, { "docid": "10973646", "text": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they won the National League West for the first time since 2004, and returned to the postseason after missing the playoffs in 2007. They swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. It was their first playoff series win since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series. However, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the NLCS. \"Note: G = Games played; AB", "title": "2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "20278765", "text": "hepatitis and pneumonia were also factors in his passing. Although the 1951–55 reign of Branch Sr. as GM of the Pirates was at the time viewed as a failure, he and Branch Jr. put into place the successful Pittsburgh organization of the 1960s and 1970s. Led by the great Roberto Clemente, drafted by the Rickeys from the Dodgers, the Bucs won the 1960 World Series and the 1971 World Series. Pittsburgh contended through the rest of that decade, winning its last Series in 1979. Branch Rickey Jr. <nowiki>Wesley</nowiki> Branch Rickey Jr. (January 31, 1914 – April 10, 1961) was an", "title": "Branch Rickey Jr." }, { "docid": "13544764", "text": "Giants took their long-time rivalry to the west coast, moving to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, bringing Major League Baseball west of St. Louis and Kansas City. The Dodgers were the first of the two clubs to contest a World Series on the west coast, defeating the Chicago White Sox in 1959. The 1962 Giants made the first California World Series appearance of that franchise, losing to the Yankees. The Dodgers made three World Series appearances in the 1960s: a 1963 win over the Yankees, a 1965 win over the Minnesota Twins and a 1966 loss to the Baltimore", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "4341742", "text": "batting average, the lowest ever for the Yankees in the post-season. This was the first time that the New York Yankees were swept in a World Series in four games (the 1922 World Series had one tie). Of the Los Angeles Dodgers four World Series championships since the opening of Dodger Stadium, this was the only one won at Dodger Stadium. Also, of the six championships from the Dodgers franchise, it remains the only one won at home. This series was also the first meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship.", "title": "1963 World Series" }, { "docid": "13979696", "text": "its title \"Buccaneers Take Last From Robins\", but the subtitle of the article reads \"Subdue The Superbas By 11 To 4, Making Series An Even Break\". Space-conscious headline writers still used \"the Flock\" (derived from \"Robins\") during the Dodgers' last decade in Brooklyn. Another example of the interchangeability of different nicknames is found on the program issued at Ebbets Field for the 1920 World Series, which identifies the matchup in the series as \"Dodgers vs. Indians\", despite the fact that the Robins nickname had been in consistent usage at this point for around six years. The historic and heated rivalry", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Dodgers" }, { "docid": "242104", "text": "Eagles. For the 2016 season, the Dodgers signed starting pitcher Kenta Maeda with an eight-year, $25 million contract, after posting a bid of $20 million to acquire him from the NPB's Hiroshima Toyo Carp. The Dodgers' rivalry with the San Francisco Giants dates back to the 19th century, when the two teams were based in New York; the rivalry with the New York Yankees took place when the Dodgers were based in New York, but was revived with their East Coast/West Coast World Series battles in 1963, 1977, 1978, and 1981. The Dodgers rivalry with the Philadelphia Phillies also dates", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "242111", "text": "a three-game interleague series. Their last meeting was in September 2016, when the Dodgers won two out of three games in New York. The Dodgers have a loyal fanbase, evidenced by the fact that the Dodgers were the first MLB team to attract more than 3 million fans in a season (in 1978), and accomplished that feat six more times before any other franchise did it once. The Dodgers drew at least 3 million fans for 15 consecutive seasons from 1996 to 2010, the longest such streak in all of MLB. On July 3, 2007, Dodgers management announced that total", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "15840212", "text": "games played by the Dodgers, though he never saw the team play in person. \"Washington Post\" sportswriter Bob Addie called Allbright the \"king of the baseball re-creators\", an art whose practitioners included Ronald Reagan. He was awarded a ring when the Dodgers won the 1955 World Series, their only championship in Brooklyn. Improving technology and the move of the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958 cost Allbright many of his fans, with the team's evening home games starting at 11:00 PM in the Eastern Time Zone where his radio stations were located. In the years after he retired from broadcasting", "title": "Nat Allbright" }, { "docid": "4341682", "text": "last day of the season over the second place rival Giants. During the 1965 season, the Dodgers relied heavily on the arms of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, and would rely on them even more in the World Series, as the Dodgers only used seven pitchers. The Dodgers' strong core of pitchers, which also included Claude Osteen and Ron Perranoski, kept them in the pennant race and into the Series. Koufax, surviving on a steady diet of Cortisone and pain killers for his arthritic left elbow, pitched five times in 15 days down the stretch, winning four (three shutouts), including", "title": "1965 World Series" }, { "docid": "386353", "text": "League pennants and World Series titles in their franchise histories, the Dodgers have won the National League West 5 more times than the Giants since the start of division play in 1969. Both teams have made the postseason as a National League wild card twice. The Giants won their first world championship in California in 2010, while the Dodgers won their last world title in 1988. As of the end of the 2014 baseball season, the Los Angeles Dodgers lead the San Francisco Giants in California World Series triumphs, 5-3, whereas in 20th century New York, the Giants led the", "title": "San Francisco Giants" }, { "docid": "14910804", "text": "result they were already looking ahead to facing the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series; the Associated Press commented on their dominance, saying that \"unless they completely fold in their last 50 games, they're in.\" While the Phillies fell out of contention, the Giants won 16 consecutive games from August 12 to August 27, cutting their deficit from games to six. By September 20, the Dodgers had ten games left to play while the Giants had seven, and the Dodgers had a game advantage, making a pennant win appear imminent. However, the Giants won their last seven games,", "title": "1951 National League tie-breaker series" }, { "docid": "4341772", "text": "1951 World Series The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World). In the Series, the Yankees showed some power of their own, including Gil McDougald's grand slam home run in Game 5, at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees won the Series in six games, for their third straight title and 14th overall. This would be the last World Series for Joe", "title": "1951 World Series" }, { "docid": "4342377", "text": "game. Don Hoak replaced Robinson in the line-up, and played third base. For the first time in Series history, an MVP was selected—Johnny Podres, winning pitcher of Games 3 and 7. He was 2–0, both wins being complete games including the series-clinching Game 7 shutout, and had a 1.00 ERA. 1955 World Series (4–3): Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) 1955 World Series The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only", "title": "1955 World Series" }, { "docid": "10795887", "text": "would win the World Series in the same year. As of 2008, the 1977 Yankees were the last team to accomplish this. The previous teams to accomplish this were the 1939 New York Yankees and the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers. This was Yankee Stadium's third time as host of the All-Star Game, and it would be its last until 2008; the last year of the park's use by the Yankees. Players in \"italics\" have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The National League started with Joe Morgan blasting American League starter Jim Palmer's sixth pitch into", "title": "1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "14804440", "text": "Series in 1989 and 2002. In 2010, the Giants won their first World Series since moving to San Francisco. The Dodgers returned to the World Series in 1963 and swept the Yankees. The Dodgers set a new attendance record in 1962, topping the previous mark of 2,641,845 set by the Cleveland Indians in 1948 with a total of 2,755,184 fans. Game 2 was the longest nine-inning game in MLB history with a time of 4 hours and 18 minutes, a record which stood until April 30, 1996, when a game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles lasted 4 hours", "title": "1962 National League tie-breaker series" }, { "docid": "4169812", "text": "providing analysis, working together for the third consecutive year. Scully was the Dodgers' primary local announcer during the regular season. When the Dodgers next appeared in the World Series in 1988, Scully called the series nationally for NBC Television. After the series, Johnstone, Yeager, Reuss, and Rick Monday of the Dodgers recorded a cover version of Queen's \"We Are the Champions\". The quartet performed the song on an episode of \"Solid Gold\", the syndicated TV-show. 1981 World Series The 1981 World Series was the championship series of the 1981 MLB season. It matched the New York Yankees against the Los", "title": "1981 World Series" }, { "docid": "4341785", "text": "the last baseball game ever played by Joe DiMaggio. 1951 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.) 1951 World Series The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World). In the Series, the Yankees showed some power of their own, including Gil McDougald's grand slam home run in Game 5, at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees won", "title": "1951 World Series" }, { "docid": "14643469", "text": "Yankee Stadium since 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it. The Marlins are also the last team to win a World Series at the original Yankee Stadium; the Yankees themselves would not participate in another World Series until 2009, when they defeated the then-defending champion Philadelphia Phillies at the new Yankee Stadium. The Marlins won the series despite scoring fewer runs (17) than the Yankees (21). The offseason after their second World Series title, the Marlins made a questionable cost-cutting move as Derrek Lee was traded to Chicago Cubs for Hee-seop Choi and pitcher Mike Nannini. The Marlins also", "title": "History of the Miami Marlins" }, { "docid": "4341565", "text": "This World Series marked the end of the Dodgers dynasty of frequent postseason appearances stretching back to 1947. Conversely, it marked the beginning of the Orioles dynasty of frequent postseason appearances that continued until 1983. Despite the general consensus that the Orioles were short of pitching when compared to the likes of Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Orioles pitching allowed only two runs in the entire series and ended up with a 0.50 team ERA, the second lowest in World Series history. The Orioles scored more runs in the first inning of the first game than the Dodgers would score", "title": "1966 World Series" }, { "docid": "8588045", "text": "teams' proximity in New York City, when the Dodgers initially played in Brooklyn while the Yankees played in the Bronx. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in , the rivalry retained its significance as the two teams represented the dominant cities on each coast of the United States, and since the 1980s, the two largest cities in the United States. The Dodgers currently lead the regular season series 7-6. Although the rivalry's significance arose from the two teams' numerous World Series meetings, the Yankees and Dodgers have not met in the World Series since . They would not play", "title": "Dodgers–Yankees rivalry" }, { "docid": "10746288", "text": "of the Arizona Diamondbacks. 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 2001 season saw Jim Tracy take over as the Manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. The Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. This was their last season to be broadcast by KTLA (5). Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul Lo Duca became the full-time catcher and led", "title": "2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "10746285", "text": "2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 2001 season saw Jim Tracy take over as the Manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. The Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. This was their last season to be broadcast by KTLA (5). Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul Lo Duca became the full-time catcher and led the team with a", "title": "2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "4341751", "text": "York Yankees (A.L.) World Series Teams With Fewer Than Ten (10) Runs Scored (Through 1963): 1963 World Series The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games to capture their second title in five years, and their third in franchise history. Starting pitchers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Johnny Podres, and ace reliever Ron Perranoski combined to give up only four runs in four games. The dominance of the Dodgers pitchers was so complete that at no point in any of the four", "title": "1963 World Series" }, { "docid": "20401174", "text": "20 minutes this game became the longest World Series game by both innings and time, surpassing (in playing time) Game 3 of the 2005 World Series, which lasted 14 innings and 5 hours and 41 minutes, and breaking the record (in innings) first set by the Red Sox and Dodgers in the 1916 World Series. In Game 4, the game was scoreless for the first five innings until the Dodgers jumped out to a 4–0 lead thanks to a throwing error and a thee-run homer by Yasiel Puig. Rich Hill was dominant, only allowing one hit in 6 innings while", "title": "2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "docid": "2516858", "text": ".320 batting average. He led the National League (NL) in runs scored, home runs, and RBI in separate seasons. He appeared in six post-seasons with the Dodgers (1949, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1959), facing the New York Yankees in the first five and the Chicago White Sox in the last. The Dodgers won the World Series in 1955 and in 1959. Snider's career numbers declined when the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Coupled with an aching knee and a 440-foot right field fence at the cavernous Coliseum, Snider hit only 15 home runs in 1958. However, he had one last", "title": "Duke Snider" }, { "docid": "3968516", "text": "Francisco Giants were defeated by the Oakland Athletics. The managers of the two clubs, Mike Scioscia of the Angels and Dusty Baker of the Giants, were teammates on the Dodgers from 1980–1983, and won a World Series in . This was the first World Series to feature opposing managers who had been teammates on a World Championship team as players. Since their 1958 move from New York City to San Francisco, the Giants franchise and its fans had a long history of futility, frustration, and disappointment. The Giants had won their last World Series crown before the move, in .", "title": "2002 World Series" }, { "docid": "6329446", "text": "time, four decades was the longest stretch any major league team had gone without a World Series appearance (the crosstown Cubs had only gone 14 years after winning their last pennant). In that sense, the Black Sox \"curse\", or the apparent pall cast over the franchise for some decades in the wake of the scandal, had also finally ended. Despite the team's pennant victory, however, they lost the 1959 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games. The White Sox remained competitive for the next several years, but were not quite good enough to win. After a slump,", "title": "Curse of the Black Sox" }, { "docid": "13544799", "text": "now-Los Angeles Dodgers four times, losing to them in a four-game sweep in 1963, beating them back-to-back in 1977 and 1978 and losing to them in 1981). An all-New York Series did not recur until 2000, when the Yankees defeated the New York Mets in five games. The last World Series played entirely in one ballpark was the 1944 \"Streetcar Series\" between the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns. The Cardinals won in six games, all held in their shared home, Sportsman's Park. The 1989 World Series, sometimes called the \"Bay Bridge Series\" or the \"BART Series\" (after", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "2828167", "text": "never win another National League (NL) pennant (at least for the remainder of Sianis's life). The Cubs lost the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, and did not win a World Series championship again until 2016. The Cubs had last won the World Series in 1908. After the incident with Sianis and Murphy, the Cubs did not play in the World Series for the next 71 years until, on the 46th anniversary of Billy Sianis's death, the \"curse\" was broken when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–0 in game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series to", "title": "Curse of the Billy Goat" }, { "docid": "5989732", "text": "at bats, and the Athletics lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series with Phillips striking out against Orel Hershiser for the final out of the series. However, in 1989 he boosted his average to .262 and the A's swept the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series. Phillips made the last out of the 1989 World Series when he fielded a ground ball off the bat of Brett Butler and then threw to Dennis Eckersley covering first base to clinch the series. Phillips left Oakland after 1989 to join the Detroit Tigers. His offensive production surged", "title": "Tony Phillips" }, { "docid": "242079", "text": "against the Yankees, and their first against them as a Los Angeles team. The Dodgers won four more pennants in 1966, 1974, 1977 and 1978, but lost in each World Series appearance. They went on to win the World Series again in 1981, thanks in part to pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela. The early 1980s were affectionately dubbed \"Fernandomania.\" In 1988, another pitching hero, Orel Hershiser, again led them to a World Series victory, aided by one of the most memorable home runs of all time, by their injured star outfielder Kirk Gibson coming off the bench to pinch hit with", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "242110", "text": "was embodied in the two teams' proximity in New York City, when the Dodgers initially played in Brooklyn. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, the rivalry retained its significance as the two teams represented the dominant cities on each coast of the United States, and since the 1980s, the two largest cities in the United States. Although the rivalry's significance arose from the two teams' numerous World Series meetings, the Yankees and Dodgers have not met in the World Series since . They would not play each other in a non-exhibition game until 2004, when they played", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "docid": "19509903", "text": "doubled in the first postseason plate appearance of his career and speedy Michael A. Taylor pinch-ran, but Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen struck out pinch-hitter Chris Heisey on a called third strike to end the inning. It was the Nationals' last scoring threat; they had the tying run on base in four of the game′s last five innings without being able to score a single run, and left nine men on base during the game. The Dodgers won 4–3 to take a 1–0 lead in the series. Originally scheduled to begin at 4:08 p.m. EDT on October 8, Game 2 was", "title": "2016 National League Division Series" } ]

[ "Ezio Pinza" ]

[ { "docid": "5262053", "text": "marry him. In the song, he describes a man seeing a stranger and instantly knowing he will see her again, hearing her laughter and dreaming of it. He says that when you find your \"true love\", you must \"fly to her side, / And make her your own\"; otherwise, all your life you will \"dream all alone\". The song is then reprised several times during the show by Nellie and/or Emile as their relationship experiences setbacks and reconciliations. In the original Broadway production, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was sung by former Metropolitan Opera bass Ezio Pinza. Pinza won the Tony Award", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "5262053", "text": "marry him. In the song, he describes a man seeing a stranger and instantly knowing he will see her again, hearing her laughter and dreaming of it. He says that when you find your \"true love\", you must \"fly to her side, / And make her your own\"; otherwise, all your life you will \"dream all alone\". The song is then reprised several times during the show by Nellie and/or Emile as their relationship experiences setbacks and reconciliations. In the original Broadway production, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was sung by former Metropolitan Opera bass Ezio Pinza. Pinza won the Tony Award", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" } ]

[ { "docid": "5262058", "text": "as \"The Simpsons\", \"Last of the Summer Wine\", \"Man About the House\", and \"Bless This House\". The song has been sung in films and on TV shows, for example by Harrison Ford in the film \"American Graffiti\" (1978 reissue), by an itinerant chanteuse in \"Crossing Delancey\" (1988), by Jon Bon Jovi on \"Ally McBeal\" in the episode \"Homecoming\" (2002) and by Bert in episode 102 on \"the Muppet Show\" (1977) to Connie Stevens. Some Enchanted Evening \"Some Enchanted Evening\" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical \"South Pacific\". It is \"the single biggest popular hit to", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "9409972", "text": "\" Oxford Companion to the American Musical\", Thomas Hischak wrote: A DVD was released on August 28, 2001. Special features include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie. In 2013, the film was reissued on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment in a double-feature DVD set that includes the 1993 TV remake of \"Gypsy\". A soundtrack from the TV production was released on March 20, 2001. Promo:<br>Announcer: The soundtrack for a Truly Enchanted Evening, Rodger's and Hammerstein's South Pacific. An all-new production with an all-star cast, featuring newly recorded versions of the classics: Some Enchanted Evening, I'm", "title": "South Pacific (2001 film)" }, { "docid": "5262051", "text": "Some Enchanted Evening \"Some Enchanted Evening\" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical \"South Pacific\". It is \"the single biggest popular hit to come out of any Rodgers and Hammerstein show.\" It is a three-verse solo for the leading male character, Emile, in which he describes seeing a stranger, knowing that he will see her again, and dreaming of her laughter. He sings that when you find your \"true love\", you must \"fly to her side, / And make her your own\". The song appears in the first act of the musical. It is sung as", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "10181689", "text": "DVD set of both the longer and shorter versions was released in the USA on Region 1 on November 7, 2006 and earlier on UK region 2 on 20 March 2006. \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was ranked #28 on the American Film Institute's \"100 Years...100 Songs\" (2004). On March 31, 2009, \"South Pacific\" became the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical available on high definition Blu-ray Disc. The Original Soundtrack of the film was released in 1958. The album became a major success, reaching No.1 in both the US and UK. In the US, the album stayed at No.1 on the \"Billboard\"", "title": "South Pacific (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "11967176", "text": "the role of Filip Filippovich, the protagonist of Alexander Raskatov's 2009 opera \"A Dog's Heart\". In 2018, Szot sang the role of the Celebrant in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's performance of Leonard Bernstein's \"Mass\" under the direction of Marin Alsop with the Chicago Children's Choir and the Highland Park High School Marching Band. Of his performance in \"South Pacific\", Ben Brantley of \"The New York Times\" wrote: \"When he delivers 'Some Enchanted Evening' or 'This Nearly Was Mine,' it's not as a swoon-making blockbuster (though of course it is), but as a measured and honest consideration of love.\" Paulo Szot", "title": "Paulo Szot" }, { "docid": "10929206", "text": "cast of \"The Lion King\" opened the show with a performance \"Circle of Life\", celebrating the show's 10th anniversary. The cast of \"Grease\", featuring Max Crumm and Laura Osnes as Danny and Sandy, then performed \"Grease\" and \"We Go Together\". Patti LuPone performed \"Everything's Coming Up Roses\" with Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti from \"Gypsy\". This was followed by the cast of \"South Pacific\" in a medley of \"There Is Nothin' Like A Dame\", \"Some Enchanted Evening\", and \"(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy\". Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell sang \"Move On\" from \"Sunday in the Park with George\".", "title": "62nd Tony Awards" }, { "docid": "5262054", "text": "for Best Actor in 1950 for this role, and the song made him a favorite with audiences and listeners who normally did not attend or listen to opera. In the 2001 London revival of the show, Philip Quast won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role as Emile, and seven years later, international opera singer Paulo Szot won a Tony for his portrayal in the 2008 New York revival. In the film version of \"South Pacific\", the first and second scenes of the play are switched around. Because of the switch, Emile enters later in the film, and", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "1447834", "text": "play in Los Angeles in mid-1948, they asked her to consider the part. Martin was reluctant to sing opposite Pinza's powerful voice; Rodgers assured her he would see to it the two never sang at the same time, a promise he mostly kept. Rodgers and Martin lived near each other in Connecticut, and after her tour Rodgers invited Martin and her husband, Richard Halliday, to his home to hear the three songs for the musical that he had completed, none of them for Nellie. \"Some Enchanted Evening\" especially struck Martin, and although disappointed the song was not for her, she", "title": "South Pacific (musical)" }, { "docid": "10181684", "text": "plane to the island, where the Seabees and Bloody Mary have their first musical numbers. (The first musical number in the film is \"Bloody Mary\", sung by the Seabees, while in the stage version it is \"Dites-moi\", sung by Emile's children.) Emile is not shown in the film until about thirty minutes into it; in the film, Nellie first appears during the scene with the Seabees. Because of the switch, the show's most famous song, \"Some Enchanted Evening\", is not heard until nearly forty-five minutes into the film, while in the show it is heard about fifteen minutes after Act", "title": "South Pacific (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "5262055", "text": "\"Some Enchanted Evening\" is not heard until nearly 45 minutes into the film, while in the original stage version it is heard about 15 minutes after Act I begins. In the film, the song is sung by another Metropolitan Opera bass, Giorgio Tozzi, who dubbed the singing for actor Rossano Brazzi. Tozzi's version finished at No. 28 on the 2004 American Film Institute list and television special, \"AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs\", selecting the top 100 songs in American cinema. According to \"Popular Music in America\", the song's \"lush orchestration, expansive form, and above all its soaring melody\" allow the singer", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "5262056", "text": "and character (Emile) to \"linger in the moment\" of immediate infatuation. Gerald Mast's history of the American musical notes that the song is a climactic moment which reveals that two characters have fallen in love, and it expresses a seize-the-opportunity lyric: \"When you find your true love ... Then fly to her side / And make her your own\". According to the running commentary on the 2006 Fox DVD release of the 1958 film version of \"South Pacific\", Lehman Engel remembered that Oscar Hammerstein II wanted to write a song based around verbs but waited ten years to do so", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "4642406", "text": "of the first season after the season ended. However, in 2006, IGN.com named \"The Crepes of Wrath\" the best episode of the first season. Penny Marshall, who played Ms. Botz, ranked on AOL's list of their favorite 25 \"Simpsons\" guest stars. Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) \"Some Enchanted Evening\" is the thirteenth and final episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season. It was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on May 13, 1990. Written by Matt Groening and Sam Simon and directed by David Silverman and Kent Butterworth, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was the first episode produced for", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "1624520", "text": "by David Merrick, and received five Tony Award nominations. South Pacific opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for over five years. Its songs \"Bali Ha'i\", \"Younger Than Springtime\", and \"Some Enchanted Evening\" have become standards. The play is based upon two short stories by James A. Michener from his book \"Tales of the South Pacific\", which itself was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948. For their adaptation, Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with co-writer Joshua Logan, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950. In the original production, Mary Martin starred as the heroine", "title": "Rodgers and Hammerstein" }, { "docid": "2834262", "text": "of some 95 classical roles. After his Met farewell, he embarked on a second career in Broadway musicals. In April 1949, he appeared in Rodgers and Hammerstein's \"South Pacific\", originating the role of French planter Emile de Becque, and his operatic-style, highly expressive performance of the hit song \"Some Enchanted Evening\" made him a matinée idol and a national celebrity. In 1950, he received a Tony Award for best lead actor in a musical. Pinza became a member of Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York, and lived in a house adjacent to the fifth golf hole of the South", "title": "Ezio Pinza" }, { "docid": "18370999", "text": "testament to how deeply Dylan sees himself in these old songs.\" Kenneth Partridge, in \"Billboard\" magazine, gave the album four out of five stars, noting that Dylan was \"singing like a guy who has seen it all and found truth in timeless poetry that belongs to everyone\". Partridge also observed, \"Dylan has always loved American mythology and all things archaic, and his best songs on recent albums have been rooted in pre-rock pop. When he gets wistful on \"The Night We Called It a Day\" or grabs hold of moonbeams on the South Pacific favorite \"Some Enchanted Evening\", he's natural", "title": "Shadows in the Night" }, { "docid": "1447851", "text": "(\"Some Enchanted Evening\"). Nellie, promising to think about their relationship, returns to the hospital. Emile calls Ngana and Jerome to him, revealing to the audience that they are his children, unbeknownst to Nellie. Meanwhile, the restless American Seabees, led by crafty Luther Billis, lament the absence of available women – Navy nurses are commissioned officers and off-limits to enlisted men. There is one civilian woman on the island, nicknamed \"Bloody Mary\", a sassy middle-aged Tonkinese vendor of grass skirts, who engages the sailors in sarcastic, flirtatious banter as she tries to sell them her wares (\"Bloody Mary\"). Billis yearns to", "title": "South Pacific (musical)" }, { "docid": "5262052", "text": "a solo by the show's male lead, Emile de Becque, a middle-aged French expatriate who has become a plantation owner on a South Pacific island during World War II. Emile falls in love with Ensign Nellie Forbush, an optimistic and naive young American navy nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas. The two have known each other for only a few weeks, and each worries that the other may not return his or her love. Emile expresses his romantic feelings for Nellie, recalling how they met at an officers' club dance and instantly were attracted to each other. He asks her to", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "12147694", "text": "– Barnum & Jesus Christ Superstar 1999 – Return to the Forbidden Planet & Billy 2000 – Hot Mikado & Chess 2001 – West Side Story & South Pacific 2002 – City of Angels (NODA Winner) & Fame 2003 – Some Like It Hot & A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum 2004 – Jesus Christ Superstar & Les Misérables (NODA Winner) 2005 – Crazy For You, Some Enchanted Evening & Barnum 2006 – The Mystery of Edwin Drood & Sweeney Todd (NODA Winner) (Rose Bowl Winner) 2007 – Joseph (Rose Bowl nominee) & Grand Hotel (Rose", "title": "Zenith Youth Theatre Company" }, { "docid": "5604380", "text": "\"Some OTHER Enchanted Evening\", which featured a previously unreleased performance videotaped at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland on July 14, 1978. Blue Öyster Cult Production Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album) Some Enchanted Evening is the second live album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in September 1978 (see 1978 in music). It is Blue Öyster Cult's best selling album, having sold two million copies, including over a million in the United States. The album's seven original tracks were recorded at various locations in the United States and England. The album was re-issued on", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album)" }, { "docid": "4642391", "text": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) \"Some Enchanted Evening\" is the thirteenth and final episode of \"The Simpsons\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season. It was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on May 13, 1990. Written by Matt Groening and Sam Simon and directed by David Silverman and Kent Butterworth, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was the first episode produced for season one and was intended to air as the series premiere, but served as the final episode of the season due to significant animation problems. It is also the last episode to feature the original opening sequence starting from \"Bart the", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "304552", "text": "contributed the lyrics to 850 songs, according to \"The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II\", edited by Amy Asch. Some well-known songs are \"Ol' Man River\", \"Can't Help Lovin' That Man\" and \"Make Believe\" from \"Show Boat\"; \"Indian Love Call\" from \"Rose-Marie\"; \"People Will Say We're in Love\" and \"Oklahoma\" (which has been the official state song of Oklahoma since 1953) from \"Oklahoma!\"; \"Some Enchanted Evening\", from \"South Pacific\"; \"Getting to Know You\" and \"Shall We Dance\" from \"The King and I\"; and the title song as well as \"Climb Ev'ry Mountain\" from \"The Sound of Music\". Several albums of", "title": "Oscar Hammerstein II" }, { "docid": "3790593", "text": "the latter appeared on her 2000 album, \"Love Decides\". In her early days as a performer, Olivor played such venues as Brothers & Sisters and The Ballroom. She became known, notably among the gay community, for her interpretations of songs such as \"Some Enchanted Evening\" from the Broadway musical \"South Pacific\" and \"Come Softly to Me\", by The Fleetwoods. She also performed on several occasions as a guest artist on the famous BBC 'Jazz Ship' the SS Rotterdam sailing out of New York in her early career. Credited as \"Janie Olivor, stage performer\", an early performance is captured in the", "title": "Jane Olivor" }, { "docid": "1447809", "text": "the Southern U.S., its racial theme provoked controversy, for which its authors were unapologetic. Several of its songs, including \"Bali Ha'i\", \"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair\", \"Some Enchanted Evening\", \"There Is Nothing Like a Dame\", \"Happy Talk\", \"Younger Than Springtime\", and \"I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy\", have become popular standards. The production won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Libretto, and it is the only musical production to win Tony Awards in all four acting categories. Its original cast album was the bestselling record of the 1940s, and other recordings", "title": "South Pacific (musical)" }, { "docid": "1447874", "text": "between story and song, and hilarity and heartbreak.\" Brooks Atkinson of \"The New York Times\" especially praised Pinza's performance: \"Mr. Pinza's bass voice is the most beautiful that has been heard on a Broadway stage for an eon or two. He sings ... with infinite delicacy of feeling and loveliness of tone.\" He declared that \"Some Enchanted Evening\", sung by Pinza, \"ought to become reasonably immortal.\" Richard Watts, Jr. of the \"New York Post\" focused on Mary Martin's performance, writing, \"nothing I have ever seen her do prepared me for the loveliness, humor, gift for joyous characterization, and sheer lovableness", "title": "South Pacific (musical)" }, { "docid": "5262057", "text": "before he wrote this song, in which the verses are built around the verbs \"see\", \"hear\" and \"fly\". Many popular singers have recorded and performed \"Some Enchanted Evening\". Perry Como's version was a #1 hit in 1949, and Frank Sinatra recorded the song several times. The song's title has been used as the name for albums, such as one by Blue Öyster Cult, one by Art Garfunkel and a cast album and PBS special of the revue \"\"Some Enchanted Evening\" – The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein\". It was used as the name for television episodes in such TV series", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening" }, { "docid": "1447903", "text": "she would not have to compete vocally with Pinza, but the composer sought to unite them in the underlying music. A tetrachord, heard before we see either lead, is played during the instrumental introduction to \"\"Dites-Moi\" \", the show's first song. Considered as pitch classes, that is, as pitches without characterization by octave or register, the motif is C-B-A-G. It will be heard repeatedly in Nellie's music, or in the music (such as \"Twin Soliloquies\") that she shares with Emile, and even in the bridge of \"Some Enchanted Evening\". Lovensheimer argues that this symbolizes what Nellie is trying to say", "title": "South Pacific (musical)" }, { "docid": "5604379", "text": "Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album) Some Enchanted Evening is the second live album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in September 1978 (see 1978 in music). It is Blue Öyster Cult's best selling album, having sold two million copies, including over a million in the United States. The album's seven original tracks were recorded at various locations in the United States and England. The album was re-issued on CD in early 2007 on Legacy Recordings and included seven previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in various locations around the US, along with a DVD entitled", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album)" }, { "docid": "13964231", "text": "Lion King\" and \"I See the Light\" from \"Tangled\"), anthems (\"My Heart Will Go On\" from \"Titanic\", featuring Joshua Bell, violin) and romantic standards (\"Some Enchanted Evening\" from \"South Pacific\"). Other collaborations on the album are \"The Summer Knows\" from \"Summer of 42\", featuring Chris Botti, trumpet, and \"Come What May\" from \"Moulin Rouge!\", featuring The Canadian Tenors. An Allmusic review awarded the album 3-1/2 stars out of five. A 2012 PBS \"Great Performances\" special called \"Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies\" features nearly the same selections as the album. Evancho began a 42-stop tour to promote the album in", "title": "Jackie Evancho" }, { "docid": "17974177", "text": "(1945), \"Some Enchanted Evening\" from \"South Pacific\" (1949), and \"We Kiss in a Shadow\" from \"The King and I\" (1951), all written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well as songs by Stephen Sondheim. Prior to the concert, the \"Toronto Star\" said, \"One thing we can be sure of is that, to borrow a phrase from one famous song, this could be the start of something big... After its Toronto premiere, it’s safe to assume \"If I Loved You\" will head for New York, the Hollywood Bowl and London\". The paper's entertainment contributor Martin Knelman predicted that the concert would sell", "title": "If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway" }, { "docid": "7606009", "text": "Simpsons\" would have been a great radio show. If you just listen to the sound track, it works.\" The music for all 13 episodes was composed by former Oingo Boingo member Richard Gibbs, who would depart the show at the end of the season. The series was originally set to debut in the fall of 1989 with the episode \"Some Enchanted Evening\", which was meant to introduce the main characters. A debacle erupted when the episode \"Some Enchanted Evening\", the first to return from animation in Korea, was screened in front of the production staff at the Gracie Films bungalow.", "title": "The Simpsons (season 1)" }, { "docid": "772649", "text": "at the sock hop, and an effort by Bob Falfa to serenade Laurie with \"Some Enchanted Evening\"—but decided that the film was fit for release only as a television movie. However, various studio employees who had seen the film began talking it up, and its reputation grew through word of mouth. The studio dropped the TV movie idea and began arranging for a limited release in selected theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Universal presidents Sidney Sheinberg and Lew Wasserman heard about the praise the film had been garnering in L.A and New York, and the marketing department amped", "title": "American Graffiti" }, { "docid": "7081180", "text": "with the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle, which premiered several of his plays, among them \"Some Enchanted Evening\" (1977), \"Bandits\" (1977), \"Operation Elvis\" (1978), \"And a Nightingale Sang\" (1978) – a bitter-sweet comedy set on wartime Tyneside – and \"The Saints Go Marching In\" (1980 – later known as \"Bring Me Sunshine, Bring Me Smiles\"'). In \"The Peter Pan Man\" (Scottish Youth Theatre 1978) he transferred J. M. Barrie's play to an Elswick estate. His most successful play is probably \"Good\" (1981), in which the liberal German professor Halder (Alan Howard) becomes involved with the Third Reich war machine and", "title": "C. P. Taylor" }, { "docid": "10181685", "text": "I starts. Juanita Hall sang in the stage production and took part in the recording of the stage production cast album. However, she had her singing dubbed for the film version by Muriel Smith, who played Bloody Mary in the London stage production. Metropolitan Opera star Giorgio Tozzi provided the singing voice for the role of Emile de Becque in the film. John Kerr starred as 2nd Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC and his singing voice was dubbed by Bill Lee. Ken Clark, who played Stewpot, was dubbed by Thurl Ravenscroft (who sang \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\" and was", "title": "South Pacific (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "55281", "text": "their first album to sell less than its predecessor. It featured even more polished production, and continued the trend of the lead vocals extensively shared between members, although Allen Lanier did not sing lead. As with the previous album, Eric Bloom sang lead on fewer than half the songs. The band then released another live album, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" (1978). Though it was intended as another double-live album in the vein of \"On Your Feet or on Your Knees\", Columbia insisted that it be edited down to single-album length. It was a resounding commercial success, becoming Blue Öyster Cult's most", "title": "Blue Öyster Cult" }, { "docid": "12726210", "text": "February 2008. It was released in South Korean theatres on 28 February, and as of 13 July had received a total of 13,928 admissions with a gross of $75,557. \"Night and Day\" won the award for Best Film at the 17th Buil Film Awards, held on 9 October 2008. Hong Sang-soo was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Night and Day (2008 film) Night and Day () is a 2008 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, starring Kim Young-ho and Park Eun-hye. The film competed for the Golden Bear at the", "title": "Night and Day (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "4642404", "text": "by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. In its original broadcast, \"Some Enchanted Evening\" finished 12th for the week in the Nielsen ratings with a rating of 15.4, being seen by approximately 14.2 million homes. The episode was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. Since airing, the episode has received mixed reviews from television critics. The authors of the book \"I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide\", Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said: \"It's quite a shock to discover that this confident, fully rounded episode was the first to", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "5624844", "text": "actors in a room together, not reading their lines separated from each other. \"The Simpsons\" would have been a great radio show. If you just listen to the sound track, it works.\" \"The Simpsons\" utilized a process of collaborative script re-writing by the show's whole writing staff; this meant the credited writer may not have been responsible for the majority of an episode's content. Nevertheless, Simon was credited with co-writing the season one episodes \"The Telltale Head\", \"The Crepes of Wrath\" and the season finale \"Some Enchanted Evening\". \"Some Enchanted Evening\" was intended to be the show's premiere but was", "title": "Sam Simon" }, { "docid": "3893885", "text": "2007, Marsden played Corny Collins in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray, based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. In which he sang two songs, \"The Nicest Kids In Town\" and \"(It's) Hairspray.\" Both \"Hairspray\" and its soundtrack were critically acclaimed, the latter of which has since sold over 1,200,000 copies to date in the United States and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. His next role was with Amy Adams in the Disney hybrid animated/live action film \"Enchanted\", playing Prince Edward. He sang one song as a duet with Adams at the beginning", "title": "James Marsden" }, { "docid": "19248778", "text": "New York City called the \"Zombie Hut\". After World War II, the war's end saw many sailors returning from their duties in the Pacific. Polynesian culture had begun to take root in the US through such things as James A. Michener's \"Tales of the South Pacific\" and its subsequent musical and film adaption, as well as Don the Beachcomber opening in Hollywood. The war had helped to create a national interest in Polynesian food and décor. The tiki culture continued, spurred on by Hawaii's statehood in 1959 and Disney's opening of the Enchanted Tiki Room in 1963 as well as", "title": "Zombie Hut" }, { "docid": "8952977", "text": "songs is used to frame the truly important moments in a film that is mostly humorous and lighthearted. It is used in four places: The song is also alluded to in the Disney film \"Enchanted\", a tribute to and parody of Disney films, in the form of an old woman named Clara who sells bird feed for \"two dollars a bag\", and in Chris Columbus's 1992 movie \"\" by the character known as the Pigeon Lady (interpreted by Academy-Award Winner Brenda Fricker) and John Williams's soundtrack theme. As the Sherman Brothers recall, when Richard Sherman first played and sang \"Feed", "title": "Feed the Birds" }, { "docid": "5834820", "text": "raunchy. After watching it performed by Joan McCracken, who played Betty (Carmen in the play-within-the-play), the pair decided it had too many double entendres and cut it. It was replaced by \"We Deserve Each Other\", which the pair had written in a Cleveland hotel room. Another cut song, \"You Never Had It So Good\", included lyrics which satirized the duo's own earlier efforts. Its lyrics, \"I'll sew, I'll bake / I'll try to make your evenings all enchanted. / My honeycake, / I'm yours to take, but don't take me for granted\", alluded to two songs from \"South Pacific\", \"Some", "title": "Me and Juliet" }, { "docid": "1903434", "text": "41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti is the official 1973 soundtrack album of the film \"American Graffiti\". It has been certified triple platinum in the U.S., where it peaked at #10 on the \"Billboard\" 200 album chart. Included in the film, but not on the soundtrack, are \"Gee\" by The Crows, \"Louie Louie\" by Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, and Harrison Ford's in-character \"a cappella\" rendition of \"Some Enchanted Evening\". A second compilation, titled \"More American Graffiti\" (MCA 8007) (and not to be confused with the 1979", "title": "41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti" }, { "docid": "12727583", "text": "Sofi Tsedaka Sofi Sarah Tsedaka (; born 26 October 1975) is an Israeli actress, singer, television presenter and politician. Born Sofi Tsedaka to a Samaritan family in the city of Holon, she formally converted to Judaism along with her siblings at the age of 18. She later married a Jewish man named Roni Azran. She played and sang on various TV shows and children video cassettes. She also released some singles to the Israeli radio. Tsedaka voiced Ella of Frell (played by Anne Hathaway) in the Hebrew dub of the film \"Ella Enchanted\". In the 2006 elections for the Knesset,", "title": "Sofi Tsedaka" }, { "docid": "3388438", "text": "Enchanted April (1991 film) Enchanted April is a 1991 film directed by Mike Newell. The screenplay by Peter Barnes was adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel \"The Enchanted April\". The film stars Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright, with Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen, and Jim Broadbent in supporting roles. Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club, but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement", "title": "Enchanted April (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "14727444", "text": "The Enchanted Forest (film) The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Edmund Lowe and Brenda Joyce, also featuring Harry Davenport as a hermit who finds and raises a young boy in a forest. The film and story served as the inspiration for a 1998 music composition/recording, \"Enchanted Forest\" by Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille. It was filmed in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation. A hermit, Uncle John, communicates with animals and cares for the forest. He is at odds with a forester who wants to cut down all the trees, and wants any impediments (like Uncle", "title": "The Enchanted Forest (film)" }, { "docid": "416851", "text": "\"Dollar General\" and \"Chuck's Ghost Music\", live album \"Bimbo's Talking Light\", and studio album \"Lonely Teenager\". In October 2010, Randy performed a set of thirteen Residents tracks at the Olomouc Moravian Theatre with the band Už Jsme Doma and musical arrangements by Miroslav Wanek, who had previously been involved with the \"Freak Show Live\" performance in 1995. In late 2011, The Residents presented a new performance piece at The Marsh in Berkeley, California, entitled \"Sam's Enchanted Evening\". A new version of \"Sam's Enchanted Evening\" was subsequently performed in March 2012 at Henry Street Settlement in at Henry Street Settlement in", "title": "The Residents" }, { "docid": "13098742", "text": "Enchanted Island (film) Enchanted Island is a 1958 Technicolor adventure film distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Allan Dwan, produced by Benedict Bogeaus, and written by Harold Jacob Smith, James Leicester, and Al Stillman. It is based on Herman Melville's novel \"Typee\", which was also the film's working title. The title song, \"Enchanted Island\", written by Stillman and Robert Allen, was performed on the soundtrack by The Four Lads, who had a hit recording of the song on Columbia Records. The film started out as an RKO movie, but when RKO when bankrupt, it was released by Warner Bros. \"Enchanted", "title": "Enchanted Island (film)" }, { "docid": "14727446", "text": "film led to several major studios filming their own movies in the process. The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California. The Enchanted Forest (film) The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Edmund Lowe and Brenda Joyce, also featuring Harry Davenport as a hermit who finds and raises a young boy in a forest. The film and story served as the inspiration for a 1998 music composition/recording, \"Enchanted Forest\" by Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille. It was filmed in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation. A hermit, Uncle John, communicates with animals and cares for", "title": "The Enchanted Forest (film)" }, { "docid": "7803790", "text": "the film. Enchanted (film) Enchanted is a 2007 American musical fantasy romantic comedy film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertainment. Written by Bill Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey, and Susan Sarandon. The plot focuses on Giselle, an archetypal Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the live-action world of New York City. \"Enchanted\" was the first Disney film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, instead of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. The", "title": "Enchanted (film)" }, { "docid": "7803732", "text": "Enchanted (film) Enchanted is a 2007 American musical fantasy romantic comedy film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertainment. Written by Bill Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey, and Susan Sarandon. The plot focuses on Giselle, an archetypal Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the live-action world of New York City. \"Enchanted\" was the first Disney film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, instead of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. The film is", "title": "Enchanted (film)" }, { "docid": "11400709", "text": "film and the original \"The Swan Princess\". The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (alternatively subtitled as The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure or The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure) is a direct-to-video musical adventure film and the third installment in \"The Swan Princess\" franchise. It was released in 1998, directed by Richard Rich, and features the voices of Michelle Nicastro and Brian Nissen as Odette and Derek. This film follows Derek and Odette having to deal with Zelda, a sorceress, who", "title": "The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom" }, { "docid": "11819971", "text": "\"Some Enchanted Evening\", Mylène Farmer on her \"Innamoramento\" album, and with Sylvie Vartan on her album \"Nouvelle Vague\". Frank has produced five albums for vocalist Ann Lewis. Frank Simes composed and recorded a musical entitled \"The Door\" with partner Lisa Verlo. Together they formed Soundlove Productions, collaborating on a children's CD, \"Turner's Treehouse\", as well as music for TV and film. In 2009, Simes toured as lead guitarist and musical director in Roger Daltrey's No Plan B band for the \"Use It or Lose It\" tour. The band also opened for Eric Clapton on two tours in 2010. In 2011,", "title": "Frank Simes" }, { "docid": "623623", "text": "Juliet\" (1953) and \"Pipe Dream\" (1955). They also wrote the score to the film \"State Fair\" (1945) (which was remade in 1962 with Pat Boone), and a special TV musical of \"Cinderella\" (1957). Their collaboration produced many well-known songs, including \"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'\", \"People Will Say We're in Love\", \"Oklahoma\" (which also became the state song of Oklahoma), \"It's A Grand Night For Singing\", \"If I Loved You\", \"You'll Never Walk Alone\", \"It Might as Well Be Spring\", \"Some Enchanted Evening\", \"Getting to Know You\", \"My Favorite Things\", \"The Sound of Music\", \"Sixteen Going on Seventeen\", \"Climb Ev'ry", "title": "Richard Rodgers" }, { "docid": "3992896", "text": "\"Running with Scissors\", \"Deck the Halls\", and \"Stranger Than Fiction\". On February 24, 2008, Chenoweth sang \"That's How You Know\" from the film \"Enchanted\" at the 80th Academy Awards in the Kodak Theater. She also voiced Rosetta, the garden fairy in the 2008 animated film \"Tinker Bell\". Later that year, Chenoweth appeared in the 2008 holiday romantic comedy film \"Four Christmases\", playing the sister of Reese Witherspoon's character. In 2009, Chenoweth starred as a \"suicidal prostitute\" in the indie drama \"Into Temptation\", written and directed by Patrick Coyle. The film was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival and was", "title": "Kristin Chenoweth" }, { "docid": "16134733", "text": "Hinatuan Enchanted River The Hinatuan Enchanted River, also called the Hinatuan Sacred River, is a deep spring river on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It flows into the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean at Barangay Talisay, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. It is found between the boundaries of Barangays of Talisay and Cambatong. It earned the moniker \"enchanted river\" from the diplomat Modesto Farolan who described the river in his poem entitled \"Rio Encantado\". Hinatuan Bay, which is the habitat of various species of turtles, is located at its mouth. Its mouth also offers a safe anchorage against", "title": "Hinatuan Enchanted River" }, { "docid": "13098747", "text": "and Jane Powell signed to star. Filming began 21 November 1957 inPuerto Marques Mexico. RKO agreed to distribute. Enchanted Island (film) Enchanted Island is a 1958 Technicolor adventure film distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Allan Dwan, produced by Benedict Bogeaus, and written by Harold Jacob Smith, James Leicester, and Al Stillman. It is based on Herman Melville's novel \"Typee\", which was also the film's working title. The title song, \"Enchanted Island\", written by Stillman and Robert Allen, was performed on the soundtrack by The Four Lads, who had a hit recording of the song on Columbia Records. The film", "title": "Enchanted Island (film)" }, { "docid": "16273169", "text": "past. In the meantime, Wilf and Cissy convince Cedric that bringing together those who sang the quartet on the famous recording to sing it again for the Verdi Gala concert will sell enough tickets to save the home. Enchanted with the idea, they persuade Reg to overcome his objections to performing with Jean again. However, she is harder to persuade as she vowed never to sing again after retiring. Cissy takes Jean flowers from the garden to cheer her up, and asks if she wishes to discuss the quartet, but Jean becomes violent and attacks Cissy, which only aggravates Cissy's", "title": "Quartet (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "11337179", "text": "The Houseguest and My Mother The Houseguest and My Mother () is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on a best-selling novel by Chu Yo-Sup, it was given the Best Film award at the 1961 Asia Pacific Film Festival. The film was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Not to be confused with the 2007 Korean film of the same name. An artist from Seoul visits the widow of a deceased friend in the countryside.", "title": "The Houseguest and My Mother" }, { "docid": "4642403", "text": "\"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire\". Hank Azaria was at the time credited as a guest star for portraying Moe Szyslak. In this episode, Moe was originally voiced by Christopher Collins, but when Azaria came up with his version; they decided to dub over Collins' voice. Azaria became a regular cast member in the second season. Ms. Botz's pursuit of Bart into the cellar is reminiscent of Robert Mitchum's pursuit of a young boy in the film \"The Night of the Hunter\". Moe's Tavern plays \"The Man That Got Away\" from the 1954 remake of \"A Star Is Born\" directed", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "15032925", "text": "two further films. \"The Children's House\" is based on the book by Jewish writer Hetty Verolme, \"The Children's House of Belsen\". Khan himself is a Muslim. His producer, Sanjay Kumar, is a Hindu, and one of the film's major backers is a Palestinian. \"Some Enchanted Evening\", also at the development stage, will explore a mixed-race family growing up in a red light district. In 2010, the script Giant Land, written by Yousaf Ali Khan won a place at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is due to be produced in 2012 with chris richmond, uk production designer. Khan was brought up", "title": "Yousaf Ali Khan" }, { "docid": "13617659", "text": "had sung a version of \"Some Enchanted Evening\", and this led him on to work with Ambrose and Cyril Stapleton's BBC Showband. His subsequent chart hits included \"Walkin' to Missouri\", \"Cindy, Oh Cindy\" and \"Dark Moon\". Brent's hits were all released on the Columbia label. He enjoyed iconic status in South Asia, where his hits topped the music charts on Radio Ceylon. He resumed his travels in 1961 and left the UK to live in Australia. He owned a succession of Indian food restaurants whilst maintaining his singing career. Brent died in Sydney at the age of 65 of a", "title": "Tony Brent" }, { "docid": "5946689", "text": "watching the \"Ya-Hoo!\" show when Homer returns. When Homer gets into bed, Marge hears what Homer did through Lurleen's bluesy song on the television which Lurleen concludes by saying she knows how lucky Marge is. The episode was written by series creator Matt Groening, the lone episode (discounting the Tracey Ullman shorts) in which he received an individual writing credit, though he has co-written for the episodes \"Some Enchanted Evening\", \"The Telltale Head\", and \"22 Short Films About Springfield\". \"Colonel Homer\" was partly based on the 1980 film \"Coal Miner's Daughter\", which tells the story of country music singer Loretta", "title": "Colonel Homer" }, { "docid": "11337180", "text": "The relationship between the friend's wife, her mother and the artist is depicted with reference to their concerns about social disapproval. The Houseguest and My Mother The Houseguest and My Mother () is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on a best-selling novel by Chu Yo-Sup, it was given the Best Film award at the 1961 Asia Pacific Film Festival. The film was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Not to be confused with the", "title": "The Houseguest and My Mother" }, { "docid": "11400700", "text": "The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (alternatively subtitled as The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure or The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure) is a direct-to-video musical adventure film and the third installment in \"The Swan Princess\" franchise. It was released in 1998, directed by Richard Rich, and features the voices of Michelle Nicastro and Brian Nissen as Odette and Derek. This film follows Derek and Odette having to deal with Zelda, a sorceress, who is seeking the Forbidden Arts and wishes", "title": "The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom" }, { "docid": "8979694", "text": "Elaine Tan Elaine Tan is an English actress. As a child she spent several years at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, appearing in television, film, commercials, radio and stage productions, including Royal Variety Shows, \"South Pacific\" and the Sadler's Wells Theatre production of \"The King and I\". She graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Law and completed the Legal Practice Certificate in London. Tan was cast in the lead role of Liat by Sir Trevor Nunn in his production of \"South Pacific\" at the Royal National Theatre, and sang the song Happy Talk as a duet", "title": "Elaine Tan" }, { "docid": "12748405", "text": "Butler became a member of the Off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company in New York City in 1991, the same year that he appeared in the film \"Homicide\". With Atlantic, he has performed in, among other works, \"Once in a Lifetime\". Among other Off-Broadway and regional theatre roles, he played Bunker and other roles in a revival of \"Merrily We Roll Along\" (and on the cast recording) with the York Theatre Company in 1994. He then sang in a swing band, The Solicitors, in Europe for some years. In 2007, he played Henry in the concert production of \"South Pacific\" at the", "title": "Ron Butler" }, { "docid": "9409968", "text": "South Pacific (2001 film) Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific is a 2001 television film, based on the musical \"South Pacific\" (1949). An ABC production, it was directed by Richard Pearce, and stars Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr., and Rade Šerbedžija (billed in U.S. as Rade Sherbedgia). It was also released on DVD. \"South Pacific\" was filmed primarily in Australia, with some scenes shot in Moorea, an island close to Tahiti. Sixteen songs from the musical are featured in the movie, which omitted the well-known song \"Happy Talk\" and cut the even more popular song \"Bali Hai\" in half. Several new", "title": "South Pacific (2001 film)" }, { "docid": "4642397", "text": "are credited with developing the series along with executive producer James L. Brooks. The name \"Ms. Botz\" was based on a real person that once babysat Groening when he was younger. The episode was first directed by Kent Butterworth. Klasky-Csupo, the animation studio that produced the earlier \"Simpsons\" shorts, was in charge of the animation, with one exception. During the years of producing the shorts, everything was created in-house. As a budgetary consideration, production was subcontracted to South Korean animation studio AKOM. While character and background layout was done in Los Angeles, inbetweening, coloring and filming is done by the", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "14095677", "text": "Kim Sang-hyun (boxer) Kim Sang-hyun (Hangul: 김상현, Hanja: 金相賢; born January 18, 1955 in Busan, South Korea) is a former boxer from South Korea. Kim won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1978 and became the WBC light welterweight champion with a technical KO win over Saensak Muangsurin, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Saoul Mamby in 1980. In 1981, Kim defeated Thomas Americo to regain the OPBF regional belt. In 1983, Kim unsuccessfully challenged Aaron Pryor", "title": "Kim Sang-hyun (boxer)" }, { "docid": "14095678", "text": "for the WBA light welterweight title, losing by TKO at 0:37 of round 3. He retired after the bout. Kim Sang-hyun (boxer) Kim Sang-hyun (Hangul: 김상현, Hanja: 金相賢; born January 18, 1955 in Busan, South Korea) is a former boxer from South Korea. Kim won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light welterweight title in 1978 and became the WBC light welterweight champion with a technical KO win over Saensak Muangsurin, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Saoul Mamby in 1980.", "title": "Kim Sang-hyun (boxer)" }, { "docid": "9745602", "text": "in the \"Rock Tenor Showcase\", a showcase of a new concert experience that melds classical and Broadway music with rock-n-roll songs, at the Florence Gould Hall in Manhattan, and then sang at Dreamlight Theatre Company's \"Bright Lights\" concert series on the evening of January 26 entitled \"A Night with The Ladies\". In March 2009, Osnes took over the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush in the Lincoln Center Theater Broadway revival of \"South Pacific\". She stayed with the show through October 4, 2009, when the production's original star, Kelli O'Hara, returned from maternity leave. She then starred as Bonnie Parker in", "title": "Laura Osnes" }, { "docid": "4612419", "text": "known as Animal House), Tama Productions, Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd., Sunwoo Animation Co., Ltd., Jaime Diaz Producciones S.A., and Pacific Rim Productions, Inc. The additional production facilities are Jade Animations, Light Foot, Nakumara Productions, Studios CATS, Studios Fuga, Studios Robin, Takahashi Productions, and Unlimited Energee. Twelve VHS cassettes containing 24 episodes of the series were released in the United States (including 4 cassettes of the \"Princess Collection: Jasmine's Enchanted Tales\" set, which contain 8 episodes). Princess Collection – Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Ten VHS cassettes containing 19 episodes of the series were released in the United Kingdom, Australia and New", "title": "Aladdin (animated TV series)" }, { "docid": "6983544", "text": "halted by the coming sunrise. Becky promises to return that evening, but as Michelle descends back into the tomb she is grabbed by Radu's mother and carried off. Picking up where \"Subspecies 2\" leaves off, \"Bloodlust: Subspecies 3\" (1994) finds Michelle deep in the catacombs with Radu's mother, who brings her son back from the dead with Michelle's blood and the enchanted dagger that killed him; Radu, his mother, and Michelle return to Castle Vladislas. Michelle promises to obey Radu if he teaches her everything that he knows. Radu takes Michelle out hunting so she can enhance her powers, while", "title": "Subspecies (film series)" }, { "docid": "7331211", "text": "Korea – with the possible exception of the North Koreans and some other Communist bloc countries.\" Only filmmakers who had previously produced \"ideologically sound\" films and who were considered to be loyal to the government were allowed to release new films. Members of the film industry who tried to bypass censorship laws were blacklisted and sometimes imprisoned. One such blacklisted filmmaker, the prolific director Shin Sang-ok, was kidnapped by the North Korean government in 1978 after the South Korean government revoked his film-making license in 1975. The propaganda-laden movies (or \"policy films\") produced in the 1970s were unpopular with audiences", "title": "Cinema of South Korea" }, { "docid": "19441959", "text": "Gateway to Asia Gateway to Asia is a 10-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, directed and produced by Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime \"Canada Carries On\" series. The film documents the importance of British Columbia during the Second World War as a \"gateway\" to Asia and the Pacific. The French version of \"Gateway to Asia\" is \"Au seuil du Pacifique\". Before the war, British Columbia was treated as a unique \"back door\" to the Pacific and considered by many as one of Canada's playgrounds. Visitors were often enchanted by the scenery", "title": "Gateway to Asia" }, { "docid": "11676596", "text": "composer Alan Menken described \"Ever Ever After\" as the most modern of \"Enchanted\"'s musical numbers. Actress Amy Adams, who portrays the film's heroine Giselle, commented, \"we end up with Carrie Underwood's 'Ever Ever After' which is a country rock ballad. So the music continues to evolve in the film\". \"Ever Ever After\" was the last song to be written for \"Enchanted\". Originally, a traditional \"Disney-style\" musical number titled \"Enchanted\" was written by Menken and Schwartz, scheduled to appear in the film as a duet between Broadway performer Idina Menzel, who portrays the character Nancy Tremaine, and actor James Marsden, who", "title": "Ever Ever After" }, { "docid": "16436890", "text": "South Pacific (soundtrack) The Original Soundtrack to the film South Pacific was released in 1958. The film was based on the musical \"South Pacific\" by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which had been first staged nine years earlier. The composers had much say in this recording, with many of the songs performed by accomplished singers rather than the actors in the film. Mitzi Gaynor and Ray Walston (who had played Luther Billis in the original national tour and in the original London production)were the only two leading performers who did their own singing in the film (and on the soundtrack album). The", "title": "South Pacific (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "10068812", "text": "The Merchant (fairy tale) The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the \"Pentamerone\". A merchant's son, Cienzo, was throwing stones with the son of the king of Naples, and cracked the prince's head. His father, fearing the consequences, threw him out with some money, an enchanted horse, and an enchanted dog. In the evening, Cienzo found a tower by a ruined house; the master of the tower would not let him in, for fear of robbers. Cienzo went to the house. In the night, he found it was haunted by three", "title": "The Merchant (fairy tale)" }, { "docid": "10068815", "text": "were missing the tongues, which he had. The king married his daughter to Cienzo and sent for Cienzo's father. The Merchant (fairy tale) The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the \"Pentamerone\". A merchant's son, Cienzo, was throwing stones with the son of the king of Naples, and cracked the prince's head. His father, fearing the consequences, threw him out with some money, an enchanted horse, and an enchanted dog. In the evening, Cienzo found a tower by a ruined house; the master of the tower would not let him in,", "title": "The Merchant (fairy tale)" }, { "docid": "12760462", "text": "lethal injections, claiming they had tuberculosis. Almost 200 were euthanized before authorities ended the practice. After the park closed, a second amusement park, called \"Enchanted Village\", opened on the site on June 18, 1976. Animal trainer Ralph Helfer was a partner and served as chair. It was, for a time, home to Oliver the \"human\" chimp. Prior to its closure, its signature stunt and animal show was changed to incorporate themes and story lines from the 1977 film \"The Island of Dr. Moreau\". The park was South Pacific-Tiki themed and featured trained animal shows (Helfer's influence), a traditional-styled Polynesian show,", "title": "Japanese Village and Deer Park" }, { "docid": "2679597", "text": "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a 1997 American direct-to-video animated Christmas musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It takes place within the timeline of the 1991 film \"Beauty and the Beast\". The film sold 7.6million VHS tapes in 1997. The film starts out with everybody getting prepared for Christmas. Lumiere and Cogsworth argue about who saved Christmas last year. Chip begs Mrs. Potts to be the narrator of the story. After hesitating she agrees. Soon everyone is gathered around Mrs. Potts as she tells the events of", "title": "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" }, { "docid": "4642405", "text": "be made. The perfect template.\" Colin Jacobson at DVD Movie Guide said in a review that he \"thought 'Evening' was a reasonably good episode.\" and added that \"Still, it’s an awkward piece, and not one I enjoyed a great deal. To be sure, 'Evening' was generally entertaining, but it's nothing special.\" In a DVD review of the first season, David B. Grelck gave the episode a rating of 1.5/5. Another DVD review from The Digital Bits calls the behind the scenes story more interesting than the actual episode. According to Al Jean, viewers thought this episode was the best episode", "title": "Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)" }, { "docid": "6705543", "text": "get songs and even become a dubbing artist for films. He dubbed for actor Shankar in the movie \"Aranjaanam\" directed by \"P. Venu\". As a music director, he sang some of his songs. National Film Awards: Kerala State Film Awards: Filmfare Awards South: Asianet Film Awards: Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as \"Raveendran Master\", was a popular South Indian music composer and playback singer from Kerala. He was referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He", "title": "Raveendran" }, { "docid": "20126231", "text": "was not released before the end of the Second World War. It finally premiered in Sweden in 1947 before going on general release in West Germany in 1951. The Enchanted Day The Enchanted Day (German: Der verzauberte Tag) is a 1944 German romantic drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Winnie Markus, Hans Stüwe and Ernst Waldow. It explores the romantic ambitions of two women who work at a kiosk in a railway station. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studios by Terra Film one of Germany's four dominant production companies. The film's sets were designed by Erich", "title": "The Enchanted Day" }, { "docid": "10305689", "text": "Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon (; born 21 June 1986), or Sang-moon Bae, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's open, the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open. In 2009, he won the GS Caltex Maekyung Open. In 2011, Bae finished as the leading money winner on the Japan Golf Tour for", "title": "Bae Sang-moon" }, { "docid": "14049864", "text": "Enchanted Journey (film) Enchanted Journey, released in Japan as , is a 1981 Japanese anime film directed by Hideo Nishimaki and based on the book of the same name by Atsuo Saitō. A domestically raised chipmunk, Glikko, befriends a carrier pigeon named Pippo (pee-poh), who tells Glikko of an enormous forest where chipmunks roam free. Enthralled by the story, Glikko leaves his home in the city and sister in search of the Vast North Forest. Along the way he meets up with another chipmunk named Nono, whom Glikko reluctantly allows to accompany him. On their journey they are faced with", "title": "Enchanted Journey (film)" }, { "docid": "20126230", "text": "The Enchanted Day The Enchanted Day (German: Der verzauberte Tag) is a 1944 German romantic drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Winnie Markus, Hans Stüwe and Ernst Waldow. It explores the romantic ambitions of two women who work at a kiosk in a railway station. The film was made at the Babelsberg Studios by Terra Film one of Germany's four dominant production companies. The film's sets were designed by Erich Grave. The film's release was considerably delayed by Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda ministry after an initial screening in 1944 led to numerous objections. Attempts to improve it meant it", "title": "The Enchanted Day" }, { "docid": "10519591", "text": "Flying Boys Flying Boys is a 2004 South Korean film, written and directed by Byun Young-joo, and starring Yoon Kye-sang and Kim Min-jung. The film had 114,478 admissions in South Korea. Min-jae is a high school senior who lives with his father, an airline pilot, and is struggling with his studies. For some time he has had a crush on Su-jin, a girl his own age who lives in the same apartment building, but has lacked the courage to approach her. Su-jin, meanwhile, is frustrated with her family life and keen to get away. She plans to become a veterinarian,", "title": "Flying Boys" }, { "docid": "15474193", "text": "is still visible. The Enchanted Valley Chalet stands in a grassy open meadow with nearby surrounding forests consisting of silver fir, cedar, alder, ferns and other Pacific Northwest vegetation. There are a few small alder trees growing approximately 30 feet to the west of the building. Roughly a dozen campsites are scattered along the riverbank, at the forest edge, and in the meadow. There is a water spigot southwest of the building. A cedar hitching post has been rebuilt several times, on the south side of the Chalet. The last one was a casualty of the river channel's movement in", "title": "Enchanted Valley Chalet" }, { "docid": "5904570", "text": "For Lovers Only (The Temptations album) For Lovers Only is a 1995 covers/pop standards album by The Temptations for the Motown label, something of a sequel to their 1967 album \"The Temptations in a Mellow Mood\". The album features the final recordings of Melvin Franklin, who fell ill during recording and died before the album's release. Franklin was replaced on the tracks he does not sing on by Parliament-Funkadelic's Ray Davis. The first single, \"Some Enchanted Evening\", reached #40 on the Urban Adult Contemporary charts. The album was also the final Temptations album for Ali-Ollie Woodson, who would be released", "title": "For Lovers Only (The Temptations album)" }, { "docid": "16762244", "text": "decides to look up the newspaper. When she sees a certain announcement she has to talk, saying to the other woman how beautiful it would be to leave dreadful London and go south to Italy, renting a Castle for two or more people and splitting the costs. So they find the way to San Salvatore, and the Enchanted April is there from the very minute they arrive. Their husbands and lovers are soon popping up and passing by, and the Italians who know, understand the English people. A mixture of slapstick comedy and on the other side the rarefied figure", "title": "Enchanted April (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "18573485", "text": "who jumps aboard a Busan-bound KTX train to meet his wife in the early morning. He is likewise writing the draft of another live-action film \"Seonsan\", a thriller that deals with the inheritance of a family graveyard. Yeon Sang-ho Yeon Sang-ho (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the animated films \"The King of Pigs\" (2011) and \"The Fake\" (2013), and the live-action film \"Train to Busan\" (2016) and \"Psychokinesis\" (2018). Born in Seoul in 1978, Yeon Sang-ho graduated from Sangmyung University with a degree in Western Painting. He directed his first animated", "title": "Yeon Sang-ho" }, { "docid": "9466812", "text": "The Enchanted Boy The Enchanted Boy (, \"Zakoldovanyy malchik\") is a 1955 Soviet/Russian/United States traditionally animated feature film directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya. The film is an adaptation of \"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils\" by Selma Lagerlöf. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film's image and sound were recently restored by the Russian company Krupnyy Plan, which released it on video and DVD packaged together with \"Cipollino\", a 1961, 40-minute feature film directed by Boris Dyozhkin. No English-subtitled version has been released. The naughty boy Nils, who delights in torturing animals, is bewitched by", "title": "The Enchanted Boy" }, { "docid": "20160576", "text": "and collected $6.98 million at the Box Office. Psychokinesis (film) Psychokinesis () is a 2018 South Korean superhero film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The film stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jung-min, Kim Min-jae and Jung Yu-mi in the lead roles. This is director Yeon Sang-ho's second live action film after \"Train to Busan\" in 2016. It is the first South Korean superhero film, and revolves around a bank security guard who gains telekinetic superpowers after drinking water from a mountain spring affected by a meteor, and decides to use them for saving his estranged daughter and her", "title": "Psychokinesis (film)" }, { "docid": "20160562", "text": "Psychokinesis (film) Psychokinesis () is a 2018 South Korean superhero film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The film stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jung-min, Kim Min-jae and Jung Yu-mi in the lead roles. This is director Yeon Sang-ho's second live action film after \"Train to Busan\" in 2016. It is the first South Korean superhero film, and revolves around a bank security guard who gains telekinetic superpowers after drinking water from a mountain spring affected by a meteor, and decides to use them for saving his estranged daughter and her neighbourhood from an evil construction company. \"Psychokinesis\" was", "title": "Psychokinesis (film)" }, { "docid": "3401195", "text": "third Tony Award nomination. Additionally, Menzel is known for portraying the role of Shelby Corcoran on the musical dramedy TV series \"Glee\" from 2010 to 2013 and Nancy Tremaine in the 2007 Disney live action/animated film \"Enchanted\". She also voiced Queen Elsa in Walt Disney Animation Studios' hit 2013 3D computer-animated musical film \"Frozen\", in which she sang the Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning song \"Let It Go\". The song reached number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, making Menzel the first Tony Award-winning actress to reach the top 10. She won a Grammy award for the film's soundtrack. Her", "title": "Idina Menzel" }, { "docid": "15844959", "text": "it.\" Queensland Theatres Ltd then wrote to Curtin requesting that they continue to be allowed to show the film and Curtin said he would have another look at it. The government later made \"Jungle Patrol\" (1944), set during the Finisterre Range campaign, which used real soldiers and emphasised fighting troops. It was made by Tom Gurr who wrote \"South West Pacific\". Doc Evatt took a company of the film to the US and Britain. South West Pacific (film) South West Pacific is a 1943 propaganda short Australian film directed by Ken G. Hall which focuses on Australia as the main", "title": "South West Pacific (film)" }, { "docid": "8965083", "text": "of 1881 she met with and showed her work to Queen Margherita of Italy who praised her talent and achievement. Holmes joined \"Circolo Artistico\", a club of multi-national professional artists, where she took evening classes. She was the second woman elected to the Società degli Aquarellisti (Society of Watercolorists). Her studies later continued with William Merritt Chase at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. She and her mother spent one year near Port Elizabeth in South Africa on the 25,000-acre ostrich farm owned by her two brothers. \"Enchanted\" with the Karoo desert and mountainous scenery, fauna, wildlife, and architecture,", "title": "Rhoda Holmes Nicholls" }, { "docid": "7803745", "text": "designing the world of Andalasia and storyboarding the movie before a cast was chosen to play the characters. After the actors were hired, he was involved in making the final design of the movie, which made sure the animated characters look like their real-life counterparts. \"Enchanted\" is the first feature-length Disney live-action/traditional animation hybrid since Disney's \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\" in 1988, though the traditionally animated characters do not interact in the live-action environment in the same method as they did in \"Roger Rabbit\"; however, there are some scenes where live-action characters share the screen with two-dimensional animated characters, for", "title": "Enchanted (film)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19739682", "text": "are replaced by a new cast. It was theatrically released on May 19, 2017, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $40 million worldwide on a $22 million production cost. One year after the , while at the Corny's family restaurant, the Heffley family — consists of Greg, Rodrick, Frank, Susan and Manny — plans to take a road trip across the USA to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday. However, after Greg and Rowley rescue his younger brother Manny, who got stuck inside a tube in the play area, Greg ends up in a ball pit with a diaper stuck on", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "18018602", "text": "or lastly, flush it down the toilet and forget about everything that happened. A sequel was announced in late March 2015, with the title, color, and cover of the book revealed on April 27, 2015. The sequel is called \"\", and was released on November 3, 2015. A film adaptation of the book, starring Jason Drucker as Greg Heffley, was released on May 19, 2017. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and is the ninth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "15715509", "text": "the sixth novel \"Cabin Fever\", he would like to see it adapted into an animated film, stating in an interview, \"I hope that it gets made into an animated movie. I'd really like to see it turn into an animated television special.\" On July 29, 2016, it was announced that a new movie with a different cast based on the 9th book, \"The Long Haul\", had begun production. The film was released on May 19, 2017. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3:", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "15702165", "text": "Long Haul\" was released on May 19, 2017, and is the first film to feature an entirely new cast. Jason Drucker and Charlie Wright portray Greg and Rodrick Heffley, and Tom Everett Scott and Alicia Silverstone as their parents, Frank and Susan. The film follows Greg and Rodrick convincing their family to go on a road trip for their great grandmother's 90th birthday, but they actually plan on attending a video game convention. An animated short film set after the events of Dog Days, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown\", was released on the home media release of \"Dog", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)" }, { "docid": "19739682", "text": "are replaced by a new cast. It was theatrically released on May 19, 2017, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $40 million worldwide on a $22 million production cost. One year after the , while at the Corny's family restaurant, the Heffley family — consists of Greg, Rodrick, Frank, Susan and Manny — plans to take a road trip across the USA to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday. However, after Greg and Rowley rescue his younger brother Manny, who got stuck inside a tube in the play area, Greg ends up in a ball pit with a diaper stuck on", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739694", "text": "like to see \"\" adapted into an animated film, stating in an interview, \"I hope that it gets made into an animated movie. but I'd really like to see it turn into an animated television special.\" In 2016, it was announced that a live-action film adaptation of the ninth book \"\" was in development, and would be featuring a completely new cast playing the Heffleys. The film was released on May 17, 2017, in the Philippines, May 19, 2017, in the United States, and May 20, 2017, in the United Kingdom. On February 23, 2017, a theatrical poster and teaser", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" } ]

[ { "docid": "19739698", "text": "A+ to F scale, down from the first ' \"A-\". \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul\" was released on Digital HD from Amazon Video and iTunes on August 1, 2017, and on Blu-ray and DVD on August 8, 2017 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film grossed $2.6 million in home video sales. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4: The Long Haul) is a 2017 American road comedy film directed by David Bowers. It is the fourth", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739681", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4: The Long Haul) is a 2017 American road comedy film directed by David Bowers. It is the fourth and final installment in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series, and is based on the ninth and tenth books in the series, \"\" and \"\", and one element based on the eighth book \"\". Despite not being a reboot, the cast members from the first three films do not reprise their roles, as they", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "18018590", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and is the ninth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. On April 28, 2014, Kinney announced the book's name and its cover color. The book was released on November 5, 2014 in the UK. After summer vacation starts, Greg's mother Susan announces that the family is going on a surprise road trip, despite her mistake on using a visit to Aunt Loretta to hide a surprise trip to Disney World in previous years,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739697", "text": "United Kingdom, it opened on #2, behind \"\" with £1,444,092. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 19% based on 68 reviews and an average rating of 4.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"With an all-new cast but the same juvenile humor, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul\" finds the franchise still stuck in arrested – and largely unfunny – development.\" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 39 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739695", "text": "trailer were released, and the following month, the official trailer was released. Both trailers received negative feedback from fans for its recasting of the main characters, more specifically the recasting of the character Rodrick Heffley. Many took to social media to further express their outrage and began using the hashtag \"#NotMyRodrick\", which eventually became a widespread meme. Other hashtags included \"#NotMyHeffleys\" and \"#NotMyRowley\". The film opened in about 3,174 theaters, the second biggest opening for a \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film, after \"\", \"The Long Haul\" grossed $20.7 million in the United States and Canada and $19.3 million in", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739696", "text": "other countries for a worldwide total of $40.1 million, against a production budget of $22 million. It was the lowest-grossing film of the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series by a wide margin. In North America, the film was initially projected to gross around $12 million from 3,129 theaters during its opening weekend. However, after grossing $2 million on its first day, projections were lowered to $7 million. It ended up finishing with $7.1 million, placing 6th at the box office and marking the lowest opening of the franchise by a wide margin. When the film was released in the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "782635", "text": "of that year. On her busy workload, she remarked: \"[T]hey were all happening at the same time. Everybody worked together. Yorgos [the \"Sacred Dee\" director] helped us to push my date and \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" held the movie for a week or two for me\". The comedy \"The Long Houl\", the fourth film in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series, saw her portray the clueless and loving mother of the titular character. The film was panned by critics for the recasting of the main characters and its story development, and while \"The Long Haul\" made a", "title": "Alicia Silverstone" }, { "docid": "17478881", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and the eighth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The book's existence was announced at the end of the previous book in the series, \"\". \"Hard Luck\" was released on November 5, 2013 in the United States with a print run of 5.5 million copies and on November 6 in the United Kingdom, where it had a printing of 800,000 copies. Despite Susan's words about \"friends will come and go but family is forever\", Greg", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck" }, { "docid": "20128698", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway is the twelfth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event which was live streamed via YouTube as part of the 10th anniversary of the first book. The book was published and released on November 7, 2017. When Greg Heffley's family try to prepare for Christmas, Greg's parents decide to skip Christmas and travel by plane to Isla De Corales after seeing an ad for it, the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway" }, { "docid": "15702161", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of films based on the series of books, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" by Jeff Kinney. The series consists of four films: \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" (2010), \"\" (2011), \"\" (2012) and the latest fourth film \" \"(2017) as well as a short film entitled \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown\" (2012) \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was released March 19, 2010, as it moved up from a previously scheduled April 2 release date. Principal production began on September 21, 2009 and was", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)" }, { "docid": "19739692", "text": "expresses excitement for where they'll be going next year, but Susan steps in to say they will be flying. In 2012, the series' third entry, \"\" was described as the last live action film in the franchise. In August 2012, while doing press for the film, author Jeff Kinney and actors Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron each indicated that there were no plans for a fourth movie, but did not dismiss the possibility entirely. Kinney replied to inquiries regarding the possibility of another sequel, stating, \"At present, we don't have a fourth film in development, but you never know!\" When", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19527653", "text": "attract any new fans\", while longtime fans of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series would \"adore [Greg's] Halloween middle school adventures\". The book topped \"USA Today\"'s bestselling books list 8 days after publication. It was the 11th book in the Diary of A Wimpy Kid series to do so. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2016 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event. The book was published on November", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down" }, { "docid": "12272508", "text": "Century Fox. The website \"Poptropica\" has released two islands themed after \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", called Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk. In January 1998, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" officially began, when Kinney brought up an idea about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley, who wrote about his personal life. In May 2004, FunBrain and Kinney released an online version of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\". The website made daily entries until June 2005. He worked on his book for almost eight years, before showing it to a publisher in New York. In February 2006, during the New York", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "13899145", "text": "16 at the time, the crew members were impressed with his performance, but he was \"too old for the role\". The role was given to Zachary Gordon, who was 5 years younger than Cruikshank. Cruikshank mentioned this on his official YouTube channel, which was on a video where he talked about his film roles that he didn't get. 7 years later, Cruikshank asked if he could audition again for \"The Long Haul\", but the casting crew still didn't let him. The official trailer for \"Wimpy Kid\" was released virally on January 21, 2010 and was shown in theaters with \"Tooth", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "14777591", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is a 2010 bestselling children's fiction book by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney and is the fifth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. \"The Ugly Truth\" sold 548,000 copies in its initial week of publication, edging out Decision Points, which sold 437,000 copies. Kinney initially struggled with the decision of whether Greg would be a non-aging \"cartoon character\" or a literary character that would age and go through puberty, deciding to make puberty one of the book's themes. Kinney also", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" }, { "docid": "16558334", "text": "book ends with Uncle Gary winning $40,000 and paying Dad with the money, and moves out of the house. Rowley and Abigail are dating, and Greg gets the chicken pox. Greg is finally able to take baths and be by himself in the bathroom, but he now starts to think if he is really alone, when a fresh towel near the tub disappears. Critical and reader reception for \"The Third Wheel\" was positive, with the \"San Angelo Standard-Times\" calling the book \"masterful.\" Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is a", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel" }, { "docid": "14306295", "text": "The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is a movie tie-in book by Jeff Kinney about the making of the 2010 movie \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", which stars Zachary Gordon as Greg and Robert Capron as Rowley. Unlike the other books, it is non-fiction. It starts off with how the series was created. Next, it shows how they gradually prepared the movie for filming, such as choosing the cast, writing the script, and finding the right location. When it talks about filming, other subjects are woven within, especially the actors' downtime and designing props. It also", "title": "The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary" }, { "docid": "13899137", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Movie) is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal and based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name. The film stars Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron. Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Chloë Grace Moretz also have prominent roles. It is the first film in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series, and was followed by three sequels, \"\" (2011), \"\" (2012) and \"\" (2017). The film earned $75.7 million on a $15 million budget.", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "15207801", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules) is a 2011 American comedy film based on Jeff Kinney's with a couple elements from \"\". The film stars Zachary Gordon and Devon Bostick. Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Peyton List also have prominent roles. The film was released on March 25, 2011 by 20th Century Fox. The film earned $72.4 million on a $21 million budget. It is the second film in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series preceded", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "10241904", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a satirical realistic fiction comedy novel for children and teenagers written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. It is the first book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The book is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his struggles to fit in as he begins middle school. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" first appeared on FunBrain in 2004, where it was read 20 million times. The abridged hardcover adaptation was released on April 1, 2007. The book was named a \"New York Times\" bestseller, among other awards", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" }, { "docid": "15715493", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days) is a 2012 American comedy film directed by David Bowers from a screenplay by Wallace Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes. It stars Zachary Gordon and Steve Zahn. Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Peyton List, Grayson Russell, and Karan Brar also have prominent roles. It is the third installment in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series, and is mashup of the and in the series, but draws mostly from the fourth book. The", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "20128718", "text": "is the 12th book in the series, and was released everywhere except Canada and China on November 7, 2017. A week since its release, it has received 4.5/5 stars on Waterstones with 786 reviews. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway is the twelfth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event which was live streamed via YouTube as part of the 10th anniversary of the first book. The book was published and released", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway" }, { "docid": "19527640", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2016 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event. The book was published on November 1, 2016. The real book trailer was released on October 17, 2016. At the beginning of the book, Greg Heffley can be seen talking about thoughts of his life being a reality TV show: his brothers (Rodrick and Manny), and all the other people in his life are just actors", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down" }, { "docid": "18755019", "text": "sequel was announced in March 2016 and the title, color, and cover of the book was revealed on April 28, 2016. The sequel is called \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down\" and was released on November 1, 2016. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, preceded by \"\" and followed by \"\". The book was released on November 3, 2015 worldwide, though an extract from the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School" }, { "docid": "19739685", "text": "Player Expo. Greg discourages Rodrick from telling Susan, saying that they had a rock band video game tournament there that Rodrick could participate in. Liking the idea, Rodrick opts to go with Greg to the Expo. Going to sleep, Greg is annoyed by a loud noise created by the Beardo siblings, who playfully crash a cleaning cart into a wall, and storms out of the room in his underwear. He confronts them but Brandi, the oldest sibling, purposely rolls the cart into their car, leaving a huge scratch. Just as Mr. Beardo comes out of his motel room, Brandi angrily", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "18018598", "text": "car's heater has to run at full blast to prevent engine overheating. While on the highway, a tarp covering Frank's boat loosens and the Heffleys' items begin falling out. They spend two hours trying to retrieve the contents, but many items are still missing. The family finds some cash and tries to find a place to sleep. Greg's father drives the car into the wilderness mistakenly believing that there was going to be a camping site in that area. The next morning, the whole family accidentally lock themselves out of the car. They send Manny in from the open sunroof,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739688", "text": "family closer together, and she accuses Greg of not caring. Infuriated, Greg snaps back at Susan, saying that she doesn't care about what he loves, which is why he had to sneak out to the Expo in the first place. Hurt by her son's words, Susan hands her phone to Greg to play games and enjoy himself because she doesn't care anymore. The Heffleys get back on the road and after a while the tarp on the boat flies off and all their belongings fly out. After stopping on the side of the road to retrieve their stuff, the Beardos", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "15715503", "text": "all hang out together at the local pool. Greg describes that his summer did not go the way he expected, but had positive circumstances. This film is the last movie in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series to feature the original cast, as they aged out of their roles as middle-schoolers. Principal photography began on August 8, 2011 in Vancouver and was completed on October 7, 2011. The location for the country club pool was Eagle Ridge Outdoor pool in Coquitlam, BC. Filming at Eagle Ridge Outdoor pool took place during the end of August 2011. The municipal", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "18082468", "text": "tome . . . in 2014.” \"Publishers Weekly\" subsequently pointed out that according to Nielsen BookScan, \"Killing Patton\" \"was the fifth bestselling print book of 2014, behind \"The Fault in Our Stars\" by John Green, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul\" by Jeff Kinney, and \"Divergent\" and \"Insurgent\" by Veronica Roth.” On November 24, 2015, National Geographic Channel and Scott Free Productions jointly announced the television adaptation of \"Killing Patton\". Anthony Peckham was attached to write the four-hour teleplay. Following O'Reilly's departure from Fox News in April 2017, it was announced the film was still in development with", "title": "Killing Patton" }, { "docid": "15207818", "text": "antiheroes in preteen literature and turning him into, well, an even wimpier kid.\" Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules) is a 2011 American comedy film based on Jeff Kinney's with a couple elements from \"\". The film stars Zachary Gordon and Devon Bostick. Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Peyton List also have prominent roles. The film was released on March 25, 2011 by 20th Century Fox. The film earned $72.4 million on a $21 million budget. It is", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "18018595", "text": "family to use a method of deciding which way to go for picking things, similar to how \"Choose Your Own Adventure\" works. The method works, but the car ends up in the middle of a funeral procession; Frank tries to make a few quick turns but fails to lose the funeral procession. Susan convinces Frank to take them to the nearest cemetery instead; Frank enters \"cemetery\" into the satellite navigation and finds one a block away; but upon arriving there they find out that they are in a pet cemetery. The procession are enraged by the Heffleys' and the family", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "18018592", "text": "fallen asleep, taking up the bed. Rodrick proceeds to make a bed for himself out of sofa cushions, leaving Greg to sleep in the closet. He falls asleep for a few minutes before being woken up by kids who were playing with a cleaning cart. Greg yells at them for causing a commotion, making the smallest child cry and call for his father, who nearly catches Greg. Greg nicknames the family the \"Beardos\". The next day, the Heffleys go to a country fair, where Greg finds that the Beardos are there as well. Rodrick wins a \"foulest footwear competition\", but", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "18018600", "text": "out of the room and into their car with the Beardos' father hot on his heels. In the Heffleys' getaway, they forget to turn on the heater in their car, causing it to break down two miles down the road. A purple car with two men pulls over and offers to help them. Greg's parents try to communicate with them, but discover that they can only speak Spanish. Luckily, to everyone's surprise, Manny speaks perfect Spanish to them and explains all the trouble on the trip, including the loss of his piglet. The two men give the Heffleys a ride", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739686", "text": "blames Greg responsible and Mr. Beardo goes after him but he evades him. The next day, the Heffleys attend a country fair where Manny wins a pig. Mr. Beardo and his family notices Greg and chases after him but outruns yet again. Back on the road, the Heffleys, unable to take care of the pig, drop it off at the petting zoo, much to Manny's dismay, but not before Greg reroutes the GPS to the Player Expo convention. Checking at the hotel room, Greg and Rodrick sneak out to go to Player Expo. However, after Frank and Susan see their", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "13899151", "text": "It was based on the second book in the series, . Zachary Gordon reprised his role in the film. \"\" was released on August 3, 2012 and is based on \"\" and \"\", including scenes from both books. An animated short film, , was released along with the DVD of . A film based on \"\" was released in May 2017 featuring a new cast starring Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, and Tom Everett Scott. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Movie) is a 2010 American comedy", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "15692650", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is a 2011 bestselling and award-winning children's book and the sixth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, written by American author Jeff Kinney. The book was released on November 15, 2011 and was the fastest-selling book of 2011, giving him the third-strongest opening-week sales for a children's author. \"Cabin Fever\" had a first printing run of six million copies, which Amulet Books stated was one of their most significant titles for that year. In 2012 Kinney won a \"Best Author\" \"Children's Choice Award\"", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" }, { "docid": "15702167", "text": "Fox in late 2014. The film was teased with the conclusion of the 2012 animated short film \"\", which ended with a scene adapted from the \"Cabin Fever\" book. As of 2018, no updates of the project have been announced since. In August 2018, CEO of 20th Century Fox Stacey Snider announced that a television series based on \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" is currently being developed. With the upcoming acquisition by Disney, it is possible that it will appear on one of the latter's services. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)" }, { "docid": "12300173", "text": "\"The Three Stooges\". An advance screening for the film was held on July 31, 2012. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book, who is in the second half of his seventh-grade year. This book was released in the US on January 13, 2009. The book begins on January 1, with Greg", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" }, { "docid": "12300168", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book, who is in the second half of his seventh-grade year. This book was released in the US on January 13, 2009. The book begins on January 1, with Greg talking about his family's New Year's resolutions. Life becomes more difficult for Greg and his", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw" }, { "docid": "17478890", "text": "that the book's formula was similar to Kinney's prior books and that fans of the series would likely enjoy this one as well. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and the eighth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The book's existence was announced at the end of the previous book in the series, \"\". \"Hard Luck\" was released on November 5, 2013 in the United States with a print run of 5.5 million copies and on November 6 in the United", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck" }, { "docid": "15692658", "text": "redirect the power all to his room and no one else's. In August 2013, Kinney stated it would be a half-hour television special, and would air on Fox in late 2014. However, as of 2016 no updates of the project have been announced ever since. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is a 2011 bestselling and award-winning children's book and the sixth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, written by American author Jeff Kinney. The book was released on November 15, 2011 and was the fastest-selling book of 2011,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" }, { "docid": "14777603", "text": "has been mostly positive, with the book gaining praise from the \"Los Angeles Times\" and the \"National Post\". The \"School Library Journal\" gave a positive review for the entry while Common Sense Media commented that the book wasn't as \"fresh and irreverent\" as its predecessors. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is a 2010 bestselling children's fiction book by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney and is the fifth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. \"The Ugly Truth\" sold 548,000 copies in its initial week of publication,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" }, { "docid": "12184097", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a children's novel by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, based on the FunBrain.com version. It is the sequel to \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", followed by \"\". The hardcover was released on February 1, 2008. \"Rodrick Rules\" was named \"New York Times\" bestseller among awards and praise. A was released on March 25, 2011. At the start of the book, Greg explains how bad his summer vacation was in which after being signed up with the swim team without his consent, he had to", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" }, { "docid": "16558330", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel is a 2012 bestselling children's novel and the seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, written by American author Jeff Kinney. Kinney announced the book in March 2012, with \"The Third Wheel\"s cover revealed in May 2012. The book was released on November 13, 2012. Greg recalls several anecdotes from the time of his conception to his preschool years, notable ones include how his mother read to him before bed, how his parents’ excessive kissing supposedly led to his premature birth,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel" }, { "docid": "13610232", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, and is the fourth book in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. It was released on October 12, 2009 in the USA and October 13, 2009, in Canada. The film, \"\", released on August 3, 2012, was based on the book and its predecessor, \"\". The book starts with Greg Heffley describing how he is more of an \"indoor person\", and how he will spend his summer vacation playing video games in the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book)" }, { "docid": "18755011", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, preceded by \"\" and followed by \"\". The book was released on November 3, 2015 worldwide, though an extract from the book was released online on October 27, 2015. This book debuted at No.1 on bestseller charts in India. Greg Heffley's grandfather has been living with his family due to being unable to pay for the rent at the retirement", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School" }, { "docid": "11831354", "text": "2006, during the New York Comic Con, Jeff signed a multi-book deal with publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc., to turn \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" into a print series. The book became an instant hit, with the online version receiving about 20 million views as of 2007. When many online readers requested a printed version, Kinney agreed, and in April 2007, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was published. To date, sixteen \"Wimpy Kid\" books have been released, including 2 do-it-yourself books and a movie diary. In April 2009, \"TIME\" named Kinney one of \"The World's Most Influential People\". In 2015,", "title": "Jeff Kinney (author)" }, { "docid": "14306296", "text": "has some reflections about the actors leaving before it talks about post-production. The book ends with the release of the film and a \"scrapbook.\" The book is now updated with behind the scenes info of \"\", \"\", and \"\". Jeff Kinney also wrote two sequels to the book. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is a movie tie-in book by Jeff Kinney about the making of the 2010 movie \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", which stars Zachary Gordon as Greg and Robert Capron as Rowley. Unlike the other books, it is non-fiction. It starts off with", "title": "The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary" }, { "docid": "18018596", "text": "quickly escapes. On the fourth day, the Heffleys choose to go to the beach. On the way there Greg sees a seagull sitting on the bridge fencing and throws it a cheese curl. It lands on the open sunroof wanting more and when Greg throws it another cheese curl, it bounces off the seagull's beak and the seagull swoops in and goes for the bag and Rodrick, who is driving at that time, panics and steps on the gas pedal, rear-ends the car in front of them and breaks their car's radiator. The Heffley's car is towed to a mechanic's", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739684", "text": "The Heffley family hits the road, where all their cell phones are immediately confiscated by Susan, who wants the road trip to be \"absolutely technology-free\", much to Greg and Rodrick's irritation. After arriving at a filthy motel, Greg and Rodrick notice a family playing in the hot tub whom he nicknames the “Beardos” due to the father's big beard. He then discreetly gets into the Sienna to retrieve his phone and plans to use it. Later, when Greg and Rodrick are relaxing in the hot tub, Rodrick hears a notification from Greg's phone and discovers his plans to go to", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739687", "text": "children on live TV, they go to get the boys themselves. Upon Greg sees Mac Digby participating in a video game competition, Greg instructs Rodrick to record him going up on stage with Mac so his popularity will boost, but the attempt fails when Mac notices him and Greg steps back and accidentally unplugs the video game with his foot. Just then, Susan storms into the stage and embarrasses him, accidentally revealing that he is Diaper Hands to the public. Susan opens up to Greg and says that all she wanted was a nice road trip that would bring the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "12272509", "text": "Comic Con, Jeff signed a multi-book deal with publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc., to turn \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" into a print series. The book became an instant hit, and the online version received about 20 million views as of 2009. Nonetheless, many online readers requested a printed version; Kinney agreed, and in April 2007, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was published. To date, thirteen \"Wimpy Kid\" books have been released, plus one do-it-yourself book and two movie diaries. In April 2009, \"TIME\" named Kinney one of \"The World's Most Influential People\". Action figures included a minifigure pack (with", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "12272516", "text": "Kid: The Musical\" is being produced by the Children's Theatre Company. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. All the main books are the journals of the main character, Greg Heffley. Befitting a teen's diary, the books are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures. Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. , it had been purchased one million times. The first,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "12272507", "text": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by the American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. All the main books are the journals of the main character, Greg Heffley. Befitting a teen's diary, the books are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures. Since the release of the online version in May 2004, most of the books have garnered positive reviews and commercial success. , it had been purchased one million times. The first, , , and installments have been adapted into films by 20th", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "15715506", "text": "Abby West of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the film a B+ and wrote \"Though often self-centered and conniving, Greg remains a likable kid, and the movie entertains by pulling off over-the-top scenarios that set up digestible life lessons for youngsters.\" \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days\" was released on iTunes on December 4, 2012. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on December 18, 2012. It was released on Redbox on January 15, 2013. An animated short film set after the events of \"Dog Days\", \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown\", was released on the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "13610238", "text": "a video game competition, Greg and Rowley decide to camp in front of the Game Hut, thinking that's where the competition is going to be. However, Rowley accidentally injures Greg's hand, forcing Greg to quit the competition. At the end of the summer, Greg regrets not staying at home throughout the summer and playing video games. His mother views this as the \"Best Summer Ever\", while Greg views it as a horrible summer. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, and", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book)" }, { "docid": "12272510", "text": "Greg, Rowley, and Fregley), a 6-inch Greg Heffley figure, a 6-inch holiday figure based on \"Cabin Fever\", and a Greg and Rodrick plush doll. Thirteen audiobooks have been released for the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series. The Recorded Books versions are read by Ramon de Ocampo, while the Penguin Books versions are read by Dan Russell, who has done so since \"The Third Wheel\", and in 2018 he re-narrated the first 6 books for the markets where Penguin publish the series. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was well received from \"The Princeton Review\", \"Gold Card Association\", \"The Dallas News\",", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "12184107", "text": "the books made into movies.\" Fox 2000 greenlit the sequel and Zachary Gordon returned as Greg Heffley. Steve Zahn (Frank Heffley) and Rachael Harris (Susan Heffley) also returned. The film was directed by David Bowers and the screenplay was written by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. Principal photography began in Vancouver in August 2010. A few new characters appeared in the film, including Peyton List as Holly Hills. The trailer was seen with \"Gulliver's Travels\". The film was released on March 25, 2011. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a children's", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" }, { "docid": "15702164", "text": "in the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" film series. It was released on August 3, 2012 and is based on the third book \"The Last Straw\" and the fourth book \"Dog Days\". The film was directed by David Bowers and features the same familiar cast of characters, introducing a few new ones, and also focusing on lesser characters not elaborated on in previous films, including Frank Heffley (Steve Zahn), Mr. Robert Jefferson (Alf Humphreys) and Holly Hills (Peyton List). \"Dog Days\" is the first film in the series not to be released in March. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)" }, { "docid": "10241918", "text": "book. The film was released on March 19, 2010. It was released on DVD, iTunes, and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. The movie stars Zachary Gordon as Greg Heffley, Robert Capron as Rowley Jefferson, Steve Zahn as Frank Heffley (Dad), Rachael Harris as Susan Heffley (Mom), Devon Bostick as Rodrick Heffley, Chloë Grace Moretz as Angie Steadman, and Connor & Owen Fielding as Manny Heffley, Greg's brother. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a satirical realistic fiction comedy novel for children and teenagers written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. It is the first book in", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" }, { "docid": "18018591", "text": "which, according to Greg, confuses Manny, leading to a visit at their aunt's instead and a postponed trip to Disney World. They decide to go to a simple road trip to see several tourist attractions. At a cheap motel on the first night of the road trip, Greg and Rodrick decide to go to the pool, but find that there is no water in it. There is a hot tub nearby, but it is occupied by another family, who aren’t willing to leave the hot tub. They return to their room to find that the rest of the family has", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739689", "text": "show up and steal some of their stuff including a suitcase that’s holding a memory book Susan made for Meemaw’s birthday. After trying to stop them from getting away, the Beardos manage to escape them. The Heffleys then encounter many more obstacles on the road including their van full of seagulls flying everywhere, taking a different route, a cinnamon roll tube exploding, getting sprayed with mud, and encountering the Beardos once again. The Heffleys get their stuff back, only for Greg to be hiding in the shower while Mr. Beardo goes to the bathroom. Greg inadvertently turns on the shower", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739693", "text": "describing the likelihood of starring in another film in the series, Gordon explained, \"\"Dog Days\" most likely will be the last movie. The main problem is [the cast] is getting older. You can't stop it. There's no way to temporarily stop us from changing and growing up. You know, that's the problem because the characters are supposed to be timeless.\" In March 2013, Gordon stated in a Spreecast live stream that there would not be a fourth live action film. Previously, Kinney had indicated that instead of making a live action film of the third novel, \"\", instead he would", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "19739690", "text": "and ends up in a battle with Mr. Beardo but escapes. The Heffleys continue on the road but break down after driving up a big hill. They see that Meemaw’s house is just at the bottom of the hill so Greg, Rodrick, and Frank push the van forward to make it go down. Greg, unable to make it in the van, hops in the boat. But the bumpy hill causes the boat to unconnect from the van and rolls down separately. The boat rolls right into a stack of hay, sending it flying right into Meemaw’s pool. The Heffleys then", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "18018594", "text": "third day, Greg's dad Frank gets an emergency call from work. In the meantime, the family go to various places. While driving, Dad gets a call from one of his international clients, asking the family to stay quiet. But chaos ensues, Greg is bitten by the pig, and it attempts to escape, consequently ruining Frank's call. Infuriated, Frank ends up taking the pig to a petting zoo, which upsets Manny. He tries to run away twice and is forced to be on a leash. It rains, and Susan rethinks their road trip plans over. She convinces the rest of the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "18018593", "text": "doesn't get his shoe back. Manny wins a competition for guessing a hog's weight, but the prize is a piglet, which the Heffleys are forced to take with them. The family plans to spend the night at a hotel suite, but it has a strict no pet policy, so Susan smuggles the baby pig in a cooler until the Heffleys reach their room. The pig ends up raiding the minibar, forcing the family to pay not only for the food and drinks consumed by the pig, but also an extra $50 for violating the hotel's no animal policy. On their", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "18018601", "text": "back home, with a stop at the petting zoo to get Manny's piglet back. After they arrive home, Greg's parents cancel their credit cards and purchase new phones. The boat is given to the brothers for their help, much to Frank's dismay. While digging through his short pants pockets, Greg finds the key to their locker in the water park and is caught in a dilemma. He thinks that he is reading a page of the Choose Your Own Adventure books and can either tell his parents the truth, sabotage his brother Rodrick by putting the key in his pants,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739691", "text": "celebrate happily at Meemaw’s. On the way home, after breaking down in the road, a tow truck appears, Susan and Frank try to tell him to tow them. Then, Manny speaks perfect Spanish and after arriving in the petting zoo, Manny gets the pig back. At the end, Greg explains that although the road trip wasn't perfect, he still wouldn't change a thing. He says that Manny was allowed to keep his pig as a pet, Rodrick was able to get a new van, and Dad was able to explain having time off from work to bond with family. Greg", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "11831355", "text": "the series won a \"Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award\" for \"Favorite Book\". Kinney works full-time as a writer and designer of online games. He also created the kid-friendly website \"Poptropica\". The Poptropica includes two islands called \"Wimpy Wonderland\" and \"Wimpy Boardwalk\", where the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" characters and events are featured in the \"Poptropica\" universe. The \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series has over 200 million copies in print worldwide as of 2018 and was developed into feature films for which Kinney served as executive producer. Kinney had also wrote a section for Guys Read which is a book", "title": "Jeff Kinney (author)" }, { "docid": "18018597", "text": "shop for repairs. Greg is surprised to see that a water park that he was thinking about going to is very close to them, but many misfortunes happen, and the family believes that their valuables were stolen by the Beardos Greg encountered at the hotel. The Heffley's call the police, but to no avail. Their car keys were at the mechanic's and they go to the mechanic's to retrieve their car, but with their money presumed stolen, they cannot pay for the repairs. As a result, the mechanic uses sealant to temporarily fix the radiator. The drawback is that the", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "18018599", "text": "but then they remember that Manny had been trying to run away to find the piglet. After his attempt to drive the car fails, he lets them in. After a while, they find the motel where they spent their first night. They find the Beardos there again, and see them leave their room with their door unlocked. The family then enter the Beardos' room and rummage through their stuff, trying to find their own belongings, but find nothing belonging to them. Greg's dad decides to use the bathroom, while the family goes back to the car. Dad soon comes running", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" }, { "docid": "19739683", "text": "his hand, startling him. He subsequently becomes famous after the people around him record him and post the footage on the internet, leading Greg to be dubbed as \"Diaper Hands\", much to Greg's devastation. Later, at the Heffley residence, Greg learns that Player Expo is taking place not very far from Meemaw's house in Indianapolis. Greg's gaming star, Mac Digby, will be attending, and Greg hopes to meet him and get in one of his videos so he will gain newfound popularity. He plans to sneak off from the road trip to attend the Expo without his parents' knowledge, however.", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (film)" }, { "docid": "13899149", "text": "Stratton gave the film one star while co-host Margaret Pomeranz gave it half a star. Stratton called the film \"tiresome\" and said there was \"nothing remotely interesting in Thor Freudenthal's direction or the screenplay.\" Pomeranz disliked the character of Greg Heffley, saying \"I really thought he was unpleasant. I did not want to spend time with him. I could not wait for the end of this film.\" The film opened in second place at the weekend box office grossing $22.1 million, behind \"Alice in Wonderland.\" Despite a lack of distinctive marketing, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" drew a decent crowd,", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "13899147", "text": "film stills, storyboards, preliminary concept drawings, and also behind the scenes information to humorously chronicle the making of the film. It also includes some new illustrations. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. The Blu-ray Version features six pages from Rowley's diary, \"Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid\". Review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 53%, based on 106 reviews with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Unlike its bestselling source material, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" fails to place a likable protagonist at the center", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "12272515", "text": "a fourth live action film was slim. Kinney has announced the possibility for an animated film to be based on \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever\" as the next installment. In an interview for the latest book \"Hard Luck\", Jeff Kinney stated he was working with Fox on a half-hour special of \"Cabin Fever\", which was to be aired in late 2014, but as of 2016 no updates on the special have been announced. In September 2016, Jeff Kinney announced officially the production of a fourth film, \"\", on his Twitter account. A musical titled \"Diary of a Wimpy", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "12272511", "text": "\"The TRR Editors\", \"The NW Press\", and \"The JJ Printing Company\". \"The New York Times\", which ranks children's serials collectively on a \"Series Books\" bestseller list, has included the \"Wimpy Kid\" series for 64 weeks as of August 10, 2015. \"USA Today\", which ranks best sellers based on sales alone regardless of genre or intended audience, has listed \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" in its top 150, peaking at number 8, for 141 weeks as of April 4, 2010. As of the same date, \"Rodrick Rules\" has been on the list for 117 weeks (peaking at number 4), \"The Last", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book series)" }, { "docid": "15207816", "text": "based on 98 reviews and an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Moderately witty and acceptably acted, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2\" isn't much worse than the first installment.\" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A-\" on an A+ to F scale. Robert Abele of the \"Los Angeles Times\" gave the film a positive review saying, \"Director David Bowers keeps things peppy and brightly lighted, but the movie's swiftest pleasures", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "13899146", "text": "Fairy\". A poster for the film was released shortly after. Another trailer was shown with \"\". The official Facebook account for \"Wimpy Kid\" had uploaded three clips from the film, as of March 1, 2010. In the United Kingdom and Ireland the film was released in cinemas on August 25, 2010. The soundtrack was released on CD by La La Land Records with the score composed by Theodore Shapiro, containing 34 tracks. A tie-in book, written by Kinney, called \"The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary\" was published on March 16, 2010, by Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams Books). It includes", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "13899150", "text": "opening to $22.1 million on approximately 3,400 screens at 3,077 sites, notably beating out the heavily hyped \"The Bounty Hunter\". It was the biggest start ever for a non-animated, non-fantasy children's book adaptation. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" grossed more in its first three days than other film adaptions to children's novels like \"How to Eat Fried Worms\" and \"Hoot\" grossed in their entire runs. The film grossed $64,003,625 in North America and $11,696,873 in other territories for a worldwide total of $75,700,498. Three sequels were released in 2011, 2012 and 2017 respectively. \"\" was released on March 25, 2011.", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "15207817", "text": "come from moment-seizing cast members.\" Richard Roeper of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" gave it a positive review saying, \"A little less wimpy, gives value lessons to the watchers from the cast, and still pretty funny\" and a B rating. Pete Hammond of \"Boxoffice\" magazine gave it a mixed review stating \"Even better than the first edition, in its own sitcom-ish ways.\" However, Michael O'Sullivan of \"The Washington Post\" gave it a negative review (38 on Metacritic), stating \"You can't fault the filmmakers for reshaping a diary into a cohesive film. You can however, fault them for taking one of the great", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "15207814", "text": "January 3, 2011. A poster was released there after on January 14, 2011. In February 2011, an exclusive online-only trailer was released on the \"Wimpy Kid Movie\" YouTube channel, officialwimpmovie. Due to the success of the first film in Singapore, the film was released there eight days before the US release on March 17, 2011. The film was released in Brazil on September 16, 2011. A TV spot of the movie was released in March 2011. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules\" was released on a stand-alone DVD, a special edition double DVD pack, and a Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy combo", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)" }, { "docid": "13899144", "text": "Cheese before a teacher chases them off. When the other kids notice that the Cheese has been eaten, Greg takes the fall for Rowley by saying he ate it. This mends their friendship as Greg invites Rowley to play at his house. At the end of the school year, Greg and Rowley make the yearbook Class Favorites page as \"Cutest Friends.\" Filming of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was in Vancouver and wrapped up on October 16, 2009. Lucas Cruikshank, best known for creating the web series \"Fred\", had auditioned for the role as Greg Heffley. Even though he was", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" }, { "docid": "10241913", "text": "Years\". Kochman brought it before the Abrams publishing board, which convinced Kinney and Kochman that it would be better aimed toward children. In 2007, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", an abridged version of the original online book, was published. The main character, Greg, has trouble with family, friends, and his local middle school. He is very concerned about how popular he is at school, and he daydreams a lot about being rich and famous when he grows up. He tries to fit in at his school, but usually he does not succeed. Facing many challenges, Greg attempts to handle them", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" }, { "docid": "6546073", "text": "for the \"Indian Express\" compared \"My Pants are Haunted!\" to the \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" series, saying that fans of \"Wimpy Kid\" would like the series. \"See: Dear Dumb Diary (film)\" A film version had been filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah, starring Emily Alyn Lind and Mary-Charles Jones. The movie premiered on Hallmark Channel on September 6, 2013 and is now on Netflix and other streaming services. Dear Dumb Diary Dear Dumb Diary is a series of children's novels by Jim Benton. Each book is written in the first person view of a middle school girl named Jamie", "title": "Dear Dumb Diary" }, { "docid": "14777602", "text": "coincidently flew over the stadium and Sonja reacted to it. Sonja is upset after hearing that and Greg thinks they will divorce soon. After the wedding, Greg realizes that it's ultimately a good thing he didn't go to Jordan's party because it turns out that the only reason he invited kids from Greg and Rowley's grade was to basically use them as servants. Greg and Rowley ultimately go back to being friends again when Greg chooses to make the first move in patching things instead of just waiting for Rowley to come to him. Critical reception for \"The Ugly Truth\"", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth" }, { "docid": "17478884", "text": "Fregley can \"chew\". Susan one day announces to the Heffleys that her family will come to town for Easter, which totally blindsided Greg and his dad, Frank. So on Easter, the Heffleys went straight from Church to Gramma's house. Soon the day becomes a disaster after a lookout for Great-grandma Meemaw's ring. The next day, Greg finds an old Magic 8 Ball from Rodrick when he was a kid, and has since used it to make choices. Greg decides to join the Yearbook Club, and gets the job to do the pictures for the \"Candids\" page. Greg gets many pictures", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck" }, { "docid": "10241912", "text": "released an online version of \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\". The website made daily entries until June 2005. The book became an instant hit and the online version had received about 20 million views as of 2007. Many online readers requested a printed version. At the 2006 New York Comic-Con Kinney proposed \"Diary\" to Charles Kochman, Editorial Director of the ComicArts division of Abrams Books, who purchased the rights to the book. According to Kochman, the two initially conceived it as a book for adults, believing it would appeal to audiences similar to that of the TV series \"The Wonder", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" }, { "docid": "15715494", "text": "film was released on August 3, 2012. It is also Bowers' second live-action film. Although the film is based on the third and fourth \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" books, there is a scene based on the first book, where Greg's dad, Frank, is trying to unplug Greg's video game system, but does not know how to. There is also a scene based off the , where Greg is sick on picture day, and his second grade picture gets sent in. Unlike the book, Greg was the one who was sick, where in the book, it was Rodrick. \"Diary of", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)" }, { "docid": "13055452", "text": "the short film \"Motel\" which was his first live-action film. He then worked as director on \"Hotel for Dogs\" in 2009 for DreamWorks Pictures. He directed the live-action/animated feature film, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", based on the book by Jeff Kinney. He has also been featured in \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie Diary\". He directed \"\" (2013). Thor has also directed multiple episodes of \"Arrow\" and one episode of \"The Flash\". Thor Freudenthal Thor Freudenthal (born 20 October 1972) is a German film director, animator and special effects artist. Freudenthal was raised in Berlin, Germany. He attended the", "title": "Thor Freudenthal" }, { "docid": "15702163", "text": "Kid\" film series. It was released on March 25, 2011 and is based on the second book, \"Rodrick Rules\" with scenes from \"The Last Straw\". Principal photography began on August 23, 2010 and was completed on October 27, 2010, with filming taking place in Vancouver and New Westminster. \"Rodrick Rules\" was directed by David Bowers, with Zachary Gordon reprising his role as Greg Heffley. New main characters include Holly Hills (Peyton List), Grandpa (Terence Kelly), and Bill Walter (Fran Kranz). Edward Shearmur composes the original score for the film. \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days\" is the third film", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)" }, { "docid": "15889995", "text": "October 30, 2009 on the band's MySpace. A music video for the song was then soon released in December. On March 19, 2010, the single was re-released for the film \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\", entitled \"What Do You Want from Me (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Mix)\". This version features slight changes in the lyrics from the original version, in order to make the song more kid-oriented. The verse \"I don't wanna waste my time again/By getting \"wasted\" with so-called friends\", was changed to \"I don't wanna waste my time again/By getting \"crazy\" with so-called friends\". The second verse,", "title": "What Do You Want from Me (Forever the Sickest Kids song)" }, { "docid": "12650546", "text": "Parade since 2010. \"Poptropica's\" 28th island, \"Wimpy Boardwalk,\" also revolves around the \"Wimpy Kid\" series. Wimpy Boardwalk was the first time that Greg was shown in color. In the first three adaptions of the series, Greg was portrayed by actor Zachary Gordon. The first adaption \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" was directed by Thor Freudenthal. The film was released on March 19, 2010. It was released on DVD, iTunes, and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. The movie stars Zachary Gordon as Greg, Robert Capron as Rowley, Steve Zahn as Greg's father, Rachael Harris as Greg's mother, Devon Bostick as Rodrick,", "title": "Greg Heffley" }, { "docid": "13610237", "text": "beach, to which his mom agrees, which ended when Greg accidentally burned Rowley by flicking a rubber band at his arm. After this incident, Greg is afraid that his dad is going to sell him to an orphanage, and he calls the police with his Ladybug phone. After a long talk with the police, Frank gives the cops tickets to a baseball game to repay them for their trouble, and it turns out that Frank was actually giving Sweetie to Grandma. Susan is disappointed because she brought the tickets for Frank and Greg to spend time together. After hearing about", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book)" }, { "docid": "12184103", "text": "that the project did not meet multiple requirements. Frank persuades Rodrick to give up the show, but Rodrick insists on doing it so that he can send it to record label companies and bail out of school after he and Löded Diper get noticed. During the talent show, Rodrick has his band's performance taped so he can send it to the record companies, but the video is rendered useless after it is found that Mom (who was taping the video) had talked the whole time and everything she said was heard on the tape, which made Rodrick mad. When his", "title": "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" }, { "docid": "11805900", "text": "Alex Ferris Alexander Ferris (born April 23, 1997) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the thriller film \"The Invisible\" (2007), the drama film \"The Time Traveler's Wife\" (2009), and the comedy film \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" (2010). Ferris was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began acting at the age of seven after meeting another child actor on a family vacation, and writing to the actor's agent. He appeared in the movie \"RV\" as Billy Gornicke, \"The Invisible\" as Victor Newton, \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" as Collin Lee and \"The Time", "title": "Alex Ferris" } ]

[ "James Hutton" ]

[ { "docid": "439917", "text": "geologists now, however, no longer hold to a strict theory of gradualism. Coined by William Whewell, the word was proposed in contrast to catastrophism by British naturalists in the late 18th century, starting with the work of the geologist James Hutton in his many books including \"Theory of the Earth\". Hutton's work was later refined by scientist John Playfair and popularised by geologist Charles Lyell's \"Principles of Geology\" in 1830. Today, Earth's history is considered to have been a slow, gradual process, punctuated by occasional natural catastrophic events. The earlier conceptions likely had little influence on 18th-century European geological explanations", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "156159", "text": "of geologic events. The principle of uniformitarianism states that the geologic processes observed in operation that modify the Earth's crust at present have worked in much the same way over geologic time. A fundamental principle of geology advanced by the 18th century Scottish physician and geologist James Hutton is that \"the present is the key to the past.\" In Hutton's words: \"the past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now.\" The principle of intrusive relationships concerns crosscutting intrusions. In geology, when an igneous intrusion cuts across a formation of sedimentary rock,", "title": "Geology" }, { "docid": "6310780", "text": "following principles today as a means to provide information about geologic history and the timing of geologic events. The \"principle of Uniformitarianism\" states that the geologic processes observed in operation that modify the Earth's crust at present have worked in much the same way over geologic time. A fundamental principle of geology advanced by the 18th century Scottish physician and geologist James Hutton, is that \"the present is the key to the past.\" In Hutton's words: \"the past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now.\" The \"principle of intrusive relationships\" concerns", "title": "Relative dating" }, { "docid": "5174204", "text": "that water played a major role in shaping the surface of the Earth through a series of prehistoric, catastrophic events. De Dolomieu was not a uniformitarian geologist. He has been described as a \"non-actualistic catastrophist\". His contemporary, James Hutton, did not publish the principle of uniformitarianism until 1795. De Dolomieu was an observationalist and spent much of his time collecting and categorizing geological data. Unlike Hutton, no scientific principles or theories are credited to him, although he left his permanent mark on geology in another way: that is by discovering the mineral dolomite that would be named after him. During", "title": "Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu" }, { "docid": "10185984", "text": "between the British Isles and continental Europe, though there the conclusion is rather that the same fauna and flora is found on both sides. However, Murchison states his disagreement with Wallace's support for James Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism, that \"\"all\" former changes of the outline of the earth were produced slowly\", opining that the Bali–Lombok channel probably formed suddenly. He mentions in one sentence that the book contains \"interesting and important facts\" on physical geography, native inhabitants, climate and products of the archipelago, and describes Wallace as a great naturalist and a \"most attractive writer\". One of the shortest reviews", "title": "The Malay Archipelago" }, { "docid": "1499104", "text": "already referred to, being the most important. His lives of Matthew Stewart, Hutton, and Robison, many of his reviews, and above all his \"Dissertation\" are of the utmost value. John Playfair John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known for his book \"Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth\" (1802), which summarised the work of James Hutton. It was through this book that Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism, later taken", "title": "John Playfair" }, { "docid": "1499095", "text": "John Playfair John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known for his book \"Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth\" (1802), which summarised the work of James Hutton. It was through this book that Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism, later taken up by Charles Lyell, first reached a wide audience. Playfair's textbook \"Elements of Geometry\" made a brief expression of Euclid's parallel postulate known now as Playfair's axiom. In 1783", "title": "John Playfair" }, { "docid": "205038", "text": "in the 19th century. James Hutton James Hutton (; 3 June 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist. He originated the theory of uniformitarianism—a fundamental principle of geology—that explains the features of the Earth's crust by means of natural processes over geologic time. Hutton's work established geology as a science, and as a result he is referred to as the \"Father of Modern Geology\". Through observation and carefully reasoned geological arguments, Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; he recognised that the history of Earth could be", "title": "James Hutton" }, { "docid": "205009", "text": "James Hutton James Hutton (; 3 June 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist. He originated the theory of uniformitarianism—a fundamental principle of geology—that explains the features of the Earth's crust by means of natural processes over geologic time. Hutton's work established geology as a science, and as a result he is referred to as the \"Father of Modern Geology\". Through observation and carefully reasoned geological arguments, Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; he recognised that the history of Earth could be determined by understanding how", "title": "James Hutton" }, { "docid": "13525397", "text": "planet as a whole. Prior to the 18th century, scientists had not suspected that prehistoric climates were different from the modern period. By the late 18th century, geologists found evidence of a succession of geological ages with changes in climate. There were various competing theories about these changes, and James Hutton, whose ideas of cyclic change over huge periods of time were later dubbed uniformitarianism, was among those who found signs of past glacial activity in places too warm for glaciers in modern times. In 1815 Jean-Pierre Perraudin described for the first time how glaciers might be responsible for the", "title": "History of climate change science" }, { "docid": "150205", "text": "Gradualism Gradualism, from the Latin \"gradus\" (\"step\"), is a hypothesis, a theory or a tenet assuming that change comes about gradually or that variation is gradual in nature and happens over time as opposed to in large steps. Uniformitarianism, incrementalism, and reformism are similar concepts. In the natural sciences, gradualism is the theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes, often contrasted with catastrophism. The theory was proposed in 1795 by James Hutton, a Scottish geologist, and was later incorporated into Charles Lyell's theory of uniformitarianism. Tenets from both theories were applied to", "title": "Gradualism" }, { "docid": "16619880", "text": "Theory of the Earth Theory of the Earth was a publication by James Hutton which laid the foundations for geology. In it he showed that the Earth is the product of natural forces. What could be seen happening today, over long periods of time, could produce what we see in the rocks. This idea, uniformitarianism, was used by Charles Lyell in his work, and Lyell's textbook was an important influence on Charles Darwin. The work was first published in 1788 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and later in 1795 as two book volumes. Hutton recognized that rocks record the", "title": "Theory of the Earth" } ]

[ { "docid": "439930", "text": "as the principle of geological actualism, which states that all past geological action was like all present geological action. The principle of actualism is the cornerstone of paleoecology. Uniformitarianism Uniformitarianism, also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity, refers to the invariance in the principles underpinning science, such as the constancy of causality, or causation, throughout time, but it has also been used to describe invariance of physical laws through time and space. Though an unprovable postulate that cannot be verified using the scientific method, uniformitarianism has been a key first principle of virtually all fields of science. In geology, uniformitarianism", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "1325327", "text": "Neptunism Neptunism is a superseded scientific theory of geology proposed by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) in the late 18th century, proposing that rocks formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans. The theory took its name from Neptune, the ancient Roman god of the sea. There was considerable debate between its proponents (neptunists) and those favouring a rival theory known as plutonism which gave a significant role to volcanic origins, and which in modified form replaced neptunism in the early 19th century as the principle of uniformitarianism was shown to fit better with the geological facts as", "title": "Neptunism" }, { "docid": "439916", "text": "Uniformitarianism Uniformitarianism, also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity, refers to the invariance in the principles underpinning science, such as the constancy of causality, or causation, throughout time, but it has also been used to describe invariance of physical laws through time and space. Though an unprovable postulate that cannot be verified using the scientific method, uniformitarianism has been a key first principle of virtually all fields of science. In geology, uniformitarianism has included the gradualistic concept that \"the present is the key to the past\" (that events occur at the same rate now as they have always done); many", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "9463790", "text": "example, it is argued that radiometric dating technique of evaluating a material's age based on the radioactive decay rates of certain isotopes generates inconsistent and thus unreliable results. Radiocarbon dating based on the carbon-14 isotope has been particularly criticized. It is argued that radiometric decay relies on a number of unwarranted assumptions such as the principle of uniformitarianism, consistent decay rates, or rocks acting as closed systems. Such arguments have been dismissed by scientists on the grounds that independent methods have confirmed the reliability of radiometric dating as a whole; additionally, different radiometric dating methods and techniques have independently confirmed", "title": "Objections to evolution" }, { "docid": "439923", "text": "eight different systems of beliefs in the development of the terrestrial sphere. All geoscientists stand by the principle of uniformity of law. Most, but not all, are directed by the principle of simplicity. All make definite assertions about the quality of rate and state in the inorganic realm. According to Reijer Hooykaas (1963), Lyell's uniformitarianism is a family of four related propositions, not a single idea: None of these connotations requires another, and they are not all equally inferred by uniformitarians. Gould explained Lyell's propositions in \"Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle\" (1987), stating that Lyell conflated two different types of propositions:", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "14211331", "text": "What You're Proposing \"What You're Proposing\" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. It was included on their album \"Just Supposin'\". The B-side is \"A B Blues\", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis-credited Andy Bown as Andy Brown on the B-side composer's credit. The initial pressing run of 75,000 copies of this single were issued with a colour picture sleeve. The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album \"Aquostic (Stripped Bare)\". It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's", "title": "What You're Proposing" }, { "docid": "14211332", "text": "\"Roundhouse\" on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their \"In Concert\" series. What You're Proposing \"What You're Proposing\" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. It was included on their album \"Just Supposin'\". The B-side is \"A B Blues\", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis-credited Andy Bown as Andy Brown on the B-side composer's credit. The initial pressing run of 75,000 copies of this single were issued with a colour picture sleeve. The song was reprised, in 2014,", "title": "What You're Proposing" }, { "docid": "439925", "text": "cases, accepted by few. These hypotheses are judged true or false on empirical grounds through scientific observation and repeated experimental data. This is in contrast with the previous two philosophical assumptions that come before one can do science and so cannot be tested or falsified by science. Stephen Jay Gould's first scientific paper, \"Is uniformitarianism necessary?\" (1965), reduced these four assumptions to two. He dismissed the first principle, which asserted spatial and temporal invariance of natural laws, as no longer an issue of debate. He rejected the third (uniformity of rate) as an unjustified limitation on scientific inquiry, as it", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "5826251", "text": "his \"greatest weakness\". He agreed to put off publication of the book to allow Morris to co-author chapters on scientific issues (including radioactivity, stratification and uniformitarianism). \"The Genesis Flood\", published by Whitcomb and Morris in 1961, \"became a best-seller in the Fundamentalist world and polarized Evangelical opinion\", though it was ignored by university scientists and liberal Christians. It was followed by the launch of the Creation Research Society in 1963 and of Morris' Institute for Creation Research in 1972. Ken Ham, the founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum near Cincinnati, credited \"The Genesis Flood\" for \"really launch[ing]", "title": "John C. Whitcomb" }, { "docid": "16648189", "text": "anthropology, and archeology. Modern geology, its sub-disciplines and other scientific disciplines utilize the scientific method to analyze the geology of the earth. Scientific analysis refutes the key tenets of flood geology, which, as an idea, is in contradiction to scientific consensus. Modern geology relies on a number of established principles, one of the most important of which is Charles Lyell's principle of uniformitarianism. In relation to geological forces, uniformitarianism holds that the shaping of the Earth has occurred by means of mostly slow-acting forces that can be seen in operation today. In general, there is a lack of any evidence", "title": "Genesis flood narrative" }, { "docid": "439924", "text": "a pair of methodological assumptions with a pair of substantive hypotheses. The four together make up Lyell's uniformitarianism. The two methodological assumptions below are accepted to be true by the majority of scientists and geologists. Gould claims that these philosophical propositions must be assumed before you can proceed as a scientist doing science. \"You cannot go to a rocky outcrop and observe either the constancy of nature's laws or the working of unknown processes. It works the other way around.\" You first assume these propositions and \"then you go to the outcrop.\" The substantive hypotheses were controversial and, in some", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "12790516", "text": "fluid convection sustains the Earth's magnetic field. Methodologies vary depending on the nature of the subjects being studied. Studies typically fall into one of three categories: observational, experimental, or theoretical. Earth scientists often conduct sophisticated computer analysis or go to many of the world's most exotic locations to study Earth phenomena (e.g. Antarctica or hot spot island chains). A foundational idea within the study Earth science is the notion of uniformitarianism. Uniformitarianism dictates that \"ancient geologic features are interpreted by understanding active processes that are readily observed.\" In other words, any geologic processes at work in the present have operated", "title": "Earth science" }, { "docid": "17373641", "text": "long before the development of Darwin's theory of evolution, or Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism. A notable example is St. Augustine (4th century), who, on theological grounds, argued that everything in the universe was created by God in the same instant, and not in six days as a plain reading of Genesis would require. Modern theologians such as Meredith G. Kline and Henri Blocher have advocated what has become known as the literary framework interpretation of the days of Genesis. All of the traditional mainline Protestant denominations support or accept theistic evolution. For example, on 12 February 2006, the 197th anniversary", "title": "Acceptance of evolution by religious groups" }, { "docid": "820083", "text": "demand for flat maps that could accurately depict the earth as a spherical object. Mercator was also the first to begin using the term \"atlas\" to describe a collection of maps. Because of his work, travelers and explorers could maintain a course over long distances using straight lines, thus eliminating the need to constantly adjust their compass readings in order to keep track of their movements. Charles Lyell (1797–1875) was a British geologist whose theory of Uniformitarianism significantly impacted the way modern scientists understand the earth's structure and how this structure can change over time. Uniformitarianism overturned the previously accepted", "title": "Geographer" }, { "docid": "962965", "text": "the 19th century, several additional scientists contributed new theories to further develop the concept of biogeography. Charles Lyell, being one of the first contributors in the 19th century, developed the Theory of Uniformitarianism after studying fossils. This theory explained how the world was not created by one sole catastrophic event, but instead from numerous creation events and locations. Uniformitarianism also introduced the idea that the Earth was actually significantly older than was previously accepted. Using this knowledge, Lyell concluded that it was possible for species to go extinct. Since he noted that earth’s climate changes, he realized that species distribution", "title": "Biogeography" }, { "docid": "16084019", "text": "uniformitarianism that was held to by some scientists; therefore the protean concept \"uniformitarianism\" was adjusted to accommodate the past changes that could be established. Zoological uniformity on earth was debated already in the early eighteenth century. George Berkeley argued in \"Alciphron\" that the lack of human artifacts in deeper excavations suggested a recent origin of man. Evidence of absence was, of course, seen as problematic to establish. Gottfried Leibniz in his \"Protogaea\" produced arguments against identification of a species via morphology, without evidence of descent (having in mind a characterisation of humans by possession of reason); and against the discreteness", "title": "Discovery of human antiquity" }, { "docid": "9543331", "text": "bench-to-bedside translation. These include uncovering the barriers to the delivery and efficacy of molecular and nano-medicines in tumors, developing new strategies to overcome these barriers, and then translating these strategies from bench to bedside. He is most celebrated for proposing a new principle – normalization of vasculature – for treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases characterized by abnormal vessels that afflict more than 500 million people worldwide. This concept has fundamentally changed the thinking of scientists and clinicians about how antiangiogenic agents work, and how to combine them optimally with other therapies to improve the treatment outcome in patients. Rakesh", "title": "Rakesh Jain" }, { "docid": "9607555", "text": "Darwin found rock formations which -seen \"through Lyell's eyes\"- gave him a revolutionary insight into the geological history of the island, an insight he applied throughout his travels. While in South America, Darwin received Volume 2, which rejected the idea of organic evolution, proposing \"Centres of Creation\" to explain diversity and territory of species. Darwin's ideas gradually moved beyond this, but in geology he operated very much as Lyell's disciple and sent home extensive evidence and theorizing supporting Lyell's uniformitarianism, including Darwin's ideas about the formation of atolls. Charles Lyell's \"Principles of Geology\" was met with a lot of criticism", "title": "Principles of Geology" }, { "docid": "94499", "text": "and fossil distributions with Biblical interpretations, proposing the remains resulted from successive cataclysmic events, such as a worldwide flood and subsequent ice age. It rejects one of the fundamental principles of modern geology (and of modern science generally), uniformitarianism, which applies the same physical and geological laws observed on the Earth today to interpret the Earth's geological history. Sometimes creationists attack other scientific concepts, like the Big Bang cosmological model or methods of scientific dating based upon radioactive decay. Young Earth creationists also reject current estimates of the age of the universe and the age of the Earth, arguing for", "title": "Creation science" }, { "docid": "9607553", "text": "Earth's geology, and nothing else. Volume 1 introduces Lyell's theory of uniformitarianism. He develops and argues that the earthly processes that we see in the present were the same processes as in the past and caused the Earth to look like it does today. Volume 2 builds off of the uniformitarianism theory in volume 1, but focuses more on the organic matter rather than the inorganic matter. This volume is what Darwin took with him on his voyage on the \"Beagle\". In the 3rd volume, Lyell identifies four periods of the Tertiary: Newer Pliocene, Older Pliocene, Miocene, and the Eocene.", "title": "Principles of Geology" }, { "docid": "19655808", "text": "Nobel laureates, and members of royalty to celebrities, scientists, musicians and executives. The 2 AM Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure The \"2 am Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure,\" is a book written by human behavior scientist Jon Levy exploring his research on what causes people to live fun, exciting and remarkable lives. In the book Levy combines personal stories with research and what he calls the EPIC Model of Adventure, a four-stage process that every adventure goes through. The book was scheduled to be published by Regan Arts and released on November 8, 2016. In the book, Levy", "title": "The 2 AM Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure" }, { "docid": "96922", "text": "his travels. While in South America Darwin received Volume 2 which considered the ideas of Lamarck in some detail. Lyell rejected Lamarck's idea of organic evolution, proposing instead \"Centres of Creation\" to explain diversity and territory of species. However, as discussed below, many of his letters show he was fairly open to the idea of evolution. In geology Darwin was very much Lyell's disciple, and brought back observations and his own original theorising, including ideas about the formation of atolls, which supported Lyell's uniformitarianism. On the return of the \"Beagle\" (October 1836) Lyell invited Darwin to dinner and from then", "title": "Charles Lyell" }, { "docid": "2099097", "text": "to the capabilities of their species. Deutsch responds that even though evolution did not give humans the ability to detect neutrinos, scientists can currently detect them, which significantly expands their capabilities beyond what is available as a result of evolution. Mediocrity principle The mediocrity principle is the philosophical notion that \"if an item is drawn at random from one of several sets or categories, it's likelier to come from the most numerous category than from any one of the less numerous categories\". The principle has been taken to suggest that there is nothing very unusual about the evolution of the", "title": "Mediocrity principle" }, { "docid": "14979134", "text": "are more resistant to decay and degradation. Due to the principle of uniformitarianism, there is a basic assumption in geology that the formation of rocks has occurred by the same naturalistic processes throughout history, and thus that the reach of such biases remains stable over time. A megabias is a direct contradiction of this, whereby changes occur in large scale paleobiologic patterns. This includes It is generally assumed that the quality of the fossil record decreases globally and across all taxa with increasing age, because more time is available for the diagenesis and destruction of both fossils and enclosing rocks,", "title": "Megabias" }, { "docid": "16269747", "text": "science. Intelligent design proponents, they say, are proposing both searching for a designer without knowing anything about that designer's abilities, parameters, or intentions (which scientists do know when searching for the results of human intelligence), as well as denying the very distinction between natural/artificial design that allows scientists to compare complex designed artifacts against the background of the sorts of complexity found in nature. As a means of criticism, certain skeptics have pointed to a challenge of intelligent design derived from the study of artificial intelligence. The criticism is a counter to intelligent design claims about what makes a design", "title": "Intelligent design and science" }, { "docid": "2946480", "text": "Iranian, and Berber languages. Yemeni Arabic has Modern South Arabian, Old South Arabian and Himyaritic substrata. Typically, Creole languages have multiple substrata, with the actual influence of such languages being indeterminate. In the absence of all three lines of evidence mentioned above, linguistic substrata may be difficult to detect. Substantial indirect evidence is needed to infer the former existence of a substrate. The nonexistence of a substrate is difficult to show, and to avoid digressing into speculation, burden of proof must lie on the side of the scholar claiming the influence of a substrate. The principle of uniformitarianism and results", "title": "Stratum (linguistics)" }, { "docid": "2140891", "text": "Hutton and Charles Lyell also contributed to early understanding of the Earth's history with their observations at Edinburgh in Scotland concerning angular unconformity in a rock face and it was in fact Lyell that influenced Charles Darwin greatly in his theory of evolution by speculating that the present is the key to the past. Hutton first proposed the theory of uniformitarianism, which is now a basic principle in all branches of geology. Hutton also supported the idea that the Earth was very old as opposed to the prevailing concept of the time which said the Earth had only been around", "title": "Historical geology" }, { "docid": "851581", "text": "teleology, teleological accounts of non-personal or non-human nature were explored and often endorsed in ancient and medieval philosophies, but fell into disfavor during the modern era (1600–1900). In the late 18th century, Immanuel Kant used the concept of telos as a regulative principle in his \"Critique of Judgment\". Teleology was also fundamental to the speculative philosophy of Georg Hegel. Contemporary philosophers and scientists are still discussing whether teleological axioms are useful or accurate in proposing modern philosophies and scientific theories. For instance, in 2012, Thomas Nagel proposed a non-Darwinian account of evolution that incorporates impersonal and natural teleological laws to", "title": "Teleology" }, { "docid": "2161908", "text": "(1797-1875) also saw adaptation to changing environments as a sign of a benevolent Creator, but his uniformitarianism envisaged continuing extinctions and replacements. As seen in correspondence between Lyell and John Herschel, scientists were looking for creation by laws rather than by miraculous interventions. In continental Europe, the idealism of philosophers including Lorenz Oken (1779-1851) developed a \"Naturphilosophie\" in which patterns of development from archetypes were a purposeful divine plan aimed at forming humanity. These scientists rejected transmutation of species as materialist radicalism threatening the established hierarchies of society. The idealist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a persistent opponent of transmutation, saw mankind", "title": "Theistic evolution" }, { "docid": "3992802", "text": "Critiques such as those based on the distinction between theory and fact are often leveled against unifying concepts within scientific disciplines. Principles such as uniformitarianism, Occam's razor or parsimony, and the Copernican principle are claimed to be the result of a bias within science toward philosophical naturalism, which is equated by many creationists with atheism. In countering this claim, philosophers of science use the term methodological naturalism to refer to the long-standing convention in science of the scientific method. The methodological assumption is that observable events in nature are explained only by natural causes, without assuming the existence or non-existence", "title": "Creation–evolution controversy" }, { "docid": "1859887", "text": "wrong because either answer challenges the ability of God to give moral laws. William of Ockham responded to the Euthyphro Dilemma by 'biting the bullet'. He argued that, if God did command people to be cruel, then that would be morally obligatory, proposing that the only limitation to what God can make obligatory is the principle of non-contradiction. Robert Adams defended Ockham's view, noting that it is only a logical possibility that God would command what we consider to be immoral, not an actuality. Even if God could logically command these actions, he would not because that is not his", "title": "Divine command theory" }, { "docid": "13501239", "text": "intended to challenge evolution, but stops short of openly endorsing the more extreme alternatives favored by some creationists.\" They described it as being highly critical of Charles Lyell's uniformitarianism and featuring geologists who point to evidence of limited catastrophes in earth history, but said that \"it does not imply that the whole geological record is the product of a single flood.\" They state that the reconstruction of Darwin's life is used to give the overall impression that he \"had an enquiring mind but was led astray by his theoretical preconceptions, a view backed up through interviews with several scientists, including", "title": "The Voyage that Shook the World" }, { "docid": "17885483", "text": "perspective. Thalli is a young girl living in a world that was almost completely destroyed by nuclear war, forcing the survivors underground. The survivors' leaders, a group of scientists called \"The Ten\", decided that it would be best for human survival if future children were genetically engineered to be without emotions, as emotions were what led to the war. Thalli was born with emotions, a secret unknown to The Ten until she accidentally reveals them while listening to a piece of music. She's spared from death by scientist and childhood friend Berk, who attempts to save her by proposing that", "title": "Anomaly (series)" }, { "docid": "365050", "text": "cultures\", in contradiction with the idea that a so callled \"scientific method\" is unique and a unifying concept. Somewhere between 33% and 50% of all scientific discoveries are estimated to have been \"stumbled upon\", rather than sought out. This may explain why scientists so often express that they were lucky. Louis Pasteur is credited with the famous saying that \"Luck favours the prepared mind\", but some psychologists have begun to study what it means to be 'prepared for luck' in the scientific context. Research is showing that scientists are taught various heuristics that tend to harness chance and the unexpected.", "title": "Scientific method" }, { "docid": "434681", "text": "outlined by Hugh Everett III in 1957 is partly meant to reconcile the differences between Einstein's and Bohr's views by replacing Bohr's wave function collapse with an ensemble of deterministic and independent universes whose \"distribution\" is governed by wave functions and the Schrödinger equation. Thus, uncertainty in the many-worlds interpretation follows from each observer within any universe having no knowledge of what goes on in the other universes. Some scientists including Arthur Compton and Martin Heisenberg have suggested that the uncertainty principle, or at least the general probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, could be evidence for the two-stage model of", "title": "Uncertainty principle" }, { "docid": "5180401", "text": "watchmaker analogy, held that Darwin's theory fit with \"the principle of uniformitarianism—the idea that all processes in the world occur now as they have in the past\" and that deistic evolution \"provided an explanatory framework for understanding species variation in a mechanical universe.\" In the United States, starting in the 1960s, creationists revived versions of the argument to dispute the concepts of evolution and natural selection, and there was renewed interest in the watchmaker argument. The most famous statement of this teleological argument using the watchmaker analogy was given by William Paley in his 1802 book \"Natural Theology or Evidences", "title": "Watchmaker analogy" }, { "docid": "12782051", "text": "Non-Darwinian Evolution (paper) \"Non-Darwinian Evolution\" is a scientific paper written by Jack Lester King and Thomas H. Jukes and published in 1969. It is credited, along with Motoo Kimura's 1968 paper \"Evolutionary Rate at the Molecular Level\", with proposing what became known as the neutral theory of molecular evolution. The paper brings together a wide variety of evidence, ranging from protein sequence comparisons to studies of the Treffers mutator gene in \"E. coli\" to analysis of the genetic code to comparative immunology, to argue that most protein evolution is due to neutral mutations and genetic drift. It was published in", "title": "Non-Darwinian Evolution (paper)" }, { "docid": "1541969", "text": "individual rock units in a basin into a coherent understanding of the evolution of the sedimentary sequences and basins, and thus, the Earth's geological history as a whole. The scientific basis of this is the principle of uniformitarianism, which states that the sediments within ancient sedimentary rocks were deposited in the same way as sediments which are being deposited at the Earth's surface today. Sedimentological conditions are recorded within the sediments as they are laid down; the form of the sediments at present reflects the events of the past and all events which affect the sediments, from the source of", "title": "Sedimentology" }, { "docid": "2847220", "text": "it as the basis for his eponymous \"Hovind Theory\". Jehovah's Witnesses propose as the water source of the deluge a \"heavenly ocean\" that was over the earth from the second creative day until the Flood. Modern geology, its sub-disciplines and other scientific disciplines utilize the scientific method to analyze the geology of the earth. The key tenets of flood geology are refuted by scientific analysis and do not have any standing in the scientific community. Modern geology relies on a number of established principles, one of the most important of which is Charles Lyell's principle of uniformitarianism. In relation to", "title": "Flood geology" }, { "docid": "15877968", "text": "was particularly useful in design factories and manufacturing buildings. Sawtooth structures show apertures with vertical or angled glazing installed in a sloped roof plane. Sawtooths are most effective when used in series of three, and were historically used in industrial and manufacturing buildings as the primary light source. British engineer and architect William Fairbairn is sometimes credited with the first designs for what he termed the \"shed principle\" possibly as early as 1827. In his, \"Treatise on Mills and Millwork\", of 1863, Fairbairn states that, 'Contemporaneous with the architectural improvements in mills [from 1827], the shed principle lighted from the", "title": "Saw-tooth roof" }, { "docid": "17098771", "text": "Them and What They Did, Mineola, NY: Dover, 1949. William Martin Armistead William Martin Armistead (May 8, 1873 - November 5, 1955) was a publicist for N. W. Ayer & Son, the oldest advertising agency in the United States. He is credited with inventing the modern style of advertising, proposing small frequent announcements, shying away from the normal practice of publishing weekly or annual announcements in newspapers. He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery (lot 22) in Nashville. Born on May 8, 1873 in Davidson Co., TN and died in Wayne, PA on November 5, 1955. At age 12 he", "title": "William Martin Armistead" }, { "docid": "303747", "text": "seemed to make the divine creator tell lies – either lying in the scriptures, or lying in nature. Scientists rejected it on the grounds that it disagreed with uniformitarianism, an explanation of geology that was widely supported at the time, and the impossibility of testing or falsifying the idea. Some modern creationists still argue against scientific evidence in the same way. For instance, John D. Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research wrote in 1990 about the \"appearance of age\": He does not extend this idea to the geological record, preferring to believe that it was all created in", "title": "Omphalos hypothesis" }, { "docid": "12782055", "text": "the chief advocate of the neutral theory, but he adopted a number of King and Jukes' arguments and de-emphasized genetic load. Non-Darwinian Evolution (paper) \"Non-Darwinian Evolution\" is a scientific paper written by Jack Lester King and Thomas H. Jukes and published in 1969. It is credited, along with Motoo Kimura's 1968 paper \"Evolutionary Rate at the Molecular Level\", with proposing what became known as the neutral theory of molecular evolution. The paper brings together a wide variety of evidence, ranging from protein sequence comparisons to studies of the Treffers mutator gene in \"E. coli\" to analysis of the genetic code", "title": "Non-Darwinian Evolution (paper)" }, { "docid": "5738641", "text": "it is time to promote a scientific approach to normative morality, rejecting the idea that religion determines what is good. He believes that once scientists begin proposing moral norms in papers, supernatural moral systems will join \"astrology, witchcraft and Greek mythology on the scrapheap\". Harris says the idea of free will \"cannot be mapped on to any conceivable reality\" and is incoherent. According to Harris, science \"reveals you to be a biochemical puppet.\" People's thoughts and intentions, Harris says, \"emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control.\" Every choice we make", "title": "Sam Harris" }, { "docid": "523231", "text": "in question\" and stated that \"the spirit hypothesis yields better results\". Jung's ideas about the paranormal culminated in \"synchronicity\", his idea that meaningful connections in the world manifest through coincidence with no apparent causal link. What he referred to as “acausal connecting principle”. Despite his own experiments failing to confirm the phenomenon he held on to the idea as an explanation for apparent ESP. As well as proposing it as a functional explanation for how the I-Ching worked, although he was never clear about how synchronicity worked. Jung influenced one philosophical interpretation (not the science) of quantum physics with the", "title": "Carl Jung" }, { "docid": "442677", "text": "for instance, proposing alternative deduction rules involving Leibniz's law or other rules for validity some philosophers are willing to defend vagueness as some kind of metaphysical phenomenon. One has, for example, Peter van Inwagen (1990), Trenton Merricks and Terence Parsons (2000). In the common law system, vagueness is a possible legal defence against by-laws and other regulations. The legal principle is that delegated power cannot be used more broadly than the delegator intended. Therefore, a regulation may not be so vague as to regulate areas beyond what the law allows. Any such regulation would be \"void for vagueness\" and unenforceable.", "title": "Vagueness" }, { "docid": "13525400", "text": "was strongly opposed by Charles Lyell's version of Hutton's uniformitarianism, and was gradually abandoned by Buckland and other catastrophist geologists. A field trip to the Alps with Agassiz in October 1838 convinced Buckland that features in Britain had been caused by glaciation, and both he and Lyell strongly supported the ice age theory which became widely accepted by the 1870s. In the same general period that scientists first suspected climate change and ice ages, Joseph Fourier, in 1824, found that Earth's atmosphere kept the planet warmer than would be the case in a vacuum. Fourier recognized that the atmosphere transmitted", "title": "History of climate change science" }, { "docid": "20297909", "text": "using her paradigm concerning interactions of sign-traces of the body. The processes which lead to naming a sign a fragment of perceived reality to which humans attach meaning has opened up several new lines of research in semiology. Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec diversifies the existing approaches by proposing a new terminology: the sign-trace. Starting from the principle that perception is the result (the trace) of the sentient body (which is itself a “body-trace”) and that qualifying what is perceived is the consequence (trace) of a cognitive process, the author proposes the use of the term sign-trace every time that the history of", "title": "Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec" }, { "docid": "428164", "text": "proponents of particular amendments to secure the number of applications necessary to summon an Article V Convention. These included conventions to consider amendments to (1) provide for popular election of U.S. Senators; (2) permit the states to include factors other than equality of population in drawing state legislative district boundaries; and (3) to propose an amendment requiring the U.S. budget to be balanced under most circumstances. The campaign for a popularly elected Senate is frequently credited with \"prodding\" the Senate to join the House of Representatives in proposing what became the Seventeenth Amendment to the states in 1912, while the", "title": "Article Five of the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "3915538", "text": "when the soil is heated to check for organics, perchlorate destroys them rapidly producing chloromethane and dichloromethane, which is what the Viking landers found. This team also notes that this is not a proof of life but it could make a difference in how scientists look for organic biosignatures in the future. Results from the current Mars Science Laboratory mission and the under-development ExoMars program, may help settle this controversy. On 2006, went as far as proposing the creation of a new nomenclatural rank that classified some Viking results as 'metabolic' and therefore representative of a new form of life.", "title": "Viking lander biological experiments" }, { "docid": "16148298", "text": "propose an amendment requiring the U.S. budget to be balanced under most circumstances. The campaign for a popularly elected Senate is frequently credited with \"prodding\" the Senate to join the House of Representatives in proposing what became the Seventeenth Amendment to the states in 1912, while the latter two campaigns came very close to meeting the two-thirds threshold in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. In 2013, the number of states calling for a convention to consider a balanced budget amendment was believed to be either 33 or 20, and the tally may depend on rulings about whether past state applications", "title": "Second Constitutional Convention of the United States" }, { "docid": "439926", "text": "constrains past geologic rates and conditions to those of the present. So, Lyellian uniformitarianism was unnecessary. Uniformitarianism was proposed in contrast to catastrophism, which states that the distant past \"consisted of epochs of paroxysmal and catastrophic action interposed between periods of comparative tranquility\" Especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most geologists took this interpretation to mean that catastrophic events are not important in geologic time; one example of this is the debate of the formation of the Channeled Scablands due to the catastrophic Missoula glacial outburst floods. An important result of this debate and others was the", "title": "Uniformitarianism" }, { "docid": "30449", "text": "does not allow for any additional nontrivial predictions such as \"gravity won't change tomorrow\". To gain more predictive power, additional assumptions on the prior distribution of alternative universes are necessary. Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn describes a form of the Strong Anthropic Principle in his 2006 book \"The Human Touch\", which explores what he characterises as \"the central oddity of the Universe\": Carter chose to focus on a tautological aspect of his ideas, which has resulted in much confusion. In fact, anthropic reasoning interests scientists because of something that is only implicit in the above formal definitions, namely that we", "title": "Anthropic principle" }, { "docid": "10014295", "text": "of evil (cosmology) The Principle The Principle is a 2014 American independent film produced by Rick DeLano and Robert Sungenis. It rejects the Copernican principle and supports the pseudoscientific, long-superseded notion that Earth is at the center of the Universe. The film is narrated by Kate Mulgrew and features scientists such as Lawrence M. Krauss and Michio Kaku. Mulgrew and scientists who were interviewed in the film have repudiated the ideas advocated in the film and stated that their involvement was the result of being misled by the filmmaker. The film was released on October 24, 2014 when screened at", "title": "The Principle" }, { "docid": "10014291", "text": "The Principle The Principle is a 2014 American independent film produced by Rick DeLano and Robert Sungenis. It rejects the Copernican principle and supports the pseudoscientific, long-superseded notion that Earth is at the center of the Universe. The film is narrated by Kate Mulgrew and features scientists such as Lawrence M. Krauss and Michio Kaku. Mulgrew and scientists who were interviewed in the film have repudiated the ideas advocated in the film and stated that their involvement was the result of being misled by the filmmaker. The film was released on October 24, 2014 when screened at the Marcus Addison", "title": "The Principle" }, { "docid": "4574855", "text": "\"Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France\" In 1848 he was elected to his late mentor Brogniart's seat in the \"Académie des sciences\" Having studied the volcanoes of Italy and Auvergne, he opposed the views of Christian Leopold von Buch regarding craters of elevation, maintaining that the cones were due to the material successively erupted. Like Lyell he advocated a study of the slow and incessant forces in action at present, in order to illustrate the past, the principle in geology called uniformitarianism, discounting catastrophic events. One of his more important memoirs was \"De la Chronologie des terrains et du", "title": "Constant Prévost" }, { "docid": "12957626", "text": "first part being geographic and the other lithologic. If it's all the same rock type it may be called the \"Lyons Sandstone,\" or the \"Benton Shale.\" When there are several different lithologies within the formation, use more general terminology such as the \"Morrison Formation,\" which contains siltstone, sandstone, and limestone (Strickler, 2016). “For regional studies, geologists will study the stratigraphy of as many separate areas as they can, prepare a stratigraphic column for each, and combine them in an attempt to understand the regional geologic history of the area”, (Strickler, 2016). Principle of Uniformitarianism: defined in the authoritative \"Glossary of", "title": "Stratigraphic column" }, { "docid": "6855874", "text": "the 20-point memorandum, is a list of 20 points drawn up for North Borneo, proposing terms for its incorporation into the new federation as the State of Sabah, during negotiations prior to the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Some of the twenty points were incorporated, to varying degrees, into what became the Constitution of Malaysia; others were merely accepted orally, thus not gaining legal status. Point 12: Special position of indigenous races ~ \"In principle the indigenous races of North Borneo should enjoy special rights analogous to those enjoyed by Malays in Malaya, but the present Malaya formula", "title": "Human rights in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "9091655", "text": "Entropy and life Research concerning the relationship between the thermodynamic quantity entropy and the evolution of life began around the turn of the 20th century. In 1910, American historian Henry Adams printed and distributed to university libraries and history professors the small volume \"A Letter to American Teachers of History\" proposing a theory of history based on the second law of thermodynamics and on the principle of entropy. The 1944 book \"What is Life?\" by Nobel-laureate physicist Erwin Schrödinger stimulated research in the field. In his book, Schrödinger originally stated that life feeds on negative entropy, or negentropy as it", "title": "Entropy and life" }, { "docid": "11159189", "text": "proposed using the name sonar for all underwater acoustic ranging equipment. Engelman changed the gloss for the word sonar (to SOund Navigation And Ranging), and wrote an internal Navy memo proposing the term. In July 1946, the Office of Research and Inventions (later to become the Office of Naval Research), entered into contract Nori 76 Task Order X with Harvard University. The negotiations surrounding this grant have been credited with creating the separation between fundamental research and what Hunt called \"motivated research,\" as Harvard refused to accept funding detrimental to its core missions of education and training. Task Order X", "title": "Frederick Vinton Hunt" }, { "docid": "2040169", "text": "time for the changes to occur. While his ideas of Plutonism were hotly contested, scientific inquiries on competing ideas of catastrophism pushed back the age of the Earth into the millions of years – still much younger than commonly accepted by modern scientists, but a great change from the literalist view of an Earth that was only a few thousand years old. Hutton's ideas, called uniformitarianism or gradualism, were popularized by Sir Charles Lyell in the early 19th century. The energetic advocacy and rhetoric of Lyell led to the public and scientific communities largely accepting an ancient Earth. By this", "title": "Young Earth creationism" }, { "docid": "641910", "text": "most humans experience while awake. When light hits the retina, about one-tenth of a second goes by before the brain translates the signal into a visual perception of the world. Scientists have known of the lag, yet they have debated how humans compensate, with some proposing that our motor system somehow modifies our movements to offset the delay. Changizi asserts that the human visual system has evolved to compensate for neural delays by generating images of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. This foresight enables humans to react to events in the present, enabling humans to", "title": "Optical illusion" }, { "docid": "20495903", "text": "theory. Together with Dustin Tingley, Wagner finds that in a U.S. public opinion survey conducted in October 2016, 30 to 40% of the U.S. public believed in a version of the conspiracy. The paper also describes what the authors call a \"community of conspiracy\" in online discourse, in particular on Twitter and other anonymous social media. On November 23rd, 2018, Wagner published an open-access article on \"Stratospheric aerosol injection tactics and costs in the first 15 years of deployment.\" The article was picked up in a questionable report by CNN, claiming that: \"Scientists are proposing an ingenious but as-yet-unproven way", "title": "Gernot Wagner" }, { "docid": "10086648", "text": "in his book \"Architect or Bee?: The Human / Technology Relationship\". Thereafter, in 1987, Czechoslovakia-born educator Milan Zeleny mapped the elements of the hierarchy to knowledge forms: \"know-nothing\", \"know-what\", \"know-how\", and \"know-why\". Zeleny \"has frequently been credited with proposing the [representation of DIKW as a pyramid]...although he actually made no reference to any such graphical model.\" The hierarchy appears again in a 1988 address to the International Society for General Systems Research, by American organizational theorist Russell Ackoff, published in 1989. Subsequent authors and textbooks cite Ackoff's as the \"original articulation\" of the hierarchy or otherwise credit Ackoff with its", "title": "DIKW pyramid" }, { "docid": "3346521", "text": "be restricted in certain ways: it is necessary to consider, one by one, the various kinds of Russellian thoughts people can have about objects, and to specify in each case what conditions must be met for them to meet Russell's Principle—only under those conditions can one have a thought about a specific object or objects (a \"singular thought\"). In particular, Evans discusses at length what he calls the \"Generality Constraint\". Evans states it thus: ...if a subject can be credited with the thought that \"a\" is \"F\", then he must have the conceptual resources for entertaining the thought that \"a\"", "title": "Gareth Evans (philosopher)" }, { "docid": "6097253", "text": "that the outcome of this lawsuit could be that the court will try to tell scientists what is legitimate scientific inquiry and what is not,\" West said. \"That is a flagrant assault on free speech.\" Opponents, represented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association of Biology Teachers, contended that his statement is not just ironic, but hypocritical, as the Discovery Institute opposes methodological naturalism, the basic principle that limits science to natural phenomena and natural causes without assuming the existence or non-existence of the supernatural, which by definition is beyond natural explanation. Despite its", "title": "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District" }, { "docid": "441147", "text": "book 'An historico-geographical description of the north and east parts of Europe and Asia', published in 1730, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Swedish prisoner-of-war and explorer of Siberia, who accompanied Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt on his expeditions, described Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Samoyedic, Mongolic, Tungusic and Caucasian peoples as sharing linguistic and cultural commonalities. 20th century scholarship has on several occasions incorrectly credited him with proposing a Ural-Altaic language family, though he does not claim linguistic affinity \"between\" any of the six groups. Danish philologist Rasmus Christian Rask described what he called \"Scythian\" languages in 1834, which included Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Samoyedic, Eskimo, Caucasian, Basque", "title": "Ural–Altaic languages" }, { "docid": "94532", "text": "are also claimed to have been predominantly laid down during or after Noah's flood and orogeny. Flood geology is a variant of catastrophism and is contrasted with geological science in that it rejects standard geological principles such as uniformitarianism and radiometric dating. For example, the Creation Research Society argues that \"uniformitarianism is wishful thinking.\" Geologists conclude that no evidence for such a flood is observed in the preserved rock layers and moreover that such a flood is physically impossible, given the current layout of land masses. For instance, since Mount Everest currently is approximately 8.8 kilometres in elevation and the", "title": "Creation science" }, { "docid": "17561698", "text": "case of acceptance of evolution in the years after Darwin's \"On the Origin of Species\" age was a minor factor. Similarly, it was a weak factor in accepting cliometrics. Planck's principle In sociology of scientific knowledge, Planck's principle is the view that scientific change does not occur because individual scientists change their mind, but rather that successive generations of scientists have different views. The reason for the name is the statements by Max Planck: Planck's quote has been used by Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and others to argue that scientific revolutions are arational, rather than spreading through \"mere force of", "title": "Planck's principle" }, { "docid": "17561697", "text": "Planck's principle In sociology of scientific knowledge, Planck's principle is the view that scientific change does not occur because individual scientists change their mind, but rather that successive generations of scientists have different views. The reason for the name is the statements by Max Planck: Planck's quote has been used by Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and others to argue that scientific revolutions are arational, rather than spreading through \"mere force of truth and fact\". It has been described as Darwinian rather than Lamarckian conceptual evolution. Whether age influences the readiness to accept new ideas has been empirically criticised. In the", "title": "Planck's principle" }, { "docid": "403817", "text": "abilities of existing cells is insufficient, because of limitations in the process of protein biosynthesis (also see the listing for RNA). What is required is the rational design of an entirely novel replicator with a much wider range of synthesis capabilities. In 2011, New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. They have demonstrated that it is possible to replicate not just molecules like cellular DNA or RNA, but discrete structures that could in principle assume many different shapes, have many different functional features, and", "title": "Self-replication" }, { "docid": "201130", "text": "as legitimate science. Intelligent design proponents, they say, are proposing both searching for a designer without knowing anything about that designer's abilities, parameters, or intentions (which scientists do know when searching for the results of human intelligence), as well as denying the very distinction between natural/artificial design that allows scientists to compare complex designed artifacts against the background of the sorts of complexity found in nature. Among a significant proportion of the general public in the United States, the major concern is whether conventional evolutionary biology is compatible with belief in God and in the Bible, and how this issue", "title": "Intelligent design" }, { "docid": "18007419", "text": "Scientific method and religion Some controversies exist over the relationship of scientific method to religion. For example, some dispute to what degree scientific method had its origins in Christian theism, or to what degree the scientific method as understood in the 21st century is compatible with religion. In the 18th century, the birth of the scientific method was largely credited to the work of Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and John Locke. Modern history suggests that much earlier figures such as Roger Bacon and Islamic scientists also played an important role in shaping the experimental method. Thomas Jefferson wrote \"Bacon, Locke", "title": "Scientific method and religion" }, { "docid": "4640032", "text": "majority of his time in the forthcoming parliament opposing Beaconsfieldism and what he saw as unnecessary conflict. Lawson began his campaign against Disraeli's imperialist policies by opposing the annexation of the Fiji Islands. He supported Gladstone in his sustained attack on the British government's policy relating to the Eastern question by proposing, although unsuccessfully, Resolutions against the Vote of Credit for £6,000,000 and 20,000 men, and the calling out of the Reserve. He opposed Britain's invasion of Afghanistan, as he explained, on grounds of principle, honour, morality and justice. Between the years 1877 and 1881, Lawson was extremely busy protesting", "title": "Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton" }, { "docid": "3767400", "text": "quickly showing the other side the advantages of cooperating. It also set moral philosophers to proposing this as a workable principle to use in real life interactions\". His children report that he was a strong chess player but a bad poker player because he non-verbally revealed the strength of his hands. Anatol Rapoport was an early developer of social network analysis. His original work showed that one can measure large networks by profiling traces of flows through them. This enables learning about the speed of the distribution of resources, including information, and what speeds or impedes these flows—such as race,", "title": "Anatol Rapoport" }, { "docid": "1491666", "text": "extinction events has centered on whether the extinction mechanism was the asteroid impact, widespread volcanism (which occurred about the same time), or some other mechanism or combination. Most of the mechanisms suggested are catastrophic in nature. The observation of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 cometary collision with Jupiter illustrated that catastrophic events occur as natural events. One of the key differences between catastrophism and uniformitarianism is that uniformitarianism requires the assumption of vast timelines, whereas catastrophism does not. Today most geologists combine catastrophist and uniformitarianist standpoints, taking the view that Earth's history is a slow, gradual story punctuated by occasional natural catastrophic", "title": "Catastrophism" }, { "docid": "20527825", "text": "is the \"egalitarian\" principle. This principle stipulates individuals should have equal rights to pollute, and therefore emissions budgets should be distributed proportionally according to state populations. Some scientists have thus reasoned the use of national per-capita emissions in national emissions budget calculations. This principle may be favoured by nations with larger or rapidly growing populations. A third equity principle that has been employed in national budget calculations considers national sovereignty. The \"sovereignty\" principle highlights the equal right of nations to pollute. The grandfathering method for calculating national emissions budgets uses this principle. Grandfathering allocates these budgets proportionally according to emissions", "title": "Emissions budget" }, { "docid": "18044136", "text": "Nature\" which set out an archaeological explanation for the evolution of humans. The revival of Classical studies during the Renaissance was an archaeological exercise though not scientific in its process. Developments in the 19th century with Hutton's and Lyell's theory of uniformitarianism and Darwin's theory of natural selection both of which set the stage for the modern scientific investigation into the origin of humanity. Archaeological epistemology concerns what archaeological knowledge is, how can it be acquired, and the extent to which archaeological knowledge of a subject or entity can be known. Also the subjective nature of archaeological enquiry is recognised.", "title": "Philosophy of archaeology" }, { "docid": "1651760", "text": "disciplines of mechanics, physics, geology, astronomy, and economics, while also finding the time to compose poetry, author a Bridgewater Treatise, translate the works of Goethe, and write sermons and theological tracts. In mathematics, Whewell introduced what is now called the Whewell equation, an equation defining the shape of a curve without reference to an arbitrarily chosen coordinate system. One of Whewell's greatest gifts to science was his wordsmithing. He often corresponded with many in his field and helped them come up with new terms for their discoveries. Whewell contributed the terms scientist, physicist, linguistics, consilience, catastrophism, uniformitarianism, and astigmatism amongst", "title": "William Whewell" }, { "docid": "7216062", "text": "what this structure was. In 1943, Oswald Theodore Avery and a team of scientists discovered that traits proper to the \"smooth\" form of the \"Pneumococcus\" could be transferred to the \"rough\" form of the same bacteria merely by making the killed \"smooth\" (S) form available to the live \"rough\" (R) form. Quite unexpectedly, the living R \"Pneumococcus\" bacteria were transformed into a new strain of the S form, and the transferred S characteristics turned out to be heritable. Avery called the medium of transfer of traits the transforming principle; he identified DNA as the transforming principle, and not protein as", "title": "History of molecular biology" }, { "docid": "16084020", "text": "of species and their extinction. Uniformitarianism held the field against the competitor theories of Neptunism and catastrophism, which partook of Romantic science and theological cosmogony; it established itself as the successor of Plutonism, and became the foundation of modern geology. Its tenets were correspondingly firmly held. Charles Lyell put forward at one point views on what were called \"uniformity of kind\" and \"uniformity of degree\" that were incompatible with what was argued later. Lyell's theory, in fact, was of a \"steady state\" geology, which he deduced from his principles. This went too far in restricting actual geological processes, to a", "title": "Discovery of human antiquity" }, { "docid": "2140892", "text": "a few millennia. Uniformitarianism describes an Earth created by the same natural phenomena that are at work today. The prevailing concept of the 18th century in the West was that of a very short Earth history dominated by catastrophic events. This view was strongly supported by adherents of Abrahamic religions based on a largely literal interpretation of their religious scriptural passages. The concept of uniformitarianism met with considerable resistance and the catastrophism vs. gradualism debate of the 19th century resulted. A variety of discoveries in the 20th century provided ample evidence that Earth history is a product of both gradual", "title": "Historical geology" }, { "docid": "2034089", "text": "Resources Research. From 1987 to 1990 he was also President of the Royal Irish Academy. Dooge received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2000. With numerous publications on the subject, he is credited with turning hydrology an empirical technology into the science it is today. Alongside fellow Irishman Professor Eamon Nash, he was the founder of what today is called systems hydrology in the early sixties. In the sixties, Professor Dooge was active in developing an international network of hydrology scientists and engineers that stretched from the USA to the then USSR. \"\"These contacts were very beneficial, enabling research", "title": "James Dooge" }, { "docid": "10965022", "text": "Bethell also discussed the work in \"National Review\". Rusher credited Bethell with showing that the misuse of science to reinforce political viewpoints is a major political problem and with exposing \"liberal myths\" such as global warming and evolution, as well as beliefs about the dangers of nuclear power and DDT. He endorsed Bethell's view that federal funding provides scientists with an incentive to exaggerate such \"alleged dangers\". Grant credited Bethell with making important criticisms of the way in which science is done. He agreed with Bethell that scientists often have biases and conflicts of interest, and also expressed agreement with", "title": "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science" }, { "docid": "12447540", "text": "scientists have been working with colleagues in the Upland Rice Research Consortium to better understand pathogen populations and to identify resistance genes found in some cultivars. Armed with this knowledge, they are working with IRRI's upland rice breeder to combine such genes with other desirable traits for incorporation into new upland varieties. Consortium scientists are also trying to understand how upland rice farmers' cropping systems contribute to soil erosion, with the aim of proposing possible erosion control techniques. Studies in the Philippines have shown, for example, that hedgerows of trees, shrubs and grasses along hill contours can help reduce soil", "title": "Upland rice" }, { "docid": "103049", "text": "In the third usage, extensions of divinity and divine power are credited to living, mortal individuals. Political leaders are known to have claimed actual divinity in certain early societies — the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs being the premier case — taking a role as objects of worship and being credited with superhuman status and powers. More commonly, and more pertinent to recent history, leaders merely claim some form of divine mandate, suggesting that their rule is in accordance with the will of God. The doctrine of the divine right of kings was introduced as late as the 17th century, proposing that", "title": "Divinity" }, { "docid": "237376", "text": "scientists, whether a result is significant or not depends on the design of the experiment, not on the likelihood (in the sense of the likelihood function) of the parameter value being 1/2. Results of this kind are considered by some as arguments against the likelihood principle. For others it exemplifies the value of the likelihood principle and is an argument against significance tests. Similar themes appear when comparing Fisher's exact test with Pearson's chi-squared test. An argument in favor of the likelihood principle is given by Edwards in his book \"Likelihood\". He cites the following story from J.W. Pratt, slightly", "title": "Likelihood principle" }, { "docid": "17909199", "text": "and 2012 Nuclear Security Summit. National Security Council (NSC) Director for Nuclear Threat Reduction Shawn Gallagher is credited with conceiving and first proposing Gift basket diplomacy while NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction Laura Holgate and White House WMD Czar Gary Samore are credited with first implementing the policy. To overcome the continued watering down of the draft Communiqué in negotiations between the 58 participants in the Seoul Summit, the United States adopted a negotiating strategy of working in smaller groups to agree on concrete actions that countries felt their leaders could pledge to take together at", "title": "Gift basket diplomacy" }, { "docid": "160577", "text": "to support this last point of view, and it has come about because many people do not understand the concept of homeostasis. Many non-scientists instinctively and incorrectly see homeostasis as a process that requires conscious control . The more speculative versions of Gaia, including versions in which it is believed that the Earth is actually conscious, sentient, and highly intelligent, are usually considered outside the bounds of what is usually considered science. Buckminster Fuller has been credited as the first to incorporate scientific ideas into a Gaia theory, which he did with his Dymaxion map of the Earth. The first", "title": "Gaia philosophy" } ]

[ "Lindsey Buckingham", "Stevie Nicks", "Christine McVie" ]

[ { "docid": "6729775", "text": "It was the first song Buckingham wrote for the \"Rumours\" album, and in its earliest form, consisted of the chord progression and a basic outline of the lyrics. All five members had seen their relationships crumble; Christine McVie and John McVie had divorced, Mick Fleetwood separated from his wife for the second time, and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were no longer together, often finding themselves bickering and berating each other. Fleetwood, the band's drummer, recalls how the house's eerie atmosphere exacerbated the group's low morale: It was hardly a vacation. Aside from the obvious unstated tension, I remember the", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729773", "text": "Go Your Own Way \"Go Your Own Way\" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album \"Rumours\" (1977). It released as the album's first single in December 1976 on both sides of the Atlantic. Written and sung by Lindsey Buckingham, it became the band's first top ten hit in the United States. The album spawned three additional top ten hits, including the band's sole number one hit, \"Dreams\". \"Rumours\" would go on to sell over 40 million units worldwide, 20 million of which were from the US alone. Recorded in three separate studios,", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729780", "text": "and assorted percussion. Like most tracks on \"Rumours\", the lyrical content of \"Go Your Own Way\" documents personal strain in relationships between other band members. Buckingham had written this as a response to his breakup with fellow Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks, who he knew since he was sixteen years old. \"I was completely devastated when she took off,\" Buckingham noted \"And yet I had to make hits for her. I had to do a lot of things for her that I really didn't want to do. And yet I did them. So on one level I was a complete", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729774", "text": "the track was developed over a period of four months. Like most tracks off Rumours, none of the instruments were recorded live together; the tracks were instead arranged through a series of overdubs. Lyrically, \"Go Your Own Way\" is a breakup song, specifically directed at his bandmate and former lover, Stevie Nicks. \"Go Your Own Way\" has been well received by music critics, and is regarded by \"Rolling Stone\" as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. In between legs of their 1976 Fleetwood Mac Tour, the band retreated to a house in Florida to prepare new material.", "title": "Go Your Own Way" } ]

[ { "docid": "6667907", "text": "the album: In his book \"Paddle Your Own Canoe\", actor Nick Offerman recommends the album as ideal to listen to while building canoes. Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out is an album by Petra Haden, an entirely a cappella interpretation of the album \"The Who Sell Out\" by English rock band The Who. Haden supplies all of the vocals. It was released in 2005 on Bar None Records. The recording was inspired by former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, who gave Haden the 8-track recorder with the original Who album on it. In", "title": "Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out" }, { "docid": "20369590", "text": "and hip-hop. The song talks about a love that is irresistible, where the protagonist tries to disguise, but ends up falling in love with the loved one. The song begins with Luciana on lead vocals, followed by Patricia, who changes versions with Luciana to the chorus. In the chorus, the girls sing, \"I can not resist your love, you look at me like this, baby, I go, your kisses just for me, and your taste, I can not resist I need your love.\" After the chorus, Karin sings the second full part, taking help from the girls in the backing", "title": "Não Dá pra Resistir" }, { "docid": "15539424", "text": "room, and Sam giving her a hug before going back inside. The next day, the newspaper has an item about Finn and Rachel, who were spotted on their stakeout. Quinn is furious with Finn, and Finn is already mad about seeing Quinn with Sam. They confront each other, then sing a barbed version of the duet \"I Don't Want to Know\" as their glee club assignment. Quinn then gives an ultimatum: if Finn wants their relationship to continue, he cannot sing any more duets with Rachel. Rachel has other ideas, and later sings \"Go Your Own Way\" to Finn, who", "title": "Rumours (Glee)" }, { "docid": "16204452", "text": "fuck you right now.\" Brown's verse continues with \"Been a long time I've been missing your body/ Turn the lights down/ When I go down it's a private party.\" Brown delivers his vocals in an aggressive and manipulative manner as he sings \"Give it to her in the worst way, can't wait to blow her candles out.\" At the end of the song, Rihanna performs new lyrics which were not included on the original 1 minute and 18 second interlude; \"Remember how you did it/ If you still wanna kiss it/ Then come and get it.\" According to Ben Rayner", "title": "Birthday Cake (song)" }, { "docid": "1618101", "text": "the Crüe difficult, describing them as \"four L.A. bad asses who used to drink a bottle of wine and want to kill each other.\" To minimize conflict and allow production to proceed smoothly, Rock had each member record their parts separately. The lyrics of \"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)\" feature a reference to \"Too Young to Fall in Love\" from the band's 1983 album Shout at the Devil. The end of \"Slice of Your Pie\" is based on \"She's So Heavy\", from the Beatles' \"Abbey Road\" album. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith sings backing vocals on \"Sticky Sweet\". \"Nikki", "title": "Dr. Feelgood (album)" }, { "docid": "15436692", "text": "Robert Copsey of Digital Spy called it \"anthemic\" and noted the song would become a future single. Rich Juzwiak of \"The Village Voice\" called \"I Wanna Go\" the highlight of the album, and said \"get ready for [it] to score your summer.\" However, Juzwiak went on to note that Spears' vocals are heavily manipulated to maximize the chorus's potential, even though \"the joy she sings about is palpable.\" The \"Chicago Sun-Times\" journalist Thomas Conner also noted that the singer's vocals were processed to the point \"these songs could be sung by anyone\", exemplifying I Wanna Go' tweaks her up so", "title": "I Wanna Go" }, { "docid": "1137313", "text": "Day\" and \"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)\". Another technique he uses in his backing vocals is the falsetto, in songs such as \"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of\", \"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own\", \"A Man and a Woman\", \"The Wanderer\", live versions of \"The Fly\", and \"Window in the Skies\". The Edge sings the lead vocal on \"Van Diemen's Land\" and \"Numb\", the first half of the song \"Seconds\", dual vocals with Bono in \"Discotheque\", and the bridge in the song \"Miracle Drug\". He also sings the occasional lead vocal in live renditions of other", "title": "The Edge" }, { "docid": "9281905", "text": "Go Your Own Way (album) Go Your Own Way is the second studio album to have been released by British singer-songwriter and former \"Pop Idol\" runner-up, Gareth Gates. The album is essence split into two sections, with tracks one to ten representing \"Night\", and tracks eleven to nineteen \"Day\". In some regions, such as the United Kingdom and Europe, the two regions are split across in two discs; in other regions, the entire album is contained on one disc. The album is Gates' last release on the Sony BMG record label, as sales of \"Go Your Own Way\" were much", "title": "Go Your Own Way (album)" }, { "docid": "6729794", "text": "band Art of Dying recorded an acoustic rendition for their 2012 compilation album, \"Let the Fire Burn\". It has has also been covered by NOFX, The Lumineers, Vomit Launch, Seaweed, Boy George, Biffy Clyro,Jellyfish, Jennifer Brown, Wilson Phillips, Carrie Underwood, Kate Ceberano, Keane, Head and the Heart, Colbie Caillat, Kingswood and Rawr Vanity. Canadian artist Karl Wolf sampled the refrain from the song in his single \"Go Your Own Way\" with additional music and lyrics. The single appears on his album \"Stereotype\". Go Your Own Way \"Go Your Own Way\" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "2445303", "text": "and runway shows. She also kept her foot in the music business, releasing occasional singles through modeling campaigns and providing background vocals. In 2004 Faye performed a duet with Adam Appel titled \"Ready for Love\" that was featured on the soundtrack to the Swedish film \"Kärlekens Språk\". In 2006 Faye provided background vocals for Swedish artist Velvet's album \"Finally\", most notably on the track \"Mi Amore.\" In February 2008, Faye appeared in commercials for Swedish clothing chain MQ. The commercials featured Faye performing the Fleetwood Mac hit \"Go Your Own Way\" in a style all her own. Behind the scene", "title": "Faye (musician)" }, { "docid": "13546378", "text": "to regular four-stringer, Juan Perez. Roy Z makes his lead vocal debut on \"La Hora\" and the Japanese bonus track, \"En El Mar\", both sung in Spanish. The album contains a cover of \"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love\", originally released on the eponymous 1978 debut album by Van Halen. Musicians Guest Musicians<br> Gregg Analla : additional vocals & acoustic guitar on \"Go Your Way\"<br> David Ingraham : drums on \"Desolate Chile\", \"Zoot Suit Mardi Gras\" & \"Go Your Way\"<br> Penny Wanzo : additional vocals on \"Stop Bombing Each Other!\" & \"Halos\"<br> Tetsuya ‘Tex’ Nakamura : harmonica on \"Zoot Suit Mardi Gras\"<br>", "title": "Dweller on the Threshold (album)" }, { "docid": "6729785", "text": "can realize where you are – and that's what that deejay was confused about. Fleetwood on the other hand blamed his drumming: \"Go Your Own Way\"s rhythm was a tom-tom structure that Lindsey demoed by hitting Kleenex boxes or something...I never quite got to grips with what he wanted, so the end result was my mutated interpretation. It became a major part of the song, a completely back-to-front approach that came, I'm ashamed to say, from capitalizing on my own ineptness. Despite this, Fleetwood has declared \"Go Your Own Way\" as one of his favorite songs to play, and cherishes", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "15623733", "text": "be your friend / I will love you so deeply / I will be the one to kiss you at night / I will love you till the end of time.\" She continues her appeal as she sings to her love interest, \"Take you away from here / There's nothing between us but space and time\". On the bridge, Knowles belts her vocal lines over a shooting horn sequence; with her multiple-layered vocals, she commands, \"Boy come to me\", and towards the end, she repeatedly sings, \"Say you’ll never let me go\". Knowles \"finds the strength in two\" as she", "title": "End of Time (song)" }, { "docid": "6729792", "text": "onto the DVD and CD of \"\", filmed from their Say You Will Tour in 2003. Throughout the years, \"Go Your Own Way\" has made its way onto numerous compilations, including \"Greatest Hits\" in 1988, \"25 Years - The Chain\" in 1992, \"The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac\" in 2002, \"Opus Collection\" in 2013, and \"50 Years - Don't Stop\" in 2018. \"Go Your Own Way\" has also been playable in a couple of video games. In 2008, the master recording of the track was included on \"Rock Band 2\", a music video game developed by Harmonix. \"Guitar Hero World", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "1520164", "text": "led the vocals, while the band played around her. The third track on \"Rumours\", \"Never Going Back Again\", began as \"Brushes\", a simple acoustic guitar tune played by Buckingham, with snare rolls by Fleetwood using brushes; the band added vocals and further instrumental audio tracks to make it more layered. Inspired by triple step dancing patterns, \"Don't Stop\" includes both conventional acoustic and tack piano. In the latter instrument, nails are placed on the points where the hammers hit the strings, producing a more percussive sound. \"Go Your Own Way\" is more guitar-oriented and has a four-to-the-floor dance beat influenced", "title": "Rumours (album)" }, { "docid": "20643186", "text": "his father’s moral standards he rejects his friends temptations but eventually gives in to his friends desire to go to a strip club, Old Shanghai (Old Shanghai). On the way to the strip club, they run into a pervert who is trying to get into the club but is quickly removed by the bouncer. The bouncer has reservations about military people and patronizes them upon entering (Leave Your Razors at the Door). In the club, after Whorenet sings (Change your shoes) Larcen, the club owner, introduces the headline dancer, Ziz (Ziz) who does a dance number (Won’t you Fondle Me).", "title": "Song Reader: The Musical" }, { "docid": "6729788", "text": "around. We eventually had a tremendous laugh about it, and when I later told him that I was dyslexic, it finally made sense.\" \"Go Your Own Way\" has achieved critical acclaim in retrospective reviews. Daryl Easlea of BBC called Buckingham's compositions the best tracks on Rumours, \"Go Your Own Way\" included. Matthew Greenwald (of AllMusic) noted the song's folky sound, reminiscent of pre-Beatles bands like The Everly Brothers. He also heavily praises the lively chord changes and bombastic choruses. \"All of these factors, plus a great performance from the band (especially Buckingham's exquisite guitar solo) helped make the song one", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "11048701", "text": "Plus a Tag from a Marriage\", with Homer Simpson's face replacing the original man, and Dan Castellaneta singing the vocals. This version ends with the Simpson family sitting on their living room couch. Your Face Your Face is a 1987 animated short film by Bill Plympton. It involves a man seated in a chair crooning about the face of his lover, and as he sings, his own face starts to distort in various ways. His song ends abruptly when a mouth opens in the floor and swallows him and the chair whole; after the closing credits, the mouth reappears and", "title": "Your Face" }, { "docid": "14519176", "text": "be on \"808s and Heartbreak\" and that Drake showed off his \"versatility\" and \"smooth singing on this slow-jam\", stating, \"I better find your loving / I better find your heart,\" he sings (over and over and over) on the chorus to this bump-'n'-grind single.\" Ryan Brockington of the \"New York Post\" said the song consisted of \"dripping double-drum beats, 80's filtered vocals and a catchy little chorus\". Jayson Rodriguez of \"MTV News\" said that the song features \"Drake in full crooner mode as he sings about saving his relationship: \"I'm more than just an option,\" he sings over sparse drums", "title": "Find Your Love" }, { "docid": "13195510", "text": "Warm Your Heart Warm Your Heart is a 1991 album released by American R&B/soul singer Aaron Neville, (his second album). The album features the singles \"Everybody Plays the Fool\", \"Somewhere, Somebody\" and \"Close Your Eyes\". The \"Close Your Eyes\" single also featured album producer Linda Ronstadt on guest vocals. The pair had previously collaborated on the songs \"Don't Know Much\", \"All My Life\" and \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\". The album utilises many guest vocalists, musicians and session musicians. Producer Linda Ronstadt sings on four songs on the album and Grammy Award winning Rita Coolidge sings on three.", "title": "Warm Your Heart" }, { "docid": "7214203", "text": "Hips and Makers Hips and Makers is the debut solo album by Kristin Hersh, best known as the primary singer and songwriter of the band Throwing Muses. The album was released by 4AD in the UK on January 24, 1994, and by Sire Records in the US on February 1, 1994. In contrast to Hersh's rock-oriented work with Throwing Muses, the album is primarily acoustic, with Hersh usually playing unaccompanied. Other credited musicians include Jane Scarpantoni on cello and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., who sings backing vocals on the opening track, \"Your Ghost.\" In addition to Hersh's own material, the", "title": "Hips and Makers" }, { "docid": "15118959", "text": "the lines \"I got a dirty mind / I got filthy ways / I'm trying to bathe my Ape in your milky way / They callin' me an alien / A big-headed astronaut\". Then, using metaphors about extraterrestrials, Perry sings, \"You're not like the others / Futuristic lover / Different DNA\". The chorus has Perry addressing her lover: \"Kiss me, kiss me / Infect me with your love and / Fill me with your poison\", claiming to be \"ready for abduction\". West contributes a second verse to the track, before Perry's final refrain, with heavily auto-tuned vocals: \"I know a", "title": "E.T. (song)" }, { "docid": "18080761", "text": "the seasons change\". At the first verse, she sings \"We roll in every summer when there's strength in our numbers / And your breath's hot and gross but I kiss you like a lover\". During the chorus the bass beat becomes more intense as Lorde sings \"Go all the way / Have your fun, have it all\". Marc Hogan from \"Spin\" wrote that the song \"flits between fairly vivid first-person details\", while Whitney Phaneuf from HitFix labelled \"No Better\" a \"sexy\" track. Eric Danton of \"Rolling Stone\" opined that the lyrics of the song are \"girlish and knowing\". Writing for", "title": "No Better" }, { "docid": "9281906", "text": "lower than his first studio album, \"What My Heart Wants to Say\", resulting in his record deal being terminated. Three singles were released from the album: \"Spirit in the Sky\", \"Sunshine\" and \"Say It Isn't So\". Go Your Own Way (album) Go Your Own Way is the second studio album to have been released by British singer-songwriter and former \"Pop Idol\" runner-up, Gareth Gates. The album is essence split into two sections, with tracks one to ten representing \"Night\", and tracks eleven to nineteen \"Day\". In some regions, such as the United Kingdom and Europe, the two regions are split", "title": "Go Your Own Way (album)" }, { "docid": "16290793", "text": "your heart Break Your Heart (Natalie Merchant song) \"Break Your Heart\" is a 1998 single by American alternative singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, featuring N'Dea Davenport. The song was the second single from Merchant's 1998 album, \"Ophelia\". \"Break Your Heart\" sings about the saddening social injustices of the world and human nature. Merchant sings that \"I know that it will hurt/I know that it will break your heart/The way things are/The way they've been/And the way they'll always be\". \"Break Your Heart\" spent 16 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Adult Pop Songs chart and peaked at #24 on January 2, 1999. natalie merchant", "title": "Break Your Heart (Natalie Merchant song)" }, { "docid": "8879254", "text": "Cooper and a mellotron played by Dave Hentschel. In the song, Elton John sings to someone he has helped and from whom he is now experiencing rejection: I took a chance and changed your way of life but you misread my meaning when I met you closed the door and left me blinded by the light don't let the sun go down on me although I search myself, it's always someone else I see. I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free but losing everything is like the sun going down on me. \"Don't Let the Sun", "title": "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" }, { "docid": "11048699", "text": "Your Face Your Face is a 1987 animated short film by Bill Plympton. It involves a man seated in a chair crooning about the face of his lover, and as he sings, his own face starts to distort in various ways. His song ends abruptly when a mouth opens in the floor and swallows him and the chair whole; after the closing credits, the mouth reappears and licks its lips. The vocals were that of Maureen McElheron, known for composing the songs in \"The Tune\", also by Bill Plympton. After the song was recorded , it was slowed by one-third,", "title": "Your Face" }, { "docid": "16290792", "text": "Break Your Heart (Natalie Merchant song) \"Break Your Heart\" is a 1998 single by American alternative singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, featuring N'Dea Davenport. The song was the second single from Merchant's 1998 album, \"Ophelia\". \"Break Your Heart\" sings about the saddening social injustices of the world and human nature. Merchant sings that \"I know that it will hurt/I know that it will break your heart/The way things are/The way they've been/And the way they'll always be\". \"Break Your Heart\" spent 16 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Adult Pop Songs chart and peaked at #24 on January 2, 1999. natalie merchant - break", "title": "Break Your Heart (Natalie Merchant song)" }, { "docid": "18940422", "text": "is different to the song which is the subject of this article: Take Your Stand \"Take Your Stand\" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1929 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife. Johnson sings throughout in his \"growl\" (false bass) voice. The composer is unknown; the song may be traditional. Johnson's version was released as the B-side of his final single, later than several songs recorded in April 1930. It therefore seems likely that it was released in 1930. The song consists of several verses", "title": "Take Your Stand" }, { "docid": "18940420", "text": "Take Your Stand \"Take Your Stand\" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1929 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife. Johnson sings throughout in his \"growl\" (false bass) voice. The composer is unknown; the song may be traditional. Johnson's version was released as the B-side of his final single, later than several songs recorded in April 1930. It therefore seems likely that it was released in 1930. The song consists of several verses with slightly varied words. The singer exhorts the listener to \"take a", "title": "Take Your Stand" }, { "docid": "6729793", "text": "Tour\", developed by Neversoft, also features the master recording as a playable song. The Cranberries included a cover of \"Go Your Own Way\" on their 2002 re-release of \"To the Faithful Departed\". Canadian post-hardcore band, Silverstein, included a live cover of the track on the deluxe edition of \"A Shipwreck in the Sand\". Lea Michelle of the American musical comedy-drama, Glee, sang the song on season two's Rumours episode. This cover would go on to peak at number 51 in the UK. A year later, American singer-songwriter Lissie, would also chart with her own cover of the song. Canadian post-grunge", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "11366986", "text": "glam rock. Guest musicians Guest lead vocal performances Guest backing vocals Glitter 4 Your Soul Glitter 4 Your Soul is the debut solo album by Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, released in 2003 (and reissued in 2008). The record features former Poison band member Blues Saraceno on guitars also Poison front man Bret Michaels provides lead vocals for \"Tear it Down\" and Rikki Rockett himself sings his first lead vocal on \"Life's a Gas.\" The rest of the lead vocals are performed by Rikki's friends (other L.A musicians) such as Marc Minarik from Zenjin, Lucy Levinsohn from Evolove and Dick Swagger", "title": "Glitter 4 Your Soul" }, { "docid": "1425609", "text": "and \"My Own Worst Enemy\". On \"You're My Star\", he sings backing vocals and plays lead guitar, whereas on \"My Own Worst Enemy\" he only plays lead guitar. In November 2008, Stereophonics released their first greatest hits compilation, \"\". On 8 December 2009, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games announced the line up for performers for the nightly Victory Ceremonies. These ceremonies included 30 minutes of entertainment from the evening's host province/territory, 30 minutes of medal presentations, and a one-hour performance by a musical talent. Stereophonics performed their song \"I Got Your Number\" at", "title": "Stereophonics" }, { "docid": "3440598", "text": "vocals straight from soulside, divadom has never sounded so mighty.\" According to him, for fans of Dion's \"high-caliber\" power ballads, this is truly among the best ever and a highlight on \"All the Way... A Decade of Song\". Longing for romantic attention, Dion sings, \"I want you to need me, like the air you breathe/I want you to feel me, in everything/I want you to see me, in your every dream/The way that I taste you, feel you, breathe you, need you.\" Taylor stated that Warren's trusty melody is wholly natural and free-flowing, while production from the usually rock-oriented Matt", "title": "All the Way... A Decade of Song" }, { "docid": "17724626", "text": "Al Jolson, and John Randolph. It was the last show in which Al Jolson would appear. With scenes in Route 66, Sunshine Valley Rancho, New York City, and Mexico, a posse of cowboys come in from the West looking for The Lone Rider (Al Jolson) of the radio drama, to go West and round up the notorious bandit, Fernando (Arnold Moss). He finally sings his way out of trouble after several narrow escapes. Act 1 Act 2 Five songs from other shows. Hold On to Your Hats Hold On To Your Hats is a musical comedy in two acts by", "title": "Hold On to Your Hats" }, { "docid": "19393952", "text": "just an acoustic guitar and minimal percussion, Gaga sings about her late aunt Joanne, with \"heartfelt\" lyrics. The next track, electronic \"John Wayne\", is lyrically more tongue-in-cheek, with Gaga including cowboy references in the lyrics which go as follows: \"I just love a cowboy, I know it's bad, but I'm, like, can I just hang off the back of your horse and can you go a little faster?\". Gaga's vocals are accompanied by Homme's guitar and the track alludes to her previous relationships, with comparisons to actor John Wayne. The Beck-composed track \"Dancin' in Circles\" is a pop song, consisting", "title": "Joanne (album)" }, { "docid": "19354221", "text": "Better\", which pairs Grande's distorted vocals with \"pounding\" synths. The second part is the deep house \"Forever Boy\". The last track of \"Dangerous Woman\" deluxe version is the ballad \"Thinking Bout You\", the song features a pulsating \"thudding kick beat.\" \"Jason's Song (Give It Away)\" is a jazz song, it was co-written and produced by musician Jason Robert Brown who composed the track inspiring by Broadway productions, in the song Grande sings among piano notes: \"I'm no blow-up doll, no free-for-all, no slave to your decision,\"/\"Gotta find a way to break the spell, to get the hell away from those", "title": "Dangerous Woman" }, { "docid": "5601767", "text": "You\" (#11, #13 Can.) and \"Without Your Love\" (#38, #77 Can.). \"I'll Be Over You\" featured Michael McDonald on backing vocals, who also made an appearance in the song's music video. Singer/dancer Paula Abdul appears in the video for the third single, \"Till The End.\" Fahrenheit (Toto album) Fahrenheit is the sixth studio album by Toto, released in 1986. It was their first album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. Former lead singer Fergie Frederiksen was fired due to problems with his ability in the studio. However, he sings backing vocals on the song \"Could This Be Love\". It", "title": "Fahrenheit (Toto album)" }, { "docid": "3186759", "text": "on (\"00: Universe\"). Mercury sings a large portion of the song in falsetto, but sings up to a D in full voice in the chorus. \"Ride the Wild Wind\" was composed by Taylor, who recorded a demo with his own vocals. The definitive version is sung by Mercury with Taylor on backing vocals. The song is a sort of sequel of Taylor's \"A Night at the Opera\" composition, \"I'm in Love with My Car\", which focused on Taylor's passion for cars and race. This time, the song involved all of the other members, that gave life to a fast song", "title": "Innuendo (album)" }, { "docid": "16975125", "text": "for his 1994 album \"Ash\". Art Farmer and Lee Konitz covered it in 1994 with the Joe Carter Quartet and Trio, as did pianist Robert Glasper in 2006. The song title gave its name to the 2010 documentary film about Brubeck, produced by Clint Eastwood, \"\". In 2013, keyboardist Bob James was inspired by \"In Your Own Sweet Way\" to compose his song \"You Better Not Go to College\" in homage to Brubeck. In Your Own Sweet Way \"In Your Own Sweet Way\" is a 1955 jazz standard, and one of the most famous compositions by Dave Brubeck. It was", "title": "In Your Own Sweet Way" }, { "docid": "4900479", "text": "\"Pop Idol\" runner-up Gareth Gates' second studio album, \"Go Your Own Way\". The single was released on March 14, 2003, and was the official \"Comic Relief\" charity single for 2003. The song features guest vocals from The Kumars. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Gates' fourth number one single. Spirit in the Sky \"Spirit in the Sky\" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970 and reached number three on the US \"Billboard\"", "title": "Spirit in the Sky" }, { "docid": "18029788", "text": "one to see how your children grow up\". Raymond Acosta also contributed his vocals to \"Si Tu No Cuidas Tu Mujer\". Voltio follows with \"Atrevida Bandolera\" (\"Bold Outlaw\"). The song also appears on the special edition release remixed by Santana. The lone female performer on the album delivers \"Que Es La Que Hay\" (Who Is The One?), produced by Noriega and Rafi Mercenario. Lyrically, Queen reassures that she can handle her own in any situation that may arise. In the lyrics, she tells someone to \"Go tell your friend not to fuck with the bitch, she is mistaken, and is", "title": "12 Discípulos" }, { "docid": "5256746", "text": "Fury\". The Notorious B.I.G. references \"Mind Playing Tricks on Me\" and sings the guitar line from the song's chorus (originally sampled from the Isaac Hayes song \"Hung up on my Baby\") in his hit \"One More Chance.\" In the song \"She Lives In My Lap\" off the highly successful 2003 OutKast album \"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below\", Andre 3000 samples Scarface's vocals from the track. In the track \"Walk in the Streets\" The Game references the song with the lines: \"Must I remind you of that Geto Boy track/ Your mind is playing tricks on you, you'll never go plaque\". Game also", "title": "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" }, { "docid": "12132441", "text": "is one of several songs on \"Band on the Run\", including title track and \"Bluebird,\" which espouse a theme of escape and freedom. The song's verses use rain as a metaphor for the difficult times people face. The song's message is to not complain about difficult times because everyone faces tough times and it's better to focus on your \"safe haven\" during those times. \"Mamunia\" was the first song recorded for \"Band on the Run\" in Lagos, Nigeria. Paul McCartney sings the lead vocals and plays guitar and bass, Denny Laine plays guitar and sings backing vocals, and Linda McCartney", "title": "Mamunia" }, { "docid": "6729787", "text": "there makes sense, but it sounds beautiful. What's your method? What are you doing in that last fill of \"Go Your Own Way\"? I can't figure it out! I've been watching every night. What do you do in the last measure on that last beat? Is the snare ahead or behind? Is the hi-hat off by two quarters or is a little more than that? When Fleetwood confessed that his unique approach to drumming was simply a convenient accident, Porcaro was initially dubious about Fleetwood's claim. \"It was only after we continued to talk that Jeff realized I wasn't kidding", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "1806522", "text": "as vocals consisting of English chanting. Celtic influence is prominent in themes such as \"Key of the Twilight\" and \"Open Your Heart\". Performed by Emily Bindiger, \"Key of the Twilight\" blends a pulsing drum and bass mix with guitar intonations. \"Open Your Heart\", on the other hand, combines Bindiger's contralto vocals with an uilleann pipes solo. The \".hack//Sign\" soundtrack also features vocals by Yuriko Kaida. \"Mimiru\" has her humming across a saxophone melody performed by Kazuo Takeda; in \"Das Wandern\" she sings over a lone piano. European influence is prominent in instrumental pieces as well, \"Foreigners\" being a prime example.", "title": ".hack//Sign" }, { "docid": "18371087", "text": "either honor your memory or settle a score. Each of the five professional killers who participate have 30 days to collect the bounty on your head, adding your distinguished name to his or her resume. And the \"contract\" is wholly irrevocable. For the world's most feared executioner – known only as Ghost – arranging such a Party for himself is a last resort, a way to go out on his own terms and at the top of his game. Created by Eric Palicki. Fairies have always existed in secret, without a kingdom of their own, living side-by-side with humankind. But", "title": "Darby Pop Publishing" }, { "docid": "11366985", "text": "Glitter 4 Your Soul Glitter 4 Your Soul is the debut solo album by Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, released in 2003 (and reissued in 2008). The record features former Poison band member Blues Saraceno on guitars also Poison front man Bret Michaels provides lead vocals for \"Tear it Down\" and Rikki Rockett himself sings his first lead vocal on \"Life's a Gas.\" The rest of the lead vocals are performed by Rikki's friends (other L.A musicians) such as Marc Minarik from Zenjin, Lucy Levinsohn from Evolove and Dick Swagger from The Hollywood Stones. The album is a tribute to 1970s", "title": "Glitter 4 Your Soul" }, { "docid": "6729777", "text": "Buckingham wanted Fleetwood to play on \"Go Your Own Way\"'s verses. Ken Caillat, Fleetwood Mac's producer, took notice of Buckingham's enthusiasm as he demonstrated the drum part he envisioned to Fleetwood. \"I remember watching him guide Mick (Fleetwood) as to what he wanted – he'd be so animated, like a little kid, playing these air tom fills with his curly hair flying. Mick wasn't so sure he could do what Lindsey wanted, but he did a great job, and the song took off.\" Fleetwood would ultimately come up with his own variation of the \"Street Fighting Man\" groove, where he", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "16342250", "text": "the key of B♭ minor and its tempo is 54 beats per minute. The song opens with Bieber using a lower-register and breathy vocals while rapping, \"If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go/ I can take you places you ain’t never been before/ Baby, take a chance or you’ll never ever know/ I got money in my hands that I’d really like to blow/ Swag, swag, swag on you/ Chillin' by the fire while we eatin’ fondue.\" As the chorus follows, he adopts a Michael Jackson similar falsetto, and sings about being \"everything you want\". The instrumentation,", "title": "Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)" }, { "docid": "10077641", "text": "rapper Busta Rhymes, but are not included on the single or album \"Go\". Mark Edward Nero from About.com stated that the song \"is the Usher sound-alike jam\" Aaron Fields from KSTW.com said \"I really like this track produced by Polow da Don. It's a smooth track about the classic subject...woman is being done wrong in her current relationship in which Mario sings to her, \"I can hear your heart, crying out for me\". Great vocals, great beat and definitely a great choice for the second single\". The video was directed by R. Malcom Jones, Costume Designed by June Ambrose and", "title": "Crying Out for Me" }, { "docid": "17156515", "text": "who struggle with their surroundings. \"Follow Your Arrow\" examines the small-minded perspective of small-town life. On \"Merry Go 'Round\", Musgraves sings over a shuffle beat and banjo about emotional, material, and addictive liabilities that prevent people from escaping restrictive lifestyles. Jonathan Bernstein of \"American Songwriter\" wrote that Musgraves' characters are \"well-wishers and help-seekers, deadbeats trying to be better and do-gooders that are falling behind\", and that she focuses on \"small, pivotal moments, when they come to terms with their own faults and dreams, when they’re on the verge of a breakthrough or a meltdown.\" \"Same Trailer Different Park\" debuted at", "title": "Same Trailer Different Park" }, { "docid": "10602733", "text": "was not long before \"He'll Have to Go\" became a huge country and pop hit. Several rhythm and blues radio stations played the song, too. The recording features a small group of musicians: Floyd Cramer on piano, Marvin Hughes on the vibraphone, Bob Moore on bass, Buddy Harman on drums, Hank Garland on guitar, and the Anita Kerr Singers providing the background vocals. The first verse set the tone: \"Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone/Let's pretend that we're together all alone/I'll tell the man to turn the juke box way down low/And you can tell your", "title": "He'll Have to Go" }, { "docid": "20954903", "text": "Australian radio in the week of release. Jas H from Amnpify said: \"'Before I Go' brings the singer songwriter's vocals and soaring delivery to an emotive and captivating place, setting the tone and anticipation around his forthcoming new music.\" He added: \"The new song is about self belief and taking control of your own destiny and legacy regardless of the limitations people or obstacles in your path may place over you\". Universal Publishing Group said \"The powerful anthem runs with soulful and passionate depths, reaching new heights with its catchiness and honesty.\" Before I Go \"Before I Go\" is a", "title": "Before I Go" }, { "docid": "6729791", "text": "sales of over 400,000 copies, and in 2017 it was certified Platinum for sales of over 600,000 copies. The song also hit the top 40 in many other countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium, where it hit No. 1. Three years after its first appearance on \"Rumours\", a live recording was included on \"Live\". This performance was recorded in Cleveland in 1979, and featured Buckingham's guitar tech, Ray Lindsey, on rhythm guitar. \"Silver Springs\", previously relegated to the B-side of \"Go Your Own Way\", appeared alongside the latter on the 1997 live album, \"The Dance\". Both songs would make it", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729789", "text": "of the band's biggest and most timeless hits, ever.\" It is ranked No. 120 on \"Rolling Stone\"s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. \"Rolling Stone\" also ranked it #1 on its list of Fleetwood Mac's 50 Greatest Songs. Like their last two singles from the album \"Fleetwood Mac\", \"Go Your Own Way\" became a hit in the US. The track made its first appearance on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart dated January 8, 1977, where it entered at No.", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "3837015", "text": "as As I Lay Dying, Alexisonfire, Haste the Day and Silverstein feature a main vocalist who performs using harsh vocals, whilst the backing vocalist sings harmonies (clean vocals) during choruses to create a contrast. Some bands, such as Hawthorne Heights and Finch have the backing singers do harsh vocals to highlight specific lyrics. Pop and R&B vocalists such as Diana Ross, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, Beyoncé Knowles, Brandy, Faith Evans, D'Angelo, Mary J. Blige and Amerie have become known specifically for not only recording their own backing vocals, but for arranging their own multi-tracked vocals", "title": "Backing vocalist" }, { "docid": "9541495", "text": "in the film. The song was released as a single in 2014. Heidi Heelz -bass, backing vocals The Priscillas The Priscillas are an all female, power-pop/glam/garage punk band from Holloway, north London. The Priscillas formed in November 2003 with Jenny Drag (vocals), Guri Go-Go (guitar), Kate Kannibal (bass) and Mavis Minx (drums). The band released two singles on Damaged Goods, \"Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph\", and \"All My Friends Are Zombies\", along with an EP \"Aloha From Holloway\" in 2004. They released the single \"Superhero\" on Dirty Water Records in August 2007, and an album \"10,000 Volts\" on their own", "title": "The Priscillas" }, { "docid": "6729786", "text": "playing the primal part at live performances as it gives him the opportunity to \"kick the hell out of my drums\". Fleetwood explicitly expressed his approval of Buckingham's songwriting on this track. Jeff Porcaro, the drummer for Boz Scaggs, as well as a founding member of Toto, was particularly impressed with Fleetwood's drumming on \"Go Your Own Way\". On nights when Boz Scaggs opened for Fleetwood Mac, Porcaro would watch Fleetwood from the side of the stage. Intrigued by his unorthodox playing, Porcaro approached Fleetwood after a live gig: I've watched, I've tried to understand it. Nothing you do up", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "15539445", "text": "You, Have I Slept with You?\", received little commentary, though Flandez made specific mention of \"her operatic range, and their charismatic stage presence\". Five of the six \"Rumours\" cover versions debuted on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100: \"Go Your Own Way\" debuted at number forty-five, \"Songbird\" at number sixty-eight, \"Don't Stop\" at number seventy-nine, \"Never Going Back Again\" at number eighty-one, and \"Dreams\" at number ninety-two. The sixth, \"I Don't Want to Know\", did not chart. The first four \"Glee\" songs on the Hot 100 also charted on the \"Billboard\" Canadian Hot 100: \"Go Your Own Way\" debuted at number thirty-one,", "title": "Rumours (Glee)" }, { "docid": "4701379", "text": "and percussion. Madonna begins singing \"I'm talking /I believe in the power of love /I'm singing /I believe that you can rescue me\" before engaging in the breathy, spoken word vocals, like on \"Justify My Love\". She sings \"Rescue me /It's hard to believe your love has given me hope /Rescue me /It's hard to believe I'm drowning, baby throw out your rope\" over the chorus. At one point of the song, Madonna sings the line \"And right while I am kneeling there I suddenly begin to care\", which was likened to oral sex. \"Justify My Love\" was released as", "title": "The Immaculate Collection" }, { "docid": "15623732", "text": "a \"startling vision of Animal Collective covering Lionel Richie's All Night Long\". Lyrically, \"End of Time\" is a declaration of co-dependence; Knowles professes her everlasting love to her romantic interest. As stated by Spencer Kornhaber of \"The Atlantic\", \"At the start, she's stricken by her own emotional vulnerability; by the end, she's empowered by it.\" The song opens with \"spitfire drums\" while Knowles sings in an almost distorted fashion, with her vocals layered underneath until a \"dramatic explosion\". As her vocals continue to build up, Knowles airily chants: \"Come take my hand / I won’t let you go / I’ll", "title": "End of Time (song)" }, { "docid": "15539446", "text": "\"Don't Stop\" at number sixty-five, \"Songbird\" at number seventy, and \"Never Going Back Again\" at number eighty. The peak positions attained by \"Songbird\" and \"Go Your Own Way\" were fifty-four and thirty, in the UK and Australia respectively. Out of the six songs from \"Rumours\" that were featured in the episode, four were also featured on the eighth soundtrack album of the series, \"\": \"Songbird\", \"Don't Stop\", \"Go Your Own Way\", and \"Dreams\". The episode also sparked renewed interest in Fleetwood Mac and its most commercially successful album, and \"Rumours\" reentered the \"Billboard\" 200 chart at number twelve, the same", "title": "Rumours (Glee)" }, { "docid": "1409572", "text": "\"Suffer\" often cited as one of the band's best by fans, but it is credited with \"saving\" the Southern California punk rock scene by fans and Bad Religion's contemporaries alike. In 1989, Gurewitz signed NOFX to Epitaph. They released their debut for the label, \"S&M Airlines\", that same year, featuring the video for its title track and the cover of Fleetwood Mac's \"Go Your Own Way\", which featured guest vocals by Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, also a member of Bad Religion. This was followed by Bad Religion's next two albums – \"No Control\" and \"Against the Grain\" – which sold", "title": "Epitaph Records" }, { "docid": "3108277", "text": "Carl sings lead vocals while Brian sings in the background; their voices were double-tracked, as was common practice for many of their recordings. Brian also recounted the writing of \"Add Some Music to Your Day\", saying: \"I think we wrote it my house in Bel Air. It was written by me and Mike and Joe Knott, who was a friend of mine who wasn't a songwriter but he contributed a couple of lines. But I can’t remember which ones! The lyrics are wonderful.\" \"Got to Know the Woman\" is another Dennis composition, which White noted was \"one of the few", "title": "Sunflower (The Beach Boys album)" }, { "docid": "10561054", "text": "Where Do I Begin (song) \"Where Do I Begin\" is a song by English big beat musical duo the Chemical Brothers, released as a promotional single in 1997 from their second album, \"Dig Your Own Hole\". As a promo release, copies are difficult to get hold of. The version appearing on the single is the radio edit and is shorter than the version on the album. Beth Orton sings the vocals on the song. It was featured in the Cameron Crowe film \"Vanilla Sky\" (2001) and was included on the released original soundtrack. The song was also featured in the", "title": "Where Do I Begin (song)" }, { "docid": "18031604", "text": "Auerbach. Del Rey's vocals span from A to B. Her \"operatic\" soprano vocals blending with \"trademark wailing vibrato\" create a ghostly atmosphere on \"Shades of Cool\". Chris Coplan from Consequence of Sound described the song as \"a slow and slightly gloomy ballad.\" Meanwhile, \"Shades of Cool\" was characterized as a \"seeping, atmospheric\" ballad that contrasts the more \"pop-savvy swaggering 'West Coast'\" by \"Billboard\"s Colin Stutz. On the single, Del Rey sings about an \"unfixable\" man: \"But you are unfixable / I can’t break through your world / ‘Cause you live in shades of cool / Your heart is unbreakable.\" \"Shades", "title": "Shades of Cool" }, { "docid": "6729776", "text": "house having a distinctly bad vibe to it, as if it were haunted, which did nothing to help matters…and that's where Lindsey played some of his stuff for the album. It was rough but it was great, though the setting didn't do it justice...\" The band didn't hear any of these early recordings until they returned to Sausalito. Inspired by the drum feel of \"Street Fighting Man\" by the Rolling Stones, Buckingham sought to incorporate a variation of that groove in 'Go Your Own Way'. On \"Street Fighting Man\", the drumbeat alternates between the tom-tom and the snare drum, which", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729782", "text": "told \"Rolling Stone\". \"He knew it wasn't true. It was just an angry thing that he said. Every time those words would come onstage, I wanted to go over and kill him. He knew it, so he really pushed my buttons through that. It was like, 'I'll make you suffer for leaving me.' And I did.\" Buckingham ultimately decided to keep those lyrics in the final song. Although the release date for \"Rumours\" was set for February 1977, Fleetwood Mac wanted a single out by Christmas; \"Go Your Own Way\", which had just been mastered, was chosen to fulfill that", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "13659476", "text": "vocals in \"Silhouettes\", a song by Swimming with Dolphins which Young was previously a member of. Breanne sings background vocals in Jamestown Story's version of \"Take Me Home Tonight\" by Eddie Money. She also sings background vocals in their song \"Summer\" from their album \"Love vs. Life\". Düren wrote the songs on her EP \"Sparks\" while on tour. It was released by her own record label, dürendüren records, on May 3, 2011. Songs included her first single \"Gold Mine\", \"No One Else\", and \"Daydreams\". Rick Florino of artistdirect gave the EP \"5/5 stars\". Released in April 2011, the \"Gold Mine\"", "title": "Breanne Düren" }, { "docid": "16598047", "text": "single leaked worldwide a week before release.\" Tanner Stransky from \"Entertainment Weekly\" considered the song as \"something that Clarkson could have featured on her own album\" and with a \"rocked-out, in-your-face edge\" that is \"signature Pink.\" Contessa Gayles of AOL Music reviewed the song positively, writing that Pink sings with \"signature sass on the track's infectious, poppy hook\". Robbie Daw of the website Idolator noted that Pink \"is always at her best when she combines her powerful vocals with edgy, biting lyrics\". He finished his review by noting that the song was a \"departure from the Max Martin-produced pop Pink\".", "title": "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" }, { "docid": "18779748", "text": "Not Letting Go \"Not Letting Go\" is a song by British rapper Tinie Tempah. It features the vocals from British singer Jess Glynne. The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2015 as the lead single for his third studio album \"Youth\". It also appears on the deluxe version of Glynne's debut album, \"I Cry When I Laugh\" (2015). \"Not Letting Go\" samples the song \"Not for Long\" by American rapper B.o.B. and also contains a sample from \"There's a Better Way\" from Jermaine Jackson's 1982 album \"Let Me Tickle Your Fancy\". The", "title": "Not Letting Go" }, { "docid": "1733800", "text": "let them grow up and be dummies.\" On the tape, Jones urged Temple members to commit \"revolutionary suicide\". Such an act had been planned by the Temple before and, according to Jonestown defectors, its theory was \"you can go down in history, saying you chose your own way to go, and it is your commitment to refuse capitalism and in support of socialism.\" Temple member Christine Miller argued that the Temple should alternatively attempt an airlift to the Soviet Union. Jim McElvane, a former therapist who had arrived in Jonestown only two days earlier, assisted Jones by arguing against Miller's", "title": "Jonestown" }, { "docid": "6729784", "text": "Buckingham attributed the problem to the acoustic guitar track he added late into production. While he maintained that the acoustic guitar glued the whole piece together, its unusual entrance created confusion over the location of beat one. As soon as I came up with the acoustic part, the whole song came to life for me because it acted as a foil for the vocals and a rhythmic counterpoint…so when it comes in, you don't have a reference point for where the \"one\" is, or where the beat is at all. It's only after the first chorus comes in that you", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "6729779", "text": "piecing together six different lead guitar takes. He accomplished this by pulling up individual guitar solos through faders, and would mute them before bringing up the next fader. In the final mix of the song, the kick drum became too overpowering at the end of the song, to the point where it would create a pumping effect together with the rhythm guitar from the radio compression. Producer/engineer Richard Dashut argued that they would not have encountered this \"lucky mistake\" had they mixed the song digitally. Other overdubs include a Hammond B3 organ, several electric and acoustic guitars, layered backing vocals,", "title": "Go Your Own Way" }, { "docid": "16842816", "text": "is an upbeat, mid-tempo song featuring marching band, horns and percussion. \"Bring your car to the parking lot and ride around till you get a spot, cuz we ain’t doing nothing, no, we ain’t doing nothing,\" Furtado sings. Furtado’s vocals drifted into sing-rap territory throughout the song: \"I’m telling all my friends that it’s pretty casual,\" she declared at one point. The song's lyrics refer to her teenage years, where she and her friends would meet up in the parking lot of the Victoria, British Columbia 7-Eleven to find out where the parties to go were. Nelly commented about the", "title": "Parking Lot (song)" }, { "docid": "13195512", "text": "the Album Charts and achieved gold status. Warm Your Heart Warm Your Heart is a 1991 album released by American R&B/soul singer Aaron Neville, (his second album). The album features the singles \"Everybody Plays the Fool\", \"Somewhere, Somebody\" and \"Close Your Eyes\". The \"Close Your Eyes\" single also featured album producer Linda Ronstadt on guest vocals. The pair had previously collaborated on the songs \"Don't Know Much\", \"All My Life\" and \"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby\". The album utilises many guest vocalists, musicians and session musicians. Producer Linda Ronstadt sings on four songs on the album and Grammy", "title": "Warm Your Heart" }, { "docid": "17854904", "text": "that there is a relatively small difference between the \"goofy creep\" who sings about \"the boogie woogie woman lookin' my way\" and the \"straightforward crooner\" who sings \"I'm done crying over her.\" All of the tracks were recorded on a TASCAM 244 Portastudio 4 track cassette recorder except for one track, which was recorded on a Fostex VF-80. The recording took place in a Montreal apartment that Demarco and his girlfriend shared. The vocals and drums were all recorded with a Shure Beta 58A. The guitars and bass were all Direct input into the 244. The recording made extensive use", "title": "Rock and Roll Night Club" }, { "docid": "19004858", "text": "vocals cooing \"dammn, dammn\" over the beats. According to PopCrush's Bradley Stern, \"Dammn Baby\" \"blends in slick synths and DJ Mustard-esque beats\" for a \"solid, motivational groove\", while referencing to the singer's own originality: \"Can't nobody tell you what you can't do, shut that down automatic / And I guarantee they'll all fall in line\". Jackson also sings, \"It's all about love\" / And how we ain’t gonna never let words get in the way\". Anupa Mistry of \"Pitchfork\" said that the \"lazy bass and airy vocals\" of \"Dammn Baby\" sounded like \"Tinashe-meets-Teena Marie\". Desiree O from Brit + Co", "title": "Dammn Baby" }, { "docid": "16727391", "text": "mellow thrust that hits muted transcendence for the chorus before dipping back down into that bummer bump\". The chorus and the bridge features Aguilera's \"powerful\" vocals, provided by heavy synthesizers over a \"booming\" Eurodance beat. \"Entertainment Weekly\" reviewer Melissa Maerz noted that Aguilera's vocals are provided by too much synthesizers. Gregory Hicks of \"The Michigan Daily\" compared her \"synthesized\" voice on the song to those in Maroon 5's \"One More Night\", which was also produced by Martin. In \"Your Body\", Aguilera sings of having a one-night stand with a random man. In the first verse, she \"angrily\" purrs, \"So open", "title": "Your Body (Christina Aguilera song)" }, { "docid": "11455243", "text": "Track five, \"All in Love Is Fair\", is a Stevie Wonder cover but is fronted by Streisand's own personal take on it. She sings about a failing relationship through the use of clichés and obvious messages regarding love. \"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?\" was written by French composer Michel Legrand (who would continue writing songs with Streisand for years) and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Gold also produced it, while Peter Matz arranged the instruments and orchestration that accompanied the composition. Seventh and eighth tracks \"Summer Me, Winter Me\" and \"Pieces of Dreams\", respectively, also feature contributions", "title": "The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)" }, { "docid": "12182786", "text": "unusual to require a sleeve note from the singer to justify it. Unlike other white, Northern, urban folksingers, who perform such material but do so in their own natural voices, Van Ronk takes much of his style from the black, Southern, rural singers who have performed it before him... he can sing in a way that serves the material and, despite the attempt at imitation, comes off as his own individual sound.\" Van Ronk Sings Van Ronk Sings was an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 1961. It was also released on LP as \"Dave Van Ronk", "title": "Van Ronk Sings" }, { "docid": "7736610", "text": "noted that the album is \"pure girl power and about being sexually confident, and confident as a woman; not putting up with crap relationships and getting your way\". Hilson sings with \"smooth vocals\". Following the release of her debut album, Sophie Bruce of BBC Music expressed that, \"there's no denying Hilson has a great voice, but it lacks the feisty edge of [Nicole] Scherzinger, [Mary J.] Blige or [Beyoncé] Knowles\". Mark Nero of About.com commented, \"Keri's voice, while strong, isn't particularly distinctive or memorable\". Hilson has stated that her musical influences come from her father's side of the family. \"My", "title": "Keri Hilson" }, { "docid": "13463377", "text": "Black Gives Way to Blue Black Gives Way to Blue is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 2009. It is their first record without singer Layne Staley, who died in 2002. It instead features new vocalist and rhythm guitarist William DuVall sharing vocal duties with lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, who sings lead vocals on most of the songs. It is the first Alice in Chains album released on Virgin Records and their first venture away from Columbia, who handled all of their previous releases. The album debuted at No. 5", "title": "Black Gives Way to Blue" }, { "docid": "11819242", "text": "third-person point of view, for her fans: \"This is for my peoples who just lost somebody / Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady / Put your hand way up high / We will never say bye / Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins / This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers / Lift your hands to the sky / Because we won't ever say bye bye\". As Carey sings the second chorus, she reverts to the singular conversation with her deceased father, however now revisiting 2005, \"And you never got a chance to", "title": "Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song)" }, { "docid": "17204987", "text": "Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog numbers \"KSLA-0059—0060\". The soundtrack contains two discs totaling 47 tracks composed and produced by Jun Maeda and members of Anant-Garde Eyes. All of the tracks were arranged by Anant-Garde Eyes. Three artists provide vocals for three songs: Lia sings \"My Soul, Your Beats!\", Karuta sings \"Ichiban no Takaramono (Original Version)\", and Aoi Tada sings \"Brave Song\". \"Rare Tracks\" is a mini studio album by Girls Dead Monster released on December 28, 2014 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number \"KSLA-0098\". The album contains one disc with three tracks sung", "title": "Music of Angel Beats!" }, { "docid": "20943162", "text": "Go! (Noise International song) \"Go!\" is a song by Sydney based sound house group Noise International featuring vocals from Sharon Muscat of Sister2Sister fame. It was produced by member Bruce Heal specially as the original theme song for GO! along with many shorts riffs resembling the song. After many demands for who sings the song, TVCentral.com.au told Nine about it, who revealed info about the song along with a hint of the song coming to iTunes. He also stated that people were dancing to remixes of the short one-minute version played by DJs in nightclubs. The song was finally released", "title": "Go! (Noise International song)" }, { "docid": "14275453", "text": "the versions of the seven duplicated songs from \"Harlequin Melodies\" are different recordings from the original album. However, most CD versions add the new \"Sings His Own\" songs as bonus tracks to the complete \"Harlequin Melodies\" album. On the album cover, Newbury is wearing a Stetson that had been a gift from producer Felton Jarvis, who had originally received it from Elvis Presley. Thom Jurek of AllMusic contends \"Sings His Own\" is \"interesting in an historical manner. As a way of hearing Newbury's unique and beautiful singing voice, it's worthwhile, but as a testament to Newbury's vision, it doesn't fit", "title": "Sings His Own" }, { "docid": "8152215", "text": "on \"On Stage\", McFee can be heard singing lead vocals on \"Any Way The Wind Blows\" and \"I Go To Pieces\". By 1993, Southern Pacific had disbanded and both men had rejoined the Doobie Brothers. McFee and Knudsen contributed to 2000's \"Sibling Rivalry\", on which McFee sings the lead vocal on the song \"Angels of Madness\", of which he was a co-writer, and McFee also co-wrote \"Five Corners\" with Patrick Simmons. In 2007, McFee assumed a role onstage as a relief lead vocalist for Tom Johnston because of Johnston's throat ailment. In 1995, McFee produced an album by Moby Grape", "title": "John McFee" }, { "docid": "6149901", "text": "Fiddle Blues, No Distinction There, You Are My Flower\" \"Way Worn Traveler\", duet with Johnny Cash, Columbia Records Helen plays accordion on most of the recordings. She sings lead on \"Willow Won't You Weep for Me\". A partial family collaboration with Chet Atkins, \"Under the Hickory Nut Tree\", features Helen's singing. Helen sings lead on \"Just Another Broken Heart\" from the Carter Family Album. She and Maybelle duet on other tracks. Helen shares lead vocals with June on \"Poor Old Heartsick Me\" from the Best of the Carter Family album. Helen shares lead vocals with June on \"In the Pines\"", "title": "Helen Carter" }, { "docid": "13412719", "text": "Way to Go, Einstein Way to Go, Einstein was a Canadian five-piece indie rock music group formed in 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their second LP, \"Pseudonym\", was released on March 17, 2009 by Submerged Records. It was recorded over a period of eight months at the band's studios in New Westminster, Burnaby, and at The Hive Creative Labs. \"Pseudonym\" was featured on the college radio top fifty charts in many cities across Canada. The band, originally composed of members Andrew (Vocals) and Kevin (Guitar), completed its line-up in early 2007. Each member comes from his own separate musical background,", "title": "Way to Go, Einstein" }, { "docid": "13127349", "text": "of ‘let me get into her head and see what she's trying to do’, subverting your own aesthetic in some ways. It was fun”. Gamson produced Ndegeocello's first two albums - \"Plantation Lullabies\" (1993) and \"Peace Beyond Passion\" (1996) - both Grammy nominated. Their joint work was interrupted by Maverick management, who wanted Ndegeocello to take on a more commercial direction. Gamson only produced the vocals for her third album, \"Bitter\", and did not go on to produce the full album. \"Bitter\" did not meet the record company's commercial expectations, and the Gamson-produced \"Peace Beyond Passion\" remains Ndegeocello's best selling", "title": "David Gamson" }, { "docid": "9946836", "text": "sounds, while McGraw stuck to his more mainstream country approach. After McGraw's set, a video montage was presented of the couple's family, then the two returned to close the show with five duets; the show closer was a rendition of Fleetwood Mac's \"Go Your Own Way\". CMT News wrote that \"Go Your Own Way\" represented \"a clear-cut declaration of where country music finds itself today, aimed at Gen-Xers and baby boomers and drifting more into the pop realm than ever before.\" \"Rolling Stone\" said that in the show, \"McGraw and Hill provided an interesting contrast in the differences between country", "title": "Soul2Soul Tour" }, { "docid": "7159051", "text": "most euphoric ode to rebound chicks ever written.\" She describes it as being similar to the hit single \"Go Your Own Way\" in being \"upbeat but totally fuck you.\" \"Rolling Stone\" magazine critic John Swenson claimed that \"Second Hand News\" was almost as good as \"Go Your Own Way.\" He says that despite being about the breakup of his relationship, the song is \"anything but morose, and completely outdoes the Eagles in the kiss-off genre.\" Musically, he claims that \"the chunking acoustic guitar rhythm carries the song to a joyful chorus.\" resulting in \"timeless pop harmony.\" Hoye considers \"Second Hand", "title": "Second Hand News" }, { "docid": "17688590", "text": "of his fans all over the world that he did it all for them and for the pure love of music. I hope and pray that we all get to hear it in its entirety. This experience I will treasure forever. Barry Gibb sings lead vocals much of the song with short sections performed by Michael Jackson. The cover of the single featured Gibb and Jackson in the recording studio in 1985, when producing together Diana Ross' song \"Eaten Alive\". Jackson's voice for emotional bursts in the same way as Robin Gibb's voice is sometimes used. The creative process for", "title": "All in Your Name" }, { "docid": "13691290", "text": "tuned percussion and treatments. John Shannon plays electric and acoustic guitars and sings. Andreas E. Larsen plays additional acoustic guitar and sings. Doug Wimbish plays bass on “Open Arms”, “Life Gets In The Way”, “Wonderful”, “Speak” and “Refuse to Lose”. Mitch Cohn plays bass on “Black & White Days”, “Honest”, “Heart & Soul” and “Engines”. Martin Valihora plays drums on all songs except “Open Arms” and “Life Gets In The Way” . Will Calhoun plays drums on \"Open Arms\" and \"Life Gets In The Way\". Lisa Fischer sings on “Wonderful”, “Life Gets In The Way”, “Refuse To Lose” and “Honest”.", "title": "Gary Go (album)" }, { "docid": "13968012", "text": "date, but for now he's sticking - or positively clinging - to the same formula that sent 'Break Your Heart' all the way to the top in September. Lots of pop artists forge their own distinct sound of course, but 'No Other One' is verging on an outright rip-off of its predecessor. Those same Europoppy synths are out in force, there's a hefty dose of Auto-Tune on Cruz's vocals and it boasts an equally repetitive hook that's sure to get stuck in your head from about 20 seconds in. Though a perfectly enjoyable effort in its own right, it can't", "title": "No Other One (song)" } ]

[ "1942" ]

[ { "docid": "14483948", "text": "of its 1940s time period and Johnston's direction, though some felt that the film only served to set up the forthcoming \"Avengers\" film. A sequel titled \"\" was released on April 4, 2014, and a third film titled \"\" was released on May 6, 2016. In the present day, scientists in the Arctic uncover an old, frozen aircraft. In March 1942, Nazi officer Johann Schmidt and his men steal a mysterious relic called the Tesseract, which possesses untold powers, from the town of Tønsberg in German-occupied Norway. In New York City, Steve Rogers is rejected for World War II military", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "6486139", "text": "on the masked-crimefighter feature \"American Avenger\". When Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby left Timely after issue #10 (Jan. 1942) of the eponymous book, Alascia penciled the hero's adventures in the sister title \"All Select Comics\" #2–10 (Winter 1943/1944 to Summer 1946), generally inked by Allen Bellman, and in several issues of \"All Winners Comics\", with a variety of inkers, starting with #11 (Winter 1943/1944). Syd Shores and Al Avison had taken over art duties on \"Captain America Comics\", and Alascia shortly afterward filled-in as Shores' inker while Avison did his World War II military service. Alascia later", "title": "Vince Alascia" }, { "docid": "14483966", "text": "that phase of the production where money doesn't matter: 'Let's put all the greatest stuff up on the wall and [then later] see what we can afford. The film, he said, will begin \"in 1942, 1943\" during World War II. \"The stuff in the '60s and '70s [comic books] we're sort of avoiding. We're going back to the '40s, and then forward to what they're doing with Captain America now.\" In February 2010, Johnston stated that the Invaders will appear in \"the entire second half\" of the film, leading fans to speculate this was the World War II-era Marvel superhero", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" } ]

[ { "docid": "14483947", "text": "directing the project before Johnston was approached in 2008. The principal characters were cast between March and June 2010. Production of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" began in June 2010, and filming took place in London, Manchester, Caerwent, and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. The film was converted to 3D in post-production. \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" premiered in Hollywood on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011. The film was commercially successful, grossing over $370 million worldwide. Critics particularly praised Evans' performance, the film's depiction", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483945", "text": "Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. Set predominantly during World War II, \"Captain America: The", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483993", "text": "Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and William Hurt as Thaddeus \"Thunderbolt\" Ross all reprising roles from previous MCU films. Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, alongside Tommy Lee", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "15970375", "text": "is well served here, even if it all feels a little old-fashioned at times. That said, it is awfully nice to hear a well-conducted orchestra, as opposed to a room full of expensive computers and keyboards, churn out a big traditional action score, and few do that as well as Silvestri.\" Silvestri's theme for Captain America is the first one to appear in other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (it returns in \"The Avengers\", \"\", \"\", and \"\"). Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack) Captain America: The First Avenger—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the Marvel", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "15970371", "text": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack) Captain America: The First Avenger—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the Marvel Studios , based on the character created by Marvel Comics. The music was composed by Alan Silvestri and recorded by the Air Studios. Buena Vista Records announced the details for the soundtrack in June 2011 and released it on July 19 in the United States. \"Note\": \"Captain America March\" was only released as a download bonus track and is not included on the physical CD. Richard M. Sherman's \"\" from \"Iron Man 2\" is heard in the film. In", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14483969", "text": "Studios confirmed the latter in May. Ryan Phillippe and John Krasinski were also considered for the role of Captain America. In April 2010, Sebastian Stan, who had been mentioned in media accounts as a possibility for the title role, was cast as Bucky Barnes. Stan is contracted for multiple films. Also in April, Marvel announced that Hayley Atwell had been cast as Peggy Carter, and that the film's name had been changed from \"The First Avenger: Captain America\" to \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". The next day it was reported that Joss Whedon would be rewriting the script as part", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483973", "text": "Propellant Factory in the Welsh village of Caerwent. Filming was scheduled to take place that month in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, where parts of the 2004 film \"Alfie\" and the 2009 \"Sherlock Holmes\" had been shot, followed by the Stanley Dock area of Liverpool, both doubling for the period's Lower East Side of Manhattan. Further scenes were scheduled to be shot in Liverpool's Albert Dock. Johnston included a scene of a technology fair that includes in passing a display case containing the 1940s android superhero known as the original Human Torch, another character, like Captain America, in comics published", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483982", "text": "a video game tie-in titled \"\", that was released in 2011 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS. Marvel released the mobile game, \"Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty\", in July 2011. A toy line was released as well. The world premiere of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" was held on July 19, 2011, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. The film was screened at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 21, 2011. It was commercially released in the United States and Canada on July 22, 2011. Paramount opted against altering the American-centric title when", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483987", "text": "2013. \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" earned $176.7 million in North America and $193.9 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $370.6 million. \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" opened on July 22, 2011, in the United States and earned $4 million in midnight showings, outgrossing other 2011 original superhero films like \"Thor\" and \"Green Lantern\" as well as the prequel \"\", which all made between $3.25 million and $3.5 million in Friday midnights. On Friday, the film opened at the number one spot at the American and Canadian box office with $25.7 million. It then went on to make $65.1", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483984", "text": "the film would not be released in China because of a policy limiting the number of foreign films screened there each year, but it eventually opened there in the second weekend of September. Days before the film's release, a teaser trailer for \"The Avengers\" that served as a post-credits scene of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" was briefly leaked online. \"Entertainment Weekly\" speculated it came from a preview screening and described the footage as \"shaky, fuzzy, flickering and obviously filmed on a cell phone\". \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" was formatted and screened in IMAX for the first time on", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483946", "text": "First Avenger\" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the \"Tesseract\" as an energy-source for world domination. \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" began as a concept in 1997 and was scheduled for distribution by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. In 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch, and planned to finance and release it through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483961", "text": "favorite superhero as a child because \"my dad told me I could one day be Captain America\". Joe Johnston met with Marvel to discuss directing the film. \"Captain America\" was put on hold during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. However, in January 2008, Marvel Entertainment reached an interim comprehensive agreement with the Writers Guild of America that would put writers immediately back to work on various projects that were under the company's development. On May 5, 2008 (after the success of \"Iron Man\"), Marvel announced the film \"The First Avenger: Captain America\" (the working title) for release in", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "19700183", "text": "Expo,\" admitting that the song was inspired by his own \"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow\", which was written for the Carousel of Progress attraction that Disney created for the World's Fair. \"Make Way For Tomorrow, Today\" is heard again in \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", when an earlier version of the Stark Expo appears, with Sherman noting of the reprisal, \"different style, same song\". \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" features a montage of the titular character and a chorus line touring the U.S., performing a song-and-dance number to the patriotic song \"Star Spangled Man\". The song was written for", "title": "Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" }, { "docid": "14483991", "text": "post-converted 3-D\". Peter Debruge of \"Variety\" said, \"\"Captain America: The First Avenger\" plays like a by-the-numbers prequel for Marvel Studios' forthcoming \"The Avengers\" movie\". Kirk Honeycutt of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" had mixed feelings about the film, writing, \"As the last Marvel prequel that includes two Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies before next summer's \"The Avengers\", this one feels perhaps a little too simplistic and routine\". A sequel, \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\", directed by Anthony and Joseph Russo, was released on April 4, 2014. Evans, Stan, Atwell, Jones, and Jackson reprise their roles as Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Peggy", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483988", "text": "million in what was the second highest-grossing opening weekend for a superhero film in 2011, behind \"Thor\" ($65.7 million). \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" is the third highest-grossing motion picture set during the World War II era, after \"Saving Private Ryan\" and \"Pearl Harbor\". The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 79% approval rating with an average rating of 6.9/10 based on 258 reviews. The website's consensus reads, \"With plenty of pulpy action, a pleasantly retro vibe, and a handful of fine performances, \"Captain America\" is solidly old-fashioned blockbuster entertainment.\" Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, rated the", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483963", "text": "they hoped the film would not feel like a period piece. When asked whether anti-US sentiments would affect the film's box office, Feige said, \"Marvel is perceived pretty well around the world right now, and I think putting another uber-Marvel hero into the worldwide box office would be a good thing. ... We have to deal with much the same way that Captain America, when thawed from the Arctic ice, entered a world that he didn't recognize,\" similar to the way Stan Lee and Jack Kirby reintroduced the character in the 1960s. Likewise, Arad noted, \"Captain America stands for freedom", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "15970374", "text": "like that, filled with basic pleasures, and Silvestri’s work here succeeds on that mark with aplomb.\" A review in Allmusic commented, \"Appropriately stoic and expansive, the main theme for \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" feels both familiar and iconic, arriving early in the soundtrack (as all good superhero themes must) on a foundation of rolling military snares, sepia-toned brass, and long strings that evoke an endless sea of amber waves of grain. It’s enjoyable and effective, but not groundbreaking, which pretty much sums up the score as a whole. Bombastic, melodramatic, and steeped in late-'70s/early-'80s big-budget adventure cinema, the Captain", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14551715", "text": "First Avenger\" were quality productions, \"they have never really been their own movies\", feeling that the plot detours to S.H.I.E.L.D. or lead-ups to \"The Avengers\" dragged down the films' narratives. The metaphor of the MCU as \"the world's biggest TV show\" was discussed again, after the release of \"Captain America: Civil War\", by Todd VanDerWerff of \"Vox\", who felt that film in particular highlighted Marvel's success with the model, saying, \"Viewed in complete isolation, the plot of \"Captain America: Civil War\" makes little to no sense ... [but] when you think about where [Captain America] has been in earlier Marvel", "title": "Marvel Cinematic Universe" }, { "docid": "14339203", "text": "because, when Franklin Richards recreated the heroes in the new universe, he based them on how he remembered them. Hawkeye remains with the Avengers for numerous adventures. He aids Avenger trainees Justice and Firestar to defeat the Taskmaster and Albino. Hawkeye later resigns the Avengers to assume leadership of the first generation of the Thunderbolts, who had broken away from the influence of Baron Helmut Zemo. Hawkeye trains the team in the fashion of former teammate Captain America, and shapes the team into a cohesive fighting unit. The Thunderbolts take on threats like the Masters of Evil, Graviton, and the", "title": "Hawkeye (comics)" }, { "docid": "14483986", "text": "a sneak peek of \"The Avengers\", six behind-the-scenes featurettes, and deleted scenes with commentary by director Joe Johnston, director of photography Shelly Johnson and editor Jeff Ford. In its first week of release, \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" topped the Blu-ray and DVD sales charts, selling 1.54 million Blu-ray units and 726,000 DVD units and making a combined total of $52.6 million. The film was also collected in a 10-disc box set titled \"Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled\" which includes all of the Phase One films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was released on April 2,", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "15290686", "text": "ethnic woodwinds, respectively. Guitarist Ed Trybek also recorded for the episode, playing multiple South American guitars, including timple and charango. The titular weapon is powered by the Tesseract, the macguffin of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" and \"Marvel's The Avengers\", and was made by Hydra, a fictional organization that also appeared in \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". It is stated in the episode that the last object of unknown origin that S.H.I.E.L.D. encountered was \"a hammer\", referring to the weapon Mjölnir, which Coulson discovered during the events of \"Thor\". Also, Coulson refers to Skye as a consultant, which S.H.I.E.L.D. classified", "title": "0-8-4" }, { "docid": "15970372", "text": "June 2011, Buena Vista Records announced the details for the soundtrack release of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". The album includes the original score by Alan Silvestri, as well as the original song \"Star Spangled Man\" with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel. The soundtrack was recorded at Air Studios in London and was released on July 19, 2011. The score received a positive response from critics. James Southall of Movie-Wave.net commented, \"for those of us tearing our hair out in despair at the ludicrously dumb approach to scoring [Marvel's] films since \"Iron Man\", we might be", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14483989", "text": "film 66 out of 100 based on 43 reviews from critics indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A–\" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Moore of the \"Orlando Sentinel\" gave \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" a positive review, saying, \"Johnston has delivered a light, clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia, with Nazis – who make the best villains, and with loving references to \"Star Wars\" and \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\". Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" remarked, \"I enjoyed the movie. I", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483979", "text": "Flagg's Uncle Sam recruitment poster from World War I and J. Howard Miller's \"We Can Do It!\" poster from World War II. The soundtrack album for \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" includes the original score by Alan Silvestri, as well as an original song, \"Star Spangled Man\", with music composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel. The soundtrack was recorded at Air Studios in London and released by Walt Disney Records on July 19, 2011. At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, some footage that had been shot in the previous week was shown at the San Diego", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483975", "text": "unprecedented amount of time\" would be devoted to the conversion process, to render all the film's visual effects in true 3-D. In November 2010, Stanley Tucci stated that he had completed filming his scenes and that the rest of the production would wrap in about three weeks. In February 2011, it was announced that Alan Silvestri had been chosen to compose the film score. In March 2011, it was reported that \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" would be undergoing reshoots in the United Kingdom and in Los Angeles in April 2011. A scene was also filmed in New York City's", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "16652283", "text": "from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", with Captain America riding the company's Softail Breakout motorcycle in the film. In October 2013, Marvel released the first trailer for \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\". \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said, \"it looks like it'll live up to the 'political thriller' that's been promised for months now.\" \"The Los Angeles Times\" said, \"[the] trailer runs 2½ minutes and teases plenty of action, conspiracy and clever banter between Captain America and his S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues, with a smattering of the previously released Comic-Con International and D23 footage.\" \"The Los Angeles Times\" also noted that the day before", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "14483985", "text": "August 31, 2018, as part of Marvel Studios' 10 year anniversary IMAX festival. \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and DVD on October 25, 2011. The three-disc set includes the film on Blu-ray in high-definition 3D and in high definition 2D, as well as on standard definition DVD with a digital copy. The two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack includes a high-definition presentation of the film and a standard-definition presentation with a digital copy. Both sets include over an hour of bonus material, including the short film \"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer\",", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "5674349", "text": "Captain America and The Avengers Players can choose to play as one of four members of the Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and the Vision. Each character can fight hand-to-hand; throw select items when on the ground; and use a ranged special attack, either a projectile weapon (Captain America's shield and Hawkeye's arrows) or an energy beam (Iron Man and Vision), known as that character's \"Avenger Attack.\" Other Avengers, including the Wasp, Quicksilver, Wonder Man, and Namor the Sub-Mariner, appear when special power-ups are collected, allowing those characters to temporarily assist the players' characters. The Red Skull has assembled", "title": "Captain America and The Avengers" }, { "docid": "10707236", "text": "Hawkeye and Iron Giant Man (Tony Stark). He is defeated by Havok and is then drawn below the earth by The Beyonder who kills him after he finds out what he needs to know. Captain America is mentioned several times in \"Nextwave\", usually by Monica Rambeau (who constantly talks about her time as an Avenger). At one point, Monica theorizes that Captain America is secretly gay, as he was the only Avenger who never hit on her (Tabitha Smith agrees that it would be cool if that were true and explain why \"people always dress like him at gay pride", "title": "Alternative versions of Captain America" }, { "docid": "4570659", "text": "initially dislike but which sticks nonetheless. Marvel's 1940s forerunner, Timely Comics, had an unrelated character, Young Avenger, who debuted in \"USA Comics\" #1 (Aug. 1941). In \"Sidekicks\" (issues #1–6), reporters Jessica Jones (a former teen superhero known as Jewel) and Kat Farrell of \"The Daily Bugle\" and heroes Captain America and Iron Man investigate a new group of teenage heroes. The story is set in the time between the \"Avengers Disassembled\" storyline and the beginning of \"New Avengers\". Although the team defeats Kang the Conqueror, Captain America and Iron Man take away their gear and refuse to train the team", "title": "Young Avengers" }, { "docid": "15321852", "text": "Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film, \"Thor\". It is composed mainly of 3.75\" scale action figures. The line falls under Marvel's \"Avengers Assemble\" marketing banner, which will also include the and Captain America: The First Avenger toy lines. This will be used as a lead up to 2012's \"The Avengers\" motion picture. Unlike previous 3.75\" action figure lines based on movies, Hasbro is not doing a comic series with this line. All of the figures will be based on the movie. This official", "title": "Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line)" }, { "docid": "15217501", "text": "Iron Man: The Armored Avenger Iron Man: The Armored Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro, composed mainly of 3\" scale action figures but will also feature a line of 6\" figures. This is a continuation of the Iron Man 2 toy line under a different name, due to the company no longer marketing the film. Like the previous line, it will include a mix of movie-based, comic-based, and concept figures. The line falls under Hasbro's \"Avengers Assemble\" marketing banner, which will also include the and Captain America: The First Avenger toy lines, both of which are based on", "title": "Iron Man: The Armored Avenger" }, { "docid": "15321853", "text": "street date for the line is March 1, though some stores have started selling the toys in early February. This wave was never released. Role play toys are products such as masks, gloves, and life-size accessories. Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film, \"Thor\". It is composed mainly of 3.75\" scale action figures. The line falls under Marvel's \"Avengers Assemble\" marketing banner, which will also include the and Captain America: The First Avenger toy lines. This will be used as a lead up to", "title": "Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line)" }, { "docid": "18500304", "text": "minor role in \"The Avengers\". O'Quinn, Marque, and Anderson did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Additionally, Chris Evans appears as Steve Rogers / Captain America via archive footage from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". When Carter goes undercover in the episode, she wears a dress inspired by the evening dresses of the 1930s and 40s, which the script described as a \"Veronica Lake look\". Ottobre-Melton noted that \"We got to make Peggy into the classic femme fatale\". For the character of Colleen O'Brien, series costume designer Giovanna Ottobre-Melton saw her as \"a hard working girl making just", "title": "Now is Not the End" }, { "docid": "14483968", "text": "or actual vehicles from the period were used as inspiration. Daniel Simon, who was previously responsible for many vehicle designs in \"\", was appointed Lead Vehicle Designer. Director Johnston cited Simon's book \"Cosmic Motors\" as a reason to trust his influence, saying \"he's sort of the guy I wanted to be when I was designing stuff for \"Star Wars\"\". The Red Skull's car, for instance, was based on two Mercedes-Benz vehicles from the 1930s, the 540K and the G4. \"Variety\" reported in March 2010 that Chris Evans was cast as Captain America and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull; Marvel", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "7067873", "text": "Avenger\" #2, D-man attends a picnic at Avengers Mansion and competes in a pie-eating contest, besting The Thing, Protector, and Valkyrie. D-Man made an appearance in \"New Avengers\" #7, while various heroes are being interviewed to be a nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. He appears to be spontaneously weeping and his only lines are \"I am so lonely...\", \"I think I came off desperate before--\" and \"Does Captain America ever talk about me?\". When Jessica Jones says her mind is made up on a nanny (Squirrel Girl), Cage quips \"D-Man it is.\" to which she responds \"Cute.\" Wonder", "title": "Demolition Man (comics)" }, { "docid": "17848732", "text": "Milne. On 17 March, boats from \"Avenger\" took part in a cutting out expedition in Fort Royal Bay, which captured the French frigate \"Bienvenue\". When Milne was killed in action, command of \"Avenger\" passed to Lieutenant Henry William Bayntun. \"Avenger\" and her crew took part in the capture of Gaudeloupe in April 1794. Bayntun remained in command of \"Avenger\" until 4 May 1794 when he was promoted to Post Captain and appointed to \"Bienvenue\", the frigate he had captured the previous month. Edward Griffith became the captain of \"Avenger\" and on 22 September he arrived with her at Portsmouth. In", "title": "HMS Avenger (1794)" }, { "docid": "20532259", "text": "Universe films \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" (2011), \"The Avengers\" (2012), \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" (2014), \"Avengers: Age of Ultron\" (2015), \"Captain America: Civil War\" (2016), \"Spider-Man: Homecoming\" (2017), \"\" (2018) and is set to appear again in \"\" (2019). In addition Evans makes an uncredited cameo appearance in \"Ant-Man\" (2015). Evans has confirmed that he intends to retire from the role after the fourth Avengers film, leading to speculation that the character will be die over the course of the final film. Theater actor Leander Deeny was the body double in some shots in the first film for", "title": "Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)" }, { "docid": "16652250", "text": "F. Gary Gray, and brothers Anthony and Joseph Russo. Walt Disney Studios announced the planned release of the sequel to \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" on April 4, 2014. Disney stated, \"The second installment will pick-up where ... \"The Avengers\" leaves off, as Steve Rogers continues his affiliation with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. and struggles to embrace his role in the modern world.\" Markus later elaborated, \"I think S.H.I.E.L.D. is the water [Rogers is] swimming in. It's definitely a Captain America movie. You know, if the first movie was a movie about the US Army, then this is a movie", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "17868137", "text": "\"had a good opening twenty [minutes], but then I honestly can't remember what the movie was about.\" He also felt the film lacked levity, especially considering the Russo brothers' background in comedy. According to Feige, \"Civil War\" is the conclusion of the Captain America trilogy that began with \"The First Avenger\". While it is the final standalone Captain America film in Evans' contract with Marvel Studios, Evans stated in September 2015 that he was open to extending his contract past \"\" and \"\", the final films on his contract at the time. In November 2018, Joe Russo said that Evans", "title": "Captain America: Civil War" }, { "docid": "16652299", "text": "next to \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", \"The Winter Soldier\" is pale.\" Jake Coyle of the \"Associated Press\" said the film's biggest misstep was the handling of Stan's Winter Soldier, and that it was \"getting difficult to tell the Marvel movies apart\". \"Captain America: Civil War\" was released on May 6, 2016, and again is directed by the Russo brothers. Evans, Johansson, Stan, Mackie, VanCamp and Grillo reprise their roles from \"The Winter Soldier\" and they are joined by Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Paul Bettany as Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Don", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "5500196", "text": "Barton, now known as the superhero Hawkeye) in order to take advantage of the benefits that go with an Avenger ID. He was refused entry into the team, largely due to Hawkeye's protests and the fact he was wanted in different states, and threatened to kill Captain America after capturing him, but the rest were able to rescue him. After failing the first time around, he was accepted into the Avengers. However, he was secretly an agent of the Mandarin, who had teleported him to his castle before the Avengers could capture him, and created a pseudo-image of Iron Man", "title": "Swordsman (comics)" }, { "docid": "14483977", "text": "back, for use on a daily basis. ... And then we had a stunt shield made of polyurethane, which is sort of a synthetic rubber ... and we made an ultrasoft one we put on [Evans'] back, so that if there were an accident, it wouldn't hurt him.\" Visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsend said Evans \"would practice swinging the practical shield so he knew the arc and the speed at which he should move. We would take the shield from him and shoot the scene with him miming it. Then we would add in a CG shield\". Hugo Weaving, who", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "18500306", "text": "Light & Magic (ILM) and Base FX created the visual effects for the episode, with work by ILM including the creation of backdrops for the series, with matte paintings used, depicting 1940s New York. Archive footage from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", including the apparent death of Captain America from the end of that film, is used throughout the episode, and the macguffin of the episode, molecular nitramene, is based on Vita-Rays, which were used to transform Steve Rogers into Captain America in the film. The Vita-Ray detector that Carter uses in the episode belonged to Dr. Abraham Erskine, who", "title": "Now is Not the End" }, { "docid": "14483959", "text": "the development process of the film. The lawsuit was eventually settled in September 2003. In 2005, Marvel received a $525 million investment from Merrill Lynch, allowing them to independently produce ten films, including \"Captain America\". Paramount Pictures agreed to distribute the film. Originally, the film would stand alone; producer Kevin Feige said \"about half\" the movie would be set during World War II before moving into the modern day. Producer Avi Arad said, \"The biggest opportunity with Captain America is as a man 'out of time', coming back today, looking at our world through the eyes of someone who thought", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "16652297", "text": "make it so profitable, is its emotional bandwidth—all the vivid, nuanced life lived by its characters in between their frenzied escapades,\" and felt it fixed all the shortcomings of \"The First Avenger\" \"and then some\". Conversely, Kenneth Turan of the \"Los Angeles Times\" said, \"[\"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\"] is everything a big budget superhero film should be – except inspired.\" Manohla Dargis of \"The New York Times\" said, \"Like many others of its type, [\"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\"] gets off to a kinetic start only to lose steam before blowing everything up.\" Robbie Collin of \"The Daily Telegraph\"", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "16652282", "text": "a panel at 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International and presented footage from the film. In addition, Marvel had booths depicting a Smithsonian-type exhibit showing Captain America and the Howling Commandos from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". At the end of the month, audiences were shown a glimpse of the film along with some of Marvel's other Phase Two slate of films at Disney XD's Disney Fandom event. In August 2013, Feige, Evans, Stan, and Mackie presented a clip of the film at Disney's D23 Expo. In September 2013, Marvel announced that it is again partnering with Harley-Davidson, continuing their relationship", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "14483958", "text": "in \"Guardians of the Galaxy\", has a brief appearance as an autograph seeker. Writer and director of \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" James Gunn jokingly claimed that this was Peter Quill's grandmother. Stan Lee has a cameo appearance as a general. In April 1997, Marvel was in negotiations with Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn to produce \"Captain America\", and Larry Wilson and Leslie Bohem were set to write a script. In May 2000, Marvel teamed with Artisan Entertainment to help finance the film. However, a lawsuit arose between Marvel Comics and Joe Simon over the ownership of \"Captain America\" copyrights, disrupting", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "3477650", "text": "Originally, the Teen Brigade intended to bring the Fantastic Four together to battle the Hulk, but instead brought Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, and Thor together to form the Avengers. After the Hulk's departure from the team, Rick becomes an honorary Avenger. He alerted the team to the Hulk's presence when they began searching for Hulk. He becomes close to the recently revived Captain America although his guilt leads him to leave the Avengers and seek out Banner and Hulk on his own. Captain America rescues Rick from one of Hulk's rampages, and after that Rick becomes Captain America's sidekick, briefly", "title": "Rick Jones (comics)" }, { "docid": "14483990", "text": "appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces. If Marvel is wise, it will take this and \"Iron Man\" as its templates\". A. O. Scott of \"The New York Times\" declared it \"pretty good fun\". Karina Longworth of \"The Village Voice\" gave the film a negative review, calling it \"[A] hokey, hacky, two-hour-plus exercise in franchise transition/price gouging, complete with utterly unnecessary", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "19965905", "text": "Captain America and Nick Fury: The Otherworld War Captain America and Nick Fury: The Otherworld War, also known as Captain America/Nick Fury: The Otherworld War is a sixty-eight page comic book one-shot published by Marvel Comics in 2001. The comic was written by Peter K. Hogan and published in October 2001. The story takes place during the second world war and features Captain America and Sgt. Fury join forces to take out the Red Skull, who has stolen a mysterious secret weapon but when the Nazi triggers a gateway to the Dark Dimension, Cap and Fury find themselves face-to-face with", "title": "Captain America and Nick Fury: The Otherworld War" }, { "docid": "7655882", "text": "by Captain ☠☠☠☠, a moniker so offensive that, when he met Captain America, the Avenger beat him severely and left him unconscious in a dumpster with a bar of soap in his mouth. The Captain used a lot of codenames as well, all of them starting with 'Captain', and had to abandon them all because someone else was already using them. In \"Nextwave\" #7 he mentions that he had to pay a \"marine-looking melon farmer\" to even use his current codename. The Captain continues to use his codename in the Nextwave group while the other members have dropped them; according", "title": "Captain (comics)" }, { "docid": "14483981", "text": "In July 2011, Paramount Pictures promoted the film during an Independence Day celebration hosted by the Chicago White Sox. Promotional partners include Harley-Davidson, Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. In February 2011, Marvel Comics launched the eight-issue digital comic \"Captain America: First Vengeance\", on the same day as the first trailer aired. Written by Fred Van Lente and featuring a rotation of artists, the story is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Each of the eight issues focuses on a specific character from the movie, heroes and villains alike, and what brought them to the point where the movie begins. Sega announced", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "14483983", "text": "distributing to foreign territories, instead offering international markets a choice between the official title and the alternative \"The First Avenger\". Many international distributors chose to retain the original title, believing the franchise name to be more identifiable than the alternative, and that the latter would risk losing ticket sales. Three countries chose the alternative title: Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine. An \"insider\" speaking to \"The New York Times\" explained that the name change in these countries stemmed from cultural and political concerns, though Marvel and Paramount both declined to state an official reason. In July 2011, it was thought that", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "8412189", "text": "Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV is a 2000 American superhero comedy splatter film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and written by Kaufman, Michael Herz, Patrick Cassidy, Trent Haaga, and uncredited co-director Gabriel Friedman. Despite being the third sequel to \"The Toxic Avenger\", Stan Lee's opening narration claims that \"Citizen Toxie\" is, in fact, the official sequel to the first film, disacknowledging the events of the first two sequels. When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save", "title": "Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV" }, { "docid": "16652266", "text": "who played Peggy Carter in \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", said that she would not appear in the sequel. However Stanley Tucci, who played Dr. Abraham Erskine in the previous film, later said that Atwell would reappear in a flashback scene. Also in January, Marvel Studios announced that the film would be released in 3D, and Anthony Mackie said filming would begin on April 1, 2013. Later that month, Toby Jones, who portrayed Arnim Zola in the first film, said that he would reprise the role in the sequel. By the end of the month, stages were being built for", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "13182263", "text": "film, written by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson with art by Luke Ross and Daniel HDR, would be released in March 2012. In February 2012, Marvel announced the release of a second limited series comic book tie-in, \"Black Widow Strikes\" written by Fred Van Lente, who wrote \"Captain America: First Vengeance\", the comic-book prequel to \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". The story is set between \"Iron Man 2\" and \"The Avengers\" and follows Black Widow as she runs down some loose ends from \"Iron Man 2\". Additionally, the title \"Avengers Assemble\" was launched in March 2012, written by Brian Michael", "title": "The Avengers (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "14483964", "text": "for all democracies, for hope all around the world. He was created to stop tyranny and the idea of stopping tyranny is important today as it was then. So I think that we will have some interesting challenges but at the end of the day if the movie is terrific and the movie talks to the world, it's not about one place, it's about the world and I think [on] that basis it will be very successful.\" Later, after the election of US President Barack Obama, Feige commented, \"The idea of change and hope has permeated the country, regardless of", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "2673977", "text": "the consequences of Wolverine going back in time to kill Hank Pym before creating Ultron. Each issue explored what a new universe would be like which arose from the removal of another core Avenger, with Wasp in #1, Iron Man in #2, Thor in #3 and Captain America in #4. The series was concluded in #5 with a world where Hank Pym never created Ultron in the first place and thus a universe without Ultron's creation of the Vision. In October 2015, Marvel released another five-part series of stories under the \"What If?\" banner, this time focused on the 2013", "title": "What If (comics)" }, { "docid": "6803500", "text": "into zombies during the first blows of the Kang War. Firebird was one of the few individuals who could travel into the energy field without harm. Fellow Avenger Thor also surmised that Firebird may be immortal. When Captain America is briefly transformed into an energy zombie, Thor, briefly believing him dead, begins to fear that he has become too close to his mortal comrades despite his knowledge that he would outlive them when forced to face such vivid evidence of his allies' mortality, and contemplates leaving the Avengers after the war was over. Firebird helped him to see that the", "title": "Firebird (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "18228933", "text": "show Larson smile. While he was unsure if these moments were a response to the criticism, \"the rest of the trailer feels like a do-over of the first, with additional emphasis on both explaining the plot and establishing Carol Danvers as a character.\" McMillian also compared the contents and structure of the two \"Captain Marvel\" trailers to those for \"Thor\" (2011) and \"Captain America: The First Avenger\". Newby felt the second trailer \"offers increased action and a more in-depth look at the mythology surrounding\" Captain Marvel, but criticized it for not helping to introduce the film's supporting characters. Ultimately, Newby", "title": "Captain Marvel (film)" }, { "docid": "18559419", "text": "Bartons' farm, Washington DC and Sokovia. These hubs also feature heavy playability, with hundreds of side quests and bonus levels such as rescuing citizens in trouble, races, and more. The main story actually takes up a fairly small fraction of the game's total \"completion\". Whilst the game's story is predominantly focused on the two Avengers films there are single levels based on \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", \"Iron Man 3\", \"Thor: The Dark World\" and \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\". The game features over two hundred playable characters, including some characters (but not all) returning from the previous game. The", "title": "Lego Marvel's Avengers" }, { "docid": "16652249", "text": "In April 2011, before \"\" was released in theaters, screenwriters Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely announced that Marvel had already hired the duo to work on the film's sequel. In September 2011, Chris Evans said that a sequel may not be released until 2014. In January 2012, Neal McDonough, who played Dum Dum Dugan in \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", mentioned that a sequel would likely be filmed after the completion of \"\", which would likely have been before the end of 2012. By March 2012, Marvel whittled down the possible directors for the sequel to three candidates: George Nolfi,", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "15904728", "text": "other home media releases as well. It sees Hayley Atwell reprise her role as Peggy Carter, along with Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, and Chris Evans reprising their roles as Howard Stark, Timothy \"Dum Dum\" Dugan, and Steve Rogers / Captain America, respectively, with Evans appearing via archive footage. The short film introduces Bradley Whitford as Agent John Flynn and Shane Black as the Disembodied Voice. It was directed by Louis D'Esposito and written by Eric Pearson. The short was filmed over five days, and reused visual effects shots of 1940s New York from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" to save", "title": "Marvel One-Shots" }, { "docid": "14483992", "text": "Carter, Arnim Zola and Nick Fury, respectively. They are joined by Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, and Robert Redford as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Sam Wilson / Falcon, and Alexander Pierce, respectively. \"Captain America: Civil War\" was released on May 6, 2016, and again is directed by the Russo brothers. Evans, Johansson, Stan and Mackie reprise their roles from \"The Winter Soldier\", and they are joined by Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Paul Bettany as Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as James \"Rhodey\" Rhodes / War Machine, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "3234787", "text": "Odin for attacking Thor. The Enchantress hypnotizes Thor into attacking the Avengers but Iron Man breaks him out of the trance. Meanwhile, Captain America has been lured to South America to fight Zemo. After defeating Zemo, Captain America returns on Zemo's helicopter and stops Zemo from shooting the Avenger. However the Enchantress casts a spell which gets the helicopter to the rooftop she and the Executioner are on. The Executioner knocks Captain America out by striking his shoulder, and takes him out of the helicopter, after which they all try to escape. The Masters are sent to another dimension in", "title": "Masters of Evil" }, { "docid": "8003366", "text": "of the Ring\" story arc in Marvel Team-Up concludes, Captain America arrives to take the reality-altering ring that the Ringmaster was wearing into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. However, A.I.M. sent a group of soldiers called a M.O.D.O.C. (Military Operatives Designed Only for Combat) Squad to fight Cap for an unknown reason and Captain America does not notice when the ring is lost. The ring is eventually found by a young man, Curtis Doyle, whose friend Troy calls it a \"free, dumb ring\". This comment gives Curtis the idea for his superhero name. When he accidentally creates an ice cream sundae out of", "title": "Freedom Ring" }, { "docid": "14483967", "text": "team of that name, and in November Johnston refuted speculation that the Sub-Mariner, an Invaders team-member in the comics, would be included. Johnston later explained that \"the Invaders\" had been discussed simply as a possible name for the squad of commandos Captain America leads in the film. Christopher Markus, one of the screenwriters, said the unnamed group was \"called the Howling Commandos in the script, but no one says that out loud.\" The design as a whole tried to create technology that could be built in the 1940s, though with the added Cube technology in Hydra's case. Abandoned Nazi projects", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "17868099", "text": "contrasts to the sequences for \"Winter Soldier\" and \"The First Avenger\" (the latter created by Method Design) which were \"a minimalist graphic approach, reducing the key players to silhouettes and paring the palette down to three colors\" and \"vibrant and iconic propaganda art comes to life, enticing the viewer to join the fray\", respectively. Creative director Erin Sarofsky noted one of the challenges for \"Civil War\"s sequence was \"to make it feel like a Captain America title sequence and not an Avengers sequence\" given the number of characters in the film. Henry Jackman returned from \"Winter Soldier\" to score the", "title": "Captain America: Civil War" }, { "docid": "16652276", "text": "The film featured extensive use of digital doubles. Russell Earl, ILM visual effects supervisor, said, \"The character that we did the most work on was Falcon. We knew we were going to do CG wings. We also did some shots with wires and some with stunt doubles and head replacement. And we needed a very good digital double.\" Lola VFX, who worked on the pre-serum Steve Rogers scenes in this film and \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", also worked on shots featuring an elderly Peggy Carter. This involved digitally transposing the facial features of an elderly actress onto the face", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "14483960", "text": "the perfect world was small-town United States. Sixty years go by, and who are we today? Are we better?\" He cited the \"Back to the Future\" trilogy as an influence, and claimed he had \"someone in mind to be the star, and definitely someone in mind to be the director\". In February 2006, Arad hoped to have a summer 2008 theatrical release date. Jon Favreau approached Arad to direct the film as a comedy, but he chose to make \"Iron Man\" instead. In April 2006, David Self was hired to write the script. He explained that Captain America was his", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "18430065", "text": "SSR, a precursor to S.H.I.E.L.D. A Marvel One-Shot featuring Peggy Carter was in the works for some time before Atwell signed on to star in it, reprising her role from the \"Captain America\" films. D'Esposito, co-president of Marvel Studios and an executive producer on the feature films, aimed to replicate the period setting of \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", while also giving the short a more modern, superhero feel. The film was a more ambitious production than previous One-Shots, with more action scenes and visual effects required than previously. Several other characters from Marvel Cinematic Universe films also appear, including", "title": "Agent Carter (film)" }, { "docid": "14483957", "text": "Toby Jones was cast as Arnim Zola, a biochemist for the Nazi party, Richard Armitage portrays Heinz Kruger, the Red Skull's top assassin, Lex Shrapnel portrays Gilmore Hodge, a candidate for the super soldier program, Michael Brandon portrays Brandt, a United States Senator who recognizes the PR potential of Captain America. Jeff Goldblum had originally been approached to play the part; he later played Grandmaster in \"\". Natalie Dormer portrays Lorraine, a private who attempts to seduce Rogers, and Jenna Coleman appears as Connie, Bucky's date at the World Expo. Laura Haddock, who would go on to portray Meredith Quill", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "15970373", "text": "able to hold off on needing hair implants for a little while longer – this is precisely the old-school symphonic score with a big theme that we’ve been waiting for.\" Jonathan Broxton of \"Movie Music UK\" stated, \"\"Captain America\" is one of the most enjoyable scores of the summer for one single reason – it’s fun. There’s nothing pretentious about it, nothing hidden, no deeper meanings. Much like the film it accompanies it wears its heart on its sleeve and has a simple intent: to excite you, entertain you, and leave the experience smiling. Sometimes you just need a score", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14483951", "text": "assassin avoids interrogation by committing suicide with a cyanide capsule. With Erskine dead and his super-soldier formula lost, U.S. Senator Brandt has Rogers tour the nation in a colorful costume as \"Captain America\" to promote war bonds while scientists study him and attempt to reverse-engineer the formula. In 1943, while on tour in Italy performing for active servicemen, Rogers learns that Barnes' unit was MIA in a battle against Schmidt's forces. Refusing to believe that Barnes is dead, Rogers has Carter and engineer Howard Stark fly him behind enemy lines to mount a solo rescue attempt. Rogers infiltrates the fortress", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" }, { "docid": "19700107", "text": "Jackman was in the running to score \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", he had written \"a full-on traditional symphonic, Americana score\" as proof-of-concept for Marvel, which he looked to return to when Marvel asked him to score the sequel, \"\". He felt that Silvestri had used that same style to great effect in the first film, but found that the second film \"could not have been more different, and the score was not suitable, so I had to rewrite it\". Jackman said of his work on the film, \"it’s 50% production and all the tricks I’ve learnt from spending years", "title": "Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" }, { "docid": "18430075", "text": "realized that he \"wasn't going to get every shot and I wasn't going to get every punch and kick, so what we do is get the optimum\". Visual effects shots of 1940s New York from \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" were reused in the short for budgetary reasons. D'Esposito noted the sequence where Carter comes \"flying with the gun into the door\" and the last fight, when Carter is \"being attacked by the big guy\", were both created with visual effects elements after they ran out of time to complete filming on them on set. In early 2013, Marvel approached", "title": "Agent Carter (film)" }, { "docid": "6368421", "text": "members of the Zodiac. The character Libra reveals he aided the heroes as Avenger Mantis is his daughter. The Avengers use, with van Lunt's cooperation, the Star Blazer against an alien threat. Zodiac member Aquarius appears in the third volume of title \"Ghost Rider\", and after learning he has cancer attempts to make a bargain with a demon to save himself. Aquarius then attempts to take revenge on van Lunt, but the character's soul is claimed before he can do so. The second Aries makes a brief appearance in the title \"Captain America\", and is used and killed by the", "title": "Zodiac (comics)" }, { "docid": "5796787", "text": "artist Sal Buscema in \"Captain America\" #153 (September 1972). After the events of the \"Onslaught Reborn\" mini-series, a version of Rikki Barnes, the female Bucky established in the \"Heroes Reborn\" \"Captain America\" series, now resides in the mainstream Marvel Universe, and has befriended the Young Avenger known as Patriot in the hopes of contacting the new Captain America (the original Bucky, now free of his Winter Soldier programming). In September 2009, Rikki Barnes took on the identity of Nomad in the mini-series, \"Nomad: Girl Without A World\", by Sean McKeever and David Baldeon. While trapped in the mysterious Dimension Z,", "title": "Nomad (comics)" }, { "docid": "6049980", "text": "appears in the title \"Tales of Suspense\", attempting to steal an experimental device for use against Thor, but is stopped by his fellow Avenger Iron Man. The character continues to play the role of industrial saboteur in the title \"Captain America\", attempting to steal an experimental chemical called Element X before being stopped by Captain America; the Falcon and Nick Fury. An appearance in the title \"Marvel Team-Up\" against Captain America and fellow hero Spider-Man ends with the Gargoyle being trapped in a rocket and launched into deep space. The character reappears in the title \"Thor\", and is revealed to", "title": "Grey Gargoyle" }, { "docid": "11847868", "text": "commissioned on 21 June 1846. She had cost £44,777 for the hull, £32,740 for machinery, and £11,630 for the fittings. She was armed with 10 guns and was initially rated as a first-class frigate, though this was later reduced on 31 July 1846 to a second-class. \"Avenger\" served with the Channel Fleet from 28 April 1846 to November 1847, when she was transferred to the Mediterranean. \"Avenger\" sailed from Gibraltar on 17 December 1847 bound for Malta and commanded by Captain Charles Elers Napier, stepson of Rear Admiral Sir Charles Napier who was then commanding the Channel Fleet. On 20", "title": "HMS Avenger (1845)" }, { "docid": "6858397", "text": "that evening, with three destroyers as escorts, \"Avenger\" left the convoy for Scapa Flow. Almost as soon as she was out of sight, was torpedoed, and two days later a merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk. After returning to port, \"Avenger\"s captain Commander Colthust submitted a report highlighting how inadequate the Swordfish and Sea Hurricanes had been. In a single escort carrier the number of airframes and crews were never enough for what they had been asked to do. The Swordfish could not take off from the short flight deck of an escort carrier deck armed with torpedoes or enough", "title": "HMS Avenger (D14)" }, { "docid": "17270273", "text": "2012, respectively. The comic retells the events of \"The Incredible Hulk\", \"Iron Man 2\", \"Thor\", and \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" from the point-of-view of S.H.I.E.L.D., with extra scenes added to weave them all together. Natasha Romanoff is taken by surprise in Russia when her target is killed by a \"fan\" of hers named Sofia. Breaking contact with her S.H.I.E.L.D. superiors, Romanoff begins a competition with Sofia for the mantle of the \"Black Widow\", discovering that Sofia's employer is selling the parts for a new missile to the Ten Rings. Romanoff tracks Sofia to a missile launch site targeting North", "title": "Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics" }, { "docid": "20141378", "text": "intention to reach fans of 'all walks of life'. In February 2012, Marvel announced \"Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week\", written by Chris Yost and Eric Pearson. Yost and Pearson had both been members of Marvel Studios' in-house Writers Program, developing feature films such as \"Thor\" and \"Captain America: The First Avenger\", so when it came to \"Fury's Big Week\" Marvel \"realized they had two writers in house that knew the cinematic universe better than anybody\". Pearson, who had never written a comic before but did write several Marvel One-Shots for the company, was responsible for the final scripts,", "title": "Fury's Big Week" }, { "docid": "16206601", "text": "Furious, Namor goes against Cyclops's orders and leads the Atlanteans into war against Wakanda. As Namor attacks Wakanda, Iron Man takes Lei Kung to join Wolverine and Hope in K'un-L'un. Captain America then assembles every Avenger he can muster and manages to take down Namor in a hard fought confrontation. Meanwhile, Magneto informs Cyclops of Namor's assault on Wakanda. As the remaining Phoenix Five members arrive in Wakanda, Namor's portion of the Phoenix abandons him and divides itself among Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik and Colossus. The Avengers retreat to K'un-L'un, as Professor X demands that Cyclops cease the Phoenix Five's", "title": "Avengers vs. X-Men" }, { "docid": "9710140", "text": "goods for useless trinkets. God told Samuel that the captain would take him to America. When Samuel asked, the captain refused at first. Later, when two of his crew members ran off leaving the captain short-handed, he accepted Samuel onboard taking him for an unemployed sailor. When he arrived on the ship, he was disliked and abused, but by the time the ship reached America, they were all praying and singing hymns. In America, Samuel found Stephen Merritt. Mr. Merritt had to attend a prayer meeting that night so he asked Samuel to wait for him at his mission. When", "title": "Samuel Kaboo Morris" }, { "docid": "13276293", "text": "trunk on the wharf. Marietta asks Captain Warrington to help her escape, stating that she would not marry him. When Captain Warrington informs her that he is an American, she asks him to take her to America so that she can be free to marry whom she wishes. Captain Warrington says that he does not intend to get married either and he and Marietta decide to be friends (\"\"It Never Can Be Love\"\"). Observing this, from a position of hiding, is the sailor who had been rejected by Marietta. The ship's captain arrives to see the Governor. Le Grange explains", "title": "Naughty Marietta (Max Liebman Presents)" }, { "docid": "7711302", "text": "to be an effective Avenger, and when the team saved the original Avengers from a dark parallel world, Captain America himself judged her worthy to wield the shield of the alternate Captain. She also proved to be an important character in defeating Galactus in the \"Last Planet Standing\" limited series. She, along with Stinger and Spider-Girl, took down Galactus from the inside. They survived the imminent explosion by shrinking to microscopic size. Carter is the leader of the \"Dream Team\", consisting of herself, Bluestreak, Crimson Curse and Freebooter. All members of the Dream Team became members of the new Avengers", "title": "American Dream (comics)" }, { "docid": "10042224", "text": "and Captain America. The character was then featured as \"Captain Marvel\" in a false reality created by the mutant Scarlet Witch in the 2005 miniseries \"House of M\". This reality pandered to Danvers' subconscious desire to be accepted, as she proved to be the most popular superhero on Earth. Ms. Marvel then came to prominence again when the character was launched in a second self-titled volume. Together with fellow Avenger Iron Man, Danvers also becomes a principal advocate of the Superhuman Registration Act during the events of the 2006-07 \"Civil War\" storyline. The story also continues in Ms. Marvel's own", "title": "Carol Danvers" }, { "docid": "20158728", "text": "to earn his place in Kang the Conqueror's new order by defeating the heroes with the help of a giant Sakaaran Worm. When the Red King is defeated, he declares the fight a draw. Captain America tells Doctor Strange, Hulk, and Thor to take a breaker while he and Captain Marvel look for more traps before regrouping in Lemuria. In Lemuria, Attuma tells Torg that it was a shame that they never got to meet him. Back in Sakaar, Doctor Strange has Hulk and Thor make up. Returning to Lemuria, Doctor Strange, Hulk, and Thor run into Captain America and", "title": "Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2" }, { "docid": "3121334", "text": "Hillman Avenger The Hillman Avenger is a rear-wheel drive small family car originally manufactured by the former Rootes division of Chrysler Europe from 1970–1978, badged from 1976 onward as the Chrysler Avenger. Between 1979 and 1981 it was manufactured by PSA Peugeot Citroën and badged as the Talbot Avenger. The Avenger was marketed in North America as the Plymouth Cricket. The Avenger was initially produced at Rootes' plant in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, England, and later at the company's Linwood facility near Glasgow, Scotland. Introduced in February 1970, the Avenger was significant as it was the first and last car to be developed", "title": "Hillman Avenger" }, { "docid": "5506035", "text": "up a \"death squad\" in order to catch the Red Skull and Cap, which he then carries out with the help of Hawkeye, Gregory Stark, and the rest of the . In \"Ultimate Comics: Avengers\" Fury returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. again. After learning that Captain America went rogue after discovering that the Red Skull was his biological son, Fury re-activated \"Project Avenger\" and recruited a team of questionable super humans to find Captain America. Following Captain America's capture, Fury briefed the Avengers of AIM's purpose of creating the Cosmic Cube to build their visioned utopia and readied his team to thwart", "title": "Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)" }, { "docid": "7882603", "text": "Galaxy\", \"\", \"Ant-Man\", \"\", and \"Doctor Strange\". He was promoted to Visual Development Supervisor in 2015 and has led the Visual Development team on the films \"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\", \"\", \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\", and \"Captain Marvel\". Andy is a member of the IATSE Art Directors Guild (Local 800). His artwork has been showcased in other publications such as Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, the Art of God of War 3, Edge Presents: The Art of Video Games, Exotique 3, Elemental 3, The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Art of Marvel's", "title": "Andy Park (comics)" }, { "docid": "5714976", "text": "The Return (Shatner novel) The Return is a novel by William Shatner that was co-written with Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens. It is set in the \"Star Trek\" universe but, as part of the \"Shatnerverse,\" does not follow the timeline established by other \"Star Trek\" novels. The book's sequel is \"Avenger\". The novel begins on the planet Veridian III and takes place shortly after the events seen in the motion picture \"Star Trek Generations\". The body of James T. Kirk is stolen by the Romulans after his burial by fellow Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard. The Borg have formed an alliance", "title": "The Return (Shatner novel)" }, { "docid": "13484691", "text": "to escape, Bucky spots Steve and throws the shield to him. Steve leaps from the building, grabs the shield, and dives into Hyde. Steve offers the shield back to Bucky who declines it. The two then take a stroll along the East River, where they discuss who will continue as Captain America. Steve expresses that he wants Bucky to continue as Captain America, even though Bucky explains he does not want to. Steve holds out the shield and asks Bucky to \"do it for [him].\" Bucky accepts. Back in the loft, Steve explains to Sharon that he couldn't tell Bucky", "title": "Captain America: Reborn" }, { "docid": "16652254", "text": "franchise\", but it took the duo six months to convince themselves that they could do it. In the meantime, while thinking how to progress from the war film tone of \"The First Avenger\", the writers settled on the conspiracy genre for the screenplay, and cited \"Three Days of the Condor\", \"The Parallax View\", and \"Marathon Man\" as influences, feeling it better conveyed Captain America's trust issues and contrasting values in the new world he was living in, with Markus saying, \"If you put that 1940s man into present day geo-politics everything is going to seem like a conspiracy. It's just", "title": "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" }, { "docid": "20532255", "text": "Rogers into the film and ultimately conceded it was \"not [a] satisfying\" approach. Rogers has been criticized for his civilian attire, described as being \"like a Kohl's mannequin, or a Wii avatar: bereft of patterns, graphics, imagery or anything you couldn’t color in with one singular crayon\". Costume designer Anna B. Sheppard stated the Captain America's uniform in \"Captain America: The First Avenger\" was partly based on that of paratroopers of the era, explaining, \"I think that the challenge of this costume was that it had to look 40s, that's why certain elements like using leather for the straps and", "title": "Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)" }, { "docid": "14483976", "text": "Times Square on April 23, 2011. The film features nearly 1,600 visual effects shots, which were split between thirteen different companies. To achieve the appearance of the skinny, pre-serum Steve Rogers, director Joe Johnston stated that he used two major techniques: Captain America's shield, which serves as both a defensive tool and a weapon, came in four types: metal, fiberglass, rubber, and computer graphics (CG). Prop master Barry Gibbs specified that \"We had the 'hero shield,' which was made of aluminum, for our beauty shots [and] close-up work. We then created a lighter shield that was aluminum-faced with a fiberglass", "title": "Captain America: The First Avenger" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3185497", "text": "Mara Wilson Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an American writer and former child actress. Her best known roles include Natalie Hillard in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" (1993), Susan Walker in \"Miracle on 34th Street\" (1994), Matilda Wormwood in \"Matilda\" (1996), and Lily Stone in \"Thomas and the Magic Railroad\" (2000). Since retiring from film acting, Wilson has focused on writing, penning the play \"Sheeple\" which was produced for the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 as well as publishing a memoir, \"Where Am I Now?\":\" True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame\" (2016). Mara Elizabeth Wilson was born", "title": "Mara Wilson" } ]

[ { "docid": "2231524", "text": "as Mrs. Doubtfire, hosts. The show becomes a hit and starts airing across the country. One day, Miranda visits Daniel on set, admitting that things were better when he was involved, and agrees to change the custody arrangement. Soon after, she and Daniel begin sharing joint custody, allowing Daniel to take the children after school, an arrangement he had requested at the beginning of his and Miranda's separation. As Daniel takes the kids out, Miranda watches an episode of \"Euphegenia's House\" where Mrs. Doubtfire answers a letter from a young girl whose parents have separated, saying that love makes a", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231519", "text": "a Mrs. Doubtfire costume, including a prosthetic mask to make him appear as an older woman. Miranda hires Mrs. Doubtfire after a successful interview. Upon returning to Daniel's apartment, Mrs Doubtfire is met by Mrs. Sellner, Daniel's court liaison, who is hoping to see Daniel and carry out her inspection of the apartment. This results in Daniel changing in and out of the Mrs. Doubtfire costume to meet Mrs. Sellner's needs, which ultimately leads to Daniel's mask flying out the window, and getting squashed by a garbage truck. He cleverly conceals his face by donning an improvised \"facial mask\" made", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231531", "text": "critics compared \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" unfavorably with \"Some Like It Hot\" (1959) and others who viewed the film favorably noted its similarity to \"Tootsie\" (1982). On Rotten Tomatoes, \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" has a rating of 71%, based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critical reception reads: On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 53 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. In 2000, the American Film Institute placed the film on its 100 Years...100 Laughs list, where it was ranked #67. In 2001, \"Mrs. Doubtfire 2\" began being developed by Bonnie", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231515", "text": "Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Chris Columbus and written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the novel \"Alias Madame Doubtfire\" by Anne Fine. It stars Robin Williams (who also served as a co-producer), Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, and Robert Prosky. It follows a recently divorced actor who dresses up as a female housekeeper to be able to interact with his children. The film addresses themes of divorce, separation, and the effect they have on a family. The film was released in the United States on", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231536", "text": "Kirkpatrick writing the book. Tony award-winner Jerry Zaks was also announced as the director of the show. Dates, casting, and theatre information has yet to be announced by Fox Stage Productions. Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Chris Columbus and written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the novel \"Alias Madame Doubtfire\" by Anne Fine. It stars Robin Williams (who also served as a co-producer), Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, and Robert Prosky. It follows a recently divorced actor who dresses up as a female housekeeper to", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "12309737", "text": "1993. The adaptation was directed by Chris Columbus, and written by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon. Robin Williams played the eponymous character, and Sally Field played his wife Miranda. In the film, his disguise is so well done that no one in his family recognizes him at first, the nanny and Miranda get very close. Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng received the Academy Award for Best Makeup for creating \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". Madame Doubtfire Madame Doubtfire, known as Alias Madame Doubtfire in the United States, is a 1987 English novel, written by Anne Fine for teenage and young", "title": "Madame Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "8343236", "text": "song was prominently featured in the film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", during a montage of the main character bonding with his family in disguise as a woman. The song was also used in the film's TV ads. Randi Mayem Singer, the writer of \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", credits \"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)\" as one of the most important songs ever written and as the direct influence for writing the script. She was quoted as saying \"Without ['Dude (Looks Like a Lady)'], there would be no \"Mrs. Doubtfire\"\". The song was also featured in the movie \"It's Pat\" where the title character (played by", "title": "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" }, { "docid": "4895009", "text": "with a newlywed portrayed by Meg Ryan. He had a small role in the 1993 hit \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" as the Muni bus driver who finds a small attraction to Mrs. Doubtfire, and played Mr. Wankmueller in the 1994 Macaulay Culkin comedy \"Getting Even with Dad\". He also acted in the television soap opera \"The Guiding Light\" for the 1970–71 season. Walker also provided the voice for the children's toy \"Grampa Time\" (a toy that had a nightlight and told bedtime stories). His many television appearances included The Phil Silvers Show For a good part of his career (late 1970s through", "title": "Sydney Walker" }, { "docid": "2231523", "text": "as Mrs. Doubtfire. The action causes the prosthetic mask to partially peel off Daniel's face, revealing his identity and horrifying Miranda. At their next custody hearing, Daniel points out that he has met the judge's requirements, and he explains his actions. The judge is touched by Daniel's words, but also disturbed by his ploy. He grants Miranda full custody, with Daniel being granted supervised Saturday visitation rights. Without Mrs. Doubtfire, Miranda and her children become miserable, acknowledging how much Mrs. Doubtfire improved their lives. They are surprised when the local station starts a new children's show \"Euphegenia's House\" which Daniel,", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2725300", "text": "to join the Blue Man Group. When Lindsay kicks him out of the house, Tobias disguises himself as a singing British nanny named \"Mrs. Featherbottom\" (an idea he gets from the film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\") so he can watch over his daughter Maeby. The family sees right through this incompetent disguise, but they humor Tobias since—in the guise of Mrs. Featherbottom—he does their chores. George Michael begins dating a deeply religious girl, Ann Veal, who encourages him to smash pop music CDs and to run for student body president against perennial favorite Steve Holt. Michael dislikes her and tries to disrupt", "title": "Arrested Development (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2231522", "text": "either appointment, Daniel decides to change in and out of the Mrs. Doubtfire costume to attend both events. Daniel eventually gets drunk on whisky and starts slipping up after changing in and out of costume, leading him to return to Lundy while in his costume by accident and quickly claim that \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" is his idea for the show. Daniel overhears that Stu is allergic to pepper and takes it upon himself to spike Stu's order of jambalaya, which he had requested be prepared mild. Stu starts choking on his dinner, and Daniel feeling guilty, gives him the Heimlich maneuver", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231520", "text": "of frosting from a cake found in his refrigerator. Frank and Jack quickly make him a new and slightly older mask. The children initially struggle under Mrs. Doubtfire's authority, but soon come around and thrive, and further, Miranda learns to become closer with her children. Daniel, as Mrs. Doubtfire, learns several household skills as part of the role, further improving himself. However, this has created another barrier for Daniel to see his children, as Miranda has put more trust into Mrs. Doubtfire than him, and she cannot bring herself to dismiss her. One night, Lydia and Chris discover Daniel's plan", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "14507389", "text": "the Riddler is a comic book villain who leaves behind riddles, puzzles, and word games so that they can be solved. While posing for pictures at the gala, a photographer mistakes Avery for stand-up comedian Chelsea Handler, which has been based on real life experience for Elizabeth Banks, who portrays Avery, as she has been mistaken for Handler. When Liz tells Jack that he cannot date both Avery and Nancy at the same time, she says \"Mrs. Doubtfire shimself could not do this\", a reference to actor Robin Williams' role in the movie \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", in which he plays two", "title": "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" }, { "docid": "2231526", "text": "Williams's death by suicide on August 11, 2014, the house became an impromptu memorial. All interior filming for the home took place in a Bay Area warehouse converted for sound stage usage. Williams's character, Daniel Hillard, lived upstairs from Danilo Bakery at 516 Green Street; his children attended a school at Filbert and Taylor. The makeup for Mrs. Doubtfire's appearance took four hours to apply. Williams later recounted how he used to walk through San Francisco dressed in full makeup and costume as Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire, and on one occasion, visiting a sex shop to buy a large dildo and", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "12309735", "text": "Madame Doubtfire Madame Doubtfire, known as Alias Madame Doubtfire in the United States, is a 1987 English novel, written by Anne Fine for teenage and young adult audiences. The novel centers around a family with divorced parents. In November 1993, six years after its publication, the novel was adapted into \"Mrs. Doubtfire,\" a film starring Robin Williams and Sally Field. Daniel and Miranda Hillard are separated and Miranda, a successful businesswoman, severely limits the amount of time Daniel, an impractical, out-of-work actor, is allowed to spend with their three children Lydia, Christopher and Natalie. When Miranda decides to hire a", "title": "Madame Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "1343715", "text": "was the glamour girl who would do anything, but \"Not until after six-o'clock!\" Songs came from the Beaux and the Belles, and Bob and Alf Pearson provided the musical interlude – \"We bring you melodies from out of the sky, my brother and I!\" Bob also played the little girl Jennifer who, asked her name, would coyly reply: \"Jen-ni-fer!\" The show was no real departure from tradition, even in its catch-phrases. There was Ivy's (Ted Ray) devotion to Mrs Hoskins, for instance: \"You're a lovely woman, Mrs Hoskins!\" And it was she to whom Mrs Hoskins would remark weakly: \"It", "title": "Ted Ray (comedian)" }, { "docid": "2231533", "text": "December 2006, during an interview on BBC Radio 1 by DJ Edith Bowman, Williams said that if it was not going to be done right, then it was not worth doing, and that there would not be a sequel with him in it. In August 2010, on \"\", Williams again brought up the topic of a sequel to \"Mrs. Doubtfire.\" He blamed the script not being right as the reason why a sequel was not made. He claimed the script had been written three times and failed, and there was no mention of any ongoing work on the project. Furthermore,", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "4264997", "text": "Wine Month celebration. Ousterhout lived in the \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" home, which he bought in 1997. The title character in the movie, played by Robin Williams, is a divorced man who pretends to be an older female nanny so he can be around his children. Ousterhout briefly knew Williams and liked the connection, explaining, \"I turn boys' faces into girls' faces. It seemed only natural.\" In 2015, a disgruntled former patient tried to set the front door on fire. Douglas Ousterhout Douglas K. Ousterhout is a retired craniofacial surgeon who practiced in San Francisco, CA, United States. His specialty was facial", "title": "Douglas Ousterhout" }, { "docid": "2231534", "text": "in December 2011, during an interview by \"Moviehole,\" Williams stated again that the chances of a sequel are \"highly unlikely.\" In 2011, Williams said: In 2014, Chris Columbus stated, in turn: In April 2014, it was announced that a sequel was in development at 20th Century Fox. Williams and Columbus were expected to return, and \"Elf\" screenwriter David Berenbaum was hired to write the script. However, after Williams' death in August 2014, plans for a sequel were permanently cancelled. On January 22, 2015, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that a musical adaptation of \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" was in the works, with music by", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "4652303", "text": "Lisa Jakub Lisa Jakub is a Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress. She is best known for her role as Lydia Hillard in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". Jakub was born on December 27, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Slovak (father) and Welsh and Scottish (mother) descent. She attended multiple schools in her early life including Hillfield-Strathallan College. Jakub later graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Sociology in 2010. Jakub's first role was in the 1985 film \"Eleni\". She later appeared in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" with Mara Wilson, Sally Field, Matthew Lawrence, and Robin Williams. When Jakub", "title": "Lisa Jakub" }, { "docid": "9010204", "text": "man. Other popular examples of gender disguise include \"Madame Doubtfire\" (published as \"Alias Madame Doubtfire\" in the United States) and its movie adaptation \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", featuring a man disguised as a woman. Similarly, the movie \"Tootsie\" features Dustin Hoffman disguised as a woman, while the movie \"The Associate\" features Whoopi Goldberg disguised as a man. In the television series \"Hell on Wheels\", season 5, Cullen Bohannon discovers the bilingual Chinese railroad worker known as Tao's son, Ah Fong, is actually Tao's daughter, Mei Fong. Mei pretended to be male both to escape being married off against her will and to", "title": "Passing (gender)" }, { "docid": "2231529", "text": "and the 12 certificate was reinstated for home video along with a 12A certificate for cinema release in 2014. On March 4, 2013, the uncut version was released on Blu-ray and downloads in the United Kingdom. Over 30 minutes of deleted scenes were omitted from the final cut of the film, some of which were featured in the 2008 DVD release of \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" called the \"Behind-the-Seams Edition.\" These include an entire subplot featuring Daniel's conflict with his nosy neighbor Gloria (Polly Holliday) and an extended scene at \"Bridges\" restaurant. In 2016 three further scenes, included in the aforementioned 2013", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "2231521", "text": "and, thrilled to have their father back, agree to keep his secret. While working at the station, Daniel is seen by the station's CEO Jonathan Lundy playing with toy dinosaurs on the set of a cancelled children's show. Impressed by his voice acting and imagination, Lundy invites Daniel for a dinner to discuss giving him his own children's show to host. Daniel discovers this is to be on the same night and time as a planned birthday dinner for Miranda by her former-acquaintance-turned-new-boyfriend Stuart Dunmeyer at the same restaurant, to which Mrs. Doubtfire is expected to attend. Unable to change", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "4469037", "text": "\"The Golden Girls\", where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on \"Home Improvement\", and a regular on \"The Client\". Holliday's notable roles in films include \"All the President's Men\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", the 1998 remake of \"The Parent Trap\" and her role as Mrs. Ruby Deagle in the 1984 box office smash \"Gremlins\". On the Broadway stage, she has appeared in revivals of \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" (1986) as Martha Brewster, one of the dotty, homicidal, sweet old aunties; \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" (1990), for which she was nominated for", "title": "Polly Holliday" }, { "docid": "3538092", "text": "1991 original. The film won also a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for the Tag Team track \"Addams Family (Whoomp!)\". \"Addams Family Values\" was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. In 2016, James Charisma of \"Playboy\" ranked the film #15 on a list of \"15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals\". \"Addams Family Values\" opened at #1 at its initial weekend with a reported total of $14,117,545. In its second week, the film dropped to #2 behind \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and in its third week to #3 behind \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and \"A Perfect World\". Its final domestic", "title": "Addams Family Values" }, { "docid": "5234006", "text": "in the film (also for \"The Specialist\"). The movie was a failure at the box office. It came in at #3 on its opening weekend behind \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and \"Philadelphia\", and went on to gross $21.3 million domestically against a $45 million budget. Intersection (1994 film) Intersection is a 1994 film, directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich and Martin Landau. It is a remake of the French film \"Les choses de la vie\" (1970) by Claude Sautet, the story — set in Vancouver, British Columbia — concerns an architect (played by Gere) who, as", "title": "Intersection (1994 film)" }, { "docid": "6786313", "text": "1965 and by Only Men Aloud! in 2008. Japan in 1978 on their \"Adolescent Sex\" album. The Bobby Darin version was used in the film \"American Beauty\" and the trailer for \"Catch Me If You Can\". The song was covered by Diana Ross and The Supremes on their 1968 album \"Sing and Perform Funny Girl\". Robin Williams also sang this song while dressed as Streisand during a scene from \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". LaToya London sang the song on the third season of \"American Idol\". Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross and Donna Summer also sang this song live. Lois Griffin sang", "title": "Don't Rain on My Parade" }, { "docid": "13027109", "text": "the Billy Wilder film \"Some Like It Hot\". Cross-dressing for comic effect was a frequently used device in most of the Carry On films. Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams have each appeared in a hit comedy film (\"Tootsie\" and \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", respectively) in which they played most scenes dressed as a woman. Occasionally, the issue is further complicated, for example, by a woman playing a woman acting as a man—who then pretends to be a woman, such as Julie Andrews in \"Victor/Victoria\", or Gwyneth Paltrow in \"Shakespeare in Love\". In \"\", filmwatchers never learn the gender of the androgynous main", "title": "Actor" }, { "docid": "6189833", "text": "Anne Haney Anne Ryan Haney, née Thomas, (March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her roles as social worker Mrs. Sellner in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and Greta the secretary in \"Liar Liar\". Haney appeared in the \"\" episode \"\" as Rishon Uxbridge, and later appeared as a Bajoran arbitrator in the \"\" episode \"\". She was a regular guest-star during the syndicated run of \"Mama's Family\", playing Alberta Meechum, the nemesis of Thelma Harper. On \"Our House\" she played fussy neighbor Virginia Taft. She was also a recurring cast", "title": "Anne Haney" }, { "docid": "2231518", "text": "custody. Daniel works to rebuild his life, getting a menial job at a local television station, and learns that Miranda is seeking a housekeeper to watch over the children. He secretly alters her classified ad form to keep other interested people away, and then uses his voice acting skills to call Miranda about the job, making them all undesirable applicants. He finally calls Miranda as a Scottish-accented nanny, whom he calls Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire, with strong credentials. Miranda is impressed and invites her for an interview. Daniel asks his brother Frank, a makeup artist, and Frank's partner, Jack to create", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "14851293", "text": "Williams played a divorced father who dressed as a nanny to be with his children in the 1993 comedy \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". Dame Edna was an elderly drag queen with \"wisteria-colored hair\" who did international chat shows in the 1990s. Bugs Bunny frequently cross-dresses in his cartoons for either comedic effect, or to confound a male opponent. Notable examples include \"Rabbit of Seville\", \"What's Opera Doc\" and \"Rabbit Seasoning\", all in attempts to deceive Elmer Fudd. Birdo from the \"Super Mario\" series is an interdeterminate, though highly suspected, cross-dressing male dinosaur. Doctor N. Gin from the \"Crash Bandicoot\" series wears a", "title": "History of cross-dressing" }, { "docid": "4884113", "text": "featured in films like \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", \"The Rookie\", \"Rush Hour\", \"Happy Gilmore\", \"Kiss of Death\", \"Detention\", \"Ready to Rumble\", \"Black Hawk Down\", \"Jack Reacher\", \"Turbo\", \"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot\", \"War Dogs\", \"Central Intelligence\", and \"Bridget Jones's Baby\", as well as the television series \"My Name Is Earl\", the TBS talk show \"Lopez Tonight\" and the BBC Radio Scotland series \"Off the Ball\". It was also featured in a Pringles commercial in the late 1990s. The song also appears in the second season of the television series \"New Girl\" when Jess, Nick, and Schmidt are celebrating the return of hot water to", "title": "Jump Around" }, { "docid": "4156073", "text": "Fauntleroy,\" with Alec Guinness (as Earl of Dorincourt) and Ricky Schroder (as \"Ceddy\", Little Lord Fauntleroy), she played a village lady named Mrs. Dibble. In the BBC production of the 1986 TV miniseries \"A Little Princess,\" she played the role of the \"Baker's Wife,\" who gives Sara 6 buns for fourpence and later takes under her wing a homeless beggar girl Sara had befriended. Rowlands also appeared quite frequently on television early in her career. Amongst the various series in which she appeared, were several appearances in \"Gert and Daisy\" (1959) as Bonnie, as well as appearing in 2 episodes", "title": "Patsy Rowlands" }, { "docid": "8341064", "text": "long list of hit movies including \"Harry Potter\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and \"Home Alone\". Bettina's voice can be heard on many regional and national commercials as well as on CD Roms for Disney, Lego, and Leapfrog, for whom she created 100 voices. Hers was the voice on the theme song for the NBC-TV mini-series \"Moviola\". On the Disney/Pixar CD Rom \"Jessie's Wild West Rodeo\", based on the Toy Story character of Jessie, she recorded the voice of Jessie. Her ability to access the childlike part of her voice has made her a natural for such Disney Records recordings as \"Little Red", "title": "Bettina Devin" }, { "docid": "4962699", "text": "think I ran over a Wookiee back there,” and this really cracked me up and I said, “What is a Wookiee?” and he said, “I don’t know, I just made it up.”. Lucas and McGovern continued their work together in the 1970s classics \"American Graffiti\" and \"Star Wars\". McGovern played the role of the young high school teacher Mr. Bill Wolfe in \"American Graffiti\", and in \"Star Wars\" he provided voice-overs for various personalities of the Empire. In 1993, he appeared in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", playing a voiceover director who argues with Daniel Hillard during the opening scene. McGovern acted as", "title": "Terry McGovern (actor)" }, { "docid": "6943732", "text": "states on his official website that he wrote \"Torin's Passage\" in 1994 after seeing the film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" with his daughter. He states that while watching the film, he realized that the audience was laughing in two different pitches: \"high little giggles when the kids laughed at the slapstick parts of the film, and deep knowing guffaws when the adults caught something that they knew the kids wouldn't get.\" Lowe thought, \"Why isn't there a computer game that my 9-year-old daughter and I could play that works like that?\" Lowe's daughter would take a small role in the development of", "title": "Torin's Passage" }, { "docid": "1463104", "text": "such as Liberace and Elvis Presley. In some of these sketches, he played a little girl. He mentored young musicians at the Dave Sobol Theatrical Agency. In the late 1970s, worsening arthritis forced Tipton to retire from music. Tipton was never legally married, but there were five women who called themselves Mrs. Tipton at various points. In 1934, Tipton began living with a woman named Non Earl Harrell in a relationship that other musicians thought of as lesbian. The relationship ended in 1942. Tipton's sex was reportedly concealed from the four women who would later call themselves \"Mrs. Tipton\". Tipton", "title": "Billy Tipton" }, { "docid": "9741472", "text": "the script has never been produced, it was listed in the Los Angeles Times’ “'The Best' Still On Paper” article in 1992. Due to the buzz from that script, Twentieth Century Fox tapped Singer to write the screen adaptation of children's novel \"Alias Madame Doubtfire\" by Anne Fine. Released in 1993, \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" grossed $441 million worldwide, earned an Academy Award for Best Makeup, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and placed 67th in the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest movies of the last century, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. Randi Mayem Singer", "title": "Randi Mayem Singer" }, { "docid": "6263196", "text": "Robin Williams character Mrs. Doubtfire bears no resemblance to the Stockbridge original. Madame Doubtfire's favourite saying was \"walls have ears\". One of Scotland's best known brothels was located in Danube Street, Stockbridge. Dora Noyce (1900–77), the proprietor for about thirty years after the second world war, was fined 47 times for living off immoral earnings. She is remembered as a local legend, and was also a good friend of Madame Doubtfire. The success of Stockbridge as an urban environment led to the area being shortlisted by The Academy of Urbanism for the award 'Great Neighbourhood of the Year: 2009'. On", "title": "Stockbridge, Edinburgh" }, { "docid": "4652304", "text": "received the part of Lydia in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", her school expelled her for accruing too many absences. Robin Williams wrote a letter to Jakub's high school, pleading with them to re-admit Jakub but this was unsuccessful. She played Sandra in \"Matinee\", appeared in \"A Pig's Tale\" and \"Independence Day\", \"The Beautician and the Beast\", and played the \"inspiration\" for Princess Leia in the short film \"George Lucas in Love\". She starred in \"Picture Perfect\" (1995), and portrayed a bordello worker in the American Old West in \"Painted Angels\" (1997). After retiring from acting in 2001 at the age of 22,", "title": "Lisa Jakub" }, { "docid": "1526716", "text": "\"The Lawnmower Man\" (1992). In 1992, he shot a pilot for NBC called \"Running Wilde,\" playing a reporter for \"Auto World\" magazine. Jennifer Love Hewitt played his daughter. The pilot never aired, however. In 1993 he played a supporting role in the comedy film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". He also appeared in several television films, including \"Victim of Love\" (1991), \"Death Train\" (1993) and \"Night Watch\" (1995), a spy thriller set in Hong Kong. In 2003, Brosnan was rewarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish Film. Brosnan first met James Bond films producer Albert", "title": "Pierce Brosnan" }, { "docid": "1807927", "text": "in the film version of \"Steel Magnolias\" (1989), she was nominated for a 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Field had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan's character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer. She then played Tom Hanks's mother in \"Forrest Gump\" (1994), even though she was only 10 years older than Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in \"Punchline\". Field's other 1990s films included \"Not Without My Daughter\", a controversial thriller based", "title": "Sally Field" }, { "docid": "11016898", "text": "series, has led to numerous unauthorised remakes and pastiches, such as \"James Batman\" starring comedian Dolphy, \"Batman Fights Dracula\", and \"Alyas Batman en Robin\". Dolphy also played leading roles in other mockbusters, including \"Wanted: Perfect Father\", a comedy-drama based on the 1993 film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and \"Tataynic\", a 1998 parody of James Cameron's \"Titanic\". Other Filipino knockoffs include \"Bobo Cop\" (a parody of \"RoboCop\") and \"Rocky Plus V\" (a spoof of the \"Rocky\" series). Mockbusters based on popular animated films are known as a \"drafting opportunity.\" For example, \"Kiara the Brave\" (a mockbuster of Pixar's \"Brave\") and \"Puss in Boots:", "title": "Mockbuster" }, { "docid": "2976281", "text": "1987, he wrote an episode of \"The New Adventures of Beans Baxter\" while also appearing in various films and television shows including \"Willow\", \"Amazing Stories\" and \"Million Dollar Mystery\". In 1992, he landed a role in the FOX Network sketch comedy show \"The Edge\". The show ended in 1993. Later that year, Overton appeared in two episodes of \"Seinfeld\" and landed a small role in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\". The following year, he won an Emmy for writing an episode of \"Dennis Miller Live\". In 2005, Overton appeared on \"Alias\" and \"Joan Of Arcadia\"; in the latter he played God explaining to", "title": "Rick Overton" }, { "docid": "5948220", "text": "the biopic film \"Wilde\", alongside Stephen Fry, Vanessa Redgrave and Gemma Jones in 1997. In 2003, she played Maria Thins in \"Girl with a Pearl Earring\". The role earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She played the domineering American dowager, Mrs van Schuyler, opposite David Suchet, James Fox, Frances de la Tour and David Soul in a feature-length episode of \"Agatha Christie's Poirot\" in the 2004 edition of \"Death on the Nile\". In 2008, she appeared as the primary villainess in \"Little Dorrit\", as the cruel Mrs Clennam, alongside Alun Armstrong, Sue Johnston and", "title": "Judy Parfitt" }, { "docid": "20708931", "text": "The Little Black Princess The Little Black Princess: a True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land is a children's novel by the Australian author Jeannie Gunn. The book is an account of the early life of a small Aboriginal girl who took refuge with Mrs Gunn for a short time in 1902. The child is named Bett-Bett in the novel and though the name was changed, the character is based on the events of an Aboriginal child at Elsey Station. That child was said by Mrs Gunn in 1937 to have been a niece of Ibimel Wooloomool, who she", "title": "The Little Black Princess" }, { "docid": "14630485", "text": "previously. He is struggling to come to terms with his grief and sense of loss. And when he tries to break into the house again, Mrs Little confronts him. She insists that he help the frightened girl, who is not only blind but also has learning difficulties. Luke’s returns to play music for the girl; his playing soothes and calms her. But he becomes aware that Mrs Little kidnapped her and Luke helps to reunite her with her parents. Skin, the leader of the gang, expects Luke to produce valuable items from the house. Skin becomes increasingly violent towards Luke", "title": "Starseeker" }, { "docid": "2231532", "text": "Hunt, even though Anne Fine had not written any follow-up novels to \"Alias Madame Doubtfire,\" but writing did not begin until 2003. Robin Williams was set to return in disguise as an old nanny. Due to problems with the script, re-writing began in 2006, as Williams was unhappy with the plot, and the sequel was again scrapped later that year. The film was expected to be released in late 2007, but following further script problems, the sequel was declared scrapped in December 2006. In 2006, in an \"Newsday\" interview, Williams said the sequel was indefinitely scrapped. Stating his reasons: In", "title": "Mrs. Doubtfire" }, { "docid": "1396668", "text": "to write a novel. Clearly this was the right job for me, for I have never stopped writing for more than a few weeks since”. In September 2010, Fine told \"The Daily Telegraph\"’s Jessica Salter that this first book lay under her bed after being rejected by two publishers, adding “Five years later I unearthed it and entered it in a competition where I was runner-up, and it was finally published in 1978”. Her books for older children include \"Madame Doubtfire\" (1987), a satirical novel that Twentieth Century Fox filmed as \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", starring Robin Williams. \"Goggle-Eyes\" (Hamish Hamilton, 1989)", "title": "Anne Fine" }, { "docid": "7921655", "text": "when Ruff called Isaac, who was dressed as an old lady, he accidentally called him Mrs. Doubtfire and then corrects himself and says Mrs. Issacson. In Season 5, Episode 18, when Joe explained to the FETCHers, he told Michelle about the book she read. Michelle said: \"I believe that was Green Eggs and Ham.\" The show also had some guest stars. In season 1, Aaron Carter and the contestants all appeared in his new music video. In season 2, episode 2, Ruff sends Madi and Willie to meet the Blue Man Group, and although he intended for them to meet", "title": "Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman" }, { "docid": "9327726", "text": "explaining an everyday subject to Mooncat and looking at a film about it on his Moon Machine through either the round, square or triangle screen. Then there would be a story about Billie, a little girl who had toys which came to life - these were Woodley a dog (presumably real), Monkey, Mrs Pinkerton-Trunks an elephant and Mr Milford Haven, a lion. This was usually narrated by Reid but occasionally by Boxer who accompanied the story with dramatic piano riffs in the style of an old black-and-white movie. A song would then follow with music composed and played by Stephen", "title": "Mooncat" }, { "docid": "8098593", "text": "romance with a Victor (who was eventually discovered to be a girl named Victoria - to Charlie's relief). Other characters include Mrs. Coles, the local shopkeeper (\"Little Britain\" regular Di Botcher), PC Claude Cox (Keiron Self), a friend of the family, with a fondness for cake, plastic sex dolls and pornographic films. Also present is show co-writer Boyd Clack who plays Sergeant Ball. The pilot and the series in general can be compared: The series' theme tune is an instrumental version of the 1959 song \"High Hopes\" played on a Welsh harp by Dai Brown. The backdrop village seen on", "title": "High Hopes (UK TV series)" }, { "docid": "7283386", "text": "the first draft of the film's screenplay, but were replaced by Leslie Dixon, screenwriter for family comedies such as \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and \"Freaky Friday\". After a year's deliberation on who should direct the film, Zadan and Meron finally decided to hire Adam Shankman to both direct and choreograph \"Hairspray\". Upon learning he had been hired, Shankman arranged a meeting with John Waters, who advised him \"don't do what I did, don't do what the play did. You've gotta do your own thing.\" Despite this, Shankman still noted \"all roads of \"Hairspray\" lead back to John Waters.\" Tory Gardner and his", "title": "Hairspray (2007 film)" }, { "docid": "3413655", "text": "brothers, Joey Lawrence and Andy, both of whom are also actors. Lawrence attended classes at Abington Friends School. Lawrence began acting in the mid-1980s, his first role being that of Danny Carrington in \"Dynasty\". He continued as a child actor through the early 1990s, appearing in many television and feature film roles, including the 1993 Robin Williams comedy \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and the mid-1990s television series \"Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad\". In addition, he maintained starring roles in \"Brotherly Love\", which starred his real life brothers, and \"Boy Meets World\" where he played Jack Hunter. Lawrence also appeared alongside Rob Schneider in \"The", "title": "Matthew Lawrence" }, { "docid": "1731897", "text": "Actor for \"Indian\". 'The Week', in its 13 September 1992 edition, reported that Chiranjeevi charged Rs.1.25 crores per a film and which is the highest ever remuneration for any Indian hero then. In 1994, Kamal became the first actor to charge 1.5 crore per film.The highest paid Indian actor from 1970 to 1987 was Rajesh Khanna. After \"Indian\" Kamal played a woman in the comedy \"Avvai Shanmughi\" (inspired by \"Mrs. Doubtfire\"), which was a box-office success. He chose Shantanu Sheorey to direct the Hindi remake of \"Avvai Shanmughi\", \"Chachi 420\", but after dissatisfaction with five days of shooting Kamal took", "title": "Kamal Haasan" }, { "docid": "6831863", "text": "head of her real estate firm this morning. Shirley comes outside and tells Sam to come in for breakfast, as Rose goes back inside to do the dishes. Buchanan comes outside and tells the Fiorentino's that he has had a little baby girl in the night. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Maurrant enter, and Mrs. Jones asks her about Mrs. Buchanan, who Mrs. Maurrant has been looking after all night. Mrs. Jones leaves to walk her dog, and Mrs. Maurrant leaves to go to the grocery store. Rose and Mr. Maurrant come out of the house and Rose tries to persuade", "title": "Street Scene (opera)" }, { "docid": "14647519", "text": "Mrs. Hincher Mrs. Hincher is an unpublished short story by J.D. Salinger. The story centers on a married couple, Frank and Paula Hincher, who are struggling to have a child. Mrs. Hincher convinces herself she is pregnant, and claims she needs bedrest. While her doctors tell her otherwise, she determines she will have a child, and sets up a nursery. Her husband finds her staying in bed and soon locking herself in the room. Weeks go by until a young girl is allowed in and reports there is a little baby in there but it won't talk. Overcome with frustration,", "title": "Mrs. Hincher" }, { "docid": "634317", "text": "landlady about her son. The situation becomes more tense when Mrs. Hallet insists on retrieving her jelly glasses from the cellar. Rynn steadfastly refuses to let her into the cellar, and Mrs. Hallet leaves. She returns later, and, ignoring Rynn's warnings, opens the trapdoor to go into the cellar. Suddenly terrified by something she sees, Mrs. Hallet attempts to flee, but accidentally knocks down the cellar door support, fatally hitting her head on the door. Trying to hide evidence of Mrs. Hallet's visit, Rynn goes outside to move her car. Her inability to start it attracts the attention of Mario,", "title": "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" }, { "docid": "1807916", "text": "range of acclaimed and successful films including \"Smokey and the Bandit II\" (1980), \"Absence of Malice\" (1981), \"Kiss Me Goodbye\" (1982), \"Murphy's Romance\" (1985), \"Steel Magnolias\" (1989), \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" (1993), and \"Forrest Gump\" (1994). In the 2000s, she returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama \"ER\", for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and the following year made her stage debut with Edward Albee's \"The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?\". From 2006 to 2011, she portrayed the protagonist Nora Walker on the ABC television", "title": "Sally Field" }, { "docid": "7419133", "text": "\"The Tales of Beatrix Potter\". In 1993, the tale was adapted to animation and telecast as an episode of the BBC series, \"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends\". In the world of Peter rabbit and friends the story was combined with the tale of Jeremy Fisher, the 7th book in the series. This book, the tale of Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, is the 6th book in the series. It is also the 6th book to be published. A little girl named Lucie lives on a farm called Little-town. She is a good little girl, but has lost three pocket handkerchiefs and", "title": "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" }, { "docid": "14498473", "text": "to marry the Holt girl, takes an interest in Mrs. Delville. Her estimation of Mrs. Delville improves a little, though, when Mrs. Delville rejects 'The Dancing Master' after learning that he was married and had a family. Later, when Mrs. Hauksbee is helping take care of children during an epidemic of diphtheria, she gains a greater appreciation of Mrs. Delville when the later saves a child who is choking to death. It is later revealed that Mrs. Delville lost a child in the same manner. Bobby Wick is made a subaltern and he joins a regiment called the Tyneside Tail", "title": "Under the Deodars" }, { "docid": "10117105", "text": "Fog City Mavericks Fog City Mavericks is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Gary Leva. It chronicles the San Francisco Bay Area's most well known filmmakers through interviews and archival footage. It is narrated by Peter Coyote, who is also featured in the film. The documentary also covers some of the movies made by these filmmakers such as \"American Graffiti\", \"Star Wars\", \"Indiana Jones\", \"Apocalypse Now\", \"The Godfather\", \"The Black Stallion\", \"Home Alone\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and \"Toy Story.\" The film premiered at San Francisco's Castro Theater on April 29, 2007. George Lucas and John Lasseter attended as guest speakers.", "title": "Fog City Mavericks" }, { "docid": "10117104", "text": "Fog City Mavericks Fog City Mavericks is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Gary Leva. It chronicles the San Francisco Bay Area's most well known filmmakers through interviews and archival footage. It is narrated by Peter Coyote, who is also featured in the film. The documentary also covers some of the movies made by these filmmakers such as \"American Graffiti\", \"Star Wars\", \"Indiana Jones\", \"Apocalypse Now\", \"The Godfather\", \"The Black Stallion\", \"Home Alone\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and \"Toy Story.\" The film premiered at San Francisco's Castro Theater on April 29, 2007. George Lucas and John Lasseter attended as guest speakers.", "title": "Fog City Mavericks" }, { "docid": "18866457", "text": "in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 27, 2015, at the age of 80. A resident of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Newman was survived by his wife of 32 years, Margaret Ramsey; and his two children, Liam Newman and Katherine Newman. He was predeceased by another son, Matthew, who died in a fall in 1976. Newman had previously been married to the former Julia Tayon, whom he married circa 1960. William Newman (actor) William MacLeod Newman (June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015) was an American film, television and theater actor. His professional credits include \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" in 1993. Newman was born in Chicago,", "title": "William Newman (actor)" }, { "docid": "11294206", "text": "Marit Allen Marit Allen (17 September 1941 – 26 November 2007) was an English fashion journalist and costume designer who specialized in costumes for films. She designed the costumes for several successful Hollywood films, including \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", \"The Witches\", \"Eyes Wide Shut\", \"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels\", \"Brokeback Mountain\" and \"La Vie en Rose\". Her career as a film costume designer lasted over 33 years. Marit Allen was born on 17 September 1941 in Cheshire, England, to a Norwegian mother and an English father. She was a pupil at Adcote School, an independent girls' boarding school in Shropshire from 1951 and 1959.", "title": "Marit Allen" }, { "docid": "6189835", "text": "death in 1980, she moved with their daughter to Southern California, where she began her acting career. Haney was close friends with actor Robert Reed. She and Reed's daughter, Karen, were the only persons Reed allowed to visit him as he was dying of colon cancer. On May 26, 2001, Haney died of heart failure at age 67. Anne Haney Anne Ryan Haney, née Thomas, (March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her roles as social worker Mrs. Sellner in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and Greta the secretary in \"Liar", "title": "Anne Haney" }, { "docid": "17808605", "text": "Kidult The portmanteau coinages kidult, rejuvenile, adultescent refer to adults with interests traditionally seen as suitable for children. It can also have other meanings, such as a parent who enjoys being a parent due to spending quality time with their children, but is not willing to accept their more authoritarian role/responsibilities as parent. An example is Robin Williams' character in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", a father who has fun with his children but is a poor disciplinarian and is seen by his wife as an irresponsible head of the household. In the past, psychology recognized the concept of \"puer aeternus\", or \"eternal", "title": "Kidult" }, { "docid": "18577591", "text": "post. Mrs. North, who believed that her husband was killed in the war, comes North with her brother and her little grandchild to attend the reunion of the Confederate veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. While out working with her grandmother, the little girl is lost, and is picked up by North on his way to attend the reunion. Through the police the grandmother and uncle are notified of the whereabouts of the child, and when they come to claim her at the Grand Army of the Republic post, there are mutual recognitions, and Mr. and Mrs. North", "title": "The Flag of His Country" }, { "docid": "8630956", "text": "Does Broadway\", while the Cherry Poppin' Daddies recorded a version on their 2014 Rat Pack tribute \"Please Return the Evening\". The song was parodied in the \"Simpsons\" episode \"Mayored to the Mob\" as \"Luke be a Jedi\". It also has been used in the OST from \"The Cooler\", a movie which deals with Casino life (and also death) in Las Vegas. It also had one line sung by the Doctor, in the \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Rose\". The song features prominently in the film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" when Robin Williams' character, Daniel Hillard, is given a makeover to \"become\" a woman. The", "title": "Luck Be a Lady" }, { "docid": "20378623", "text": "Valley Film Festival. The story centers on a low budget film director (Danny Glover) who unknowingly swaps identities with a crazed terrorist. The film features multiple well-known San Francisco character actors: Marc Hayashi (\"Chan is Missing\"); Joe Bellan (\"Sudden Impact\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\"); Jane Dornacker (\"The Right Stuff\"); songstress Christa Victoria; and comedian Bob Sarlatte. \"Aftershocks\" (1989 theater production) <br> Director<br> This musical comedy stage revue was produced and written by SF Chronicle columnist Gerald Nachman with Emmy Award-winning songwriter Rita Abrams. The show had an extended run at the Plush Room in San Francisco and in the York Hotel (where", "title": "Robert N. Zagone" }, { "docid": "11710736", "text": "in the house\". The film features the 2009 song \"Don't Change for Me\" by Matthew Moon in the closing credits, which was later covered by Gin Blossoms on their 2010 album \"No Chocolate Cake\". \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" – a 1993 comedy in which a parent also dresses up in the other gender to grow closer to his children and which reviewers compared \"Soccer Mom\" to. Soccer Mom (film) Soccer Mom is an American 2008 direct-to-video film starring Missi Pyle and Emily Osment. A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach", "title": "Soccer Mom (film)" }, { "docid": "16531428", "text": "and by the child's mother Edith Waters Walder who had subsequently recovered from her illness, married a San Franciscan hardware dealer and was now known as Edith Bashford. Regarding William Phifer's claim, concern was expressed that a man should have guardianship of such a young girl. Mr. Phifer died before the case was settled leaving claims for guardianship split among his son, Sherman Phifer, and three others. Regarding Mrs. Creede's claim, it was established that in legal terms, only Mr. Creede had adopted the little girl. The papers Mrs. Creede had signed at the time of adoption were simply agreements", "title": "Nicholas C. Creede" }, { "docid": "14815968", "text": "commercials and a character on the TV show Sesame Street called Mrs. Mae Trump. Loretta and her brother Jack Clemens played music in a band called Loretta and Jack. They recorded a number of songs including Stop,You're Breaking My Heart from the album Jazz Guitar Varieties, Black and Blue from the album Jazz Guitar Varieties and Just A Little Girl written by S. B. Fishburne. Jack and Loretta Clemens also starred in a musical comedy radio series on NBC called \"The Gibson Family\", which was on the radio from 1934 to 1935. Jack and Loretta Clemens played themselves in the", "title": "The Triolettes" }, { "docid": "1308786", "text": "the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" in 2004, largely in response to its much later popularisation in the television programme \"The Simpsons\", although \"ITMA\" is credited with the earliest recorded use of the term. On Wednesday, 19 February 1947, Mrs Jean Mann, MP for Coatbridge, introduced the epithet \"twerp\" to the House of Commons when referring to Tommy Handley during a debate on supplementary estimates. She objected to Molly Weir, who played a Scottish girl (Tattie Mackintosh) on the show, \"pursuing\" Tommy Handley. Mrs Mann commented that in her day, no Scottish girl would be seen chasing a twerp like Handley. The", "title": "It's That Man Again" }, { "docid": "8445224", "text": "Chachi 420 Chachi 420 () is a 1997 Indian Hindi comedy film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Kamal Haasan. The film is a remake of the Tamil film \"Avvai Shanmughi\" (released in the previous year) which was inspired from the Hollywood film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" (1993). It was the first film directed by Kamal Haasan who also starred in the film playing double roles. The film also starred Tabu, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ayesha Jhulka, Nassar and Fatima Sana Shaikh. Jaiprakash Paswan a.k.a. Jai (Kamal Haasan) and Janki Paswan (Tabu) are fighting a divorce case.", "title": "Chachi 420" }, { "docid": "13463031", "text": "M.D. and Matthew Rushton, Hollywood film producer of \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", founded \"Search Alliance\" to speed the discovery and development of effective treatments against HIV and its complications. Working with physicians who were experimenting with potential treatments in their private practices, the organization pooled data and identified promising experimental regimens. The staff designed the studies, coordinated the data collection of Alliance physicians, and analyzed and published the results. In 1995, Search Alliance changed its name to AIDS Research Alliance of America and centralized all research activities in one licensed facility based in Los Angeles. This allowed ARAA to identify and manage", "title": "AIDS Research Alliance" }, { "docid": "639892", "text": "and out of the film industry. Director Chris Columbus, who directed Williams in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", says that watching him work \"was a magical and special privilege. His performances were unlike anything any of us had ever seen, they came from some spiritual and otherworldly place.\" Looking over most of his filmography, Alyssa Rosenberg at \"The Washington Post\" was \"struck by the breadth\" and radical diversity of most of his roles, writing that \"Williams helped us grow up.\" Janet Hirshenson later revealed in an interview that Robin Williams had expressed interest in portraying Rubeus Hagrid in the \"Harry Potter\" films, but", "title": "Robin Williams" }, { "docid": "13333232", "text": "to Eliza and John D. Bellamy in 1839, the year of their marriage and of Dr. Harriss’s untimely death just a few weeks after the ceremony. Rosella and six other females were also working in the home, including Joan, a wet nurse and nanny for the Bellamy children; Caroline, Joan’s daughter (who was 7 in 1860) and was described as Mrs. Bellamy’s \"little maid\" who followed Eliza \"from foot to foot\"; Mary Ann, a 14-year old in 1860 who was likely learning tasks from Sarah, Joan, and Rosella. A 4-year-old girl, a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old girl were also", "title": "Bellamy Mansion" }, { "docid": "4927502", "text": "Girl Who Knew Too Much\" was: \"You have to be crazy or in love — to take on the syndicate!\" The film was intended to be a vehicle for Adam West to escape his Batman stereotype by playing a cynical, hard-edged tough guy. The movie's dialogue is typified by a scene between West's Cain and the boozy Mrs. Grinaldi played by Smith: \"The Girl Who Knew Too Much\" was not a box office success in theatrical release, but became a staple of late-night showings on WCBS-TV and other television stations in the early 1970s. It then disappeared from sight for", "title": "The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969 film)" }, { "docid": "10535833", "text": "W. Hemmings, a former actor on Broadway. Hemmings was active in amateur theater and participated in the San Antonio Negro Little Theater by directing productions. She and her husband helped to organize Phyllis Wheatley Dramatic Guild Players. In her career, she appeared in three films. First, in the 1941 tragic drama film \"Go Down Death: The Story of Jesus and the Devil\", she starred as the martyr Sister Caroline. In addition to acting, Hemmings co-produced and co-directed the film. In the 1943 film \"Marching On\", she played Mrs. Ellen Tucker. In \"Girl in Room 20\" (1946), she played Sarra Walker.", "title": "Myra Hemmings" }, { "docid": "9947779", "text": "have imprisoned Jennifer Armstrong, a kidnapped little girl, on the island, the daughter of a very rich man. Having tormented the Sticks into a retreat, they rescue the girl and take her to the police, who are amazed to see the child \"the whole country is looking for!!\" The police accompany them back to the island in time to trap and arrest the Sticks. The kidnapped girl's father allows her to spend a week with her new friends on Kirrin Island. In the 1970s series, Mrs Stick is first seen with her husband who drives her to Kirrin Cottage at", "title": "Five Run Away Together" }, { "docid": "1311652", "text": "work outside the prison or his inability to leave. Mr Dorrit assumes the role of Father of the Marshalsea, and is held in great respect by its inhabitants, as if he had chosen to live there. After Arthur tells his mother that he will not continue in the family business, Mrs Clennam chooses her clerk Jeremiah Flintwinch as her partner. When Arthur learns that Mrs Clennam employs Little Dorrit as a seamstress, showing unusual kindness, he wonders whether the young girl might be connected with the mystery of the watch. Arthur follows the girl to the Marshalsea. He tries in", "title": "Little Dorrit" }, { "docid": "14570540", "text": "beats her son repeatedly calling him a 'little beast.' A few weeks later we rejoin Mrs Constant. She is a shell of her former self. It is Reverend Merrick who informs us of the reason for this: Arnie has drowned himself to his mother’s great shame. Merrick seems to offer a way out for Mrs Constant, by suggesting that Arnie committed suicide not because he was gay but, on the contrary, because he had fathered the child of a coloured girl in the town. Meanwhile, Mr Constant has been called to testify at the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and", "title": "Personal Enemy" }, { "docid": "11551283", "text": "Colossal Episode Guide\", a book by the cast and writers of the series, reads: \"A dark film about dark things. Rondo Hatton's swan song; he died just weeks after the film was completed. So murky and dark, it makes \"M\" look like \"Mrs. Doubtfire\".\" Michael J. Nelson, the show's head writer who also plays the character of the same name, said the staff initially felt strange making jokes at the expense of Rondo Hatton and his real-life illness; however, Nelson said, \"Then you realize it's the whole point of the movie: he's a guy with a big ugly face...And he", "title": "The Brute Man" }, { "docid": "5181317", "text": "interesting.' MSN.com called the story \"disconcerting\" In 2015, it was reported that Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (who has previously produced the musicals \"Rent\" and \"Avenue Q\" amongst others) had signed a deal two years earlier with Fox to develop some of the films from its back catalog into musicals for the stage. He expressed particular interest in \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and \"The Devil Wears Prada\". Early in 2017, it was officially announced by McCollum that in partnership with Fox Stage Productions and Rocket Entertainment, a musical version of \"The Devil Wears Prada\" (influenced by both the film and the book) would", "title": "The Devil Wears Prada (novel)" }, { "docid": "11491309", "text": "taught at UC Davis in the 60s and 70s. (Artist and educator Peter Voulkos set the stage for Funk by reengaging ceramics as part of contemporary studio practice.) Bruce Nauman, who is often credited with dissolving the medium specific practices of previous generations, went to UC Davis and studied under William Wiley. San Francisco Bay Area is the home of well known fine artist Anna Bayla Wilson. Anna is the younger sister of former Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda (1996 film) star Mara Wilson. By the end of the 1960s Conceptual Art and Minimal Art were reforming the aesthetics and values", "title": "Art in the San Francisco Bay Area" }, { "docid": "15498245", "text": "female cab drivers are seen getting very over-excited about it. Jackie, meanwhile, is confronting her ex-husband after the discovery that he is already dating another woman who she nicknames Mrs. Doubtfire. As Jackie finally arrives, she signs the deeds for the cars and a montage of the cars driving through the sea-side village takes place. <br> Back at the taxi firm, Elaine starts freaking out. It becomes apparent to start up the cab company, Elaine re-mortgaged her house - without telling her husband. Jackie takes her friend into a back room away from the other girls and it takes a", "title": "Candy Cabs" }, { "docid": "15251939", "text": "Ve Neill Ve Neill (born Mary Flores; 1951) is an American makeup artist. She has won three Academy Awards, for the films \"Beetlejuice\", \"Mrs. Doubtfire\" and \"Ed Wood\". She has been nominated for eight Oscars in total. Neill recounts that she aspired to be a make-up artist since the age of five and wanted to create monsters. As a child, she was known for painting the faces of her cousins with whatever was at hand, such as lipstick and shoe polish. Her interest in the makeup world was broadened by Leo Lotito, a make-up artist for TV shows who helped", "title": "Ve Neill" }, { "docid": "18223176", "text": "Mo'ne Davis Mo'ne Ikea Davis (born June 24, 2001) is an American former Little League Baseball pitcher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of two girls who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and was the first girl to earn a win and to pitch a shutout in Little League World Series history. She was the 18th girl overall to play, the sixth to get a hit, and the first African-American girl to play in the Little League World Series. She was also the first Little League baseball player to appear on the cover of \"Sports Illustrated\" as", "title": "Mo'ne Davis" }, { "docid": "18749957", "text": "social status of women in Indian society, Mrs. Little was moved and wanted to start a school to educate Indian girl children. Her fiends in Islington, England, helped her in this cause, by sending gifts, which were sold in Bangalore, helping to raise funds to run the school for nearly 8 months. Many girl children were very happy to get an education, with Mrs. Little noting that many hardly missed classes even for a day. The school started at 9:00 am with an assembly. At 9:30 am, children joined the servants in saying Tamil prayers led by a catechist. Proper", "title": "Goodwill's Girls' School, Bangalore" }, { "docid": "13864466", "text": "Lovey Mary Lovey Mary is a 1926 American comedy-drama film directed by King Baggot. Based on the 1903 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice, the film stars Bessie Love in the title role. The story is a sequel to Rice's \"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch\" and Lovey Mary is one of the characters from that earlier novel. The film survives, but is incomplete. Lovey Mary (Love) is a runaway from an orphanage who takes a little companion and finds a home with poor and kind Mrs. Wiggs (Mary Alden). As a plus, the cheerful young girl", "title": "Lovey Mary" }, { "docid": "6656801", "text": "Mrs & Mrs Chicklaid - proprietors of the Bull Inn at Little Staughton Sprig Muslin Sprig Muslin is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. The story is set in 1813. Sir Gareth is a noted Corinthian and has been a confirmed bachelor ever since his betrothed died prematurely, seven years ago. He decides for practical reasons to marry an old friend, Hester, who is unfashionable and plain, not to mention \"on the shelf\" at the age of 29. However, he soon meets a young, run-away girl and determines to resolve her problems satisfactorily. Unfortunately, this particular runaway is possessed", "title": "Sprig Muslin" }, { "docid": "10252698", "text": "tree from her yard. Although she is reported to have filed a complaint with the officer in charge at Central Camp immediately, nothing was done. Subsequently, Mrs. Koneswary complained to a deputy inspector general in Ampara, who intervened on her behalf, and instructed the local police to return the timber to the family. It was after this incident that the alleged verbal abuse and sexual harassment of Mrs. Koneswary began. On May 17, around 11 p.m., as described by her four-year-old daughter, some \"uncles with guns\" had entered the hut, carried the little girl outside and left her near a", "title": "Murugesapillai Koneswary" }, { "docid": "18300647", "text": "in him and obliquely threatens her. Sayre telephones his attorney Jerome T. Shelby who dismisses his suspicions about Mrs. Sayre and the \"4.30 or a little after\" being a coded signal for an illicit rendezvous, and asks him to bring his latest will to his office for signing. About 5.30pm, Mrs. Sayre meets Dr. Boyer at a restaurant. Also present at the restaurant are Private Investigator Oliver Keith and his \"girl friday\" Ella Carey. When Boyer departs, Mrs. Sayre approaches Keith, asking for his help in finding out why a man has been watching the Sayre house and the reason", "title": "The Lady in Scarlet" }, { "docid": "9220390", "text": "Girl\" on ABC's \"The Real McCoys\". She appeared on CBS's \"Perry Mason\" as Winifred Wileen in the 1964 episode, \"The Case of the Illicit Illusion.\" That same year, Varden, along with veteran character actress and comedienne Kathleen Freeman were featured in a third season episode of The Lucy Show entitled \"Lucy Gets Her Maid\". In that installment, Varden played yet another snooty socialite named Mrs. Van Vlack who hires Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) as a maid. She also appeared on the 7th season episode of \"The Beverly Hillbillies\" \"Problem Bear\" as the snobby socialite, Mrs. Vanransenhoff, who went home with", "title": "Norma Varden" }, { "docid": "2945242", "text": "The pretty but unprincipled portress at Madame Beck's boarding school. She is \"smart, trim, and pert\" and \"not a bad sort of person,\" according to Lucy. She likes to be bribed. \"Villette\" begins with its famously passive protagonist, Lucy Snowe, age 14, staying at the home of her godmother Mrs. Bretton in \"the clean and ancient town of Bretton\", in England. Also in residence are Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham Bretton (whom the family calls Graham), and a young visitor, Paulina Home (who is called Polly). Polly is a peculiar little girl who soon develops a deep devotion to Graham,", "title": "Villette (novel)" }, { "docid": "19357121", "text": "promise: \"With a little more accuracy and a good deal less philosophy we see no reason why this writer, who is apparently a \"new hand,\" should not at the next attempt produce a really readable novel. There are passages by no means wanting in power, and when the principal characters get off their stilts and talk like ordinary mortals the dialogue is easy and natural.\" An Australian Girl An Australian Girl (1890) is a novel by Australian author Catherine Edith Macauley Martin, published under her pseudonym \"Mrs. Alick Macleod\". The book was originally published in three volumes of 331, 345", "title": "An Australian Girl" }, { "docid": "20708933", "text": "Land Commissioner, Justice Gray referenced Gunn's work in trying to establish which groups were traditional owners of the various areas. The Little Black Princess The Little Black Princess: a True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land is a children's novel by the Australian author Jeannie Gunn. The book is an account of the early life of a small Aboriginal girl who took refuge with Mrs Gunn for a short time in 1902. The child is named Bett-Bett in the novel and though the name was changed, the character is based on the events of an Aboriginal child at Elsey", "title": "The Little Black Princess" }, { "docid": "6263195", "text": "Brodie\". Madame Doubtfire lived and ran a shop in Stockbridge. It was a run-down second-hand clothes shop which occupied for many years a basement area in South East Circus Place, now Frame Creative, a design agency, and the Doubtfire Gallery. The name \"Madame Doubtfire\" remained in large, bold, faded-gold letters on the ageing shop fascia for many years after the lady's death (in 1979 aged 92). The novelist Anne Fine lived in the area at the time and was, apparently, fascinated by the name. She used it for her novel \"Madame Doubtfire\" which was turned into the film, though the", "title": "Stockbridge, Edinburgh" }, { "docid": "14960619", "text": "Mrs. Mae Trump in the 1980s. She played small roles in numerous movies. In the early 1930s, Loretta and her brother Jack Clemens played music in a band called Loretta and Jack. They recorded a number of songs including \"Stop! You're Breaking My Heart\" from the album \"Jazz Guitar Varieties\", written by Ted Koehler and Burton Lane, \"(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue\" written by Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf and composed by Thomas \"Fats\" Waller, from the album \"Jazz Guitar Varieties\" and \"Just A Little Girl\" written by S. B. Fishburne. In the early 1930s", "title": "Loretta Clemens Tupper" } ]

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[ { "docid": "677354", "text": "in the Indian subcontinent. It is also used to make Paneer. Plant genomes encode hundreds of proteases, largely of unknown function. Those with known function are largely involved in developmental regulation. Plant proteases also play a role in regulation of photosynthesis. Proteases are used throughout an organism for various metabolic processes. Acid proteases secreted into the stomach (such as pepsin) and serine proteases present in duodenum (trypsin and chymotrypsin) enable us to digest the protein in food. Proteases present in blood serum (thrombin, plasmin, Hageman factor, etc.) play important role in blood-clotting, as well as lysis of the clots, and", "title": "Protease" }, { "docid": "6033523", "text": "symptoms in malaria sufferers. Consequently, this family of enzymes is a potential target for antimalarial drugs. Plasmepsins are aspartic acid proteases, meaning their active site contains two aspartic acid residues. These two aspartic acid residue act respectively as proton donor and proton acceptor, catalysing the hydrolysis of peptide bond in proteins. There are four types of plasmepsins, closely related but varying in the specificity of cleavage site. Plasmepsins I and II cleave hemoglobin between residues Phenylalanine 33 and Leucine 34 of α-globin subunit. The name \"plasmepsin\" may come from \"Plasmodium\" (the organism) and \"pepsin\" (a common aspartic acid protease with", "title": "Plasmepsin" }, { "docid": "1452451", "text": "inhibited by high pH (see \"Activity\" and \"Stability\", above) or by inhibitor compounds. Pepstatin is a low molecular weight compound and potent inhibitor specific for acid proteases with a Ki of about 10 M for pepsin. The statyl residue of pepstatin is thought to be responsible for pepstatin inhibition of pepsin; statine is a potential analog of the transition state for catalysis by pepsin and other acid proteases. Pepstatin does not covalently bind pepsin and inhibition of pepsin by pepstatin is therefore reversible. 1-bis(diazoacetyl)-2-phenylethane reversibly inactivates pepsin at pH 5, a reaction which is accelerated by the presence of Cu(II).", "title": "Pepsin" }, { "docid": "18972818", "text": "evolved glutamic peptidase, the pre-neck appendage protein (bacteriophage phi-29), uses a Glu and Asp dyad at the active site, and is classified as MEROPS family G2. These enzymes are acid proteases; eqolisin for example is most active at pH 2.0 when casein is used as substrate. Eqolosins prefer bulky amino acid residues at the P1 site and small amino acid residues at the P1′ site. A characteristic of the protease is its insensitivity to pepstatin and S-PI (acetyl pepstatin) and it was previously classed as \"pepstatin-insensitive carboxyl proteinases\". The other \"pepstatin-insensitive carboxyl proteinases\" belongs to subfamily of serine protease, serine-carboxyl", "title": "Glutamic protease" }, { "docid": "677354", "text": "in the Indian subcontinent. It is also used to make Paneer. Plant genomes encode hundreds of proteases, largely of unknown function. Those with known function are largely involved in developmental regulation. Plant proteases also play a role in regulation of photosynthesis. Proteases are used throughout an organism for various metabolic processes. Acid proteases secreted into the stomach (such as pepsin) and serine proteases present in duodenum (trypsin and chymotrypsin) enable us to digest the protein in food. Proteases present in blood serum (thrombin, plasmin, Hageman factor, etc.) play important role in blood-clotting, as well as lysis of the clots, and", "title": "Protease" } ]

[ { "docid": "9058632", "text": "(MEROPS peptidase family A1) are synthesised with signal and propeptides. The animal pepsin-like endopeptidase propeptides form a distinct family of propeptides, which contain a conserved motif approximately 30 residues long. In pepsinogen A, the first 11 residues of the mature pepsin sequence are displaced by residues of the propeptide. The propeptide contains two helices that block the active site cleft, in particular the conserved Asp11 residue, in pepsin, hydrogen bonds to a conserved Arg residue in the propeptide. This hydrogen bond stabilises the propeptide conformation and is probably responsible for triggering the conversion of pepsinogen to pepsin under acidic conditions.", "title": "Aspartic protease" }, { "docid": "1452446", "text": "autocatalytic fashion, thereby generating pepsin (the active form). Pepsin cleaves the 44 amino acids from pepsinogen to create more pepsin. Pepsin is most active in acidic environments between 37 °C and 42 °C. Accordingly, its primary site of synthesis and activity is in the stomach (pH 1.5 to 2). Pepsin will digest up to 20% of ingested amide bonds by cleaving preferentially at the C-terminal side of aromatic amino acids such as phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine. Pepsin exhibits preferential cleavage for hydrophobic, preferably aromatic, residues in P1 and P1' positions. Increased susceptibility to hydrolysis occurs if there is a sulfur-containing", "title": "Pepsin" }, { "docid": "3083794", "text": "so represent convergent evolution of the catalytic mechanism. The majority belong to the S1 family of the PA clan (superfamily) of proteases. For superfamilies, P = superfamily, containing a mixture of nucleophile class families, S = purely serine proteases. superfamily. Within each superfamily, families are designated by their catalytic nucleophile, (S = serine proteases). Families of Serine proteases Serine proteases are characterised by a distinctive structure, consisting of two beta-barrel domains that converge at the catalytic active site. These enzymes can be further categorised based on their substrate specificity as either trypsin-like, chymotrypsin-like or elastase-like. Trypsin-like proteases cleave peptide bonds", "title": "Serine protease" }, { "docid": "17276321", "text": "Scytalidopepsin B Scytalidocarboxyl peptidase B, also known as Scytalidoglutamic peptidase and Scytalidopepsin B (, obsolete names include \"Scytalidium aspartic proteinase B\", \"Ganoderma lucidum carboxyl proteinase\", \"Ganoderma lucidum aspartic proteinase\", \"Scytalidium lignicolum aspartic proteinase B\", \"SLB\") is a proteolytic enzyme. It was previously thought to be an aspartic protease, but determination of the its molecular structure showed it to belong a novel group of proteases, glutamic protease. The protease has a unique structure and a novel catalytic dyad (E136 and Q53) in its active site. The active-site residues, glutamic acid (E) and glutamine (Q), was used to coin the name of", "title": "Scytalidopepsin B" }, { "docid": "677350", "text": "nucleophile families). Within each 'clan', proteases are classified into families based on sequence similarity (e.g. the S1 and C3 families within the PA clan). Each family may contain many hundreds of related proteases (e.g. trypsin, elastase, thrombin and streptogrisin within the S1 family). Currently more than 50 clans are known, each indicating an independent evolutionary origin of proteolysis. Alternatively, proteases may be classified by the optimal pH in which they are active: Proteases are involved in digesting long protein chains into shorter fragments by splitting the peptide bonds that link amino acid residues. Some detach the terminal amino acids from", "title": "Protease" }, { "docid": "18972817", "text": "are found primarily in pathogenic fungi affecting plant and human. There are two independent families of glutamic proteases (G1 and G2), and have a limited distribution. They were originally thought to be limited to filamentous fungi mainly in the Ascomycota phylum. Subsequently, however, glutamic proteases have been identified in bacteria and archaea. The first superfamily of glutamic proteases was identified in the fungi \"Scytalidium lignicola\" and \"Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus\", from which scytalidoglutamic peptidase (eqolisin) and aspergilloglutamic peptidase are derived respectively. These two proteases contain active site Glu and Gln residues and are grouped under MEROPS family G1. A convergently", "title": "Glutamic protease" }, { "docid": "13543222", "text": "proteases – the first known intramembranous serine proteases – were discovered in 1988. The first rhomboid protease was cloned in 1990 Rhomboid proteases have a core of six transmembrane helices with the active site residues lying in a hydrophilic cavity. Rhomboid family members are widely conserved and found in all three kingdoms of life. RHBDF2 associates with the rhomboid like protease 2 (RHBDL2) and inhibits its activity. Unbound RHBDL2 forms a complex with CLEC14A which it subsequently cleaves. Mutations in RHBDF2 inhibit tumour necrosis factor alpha. RHBDL2 also acts on Epidermal growth factor and EphrinB3. Thrombomodulin – a membrane glycoprotein", "title": "Howel–Evans syndrome" }, { "docid": "1452443", "text": "in its active site. It is one of three principal proteases in the human digestive system, the other two being chymotrypsin and trypsin. During the process of digestion, these enzymes, each of which is specialized in severing links between particular types of amino acids, collaborate to break down dietary proteins into their components, i.e., peptides and amino acids, which can be readily absorbed by the small intestine. Pepsin is most efficient in cleaving peptide bonds between hydrophobic and preferably aromatic amino acids such as phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine. Pepsin's proenzyme, pepsinogen, is released by the chief cells in the stomach", "title": "Pepsin" }, { "docid": "4176834", "text": "phenylalanine moiety is bound to the enzyme because of specificity for aromatic amino acid residues at the active site (as in chymotrypsin, in which it binds to the Histidine-57 residue in the active site). Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) is a protease inhibitor. Its structural formula is 1-chloro-3-tosylamido-4-phenyl-2-butanone. TPCK is an irreversible inhibitor of chymotrypsin. Also inhibits some cysteine proteases such as caspase, papain, bromelain or ficin. It does not inhibit trypsin or zymogens. TPCK is observed covalently bound in the active site of Caspase 3 in the crystal structure of the complex solved in 2010.", "title": "Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone" }, { "docid": "18972816", "text": "Glutamic protease Glutamic proteases are a group of proteolytic enzymes containing a glutamic acid residue within the active site. This type of protease was first described in 2004 and became the sixth catalytic type of protease. Members of this group of protease had been previously assumed to be an aspartate protease, but structural determination showed it to belong to a novel protease family. The first structure of this group of protease was scytalidoglutamic peptidase, the active site of which contains a catalytic dyad, glutamic acid (E) and glutamine (Q), which give rise to the name eqolisin. This group of proteases", "title": "Glutamic protease" }, { "docid": "15676383", "text": "Rhomboid protease The rhomboid proteases are a family of enzymes that exist in almost all species. They are proteases: they cut the polypeptide chain of other proteins. This proteolytic cleavage is irreversible in cells, and an important type of cellular regulation. Although proteases are one of the earliest and best studied class of enzyme, rhomboids belong to a much more recently discovered type: the intramembrane proteases. What is unique about intramembrane proteases is that their active sites are buried in the lipid bilayer of cell membranes, and they cleave other transmembrane proteins within their transmembrane domains. About 30% of all", "title": "Rhomboid protease" }, { "docid": "17276322", "text": "the family of proteases, eqolisins, to which Scytalidoglutamic peptidase B belongs. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction This endopeptidase is isolated from \"Scytalidium lignicolum\". It is an acid protease, and is most active at pH 2.0 when casein is used as substrate. Eqolosins prefer bulky amino acid residues at the P1 site and small amino acid residues at the P1′ site. The substrate specificity of scytalidoglutamic peptidase is unique, particularly in the substrate preferences at the P3 (basic amino acid), P1′ (small amino acid) and P3′ (basic) positions. Scytalidopepsin B Scytalidocarboxyl peptidase B, also known as Scytalidoglutamic peptidase and", "title": "Scytalidopepsin B" }, { "docid": "9058633", "text": "BACE1; BACE2; CTSD; CTSE; NAPSA; PGA5; PGC; REN; Aspartic protease Aspartic proteases are a catalytic type of protease enzymes that use an activated water molecule bound to one or more aspartate residues for catalysis of their peptide substrates. In general, they have two highly conserved aspartates in the active site and are optimally active at acidic pH. Nearly all known aspartyl proteases are inhibited by pepstatin. Aspartic endopeptidases of vertebrate, fungal and retroviral origin have been characterised. More recently, aspartic endopeptidases associated with the processing of bacterial type 4 prepilin and archaean preflagellin have been described. Eukaryotic aspartic proteases include", "title": "Aspartic protease" }, { "docid": "9058628", "text": "Aspartic protease Aspartic proteases are a catalytic type of protease enzymes that use an activated water molecule bound to one or more aspartate residues for catalysis of their peptide substrates. In general, they have two highly conserved aspartates in the active site and are optimally active at acidic pH. Nearly all known aspartyl proteases are inhibited by pepstatin. Aspartic endopeptidases of vertebrate, fungal and retroviral origin have been characterised. More recently, aspartic endopeptidases associated with the processing of bacterial type 4 prepilin and archaean preflagellin have been described. Eukaryotic aspartic proteases include pepsins, cathepsins, and renins. They have a two-domain", "title": "Aspartic protease" }, { "docid": "11163858", "text": "the enzyme's catalytic site residues are conserved amongst the enzymes involved in the transsulfuration pathway. Other members include cystathionine gamma-synthase, cystathionine gamma-lyase, and methionine gamma lyase. Additionally, these structures exhibit a type I fold and belong to the aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) family, characterized by homodimers with dihedral symmetry and active sites composed of residues belonging to adjacent subunits. The cystathionine beta-lyase monomer consists of three functionally and structurally distinct domains: Composed of three α-helices and one beta-strand that contribute to the formation of the quaternary structure. This domain contains residues that interact with the active site of the neighboring subunit", "title": "Cystathionine beta-lyase" }, { "docid": "11824919", "text": "to hydrophobic nature of the native NS2. Researchers have used a method called ‘Crystallization’ through which they have been able to isolate and further investigate role of NS2-3 protease. His143, Cys184 and Glu 163 are the three crucial resides responsible for proteolytic activity. These three residues together form an active site. Although NS2 protease has been proposed to have a unique fold, it is shown that superimposing three critical residues from other cysteine proteases revealed a major characteristic which would allow for more specific inhibitor studies. Researchers in this case used cysteine proteases such as papain and poliovirus 3C protease.", "title": "NS2-3 protease" }, { "docid": "1798355", "text": "a fragment called fragment 1.2) and leave thrombin, consisting solely of the serine protease domain. As is the case for all serine proteases, prothrombin is converted to active thrombin by proteolysis of an internal peptide bond, exposing a new N-terminal Ile-NH3. The historic model of activation of serine proteases involves insertion of this newly formed N-terminus of the heavy chain into the β-barrel promoting the correct conformation of the catalytic residues. Contrary to crystal structures of active thrombin, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry studies indicate that this N-terminal Ile-NH3 does not become inserted into the β-barrel in the apo form of", "title": "Thrombin" }, { "docid": "3083796", "text": "dementia. Elastase-like proteases have a much smaller S1 cleft than either trypsin- or chymotrypsin-like proteases. Consequently, residues such as alanine, glycine and valine tend to be preferred. Subtilisin is a serine protease in prokaryotes. Subtilisin is evolutionarily unrelated to the chymotrypsin-clan, but shares the same catalytic mechanism utilising a catalytic triad, to create a nucleophilic serine. This is the classic example used to illustrate convergent evolution, since the same mechanism evolved twice independently during evolution. The main player in the catalytic mechanism in the serine proteases is the catalytic triad. The triad is located in the active site of the", "title": "Serine protease" }, { "docid": "5193049", "text": "and immune-related host proteases, which include pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin/elastase, cathepsins, and metallocarboxypeptidases (MCPs). \"Ascaris\" species inhibit MCPs by releasing an enzyme known as \"Ascaris\" carboxypeptidase inhibitor (ACI). This enzyme binds to the active site of MCP and blocks the cleavage of its own proteins by the host MCP. \"Ascaris\" has been present in humans for at least several thousand years, as evidenced by \"Ascaris\" eggs found in paleofeces and in the intestines of mummified humans. \"A. lumbricoides\" was originally called \"Lumbricus teres\" and was first described in detail by Edward Tyson in 1683. The genus \"Ascaris\" was originally described as", "title": "Ascaris" }, { "docid": "17445194", "text": "recognizes PEF-CTERM, and so on; one archaeal genome may encode two different archaeosortase systems. Invariant residues shared by all archaeosortases and exosortases include a Cys and an Arg. Replacement of either destroys catalytic activity, suggesting convergent evolution of the active site with the sortases. In the archaeal model species Haloferax volcanii, archaeosortase A belongs to a fairly large collection of identified membrane-associated proteases, but apparently also to the smaller set of intramembrane cleaving proteases, along with the rhomboid protease RhoII, and in contrast to bacterial sortases. Archaeosortase An archaeosortase is a protein that occurs in the cell membranes of some", "title": "Archaeosortase" }, { "docid": "17138558", "text": "between two basic (positively charged) residues. The active site of OmpT resembles that of other omptins, and is characterized by conserved residues at Asp84, Asp86, Asp206, and His208. The most common bond cleavage by OmpT is between two arginine residues because their positive charge can favorably interact with the negatively charged species at the active site during substrate binding. Because of the specificity of the active site, OmpT does not act on peptides with a negatively charged residue adjacent to the scissile bond. Also, OmpT is specifically identified an endopeptidase because it does not cleave peptides at the N- or", "title": "OmpT" }, { "docid": "19802388", "text": "the different families of asparagine peptide lyases. The cleavage mechanism consists in the cyclization of the asparagine, assisted by other active site residues. In certain conditions, the asparagine cyclic structure nucleophilically attacks its C-terminal peptide bond to the main chain forming a new bond to create a stable succinimide, cleaving itself from the main chain and consequently releasing the two halves of the product. No inhibitors are known. The MEROPS protease database includes the following ten families of asparagine peptide lyases, which are included in 6 different clans of proteases. Proteolytic enzymes are classified into families based on sequence similarity.", "title": "Asparagine peptide lyase" }, { "docid": "15628023", "text": "the PSI being termed a \"swaposin\" (a play-on-words of \"swap\" and \"saposin\") although the tertiary structure still remains homologous to saposin and other members of the SAPLIP family. Among plants, APs between different species are generally homologous exhibiting high sequence identity whilst maintaining a similar tertiary structure to pepsin. As such, plant APs preserve the zymogenic form of the mature AP common to other aspartic proteases in which the zymogen is kept inactive until removal of the prosegment from the active cleft. The zymogenic form of plant APs contain the primary sequence of the PSI, although not all plant APs", "title": "Plant-specific insert" }, { "docid": "9058630", "text": "bridges are other conserved features of aspartic peptidases. Aspartyl proteases are a highly specific family of proteases – they tend to cleave dipeptide bonds that have hydrophobic residues as well as a beta-methylene group. Unlike serine or cysteine proteases these proteases do not form a covalent intermediate during cleavage. Proteolysis therefore occurs in a single step. While a number of different mechanisms for aspartyl proteases have been proposed, the most widely accepted is a general acid-base mechanism involving coordination of a water molecule between the two highly conserved aspartate residues. One aspartate activates the water by abstracting a proton, enabling", "title": "Aspartic protease" }, { "docid": "5070666", "text": "can evoke similar signs\", so conclusive diagnosis may require finding myxospores in the fish's cartilage. In heavy infections, only examining cartilage microscopically may be needed to find spores. In less severe infections, the most common test involves digestion of the cranial cartilage with the proteases pepsin and trypsin (pepsin-trypsin digest—PTD) before looking for spores. The head and other tissues can be further examined using histopathology to confirm whether the location and morphology of the spores matches what is known for \"M. cerebralis\". Serological identification of spores in tissue sections using an antibody raised against the spores is also possible. Parasite", "title": "Myxobolus cerebralis" }, { "docid": "15707984", "text": "short alpha-helices and a 3-stranded anti-parallel beta sheet. The inhibitor makes 11 contacts with its enzyme substrate: unusually, 8 of these important residues are hypervariable. Altering the enzyme-contact residues, and especially that of the active site bond, affects the strength of inhibition and specificity of the inhibitor for particular serine proteases. The presence of this Pfam domain is usually indicative of serine protease inhibitors, however, Kazal-like domains are also seen in the extracellular part of agrins which are not known to be proteinase inhibitors. Human proteins with Kazal 1 domains: This domain is usually indicative of serine protease inhibitors that", "title": "Kazal domain" }, { "docid": "8495519", "text": "Subtilisin Subtilisin is a non-specific protease (a protein-digesting enzyme) initially obtained from \"Bacillus subtilis\". Subtilisins belong to subtilases, a group of serine proteases that – like all serine proteases – initiate the nucleophilic attack on the peptide (amide) bond through a serine residue at the active site. Subtilisins typically have molecular weights of about 20,000 to 45,000 dalton. They can be obtained from certain types of soil bacteria, for example, \"Bacillus amyloliquefaciens\" from which they are secreted in large amounts. Subtilisin is also known as \"Alcalase®\", \"Alcalase® 0.6L\", \"Alcalase® 2.5L\", \"ALK-enzyme\", \"bacillopeptidase A\", \"bacillopeptidase B\", \"Bacillus subtilis alkaline proteinase bioprase\",", "title": "Subtilisin" }, { "docid": "15703795", "text": "Astacin Astacins are a family of multidomain metalloendopeptidases which are either secreted or membrane-anchored. These metallopeptidases belong to the MEROPS peptidase family M12, subfamily M12A (astacin family, clan MA(M)). The protein fold of the peptidase domain for members of this family resembles that of thermolysin, the type example for clan MA and the predicted active site residues for members of this family and thermolysin occur in the motif HEXXH. The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases (EC 3.4.24.21) encompasses a range of proteins found in hydra to humans, in mature and developmental systems. Their functions include activation of growth factors, degradation of", "title": "Astacin" }, { "docid": "15150123", "text": "two steps: Five families belonging to two separate superfamilies are currently recognised: the Ntn fold proteosomes (superfamily PB) and the DOM fold ornithine acyltransferases (superfamily PE). The two superfamilies represent two independent, convergent evolutions of the same active site. Threonine protease Threonine proteases are a family of proteolytic enzymes harbouring a threonine (Thr) residue within the active site. The prototype members of this class of enzymes are the catalytic subunits of the proteasome, however the acyltransferases convergently evolved the same active site geometry and mechanism. Threonine proteases use the secondary alcohol of their N-terminal threonine as a nucleophile to perform", "title": "Threonine protease" }, { "docid": "18972820", "text": "the glutamic acid further donates a proton to the amide nitrogen, resulting in breakage of the peptide bond. The glutamine then returns the glutamic acid to its initial state. Glutamic protease Glutamic proteases are a group of proteolytic enzymes containing a glutamic acid residue within the active site. This type of protease was first described in 2004 and became the sixth catalytic type of protease. Members of this group of protease had been previously assumed to be an aspartate protease, but structural determination showed it to belong to a novel protease family. The first structure of this group of protease", "title": "Glutamic protease" }, { "docid": "1452442", "text": "Pepsin Pepsin is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides (that is, a protease). It is produced in the stomach and is one of the main digestive enzymes in the digestive systems of humans and many other animals, where it helps digest the proteins in food. Pepsin has a three-dimensional structure, of which one or more polypeptide chains twist and fold, bringing together a small number of amino acids to form the active site, or the location on the enzyme where the substrate binds and the reaction takes place. Pepsin is an aspartic protease, using a catalytic aspartate", "title": "Pepsin" }, { "docid": "677352", "text": "the sequences ...K\\... or ...R\\... ('\\'=cleavage site). Conversely some proteases are highly specific and only cleave substrates with a certain sequence. Blood clotting (such as thrombin) and viral polyprotein processing (such as TEV protease) requires this level of specificity in order to achieve precise cleavage events. This is achieved by proteases having a long binding cleft or tunnel with several pockets along it which bind the specified residues. For example, TEV protease is specific for the sequence ...ENLYFQ\\S... ('\\'=cleavage site). Proteases, being themselves proteins, are cleaved by other protease molecules, sometimes of the same variety. This acts as a method", "title": "Protease" }, { "docid": "11306007", "text": "is identical to enzymes in the Snake Venom metalloprotein domain family. The consensus sequence for catalytically active ADAM proteins is HEXGHNLGXXHD. Structural analysis of ADAM17, which has the same active site sequence as ADAM10, suggests that the three histidines in this sequence bind a Zn atom, and that the glutamate is the catalytic residue. Although the exact mechanism of ADAM10 has not been thoroughly investigated, its active site is homologous to those of well studied zinc-proteases such as carboxypeptidase A and thermolysin. Therefore, it is proposed that ADAM10 utilizes a similar mechanism as these enzymes. In zinc proteases, the key", "title": "ADAM10" }, { "docid": "11186797", "text": "hexachlorocyclohexane degradation, 1,2-dibromoethane degradation, 2-chloroethyl-vinylether degradation, and 1,3-dichloropropene degradation. Structurally, haloalkane dehalogenases belong to the alpha/beta-hydrolase superfamily. Their active site is buried in a predominantly hydrophobic cavity at the interface of the alpha/beta-hydrolase core domain and the helical cap domain, and is connected to the bulk solvent by access tunnels. The active-site residues that are essential for catalysis are referred to as the catalytic pentad, and comprise a nucleophilic aspartate residue, a basic histidine residue, an aspartic or glutamic acid moiety that serves as a general acid and either two tryptophan residues or a tryptophan-asparagine pair that serve to stabilize", "title": "Haloalkane dehalogenase" }, { "docid": "17598466", "text": "motif. The barrels are arranged perpendicularly beside each other with hydrophobic residues holding them together as the core scaffold for the enzyme. The triad residues are split between the two barrels so that catalysis takes place at their interface. In addition to the double β-barrel core, some viral proteases (such as TEV protease) have a long, C-terminal loop that forms a lid that completely covers the substrate and create a binding tunnel. This tunnel contains a set of tight binding pockets such that each side chain of the substrate peptide (P6 to P1’) is bound in a complementary site (S6", "title": "PA clan of proteases" }, { "docid": "7680286", "text": "it could not occupy the hole (such as BPG in hemoglobin). Enzymes that catalyse multi-step reactions can have multiple oxyanion holes that stabilise different transition states in the reaction. Oxyanion hole An oxyanion hole is a pocket in the active site of an enzyme that stabilizes transition state negative charge on a deprotonated oxygen or alkoxide. The pocket typically consists of backbone amides or positively charged residues. Stabilising the transition state lowers the activation energy necessary for the reaction, and so promotes catalysis. For example, proteases such as chymotrypsin contain an oxyanion hole to stabilise the tetrahedral intermediate anion formed", "title": "Oxyanion hole" }, { "docid": "7680285", "text": "Oxyanion hole An oxyanion hole is a pocket in the active site of an enzyme that stabilizes transition state negative charge on a deprotonated oxygen or alkoxide. The pocket typically consists of backbone amides or positively charged residues. Stabilising the transition state lowers the activation energy necessary for the reaction, and so promotes catalysis. For example, proteases such as chymotrypsin contain an oxyanion hole to stabilise the tetrahedral intermediate anion formed during proteolysis and protects substrate's negatively charged oxygen from water molecules. Additionally, it may allow for insertion or positioning of a substrate, which would suffer from steric hindrance if", "title": "Oxyanion hole" }, { "docid": "15628022", "text": "Plant-specific insert The plant-specific insert (PSI) or plant-specific sequence (PSS) is an independent domain, exclusively found in plants, consisting of approximately 100 residues, found on the C-terminal lobe on some aspartic proteases (AP). The PSI, as an independent entity separate from its parent AP, is homologous to saposin and belongs to the saposin-like protein family (SAPLIP). Although the PSI is grouped along proteins in the SAPLIP family, the PSI does not contain a proper saposin-like domain. This is due to a permutation of the N- and C-termini of the PSI, in which the termini are \"swapped\". This has led to", "title": "Plant-specific insert" }, { "docid": "18333624", "text": "BLAST of the TmTx sequence, apart from the position of its six cysteine residues. It is nevertheless categorized with other potassium channel scorpion toxins, because it shares the position of its six cysteine residues with other toxins. In phylogeny, TmTx does have similarities with other scorpion neurotoxins. A comparative model has been suggested for the 3D protein structure of TmTx by using information from homologous proteins with known structures. Based on this model, it is highly likely that TmTx blocks calcium activated potassium channels by binding to the S5-S6 segment and thus blocking its pore. The active site of TmTx", "title": "Tamulotoxin" }, { "docid": "9911957", "text": "tandem. The domains may interact with each other (domain-domain interaction) or remain isolated, like beads on string. The giant 30,000 residue muscle protein titin comprises about 120 fibronectin-III-type and Ig-type domains. In the serine proteases, a gene duplication event has led to the formation of a two β-barrel domain enzyme. The repeats have diverged so widely that there is no obvious sequence similarity between them. The active site is located at a cleft between the two β-barrel domains, in which functionally important residues are contributed from each domain. Genetically engineered mutants of the chymotrypsin serine protease were shown to have", "title": "Protein domain" }, { "docid": "15150122", "text": "Threonine protease Threonine proteases are a family of proteolytic enzymes harbouring a threonine (Thr) residue within the active site. The prototype members of this class of enzymes are the catalytic subunits of the proteasome, however the acyltransferases convergently evolved the same active site geometry and mechanism. Threonine proteases use the secondary alcohol of their N-terminal threonine as a nucleophile to perform catalysis. The threonine must be N-terminal since the terminal amine of the same residue acts as a general base by polarising an ordered water which deprotonates the alcohol to increase its reactivity as a nucleophile. Catalysis takes place in", "title": "Threonine protease" }, { "docid": "17598464", "text": "is also an example of divergent evolution of active sites in enzymes. In the 1960s, the sequence similarity of several proteases indicated that they were evolutionarily related. These were grouped into the chymotrypsin-like serine proteases (now called the S1 family). As the structures of these, and other proteases were solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1970s and 80s, it was noticed that several viral proteases such as Tobacco Etch Virus protease showed structural homology despite no discernible sequence similarity and even a different nucleophile. Based on structural homology, a superfamily was defined and later named the PA clan (by the", "title": "PA clan of proteases" }, { "docid": "5877863", "text": "A serine in each of trypsin and chymotrypsin was identified as the catalytic nucleophile (by diisopropyl fluorophosphate modification) in the 1950s. The structure of chymotrypsin was solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1960s, showing the orientation of the catalytic triad in the active site. Other proteases were sequenced and aligned to reveal a family of related proteases, now called the S1 family. Simultaneously, the structures of the evolutionarily unrelated papain and subtilisin proteases were found to contain analogous triads. The 'charge-relay' mechanism for the activation of the nucleophile by the other triad members was proposed in the late 1960s. As", "title": "Catalytic triad" }, { "docid": "7422229", "text": "with other subunits. Crystal structures demonstrate that this terminal N helix buries its hydrophobic surface into an acceptor pocket of an adjacent Cre subunit. The effect of the two-domain structure is to form a C-shaped clamp that grasps the DNA from opposite sides. The active site of the Cre enzyme consists of the conserved catalytic triad residues Arg 173, His 289, Arg 292 as well as the conserved nucleophilic residues Tyr 324 and Trp 315. Unlike some recombinase enzymes such as Flp recombinase, Cre does not form a shared active site between separate subunits and all the residues that contribute", "title": "Cre recombinase" }, { "docid": "15676392", "text": "is cleaved, which can occur either within, or just outside, the transmembrane domain, in the juxtamembrane region. In the former case helix destabilising residues downstream in substrate TMS are also necessary for efficient cleavage. A detailed enzyme kinetics analysis has in fact shown that the recognition motif interactions with rhomboid active site determine the k of substrate cleavage. The principles of substrate TMS recognition by rhomboid remain poorly understood, but numerous lines of evidence indicate that rhomboids (and perhaps also other intramembrane proteases) somehow recognise the structural flexibility or dynamics of transmembrane domain of their substrates. Full appreciation of the", "title": "Rhomboid protease" }, { "docid": "11162569", "text": "the fact that MurI is a moonlighting protein. Glutamate racemase is known to use its active site to undergo racemization and participate in the cell wall biosynthesis pathway of bacteria. Based on homology to other racemases and epimerases, glutamate racemase is thought to employ two active site cysteine residues as acid/base catalysts. Surprisingly however, substituting either of the two residues with serine did not appreciable change the rate of the reaction significantly; the k value remained within .3% to 3% compared to the wild-type enzyme. From previous studies, it is most likely that the active site of MurI that performs", "title": "Glutamate racemase" }, { "docid": "11316499", "text": "Azurocidin 1 Azurocidin also known as cationic antimicrobial protein CAP37 or heparin-binding protein (HBP) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"AZU1\" gene. Azurophil granules, specialized lysosomes of the neutrophil, contain at least 10 proteins implicated in the killing of microorganisms. The protein encoded by this gene is an azurophil granule antimicrobial protein, with monocyte chemotactic and antibacterial activity. It is also an important multifunctional inflammatory mediator. This encoded protein is a member of the PA clan of proteases but it is not a serine proteinase, because the active site serine and histidine residues are replaced, making", "title": "Azurocidin 1" }, { "docid": "11320745", "text": "tight binding. Example of binding to the renin inhibitor: Aliskiren is a peptide-like renin inhibitor and, unlike most, it is rather hydrophilic. It blocks the catalytic function of the enzyme by occupying the S3 to S2′ pockets, except the S2 pocket. Aliskiren also binds to the S3 subpocket and because that pocket is distinct for renin, aliskiren does not inhibit other aspartic proteases, such as cathepsin D and pepsin. The side chain of aliskiren binds the S3 subpocket ideally, and leads to its quality as an inhibitor of human renin. The hydroxyl group in aliskiren forms a hydrogen bond with", "title": "Renin inhibitor" }, { "docid": "11851186", "text": "small peptides as enzyme substrates. Fruton and his colleagues found significant instances of specificity in a range of proteases—observations that were relevant to the ongoing theoretical discussions of protein structure. His most significant discovery at the Rockefeller Institute was a synthetic peptide substrate for pepsin, contrary to the common idea that pepsin would not act on short synthetic peptides. As a side project, he also worked on applications of Bergmann and Zervas's carbobenzoxy method of peptide synthesis and some of the associated side reactions. Between December 1941 and the end of World War II, research in Bergmann's lab shifted from", "title": "Joseph S. Fruton" }, { "docid": "13410982", "text": "a family of integral membrane as well as secreted glycoproteins which are related to snake venom metalloproteases and MMPs. Like MMPs, ADAMs are composed of multiple conserved domains. They contain propeptide, metalloprotease, disintegrin-like, cystein-rich, and epidermal growth factor like domains. Membrane anchored ADAMs contain a transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain. The domains contained within the ADAMs family have been characterized, uncovering their functional and structural roles. ADAMs contain a consensus sequence which has three histidine residues that bind to the catalytically essential zinc ion. The propeptide is removed through cleavage by a furin type protease yielding the active enzyme. The propeptide", "title": "Proteases in angiogenesis" }, { "docid": "5877861", "text": "Catalytic triad A catalytic triad is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in the active site of some enzymes. Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An Acid-Base-Nucleophile triad is a common motif for generating a nucleophilic residue for covalent catalysis. The residues form a charge-relay network to polarise and activate the nucleophile, which attacks the substrate, forming a covalent intermediate which is then hydrolysed to release the product and regenerate free enzyme. The nucleophile is most commonly a serine or cysteine amino", "title": "Catalytic triad" }, { "docid": "6357309", "text": "plotted in a Lineweaver–Burk plot, a set of parallel lines will be produced. This is called a secondary plot. Enzymes with ping–pong mechanisms include some oxidoreductases such as thioredoxin peroxidase, transferases such as acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase and serine proteases such as trypsin and chymotrypsin. Serine proteases are a very common and diverse family of enzymes, including digestive enzymes (trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase), several enzymes of the blood clotting cascade and many others. In these serine proteases, the E* intermediate is an acyl-enzyme species formed by the attack of an active site serine residue on a peptide bond in a protein substrate.", "title": "Enzyme kinetics" }, { "docid": "18972819", "text": "protease (sedolisin) which was discovered in 2001. These proteases are also not inhibited by DAN (diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methylester) (7) but may be inhibited by EPNP (1,2-epoxy-3-(\"p\"-nitrophenoxy) propane). The active site of eqolosin contains a distinctive glutamic acid and glutamine catalytic dyad which are involved in substrate binding and catalysis. These residues act as a nucleophile, with the glutamic acid serving as a general acid in the first phase of the reaction, donating a proton to the carbonyl oxygen in the peptide bond of the substrate. One or two water molecules may be involved in the reaction supplying a hydroxyl group, and", "title": "Glutamic protease" }, { "docid": "11354012", "text": "been used in the study of USP11 function. A conditional knockout mouse line called \"Usp11\" was generated at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion. Additional screens performed: In-depth immunological phenotyping USP11 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase or Ubiquitin specific protease 11 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"USP11\" gene. USP11 belongs to the Ubiquitin specific proteases family (USPs) which is a sub-family of the Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs).USPs are multiple domain proteases and belong to the C19 cysteine proteases sub‒family. Depending on their domain architecture", "title": "USP11" }, { "docid": "20673971", "text": "cytoplasm of the host cell. SPI-2 shares 92% of its amino acid sequence with the cowpox virus modifier of the cytokine response – known as crmA. SPI-2 belongs in superfamily of the inhibitors of serine proteases (serpins). Serpins are the most broadly distributed family of inhibitors of proteases. They were identified in all multicellular eukaryotic organisms. In mammals serpins are secreted in plasma where they serve as inhibitors of proteases involved in blood coagulation, inflammation and complement activation. SPI-2 inhibits processing of an inactive precursor of interleukin-1β (pro-IL-1β) to active form of this cytokine. It does so by binding to", "title": "B13R (virus protein)" }, { "docid": "11354008", "text": "USP11 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase or Ubiquitin specific protease 11 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"USP11\" gene. USP11 belongs to the Ubiquitin specific proteases family (USPs) which is a sub-family of the Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs).USPs are multiple domain proteases and belong to the C19 cysteine proteases sub‒family. Depending on their domain architecture and position there is different homology between the various members. Generally the largest domain is the catalytic domain which harbours the three residue catalytic triad that is included inside conserved motifs (Cys and His boxes). The catalytic domain also contains sequences that are not", "title": "USP11" }, { "docid": "11232503", "text": "the large domain is conserved, there is structural variation of the smaller domain. The active site of the protein is a continuous tunnel through the monomer and is lined with acidic residues, a feature consistent with other acid phosphatases. In addition, electrostatic surface analysis indicates a relatively acidic surface. The crystallization of phosphoglycolate phosphatase from Thermoplasma acidophilum revealed 5 active sites indicated by the blue spheres in the image. The key residues of the active site are aspartate, lysine, and serine. This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on phosphoric monoester bonds. The hydrolysis of phosphoglycolate", "title": "Phosphoglycolate phosphatase" }, { "docid": "15114922", "text": "a variety of proteases. In addition, several key amino acids in the hinge region of the reactive center loop which are important for protease inhibitory activity have not been conserved in uterine serpins. Bovine uterine serpin does inhibit pepsin but probably through a mechanism distinct from the prototypical mechanism used by serpins. There are two possible biological roles for uterine serpins during pregnancy. The first is as a binding protein. Porcine uterine serpin binds non-covalently to uteroferrin in a way that stabilizes the iron-binding capacity of uteroferrin. Uteroferrin is transferred across the placenta where it gives up its iron to", "title": "Uterine serpin" }, { "docid": "13463603", "text": "evolution of enzyme function. Early in his career, Knowles studied α-chymotrypsin and pepsin, which are nonspecific proteases, meaning they accept a broad range of substrates. He researched what made these enzymes nonspecific and how they increased the rate of peptide-bond hydrolysis. In 1972, Knowles developed a method for photo-affinity labelling, enabling the formation of a covalent bond between a protein and a ligand under the control of light. Knowles then began seminal studies on the glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase (TIM). He took advantage of its simplicity—interconverting a single substrate and a single product. Using the enediol intermediate of the reaction", "title": "Jeremy R. Knowles" }, { "docid": "9663743", "text": "features of the structure like this folding lip suggest that PNMT is a recent adaptation to the catecholamine synthesizing enzyme family, evolving later than COMT, but before other methyltransferases like GNMT. S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is a required cofactor. The active site binding region for the cofactor SAM contains a rich number of pi bonds from phenylalanine and tyrosine residues in the active site help to keep it in its binding pocket through pi stacking. Among all known PNMT variants in nature there are 7 crucial aromatic residues conserved in the active site. The residue Glutamine 185 is necessary in binding the", "title": "Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase" }, { "docid": "15727923", "text": "Clp protease family In molecular biology, the CLP protease family is a family of serine peptidases belong to the MEROPS peptidase family S14 (ClpP endopeptidase family, clan SK). ClpP is an ATP-dependent protease that cleaves a number of proteins, such as casein and albumin. It exists as a heterodimer of ATP-binding regulatory A and catalytic P subunits, both of which are required for effective levels of protease activity in the presence of ATP, although the P subunit alone does possess some catalytic activity. Proteases highly similar to ClpP have been found to be encoded in the genome of bacteria, metazoa,", "title": "Clp protease family" }, { "docid": "4309912", "text": "create a 22 residue light chain, and an active protease termed α-acrosin. This light chain remains associated with the heavy chain, cross-linked through two disulfide bonds to form a heterodimer. Following these N-terminal cleavage events, three cleavages at the C-terminal domain removes 70 residues, yielding β-acrosin. Acrosin has two sites which have been identified as possible N-glycosylation sites: Asn-2 and Asn-169. The catalytic triad consists of residues His-57, Asp-102, and Ser-195. These residues are found in a binding pocket that has been termed the \"S1\" pocket, consistent with the naming scheme that has been adopted for other proteases. The S1", "title": "Acrosin" }, { "docid": "4176833", "text": "Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) is a protease inhibitor. Its structural formula is 1-chloro-3-tosylamido-4-phenyl-2-butanone. TPCK is an irreversible inhibitor of chymotrypsin. Also inhibits some cysteine proteases such as caspase, papain, bromelain or ficin. It does not inhibit trypsin or zymogens. TPCK is observed covalently bound in the active site of Caspase 3 in the crystal structure of the complex solved in 2010. The chloromethyl group reacts with the active site cysteine to form a covalent bond with the loss of the chlorine. TPCK is chosen for the chemical labelling of active histidine in enzyme analysis. The", "title": "Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone" }, { "docid": "11332048", "text": "open active site cleft. The variant from \"M. tuberculosis\" also exhibits an uncommon dual pH optimum for catalytic activity. 3-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase possesses less than 20% homology to other NAD-dependent oxidoreductases and exhibits significant variance between species. There does appear to be conservation in specific binding domain residues, but there is still some variation in the positively charged active site residues between variants. For example, Type III PHGDH enzymes can be broken down into two subclasses where the key histidine residue is replaced with a lysine residue. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase cause Neu-Laxova syndrome and phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase", "title": "Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase" }, { "docid": "19349185", "text": "activity of proteases must be analyzed. Methods have been developed to distinguish the proteolytic activity of different enzymes in biological samples and separate active proteases from their inactive forms, namely zymogen precursors and those proteases bound by inhibitors. Two techniques are activity-based probes (ABPs) and Proteolytic Signature Peptides (PSPs). ABP molecules serve as probes to irreversibly bind only to active proteases and ignore their zymogen precursors and inhibited proteases. Placing a reactive group and a recognizable tag feature on the same molecule using a linker moiety gives an ABP molecule its structure. The reactive molecule, designed after protease inhibitor mechanisms,", "title": "Degradomics" }, { "docid": "3083804", "text": "lead to decreased or increased activity of enzymes. This may have different consequences, depending on the normal function of the serine protease. For example, mutations in protein C can lead to protein C deficiency and predisposing to thrombosis. Determination of serine protease levels may be useful in the context of particular diseases. Serine protease Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins, in which serine serves as the nucleophilic amino acid at the (enzyme's) active site. They are found ubiquitously in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Serine proteases fall into two broad categories based on their", "title": "Serine protease" }, { "docid": "10072722", "text": "Tyr113, is mostly hydrophobic. However, the active site does contain two charged residues: Arg29 and Glu76. Arg29 is thought to play a role in substrate binding, while Glu76 is thought to play a role in the orienting the active site for catalysis. The overall hydrophobic environment of the active site plays a critical role in favoring the neutral amine form of Lys115, a key residue involved in the formation of a Schiff base intermediate. Another important lysine residue, Lys116, is thought to play an important role in the positioning of Lys115 in the active site. Through hydrogen bonds with Ser16", "title": "Acetoacetate decarboxylase" }, { "docid": "6574223", "text": "PRPP binding region and involves two adjacent acidic residues and at least one surrounding hydrophobic residue. The enzyme's specificity for adenine involves hydrophobic residues Ala131 and Leu159 in the core domain. In humans, two residues in the hood domain hydrogen bond with the purine for further specificity: Val25 with the hydrogens on N6, and Arg27 with N1. Although the flexible loop does not interact with the hood during purine recognition, it is thought to close over the active site and sequester the reaction from solvents. Most research on APRTase reports that Mg is essential for phosphoribosyl transfer, and this is", "title": "Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase" }, { "docid": "9982718", "text": "restriction enzyme. BamHI has three critical active site residues that are important for metal catalyst. They are known as Asp94, Glu111 and Glu113. These residues are usually acidic. In the presence of a metal ion, the residues are pointed toward the metal ion. In the absence of metal ions, the residues are pointed outward. The two metal ions (A and B) are 4.1 apart from each other in the active site and are in-line with these residues. In general, when the two metal ions (A and B) are bonded to the active site, they help stabilize a cluster distribution of", "title": "BamHI" }, { "docid": "3505864", "text": "RNR2 to RNR1 occurs via tyrosine (Y356 to Y731) and continues on through tyrosine (Y730) to cysteine (C439) in the active site. Site-directed mutations of the RNR primary structure indicate that all residues cited above participate in the long distance transfer of the free radical to the active site. In \"A. aegypti\" mosquitoes, RNR1 retains most of the crucial amino acid residues, including aspartate (D64) and valine (V292 or V284), that are necessary in allosteric regulation; proline (P210 and P610), leucine (L453 and L473), and methionine (M603) residues that are located in the hydrophobic active site; cysteine (C225, C436 and", "title": "Ribonucleotide reductase" }, { "docid": "332087", "text": "enzymes are secreted as inactive zymogen. The precursor of pepsin, pepsinogen, is secreted by the stomach, and is activated only in the acidic environment found in stomach. The pancreas secretes the precursors of a number of proteases such as trypsin and chymotrypsin. The zymogen of trypsin is trypsinogen, which is activated by a very specific protease, enterokinase, secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum. The trypsin, once activated, can also cleave other trypsinogens as well as the precursors of other proteases such as chymotrypsin and carboxypeptidase to activate them. In bacteria, a similar strategy of employing an inactive zymogen or", "title": "Proteolysis" }, { "docid": "19816802", "text": "protein crystallization, successfully crystallizing a number of enzymes and enzyme precursor proteins, particularly proteases. Kunitz worked with trypsin and chymotrypsin and their precursors, as well as pepsin. He also studied protease inhibitors and devoted particular effort to the soybean trypsin inhibitor; the inhibitor protein, its domain family, and a soybean cultivar lacking this protein are all named after him. For their role in isolating, purifying, and crystallizing enzymes - a subject underscored by Kunitz' work with Northrop - John H. Northrop, Wendell M. Stanley, and James B. Sumner were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. Kunitz himself was", "title": "Moses Kunitz" }, { "docid": "8764332", "text": "predictive method for suggesting function for newly sequenced enzymes for which function has not been biochemically demonstrated. A classification system for glycosyl hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of more than 100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy (CArbohydrate-Active EnZymes) web site. The database provides a series of regularly updated sequence based classification that allow reliable prediction of mechanism (retaining/inverting), active site residues and possible substrates. The online database is supported by CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes. Based on three-dimensional structural similarities, the sequence-based families have been classified into 'clans'", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase" }, { "docid": "5877891", "text": "enzyme superfamilies with different protein folds are known to use the \"N\"-terminal residue as a nucleophile: Superfamily PB (proteasomes using the Ntn fold) and Superfamily PE (acetyltransferases using the DOM fold) This commonality of active site structure in completely different protein folds indicates that the active site evolved convergently in those superfamilies. Families of threonine proteases Catalytic triad A catalytic triad is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in the active site of some enzymes. Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An", "title": "Catalytic triad" }, { "docid": "1692145", "text": "currently lacking, but the Phe stabilized ACT-ACT interface that is characteristic of A-PAH has been determined and a structural model of A-PAH based on SAXS analysis has been proposed. Solved crystal structures of the catalytic domain indicate that the active site consists of an open and spacious pocket lined primarily by hydrophobic residues, though three glutamic acid residues, two histidines, and a tyrosine are also present and iron-binding. Contradictory evidence exists about the coordination state of the ferrous atom and its proximity to BH4 within the active site. According to crystallographic analysis, Fe(II) is coordinated by water, His285, His290, and", "title": "Phenylalanine hydroxylase" }, { "docid": "510302", "text": "small rounded mass of chewed up food) enters the stomach through the oesophagus via the lower oesophageal sphincter. The stomach releases proteases (protein-digesting enzymes such as pepsin) and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic pH of 2 for the proteases to work. Food is churned by the stomach through muscular contractions of the wall called peristalsis – reducing the volume of the bolus, before looping around the fundus and the body of stomach as the boluses are converted into chyme (partially digested food). Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum of", "title": "Stomach" }, { "docid": "15984725", "text": "terminal, non-reducing terminal beta-D-galactoside residues. The middle domain of these three-domain enzymes is involved in trimerisation. Glycoside hydrolase family 42 In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 42 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of >100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy web site, and also discussed at CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes. The", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase family 42" }, { "docid": "15984740", "text": "catalyse the endohydrolysis of beta-1,4-linkages between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan. Glycoside hydrolase family 46 In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 46 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of >100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy web site, and also discussed at CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes. Glycoside hydrolase", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase family 46" }, { "docid": "2898604", "text": "focus of serpin studies. Over 1000 serpins have now been identified, including 36 human proteins, as well as molecules in all kingdoms of life—animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and archaea—and some viruses. In the 2000s, a systematic nomenclature was introduced in order to categorise members of the serpin superfamily based on their evolutionary relationships. Serpins are therefore the largest and most diverse superfamily of protease inhibitors. Most serpins are protease inhibitors, targeting extracellular, chymotrypsin-like serine proteases. These proteases possess a nucleophilic serine residue in a catalytic triad in their active site. Examples include thrombin, trypsin, and human neutrophil elastase. Serpins act", "title": "Serpin" }, { "docid": "9122246", "text": "acid sequences, for members of the PDE family show considerable difference (25-35% identity), the overall folding, functional and structural elements of the active sites are very similar. The active site is formed by residues that are highly conserved among all PDEs. The binding pocket contains metal ion (zinc and magnesium) binding sites. The two histidine and two aspartic acid residues, which bind zinc are conserved among all studied PDEs (See review article ). The structure of several other PDE iso-enzymes has been elucidated and among them few co-crystal structures, with inhibitors residing in the active site. The co-crystal structures for", "title": "Phosphodiesterase 2" }, { "docid": "15962602", "text": "xyloglucanase activities. The overall structure of enzymes in this family consists of a TIM-like barrel domain, a beta-sandwich domain and an active site with two glutamic acid residues, all of which are conserved between the endoglucanases and xyloglucanases in the family, with only minor differences. Glycoside hydrolase family 44 In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 44 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase family 44" }, { "docid": "4188914", "text": "There are several proteins that belong to the CRAC-C family. A list of the currently classified members of the CRAC-C family can be found in the Transporter Classification Database. This classification is based on sequence similarity which also happens to coincide with functional and structural similarities between homologues. Almost all CRAC homologues are about 250 residues long, but some are up to 100 residues longer (e.g., the \"Drosophila melanogaster\" Olf186-F, TC# 1.A.52.1.5). The plasma membrane protein \"Orai\" (ORAI1 and ORAI2 in humans) forms the pore of the CRAC channel. The protein ORAI1 is a structural component of the CRAC calcium", "title": "Calcium release activated channel" }, { "docid": "510303", "text": "the small intestine, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme within anywhere between forty minutes and a few hours. The average human stomach can comfortably hold about a litre of food. Gastric juice in the stomach also contains pepsinogen. Hydrochloric acid activates this inactive form of enzyme into the active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down proteins into polypeptides. Although the absorption in the human digestive system is mainly a function of the small intestine, some absorption of certain small molecules nevertheless does occur in", "title": "Stomach" }, { "docid": "10520279", "text": "Pepstatin Pepstatin is a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases. It is a hexa-peptide containing the unusual amino acid statine (Sta, (3S,4S)-4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid), having the sequence Isovaleryl-Val-Val-Sta-Ala-Sta (Iva-Val-Val-Sta-Ala-Sta). It was originally isolated from cultures of various species of Actinomyces due to its ability to inhibit pepsin at picomolar concentrations. Pepstatin A is well known to be an inhibitor of aspartic proteinases such as pepsin, cathepsins D and E. Except for its role as a proteinase inhibitor, however, the pharmacological action of pepstatin A upon cells remain unclear. Pepstatin A suppresses receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL)–induced osteoclast differentiation. Pepstatin A suppresses", "title": "Pepstatin" }, { "docid": "15964849", "text": "Glycoside hydrolase family 33 In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 33 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of >100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy web site, and also discussed at CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes. This family contains sialidases (CAZY GH_33), which hydrolyse alpha-(2->3)-, alpha-(2->6)-, alpha-(2->8)-glycosidic linkages of terminal sialic residues in", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase family 33" }, { "docid": "1452448", "text": "the laryngopharynx (pH = 6.8) pepsin would be inactive but could be reactivated upon subsequent acid reflux events resulting in damage to local tissues. Pepsin is one of the primary causes of mucosal damage during laryngopharyngeal reflux. Pepsin remains in the larynx (pH 6.8) following a gastric reflux event. While enzymatically inactive in this environment, pepsin would remain stable and could be reactivated upon subsequent acid reflux events. Exposure of laryngeal mucosa to enzymatically active pepsin, but not irreversibly inactivated pepsin or acid, results in reduced expression of protective proteins and thereby increases laryngeal susceptibility to damage. Pepsin may also", "title": "Pepsin" }, { "docid": "17271461", "text": "over their active site (where a substrate would normally bind), inhibiting activity. Once in the acidic environment of the vacuole or lysosome, the prodomain is cleaved off to reveal the active enzyme. Legumain is a cysteine protease from the C13 family of the CD clan of proteases (MEROPS). It uses a catalytic triad of Cysteine-Histidine-Asparagine in its active site to perform covalent proteolysis of its substrate. Legumain Legumain (, asparaginyl endopeptidase, citvac, proteinase B, hemoglobinase, PRSC1 gene product or LGMN (\"Homo sapiens\"), vicilin peptidohydrolase, bean endopeptidase) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the \"LGMN\" gene (previous symbol", "title": "Legumain" }, { "docid": "15707985", "text": "belong to Merops inhibitor families: I1, I2, I17 and I31. However, kazal-like domains are also seen in the extracellular part of agrins, which are not known to be protease inhibitors. Kazal domains often occur in tandem arrays and have a central alpha-helix, a short two-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet and several disulphide bonds. The amino terminal segment of this domain binds to the active site of its target proteases, thus inhibiting their function. Human proteins with Kazal 2 domains: Kazal domain The Kazal domain is an evolutionary conserved protein domain usually indicative of serine protease inhibitors. However, kazal-like domains are also seen", "title": "Kazal domain" }, { "docid": "18983454", "text": "crucial for the hydrolysis. Theoretical speculations, based on a 3D model predictions have been made, pointing to the histidine 331 of the phytaspase peptide chain, that might interact with the Asp in the target peptide and thereby guide the recognition. The phytaspase displays a structure, common to the subtilisin-like proteases. Its N-terminus includes a prodomain, which commonly inhibits subtilisin-like proteases and undergoes an autocatalytic cleavage during maturation, followed by a protease domain, which includes and adheres the common order of the sequence of the three canonic catalytic amino acid residues, and a prolonged C-terminal domain. The very N-teminus of the", "title": "Phytaspase" }, { "docid": "11957273", "text": "increasingly researched biomarker for LPR. Research suggests that the stomach enzyme pepsin plays a crucial role in the complex mechanism behind LPR. Once present in the larynx pepsin is active at a low pH, but persists even when inactive. Pepsin can manifest both extracellularly and intracellularly; however, damage is realized differently in these two environments. Intracellularly, pepsin enters the laryngeal tissue through endocytosis and causes damage that accumulates over time. Pepsin has implications on cellular transcription and therefore, gene expression, which subsequently leads to the recruitment of inflammatory cells, but inhibition of protective mechanisms such as growth factors. Structurally, pepsin", "title": "Laryngopharyngeal reflux" }, { "docid": "2838315", "text": "Also one of the first exoenzymes to be discovered, trypsin was named in 1876, forty years after pepsin. This enzyme is responsible for the breakdown of large globular proteins and its activity is specific to cleaving the C-terminal sides of arginine and lysine amino acid residues. It is the derivative of trypsinogen, an inactive precursor that is produced in the pancreas. When secreted into the small intestine, it mixes with enterokinase to form active trypsin. Due to its role in the small intestine, trypsin works at an optimal pH of 8.0. The production of a particular digestive exoenzyme by a", "title": "Exoenzyme" }, { "docid": "3083793", "text": "Serine protease Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins, in which serine serves as the nucleophilic amino acid at the (enzyme's) active site. They are found ubiquitously in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Serine proteases fall into two broad categories based on their structure: chymotrypsin-like (trypsin-like) or subtilisin-like. In humans, they are responsible for coordinating various physiological functions, including digestion, immune response, blood coagulation and reproduction. The MEROPS protease classification system counts 16 superfamilies (as of 2013) each containing many families. Each superfamily uses the catalytic triad or dyad in a different protein fold and", "title": "Serine protease" }, { "docid": "8088498", "text": "region of eukaryotic reverse transcriptase comprises three domains termed the \"fingers\", \"palm\", and \"thumb\" which hold the double-stranded primer-template in a right-hand grip with the 3'-OH of the primer buried in the active site of the polymerase, a cluster of highly conserved acidic and polar residues situated on the palm between what would be the index and middle fingers. In eukaryotic RTs, the RNase H domain lies on the wrist below the base of the thumb, but retron RTs lack RNase H activity. The nucleic acid binding cleft, extending from the polymerase active site to the RNase H active site,", "title": "Multicopy single-stranded DNA" }, { "docid": "15985089", "text": "Glycoside hydrolase family 92 In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 92 is a family of glycoside hydrolases. Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of >100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy web site, and also discussed at CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes. This domain occurs within alpha-1,2-mannosidases, which remove alpha-1,2-linked mannose residues from Man(9)(GlcNAc)(2) by hydrolysis. They are critical", "title": "Glycoside hydrolase family 92" }, { "docid": "1995458", "text": "Caspase Caspases (cysteine-aspartic proteases, cysteine aspartases or cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases) are a family of protease enzymes playing essential roles in programmed cell death (including apoptosis, pyroptosis and necroptosis) and inflammation. They are named caspases due to their specific cysteine protease activity – a cysteine in its active site nucleophilically attacks and cleaves a target protein only after an aspartic acid residue. As of 2009, there are 11 or 12 confirmed caspases in humans and 10 in mice, carrying out a variety of cellular functions. The role of these enzymes in programmed cell death was first identified in 1993, with their", "title": "Caspase" }, { "docid": "14322294", "text": "Nepenthesin Nepenthesin (also spelled nepenthacin or nepenthasin) is an aspartic protease of plant origin that has so far been identified in the pitcher secretions of \"Nepenthes\" and in the leaves of \"Drosera peltata\". It is similar to pepsin, but differs in that it also cleaves on either side of Asp residues and at Lys┼Arg. While more pH and temperature stable than porcine pepsin A, it is considerably less stable in urea or guanidine hydrochloride. It is the only known protein with such a stability profile. The name \"nepenthesin\" was coined in 1968 by Shigeru Nakayama and Shizuko Amagase. Alternative names", "title": "Nepenthesin" } ]

[ "Eric Burdon" ]

[ { "docid": "6680958", "text": "\"The Sweetest Thing\" (2002), when Cameron Diaz is walking up the street, and in \"Joy\" (2015) it's performed by cast members in a scene set in a music class . Mama Told Me Not to Come \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' cover version also hit number four on the UK Singles Chart in 2000. Newman says that the song was inspired by his", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "4484564", "text": "backdrop of slide guitar. The song \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\", written four years earlier for Eric Burdon, was delivered in stripped-down form, and helped Newman establish himself as a composer of note. Newman appeared in solo engagements beginning in June 1970 on an NBC TV special hosted by Liza Minnelli. \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" yielded a #1 chart topper for Three Dog Night in July 1970. Newman's career was in high gear. Nilsson's next recording project was the soundtrack for a children's fantasy film he conceived, titled \"The Point!\", finished in 1971. His next popular release", "title": "Nilsson Sings Newman" }, { "docid": "6680952", "text": "and extraordinarily straight-laced young man, who recounts what is presumably his first \"wild\" party in the big city, is shocked and appalled by marijuana smoking, whiskey drinking, and loud music and — in the chorus of the song — recalls his \"mama told [him] not to come.\" The first recording of \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" was cut by Eric Burdon & The Animals. A scheduled single-release of September 1966 was withdrawn, but the song was eventually included on their 1967 album \"Eric Is Here\". Newman's own version of his song was released on the 1970 album \"12 Songs\",", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "6680951", "text": "Mama Told Me Not to Come \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' cover version also hit number four on the UK Singles Chart in 2000. Newman says that the song was inspired by his own lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s. As with most Newman songs, he assumes a character - in \"Mama...\" the narrator is a sheltered", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "6680958", "text": "\"The Sweetest Thing\" (2002), when Cameron Diaz is walking up the street, and in \"Joy\" (2015) it's performed by cast members in a scene set in a music class . Mama Told Me Not to Come \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' cover version also hit number four on the UK Singles Chart in 2000. Newman says that the song was inspired by his", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "6680953", "text": "and was characterized by Newman's midtempo piano accompaniment, as well as Ry Cooder's slide guitar part, both of which give the song the feel of a bluesy Ray Charles-style rhythm and blues number. Also in 1970, Three Dog Night released a longer, rock 'n roll and funk-inspired version (titled \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\") on \"It Ain't Easy\". Three Dog Night's version had the same 3/4 by 2/4 time change as Eric Burdon's version and featured Cory Wells singing lead in an almost humorous vocal style, Jimmy Greenspoon playing a Wurlitzer electric piano, and Michael Allsup playing guitar. \"Billboard\"", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" } ]

[ { "docid": "6680955", "text": "Bush and Marshall Bird (AKA \"Bird & Bush\"). Singer Kelly Jones shared in the vocals with Jones. The video featured an appearance by Welsh actor Rhys Ifans. P. J. Proby recorded one of the earliest versions of the song in 1967, followed by Three Dog Night's 1970 hit. Also in 1970, American singer/songwriter Odetta covered the song on her album \"Odetta Sings\". It has also been recorded by a diverse range of artists, including Wilson Pickett, Lou Rawls, The Wolfgang Press, Yo La Tengo, The Slackers, and Paul Frees (as W.C. Fields) accompanied by The Animals. Lazlo Bane. Jazz singer", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "17254026", "text": "released on November 21, 2012. The song peaked at number 8 on the German Black Chart during the week of January 11, 2013. Mama Told Me \"Mama Told Me\" is a song by American rapper Big Boi featuring singer Kelly Rowland, taken from his second studio album \"Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors\" (2012). Co-written by Swedish synth-pop group Little Dragon, who appeared on the original version of the song, it is a 1980s electro funk record that serves as an ode to Big Boi's mother. Production on the song was handled by The Flush, while co-production was handled by Chris", "title": "Mama Told Me" }, { "docid": "17254023", "text": "Mama Told Me \"Mama Told Me\" is a song by American rapper Big Boi featuring singer Kelly Rowland, taken from his second studio album \"Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors\" (2012). Co-written by Swedish synth-pop group Little Dragon, who appeared on the original version of the song, it is a 1980s electro funk record that serves as an ode to Big Boi's mother. Production on the song was handled by The Flush, while co-production was handled by Chris Carmouche and Big Boi. Released as the album's lead single, it failed to chart or sell noticeably but reached number eight on the", "title": "Mama Told Me" }, { "docid": "17254024", "text": "German Black Chart. It is also featured on the soundtrack of the video game . \"Mama Told Me\" was produced by The Flush, while co-production was handled by Chris Carmouche and Big Boi. The song originally featured Swedish synth-pop group Little Dragon, who co-wrote the song along with Big Boi and premiered the song with him in Austin, Texas, at an event hosted by Vitaminwater and The Fader in August 2012. Though Little Dragon's version was set to appear on the rapper's second solo album, the band was not featured on the final version due to \"business terms out of", "title": "Mama Told Me" }, { "docid": "5532124", "text": "Langston of Throwing Muses guests on most tracks. The singles from the album were \"Time\" (the album version being titled \"Question Of Time\"), which included a sample from Pink Floyd's \"Time\" (from \"The Dark Side of the Moon\"), followed by a cover of Randy Newman's \"Mama Told Me Not to Come.\" The single \"A Girl Like You\" was released in May 1992 and became an international hit, scoring No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" US Modern Rock (Alternative Songs) chart on 15 August 1992. The song was later covered by Tom Jones, who then asked the band to write \"Show Me", "title": "The Wolfgang Press" }, { "docid": "17834236", "text": "Jesse (Carly Simon song) \"Jesse\" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and produced by Mike Mainieri. The song was the lead single from Simon's ninth studio album, \"Come Upstairs\". The song is told in first-person about the narrator's disdain for her former lover, Jesse, who has just moved back to town. She vows to have nothing to do with him, \"Don't let him near me, don't let him touch me, don't let him please me,\" she sings. She asks her friends to remind her of how he has wronged her, because she fears she'll end up letting", "title": "Jesse (Carly Simon song)" }, { "docid": "15767825", "text": "single B-sides. \"Come On, Jerry (Timber)\" was released as B-Side of \"Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight\", and \"She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain\" was released as B-Side of \"For Mama\". Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites is a studio album of Folk Song recorded by U. S. Entertainer Connie Francis. The album was recorded on August 8 and 9, 1961, at Owen Bradley's studio Bradley Film & Recording in Nashville. Arrangements were provided by Cliff Parman who also conducted the sessions. Background vocals came from Millie Kirkham and The Jordanaires. Francis first collaboration", "title": "Connie Francis Sings Folk Song Favorites" }, { "docid": "11946135", "text": "for Donna Summer at a concert held on Fire Island, whose estimated audience numbered 5,000. \"Come to Me\" began a three-week reign atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on 22 September 1979. \"Come to Me\" peaked at #15 on the Hot 100 and at #36 on the R&B chart. Come to Me (France Joli song) \"Come to Me\" is a #1 disco hit from 1979 performed by France Joli, who had recorded it at the age of fifteen with producer, Tony Green, who composed the song and briefly sings on it. The track also features the famed Philadelphia", "title": "Come to Me (France Joli song)" }, { "docid": "11946134", "text": "Come to Me (France Joli song) \"Come to Me\" is a #1 disco hit from 1979 performed by France Joli, who had recorded it at the age of fifteen with producer, Tony Green, who composed the song and briefly sings on it. The track also features the famed Philadelphia session vocalists, The Sweethearts of Sigma Sound. The song was introduced on the album \"France Joli\", which was released in the US on 17 April 1979 on Prelude, and rose to #26. \"Come to Me\" received a major boost on 7 July when Joli performed it as a last minute replacement", "title": "Come to Me (France Joli song)" }, { "docid": "8655243", "text": "Noteworthy samples from this album include: \"4 O'Clock in the Morning\" by The Hassles in \"My Own Personal Gravity\", \"Pacific\" by 808 State in \"I'll be Waiting for You\", \"Don't Interrupt the Sorrow\" by Joni Mitchell in \"Forever Damaged (The 96th)\", \"Nite and Day\" by Al B. Sure! in \"Sometimes I Miss You So Much\" and \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" by Three Dog Night in \"Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once in a Lifetime/Coconut\". The track also contains a musical reference to The Beatles song, \"Flying\". Song writing credit is given to Attrell Cordes on each song along with whomever", "title": "Jesus Wept" }, { "docid": "6680954", "text": "ranked the record as the No. 11 song of 1970. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 14, 1970, the same day that \"It Ain't Easy\" was certified gold. This was the very first #1 song played on the July 4, 1970 broadcast of \"American Top 40\" with Casey Kasem. The recording of the song by Tom Jones and Stereophonics was released as a single in March 2000 and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, number 11 in Ireland, and number 45 in New Zealand. This version was produced by Steve", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "16424901", "text": "the Live Finals, she first sang It's a Man's Man's Man's World as her solo song, her duet with coach Tom Jones being Mama Told Me Not to Come and her Song of the Series was yet again, Run to You. She was pronounced the winner and soon released her Run to You as her debut single. Leanne Mitchell Leanne Sian Mitchell (born 14 December 1983) is an English former singer–songwriter, known for winning the first series of \"The Voice UK\" on 2 June 2012. Mitchell released her debut solo single \"Run to You\" on 3 June 2012. Her debut", "title": "Leanne Mitchell" }, { "docid": "2659198", "text": "from the musical \"Hair\", Laura Nyro's \"Eli's Comin'\" (US #10), Randy Newman's \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" (US #1), Paul Williams' \"Out in the Country\" (US #15), \"The Family Of Man\" (US #12), and \"An Old Fashioned Love Song\" (US #4), Hoyt Axton's \"Joy to the World\" (US #1) and \"Never Been to Spain\" (US #5), Arkin & Robinson's \"Black and White\" (US #1), Argent's Russ Ballard's \"Liar\" (US #7), Elton John and Bernie Taupin's \"Lady Samantha\" and \"Your Song\", Daniel Moore's \"Shambala\" (#3), Leo Sayer's \"The Show Must Go On\" (US #4), John Hiatt's \"Sure As I'm Sittin'", "title": "Three Dog Night" }, { "docid": "6680956", "text": "Roseanna Vitro included it in her 2011 collection \"The Music of Randy Newman\". A 1970 cover by The Jackson 5 was released on \"\". Tea Leaf Green and Widespread Panic have performed this song live. In 1971, the comic singer Patrick Topaloff released a French version named \"Maman, viens me chercher\". Three Dog Night's version would later appear in Terry Gilliam's 1998 movie adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1972 gonzo novel \"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\". Due to the song's upbeat, paranoid mood, it was used for the scene of obsessively drug-using protagonists Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo escaping", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "1285034", "text": "accompanying soundtrack album, however, underneath \"I Am the Walrus\" are printed the words \" 'No you're not!' said Little Nicola\" (in the film, Nicola Hale is a little girl who keeps contradicting everything the other characters say). Lennon returned to the subject in the lyrics of three of his subsequent songs: in the 1968 Beatles song \"Glass Onion\" he sings, \"I told you 'bout the walrus and me, man / You know that we're as close as can be, man / Well here's another clue for you all / The walrus was Paul\"; in the third verse of \"Come Together\"", "title": "I Am the Walrus" }, { "docid": "19702815", "text": "God, Your Mama, and Me \"God, Your Mama, and Me\" is a song recorded by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line and pop music group Backstreet Boys. It is the third single from the duo's third studio album, \"Dig Your Roots\", which was released on August 26, 2016. The song was written by Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. Tyler Hubbard, one-half of Florida Georgia Line, told the blog \"Taste of Country\" that it \"is just such a well-written song. A song that when we heard it, we fell in love with it. We never really heard it", "title": "God, Your Mama, and Me" }, { "docid": "7814093", "text": "\"Time to Get Alone,\" but Beach Boy member Mike Love wanted to save the song for the next Beach Boys album. Having perfected their three-part harmony sound, Wells, Hutton and Negron added a four-piece backing group consisting of guitarist Michael Allsup, organist Jimmy Greenspoon, bassist Joe Schermie, and drummer Floyd Sneed. The group began performing as Three Dog Night in 1968, and became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Wells sang the lead vocal on Three Dog Night's \"Billboard\" No. 1 hit song \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\". He said that Randy", "title": "Cory Wells" }, { "docid": "4712188", "text": "the drummer, Jackson, Redding wrote \"Respect\", after a conversation they had during a break in the recording session, in which he told Redding: \"You're on the road all the time. All you can look for is a little respect when you come home.\" An alternative story is told by Redding's friend and road manager, Earl \"Speedo\" Sims, who states that the song \"came from a group I was singing with\", and that even though Redding rewrote it, \"a lot of the lyric was still there\"; Sims adds: \"He told me I would get a credit, but I never did\". Sims", "title": "Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul" }, { "docid": "14897232", "text": "\"Hey Lawdy Mama\" with some new lyrics as \"Meet Me in the Bottom\". Earlier recorded versions of the song are not identified, although Pink Anderson, who recorded a version of \"Meet Me in the Bottom\" in 1961 (which closely follows Slim's song), remembered the song \"from just after the first World War\". Slim's \"Meet Me in the Bottom\" set the pattern for later versions by other artists, which would include elements of \"Hey Lawdy Mama\" and \"Meet Me in the Bottom\" as well as new lyrics. In 1961, Howlin' Wolf recorded \"Down in the Bottom\" (also called \"Meet Me in", "title": "Hey Lawdy Mama (blues song)" }, { "docid": "6592652", "text": "NAACP in protesting the film. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat \"Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat\" is a 1941 hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York, United States, whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. The Andrews Sisters and Will Bradley & His Orchestra recorded the most successful pop versions of the song, but it is today best recognized as the centerpiece of an eponymous Walter Lantz Studio cartoon from 1941. The short", "title": "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" }, { "docid": "6592643", "text": "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat \"Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat\" is a 1941 hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York, United States, whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. The Andrews Sisters and Will Bradley & His Orchestra recorded the most successful pop versions of the song, but it is today best recognized as the centerpiece of an eponymous Walter Lantz Studio cartoon from 1941. The short version, released on March 28,", "title": "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" }, { "docid": "7447081", "text": "album \"Out of Our Heads\". Isaac Hayes made his debut as a pianist with Otis Redding, possibly on songs \"Come to Me\" or \"Security\". It is unclear because prior to 1966, the Memphis Musicians Union kept little or no sessions documentation; Fantasy Records, who bought Stax in 1977, has none at all prior to 1966. That Hayes debuted in 1964 with Redding is known; which song remains in question. \"Come to Me\", Redding's fourth Volt single, was written by Redding and Phil Walden and became the second song after the Volt session not to feature a horn section. The song", "title": "The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads" }, { "docid": "7806638", "text": "in 1969, while, \"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)\", reached #1 a year later. \"Joy to the World\" became the group's biggest hit in 1971, and their final #1, \"Black and White,\" was in 1972; and, their final Top Ten song was in 1974, \"The Show Must Go On\". They had 21 hit singles, including 11 Top Ten hits, also 12 consecutive gold albums, from 1969 to 1975. Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote,While often criticized as commercial, the band was noted for creative arrangements and interpretations, and their cover choices gave exposure to Harry Nilsson, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Hoyt", "title": "Danny Hutton" }, { "docid": "7189934", "text": "as Ice\", she sings in a higher register: \"I'm just a girl with the ability to drive a man crazy / Make him call me 'mama', make him my new baby.\" \"Blackout\"s tenth track \"Ooh Ooh Baby\" contains a flamenco guitar and blends the beat from Gary Glitter's \"Rock and Roll\" (1972) and the melody of The Turtles' \"Happy Together\" (1967). In the lyrics, she sings to a lover \"Touch me and I come alive / I can feel you on my lips / I can feel you deep inside\". Kara DioGuardi said she was inspired by the relationship between", "title": "Blackout (Britney Spears album)" }, { "docid": "10560347", "text": "his mother (\"Mama Teddy Bear\") goes on the air to express her gratitude, telling them Teddy Bear's dream had just come true. She offers a special prayer to the truckers for their act of kindness. Two different singles — one by Sovine — were billed as sequels to \"Teddy Bear\". The two songs told conflicting stories about the boy's future. Not long after \"Teddy Bear\" peaked in popularity, singer Diana Williams (who was signed to Capitol Records) released a song called \"Teddy Bear's Last Ride.\" This story, told from the point of view of a friend of Teddy Bear's mother", "title": "Teddy Bear (Red Sovine song)" }, { "docid": "19519791", "text": "You Told Your Mama Not to Worry You Told Your Mama Not to Worry is the twentieth studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Kumasi, Ghana and released on November 9, 1977 via Casablanca Records label. The album includes the song \"Soweto Blues\" performed by Miriam Makeba. The song is about the Soweto uprising against apartheid that occurred in 1976. The songs \"You Told Your Mama Not to Worry\" and \"Mami Wata\" were re-released on CD in 1998 on Verve Records as additional part of his previous album \"The Boy's Doin' It\". A reviewer of", "title": "You Told Your Mama Not to Worry" }, { "docid": "18601217", "text": "Mama, Take Me Home (Rednex song) \"Mama, Take Me Home\", sometimes \"Mama Take Me Home\", is a song by Swedish dance group Rednex. It has been released in 2006 through M&L Records as the first single of their independently released third studio album \"The Cotton Eye Joe Show\". The song marks the first release with Annika Ljungberg, who rejoined the band. After the groups previous single release, the 2002 Remix of Cotton Eye Joe and their first greatest hits compilation The Best of the West in 2002, Rednex returned in 2006 with new material, the song \"Mama, Take Me Home\".", "title": "Mama, Take Me Home (Rednex song)" }, { "docid": "4482716", "text": "Best New Group, the same week as a re-issue of \"Local Boy in the Photograph\" made number 14 in the charts and their first album went gold in the UK, selling 100,000 copies. During that year the band toured in Europe, Australia and the US, the highlight of which was a concert on 12 June 1998 at Cardiff Castle that was filmed for release. They performed a cover of the Randy Newman song \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" with Tom Jones for his album \"Reload\". After another tour, they re-entered the studios and recorded \"Just Enough Education to Perform\",", "title": "Kelly Jones" }, { "docid": "6680957", "text": "a \"District Attorneys convention on narcotics and dangerous drugs\". It also appears as the last song in the movie's G-rated trailer, mainly accompanying Duke's wild car ride to have Dr. Gonzo catch a plane in time, a scene where in the R-rated trailer and in the actual film, \"Viva Las Vegas\" by Dead Kennedys was used instead. The Three Dog Night version was also used in the 1997 films \"GI Jane\" (played over a montage of scenes showing Jordan O'Neill (Demi Moore) conditioning herself for the extreme physical demands of SEAL training) and \"Boogie Nights\". Also used in the movie", "title": "Mama Told Me Not to Come" }, { "docid": "10562573", "text": "featured in Lazlo Bane's Myspace blog. \"Mama Told Me Not To Come\" was featured in the film \"Bonneville\" and on the film's soundtrack. Though the film premiered in 2006, the soundtrack was released only in 2008, after the release of \"Guilty Pleasures\". \"Stuck in the Middle with You\" was featured in the 2014 film \"Let's Be Cops\". The song was included on the soundtrack album for the film which was released on 9 December 2014. Guilty Pleasures (Lazlo Bane album) Guilty Pleasures is a 2007 album by the band Lazlo Bane, consisting entirely of cover versions of various hits from", "title": "Guilty Pleasures (Lazlo Bane album)" }, { "docid": "18601218", "text": "The song also marks the first release with Annika Ljungberg, who rejoined the band. In contrast of their previous releases, which were a mixture of dance/techno with country elements, and pop ballads, \"Mama, Take Me Home\" is a more classical country song with a softer beat, similar to their previous release \"Riding Alone\". The song is completely unrelated to the 1970s country song Mama Take Me Home by country singer George Jones. \"Mama, Take Me Home\" was released and entered into the Melodifestivalen (Music Festival) in Gothenburg, Sweden. Melodifestivalen is the Swedish national annual music competition organized by Swedish public", "title": "Mama, Take Me Home (Rednex song)" }, { "docid": "8122392", "text": "August 1974 at 9 o'clock I saw a U.F.O. - J.L.\". The line \"Nobody told me there'd be days like these...strange days indeed...most peculiar, mama\" is in contrast to the old adage \"My mother told me there'd be days like this.\" Recorded but left incomplete shortly before his death in 1980, the song was later completed by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in 1983 and released as the first single from Lennon and Ono's album \"Milk and Honey\" in 1984. The song was later released in the UK in 1990, b/w \"I'm Stepping Out\". The song was originally written for Ringo", "title": "Nobody Told Me" }, { "docid": "6552934", "text": "who will support her, not disappear when she needs him the most. She asks if he thinks the relationship is worth fighting for. \"I wanna love/ I want a fire/ To feel the burn/ My desires/ I wanna man by my side/ Not a boy who runs and hides/ Are you gonna fight for me?/ Die for me?/ Live and breathe for me?/ Do you care for me?/ 'Cause if you don't then just leave,\" she sings. Pam Avoledo of Blogcritics wrote that \"[...] Clarkson vocals fiery and smoldering. She's come a long way from American Idol where she had", "title": "Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)" }, { "docid": "8965129", "text": "Music\" was also included on the album. Originally written as a pop song, it was re–written and arranged as a soul song. Fifteen songs were recorded for \"Mama Lilla Would\", including the song \"Miss Celie's Blues\", written by Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones. More four songs were recorded, but were not included on the album — \"What God Likes on Me\", \"Enemy\", \"I Wish Your Love\" and \"End of the Road\", the cover version of Boyz II Men's song. \"End of the Road\" was included exclusively on the \"BRAVO: Come Together\" compilation album. Most of the songs are available on", "title": "Mama Lilla Would" }, { "docid": "13873224", "text": "Free Me (Joss Stone song) \"Free Me\" is a song by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone from her fourth studio album, \"Colour Me Free!\", (released on 20 October 2009 in the US). The track was released on 8 November 2009 and is currently the only single for the album. The song was a commercial failure, only charting in four countries, without reaching a top ten position. A music video was not released. Stone wrote the song as a protest song against her label, EMI. In the song, Stone sings that she cannot be told what to do. In the", "title": "Free Me (Joss Stone song)" }, { "docid": "14034247", "text": "man who has since left home and gotten a better life. He muses that he doesn't get to return to his childhood home anymore; he thinks the house is still standing, if not surely abandoned. He then reveals that his mother has since died, and that her voice now sings in Heaven, \"around God's golden throne.\" He then ties up the song by sharing his belief that the world is a better place because \"one time, my mama sang a song.\" Throughout the song, the choir backs the recitation with several bars each of \"What a Friend We Have in", "title": "Mama Sang a Song" }, { "docid": "15386811", "text": "their original songs, Santana sings \"Trouty Mouth\" as a tribute to Sam's large mouth and Puck (Mark Salling) sings \"Big Ass Heart\" to Lauren (Ashley Fink). Mercedes (Amber Riley) later sings \"Hell to the No\". While Will agrees that it's a great song, he says that it's not appropriate for Regionals, also noting that the best songs \"come from a place of pain\". After the club members share recent hurtful anecdotes, he writes \"Loser Like Me\" on the board, deciding that could be the title for the yet-unwritten song. The judges for this year's Regionals competition are local broadcasting legend", "title": "Original Song" }, { "docid": "2079190", "text": "to worse.\" However, he wrote that \"Miss Peters is an unimpeachable peach of a performer who does so much for the top half of this double bill as to warrant its immediate rechristening 'Song of Bernadette'. She not only sings, acts, and (in the bottom half) dances to perfection, she also, superlatively, 'is' \". Original London production Original Broadway production Song and Dance Song and Dance is a musical comprising two acts, one told entirely in \"Song\" and one entirely in \"Dance\", tied together by a unifying love story. The \"Song\" act is \"Tell Me on a Sunday\", with lyrics", "title": "Song and Dance" }, { "docid": "18879551", "text": "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye \"I've Just Told Mama Goodbye\" is a song by Hank Williams on MGM Records. \"I've Just Told Mama Goodbye\" was first released in 1949 on Mercury Records by Slim Sweet, who wrote the song with Curly Kinsey, and it was chosen along with \"Wedding Bells\" to be Hank Williams' follow-up single to the immensely successful #1 hit \"Lovesick Blues.\" The pairing of these two songs resulted in what may have been the most sentimental single Williams ever released, and while his own compositions were rarely saccharine, he exhibited a weakness for other songs that were.", "title": "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" }, { "docid": "19139023", "text": "Nicki Gostin, writing for the \"New York Daily News\", questioned the song's subject matter, stating \"it's not clear who she's crooning about — ex Gavin Rossdale or new love Blake Shelton.\" Alexis Rhiannon of \"Bustle\" claimed that the song \"give[s] an inside look to a painful past relationship.\" Lyrically, \"Misery\" details the feelings one receives following a new relationship. Stefani sings: \"Hurry up, come see me / Put me out of my misery\", which shows the singer debating whether she wants to relive the pain or experience the pleasure. Elsewhere, she compares her boyfriend to medications: \"You're like drugs to", "title": "Misery (Gwen Stefani song)" }, { "docid": "11973844", "text": "Mama Take Me Home \"Mama Take Me Home\" is a song by Country Music Singer George Jones, released in the early 1970s. Country singer Charlie Rich covered the song in 1973. George Jones recorded \"Mama Take Me Home\" in 1972. This country music song was released by Jones and appeared his 1972 LP album \"First in the Hearts of Country Music Lovers\". The author of the original country song titled \"Mama Take Me Home\" was singer-songwriter Carmol Taylor. Charlie Rich covered \"Mama Take Me Home\" in 1973. This country music song was released by Rich and appeared on his 1973", "title": "Mama Take Me Home" }, { "docid": "18271126", "text": "a mixed review, a writer for the \"Knoxville News Sentinel\" commented, \"After 'Bass,' \"Title\" loses its element of surprise and leaves even appreciative listeners to wonder what else Trainor's got to offer\". The lyrics of \"All About That Bass\" became a subject of controversy among several music critics who felt that the song did not promote a positive body image as Trainor intended. The singer was accused of anti-feminism and shaming thin women in the song, namely in the lyrics \"bringing booty back / Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that,\" and \"Yeah my mama she told me don't", "title": "Title (EP)" }, { "docid": "12902111", "text": "Mandler and was filmed in two days, January 27 and 28, 2009. The theme of the video comes from the fashion style of the 1920s. The video premiered on February 27, 2009. The video starts with Utada playing a Vox piano. As she sings she reminisces on the times shared with her ex-boyfriend Other versions Come Back to Me (Utada Hikaru song) \"Come Back to Me\" is a pop and R&B song by Japanese American pop singer Utada. The song was written by Utada and Stargate and was produced by Utada, Stargate and her father, Sking U. \"Come Back to", "title": "Come Back to Me (Utada Hikaru song)" }, { "docid": "9690381", "text": "Ven a bailar conmigo \"Ven a bailar conmigo\" (English: \"Come dance with me\", ) was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Spanish by Guri Schanke. The song is a Latin-inspired number. Schanke sings about how much she loves to dance and urges her unnamed listener (in Spanish) to \"Come dance with me\". BBC commentary during the Contest explained that Schanke had participated in a reality-television show with a dancing theme, thus explaining the lyrics. The song was written and composed by , who also contributed the Spanish entry at the same Contest -", "title": "Ven a bailar conmigo" }, { "docid": "18601219", "text": "television broadcasters for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song came in 3rd in the semi-final, and took part in the Second Chance round, which it won. In the final, the song finished in 6th place. \"Mama, Take Me Home\" was subsequently released as a single in a few European countries in 2006. In addition to a CD single, the single was released intact on iTunes. It became a hit in Sweden, where it peaked #3 in the Swedish Single Chart respectively. Mama, Take Me Home (Rednex song) \"Mama, Take Me Home\", sometimes \"Mama Take Me Home\", is a song by", "title": "Mama, Take Me Home (Rednex song)" }, { "docid": "8704712", "text": "who had also worked in that capacity for the Beatles. The recording opens with Harrison's acoustic guitar and an electric piano riff that creates \"a sense of foreboding\", according to Inglis, who likens the intro to Three Dog Night's 1970 hit single \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\". Along with Harrison, the musicians on the basic track were Jim Keltner (drums), Nicky Hopkins (electric piano) and Klaus Voormann (bass). Part of Harrison's guide vocal from the basic track was retained for the official release. Among the overdubs, which were completed by the end of February 1973, Harrison added slide guitar", "title": "The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord)" }, { "docid": "7407739", "text": "chose \"Dear Mama\" in particular. It is a song that spoke not just to me, but every mother that has been in that situation, and there have been millions of us. Tupac recognized our struggle, and he is still our hero.\" The song was played in the Tupac biopic, \"All Eyez On Me\", with Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, exiting Clinton Correctional Facility, after visiting 2Pac, who was serving 18 months to 4.5 years for sexual abuse. The song has impacted numerous rappers. Eminem stated that the song played constantly in his car in the year following its release. \" 'Dear", "title": "Dear Mama" }, { "docid": "16712388", "text": "Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls is a compilation album of previously unreleased tracks by American family group The Jackson 5, which was released digitally on August 28, 2012 and physically on September 18, 2012. This compilation contains unreleased songs, recorded by the group during their tenure on the Motown Records label. Some of them are cover versions (Randy Newman's \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\", Traffic's \"Feelin' Alright\" and labelmates The Supremes' \"You Can't Hurry Love\"), and some of the tracks are alternate versions of already released songs (a longer version", "title": "Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls" }, { "docid": "14996338", "text": "clubs, where he heard musicians such as Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, Juke Boy Bonner and Big Mama Thornton. Shah told \"Living Blues\" magazine that his grandfather's passion for the blues inspired him. \"Well see I picked it up from him, he'd be out in the fields singin' all that (sings in a slow moan) 'Tell me how long, whoa, tell me how long it's been since you've been away from home' Well, that's raw! That's a big damn difference from 'Good Golly Miss Molly'\". He moved to Detroit in 1967, and worked for Ford Motors for fifteen years. Shah bought", "title": "Harmonica Shah" }, { "docid": "17290082", "text": "hitting the window like it was me, until it shattered. He pulled me out and said, 'Don't nobody love you but me, not your mama, not your daddy, and especially not B\". She also revealed that Knowles told her to leave the relationship after her partner left her battered on the kitchen floor. Rowland's ex fiancé Roy Williams took to social networking website Twitter to clarify rumors that he was responsible for the abuse Rowland suffered. \"Dirty Laundry\" was met with acclaim from contemporary music critics. Rowland's peer, fellow R&B artist Tiffany Foxx, said \"It takes a lot for a", "title": "Dirty Laundry (Kelly Rowland song)" }, { "docid": "8482930", "text": "hook, where Beyoncé sings: \"Can you get me bodied? I want to be myself tonight.\" The second verse follows, the chorus repeats giving way to the bridge, and Beyoncé sings the chorus again, ending the song with \"hey!\". \"Get Me Bodied\" received universal acclaim from music critics who praised its party sound and Beyoncé's vocals. Chris Richards of \"The Washington Post\" referred to the track a \"club-hungry come-ons\" with a \"dexterous melody\". He further stated that the \"skeletal\" track \"keeps Beyoncé tethered to the ground\". Jody Rosen of \"Entertainment Weekly\" commented that \"a piddly home hi-fi can hardly capture the", "title": "Get Me Bodied" }, { "docid": "13476900", "text": "she doesn't want any money and love is that that actually she misses. She says that he could not buy her, because with money love is not buying. The song is continuing and Elena asks him why he is still on the top and says to him to come down to her world, he is just missing love. She sings about her eyes comparing with black diamonds, and says that with brilliants her lips are full. She just wants one thousand kisses. The chorus is continuing. Leroy Chambers sings in English the following sentences: \"\"Every time you call me, you", "title": "Milioner (song)" }, { "docid": "4349148", "text": "verse before the lead break after Starr sings \"tell me why,\" Lennon can be heard saying \"We already told you why!\" in reference to the Beatles' \"Tell Me Why\" from the previous year. During this session the Beatles recorded a long (6:36) instrumental tune called \"12-Bar Original\" for lack of a better name. \"12-Bar Original\" was not included on \"Rubber Soul\", and was not commercially available until 1996 when an edited version of take 2 of this song was included on the \"Anthology 2\" album. Richie Unterberger, in AllMusic, says the song is an enjoyable, but lightweight, country & western-flavoured", "title": "What Goes On (Beatles song)" }, { "docid": "14897233", "text": "the Bottom\"), a song credited to Willie Dixon. Although \"Down in the Bottom\" is different musically and it does not have the \"hey Lawdy mama, great God almighty\" refrain, Bumble Bee Slim's \"Hey Lawdy Mama\" has been identified as \"the song that Willie Dixon transformed into the classic \"Meet Me in the Bottom\" for Howlin' Wolf\". The opening lines are reminiscent of Slim's \"Meet Me in the Bottom\": In 1942, jazz singer June Richmond recorded the first of several versions of \"Hey Lawdy Mama\" during her career. Given the big band treatment by bandleader Andy Kirk and His Clouds of", "title": "Hey Lawdy Mama (blues song)" }, { "docid": "3571810", "text": "was briefly lead vocalist of the rock band Super Furry Animals before they released any records. In 2005, Ifans made a guest appearance for the rock band Oasis in the video for their single \"The Importance of Being Idle\" (where he mimed to Noel Gallagher's vocals), for which he accepted their award for \"Video of the Year\" at the 2006 NME Awards. He has also appeared in the music videos for \"God! Show Me Magic\" and \"Hometown Unicorn\" by Super Furry Animals, \"Mulder and Scully\" by Catatonia, and \"Mama Told Me Not to Come\" by Tom Jones with Stereophonics. Since", "title": "Rhys Ifans" }, { "docid": "14090236", "text": "guitar and sings in his jail cell to pass the time, is asked to perform a final song at the condemned prisoner's request before he and the guards continue on. As the song is completed, he reflects on a church choir's visit to the prison just a week earlier, where members performed hymns for the inmates; one of the songs evoked the soon-to-be-executed prisoner's memories of his mother and carefree childhood ... before his life went wrong. The Everly Brothers recorded a version of the song for their 1968 album \"Roots\" along with another Haggard song, \"Mama Tried\". Joan Baez", "title": "Sing Me Back Home (song)" }, { "docid": "8983569", "text": "the \"All That's Known\" theme. \"Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)\" was originally intended to be performed after \"Touch Me\". Another song, entitled \"Great Sex\" (which was intended to be performed after \"Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)\"), was also cut from the show because the directors thought the song pointed out the theme of the show too specifically. It was intended to be performed during Hanschen's masturbation scene, but the song was removed and the scene moved into the middle of \"My Junk\". Also, in an early workshop version of the show, the song \"The Dark I Know Well\" was intended", "title": "Spring Awakening (musical)" }, { "docid": "16655710", "text": "and paparazzi teasing of their elimination interview on \"This Morning\" the following Monday. \"Wings\" was also written as an uplifting message for the group's fans to relate to. The band, however, did not want the song to sound \"cheesy\" or as though they were preaching; instead, they wrote it with a theme of maternal advice using the line \"Mama told me not to waste my time\". Regarding the lyrics, Nelson said, \"There's nothing wrong with writing songs about clubs and partying but I think it's cool to do a song with meaning.\" Composed in E minor with a time signature", "title": "Wings (Little Mix song)" }, { "docid": "19295980", "text": "\"her worth as artist and business asset.\" The song opens with \"a Peter Pan metaphor about being held back from maturing,\" where she sings: \"I come fluttering in from Neverland [...] Why will you never let me grow?.\" In the chorus, she bluntly sings: \"I got to do things my own way, darling,\" while also complaining and asking \"in a thick patois\": \"Will you ever let me? Will you ever respect me? No!.\" During the second verse, she \"asserts that she's through with acting as the world's avatar,\" asking: \"Darling, would you mind giving my reflection a break from the", "title": "Consideration (song)" }, { "docid": "14761158", "text": "enjoyed a European-style experience over the traditional family-friendly atmosphere during matches. They have been described as a \"rabid supporters group\". Along with adding color and atmosphere, the group sings various chants during matches. Their theme song is titled \"Boundary Road\" sung to the tune of John Denver's \"Take Me Home, Country Roads\", it references Swangard Stadium's location on Boundary Road in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Southsiders' version is as follows: <poem> Boundary Road, take me home, To the place where I belong. Vancouver, pretty mama, Take me home, Boundary road. </poem> Vancouver Southsiders The Vancouver Southsiders is an independent supporters", "title": "Vancouver Southsiders" }, { "docid": "6494185", "text": "like no holds barred, not trying to cater to any one audience.\" Initially recorded for the US re-release of \"All Eyez on Me\", it was later featured on the re-tooled \"After the Storm\" album only. Lyrically, the \"So Gone\" protagonist sings about almost losing her mind over an unfaithful man. \"The song is saying that I'm so gone that I'm not thinking straight,\" Monica told \"Jet Magazine\". \"I do that sometimes because I'm pretty hard. She [Missy Elliott] may have taken some of the real life from me and put it into song.\" Elliott proposed the singer to start rapping", "title": "So Gone" }, { "docid": "9226783", "text": "4 Page Letter \"4 Page Letter\" is a contemporary R&B song recorded by American singer Aaliyah. The song was written by producer Tim \"Timbaland\" Mosley and Missy Elliott. Mosley produced the song and Elliott provided background vocals. It is the fourth single (third in North America) released from Aaliyah's second studio album, \"One in a Million\" (see 1997 in music). On \"4 Page Letter\" Aaliyah \"express her affection for a dude who caught her eye\" by communicating her feelings for him in the form of a love letter. \"Singing Mama always told me to be careful who I love/And daddy", "title": "4 Page Letter" }, { "docid": "6459991", "text": "ushers on top of the violins, as Madonna sings the chorus line \"You can't hurt me now, I got away from you, I never thought I would.\" The violins and the drum beats drop after the chorus, but come back again during the next bridge. As Madonna sings the verse \"Oh father I have sinned\", the violins change their pitch to a higher one. After the second chorus, there is an instrumental break where she sings about the realization that her father did not want to hurt her but she still ran away. The song ends with the guitar and", "title": "Oh Father" }, { "docid": "11973846", "text": "in 1999, country singer Sammy Kershaw described this song, that he'd heard only once, as a young child, as one of the most \"memorable\" and \"saddest songs\" he'd ever heard in his life. Kershaw cited George Jones as a heavy influence of his own music. \"Video of that interview can be seen here...\". In 2006, Swedish dance group Rednex recorded a song titled \"Mama, Take Me Home\", which is completely unrelated to the country song recorded by Jones. Mama Take Me Home \"Mama Take Me Home\" is a song by Country Music Singer George Jones, released in the early 1970s.", "title": "Mama Take Me Home" }, { "docid": "10689564", "text": "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) \"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)\" is the lead single from Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean's sixth studio album, \"\". The song features vocals from Niia and Akon, as well as rapper Lil Wayne. Verizon Wireless released the song on their V CAST service on August 7, 2007. During the chorus, Akon sings, \"See I'ma tell you, like Wu told me, Cash rules everything, around me.\" This is actually a two layered reference, the first to the Wu-Tang Clan, who produced a song called \"C.R.E.A.M.\" for the 1993 album \"Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)\". Akon also samples the \"dolla',", "title": "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" }, { "docid": "2909347", "text": "are trying to get away from those kind of songs, but like I said before, those are some good chords.\" Orchestral strings play through parts of the song. The song is in natural minor. In the song, Michael Stipe sings the lines \"That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight/Losing my religion\". The phrase \"losing my religion\" is an expression from the southern region of the United States that means losing one's temper or civility, or \"being at the end of one's rope.\" Stipe told \"The New York Times\" the song was about romantic expression. He told \"Q\" that", "title": "Losing My Religion" }, { "docid": "18365521", "text": "up with this song plus with Page an album track, \"In My Time of Sorrow.\" Come and Stay With Me \"Come and Stay With Me\" is a pop song, written by Jackie DeShannon in 1965 for the British singer Marianne Faithfull. It became one of her biggest hits, peaking #4 at United Kingdom. Faithfull's former manager Tony Calder told \"Mojo\" magazine in September 2008 that the song was written in Los Angeles, where he was with Jimmy Page who had an affair with DeShannon: \"One night I couldn't get into our hotel room because Jimmy and Jackie DeShannon were shagging.", "title": "Come and Stay With Me" }, { "docid": "18365520", "text": "Come and Stay With Me \"Come and Stay With Me\" is a pop song, written by Jackie DeShannon in 1965 for the British singer Marianne Faithfull. It became one of her biggest hits, peaking #4 at United Kingdom. Faithfull's former manager Tony Calder told \"Mojo\" magazine in September 2008 that the song was written in Los Angeles, where he was with Jimmy Page who had an affair with DeShannon: \"One night I couldn't get into our hotel room because Jimmy and Jackie DeShannon were shagging. So I yelled, 'When you've finished could you write a song for Marianne?'\" DeShannon came", "title": "Come and Stay With Me" }, { "docid": "7953994", "text": "you?\" and Odo grabs her and kisses her passionately, in front of the crowd on the Promenade. Later, Odo stops by the Holodeck to thank Vic for his help. This episode includes the characters Sisko and Odo singing \"They Can't Take That Away from Me\". The song originates from the 1937 film \"Shall We Dance\" and was composed by George Gershwin; it was his only song to be nominated for an Academy Award. Vic also sings several songs in the holosuite, including a version of the 1957 song “Come Fly with Me”. The character Lola Chrystal sings a cover of", "title": "His Way (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)" }, { "docid": "17567521", "text": "chart in November 1967 \"Tell Mama\" would peak there at no.10 , while the track would afford James her all-time highest Pop ranking with a \"Billboard\" Hot 100 peak of no.23. Rick Hall would recall a backstage visit at the Troubadour where Etta James was headlining during \"Tell Mama\"'s chart run: \"She grabbed me and hugged me and cried:'Rick Hall, I love you! I'm so glad you made me do that damn song! It brought my career back to life and I'll always be grateful.'\" However the track's success evidently did not totally assuage James' misgivings: she would state in", "title": "Tell Mama (song)" }, { "docid": "6876386", "text": "I Were Anyone Else But Me\"). Adah feels that Étienne does not love her anymore and tries to see her future in cards (\"'Neath a Southern Moon\"). Marietta, disguised as Rudolfo's son, performs an \"Italian Street Song\" for the townsfolk. The Lieutenant Governor announces that a dispatch has come from the King of France offering 10,000 francs for the return of the Contessa d'Altena who exchanged places with her maid and traveled to the colonies as a casquette girl. The Contessa always sings a fragment of a certain tune, and the townspeople recognize it as the ghost's song. Sir Harry", "title": "Naughty Marietta (operetta)" }, { "docid": "19393956", "text": "named street in Manhattan, New York, where cheap trinkets are available. For the ninth track \"Come to Mama\", Gaga sings in an affected voice while elongating her vowel enunciation. The 1970s-inspired composition has a big chorus, highlighted by a brass section and bouncy drum rhythm, talking about accepting one another. The song has biblical references with Gaga alluding to both the Old and New Testament. The lyric about \"a forty-day flood\" alludes to Noah while \"stop throwin' stones at your sisters and your brothers\" is taken from one of Jesus' aphorisms, \"Let any one of you who is without sin", "title": "Joanne (album)" }, { "docid": "9763693", "text": "me baby\" as in \"Rock me baby now, rock me slow ... now rock me baby, one time before you go\". Arthur Crudup's 1944 song, \"Rock Me Mama\", is also based on Broonzy's song and repeats the same refrain, but uses \"mama\" in place of \"baby\". \"Roll Me Mama\", a 1939 song by Curtis Jones shares a couple of phrases (\"like a wagon wheel\", \"ain't got no bone\") with \"Rockin' and Rollin'\". \"Rock Me Baby\" is a medium-tempo twelve-bar blues notated in the key of C in common or 4/4 time. King's guitar fills are a key feature of the", "title": "Rock Me Baby (song)" }, { "docid": "8715624", "text": "Shara Barkhovot \"Shara Barkhovot\" (Hebrew script: שרה ברחובות, English translation: \"Singing In The Streets\") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Hebrew by Rita. The song is a ballad, with Rita describing her ambiguous feelings about a relationship. She sings of her lover that \"you, who are all my life/Will remain a salt inscription on my hands\" and remarks that \"the great waters/Have gone far away and don't come to me anymore\". As a result of this, she sings that she has left her lover and is now singing in the streets to avoid confronting", "title": "Shara Barkhovot" }, { "docid": "5776281", "text": "with Paul ad-libbing (\"Believe me mama\") \"Every Night\" is also included on: Billy Joe Royal released a cover of this song in 1970 as a single. It went to #113 on the U.S. Pop charts. The song was covered by Odetta (on her 1970 album \"Odetta Sings\"), Claudine Longet (on her 1972 album \"Let's Spend the Night Together\"), Phoebe Snow (as a single and on her 1978 album \"Against the Grain\"), Richie Havens (on his 1980 album \"Connections\"), The 5th Dimension on their 1971 album \"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes\" and Carry The Zero (on the 2009 McCartney tribute album", "title": "Every Night (Paul McCartney song)" }, { "docid": "10457747", "text": "female protagonist gives her love interest the permission to move out. This is shown in the lines of the hook: \"Go! Go!\" The lyrics are constructed in the traditional verse-chorus form. The song starts with an intro in which Beyoncé sings, \"Give it to mama\". Jaime Gill of Yahoo! Music commented that \"Green Light\" seems to be all \"slink and minimalism before a surging come-on of a chorus.\" It follows the verse-chorus-verse-verse-chorus pattern giving way to the bridge. Beyoncé repeats the chorus, ending the song. \"Green Light\" received highly positive reception from critics. Eb Haynes of AllHipHop referred to \"Green", "title": "Green Light (Beyoncé song)" }, { "docid": "1663571", "text": "man can remember.\"' Two English folk songs feature cuckoos. One usually called \"The Cuckoo\" starts: The cuckoo is a fine bird and she sings as she flies,<br> She brings us good tidings, she tells us no lies.<br> She sucks little birds' eggs to make her voice clear,<br> And never sings cuckoo till the summer draws near<br> The second, \"The Cuckoo's Nest\" is a song about a courtship, with the eponymous (and of course, non-existent) nest serving as a metaphor: Me darling, says she, I can do no such thing<br> For me mother often told me it was committing sin<br> Me", "title": "Common cuckoo" }, { "docid": "8114871", "text": "a funeral bell tolling slowly, four times. The song ends with Lennon initially singing the phrase \"\"Mama don't go, daddy come home\"\", but then screaming as the song fades out. Lennon was inspired to write the song after undergoing primal therapy with Arthur Janov, originally at their home at Tittenhurst Park and then at the Primal Institute, California, where they remained for four months. Lennon, who eventually derided Janov, initially described the therapy as \"something more important to me than The Beatles\". Although Lennon said that \"Mother\" was the song that \"seemed to catch in my head\", he had doubts", "title": "Mother (John Lennon song)" }, { "docid": "18879552", "text": "Significantly, the release was timed to coincide with Mother's Day, and as Williams biographer Colin Escott put it, dying mothers \"were to hillbilly music what fair maidens walking through the dingly dell were to English folk song.\" Williams recorded it at Castle Studio in Nashville on March 20, 1949 with Fred Rose producing and was supported by Dale Potter (fiddle), Don Davis (steel guitar), Zeb Turner (electric guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), and Velma Williams (bass). I've Just Told Mama Goodbye \"I've Just Told Mama Goodbye\" is a song by Hank Williams on MGM Records. \"I've Just Told Mama Goodbye\"", "title": "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" }, { "docid": "10507105", "text": "Mama Said Knock You Out (song) \"Mama Said Knock You Out\" is a hit single by LL Cool J from his album of the same name. The song famously begins with the line \"\"Don't call it a comeback/I've been here for years.\"\" Before \"Mama Said Knock You Out\" was released, many people felt that LL Cool J's career was waning; his grandmother, who still believed in his talent, told him to \"knock out\" all his critics. The song was produced by Marley Marl with help from DJ Bobcat along with LL. The single reached number 17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "Mama Said Knock You Out (song)" }, { "docid": "7635111", "text": "compilation was reissued on CD, an alternative take of the song was used. According to Al Jardine, he requested bandmate Brian Wilson to contribute the horn arrangement, devising it on the spot at Sunset Sound Recorders while dressed in a bathrobe. The Beach Boys Dion covered a version of the song on his 1962 album, \"Lovers Who Wander.\" Released as a single, it reached #48 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1963. Israeli artist Danny Sanderson sings a Hebrew a cappella version of the song entitled \"Bo'ee Motek/בואי מותק\" (\"Come, my Darling\"); this was released on his 1984 album\" חף", "title": "Come Go with Me" }, { "docid": "4667463", "text": "Ogden's. I was not present at the murder nor was I any way concerned in it. - I am innocent - it hurts me to talk about dying for nothing. Our chief told me to come down and tell all about it. - Those who committed the murder are killed and dead. The priest say I must die tomorrow, if they kill me I am innocent… My Young Chief told me I was to come here to tell what I know concerning the murderers. I did not come as one of the murderers, for I am innocent. - I never", "title": "Cayuse War" }, { "docid": "8956308", "text": "Partridge felt that the point in the song where it switches to \"circus music\" helps secure the idea that love is absurd. Loren Diblasi from MTV News noted that the lyrics of \"Excuse Me Mr.\" suggest that they are detailing a painful breakup; Stefani sings during the middle eight: \"It's almost as if I'm tied to the tracks / And I'm waiting for him to rescue me / The funny thing is, he's not going to come\". These lyrics, specifically, were described as \"sonically slapstick\" by Noisey's Nick Levine, whereas Browne from \"Entertainment Weekly\" compared the lyrics' \"rescue-me blankness\" to", "title": "Excuse Me Mr." }, { "docid": "15412399", "text": "low-note of G# to the high-note of E. The song contains string accents described as \"sympathetic, but not overpowering\". Described as a \"jangly pop tune\", having an \"overarching feel-good vibe\", lyrically, the song speaks of \"embracing who you are and not letting your critics get you down\". Gomez sings of insecurities, and people telling her she is not good enough, before asserting \"I'm sure you got some things/ You'd like to change about yourself/ But when it comes to me/ I wouldn't want to be anybody else.\" According to Brian Voerding of AOL Radio Blog, \"Gomez sings about staying true", "title": "Who Says (Selena Gomez & the Scene song)" }, { "docid": "15818778", "text": "described by Robert Copsey of Digital Spy as a \"60s-swing-meets-East-London vibe\". Roberts' voice has been described by Katherine St Asaph of Pop Dust as a \"springy\" vibrato, with breathy background vocals featuring sounds effect including repeated kissing noises. Roberts sings about falling in love with someone, as she sings: \"Aah, say that you love me, say that you need me too... best you ever had. It could be so easy, for you to please me, baby. So how come you tease me?\". Roberts discussed the track on her blog, commenting that its lyrical content alludes to a boy that initially", "title": "Lucky Day (Nicola Roberts song)" }, { "docid": "10478254", "text": "Ball and Chain (Big Mama Thornton song) \"Ball and Chain\" (also \"Ball 'n' Chain\" or \"Ball & Chain\") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Big Mama Thornton. Although her recording did not appear on the record charts, the song has become one of Thornton's best-known, largely due to performances and recordings by Janis Joplin. In the early 1960s,Thornton recorded several songs for Bay-Tone Records. Two were released on a single, \"You Did Me Wrong\" and \"Big Mama's Blues\". A review by \"Billboard\" magazine noted \"moderate sales potential\", but it did not enter the magazine's R&B", "title": "Ball and Chain (Big Mama Thornton song)" }, { "docid": "5159281", "text": "shoot, Victoria Beckham commented: \"It took such a long time to film the 'Mama' video, but it was nice that our mums were there and could see what we're doing. It's good, because they were actually knackered at the end of the day and I said to my mum: 'Ha! Now you know how I feel every day!\" Geri Halliwell commented: \"I found it a bit bizarre bringing my mum to work with me on the 'Mama' video. You know: 'This is what I do—come and do it, too.' If you worked in Sainsbury's, you wouldn't get your mum to", "title": "Mama (Spice Girls song)" }, { "docid": "9722392", "text": "would have a welcome like I was part of the family, part of the country, but that was not the case,\" Daulne said. \"They treated me like a Belgian come to visit as a tourist. I saw that that is not especially a place to call home.\" Daulne's music has evolved over the years from an a cappella quintet to a lead voice accompanied by instruments. \"I’m a nomad. I like to discover my sound with different instruments, different genres. For me it’s normal. My name is Zap Mama...it’s easy for me to zap in from one instrument to another,", "title": "Zap Mama" }, { "docid": "14100620", "text": "who was born in Newton County, Arkansas, and lived for 90 years. The protagonist (who sings the song in first person) says that her life story can be told in only a few short lines, but reflects on how Grandma Harp (along with Grandpa, whom she married in 1901) was a rock that held the family together. Grandma Harp \"Grandma Harp\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in March 1972 as the second single from the album \"Let Me Tell You About a Song\". \"Grandma Harp\" was", "title": "Grandma Harp" }, { "docid": "10211117", "text": "the University of Alabama. Bryant said, \"I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.\" Bryant had played at Alabama from 1931–1934. Later, Bryant was again asked why he left A&M, and he replied, \"I had to leave Texas. As long as Gordon Wood was there, I could never be the best coach in the state.\" Wood is remembered throughout the coaching realms as always being a student of football. Former Dallas Cowboys' head coach, Bill Parcells, once told the story of how Wood drove five hours", "title": "Gordon Wood (American football coach)" }, { "docid": "14968909", "text": "on our knees to any dictator because of our desperation for energy, not when we have supplies here at home.\" Referring to her son's imminent deployment to the Iraq War zone, she added, \"This mama grizzly ... has more reason than ever to protect our young.\" By October 2008, Palin's usage of the bear metaphor to describe herself was reported in a \"New York Times\" article, \"\"Provoking Palin's Inner Bear,\"\" which quotes her as saying that negative media coverage about her children makes, \"the mama grizzly bear in me [come] out, makes me want to rear up on my hind", "title": "Mama grizzly" }, { "docid": "6519076", "text": "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard \"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the second single from his second self-titled studio album (1972), released on Columbia Records. The song is about two boys (\"Me and Julio\") who have broken a law, although the exact law that has been broken is not stated in the song. When \"the mama pajama\" finds out what they have done, she goes to the police station to report the crime. The individuals are later arrested, but released when a \"radical priest\" intervenes. The meaning", "title": "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" }, { "docid": "4866363", "text": "time 50 Cent: \"I'm not askin' you to take my side in the beef, But you told me it was okay to say 'Fuck The Police.'\" Chris Rock specifically refers to the song in a sketch from \"The Chris Rock Show\", \"How to not get your ass Kicked by the Police\": \"If you're listening to loud rap music ...turn that shit off! Blastin' \"Fuck tha Police\" while you're getting pulled over by the police is just ign'ant.\" Jason Mewes' character Jay sings the song after having an incident with the police in the 2001 movie \"Jay and Silent Bob Strike", "title": "Fuck tha Police" }, { "docid": "9237590", "text": "Mayer is not impressed with her rendition of \"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart', but when she sings a different song an impressed Mayer says, \"Little girl. Big voice.\" Thirteen-year-old Judy (played by Tammy Blanchard) signs an MGM contract but, because of her age, they do not know what to do with her and keep giving her radio appearances. Tragedy strikes one night when she is told her father has been rushed to the hospital. She is also told that the doctors have put a radio beside his bed, so he will be listening. While her sisters, Suzy and", "title": "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows" }, { "docid": "6273412", "text": "mid-1960s, he increasingly worked as a recording engineer as well as a musician, on recordings by the Monkees, the Turtles, the Electric Prunes, the Grateful Dead, Donovan, and others. He produced two albums for Steppenwolf, engineered all their early hits including \"Born to Be Wild\", and produced Three Dog Night's \"Mama Told Me Not To Come\" and \"Joy to the World\", leading to his work on all subsequent albums by Three Dog Night. Other acts with whom he worked as a producer included Iron Butterfly, the Dillards, Chris Hillman, and Black Oak Arkansas. Albums: OPEN (1970), RED WHITE & BLUES", "title": "Richard Podolor" } ]

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[ { "docid": "178917", "text": "the highest layer of the TCP/IP model, the Application layer; as does the TLS security protocol (operating as a lower sublayer of the same layer), which encrypts an HTTP message prior to transmission and decrypts a message upon arrival. Strictly speaking, HTTPS is not a separate protocol, but refers to use of ordinary HTTP over an encrypted SSL/TLS connection. HTTPS encrypts all message contents, including the HTTP headers and the request/response data. With the exception of the possible CCA cryptographic attack described in the limitations section below, an attacker should only be able to discover that a connection is taking", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "178907", "text": "suites are used and that the server certificate is verified and trusted. Because HTTPS piggybacks HTTP entirely on top of TLS, the entirety of the underlying HTTP protocol can be encrypted. This includes the request URL (which particular web page was requested), query parameters, headers, and cookies (which often contain identity information about the user). However, because host (website) addresses and port numbers are necessarily part of the underlying TCP/IP protocols, HTTPS cannot protect their disclosure. In practice this means that even on a correctly configured web server, eavesdroppers can infer the IP address and port number of the web", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "6669610", "text": "name-based virtual hosting (no extra IPs, ports, or URI space), however, few implementations support this method. In S-HTTP, the desired URL is not transmitted in the cleartext headers, but left blank; another set of headers is present inside the encrypted payload. In HTTP over TLS, all headers are inside the encrypted payload, and the server application does not generally have the opportunity to gracefully recover from TLS fatal errors (including 'client certificate is untrusted' and 'client certificate is expired'). Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) is an obsolete alternative to the HTTPS protocol for encrypting web communications", "title": "Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "252678", "text": "whole of the body part, including mime headers, is used to create the signature part. Many signature types are possible, like \"application/pgp-signature\" (RFC 3156) and \"application/pkcs7-signature\" (S/MIME). Defined in RFC 1847, Section 2.1 A multipart/encrypted message has two parts. The first part has control information that is needed to decrypt the application/octet-stream second part. Similar to signed messages, there are different implementations which are identified by their separate content types for the control part. The most common types are \"application/pgp-encrypted\" (RFC 3156) and \"application/pkcs7-mime\" (S/MIME). Defined in RFC 1847, Section 2.2 As its name implies, multipart/form-data is used to express", "title": "MIME" }, { "docid": "178917", "text": "the highest layer of the TCP/IP model, the Application layer; as does the TLS security protocol (operating as a lower sublayer of the same layer), which encrypts an HTTP message prior to transmission and decrypts a message upon arrival. Strictly speaking, HTTPS is not a separate protocol, but refers to use of ordinary HTTP over an encrypted SSL/TLS connection. HTTPS encrypts all message contents, including the HTTP headers and the request/response data. With the exception of the possible CCA cryptographic attack described in the limitations section below, an attacker should only be able to discover that a connection is taking", "title": "HTTPS" } ]

[ { "docid": "7765027", "text": "with secure cookies, since they can only be transmitted over HTTPS connections, and the HTTPS protocol dictates end-to-end encryption (i.e. the information is encrypted on the user's browser and decrypted on the destination server). In this case, the proxy server would only see the raw, encrypted bytes of the HTTP request. For example, Bob might be browsing a chat forum where another user, Mallory, has posted a message. Suppose that Mallory has crafted an HTML image element that references an action on Bob's bank's website (rather than an image file), e.g., If Bob's bank keeps his authentication information in a", "title": "HTTP cookie" }, { "docid": "174948", "text": "variables within web forms. The most popular way of establishing an encrypted HTTP connection is HTTPS. Two other methods for establishing an encrypted HTTP connection also exist: Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and using the HTTP/1.1 Upgrade header to specify an upgrade to TLS. Browser support for these two is, however, nearly non-existent. The client and server communicate by sending plain-text (ASCII) messages. The client sends requests to the server and the server sends responses. The request message consists of the following: The request line and other header fields must each end with <CR><LF> (that is, a carriage return character followed", "title": "Hypertext Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "178928", "text": "Originally, HTTPS was used with the SSL protocol. As SSL evolved into Transport Layer Security (TLS), HTTPS was formally specified by RFC 2818 in May 2000. HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), or, formerly, its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The protocol is therefore also often referred to as HTTP over TLS, or HTTP over SSL. The principal motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "6378988", "text": "to trigger scripts: Opera Mini encrypts the connection between the mobile device and the Opera proxy server for security. The encryption key is obtained on the first start by requesting random keys a certain number of times. Opera Mini supports most advanced version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol it also supports modern secure ciphers like AES-GCM and ECC. So the personal details, like credit-card information or passwords are safe. However, Opera Mini's Extreme mode does not offer true end-to-end security when visiting HTTPS encrypted website only for data saving purpose. With \"Extreme/Mini mode\" when visiting an encrypted web page,", "title": "Opera Mini" }, { "docid": "14465747", "text": "a common EBICS for Germany and France was published (Version 2.4.2). Most changes on the common EBICS involved to embed the French ETEBAC-3 message types and ETEBAC-5 signature elements into the EBICS transmission format where currently ETEBAC is transported via X.25 packet network lines (in Germany the BCS-FTAM protocol is using ISDN direct lines). French Telecom closed its X.25 network in November 2011. The EBICS protocol is based on an IP network. It allows use of standard HTTP with TLS encryption (HTTPS) for transport of data elements. The routing data elements are encoded in XML and optionally signed and encrypted", "title": "Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard" }, { "docid": "1678251", "text": "system. Since version 60 Firefox includes the option to use DNS over HTTPS (DOH). After activating Domain Name System (DNS) over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) the DNS requests are send encrypted over the HTTPS protocol. To use this feature the user have to set in \"about:config\" the value for \"network.trr\" (Trusted Recursive Resolver): The standard in network.trr.mode is 0, that means disabled. 1 activates DoH additionally to - and 2 before the unencrypted DNS. To use DoH solely, the value must be 3. By setting network.trr.uri to URL https://mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query special Cloudflare- servers will be activated. Mozilla has a very", "title": "Firefox" }, { "docid": "178904", "text": "HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), or, formerly, its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The protocol is therefore also often referred to as HTTP over TLS, or HTTP over SSL. The principal motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the accessed website and protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data while in transit. It protects against man-in-the-middle attacks. The bidirectional encryption of communications", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "20634212", "text": "a DoH server hosting a query endpoint. DNS over HTTPS currently lacks native support in operating systems. Thus a user wishing to use it must install additional software. Three usage scenarios are common: In all of these scenarios, the DoH client does not directly query any authoritative name servers. Instead, the client relies on the DoH server using traditional (port 53 or 853) queries to finally reach authoritative servers. Thus DoH does not qualify as an end-to-end encrypted protocol, only hop-to-hop encrypted and only if DNS over TLS is used consistently. DNS over HTTPS server implementations are already available for", "title": "DNS over HTTPS" }, { "docid": "4699069", "text": "this encryption are transported using the server's public key. The ensuing exchange of authentication information inside the tunnel to authenticate the client is then encrypted and user credentials are safe from eavesdropping. As of May 2005, there were two PEAP sub-types certified for the updated WPA and WPA2 standard. They are: PEAPv0 and PEAPv1 both refer to the outer authentication method and are the mechanisms that create the secure TLS tunnel to protect subsequent authentication transactions. EAP-MSCHAPv2 and EAP-GTC refer to the inner authentication methods which provide user or device authentication. A third authentication method commonly used with PEAP is", "title": "Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol" }, { "docid": "7560567", "text": "autofill if the protocol on the current login page is different from the protocol at the time the password was saved, some password managers would insecurely fill in passwords for the http version of https-saved passwords. Most managers did not protect against iFrame and redirection based attacks and exposed additional passwords where password synchronization had been used between multiple devices. Password manager A password manager assists in generating and retrieving complex passwords, potentially storing such passwords in an encrypted database or calculating them on demand. Types of password managers include: Depending on the type of password manager used and on", "title": "Password manager" }, { "docid": "5037326", "text": "padlock was invented by John I. W. Carlson in 1931 (a patent was granted in November, 1934) that has both a combination on one side and a key on the other. While executing secure transactions on the web, the submitted information is encrypted using public-key cryptography. Some web browsers display a locked padlock icon while using the HTTPS protocol. Wikipedia also uses this icon on its ed pages. Padlock Padlocks are portable locks with a shackle that may be passed through an opening (such as a chain link, or hasp staple) to prevent use, theft, vandalism or harm. There are", "title": "Padlock" }, { "docid": "663029", "text": "which Google Talk users would be able to communicate with AIM and ICQ users provided they have an AIM account. There are two ways to combine the many disparate protocols: Some approaches allow organizations to deploy their own, private instant messaging network by enabling them to restrict access to the server (often with the IM network entirely behind their firewall) and administer user permissions. Other corporate messaging systems allow registered users to also connect from outside the corporation LAN, by using an encrypted, firewall-friendly, HTTPS-based protocol. Usually, a dedicated corporate IM server has several advantages, such as pre-populated contact lists,", "title": "Instant messaging" }, { "docid": "13052895", "text": "SBMV Protocol SBMV Protocol is an advanced encrypted telemetry that uses short-burst, multi-version technology. Telemetry technology enables “the remote measurement and reporting of information”. Telemetry is also a “highly automated communications process by which measurements are made and other data collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring, display, and recording.” SBMV technology is based on Quantum Cryptography, \"an emerging technology in which two parties may simultaneously generate shared, secret cryptographic key material using the transmission of quantum states of light. The security of these transmissions is based on the inviolability of the laws of", "title": "SBMV Protocol" }, { "docid": "20339345", "text": "users should keep away from applications that are using insecure protocols, like basic HTTP authentication, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Telnet. Instead, secure protocols such as HTTPS, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and Secure Shell (SSH) should be preferred. In case there is a necessity for using any insecure protocol in any application, all the data transmission should be encrypted. If required, VPN (Virtual Private Networks) can be used to provide secure access to users. Sniffing attack Sniffing attack or a sniffer attack, in context of network security, corresponds to theft or interception of data by capturing the network traffic", "title": "Sniffing attack" }, { "docid": "1795910", "text": "of privacy policy rules (and laws). There are two categories of technology to address privacy protection in commercial IT systems: communication and enforcement. On the internet many users give away a lot of information about themselves: unencrypted e-mails can be read by the administrators of an e-mail server, if the connection is not encrypted (no HTTPS), and also the internet service provider and other parties sniffing the network traffic of that connection are able to know the contents. The same applies to any kind of traffic generated on the Internet, including web browsing, instant messaging, and others. In order not", "title": "Information privacy" }, { "docid": "6669608", "text": "Netscape and Microsoft supported HTTPS rather than S-HTTP, leading to HTTPS becoming the \"de facto\" standard mechanism for securing web communications. S-HTTP encrypts only the served page data and submitted data like POST fields, leaving the initiation of the protocol unchanged. Because of this, S-HTTP could be used concurrently with HTTP (unsecured) on the same port, as the unencrypted header would determine whether the rest of the transmission is encrypted. In contrast, HTTP over TLS wraps the entire communication within Transport Layer Security (TLS; formerly SSL), so the encryption starts before any protocol data is sent. This creates a name-based", "title": "Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "178923", "text": "indexing of the site by a web crawler, and in some cases the URI of the encrypted resource can be inferred by knowing only the intercepted request/response size. This allows an attacker to have access to the plaintext (the publicly available static content), and the encrypted text (the encrypted version of the static content), permitting a cryptographic attack. Because TLS operates at a protocol level below that of HTTP, and has no knowledge of the higher-level protocols, TLS servers can only strictly present one certificate for a particular address and port combination. In the past, this meant that it was", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "5265033", "text": "time. Two-Way Authentication involves both the user and system or network convincing each other that they know the shared password without transmitting this password over any communication channel. This is done by using the password as the encryption key to transmit a randomly generated piece of information, or “the challenge.” The other side must then return a similarly encrypted value which is some predetermined function of the originally offered information, his/her “response,” which proves that he/she was able to decrypt the challenge. Kerberos (a computer network authentication protocol) is a good example of this, as it sends an encrypted integer", "title": "Logical security" }, { "docid": "395889", "text": "following 3 conceptual components: protocol concepts, encapsulation concepts and network concepts. The SOAP specification defines the messaging framework, which consists of: A SOAP message is an ordinary XML document containing the following elements: Both SMTP and HTTP are valid application layer protocols used as transport for SOAP, but HTTP has gained wider acceptance as it works well with today's internet infrastructure; specifically, HTTP works well with network firewalls. SOAP may also be used over HTTPS (which is the same protocol as HTTP at the application level, but uses an encrypted transport protocol underneath) with either simple or mutual authentication; this", "title": "SOAP" }, { "docid": "19362639", "text": "DROWN attack The DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption) attack is a cross-protocol security bug that attacks servers supporting modern TLS protocol suites by using their support for the obsolete, insecure, SSL v2 protocol to leverage an attack on connections using up-to-date protocols that would otherwise be secure. DROWN can affect all types of servers that offer services encrypted with TLS yet still support SSLv2, provided they share the same public key credentials between the two protocols. Additionally, if the same public key certificate is used on a different server that supports SSLv2, the TLS server is also", "title": "DROWN attack" }, { "docid": "2993925", "text": "topic in eDiscovery, concerns are being addressed by limiting the involvement of the custodian to simply plugging in a device and running an application to create an encrypted container of responsive documents [https://www.ricoh-usa.com/en/services-and-solutions/information-governance-cyber-security-services/ediscovery/digital-forensics-services <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] The discovery process in the jurisdiction of England and Wales has been known as \"disclosure\" since the reforms to civil procedure introduced by Lord Justice Woolf in 1999. Disclosure is for many types of cause of action (but not for example Personal Injury which has its own additional Parts of procedure rules to follow) governed by Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), and its", "title": "Discovery (law)" }, { "docid": "199342", "text": "security to protect information from unauthorized or accidental disclosure while the information is in transit (either electronically or physically) and while information is in storage. Cryptography provides information security with other useful applications as well, including improved authentication methods, message digests, digital signatures, non-repudiation, and encrypted network communications. Older, less secure applications such as Telnet and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) are slowly being replaced with more secure applications such as Secure Shell (SSH) that use encrypted network communications. Wireless communications can be encrypted using protocols such as WPA/WPA2 or the older (and less secure) WEP. Wired communications (such as ITU‑T", "title": "Information security" }, { "docid": "13036242", "text": "claimed were inadvertent, as well as other, larger privacy changes. In November 2009 Google launched a dashboard offering consumers better knowledge of and control over their information on Google¹s various services. In January 2010 the company began offering SSL encryption using the HTTPS protocol as the default mode for its Gmail service. In May the company began offering an encrypted SSL connection for its search engine as an option. In 2011, Google entered into an overhaul of its privacy policies in a settlement with the FTC that addressed many of the privacy issues Consumer Watchdog has raised. In 2010, to", "title": "Consumer Watchdog" }, { "docid": "539750", "text": "are encapsulated in a UDP segment. RIP defined two types of messages: The routing information protocol uses the following timers as part of its operation: Cisco's proprietary Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) was a somewhat more capable protocol than RIP. It belongs to the same basic family of distance-vector routing protocols. Cisco has ceased support and distribution of IGRP in their router software. It was replaced by the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) which is a completely new design. While EIGRP still uses a distance-vector model, it relates to IGRP only in using the same routing metrics. IGRP supports", "title": "Routing Information Protocol" }, { "docid": "8252640", "text": "a web server monitoring the HTTP (or HTTPS) stream. Because it understands the HTTP relative to the web server/system it is trying to protect it can offer greater protection than less in-depth techniques such as filtering by IP address or port number alone, however this greater protection comes at the cost of increased computing on the web server. Where HTTPS is in use then this system would need to reside in the \"shim\" or interface between where HTTPS is un-encrypted and immediately prior to it entering the Web presentation layer. At a basic level a PIDS would look for, and", "title": "Protocol-based intrusion detection system" }, { "docid": "5915477", "text": "R2 signalling R2 is a 1950s- and 1970s-era channel-associated-signalling signalling protocol used outside of the former Bell System to convey information along a telephone trunk between two telephone switches in order to establish a single telephone call along that trunk. R2 is the name given to two broad protocol groups: R2 line signalling and R2 register signalling. A signalling protocol is best visualized by two contexts: what information it conveys and where its participants are in the network. This section presents those two contexts. Each national variant in the family of R2 signalling protocols conveys at least the following, where", "title": "R2 signalling" }, { "docid": "5915487", "text": "of Bell System standardization in North America. See also compelled signalling. R2 signalling R2 is a 1950s- and 1970s-era channel-associated-signalling signalling protocol used outside of the former Bell System to convey information along a telephone trunk between two telephone switches in order to establish a single telephone call along that trunk. R2 is the name given to two broad protocol groups: R2 line signalling and R2 register signalling. A signalling protocol is best visualized by two contexts: what information it conveys and where its participants are in the network. This section presents those two contexts. Each national variant in the", "title": "R2 signalling" }, { "docid": "8051290", "text": "includes an OPT in a response unless there was one in the request. The presence of the OPT in the request signifies a newer requester that knows what to do with an OPT in the response. The OPT pseudo-record provides space for up to 16 flags and it extends the space for the response code. The overall size of the UDP packet and the version number (at present 0) are contained in the OPT record. A variable length data field allows further information to be registered in future versions of the protocol. The original DNS protocol provided two label types,", "title": "Extension mechanisms for DNS" }, { "docid": "6669607", "text": "Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) is an obsolete alternative to the HTTPS protocol for encrypting web communications carried over HTTP. It was developed by Eric Rescorla and Allan M. Schiffman, and published in 1999 as RFC 2660. Web browsers typically use HTTP to communicate with web servers, sending and receiving information without encrypting it. For sensitive transactions, such as Internet e-commerce or online access to financial accounts, the browser and server must encrypt this information. HTTPS and S-HTTP were both defined in the mid-1990s to address this need. S-HTTP was used by Spyglass's web server, while", "title": "Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "4185883", "text": "to provide Internet connectivity (IP address, billing information if applicable, etc.). Which information an ISP collects, what it does with that information, and whether it informs its consumers, pose significant privacy issues. Beyond the usage of collected information typical of third parties, ISPs sometimes state that they will make their information available to government authorities upon request. In the US and other countries, such a request does not necessarily require a warrant. An ISP cannot know the contents of properly-encrypted data passing between its consumers and the Internet. For encrypting web traffic, https has become the most popular and best-supported", "title": "Internet privacy" }, { "docid": "18191557", "text": "Echo (communications protocol) Echo (one-to-all, one-to-one, or one-to-some distribution) is a group communications protocol where authenticated and encrypted information is addressed to members connected to a node. Several clients such as Spot-On, BitMail, GoldBug, and FireFloo support this protocol. Adaptive Echo, Full Echo, and Half Echo can be chosen as several modes of the encrypted Echo protocol. The Echo protocol offers three modes of operation: Adaptive Echo, Full Echo, and Half Echo. The Adaptive Echo distributes messages to parties that have shown awareness of a secret token. The graphic at the side shows the communication example of Hansel and Gretel.", "title": "Echo (communications protocol)" }, { "docid": "18191560", "text": "Accounts create an artificial web of trust without exposing the public encryption key and without attaching the key to an IP address. Echo (communications protocol) Echo (one-to-all, one-to-one, or one-to-some distribution) is a group communications protocol where authenticated and encrypted information is addressed to members connected to a node. Several clients such as Spot-On, BitMail, GoldBug, and FireFloo support this protocol. Adaptive Echo, Full Echo, and Half Echo can be chosen as several modes of the encrypted Echo protocol. The Echo protocol offers three modes of operation: Adaptive Echo, Full Echo, and Half Echo. The Adaptive Echo distributes messages to", "title": "Echo (communications protocol)" }, { "docid": "452275", "text": "the browser. Virtually all URLs on the Web start with either \"http:\" or \"https:\" which means the browser will retrieve them with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. In the case of \"https:\" the communication between the browser and the web server is encrypted for the purposes of security and privacy. Another URL prefix is \"file:\" which is used to display local files already stored on the user's device. Once a web page has been retrieved, the browser's rendering engine displays it on the user's device. This includes image and video formats supported by the browser. Web pages usually contain hyperlinks to", "title": "Web browser" }, { "docid": "16729558", "text": "OS X and Microsoft Windows platforms. It is certified to operate on Safari 6.0, Firefox 15.0.1, Google Chrome 22.0.1229.79 m and Internet Explorer 8 and 9. The ZeroPC front end user interface executes entirely within an Internet browser (see above) and uses HTML, some features of HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX and an optional Java plug-in. All communication between the ZeroPC front end user interface and the ZeroPC back end servers is encrypted using SSL (HTTPS) protocol. Furthermore, any content stored in the ZeroPC server-side repository is also encrypted using 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) by the Amazon Web Services Simple Storage", "title": "ZeroPC" }, { "docid": "18251781", "text": "makes Keeper sued Ars Technica claiming their article was defamatory and misleading. Keeper (password manager) Keeper is a password manager application and digital vault that stores website passwords, financial information and other sensitive documents using 256-bit AES encryption, zero-knowledge architecture and two-factor authentication. Files and passwords in Keeper can be synced, backed up in the cloud, and shared using HTTPS and a locally stored encryption key. Every record in the user's private vault is encrypted and stored with a unique encryption key. Keeper also addresses the problem of password fatigue, by autofilling login and password fields with stored information. Keeper", "title": "Keeper (password manager)" }, { "docid": "18251778", "text": "Keeper (password manager) Keeper is a password manager application and digital vault that stores website passwords, financial information and other sensitive documents using 256-bit AES encryption, zero-knowledge architecture and two-factor authentication. Files and passwords in Keeper can be synced, backed up in the cloud, and shared using HTTPS and a locally stored encryption key. Every record in the user's private vault is encrypted and stored with a unique encryption key. Keeper also addresses the problem of password fatigue, by autofilling login and password fields with stored information. Keeper is a free service for storing passwords on a single device and", "title": "Keeper (password manager)" }, { "docid": "389721", "text": "typically used for traffic encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS). SIP-based telephony networks often implement call processing features of Signaling System 7 (SS7), for which special SIP protocol extensions exist, although the two protocols themselves are very different. SS7 is a centralized protocol, characterized by a complex central network architecture and dumb endpoints (traditional telephone handsets). SIP is a client-server protocol of equipotent peers. SIP features are implemented in the communicating endpoints, while the traditional SS7 architecture is in use only between switching centers. The network elements that use the Session Initiation Protocol for communication are called \"SIP user agents\".", "title": "Session Initiation Protocol" }, { "docid": "1829126", "text": "Two-phase locking In databases and transaction processing, two-phase locking (2PL) is a concurrency control method that guarantees serializability. It is also the name of the resulting set of database transaction schedules (histories). The protocol utilizes locks, applied by a transaction to data, which may block (interpreted as signals to stop) other transactions from accessing the same data during the transaction's life. By the 2PL protocol, locks are applied and removed in two phases: Two types of locks are utilized by the basic protocol: \"Shared\" and \"Exclusive\" locks. Refinements of the basic protocol may utilize more lock types. Using locks that", "title": "Two-phase locking" }, { "docid": "178916", "text": "the session will get exposed. Similarly, cookies on a site served through HTTPS have to have the secure attribute enabled. HTTPS URLs begin with \"https://\" and use port 443 by default, whereas HTTP URLs begin with \"http://\" and use port 80 by default. HTTP is not encrypted and is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and eavesdropping attacks, which can let attackers gain access to website accounts and sensitive information, and modify webpages to inject malware or advertisements. HTTPS is designed to withstand such attacks and is considered secure against them (with the exception of older, deprecated versions of SSL). HTTP operates at", "title": "HTTPS" }, { "docid": "18714316", "text": "server and user agent both implement HTTP Strict Transport Security and the user agent knows this of the server (either by having previously accessed it over HTTPS, or because it is on an \"HSTS preload list\"), then the user agent will refuse to access the site over vanilla HTTP, even if a malicious router represents it and the server to each other as not being HTTPS-capable. Downgrade attack A downgrade attack is a form of cryptographic attack on a computer system or communications protocol that makes it abandon a high-quality mode of operation (e.g. an encrypted connection) in favor of", "title": "Downgrade attack" }, { "docid": "1299405", "text": "there is a different set of legal and technical requirements. To locate a mobile telephone geographically, there are two general approaches: to use some form of radiolocation from the cellular network, or to use a Global Positioning System receiver built into the phone itself. Both approaches are described by the radio resource location services protocol (LCS protocol). Depending on the mobile phone hardware, one of two types of location information can be provided to the operator. The first is Wireless Phase One (WPH1), which is the tower location and the direction the call came from, and the second is Wireless", "title": "9-1-1" }, { "docid": "7345412", "text": "other DMTF standards (e.g. WBEM or SMASH). It is also the basis for the SMI-S standard for storage management. Updates to the CIM Schema are published regularly. Many vendors provide implementations of CIM in various forms: There is also a growing tools market around CIM. CIM-XML is a protocol for sending CIM messages on top of HTTP. It has two message types: CIM-XML forms part of the WBEM protocol family, and is standardised by the DMTF. CIM-XML comprises 3 specifications: Common Information Model (computing) The Common Information Model (CIM) is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an", "title": "Common Information Model (computing)" }, { "docid": "959999", "text": "bridge has enough information, the bridges use special data frames called Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) to exchange information about bridge IDs and root path costs. A bridge sends a BPDU frame using the unique MAC address of the port itself as a source address, and a destination address of the STP multicast address 01:80:C2:00:00:00. There are two types of BPDUs in the original STP specification (the Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) extension uses a specific RSTP BPDU): BPDUs are exchanged regularly (every 2 seconds by default) and enable switches to keep track of network changes and to start and stop", "title": "Spanning Tree Protocol" }, { "docid": "4314712", "text": "password and the server side having a cryptographic verifier derived from the password. The shared public key is derived from two random numbers, one generated by the client, and the other generated by the server, which are unique to the login attempt. In cases where encrypted communications as well as authentication are required, the SRP protocol is more secure than the alternative SSH protocol and faster than using Diffie–Hellman key exchange with signed messages. It is also independent of third parties, unlike Kerberos. The SRP protocol, version 3 is described in RFC 2945. SRP version 6 is also used for", "title": "Secure Remote Password protocol" }, { "docid": "12799997", "text": "normal result of updating a recordable MKB shall also use these same protocols. These protocols are: - Recovery Protocol When the Encrypted Title Keys are in a Separate File: In this case, the original recording device shall rename the old encrypted Title Keys to a defined temporary name before beginning to write the new encrypted Title Key File. -Recovery Protocol When the Encrypted Title Keys are in the Content File: In the extreme case, each content file contains its own encrypted Title Key. In that case, it is not likely that there is a temporary version of the encrypted Title", "title": "Encrypted Title Key" }, { "docid": "16420599", "text": "Transfer Protocol (SMTP). While mail can be encrypted between mail servers, this is not typically enforced, but instead Opportunistic TLS is used - where mailservers negotiate for each email connection whether it will be encrypted, and to what standard. Where a mail flow between servers is not encrypted, it could be intercepted by an ISP or government agency and the contents can be read by passive monitoring. For higher security, email administrators can configure servers to \"require\" encryption to specified servers or domains. Email spoofing and similar issues which facilitate phishing are addressed by the 'stack' of Sender Policy Framework", "title": "Email hacking" }, { "docid": "2964064", "text": "to secure web (HTTP/HTTPS) connections. It has an entity authentication mechanism, based on the X.509 system; a key setup phase, where a symmetric encryption key is formed by employing public-key cryptography; and an application-level data transport function. These three aspects have important interconnections. Standard TLS does not have non-repudiation support. There are other types of cryptographic protocols as well, and even the term itself has various readings; Cryptographic \"application\" protocols often use one or more underlying key agreement methods, which are also sometimes themselves referred to as \"cryptographic protocols\". For instance, TLS employs what is known as the Diffie–Hellman key", "title": "Cryptographic protocol" }, { "docid": "15512159", "text": "Most computer viruses have similar characteristics which allow for signature based detection. Heuristics such as file analysis and file emulation are also used to identify and remove malicious programs. Virus definitions should be regularly updated in addition to applying operating system hotfixes, service packs, and patches to keep computers on a network secure. Cryptography techniques can be employed to encrypt information using an algorithm commonly called a cipher to mask information in storage or transit. Tunneling for example will take a payload protocol such as Internet Protocol (IP) and encapsulate it in an encrypted delivery protocol over a Virtual Private", "title": "Cybercrime countermeasures" }, { "docid": "17284624", "text": "background information, definitions, risks, and the rationale that supports specific recommendations. Protocol system A computer-based protocol system is a paradigm providing a set of tools which allow health care providers access to current guidelines which they can apply in practice. Studies have shown that protocols can aid in optimising patient care. There are two types of protocol systems: passive and active. In a healthcare setting, a protocol, also called a medical guideline, is a set of instructions which describe a process to be followed to investigate a particular set of findings in a patient, or the method which should be", "title": "Protocol system" }, { "docid": "451776", "text": "the mobile Web grew in popularity, services like Gmail.com, Outlook.com, Myspace.com, Facebook.com and Twitter.com are most often mentioned without adding \"www.\" (or, indeed, \".com\") to the domain. The scheme specifiers \"<nowiki>http://</nowiki>\" and \"<nowiki>https://</nowiki>\" at the start of a web URI refer to Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP Secure, respectively. They specify the communication protocol to use for the request and response. The HTTP protocol is fundamental to the operation of the World Wide Web, and the added encryption layer in HTTPS is essential when browsers send or retrieve confidential data, such as passwords or banking information. Web browsers usually automatically", "title": "World Wide Web" }, { "docid": "18551138", "text": "Protocol has been implemented into WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype, and Google Allo, making it possible for the conversations of \"more than a billion people worldwide\" to be end-to-end encrypted. In Google Allo, Skype and Facebook Messenger, conversations are not encrypted with the Signal Protocol by default; they only offer end-to-end encryption in an optional mode. Up until March 2017, Signal's voice calls were encrypted with SRTP and the ZRTP key-agreement protocol, which was developed by Phil Zimmermann. , Signal's voice and video calling functionalities use the app's Signal Protocol channel for authentication instead of ZRTP. To verify that a correspondent", "title": "Signal (software)" }, { "docid": "11376342", "text": "Euclidean Measureable in order to provide a mechanism to determine a fuzzy match in which two instances of the same identity are “closer” than two instances of a different identity. The IEEE 2410-2018 Biometric Open Protocol Standard was updated in 2018 to include private biometrics. The specification stated that one-way fully homomorphic encrypted feature vectors, “bring a new level of consumer privacy assurance by keeping biometric data encrypted both at rest and in transit.” \"IEEE 2410-2018\" also noted a key benefit of private biometrics is that the new standard allows for simplification of the API since the biometric payload is", "title": "Private biometrics" }, { "docid": "14696701", "text": "standard used by many robots and for inter-device communication. There are two types of NXTBees; the basic NXTBee can send information up to 300 feet away, and the NXTBee PRO can transmit or receive information from up to 1.2 km away. The NXTBee utilizes a high speed RS-485 line for high speed communication. The NXTBee uses the XBee protocol which can utilize both point-to-point protocol (PPP) networking and mesh networking. Users can design a remote controlled car using the NXTBee. Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Academy developed a multi-robot swarm robotics project using the NXTBee and the Lego Mindstorms system. Swarm", "title": "Dexter Industries" }, { "docid": "14029349", "text": "String type, definition of variables, logical operators, classes for working with protocol ISO 8583 (Protocol standard for exchanging information in transactions with credit cards), among others. Tens of commands and instructions complete the set of language. Variables in POSXML are typed; there are only two types, integer and string. POSXML limits the number of declared variables to 512. These variables are declared global, i.e. They are shared throughout all the scheduled pages of the POSXML program in runtime process. Examples: String type variable: Integer type variable: A call to a variable that is declared in the memory, is made by", "title": "POSXML" }, { "docid": "12609254", "text": "a swIPe packet. A swIPe packet is an IP packet of protocol type 53. A swIPe packet starts with a header, which contains identifying data and authentication information; the header is followed by the original IP datagram, which in turn is followed by any padding required by the security processing. Depending on the negotiated policy, the sensitive part of the swIPe packet (the authentication information and the original IP datagram) may be encrypted. Cisco routers and switches running IOS have been found vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks which may result from processing packets with IP Protocol 53. SwIPe", "title": "SwIPe (protocol)" }, { "docid": "5445666", "text": "has long been known to be subject to man in the middle attack. However, the dream of a \"zipless\" mutually authenticated secure channel remained. The Interlock Protocol was described as a method to expose a middle-man who might try to compromise two parties that use anonymous key agreement to secure their conversation. The Interlock protocol works roughly as follows: Alice encrypts her message with Bob's key, then sends half her encrypted message to Bob. Bob encrypts his message with Alice's key and sends half of his encrypted message to Alice. Alice then sends the other half of her message to", "title": "Interlock protocol" }, { "docid": "3304700", "text": "plain text or encoded as pure binary (in which case the value is preceded by a length field). The FIX protocol defines meanings for most tags, but leaves a range of tags reserved for private use between consenting parties. The FIX protocol also defines sets of fields that make a particular message; within the set of fields, some will be mandatory and others optional. The ordering of fields within the message is generally unimportant, however repeating groups are preceded by a count and encrypted fields are preceded by their length. The message is broken into three distinct sections: the head,", "title": "Financial Information eXchange" }, { "docid": "20233986", "text": "banned in Russia as of November 2017. \"Organizers of information dissemination\" such as online messenger services that allow unidentified users are banned as of January 2018. Messaging services, email and social networks that use encrypted data are required to permit the Federal Security Service (FSB) to access and read their encrypted communications without a court order starting in July 2018. Mass surveillance in Russia Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population.<ref name=\"https://www.eff.org/issues/mass-surveillance-technologies\"></ref> Mass surveillance in Russia includes surveillance, open-source intelligence and data mining, lawful interception as well as telecommunications data retention.", "title": "Mass surveillance in Russia" }, { "docid": "9222106", "text": "this introduction of artifacts into account, by establishing what procedures introduce which kinds of artifacts. Researchers who know what types of artifacts to expect with each tissue type and processing technique can accurately interpret sections with artifacts, or choose techniques that minimize artifacts in areas of interest. Fixation is usually the first stage in a multistep process to prepare a sample of biological material for microscopy or other analysis. Therefore, the choice of fixative and fixation protocol may depend on the additional processing steps and final analyses that are planned. For example, immunohistochemistry uses antibodies that bind to a specific", "title": "Fixation (histology)" }, { "docid": "348038", "text": "along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, software-based routers also exist. When multiple routers are used in interconnected networks, the routers can exchange information about destination addresses using a routing protocol. Each router builds up a routing table listing the preferred routes between any two systems on the interconnected networks. A router has two types of network element components organized onto separate \"planes\": A router may have interfaces for different types of physical layer connections, such as copper cables, fiber optic, or wireless transmission. It can also support different network layer", "title": "Router (computing)" }, { "docid": "17284623", "text": "source of information which health care providers have the freedom to choose to consult or not; they are not intrinsically incorporated into the healthcare process. The purpose of a passive protocol system is to give healthcare providers access to information which may remind healthcare providers of steps during patient care which may otherwise be forgotten or changed. Active protocol systems are specific guidelines for healthcare providers to follow. They are a central way which healthcare is delivered. Examples of active protocol systems include trigger-automated order entry systems and appointment scheduling. Active protocol systems may provide an explanation function which offers", "title": "Protocol system" }, { "docid": "20543757", "text": "with high latency or high packet loss. Large organizations like IBM, the European Nucleotide Archive, the US National Institutes of Health National Center for Biotechnology Information and others use the protocol in different areas. Amazon also wants to use the protocol for uploading to data centers. FASP has built-in security mechanisms that do not affect the transmission speed. The encryption algorithms used are based exclusively on open standards. Before the transfer, SSH is used for key exchange for authentication. These randomly generated, one-way keys are discarded at the end of the transmission. The data is encrypted or decrypted immediately before", "title": "Fast and Secure Protocol" }, { "docid": "2235180", "text": "B responds with their own email back to Person A. The cycle then continues. This chart demonstrates two-way communication and feedback. Two-way communication may occur horizontally or vertically in the organization. When information is exchanged between superior and subordinate, it is known as vertical two-way communication. On the other hand, when communication takes place between persons holding the same rank or position, it is called horizontal two-way communication. Two-way communication is represented in the following diagrams: (Cite: https://thebusinesscommunication.com/two-way-communication-and-importance/) There are many different types of two-way communication systems, and choosing which is best to use depends on things like the intended", "title": "Two-way communication" }, { "docid": "740325", "text": "have considerable confidence that a signed key she receives is not an attempt to intercept by Eve. When Alice and Bob have a public-key infrastructure, they may digitally sign an agreed Diffie–Hellman key, or exchanged Diffie–Hellman public keys. Such signed keys, sometimes signed by a certificate authority, are one of the primary mechanisms used for secure web traffic (including HTTPS, SSL or Transport Layer Security protocols). Other specific examples are MQV, YAK and the ISAKMP component of the IPsec protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communications. However, these systems require care in endorsing the match between identity information and public", "title": "Key-agreement protocol" }, { "docid": "16677178", "text": "2012 Yahoo! Voices hack Yahoo! Voices, formerly Associated Content, was hacked in July 2012. The hack is supposed to have leaked approximately half a million email addresses and passwords associated with Yahoo! Contributor Network. The suspected hacker group, D33ds, used a method of SQL Injection to penetrate Yahoo! Voice servers. Security experts said that the passwords were not encrypted and the website did not use a HTTPS Protocol, which was one of the major reasons of the data breach. The email addresses and passwords are still available to download in a plaintext file on the hacker's website. The hacker group", "title": "2012 Yahoo! Voices hack" }, { "docid": "15680661", "text": "that users could now verify each other's keys. Users were also given the option to enable a trust on first use mechanism in order to be notified if a correspondent's key changes. According to a white paper that was released along with the announcement, WhatsApp messages are encrypted with the Signal Protocol. WhatsApp calls are encrypted with SRTP, and all client-server communications are \"layered within a separate encrypted channel\". The Signal Protocol library used by WhatsApp is open-source and published under the GPLv3 license. Cade Metz, writing in \"Wired\", said, \"WhatsApp, more than any company before it, has taken encryption", "title": "WhatsApp" }, { "docid": "4272256", "text": "payload addresses are incompatible with those of the delivery network. It is also possible to establish a connection using the data link layer. The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) allows the transmission of frames between two nodes. A tunnel is not encrypted by default, it relies on the TCP/IP protocol chosen to determine the level of security. SSH uses port 22 to enable data encryption of payloads being transmitted over a public network (such as the Internet) connection, thereby providing VPN functionality. IPsec has an end-to-end Transport Mode, but can also operate in a tunneling mode through a trusted security", "title": "Tunneling protocol" }, { "docid": "5158189", "text": "IDispatch IDispatch is the interface that exposes the OLE Automation protocol. Extending IUnknown, it is one of the standard interfaces that can be exposed by COM objects. COM distinguishes between three interface types: \"custom\" that are VTABLE-based IUnknown interfaces, \"dispatch\" that are IDispatch interfaces supporting introspection, and \"dual\" interfaces supporting both types. The Automation (IDispatch) interface allows a client application to find out what properties and methods are supported by an object at run-time, i.e. implements the concept of RTTI. It also provides the information necessary to invoke these properties and methods. Client applications do not need to be aware", "title": "IDispatch" }, { "docid": "6420311", "text": "3.8 years of work experience. The MBA curriculum is divided into two types of courses: Core courses and elective courses. Core courses are required of all MBA students and are intended to provide students with the breadth of knowledge to build a solid business foundation. Full-time MBA students are required to take 27 credits of core courses encompassing Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Decision Technology, Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Strategy, and Information Systems. Elective courses which total 30 credits are intended to provide depth in a particular concentration. MBA students typically choose one or two concentrations and then choose electives within those", "title": "Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business" }, { "docid": "8969430", "text": "and NAT can be: Signaling is encrypted using RC4; however, the method only obfuscates the traffic as the key can be recovered from the packet. Voice data is encrypted with AES. The Skype client's application programming interface (API) opens the network to software developers. The Skype API allows other programs to use the Skype network to get \"white pages\" information and manage calls. The Skype code is closed source, and the protocol is not standardized. Parts of the client use Internet Direct (Indy), an open source socket communication library. On July 8, 2012, a researcher from Benin, Ouanilo Medegan, released", "title": "Skype protocol" }, { "docid": "6666295", "text": "allergies and intolerances (drug and food allergies, food intolerances), drug checker (checks the prescribed medication and dose to see if it interacts with other medications or is unsuitable for people with certain allergies), prescription history, and general patient information (e.g. name, birthdate, personal health number, address, phone number). Netcare messaging is performed with HL7-encoded XML messages. Messages are sent and received over a HTTPS connection. Netcare uses a two-factor authentication protocol involving a username/password combination, and an RSA SecurID Key Fob for authentication. Users who are within the trusted networks of the Government of Alberta (e.g. hospitals) do not require", "title": "Alberta Netcare" }, { "docid": "1974612", "text": "Test sessions are often audio- and video-recorded so that developers can go back and refer to what participants did and how they reacted. A related but slightly different data-gathering method is the talk-aloud protocol. This involves participants only describing their actions but not other thoughts. This method is thought to be more objective in that participants merely report how they go about completing a task rather than interpreting or justifying their actions (see the standard works by Ericsson & Simon). As Kuusela and Paul state, the think-aloud protocol can be distinguished into two different types of experimental procedures. The first", "title": "Think aloud protocol" }, { "docid": "6652882", "text": "with their broadcast protocols, DSI, in 1991. DSI was a basic protocol as it transmitted one control value to change the brightness of all the fixtures attached to the line. What made this protocol more attractive, and able to compete with the established analog option, was the simple wiring. There are two types of lighting control systems which are: Examples for analog lighting control systems are: In production lighting 0-10V system was replaced by analog multiplexed systems such as D54 and AMX192, which themselves have been almost completely replaced by DMX512. For dimmable fluorescent lamps (where it operates instead at", "title": "Lighting control system" }, { "docid": "18408140", "text": "will never sell any personally identifiable information or share with third parties for their own use.\" Aside from the unsecured network that devices can directly connect to, the Links provide an encrypted network that shields communications from eavesdropping within the network. There are two types of networks: a private (secured WPA/WPA2) network called \"LinkNYC Private,\" which is available to iOS devices with iOS 7 and above; and a public network called \"LinkNYC Free Public Wi-Fi,\" which is available to all devices but is only protected by the device's browser. Private network users will have to accept a network key in", "title": "LinkNYC" }, { "docid": "10722964", "text": "that handles encryption and decryption. Two algorithms are programmed into the chip: A key-exchange algorithm for the key agreement protocol and a symmetric-key algorithm for voice encryption. For the system to work, both users must have crypto phones logged into crypto mode. As with other phones, the signal is encrypted by GSM but it is also encrypted by the cryptographic chip. When the IMSI-catcher performs a man-in-the-middle attack and disables the GSM encryption, the crypto phone encryption remains intact. Therefore, while the signal is still being intercepted, it can no longer be decoded and fake SMS messages can't be sent", "title": "Crypto phone" }, { "docid": "8134192", "text": "a proxy (if not on an encrypted channel (HTTPS)). Browser add-ons like the Java virtual machine plugin and the Adobe Flash Player can be used to reveal the web surfer's IP address even if they are surfing through an anonymous proxy web server. HTTP cookies are strings of text that are saved on a computer when a user browses different web pages. Cookies allow small bits of information to be stored, such as passwords and shopping lists. They are also used to track demographics and browsing habits. This information is sent to the user's computer and then uploaded to web", "title": "Anonymous web browsing" }, { "docid": "13558161", "text": "Internet Archive's goal. I never intended to interfere with that goal nor cause it any harm.\" In 2013–2016, a pornographic actor tried to remove archived images of himself from the Wayback Machine's archive, first by sending multiple DMCA requests to the archive, and then by appealing to the Federal Court of Canada. Archive.org is currently blocked in China. After the site enabled the encrypted HTTPS protocol, the Internet Archive was blocked in its entirety in Russia in 2015. Alison Macrina, director of the Library Freedom Project, notes that \"while librarians deeply value individual privacy, we also strongly oppose censorship\". There", "title": "Wayback Machine" }, { "docid": "7765021", "text": "impersonate a user and perform a malicious task, such as transferring money out of the victim's bank account. This issue can be resolved by securing the communication between the user's computer and the server by employing Transport Layer Security (HTTPS protocol) to encrypt the connection. A server can specify the codice_4 flag while setting a cookie, which will cause the browser to send the cookie only over an encrypted channel, such as an TLS connection. If an attacker is able to cause a DNS server to cache a fabricated DNS entry (called DNS cache poisoning), then this could allow the", "title": "HTTP cookie" }, { "docid": "10270116", "text": "and Michael James Wiener to describe a property of STS (station-to-station protocol) involving a long term secret, either a private key or a shared password. Public Key Cryptography is a common form of a forward anonymous system. It is used to pass encrypted messages, preventing any information about the message from being discovered if the message is intercepted by an attacker. It uses two keys, a public key and a private key. The public key is published, and is used by anyone to encrypt a plaintext message. The Private key is not well known, and is used to decrypt cyphertext.", "title": "Forward anonymity" }, { "docid": "11048086", "text": "Signals intelligence operational platforms by nation Signals intelligence operational platforms are employed by nations to collect signals intelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether between people (i.e., COMINT or communications intelligence) or between machines (i.e., ELINT or electronic intelligence), or mixtures of the two. As sensitive information is often encrypted, signals intelligence often involves the use of cryptanalysis. However, traffic analysis—the study of who is signalling whom and in what quantity—can often produce valuable information, even when the messages themselves cannot be decrypted. It can be difficult to draw the line between a ground-based SIGINT receiving station, and", "title": "Signals intelligence operational platforms by nation" }, { "docid": "19600551", "text": "The information in the magnetic strips on the cards gets stored in the POS terminal/ device memory and this stolen information is then encrypted and forwarded to the cybercriminal’s Control and Command Server (C&C). It has been reported by PandaLabs that about 200 retail stores that use POS systems have been infected with this new variant of PunkeyPOS malware. PunkeyPOS Malware PunkeyPOS is a new type of Point of Sale Malware which was recently discovered by PandaLabs. This new Point of Sale Malware infects the Point of Sale(POS) Systems with two types of malware applications - keylogger and RAM Scraper.", "title": "PunkeyPOS Malware" }, { "docid": "11632817", "text": "that is robust to all the kinds of failures mentioned above. For example, given a space shuttle with multiple redundant processors and some of the processors give incorrect data, which processors or sets of processors should be believed? The solution can be formulated as a Byzantine fault tolerant protocol. We will sketch here the asynchronous algorithm The algorithm works in two phases: There are two types of coin flipping protocols To generate a random coin assign an integer in the range [0,n-1] to each player and each player is not allowed to choose its own random ID as each player", "title": "Quantum Byzantine agreement" }, { "docid": "2004494", "text": "Sharing) coded. All content is represented as GBlocks. Each GBlock contains 1024 bytes. There are several types of GBlocks, each of them serves a particular purpose. Any GBlock formula_1 is uniquely identified by its RIPEMD-160 hash formula_2. DBlocks store actual file contents and nothing else. File is split at 1024 byte boundaries and resulting chunks are stored in DBlocks. DBlocks are linked together into Merkle tree by means of IBlocks that store DBlock identifiers. Blocks are encrypted with a symmetric key derived from formula_2 when they are stored in the network. GNUnet Anonymity Protocol consists of queries and replies. Depending", "title": "GNUnet" }, { "docid": "20634210", "text": "DNS over HTTPS DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol for performing remote Domain Name System (DNS) resolution via the HTTPS protocol. A goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks. , Google and the Mozilla Foundation are testing versions of DNS over HTTPS. In addition to improving security, another goal of DNS over HTTPS is to improve performance: testing of ISP DNS resolvers has shown that they have surprisingly slow response times in many cases, a problem that can be multiplied further by the need", "title": "DNS over HTTPS" }, { "docid": "20634213", "text": "free by some public DNS providers. See Public recursive name server for an overview. DNS over HTTPS DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol for performing remote Domain Name System (DNS) resolution via the HTTPS protocol. A goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks. , Google and the Mozilla Foundation are testing versions of DNS over HTTPS. In addition to improving security, another goal of DNS over HTTPS is to improve performance: testing of ISP DNS resolvers has shown that they have surprisingly slow response", "title": "DNS over HTTPS" }, { "docid": "2514238", "text": "of the URL syntax and the attributes. Service templates are defined in RFC 2609. SLP allows several query types to locate services and obtain information about them: SLP has three different roles for devices. A device can also have two or all three roles at the same time. Today most implementations are daemons that can act both as UA and SA. Usually they can be configured to become a DA as well. SLP is a packet-oriented protocol. Most packets are transmitted using UDP, but TCP can also be used for the transmission of longer packets. Because of the potential unreliability", "title": "Service Location Protocol" }, { "docid": "3108366", "text": "can evaluate each gate by first finding out which of the four ciphertexts has been encrypted with his label keys, and then decrypting to obtain the label of the output wire. This is done obliviously as all the receiver learns during the evaluation are encodings of the bits. The sender’s (i.e. circuit creators) input bits can be just sent as encodings to the evaluator; whereas the receiver’s (i.e. circuit evaluators) encodings corresponding to his input bits are obtained via a 1-out-of-2 Oblivious Transfer (OT) protocol. A 1-out-of-2 OT protocol, enables the sender, in possession of two values C1 and C2,", "title": "Secure multi-party computation" }, { "docid": "1761069", "text": "example might be the following: This states that Alice intends a message for Bob consisting of a plaintext X encrypted under shared key K. Another example might be the following: This states that Bob intends a message for Alice consisting of a nonce N encrypted using public key of Alice. A key with two subscripts, K, is a symmetric key shared by the two corresponding individuals. A key with one subscript, K, is the public key of the corresponding individual. A private key is represented as the inverse of the public key. The notation specifies only the operation and not", "title": "Security protocol notation" }, { "docid": "6245204", "text": "to create two different types of service providers—transport and namespace. Transport providers (commonly referred to as protocol stacks) are services, which supply functions that set up connections, transfer data, exercise flow control, error control, and so on. Namespace providers are services that associate the addressing attributes of a network protocol with one or more human-friendly names and enable protocol-independent name resolution. The SPI also allows you to develop two types of transport service providers—base and layered service providers. Base service providers implement the actual details of a transport protocol: setting up connections, transferring data, and exercising flow control and error", "title": "Layered Service Provider" }, { "docid": "19498277", "text": "Facebookcorewwwi.onion facebookcorewwwi.onion is a site that allows access to Facebook through the Tor protocol, using its .onion top-level domain. In April 2016 it had been used by over 1 million people monthly, up from 525,000 in 2015. Neither Twitter nor Google operate sites through Tor, and Facebook has been applauded for allowing such access, which makes it available in countries that actively try to block Facebook. In October 2014, Facebook announced that users could connect to the website through a Tor hidden service using the privacy-protecting Tor browser and encrypted using HTTPS. Announcing the feature, Alec Muffett said \"Facebook's onion", "title": "Facebookcorewwwi.onion" }, { "docid": "3161197", "text": "even when transmissions between a web browser and server are encrypted (e.g., through HTTPS or WiFi encryption), according to researchers from Microsoft Research and Indiana University. Many powerful side-channel attacks are based on statistical methods pioneered by Paul Kocher. Attempts to break a cryptosystem by deceiving or coercing people with legitimate access are not typically considered side-channel attacks: see social engineering and rubber-hose cryptanalysis. General classes of side channel attack include: In all cases, the underlying principle is that physical effects caused by the operation of a cryptosystem (\"on the side\") can provide useful extra information about secrets in the", "title": "Side-channel attack" }, { "docid": "10147957", "text": "and \"Modified\" states of the MESI protocol. This protocol never causes invalidation, so the \"Invalid\" state is not listed here. Processor-side requests or CPU requests are the accesses that the processor makes to its own caches. These may be classified into 4 types of requests namely: Bus-side requests are the requests generated in response to the processor - side requests to maintain cache coherence. These are snooped by the snooper of caches and memory and appropriate action is taken. These are classified into two types in the Firefly protocol, namely: 1. BusRd: Request that indicates there is a read request", "title": "Firefly (cache coherence protocol)" }, { "docid": "19637950", "text": "and crypto advisors as Charlie Shrem. For wallets, other exchanges and platforms, Changelly provides its API for integration. The API acts as a mechanism that allows processing in-app transactions, exchange currencies, buy goods or pay for services within a platform or application Changelly is partnered with. All transactions being performed via Changelly require user account registration. The account registration is protected with two-factor authentication and an HTTPS security protocol. According to the European KYC Directives, Changelly executes anti-fraud and anti-money laundering procedures that require a user to provide information on the origin of funds they are exchanging. This measure aims", "title": "Changelly" }, { "docid": "17519060", "text": "the ability to add payment services to iZettle's mobile apps. It can be used in any of the countries iZettle is currently live in, allowing for users to take payments via the app from iZettle’s Chip and PIN reader, and return relevant information to the software to generate receipts. With the system, credit card information isn’t stored on the phone, but is processed through iZettle’s encrypted connection. The phone operates as a secure modem. After a transaction is completed, buyers can choose to have a receipt and photograph of what they purchased e-mailed or texted to them, or printed out", "title": "IZettle" }, { "docid": "20543758", "text": "sending and receiving with the AES-128. To counteract attacks by monitoring the encrypted information during long transfers, the AES is operated in cipher feedback mode with a secret initialization vector for each block. In addition, an integrity check of each data block takes place, in which case, for example, a man-in-the-middle attack would be noticed. FASP's control Port is TCP port 22—the same port that SSH uses. For data transfer, it begins at UDP port 33001, which increments with each additional connection thread. Fast and Secure Protocol The Fast and Secure Protocol (FASP) is a proprietary data transfer protocol. FASP", "title": "Fast and Secure Protocol" }, { "docid": "4272257", "text": "gateway. A \"Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel\" consists of an encrypted tunnel created through an SSH protocol connection. Users may set up SSH tunnels to transfer unencrypted traffic over a network through an encrypted channel. For example, Microsoft Windows machines can share files using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, a non-encrypted protocol. If one were to mount a Microsoft Windows file-system remotely through the Internet, someone snooping on the connection could see transferred files. To mount the Windows file-system securely, one can establish a SSH tunnel that routes all SMB traffic to the remote fileserver through an encrypted channel. Even", "title": "Tunneling protocol" } ]

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[ { "docid": "201488", "text": "as that of Pachamama. The Incas considered their king, the Sapa Inca, to be the \"son of the sun.\" The Inca Empire was unique in that it lacked many features associated with civilization in the Old World. In the words of one scholar, The Incan economy has been described in contradictory ways by scholars: The Inca empire functioned largely without money and without markets. Instead, exchange of goods and services was based on reciprocity between individuals and among individuals, groups, and Inca rulers. \"Taxes\" consisted of a labour obligation of a person to the Empire. The Inca rulers (who theoretically", "title": "Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "201488", "text": "as that of Pachamama. The Incas considered their king, the Sapa Inca, to be the \"son of the sun.\" The Inca Empire was unique in that it lacked many features associated with civilization in the Old World. In the words of one scholar, The Incan economy has been described in contradictory ways by scholars: The Inca empire functioned largely without money and without markets. Instead, exchange of goods and services was based on reciprocity between individuals and among individuals, groups, and Inca rulers. \"Taxes\" consisted of a labour obligation of a person to the Empire. The Inca rulers (who theoretically", "title": "Inca Empire" } ]

[ { "docid": "14384432", "text": "did not end after the Incan empire was colonized by the Spanish. In fact, Incan mythology was utilized in order to resist and challenge the authority of the Spanish colonial authorities. Many Incan myths were utilized to criticize the wonton greed and ignorance of European imperialism. There was widespread killing and rape of women and children in South America by the European soldiers. For example, there are myths amongst the indigenous people of the former Inca empire that tell the stories of foreigners who come into the Andes and destroy valuable objects. One such myth is the tale of Atoqhuarco", "title": "Inca mythology" }, { "docid": "9824162", "text": "in dominions with a stratified society, in which the ruler was the Inca. It was also supported by an economy based on the collective property of the land. In fact, the Inca Empire was conceived like an ambitious and audacious civilizing project, based on a mythical thought, in which the harmony of the relationships between the human being, nature, and gods was truly essential. The economy was mainly agricultural, though it reached some animal husbandry and mining development. The primary goal of the Incan economy was substinence, with a system based on reciprocity and exchange of products The colonial economy", "title": "Economic history of Peru" }, { "docid": "7709330", "text": "recruited to serve in the state. This style of rule is often credited to Cuzco's success. The Inca empire was adamant about expansion and did so through two imperialism strategies: territorial administration and indirect-hegemonic control. Territorial administration consisted of a complete take over of provinces by reorganizing the economy through increased agricultural production and control of exchange routes via the Incan road system. The territorial administration allowed the Inca empire to put in a great deal of effort to control a new territory in hopes to strengthen the empire by a flow of surplus goods back to the empire core", "title": "Inca society" }, { "docid": "9075831", "text": "a leftover tambo from the Inca empire. Historians know that the Spanish extended the tambo system beyond what existed throughout the Inca empire, increasing the amount of territory covered. Tambo (Incan structure) A tambo (Quechua: \"tampu\", \"inn\") was an Incan structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along Incan roads, tambos typically contained supplies, served as lodging for itinerant state personnel, and were depositories of quipu-based accounting records. Individuals from nearby communities within the Inca empire were conscripted to serve in the tambos, as part of the mit'a labor system. The Incas built many of their tambos when they", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "9824161", "text": "Economic history of Peru The economic history of Peru has its traditional roots in natural resources such as mining, farming, fishing, and agriculture. In precolonial times, during the reign of the Inca empire, the economy was mainly agricultural, though it reached some animal husbandry and mining development. The primary goal of the Incan economy was substinence, with a system based on reciprocity and exchange of products. In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in slight industries, services, and high technologies. In 2007, the Peruvian economy grew 9%, the largest growth rate in the world. The Tahuantinsuyo was organized", "title": "Economic history of Peru" }, { "docid": "19758900", "text": "to 1471 AD. Pachacuti Yupanqui was then succeeded by his son Topa Inca Yupanqui whose reign lasted from 1471 to 1493 AD. Western Bolivia became one of the four Incan territories within its' empire known as Qullasuyu, with an estimated one million inhabitants. The highest official of Qullasuyu ruled on behalf of the \"Inca\" (the emperor) and supervised a group of provincial governors, who in turn controlled the members of the Aymara nobility. Under a draft system called the Mit'a, the Incas forced the peoples under their domination to work in mines, on construction projects, or to serve in the", "title": "Pre-Columbian Bolivia" }, { "docid": "8790556", "text": "and outside of the Incan empire. Inca religion in Cusco Because of their immediate defeat at the hands of the Spanish, much information surrounding Incan religion has been lost. Many historians rely on the religious customs of conquered Incan subjects to gather information about Incan beliefs. The Incans adopted most if not all of their religious beliefs from three main groups that lived around the empire. These groups were the Huari, the Chavin and the Nazca. With the combination of all three of these ancestral societies’ religions, the Incas were able to create a religious system that dominated almost every", "title": "Inca religion in Cusco" }, { "docid": "2874140", "text": "any provocation. These people would generally fight for whoever controlled that area, whether loyalists, patriots, or royalists. The majority of the time it was the \"Republiquetas\" that controlled the rural areas were the Natives lived. Although they would fight for whomever, these people favored the patriots because they were part native, where as the other armies were of pure Spanish descent. The real intention of the Indigenous people was to reestablish the Incan empire and so wanted a form of government different from all three of the other groups. These groups all contented for the Natives' assistance in order to", "title": "Bolivian War of Independence" }, { "docid": "12311496", "text": "years against numerous Incan armies. Túpac Yupanqui conquered the Huancabambas, the most southern of the Cañari allies. Through wars and marriages, the Inca Empire under the lead of Huayna Capac to the north finally conquered their territory. The Cañari were loosely assimilated into the vast empire, allowed to manage their own affairs but adopting a new language for communicating with the Inca. The tribe primarily occupied the Tumebamba area (present day Cuenca). Due in part to Incan influence and mandate, Cañari construction reportedly rivaled that of the Incan capital, Cuzco. Of particular repute was the impressive architecture of Tumebamba, which", "title": "Cañari" }, { "docid": "8790550", "text": "Inca religion in Cusco Because of their immediate defeat at the hands of the Spanish, much information surrounding Incan religion has been lost. Many historians rely on the religious customs of conquered Incan subjects to gather information about Incan beliefs. The Incans adopted most if not all of their religious beliefs from three main groups that lived around the empire. These groups were the Huari, the Chavin and the Nazca. With the combination of all three of these ancestral societies’ religions, the Incas were able to create a religious system that dominated almost every aspect of life in the empire.", "title": "Inca religion in Cusco" }, { "docid": "2318893", "text": "already the largest economy of the ancient and medieval world. The Napata/Meroitic kingdom extended over the current Sudan and Ethiopia. The Olmecs controlled central Mexico and Guatemala, and the pre-Incan Chavín people managed areas of northern Peru. Although often apart from each other and intermixed with buffering ecosystems, the areas directly impacted by these civilizations and others were large. Additionally, some activities, such as mining, implied much more widespread perturbation of natural conditions. Over the last 11,500 years or so humans have spread around Earth, increased in number, and profoundly altered the material world. They have taken advantage of global", "title": "Anthropocene" }, { "docid": "16540968", "text": "the Ichma and the Chancay people, along with smaller cultures, were absorbed into the Inca Empire. Ichma culture The Ichma or Yschma culture was a pre-Incan indigenous culture, located south of Lima, Peru in the Lurin valley; it later spread north into the Rimac valley. The Ichma culture was formed around 1100 AD following the breakup of the Wari Empire. It lasted until around 1440 when they were absorbed into the Incan Empire. With the breakup of the Wari Empire, several small kingdoms and confederations were created. Over time, two cultures came to dominate the region, the Chancay culture to", "title": "Ichma culture" }, { "docid": "14384426", "text": "names and were incorporated into stories, such as the star formations of the Great Llama and the Fox. While perhaps not relating to a single physical feature per se, environmental sound was extremely important in Incan mythology. For example, in the creation myth of Viracocha the sound of the god’s voice is particularly important. Additionally, myths were transmitted orally, so the acoustics and sound of a location were important for Incan mythology. These examples demonstrate the power that environment held in creating and experiencing Incan myths. Mythology served many purposes within the Incan Empire. While mythology could often be used", "title": "Inca mythology" }, { "docid": "7401152", "text": "complex than typical Incan architecture. In contrast with the Inca, who used stones of varying shapes, the Colla used even rectangular edges. While \"chullpas\" are not unique to Sillustani and are found across the Altiplano, this site is considered the best and most preserved example of them. Sillustani Sillustani is a pre-Incan cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, who are Aymara conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century. The structures housed the remains of", "title": "Sillustani" }, { "docid": "9075819", "text": "Tambo (Incan structure) A tambo (Quechua: \"tampu\", \"inn\") was an Incan structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along Incan roads, tambos typically contained supplies, served as lodging for itinerant state personnel, and were depositories of quipu-based accounting records. Individuals from nearby communities within the Inca empire were conscripted to serve in the tambos, as part of the mit'a labor system. The Incas built many of their tambos when they began to upgrade the road system during the reign of Thupa Inka Yupanki from 1471 to 1493. Scholars estimate that there were 2,000 or more tambos. Given this amount,", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "9075828", "text": "on these structures, Incan style-only tambos tend to exist more in isolated areas as opposed to areas with large populations. The kancha was an architectural feature found in many tambos throughout the Inca empire. The kancha consists of a large structure with rectangular walls, which houses a number of smaller one-room structures within. The decision to build smaller structures within appears to be related to the \"cold, rainy environment of the Andean highlands.\" Hyslop notes that kancha were present in Incan structures ranging from the great Qorikancha in Cusco to the smallest, remotest tambo along the Incan roads system. Thus,", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "4236211", "text": "began. The Incan year started in December, and began with Qhapaq Raymi, the magnificent festival. Religion in the Inca Empire In the heterogeneous Inca Empire, polytheistic religions were practiced. Some deities, such as Pachamama and Viracocha, were known throughout the empire, while others were localised. Inca deities occupied the three realms: In addition to the communally worshiped deities, Incan families sometimes worshiped household gods via their representation as miniature figurines most commonly referred to as \"chancas\" or \"conopas\". Conopa were often natural or carved stone objects that resembled crops or livestock, such as \"zarap conopa\" for maize, \"papap conopa\" for", "title": "Religion in the Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "9075829", "text": "kancha were not only present in tambos, but were present in a variety of Incan buildings. Historians think that kancha were typically used as living facilities, which reflects the tambos' purpose of housing traveling individuals or groups. Scholars such as Craig Morris note that, after the collapse of the Inca empire, the people living within the territory of the former empire ceased to use tambos as they had before. From this, Morris suggests that the tambo system was a part of an \"artificial urbanism\" created by the Inca empire. Thus, tambos had been less useful to the people living throughout", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "16540965", "text": "Ichma culture The Ichma or Yschma culture was a pre-Incan indigenous culture, located south of Lima, Peru in the Lurin valley; it later spread north into the Rimac valley. The Ichma culture was formed around 1100 AD following the breakup of the Wari Empire. It lasted until around 1440 when they were absorbed into the Incan Empire. With the breakup of the Wari Empire, several small kingdoms and confederations were created. Over time, two cultures came to dominate the region, the Chancay culture to the north of Lima, and the Ichma culture to the south. The Ichma people were an", "title": "Ichma culture" }, { "docid": "7709341", "text": "records show that agricultural production as well as cloth production increases after Incan conquest. The \"Qhapaq Ñan\" (Inca Road) was largely used and constructed across the Inca Empire. Uses were not only for nobility to spread information and expand the empire, but was also used for soldiers, for transportation of goods, and for private usage. Not only were Incan roads expansive, but they were also well planned and maintained. The Incans made a standard design for the roads and carried out the standard throughout the empire. Roads were built so that they were easily drained to prevent damage of the", "title": "Inca society" }, { "docid": "1967768", "text": "Central America used a mixed base 18 and base 20 system, possibly inherited from the Olmec, including advanced features such as positional notation and a zero. They used this system to make advanced astronomical calculations, including highly accurate calculations of the length of the solar year and the orbit of Venus. The Incan Empire ran a large command economy using quipu, tallies made by knotting colored fibers. Knowledge of the encodings of the knots and colors was suppressed by the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, and has not survived although simple quipu-like recording devices are still used in the", "title": "Numerical digit" }, { "docid": "16045219", "text": "that was dominated by irrigation farming. It was in the Intermediate Period that an empire rose up across the entire stretch of the Andes which was called Tahuantinsuyu (the Inca Empire), meaning \"The Four Regions\" in the Quechua language. Although drawing \"heavily upon the technological and organizational accomplishments of earlier Andean cultures\", the Incan rulers refused to accept these antecedents, instead claiming that prior to the rise of Tahuantinsuyu, the Andes had merely been inhabited by primitive warlike tribes that the Incan tribe unified under their own civilising influence. The Andean region became a part of the Spanish Empire. A", "title": "History of Andean South America" }, { "docid": "8790436", "text": "and climbing the trail not only serves the purpose of allowing visitors to expirience the historic pathways of the Inca people, but it allows for tourists and locals to see the Inca ruins, mountains, and exotic vegetation and animals. Incan engineers The builders of the empire planned and built impressive waterworks in their city centers, including canals, fountains, drainage systems and expansive irrigation. Inca's infrastructure and water supply system have been hailed as “the pinnacle of the architectural and engineering works of the Inca civilization”. Major Inca centers were chosen by experts who decided the site, its apportionment, and the", "title": "Incan engineers" }, { "docid": "8790408", "text": "Incan engineers The builders of the empire planned and built impressive waterworks in their city centers, including canals, fountains, drainage systems and expansive irrigation. Inca's infrastructure and water supply system have been hailed as “the pinnacle of the architectural and engineering works of the Inca civilization”. Major Inca centers were chosen by experts who decided the site, its apportionment, and the basic layout of the city. In many cities we see great hydraulic engineering marvels. For example, in the city of Tipon, 3 irrigation canals diverted water from Rio Pukara to Tipon which is about 1.35 km north for Tipon's", "title": "Incan engineers" }, { "docid": "6547029", "text": "Battle of Cusco The Battle of Cusco was fought in November 1533 between the forces of Spanish Conquistadors and of the Incas. After executing the Inca Atahualpa in 26 July 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. As the Spanish army approached Cusco, however, Pizarro sent his brother Juan Pizarro and Hernando de Soto ahead with forty men. The advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, securing victory. The Incan army under the command of Quizquiz withdrew during the night. The next day, 15 November 1533", "title": "Battle of Cusco" }, { "docid": "7709331", "text": "from the overtaken province. Indirect-hegemonic control enabled the Incas to gain control over a province but would allow the local leaders to govern the province. The reason behind this strategy was to gain land and flow of surplus goods back to the empire core without spending a great deal of effort to overtake and govern. Imperial rule was sustained through enforcement by Incan rulers and military troops on a random basis, as well as education of the provincial elite youth of the Incan way of life. Temples and shrines were also constructed in overtaken provinces to inflict Incan religion upon", "title": "Inca society" }, { "docid": "8790424", "text": "bridges were an integral part of the Inca road system. \"Five centuries ago, the Andes were strung with suspension bridges. By some estimates there were as many as 200 of them.\" As pictured to the right, these structures were used to connect two land masses, allowing for the flow of ideas, goods, people, animals, etc. across the Incan empire. \"The Inca suspension bridges achieved clear spans of at least 150 feet, probably much greater. This was a longer span than any European masonry bridges at the time.\" Since the Incan people did not use wheeled vehicles, most traveled by foot", "title": "Incan engineers" }, { "docid": "2597094", "text": "or intimidate anyone else from trying to wrest control of the empire. Pachacuti is also credited with having displaced hundreds of thousands in massive programs of relocation and resettling them to colonize the most remote edges of his empire. These forced colonists were called \"mitimaes\" and represented the lowest place in the Incan social hierarchy. The Incan imperial government was highly authoritative and repressive. He sent his son Tupac Inca Yupanqui an army to repeat his conquests and tyranny, and extend his realm to Quito. Pachacuti then built irrigating channels, cultivated terraces, made roads and hospices. The Road of the", "title": "Pachacuti" }, { "docid": "14354138", "text": "(7 kilometers) from Cusco on the road to Pisac and near the Antisuyo, the jungle portion of the former Incan empire. The fort is located on high ground overlooking the Cusco valley and Tambo Machay, creating a beautiful - and useful - view. When it was built, it was probably placed so that these areas were visible to give the military extra vision over important parts of the empire. Although there is not as much known about Puka Pukara as a lot of other Incan ruins, there is a theory that this site was probably constructed during the reign of", "title": "Puka Pukara" }, { "docid": "9075830", "text": "the Inca empire than they were to the Incas themselves. Morris supports this argument with statements that tambos were frequently positioned for interregional contact and travel, as opposed to being positioned near large local villages. Although indigenous Andeans may have stopped using tambos after the fall of the Inca empire, tambos did not go entirely out of use: Spanish colonizers began to make use of the tambo system. Sometimes the Spaniards used the original Incan tambo structures, but the Spaniards also built new structures along roads. Sometimes the Spaniards would build a new tambo along a road that still had", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "10652256", "text": "value of crop rotation and planted different crops in the same fields annually replenishing the soil and producing better harvests. Incan agriculture Incan Agriculture was the culmination of thousands of years of farming and herding in the high-elevation Andes mountains of South America, the coastal deserts, and the rainforests of the Amazon basin. These three radically different environments were all part of the Inca Empire (1438-1533 CE) and required different technologies for agriculture. Inca agriculture was also characterized by the variety of crops grown, the lack of a market system and money, and the unique mechanisms by which the Incas", "title": "Incan agriculture" }, { "docid": "10652237", "text": "Incan agriculture Incan Agriculture was the culmination of thousands of years of farming and herding in the high-elevation Andes mountains of South America, the coastal deserts, and the rainforests of the Amazon basin. These three radically different environments were all part of the Inca Empire (1438-1533 CE) and required different technologies for agriculture. Inca agriculture was also characterized by the variety of crops grown, the lack of a market system and money, and the unique mechanisms by which the Incas organized their society. Andean civilization was \"pristine\"—one of five civilizations worldwide which were indigenous and not derivative from other civilizations.", "title": "Incan agriculture" }, { "docid": "6547031", "text": "some 100,000 Incas, but ultimately failed after a ten-month siege. Battle of Cusco The Battle of Cusco was fought in November 1533 between the forces of Spanish Conquistadors and of the Incas. After executing the Inca Atahualpa in 26 July 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. As the Spanish army approached Cusco, however, Pizarro sent his brother Juan Pizarro and Hernando de Soto ahead with forty men. The advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, securing victory. The Incan army under the command of Quizquiz", "title": "Battle of Cusco" }, { "docid": "19107631", "text": "declining saltpetre mining. Incas exploited placer gold in the northern half of Chile prior to the arrival of the Spanish. It has been claimed that the Inca Empire expanded into Diaguita lands because of its mineral wealth. This hypothesis was as of 1988 under dispute. Further, an additional possibility is that the Incas invaded the relatively well-populated Eastern Diaguita valleys (present-day Argentina) to obtain labor to send to Chilean mining districts. Archaeologists Tom Dillehay and Américo Gordon claim Incan \"yanakuna\" extracted gold south of the Incan frontier in free Mapuche territory. Following this thought, the main motive for Incan expansion", "title": "History of mining in Chile" }, { "docid": "19733025", "text": "in commemoration of special events. In addition, corn was a symbol of life and health. Each family took one ear of corn and did not plant it or eat it. Rather, they blessed it at the beginning of the harvest. The Incan Empire was located in modern-day Peru. Both the potato and the sweet potato originally hail from the Incan region. Maize was also cultivated in the region since 3000 B.C. A major component of the Incan diet that has recently become popular again is quinoa, another native plant. A traditional meat comes from the Peruvian guinea pig, considered a", "title": "Pre-Columbian cuisine" }, { "docid": "9075826", "text": "be slower than if he were traveling alone, which would require closer tambo placement. Remains of tambos are scattered throughout modern-day Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia. The remains of the tambos display a large variety of architectural styles. Although this variation is hard to capture in complete detail, some rough categories can be defined. For example, some tambos were built before the Incan empire existed, and the Inca simply took control of them. Pre-Incan tambo architecture can be divided into 2 basic categories. Some tambos were not modified in any way and therefore feature an architectural style that is distinctly", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "17885297", "text": "of these differing claims on the frontier of the Inca Empire, Inca troops appear to have never crossed Bío Bío River. As in the case in the other borders of the Inca Empire the southern border was composed of multiple zones. First an inner fully incorporated zone with mitimaes protected by a line of pukaras (fortresses) and then an outer zone with Inca pukaras scattered among allied tribes. This outer zone would have been located between Maipo and Maule rivers. Incan \"yanakuna\" are believed by archaeologists Tom Dillehay and Américo Gordon to have extracted gold south of the Incan frontier", "title": "Incas in Central Chile" }, { "docid": "4236203", "text": "or things named \"wak'a\" were spread around the Inca Empire. In Andean mythology a \"wak'a\" was a deific entity which resided in natural objects such as mountains, boulders, streams, battle fields, other meeting places, and any type of place that was connected with past Incan rulers. A \"wak'a\" could also be an inanimate object such as pottery which was believed to be a deity-carrying vessel. Spiritual leaders in a community would use prayer and offerings to communicate with a \"wak'a\" for advice or assistance. Human sacrifice was part of Incan rituals in which they usually sacrificed a child (\"qhapaq hucha\")", "title": "Religion in the Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "14478855", "text": "Spanish in the region. Consequently, Spanish chroniclers were able to record accounts of Chimú culture from individuals who had lived before the Inca conquest. Similarly, archaeological evidence suggest Chimor grew out of the remnants of Moche culture; early Chimú pottery had some resemblance to that of the Moche. Their ceramics are all black, and their work in precious metals is very detailed and intricate. The Inca Empire, or Incan Empire (Quechua: \"Tawantinsuyu\"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from", "title": "Andean civilizations" }, { "docid": "14384427", "text": "to explain natural phenomena, or to give the many denizens of the empire a way of thinking about the world, it was also utilized to support the social inequalities of the elite over the commoners within the empire. For example, there is a well-known origin myth that describes how the Incan Empire began at its center in Cusco. In this origin myth, four men and women emerged from a cave near Cusco, and began to settle within the Valley of Cusco, much to the chagrin of the Hualla people who had already been inhabiting the land. The Hualla subsided by", "title": "Inca mythology" }, { "docid": "13558401", "text": "to marry local elites into the Inca families. Where conquest by force had occurred, the Incan empire would uproot groups of Quechua-speakers from the Inca heartlands, called \"mitimaes\", who were loyal to the empire and resettle them in the disputed regions. The Inca army was the most powerful on the continent during the period. Although enjoying a similar level of technology to their enemies, they excelled at mobilizing their available manpower and creating well disciplined forces. In contrast to the Aztecs, who waged war mainly to take prisoners for human sacrifice and who took tribute rather than land from the", "title": "Military history of South America" }, { "docid": "99612", "text": "a planned economy. Scholars have argued that the Incan economy was a flexible type of command economy, centered around the movement and utilization of labor instead of goods. The Soviet-style planned economy started with war communism (1918-1921). The Soviet government founded Gosplan in 1921, but the period of the NEP intervened before regular Five-year plans started in 1928. The government can harness land, labours, and capital to serve the economic objectives of the state. Consumer demand can be restrained in favor of greater capital investment for economic development in a desired pattern. In international comparisons, state-socialist nations compared favorably with", "title": "Planned economy" }, { "docid": "15175998", "text": "Playdom. Novel was founded by the young American entrepreneur Brayden Olson who continues to be the company’s chief executive. The company's first major videogame release, Empire & State was released November, 2011. Empire & State is a massively multi-player game offering a completely dynamic world controlled by players. In one interview with Lead Designer Mike Marr, it is described as \"Civilization 5 with hundreds of players fighting Risk-style on a hex map, but with the focus on politics and economy\". Novel has an announced partnership with the University of Washington’s Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking, which is part of", "title": "Novel, Inc." }, { "docid": "6256688", "text": "whole shows that their ethno-geographic center was located in a small village called Chiconono, in the northwestern Mozambican province of Niassa. The majority of Yao were mainly subsistence farmers, but some were also active as ivory and slave traders. They faced social and political decline with the arrival in today's Niassa Province of the Portuguese, who established the Niassa Company, and settled in the region founding cities and towns, destroying the indigenous independent farm and trade economy and changing it to a plantation economy controlled by themselves. The expanding Portuguese Empire had established trading posts, forts and ports in East", "title": "Yao people (East Africa)" }, { "docid": "9060284", "text": "for Inca emperors is crucial. The festival of Inti Raymi honors the sun god and was originally meant to celebrate the start of a new planting season. It now attracts many tourists each year to Cusco, which is the ancient capital of the Inca Empire. The name of the festival, Inti Raymi, translates into \"sun festival\" and was held during the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year. This fell around June 24 in the Incan Empire. This festival was attended by the four sectors of Tawantinsuyu. Military captains, government officials, and the vassals who", "title": "Inti" }, { "docid": "4853998", "text": "Mit'a Mit'a () was mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire. Historians use the hispanicized term \"mita\" to differentiate the system as it was modified and intensified by the Spanish colonial government, creating the encomienda system. \"Mit'a\" was effectively a form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor, i.e. a corvée. In the Incan Empire, public service was required in community-driven projects such as the building of their extensive road network. Military service was also mandatory. All citizens who could perform labor were required to do so for a set number of days", "title": "Mit'a" }, { "docid": "201520", "text": "and humanity. Specifically, the decrepitude stage signifies the loss of their mental well being and further physical dystrophy. In the Incan Empire, the age of marriage differed for men and women; men typically married at the age of 20, while women usually got married around 4 years earlier at the age of 16. Men who were highly ranked in society could have multiple wives, but those lower in the ranks could only take a single wife. Marriages were typically within classes and resembled a more business-like agreement. Once married, the women were expected to cook, collect food and watch over", "title": "Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "16623775", "text": "Juliette Récamier to the Inca Empire, and Temeraire's company are marooned on a small island for later retrieval. Only the discovery of a wrecked pirate ship, its maps still legible, allows Laurence to chart a course back to the mainland. On Incan soil, the Britons must deal with lingering distrust towards Europeans thanks to the uncouth actions of Francisco Pizarro; the empire has managed to survive those depredations, but smallpox has further depleted their numbers. Most ayllu, formerly partnerships between humans and dragons, are now ruled solely by dragons, who are so jealous of \"their\" humans that kidnapping is now", "title": "Crucible of Gold" }, { "docid": "2064172", "text": "that weight in average 24,8 mg each (n=50). The legume seeds of lupins, commonly called lupin beans, were popular with the Romans, who cultivated the plants throughout the Roman Empire; hence, common names like in Romance languages. Seeds of various species of lupins have been used as a food for over 3000 years around the Mediterranean and for as long as 6000 years in the Andes. Lupins were also used by many Native American peoples such as the Yavapai in North America. The Andean lupin or (\"Lupinus mutabilis\") was a widespread food in the Incan Empire; but they have never", "title": "Lupinus" }, { "docid": "298372", "text": "as the historian Eugene Rogan has written, \"the single greatest threat to the independence of the Middle East\" in the nineteenth century \"was not the armies of Europe but its banks.\" The Ottoman state, which had begun taking on debt with the Crimean War, was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1875. By 1881, the Ottoman Empire agreed to have its debt controlled by an institution known as the Ottoman Public Debt Administration, a council of European men with presidency alternating between France and Britain. The body controlled swaths of the Ottoman economy, and used its position to ensure that European", "title": "Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "13763488", "text": "Cajabamba, Ecuador Cajabamba (Villa la Unión) is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Colta Canton. The village of Cajabamba (Kichwa: Kashapampa, \"thorn plain\") is situated in a fertile arable valley in Colta Canon, Chimborazo Province (Chimborazo = \"snows on the other side\"). It is unknown when the valley was first inhabited but it is known to have been settled in pre-Incan times as the city of Liribamba, the capital of the ancient Puruhá people. As the Incan empire expanded, the region became an area of conquest and was fully under the control of", "title": "Cajabamba, Ecuador" }, { "docid": "842980", "text": "the sun rise. Architecturally, Inti Mach'ay is the most significant structure at Machu Picchu. Its entrances, walls, steps and windows are some of the finest masonry in the Incan Empire. The cave also includes a tunnel-like window unique among Incan structures, which was constructed to only allow sunlight into the cave during several days around the December solstice. For this reason, the cave was inaccessible for much of the year. Inti Mach'ay is located on the eastern side of Machu Picchu, just north of the \"Condor Stone.\" Many of the caves surrounding this area were prehistorically used as tombs, yet", "title": "Machu Picchu" }, { "docid": "14384433", "text": "amongst the Quechua, which describes how an indigenous woman is destroyed in an act of rebellion against a lascivious foreigner, whom eventually is transformed into a predatory fox. Powerful colonial institutions are also critiqued in some of these myths, with the Catholic Church being frequently lambasted. For example, the story of the Priest and Sexton highlights the hypocrisy and abusive nature of a Catholic Priest and his callous treatment of his indigenous parishioners. As such, these myths show that Inka mythology was strategically deployed for subvert and rebel against Spanish rule in the former Incan Empire. Incan mythology continues to", "title": "Inca mythology" }, { "docid": "10652250", "text": "also grown. In addition to these staple crops the people of the Inca empire cultivated a great variety of fruits, vegetables, spices and medicinal plants. Some of these other foods grown consist of tomatoes, chili peppers, avocadoes and peanuts. Many fruit trees were also utilized in crop production. Banana passionfruit can be grown from 2,000 to 3,200 meters, mountain pawpaw from 500 to 2,700 meters, Solanum quintoense or naranjilla from 500 to 2,300 meters, and Cape gooseberry from 500 to 2,800 meters. The Incan agriculture system not only included a vast acreage of crops, but also numerous herds, some numbering", "title": "Incan agriculture" }, { "docid": "10652254", "text": "in unison. By one account Spanish priests found the songs so pleasant that they were incorporated into church services. Inca farmers learned how to best use the land to maximize agriculture production. This expressed itself in the form of stone terraces to keep the important Andean soil from eroding down the mountain side. These terraces also helped to insulate the roots of plants during cold nights and hold in the moisture of the soil, keeping plants growing and producing longer in the high altitudes. Tipón was a location in the Inca Empire that was an estate for Incan nobles, it", "title": "Incan agriculture" }, { "docid": "10652244", "text": "poor crop years with a variety of measures. The vertical archipelago was a characteristic of Andean and Incan agriculture. Different crops could only be grown in the climates associated with certain altitudes and thus the empire diversified its agricultural production by establishing colonies and reciprocity with populations living at different, usually lower, altitudes than the Inca heartland. Also, land allocated to local authorities, the ayllus, was often not contiguous, but rather scattered at different elevations and climates to produce different products. The exchange of products among the scattered lands was carried out on a reciprocal basis rather than being commercially", "title": "Incan agriculture" }, { "docid": "17678568", "text": "nobility in return for his service to the empire. He falls in love with Cusi Coyllur (or Kusi Quyllur, \"happy star\"), the daughter of the Inca ruler Pachacutec, but this love is prohibited due to his commoner background. Nevertheless, blinded by love, he pursues a secret relationship with Cusi Coyllur, a secret shared only with the Queen Ccoya Anahuarqui. Despite ominous omens from the Incan high priest, Ollantay decides to ask the Incan king for his daughter's hand. Pachacutec, reminding Ollantay of his humble origins, reproaches Ollantay for his audacity and angrily expels him from the court. Cusi Coyllur is", "title": "Ollantay" }, { "docid": "10293292", "text": "From the 10th century until the end of the 12th, the Byzantine Empire projected an image of luxury, and the travelers were impressed by the wealth accumulated in the capital. All this changed with the arrival of the Fourth Crusade, which was an economic catastrophe. The Palaiologoi tried to revive the economy, but the late Byzantine state would not gain full control of either the foreign or domestic economic forces. One of the economic foundations of the empire was trade. The state strictly controlled both the internal and the international trade, and retained the monopoly of issuing coinage. Constantinople remained", "title": "Byzantine economy" }, { "docid": "201486", "text": "Inca Empire The Inca Empire (, \"The Four Regions\"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Its political and administrative structure is considered by most scholars to have been the most developed in the Americas before Columbus' arrival. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century. Its last stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas incorporated a large portion of", "title": "Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "8790554", "text": "of nobility. It is known that the first group of each of the Panacas dedicated all their sacrifices to the sun. The remaining four were in charge of dedicating their sacrifices to Moon, Thunder, Virachoa, and the Earth. These groups of nobility made up the upper most tier of society and they were highly revered and respected throughout the empire. These fives gods or entities that received the majority of sacrifices within Cusco represent the most vital aspects of Incan life. The Sun God represented the institutional organization of the society because everything in Incan life revolved around the Sun.", "title": "Inca religion in Cusco" }, { "docid": "315201", "text": "seen in early records.) According to Raúl Porras Barrenechea, Peru is not a Quechuan nor Caribbean word, but Indo-Hispanic or hybrid. In the years between 1524 and 1526 smallpox, introduced from Panama and preceding the Spanish conquerors swept through the Inca Empire. The death of the Incan ruler Huayna Capac as well as most of his family including his heir, caused the fall of the Incan political structure and contributed to the civil war between the brothers Atahualpa and Huáscar. Taking advantage of this, Pizarro carried out a \"coup d'état\". On November 16, 1532, while the natives were in a", "title": "History of Peru" }, { "docid": "4451721", "text": "largest empire by 1500 CE. Artistically, they unified regional styles. Incan ceramics were geometric and understated, while color schemes remained regionally diverse. Mass-produced pottery, conformed to standardized measurements, such as the urpu, a long-necked jar with handles and a pointed bottom used to transport maize and chicha, maize beer. \"Qirus\" were Incan drinking vessels, made from wood or precious metals, as well as ceramics. Guaraní ceramics fall into two major categories: \"na'e\", or dishes, and \"yapepó\", pots, pans, and storage containers. These were both utilitarian and ceremonial. The precontact ceramic tradition of the Gran Chaco was dramatically transformed under European", "title": "Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas" }, { "docid": "9946512", "text": "such woods as sandal, timber, teak and ebony. The Rashtrakuta empire controlled most of the western sea board of the subcontinent which facilitated its maritime trade. The deccan soil, though not as fertile as that of the Gangetic plains, was rich in minerals. The copper mines of Cudappah, Bellary, Chanda, Buldhana, Narsingpur, Ahmadnagar, Bijapur and Dharwar were a source of income and played an important role in the economy. Diamonds were mined in Cudappah, Bellary, Kurnool and Golconda; the capital Manyakheta and Devagiri were important diamond and jewellery trading centres. Muslin cloth were manufactured in Paithan and Warangal and the", "title": "Economy of Rashtrakuta empire of Manyakheta" }, { "docid": "13693842", "text": "strength. Atahualpa did not attempt to defeat Pizarro when he arrived on the coast in 1532 because the Incan ruler was convinced that those who commanded the mountains also controlled the coast. When Pizarro formed alliances with Indians who resented Inca rule, Atahualpa did not modify the Inca ceremonial approach to warfare, which included launching attacks by the light of the full moon. On November 16, 1532, Pizarro took Atahualpa prisoner during their first encounter and later executed him, even after payment of a ransom equivalent to half a century of European production of gold and silver. One year later,", "title": "History of Bolivia to 1809" }, { "docid": "201555", "text": "of a larger lung capacity, and an increase in red blood cell counts, hemoglobin concentration, and capillary beds. Compared to other humans, the Incas had slower heart rates, almost one-third larger lung capacity, about 2 L (4 pints) more blood volume and double the amount of hemoglobin, which transfers oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. While the Conquistadors may have been slightly taller, the Inca had the advantage of coping with the extraordinary altitude. Inca Empire The Inca Empire (, \"The Four Regions\"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest", "title": "Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "12589028", "text": "development of a middle class society, leaving Quebec locked into a traditionalism controlled by priests and landlords. The other more optimistic school says it was generally advantageous in political and economic terms. For example, it enabled Quebec to avoid the French Revolution that tore France apart in the 1790s. Another example is that it integrated the economy into the larger and faster growing British economy, as opposed to the sluggish French economy. The optimistic school attributes the backwardness of the Quebec economy to deeply ingrained conservatism and aversion to entrepreneurship. In recent decades there have been four main schools of", "title": "Historiography of the British Empire" }, { "docid": "315316", "text": "an ambitious and audacious civilizing project, based on a mythical thought, in which the harmony of the relationships between the human being, nature, and gods was truly essential. The economy was mainly agricultural, though it reached some animal husbandry and mining development. The primary goal of the Incan economy was substinence, with a system based on reciprocity and exchange of products. The colonial-era sources are not entirely clear or in agreement about the nature of the structure of the Inca government. However, its basic structure can be spoken of broadly, even if the exact duties and functions of government positions", "title": "Economy of Peru" }, { "docid": "8790423", "text": "built to assist in the exchanging of goods, services, people, etc. At one point, \"their (the Inca) empire eventually extended across western South America from Quito in the north to Santiago in the south, making it the largest empire ever seen in the Americas and the largest in the world at that time (between c. 1400 and 1533 CE).\" It is known to have \"extended some 3500-4000 km along the mountainous backbone of South America.\" The trails, roads, and bridges were designed not only to link the empire physically, but these structures also helped the empire to maintain communication. Rope", "title": "Incan engineers" }, { "docid": "7999232", "text": "Juan de Betanzos Juan Diez de Betanzos wrote one of the most important sources on the conquest of the Incan civilization, Narrative of the Incas. He based this account of the Incas on the testimony of his wife, who had been previously married to Incan King Atahualpa as well as conducting interviews of Incans who had taken part in the Battle of Cajamarca or been in Atahualpa's camp. The \"Narrative of the Incas\" is rare in coming from the Indian perspective. In the absence of written Incan sources, it is also relatively unique in providing us with an insight into", "title": "Juan de Betanzos" }, { "docid": "14414800", "text": "based on common ancestry. Unlike other subgroups, the Napo Kichwa maintain less ethnic duality of accultured natives or Christians. These groups speak different dialects of Kichwa, such as Bobonaza (in the Napo province), Tena (in Tena canton, closely related to the Andean Kichwa) and Limoncocha. There are also some groups amongst the Amazonian Kichwa who speak Shuar. After a powerful protest of the Amazonian Kichwas held in Pastanza in 1992, the Ecuadorian state handed over the rights to 1,115,000 hectares (ha) of land for their use. Related groups: The Inca people who established the Incan empire and colonized the Quijos.", "title": "Amazonian Kichwas" }, { "docid": "4236199", "text": "Religion in the Inca Empire In the heterogeneous Inca Empire, polytheistic religions were practiced. Some deities, such as Pachamama and Viracocha, were known throughout the empire, while others were localised. Inca deities occupied the three realms: In addition to the communally worshiped deities, Incan families sometimes worshiped household gods via their representation as miniature figurines most commonly referred to as \"chancas\" or \"conopas\". Conopa were often natural or carved stone objects that resembled crops or livestock, such as \"zarap conopa\" for maize, \"papap conopa\" for potatoes and caullama for llamas. Many ancient Andean peoples traced their origins to ancestral deities.", "title": "Religion in the Inca Empire" }, { "docid": "12449595", "text": "power when the conquistadors arrived. Atahualpa did not attempt to defeat Pizarro when he arrived on the coast in 1532 because the Incan ruler was convinced that those who commanded the mountains also controlled the coast. Atahualpa’s refusal to accept the permanent Spanish presence and to convert to Christianity led to the bloody Battle of Cajamarca on November 16, 1532. Pizarro killed Atahualpa's 12-man honor guard and took the Inca captive at the so-called ransom room. One year later, the Inca capital of Cuzco fell and was refounded as a new Spanish settlement. Despite Pizarro's quick victory, Inca rebellions soon", "title": "History of Bolivia" }, { "docid": "11935418", "text": "(1986); the documentation of Incan \"barracks\" at Toporake (1989); a traverse of the Incan \"Road of Stone\" past the Plateau of Toporake (1993); the discovery and documentation of Incan and pre-Incan remains in Callanga (1994); the discovery and first ascent of an Incan complex at base of Callanga's peak \"Llactapata\" (1995); the first visit, exploration, and documentation of the true nature of Manu's Pyramids of Paratoari (1996); he led a six-man Brazilian/Italian/North American expedition to investigate Roland Stevenson's finds following the Incan \"Road of Stone\" onto the Plateau of Pantiacolla, discovery of \"Lago de Ángel\" and its Incan platforms north", "title": "Gregory Deyermenjian" }, { "docid": "11218878", "text": "the last third of the twentieth century, thanks in part to new scholarship and in part to the new interest in women writers generated by the feminist movement. Letters from a Peruvian Woman Letters from a Peruvian Woman () is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny. It tells the story of Zilia, a young Incan princess, who is abducted from the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. In a series of letters to her fiancé Aza, who is also the Sapa Inca, Zilia tells the story of her capture,", "title": "Letters from a Peruvian Woman" }, { "docid": "11218874", "text": "Letters from a Peruvian Woman Letters from a Peruvian Woman () is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny. It tells the story of Zilia, a young Incan princess, who is abducted from the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. In a series of letters to her fiancé Aza, who is also the Sapa Inca, Zilia tells the story of her capture, her rescue by French sailors, her befriending of the captain Déterville, and her introduction to French society. Like Montesquieu's \"Lettres persanes,\" \"Lettres d'une Péruvienne\" presents a satirical view", "title": "Letters from a Peruvian Woman" }, { "docid": "9075827", "text": "pre-Incan. However, some of these sites were renovated by the Inca, so some pre-Incan sites do feature some Incan architecture. For the sites built in the Incan period, the architecture styles can be divided into three basic categories. Some tampu were definitively local in their architectural style. This typically happened in places where the local culture was strong and was permitted to continue. Other sites would have mostly Incan architecture, but would have at least some subtle influence from local traditions. Finally, some tambos would contain only Incan style architecture. Because of the strong influence local culture tends to have", "title": "Tambo (Incan structure)" }, { "docid": "907322", "text": "religion, but Pacha Kamaq and Viracocha were not equals, Viracocha was believed to be more powerful. Still, Pachacamac was allowed an unusual amount of independence from the Inca Empire By the time the \"Tawantinsuyu\" (Inca Empire) invaded the area, the valleys of the Rímac and Lurín had a small state which the people called \"Ichma\". They used Pachacamac primarily as a religious site for the veneration of the \"Pacha Kamaq\", the creator god. The Ichma joined the Incan Empire along with Pachacamac. The Inca maintained it as a religious shrine and allowed the Pachacamac priests to continue functioning independently of", "title": "Pachacamac" }, { "docid": "14384424", "text": "Romans, the Incas permitted the cultures they integrated into their empire to keep their individual religions. Below are some of the various gods worshiped by the peoples of the Incan empire, many of which have overlapping responsibilities and domains. Unless otherwise noted, it can safely be assumed these were worshipped by different ayllus or worshipped in particular former states. Inca cosmology was ordered in three spatio-temporal levels or \"Pachas\". These included: The environment and geography were integral part of Inca mythology as well. Many prominent natural features within the Inca Empire were tied to important myths and legends amongst the", "title": "Inca mythology" }, { "docid": "13760937", "text": "empire in all directions and controlled almost the entire Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River. He created a new class of nobility loyal to him from the military aristocracy of India's social groups, implemented a modern government, and supported cultural developments. At the same time, Akbar intensified trade with European trading companies. India developed a strong and stable economy, leading to commercial expansion and economic development. Akbar allowed free expression of religion, and attempted to resolve socio-political and cultural differences in his empire by establishing a new religion, Din-i-Ilahi, with strong characteristics of a ruler cult. He left his", "title": "Mughal Empire" }, { "docid": "589791", "text": "whoever controlled the armies had the ability to become emperor. For the rest of the 3rd Century, Rome would be ruled by a series of generals, coming into power through frequent civil wars which devastated the empire. The first and most immediately disastrous natural disasters that the Roman Empire faced during the Third Century was the plague. The Antonine Plague that preceded the Crisis of the Third Century sapped manpower from Roman armies and proved disastrous for the Roman economy. From 249 AD to 262 AD, the Cyprian Plague devastated the Roman Empire so much so that some cities, such", "title": "Crisis of the Third Century" }, { "docid": "10661150", "text": "Incan caenolestid The Incan caenolestid (\"Lestoros inca\"), also known as the Incan shrew opossum or Peruvian caenolestid, is a caenolestid found in the southern Peruvian Andes. It was first described by English zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1917. The head-and-body length ranges from , and the weight is between . It is brown on the back, and lighter on the underside. Little is known about the behaviour of the Incan caenolestid; it appears to be terrestrial and nocturnal. It feeds on small invertebrates and insects. This caenolestid inhabits elfin and secondary forests. The IUCN classifies it as least concern. The Incan", "title": "Incan caenolestid" }, { "docid": "666781", "text": "the building of the palace; it features busts of them and others. It instantly became a recognizable symbol of the plaza. The opulent palace is structured in four stands, giving it the significance of the coat of arms of the Pizarro family, which is situated at one of its corner balconies displaying its iconographic content. The building's decor includes plateresque ornaments and balustrades. Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro González (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, and claimed the lands for Spain.", "title": "Francisco Pizarro" }, { "docid": "8756717", "text": "the earliest times of la Spanish Conquest. Serious studies indicate that its name would come from Apollacsa Vilca Yupanqui Tuquiguarac, important noble Peruvian native who served during the passage of the first conquistadores, thus would have received coat of arms, according to the historian Felix Álvarez Brun in his book \"Ancash, a regional Peruvian history\". A fact which is apparently not so well known is that the corpse of Huáscar, the last legitimate heir of the Incan Empire, was thrown in waters of the River Tablachacá (formerly, Andamarca) by the Spanish conquistadores. In the independence war, the district shared in", "title": "Pallasca District" }, { "docid": "7401149", "text": "Sillustani Sillustani is a pre-Incan cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, who are Aymara conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century. The structures housed the remains of complete family groups, although they were probably limited to nobility. Many of the tombs have been dynamited by grave robbers, while others were left unfinished. Veneration of the dead and kinship were integral parts of Aymara culture, and the huge chullpas or \"chupa\" at Sillustani were built", "title": "Sillustani" }, { "docid": "12426038", "text": "and even managed to penetrate the outer defenses of the Inca Empire on the hills of the Andes, in present-day Bolivia. He was the first European to do so, accomplishing this eight years before Francisco Pizarro. Garcia looted an impressive booty of silver. When the army of Huayna Cápac arrived to challenge him, Garcia then retreated with the spoils, only to be assassinated by his Indian allies near San Pedro on the Paraguay River. The Indians, however, spared the life of his son, who was the first Paraguayan mestizo. News of this excursion into Incan territory later distracted Sebastian Cabot", "title": "Aleixo Garcia" }, { "docid": "2069052", "text": "to Santafe de Bogotá. In 1540, Gonzalo Pizarro, the younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador who toppled the Incan Empire in Peru, was made the governor of the province of Quito in northern Ecuador. Shortly after taking lead in Quito, Gonzalo learned from many of the natives of a valley far to the east rich in both cinnamon and gold. He banded together 340 soldiers and about 4000 natives in 1541 and led them eastward down the Rio Coca and Rio Napo. Francisco de Orellana accompanied Pizarro on the expedition as his lieutenant. Gonzalo quit after many of", "title": "El Dorado" }, { "docid": "9567480", "text": "was terrified. Another common way for them to intimidate their enemies was to make cups from the skulls of prisoners, from which they drank the blood of the enemy. The height of the Chanka's expansion occurred between the years 1200 and 1438. After 1430, the Chanka nation attacked the Inca Empire in Cusco. Prince Yupanqui, who had previously been sent to a llama ranch, defeated the Chanka. After the war, the Sapa Inca assumed the name Pachacuti after the tough battle, and the city of Cusco ran the risk of being captured by the Apurímac people. According to some Incan", "title": "Chanka" }, { "docid": "6090388", "text": "goes missing, the Blue Djinn of Babylon dispatches the twins and Uncle Nimrod to recover them. Along the way, though, John and Philippa encounter their friend Dybbuk, who was drained of his djinn powers but is determined to get them back. In a fury, he's headed to an ancient Incan Empire where he believes he can regain his power. Dybbuk will stop at nothing . . . even if it means opening a cursed portal, disturbing the enchanted kingdom of the Incas that has slept for thousands of years, and (unintentionally) destroying the world. Dybbuk's kindness was crushed, and his", "title": "Children of the Lamp" }, { "docid": "14354141", "text": "people causing trouble. Officials could have used it as a checkpoint on the road, stopping those who looked suspicious from travelling any further into the empire where they could potentially wreak havoc. It could have served as a stop for military groups travelling nearby, too. Another theory is that it was a place of rest for hunters and weary travelers, as well as Incan nobles, due to all of its luxurious baths, canals, plazas, fountains, and separate rooms. Because it is close to the city of Cusco, one of the most prominent archaeological sites in all of Peru; many people", "title": "Puka Pukara" }, { "docid": "666737", "text": "Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro González (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, and claimed the lands for Spain. Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain (then in the Crown of Castile) in modern-day Extremadura, Spain. He was the illegitimate son of infantry colonel Gonzalo Pizarro (1446–1522) and Francisca González, a woman of poor means. His date of birth is uncertain, but it is believed to be sometime in the 1470s, probably 1474. Little attention was paid to his education and", "title": "Francisco Pizarro" }, { "docid": "14975186", "text": "mays\"), beans, squash, and quinoa (\"Chenopodium quinoa\"). Towards the 15th century, Huarpe territory expanded into the current Argentinian provinces of San Luis, Mendoza and San Juan and even on the north of the Neuquen Province. They inhabited between the Jáchal River at north, to the Diamante River at south and between the Andes and Conlara Valley on San Luis. They were never fully part of the Incan Empire, but were influenced by Inca culture and adopted llama ranching and the Quechua language after 1480. Chilean encomenderos who had encomiendas in Cuyo introduced to Chile indigenous Huarpes, whom they hired to", "title": "Huarpe" }, { "docid": "245314", "text": "about 250, with the last two great civilizations, the Aztecs and Incas, emerging into prominence later on in the early fourteenth century and mid-fifteenth centuries, respectively. The Aztec empire was ultimately the most powerful civilization known throughout the Americas, until its downfall in part by the Spanish invasion. With the arrival of the Europeans following Christopher Columbus' voyages, the indigenous elites, such as the Incas and Aztecs, lost power to the heavy European invasion. Hernándo Cortés seized the Aztec elite's power with the help of local groups who had favored the Aztec elite, and Francisco Pizarro eliminated the Incan rule", "title": "Latin America" }, { "docid": "17678571", "text": "her own. When Ima accidentally discovers her true heritage, she proposes to go to the new Incan king and ask for clemency for her mother. At the same time, new Incan ruler Tupac Yupanqui resolves to finally defeat and capture Ollantay, and sends Rumi Nawi, who promises to redeem his earlier failure. Rumi Nawi employs a deceptive plan: he presents himself at the gates of Ollantaytambo covered in wounds, pretending that the new Incan ruler has abused him and suggesting that he would like to join Ollantay's rebellion. When the gates are opened, Rumi Nawi's men capture Ollantay, Orqo Waranka,", "title": "Ollantay" }, { "docid": "13000133", "text": "organized commercial ventures by foreign merchants with no diplomatic status at all. This was unquestionably the case, most notably, with a group of traders who appeared on the south coast in 166 AD claiming to be envoys from the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. The main trade route leading into Han China passed first through Kashgar, yet Hellenized Bactria further west was the central node of international trade. By the 1st century AD, Bactria and much of Central Asia and North India were controlled by the Kushan Empire. Silk was the main export item from China to India. Indian merchants", "title": "Economy of the Han dynasty" }, { "docid": "16970086", "text": "partially under control by the Roman Empire, became part of the Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus. The last governor rebuilt it and named it Madina Mayurqa. From then on, Majorca experienced substantial growth which led to the Muslim-controlled Balearic islands becoming a haven for Saracens pirates, besides serving as a base for the Berbers who used to attack Christian ships in the western Mediterranean, hindering trade among Pisa, Genoa, Barcelona and Marseille. The local economy was supported by a combination of stolen goods from raids on Christian territories, naval trade, and taxes levied on Majorcan farmers. In 1114, the Count", "title": "Conquest of Majorca" }, { "docid": "150714", "text": "introduction of a new, more efficient commercial law. Nonetheless, political decisions about the economy of the empire were still largely controlled by a coalition of \"rye and iron\", that is the Prussian Junker landowners of the east and the Ruhr heavy industry of the west. Regarding politics and society, between 1881 and 1889 Chancellor Otto von Bismarck promoted laws that provided social insurance and improved working conditions. He instituted the world's first welfare state. Germany was the first to introduce social insurance programs including universal healthcare, compulsory education, sickness insurance, accident insurance, disability insurance, and a retirement pension. Moreover, the", "title": "Economy of Germany" }, { "docid": "20997962", "text": "studied how the Incas recorded information using Quipus. His work on preserving Incan textiles was demonstrated in the process of unwrapping the Incan mummy Juanita, which was documented in the PBS series Nova \"Ice Mummies: Frozen In Heaven\". He credited his long-time interest in historic textiles to his Nebraska grandmothers' tradition of quilt making, to the wife of a Doane professor who taught him to weave, and to his acquaintance with Dr. Junius Bird of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Conklin wrote approximately 50 papers or books on ancient Andean textiles. In addition to Incan Quipus,", "title": "William J Conklin" }, { "docid": "3017592", "text": "dualism between a controlled economy and a market economy. In view of the upcoming regional and federal elections, Adenauer, who was initially sceptical about Erhard, was not only impressed by the polarising slogan, i.e. \"Controlled or Market Economy\", but also by the efficacy of Erhard and his programme. The foundation for a successful political alliance was laid. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the ruling CDU implemented a new novel economic order amalgamating the promotion of free competition with the responsibility of the social government. The Wirtschaftswunder or \"economic miracle\" of West Germany could not have been brought about without secure social", "title": "Social market economy" }, { "docid": "4216996", "text": "by the Spanish, as culture was not as significant as gold to the new conquerors. The unique indigenous road and communications systems were essentially lost. The only things that persisted of the original culture are the very few artifacts that remained and the minute cultural aspects, such as language, that was left behind by the small percentage of Incas who persisted. The long-term effects of the arrival of the Spanish on the population of South America were simply catastrophic. While this is the case for every group of Native-Americans that encountered Europeans from the fifteenth century onwards, the Incan population", "title": "Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12692541", "text": "was released. The song is ranked #402 on the \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Five Stairsteps, 'O-o-h Child' - 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME O-o-h Child \"O-o-h Child\" is a 1970 single recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label. The Five Stairsteps had previous peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield; when Mayfield's workload precluded his continuing to work with the group they were reassigned to Stan Vincent, an in-house producer for Buddah Records, who had recently scored a Top Ten hit", "title": "O-o-h Child" } ]

[ { "docid": "16470107", "text": "Rubenstein wrote that Usher sings about a \"hot chick and how it'll be a total cinch for him to get her home\", in the line \"I see you over there, so hypnotic/ Thinking 'bout what I do to that body.../ Got no drink in my hand/ But I'm wasted/ Getting drunk of the thought of you naked/ I get you like ooh, baby, baby.\" In the chorus, he sings \"If you wanna scream ‘yeah,’ let me know and I’ll take you there / Get you going like a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby baby, a-ooh baby baby, ooh baby / If", "title": "Scream (Usher song)" }, { "docid": "19963318", "text": "me a freak\". Goldfrapp sings with robotic, or \"android\"-like, vocals and moans, \"Ooh, connect me / Ooh, to the other side\". The aforementioned lyrics were also considered similar to the ones in their 2005 song \"Ooh La La\". Upon release, \"Anymore\" received a mixed to positive response from music critics. Several critics noted that the track serves as a strong opener for \"Silver Eye\". David Chiu from \"Consequence of Sound\" described the song as an \"outstanding opening track\" for \"fans who have been waiting for Goldfrapp to somehow get back to their dance club roots\". Agreeing, Daryl Easlea, writing for", "title": "Anymore (Goldfrapp song)" }, { "docid": "12471893", "text": "to previous Spears' songs such as \"Toxic\" (2004) and \"Ooh Ooh Baby\" (2007). It is written in the verse–pre-chorus–chorus form. The track opens with its characteristical sirens. According to Ann Powers of the \"Los Angeles Times\", Spears \"quick-witted\" vocals are similar to the style of The Andrews Sisters. It was also noted by \"Daily News\" writer Jim Farber that Spears' delivery has a \"tone of petulance\". After the bridge, Spears sings the chorus one more time and the song ends while the beat drops and Spears sings the \"you’re a womanizer, baby\" hook. The song is set in a 12/8", "title": "Womanizer (song)" }, { "docid": "15412399", "text": "low-note of G# to the high-note of E. The song contains string accents described as \"sympathetic, but not overpowering\". Described as a \"jangly pop tune\", having an \"overarching feel-good vibe\", lyrically, the song speaks of \"embracing who you are and not letting your critics get you down\". Gomez sings of insecurities, and people telling her she is not good enough, before asserting \"I'm sure you got some things/ You'd like to change about yourself/ But when it comes to me/ I wouldn't want to be anybody else.\" According to Brian Voerding of AOL Radio Blog, \"Gomez sings about staying true", "title": "Who Says (Selena Gomez & the Scene song)" }, { "docid": "9357544", "text": "gonna get a jacket just like yours/And give my false support to your cause/Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!\") condemn rather than condone violence: at the end of the song he sings, \"If death comes so cheap/Then the same goes for life!\" In the liner notes of the \"Singles Box\", Carl Barat (former frontman of Dirty Pretty Things and The Libertines), says that \"Tommy Gun\" was important for music at the time because it let people know what was going on in the world—it talked about real issues. He says, Tommy Gun (song) \"Tommy Gun\" is a song by", "title": "Tommy Gun (song)" }, { "docid": "12692540", "text": "Us to You\". Included on the band's \"The Stairsteps\" album from 1970, it has become the Stairsteps' signature song and has inspired more than twenty covers since its release. The song featured various members, including lone female member and eldest sister Alohe, brothers Keni, Dennis, James, lead singer Clarence Burke, Jr. singing in various parts of the song, and also drummer Jerome Brailey on the original recording. The lyrics tell the listener that \"things are gonna get easier\" in times of strife. The song's uplifting message helped it to become popular among pop and rhythm and blues audiences when it", "title": "O-o-h Child" }, { "docid": "15141327", "text": "AOL Radio and Matthew Horton of BBC, the song features an aggressive tone, and dizzying percussion and electro elements create a \"frenzied pace that Hilson matches with an intense vocal delivery.\" During the bridge and the chorus, she utters gasps and groans, like 'oohs and aahs' while singing the lyrics. As the first verse begins, Hilson sings: \"Ooh ahh, baby don't stop / You know how I like it Daddy when you hit the spot / Ooh ahh, baby don't stop / Imma take control when I climb up on top\". As the song progresses, Hilson sings that she is", "title": "The Way You Love Me (Keri Hilson song)" }, { "docid": "18404023", "text": "the LGBT community, untouchables (those in poverty), emigrants (those who were forced to leave their home countries due to dangerous/unlivable circumstances), the excommunicated (those who have served/continue to serve time in prison), and the negroid (black people of all origins). Monáe uses various terms and phrases from LGBT slang in the beginning of the song. She opens the song with, \"I can't believe all of the things they say about me, walk in the room they throwin' shade from left to right. They be like 'ooh, she servin' face,' and I just tell 'em cut me up and get down.\"", "title": "Q.U.E.E.N. (Janelle Monáe song)" }, { "docid": "6785206", "text": "which was directed by Stephen Scott. The video became soulDecision's first number one on TRL. Trevor Guthrie is the writer of the song, and he sings about a love interest who evades him. The lyrics stem from a sour relationship lead singer Trevor Guthrie went through. \"Ooh Its Kinda Crazy\" reached #45 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Singles Chart. when first released in 1998. The song gained significantly on the chart when re-released in 2000, reaching #18. The song had similar success in the U.S, reaching #26 on the Mainstream Top 40. The single however seemed a bit of a letdown", "title": "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" }, { "docid": "15914257", "text": "with bells and tambourines before Flo chants 'Shake it out, shake it out, ooh-waaoah!' on the song's anthemic and dangerously addictive chorus.\" Consequence of Sounds Alex Young concluded that the song \"takes approximately 37 seconds to build up before a pulsating drum enters\". Allmusic's James Christopher Monger commented that when the swelling guitars, organs, and strings, staccato percussion, and Florence Welch's \"air-raid siren of a voice\" start in the song, begins a \"battle over which one is going to launch itself into the stratosphere first.\" In the song, Welch sings about dancing with a devil in the lyrics \"It's hard", "title": "Shake It Out" }, { "docid": "7332658", "text": "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell \"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell\" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for the album \"Hours\" in 1999. The first single release from the album in Australia and Japan, while the rest of the world got \"Thursday's Child\" as their first single. The first appearance of the song was on the soundtrack of the film \"Stigmata\" in 1999. It charted and peaked at No. 30 in Japan. The song's title takes influence from the song \"Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell\" by The Stooges from their album", "title": "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" }, { "docid": "17216801", "text": "week. \"Ooh, Ooh Baby\" has also been noted to be Elliott's second featured appearance on a single as a solo artist; the first being \"That's What Little Girls Are Made Of\" in 1993. Ooh, Ooh Baby (Taral Hicks song) \"Ooh, Ooh Baby\" is the debut single performed by American R&B singer Taral Hicks. The song features a guest appearance by then–unknown Missy \"Misdemeanor\" Elliott, who was at the time an ex-member of DeVante Swing's act Sista. The song was released in June 18, 1996 as the first single from Hicks' debut album, \"This Time\" (1997). A music video for the", "title": "Ooh, Ooh Baby (Taral Hicks song)" }, { "docid": "4950915", "text": "keep you satisfied, satisfied\" while the other Originals improvised vocals while their original background vocals of \"ooh baby\" were repeated. This song was produced in a proto-quiet storm format and included a false fade. Both versions by the Monitors and the Originals weren't released as singles. In 1973, while working on his album, \"Let's Get It On\", Gaye was going through a public separation with his wife, Anna, who was the co-writer of the original \"Satisfied\". Marvin had based most of the songs on \"Let's Get It On\", on sexual and romantic relationships. For \"Satisfied\", he decided to re-write \"Satisfied\"", "title": "Just to Keep You Satisfied" }, { "docid": "17319581", "text": "to meet you\", is the same and the background vocals (\"Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh\") imitate the instrumentation from \"America\". In an interview with Turman, he said of the idea, \"It was our chance to rebirth an idea that we really wanted to release. We were like 'Oh, we have this song that we were working on and I'm not entirely sure if it is going to work. But if it does work, it could be amazing.' We told the guys that and played that section of the song. That's how it happened. Everyone seemed to love it and we kind", "title": "Nice to Meet You (Forever the Sickest Kids song)" }, { "docid": "20251369", "text": "child finishes first. Kevin, Andre, and Ruxin observe one of the older kids, Matt Friedman (Paulie Litt), who they call The Oracle because of his immense fantasy football knowledge. Ruxin immediately jumps on the chance to get advice and approaches him. Taco sings his birthday song for Ellie, which starts out innocent but quickly becomes explicitly sexual, horrifying the other adults. Jenny cuts him off before he can finish the song. Meegan offers to get Jenny a drink, but Jenny declines, explaining that she and Kevin are trying for another baby. Pete tries to head off the conversation as Meegan", "title": "The Draft (The League)" }, { "docid": "19801680", "text": "the video was released, set at an airport and featuring scantily-clad dancers. Initially, the song reached number 55 on the UK Singles Chart and also charted in the Netherlands at number 87. Upon its re-release for its use in the beer advertisement, however, it re-entered the UK chart, going to number two. The song spent a total of 14 weeks on the chart. Ooh La La (The Wiseguys song) \"Ooh La La\" is a song by English electronic music duo The Wiseguys, from their second album \"The Antidote\". First released as a single in 1998, it only managed a peak", "title": "Ooh La La (The Wiseguys song)" }, { "docid": "8433824", "text": "up by a truck hauling films to the village fair, and so he joins the film company and works as a dubber on the film. His performance is a hit, causing the audience to laugh their heads off. Afterward, Bay gives the man, who looks like Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra an idea to start a new political party called Thais Love Thais. Bay is eventually caught and jailed. However, Ton and The PC are in jail, too. After Bay sings a sad song that makes everyone cry, Meow and Ooh decide to help Bay escape. They are able to rig", "title": "Bangkok Loco" }, { "docid": "17302648", "text": "which Spears was allowed to record the track. He collaborated with additional writers Cirkut, Jacob Kasher, and Bonnie McKee to rewrite some lyrics into a more child-friendly nature. Production was handled by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Ammo. Spears decided to record this song to contribute to the soundtrack of \"The Smurfs 2\" because, in her own words, she \"always loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my boys are the biggest Smurfs fans EVER. I wanted to surprise them with a song in the movie. I know they'll think it's Smurftastic!\". \"Ooh La La\" is a synthpop song. Writing", "title": "Ooh La La (Britney Spears song)" }, { "docid": "3034791", "text": "he sings, \"Walk right up to the microphone and name all the things you love, all the things you loathe.\" A rockabilly version of the song also exists, recorded live at KROQ in Los Angeles after Morrissey started working with new guitarists Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte. \"Mute Witness\", the fourth track, features piano backing composed by Clive Langer. The song is a somewhat farcical tale of an attempt to get information out of a witness who cannot speak at a trial. \"King Leer\" follows, an upbeat tune which has come under some criticism for its use of puns. \"Found", "title": "Kill Uncle" }, { "docid": "6246003", "text": "dogs in their hands and Lil Wayne appears rapping his part afterwards. The camera focuses on each member during their solo part in the song as they perform a dance choreography and lip-sync the lyrics. During the end of the video, as the group sings the lines \"known to carry big things\", they rub the belly of Solange Knowles who was pregnant at the time of shooting. The clip ends with the girls holding the previously seen dogs in their hands. Throughout the visual, shots of three cars with different registrations are shown – a Cadillac from Georgia with the", "title": "Soldier (Destiny's Child song)" }, { "docid": "11753860", "text": "from the perspective of a different character. The songs are sung by Mallory Everton as Katniss Everdeen, Jason Gray as Gale Hawthorne and Stacey Harkey as Cinna who sings Peeta Mellark's song because Peeta has been captured at the point in time of the story. Each song is the characters view on the love triangle going on between them. There have been three Hunger Games Musical sketches and one behind the scenes video. Hyperactive Kyle<br> Played by Matt Meese, he is a hyperactive child. Often gets repeating items, such as an Xbox or iPhone, and will say \"Cool, now I", "title": "Studio C" }, { "docid": "5842221", "text": "pertain to being in love, as well as the feeling of loving someone. Throughout the song Jackson's vocal range spans from B to A. The song is played in the key of E major. \"The Way You Make Me Feel\" has a mid-tempo of medium rock and has a metronome of 120 beats per minute. The song follows in the chord progression of C—E♭/C—C—C/E♭ in the first line, when Jackson sings \"Hee-hee! Ooh Go on!\" and continues on the same progression in the second line, when Jackson sings \"Girl! Aaow!\". \"The Way You Make Me Feel\" generally received positive reviews", "title": "The Way You Make Me Feel" }, { "docid": "17216800", "text": "Ooh, Ooh Baby (Taral Hicks song) \"Ooh, Ooh Baby\" is the debut single performed by American R&B singer Taral Hicks. The song features a guest appearance by then–unknown Missy \"Misdemeanor\" Elliott, who was at the time an ex-member of DeVante Swing's act Sista. The song was released in June 18, 1996 as the first single from Hicks' debut album, \"This Time\" (1997). A music video for the song was directed by Hype Williams, but it was never released. The song debuted on \"Billboard\" Hot R&B Singles in July 6, 1996 at #82 and would later peak at #81 the following", "title": "Ooh, Ooh Baby (Taral Hicks song)" }, { "docid": "8151459", "text": "Cantonese accent by The Pancakes. A cinema advert for the environmental group's Friends of the Earth's Scottish branch depicted the world disappearing while a single child sings the first verse of the song, amending the last line (\"The Lord God made them all\") to \"All gone; we killed them all\". Michael Markowski quotes the melody in his 2009 concert band composition, \"Instinctive Travels\". All Things Bright and Beautiful \"All Things Bright and Beautiful\" is an Anglican hymn, also popular with other Christian denominations. The words are by Cecil Frances Alexander and were first published in her \"Hymns for Little Children\".", "title": "All Things Bright and Beautiful" }, { "docid": "16405713", "text": "head like I knew you would.\" In the sing-a-long chorus, she sings: “I want to be your favorite song/ You can turn it up/ Turn me on all night long/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la, la-la-la / I want to be your melody/ Going through your head when you think of me/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la.” Meanwhile, Common’s lyrics are softhearted as he tries his hand at crooning. “Girl the songs you sing / They my favorite things / You stay in my dreams / Something so supreme,” he warbles. Later, he raps:", "title": "Favorite Song" }, { "docid": "3551379", "text": "\"Child of Nature\" during the sessions for the album. Both were demoed at George Harrison's Esher home in May 1968. The demo of \"Child of Nature\" featured Lennon's double-tracked vocal and playing an acoustic guitar. Early the following year, Lennon revisited the song during the \"Get Back\" sessions. Eventually, the lyrics were scrapped and replaced by the now well-known \"Jealous Guy\" lyrics for \"Imagine\". Three recordings of \"Child of Nature\" are currently known. The first is a demo of the song recorded at the home of George Harrison in May 1968. The second, on which Harrison sings backing vocals, was", "title": "Jealous Guy" }, { "docid": "16177128", "text": "I heard you like the wild ones, ooh.\" After her introduction, Flo Rida raps \"I like crazy, foolish, stupid / Party going wild, fist pumping music / I might lose it / Blast to the roof, that's how we do'z it / I don't care the night, she don't care we like / Almost there, the right vibe / Ready to get live / Ain't no surprise, take me so high.\" \"Billboard\" described Sia's voice as a \"bell-clear, campfire-warm voice [that] has mostly been applied to her own elegantly quirky creations\". DJBooth.com compared the song to \"Good Feeling\", stating that", "title": "Wild Ones (song)" }, { "docid": "4375881", "text": "to the initial recording so it would blend in better with the other, more recent songs on \"Rubber Soul\". The lyrics, describing the singer's anxieties about his relationship with his girlfriend while he is away, are thematically similar to several other Lennon–McCartney songs, such as \"When I Get Home\" and \"Things We Said Today,\" written during the period of 1964 and 1965. The vocals on the verse are shared between Lennon and McCartney, and McCartney sings the two middle eight sections. Instrumentally, George Harrison's tone pedal guitar has been considered the most memorable aspect of the song. Wait (Beatles song)", "title": "Wait (Beatles song)" }, { "docid": "10833573", "text": "sings the racy jazz tune \"I Don't Want to Get Married.\" Her second song \"Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do\" is likewise racy, about the joy of carousing and cheating: \"If I feel like going out and having some fun/ With some young cat who looks like he might be my son/ That ain't nobody's business what I do.\" The act of Warren Patterson & Al Jackson sing Jule Styne & Sammy Kahn's \"I Believe,\" Warren leading off and Al doing his part as a Louis Armstrong impersonation. Then Al sings the Fats Waller classic \"Ain't Misbehavin\" as Warren tapdances.", "title": "Killer Diller (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "16775890", "text": "comes down to money, power strokes and the way they think a record is going to go. CBS deliberately held back on doing the video because, although they could see it picking up a few heavyweight stations, they wanted to wait to see if it picked up any more.\" In the UK, the band performed the song on the ITV show \"Get Fresh\" in August 1987, while promoting their UK-only single \"You Boyz Make Big Noize\". In a review of \"You Boyz Make Big Noize\", \"Kerrang!\" said the song was \"a bit of a laugh, with a good lyric about", "title": "Ooh La La in L.A." }, { "docid": "19849009", "text": "do it. Obviously it was very hard since it took me almost like five years to get it nailed. I don’t follow blueprints or whatever. So it just came to me. I wasn’t like “Ooh, I’m going to do this kind of song.” I heard it and as soon as they played it for me I was like “This is a hit.” I went down there, told him to cut my microphone on, and I just started flowing out of my mind. The song's accompanying music video premiered on December 3, 2016 on Sage's YouTube account. \"Now and Later\" debuted", "title": "Now and Later (song)" }, { "docid": "8822938", "text": "at \"The Nag's Head\", Del learns that the Starlight Rooms are owned by a gangster named Eugene McCarthy, who has been known to nail people to doors. To make matters worse, the night Raquel and Tony are due to perform is also Eugene's mother's birthday. That night, Del eventually makes it to the Starlight Rooms after being in court. Eric introduces Raquel, who starts singing \"Crying\". Things are going well, until Tony takes the stage and sings along. Only then does it emerge why Tony only sings certain songs; he has a rhotacism, causing him to pronounce his R's incorrectly,", "title": "Stage Fright (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "docid": "10487675", "text": "5 titled Hashtag Fomo, actress Abbi Jacobson sings \"Get Happy\" when she becomes intoxicated and turns into her alter ego \"Val.\" Emily Blunt sings \"Get Happy\" in the October 15, 2016 episode of \"Saturday Night Live\". Get Happy (song) \"Get Happy\" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It echoes themes of a Christian evangelical revivalist meeting song. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced in \"The Nine-Fifteen Revue\" in 1930. Influenced by the Get Happy tradition, it is most associated with Judy Garland, who performed it in her last", "title": "Get Happy (song)" }, { "docid": "17086570", "text": "\"Tik Tok\" (2009) and Lavigne's \"Girlfriend\" (2007) for the same musical structure. Lyrically, the song talks about a \"celebration of being forever young\". In the song, Lavigne sings about the things she’s going to do that she believes will keep her forever young, such as getting drunk and dancing on a bar, running down the street screaming profanities, blasting music and staying up all night. At the beginning, Lavigne sings \"Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs\", referencing rock band Radiohead, which is also features in the chorus. At the chorus, she continues \"We'll be running down the street", "title": "Here's to Never Growing Up" }, { "docid": "8514470", "text": "Baby Phat (song) \"Baby Phat\" is the only official single from De La Soul's sixth studio album, \"\", released in late 2001. The song was produced by Dave West and featured vocals from Devin the Dude and Yummy Bingham. This single was the introduction for Yummy Bingham. The song is an ode to \"plus size\" women, as Devin sings \"\"Don't get stuck on the things they say, now you know it's a nasty world / Tryin' to get with ya anyway cause I know you're a nasty girl / We ain't never gon' discriminate so let me compliment your size\"\"", "title": "Baby Phat (song)" }, { "docid": "9071573", "text": "Mathis Sings the Movie Greats\" (CBS). Artists who have performed the song include: The best known version of the song is probably the Jack Gold produced version for Johnny Mathis. Entitled \"When A Child Is Born (Soleado)\" with B-side as \"Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)\", it became Johnny Mathis' sole number one single in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in December 1976, including the coveted Christmas number one slot, and selling 885,000 copies. In the US, it appeared in the Record World survey in both the Christmas seasons of", "title": "When a Child Is Born" }, { "docid": "7660477", "text": "a stranger. Lily's strength, love and perseverance are the only things that can help her now. Is There Life Out There? Is There Life Out There is a 1994 American television film starring Reba McEntire, who also sings the title song. Lily Marshall (McEntire) has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. \"Is there life beyond her family and home?\", Lily wonders. The hole in Lily's life is soon filled by too much. There's a confusing new social life on campus, schoolwork keeping her up", "title": "Is There Life Out There?" }, { "docid": "16270009", "text": "track, as DeGraw sings about wanting to get with another guy's girl.\" A music video for the song was shot in February. It was shot at 4 am and. On set, Gavin told VH1 News that the video is about a girl being \"Under-appreciated by her man. She decides she’s going to get out of the place and grab me on her way out.” With a cheeky grin on his face, he adds, “And I’m a guy, so I’m going to go along with this!\". The video premiered on March 15, 2012 on \"E! News\" at 7 pm PT/ET and", "title": "Sweeter (song)" }, { "docid": "16974780", "text": "then informed Hassan that Mahani is pregnant with their first child. Hassan was delighted and even then, Hassan felt that the unborn baby will be a baby boy. During her pregnancy, Mahani began to feel that she is going to die. Mahani decides to approach Hassan in a soft manner and made Hassan promise to take care of their unborn child citing that no one except Hassan must take care of the child. Hassan promises he will and even composes a song titled \"Anakku Sazali\" for his unborn son. While Hassan sings the song to Mahani, Mahani starts having a", "title": "Anak-ku Sazali" }, { "docid": "1825355", "text": "was about. We kind of invented this percussive rhythmic sound. If you listen to that song, everybody was doing something different. There's four guys, one guy was doing bass, I was singing lead, one guy's going 'ooh wah ooh,' and another guy's doing tenor. It was totally amazing. When I listen to it today, oftentimes I think, 'man, those kids are talented.'\" Their initial hit was followed by \"No One Knows\" and \"Don't Pity Me,\" which also charted the Billboard Top 100. This success won a place for Dion and the Belmonts on the ill-fated \"The Winter Dance Party\" tour", "title": "Dion DiMucci" }, { "docid": "12838933", "text": "Ooh Ahh (Tamara Jaber song) \"Ooh Ahh\" is the debut single by Australian recording artist Tamara Jaber, released on 19 April 2005 through King Kyle Records. The song was written by Jaber, Christopher Lee-Joe, Philippe-Marc Anquetil and M. Carre. Upon its release, \"Ooh Ahh\" peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 1 on the ARIA Dance Singles Chart. \"Ooh Ahh\" was written by Christopher Lee-Joe, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Tamara Jaber and M. Carre. The song's lyrics are based on childish chants popularised in playgrounds, including \"Ooh, ahh, I lost my bra / I left it in my", "title": "Ooh Ahh (Tamara Jaber song)" }, { "docid": "5350732", "text": "points per milkshake still standing, players could not upright milkshakes that tipped over and stayed on the tray. Time limit is 60 seconds. Teams play one at a time. The child has to grab framed pictures of gold records and stick them on a wall that vibrates depending on how loud their adult sings a songs currently on the pop charts (usually a song by a boy band or similar type of act). The louder the adult sings, the more the wall vibrates, and the less likely the discs are to stay on the wall. The time limit varies depending", "title": "Get Your Own Back" }, { "docid": "20953623", "text": "\"Ky\" Adeyemo joined in, co-writing and co-producing the song with Pettaway. Adeyemo played keyboards and wrote the infectious “Ooh Ooh Ooh” hook for the song. Kevin Liles and Kool Rod are the lead vocalists rhyming on the record with Spencer providing some background vocals. However, the most prominent vocalist on the hook and backing vocals of the song is Charles \"Ooh Oh Ooh\" Christopher. Charles was friends with Pettaway, Adeyemo, and Starpoint keyboardist George Phillips and became the voice that everyone was singing along with. Although the song did not match the success of \"Rhymes So Def, Girl You Know", "title": "DJ Spen" }, { "docid": "15132814", "text": "Fadden's hamonica plays over piano, guitar, and drums, with harmonica & guitar solos at break. The lyrics praise and woo the Ooh Po Pe Do Girl. \"Coney Island Washboard\" was written in 1926, and is played here in that style. The song features a solos by washboard, banjo, scat vocal, kazoo, and washtub bass. The lyrics are about a woman who plays music on the washboard while doing laundry on the Coney Island boardwalk. \"Put a Bar in My Car\" lyric complain that everything is going wrong, so \"I'm going to drive myself to drink\". It has a double vocal.", "title": "Ricochet (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)" }, { "docid": "8549138", "text": "nation, your dream's coming true/You've been waiting and waiting for me to save you\", thus contending that the other entries of that year are things to be saved from. Silvía's song, on the other hand, is described as being \"hot, okay, really not too gay\". The Icelandic original continued this theme further, with one line running \"Congratulations Iceland, that I was born here\". Silvía also sings \"Let's meet next year in Iceland\", a reference to the Contest tradition of hosting rights going to the previous year's winner. The controversy came, however, with the line \"The vote is in, I'll fucking", "title": "Congratulations (Silvía Night song)" }, { "docid": "7332659", "text": "\"Raw Power\" produced by Bowie himself. The music video for \"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell\" exists, but officially is unreleased. In it, Bowie encounters four of his \"past selves\" (The Man Who Sold the World, Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke and Pierrot) as played by life-sized, mannequin-like puppets. In 2013, Bowie resurrected the two latter puppets in his homemade video for James Murphy's remix of \"Love Is Lost\" from the album \"The Next Day\". The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell \"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell\" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves", "title": "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" }, { "docid": "12838934", "text": "boyfriend's car\" and \"Boys are rotten, made out of cotton / Girls are sexy, made out of Pepsi\". \"Ooh Ahh\" was released as a CD single on 19 April 2005. It features the instrumental, a cappella and 7 inch mix versions of \"Ooh Ahh\" alongside the original version. Upon its release, the song debuted and peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 1 on the ARIA Dance Singles Chart. In 2009, a readers' poll published in the \"Herald Sun\" declared \"Ooh Ahh\" to be the worst Australian song of all time. The article went on to", "title": "Ooh Ahh (Tamara Jaber song)" }, { "docid": "5664300", "text": "bonus track on the \"Live\" live album. The original un-edited live version was later included on the European edition of \"Live\", which was re-titled \"Livid\", instead of the manipulated one. \"Rolling Stone\" ranked the song #298 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is featured in the videogame \"\" and the film \"Mean Girls\". A variation of the song is sung on the \"Bob's Burgers\" episode \"Dr. Yap\". Bob's sister-in-law, Gayle, who thinks Bob is in love with her, sings about how she is going to \"get\" him. One Way or Another \"One Way", "title": "One Way or Another" }, { "docid": "16271586", "text": "the arrival of drummer Richard Starkey, also known as Ringo Starr, who replaced Pete Best in late 1962. While noting Harrison's \"laconic humor\" in the song, Leng describes him as \"still caught in the yin-yang of his Beatles identity\", further to the various \"instalments of 'the Beatles soap opera'\" that Harrison provided on his 1970 triple album \"All Things Must Pass\". In the Indian-styled middle eight, Harrison sings about his \"sweet memories\" of \"the spiritual sky\" and prays not to \"get lost or go astray\". Allison writes that Harrison's \"true home\" is in the mediative spiritual sky, since however impressive", "title": "Living in the Material World (song)" }, { "docid": "6413481", "text": "Sinatra Sings of Love and Things Sinatra Sings... of Love and Things is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. This is the fifth compilation of Capitol singles and B-sides. All songs are available in the box set \"The Complete Capitol Singles Collection\", except \"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues,\" the final song Sinatra recorded for Capitol (which appears as a bonus track on the CD reissue of \"Come Swing with Me!\") and \"The Nearness of You,\" which appears as a bonus track on the CD reissue of \"Nice 'n' Easy\" (It was recorded at those sessions.) It", "title": "Sinatra Sings of Love and Things" }, { "docid": "3788758", "text": "deals with science, the nervous system, things that are more like applied physics and biology, really, than they are what normally people think of when they think of psychology. So I didn’t want to waste time taking courses in those other areas and so I said I’m not going to get a PhD.\" After leaving Texas, Taylor taught math and coached basketball for a year at Howey Academy, a co-ed prep school in Florida. \"I had a wonderful time but was very poor, with a second child — who turned out to be twins — on the way,\" he recalled.", "title": "Robert Taylor (computer scientist)" }, { "docid": "16009788", "text": "dancers enter and sit around a motor bike. Claire is wearing pink tracksuit bottoms and an orange vest top. During the song, the girls flirt with the male dancers through the dance routine. After this the boys sing a male duet Things Can Only Get Better. After the song they have a competition with the audience before introducing Lisa for her solo Never Get Over You. The song starts with the arena going black, before a spotlight reveals Lisa and dancers stood on stage imitating a wedding. The girls are all wearing white overcoats and the males are wearing tuxedos.", "title": "Steptacular Tour" }, { "docid": "18710662", "text": "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) \"Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)\" is a song by American rapper Rich Homie Quan. It was released on February 10, 2015, as a single from his mixtape \"If You Ever Think I Will Stop Goin' in Ask RR (Royal Rich)\" (2015). It was produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz. The song has peaked at number 26 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. To date, this is Rich Homie Quan's highest-charting single as a solo artist. As of August 2015, \"Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)\" has sold 425,000 copies domestically. A music video for \"Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)\"", "title": "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" }, { "docid": "18174220", "text": "song resulted from a 'venting experience' for Caillat, who translated her disappointment about her scrapped album into a message of self-love aimed at women.\" \"Put your makeup on/ Get your nails done/ Curl your hair/ Run the extra mile/ Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?\" she sings in the beginning. \"You don’t have to try so hard/ You don’t have to give it all away/ You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up/ You don’t have to change a single thing,\" she sings in the chorus. In an interview for Elle,", "title": "Try (Colbie Caillat song)" }, { "docid": "4473296", "text": "and music.Although with the passage of time they have left there profession.Some small groups also sings Sohar songs at the birth time.Some transgenders (Kinners)also sings for livelihood money. An example pf a very popular & unique folk dance is the Launda (Babua) Dance, in which male persons dress themselves in female attire and dance in the female role. This is accompanied by folk song. This art is dying because artists do not get proper money and they do not get proper social respect. They never get any Awards. There are many small groups who go to village and sing folk", "title": "Music of Bihar" }, { "docid": "12152015", "text": "be the downfall of the relationship.\" Kiersten Warren also returned to the series as Nora Huntington after being introduced at the end of the second season. On her storyline, Warren commented, \"There's a lot of families who are going through this. Not quite the surprise ooh, boo, child, but children from other marriages and trying to meld these families. I think a lot of people have to deal with it. I think it's fantastic that they're doing this on the show.\" Dougray Scott made his debut in the season premiere as Ian Hainsworth, Susan's romantic interest. Cherry opined that the", "title": "Desperate Housewives (season 3)" }, { "docid": "12671280", "text": "Ooh Yeah (song) \"Ooh Yeah\" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the fourth and final single from his eighth studio album \"Last Night\" on November 23, 2008 as a digital download. The \"Ooh Yeah\" music video was directed by Matteo Bernardini. It uses the shortened radio mix instead of the longer album version (like many of Moby's videos). It starts out on the set of a pornography video shoot. People are getting ready and rushing around while the director is smoking and the makeup artist is applying makeup to some of the porn stars", "title": "Ooh Yeah (song)" }, { "docid": "14692335", "text": "can either dump the puck or rush the puck big time. They unanimously agree to big time rush. They go back to Gustavo and agree to do things his way on the condition that they get to sing a song other than Girl Time. Gustavo wants to hear a better idea and they state that they want to sing Big Time Rush, a song about four hockey players from Minnesota who have an amazing opportunity and are going to take their best shot. Kelly likes it and Gustavo reluctantly admits that he does as well. Come Friday they perform Big", "title": "Big Time Audition" }, { "docid": "15413803", "text": "things are going to work out,\" and commented that it was \"emotional\" and thought that it would bring people to tears. \"Get It Right\" and \"Loser Like Me\" both premiered on \"On Air with Ryan Seacrest\" on February 25, 2011, and were performed in the episode \"Original Song\", on March 15, 2011. The song was also released on the iTunes Store in the United States on March 15, 2011. In the episode performance, Rachel Berry (Michele) appears performing the song with a bedazzled microphone, wearing a blue dress, black belt, and boots, accompanied by Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) and Tina", "title": "Get It Right (Glee cast song)" }, { "docid": "10036967", "text": "and I...did try to put ourselves in the place of what a gal might be thinking...not specifically trying to be a Pointer Sister, but a song written from a female perspective, for sure. There are certain things that are more gender specific and gender appropriate...certain things that a woman can say that a guy's not going to be able to get away with saying.\" Featuring a lead vocal by June Pointer, \"Dare Me\" was issued as the lead single from the Pointer Sisters' platinum-selling album \"Contact\": peaking at number 11 on the Hot 100 in \"Billboard\" magazine, \"Dare Me\" did", "title": "Dare Me (song)" }, { "docid": "17975842", "text": "– 4:59 4. County Line – 2:57 Vinyl Side A 1. Ooh La La (Radio Edit) – 4:05 2. Ooh La La (Instrumental) – 4:05 Side B 3. Ooh La La (Album Version) – 4:05 4. Ooh La La (A cappella) – 4:05 Ooh La La (Coolio song) \"Ooh La La\" is a song by American hip hop artist Coolio. It was the second single from Coolio's third solo album \"My Soul\". The song was released in September 1997. The song did not chart in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100; however, it was a top 40 hit in other countries. Its", "title": "Ooh La La (Coolio song)" }, { "docid": "14985263", "text": "\"I wanted to inspire people ... to be themselves. It's a celebration of any sort of quirks or eccentricities.\" She elaborated, \"I was really affected by the suicides that have been happening, having been subject to very public hatred [myself]. I have absolutely no idea how these kids felt. What I'm going through is nothing compared to what they had to go through. Just know things do get better and you need to celebrate who you are. Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting. Hopefully the song really captures that emotion of celebrating who you are", "title": "We R Who We R" }, { "docid": "7189934", "text": "as Ice\", she sings in a higher register: \"I'm just a girl with the ability to drive a man crazy / Make him call me 'mama', make him my new baby.\" \"Blackout\"s tenth track \"Ooh Ooh Baby\" contains a flamenco guitar and blends the beat from Gary Glitter's \"Rock and Roll\" (1972) and the melody of The Turtles' \"Happy Together\" (1967). In the lyrics, she sings to a lover \"Touch me and I come alive / I can feel you on my lips / I can feel you deep inside\". Kara DioGuardi said she was inspired by the relationship between", "title": "Blackout (Britney Spears album)" }, { "docid": "12671281", "text": "(whose names are Angelica La Lapin (Angel Rabbit), Crystal Menthe (Crystal Meth), Foxy Candy, and Bunny). Then the movie begins shooting. The pizza boy (whose name is Big Rod) is called by two of the girls. He brings them over pizza and then starts having wild sexual intercourse with them. This continues until the end of the music video. Ooh Yeah (song) \"Ooh Yeah\" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the fourth and final single from his eighth studio album \"Last Night\" on November 23, 2008 as a digital download. The \"Ooh Yeah\" music", "title": "Ooh Yeah (song)" }, { "docid": "16281557", "text": "Going Crazy (Song Ji-eun song) \"Going Crazy\" (Korean: \"Michin Geoni\" (미친거니)) is a song recorded by South Korean singer Song Ji-eun. It is released as a digital single on March 3, 2011 through TS Entertainment. The song's inspiration came from the producers who have felt they needed to showcase a darker side of Jieun, thus coming up with the idea of a stalking relationship. The song features B.A.P's Bang Yong-guk, who sings the rap parts of the song. The song's lyrics tells of a fallen relationship in which the protagonist couldn't stand the stalking of her obsessed ex-lover. The song", "title": "Going Crazy (Song Ji-eun song)" }, { "docid": "20610723", "text": "career mainly as a composer and songwriter until her song \"Everyday\" was released as an OST for Korean Drama A Gentleman's Dignity in 2012. +Niga Mwonde(니가 뭔데)- Jul 20, 2007 +Who are you? sexy my boy! - Mar 7, 2008 +Naege Dasi(내게 다시) - Jun 23, 2008 +Woori Ai(우리아이) - Mar 15, 2013 +A Gentleman's Dignity OST Part 2 - \"Everyday\" - Jun 3, 2012 +Seventeen Xeno - Sep 20, 2007 Park Eun-ooh Park Eun-ooh (, born March 30, 1990), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. Park Eun-ooh made her debut as a singer in 2007 with her stage name Xeno(제노)", "title": "Park Eun-ooh" }, { "docid": "4036623", "text": "can you have Axel Foley talk fast and get into a place he doesn't belong? But these motherfuckers are developing scripts for it. They're in pre-production. The only reason to do a \"Cop III\" is to beat the bank, and Paramount ain't gonna write me no check as big as I want to do something like that. In fact, if I do a \"Cop III\", you can safely say, 'Ooh, he must have got a \"lot\" of money!'\" During the script's early drafts, the plot concerned Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart going to London to rescue Captain Bogomil (Ronny Cox), who", "title": "Beverly Hills Cop III" }, { "docid": "2295320", "text": "where I can be out of control/ Don't want to explain tonight/ All the things I try to hide.\" The ninth track \"The Hook Up\" has a reggae feel and features Spears singing in a Jamaican Patois accent. The power ballad \"Shadow\" talks about how reminders of a lover can still linger after he’s gone. \"Brave New Girl\" lyrics talk about a young woman finding her passion and losing inhibitions. Backed by choppy, electro-funk beats, she sings in a bouncy near-rap, \"She's gonna pack her bags, she's going to find her way, she's going to get right out of this/", "title": "In the Zone" }, { "docid": "10912597", "text": "Think (band) Think was a studio group put together by producers and songwriters Lou Stallman and Bobby Susser in 1971. The group released a single, \"Once You Understand\", on Laurie Records which included, over the chorus, that repeats the words: \"Things get a little easier/ Once you Understand\", a spoken dialogue between teenagers and their parents over the growing culture change; the teenagers are open-minded and are friends with hippies (as they were called back then) and are willing to upset others with their liberal viewpoints, while their parents are conservative and discourage this. The song ends with one of", "title": "Think (band)" }, { "docid": "17569321", "text": "sings, \"Yeah-yeah-eh…feeling like a fool-oo-ooh…hit me like a heart attack.\" The song received favorable reviews from music critics. Kevipod of \"Direct Lyrics\" called it \"a billion times better than 'Turn The Night Up',\" writing that \"there's piano, there's guitar, and there's also dubstep in this song, which I wonder if The Suspex produced, because it's giving me some Demi Lovato 'Heart Attack' teas. [...] The build to the chorus is amazing.\" Patrick Bowman of \"Idolator\" called it, \"a track that marries his seductive Latin pop sensibilities with the bass blaring weirdness of dubstep.\" Kevin Camilo of \"Sound and Motion\" wrote", "title": "Heart Attack (Enrique Iglesias song)" }, { "docid": "18951863", "text": "year I done seen some things, I done been through some things, so you're going to feel that passion and that aggression. I think the streets are really going to love this.\" He also said he was putting \"the finishing touches\" on a song he wanted to get Bobby Womack featured on. In an October 2013 interview with Hot 97, he explained the album title, saying: \"It's all about coming from wherever you come from and take it wherever you want to go to. And the minute you do that that's when you can consider yourself a mastermind.\" In December", "title": "Mastermind (Rick Ross album)" }, { "docid": "11815868", "text": "Orchestra - which was assembled specifically for the film. Jessica Biel makes her musical debut singing two tracks which are featured on the soundtrack album. Ben Barnes sings several songs on the sound track, including \"Room With a View\", while Colin Firth makes a guest appearance on the closing track. Featured in the closing credits is a cover version, in 1920's faux-jazz style, of \"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going\" (c. 1986), performed by Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel, and Andy Caine. The song was written by Billy Ocean, Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange, Wayne Brathwaite, and", "title": "Easy Virtue (2008 film)" }, { "docid": "2295308", "text": "them things and they don't get it. And you're like oh, that's not the right way. He got it just right. He was amazing.\" Christopher Stewart and Penelope Magnet, known collectively as RedZone, presented Spears with the third song they had written and produced, \"Pop Culture Whore\". While her management liked the track, she rejected it, telling them the song \"sucked\". After bonding with Spears during a night in New York City to \"get in her world\", as Magnet explained, it was easier to \"actually write and know what she would and wouldn't say, to know where her real vibe", "title": "In the Zone" }, { "docid": "2553562", "text": "presented from there. It was used until 1971 when the BBC moved to studios in central Manchester. Rusholme was mentioned in the song \"Rusholme Ruffians\" by the Smiths on their 1985 album \"Meat Is Murder\". According to the Smiths' singer, Morrissey: \"[The song] is about going to a fair... and being stabbed. Funfairs in Manchester are very violent things. These things where communities get together for fun and frolics, and somebody always ends up being stabbed, which, of course, adds to the excitement.\" Mint Royale's 1999 album \"On the Ropes\" contained a track titled \"From Rusholme with Love\". Rusholme was", "title": "Rusholme" }, { "docid": "8056219", "text": "on something. Everyone else seems so happy all the time. I want to get happy.\" I'd plan my life around a hangover: \"The Misfits are playing in town Friday night, so Saturday is hangover day.\" I lost a lot of days in my life. Going to therapy for a year, I learned a lot about myself. There's a lot of things that scar you when you're growing up, you don't know why. The song Bleeding Me is about that: I was trying to bleed out all bad, get the evil out. While I was going through therapy, I discovered some", "title": "Bleeding Me" }, { "docid": "6118284", "text": "telepathy. He says to them \"Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ...\" He says to the man \"...get up, take your mat and go home.\" (8-11). According to Raymond E. Brown, it may have been easier to tell the man something than to demand he get up and walk. Jesus chooses to prove his ability to forgive sins, with a demonstration", "title": "Mark 2" }, { "docid": "17302650", "text": "beats\", that lasts for a duration of 30 seconds. Spears' \"whimsical vocals\" contain \"catchy ditty layers.\" Singer Katy Perry revealed during the film's premiere that she, along with co-writer Bonnie McKee, provided some background vocals on the song. The song has been composed in the key of F# Major. It has a BPM of 128 crotchet beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of B-C#-F#-D#m in the chorus. \"Ooh La La\" received generally positive response from critics. \"Rolling Stone\"s Dan Reilly highlighted the song's catchiness, writing \"now that you've heard it, try and get it out of your head\".", "title": "Ooh La La (Britney Spears song)" }, { "docid": "7236859", "text": "be close to him, acting out of character and falling for him more with each day. \"Oh I can't wait to get next to you/ Oh I just can't leave you alone/ Boy you got me doing things that I would never do,\" she sings. In the chorus, she emphasizes that the guy is only one who makes her feel in love and turned on, \"Only u can make me feel and only u can take me there,\" she chants. \"Only U\" received generally favorable reviews from music critics. Hattie Collins of \"The Guardian\" called it \"a deliciously dark song.\"", "title": "Only U" }, { "docid": "6888679", "text": "patrols. When they get to the Inn of the Last Home, the companions discuss things. In short, none have found any proof of the true gods. In addition, Kitiara has left a letter saying she will not be there. However, upon assembling in the Inn, they encounter Sturm, who has with him two barbarian plainspeople, Goldmoon and Riverwind. The woman, Goldmoon, carries a Blue Crystal Staff, which Toede had mentioned to Tanis. An old man there also tells a story of Huma Dragonbane and the White Stag. Goldmoon sings an enchanting song, which just about starts a riot. The companions,", "title": "Tanis Half-Elven" }, { "docid": "5026947", "text": "to flourish in the light / wild horses run unbridled / or their spirit dies / you have given me the courage / to be all that I can / and I truly feel ...[sings] and I truly feel your heart will lead you back to me when you're ready to land.' At that point I really believed that I was going to go back to the marriage – I didn't think I was going to leave forever. But then the things that happened to me during that time caused me to not go back. Had it been, 'Go be", "title": "Butterfly (Mariah Carey song)" }, { "docid": "8047144", "text": "Tropico (Pat Benatar album) Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, released in late 1984 by Chrysalis Records. This is the first album to feature one-time John Waite bassist Donnie Nossov, who replaced Roger Capps in Benatar's band. It peaked at No. 14 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 album chart and produced the Grammy-nominated Top Five Pop hit \"We Belong\". Other well-known songs from the album include \"Painted Desert\", \"Outlaw Blues\" and \"Ooh Ooh Song\" (also a Top 40 hit). A Spanish version of \"Ooh Ooh Song\" was on the B-Side of the", "title": "Tropico (Pat Benatar album)" }, { "docid": "12128797", "text": "song peaked at #3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in her own country. \"Never Leave You\" also did well in International charts to reach #1 in Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. \"Never Leave You\" was incorporated into the 2010 re-release of the Diwali riddim album on Greensleeves/VP Records. Other songs derived from the Diwali riddim, along with Sean Paul's \"Get Busy,\" which was a late entry that never made the original release. The song was also used multiple times in the 2004 film \"Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen\", which starred Lindsay Lohan. \"Never Leave You (Uh Ooh, Uh Ooh)\"", "title": "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)" }, { "docid": "11180436", "text": "Miss, holding an umbrella, Please take this baby. Once you reach Malabon, Trade the baby for shrimp paste Sitsiritsit Sitsiritsit, also known as \"Sitsiritsit Alibangbang\", is a Filipino folk song. This humorous song describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit, as well as unusual situations of exchanging a child for a doll or bagoong. It is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization, as its lyrics suggest the ordinary life during that time. The melody of the song is about the same", "title": "Sitsiritsit" }, { "docid": "11180434", "text": "Sitsiritsit Sitsiritsit, also known as \"Sitsiritsit Alibangbang\", is a Filipino folk song. This humorous song describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit, as well as unusual situations of exchanging a child for a doll or bagoong. It is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization, as its lyrics suggest the ordinary life during that time. The melody of the song is about the same as \"Fly Fly the Butterfly\". Sitsiritsit, alibangbang Salaginto, salagubang. Ang babae sa lansangan Kung gumiri'y parang tandang. Santo", "title": "Sitsiritsit" }, { "docid": "16222350", "text": "on the instrumental of \"Grace\" as a song idea that Gary had. Singer-songwriter Jann Klose sings and plays guitar on the Tim Buckley songs, \"Song For Janie,\" \"Pleasant Street,\" and \"Once I Was.\" Badgley was cast after he sent a tape of him singing. The audition tape that he sent included an interpretation of the \"Led Zeppelin III\" album, which also appears in the film. For the role, Badgley lost some weight: \"I remember in my head thinking, 'I'm never going to be able to get as thin as him, so I'm just going to stop working out. I'm just", "title": "Greetings from Tim Buckley" }, { "docid": "13009219", "text": "remix it to include his own lyrics. When he shows her his version of the song and tells her that he's going to submit it to a record company, she becomes outraged, believing that he's using her song to just to get ahead in the music industry. When Dixon decides not to perform the song at an event and instead sings a song about how he is sorry, she forgives him. Adrianna later reveals to Dixon that the song is actually about Maisie, the daughter she gave away in order to pursue a career in the entertainment business as an", "title": "Adrianna Tate-Duncan" }, { "docid": "4828319", "text": "early mentor of Gaye who assisted him in production of the song and its parent album, \"Midnight Love\". Fuqua whispers, \"get up, wake up\", four times before the sounds of a rhythmic keyboard. Afterwards, Gaye sings an ad-lib before the first verse. As Gaye sings the verses, background vocals (provided by Gaye and Gordon Banks) are heard singing, \"heal me, my darlin',\" while Gaye sings the lyrics. During the chorus, sounds of a harmonious synthesizer are heard before Gaye reaches a vocal bridge, that is led by Gaye and Gordon Banks providing a rhythm guitar solo. In the album version", "title": "Sexual Healing" }, { "docid": "14354780", "text": "Ooh Ahh (GRITS song) \"Ooh Ahh\" is a single by American Christian hip hop group GRITS featuring TobyMac. It was recorded for their fourth studio album, \"The Art of Translation\". It was produced by Ric \"DJ Form\" Robbins and Otto Price for Incorporated Elements. The song was written by Ric Robbins, Otto Price, Coffee and Bone of Grits, and Toby Mac. It is sometimes referred to as \"My Life Be Like\" or \"My Life Be Like (Ooh Ahh)\". A cut from the song is featured on tobyMac's song, \"Catchafire (Whoopsi-Daisy)\" from his album \"Welcome to Diverse City\". To date, \"Ooh", "title": "Ooh Ahh (GRITS song)" }, { "docid": "6669313", "text": "questions to get them used to interacting with an animated character. In the paper-based test the learner takes the test with an examiner. (Someone they know will introduce them to the examiner and explain what is going to happen in their own language.) In Part 1 the examiner greets the child and asks them their name. Then they look at two pictures, which are similar but have some differences. The examiner asks the child to describe four differences in the pictures. Part 1 tests describing differences, talking about colour, size, number, position, how people or things look, what people are", "title": "Cambridge English: Young Learners" }, { "docid": "14984792", "text": "recent teenage suicides, in particular the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a young man who committed suicide after being outed as gay by his roommate. She elaborated, \"I was really affected [..] having been subject to very public hatred [myself]. I have absolutely no idea how these kids felt. What I'm going through is nothing compared to what they had to go through. Just know things do get better and you need to celebrate who you are.\" With the release, Kesha stated that she hoped that the song would become an anthem for \"weirdos\", and said, \"Every weird thing about you", "title": "Cannibal (EP)" }, { "docid": "7067536", "text": "don't want people to think you suck. That wasn't the goal.\" Towards the end of the airing of the first season, he stated, \"I'm going to be there in every episode next season if we get a second season. So people will either continue to hate me or things will change. Things are going to change for Duncan anyway, as the season resolves. There are going to be different sides of him that you're going to get to see.\" Before going into the filming of season two, Thomas had told Dunn that he was being written off the show, and", "title": "Donut Run" }, { "docid": "8764483", "text": "that I encounter, they're obviously not unique. Everyone goes through the same things I go through, so I think 'Clumsy' was just a word that would give those problems the benefit of the doubt and then enable you to get through them rather than seeing them just from one perspective [like], 'O.K., it's bad. It's not going to change from being bad.' Because things DO change. People change\" ... \"It's really honest.The lyrics really match the song in that there are a lot of different colours and stuff, just as [with] personalities.\"\" They also said this in relating to the", "title": "Clumsy (Our Lady Peace song)" }, { "docid": "13383177", "text": "citing the chorus \"every step you climb another mountain / every breath is harder to believe / you’ll make it through the pain / weather the hurricane / to get to that one thing / when you think the road is going nowhere / just when you’ve almost gave up on your dreams / then take it by the hand and show you that you can\". \"Billboard\" reviewed each version separately. On Allen's version, they gave a mixed review, by saying \"Even though Allen sings lines like 'there are no boundaries,' his modest presentation implicitly recognizes there actually are. And", "title": "No Boundaries (song)" }, { "docid": "18140324", "text": "the U.S Dance Chart. The \"Gavin Report\" wrote about the song: \"The Class of '96 were babies when Rose Royce charted with this song in 1978. The Real McCoy works their magic and makes it fresh again. Uptempo and definitely radio friendly.\" A \"Sleeping With An Angel\" (4:26) B1 \"Ooh Boy\" (3:04) B2 \"Ooh Boy\" (3:56) \"Ooh Boy\" has been covered and sampled, numerous times Ooh Boy Ooh Boy (sometimes known as \"Ooh Boy (I Love You So)\") is a song written by Norman Whitfield and originally recorded by Rose Royce for their second album, \"\", and was the third", "title": "Ooh Boy" }, { "docid": "14977819", "text": "review, even comparing it to that of Destiny's Child, stating \"The ladies are finally ready to strut their stuff. 'Swagger Right', featuring Fabolous and Rick Ross, is a slinky new joint that may finally help Richgirls measure up to the hype. Who else hears early Destiny’s Child? Yes, we said it. Harrison is known for tracks that blaze with horns and percussion (see Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love”, Amerie’s “1 Thing”), but here he creates an easy-going groove that lets the ladies shine. Fabolous sounds typically smooth on his verse, but the song begs the question[sic]: HOW, exactly does one get", "title": "Swagger Right" }, { "docid": "16538984", "text": "life is a dark comedy,\" said Brandy. \"The truth is funny sometimes. I don't ever want to come across as corny or novelty, but you have to laugh at things. I feel like this record is about what's really going on in life.\" \"I get my inspiration from real people who are just surviving their lives and getting through their days. That's who I write songs for,\" she explained. The song \"Stripes\" was co-written with Shane McAnally at a songwriters retreat at Center Hill Lake. It was released in America as a single which premiered on Sirius XM Holdings. The", "title": "12 Stories" }, { "docid": "6601531", "text": "Blige fighting and dancing different versions of herself, who all represented her inner emotions and feelings. The video was dedicated to the soldiers in the war. Blige received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards for the song. Ooh! \"Ooh!\" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, taken from her sixth studio album, \"Love & Life\" (2003). Sampling interpolations of the 1991 hip-hop classic, \"I Gotta Have It\" by Ed OG, which itself sampled Hamilton Bohannon's 1973 track \"Singing a Song for My Mother\", it was released as the album's second", "title": "Ooh!" }, { "docid": "6141731", "text": "large green room. Scenes of Alison Goldfrapp riding on a digital sparkling horse are intercut toward the end of the video. Alison Goldfrapp has described the video as \"harking back to Eno era Roxy Music and old Top of the Pops\". The complete version of \"Ooh La La\" featured in the music video has been released commercially through CD singles and digital downloads, and some include remixes by Benny Benassi, Tiefschwarz, and Andy Bell. \"Ooh La La\" received positive reviews from music critics. MusicOMH.com reviewer Michael Hubbard described the song as \"sensational\", writing that \"Ooh La La\" \"will spawn a", "title": "Ooh La La (Goldfrapp song)" }, { "docid": "15206350", "text": "Brothers Live Tour. Stay (Nick Jonas & the Administration song) \"Stay\" is a non-album single by Nick Jonas & the Administration. The song didn't appear on their first album \"Who I Am\". \"Stay\" \"is a song Nick wrote when he had a day off in Washington It came after some things that I was going through that really inspired it. and I'm just in a good place right now and was able to get a song out of it, which is always nice.\" On 6 January Nick said about the song on Twitter: In 2010, the song was nominated for", "title": "Stay (Nick Jonas & the Administration song)" }, { "docid": "15206346", "text": "Stay (Nick Jonas & the Administration song) \"Stay\" is a non-album single by Nick Jonas & the Administration. The song didn't appear on their first album \"Who I Am\". \"Stay\" \"is a song Nick wrote when he had a day off in Washington It came after some things that I was going through that really inspired it. and I'm just in a good place right now and was able to get a song out of it, which is always nice.\" On 6 January Nick said about the song on Twitter: In 2010, the song was nominated for a Teen Choice", "title": "Stay (Nick Jonas & the Administration song)" } ]

[ "1994" ]

[ { "docid": "2064632", "text": "who was at a party in Newbury, Berkshire, which had been organised to celebrate the event. Modern SMS text messaging is usually messaging from one mobile phone to another. Finnish Radiolinja became the first network to offer a commercial person-to-person SMS text messaging service in 1994. When Radiolinja's domestic competitor, Telecom Finland (now part of TeliaSonera) also launched SMS text messaging in 1995 and the two networks offered cross-network SMS functionality, Finland became the first nation where SMS text messaging was offered on a competitive as well as on a commercial basis. GSM was allowed in the United States and", "title": "Text messaging" }, { "docid": "2304284", "text": "many visitors at home. He eventually came to own a red hatchback and several cell phones. Investigators say that many calls on those cell phones were made to Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Osama bin Laden's brother in law, who had arrived back in Manila, Philippines in 1991. After Arab visitors gave his family lots of money, he founded a shell company, Konsojaya, in June 1994. Ostensibly an import-export company trading in palm oil between Malaysia and Afghanistan, it was essentially a front company for terrorism. Wali Khan Amin Shah, who would become the financier of Operation Bojinka, was a director of", "title": "Riduan Isamuddin" } ]

[ { "docid": "16946958", "text": "they wanted. This survey shows the psychological effect that cell phones have on people, specifically young people. Checking a cell phone has become a normal daily event for many people over the years just as getting dressed in the morning is, people don't feel right when they don't do it. Mobile phone overuse can be especially dangerous in certain situations such as texting and driving or talking on the phone while driving. Over 8 people are killed and 1,161 are injured daily because of distracted driving. At any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones", "title": "Mobile phone overuse" }, { "docid": "15552753", "text": "in order to monitor a child's texting activity. This brings in the moral, ethical and legal question of who owns people's privacy. According to a 1998 American Management Association report, 43% of companies actually tap phone conversations and review computer files and emails of employees. No newer data is available on the number of phone surveillance carried out currently. Phone surveillance in now more commonly carried out on cell phones. This has become increasingly easy with the availability of cell phone monitoring software. These types of software are easily purchased over the internet and can be quickly installed in any", "title": "Phone surveillance" }, { "docid": "6569275", "text": "of causing an accident. Drivers are distracted, decreasing the driver’s awareness on the road, leading to more car accidents. When drivers talk on cell phones the risk of an automobile accident resulting in hospitalization is four times higher when not talking on a cell phone . Drivers who text when behind the wheel, are twenty-three times more likely to have an automobile accident. One out of every four automobile accidents in the United States are caused by texting while driving. Some states have implemented laws in regards to using cell phones while driving, there is more to be done. The", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "13621196", "text": "ban texting while driving, but would charge drivers who text and drive a higher premium. In 2013, the use of location-based technology to detect potential texting while driving situations has been announced. This approach utilizes the GPS and Network Location services of Android mobile phones to estimate the speed that the cell phone is travelling at the time text messages are sent. The recommended approach in this case is for parents install an app on their children's Android mobile phone to silently monitor texting, send alerts when potential texting while driving situations occur, and counsel phone holders (in this case,", "title": "Texting while driving" }, { "docid": "15155785", "text": "a debate for several years, but finally passed legislature in 2008. \"Most schools allow students to have cell phones for safety purposes\"—a reaction to the Littleton, Colorado, high school shooting incident of 1999 (Lipscomb 2007: 50). Apart from emergency situations, most schools don't officially allow students to use cell phones during class time. Talking or texting on a cell phone in public may seem a distraction for many individuals. When in public there are two times when one uses a phone. The first is when someone is alone and the other is when he/she is in a group. The main", "title": "Etiquette in technology" }, { "docid": "15155790", "text": "bus network in 2008 (though texting and emailing is still allowed). Nancy J. Friedman has spoken widely about landline and cell phone etiquette. When critically assessing the family structure, it is important to examine the parent/child negotiations which occur in the household, in relation to the increased use of cell phones. Teenagers use their cell phones as a way to negotiate spatial boundaries with their parents (Williams 2005:316). This includes extending curfews in the public space and allowing more freedom for the teenagers when they are outside of the home (Williams 2005:318). More importantly, cell phone etiquette relates to kinship", "title": "Etiquette in technology" }, { "docid": "6569312", "text": "ignoring the law. Japan prohibits all mobile phone use while driving, including use of hands-free devices. New Zealand has banned hand held cellphone use since 1 November 2009. Many states in the United States have banned texting on cell phones while driving. Illinois became the 17th American state to enforce this law. As of July 2010, 30 states had banned texting while driving, with Kentucky becoming the most recent addition on July 15. Public Health Law Research maintains a list of distracted driving laws in the United States. This database of laws provides a comprehensive view of the provisions of", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "379750", "text": "callers directed their pleas for help to 9-1-1. Over nine hours of the 9-1-1 calls were eventually released after petitioning by \"The New York Times\" and families of the WTC victims. In 2001, U.S. cell phones did not yet have texting or photography capabilities that came by the mid-2000s. After the attack, the cell phone network of New York City was rapidly overloaded (a mass call event) as traffic doubled over normal levels. Cell phone traffic also overloaded across the East Coast, leading to crashes of the cell phone network. Verizon's downtown wire phone service was interrupted for days and", "title": "Communication during the September 11 attacks" }, { "docid": "12544086", "text": "prohibits all mobile phone use while driving, including use of hands-free devices. New Zealand has banned hand-held cell phone use since 1 November 2009. Many states in the United States have banned texting on cell phones while driving. Illinois became the 17th American state to enforce this law. , 30 states had banned texting while driving, with Kentucky becoming the most recent addition on 15 July. Public Health Law Research maintains a list of distracted driving laws in the United States. This database of laws provides a comprehensive view of the provisions of laws that restrict the use of mobile", "title": "Mobile phone" }, { "docid": "1320280", "text": "conversations in secret in a crowded room in today's age due to the advances of mobile phones and text messaging. Among \"texters\" a form of slang or texting lingo has developed, often keeping those not as tech savvy out of the loop. \"Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like cell phones to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. Cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail and the like have encouraged younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. That has given them the opportunity", "title": "Generation gap" }, { "docid": "9888189", "text": "outgoing CLID. Google Voice applications for Android and iOS can automatically place outgoing calls and texts via the user's Google Voice service. They will also manage incoming texts and calls should the user desire. This allows Google Voice subscribers to send and receive free text messages on their mobile phones without paying for a texting plan or incurring service charges from their mobile provider, so long as all texts are sent and received through one's Google Voice number and not the number provided by the cell phone company. Although Google Voice's iPhone app is not available outside of the United", "title": "Google Voice" }, { "docid": "13621172", "text": "Automobile Association study showed that 34% of teens (age 16–17) admitted to being distracted behind the wheel because of texting and 40% of American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. A study involving commercial vehicle operators conducted in September 2009 concluded that though incidence of texting within their dataset was low, texting while driving increased the risk of accident significantly. Texting has become a social norm since the early 2000s because of the popularity of smartphones. There have been many studies that have", "title": "Texting while driving" }, { "docid": "12544083", "text": "a text message from a mobile phone, or \"texting while driving\", is limited. A simulation study at the University of Utah found a sixfold increase in distraction-related accidents when texting. Due to the increasing complexity of mobile phones, they are often more like mobile computers in their available uses. This has introduced additional difficulties for law enforcement officials when attempting to distinguish one usage from another in drivers using their devices. This is more apparent in countries which ban both handheld and hands-free usage, rather than those which ban handheld use only, as officials cannot easily tell which function of", "title": "Mobile phone" }, { "docid": "2064733", "text": "of these phones could also play the Nokia slogan \"Connecting people\" in Morse code as a message tone. There are third-party applications available for some mobile phones that allow Morse input for short messages. \"Tattle texting\" can mean either of two different texting trends: Many sports arenas now offer a number where patrons can text report security concerns, like drunk or unruly fans, or safety issues like spills. These programs have been praised by patrons and security personnel as more effective than traditional methods. For instance, the patron doesn't need to leave his seat and miss the event in order", "title": "Text messaging" }, { "docid": "13621190", "text": "control of a vehicle. Apart from mobile phones, drivers should not appear to be distracted by anything else; this include GPS devices and PDAs. All provinces and the Northwest Territories have banned both talking on hand-held phones and texting while driving. The country's other two territories, Nunavut, and Yukon, have yet to enact bans. Any use of a mobile phone is forbidden as long as the vehicle's engine is running. This does however not apply to hand-free devices, provided that the driver does not become distracted. In 2014 a higher court overturned a ruling of a lower court and ruled", "title": "Texting while driving" }, { "docid": "18598871", "text": "DSKNECTD DSKNECTD is a 2013 documentary, directed by Dominic H. White. The film is an exploration of the rise of digital communication technologies, examining how cell phones, social media and the Internet are reshaping human interactions. The film had its sneak preview at the Tacoma Film Festival October 9, 2013 and its world premiere at the ArcLight Documentary Festival October 11, 2013. The documentary explores the positive and negative effects of cell phones, online gaming and the internet. The film examines the impact of these technologies from the introduction of texting via the BlackBerry 850, the creation of virtual worlds", "title": "DSKNECTD" }, { "docid": "6569273", "text": "by case-crossover studies, epidemiological, simulation, and meta-analysis. In some cases restrictions are directed only at minors, those who are newly qualified license holders (of any age), or to drivers in school zones. In addition to voice calling, activities such as texting while driving, web browsing, playing video games, or phone use in general can also increase the risk of an accident. In the United States, automobile crashes due to distracted driving are increasing. The leading cause to distracted driving is cell phones. While most people seem to be cognizant of the risks of using a cell phone while driving, they", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "8232820", "text": "for involvement in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (or Dunedin Longitudinal Study). The main roads through the city changed to a one way system in 1968. The first trolley bus went into operation in 1950 going to Opaho. By 1960s Dunedin had 76 trolly buses which replaced trams, the oil shock of the late 70;s saw them become common again. By 1983 all electric buses had been removed in favour of diesel. Communications changed slowly, with cell phones being brought in 1987 and allowed texting in 1998. The first computer arrived in Dunedin in 1963 for the Casbury", "title": "History of the Dunedin urban area" }, { "docid": "13233764", "text": "Samsung A767 Propel The Samsung SGH-A767, more commonly known as the Samsung Propel, is a mobile phone by Samsung Telecommunications. It features a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from under the phone. It comes in white, blue, red, and green, and is one of AT&T's most popular cell phones. It was designed as a quick texting phone along with the Pantech Matrix, the Pantech Slate, and the UT Starcom Quickfire. The Samsung SGH-A767's QWERTY keyboard makes texting and any other task that requires using letters, numbers, and symbols, much easier and faster to complete. However, the size of the", "title": "Samsung A767 Propel" }, { "docid": "2694342", "text": "people keep their phone in 'manner mode' (silent mode) in order to not bother others and to avoid embarrassment on trains. On the other hand, writing emails or playing games with a cell phone while riding the train is completely acceptable. Electromagnetic energy is theorized to cause interference with heart pacemakers and other medical devices. Most trains contain signs demanding that mobile phones be turned off when around seats reserved for the elderly and handicapped, but passengers rarely do so. In hospitals, it is expected that one should turn it off entirely. Both talking on the phone or texting/messaging while", "title": "Japanese mobile phone culture" }, { "docid": "6569297", "text": "when texting. The low number of scientific studies may be indicative of a general assumption that if talking on a mobile phone increases risk, then texting also increases risk, and probably more so. Market research by Pinger, a company selling a voice-based alternative to texting reported that 89% of US adults think that text messaging while driving is \"distracting, dangerous and should be outlawed.\" The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released polling data in 2009 that showed 87% of people consider texting and e-mailing while driving a \"very serious\" safety threat, almost equivalent to the 90% of those polled who", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "14662921", "text": "technology evolving at a rapid pace when applied to a case that turned on text messages sent on \"two-way pager devices that were issued to employees a decade ago and that would likely be deemed antiquated by today's teenagers and young professionals\", who largely tend to use cell phones for texting. \"Presumably, societal norms with respect to pagers are as developed as they will ever be.\" Nor could it see work-related employer-issued pagers or other devices being used for self-expressive purposes as Kennedy suggested, since they were functionally no different from any other such item a police department might issue", "title": "City of Ontario v. Quon" }, { "docid": "10126922", "text": "that public notification faces is that the traditional Emergency Broadcasting System for transmitting information over the radio is now much less effective, now that the public is tuned instead to personal media players such as the iPod. New versions of these protocols anticipate, for example, direct texting of all cell phones in range of a given cell tower or set of cell towers. In a similar manner, current proposals suggest direct messaging to Intelligent Buildings to invoke named oBIX contracts, with effects ranging from temporary user security elevation, to initiating process shut down, to notifying in-building warning systems to read", "title": "OBIX" }, { "docid": "14992418", "text": "or all of these groups, such as texting and/or calling on one's cell phone. Driving distractions can greatly vary in form and severity. They range from the use of cell phones and other electronics to rubbernecking, carrying passengers (including children and pets) in the vehicle, eating, and searching for misplaced items. A 2016 study found that nearly 50 percent of drivers admitted to doing the following while driving: reading a text message, sending a text message, checking their phone for directions, and using social media. Overall, nearly 60 percent of respondents admitted to using their cellphone at least once while", "title": "Distracted driving" }, { "docid": "6569274", "text": "still continue to take the risk. What will it take to get people to stop using their cell phones while driving? Cell phones have become a common part of everyday life and some people struggle to put their cell phones down, even while driving. In 2015, six hundred and sixty thousand drivers in the United States were estimated to use cell phones each day, while driving behind the wheel during daylight hours. Cell phone use while driving has become a leading cause of vehicle accidents over the last two decades. Using a cell phone while driving increases the driver’s risk", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "2180375", "text": "call progress and status information in text and automatic invocation of a relay service for speech-to-text calls. Many digital cell phones are compatible with TTY devices. Many people want to replace TTY with real-time text over IP (RTT), which can be used on a digital cell phone or tablet without a separate TTY device. As TDDs are increasingly considered legacy devices, with the emergence of modern technologies such as email, texting and instant messaging, text from TDD are increasingly being sent over Text over IP gateways, or other real-time text protocols. However, these newer methods require IP connections and will", "title": "Telecommunications device for the deaf" }, { "docid": "17265767", "text": "texting: \"The majority of the accidents involve drivers distracted while talking on handheld or hands-free cellphones.\" The U.S. Department of Transportation has established an official website to combat distracted driving, Distraction.gov. In 2010, the State Farm insurance company stated that mobile phone use annually resulted in: 636,000 crashes, 330,000 personal injuries, 12,000 major injuries, 2,700 deaths, and $43 billion in damages. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United States Various laws in the United States regulate the use of mobile phones and other electronics by motorists. Different states take different approaches. Some laws affect only novice drivers", "title": "Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United States" }, { "docid": "16712939", "text": "He struggled in his early years as an entrepreneur. In 1980, he changed his company’s focus to what would become the future cellular market. He prognosticated in his 1980 position paper, years before the commercial introduction of cellular and at a time when computers were in use by less than one percent of the public, that cellular \"has the potential to become all pervasive.\" He also envisioned that it would \"be used for much more\" than just phone calls. When cell phones became widely available, it paid big dividends for Margolese. His company joined with Rogers Communications to form Cantel", "title": "David Margolese" }, { "docid": "7892811", "text": "between $0.80 and $1.50 per month for residential customers. As cellular phones become more popular, there has been debate about releasing cell phone numbers into public 411 and reverse number directories. (S. 1963, the \"Wireless 411 Privacy Act\" 9/2004). However, opposition led by leading consumer-protection organization Consumers Union presented several privacy concerns in their congressional testimony. Right now, cell phone numbers are not available in any public 411 or reverse-number directories. However, several information companies provide reverse cell phone lookups that are obtained from utility resources, and are available online. Because there is no central database of cell phone numbers,", "title": "Reverse telephone directory" }, { "docid": "14960783", "text": "on average 350,000 cell phones a day but with thinning margins, volume starts to become irrelevant. Therefore, the economic incentive for recycling the precious metals in cell phones is decreasing in the United States as manufacturers look for more cost effective ways to produce cell phones. Refurbishing and reselling cell phones continues to be the most economically viable option for recycling this form of e-waste. Mobile phone recycling Mobile phones are able to be recycled at the end of their life. Rapid technology change, low initial cost, and even planned obsolescence have resulted in a fast-growing surplus, which contributes to", "title": "Mobile phone recycling" }, { "docid": "2064718", "text": "Increasing cases of Internet addiction are now also being linked to text messaging, as mobile phones are now more likely to have e-mail and Web capabilities to complement the ability to text. Texting etiquette refers to what is considered appropriate texting behavior. These expectations may concern different areas, such as the context in which a text was sent and received/read, who each participant was with when the participant sent or received/read a text message or what constitutes impolite text messages. At the website of The Emily Post Institute, the topic of \"texting\" has spurred several articles with the \"do's and", "title": "Text messaging" }, { "docid": "17369973", "text": "rapid communication such as texting on cell phones and multiple social media applications. Most these social media applications are identity profiles, public thought disposals, and virtual photo albums of oneself, where other's are just a click away from cyber analysis of how that individual displays themselves physically, sexually, psychologically, emotionally, and mentally on the internet. Bogle states that the knowing of other's personal lives isn't just a purpose to gossip, but a way to observe, analyze, and be impacted by other's sexual actions, solely for the purpose of their own actions. A peer culture is where norms surface because individuals", "title": "Hookup culture" }, { "docid": "16771115", "text": "telling Yahoo! \"For the very first time in history, you can get a picture of that town, if you collect all the footage from everyone's cell phones and their digital cameras and the Skypes, and the texting and everything else\" A byproduct of the format was that much of the footage was able to be shot by the actors themselves as opposed to a more traditional camera crew. According to Levinson roughly one third of the film was shot this way. Though the film is set in Levinson's home state of Maryland, it was shot on locations in North Carolina", "title": "The Bay (film)" }, { "docid": "12544081", "text": "are able to track a phone's location, read messages, and record calls, just by knowing the phone number. Mobile phone use while driving, including talking on the phone, texting, or operating other phone features, is common but controversial. It is widely considered dangerous due to distracted driving. Being distracted while operating a motor vehicle has been shown to increase the risk of accidents. In September 2010, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that 995 people were killed by drivers distracted by cell phones. In March 2011, a U.S. insurance company, State Farm Insurance, announced the results of", "title": "Mobile phone" }, { "docid": "5956749", "text": "attention has been shifted. \"Individuals expect conversational partners to be moderately involved in an interaction (Burgoon, Newton, Walther, & Baesler, 1989). Within existing relationships, partners rely on one another to show interest and immediacy in interactions (White, 2008). However, the presence of cell phones and the expectation to be constantly available (Ling, 2012) impacts partners' abilities to give full attention to one another\" (Miller-Ott, A., & Kelly, L. 2015). When romantic partners spend time together, both prefer gaining attention, intimacy, and feeling a close connection with each other. However, the usage of cell phones acts as a distractive behavior that", "title": "Expectancy violations theory" }, { "docid": "4594684", "text": "the system called AMPS, while others designed cell phones for that and other cellular systems. Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, led a team that produced the DynaTAC 8000x, the first commercially available cellular phone small enough to be easily carried, and made the first phone call from it. Martin Cooper was the first person to make an analog cellular mobile phone call on a prototype in 1973. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was very large compared to phones today. This first cell phone was very expensive when it was released in the USA in", "title": "Motorola DynaTAC" }, { "docid": "2980931", "text": "from various sources have consistently indicated that 'worst-case' ground-level power densities near typical cellular towers are on the order of 1 µW/cm² (or 10 mW/m²) or less (usually significantly less).\" Cell phones, cell towers, wi-fi, smart meters, DECT phones, cordless phones, baby monitors and other wireless devices all emit non ionizing radio frequencies, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has just classified as a potential carcinogen. It should be noted however that this is classified as limited evidence available for carcinogenicity, which by definition states \"chance, bias or confounding could not be ruled out with reasonable confidence.\" Although cell antennas", "title": "Cell site" }, { "docid": "9092856", "text": "topics such as privacy, intellectual property, business, and pop culture on his blog, www.globalpov.com. Holtzman was featured in a New York Times article about estate planning, in which he is quoted as saying, \"Unlike paper, this is a very amorphous, rapidly changing set of circumstances. It puts a huge burden on the person doing the estate planning to maintain a cache of passwords.\" David Holtzman traveled the world observing how diverse people utilize technology to solve real-world problems, including young Bhutanese monks sending emails while spinning prayer wheels, Mongolian nomads texting by hurling cell phones into the air to engage", "title": "David H. Holtzman" }, { "docid": "6569298", "text": "consider drunk driving a threat. Despite the acknowledgement of the dangers of texting behind the wheel, about half of drivers 16 to 24 say they have texted while driving, compared with 22% of drivers 35 to 44. Texting while driving received greater attention in the late 2000s, corresponding to a rise in the number of text messages being sent. Over a year approximately 2,000 teens die from texting while driving. Texting while driving attracted interest in the media after several highly publicized car crashes were caused by texting drivers, including a May 2009 incident involving a Boston trolley car driver", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "1320284", "text": "in those who watched TV or listened to music prior to bedtime compared to those who used cell phones, video games and the Internet. The study looked at Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X’ers (born 1965-1980), Generation Y’ers (born 1981-2000) and Generation Z’ers (born 2000 to present). The research, as expected, showed generational gaps between the different forms of technology used. The largest gap was shown between texting and talking on the phone; 56% of Gen Z’ers and 42% of Gen Y’ers admitted to sending, receiving, reading text messages every night within one hour prior to bedtime, compared to only", "title": "Generation gap" }, { "docid": "6569300", "text": "safety-critical events, which includes crashes, near crashes, crash-relevant conflicts, and unintended lane deviations.\" 81% of the safety critical events had some type of driver distraction. Text messaging had the greatest relative risk, with drivers being 23 times more likely to experience a safety-critical event when texting. The study also found that drivers typically take their eyes off the forward roadway for an average of four out of six seconds when texting, and an average of 4.6 out of the six seconds surrounding safety-critical events. In 2013 it was reported that, according to a national survey in the US, the number", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "6569293", "text": "for mobile phone conversations, although results were not constant across road types and largely influenced by a large number of questions on the urban roads. A 2004 simulation study that compared passenger and cell-phone conversations concluded that the driver performs better when conversing with a passenger because the traffic and driving task become part of the conversation. Drivers holding conversations on cell phones were four times more likely to miss the highway exit than those with passengers, and drivers conversing with passengers showed no statistically significant difference from lone drivers in the simulator. A study led by Andrew Parkes at", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "18105525", "text": "to download music, access Japan's version of Myspace called \"mixi\", surf the web, check train timetables and so forth. Sometimes it permitted them to form smart mobs to assemble seemingly spontaneously. The Japanese texting style relied heavily on the thumb, according to a report in \"NBC News\". Thumb tribe Thumb tribe or sometimes thumb generation is a term used to describe a younger generation with members who are more adept at texting using their thumbs than talking on the phone. It identifies a trend among young people who use mobile phones for many activities, such as texting, email, entertainment and", "title": "Thumb tribe" }, { "docid": "14960780", "text": "16 million mobile subscribers worldwide; it went bankrupt in 2013. Mobile phones have value well after their intended use. Yet the value of these phones to recyclers is marginal and relies on high volume to become profitable. The economic value of recycled cell phones is split into two categories; refurbished units that are resold to end users and phones that have no value to retail consumers that are recycled for their precious metals. The University of California Santa Barbara published a study in 2010 on the subject called, \"Economics of Cell Phone Reuse and Recycling\" that states the value of", "title": "Mobile phone recycling" }, { "docid": "17185985", "text": "text only message. It began as a simple message sent from a computer in 1992 to a billion dollar operation in 2011. Passing notes in class has become a thing of the past as it is not very common to see students in grades K-12 without a cellular phone but the majority of cell phone owners who text on a regular basis are age 18-25. Forty-one states have adopted new standards that replace cursive handwriting instruction with keyboarding. Students in Augusta, Georgia expressed that \"texting is my life\" and \"texting is more fun\". While it may be an acceptable form", "title": "Cursive handwriting instruction in the United States" }, { "docid": "4805368", "text": "Walmart's and its own websites. These phones use CDMA for voice, not Verizon's VoLTE; they use LTE only for data exchange. In early 2017, Total Wireless products became available at additional outlets, such as Target, Dollar General, independent dealers, and TracFone Exclusive Retailers. Service plans start at $25/month. All plans include unlimited talk minutes and texting; a plan costing $35/month adds 5GB of data. Multi-line \"family\" plans are available as well. America Movil, TracFone's parent company, acquired SIMPLE Mobile in June 2012 and has since been incorporated with its operations alongside TracFone's. Simple Mobile (stylized SIMPLE Mobile) is a prepaid", "title": "TracFone Wireless" }, { "docid": "2710519", "text": "cell phone are located closest in space where as newspaper and texting are farthest apart in space. The study further explained the relationship between self-concept and the use of different forms of media. The more hours per day an individual uses a form of media, the closer that form of media is to their self-concept. Self-concept is related to the form of media most used. If you consider yourself tech savvy, then you will use mobile phones more often than you would use a newspaper. If you consider yourself old fashioned, then you will use a magazine more often than", "title": "Self-concept" }, { "docid": "12679290", "text": "Tyler and the other Anti-Plastics try to help Jo prove her innocence with the help of the school's tech guy, Elliott. After beating the Plastics at flag football, Mandi and Nick are arrested after images of them planting the money in Jo's home are found by Elliott texting it to all of the cell phones in the audience. At the school's Homecoming Dance, Abby and Elliott are elected King and Queen (thanks to Jo dropping out of the competition) and Jo and Tyler share a kiss. The film ends with Jo and Abby deciding to attend Carnegie Mellon University together,", "title": "Mean Girls 2" }, { "docid": "2064732", "text": "Ha Mok-min and Bae Yeong-ho. On 6 April 2011, SKH Apps released an iPhone app, iTextFast, to allow consumers to test their texting speed and practice the paragraph used by \"Guinness Book of World Records\". As of 2011, best time listed on Game Center for that paragraph is 34.65 seconds. A few competitions have been held between expert Morse code operators and expert SMS users. Several mobile phones have Morse code ring tones and alert messages. For example, many Nokia mobile phones have an option to beep \"S M S\" in Morse code when it receives a short message. Some", "title": "Text messaging" }, { "docid": "8823226", "text": "\"Universal Service Fund\" charge had been added. The television advertising has since become much less common. In addition, the widely increased use of cell phones in the early 2000s, and subsequent decline in the use of landline phones, has rendered the service somewhat antiquated. Much of this is because many phone service plans do not charge additionally for long distance calls; voice over IP in particular renders the distinction between local and long distance meaningless. Both 10-10-220, 10-10-321, and other 10-10 services are still available, although at significantly higher prices than originally advertised. The May 2015 rate for the 321", "title": "10-10-321" }, { "docid": "8630474", "text": "a lot of cell phones lying in thousands of lakes all around Finland. Many phones are returned to their mobile carrier stores in return for a new one; however, others are discarded instead of being recycled and they become a toxic waste. The battery in the cell phone can ultimately become a toxic waste and it must be taken care of properly. Millions of phones are replaced all over the world in favor for new ones. About 70 percent of overall toxic in landfills is made up by electronic scraps. Recycling these electronics hasn’t been made a huge priority in", "title": "Mobile phone throwing" }, { "docid": "15155786", "text": "issue for most people is when they are in a group, and the cell phone becomes a distraction or a barrier for successful socialization among family and friends. In the past few years, society has become less tolerant of cell phone use in public areas for example, public transportation, restaurants and much more. This is exemplified by the widespread recognition of campaigns such as Stop Phubbing, which prompted global discussion as to how mobile phones should be used in the presence of others. \"Some have suggested that mobile phones 'affect every aspect of our personal and professional lives either directly", "title": "Etiquette in technology" }, { "docid": "16453438", "text": "their cell phones. Sandra, in a blazer and miniskirt, talks to her maid and ensures that her children and husband are properly taken care of, as she will come home late. Susan, in a blazer and pants, aggressively tells her husband's secretary that she cannot make a meeting, while accusing the secretary of having an affair. When their conversations are over, the women begin kissing passionately and, when their cell phones ring, reach into their blazers to turn off the phones. \"Dua Perempuan dengan HP-nya\" (\"Two Women and Their Cell Phones\") was written by Seno Gumira Ajidarma in Jakarta on", "title": "Un Soir du Paris" }, { "docid": "15722464", "text": "charge times of solar chargers. The fold-out design has proven to allow for higher charge current while maintaining a compact size and current designs are capable of charging a modern smartphone in 3 hours. Solar chargers are also available for other cell phone accessories, such as bluetooth headsets and speaker phones. Solar cell phone charger Solar cell phone chargers use solar panels to charge cell phone batteries. They are an alternative to conventional electrical cell phone chargers and in some cases can be plugged into an electrical outlet. There are also public solar chargers for mobile phones which can be", "title": "Solar cell phone charger" }, { "docid": "12763208", "text": "messaging apps (iMessage, Google Hangouts, WhatsApp and Viber) in addition to SMS texting being provided since September 2014. T-Mobile has also used the term to describe Wi-Fi Access Points that it sold to end users to expand their cell phone network to phones equipped to also receive Wi-Fi using a VOIP-like technology. (The models included at least two by Linksys: the WRTU54G-TM and the WRT54G-TM and one by D-Link: the TM-G5240.) For the fiscal year 2017, T-Mobile US reported earnings of US$4.481 billion, with an annual revenue of US$40.604 billion, an increase of 8.3% over the previous fiscal cycle. T-Mobil's", "title": "T-Mobile US" }, { "docid": "7032307", "text": "Since the invention of the iPhone, cell phones have become the top source of e-waste products because they are not made to last more than two years. Electrical waste contains hazardous but also valuable and scarce materials. Up to 60 elements can be found in complex electronics. As of 2013, Apple has sold over 796 million iDevices (iPod, iPhone, iPad). Cell phone companies make cell phones that are not made to last so that the consumer will purchase new phones. Companies give these products such short lifespans because they know that the consumer will want a new product and will", "title": "Electronic waste" }, { "docid": "13351060", "text": "live and work. Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI): 2degrees mobile phones can roam onto RBI cell sites. These rural cell sites are open access for all internet providers in New Zealand to buy wholesale packages and retail them to rural customers for household and business use. 2Degrees mobile phones automatically roam to these cell sites were available due to the roaming agreement with Vodafone. RBI has Vodafone installing 154 new rural cell towers and upgrading 265 towers to provide 3G and later 4G services, between 2011 and 2017. 2degrees towers have been deployed in these locations with 2G and 3G coverage", "title": "2degrees" }, { "docid": "4541148", "text": "believe it's a good safety issue\"...\"We'd like people to use the air phones.\" On 31 October 2013, the FAA issued a press release entitled \"FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics\" in which it announced that \"airlines can safely expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight.\" This new policy does not include cell phone use in flight, because, as the press release states, \"The FAA did not consider changing the regulations regarding the use of cell phones for voice communications during flight because the issue is under the jurisdiction of the", "title": "Mobile phones on aircraft" }, { "docid": "18103254", "text": "2017 Baker proposed the \"Phones Down, Heads Up Act,\" a bill to fine pedestrians between $50 and $125 for texting while crossing the street. The bill attracted criticism from Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Cheri DiNovo and pedestrian-safety advocacy group Walk Toronto, who argued that there is little evidence that distracted walking is a risk, and that it shifts the safety onus from drivers to pedestrians. In Etobicoke Centre, Baker hosted Community Recognition Awards annually which highlighted local individuals and organizations for making a difference in the community. The awards were available in four categories; Outstanding Volunteer Service to the", "title": "Yvan Baker" }, { "docid": "13010087", "text": "and Android devices, allows users to make even paid calls to international destinations for free. At the start of 2014, Voxofon updated their iOS app to include the ability to share photos, videos, voice memos, and location through SMS. Customer satisfaction is very important to Voxofon. In February 2011, they expanded their support capabilities with a new call center and supports agents fluent in English, Spanish, Norwegian and Russian. Voxofon has free apps for most smartphones. The applications are available for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone phones. These apps provide free or cheap international calling and texting services and", "title": "Voxofon" }, { "docid": "719889", "text": "her own. Fridays Live did not return for the show's 25th season. In March 2010, Winfrey began a campaign to stop drivers from talking or texting on their cell phone in their vehicles while driving. This campaign was regularly noted near the beginning or at the end of episodes. On November 10, 1986, during a show about sexual abuse, Winfrey revealed that she was raped by a relative when she was nine years old. Since this episode, Winfrey has used the show as a platform to help catch child predators, raise awareness, and give victims a voice. Liberace appeared in", "title": "The Oprah Winfrey Show" }, { "docid": "16592641", "text": "such as Africa, where relatively few people have cell phones, incomes are low, and people are more likely to share their phone service. Open Garden previously offered a software solution of the same name, a proprietary internet community-based connection sharing software application that shares internet access with other devices using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. When users have no direct Internet connection available within Open Garden's network, the application automatically connects to the Internet through links to other devices such as laptops or mobile phones. When the person whose Internet connection is being shared leaves the network, the application automatically detects and", "title": "Open Garden" }, { "docid": "10843066", "text": "Telephone numbers in Iraq Iraq area codes can be 1 or 2 digits (not counting the trunk prefix 0) and the subscriber numbers are usually 6 digits. In Baghdad and some other governorates, they are 7 digits. The mobile numbers have 10 digits, beginning with the 3-digit code of each operator followed by 7 digits. A call from outside Iraq would have the following dialing format when calling a: 079x xxx xxxx Cell phones Zain Iraq, (formerly Iraqna) 078x xxx xxxx Cell phones Zain Iraq, (formerly MTC Atheer) 077x xxx xxxx Cell phones AsiaCell 076x xxx xxxx Cell phones Mobitel", "title": "Telephone numbers in Iraq" }, { "docid": "17859272", "text": "appropriate aggression\", in which Scalzi's maturity has become an asset that illuminates the album's theme: \"Age is the real omnipresent apparition of \"Digital Resistance\", the mechanism by which cell phones become a threat and sci-fi fantasies morph into Orwellian nightmares\". James Christopher Monger of Allmusic also picked up on the technophobic theme, as well as the band's veneration of tradition, which did not detract from the originality of the band's approach: \"As Luddite metal albums go, it's a gem, and while it's certainly deserving of the retro tag, it never feels derivative\". Digital Resistance Digital Resistance is the ninth studio", "title": "Digital Resistance" }, { "docid": "20206863", "text": "or \"tower dumps\" (a download of information about all the devices that connected to a particular cell site during a particular interval). The opinion also did not consider other collection techniques involving foreign affairs or national security. Third-party wireless service providers (such as AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) are able to find the location of cell phones through either global positioning system (GPS) data or cell site location information (CSLI). CSLI is cell phone information captured by nearby cell towers; and this information is able to triangulate, or pinpoint, the location of cell phones. Third-party service providers capture and store", "title": "Carpenter v. United States" }, { "docid": "12021565", "text": "operator texting while driving. 2008 Massachusetts train collision The 2008 Massachusetts train collision occurred on May 28, 2008, shortly before 6pm, when two westbound MBTA trains collided on the Green Line \"D\" Branch between Woodland and Waban stations, behind 56 Dorset Road in Newton, Massachusetts. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) originally found the cause of the accident to be due to the operator texting while driving, but the NTSB later found that the operator of the rear train, Terrese Edmonds, had not been using her cell phone at the time of the crash, but rather went", "title": "2008 Massachusetts train collision" }, { "docid": "17784339", "text": "2011, Hopper co-sponsored the Capital Gains Reduction Act and the reduction of taxes on manufacturers' utilities. She did not vote on the issue of school dress codes but opposed the successful attempt to ban cell phone usage in school zones. She supported curriculum standards for Bible instruction in public schools and voted to require that driver's license tests be given only in the English language. In 2009, Representative Hopper voted against increases in the state minimum wage and the state tobacco tax. She voted to prohibit texting and cell phone use while driving a vehicle. She opposed the law making", "title": "Karen Hopper" }, { "docid": "11471477", "text": "phone system for military, police and ambulances. Commercial services such as XM, WorldSpace and Sirius offer encrypted digital satellite radio. Mobile phones transmit to a local cell site (transmitter/receiver) that ultimately connects to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) through an optic fiber or microwave radio and other network elements. When the mobile phone nears the edge of the cell site's radio coverage area, the central computer switches the phone to a new cell. Cell phones originally used FM, but now most use either GSM or CDMA digital modulation schemes. Satellite phones use satellites rather than cell towers to communicate.", "title": "Radio" }, { "docid": "10980068", "text": "must be added in order to use it. The LG Titanium Voyager, is a moderately-sized phone, that can be used for voice calls, texting, email, Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile TV almost instantly via MediaFLO (which is an extra $15 per month with or without the Verizon Wireless \"VPak\"). A data plan for V-Cast enabled phones without VPak charges for any data are $1.99 per MB. The camera can record videos up to 30 seconds to be sent in an MMS, or the setting can be altered to record videos up to the limit of available memory, which cannot", "title": "LG Voyager" }, { "docid": "11017519", "text": "Mobal Communications Mobal Communications is a telecommunications company that provides international cell phone and satellite phone service. The United Kingdom and Japan divisions are named Mobell Communications. The company was founded by current chairman Tony Smith. Mobal (under the name Mobell) was created in the mid 1980s from a UK company called Torrent. Torrent was an industrial tool rental company serving the construction industry. When cellular phones first became commercially available Mobal started renting these to construction companies to use on work sites. The company subsequently sold off the tool rental business, and form a new company solely renting cell", "title": "Mobal Communications" }, { "docid": "18105523", "text": "Thumb tribe Thumb tribe or sometimes thumb generation is a term used to describe a younger generation with members who are more adept at texting using their thumbs than talking on the phone. It identifies a trend among young people who use mobile phones for many activities, such as texting, email, entertainment and conversations, as opposed to using keyboards with traditional desktop computers. The term has been used by marketers to identify younger consumers. It marks a shift in the favorite digit, such that activities typically done by the forefinger, such as pointing at things or ringing doorbells, are being", "title": "Thumb tribe" }, { "docid": "4048414", "text": "users generated $80 billion of revenue in 2006 (source ITU). Many phones offer Instant Messenger services for simple, easy texting. Mobile phones have Internet service (e.g. NTT DoCoMo's i-mode), offering text messaging via e-mail in Japan, South Korea, China, and India. Most mobile internet access is much different from computer access, featuring alerts, weather data, e-mail, search engines, instant messages, and game and music downloading; most mobile internet access is hurried and short. Because mobile phones are often used publicly, social norms have been shown to play a major role in the usage of mobile phones. Furthermore, the mobile phone", "title": "Mobile telephony" }, { "docid": "8535540", "text": "However, the Portland area is home to the great majority of Oregon's landlines, as well as most of its cell phones and pagers. Additionally, as mentioned above, the Portland LATA spills into southwestern Washington, meaning several numbers in Washington's area code 360 weren't available for use. As a result, 503 was on the brink of exhaustion again within only three years. On July 1, 1999, area code 971 was created as a concentrated overlay for most of the 503 territory, with the exceptions of Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Initially, 10-digit dialing was to become mandatory in that service area on", "title": "Area codes 503 and 971" }, { "docid": "11017520", "text": "phones. This new company was called Mobell. Different cellphone transmission technologies, including GSM, CDMA and D-AMPS wrre mutually incompatible when people used their cell phones while travelling, so Mobell started to specialize in providing cell phone rental for international travelers visiting countries where their own cell phones would not work. Mobell expanded with a branch in New York, called Mobal Communications, as well as a branch in Tokyo. In July 2008 Mobal Japan opened up a counter in Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, aimed at business travellers and tourists. The company later added satellite phones, aimed at travelers to remote locations", "title": "Mobal Communications" }, { "docid": "14261681", "text": "courtship that are milder than that in the West. Present-day Filipino courtship, as in the traditional form, also starts with the \"teasing stage\" conducted by friends. Introductions and meetings between prospective couples are now done through a common friend or whilst attending a party. Modern technology has also become a part of present-day courting practises. Romantic conversations between both parties are now through cellular phones – particularly through texting messages – and the internet as can be seen by the vast amount of apps & websites catering to Filipino Dating Parents, however, still prefer that their daughters be formally courted", "title": "Courtship in the Philippines" }, { "docid": "11612971", "text": "but it grew with the new record. And every girl has gone through that situation. You put your foot in your mouth and you go, 'Wait, why did I do that?' We're on our phones writing and texting too much!\" \"Little Miss Obsessive\" is a pop rock power ballad, with a duration of three minutes and forty-two seconds (3:42). The song features \"crashing\" guitars, \"drum thuds\", \"confused Avril-style rants\" and a \"swelling chorus\". \"Little Miss Obsessive\" begins with a mid-tempo piano line, before transcending into a \"more rollicking\" chorus, which sees Simpson sing: \"Little miss obsessive, can't get over it\".", "title": "Little Miss Obsessive" }, { "docid": "12200178", "text": "sold at the bazaar per the German military. This also includes cameras and MP3 players, or anything else that can store data. The Norwegian PX has basic cell phones for sale between 40 and 60 Euros. Cell phone SIM cards and topup cards for Roshan and Etislat are still available for sale at the bazaar and the Norwegian PX. Etislat has the best cell phone signal in the base area and most of RC North. A barber shop is also available at the bazaar. There are three dining facilities (DFAC) on Camp Marmal: a German, American and a Norwegian. The", "title": "Camp Marmal" }, { "docid": "12471590", "text": "did not recover the engineer's cellphone in the wreckage and said the teenagers were cooperating with the investigation, initially noting that similar rumors about an engineer using a cell phone from an investigation recently conducted in Boston were unfounded. After receiving the engineer's cell phone records under subpoena, the NTSB confirmed that the engineer was texting while on duty, but had not yet correlated the messages with the accident timeline. After completing a preliminary timeline, the NTSB placed the last text message sent by the engineer at 22 seconds before impact. An NTSB representative refused to comment further on the", "title": "2008 Chatsworth train collision" }, { "docid": "7260186", "text": "making a long-distance call. Before the existence of cell phones, Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS) was offered. As of 1983, three VHF and two UHF channels were available. Subscribers had either a VHF or UHF vehicle-mounted phone, consequently they could access only two or three channels over the entire San Jose area. On VHF, the maximum system capacity for the San Jose system was three simultaneous calls. There was a roaming feature, but no registration scheme like the ones used by modern PCS and cell phones. Alum Rock, Bell Station, Buena Vista, Burbank, Campbell, Casa Loma, Loma Chiquita, Chemeketa Park,", "title": "Area codes 408 and 669" }, { "docid": "19338949", "text": "app currently used at multiple colleges to locate the buses throughout the bus system. It allows students to track the buses and give them an estimated time of arrival. These apps have helped students around the world on a day to day basis. These apps encourage the use of cell phones and/or computers during school classes. Students and professors are moving more and more to only using electronics. With the rise of use of mobile cell phones in school, applications for these cellphones have been created to support this. As of February 2018, 80,000 applications were available for teacher use.", "title": "Mobile phone use in schools" }, { "docid": "15496785", "text": "service was launched in 1996 as the Mike network, using iDEN phones with its push-to-talk (PTT) functionality. In 1997, Mike added the \"Green Card\" roaming option through its partnership with Nextel, which offered notably low prices on international service. Mike is marketed primarily towards business and industrial customers who need the PTT functionality. Prior to their merger with Telus Mobility, Clearnet had developed an innovative out of the box cell phone marketing system, where their phones were available at various retail stores, besides their own. To activate a Clearnet cell phone, a customer simply called the company with a credit", "title": "Clearnet (Telus Mobility)" }, { "docid": "6603799", "text": "homes of the blown member's friends and family were staked out by Scientologists using scanners to listen in on cordless phones and cell phones, and tracing the license plates of any vehicles that turned up. The captured escapees are said to have been subjected to isolation, interrogation and punishment after being brought back to the compound. According to Wright, they often did not even argue when they were caught, knowing that they would have to spend months or even years being punished while working their way back into good standing. For its part, the Church says that the compound is", "title": "Gold Base" }, { "docid": "16348993", "text": "as a \"container.\" Werdegar argued that at the time when \"Robinson\" and \"Edwards\" were decided, the Supreme Court did not have enough information about cell phones to establish a precedent for their search. \"Containers\" mentioned in the cases, such as clothing or a cigarette carton, are not analogous to the cell phone – which could potentially contain wealth of private electronic data. Werdegar was especially concerned that the size of cell phone storage, at the time of writing, could contain \"thousands of images or other digital files.\" Werdegar proceeded to reason that the search occurred after the cell phone had", "title": "People v. Diaz" }, { "docid": "13621187", "text": "a driver texting for 6 seconds is looking at the phone for 4.6 seconds of that time and travels the distance of a football field without their eyes on the road. Some of VTTI's conclusions from this study included that \"texting should be banned in moving vehicles for all drivers\", and that \"all cell phone use should be banned for newly licensed teen drivers\". The results of the study are listed in the table below. In 2011 Shutko and Tijerina reviewed large naturalistic studies on cars (Dingus and Klauer, 2008; Klauer \"et al.\", 2006; Young and Schreiner, 2009), heavy good", "title": "Texting while driving" }, { "docid": "6569299", "text": "who crashed while texting his girlfriend. Texting was blamed in the 2008 Chatsworth train collision which killed 25 passengers. Investigations revealed that the engineer of that train had sent 45 text messages while operating. In a 2011 study it was reported that over 90% of college students surveyed text (initiate, reply or read) while driving. On July 27, 2009, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute released preliminary findings of their study of driver distraction in commercial vehicles. Two studies, comprising about 200 long-haul trucks driving 3 million combined miles, used video cameras to observe the drivers and road; researchers observed \"4,452", "title": "Mobile phones and driving safety" }, { "docid": "1234442", "text": "city enforces a ban prohibiting drivers around West University Elementary School from talking on mobile phones during school zone hours. AT&T tried and failed to persuade the city to not apply the ban. The West University City Council voted 5–0 to establish the ban; a person who violates the ban gets a $500 fine. In 2008 the \"Houston Press\" rated this ban as the \"Best New Ordinance\". In December 2009 the city voted to ban texting while driving. Bans of texting while driving were passed in West University Place and Bellaire within hours of one another. Harris County Precinct Three,", "title": "West University Place, Texas" }, { "docid": "13407955", "text": "phones can be used at the same time in the same location is due to the use of frequency hopping. When the user wishes to place a call, the cell phone uses a negotiation process to find unused frequencies among the many that are available within its operational area. This allows users to join and leave particular cell towers on-the-fly, their frequencies being given up to other users. Frequency agile radars can offer the same advantages. In the case of several aircraft operating in the same location, the radars can select frequencies that are not being used in order to", "title": "Frequency agility" }, { "docid": "1806559", "text": "provider. However the ruling from Justice Kitchin prevents Ms Murphy from showing matches in her pub via foreign satellite systems because branding are copyrighted. It is no longer illegal though for a customer to purchase a foreign viewing card from an EU country and use it outside the territory. The emergence of the GSM international standard for cell phones in 1990 prompted the beginning of the grey market in the cell phone industry. As global demand for mobile phones grew, so did the size of the parallel market. Today, it is estimated that over 30% of all mobile phones traded", "title": "Grey market" }, { "docid": "19171616", "text": "floor. The main floor is the \"talking floor\" where group work, moderate conversation, listening to music (headphones only), sound on computers, and respectful use of cell phones is allowed. A gaming room is available. The Veterans and Service Members Lounge and a campus police substation are located on 2nd floor. On this floor the library provides group study rooms, which are ideal for group projects or group work. They contain whiteboards and wall-mounted monitors. Students may reserve group study rooms online. Non-students should contact the Access Services Librarian (email kramera@uww.edu). When not reserved thees rooms are available first come, first", "title": "Andersen Library (University of Wisconsin Whitewater)" }, { "docid": "12055344", "text": "interest, route information and step-by-step routing directions, often in spoken form with a feature called \"text to speech\". Manufacturers include: Due in part to regulations encouraging mobile phone tracking, including E911, the majority of GPS receivers are built into mobile telephones, with varying degrees of coverage and user accessibility. Commercial navigation software is available for most 21st-century smartphones as well as some Java-enabled phones that allows them to use an internal or external GPS receiver (in the latter case, connecting via serial or Bluetooth). Some phones using assisted GPS (A-GPS) function poorly when out of range of their carrier's cell", "title": "GPS navigation device" }, { "docid": "18049056", "text": "sees the opportunity to create a viral video. He is too late to shoot footage, the truck speeds past his house, though he sees Iris wander outside in a daze, after receiving a mysterious video call, and get abducted. Kevin chases after the truck, egged on by images of Iris broadcast to his cell phone. The truck circles the neighborhood repeatedly, and people receive strange images on their cell phones that cause them to become violently insane. When Kevin finally catches up to the truck he sees body parts strewn on the ground around it. He examines the driver's seat", "title": "V/H/S: Viral" }, { "docid": "13621173", "text": "linked texting while driving to be the cause of life-threatening accidents due to driver distraction. The International Telecommunication Union states that \"texting, making calls, and other interaction with in-vehicle information and communication systems while driving is a serious source of driver distraction and increases the risk of traffic accidents\". In 2013 the National Safety Council estimated there were about 1.4 million crashes in the US involving cell phone use. Their model predicted text messaging was involved in 6-16% of all car accidents in the US. In 2010, texting while driving amongst young drivers was named a disease burden and ranked", "title": "Texting while driving" }, { "docid": "10843067", "text": "(Iraq-Kurdistan) and Moutiny 075x xxx xxxx Cell phones Korek Telecom 074x xxx xxxx Cell phones Itisaluna and Kalemat 073x xxx xxxx Cell phones Korek Telecom (formerly SanaTel) Telephone numbers in Iraq Iraq area codes can be 1 or 2 digits (not counting the trunk prefix 0) and the subscriber numbers are usually 6 digits. In Baghdad and some other governorates, they are 7 digits. The mobile numbers have 10 digits, beginning with the 3-digit code of each operator followed by 7 digits. A call from outside Iraq would have the following dialing format when calling a: 079x xxx xxxx Cell", "title": "Telephone numbers in Iraq" }, { "docid": "14960774", "text": "to save energy and resources that would otherwise be required to mine or manufacture. When placed in a landfill, these materials can pollute the air and contaminate soil and drinking water. Cell phone coatings are typically made of lead, which is a toxic chemical that can result in adverse health effects when exposed to it in high levels. The circuit board on cell phones can be made of copper, gold, lead, zinc, beryllium, tantalum, coltan, and other raw materials that would require significant resources to mine and manufacture. This is why it is important to recycle old cell phones and", "title": "Mobile phone recycling" }, { "docid": "4597229", "text": "Assisted GPS Assisted GPS or Augmented GPS (abbreviated generally as A-GPS and less commonly as aGPS) is a system that often significantly improves the startup performance—i.e., time-to-first-fix (TTFF)—of a GPS satellite-based positioning system. A-GPS is extensively used with GPS-capable cellular phones, as its development was accelerated by the U.S. FCC's 911 requirement to make cell phone location data available to emergency call dispatchers. Standalone/self-ruling GPS devices depend solely on information from satellites. A-GPS augments that by using cell tower data to enhance quality and precision when in poor satellite signal conditions. In exceptionally poor signal conditions, for example in urban", "title": "Assisted GPS" }, { "docid": "16978951", "text": "200 countries and territories. National Geographic Talk Abroad products include cell phones for rental or purchase and SIM Cards, available from their website. Cellular Abroad also offers GSM quad band capable handsets with individual prepaid services for Europe, South America, North America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Cellular Abroad Cellular Abroad is a mobile virtual network operator and internet retailer based in Los Angeles that uses GSM technology to provide international wireless voice, messaging and data services. Cellular Abroad sells and rents unlocked international GSM cell phones, portable WiFi hotspots and SIM Cards under the National Geographic Society brand. Cellular Abroad", "title": "Cellular Abroad" }, { "docid": "17715980", "text": "a one-third minority in opposing an increase in the state minimum wage. In 2011, Senator Sample did not vote on a bill to ban cell phones in school zones on grounds of safety considerations. In 2013, Sample joined the Senate majority to amend state income tax rates. He did not vote on legislation to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensation benefits, but he did support a related bill to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of narcotics. He voted successfully to override Democratic Governor Mike Beebe's veto of a bill to require photo identification when one", "title": "Bill Sample" }, { "docid": "11134971", "text": "in it. As a result, it can locate any type of mobile phone. Since U-TDOA requires physical access to the cellular network's cell towers (base transceiver stations or BTS), it is only available to the owner of the sensor network, which is typically the carrier. Therefore, the solution is generally not available when roaming. U-TDOA is uniquely suited for mission-critical safety and security applications: U-TDOA works with all mobile phones and is very accurate, typically identifying location within 50 meters. GPS relies on special chipsets in wireless devices to calculate location in relationship to orbiting satellites. GPS can also locate", "title": "U-TDOA" }, { "docid": "1752259", "text": "Roaming Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices (like mobile phones). It refers to the mobile phone being used outside the range of its home network and connects to another available cell network. In more technical terms, roaming refers to \"the ability for a cellular customer to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services, including home data services, when travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by means of using a visited network\". For example: should a subscriber travel beyond their cell phone company's transmitter range,", "title": "Roaming" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5520083", "text": "Used only in conference play for several years, it was adopted by the NCAA in April 1986 for the 1986–87 season at and was first used in the NCAA Tournament in March 1987. The NCAA adopted the three-pointer in women's basketball on an experimental basis for that season at the same distance, and made its use mandatory beginning In 2007, the NCAA lengthened the men's distance by a foot to , effective with the season, and the women's line was moved to match the men's in 2011–12. American high schools, along with elementary and middle schools, adopted a line nationally", "title": "Three-point field goal" }, { "docid": "7467931", "text": "Chatman resigned from her post at LSU on March 7, 2007 amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a former player that were alleged to have begun when Chatman was coaching the player. Chapman was born in Ama, Louisiana, played point guard at Hahnville High School and was a five-time AAU All-American. She is recognized for scoring the first 3 point shot in a high school game for the state of louisiana. The 1991 Kodak All-American point guard played for Gunter from 1987 to 1991, starting all but one game and setting the all-time steals (346) and assists (570) records", "title": "Pokey Chatman" }, { "docid": "6614812", "text": "Three O'Clock High Three O'Clock High is a 1987 high-school comedy film directed by Phil Joanou, written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi, and starring Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, and John P. Ryan. The film was based, in part, on Matheson and Szollosi's high school experiences in California, but was shot at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah. Meek high school student Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) and his kid sister Brei (Stacey Glick) have the house to themselves as their parents are on vacation. Jerry's day begins badly when he wakes late,", "title": "Three O'Clock High" } ]

[ { "docid": "8064587", "text": "winning strategy. Analysts have referred to him as \"the Michael Jordan of the three-point era,\" stating that he did for the three-point shot what Jordan did for the dunk. \"The Guardian\"'s Robert O'Connell cites Curry's February 27, 2013 game against the New York Knicks, in which he made 11 of 13 shots from behind the arc en route for a 54-point performance, as the start of the three-point era. The era has been referred to as \"The Steph Effect\" and \"the NBA's Three-Point Revolution.\" The increase in three-point shooting is partly due to NBA teams incorporating it in their attempts", "title": "Stephen Curry" }, { "docid": "11258329", "text": "victory. Although Villanova shot 23-for-28 (82.1 percent) from the free-throw line and Roy Hibbert did not score during the game and had only four rebounds before fouling out with 5:09 to play, Georgetown made up for it by setting both a Big East Tournament record and a school record by connecting on 17 three-point shots during the game, shooting 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from three-point range. Jessie Sapp hit on six three-point shots and scored a career-high 23 points, Jonathan Wallace had five three-pointers and 20 points, and DaJuan Summers had 19 points and three three-pointers. In a semifinal game the", "title": "2007–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "2585178", "text": "another child, whom Queen names as Simon. Queen expresses high hopes for Simon's future, and she predicts that he'll become \"magnificent\". When Simon completes the sixth grade, the point at which black boys in the South typically (in the subject setting) drop out of school to start full-time work in the fields, as did Henry and Abner, Simon's teacher comments to Queen that he is \"the best student in the district\". Alec vigorously argues with Queen against Simon's staying in school, but Queen presents persuasive logic, and he eventually agrees to \"waste\" one of the three boys. [In the US", "title": "Alex Haley's Queen" }, { "docid": "9774735", "text": "a quick tone indicating that a high powered shot is ready. If, within a few seconds, the main trigger is then pressed, a high power shot would be fired. This high power shot would take off three hit points from a headset, whereas a normal shot would take off one. When turned on, each headset would start at nine hit points and when shot would count down and display the remaining hit points. When they reached zero, the headset sounds a death tone and the player is tagged out. There exists a way to perform target practice with a headset", "title": "Sega Lock-On" }, { "docid": "6346577", "text": "Chris Ford Christopher Joseph Ford (born January 11, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. He is known for making the first counted three-point shot on October 1979. A 6-foot-5 (1.96 m) guard, he played high school basketball at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, before continuing on to Villanova University. He played 10 seasons (1972–1982) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics. Ford is credited with scoring the NBA's first three-point shot for the Boston Celtics on October 12, 1979, in a game against the Houston Rockets", "title": "Chris Ford" }, { "docid": "12372255", "text": "Loree Smith Loree Smith (born November 6, 1982) is an American hammer thrower. Smith said she played sports just to pass the time growing up. When asked to describe her start in track and field, she said she was \"just a chubby kid throwing 25 feet in the shot and 60 feet in the discus.\" Loree first realized her strength when she singlehandedly subdued a fully grown buffalo at the age of 12. Loree was originally a three-sport athlete in high school getting conference and state honors in volleyball, basketball, and track and field while attending Julesburg High School 1996–2000.", "title": "Loree Smith" }, { "docid": "20633187", "text": "Tournament championship 2017–18 team. He is best known for a game-winning buzzer beater three-point shot that he made as a true freshman to help the 2017–18 Wolverines advance to the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament as part of their road to the 2018 NCAA Championship Game. As a freshman at Rufus King High School in Wisconsin, Poole once made a game-tying three-point shot from off the bench. Poole visited Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Drake and Marquette as a blue chip high school basketball recruit. Then, he visited Michigan for the September 26 football game", "title": "Jordan Poole" }, { "docid": "9843418", "text": "when Darrell Mitchell completed a three-point shot for LSU over the head of Kavaliauskas. Convinced that he was the reason the team lost, Kavaliauskas found a photo of Mitchell's game-winning shot and hung it in his locker as a daily reminder of what he needs to work on. Shortly after beginning play in the 2006–2007 season, the Aggies reached Number 6 in the rankings, the highest rank the school had ever achieved. The team had their best start since opening 16–2 in the 1959–1960 season, as well as their best conference opening since the inception of the Big 12. In", "title": "Antanas Kavaliauskas" }, { "docid": "6183306", "text": "cut his head open on shrapnel that was floating around in water. When the band received the first edit, the band members decided to scrap it and start over. The band returned to director Darren Doane, who also shot the videos for \"M+M's\" and \"Dammit\". Shot at Westlake High School, in Thousand Oaks, California, the video stars Alyssa Milano as the girl of Hoppus' affection. \"I felt really bad for her because she showed up on the set and it was just her and a bunch of perverted dudes who did nothing but stare at her breasts. They couldn't even", "title": "Josie (Blink-182 song)" }, { "docid": "18154752", "text": "UConn player, Kiah Stokes, was born, so not a single player of the team was alive when it happened. The men's head coach, Kevin Ollie was a junior in high school. Mosqueda-Lewis was out with the flu, so Morgan Tuck started in her place. Freshman Kia Nurse has been playing so well, she earned her first start. Nurse delivered, hitting six of seven field goal attempts, including all four three point attempts, and ended with 22 points. Tuck also did well, with 15 points and seven rebounds. It was the first home game for the Huskies, so the players were", "title": "2014–15 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team" }, { "docid": "9609738", "text": "Bryce Taylor (basketball) Bryce Taylor (born September 27, 1986) is an American-German professional basketball player for Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball at University of Oregon. In April 2018, he was granted German citizenship. Prior to arriving at the University of Oregon, Taylor starred at Harvard-Westlake School, where he set a school record by scoring 54 points in a game, as his team won three straight CIF championships. Taylor arrived at Oregon with high expectations, and as a freshman he did not disappoint. Taylor averaged 11.6 points per game and shot 37% from three point", "title": "Bryce Taylor (basketball)" }, { "docid": "4831778", "text": "was born in Van Alstyne, Texas, then moved to South Central Los Angeles when he was in third grade. Everett did not start running track until tenth grade at Fairfax High School, when the high school track coach encouraged him to try out for the team. In two short years, Everett cultivated his natural athletic talent and as a senior placed second in the 400 meters at the California State High School Track & Field championships. After graduating from Fairfax, Danny attended UCLA. As a Bruin, Everett’s track achievements included: NCAA champion in 400 meters and 1600 meter relay, three-time", "title": "Danny Everett" }, { "docid": "9747567", "text": "was injured for part of the season. When he was healthy, he was an important reserve player. After sitting out the first half, he scored the overtime opening three-point shot and made three of four overtime free throws in an 89–79 road victory against Michigan State at the Breslin Center on January 29, 1992. Pelinka had also contributed an earlier three-point shot as Michigan erased a thirteen-point deficit to force the overtime. Pelinka also contributed his season-high nineteen minutes and a second-half career-high eleven points (eclipsed in his senior season) in a March 11, 1992 70–61 victory against Purdue at", "title": "Rob Pelinka" }, { "docid": "1567710", "text": "Stevens Hotel. He lost ownership of the hotels during the Great Depression and was convicted of embezzlement (the conviction was later overturned). (The Stevens Hotel was subsequently bought by Hilton Hotels and is today the Chicago Hilton and Towers.) His mother, Elizabeth Maude (Street) Stevens (1881–1979), was a high-school English teacher. Two of his three older brothers also became lawyers. As a boy, Stevens attended the 1932 World Series baseball game in Chicago's Wrigley Field in which Babe Ruth called his shot. Stevens later recalled: \"Ruth did point to the center-field scoreboard. And he did hit the ball out of", "title": "John Paul Stevens" }, { "docid": "14990092", "text": "for first place. Ateneo, with the superior point differential, won the #1 seed. UE fell behind by as much as 18 points in the fourth quarter, but caught up with FEU due to their trapping defense. Olan Omiping hit a shot to start a 21–4 UE run, that was ended by RJ Masbang when he scored on a three-point play to cut FEU's lead to one point. Dennis Miranda and Mark Isip initiated a 5–0 FEU run when UE coach Boyzie Zamar benched Masbang for shooter Charles Tan, who turned the ball over and fouled Santos that caused a three-point", "title": "UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament" }, { "docid": "4574576", "text": "Indiana's fifth national championship, when the team defeated Syracuse in title game of the tournament. The game was decided by a game-winning jump shot by Keith Smart with five seconds remaining. Alford shot 7–10 from the three-point line, scored 23 points, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the end of the first half that put the Hoosiers ahead by one point to start the second half. For the 1984 Summer Olympics Alford, just 19 years old and a sophomore, was selected to play on the U.S. basketball team, coached by Bob Knight. Alford averaged 10.3 points per game, was second in", "title": "Steve Alford" }, { "docid": "42575", "text": "three-point arc from the basket in international games and in NBA games. A one-point shot can be earned when shooting from the foul line after a foul is made. Games are played in four quarters of 10 (FIBA) or 12 minutes (NBA). College men's games use two 20-minute halves, college women's games use 10-minute quarters, and most United States high school varsity games use 8 minute quarters, however, this varies from state to state. 15 minutes are allowed for a half-time break under FIBA, NBA, and NCAA rules and 10 minutes in United States high schools. Overtime periods are five", "title": "Basketball" }, { "docid": "2518664", "text": "flamboyant touchdown celebrations. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018. Owens was born to L.C. Russell and Marilyn Heard in Alexander City, Alabama. He grew up with three other siblings and was raised by his mother and grandmother. He enjoyed watching football, especially his favorite player, Jerry Rice. However, Owens’ grandmother initially forbade him from playing sports until high school. Owens attended Benjamin Russell High School, where he participated in football, baseball, track, and basketball. Owens did not start on his high school football team until his junior year, when one of his teammates missed", "title": "Terrell Owens" }, { "docid": "19199126", "text": "two games against Penn State and (#22/21) Indiana. Nonetheless, Robinson entered the February 6 Michigan–Michigan State men's basketball rivalry game against the #10-ranked 2015–16 Spartans as the Big Ten Conference leader in three-point shots made and three-point field goal percentage, but he was held to 0–3 three-point shooting in the game. The game marked the first time since the season opener, that Robinson did not make a single three point shot, ending a 22-game streak. On February 10, Michigan defeated Minnesota as Robinson posted a game- and season-high nine rebounds to go along with 14 points on 4-for-7 three-point shooting.", "title": "Duncan Robinson (basketball)" }, { "docid": "10005029", "text": "an example of Gothic architecture, with three floors and four towers. Charles F. Thomlinson was the Chair of the school board when High Point High School was built. He was the first person to have a vision for what High Point High School should be like. In 1926, T. Wingate Andrews (Superintendent of High Point City Schools) presided over the dedication of the building. In 1969, with the closing of High Point's William Penn High School a second high school in High Point (T. Wingate Andrews) ended High Point's era of School segregation. High Point High School was renamed \"High", "title": "High Point Central High School" }, { "docid": "9372889", "text": "get out. Eddie and a young kid point their weapons at each other and the kid shoots Eddie in the leg. Lund fires a shot at the kid and hits him in the shoulder. Jenn manages to patch up all the patients, including her husband. Charles reunites with Cassie and Lizzie, Tay and Johnny get freed. Lizzie and Johnny start a relationship. Lizzie visits Boa, her ex-kidnapper and baby-sits his niece who ends up going to Child Services. Lund's new teenage daughter, Sage, starts at Cassie's high school and the two strike up a friendship. Unfortunately, their friendship crumbles when", "title": "Lincoln Heights (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4315852", "text": "points in a 116–11 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. In 82 games (43 starts) in 2005–06, he averaged 11.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 31.3 minutes. He shot .430 from the field and .849 from the free-throw line and ranked fifth in the league in three-pointers made and 11th in three-point percentage. In his last full year in Philadelphia in 2006–07, Korver appeared in 74 games (one start), and averaged a career-high 14.4 points. He led the NBA in free throw percentage and ranked ninth in three-point shooting. On February 21, 2007, he made six 3-pointers and matched", "title": "Kyle Korver" }, { "docid": "11775832", "text": "the age of 9, Caulcrick moved to Findley Lake, New York with his mother and sister. Caulcrick learned the game of American football while attending high school at Clymer Central School, one of the smallest high schools in Western New York, and the smallest football playing school in New York state.. He wanted to play soccer, but they did not have a team so he went to football practice one day and was hooked from the start. He also participated in track & field, where he won Class title in the shot put. Caulcrick played for Coach Howard McMullen at", "title": "Jehuu Caulcrick" }, { "docid": "16610497", "text": "Russell High School (East Point, Georgia) Russell High School was a high school in East Point, Georgia, United States that opened in 1924. Industrialist and philanthropist John J. Eagan donated the land for the school, provided the school was named after his uncle, the late William A. Russell. After Eagan's father died, Russell gave financial and spiritual support to three-month-old John Eagan and his mother (Russell's sister). The school closed in 1988 when it was combined with Woodland High School (East Point), College Park High School (College Park) and Hapeville High School (Hapeville) to form Tri-Cities High School. At the", "title": "Russell High School (East Point, Georgia)" }, { "docid": "7587698", "text": "game against LSU, Law hit a jumper, giving the Aggies a 57–55 lead. The dream was dashed fifteen seconds later, however, when Darrell Mitchell made a three-point shot to win the game for LSU. Shortly after beginning play in the 2006–2007 season, the Aggies reached Number 6 in the rankings, the highest rank the school had ever achieved. The team had their best start since opening 16–2 in the 1959–1960 season, as well as their best conference opening since the inception of the Big 12. On February 1, 2007, Law was named one of the seventeen finalists for the Bob", "title": "Acie Law" }, { "docid": "2566662", "text": "of real estate southeast of downtown Indianapolis to establish a college in exchange for help selling 446 parcels of land around the donated acreage. Indiana Central University was chartered in 1902, but instruction did not start until September 26, 1905 when the first building, Good Hall, was completed. The school opened with three divisions and eight departments. The three divisions included the academy, which offered high school courses; the normal school, which provided a two-year program of teacher education; and the liberal arts college. The departments included the College of Liberal Arts, Teachers’ College, Conservatory of Music, School of Oratory,", "title": "University of Indianapolis" }, { "docid": "8064586", "text": "As of April 2018, he ranks fourth in NBA history in career three-point field goal percentage and holds four of the top five seasons in terms of total three-pointers made. He is also the fastest player in league history to make 2,000 career three-pointers, doing so in 227 fewer games than the previous record-holder. A clutch scorer, he often shoots at his best in high-pressure moments, and takes game-winning shots. Curry is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring basketball teams, ranging from high school to the NBA, to regularly employ the three-point shot as part of their", "title": "Stephen Curry" }, { "docid": "5520087", "text": "arc. In the NBA and FIBA standard, the arc spans the width of the court until it is a specified minimum distance from each sideline. The three-point line then becomes parallel to the sidelines from those points to the baseline. The unusual formation of the three-point line at these levels allows players some space from which to attempt a three-point shot at the corners of the court; the arc would be less than from each sideline at the corners if it was a continuous arc. In the NCAA and American high school standards, the arc spans 180° around the basket,", "title": "Three-point field goal" }, { "docid": "6851799", "text": "miles from his house. Initially, his mother did not want him to play football. It took both Harrison and his best friend from childhood, David Walker, to convince her. When he started to play, he excelled at both linebacker and running back. He attended two high schools his freshman year, Archbishop Hoban High School then Coventry High School, where, in addition to football, also participated in track & field, competing in events ranging from the shot put to the high jump. He had PR of 15.63 meters (51 ft 3in) in the shot put, 38.86 meters in the discus throw", "title": "James Harrison (American football)" }, { "docid": "18237864", "text": "Cyclone to start every game … averaged a career-best 12.3 points and 26.6 minutes per game … also averaged 5.3 rebounds and shot 45.1 percent from the field … connected at a 77.5 percent clip from the free-throw line … in five postseason games, averaged 19.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and shot 58.7 percent from the field … earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors after averaging 22 points in three games, which included a career-high 32 point outburst against Oklahoma in the semifinals … scored 20 points in losing effort against top-ranked Baylor in the finals … in seven career games", "title": "Anna Prins" }, { "docid": "2656536", "text": "his own. They worked together again in 2009, for the three-chapter one-shot \"Jiya\" in \"Weekly Young Jump\". Also in 2008, Katsura did a design illustration of the Batman costume for Bandai's \"Movie Realization\" action figure line, basing it on the costume used in the film \"The Dark Knight\". Masakazu Katsura Masakazu Katsura was born in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan. The turning point in his life was an illness for which he was bedridden, during which time he taught himself a different way to draw. Katsura entered the manga industry in his second or third year of high school,", "title": "Masakazu Katsura" }, { "docid": "7482057", "text": "to the Final Four. He scored a season-high 23 points and hit the game-winning three-point shot with 10.8 seconds left, in GMU's ESPN BracketBusters game against Wichita State on February 18, 2006, ultimately landing the Patriots in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 for the first time in school history. The Patriots posted a 23-7 record during the regular season, and while they did not win the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament title, they were awarded an at-large bid as an 11 seed. In GMU's run to the Final Four, Skinn scored eight points against defending champion North Carolina in the", "title": "Tony Skinn" }, { "docid": "19199125", "text": "the Big Ten Conference schedule. On January 12, with leading scorer Caris LeVert sidelined, Michigan defeated (#3/#3) Maryland 70–67 as Robinson contributed 17 points on 5–9 three-point shooting. On January 23, Michigan defeated Nebraska 81–68, behind a game-high and season-high 21 points by Robinson. With the Cornhusker defense challenging his three-point shot, he scored more points inside the three-point line than outside it for the first time as a Wolverine. The January 27 game against Rutgers marked the 17th consecutive game in which Robinson made at least two three-point shots. Robinson made only one three-point shot in each the subsequent", "title": "Duncan Robinson (basketball)" }, { "docid": "2618927", "text": "was English, two warning shots were fired over her bow and a third shot into her forefoot (The part of a ship at which the prow joins the keel) instead of the customary single warning shot. All three shots were fired within three minutes of her being in range of \"Oneida\"s guns. When \"Florida\" did not stop, Preble ordered the fourth shot be sent into the enemy ship. This shot missed, at which time \"Florida\" lowered her false ensign, and made directly for Fort Morgan. It was not until this point that Preble could be sure that the ship was", "title": "George Henry Preble" }, { "docid": "14024893", "text": "2 high school record, when he was surpassed by Lake George senior Joel Wincowski. Fredette was named first-team all-state by the New York State Sportswriters Association and the \"Times Union\" as a junior and senior. He had several memorable on-court moments in his career at Glens Falls, including 12 different 40-point performances in his senior season, and a shot against Voorheesville High School's Andrew Catellier in the season opener of his junior year in which he banked a three-pointer off the glass and in with his opposite hand to force overtime at the end of regulation. In his senior season", "title": "Jimmer Fredette" }, { "docid": "8267687", "text": "of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Later that year, he moved to the United States to attend high school at Miami Christian School in Miami, Florida. As a senior in 2001–02, he averaged 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in helping his team to the state title and a 38–2 record. He made a name for himself nationally at the City of Palms event in December 2001 when he was the team's leading scorer at the event and showcased an accurate shot from three-point range. In April 2002, he enrolled at Northeastern University. After enrolling at Northeastern,", "title": "J. J. Barea" }, { "docid": "19053944", "text": "win over the Townsville Crocodiles. On November 5, he scored a then season-high 23 points, all of which were scored in the first half, helping United defeat the Sydney Kings 105–94. Three days later, he helped United claim a 9–0 start to the season in a win over the New Zealand Breakers. He scored 21 points and made a game-winning foul shot to snatch an 87–86 victory. On January 29, 2016, he scored a season-high 33 points on 11-of-21 from the field and 7-of-11 from three-point range in a 91–85 overtime win over the Perth Wildcats. Holt helped United win", "title": "Stephen Holt (basketball)" }, { "docid": "6385251", "text": "he did not accept the role because he was pleased that Cheran got the opportunity to become an actor and delivered a great performance. Cheran said that the film was partly autobiographical. Four different cinematographers worked on the film; Ravi Varman had shot the school episode in Senthil’s early life with a 35 mm lens, Vijay Milton shot the Kerala scenes, Dwaraknath shot the Chennai episode with a steady cam and Shanky Mahendran shot the \"'live' part\" of the film when the camera uses the point of view of Senthil's character. The film has won the following awards since its", "title": "Autograph (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "7260372", "text": "High School, graduated at the age of 16, and then enrolled in Fontbonne College, receiving a degree in fine arts in 1983. Her interest in photography did not start until college, when she inherited her father's Leica camera after he died, at which point she took her first ever photography class. In 1981 she worked for St. Louis Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl, and in 1982 she became an intern for Rick Gould, a local fashion photographer. She cites Richard Avedon as one of her major influences and respects the work of Annie Leibovitz. The \"St. Louis Post Dispatch\" in 1995", "title": "Suzy Gorman" }, { "docid": "19737164", "text": "2017, he scored eight points in a 130–112 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Two days later, he had another eight-point effort in a 123–103 win over the Charlotte Hornets. On March 11, 2017, in a 100–98 win over the Dallas Mavericks, Jones, who made his first start, extended his streak of field goals made to 10 in a row with a first-quarter jump shot. He missed a layup in the third quarter to end the streak. He also missed his first NBA three-point attempt during the game. He finished the game with two points, a season-high seven rebounds, and one", "title": "Derrick Jones Jr." }, { "docid": "680243", "text": "WNBA season: The 2007 WNBA season brought changes that included: In 2012, the WNBA added the block/charge arc under the basket. As of 2013 the defensive three-second rule and anti-flopping guidelines were introduced. The three-point line was also extended. Since 2017, Tissot is the official timekeeper for the league, as it uses a unified game clock/shot clock system. The WNBA did not start out able to support itself. During the mid-2000s, the NBA spent more than $10 million per year to keep the WNBA financially solvent. In 2007, teams were estimated to be losing $1.5 million to $2 million a", "title": "Women's National Basketball Association" }, { "docid": "4424909", "text": "the church accepted an offer from the citizens of High Point to contribute of land and $100,000 to the project, placing the new school in the city of High Point. The campus was designed by R. E. Mitchell of Washington, D.C., assisted by Herbert Hunter of High Point, in the English Renaissance style. The school was founded in 1924 as High Point College, a joint venture between the Methodist Protestant Church and the citizens of High Point, and officially opened its doors on September 14, 1924. When the college opened, the campus consisted of three buildings, attended by nine faculty", "title": "High Point University" }, { "docid": "770293", "text": "the rare days when it didn't rain, to match those shot on days when it did. It began snowing near the end of shooting, when the church fire and the standoff were the only scenes left. Beatty did not want to start shooting in the snow, as it was in a sense dangerous (expensive) to do so: to preserve continuity, the rest of the film would have to be shot in snow. Altman countered that since those were the only scenes left to film, it was best to start since there was nothing else to do. The \"standoff\" scene—which is", "title": "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" }, { "docid": "4155684", "text": "instituted the three-point field goal. Amaker led Duke in three point shooting that year. He hit a three-point shot with 1:39 remaining in overtime against 17–0 (4–0 ACC) Horace Grant-led Clemson to give Duke the lead for good. A few weeks later, with the score tied in regulation at 60 against and on a two-on-one fast break with 16 seconds left, Amaker took a jump shot. Krzyzewski said Duke lost the game because it did not play as smart as its opponent and Markus described this example in his column. In Amaker's final home game, he made a jump shot", "title": "Tommy Amaker" }, { "docid": "700571", "text": "no one was injured. Klebold then removed his trench coat. He shouted: \"Everyone with a white cap, stand up!\" When no one stood up in response, he said, \"Fine, I'll start shooting anyway!\" and fired his shotgun at a nearby table, injuring three students: Patrick Ireland, Daniel Steepleton, and Makai Hall. Harris walked toward the lower row of computer desks with his shotgun, firing a single shot under the first desk from a short distance away, while down on one knee. He hit 14-year-old Steven Curnow with a mortal wound to the neck. He then walked closer, got on one", "title": "Columbine High School massacre" }, { "docid": "3053905", "text": "600 to 800 points. Because of the elimination of the open 100 point round and the difficulty of the Dirty Half Dozen questions, teams rarely broke 1000 points. Only three teams did so: St. George's School scored 1,250 points in their first round game, Saint John High School scored 1,120 points in their third round game and Saint Malachy's Memorial High School scored 1,060 points in their second round game. The third season format saw an end to the Dawg Eat Dawg round and further importance for the Lightning Round. The rounds became the 20 point round, the 50 point", "title": "SmartAsk" }, { "docid": "13150004", "text": "season as a reserve, but when Marcus Smart and Rajon Rondo endured concurrent injuries, Turner scored a team-high 19 points in a starting role in a win against the Chicago Bulls. On December 8, 2014, against the Washington Wizards, Turner forced overtime by sinking a three-point shot with 0.9 seconds left in regulation, but missed a jump shot with 0.9 seconds remaining in the second overtime which would have given the Celtics the lead. When he was inserted into the starting lineup at point guard on December 31, 2014, against the Sacramento Kings, he posted a double double with 11", "title": "Evan Turner" }, { "docid": "17672870", "text": "season and started all 34 games, averaging 24 minutes, 7.6 points, and 4.5 rebounds per game. He shot 95-for-248 (38.3%) from the field, but only 10-for-55 (18.2%) from three-point range and only 3-for-19 (15.8%) in three-pointers during Big East games. His scoring improved as the season wore on, however, and he finished fourth in scoring on the team. Freshman guard Ashanti Cook, a high-school teammate of Bowmans, was another newcomer to the team. He was averaging 8.2 points per game and showing great promise when he suffered an ankle injury in the game against top-ranked Duke on January 8, 2003.", "title": "2002–03 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "14990098", "text": "Cesar Catli, RJ Rizada and Rhagnee Singco scoring baskets to increase FEU's lead 39–26. Ateneo cut the lead 46–39 near the end of the third quarter thanks to Larry Fonacier's free-throws. However, Jeffrei Chan scored on a three-point shot to increase FEU's lead to ten to end the quarter. At the start of the fourth quarter, FEU led for good, 56–39, after a Gerald Jones shot. The Eagles threatened anew late in the fourth, but Dennis Miranda converted a three-point shot with 2:31 left to put the Eagles away, 63–50. FEU won their first UAAP men's basketball championship since 1997.", "title": "UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament" }, { "docid": "5548128", "text": "industry, so did the roll of the school, and in 1929 a new school was built in Princes Avenue by John Laing and Co. at a cost of cost £43,638. When the United Kingdom Government passed the Butler Education Act in 1944 a Tripartite System was established dividing secondary schools into three categories, grammar schools, technical schools and secondary modern schools. The grammar school was deemed the place of education for the academically gifted (as determined by the 11-plus) and Kingsbury County School was selected to become the grammar school at which point the school changed its name to Kingsbury", "title": "Kingsbury High School" }, { "docid": "10538763", "text": "comes from the founders and is reflected in the people chosen for the house names (the school did not start with six forms of entry upon opening – throughout the 60's and into the 70's, it had a four form entry). Sporting successes in the past have included successive English Schools Senior Netball Championships – 1970 and 1971; a British Athletics International, Mark Naylor, who held the British National Record in the high jump and competed in the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympic Games, a British Youth Shot Putt champion [1970], trained by 'Pete' Ferguson, who also taught Latin and", "title": "Vyners School" }, { "docid": "8591327", "text": "Start into DeVilbiss had failed. Start's main and long-standing rivals is Washington Local Schools’ Whitmer Panthers, located just over two miles away on Clegg Drive. The \"Battle of Tremainsville\" was a non-conference matchup from Start's inception in the early 1960s until Whitmer joined the City League in 2003. Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, it reverted to a non-league matchup when Whitmer joined the new Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Roy C. Start has a large number of clubs. Some of those clubs are: (years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title) Start High School (Toledo, Ohio) Roy C.", "title": "Start High School (Toledo, Ohio)" }, { "docid": "5617446", "text": "say it was the high point of my career, simply because we didn't win. The Second Test began with three days of rain and Matthews did not bat or bowl. The Third Test was a draw, Matthews taking 4/158 to dismiss Gavaskar, Srikkanth, Amarnath and Mohammad Azharuddin in India's only innings. He took 14 wickets (29.07) and made 91 runs (45.50) in the series, his most successful with the ball. \"When, at the start of the following season, Australia found themselves in trouble against England in the Brisbane Test, there was an extraordinary display of faith in his ability: up", "title": "Greg Matthews" }, { "docid": "7340035", "text": "the cafeteria. David Turner, a former student at nearby Coleman High School, shot his ex-girlfriend Jessica Forsyth four times with a .44 caliber handgun (which belonged to Turner's mother) before committing suicide. Forsyth was hit three times in the chest, and once in the arm, but the injuries were not fatal. Turner had been ordered to leave the school premises before the incident, but returned later when Forsyth agreed to meet him.<ref name=\"20/20\">A Michigan Teen Gets a Lucky Shot at Life, ABC News 20/20, June 14, 2007</ref> Turner and Forsyth both attended an alternative high school in the area until", "title": "Herbert Henry Dow High School" }, { "docid": "16930093", "text": "massé shots on moving balls, and executing very high jumps. He has set a record for highest jump shot on a moving ball, at 34 inches (86 centimeters). Kohler assisted in the development of the Mezz massé cue, which is specially designed to execute trick shots. Kohler has stated that he is a black belt in judo. Florian Kohler Florian \"Venom\" Kohler (born July 10, 1988) is a pool trick shot player, particularly known for his massé shots. Growing up in eastern France, Kohler did not start playing pool until the age of 18, when he received a 6-foot pool", "title": "Florian Kohler" }, { "docid": "15595128", "text": "three point shooting, and Moore improved his percentages from 12.5 percent as a sophomore to 38.3 percent as a junior. His averages increased as well, to 15.2 points per game, a team high, and 4.2 rebounds per game, while also being the only Temple player to start all 34 games. On December 9, 2010, Moore scored a season-high 30 points in a 68–65 upset of Georgetown. He shot 12-for-18 in the game, which was coach Fran Dunphy's 400th career victory. During the season, Moore scored in double-digits in 15 straight games. Moore led Temple to a 26–8 record and a", "title": "Ramone Moore" }, { "docid": "5190158", "text": "Eastern Conference first-round series against the Washington Wizards. In his first minute of the game action, in overtime, he hit the game-winning shot to clinch the series four games to two, and sent the Cavs into the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1993. In 60 games played during the 2006–2007 regular season, Jones averaged 6.6 points and 1.6 assists per game. He shot 38.5% from three-point range. On November 13, 2006, he had a season-high 29 points on a season-high 7 three-point field goals. Jones was selected to participate in the Three-Point Shootout during", "title": "Damon Jones" }, { "docid": "19797116", "text": "the game, leading by as much as 26 points in the second quarter. San Miguel started their own run at the start of the third quarter. During the scoring run, Marcio Lassiter was given a technical foul and eventually ejected after taunting Sol Mercado upon making a three-point shot. Lassiter was earlier called for a flagrant foul on Kevin Ferrer in the first half. Nevertheless, San Miguel was able to pull back out and decrease the lead to three points, 85–82, going into the fourth quarter. The Beermen were able to tie the game via a three-point shot from Arwind", "title": "2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup Finals" }, { "docid": "274538", "text": "season, Jordan improved to a career-high 50% in the season. The three-point shot became more of a focus of his game from 1994–95 to 1996–97, when the NBA shortened its three-point line to (from ). His three-point field-goal percentages ranged from 35% to 43% in seasons in which he attempted at least 230 three-pointers between 1989–90 and 1996–97. For a guard, Jordan was also a good rebounder (6.2 per game). In 1988, Jordan was honored with the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award and became the first NBA player to win both the Defensive Player of the Year and", "title": "Michael Jordan" }, { "docid": "16779476", "text": "in New Jersey in North Bergen before moving to Fairview while in high school. He started playing basketball the day he started walking, which was three days before his first birthday. He attended his first basketball camp at age three. Anderson's father, a longtime high school basketball coach in New Jersey, groomed him to be a point guard. Although Anderson was tall, his father did not want him to be \"pigeonholed\" as a post player. He had his son play with older players on Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) teams; usually the smallest player on the court, Anderson developed point guard", "title": "Kyle Anderson (basketball)" }, { "docid": "10559781", "text": "High School Big Shot High School Big Shot is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman as Marv Grant, a smart high school student whose plans for getting a college scholarship are threatened by his alcoholic father played by Malcolm Atterbury, and his relationship with the most popular girl in school. The plot is remarkably similar to that of Stanley Kubrick's \"The Killing\", released only three years previous. Filmed in 1958 under the title \"Blood Money\", it was released by executive producer Roger Corman as a double feature with \"T-Bird Gang\" in his first Filmgroup release. \"High School Big Shot\" was", "title": "High School Big Shot" }, { "docid": "10559774", "text": "High School Big Shot High School Big Shot is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman as Marv Grant, a smart high school student whose plans for getting a college scholarship are threatened by his alcoholic father played by Malcolm Atterbury, and his relationship with the most popular girl in school. The plot is remarkably similar to that of Stanley Kubrick's \"The Killing\", released only three years previous. Filmed in 1958 under the title \"Blood Money\", it was released by executive producer Roger Corman as a double feature with \"T-Bird Gang\" in his first Filmgroup release. \"High School Big Shot\" was", "title": "High School Big Shot" }, { "docid": "9726563", "text": "7th and 8th graders; the Langley Park 7th and 8th graders truancy rate was the same as the district average. Scott, et. al stated that a possible reason was that start time of High Point was the same as that of Buck Lodge Middle School even though the high school's distance from Langley Park was longer than that of the middle school. High Point High has an American football team. In 2013 Chelsea Janes of the \"Washington Post\" stated it had been \"a long time since\" the team had performed strongly, but that it was regaining its power. High Point", "title": "High Point High School" }, { "docid": "6940230", "text": "was built in 1964. Several additions have been made since then, including: , the school has 70 classrooms. On December 13, 2013, a shooting occurred at the school. The gunman, an 18-year-old student, entered the school armed with a shotgun, a machete, three Molotov cocktails, and 125 rounds of ammunition. He requested to see the school librarian, who was also the coach of the school debate team. The shooter's demotion on the team was a contributing motive to the shooting. One student was shot in the head and died eight days later. The shooter attempted to start a fire with", "title": "Arapahoe High School (Colorado)" }, { "docid": "17448540", "text": "the plan was still not implemented in 1966. In 1956, 13 African-American students were integrated into Austin's “White” high schools; integration did not occur at the junior high level until 1958 when the first African-American student was integrated into the “White” Allan Junior High School, near Johnston High School. The first integration of faculty in Austin did not occur until 1964 when world history teacher William Akins (after whom Akins High School in the Austin Independent School District is named) was the first African-American teacher to be integrated at Johnston High School. Akins was one of three teachers to be", "title": "Albert Sidney Johnston High School" }, { "docid": "12004782", "text": "Rodallega opened the scoring for Wigan in the 28th minute when he hit a shot past Edwin van der Sar at the near post. By half time, United had not managed a single shot on target, despite heavily dominating the possession. Carlos Tevez was brought on for Anderson early in the second half and did not disappoint, scoring a goal with a back-heeled deflected shot from Michael Carrick just three minutes after coming on. Not satisfied with a draw, United continued to press and Carrick's late shot through traffic put the Red Devils within one point of sealing the Premier", "title": "2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season" }, { "docid": "19366709", "text": "and Trey Burke did so for the 2012–13 National Runner-up Wolverines on January 6, 2013. Michigan defeat Texas 59–52 on December 12, but Wagner injured his ankle with 7 minutes and 32 seconds remaining. After missing two games, Wagner returned to the lineup on December 30 when Michigan defeated Jacksonville. On January 13, 2018, Wagner scored a career-high 27 points as Michigan defeated the fourth-ranked Michigan State Spartans 82–72 in East Lansing; Wagner shot 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-4 from three-point range and 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. Following the 2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season, Wagner", "title": "Moritz Wagner (basketball)" }, { "docid": "11877125", "text": "shot 37.3% from the three-point line. Approaching his senior season, he declared himself eligible for the 2008 NBA Draft, but did not sign with an agent so that he had the option to return to school, which he decided to do on June 16. He went on to average 13.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.7 turnovers, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 27.4 minutes per game. He again improved his shooting percentages, averaging 47.1% and 41.8% from the field and three-point line respectively. In his senior year, Green was selected to be a member of the ACC's All-Defensive Team.", "title": "Danny Green (basketball)" }, { "docid": "17695107", "text": "three-point range, and 19 percent in three-point shots during Big East play; this year he shot 48 percent from the field and 36.6 percent in three-pointers, with impressive results. In the second game of the year against Temple in the Preseason NIT, he shot 50 percent from the field, scored 24 points, and had a career-high 10 rebounds. In the tournaments third game four days later, he scored 23 points against 25th-ranked Georgia Tech, and two days after that he completed the tournament with a career-high 40-point game against 19th-ranked Arizona. In an early Big East game against Rutgers, he", "title": "1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "15670587", "text": "highest defeat of the season when they were defeated 4–1 in the seventh round. In front of 8,000 spectators Maribor pressed from the start and Velikonja scored in the sixth minute. The score did not change until early in the second half when Cvijanović increased Maribor's lead, with a superb long distance effort. During the rest of the match, which was at one point suspended for about ten minutes due to crowd trouble, Olimpija tried to make a comeback and in the 88th minute they lowered the score with a penalty shot by Dare Vršič. However, this was not enough", "title": "2011–12 NK Maribor season" }, { "docid": "2949572", "text": "the four corners has always been a strategy of high school and college basketball.) There was a perception that the NBA shot clock did not allow time to work the ball to get a good shot, and that it would reduce the opportunity for varied styles of play. The offense was created by head coach (Neal Baisi of WV Tech fame in the mid-1950s) John McClendon, and popularized (at the Div.1 level) by longtime University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill head coach Dean Smith in the early 1960s. He used it to great effect under point guard Phil Ford;", "title": "Four corners offense" }, { "docid": "19195227", "text": "at the same time but in fourth grade. Phil Jackson Jr. ended up going to Northwest Missouri State, winning three Division II national championships. According to his father, Jackson dominated on the field in his youth. Jackson attended Glenbard North High School, where he played alongside his brother during sophomore year. Jackson did well in school, and in sports. He was a three-sport high school athlete with a nearly 5.0 grade point average. Jackson played football, basketball, and track in high school. Jackson holds the Glenbard North record for career rushing yards and ranks sixth all-time in IHSA history for", "title": "Justin Jackson (American football)" }, { "docid": "3957725", "text": "There are many situations when free throws can be awarded. The first and most common is when a player is fouled while in the act of shooting. If the player misses the shot during the foul, the player receives either two or three free throws depending on whether the shot was taken in front of or behind the three-point line. If, despite the foul, the player still makes the attempted shot, the number of free throws is reduced to one, and the basket counts. This is known as a three-point or four-point play, depending on the value of the made", "title": "Free throw" }, { "docid": "9470198", "text": "the high school might have to close due to financial difficulties. However, the high school did not close and in September the enrollment was 260, with 57 high school students. Another teacher was needed, and Father Vernon Bordelon, the assistant pastor, volunteered to teach three periods every day. Father also sponsored and supervised the hot lunch program, conducted the physical education classes for the boys, and directed the Junior Boys' Choir which he had organized at the start of the school year. In 1943 a new pastor, Reverend Alfred Fortin, came to Plaucheville. He began the construction of a new", "title": "St. Joseph School (Plaucheville, Louisiana)" }, { "docid": "16929412", "text": "On January 8, 2014, he appeared in his first high-school basketball game since the 2011 crash and sank his first three-point shot. Chatman led Columbia Christian to the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Class 1A championship over Horizon Christian Schools on March 8, 2014. On March 10, he was one of 26 players selected for the April 18, 2014 Jordan Brand Classic. The earliest preseason predictions were made the day after the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, before final decisions by college players about declaring for the 2013 NBA Draft and before many high-school players signed a National", "title": "2013–14 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team" }, { "docid": "5280499", "text": "He attended East Detroit High School where he was an all-state player in football, basketball and track in high school. He competed in the shot put and long jump in track. In December 1952, Kramer was named as an end on the United Press All-Michigan football team. Kramer enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1953. He was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball, and track) and led both the football and basketball teams in scoring for two years. Altogether, Kramer won a total of nine varsity letters in his three sports — the maximum number possible, as freshmen did not", "title": "Ron Kramer" }, { "docid": "3185130", "text": "(NCAA) moved back one foot to 20.75 feet at the start of the 2011–2012 season. The international distance, used in most countries outside the United States and in FIBA and WNBA competition, is currently 6.6 m (21.65 ft) to 6.75 m (22.15 ft). The perimeter is defined as the areas outside the free throw lane and inside the three-point line. Shots converted (successfully made) from this area are called \"perimeter shots\" or \"medium-range shots.\" If a player's foot is on the three-point line, the shot is considered a perimeter shot. The low post is defined as the areas that are", "title": "Basketball court" }, { "docid": "15577544", "text": "Ricardo Brown missing a hurried three-point attempt at the buzzer. April 12: David Thirdkill scored 61 points as Tanduay needed two overtimes to prevail over Ginebra San Miguel, 129-124, in the first meeting of the season between the two arch rivals. April 21: At the start of the second round of eliminations, Tanduay repeated over Great Taste, 121-120, on Willie Generalao's off-balanced desperation shot at the buzzer. June 2: David Thirdkill scored his personal-best and conference-high 72 points to power the Rhum Makers past Great Taste, 136-124, for their second win in three games into the semifinals of the Open", "title": "1987 Tanduay Rhum Makers season" }, { "docid": "16523723", "text": "at Canton High, was shot in the chest by the disgruntled parent of one of the players he coached. According to police reports, Jeffery Doyle Robertson, the father of a player who had often complained to coaches and administrators regarding the way his son was treated, walked into the Canton Fieldhouse and shot Coach Kinne at point blank range. Robertson then fled in his pickup truck and headed east towards Tyler, Texas. Kinne, Sr. was on the phone with another coach who was at another school when he was shot. Kinne, Jr. was taken by police into protective custody, and", "title": "G. J. Kinne" }, { "docid": "5592538", "text": "shooting. According to Chester Yu, Ng had instructed Tam to fire a shot in the ceiling first so that \"when the people panic and get down on the floor, we will decide who to shoot.\" Instead, without warning, the three randomly opened fire on the patrons inside the crowded restaurant, killing five people, including two tourists, and wounding 11 others, none of whom was a gang member. In Tam's confession, he stated he had been forced to join the shooting and deliberately did not target any patrons; he \"heard Melvin start shooting, then Peter. I fired my first shot at", "title": "Golden Dragon massacre" }, { "docid": "11855711", "text": "As a result of the 2010 KISD closure, students at Powell Point were rezoned to Beasley and Wessendorf. LCISD, for a two-year period, will operate its Head Start program at Powell Point. Powell Point, Texas Powell Point is an Unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The area is named after Elizabeth Powell, who received the original land grant there from the Mexican Government in 1831. Powell Point is served by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD). Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in Beasley, Wessendorff Middle School, Lamar Junior High School, and Lamar Consolidated High", "title": "Powell Point, Texas" }, { "docid": "18070837", "text": "Jenks High School, Ott was a three-year letter winner in football, basketball and track and field. During his high school career, he was a three-year captain in football, and a senior captain in basketball and track and field. He threw shot put and discus in track and field, and ended his career with personal records of 50 feet 2 inches in shot put and 148 feet 9 inches in discus. He would play in three football state championships, winning one in 2007 defeating Tulsa Union High School 42-24. He played tight end and long snapper for Jenks High School, and", "title": "Tyler Ott" }, { "docid": "12219700", "text": "33.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, and also shot 69% from the field and 82% from the free throw line. In his final high school game, the '08 Class 3A final against Fort Wayne Harding, he scored 47 points, which broke a record for scoring by a player in an Indiana boys' state championship game that had stood since 1970. He was not only a basketball superstar, but also played on Washington High's tennis team for three years, and finished his high school career with a 3.99 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, good for third in his", "title": "Tyler Zeller" }, { "docid": "11777799", "text": "NFL in total defense, although it allowed only two fewer points in 1994 than they had in 1993. An anemic offense, one which saw three quarterbacks start at least one game, held the team back. Arizona scored 89 points fewer in 1994 than it did in 1993, and it finished with a minus-32 point differential after finishing at plus-57 in 1993. Arizona lost its first two games by a combined five points, then were shut out 32–0 by the Cleveland Browns. The Cardinals recovered to enter the final week of the season with a shot at the playoffs, but those", "title": "1994 Arizona Cardinals season" }, { "docid": "14105087", "text": "small comeback to tie the game. The fourth quarter was all about offense again with Leandro Barbosa and Hernán Jasen hitting threes after each other. In the end, Luis Scola made the difference with his stellar performance of 37 points and 9 rebounds. The 37 points tied Kirk Penney's tournament high in points. Marcelo Huertas gave the Brazilian team a lift by scoring 34 points. Barbosa added 20 points of his own, as did Carlos Delfino of Argentina. In the shootout, Argentina shot 57.9% from the field, including 61.1% (11/18) from three-point range, while Brazil shot 53.7% and hit half", "title": "2010 FIBA World Championship knockout stage" }, { "docid": "6593657", "text": "where the current Memorial Hall now stands on 8th and Joplin Ave. In 1888, three years later, diplomas were awarded for the first graduating class. Soon thereafter, as the population of Joplin grew around the start of the 20th century, so did the number of students graduating annually. In 1911 the students built a biplane and on October 11, 1911 Harold Robinson piloted the plane and it crashed killing a bystander, James Kinney. In the early of days of public secondary education, not everyone attended high school. However, with the comprehensive high school movement and expanded curriculum offerings in the", "title": "Joplin High School" }, { "docid": "4314092", "text": "and his children Austin, Hunter, Jordan, and Noah. Allen played high school football at Point Loma High School under legendary coach Bennie Edens. He famously put Mike Costa's NFL dreams to rest, with a shot to the ribs. Allen played college football at Arizona State University. Allen was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft. Allen played seven seasons for the Eagles, three seasons for the New Orleans Saints, and four seasons for the Oakland Raiders. While with the Eagles he was a very popular player with the \"Gang Green\" Defense, playing with", "title": "Eric Allen" }, { "docid": "5563510", "text": "Kendal had already had a number of races by this point and Ormonde was nowhere near fully fit. By this point he stood 16 hands high and had a very muscular neck and strong back. Porter also noted that when extended, Ormonde had a very long stride. The Duke rode him in a couple of canters and remarked \"\"I felt every moment that I was going to be shot over his head, his propelling power is so terrific.\"\" As a two-year-old, Ormonde did not race until October when he won the Post Sweepstakes race at Newmarket. He started at 5/4", "title": "Ormonde (horse)" }, { "docid": "17522639", "text": "Wanda Guyton Wanda Marie Guyton (born October 14, 1965 in Tampa, Florida) is a women's professional basketball coach and former professional women's basketball player. She is currently a women's professional basketball coach in Wasserburg, Germany. Guyton played at Hillsborough High School (Tampa, Florida) (1981–1984) where she led the lady Terriers in scoring as their center, in her three seasons at HHS. She was the first female basketball player to break the 1,000 point scoring threshold, in becoming Hillsborough County's girls all-time leading scorer in her senior year, without the benefit of the three point shot. All while leading the lady", "title": "Wanda Guyton" }, { "docid": "12486429", "text": "Memorial near Liège, Belgium. William Harrell Nellis William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944) was a United States fighter pilot who flew 70 World War II combat missions. He was shot down three times, the last time fatally. On April 30, 1950, the Las Vegas Air Force Base in Nevada was renamed Nellis Air Force Base in his honor. Soon after his birth in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Nellis and his parents Cecil and Marguerite, moved to Searchlight, Nevada and, when he was 13, to Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School. He did", "title": "William Harrell Nellis" }, { "docid": "12486427", "text": "William Harrell Nellis William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944) was a United States fighter pilot who flew 70 World War II combat missions. He was shot down three times, the last time fatally. On April 30, 1950, the Las Vegas Air Force Base in Nevada was renamed Nellis Air Force Base in his honor. Soon after his birth in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Nellis and his parents Cecil and Marguerite, moved to Searchlight, Nevada and, when he was 13, to Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School. He did not go to college,", "title": "William Harrell Nellis" }, { "docid": "4853037", "text": "at their local community college. One of the main differences between Running Start and a regular dual enrollment program is the cost. The Running Start program makes tuition rates lower for high school students. Since FAFSA does not allow high school students to receive student aid, Running Start removes some of the barriers high school students face in taking college courses. Parents of students who are enrolled in a dual enrollment program may qualify for a tuition and fees tax deduction for up to $4,000 per year. From a financial stand point, in the United States some aspects grant funding", "title": "Dual enrollment" }, { "docid": "6185684", "text": "One-half to three-fourths of the ceiling tile were drenched with water and at one point there was as much as two inches of water on the first floor hallway. The media center along with new Macintosh computers was damaged; the first floor server room, a special education room and the third floor chemistry lab also received extensive damage. Repairs are currently taking place and despite the damages, school will start as normally scheduled. Throughout the 2015-2016 school year, a few modifications were taken place throughout the high school and the athletic fields. On September 11, 2015, the Aitkin football field", "title": "Aitkin High School" }, { "docid": "5190159", "text": "the 2007 All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones finished in fifth place. In the 2007 NBA Playoffs, Jones played in 11 games, averaged 2.4 points and hit 31.8% of his three-pointers. He had a playoff high 9 points on three three-point field goals in a game one NBA Final loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Jones played in 68 regular season games (three starts) for the Cavaliers. He averaged 6.4 points and 1.9 assists and shot 41.7% from three-point range. Jones had a season-high 27 points on a season-high seven three-point field goals in a February 22, 2008 short-handed", "title": "Damon Jones" }, { "docid": "15069450", "text": "at 2,154. Despite playing before the introduction of the three-point shot, he is still Loyola's all-time leader in points scored. He also holds the school records for career field goals (796) and career free throws made (613). During his four years in college, he shot 79.8% from the free throw line. Lacy was inducted into the Loyola College Hall of Fame. After college, he was drafted by the Washington Capitols of the Basketball Association of America. However, professional basketball did not interest him, and he never played in the NBA. He stood at 6'2\" and weighed 185 lbs. He later", "title": "Jim Lacy" }, { "docid": "7660065", "text": "the school gained national recognition when student Blake Hoffarber hit a game-tying two-point shot, just after tripping and falling to the floor, at the end of overtime during the state championship game. For that shot, he was awarded an ESPY Play of the Year Award and an appearance on The Today Show as well as guest-appearance invitations to the Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. The 2009 Royals Basketball team won the Class 4A state title that year with a record of 31-0. The team boasted four Division I signees: Royce White (Iowa State), Trent Lockett (Arizona", "title": "Hopkins High School" }, { "docid": "12232373", "text": "this school. Carver School was founded in 1936 as an African American school for all grade levels. In 1963 Carver became an integrated school serving grade levels 7-12. Carver School became Carver High School a few years later in 1971, changing to only grades 9 and 10. As of 1984 when changes were made, Carver High School has been a traditional high school serving grades 9-12. At the school on August 30, 2013, at 2:30 PM, a 15-year-old student was shot three times in the neck and shoulder. The student was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. An 18-year-old student was arrested", "title": "Carver High School (North Carolina)" }, { "docid": "19069411", "text": "[Br.] James Hayes and I when we arrived to start a high school in January 1951. The school year began in January. The nuns at the mission were German Dominicans [of] Oakford, and there were several Dominican Sisters’ communities in the area.The parish priest at St. Boniface was Fr. Hartjes, O.M.I. And, of course, an old Irish Brother of ours, Br. Paul Dundon, C.F.C., taught in the St. Boniface grade school. Probably, Paul was the original contact who helped the Brothers get there. At this point Paul was the grade school principal and made continuous efforts to get blankets and", "title": "St. Boniface High School (Kimberley, South Africa)" } ]

[ "the Duke of Wellington" ]

[ { "docid": "40868", "text": "Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, also called the Battle of Mount St. John, was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Upon Napoleon's return to power in March", "title": "Battle of Waterloo" }, { "docid": "18752981", "text": "Waterloo Campaign: Peace negotiations After the defeat of the French Army of the North at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) and the subsequent abdication of Napoleon as Emperor of the French, the French Provisional Government repeatedly sent peace emissaries to British commander, the Duke of Wellington, who commanded the Anglo-allied army marching on Paris and others to Prince Blücher who commanded the Prussian army, which was also marching on Paris. The position of the Provisional Government was that now that Napoleon had abdicated (June 22) and two days later that his son was not recognised by the Provisional", "title": "Waterloo Campaign: Peace negotiations" }, { "docid": "10888741", "text": "with the left wing of the French \"L'Armée du Nord\" from taking the cross roads before the Duke of Wellington and substantial allied forces arrived to reinforce the 2nd Division and fight the Battle of Quatre Bras. The successful holding action by the two brigades of the Dutch 2nd Division was one of the most important actions by any of the coalition brigades in the whole of the Waterloo Campaign. At the Battle of Waterloo Prince Bernhard commanded the allied forces holding the farms of \"Papelotte\", \"Frischermont\" and \"La Haie\" on the extreme left of the Duke of Wellington's line", "title": "Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862)" }, { "docid": "4018480", "text": "Waterloo Campaign The Waterloo Campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army was commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Command then rested on Marshals Soult and Grouchy, who were in turn replaced by Marshal Davout, who took command at the request of the French Provisional Government. The Anglo-allied army was commanded by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army by Prince Blücher. The", "title": "Waterloo Campaign" }, { "docid": "1701820", "text": "friendly revolution in French-speaking Brussels. The Waterloo Campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies: an Anglo-Allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army was commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Command then rested on Marshals Soult and Grouchy, who were in turn replaced by Marshal Davout, who took command at the request of the French Provisional Government. The Anglo-Allied army was commanded by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army by", "title": "Hundred Days" }, { "docid": "10843817", "text": "Battle of Issy The Battle of Issy was fought on 2 and 3 July 1815 in and around the village of Issy, a short distance south west of Paris. The result was a victory for Prussian General von Zieten over a French army commanded by General Dominique Vandamme. After French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the armies of the Duke of Wellington, Field Marshal von Blücher, and other Seventh Coalition forces, advanced upon Paris. Wellington and von Blücher continued their operations up to the gates of Paris and, on 30 June, had recourse to a movement which proved decisive", "title": "Battle of Issy" }, { "docid": "15457665", "text": "Waterloo Chamber The Waterloo Chamber, dating from 1830–31, is a large room in Windsor Castle dedicated to the military defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte by British, Prussian, Russian and Austrian forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. Designed by the architect Jeffry Wyatville to replace the Queen's Drawing Room, Queen's Ballroom, Queen's Audience Chamber, Queen's Presence Chamber, Queen's Guard Chamber, King's Presence Chamber, King's Audience Room, King's Drawing Chamber and King's Dining Chamber which were all in Hugh May's 17th-century structure, the Waterloo Chamber along with the Grand Reception Room, White", "title": "Waterloo Chamber" }, { "docid": "5258913", "text": "being the first civilian to interview the Duke of Wellington after the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. He and his wife, who was ill at the time, were vacationing in Brussels when Napoleon was defeated by British and Prussian forces near the Belgian border. At their meeting in Wellington's headquarters, Creevey recorded the Duke's famous quote about the battle (\"It was a near run thing. The nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.\") After 1818, when his wife died, he had very slender means of his own, but he was popular with his friends and was well", "title": "Thomas Creevey" } ]

[ { "docid": "19100442", "text": "on 4May 1815. He served during the Peninsular War and in Flanders and commanded the Royal Waggon Train at the Battle of Waterloo. On 25December 1818 he was placed on half pay and died on 1November 1839 in Sunderland, North East England. There is a memorial tablet dedicated to Aird in the Parish Church at Maybole. Aird had a daughter who in 1814 married Lieutenant John Raleigh Elwes of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot who died of wounds received at Waterloo a few days after the battle. Thomas Aird (British Army officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aird (21 December 17601 November", "title": "Thomas Aird (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "6420324", "text": "Arthur Clifton General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton (17718 March 1869) was a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. Clifton was the third son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, (1744–1815), one time High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Educated at Rugby, he entered the army in 1794. He served throughout the Peninsular War and received the gold medal and one clasp for service at the battles of Fuentes de Oñoro and Vittoria. On the death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby at Waterloo, Clifton commanded", "title": "Arthur Clifton" }, { "docid": "19080787", "text": "Charles Sandham Charles Freeman Sandham (12 October 1781 - 14 February 1869) was a British Army officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars and commanded a Brigade of Artillery at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. After service in Holland in 1799 he was part of the 1807 Copenhagen Expedition. Present at four engagements during the Walcheren Campaign, he subsequently served under Sir John Moore during the 1809 retreat from Corunna. Sandham campaigned in Holland, Flanders and France during 1814 before commanding a Brigade of the Royal Artillery at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. During the battle,", "title": "Charles Sandham" }, { "docid": "18437049", "text": "the Nive in December 1813 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 3 December 1812, he commanded his regiment at the Battle of Quatre Bras in June 1815 and the Battle of Waterloo also in June 1815 during the Hundred Days. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1842 to 1847. Neil Douglas Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Douglas was commissioned into the 95th Regiment of Foot", "title": "Neil Douglas" }, { "docid": "1929665", "text": "the various corps were mixed up, and although he gave the Prince of Orange nominal command of the centre, that officer had different forces under him. Subsequent to the battle, the corps structure was re-established for the advance into France, I Corps being commanded by Maj-Gen Sir John Byng, the Prince of Orange having been wounded at Waterloo. General Officer Commanding (GOC): General HRH The Prince of Orange After Waterloo the army corps structure largely disappeared from the British Army, except for ad hoc formations assembled during annual manoeuvres (e.g. Army Manoeuvres of 1913). In 1876 a Mobilisation Scheme for", "title": "I Corps (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "6353001", "text": "George Lloyd Hodges George Lloyd Hodges (1790–1862) was a British soldier and diplomat. He was the eldest son of George Thomas Hodges of The Abbey in County Limerick, Ireland. He entered the British army in 1806, and took part in the Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. In 1832 he commanded the brigade of British volunteers who enlisted to fight to restore the rightful Queen of Portugal, Maria da Glória, to her throne against the forces of the usurper, Dom Miguel. With the rest of the forces commanded by Maria's father Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, they sailed from", "title": "George Lloyd Hodges" }, { "docid": "40886", "text": "armies had spent some of their time in the French army or in armies allied to the Napoleonic regime. The historian Barbero states that in this heterogeneous army the difference between British and \"foreign\" troops did not prove significant under fire. Wellington was also acutely short of heavy cavalry, having only seven British and three Dutch regiments. The Duke of York imposed many of his staff officers on Wellington, including his second-in-command the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge commanded the cavalry and had carte blanche from Wellington to commit these forces at his discretion. Wellington stationed a further 17,000 troops at", "title": "Battle of Waterloo" }, { "docid": "5851727", "text": "the Royal Navy 'small boat action' on Lake Borgne, and was wounded at the battle of New Orleans. Returning to the European war with the restoration of Emperor Napoleon I, Evans was present at the battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 and the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Evans commanded the British Legion, which volunteered to assist Isabella II of Spain in the First Carlist War. During the Crimean War he commanded the 2nd Division of the British Army. In 1853 he was given the colonelcy for life of the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North", "title": "De Lacy Evans" }, { "docid": "40921", "text": "back, the British line was dispersing, and at two o'clock in the afternoon Napoleon was winning the Battle of Waterloo. Reports from Baron von Muffling, the Prussian liaison officer attached to Wellington's army, relate that: \"After 3 o'clock the Duke's situation became critical, unless the succour of the Prussian army arrived soon\". At this crucial juncture, Uxbridge ordered his two brigades of British heavy cavalry—formed unseen behind the ridge—to charge in support of the hard-pressed infantry. The 1st Brigade, known as the Household Brigade, commanded by Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, consisted of guards regiments: the 1st and 2nd Life Guards,", "title": "Battle of Waterloo" }, { "docid": "19080788", "text": "his Brigade were armed with five 9-pounder cannons and one 5 1/2\" howitzer. Sources claim that \"the first shot fired by the allied artillery at Waterloo was fired by Sandham's brigade.\" In 1833 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex. After his death he was buried in the churchyard of St. Marys in Washington, Sussex. Charles Sandham Charles Freeman Sandham (12 October 1781 - 14 February 1869) was a British Army officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars and commanded a Brigade of Artillery at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. After service in Holland in 1799 he was", "title": "Charles Sandham" }, { "docid": "3092467", "text": "who fought in the battle. The memorial by Vivien Mallock stands next to the north gate and shows two life-size soldiers struggling to close the critical gates of the farm to save it from being overrun by the French. The next day (18 June 2015) Hougoumont was opened to the public on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Hougoumont Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l'Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle", "title": "Hougoumont" }, { "docid": "2913994", "text": "the right flank of Wellington's army. It subsequently was briefly driven from a position at the Battle of Maya after Stewart retired the division prematurely to camp, but fought in the later engagements of the Battle of the Pyrenees and the battles in southern France. Commanding General: Major General William Stewart The division fought at the Battle of Waterloo, part of Wellington's II Corps commanded again by Rowland Hill. It consisted at Waterloo of a brigade of British light infantry and riflemen, a brigade of the King's German Legion and a brigade of Hanoverian Landwehr. The division began the day", "title": "2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "16483350", "text": "South-West District in 1819. He died, unmarried, at Harefield Park on 3February 1837. George Cooke (British Army officer) Major-General Sir George Cooke (17683February 1837), was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Division, under overall command of the Prince of Orange, at the Battle of Waterloo. He was the son and heir of George John Cooke of Harefield, in Middlesex, who descended from a line of prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas. His mother was Penelope Boyer, daughter of Admiral Boyer. Educated at Harrow and at the military school in Caen, Normandy, in 1784 Cooke was appointed an", "title": "George Cooke (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "16483347", "text": "George Cooke (British Army officer) Major-General Sir George Cooke (17683February 1837), was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Division, under overall command of the Prince of Orange, at the Battle of Waterloo. He was the son and heir of George John Cooke of Harefield, in Middlesex, who descended from a line of prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas. His mother was Penelope Boyer, daughter of Admiral Boyer. Educated at Harrow and at the military school in Caen, Normandy, in 1784 Cooke was appointed an ensign in the 10th Grenadier Guards. His brothers were General Henry Frederick Cooke", "title": "George Cooke (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "4467120", "text": "Kempt, which was in turn part of the 5th British Infantry Division under Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton. The regiment was commanded on the field by Lieutenant-Colonel John Hicks and numbered at 503 men at the battle of Waterloo having suffered casualties at Quatre Bras. It was two men of the regiment's Grenadier company who bore Pictons's body away after he was fatally shot through the head. The regiment was sent to Canada in June 1830 and fought at the Battle of Saint-Denis in November 1837 and at the Battle of Saint-Eustache in December 1837 during the Lower Canada Rebellion. The regiment", "title": "32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot" }, { "docid": "4018537", "text": "for example, Chesney's \"Waterloo Lectures\" (1868). See also Timeline of the Napoleonic era Maps: Waterloo Campaign The Waterloo Campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army was commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Command then rested on Marshals Soult and Grouchy, who were in turn replaced by Marshal Davout, who took command at the request of the French Provisional Government. The Anglo-allied army was", "title": "Waterloo Campaign" }, { "docid": "1644826", "text": "Hauā]]. Campaigners on both sides of the New Zealand wars had developed distinctive war strategies and tactics. The British set out to fight a European-style war, based on engaging with the opposing forces, besieging and then capturing fortified positions. The British Army were professional soldiers who had experience fighting in various parts of the Empire, many from [[India]] and [[Afghanistan]], and were led by officers who were themselves trained by men who had fought at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. Many of the Māori fighters had been raised during the [[Musket Wars]], the decades-long bitter intertribal fighting during which warriors had perfected", "title": "New Zealand Wars" }, { "docid": "13714729", "text": "Patrick Cordingley Major General Patrick Anthony John Cordingley OBE DSO FRGS (born 6 October 1944) is a retired British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division. Cordingley was educated at Sherborne School and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (Intake 35), where he was Senior Under-Officer of Waterloo Company. He was commissioned into 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in June 1965. He was given command of the 7th Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) in 1988 and he was the commander who in 1991 led the British and American forces which overcame the Iraqi defences during the Gulf War. He became General Officer Commanding Eastern", "title": "Patrick Cordingley" }, { "docid": "3125384", "text": "Battle of Castalla. He was wounded again in an action at Ordal on 13 September 1813. On 18 June 1815, Adam commanded the 3rd British Brigade in Henry Clinton's 2nd Division at the Battle of Waterloo. At the crisis of the battle, Adam's 1/52nd (Light) Foot performed a left-wheel to enfilade the flank of the French Imperial Guard's main attack while the British Guards engaged the head of the column. Under fire from two directions, the French guardsmen put up a brief resistance then fled. After their unsuccessful attack on the British centre, the Guard rallied to their reserves of", "title": "Frederick Adam" }, { "docid": "6146012", "text": "returned to Europe in time for the Waterloo campaign. He was present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo on the artillery staff of Wellington's army, and subsequently commanded the British battering train at the sieges of the French fortresses left behind the advancing allies. For the rest of his life he was on home service, principally as a staff officer of artillery with the rank of major general and title of Master Gunner St James's Park. During the Peninsular War he was present at the battles of Busaco, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Battle of Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, San Sebastián, Nivelle, Nive, and", "title": "Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "104514", "text": "small town of Waterloo. On 17 June there was torrential rain, which severely hampered movement and had a considerable effect the next day, 18 June, when the Battle of Waterloo was fought. This was the first time Wellington had encountered Napoleon; he commanded an Anglo-Dutch-German army that consisted of approximately 73,000 troops, 26,000 of whom were British, approximately 30 percent of that 26,000 were Irish. The Battle of Waterloo commenced with a diversionary attack on Hougoumont by a division of French soldiers. After a barrage of 80 cannons the first French infantry attack was launched by Comte D'Erlon's I Corps.", "title": "Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington" }, { "docid": "104454", "text": "the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian army under Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career. Wellington is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against numerically superior forces while minimising his own losses. He is", "title": "Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington" }, { "docid": "1152051", "text": "sides claimed victory in the battle. Several famous figures from the Revolutionary War fought at the Battle of Monmouth. British forces were commanded by Sir Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis. The Continental Army was commanded by George Washington and Charles Lee. Charles Lee was later court martialed by the Continental Army for his actions at the Battle of Monmouth. Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, \"Mad\" Anthony Wayne, the Marquis de Lafayette and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben also fought at the Battle of Monmouth for the Continental Army. Another famous figure at the Battle of Monmouth was Molly Pitcher, who manned a", "title": "Freehold Township, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "18256662", "text": "to Flanders to serve in Sir Thomas Graham's expedition, and he commanded it at Merxem, when he was thanked in the general orders and mentioned in despatches, and before Antwerp. At the conclusion of peace he received a Gold Medal and two clasps for having commanded a battalion at Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca, and was made a CB. When war again broke out in 1815, he accompanied the 1st Battalion rifles to Belgium as regimental major, and commanded the light companies of Kempt's brigade of Picton's division at Quatre Bras, and his battalion at the Battle of Waterloo, from", "title": "Alexander Cameron (British Army officer, born 1781)" }, { "docid": "49564", "text": "few of the British infantry who went over the top on the first day on the Somme, July 1, 1916, would have anticipated that they would be fighting the same battle in five months' time. Conversely, some of the Allied infantry who had just dealt a crushing defeat to the French at the Battle of Waterloo fully expected to have to fight again the next day (at the Battle of Wavre). Battlespace is a unified strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations, including air, information, land, sea and space. It includes the environment, factors", "title": "Battle" }, { "docid": "18648859", "text": "success overseas. The Train expanded once more to twelve Troops, which included 1,400 horses. On 18 June 1815, allied British and Prussian forces faced Napoleon's army at the Battle of Waterloo. Eight companies from the Royal Waggon Train were involved, along with four companies of the Foreign Waggon Train. During the battle, allied forces took up defence of Hougoumont, a chateau and farm south of Waterloo. Along with supporting the front lines, the Royal Waggon Train drove much-needed supplies through enemy lines to the desperate Third Guard defending the chateau. The Train's heroics at Hougoumont were included in Sir Arthur", "title": "Royal Waggon Train" }, { "docid": "18193697", "text": "with saber and lance wounds. This unfortunate rout, which occurred in full view of allied soldiers, persuaded many British officers that the Dutch were bad troops, when in fact the problem was Boreel's poor regimental leadership. Jean Baptiste van Merlen Major General Jean Baptiste Baron van Merlen (Antwerp, 11 May 1772 – Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815) was a Dutch-Belgian army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was a Knight and Officer of the Legion of Honour. At the Battle of Lützen on 2 May 1813, Merlen commanded the 1st Brigade in the 3rd Light Cavalry Division", "title": "Jean Baptiste van Merlen" }, { "docid": "17151004", "text": "Graham (afterwards Lord Lynedoch), and later under Lord Niddry, and he was engaged in all the operations of that column, including the Battle of the Nive. At the close of the Peninsula War he was selected to conduct a division of British cavalry and artillery from Bordeaux to Calais. In October 1814 Vandeleur was appointed to the staff of the British army in Belgium. He was given the colonelcy of the 19th Light Dragoons on 12 January 1815. He commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the 11th, 12th, and 16th light dragoons, at the Battle of Waterloo, and from", "title": "John Ormsby Vandeleur (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "12100854", "text": "Alexander George Woodford Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, GCB, KCMG (15 June 1782 – 26 August 1870), was a British Army officer. After taking part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, he served in most of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars. During the Hundred Days he commanded the 2nd battalion of the Coldstream Guards at the Battle of Quatre Bras, the Battle of Waterloo and the storming of Cambrai. He went on to become lieutenant governor and brigade commander at Malta, lieutenant governor and brigade commander at Corfu and then commander of the British garrison on the Ionian", "title": "Alexander George Woodford" }, { "docid": "5720509", "text": "British forces also captured over 800 Iraqi soldiers including the Iraqi 52nd Armored Division commander and killed many more Iraqi soldiers. In the process of moving to Phase Line Smash the British forces took artillery and anti tank fire from Iraqi forces. The Iraqis failed to inflict any casualties on the British forces. On 27 February 1991 a joint British and American artillery fire mission destroyed what was left of Iraqi artillery and infantry forces at Objective Tungsten. Approximately 70 Iraqi artillery pieces were destroyed. The British also took Objective Waterloo. In the process the British destroyed approximately five Iraqi", "title": "Battle of Norfolk" }, { "docid": "18226520", "text": "Joseph Thackwell Sir Joseph Thackwell (1 February 1781 – 8 April 1859) was a lieutenant general in the British Army. He served with the 15th Hussars in the Peninsular War at the Battle of Sahagún in 1808 and the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, and he lost his left arm at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. He commanded the regiment from 1820 to 1832. He then served in India, commanding the cavalry in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838–89, and at the Battle of Sobraon in the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–46, and at the Battle of Chillianwala and", "title": "Joseph Thackwell" }, { "docid": "8849958", "text": "in action while fighting inside the town of Leros. At dawn on 16 November, the no. \"306\" battery was destroyed by German airstrikes; the no. \"127\" battery on Mt. Maraviglia was attacked by German forces but stiffly defended by its garrison, commanded by Captain Werther Cacciatori, who lost an arm. At 12:30 the German command commanded Rear Admiral Mascherpa to surrender with his Italian forces, but he refused. On the morning of 16 November it became apparent to the British commander, Brigadier Tilney, that his situation was untenable; at 17:30, when German forces had nearly reached his headquarters, he decided", "title": "Battle of Leros" }, { "docid": "8136899", "text": "to death but he escaped and rejoined King Charles and continued to fight. Leslie's Scottish Covenanter force was defeated by the Scottish Parliamentarian forces who were at this point in time loyal to the Parliament of England and Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Dunbar (1650). Leslie successfully commanded the Scottish Argyll Government Royalist forces at the Battle of Carbisdale (1650) where he was victorious against Scottish Royalist forces commanded by James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. Leslie's Royalist Forces were defeated at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Leslie, who was now commanding Royalist forces, had supported the plan", "title": "Clan Leslie" }, { "docid": "15626298", "text": "William Norcott Lieutenant General Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsey Norcott (12 December 1804 – 23 January 1886) of the Rifle Brigade was a British Army officer who fought during the Crimean War, was an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria and became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. William Norcott was born on 12 December 1804 in Chelmsford Essex, the second son to General Sir Amos Godsell Robert Norcott who had commanded a battalion of the 95th Rifles at the Battle of Waterloo. Norcott was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1822 and made a Captain of the 52nd Regiment in on 21 February 1840.", "title": "William Norcott" }, { "docid": "19075184", "text": "7June 1835 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Francis Hepburn Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hepburn (19August 17797June 1835) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars and commanded the 3rd Foot Guards at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. His grandfather, James Hepburn, of Brecarton and Keith Marshall, spent his fortune on the Stuart cause and had two sons. The eldest, Robert became a lieutenant-Colonel in the Enniskillen Dragoons while the younger, David was Francis' father from his marriage to Bertha Graham of the Inchbrakie family. David was a Colonel of Infantry who saw action at the siege Belleisle in", "title": "Francis Hepburn" }, { "docid": "19075179", "text": "Francis Hepburn Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hepburn (19August 17797June 1835) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars and commanded the 3rd Foot Guards at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. His grandfather, James Hepburn, of Brecarton and Keith Marshall, spent his fortune on the Stuart cause and had two sons. The eldest, Robert became a lieutenant-Colonel in the Enniskillen Dragoons while the younger, David was Francis' father from his marriage to Bertha Graham of the Inchbrakie family. David was a Colonel of Infantry who saw action at the siege Belleisle in 1761 before he was forced to", "title": "Francis Hepburn" }, { "docid": "19110470", "text": "of 16. Macready later served under Lord Lynedoch in Holland. At the Battle of Waterloo, when still only an ensign, he commanded the light company towards the close of the battle. At the end of the battle he was the only surviving officer, along with 16 men, of the original three officers and 51 men. For his gallantry he was promoted to lieutenant on 20July 1815 and remained with the Army of Occupation at the end of the Waterloo Campaign. In one of his private journals Macready tells of his experiences at Waterloo. He is quoted from in Henry Havelick's", "title": "Edward Nevil Macready" }, { "docid": "14138034", "text": "Burgos where with several of his men he volunteered for the trenches. In 1813 he took command of \"E Troop\" Royal Horse Artillery and fought at the Battle of Vitoria, the Battle of Orthez and the Battle of Toulouse. During the 1815 Corn Law Riots in London his troop helped to restore order then later that year he went to the Southern Netherlands. At Quatre Bras \"His troop was most severely pressed in covering the left of the army on the retreat\" then on the 18th he commanded his troop at the Battle of Waterloo. He became Principal Equerry to", "title": "Robert Gardiner (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "9187355", "text": "(who had served at the Battle of Waterloo). Captain Smith arrived and settled in Port Natal on 4 May 1842, contrary to the vehement demands from the Boers that the British should leave. Smith decided to attack the Boers before they could arrange the support they were expecting. At midnight on the evening of 23 and 24 May, the British forces attacked the well-defended village of \"Kongela\". The attack failed dismally, and the official history of the Regiment relates the story effectively: 'For a time all went well. Not a Boer was seen: not a shot [was] fired, until, half", "title": "Battle of Congella" }, { "docid": "5942708", "text": "Grolman, was Quartermaster General. Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign This is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo Campaign. L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.<br> \"Major Général\" (Chief of Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia.<br> Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty.<br> Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor Napoleon: Combined British, Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The Order of Battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that", "title": "Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign" }, { "docid": "5942704", "text": "Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign This is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo Campaign. L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.<br> \"Major Général\" (Chief of Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia.<br> Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty.<br> Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor Napoleon: Combined British, Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The Order of Battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that were not present for", "title": "Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign" }, { "docid": "11166164", "text": "Lord Uxbridge's leg Lord Uxbridge's leg was probably shattered by a piece of case shot at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon. The amputated right limb became a tourist attraction in the village of Waterloo in Belgium, where it had been removed and interred. Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, later the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, commanded 13,000 Allied cavalry and 44 guns of the horse artillery at the Battle of Waterloo. At about 2:30 pm, at a critical stage in the battle, he led a charge of the 2,000 heavy cavalry of the Household Brigade and", "title": "Lord Uxbridge's leg" }, { "docid": "75739", "text": "served at the Battle of Ligny and the Battle of Wavre during the Waterloo Campaign in 1815. An army led personally by Napoleon defeated the Prussians at Ligny (south of Mont-Saint-Jean and the village of Waterloo) on 16 June 1815, but Napoleon's failure to destroy the Prussian forces led to his defeat a few days later at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), when the Prussian forces unexpectedly arrived on his right flank late in the afternoon to support the Anglo-Dutch-Belgian forces pressing his front. Clausewitz's unit fought at Wavre (18–19 June 1815), preventing large reinforcements from reaching Napoleon", "title": "Carl von Clausewitz" }, { "docid": "19065793", "text": "Usagre Arroyo de Molinos and Alba de Tormes. In June 1814 he was promoted to full Colonel. At the Battle of Waterloo Muter commanded the 6th Inniskilling (Irish) Regiment of Dragoons as part of the Union Brigade. During the battle, in response to the French Infantry assault on Wellington's left centre, the Union Brigade moved forward. Unobserved until late in their advance, they caught the French by surprise and took around 1,000 prisoners, despite the two British heavy cavalry brigades losing half their numbers at the hands of the French Lancers and Cuirassiers. Following the loss in battle of Major-General", "title": "Joseph Muter" }, { "docid": "18231720", "text": "Frederick Howard (British Army officer) Major Frederick Howard (1785–1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. He is the \"young, gallant Howard\" mentioned in Lord Byron's poem \"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage\". Howard, born 6 December 1785, was the 3rd son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, and Margaret, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. Howard was killed while leading the last charge at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). He was buried at Waterloo, but on 3 August 1815 his body was disinterred and re-interred", "title": "Frederick Howard (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "11837777", "text": "Battle of Arlabán The Battle of Arlabán, a battle of the First Carlist War, occurred at the heights of Arlabán, between Álava and Guipúzcoa. Between January 16 and 17, 1836, the Liberals occupied Arlaban after dislodging the Carlist forces there. The Liberals were commanded by Luis Fernández de Córdova and were supported by the British Legion, French Legion, and units commanded by Baldomero Espartero; the forces were divided along three fronts. After conquering Arlabán as well as Legutiano (Villarreal de Álava), however, the Liberals were pushed back by the Carlists on the 18th of January, suffering large numbers of casualties.", "title": "Battle of Arlabán" }, { "docid": "11837776", "text": "Battle of Arlabán The Battle of Arlabán, a battle of the First Carlist War, occurred at the heights of Arlabán, between Álava and Guipúzcoa. Between January 16 and 17, 1836, the Liberals occupied Arlaban after dislodging the Carlist forces there. The Liberals were commanded by Luis Fernández de Córdova and were supported by the British Legion, French Legion, and units commanded by Baldomero Espartero; the forces were divided along three fronts. After conquering Arlabán as well as Legutiano (Villarreal de Álava), however, the Liberals were pushed back by the Carlists on the 18th of January, suffering large numbers of casualties.", "title": "Battle of Arlabán" }, { "docid": "17878366", "text": "Battle of Walk The Battle of Walk on July 8, 1657 between forces of Sweden commanded by Friedrich von Löwen on one side, and Russian forces led by stolnik Matvey Sheremetyev, who for the first time in his career commanded an army by himself, on the other side. The largest part of the Russian army disobeyed Sheremetyev and left the battle at the beginning, forcing him to rely on the 250 reiters of Colonel Denis Fonvizin, who played the key role in the breakthrough and allowed the rest of the army to escape. The Swedish forces won the battle, and", "title": "Battle of Walk" }, { "docid": "18648860", "text": "Conan Doyle's 1891 play \"Waterloo\". Wellington's forces were outnumbered and outgunned, withstanding a barrage of attacks from French forces throughout the day. That evening, Prussian forces led by Field Marshall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher broke through Napoleon's right flank. This planned attack allowed Britain and her remaining allied forces to counter-attack, driving the French Army from the battlefield. For their service during the battle, the Royal Waggon Train received their second battle honour: \"Waterloo\" Victory at Waterloo brought an end to the Napoleonic Wars, and with it, 22 years of conflict between France and much of Europe. After the battle,", "title": "Royal Waggon Train" }, { "docid": "15231607", "text": "the battle of Barrosa, where he was wounded, the Burgos retreat, the battles of Vitoria and the Pyrenees, the siege of San Sebastián, where he was temporarily attached to the breaching batteries, the battles of Orthez, Toulouse, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. During the greater part of the time, he was one of the subalterns of the famous \"H Troop\" of the Royal Horse Artillery commanded by Major W. Norman Ramsay, with which he was severely wounded at Waterloo. He became a second captain on 5 November 1816, and was placed on half-pay the year after. On 23 January 1819, while", "title": "William Brereton (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "11954867", "text": "Edward Hodge General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge (19 April 1810 – 10 December 1894) was a British Army officer. Hodge was the son of Major Edward Hodge (1782–1815) of the 7th Hussars, who distinguished himself in the Peninsula War and in the Waterloo Campaign. As a Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and later rose to the rank of General. Hodge was the author of a diary, edited by the Marquess of Anglesey and published as \"Little", "title": "Edward Hodge" }, { "docid": "3092450", "text": "Hougoumont Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in Braine-l'Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Hougoumont, which had become dilapidated, was fully restored in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle and opened to the public on 18 June 2015. The name is from Germanic \"Hauha-berg\". The whole of Brabant was once Dutch speaking. \"Hauha-\" means \"high\", and \"berg\" means \"mountain\" (as in iceberg). The name of the", "title": "Hougoumont" }, { "docid": "6495410", "text": "and \"Ariadne\". The German navy named a World War II destroyer after Maass. Leberecht Maass Leberecht Maass (or Maaß) (24 November 1863 – 28 August 1914) was the \"Konteradmiral\" who commanded the German naval forces at the first Battle of Heligoland Bight. He lost his life when his flagship, the light cruiser , was sunk by British battlecruisers commanded by Vice Admiral David Beatty. Leberecht Maass was born in Korkenhagen, Province of Pomerania. Maass entered the \"Kaiserliche Marine\" in 1883. Between 1893 and 1895 Maass commanded a torpedoboat. Between 1898 and 1901 he commanded a squadron and between 1903 and", "title": "Leberecht Maass" }, { "docid": "6495406", "text": "Leberecht Maass Leberecht Maass (or Maaß) (24 November 1863 – 28 August 1914) was the \"Konteradmiral\" who commanded the German naval forces at the first Battle of Heligoland Bight. He lost his life when his flagship, the light cruiser , was sunk by British battlecruisers commanded by Vice Admiral David Beatty. Leberecht Maass was born in Korkenhagen, Province of Pomerania. Maass entered the \"Kaiserliche Marine\" in 1883. Between 1893 and 1895 Maass commanded a torpedoboat. Between 1898 and 1901 he commanded a squadron and between 1903 and 1906 he was department chief in the Torpedo department. Maass served as director", "title": "Leberecht Maass" }, { "docid": "1084597", "text": "was fought at the Chalmette plantation, then owned by his second son, Ignace Martin de Lino de Chalmette (1755-1815), a maternal half-brother of Col. Pierre Denis de La Ronde (founder of Versailles, Louisiana), who commanded the Louisiana militia's Third Regiment during the battle. The American forces under Major General Andrew Jackson defeated the British forces (led by brevet Lieutenant General Sir Edward Pakenham). While occupied by the British, on Andrew Jackson's orders, the Chalmette plantation was completely destroyed during the Battle of New Orleans. The battlefield is preserved as a national monument complete with visitor center, and the Chalmette National", "title": "Chalmette, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "18902624", "text": "Battle of Istabulat The Battle of Istabulat was a part of the Samarrah Campaign during the First World War occurring when the British Empire attempted to further its strategic position after the capture of Baghdad from the Ottoman Empire. After capturing Baghdad, British General Frederick Stanley Maude believed the British position was threatened by the Ottoman forces of Khalil Pasha, who possessed 10,000 troops to the north of Baghdad, and Ali Ishan Bey's force who commanded 15,000 troops entering the region from Persia. In order to protect British gains in the region, in particular Baghdad, General Maude ordered the Samarrah", "title": "Battle of Istabulat" }, { "docid": "12095704", "text": "Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, (30 July 1776 – 9 March 1853) was a British Army officer and politician. Kerrison was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Light Dragoons, saw service during the Peninsular War and commanded his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. Along with Charles Wetherell, he petitioned parliament over electoral malpractice in the parliamentary elections for Shaftesbury, Dorset. Kerrison was the only son of Matthias Kerrison (1742–1827), who was a prosperous merchant and property investor, and his wife, Mary \"née\" Barnes. He was born at his father's property, Hoxne Hall, near Bungay,", "title": "Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "2914171", "text": "at Waterloo was as follows: The 5th Division under the command of General Sir Charles Warren joined up with the Natal Field Force shortly after the Battle of Colenso and were a part of the relieving army of the besieged Ladysmith. The formation was as follows:<br> 11th Infantry Brigade initially commanded by General Edward Woodgate but he was wounded at Spion Kop and died shortly afterwards. He was succeeded by General Arthur Wynne who was later wounded at the Battle of the Tugela Heights and succeeded by Colonel Walter Kitchener. 10th Infantry Brigade commanded by General John Talbot Coke. The", "title": "5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "3119361", "text": "of the Peninsula War was second in command of his regiment at Cadiz, and later at the Battle of Seville. He served with distinction at Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo. Promoted in early June (3June 1815) to major general, he was assigned to the First Corps, under overall command of the Prince of Orange. On 18June, the day of Waterloo, he commanded two battalions of the 1st Foot Guards, each 1000-men strong and led the Guards in repelling the final assault of the French Imperial Guard. For his service at Waterloo, Maitland was created a Knight Commander of", "title": "Peregrine Maitland" }, { "docid": "8133747", "text": "best battalions, including one under his personal command, totaling ten thousand men and five hundred horses. His general staff included some of the country's most decorated soldiers, men like the lord of Salay and the governors of Danyawaddy, Wuntho and Taungoo. Bandula's plan was to attack the British on two fronts: Chittagong from Arakan in the southeast, and Sylhet from Cachar and Jaintia in the north. Bandula personally commanded the Arakan theater while Uzana commanded the Cachar and Jaintia theaters. Early in the war, battle hardened Burmese forces were able to push back the British forces because the Burmese, who", "title": "Maha Bandula" }, { "docid": "18254212", "text": "The Battle of Waterloo (film) The Battle of Waterloo is a 1913 feature film created by British and Colonial Films to dramatize the eponymous battle ahead of its centenary. Hailed as the \"first British epic film\", \"The Battle of Waterloo\" was much longer and more costly than contemporary films but went on to great commercial and critical success. Though the film was shown in theaters around the world, all copies were thought lost until 2002, when about 22 minutes of the hour-and-a-half production were rediscovered at the British Film Institute archives. Since then, two reels and a fragment have been", "title": "The Battle of Waterloo (film)" }, { "docid": "40940", "text": "French cavalry attacks were repeatedly repelled by the steadfast infantry squares, the harrying fire of British artillery as the French cavalry recoiled down the slopes to regroup, and the decisive countercharges of Wellington's light cavalry regiments, the Dutch heavy cavalry brigade, and the remaining effectives of the Household Cavalry. At least one artillery officer disobeyed Wellington's order to seek shelter in the adjacent squares during the charges. Captain Mercer, who commanded 'G' Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, thought the Brunswick troops on either side of him so shaky that he kept his battery of six nine-pounders in action against the cavalry", "title": "Battle of Waterloo" }, { "docid": "18817327", "text": "Prussian II Corps commanded by General Pirch I; the German Corps, commanded at first by General Nollendorf, and subsequently by Lieutenant General Hake; as also a portion of the garrison troops of Luxemburg, commanded by Lieutenant General Prince Louis of Hesse-Homburg, — the whole of these German forces being placed under the chief command of Prince Augustus of Prussia — should undertake the besieging of the fortresses on the Sambre, and those between the Sambre and the Moselle. This plan of operations was such as might have been expected from the combined councils of such leaders as Wellington and Blücher,", "title": "Waterloo Campaign: Waterloo to Paris (18–24 June)" }, { "docid": "13261811", "text": "of mistakes by the combatants. The battle has been described in a number of phases, the last of which is the subject of this article. The battle began when scouting battlecruiser forces of the two fleets met at around 1430 the first day. Initially the British force of six battlecruisers and four fast battleships commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty gave chase to five German battlecruisers commanded by Vice-Admiral Franz Hipper. The German ships set course back towards where they knew the main German fleet was waiting, planning to lead the British ships into a trap. Despite his numerical disadvantage,", "title": "Night action at the Battle of Jutland" }, { "docid": "12095705", "text": "Suffolk, on 30 July 1776. His son Edward Clarence succeeded to the baronetcy on his death while his daughters were as follows: Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, (30 July 1776 – 9 March 1853) was a British Army officer and politician. Kerrison was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Light Dragoons, saw service during the Peninsular War and commanded his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. Along with Charles Wetherell, he petitioned parliament over electoral malpractice in the parliamentary elections for Shaftesbury, Dorset. Kerrison was the only son of Matthias Kerrison (1742–1827), who was a", "title": "Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "462701", "text": "1815 drill and battle formations, as well as the use of sabres, bayonets and handling cannons. A selected 2,000 additional men were also taught to load and fire muskets. This army lived in a large encampment next to the battlefield. Each day after breakfast, they marched to a large wardrobe building, donned their French, British or Prussian uniforms and fifteen minutes later were in position. The soldiers were commanded by officers who took orders from director Sergei Bondarchuk via walkie-talkie. To assist in the direction of this huge, multi-national undertaking, the Soviet-Ukrainian director had four interpreters permanently at his side:", "title": "Waterloo (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "15858359", "text": "Battle of Nalapani The Battle of Nalapani was the first battle of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814–1816, fought between the forces of the British East India Company and Nepal, then ruled by the House of Gorkha. The battle took place around the Nalapani fort, near Dehradun, which was placed under siege by the British between 31 October and 30 November 1814. The fort's garrison was commanded by Captain Balbhadra Kunwar, while Major-General Rollo Gillespie, who had previously fought in the Battle of Java, was in charge of the attacking British troops. Gillespie was killed on the first day of the", "title": "Battle of Nalapani" }, { "docid": "6696775", "text": "as of 26 Nov 1945. Richard Haking General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking (24 January 1862 – 9 June 1945) was a British general who commanded XI Corps in the First World War. Arguments over the late release of Haking's Corps on the first day of the Battle of Loos were instrumental in forcing the resignation of Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Haking is remembered chiefly for the high casualties suffered by his forces (including many Australian troops) at the second Battle of Fromelles, launched while the Battle of the Somme was underway 80", "title": "Richard Haking" }, { "docid": "6696719", "text": "Richard Haking General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking (24 January 1862 – 9 June 1945) was a British general who commanded XI Corps in the First World War. Arguments over the late release of Haking's Corps on the first day of the Battle of Loos were instrumental in forcing the resignation of Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Haking is remembered chiefly for the high casualties suffered by his forces (including many Australian troops) at the second Battle of Fromelles, launched while the Battle of the Somme was underway 80 km to the south, although", "title": "Richard Haking" }, { "docid": "3589411", "text": "taken over by the Finnish Air Force. Commanded by Major-General Carton de Wiart V.C., this group began landing at Namsos on 14 April. Commanded by Major-General Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, this force landed at Åndalsnes starting 18 April. Commanded by Major-General Pierse Joseph Mackesy, this force landed at Harstad, north of Narvik, between 15 April and 5 May. Commanded by Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck, this force resulted from the reorganisation of British forces in the Narvik area on 13 May 1940. Norwegian Campaign order of battle The German operation for the invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 was code-named", "title": "Norwegian Campaign order of battle" }, { "docid": "5770706", "text": "artillery, and the troops of the line\" who stayed during their passage to the Spain. The same then occurred in 1814 by Wellington's British troops during the fighting that devastated the Blancpignon forest, then returning to Spain to face the routed Napoleonic army routed (who took refuge within the walls of Bayonne). Part of the population abandoned Anglet in 1813 and 1814 to escape to the north or south. In 1822 cholera struck Anglet. In March 1815, during the disorders caused by the Hundred Days and after the Battle of Waterloo, a Spanish army commanded by the Earl of Labisbal", "title": "Anglet" }, { "docid": "16598176", "text": "Battle of Nepheris (147 BC) The Battle of Nepheris was the second battle of the Third Punic War that took place at Nepheris in 147 BC. The battle was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Scipio Aemilianus, and the forces of Carthage who were commanded by Diogenes of Carthage. After the Roman defeat at the Battle of the Port of Carthage, Scipio Aemilianus decided to destroy the Carthaginian army at Nepheris, a stronghold south of the capital where the previous year the Romans had suffered a defeat at the First Battle of Nepheris against Hasdrubal the", "title": "Battle of Nepheris (147 BC)" }, { "docid": "12673917", "text": "Drawing\", which was dedicated to his commander-in-chief Sir George Murray. Early in 1830, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, then Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, commissioned Siborne to construct a model of the Battle of Waterloo. Siborne carried out extensive research, writing to officers in the Allied forces present at the battle to obtain information on the positions of the troops at the crisis of the battle at 7 p.m. His attempts to get the same information from the Ministry of War in Paris were politely ignored, while the Prince of Orange kindly supplied him with information on the Netherlands forces.", "title": "William Siborne" }, { "docid": "6111811", "text": "of the bluff, and the first to encounter the English forces, was again the hapless de Vergor. The French encampment was quickly overrun and de Vergor shot and captured. The Plains of Abraham were quickly gained and the British forces marshalled into fighting ranks. The French commander of Quebec, Louis Joseph de Montcalm decided to directly engage the British forces on the field. In the ensuing battle, Monckton again commanded the British right flank and was wounded in the chest. This prevented him from being present at the surrender of Quebec and, with Wolfe's death during the battle, it was", "title": "Robert Monckton" }, { "docid": "1152012", "text": "primary goal, the evacuation of Philadelphia. Both sides claimed victory in the battle. Several famous figures from the Revolutionary War fought at the Battle of Monmouth. British forces were commanded by Sir Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis. The Continental Army was commanded by George Washington and Charles Lee. Charles Lee was court martialed by the Continental Army for his behavior at the Battle of Monmouth. Nathaniel Greene, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben also fought for the Continental Army at the Battle of Monmouth. Another famous figure at the Battle of Monmouth was Molly Pitcher,", "title": "Freehold Borough, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "16598178", "text": "Carthage, which would fall a few months later. Battle of Nepheris (147 BC) The Battle of Nepheris was the second battle of the Third Punic War that took place at Nepheris in 147 BC. The battle was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Scipio Aemilianus, and the forces of Carthage who were commanded by Diogenes of Carthage. After the Roman defeat at the Battle of the Port of Carthage, Scipio Aemilianus decided to destroy the Carthaginian army at Nepheris, a stronghold south of the capital where the previous year the Romans had suffered a defeat at", "title": "Battle of Nepheris (147 BC)" }, { "docid": "10236597", "text": "William Ledyard William Ledyard (December 6, 1738 – September 6, 1781) was a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut militia who was killed during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded Fort Griswold in Groton and resisted the British forces during the Battle of Groton Heights on September 6, 1781. The British finally took the fort, and Ledyard surrendered—but the British officer took Ledyard's sword and used it to kill him in the very act of his surrender, then led the British forces to slaughter the surrendering Americans. Ledyard was the son of John Ledyard, Esquire (1701-1771) and his wife Deborah who", "title": "William Ledyard" }, { "docid": "7529117", "text": "brigades were named for the commanding officer. For the Hundred Days Campaign, he numbered his British infantry brigades in a single sequence, 1st to 10th. The 7th Brigade formed part of the 7th Division under the command of Major-general Kenneth MacKenzie. It consisted of: It was assigned to garrison duty and so played no part in the Battle of Waterloo. The 7th Brigade formed part of the 4th Division in the Crimean War. At the Battle of the Alma it was commanded by Brigadier-General Arthur Wellesley Torrens and consisted of: The brigade was present with the 4th Division at the", "title": "7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East" }, { "docid": "13869108", "text": "the Battle of Morales. He continued to serve in this capacity, with one interruption, until the end of the Peninsular campaign. Wellington was less than impressed with the performance of Grant's hussar brigade at the Battle of Vitoria and Grant was eventually replaced in command. However, Grant's political influence meant that he soon returned to the Peninsular to take over command of the light dragoon brigade of Robert Ballard Long. He was appointed KCB in 1814. At Waterloo, Grant commanded the 5th Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the 7th and 15th Hussars with the 13th Light Dragoons attached, which was stationed", "title": "Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general)" }, { "docid": "4467119", "text": "and the officer's lace and buttons were gold. The officer's jackets were unlaced, with 10 twist buttonholes placed in pairs. The jacket of the other ranks had 10 square loops spaced in pairs. The regiment fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras, arriving about 3 pm on 16 June 1815 just in time to help halt the French advance. Two days later at Battle of Waterloo the regiment was stationed opposite the French main attacks, standing their ground before attacking Napoleon's assaulting troops. The 1st Battalion of the regiment was part of the 8th British Brigade commanded by Major-General James", "title": "32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot" }, { "docid": "14455102", "text": "was present at the operations in the north of Germany in 1813–14, under the prince royal of Sweden. He commanded a division of Hanoverians at the battle of Göhrde in Hanover, 13 September 1813, and afterwards commanded a mixed force of Russians, Hanoverians, and Hanseatics, under Count von Benningsen, which blockaded Hamburg. Lyon commanded the 6th Hanoverian brigade during the Waterloo Campaign and the advance to Paris. The brigade was with the reserve near Hal on 18 June, and did not engage in the battle. Lyon commanded the inland district in 1817, became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding", "title": "James Frederick Lyon" }, { "docid": "15643073", "text": "Wellington after the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington wrote to Lord Aberdeen after his brother's death, Alexander Gordon (British staff officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon (1786–1815), was a British Army officer who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. His correspondence was collated and published early in the early 21st century. Gordon was the third son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo, son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and Charlotte. His brothers were Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir Robert Gordon. He joined the military campaign against Napoleon during the Battle of Corunna in 1808 as", "title": "Alexander Gordon (British staff officer)" }, { "docid": "19083349", "text": "to brevet major on 4June 1814. After commanding his eponymous brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, Lloyd died in Brussels on 29July 1815 as a result wounds received in the battle. His name is inscribed on a plaque to the dead of the artillery inside St. Joseph's Church in Waterloo. Lloyd is one of the soldiers commemorated on the British Waterloo Campaign Monument in Brussels Cemetery, although he was 37 at the time of his death, not 35 as inscribed. William Lloyd (British Army officer) William John Lloyd (2December 177829July 1815) was a British Army officer wounded at the Battle", "title": "William Lloyd (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "19430000", "text": "1806 in the run up to the 101st Foot being established. Pollock was assisted in the recruitment by Major George O'Malley. O'Malley commanded the unit during its deployment overseas, but wanted to serve in Europe, a wish that was granted in 1815 when he became the commander of the 2nd battalion of 44th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Waterloo. Although the establishment of the regiment was set at 1,000 men, when it was added to the British Army it was set at 10 companies with 76 privates each. Like many single battalion British regiments, a recruiting company was", "title": "101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)" }, { "docid": "2843026", "text": "of Nanking, the British forces were withdrawn and he returned to India. He became a baronet on 1 December 1842 and was promoted to the local rank of full general in India on 3 March 1843. In August 1843 Gough became Commander-in-Chief, India, and in December 1843 he led the British forces in action against the Mahrattas defeating them decisively at the conclusion of the Gwalior Campaign. He also commanded the troops at the Battle of Mudki in December 1845, at the Battle of Ferozeshah also in December 1845 and at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the", "title": "Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough" }, { "docid": "8762424", "text": "Montgomerys who settled in Ulster in the north of Ireland in 1628. Among his honours are the Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, a Distinguished Service Order, and membership of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. He was a British Army officer, often referred to as \"Monty\". He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major battle in World War II, and troops under his command were largely responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa. He was later a senior commander in Italy and North-West Europe, where he was in command", "title": "Clan Montgomery" }, { "docid": "19082791", "text": "the Order of the Bath (CB) on 22June 1815 for his services at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He died at Woolwich, London on 4June, 1838 and is buried in the now vanished St Luke's Churchyard in Charlton, Kent. Alexander Hamilton (British Army officer) Alexander Hamilton CB (17654 June 1838) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars who was injured at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16June 1815 but recovered sufficiently to command a battalion at the Battle of Waterloo two days later. He was appointed an ensign in the 84th Regiment of Foot on 1April 1794 then", "title": "Alexander Hamilton (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "15386349", "text": "Penn Symons Major-General Sir William Penn Symons KCB (17 July 1843 – 23 October 1899) was a British Army officer who was mortally wounded as he commanded his forces at the Battle of Talana Hill during the Second Boer War. Whilst his forces won the battle they had to abandon their position and fall back to Ladysmith. Symons and the more severely wounded were left to the Boers; he died three days later as a prisoner of war. A monument to his valour was raised in Victoria Park, Saltash, Cornwall, UK. William Penn Symons was born on 17 July 1843", "title": "Penn Symons" }, { "docid": "3738907", "text": "Montgomery. The British 46th Infantry Division formed a floating reserve, but it did not participate in the Sicily campaign. \"Army Troops\" The British XIII Corps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey. The British XXX Corps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese. The Naval forces were under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Sir. A Cunningham and was divided into several Task Forces. The role of the covering force was to prevent the Italian Navy from attacking the invasion forces. Eastern Naval task Force transported the Eastern Task Force (8th British Army) and provided Naval gunfire support. The Western", "title": "Operation Husky order of battle" }, { "docid": "8990100", "text": "Battle of Inverurie (1745) The second Battle of Inverurie took place on 23 December 1745 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Scotland. Lord Lewis Gordon had been raising Jacobite forces and had managed to create two battalions. James Moir of Stoneywood commanded one battalion and Gordon of Abbachy commanded the other. Lord Lewis Gordon had also raised a considerable sum of money, but he was thwarted by his brother; Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, who supported the British Government. To put an end to Lord Lewis Gordon's Jacobite recruitment, John Campbell, 4th Earl of", "title": "Battle of Inverurie (1745)" }, { "docid": "9434456", "text": "Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough, GBE (14 March 1861 – 22 September 1949) was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician. He was a founder of the Military Massage Service and the Cambridgeshire Battalion of The Suffolk Regiment and treasurer of the League of Nations Union. Born in London on 14 March 1861, Paget was the sixth and youngest son of Lord Alfred Paget (the fifth son of the Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey) and Cecilia Wyndham. His grandfather had commanded the British cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Educated at", "title": "Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough" }, { "docid": "9664432", "text": "William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris Lieutenant General William George Harris, 2nd Baron Harris KCH (19 January 1782 – 30 May 1845) was a British soldier and peer. Harris was the son of General George Harris, 1st Baron Harris. He fought under his father during the siege and capture of Seringapatam in 1799 at the age of 17. He later became a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and commanded the 73rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. He succeeded his father in 1829 to the barony and the family seat of Belmont House and Gardens near Faversham", "title": "William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris" }, { "docid": "1712292", "text": "imperial soldiers commanded by William Anson McCleverty became involved in a series of skirmishes along a narrow pathway through swampy ground. After being bombarded with artillery fire, Māori forces charged on the troops, who responded with a bayonet charge, halting the Māori advance. Māori withdrew to the trenches and breastworks, maintaining fire on the British troops until nightfall. Three British soldiers died and one was wounded in the clash; three of their enemy were killed and about 12 wounded in the so-called Battle of St John's Wood. On 23 July Te Mamaku's forces appeared again, exchanging fire with British forces", "title": "Wanganui Campaign" } ]

[ "Jon Stewart", "Craig Kilborn" ]

[ { "docid": "1786945", "text": "news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure premiered on September 28, 2015. Under different hosts, the show has been formally known as \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" from 1999 until 2015, and \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" since 2015. \"The Daily Show\" is the longest-running program on Comedy Central (counting all three tenures), and has won 24 Primetime Emmy Awards. The program is popular among young audiences. The Pew Research Center suggested in 2010 that 74% of regular viewers were between 18 and 49, and", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "15523013", "text": "performed the comedy special \"Trevor Noah: African American.\" On 11 October 2013, he was a guest on BBC Two's comedy panel show \"QI\". On 29 November 2013, he was a panelist on Channel 4 game show \"8 Out of 10 Cats\" and appeared on Sean Lock's team in \"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown\" on 12 September 2014. In December 2014, Noah became a recurring contributor on \"The Daily Show\". On 30 March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Noah would succeed Jon Stewart as host of \"The Daily Show\"; his tenure began on 28 September 2015. Within hours after", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "1786945", "text": "news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure premiered on September 28, 2015. Under different hosts, the show has been formally known as \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" from 1999 until 2015, and \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" since 2015. \"The Daily Show\" is the longest-running program on Comedy Central (counting all three tenures), and has won 24 Primetime Emmy Awards. The program is popular among young audiences. The Pew Research Center suggested in 2010 that 74% of regular viewers were between 18 and 49, and", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "8469652", "text": "Steve Bodow Steve Bodow is currently Executive Producer of \"\"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\"\", following his 13 years at \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" as an Executive Producer, Head Writer and staff writer. He was also Consulting Producer for \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\", after serving as EP on the hourlong \"Jordan Klepper Solves Guns\" special. Bodow is a founding member and a past artistic director of the New York theater group Elevator Repair Service, best known for \"Gatz\", its full-text adaptation of \"The Great Gatsby\". Before joining \"The Daily Show\" in 2002, Bodow was a journalist for", "title": "Steve Bodow" }, { "docid": "17901467", "text": "Jordan Klepper Jordan Klepper (born March 9, 1979) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosted the satirical Comedy Central program \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\" from 2017 to 2018. Klepper began his career as a member of The Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade, where he met his wife Laura Grey. Soon after, they began producing and starring in their own short films that they wrote together. In 2014 Klepper became a correspondent on \"The Daily Show\" with Jon Stewart as host. He remained in the show with Trevor Noah until 2017. Jordan", "title": "Jordan Klepper" }, { "docid": "15523006", "text": "and DStv. His stand-up comedy career attained international success, leading to appearances on American late-night talk shows and British panel shows. In 2014, Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for \"The Daily Show\", and the following year, he succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart and is set to remain in this position up until 2022. Noah's autobiographical comedy book \"Born a Crime\" was published in 2016 and garnered critical acclaim. Noah was named one of \"The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media\" by \"The Hollywood Reporter\" in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, \"Time\" magazine named him one of the", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "6172828", "text": "is about three hats per show. Friedlander has appeared on late-night talk shows such as \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\", \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\", \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\",\"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\", \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" and \"Last Call with Carson Daly\". In 2010 Friedlander appeared in 2 episodes of the children's series \"Sesame Street\". He also appeared as a panelist on \"The Burn with Jeff Ross\" in 2013. In May and June 2014, Friedlander narrated ESPN's \"Inside: U.S. Soccer’s March to Brazil\" six-part series in preparation for the World Cup in Brazil. He", "title": "Judah Friedlander" }, { "docid": "8469653", "text": "\"Wired\", \"New York Magazine\", \"Salon\" and the \"New York Times Magazine\". He grew up in Rye, NY, graduating Rye High School, Yale University, and NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. While at Yale, Bodow co-founded the improv group Just Add Water. Steve Bodow Steve Bodow is currently Executive Producer of \"\"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\"\", following his 13 years at \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" as an Executive Producer, Head Writer and staff writer. He was also Consulting Producer for \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\", after serving as EP on the hourlong \"Jordan Klepper Solves Guns\" special. Bodow is a", "title": "Steve Bodow" }, { "docid": "4545965", "text": "Daniel Radosh Daniel Radosh (born 23 March 1969) is an American journalist and blogger. Radosh is a senior writer for \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\". Previously, he was a staff writer for \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and\" a contributing editor at \"The Week.\" He writes occasionally for \"The New Yorker\". His writing has also appeared in \"Entertainment Weekly\", \"Esquire\", \"GQ\", \"Mademoiselle\", \"McSweeney's Quarterly Concern\", \"Might\", \"New York Magazine\", \"The New York Times\", \"Playboy\", \"Radar\", \"Salon\", \"Slate\", and other publications. From 2000 to 2001, he was a senior editor for \"Modern Humorist\". In the 1990s he was a", "title": "Daniel Radosh" }, { "docid": "20305406", "text": "law degree from Georgetown Law. While working as a lawyer, he continued doing improv at UCB New York. After practicing corporate law for four years, Parang decided to quit and focus on a career in comedy. His first writing job was for Jake Sasseville's \"Late Night Republic\". In 2011, Parang received an e-mail from \"The Daily Show\" asking him to submit, which he did at the advice of Hallie Haglund. They then hired him as a staff writer under Jon Stewart. In 2015, after four years at \"The Daily Show\", he was promoted to head writer when Trevor Noah became", "title": "Zhubin Parang" }, { "docid": "15523020", "text": "changed my view on the thing and I definitely look up to him as a comedic influence. Chris Rock in terms of the modern black comedian and Dave Chappelle. Those are the guys that have laid the foundation and have moved the yardstick for all comedians, not just Black comedians.\" He also cited Jon Stewart as an influence and a mentor, following his appointment to succeed Stewart as host of \"The Daily Show\". In an interview with \"The New York Times\", Noah likened Stewart to \"a Jewish Yoda\" and recounted advice Stewart gave him, saying, \"The most amazing thing that", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "4545968", "text": "the New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest, a spoof of \"The New Yorker\"s weekly cartoon caption contest. His first book, \"Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture\", was published by Scribner in 2008. Radosh is the son of historian Ronald Radosh. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1991, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Daniel Radosh Daniel Radosh (born 23 March 1969) is an American journalist and blogger. Radosh is a senior writer for \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\". Previously, he was a staff writer for \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and\" a contributing", "title": "Daniel Radosh" }, { "docid": "14203316", "text": "about the conflict to a visibly nervous Fallon. \"Listen, we love NBC. NBC ... we kid, you know? NBC will always be the place where Jack and I got our start. And where they f**cked Conan.\" On December 7, 2015, \"The Daily Show\" made reference to the controversy. When former host Jon Stewart made a guest appearance on the show, current host Trevor Noah jokingly remarked \"Are you here to take the show back? Oh, man, I heard about this in American TV. Are you taking the show back?\". Stewart replied, quietly, \"Trust me, a thousand times no\". Over time,", "title": "2010 Tonight Show conflict" }, { "docid": "18617654", "text": "program with three-minute segments called \"final thoughts\", in which she spoke extremely quickly. These segments became widely popular on social media, but have been called \"screeds\" and \"rants\". In January 2016, Lahren endorsed Marco Rubio for president in the Republican Party presidential primary. On November 30, Lahren appeared on \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" for a 26-minute interview. Many critics compared her appearance to former host Jon Stewart's friendly rivalry with Bill O'Reilly. On March 17, 2017, Lahren made a guest appearance on \"The View\" in which she said that women should have access to abortion and said she", "title": "Tomi Lahren" }, { "docid": "1786997", "text": "to between .1 and .2, the ratings are lower than before Jon Stewart took over the show from Craig Kilborn. On December 8, 2015, former host Jon Stewart returned to \"The Daily Show\" for the first time in an extended-length show to return attention to extending the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, otherwise referred to as 9/11 First Responders Bill, which Stewart explained had been blocked by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell for political reasons. On October 20, 2016, Noah was unable to host a scheduled taping of \"The Daily Show\" due to illness, so correspondent Jordan Klepper", "title": "The Daily Show" } ]

[ { "docid": "2174300", "text": "Lewis Black Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is best known for his angry demeanour and belligerent comedic style, in which he often simulates having a mental breakdown. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series \"Lewis Black's Root of All Evil\" and makes regular appearances on \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" delivering his \"Back in Black\" commentary segment, which he has been doing since \"The Daily Show\" was hosted by", "title": "Lewis Black" }, { "docid": "1786995", "text": "2017. In January 2016, \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" started to use a modified version of the show's previous theme, composed by Timbaland and King Logan. The theme is a remix of the old theme with the addition of rock. Trevor Noah also avoided talking too much about Fox News, as Stewart was previously known for. \"\"The Daily Show\" was based on an emerging 24 hour news cycle, that’s everything it was, that’s what inspired \"The Daily Show\". Now you look at news and it’s changed. It’s no longer predicated around 24 hour news. There are so many different", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "15523005", "text": "Trevor Noah Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African television and radio host, political commentator, and comedian. He is known for hosting \"The Daily Show\", an American satirical news program on Comedy Central. Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career as a comedian, presenter, and actor in his native South Africa in 2002. He held several television hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), and was the runner-up in their fourth season of \"Strictly Come Dancing\" in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, Noah was the creator and host of \"Tonight with Trevor Noah\" on M-Net", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "15523024", "text": "himself a \"progressive person\", but not a \"political progressive\" and prefers not to be categorized as being either right or left in the context of US partisanship. Noah has been in a relationship with American model and singer Jordyn Taylor since 2015. Trevor Noah Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African television and radio host, political commentator, and comedian. He is known for hosting \"The Daily Show\", an American satirical news program on Comedy Central. Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career as a comedian, presenter, and actor in his native South Africa in 2002. He held", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "15523010", "text": "host an educational TV programme, \"Run the Adventure\" (2004–2006) on SABC 2. In 2007, he hosted \"The Real Goboza\", a gossip-themed show on SABC 1, and \"Siyadlala\", a sports show also on the SABC. In 2008, Noah co-hosted, alongside Pabi Moloi, \"The Amazing Date\" (a dating gameshow) and was a \"Strictly Come Dancing\" contestant in the fourth series. In 2009, he hosted the 3rd Annual South Africa Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) and co-hosted alongside Eugene Khoza on \"The Axe Sweet Life\", a reality competition series. In 2010, Noah hosted the sixteenth annual \"South African Music Awards\" and also hosted", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "15523019", "text": "alongside Noah. In February 2018, it was announced that Noah would write a second book. In 2018, Noah and \"The Daily Show\" writing staff would release \"The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library\", a book comprising hundreds of Trump tweets and featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham. In 2017, he made an appearance on \"Nashville\". In 2018, he also made appearances in \"Black Panther\" and \"American Vandal\". Noah has said of his comedic influences, \"The kings are indisputable. Richard Pryor, [Bill] Cosby; for me personally I didn't know of him before I started comedy but Eddie Murphy", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "1787020", "text": "the 69th Emmy Awards The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, also added yet another emmy award to the show's many Emmy's. \"The Daily Show\" airs on various networks worldwide; in addition, an edited version of the show called \"The Daily Show: Global Edition\" is produced each week specifically for overseas audiences. It has been airing outside of the U.S. on CNN International and other overseas networks since September 2002. This edition runs for half an hour and contains a selection of segments including one guest interview from the preceding week's shows, usually from the Monday or Tuesday episode. Noah provides", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "20810472", "text": "Joe Opio Joe Opio is a Ugandan comedian and television writer. He formerly hosted \"LOLUganda\", a satirical Ugandan news program. He is a writer for \"The Daily Show\". Opio was born in Kampala, Uganda. He earned a law degree and worked as an accountant for Deloitte for many years, later transitioning into comedy. In 2012, he began hosting the satirical news program \"LOLUganda\". After two seasons, Opio decided to move to New York City to pursue a career in comedy. While performing at the Comedy Cellar, he met Trevor Noah, who hired him as a writer for his first season", "title": "Joe Opio" }, { "docid": "19442140", "text": "Michelle Wolf Michelle Wolf (born June 21, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and television host. She worked as a contributor and writer for \"Late Night with Seth Meyers\" and \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\". She spoke as the featured performer at the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner. She hosted the Netflix comedy talk show series \"The Break with Michelle Wolf\". Wolf was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where she grew up with two older brothers. She graduated from Hershey High School in 2003. She graduated from The College of William & Mary in 2007, where she majored in", "title": "Michelle Wolf" }, { "docid": "1786992", "text": "\"anti-tribute\" (mocking Stewart) from various frequent guests and \"friends\" of the show. The second segment featured a pre-recorded tour of the Daily Show production facility and studio introducing all of the show's staff and crew. The final segment featured a short farewell speech from Stewart followed by the final \"Moment of Zen\" (being 'his own' moment of zen): a performance of \"Land of Hope and Dreams\" and \"Born to Run\" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. On March 30, 2015, it was announced that Trevor Noah would replace Stewart as host of \"The Daily Show\". Trevor Noah's first", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "19442143", "text": "she joined \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" as a contributor. Wolf has said that she learned a lot about comedy working for Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah. In August 2016, she performed her stand-up show \"So Brave\" at the Edinburgh Festival, which was her first performance outside North America. Wolf's television work in the United Kingdom also includes an appearance on \"Live At The Apollo\" in late 2016 and an appearance as a panelist on the UK comedy game show \"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown\" in early 2017, partnering with team captain and British stand-up comedian Jon", "title": "Michelle Wolf" }, { "docid": "18782188", "text": "from will.i.am and Wyclef Jean, comedy from Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, and conversations with Malcolm Gladwell, Cory Booker, and Karl Rove. The festival was a partnership between OZY Media and Fusion, airing on Fusion Networks in August 2016. OZY's Carlos Watson also produced and hosted the project. From 2017 to early 2018, Chebot executive produced and directed 8 half-hour episodes of the PBS primetime documentary series “Breaking Big,” featuring Daily Show host Trevor Noah, former pro football star and TV personality Michael Strahan, country music artist Jason Aldean, actor and playwright Danai Gurira, author Roxane Gay, chef and author", "title": "Alan Chebot" }, { "docid": "1786994", "text": "standing in front of a screen as opposed to sitting at the desk. Trevor also increased the usage of more millennial-based references, impersonations and characterizations for his comedy on the show, due to his younger demographic and his ability to speak in multiple accents and eight languages. The debut of \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" brought along three new correspondents: Roy Wood Jr., Desi Lydic and Ronny Chieng. Additional correspondents were added in 2017. Michael Kosta became the Senior Constitutional Correspondent and Senior American Correspondent in July 11, 2017. Dulcé Sloan became the Senior Fashion Correspondent in September 7,", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "15523016", "text": "\"Los Angeles Times\" described Noah as \"Charming and composed - almost inevitably low-key compared with the habitually antic and astonished Stewart.\" Noah's success on the show has led to three stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Netflix. On 14 September 2017, it was announced that Comedy Central had extended Noah's contract as host of \"The Daily Show\" for five years, through 2022. He will also produce and host annual end-of-year specials for Comedy Central. In April 2017, it was announced that Noah was developing a talk-show for Jordan Klepper. On July 2017, the show's title was revealed to be \"The", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "5964337", "text": "term on NPR. The term describes a strategy of flatly denying guilt and refusing to engage with the evidence against the defendant, no matter how overwhelming. R. Kelly was ultimately found not guilty on all charges. The song was referenced by Trevor Noah on an episode of \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" in October 2016, when he covered the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, as Pence vehemently kept denying his running mate Donald Trump's claims, despite the fact that the claims have been proved to be said by Trump on camera or through his Twitter", "title": "It Wasn't Me" }, { "docid": "1786947", "text": "production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network. Each episode begins with announcer Drew Birns announcing the date and the introduction, \"From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\"\". Previously, the introduction was \"This is \"The Daily Show,\" the most important television program, ever.\" The host then opens the show with a monologue drawing from current news stories and issues. Previously, the show had divided its news commentary into sections known as \"Headlines\", \"Other News\", and \"This Just In\"; these titles were dropped from regular", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "8477894", "text": "way.'\" This scene was characterized as \"racist\" by \"Asbarez\" Editor Ara Khachatourian, who criticized CBS for promotion of racial stereotypes in their shows. In the January 9, 2018 episode of the Comedy Central late-night program \"The Daily Show\" Trevor Noah stated: \"This is, like, really funny. Only Donald Trump could defend himself and, in the same sentence, completely undermine his whole point. It would be like someone saying, ‘I’m the most tolerant guy out there, just ask this filthy Armenian.'\" Armenian American organizations criticized Noah for alleged racism against Armenians. In a joint press release the Armenian Bar Association and", "title": "Anti-Armenian sentiment" }, { "docid": "1786993", "text": "show was on September 28, 2015 with comedian Kevin Hart as his first guest. Noah's premiere episode was simulcast by Viacom on Comedy Central, Nick at Nite, Spike, MTV, MTV2, mtvU, VH1, VH1 Classic, BET, Centric, CMT, TV Land and Logo TV. On September 14, 2017, it was announced that Comedy Central had extended Trevor Noah's contract as host of \"The Daily Show\" for five years, through 2022. In addition to changes in the tone of the show, Noah has also implemented stylistic changes to the show, with an updated set, new graphics and his monologue sometimes taking place while", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "20264885", "text": "on \"The Daily Show\" for three years. Klepper's segments on the show received positive reviews. During his time on the show, he substituted for Trevor Noah in October 2016. In April 2017, Comedy Central announced that Klepper would host a new show, debuting in the fall, that would follow \"The Daily Show\". In July 2017, the title of the show was revealed to be \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\", and had a premiere scheduled for September 25, 2017. On June 15, 2018, Comedy Central announced the show would be ending after its June 28 episode. Klepper served as host. The", "title": "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper" }, { "docid": "1787032", "text": "Comedy Central announced a brand-new spinoff to occupy the 11:30pm time slot which had not had an original show since the canceling of \"The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore\". \"The Daily Show\"'s senior correspondent Jordan Klepper was enlisted as host, with Klepper, Stuart Miller, and Trevor Noah serving as executive producers. The show intends to \"satirize the hyperbolic, conspiracy-laden noise machine that is the alternative-media landscape on both the right and left.\" The show aired from September 25, 2017 to June 28, 2018. Comedy Central announced that Klepper would be hosting a new primetime weekly talk show, \"Klepper\", to debut", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "15523012", "text": "to the United States. On 6 January 2012, Noah became the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on \"The Tonight Show\"; and, on 17 May 2013, he became the first to appear on \"Late Show with David Letterman\". Noah was the subject of the 2012 documentary \"You Laugh But It's True\". The same year, he starred in the one-man comedy show \"Trevor Noah: The Racist\", which was based on his similarly titled South African special \"That's Racist\". On 12 September, Noah was the Roastmaster in a \"Comedy Central Roast\" of South African Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr. In 2013, he", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "20331929", "text": "Dulcé Sloan Dulcé Lazaria Sloan (born July 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She is a correspondent for \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" on Comedy Central. Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club. She won the 12th Annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase in 2015. She won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana. In February 2016, she performed on Conan O'Brien's talk show. She has appeared on truTV's \"Comedy Knockout\", \"@midnight with Chris Hardwick\" and \"The Steve Harvey Show\".", "title": "Dulcé Sloan" }, { "docid": "1787021", "text": "an exclusive introductory monologue in front of an audience, usually about the week's prevalent international news story, and closing comments without an audience present. When aired on CNN International, the broadcast is prefaced by a written disclaimer: \"The show you are about to watch is a news parody. Its stories are not fact checked. Its reporters are not journalists. And its opinions are not fully thought through.\" Since February 27, 2017, \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" has been regularly simulcast on Black Entertainment Television. Between 2001 and 2006, Westwood One broadcast small, ninety-second portions of the show to various", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "1786963", "text": "The intro was also updated; the graphics, display names, dates, and logos were all changed. On September 28, 2015, the show debuted a new set alongside the debut of Trevor Noah's tenure. According to Larry Hartman, Noah took a lot of inspiration from Stewart's set. A second on-stage 'jumbo-tron' was added and the colours of the set were made lighter. The graphics, intro, theme music, lower thirds, logo, etc. were also all revamped. On July 19, 2016, the set and graphics were given another change to reflect Democalypse 2016 and denote \"The Daily Show\"'s RNC and DNC coverage (which was", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "20331930", "text": "\"Variety\" named her one of 10 Comics to Watch 2018 at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival. Dulcé Sloan Dulcé Lazaria Sloan (born July 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She is a correspondent for \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" on Comedy Central. Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club. She won the 12th Annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase in 2015. She won the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival in Billings, Montana. In February 2016, she performed on Conan O'Brien's talk show.", "title": "Dulcé Sloan" }, { "docid": "16727254", "text": "the podcast have featured such guests as: Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Schumer, Phil McGraw, Will.i.am, Maria Shriver, former mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu, Ralph Lauren, Tina Turner, Julia Roberts, and Michelle Obama. On February 7, 2018, Winfrey hosted a live show for the podcast at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. The show was hosted by Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson of 2 Dope Queens and featured interviews with Jordan Peele, Stephen Colbert, Salma Hayek Pinault, Trevor Noah, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Yara Shahidi. Super Soul Sunday Super Soul Sunday is an American daytime self-help talk", "title": "Super Soul Sunday" }, { "docid": "14320349", "text": "Sameer Asad Gardezi Sameer A. Gardezi (born 1983) is a WGA Award Winning Pakistani American Muslim screenwriter and television writer who has written for \"Aliens in America\", the Golden Globe nominated, Emmy-winning hit series \"Modern Family\"., Mr. Sunshine, Outsourced and Goodwin Games. Sameer has written for several networks including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, The CW, FOX, ABC and NBC and studios such as 20th Century, Universal and Disney. For his work on Modern Family, he was awarded a Writer’s Guild Award for his excellence in writing. Most recently, he collaborated with Daily Show's Trevor Noah to create the UNTITLED TREVOR NOAH", "title": "Sameer Asad Gardezi" }, { "docid": "17901470", "text": "filled in as the host in October 2016 while Trevor Noah was sick. In April 2017, Comedy Central announced that Klepper would host a new show, debuting in the fall, that would follow \"The Daily Show\". A special titled \"Jordan Klepper Solves Guns\" premiered on Comedy Central on June 11, 2017. In July 2017, the new show was titled \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\", and it premiered on September 25, 2017. When the show was canceled in June 2018, such was accompanied by the ordering of a new series called \"Klepper\", a primetime weekly talk show set to premiere in", "title": "Jordan Klepper" }, { "docid": "1787210", "text": "to what their condition is?\" For Gazans living in that situation, he said Hamas could be viewed as \"freedom fighters\". On August 1, 2014, Stewart stated on air that \"We cannot be Israel's rehab sponsor and its drug dealer\". During a taping of the show on February 10, 2015, Stewart announced he was leaving \"The Daily Show\". Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless confirmed Stewart's retirement with a statement. It was later announced that South African comedian Trevor Noah would succeed Stewart as the host of the show. On April 20, 2015, Stewart indicated that his final show would be on", "title": "Jon Stewart" }, { "docid": "14662718", "text": "since the original had brought in many millions worldwide.. The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Whoopi Goldberg mentioned on \"The Daily Show\" with Trevor Noah (who said the movie was a hit in South Africa), that the LA riots due to Rodney King happened at the same time that \"Sarafina!\" was released which resulted in the movie not being so well known in the US. The film was released on 18 September 1992. \"Sarafina!\" was re-released in South Africa on 16 June 2006 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in", "title": "Sarafina! (film)" }, { "docid": "15941177", "text": "Desi Lydic Lani Desmonet \"Desi\" Lydic (born June 30, 1981) is an American comedian and actress who is currently a correspondent on \"The Daily Show\" with Trevor Noah. She also stars as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series \"Awkward\". She got her start in the 2001 parody film \"Not Another Teen Movie\". She also starred in the Spike miniseries \"Invasion Iowa\" alongside William Shatner, and the parody series \"The Real Wedding Crashers\". She appeared as Shea Seger in the 2011 film \"We Bought a Zoo\" alongside Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and in the 2013 film \"The", "title": "Desi Lydic" }, { "docid": "10720496", "text": "\"a practical guidebook for anyone looking to befriend or work with a black person, become the next black president or challenge anyone who says they speak for all black people\". On August 27, 2015, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah announced that Thurston had been named supervising producer, overseeing original digital content. Baratunde Thurston Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (; born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the Library Of Congress, and was director of digital for", "title": "Baratunde Thurston" }, { "docid": "18498936", "text": "statues erected in South Africa during the colonial era depicting some of the well known colonists who settled in South Africa. In education, South Africa recorded a drop in its matric pass rate from 2013 to 2014. The protest #FeesMustFall was started towards the end of the year and achieved its primary goal of stopping an increase in university fees for 2016. South Africa also saw the discovery of Homo naledi in 2015. The South African national rugby union team came third in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Trevor Noah started hosting \"The Daily Show\" on Comedy Central. 2015", "title": "2015 in South Africa" }, { "docid": "20643971", "text": "opinion ... where fiction can't be just read as it \"is.\"'\" Several media sources have interpreted \"Mr. Landlord\" as an allegorical reference to Donald Trump. According to the BBC News, \"Critics were keen to pick up on Mr Landlord, a character that could be a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump. He is described as a 'violently immature 70-year-old boy-man with money and French vanilla cotton candy hair'.\" Trevor Noah, on Comedy Central's \"The Daily Show\", described the book as \"a strange story that seems like a metaphor for real life.\" Penn told Marc Maron in his podcast, \"WTF\", that", "title": "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff" }, { "docid": "15523021", "text": "Jon did was he didn’t give me a mandate. He didn’t say, 'You need to make my show.' He specifically said: 'Make your show. Make your best version of it.' I apply those teachings of Jon’s to everything that I’m doing.\" Among comedians who say they were influenced by Noah are Michelle Wolf and Jordan Klepper. Noah's mixed-race ancestry, his experiences growing up in Soweto, and his observations about race and ethnicity are leading themes in his comedy. Noah is a polyglot; he speaks English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Tsonga, Afrikaans, and German. In 1992 Noah's mother Patricia Nombuyiselo was", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "1787199", "text": "my show,\" meaning that he was uncomfortable talking without hearing the audience laugh. \"Stewart does not offer us cynicism for its own sake, but as a playful way to offer the kinds of insights that are not permitted in more serious news formats that slavishly cling to official account of events.\" Until Trevor Noah permanently took over the show, Stewart hosted almost all airings of the program, except for a few occasions when correspondents such as Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Jason Jones and Steve Carell subbed for him, and during John Oliver's stint as host during the summer of 2013.", "title": "Jon Stewart" }, { "docid": "20686974", "text": "twice on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\". As of 2018, he writes for the Netflix television shows \"Big Mouth\" and \"American Vandal\". In October of that year, he was hired as a correspondent on \"The Daily Show\"; he made his first appearance opposite Trevor Noah on October 11, 2018. In late 2017, Young-White came out as queer during his first appearance on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\"; he later clarified that he identifies as gay, in his second appearance on the program in late 2018\".\" He has two brothers. Jaboukie Young-White Jaboukie Young-White (born July 24, 1994) is", "title": "Jaboukie Young-White" }, { "docid": "20295283", "text": "a \"media failure\". Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print-media coverage until her primary election win. After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She appeared on \"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" and \"The View\" in the first few days after the primary and later on \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\". Ocasio-Cortez also drew a great deal of media attention when she and Bernie Sanders campaigned for James Thompson in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in Wichita had to be moved from a theater with a capacity of 1,500", "title": "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" }, { "docid": "4989744", "text": "encourage the world to keep its focus on eradicating HIV/AIDS and other preventable diseases by 2030 as one of the Sustainable Development Goals. The event, which also marked ONE’s 10 year anniversary, was hosted by The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah and featured performances from Miley Cyrus, Hozier, Jessie J, Bono and The Edge. During 2015, ONE worked with partners at Action/2015 and Project Everyone to promote the new Global Goals for Sustainable Development around the world so citizens can hold leaders to account in delivering them by 2030. On International Women’s Day 2016, ONE relaunched their Poverty is Sexist campaign,", "title": "ONE Campaign" }, { "docid": "15523011", "text": "\"Tonight with Trevor Noah\" on MNet (for the second series, it moved to DStv's Mzansi Magic Channel). In 2010, Noah also became a spokesperson and consumer protection agent for Cell C, South Africa's third-largest mobile phone network provider. Noah has performed all over South Africa in \"The Blacks Only Comedy Show\", the \"Heavyweight Comedy Jam\", the \"Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour\", the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy Festival, and \"Bafunny Bafunny\" (2010). His stand-up comedy specials in South Africa include \"The Daywalker\" (2009), \"Crazy Normal\" (2011), \"That's Racist\" (2012), and \"It's My Culture\" (2013). In 2011, he relocated", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "18521504", "text": "appearance, The Suffers began an East Coast/Southern U.S. tour that lasted through the summer of 2015. On October 27, 2015, The Suffers performed \"Giver\", \"Midtown\" & \"Gwan\" on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert for Bob Boilen On November 14, 2015, The Suffers performed \"Gwan\" with The University of Houston Spirit of Houston Marching Band during the football halftime show. In 2016, The Suffers toured with Galactic and Lake Street Dive. On February 9, 2016, they appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, performing \"Peanuts\" & \"Midtown\". On March 10, 2016. they appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing \"Peanuts\" & \"Midtown\"", "title": "The Suffers" }, { "docid": "16142239", "text": "replaced with The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. \"The Colbert Report\" started in October 2005 with Stephen Colbert as the host, writer and executive producer of the show. Like Stewart, Colbert reports the news in a satirical manner, focusing on political news. He uses different segments in his episodes such as, “Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger” and “Bears and Balls”. During these segments, Colbert discusses current news events and does not hold back from sharing his opinion on the stories. As he puts it in one episode, he not only gives his audience his two cents worth,", "title": "Comedic journalism" }, { "docid": "19442154", "text": "in May 2018 and aired over 10 weeks, with the series finale on July 29, 2018. According to Deadline Hollywood the show did not draw enough of a viewership to secure a renewal. Wolf is an avid runner. She has run marathons, and in 2018 completed a ultramarathon at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Michelle Wolf Michelle Wolf (born June 21, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and television host. She worked as a contributor and writer for \"Late Night with Seth Meyers\" and \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\". She spoke as the featured performer at the", "title": "Michelle Wolf" }, { "docid": "15523017", "text": "Opposition with Jordan Klepper\" and premiered on 25 September 2017. On 15 June 2018, Comedy Central announced that it was canceling the show after one season, but that Klepper would be hosting a new primetime weekly talk show, \"Klepper\". In February 2018, it was announced that Noah will be executive producing a show with Roy Wood Jr. titled \"Re-Established\". In March 2018, Noah signed a multiyear contract with Viacom that gives first-look rights to any future projects by Noah, be they television, feature films or shortform video content. In addition to the deal, Noah will also be launching an international", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "20520697", "text": "two false statements. On February 1, Trump said that viewership of his address was \"the highest number in history\", but there were five addresses given by Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama that had higher viewership. Comedy Central's \"The Daily Show\" with Trevor Noah and \"The Opposition with Jordan Klepper\" were aired live to offer instant analysis and commentary on the State of the Union Address. Both shows planned to simulcast the first segment of their live episodes via Facebook Live. CBS also aired a live edition of \"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\". Alex Seitz-Wald of", "title": "2018 State of the Union Address" }, { "docid": "1571107", "text": "eventually deciding not to pre-record the closing segment to his show and instead \"we'll do it live\". Immediately after the video surfaced, O'Reilly acknowledged the video's existence, claiming that he was amusing his co-workers and said \"I have plenty of much newer stuff... If you want to buy the tapes that I have, I'm happy to sell them to you.\" The rant was later parodied by Stephen Colbert on \"The Colbert Report\" as well as \"Family Guy\" and by Trevor Noah on \"The Daily Show\", and was named one of \"Time's\" \"Top 10 Celebrity Meltdowns\". In October 2008, Wednesday 13", "title": "Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)" }, { "docid": "1786965", "text": "recent news, as well as longer-term projects. By lunchtime, Noah — who describes his role as that of the captain of a team — has begun to review headline jokes. The script is submitted by 3 pm, and at 4:15 there is a rehearsal. An hour is left for rewrites before a 6 pm taping in front of a live studio audience. \"The Daily Show\" typically tapes four new episodes a week, Monday through Thursday, forty-two weeks a year. The show is broadcast at 11 PM Eastern/10 PM Central, a time when local television stations show their news reports and", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "4920201", "text": "a formidable newsroom, and a culture of excellence and decency. I only wish him the best for the future, and greatly am appreciative of his bringing Noah Shachtman onboard as his deputy so that we’re in the position to continue the fine work of the Daily Beast.\" Avlon has made appearances on a variety of television shows such as, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, \"The Daily Show\", and \"Real Time with Bill Maher\" as well as on news programs: MSNBC, PBS, CNN, and C-SPAN. Avlon created and hosted the \"Wingnut of the Week\" segment on CNN. Syndicated columnist Kathleen", "title": "John Avlon" }, { "docid": "14320350", "text": "PROJECT. Sameer Asad Gardezi Sameer A. Gardezi (born 1983) is a WGA Award Winning Pakistani American Muslim screenwriter and television writer who has written for \"Aliens in America\", the Golden Globe nominated, Emmy-winning hit series \"Modern Family\"., Mr. Sunshine, Outsourced and Goodwin Games. Sameer has written for several networks including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, The CW, FOX, ABC and NBC and studios such as 20th Century, Universal and Disney. For his work on Modern Family, he was awarded a Writer’s Guild Award for his excellence in writing. Most recently, he collaborated with Daily Show's Trevor Noah to create the UNTITLED TREVOR", "title": "Sameer Asad Gardezi" }, { "docid": "1786998", "text": "guest hosted. On November 16, 2017, Stewart once again returned to \"The Daily Show\", in part as a parody of the robocalls of fake \"Washington Post\" reporter \"Bernie Bernstein\" and to promote \"Night of Too Many Stars\" on HBO. The show's correspondents have two principal roles: experts with satirical senior titles that Noah interviews about certain issues, or hosts of field reporting segments which often involve humorous commentary and interviews relating to a current issue. The current team of correspondents collectively known as \"The World’s Fakest News Team\" (formerly known as \"The Best F#@king News Team Ever\") includes Ronny Chieng,", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "18521501", "text": "ended up seeking. Their name comes from the 1978 Jamaican film Rockers. During their February 9, 2016 appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, lead singer Kam Franklin stated \"Its a reference to an old Jamaican film called The Rockers. And in that film, the artists are actually the sufferers. The major labels aren't doing what they could be doing to make sure they get their just deserved things. And you know I feel like us as artists we've been working for so long with no real reward or attention probably until recently...\" Since 2011, the band has grown", "title": "The Suffers" }, { "docid": "13804015", "text": "United States Department of Justice of using the Shaggy defense in regards to their refusal to respond to a lawsuit filed against them by the American Civil Liberties Union over the CIA's use of unmanned drones in warfare by claiming that the program was a state secret, even though it had been acknowledged and even defended multiple times by the Obama administration. The strategy was referenced by Trevor Noah on an episode of \"The Daily Show\" when he covered the 2016 vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, as Pence kept vehemently denying widely publicized claims made by his", "title": "Shaggy defense" }, { "docid": "18282535", "text": "to Get a Rep\", opens with Jidenna performing \"Long Live the Chief\" at the fictitious Harlem's Paradise. He performed \"Long Live the Chief\" and \"Little Bit More\" with a full band on \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" in October 2016. Jidenna guest starred on \"Insecure\" in the episodes \"Thirsty as Fuck,\" and \"Shady as Fuck,\" which aired in November 2016. A chopped and screwed version of \"Classic Man\" featured in the Academy Award winning 2016 film \"Moonlight\". Jidenna Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (born May 4, 1985), better known by his stage name Jidenna, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and", "title": "Jidenna" }, { "docid": "10950434", "text": "members for \"Contexts\", Tressie McMillan Cottom, appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to discuss the impact of for-profit higher education in the United States on disadvantaged students. \"Contexts\" is abstracted and indexed in SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts. Contexts Contexts: \"Understanding People in their Social Worlds\" is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal and an official publication of the American Sociological Association. It is designed to be a more accessible source of sociological ideas and research and has been inspired by the movement towards public sociology. The journal was established in 2002 by Claude Fischer and is published by SAGE", "title": "Contexts" }, { "docid": "7992274", "text": "College in 1967. In 2004 he published a book with Paul Rauber called \"Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress.\" On April 18, 2017, Pope published a book with Michael Bloomberg on titled \"\". He appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah with Bloomberg May 3 to promote the book. Carl Pope (environmentalist) Carl Pope is the former Executive Director of the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist John Muir in 1892. Pope was appointed to his position as Executive Director in 1992, and served until January 20, 2010,", "title": "Carl Pope (environmentalist)" }, { "docid": "18093661", "text": "that received little attention from traders now see significant increases in trade volume and liquidity. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah aired a segment on the AP's use of automation on October 7, 2015. Automated Insights (Ai) generates personalized recaps and previews for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football. As of June 2017, Automated Insights partnerships and integrations include Amazon Alexa, Tableau, TIBCO Spotfire, MicroStrategy, Zapier, Microsoft Excel, and Google Sheets. Other Automated Insights work includes automation of marketing reports with the company's Wordsmith for Marketing tool and content generated for Comcast, Edmunds.com, GreatCall, DigitalSTROM, and Bodybuilding.com. Competing companies in the Natural", "title": "Automated Insights" }, { "docid": "1787027", "text": "In North Africa and the Middle East, the Daily Show was broadcast on Showtime Arabia starting in 2008 and ending in 2015. When the show transitioned under Noah, OSN decided to wait a bit before airing the new show. Now, the Global Edition of Noah's show is broadcast on OSN's Comedy Central HD channel. Episodes are often edited if they contain topics deemed inappropriate for the region. Episodes of the U.S. version are also available online the next day at Comedy Central's official \"Daily Show\" website, although this service is not available in all countries. However, clips for UK and", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "20432473", "text": "Kondabolu in the fall of 2017, preceding its release on the truTV network on November 19. Kondabolu appeared on \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\" to promote the film. He argued that the Apu character had had a serious and insidious effect, and that the use of humor in the portrayal is an artful way of making racism more appealing; this would hypothetically be relieved by the introduction of a range of brown characters. The documentary received mostly positive reviews from critics, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ranking the film at 89% out of 17 reviews, with an average critical", "title": "The Problem with Apu" }, { "docid": "20609526", "text": "of the purchase \"truly amazing\". \"The Baltimore Sun\" called the scandal part of a pattern in which Trump administration officials \"shamelessly gamed the system for their personal benefit\". Late night comedians mocked the purchase and HUD's response. Trevor Noah of \"The Daily Show\" said that valuing a good chair at $5000 would make Carson \"the worst \"Price Is Right\" contestant\", and suggested the department use the money to build low-income housing instead, in accordance with its mission. \"Late Night\" host Seth Meyers said of Carson that \"the man loves furniture. Based on his personality he’s probably been mistaken for furniture.\"", "title": "Ben Carson office furnishing scandal" }, { "docid": "15847542", "text": "in October 2011. Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa is an American-born journalist. De Rosa is currently the Digital Production Manager of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Anthony was previously the Editor in Chief for Circa and Social Media Editor for Reuters. He's the owner of popular tumblog \"SoupSoup\" and co-founder of hyper-local blogging tool \"Neighborhoodr\". De Rosa received the “Journalist of the Year” award from El Mundo in 2013 and “Best Innovation in Storytelling” from Reuters in 2011. He has been featured by AdWeek, New York Magazine, Details and the New York Times, which called him “The undisputed", "title": "Anthony De Rosa" }, { "docid": "15847541", "text": "Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa is an American-born journalist. De Rosa is currently the Digital Production Manager of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Anthony was previously the Editor in Chief for Circa and Social Media Editor for Reuters. He's the owner of popular tumblog \"SoupSoup\" and co-founder of hyper-local blogging tool \"Neighborhoodr\". De Rosa received the “Journalist of the Year” award from El Mundo in 2013 and “Best Innovation in Storytelling” from Reuters in 2011. He has been featured by AdWeek, New York Magazine, Details and the New York Times, which called him “The undisputed King of Tumblr”", "title": "Anthony De Rosa" }, { "docid": "8477895", "text": "the Armenian Rights Watch Committee (ARWC) compared \"Filthy Armenians\" to racial epithets as \"Dirty Jew\" and \"Lazy Nigger\", which although \"may have been intended to coax a laugh from the audience by ridiculing President Trump's self-proclaimed genius and tolerance,\" constitutes \"affront and slander.\" The organizations called for \"The Daily Show\" and Trevor Noah to issue a retraction and an apology. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) also called for an apology. \"The Jerusalem Post\" reported in 2009 that out of all Christians in Jerusalem's Old City Armenians were most often spat on by Haredi and Orthodox Jews. In 2011", "title": "Anti-Armenian sentiment" }, { "docid": "15523009", "text": "episode of the South African soap opera \"Isidingo\". He then began hosting his own radio show \"Noah's Ark\" on Gauteng's leading youth radio station, YFM. Noah dropped his radio show and acting to focus on comedy, and has performed with South African comedians such as: David Kau, Kagiso Lediga, Riaad Moosa, Darren Simpson, Marc Lottering, Barry Hilton, and Nik Rabinowitz, international comedians such as Paul Rodriguez, Carl Barron, Dan Ilic, and Paul Zerdin, and as the opening act for American comedian Gabriel Iglesias in November 2007 and Canadian comedian Russell Peters on his South African tour. Noah went on to", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "16138677", "text": "Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter) Trevor Sinclair is a Sydney-based radio host. He began his Sydney radio career in 1978 at the then most popular commercial music station in the city 2SM. Prior to this he had worked on provincial radio in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Sinclair's career began in the small town of Young on 25 October 1976. He moved to the Regional District of Nowra in 1977, before commencing the Early Night Show, from 7pm-10pm, at Canberra's 2CC in March 1978. Sinclair also hosted a very successful late afternoon TV show, \"Connections\" on local television", "title": "Trevor Sinclair (radio presenter)" }, { "docid": "18033026", "text": "received by \"The Colbert Report\". The show's average 230,000 viewers in the key demographic of ages 18 to 49 a night was down 45% from the 417,000 viewers its first 3 months averaged. In August, \"International Business Times\" reported that \"Nightly\"'s ratings were in a \"freefall\" due to losing its \"Daily Show\" lead-in audience (\"Daily\" had gone on a seven-week hiatus before Trevor Noah's debut as host) and lacking online viral hits. Nielsen showed Wilmore's ratings down 40% since Stewart's departure as \"Daily Show\" host. Average live viewers: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore", "title": "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" }, { "docid": "12296141", "text": "newspapers and magazines, Thierry Ardisson interviewed French tennis player Yannick Noah who admitted to smoking hashish and that tennis players regularly took amphetamines before the games, a scandal that led to his first appearance on television. In 1985, he adapted his press interviews (called Descente de police) for the French TV network TF1, but the concept – too brutal and provocative – got censored by French media authorities. TF1 kept him to host the show Scoop à la une. He then coproduced the show À la folie pas du tout from 1986 to 1987, hosted by later-famous news anchor host,", "title": "Thierry Ardisson" }, { "docid": "17679080", "text": "Live\" and \"The Gossip Table\". The five original co-hosts of \"The Gossip Table\" were Rob Shuter, Marianne Garvey, Noah Levy, Chloe Melas and Delaina Dixon. Perez Hilton had been announced as a replacement host for Noah Levy in July 2015 before the show was cancelled in August 2015. The Gossip Table The Gossip Table is a live daily entertainment news program on VH1 that premiered on June 3, 2013 and last aired on June 5, 2015. Broadcast weekday mornings, the show featured five entertainment columnists presenting entertainment news and gossip. Announced in May 2013 as a fill-in for \"Big Morning", "title": "The Gossip Table" }, { "docid": "9681421", "text": "in 1970. The show starred Merbreier as Captain Noah and his real life wife, Patricia Merbreier, as Mrs. Noah. At its height, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" was syndicated to twenty-two television stations in markets throughout the United States. During the early 1970s, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" attracted a larger local audience in the Philadelphia region than \"Sesame Street\" and \"Captain Kangaroo\" combined. Started as a religious-oriented program, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" became a daily children's program in 1970. The show aired from 7:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. on weekdays and for 30 minutes on", "title": "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark" }, { "docid": "15719740", "text": "and two grandchildren. W. Carter Merbreier W. Carter Merbreier (August 2, 1926 – August 9, 2016) was an American television personality, ordained Lutheran minister and former police chaplain for the Philadelphia Police Department. Merbreier created and co-hosted the long-running syndicated children's television series, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\", in 1967. The show aired until 1994. Born to Adolphe and Retta (née Carter) Merbreier, Carter Merbreier (he apparently later added the initial \"W.\") co-hosted \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" with his real-life wife, Patricia. He played Captain Noah while Patricia Merbreier played Mrs. Noah and acted as the show's", "title": "W. Carter Merbreier" }, { "docid": "15719737", "text": "W. Carter Merbreier W. Carter Merbreier (August 2, 1926 – August 9, 2016) was an American television personality, ordained Lutheran minister and former police chaplain for the Philadelphia Police Department. Merbreier created and co-hosted the long-running syndicated children's television series, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\", in 1967. The show aired until 1994. Born to Adolphe and Retta (née Carter) Merbreier, Carter Merbreier (he apparently later added the initial \"W.\") co-hosted \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" with his real-life wife, Patricia. He played Captain Noah while Patricia Merbreier played Mrs. Noah and acted as the show's puppeteer, beginning with", "title": "W. Carter Merbreier" }, { "docid": "15718127", "text": "Patricia Merbreier Patricia \"Pat\" Merbreier (July 12, 1924 – June 23, 2011) was an American television personality and actress. She was best known for playing Mrs. Noah on the Philadelphia-based WPVI syndicated children's program, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\", for approximately 3,600 episodes between 1967 and 1994. Her real life husband, W. Carter Merbreier, who played Captain Noah, created and co-hosted the show. Born Patricia Bosley, she majored in vocal studies at Oberlin College. she began singing opera in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946. Merbreier switched to roles in television commercials as television gained popularity. She also worked as an", "title": "Patricia Merbreier" }, { "docid": "15523008", "text": "under apartheid law. Interracial sexual relations and marriages were not legalised until the amended Immorality Act of 1985, a year after Noah's birth. Patricia Noah was jailed and fined by the South African government. She and her mother, Nomalizo Frances Noah, raised Trevor in Soweto. Noah spent his early youth at the private Maryvale College (at the age of three he started pre school, at the age of five he went to primary school), a Catholic school in Johannesburg. During his childhood, he attended Roman Catholic church every Sunday. In 2002, aged eighteen, Noah had a small role on an", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "15523014", "text": "announced as Stewart's successor, attention was drawn on the Internet to several jokes that Noah had posted on his Twitter account, which were criticised by some as being offensive to women and Jews, and to be making fun of the Holocaust. Noah responded by tweeting, \"To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn't land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.\" Comedy Central stood behind Noah, saying in a statement, \"Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included... To judge him or", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "15523007", "text": "100 most influential people in the world. Trevor Noah was born on 20 February 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His father Robert is of Swiss German ancestry, and his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, is of Xhosa ancestry. She converted to Judaism when he was 10 or 11 years old, but did not have him convert, although she introduced him to some aspects and practices of Judaism. Under apartheid legislation, Noah's mother was classified as Black, and his father was classified as White, and Trevor was classified as Coloured. His parents' interracial relationship was illegal at the time of his birth", "title": "Trevor Noah" }, { "docid": "18108054", "text": "these rights in 2014 to Sky Sports. From its infancy TV3 aired a live sporting programme called \"Sports Tonight\" (1998–2009) hosted by Trevor Welsh. The show would air weeknights from 23:30, until its controversial cancellation on 23 March 2009. In 1999, TV3 Sport also produced the short-lived sports quiz show \"A Game of Two Halves\", also hosted by Trevor Welsh, which ran for 13 episodes. Another short-lived sports show was 2005's \"The Offside Show\", which ran for 12 episodes. Virgin Media Sport Virgin Media Sport (formerly TV3 Sport) is a sports production unit at Virgin Media Television in the Republic", "title": "Virgin Media Sport" }, { "docid": "15718131", "text": "granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. Patricia Merbreier Patricia \"Pat\" Merbreier (July 12, 1924 – June 23, 2011) was an American television personality and actress. She was best known for playing Mrs. Noah on the Philadelphia-based WPVI syndicated children's program, \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\", for approximately 3,600 episodes between 1967 and 1994. Her real life husband, W. Carter Merbreier, who played Captain Noah, created and co-hosted the show. Born Patricia Bosley, she majored in vocal studies at Oberlin College. she began singing opera in Cleveland, Ohio in 1946. Merbreier switched to roles in television commercials as television gained popularity. She", "title": "Patricia Merbreier" }, { "docid": "17227477", "text": "record was set by two Ukrainian presenters who stayed on the air for 52 hours in 2011. He hosted a show by the name \"Ma Rastrako Sewak\" on the Internet, and hosted a show on Nepal Television before moving to the U.S. He had written lyrics for Nabin K Bhattarai's song Timilai Maan Parauchu and the song Timro Aagamanle feri sung by Ram Krishna Dhakal. Currently, he hosts a show called (Sidha Kura Janta Sanga) a.k.a. Straight Talk With People in News 24 television and is so fruitful in solving problems related to the social issues and daily life. His", "title": "Rabi Lamichhane" }, { "docid": "17501890", "text": "Wrestle Talk TV Wrestle Talk TV is a weekly (originally fortnightly) talk show about professional wrestling. It is presented by Francesca Wood and Adam Brown (who replaced Marty Scurll). It was first hosted by Joel Ross, and then by various guest hosts for a period in 2014. The show was released monthly on YouTube from September 2011 to March 2012, before it moved to the television channel Challenge in the United Kingdom, on August 2012. Wrestle Talk TV is now an official daily wrestling YouTube show hosted by Oli Davis, Luke Owen and Laurie Blake. They also have a podcast", "title": "Wrestle Talk TV" }, { "docid": "1786996", "text": "choices. Half of it is online now. Now you’ve got the Gawkers, the Buzzfeeds. The way people are drawing their news is soundbites and headlines and click-bait links has changed everything. The biggest challenge is going to be an exciting one I'm sure is how are we going to bring all of that together looking at it from a bigger lens as opposed to just going after one source—which was historically Fox News,\" Noah said at a press conference before the show's debut. As of 2018 the ratings of The Daily Show have dropped from 1.6 when John Stewart left", "title": "The Daily Show" }, { "docid": "16834954", "text": "Trevor Welch Trevor Welch is an Irish sports commentator who worked for TV3 from 1998 until 2012. He continues to covers TV3's live coverage of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League and up to April 2012 he was the regular presenter of the sports news on TV3 News. From 1998 until 2009 he was the main presenter of nightly sports programme Sports Tonight until it was cancelled due to budget cuts. Welch also hosted sports gameshow \"A Game of Two Halves\" which broadcast for one series in 1999 and League of Ireland highlights show \"Eircom League Weekly\"", "title": "Trevor Welch" }, { "docid": "7335288", "text": "along with \"Hit Man\" and \"Just Men!\" (which both lasted only 13 weeks), and like its predecessor spawned a syndicated edition. Also hosted by Jim Perry, this syndicated \"Sale\" series premiered on January 7, 1985, and ran daily until September 12, 1986. Al Howard was the executive producer of the initial 1969–73 version, and for a short time was co-executive producer of the 1980s version with Robert Noah. A short-lived revival of the series entitled \"Temptation\", like the recent Australian revival, debuted in syndication on September 10, 2007, following a September 7 preview on MyNetworkTV. This series ran for one", "title": "Sale of the Century (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "10732331", "text": "played Sōsuke, a character who is befriended by a juvenile fish named Ponyo (voiced by Noah Cyrus), who wants to become a human girl. They also both sing the theme song of the movie. He appeared as a recurring character in the Disney Channel Original Series, \"Jonas L.A.\" for which he won the award for \"Choice Breakout TV Star Male\" at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. His first on-screen movie role was in \",\" alongside his older brothers The Jonas Brothers as Junior Rocker Trevor. He also appeared in the E! reality show, \"Married to Jonas\", following Kevin Jonas and", "title": "Frankie Jonas" }, { "docid": "10959715", "text": "Angel Wong Angel Wong Chui-ling () or better known as Chui Ling to her many fans is a Hong Kong-born Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist. In her earlier days, Chui Ling hosted the popular \"On The Beat\" TV programme - a weekly variety info and entertainment show. She later co-hosted the daily morning show on WAFM, a Malaysian Chinese radio station, before moving on to Astro's MYFM 101.8 where she had a daily 5-minute segment called Chui Ling's Drivetime Mall, which has now ended its run. At present, she helms the 6am-10am breakfast show, Morning Boss, on", "title": "Angel Wong" }, { "docid": "5128620", "text": "book Who Stole Feminism? criticized Flanders for lack of evidence). Flanders hosted the weekday radio show \"Your Call\" on KALW, before starting the Saturday/Sunday evening \"Laura Flanders Show\" on Air America Radio in 2004. It became the weekly one-hour \"Radio Nation\" in 2007, and a daily TV show on Free Speech TV, \"GRITtv with Laura Flanders\" in 2008. That show aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to KCET/Linktv and teleSUR, as a weekly program. Flanders is a contributing writer for \"The Nation\", and \"Yes Magazine\" and has also contributed to \"In These Times\", \"The Progressive\" and", "title": "Laura Flanders" }, { "docid": "15718128", "text": "\"industrial show entrepreneur\" and a model, according to an article published by the \"Philadelphia Inquirer\" in 1975. Merbreier's husband, W. Carter Merbreier, an ordained Lutheran minister, created \"Captain Noah and His Magical Ark\" in 1967 in conjunction with the Philadelphia Council of Churches. It initially started as a religious program, but switched to a children's television format in 1970. Pat Merbreier co-hosted the show as Mrs. Noah alongside her husband from 1967 to 1994. In addition to co-hosting the series as \"Mrs. Noah\", she also acted as the show's chief puppeteer. Funding for the original puppeteer's salary ran out during", "title": "Patricia Merbreier" }, { "docid": "2001378", "text": "was commissioned by Chris Evans's then production company Ginger Productions. Ball co-hosted the 2002 BRIT Awards with Frank Skinner, following which motherhood meant that she took less television work. In 2005, she co-hosted the BBC reality show \"Strictly Dance Fever\". In 2006, Ball co-hosted the ITV programme \"Extinct\", alongside Trevor McDonald. In January 2007, she presented the second series of ITV's \"Soapstar Superstar\", taking over from Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, who hosted the first series. In March 2007, she hosted the ITV talent search \"Grease Is the Word\". Alongside Jamie Theakston, Ball presented Channel 5's quiz series \"Britain's Best", "title": "Zoë Ball" } ]

[ "Hermey" ]

[ { "docid": "4184677", "text": "off, causing the other reindeer to mock him and the coach to expel him. He then meets Hermey, an elf who ran away from Santa's workshop because he wanted to be a dentist instead of making toys, so they run away together. They then meet a prospector named Yukon Cornelius, who has searched his whole life long to find silver and gold, but never does. After escaping the Abominable Snow Monster of the North, they crash land on the Island of Misfit Toys where unloved or unwanted toys live with their ruler, a winged lion named King Moonracer who brings", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "1375442", "text": "Rudolph. Clarice's flirtation inspires Rudolph to perform better than all of his peers at flying, but in his excitement he knocks the black cover off his nose, revealing a red glow that causes Fireball and the others to turn against him; this distraction, in turn, prompts the coach (Comet) to ban Rudolph from the Reindeer Games. Clarice remains loyal to him, only to be ordered by her father not to shame the family by associating with \"a red-nosed reindeer.\" Rudolph soon runs into Hermey, an elf who was forced out of his job at the North Pole's toy factory; Hermey", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "1375440", "text": "social rejection among his peers and his decision to run away from home. Rudolph is accompanied by a similarly outcast elf named Hermey, who skipped elf practice to become a dentist, along with a loud, boisterous, eager prospector named Yukon Cornelius who was in search of wealth. Additional original characters include Rudolph's love interest, Clarice; the antagonistic \"Abominable Snow Monster\"; and, as narrator, Sam the living Snowman, voiced by Burl Ives. In the 1964 stop-motion movie, Rudolph is born to Donner the Reindeer and Donner's wife. He is discovered by Santa to have a shiny, glowing red nose. Donner, regardless", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9264995", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 American-Canadian Christmas computer-animated adventure musical film directed by Bill Kowalchuk for GoodTimes Entertainment. It was released on video and DVD on October 30, 2001. The film uses the characters from the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and takes place several years after the events of that special (despite Rudolph and Clarice appearing younger in this film than they did at the end of the original special). The film thus revisits classic characters like Hermey", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "4184695", "text": "Goldschmidt, who wrote \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Making of the Rankin/Bass Holiday Classic\", says the scripts by Romeo Muller show the spelling to be \"Hermey\". A \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" video game was released on November 9, 2010. The adaptation was published by Red Wagon Games for the Wii and Nintendo DS, and was developed by High Voltage Software and Glyphic Entertainment respectively. The Wii version was received poorly, and garnered extremely negative reviews from sites such as IGN giving it a 1.5/10. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" received an approval rating of 92% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184680", "text": "that he will find homes for the Misfit Toys, the Head Elf tells Hermey that he can open his own dentist's office a week after Christmas, and Donner apologizes for being hard on Rudolph. Yukon returns with a tamed snow monster, now trained to trim a Christmas tree. Christmas Eve comes and while everybody is celebrating, Santa reluctantly announces that the weather has forced him to cancel Christmas, but is soon inspired by Rudolph's red nose. He asks Rudolph to lead the sleigh, Rudolph accepts, and they fly off to the island where the Misfit Toys, sad about being left", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "1375448", "text": "derivative of the Rankin/Bass adaptation of the story than the original tale and song (the characters of Stormella, Zoey, Arrow, Slyly, and Leonard parallel the Rankin/Bass characters of the Bumble, Clarice, Fireball, Hermey, and Yukon, respectively). The movie amplifies the early backstory of Rudolph's harassment by his schoolmates (primarily his cousin Arrow) during his formative years. GoodTimes Entertainment, the producers of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie\", brought back most of the same production team for a CGI animated sequel, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys\" (2001). Unlike the previous film, the sequel featured the original", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9264996", "text": "the Elf (now a D.D.S.) and Rudolph, who is now famous in the Arctic tundra. GoodTimes Entertainment, three years prior, had released \"\", which was set in a separate continuity with different supporting characters. Several key personnel were retained from that movie: Kathleen Barr, the voice of Rudolph; Michael Aschner, the head writer; and Bill Kowalchuk, the director. Golden Books Family Entertainment was likewise retained as the production company. The voice cast includes Rick Moranis, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Richard Dreyfuss. Rudolph, not satisfied with being a \"novelty act\" performing tricks with his nose, travels with Hermey to the Island", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "4184684", "text": "of rough handling by children and storage in an attic. Toy aficionado Kevin Kriess bought Santa and Rudolph in 2005; in 2007, he had both puppets restored by Screen Novelties, a Los Angeles-based collective of film directors specializing in stop motion animation with puppet fabricator Robin Walsh leading the project. The figures have been shown at conventions since then. 1. \"Jingle, Jingle, Jingle\" sung by Santa Claus 2. \"We Are Santa's Elves\" sung by the elf chorus 3. \"There's Always Tomorrow\" sung by Clarice 4. \"We're a Couple of Misfits\" sung by Rudolph and Hermey 5. \"Silver and Gold\" sung", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184677", "text": "off, causing the other reindeer to mock him and the coach to expel him. He then meets Hermey, an elf who ran away from Santa's workshop because he wanted to be a dentist instead of making toys, so they run away together. They then meet a prospector named Yukon Cornelius, who has searched his whole life long to find silver and gold, but never does. After escaping the Abominable Snow Monster of the North, they crash land on the Island of Misfit Toys where unloved or unwanted toys live with their ruler, a winged lion named King Moonracer who brings", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184694", "text": "the original LP released in 1964. Tracks 1-9 are the original soundtrack selections while tracks 10-19 are the same songs performed by the Decca Concert Orchestra. The song \"Fame and Fortune\" is not contained on either release. On November 30, 2004 the soundtrack was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 500,000 copies. Ives re-recorded \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\", with different arrangements, for his own album \"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas\" in 1965. Books and other items related to the show have in some cases misspelled \"Hermey\" as \"Herbie\". Rick", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9265000", "text": "and parachutes his way down to Yukon's peppermint mine in hopes of escaping Rudolph and Clarice. Due to the holes in the blimp, Hermey loses control. Luckily Bumble is there to save Yukon, Hermey and the blimp before any further damage can be made. The reindeer are still chasing the Toy Taker until he pulls a switch and follows the reindeer from behind. After this the toy taker threw lanterns at Rudolph and clarify so he foul escrow them but Rudolph captured him, Rudolph and Clarice eject themselves from the cart and have to help save the Toy Taker from", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "4184679", "text": "finds them all cornered in a cave by the snow monster. Rudolph tries to save Clarice, but the monster hits him in the head with a stalactite. A few minutes later, Hermey and Yukon return and try to save Rudolph. Hermey, oinking like a pig, lures the monster out of the cave and pulls out all his teeth after Yukon knocks him out. Yukon then drives the toothless monster back, only to fall over the cliff. Mourning Yukon's presumed death, Rudolph, Hermey, Clarice, and the Donners return home where everyone apologizes to them. After hearing their story, Santa promises Rudolph", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9264999", "text": "Hermey, and they fall down. Before they can meet their demise, Rudolph and Clarice fly to save them. They head back into the blimp, with Yukon chasing after the Toy Taker, Hermey piloting the blimp, and Rudolph and Clarice doing their best to wake up the toys from their hypnosis once again. Yukon finally chases the Toy Taker up to the top of the blimp. When a boomerang who doesn't come back swoops by Yukon, he loses his balance and falls. Rudolph and Clarice confront the Toy Taker, with Rudolph's nose blinding him during the confrontation. The Toy Taker flees", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "1375445", "text": "Hermey and Yukon (who arrived separately), they lure the Bumble away and pacify him by knocking him unconscious and allowing Hermey (with dental skills he has acquired by reading books) to remove his sharp teeth. Everyone eventually returns to Santa's workshop, where a dismayed Santa Claus breaks the bad news that the weather is too bad to take the sleigh out and that Christmas would be canceled. Santa changes his mind when he notices Rudolph's red nose and asks Rudolph to lead the sleigh team, which he happily accepts. After the story's initial broadcast, its closing credits were revised. Images", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9264997", "text": "of Misfit Toys to give King Moonracer a root canal. A storm sends Rudolph and Hermey to Castaway Cove where Rudolph considers having his nose made more normal-looking by a hippopotamus named Queen Camilla. However, Hermey doesn't feel that the change would sit well with Clarice, who is also being taught to fly. Meanwhile, the evil Toy Taker is stealing all of the toys from the island, including Santa's workshop, claiming that he's saving them from the inevitable fact that children eventually outgrow their toys and throw them away, however, Charlie in the Box refuses to believe this thinking the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" } ]

[ { "docid": "1375452", "text": "nose, which is only red when lit up. Michael Fry and T. Lewis have given Rudolph another brother in a series of \"Over the Hedge\" comic strips: an overweight, emotionally damaged reindeer named Ralph, the Infra-Red nosed Reindeer, who is referred to as Rudolph's older brother. Ralph's red nose is good for defrosting Santa's sleigh and warming up toast and waffles; he enviously complains about his brother Rudolph's publicity and his own anonymity. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as \"Santa's ninth reindeer\", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "19712261", "text": "and removed the Montgomery Ward name. The 1951 reissue is widely available on public domain video tapes and DVDs, as well as on the Internet. The original version is stored at the Library of Congress, and it was posted online by them in 2014. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1948 animated short film produced and directed by Max Fleischer based on the 1939 Robert L. May poem \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", about a flying reindeer who helps Santa Claus. Rudolph is a reindeer, with an unusual red nose that shines (some would even", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "19712258", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1948 animated short film produced and directed by Max Fleischer based on the 1939 Robert L. May poem \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", about a flying reindeer who helps Santa Claus. Rudolph is a reindeer, with an unusual red nose that shines (some would even say that it glows). Because of this, he is laughed at and told to go home by his peers. Saddened, he goes home, hangs his stocking and goes to bed. Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Santa Claus notices that the coming fog will be", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "15743598", "text": "Rudolph's general acceptance in the mythology as the lead reindeer of Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "4184685", "text": "by Sam the Snowman 6. \"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year\" sung by the Misfit Toys 7. \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" sung by Sam the Snowman 8. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" sung by Sam the Snowman This version has the NBC \"living color\" peacock at the introduction. It includes the original end credits, where an elf drops presents that list all the technical credits. It also includes commercials that were exclusively for GE small appliances with some of the same animated elves from the main program introducing each of the products, and closing NBC network bumpers, including promos for", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "15743594", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song) \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949. In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The song had an added introduction, paraphrasing the poem \"A Visit from Saint Nicholas\" (public domain by the time the song was written), stating the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "1375431", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, popularly known as \"Santa's ninth reindeer\", is a fabled reindeer created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, though he is a young buck who has only adolescent antlers and a glowing red nose. Though he receives scrutiny for it, the luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather. Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store. The story is", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "13157408", "text": "Amy Poehler, Erik Bergmann, and Robert Smigel. The short is a parody of the 1964 holiday TV special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". Bent Image Lab has since replicated the same stop-motion style of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" in television advertisements for AT&T, AFLAC, Bing and in a series of 2014 holiday promos for CBS commemorating the 50th anniversary of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\" In 2016, the studio produced a ten-minute remake of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" as a 4D attraction film for SimEx-Iwerks. Another significant stop motion project is \"Jingle All the Way (TV special)\", a holiday special for Hallmark", "title": "Bent Image Lab" }, { "docid": "12761624", "text": "a hero's welcome when he returns. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie\" received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 40% approval rating, based on 5 reviews. The audience gave a more positive score of 59%. In 1998, four books based on the film were released. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American animated adventure musical film about the character of the same name, who first appeared in a 1939 story by Robert L. May. The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment, long known as a home", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "4184673", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd. (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions) and currently distributed by Universal Television. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of \"The General Electric Fantasy Hour\". The special was based on the Johnny Marks song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May.", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "1375435", "text": "Gillen, to draw \"cute reindeer\", using zoo deer as models. The alert, bouncy character Gillen developed convinced management to support the idea. Maxton Books published the first mass-market edition of \"Rudolph\" in 1947 and a sequel, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Shines Again\", in 1954. In 1992, Applewood Books published \"Rudolph's Second Christmas\", an unpublished sequel that Robert May wrote in 1947. In 2003, Penguin Books issued a reprint version of the original \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" with new artwork by Lisa Papp. Penguin also reprinted May's sequels, \"Rudolph Shines Again\" and \"Rudolph's Second Christmas\" (now retitled \"Rudolph to the Rescue\").", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "15223615", "text": "by IGN it was rated 1.5/10, and was criticized for its lack of gameplay and its grainy visual effects. IGN summed up their review by stating, \"We love these classic claymation movies, so it’s really sad to see such a blatant cash-in on the Rudolph name. Do yourself a favor and purchase something else for the family to enjoy over the holidays, because these reindeer games are a disaster.\" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (video game) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a video game based on the television special of the same name. The game was released by Red Wagon Games", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (video game)" }, { "docid": "4184700", "text": "the characters, particularly Santa Claus and the adult reindeer, relied on material that was already public domain anyway; all of the characters except Rudolph, most of the images, and large portions of the spoken soundtrack would thus be public domain in this interpretation.) Because of the indirect copyright protections and uncertainty over their extent, permission is still required to show the program as a whole. The extensive derivative works seen in popular culture are likely a byproduct of this uncertain copyright status. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "12761616", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American animated adventure musical film about the character of the same name, who first appeared in a 1939 story by Robert L. May. The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment, long known as a home video company. It stars Kathleen Barr as the voice of the titular Rudolph, and also features celebrity talents including John Goodman, Eric Idle, Cathy Weseluck, Whoopi Goldberg, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons and Bob Newhart. The film disappointed at the box-office, recouping only $113,484 of its $10 million", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "15223612", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (video game) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a video game based on the television special of the same name. The game was released by Red Wagon Games for both Wii and Nintendo DS on November 9, 2010. However, the developers of the two versions differ: the Wii game was developed by High Voltage Software, while the developer of the DS version is American studio Glyphic Entertainment. In this game, the players compete in four different minigames, with each game having its own motion controls. Each minigame has a time limit. Once the time limit is up,", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (video game)" }, { "docid": "16207351", "text": "copies in the United States since 1991 when SoundScan began tracking sales. LP side A: LP side B (instrumental versions): Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. The original cast recordings from the TV special (side \"A\" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side \"B\"). All songs used in the television special were written by Johnny Marks. The original LP album was first released in 1964, and reissued as a CD in 1995.", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "16207350", "text": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. The original cast recordings from the TV special (side \"A\" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side \"B\"). All songs used in the television special were written by Johnny Marks. The original LP album was first released in 1964, and reissued as a CD in 1995. The CD was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2004. As of November, the album has sold 1,411,200", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "9265003", "text": "was saving him as a family gift. He then places him in the bed of Steven's new daughter who awakens to cuddle up with him, as Mr. Cuddles declares this the happiest day of his life, Steven walks into the room to check on his daughter. As he smiles Santa flies off into the night. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 American-Canadian Christmas computer-animated adventure musical film directed by Bill Kowalchuk for GoodTimes Entertainment. It was released on video and DVD on October", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "11754179", "text": "Yule Goat) is like Santa driving a sleigh led by reindeers in the sky, so think Santa may stem from both Christian and pre-Christian Germanic mythology. In the 1950s, several Christmas cartoons emerged that deliberately adopt elements of Christian stories to convey the \"true meaning of Christmas\" in allegorical terms. An early film, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)\" based on a Gene Autry song, involved a rejected and mocked reindeer that ends up leading the other reindeer through the help of a misfit elf and misfit toys. Similarly, \"Frosty the Snowman\" contains several Christian motifs, is the story of", "title": "Secular Christmas stories" }, { "docid": "19712260", "text": "Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and the animated 1964 version. It was based on Robert L. May's 1939 story, rather than the song. The 1964 film more closely resembles the song rather than the original story. This short film was created to advertise Montgomery Ward department stores, the publisher of the original story. The original release included a credit for the company, and it lacked the \"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer\" song, with the opening credits instead playing over an instrumental version of Silent Night, Holy Night. The 1951 re-release of the film added a choral version of the song to the credits", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "1375433", "text": "had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money. Robert May considered naming the reindeer \"Rollo\" or \"Reginald\" before deciding upon using the name \"Rudolph\". In its first year of publication, Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of Rudolph's story. The story is written as a poem in anapestic tetrameter, the same meter as \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (also known as \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\"). Publication and reprint rights for the book \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" are controlled by Pearson PLC. While May", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "9309910", "text": "speaks in anapestic tetrameter), written in 1947 but only published posthumously as \"Rudolph's Second Christmas\" (1992), and subsequently with the title \"Rudolph to the Rescue\" (2006). The second sequel is entirely in anapaestic tetrameter like the original: \"Rudolph Shines Again\" (1954). May also published four other children's books: \"Benny the Bunny Liked Beans\" (1940), \"Winking Willie\" (1948), \"The Fighting Tenderfoot\" (1954), and \"Sam the Scared-est Scarecrow\" (1972). May told his story of the writing of \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" in his article \"Robert May Tells how Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer Came into Being\" from the \"Gettysburg Times\" published on", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "9309909", "text": "adaptation of Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy Gene Autry. \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of \"White Christmas\". In 1941, May married another Ward employee, Virginia, and had five children with her. She was a devout Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism during the marriage. May wrote two sequels to \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". The first is mostly in prose (except that Rudolph", "title": "Robert L. May" }, { "docid": "1375436", "text": "The story chronicles the experiences of Rudolph, a youthful reindeer buck (male) who possesses an unusual luminous red nose. Mocked and excluded by his peers because of this trait, Rudolph proves himself one Christmas Eve with poor visibility due to inclement weather after Santa Claus catches sight of Rudolph's nose and asks Rudolph to lead his sleigh for the evening. Rudolph agrees and is finally favored by his fellow reindeer for his heroism and accomplishment. Rudolph made his first screen appearance in 1948, in a cartoon short produced by Max Fleischer for the Jam Handy Corporation that was more faithful", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "4184676", "text": "with a glowing red nose. When Santa arrives, he warns Donner that Rudolph will not make the sleigh team because of his nose. So, Donner decides to hide it by covering it with mud so Rudolph will fit in with the other reindeer. A year later, Rudolph goes out to the reindeer games, where the new fawns will be inspected by Santa to pull the sleigh when they grow up. During flight practice, Rudolph meets a beautiful doe named Clarice, who tells him he is cute, making Rudolph fly. However, while celebrating with the other bucks, Rudolph's fake nose pops", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "3016832", "text": "company produced a special for NBC and sponsor General Electric, later owner of NBC. It was a stop motion animated adaptation of the Robert L. May story \"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and the song it inspired, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,\" written by May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks. It had been made into a cartoon by Max Fleischer, brother and former partner of Dave Fleischer, as a traditional animated short for the Jam Handy Film Company almost two decades earlier. This featured Billie Mae Richards as the voice of the main title character, Rudolph. With Burl Ives in the role of Sam", "title": "Rankin/Bass Productions" }, { "docid": "12729324", "text": "Harry Brannon Harry Brannon (June 19, 1920 – December 29, 1991) was an American popular singer born in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Brannon regularly introduced new pop songs in a live format over New York City radio on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting Company broadcast coast to coast. Early in November 1949, Brannon sang \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" over the airwaves for WOR, promoting the Gene Autry classic. By November 25, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" began its appearance on the music charts. Various popular artists had initially turned down the opportunity to promote the record, including Bing Crosby, due to its", "title": "Harry Brannon" }, { "docid": "12729328", "text": "1966, at age 30. Harry, known as Jerry, was the biological son of stuntman Harry Woolman. He died of Alzheimer's disease at age 71. Harry Brannon Harry Brannon (June 19, 1920 – December 29, 1991) was an American popular singer born in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Brannon regularly introduced new pop songs in a live format over New York City radio on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting Company broadcast coast to coast. Early in November 1949, Brannon sang \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" over the airwaves for WOR, promoting the Gene Autry classic. By November 25, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" began its", "title": "Harry Brannon" }, { "docid": "7301492", "text": "Larry D. Mann Larry D. Mann (18 December 1922 – 6 January 2014) was a Canadian actor. He was best known as \"The Boss\" in a series of Bell Canada television commercials in the 1980s and for voicing the character of Yukon Cornelius in \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". Larry D. Mann was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 18 December 1922. Prior to beginning his acting career, he was a disc jockey on 1050 CHUM radio in Toronto in 1949. Mann voiced the character of Yukon Cornelius in the classic Rankin-Bass Christmas special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". He also provided voices", "title": "Larry D. Mann" }, { "docid": "4184698", "text": "as an anomaly. The copyright of the \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" special lies in an area of uncertainty in regard to American federal copyright law. When the recording was originally published, the date of copyright (published in Roman numerals) was accidentally listed as 1164 (MCLXIV), omitting an M that should have been present (1964 in Roman numerals is MCMLXIV); this mistake was not corrected with subsequent edits and remains on televised prints to this day. The songs were validly and separately copyrighted, and the original character on which the special was based also remains under copyright and trademark protection, extending", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "13866524", "text": "media. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (Recorded in November 1964). Ives had recorded two of the songs (\"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" and \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\") the previous year on the \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" soundtrack. In both cases for this album, Ives re-recorded the tracks (he used a significantly different and slower arrangement for \"A Holly Jolly Christmas;\" of the two versions Ives recorded, the version on this album is the version more commonly heard in", "title": "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" }, { "docid": "13866523", "text": "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (Recorded in November 1964). Ives had recorded two of the songs (\"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" and \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\") the previous year on the \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" soundtrack. In both cases for this album, Ives re-recorded the tracks (he used a significantly different and slower arrangement for \"A Holly Jolly Christmas;\" of the two versions Ives recorded, the version on this album is the version more commonly heard in modern", "title": "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" }, { "docid": "1375450", "text": "open access online journal \"Frontiers for Young Minds\" in 2015. In the paper, Dominy noted that reindeer eyes can perceive shorter wavelengths of light than humans, allowing them to see ultraviolet light; ultraviolet light, however, is much more easily scattered in fog, which would blind reindeer. Thus, Rudolph's red nose, emitting longer-wavelength red light, would penetrate the fog more easily. A summary of Dominy's findings was released in an \"Associated Press\" article on December 22. Also a video game by High Voltage Software Three BBC animations carry on the legend by introducing Rudolph's son, Robbie the Reindeer. However, Rudolph is", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "19712259", "text": "difficult to get through. Nevertheless, he and his reindeer brave out the storm and go anyway. While on the way, an airplane throws them off course; they land at Rudolph's house, where Santa greets him. Telling Rudolph, \"I need you tonight to guide my deer on the rest of our flight\", Rudolph helps them. Due to his bravery and his glowing nose, he is accepted and respected by his fellow reindeer and made their commander-in-chief by Santa; the reindeer enjoy a merry Christmas together. This 8 minute animated interpretation of the Christmas poem preceded Gene Autry's 1949 song \"Rudolph, the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)" }, { "docid": "12333728", "text": "of additional patrons each year. • 2010. Producing Artistic Director, Michael J. Bobbitt receives the 2010 County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts – Emerging Leader and becomes President of the League of Washington Theaters. Adventure Theatre partners with Montgomery College to co-produce Harry Connick, Jr’s, THE HAPPY ELF, directed by Tony Winner John Rando and starring Tony winner Michael Rupert. Additionally, Adventure Theatre adapted and produced the classic television special – RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. Adventure Theatre’s production of IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE, breaks box-office records, receives both critical and public acclaim, and is featured", "title": "Adventure Theatre" }, { "docid": "12761619", "text": "Zoey, a kind young doe who Rudolph has a crush on, and who reciprocates his feelings. One day, Santa Claus meets Rudolph and reassures him that his nose is beautiful and that to be a Flyer a reindeer needs to have a big and honest heart, a trait that he sees in Rudolph. Years later, a teenage Rudolph takes part in the Junior Reindeer Games, for selecting new Flyers for Santa. During a sleigh race event, Cupid's son and Rudolph's mean-spirted cousin Arrow (who is in a relationship with Zoey) causes the other competitors to crash and then tries to", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "1375438", "text": "Red-Nosed Reindeer\" from 1950 to 1962. Rube Grossman drew most of the 1950s stories. In 1972, DC Comics published a 14th edition in an extra-large format. Subsequently, they published six more in that format: \"Limited Collectors' Edition\" C-24, C-33, C-42, C-50 and \"All-New Collectors' Edition\" C-53, C-60. Additionally, one digest format edition was published as \"The Best of DC\" #4 (March–April 1980). The 1970s Rudolph stories were written and drawn by Sheldon Mayer. In 1958, Little Golden Books published an illustrated storybook, adapted by Barbara Shook Hazen and illustrated by Richard Scarry. The book, similar in story to the Max", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "4184696", "text": "based on thirteen reviews. In December 2018, a \"Hollywood Reporter\"/\"Morning Consult\" poll which surveyed 2,200 adults from Nov. 15-18, 2018, named \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" the most beloved holiday film, with 83 percent of respondents having a generally favorable response to the title. The Rankin/Bass special, which currently airs on CBS, inspired numerous television sequels made by the same studio: The television special's familiarity to American audiences through its annual rebroadcasts, along with its primitive stop-motion animation that is easy to recreate with modern technology and the special's ambiguous copyright status, has lent itself to numerous parodies and homages over", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "12761617", "text": "budget from its theatrical release. One night, the Sprites of the Northern Lights - a group of singing sprites who fly around the North Pole - witness the birth of a baby reindeer named Rudolph, who has an unusual red, shiny nose. Later in the morning, Rudolph and his parents, Blitzen and Mitzi, meet up with Rudolph's three uncles - Dasher, Comet, and Cupid. Cupid tickles Rudolph and inadvertently triggers his glowing nose, which draws attention and causes Rudolph to become the center of scorn and mockery. Meanwhile, two of Santa Claus's elves, Doggle and Boone, cross the ice bridge", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "15223613", "text": "the minigame is finished. Up to two players can participate at a time. The game has faced generally negative reviews from sites such as IGN. In this game, players compete in four different minigames, with each game having its own motion controls. Each minigame has a time limit. Once the time limit is up, the minigame is finished. Up to two players can participate at a time. In the first three minigames, up to 5 characters may be selected. In the final minigame, an elf may be chosen. Every time a minigame is completed, a different character may be selected.", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (video game)" }, { "docid": "3799459", "text": "stop-motion Christmas special \"\" debuted on NBC. Based on the 2003 New Line film \"Elf\", and its Broadway musical adaptation \"\", the special was animated in stop-motion in the style of Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas specials, such as \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and \"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town\". In \"Buddy's Musical Christmas\", Santa narrates the story of Buddy's travels to New York City to meet his father. Along the way, his unrelenting cheer transforms the lives of everyone he meets and opens his father's eyes to the magic of the holiday. On June 11, 2018, a new series of shorts,", "title": "Warner Bros. Animation" }, { "docid": "4184688", "text": "making his first stop at the Island to pick up the toys. This is the ending that has been shown on all telecasts and video releases ever since. Until sometime in the 1970s the special aired without additional cuts, but eventually more commercial time was required by the network. In 1978, several sequences were deleted to make room for more advertising: the instrumental bridge from \"We Are Santa's Elves\" featuring the elf orchestra, additional dialogue by Burl Ives, and the \"Peppermint Mine\" scene resolving the fate of Yukon Cornelius. The special's 1993 restoration saw \"Misfits\" returned to its original film", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "6830295", "text": "Bear Rug, and Big Mouth Billy Bass. Gemmy produces products based on popular licenses such as Star Wars, Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Peanuts, SpongeBob SquarePants, M&M's, Hello Kitty, Frosty the Snowman, The Elf on the Shelf, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Simpsons, Looney Tunes, Family Guy, South Park, Sesame Street, Garfield, Minions and many more. Their animated line also consists of life-sized Halloween animated figures, some of which (in the past) have represented movie villains such as Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, The Mummy, Wicked Witch of the West, Freddy Krueger, Ghost Face, Jason", "title": "Gemmy Industries" }, { "docid": "1375443", "text": "showed a total lack of interest in the toymaking and singing aspects of being an elf and instead wanted to pursue dentistry. They come to the conclusion that they're both misfits and decide to run away together. On their aimless journey, they run into Yukon Cornelius, the self-described \"greatest prospector of the North\" who nevertheless seems to never find any silver or gold, and attempt to stay away from the Bumble, a huge abominable snow monster. Their journey leads them to the Island of Misfit Toys, where sentient but unorthodox toys go when they are abandoned by their owners. King", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "1375451", "text": "never directly mentioned by name (references are replaced by the first and second films' villain Blitzen interrupting with the phrase, \"Don't say that name!\", or something similar, presumably for copyright reasons.) Rudolph is also given a younger brother, Rusty Reindeer, in the American special, \"\" (2006). Like in the \"Robbie the Reindeer\" cartoons, Rudolph's name is not said in the film nor does he make a physical appearance. However, he does appear on a poster and one scene in the film shows a cardboard cutout and toys of Rudolph. Unlike previous versions of the character, this Rudolph has a black", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "8124077", "text": "Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those used in the 1823 poem \"A Visit from St. Nicholas\" (commonly called \"The Night Before Christmas\") by Clement Clarke Moore, arguably the basis of the reindeers' popularity. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" has led to Rudolph often joining the list, bringing the number", "title": "Santa Claus's reindeer" }, { "docid": "4184675", "text": "of postage stamps featuring Rudolph were issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. Sam the Snowman welcomes the viewers to Christmastown at the North Pole and introduces Santa and Mrs. Claus who live in a castle located left of the Christmas Tree Forest. Later on, Sam recalls the year Christmas was almost cancelled due to a big snowstorm and how a very special reindeer saved the day. Donner, Santa's lead reindeer, and his wife have given birth to a new fawn named Rudolph. Upon admiring him, they are surprised to see that he has been born", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "1375441", "text": "of Rudolph's defect, trains him to be a normal reindeer with skills such as gathering food and hiding from the \"Abominable Snow Monster\", a giant, furry white beast. To hide Rudolph's nose, Donner puts dirt on it to cover it with a black coating. This causes Rudolph to talk in a funny accent, as told by the Rudolph's peers. A short time later, Rudolph joins his peers at the Reindeer Games, where he meets Fireball, who is initially friendly and has a shock of strawberry blond hair on his head, and Clarice, a female spectator who takes a liking to", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "10028155", "text": "Newt Gingrich in Quebec is generally replaced with one to Mike Harris. Most of the recurring characters keep their English names in each French version. Two exceptions are Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel, who are known as Tahiti Bob and Tahiti Mel in France, as the word \"sideshow\" has no direct translation. In Quebec, the title \"sideshow\" is kept as an Anglicism. Another exception is made for the Simpsons family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, who is called \"Le p'tit renne au nez rouge\" (the French name for the song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", which literally means \"Little Red-Nosed Reindeer\") in", "title": "Non-English versions of The Simpsons" }, { "docid": "4184693", "text": "reindeer games. Marks' holiday standard \"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\" appears as instrumental background music when Rudolph first arrives at the Reindeer Games. Also included in the soundtrack is an instrumental version of Marks' setting of the Christmas hymn \"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.\" In 1964, an LP record of the soundtrack was released on Decca Records. It contained all the original songs performed as they are in the special, with the exception of Burl Ives' material, which has been re-recorded. MCA Special Products released the soundtrack on CD in June 1995. It is an exact duplication of", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9246343", "text": "embraced as her career evolved. The recording features Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Boots Randolph on sax, Bob Moore on bass, and veteran session player Buddy Harman on drums. The song is written in the key of A-flat major. An instrumental version of the song appears as background music in the 1964 television special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", which exclusively featured music written by Marks. It can be heard in the scene where Rudolph first arrives at the Reindeer Games and meets another reindeer named Fireball. A fully sung version of the song would", "title": "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" }, { "docid": "10735412", "text": "away! Dash away all! Although a ninth reindeer was later added to Santa Claus' team in the popular Christmas song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", no peak was named for Rudolph, \"the most famous reindeer of all\". Until the mid-1990s, the Christmas Mountains remained untouched by industrial forestry operations. As Crown land, the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources administered the property as part of a vast swath of forest across the north-central part of the province. With few roads leading into the area, the Christmas Mountains maintained an old growth Acadian forest that was unique to northeastern North America. New", "title": "Christmas Mountains" }, { "docid": "1281812", "text": "and Blixem was later changed to Bliksem, then Blitzen (\"blitz\" being German for \"lightning\"). Some consider Rudolph as part of the group as well, though he was not part of the original named work referenced previously. Rudolph was added by Robert L. May in 1939 in his book \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". Among the Inuit, there is a story of the origin of the caribou, Inuit artists from the barren lands, incorporate depictions of caribou—and items made from caribou antlers and skin—in carvings, drawings, prints and sculpture. Contemporary Canadian artist Brian Jungen's, of Dunne-za First Nations ancestry, commissioned an installation", "title": "Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3758862", "text": "perform in return for leftover food after Christmas. Historically, such a person was an older man, and the tradition refers to him as a \"nuuttipukki\". He usually wears warm red robes (but with a broad band of blue near the fur), uses a walking stick, and travels in a sleigh pulled by a number of reindeer, which cannot fly like Santa Claus's fleet. In Lapland, his mount is a \"pulkka\" rather than a sleigh. The popular holiday song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", in its Finnish translation, \"Petteri Punakuono\", has led to Rudolph's general acceptance in Finland as Joulupukki's lead reindeer.", "title": "Joulupukki" }, { "docid": "9265991", "text": "consumed magic feed corn, allowing them to fly as Rudolph can. Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (titled on-screen as Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July, or simply Rudolph and Frosty) is an American crossover Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass, featuring characters from the company's holiday specials \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and \"Frosty the Snowman\", among others. It was filmed in Japan using the company's trademark \"Animagic\" stop-motion animation style. The film premiered in the US on November 25, 1979 on ABC. This was the last Rankin/Bass special to star Billie Mae Richards", "title": "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" }, { "docid": "9265982", "text": "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (titled on-screen as Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July, or simply Rudolph and Frosty) is an American crossover Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass, featuring characters from the company's holiday specials \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and \"Frosty the Snowman\", among others. It was filmed in Japan using the company's trademark \"Animagic\" stop-motion animation style. The film premiered in the US on November 25, 1979 on ABC. This was the last Rankin/Bass special to star Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph and Jackie Vernon as Frosty. Mickey Rooney reprised his", "title": "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" }, { "docid": "1375432", "text": "owned by The Rudolph Company, LP and has been adapted in numerous forms including a popular song, the iconic 1964 television special and sequels, and and sequel. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, LP. In many countries, Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore. 2014 marked the 75th anniversary of the character and the 50th anniversary of the television special. A series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph was issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014. Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Chicago-based Montgomery Ward. The retailer", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "12761618", "text": "of the wicked Ice Queen, Stormella, accidentally destroying several of her ice statues. When Stormella finds out, she demands Santa to hand Boone and Doggle over to her to face consequences. When he refuses, she closes her bridge as punishment, and warns that if anyone dares to cross it, she will create a blizzard so strong it will stop Santa from delivering presents to children around the world on Christmas Eve. Rudolph later starts attending school, where he is ridiculed for wanting to be among Santa's reindeer, the Flyers, despite his nose. The only one who doesn't tease him is", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "1375434", "text": "was pondering how best to craft a Christmas story about a reindeer, while staring out his office window in downtown Chicago, a thick fog from Lake Michigan blocked his view—giving him a flash of inspiration. \"Suddenly I had it!\" he recalled. \"A nose! A bright red nose that would shine through fog like a spotlight.\" The cultural significance of a red nose has changed since the story's publication. In 1930s popular culture, a bright red nose was closely associated with chronic alcoholism and drunkards, so the story idea was initially rejected. May asked his illustrator friend at Montgomery Ward, Denver", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "3826687", "text": "seen in 2015. The story was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. In the song, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", the lyric \"All of the other reindeer\" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger as the mondegreen \"Olive, the other reindeer\". Drew Barrymore voices the title character. The special was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. The story follows an anthropomorphic Jack Russell Terrier named Olive, who does not act like a dog. While in town, she meets Martini, a con artist penguin, from whom she buys", "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer" }, { "docid": "15743597", "text": "1.75 million copies its first Christmas season, eventually selling a total of 12.5 million. Cover versions included, sales exceed 150 million copies, second only to Bing Crosby's \"White Christmas\". In December 2018, Autry's version entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #36, nearly 70 years after it first charted. The lyric \"All of the other reindeer\" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger as the mondegreen \"Olive, the other reindeer\", and has given rise to another character featured in her own Christmas television special, \"Olive, the Other Reindeer\". The song in its Finnish translation, \"Petteri Punakuono\", has led to", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "12761620", "text": "distract Rudolph by claiming that Zoey is only nice to him because she pities him, making Rudolph's nose glow in anger and blind Arrow. Though Rudolph wins, he is disqualified for blinding Arrow, and Arrow is the winner by default. Zoey confronts Arrow and ends their relationship. As Blitzen tries to defend his son's actions, an eavesdropping Rudolph misinterprets his father's statements as an admission of shame towards him, and decides to run away from home. At night, unknowingly with the help and guidance of the Sprites, Rudolph journeys across the North Pole, and eventually befriends an Arctic fox named", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "12761621", "text": "Slyly and a polar bear named Leonard. Meanwhile, Zoey learns that Rudolph ran away from home, and runs off in search of him. She eventually comes across Stormella's bridge the next morning and decides to cross it despite the consequences. However, she is caught by Stormella, who imprisons her. Santa sends Boone and Doggle to search for Rudolph and Zoey. Rudolph meets the Sprites, who inform him of Zoey's capture and instruct him on how to properly use his nose. Rudolph, Leonard, and Slyly journey to Stormella's castle, but upon arrival, Slyly chooses to stay behind out of fear of", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "12761622", "text": "Stormella's pet wolves while Rudolph and Leonard enter. After Rudolph and Leonard are captured and imprisoned by Stormella, she unleashes a massive blizzard upon the North Pole. After Stormella goes to sleep, Slyly, having had a change of heart, sneaks into her bedroom and retrieves a key that unlocks the prison cells. However, Stormella wakes up, realizes this, and sends her pack of wolves after Rudolph and his friends, who eventually corner them on a cliff. When she threatens to freeze Zoey first, Rudolph uses his nose to blind Stormella, sending her toppling over the cliff and hanging on for", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "4184683", "text": "Since those involved with the production had no idea of the future value of the stop-motion puppet figures used in the production, many were not preserved. Rankin claimed in 2007 to be in possession of an original Rudolph figure. Nine other puppets—including Santa and young Rudolph—were given to a secretary, who gave them to family members. Eventually seven were discarded. In 2005, the remaining two puppets of Rudolph and Santa were appraised on \"Antiques Roadshow\"; the episode aired in 2006 on PBS. At that time, their appraised value was between $8,000 and $10,000. The puppets had been damaged through years", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "12761623", "text": "dear life. Rudolph and the others then save Stormella, and she gratefully offers to grant him a wish. Much to the Ice Queen's dismay, Rudolph wishes that Stormella would be nice. Though the wish takes full effect, Stormella is unable to stop the snowstorm that she created. Boone and Doggle later find and bring the entire group back to Santa's Village. Because of the blizzard, Santa is unable to carry out his flight this year, but when he sees Rudolph's glowing nose, Santa asks him to lead his team of Flyers. Rudolph guides Santa's sleigh through the storm, and receives", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "9264998", "text": "Toy taker is nothing but a low life crook. Rudolph has a plan to foil the Toy Taker's plan by disguising themselves as toys. The blimp arrives and manages to steal them along with the Misfit Toys, all except for Bumble, who is too big to fit into the blimp so he follows on a floating ice berg. Rudolph tries to talk to a new misfit toy, a kite who is scared of heights, and wakes him up from his hypnosis, but fails. The Toy Taker hears all the chatter, and realizing there are intruders, catches Rudolph, Clarice, Yukon, and", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "15743595", "text": "names of the eight reindeer which went: \"You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,<br> But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all?\" The song was first sung by crooner Harry Brannon on New York City radio in early November 1949, before Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 in the U.S. charts during Christmas 1949. The song was suggested as a \"B\" side for a record Autry was making. Autry rejected the song. His wife convinced him to use it. The success of this Christmas song by Autry gave support", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" }, { "docid": "10677392", "text": "Hooves of Fire Hooves of Fire is one of three animated BBC Christmas comedy television specials, filmed using stop motion techniques, and presented in aid of Comic Relief. Robbie, son of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer arrives at Coldchester, town of the North Pole to follow in his father's footsteps of being a navigator for Santa Claus' sleigh team. Unlike Rudolph's glowing nose, Robbie's possesses a GPS that can find anything. Upon arriving at the team's home Reindeer Lodge, he meets several members of the team; Donner; a young female reindeer who's secretly attracted to him, Prancer; a hip, friendly and", "title": "Hooves of Fire" }, { "docid": "12909004", "text": "with Montgomery Ward. The song tells the story of a reindeer whose shiny red nose guides Santa's sleigh through the fog on Christmas Eve. Gene Autry's 1949 recording remained at #1 for a week and brought the song widespread fame. Only \"White Christmas\" has sold more copies. Autry had another hit in 1950 with \"Frosty the Snowman\", written by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson as a direct attempt to create a success in the vein of \"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer\". The song tells the story of a magical snowman who has playful adventures with children. In 1963, \"Frosty\" hit its", "title": "Christmas in the post-war United States" }, { "docid": "3751188", "text": "Visage is featured on the track, and sings about batteries as her only memorable Christmas present. The second track is RuPaul's re-imagining of \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" as \"RuPaul, the Red-Nosed Drag Queen\". In \"All I Want For Christmas\", the singer makes a list of requests for various plastic surgery procedures that he would like to receive for the holiday, including cheek implants, chin implants, and a buttock augmentation. He also recorded a cover of \"All Alone on Christmas\", calling it his favorite Christmas song; he clarified that he wanted to do a serious interpretation of the track. RuPaul's covers", "title": "Ho Ho Ho" }, { "docid": "1375449", "text": "characters from the Rankin/Bass special (as GoodTimes soon learned that Rankin/Bass had made a copyright error that made the characters unique to their special free to use). A live-action version of Rudolph (complete with glowing nose) along with Donner and Blitzen appears in the \"Doctor Who\" Christmas special, \"Last Christmas\" which was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2014. In this special, Santa is able to park him like a car and turn off his nose. Nathaniel Dominy, an anthropology professor at Dartmouth College (Robert L. May's alma mater), published a scholarly paper on Rudolph's red nose in the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "4184697", "text": "the years. Animator Corky Quakenbush has produced parodies of \"Rudolph\" for several American television shows: In the sci-fi/comedy series \"The Orville\", in the episode \"About a Girl\", characters watch \"Rudolph\" to make the character Bortus consider his plans to arrange gender reassignment surgery for his newborn daughter (Bortus's species, the Moclans, are a single-gender species who statistically produce only one female every seventy-five years, with females thus having no clear place in their society) by demonstrating how unconventional people can accomplish great things, although Bortus humorously misinterprets the film to suggest that Rudolph's father might have considered euthanizing his child", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "1375444", "text": "Moonracer, the winged lion that lords over the Island, refuses to let them stay there permanently, instead telling the trio to return home and tell Santa Claus of the toys' plight, in exchange for one night's stay on the island. Rudolph refuses the offer and, fearing for his friends' life, runs off alone. A now older Rudolph, still unable to find a place in the world, returns home to the North Pole, only to find that his family and Clarice had left to look for him and are now about to be eaten by the Bumble. With the help of", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "1375437", "text": "to May's original story than Marks' song, which had not yet been written. It was reissued in 1951 with the song added. May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, adapted the story of Rudolph into a song. Gene Autry's recording of the song hit No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. Autry's recording sold 2.5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million, and it remained the second best-selling record of all time until the 1980s. DC Comics, then known as National Periodical Publications, published a series of 13 annuals titled \"Rudolph the", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "4184674", "text": "Since 1972, the special has aired on CBS; the network unveiled a high-definition, digitally remastered version of the program in 2005. As with \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Rudolph\" no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas and holiday season on CBS. Unlike other holiday specials that also air on several cable channels (including Freeform), \"Rudolph\" airs only on CBS. It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest continuously running Christmas TV special in history. 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the television special and a series", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184682", "text": "concept designs and storyboards for \"Rudolph\" were done by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and his staff of artists at Rankin/Bass in New York City. The company's trademark stop motion animation process, known as \"Animagic\", was filmed at MOM Productions in Tokyo with supervision by Tadahito Mochinaga and associate direction by Kizo Nagashima. Besides \"Rudolph\", Mochinaga and the rest of the Japanese puppet animation staff are also known for their partnership with Rankin/Bass on their other Animagic productions almost throughout the 1960s, from \"The New Adventures of Pinocchio\", to \"Willy McBean and his Magic Machine\", to \"The Daydreamer\" and \"Mad Monster Party?\"", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184690", "text": "Couple of Misfits\". The special has been edited to make more time for commercial advertising by shortening some musical numbers. When \"Rudolph\" was first issued on VHS, Betamax, and LaserDisc by Family Home Entertainment and Broadway Video from 1989 to 1997 under the \"Christmas Classics Series\" label, the 1965 rebroadcast print described above was used. All current video prints of \"Rudolph\" by Classic Media are a compendium of the two previous telecast versions of the special. All the footage in the current versions (starting with the 1998 VHS by Sony Wonder) follow the original 1964 NBC broadcast (without the original", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "4184678", "text": "the toys to the island until he can find homes and children who will love them. The king allows them to stay one night on the island until they can tell Santa to find homes for them by Christmas when they get home. However, Rudolph leaves the island on his own, still worried that his nose will endanger his friends. Time passes and Rudolph grows into a young stag, still enduring mockery from others. He returns home to find that his parents and Clarice have been looking for him for months. He sets out once again to locate them and", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "9265002", "text": "to save the other toys from being thrown away after their owners outgrew them. Santa explains that while it is true that some children outgrow their toys, he knows Steven is looking for him. Rudolph and his friends agree to bring him there and have Queen Camilla fix him to cheer him up. They do so, and Rudolph, considering about turning his nose normal, decides to keep his nose the way it is. Santa leaves to deliver the presents at their first house where Mr. Cuddles gets delivered. Santa tells him that Steven didn't mean to throw him away, but", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "267248", "text": "1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh, which borrows its title from a mondegreen of the line \"all of the other reindeer\" in the song \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\". The book was adapted into an animated Christmas special in 1999. A monologue of mondegreens appears in the 1971 film \"Carnal Knowledge\". The camera focuses on actress Candice Bergen laughing as she recounts various phrases that fooled her as a child, including \"Round John Virgin\" (instead of '\"Round yon virgin...\") and \"Gladly, the cross-eyed bear\". The enigmatic title of the 2013 film \"Ain't Them Bodies Saints\" is actually a misheard lyric from", "title": "Mondegreen" }, { "docid": "1500645", "text": "after his 1939 hit and signature tune. He is also featured year after year, on radio and \"shopping mall music\" at the holiday season, by his recording of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\" \"Rudolph\" became the first No. 1 hit of the 1950s. In 2003, he was ranked No. 38 in CMT's list of the 40 Greatest Men of Country Music. When the Anaheim Angels won their first World Series in 2002, much of the championship was dedicated to him. The interchange of Interstate 5 and State Route 134, near the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, is signed as the", "title": "Gene Autry" }, { "docid": "2807296", "text": "Johnny Marks John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), \"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\" (a hit for Brenda Lee), \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), \"Silver and Gold\" (for Burl Ives), and \"Run Rudolph Run\" (recorded by Chuck Berry). Marks was born to a Jewish family in Mount Vernon, New York. A graduate of McBurney School in New York,", "title": "Johnny Marks" }, { "docid": "1355678", "text": "for Christmas. Many titles help define the mythical aspects of modern Christmas celebration: Santa Claus bringing presents, coming down the chimney, being pulled by reindeer, etc. New mythical characters are created, defined, and popularized by these songs; \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", adapted from a major retailer's promotional poem, was introduced to radio audiences by Gene Autry in 1949. His follow-up a year later introduced \"Frosty the Snowman\", the central character of his song. Though overtly religious, and authored (at least partly) by a writer of many church hymns, no drumming child appears in any biblical account of the Christian nativity", "title": "Christmas music" }, { "docid": "10576249", "text": "Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen is an American stop-motion animated Christmas television special directed by David H. Brooks, that originally aired in 2006 and produced by BixPix Entertainment, Once Upon a Frog and Madison Street Entertainment. The show's plot has Rusty Reindeer (Fred Savage) the younger brother of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer joining a support group for depressed holiday icons, and he and the other characters search for the meaning of Christmas and help a young boy (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) to get on Santa's nice list. Rusty's cohorts include", "title": "Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen" } ]

[ "The Fitzroy River Barrage" ]

[ { "docid": "1854496", "text": "to their demise in 1939, replaced by a bus network run by the City Council. During the Second World War, a US army base was established outside the city; it hosted up to 70,000 servicemen en route to action in the Pacific and New Guinea. On 2 March 1949, Rockhampton was severely damaged by a cyclone. The Fitzroy River Barrage was commissioned in 1971. The barrage has a capacity of 81,300 megalitres and holds back a lake long. The barrage was funded by the Rockhampton City Council to provide a reliable source of water to the city, and to effectively", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "1854572", "text": "Capricorn Coast communities. The airport is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Rescue Helicopter. The catchment area of the Fitzroy River is approximately 145,000 square kilometres (almost the size of England). It contains six major rivers, and Rockhampton and Central Queensland accordingly enjoy abundant good water. The existing and future dams under construction ensure on-going needs for agriculture, industry and domestic purposes are met. The Fitzroy River Barrage at Rockhampton separates tidal salt water from upstream fresh water, and provides the supply for Rockhampton's domestic and industrial needs. Central Queensland's major generating facilities, including the", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19461842", "text": "and crows. It's an unnatural urge.\" Following his election defeat in 1982, Pilbeam teamed up with Rockhampton-born film maker John Dingwall to help raise the necessary money to produce the Australian film, \"Buddies\", which was filmed on The Gemfields, west of Rockhampton. Although distributors were reluctant to release the film, Dingwall took the film around Australia himself where he showed the movie himself at special screenings. The film's premiere was in Rockhampton in 1983. The movie starred Colin Friels, Kris McQuade and Harold Hopkins with Pilbeam making a brief cameo appearance. The Fitzroy River Barrage water storage facility on the", "title": "Rex Pilbeam" }, { "docid": "11344327", "text": "to allow fish to get from the tidal water to the fresh water and vice versa. Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland) The Fitzroy River Barrage was finished in 1970 after four years of construction, to meet the long term water supply needs of Rockhampton. It holds around 80,000 megalitres of water. It is owned and operated by Fitzroy River Water, which is a commercial business activity of the Rockhampton Regional council. There are 18 gates on the barrage that are computer operated to open up one by one when water gets to a certain level, although it would only be in", "title": "Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland)" }, { "docid": "2538543", "text": "nearest port to Rockhampton. Predominant industries in the catchment are coal mining, grazing and cotton. Glenmore Homestead was built at a property on the northern bank of the river northwest of Rockhampton. It was originally settled in 1858, is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register and operates as a tourist attraction today. The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton is often utilised for recreation. The Rockhampton Ski Gardens on the Fitzroy River just upstream from the Fitzroy River Barrage is used by sporting groups such as the local water skiing, dragon boat and rowing clubs. In 2018, a $36 million revitalisation of", "title": "Fitzroy River (Queensland)" }, { "docid": "11344326", "text": "Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland) The Fitzroy River Barrage was finished in 1970 after four years of construction, to meet the long term water supply needs of Rockhampton. It holds around 80,000 megalitres of water. It is owned and operated by Fitzroy River Water, which is a commercial business activity of the Rockhampton Regional council. There are 18 gates on the barrage that are computer operated to open up one by one when water gets to a certain level, although it would only be in times of flood that all 18 gates would open. The barrage also incorporates a fish ladder", "title": "Fitzroy River Barrage (Queensland)" }, { "docid": "1854496", "text": "to their demise in 1939, replaced by a bus network run by the City Council. During the Second World War, a US army base was established outside the city; it hosted up to 70,000 servicemen en route to action in the Pacific and New Guinea. On 2 March 1949, Rockhampton was severely damaged by a cyclone. The Fitzroy River Barrage was commissioned in 1971. The barrage has a capacity of 81,300 megalitres and holds back a lake long. The barrage was funded by the Rockhampton City Council to provide a reliable source of water to the city, and to effectively", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19461843", "text": "Fitzroy River is generally viewed by many as the biggest legacy left by Pilbeam. The barrage was constructed as part of Pilbeam's water scheme which was aimed at guaranteeing a permanent water supply for the Rockhampton area. The structure was officially commissioned on 19 March 1970 by the Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson. The Fitzroy River Barrage separates the fresh water upstream from the tidal salt water downstream, enabling fresh water to be pumped to the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant for the city's water supply. The water storage area has a capacity of 80,300 megalitres which extends 60 kilometres", "title": "Rex Pilbeam" } ]

[ { "docid": "5177652", "text": "giving sufficient range to continue on to Townsville if fog made it impossible to land in Mackay. Adding to the nine passengers already aboard, seven adults and nine schoolboys joined the flight at Rockhampton. All the schoolboys were boarders at Rockhampton Grammar School, returning home to Mackay for the Queen's Birthday long weekend. VH-TFB departed from Rockhampton at 7:52 pm and ascended to . At 8:17 pm, Mackay air traffic controller E. W. Miskell reported that fog had rolled in and temporarily closed Mackay Airport. A few minutes later, having come to the spot where he would start descending, Captain", "title": "Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538" }, { "docid": "10679940", "text": "place, with their first meeting being held five days later. North Rockhampton's chambers, located in Stapleton Park, North Rockhampton, became a Main Roads office for about four decades, and eventually was restored and, since 1985, has been the home of Rockhampton and District Historical Society. Wards were abolished at some point and were not reintroduced until 1982, when the council was restructured with 10 divisions each electing one councillor, plus a mayor elected by the entire City. On 1 July 1984, the City grew northwards by annexing Parkhurst, where its water treatment facility was being constructed, from the Shire of", "title": "Rockhampton Region" }, { "docid": "2776261", "text": "the Barcoo in the area around Barcaldine, about inland from Rockhampton. Cooper Creek spreads out into a vast area of meandering ephemeral channels, making its way roughly south into the far south-west corner of Queensland before turning due west into South Australia towards Lake Eyre. It takes almost a year for water to reach Lake Eyre from the headwaters. In most years, none does: it is absorbed into the earth, goes to fill channels and the many permanent waterholes, or simply evaporates. Water from Cooper Creek reached Lake Eyre in 1990 and then not again until 2010. Management of the", "title": "Lake Eyre basin" }, { "docid": "19739219", "text": "Park Avenue, Queensland Park Avenue is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Park Avenue had a population of 5,366 people. Park Avenue is bounded on the south-west by the Fitzroy River, which divides Rockhampton from North Rockhampton. There is a road bridge from the Rockhampton CBD to the south-west to Park Avenue, which carries the Bruce Highway through Rockhampton towards the north. The Alexandra Railway Bridge also crosses from the CBD to Park Avenue, carrying the North Coast line from Rockhampton railway station south of the river to Park Avenue where it", "title": "Park Avenue, Queensland" }, { "docid": "19061591", "text": "Rockhampton. The State Government became concerned in 1918 after both the City of Rockhampton and Town of North Rockhampton councils proposed separate water infrastructure projects. On Saturday 25 January 1919, an amalgamation referendum held in North Rockhampton passed with 884 of the 1,029 votes cast in favour. On 15 March 1919, elections for the new four-ward council with 11 councillors took place, with their first meeting being held five days later. The North Rockhampton borough chambers, located in Stapleton Park, North Rockhampton, became a Main Roads office for about four decades, and eventually was restored and, since 1985, has been", "title": "Town of North Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "1854559", "text": "including chimney stacks crumbling, plaster being dislodged from walls and ceilings, water tanks bursting and trees being uprooted. Houses and buildings experienced considerable swaying with crockery smashing on the floor and pictures falling off walls. Cracks appeared in some building including the Rockhampton Post Office in East Street and the Rockhampton Club in Quay Street. The 1918 earthquake remains as the largest to have ever hit Queensland since European settlement. On the afternoon of 18 August 2016 many parts of Central Queensland, including Rockhampton and Emerald experienced shaking when a 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Bowen, Queensland.", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "10679931", "text": "Morgan Railway Museum: Mount Morgan Railway Museum: located 38kilometers from Rockhampton, the Mount Morgan Rail Museum is set in a former railway station including a steam train, goods shed and water tank for steam engines. The history is retold through audio-visual displays and three dimensional presentations. Walter Reid Cultural Centre: Purchased by the Rockhampton Regional Council in the 1970s the Walter Reid Cultural Centre is home to Rockhampton’s premier community arts and leisure centre. The heritage listed building is located on Quay Street. Rockhampton Botanic Gardens: Regarded among the best in regional Australia and spans ninety-six acres of grazing land", "title": "Rockhampton Region" }, { "docid": "9409258", "text": "both the City of Rockhampton and Town of North Rockhampton councils proposed separate water infrastructure projects. On Saturday 25 January 1919, an amalgamation referendum held in North Rockhampton passed with 884 of the 1,029 votes cast in favour. On 15 March 1919, elections for the new four-ward council with 11 councillors took place, with their first meeting being held five days later. North Rockhampton Borough Chambers, located in Stapleton Park, Berserker, became a Main Roads office for about four decades, and eventually was restored and, since 1985, has been the home of Rockhampton and District Historical Society. Wards were abolished", "title": "City of Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "9502139", "text": "not have to pay for the cost of water depletion, but is still gaining the utility or profit from using the water, the individual will continue to use the water. Every individual will come to this same conclusion and the natural resource will be depleted. This can be seen in a pay-off matrix. Where there are two individuals making separate choices to defect by privatizing benefits and commonizing costs, or to cooperate and refrain from personal gain in order to preserve a resource. If Individual A decides to preserve water while Individual B does not then Individual A will only", "title": "CC–PP game" }, { "docid": "989477", "text": "bracket (or \"deploy\"). Deployment can happen either manually where someone must physically remove it from its bracket or automatically where water pressure will cause a hydrostatic release unit to separate the EPIRB from its bracket. If it does not come out of the bracket it will not activate. There is a magnet in the bracket which operates a reed safety switch in the EPIRB. This prevents accidental activation if the unit gets wet from rain or shipped seas. Once deployed, EPIRBs can be activated, depending on the circumstances, either manually (crewman flicks a switch) or automatically (when water contacts the", "title": "Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station" }, { "docid": "19150716", "text": "major cause of destruction where timber buildings crowded commercial areas. The colonial government in September 1887 gazetted loan conditions for a reticulated town water system for Bundaberg. A scheme to bring water from the dam on the permanent lagoon at Baldwin Swamp in East Bundaberg to a storage reservoir at Tantitha Park, utilizing an elevated tank to improve water pressure, was presented to the council by Councillor W H McCann. His scheme formed the basis of plans prepared in 1889 by W C Clements, a hydraulic engineer based in Rockhampton. The plans were submitted to Brisbane for government appraisal. The", "title": "East Bundaberg Water Tower" }, { "docid": "10679939", "text": "three former municipalities, alongside Brisbane and Townsville, to become a City on 31 March 1903, while North Rockhampton and Mount Morgan became Towns and the divisions of Gogango and Fitzroy became Shires. Gogango was renamed Livingstone on 8 August 1903. The State Government became concerned in 1918 after both the City of Rockhampton and Town of North Rockhampton councils proposed separate water infrastructure projects. On Saturday 25 January 1919, an amalgamation referendum held in North Rockhampton passed with 884 of the 1,029 votes cast in favour. On 15 March 1919, elections for the new four-ward council with 11 councillors took", "title": "Rockhampton Region" }, { "docid": "9409257", "text": "Queensland Government was often requested to intervene. It did not have a reliable water supply and at the time of its amalgamation was still trying to raise funds for a dam. Although a foundation stone was laid for a town hall in 1897, it was not until 1941 that the Rockhampton Town Hall was completed. With the passage of the \"Local Authorities Act 1902\", Rockhampton became one of three former municipalities, alongside Brisbane and Townsville, to become a City on 31 March 1903, while North Rockhampton became the Town of North Rockhampton. The State Government became concerned in 1918 after", "title": "City of Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19230153", "text": "continuous use since opening in 1873. The Rockhampton Botanic Gardens was gazetted as public gardens in 1869. Prior to this, from 1861 most of the land that was to be utilised for the gardens was a Native Police barracks. Between 1868 and 1872, three sites were gazetted as botanic gardens for Rockhampton. The influence of Anthelme Thozet, a local botanist and collector, is thought to have prevailed in the selection of the Spencer Street site. The proximity to a constant water supply, in the adjacent Murray Lagoon, and striking vistas from the western slopes of the Athelstane Range were primary", "title": "Rockhampton Botanic Gardens" }, { "docid": "19226437", "text": "in the 1920s. Most other rood screens found in the Rockhampton Anglican Diocese were erected as World War One Memorials, though St Mark's does not possess any designated plaque to confirm whether this was the case though it is presumed to be so. Within the Diocese of Rockhampton, apart from the example in St Mark's in Allenstown, the only other extant examples of rood screens are found in the Anglican churches at Mount Morgan, Jericho and Barcaldine. Internally St Mark's is largely in original condition, though the sanctuary was altered with cladding in the 1960s. The altar furnishings are 1960s", "title": "St Mark's Anglican Church, Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "15326260", "text": "off for Cape Capricorn, distant about sixty miles, which was made in five hours After making the Cape the sea became calmer, and they made a comparatively easy run to Rockhampton where they arrived on Friday the 17th The vessel was the property of Misers MacKinlay Brothers, of Sydney, and is about 15 years old, and the heavy cargo of machinery she brought to Rockhampton it is supposed must have attained her considerably, the pumps being continually at work. The only things saved were the charts and a few clothes the latter rendered worthless by the salt water. The wreck", "title": "Masthead Island" }, { "docid": "19236254", "text": "attend some meetings of the Rockhampton Municipality to learn procedure. The first mayor of the North Rockhampton Borough Council was William Hopkins. In February 1884, however, he was replaced by the newly elected, JW Face. The borough's most pressing, and recurring problem was how to obtain a good water supply and the first three suggestions were a well, a pump near Kalka Creek and a dam in the Berserker Range. The council opted for a well in Kalka Creek near the foot of the Berserker Ranges and a pump to draw the water. The borough was still trying to raise", "title": "North Rockhampton Borough Chambers" }, { "docid": "19903526", "text": "incremental improvement of these services. It is a market-based approach and commonly does not involve product subsidies. \"Self-supply\" is different from \"supported self-supply.\" The first term refers to situations where people improving their water and sanitation services on their own. \"Supported self-supply\" refers to a deliberately guided process, usually by a government agency or a non-governmental organization. Many examples of self-supply taking off in a short time come from situations where government-led service provision broke down (e.g., in countries of the former Soviet Union). The approach can also be deliberately used by government agencies or external support agencies to complement", "title": "Self-supply of water and sanitation" }, { "docid": "1854522", "text": "that promoters Empire Touring had cancelled the concert due to unforeseeable circumstances. In the past, the Rockhampton Music Bowl has also hosted Silverchair, Savage Garden, and John Denver. The Rockhampton Showgrounds plays host to numerous events each year. Most notably, the three-day Rockhampton Show is held in June each year. The annual Rocky Swap has been held at the venue each August since its inception in 1996. The Rockhampton Showgrounds also incorporates the local city raceway where the Rockhampton Saloon Car Club hold regular speedway meets and where motorcycles first raced in 1925. The major grandstand at the showgrounds is", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "11870748", "text": "The Range, Queensland The Range is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia about three kilometres west of the central business district of Rockhampton. In the 2011 census, The Range had a population of 5369 people. The suburb is built on the Athelstane Range with Agnes Street approximating the ridge line. The suburb takes its name from the Athelstane Range, which was named in turn for Mount Athelstane, the name of the house built by lands commissioner William Wiseman circa 1859. Rockhampton's first water storage was built on the top of Governor's Hill (part of Atheltstane Range)", "title": "The Range, Queensland" }, { "docid": "14452496", "text": "the residents. The slum does not offer water, electricity, or good roads. Besides the home-run businesses in the slum, another trade is arising that is becoming more common and more profitable. The illegal exchange of water is increasingly common, especially in Baiganwadi where less than 5% of the population have safe drinking water at their access. Most people do not have access to clean water, and none of the makeshift homes come with running water taps or basins. The illegal water trade brings water to the residents of the slums for a price. Bags of water are exchanged, though illegally,", "title": "Baiganwadi" }, { "docid": "19210655", "text": "design competition for the new Rockhampton Girls Grammar School. Though Gailey's firm took over the final design work, Hockings departed to Rockhampton as the firm's clerk of works. In 1895 he was elected an Associate of the Queensland Institute of Architects, and thereafter commenced his own practice in Rockhampton from where he made his design mark throughout Central Queensland. Hockings saw service and was wounded in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), where he commanded a Squadron of the Third Queensland Contingent. In this period he also formed a productive partnership (Hutton and Hockings, Architects and Building Surveyors) with A.M. Hutton, 1898-1904.", "title": "Rockhampton Town Hall" }, { "docid": "6666479", "text": "deep water port, and continued to resist that proposal even after the Brisbane – Gladstone link was opened. Therefore, in 1898 the government established an overnight steamer service between Gladstone and Rockhampton, initially with the ‘Miner’. The Gladstone Boat Mail departed Brisbane at 9pm three days per week, arriving at Gladstone at 12.20pm the following day, where the steamer would be waiting, but not depart until the tide was suitable. This gave a minimum journey time of 22 hours between Brisbane and Rockhampton, but if the train arrived just after a suitable tide, the transit time could be up to", "title": "North Coast railway line, Queensland" }, { "docid": "15518568", "text": "regardless of the long term environmental effects. Much of the GVNML operational area is downstream from Sambhar Salt Lake, where, unless ground water can be recharged farmers have to rely on salt water for irrigation. This water has high levels of Total Dissolved Solubles (TDS) leading to reduced soil fertility. These area specific problems are coupled with droughts leading to real challenges for sustainably managing natural resources. The community has been hit hard by the repercussions of declining agriculture. Against an average rainfall of 600 mm, Laporiya gets only 323 mm When the monsoon does come, it is essential to", "title": "GVNML" }, { "docid": "3866691", "text": "who know about the blocked spring and would tell Jean about it should they come to trust him. Jean initially makes progress, and earns a small profit from his rabbit farm. In the long run, getting water proves a problem, and dragging it all the way from the distant spring becomes a backbreaking experience. Jean asks to borrow Ugolin's mule, but is met only with vague excuses. Then, when the rain does come, it falls on the surrounding area but not where it is needed. Jean loudly berates God, whom he thinks has already given him enough trouble by deforming", "title": "Jean de Florette" }, { "docid": "1854586", "text": "Stakes\" were filmed at the Rockhampton Showgrounds. The movie was about goat racing and the producers were unable to film scenes in New South Wales, were most of the movie was filmed, as goat racing in that state was illegal. Therefore, they moved the shoot to Rockhampton where goat racing was a popular past time in the early 20th century. \"The Kid Stakes\" is based on characters in the \"Fatty Finn\" comic strip, created by Syd Nicholls. When he was voted out of office, former Rockhampton mayor Rex Pilbeam assisted Rockhampton filmmaker John Dingwall in raising enough money from investors", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19219503", "text": "with a major deficiency as a port by being situated on the tidal Fitzroy River. Dredging programs were necessary to maintain a navigable channel to the sea. Construction of deep water ports at Broadmount and Port Alma both failed to rectify this problem of providing a deep water port for Rockhampton. By the turn of the century the actual area of river frontage used for wharfage had moved further downstream away from the area dominated by the new Customs House. Steam vessels of up to could make their way upriver. Larger vessels required unloading in Keppel Bay and transfer to", "title": "Customs House, Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "1854511", "text": "at the Western Street Army Barracks located near the Rockhampton Airport. To the north of the city lies the extensive Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area where large scale ground, air and amphibious operations are regularly conducted. Due to its close proximity to the training area, the city regularly sees military movements between the Western Street Army Barracks and Shoalwater Bay, and hosts service personnel from overseas when joint military exercises are held. When these exercises occur, Rockhampton sees a noticeable increase in activity from military transport, including from defence aircraft that are frequently seen at Rockhampton Airport throughout the exercise", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "15699739", "text": "1913. The first regional electricity supply was established in the far western town of Thargomindah. A street lighting system was installed in 1892, and in 1898 commenced generating electricity using Australia's first hydro-electric plant, using the water pressure from a water bore, a system which remained until replaced by diesel generators in 1951. The Rockhampton Gas & Coke Co. began to supply electricity in that city in 1892, with the Rockhampton City Council assuming responsibility for electricity supplies in 1924. Electricity was supplied in Charters Towers in 1897, Toowoomba in 1905, Warwick in 1912 and Barcaldine in 1915, each by", "title": "History of electricity supply in Queensland" }, { "docid": "13145426", "text": "released and captured using the valve at the top of the outlet end of the bag, this gas can be used for cooking, lighting and heating (although CART currently intend to use the gas solely for cooking.) The water is released through the outlet pipe, this water is known as ‘High nutrient’ or ‘Black’ water. Less than 10% of the products are solids and therefore only need removing from the bag every few years, these solids can be used as a high nutrient fertiliser for fruit trees or for plants where the fertiliser does not come into direct contact with", "title": "Centre for Appropriate Rural Technology" }, { "docid": "20672604", "text": "aiming to increase the number of chimpanzees from 51 to 80 over twenty years. A Southern hairy-nosed wombat called \"Fatso\" gave birth in 2008. Three two-week-old dingo puppies were donated to Rockhampton Zoo in 2009 where they were hand-reared. In 2012, a cassowary chick was born at Rockhampton Zoo after an egg successfully hatched. A new koala called \"Lleyton\" arrived from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast in September 2013. A 4.5 metre crocodile, weighing 570 kilograms, was delivered to Rockhampton Zoo from Koorana Crocodile Farm in September 2014. The crocodile, known as \"The Colonel\", was lifted into the", "title": "Rockhampton Zoo" }, { "docid": "19461847", "text": "of a heated 50-metre FINA-compliant 10-lane pool, a heated 25-metre 8-lane pool, a Learn-to-Swim pool and a children's water play area. Rex Pilbeam became known for his yearning to establish an art gallery in Rockhampton. In 1965, Pilbeam announced that the director of the Queensland Art Gallery, Laurence Thomas, would be visiting Rockhampton to discuss setting up a small gallery of artworks at City Hall. Pilbeam said Rockhampton had the potential to be the first country branch of the Queensland Art Gallery. On 13 September 1967, The Lord Casey officially opened the gallery in the auditorium at Rockhampton City Hall", "title": "Rex Pilbeam" }, { "docid": "1854523", "text": "believed to be the largest at any speedway venue in Queensland. The inaugural Rockhampton River Festival was first held in July 2015 on the Fitzroy River, which was initially planned to be a substitute for two previous annual events, Big River Jazz and Fire In The Sky, with additional cultural elements. The three-day Capricorn Food & Wine Festival, previously held near Yeppoon, is now held on the Fitzroy Riverbank in Rockhampton in September each year. Each November, local East Street businesses come together to hold the annual CBD Christmas Fair. The evening features market stalls, rides and amusements, reptile displays,", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "3431863", "text": "a watering place.\" The name, especially given its definition, is believed to have come from the Darumbal people, the indigenous tribe local to the region. Indeed, on the western fringe of Rockhampton, an expansive wetlands system was named Yeppen-Yeppen Lagoon. On that basis, the etymology of the two districts is believed to be the same. Initial settlement was slow however. Though intended to become a township, the region's rich soils attracted farmers rather than townspeople. This changed the following year with the commencement of regular stagecoach services from Rockhampton, and the continued mining of copper and gold in the coastal", "title": "Capricorn Coast" }, { "docid": "1918814", "text": "height is small but the currents are noticeable. Simplicio counters with the peripatetic explanations, which are based on the depths of the sea, and the dominion of the moon over the water, though this doesn't explain the risings when the moon is below the horizon. But he admits it could be a miracle. When the water in Venice rises, where does it come from? There is little rise in Corfu or Dubrovnik. From the ocean through the Straits of Gibraltar? It's much too far away and the currents are too slow. So could the movement of the container cause the", "title": "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" }, { "docid": "10459301", "text": "Extreme Unction (Anointing of the Sick): spiritual healing. The sacrament of Baptism has the outward sign of a washing. \"He that washes himself (baptuzatur) after touching the dead, if he touched them again, what does his washing avail?\" (Sirach 34,30). The sacrament does not come from the water, but from the act of pouring the water, in the form of a washing. (St. Hugh of Victor held that the water was the sacrament, but this is in error.) The outward reality is in the washing with water, while the sacramental sign is the inward justification: this is the reality, or", "title": "Thomistic sacramental theology" }, { "docid": "4550923", "text": "come from Keats' work as a medical student, where his sympathy for patients, as his friend Charles Brown believed, hindered his work. Keats was aware of the harm that could come to patients if he made any mistakes. Keats' fear of death is also present for his own life, not just his patients. This fear is evident on his gravestone, with the words \"Here lies one whose name was writ in water.\" The epitaph, which Keats requested on his deathbed, reflects Keats' fears of death and anger with fate, as \"When I Have Fears\" does. The last three lines of", "title": "When I Have Fears" }, { "docid": "20320858", "text": "Rockhampton community and as such his death prompted a number of tributes from various local community organisations, sporting groups and the local press. After his death, Kellow's widow Mary Hope Kellow moved to Sydney with her daughter Mary. After living at Darlinghurst, Mary bought a house in Eastwood in 1950. She died in 1972. After her cremation, her ashes were brought back to Rockhampton where they were interred in her husband's grave at the North Rockhampton Cemetery. Even after moving with her mother to Sydney, Kellow's daughter Mary continued to have an interest in the Rockhampton Grammar School, presenting the", "title": "Henry Kellow" }, { "docid": "1552582", "text": "formed through a technique called \"twist and rip\", as well as backcombing and rolling. Together, these alternative techniques are more commonly referred to as \"salon\" or \"manicured\" dreadlocks. Using beeswax to make dreads can cause problems because it does not wash out, due to the high melting point of natural wax. Because wax is a hydrocarbon, water alone, no matter how hot, will not be able to remove wax. This is often where problems like mold and dread rot come from, the wax clogs inside the length of the dread meaning water can't run out easily. Having wet dreads for", "title": "Dreadlocks" }, { "docid": "19210823", "text": "October 2000 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. The Rockhampton Girls Grammar School is one of a number of grammar schools established in major Queensland cities from the mid to late 19th century. In Queensland, where the colony's (and later State's) educational emphasis was placed on universal primary education, the state assisted (albeit independent) grammar schools represent the historical beginnings of the state secondary school system. Opened in 1892 at a time when Rockhampton was securing its place as the major central Queensland city, the Rockhampton Girls Grammar", "title": "Rockhampton Girls Grammar School" }, { "docid": "20866010", "text": "Rockhampton nightclub bombings The Rockhampton nightclub bombings consisted of two separate incidents that occurred in Rockhampton, Queensland in November 1989 and June 1990 where two nightclubs in the city centre were bombed. It's never been confirmed whether there were any links between the two events. At 3:05am on 10 November 1989, an explosion occurred at the Shark Nightclub in Bolsover Street. Upon emergency services arriving at the scene, another explosion occurred injuring two police officers, Police Constable John Dallow and Senior Constable Jeff Dawson and firefighter Trevor Kidd. While Dallow and Dawson were both released from hospital soon after the", "title": "Rockhampton nightclub bombings" }, { "docid": "20060746", "text": "false. After leaving Clermont, Griffin arrived in Rockhampton to take up his new position on 19 October 1867. Two days prior, a gold escort had arrived in Rockhampton from Clermont escorted by Sergeant James Julian and two troopers. Gold escorts were regular delivery services that operated between settlements on the goldfields, such as Clermont, and major towns like Rockhampton, where gold was escorted to the bank by authorised police officers and exchanged for cash, which was then escorted back to the bank's rural branches. When he arrived in Rockhampton, Griffin began making arrangements for when the next gold escort would", "title": "Thomas Griffin (Australian gold commissioner)" }, { "docid": "13462878", "text": "Northern Nevada has a limited supply of surface water which is considered a precious commodity, however large amounts of water can be found underground. At the Pipeline, pit water is pumped from aquifers where it is pumped to ranch land to be reintroduced into the groundwater supply. The mine keeps two streams of water, a \"contact\" water stream in which the water has come into contact with the mining operation, and a \"non-contact\" water stream where the water has not come into contact with the mining operation. The 'contact water stream is recycled and reused in the mining operation where", "title": "Cortez Gold Mine" }, { "docid": "4018989", "text": "off the boat. Unable to swim, George struggles to remain afloat in the water. As the others regard the scene in horror, George accidentally hits his head with his video camera and does not come to the surface. Rocky dives into the water but is unable to find George. Minutes later, George appears face down in the shallow water close to the shore. Rocky exhorts the others to help him bring George to shore, where Millie gives him CPR. The effort is in vain as George is dead. The group is traumatized and in fear of being charged with murder.", "title": "Mean Creek" }, { "docid": "19219505", "text": "advent of bulk shipping accelerated the decline of the area of the town wharves. In the 1960s major upgrading of the Port Alma wharves was undertaken, and road connection was also provided to Rockhampton. However, this development was overshadowed by the construction of deep water bulk handling facilities at Gladstone starting in the 1960s and accelerating through the 1970s and 1980s. The Rockhampton river port and town wharves were closed to shipping in 1966. With a diminishing role in the activities of the Customs Service in the river port, the Customs House was adapted for uses other than the traditional", "title": "Customs House, Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "2797897", "text": "weekday breakfast program, which is also broadcast to Rockhampton and Emerald. Gladstone also receives radio stations that carry local programming from Rockhampton including commercial radio stations Triple M Central Queensland and 4RO. Triple M broadcasts on a separate FM frequency in Gladstone. ABC Capricornia also broadcasts into Gladstone from Rockhampton, using a separate FM frequency. Until November 2014, ABC Capricornia maintained a local news bureau in Gladstone where a local journalist was based to cover the Gladstone region. Some local news bulletins on ABC Capricornia were also broadcast live from Gladstone. However, in what was a controversial decision, the ABC's", "title": "Gladstone, Queensland" }, { "docid": "20320857", "text": "in the Australian press. Kellow died from pneumonia on 6 September 1935. Kellow's funeral consisted of a church service at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and a graveside service at the North Rockhampton Cemetery. Prior to the graveside service, a long procession consisting of past and present students of the Rockhampton Grammar School marched from the school to the Fitzroy Bridge following Kellow's coffin before they were transported to the cemetery where they again made a formation to march to Kellow's grave. Apart from being headmaster of the Rockhampton Grammar School for 23 years, Kellow was also actively involved in the", "title": "Henry Kellow" }, { "docid": "18325450", "text": "an untruth that one believes to be true does. Conversely, profound or universal truths can actually remove moisture from the air. In the midst of this phenomenon, Matt decides to come out to his traditional Chinese family after his partner, Gus, refuses to marry him until he does. \"Water\" won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. \"The Guardian\" called it \"deeply personal\", while \"Lambda Literary\" said it was a \"standout\". \"Kirkus Reviews\" described it as \"so beautiful it hurts;\" however, the \"Los Angeles Review of Books\" described it as \"(u)ndoubtedly sweet but also rather sappy.\" The Water That", "title": "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" }, { "docid": "11288796", "text": "Stockland Rockhampton Stockland Rockhampton is a shopping centre, located on the Bruce Highway in Park Avenue and Berserker in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. The centre was originally known as Rockhampton Shopping Fair, and was built in two stages, the first opening in 1985 and the second in 1988. It was acquired by Schroders Property Fund along with two other Queensland shopping centres in January 1992, and in March 1996, following a redevelopment focused on the theme \"Where The Outback Meets The Reef\", the centre won a Certificate of Merit in the International Council of Shopping Centers' 1996 Design Awards Competition. At", "title": "Stockland Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19230156", "text": "The Murray Lagoon was Rockhampton's original bathing spot. Edgar introduced a diving pontoon and sand to create a beach like atmosphere on the banks of the lagoon. He used bamboo stands to separate the male and female bathing areas and the original rules and regulations restricted the hours of use at the discretion of the trustees. The Murray Lagoon in the Botanic Gardens was a popular picnic area for the Rockhampton district in the late nineteenth century. The Lagoon provided the necessary water to the gardens and was also part of a broader lagoon system that constituted the original water", "title": "Rockhampton Botanic Gardens" }, { "docid": "19842913", "text": "4US 4US is an Australian community radio station located in Rockhampton, Queensland. The station is managed by the Central Queensland Aboriginal Corporation for Media and broadcasts programming specifically aimed at Central Queensland's Aboriginal community on 100.7 FM. 4US first went to air in 1998 with programs originating from an outside broadcast van that had been donated to the station by ABC Capricornia, before the station established a better equipped studio in the heritage-listed Rockhampton Harbour Board Building. In 2005, the station moved to a new studio at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre in North Rockhampton, where it continus to broadcast from.", "title": "4US" }, { "docid": "19221092", "text": "hall to the enclosed verandah. Several areas of the building have deteriorated due to foundation subsidence and water ingress, which has resulted in large cracks in masonry walls and failed sections of flooring. Several archways have timber bracing, and tie rods are visible throughout the building. The rear of the site includes an immunisation clinic and a child care centre fronting Alma Street. The former Rockhampton School of Arts was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. The Rockhampton", "title": "Rockhampton School of Arts" }, { "docid": "19238635", "text": "but local history suggests that this is the surviving stone building. William George Hatfield was the second oldest son of Thomas Hatfield. Thomas, born in Liverpool near Sydney, worked as a storekeeper and carrier in New South Wales before he decided to move to Queensland, where the discovery of gold at Peak Downs in 1863 had opened opportunities for carriers. Miners needed goods delivered from Rockhampton, and the Peak Downs Cooper Mine needed its smelted ore delivered to the coast. Thomas arrived at Rockhampton in January 1867, and he soon had teams carrying copper from Copperfield to Rockhampton, and later", "title": "Stone Farm Building" }, { "docid": "1854516", "text": "the city, where Stanwell Corporation provides jobs for people living in Rockhampton. The power station currently has a workforce of about 150 employees and regularly hires new apprentices from Rockhampton Sibelco operates magnesia mine at Kunwarara and processing plant at Parkhurst which employs many locals, although the company announced in 2015 that it would axe 57 jobs from its local operations, with another 45 jobs axed in 2016. Many local concerts, performances, events, festivals are held at the Rockhampton's numerous venues throughout the city each year. The Pilbeam Theatre, seats 1200 people, frequently plays host to national and international music", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19061590", "text": "embezzlement in 1890 marked the beginning of a period of difficulties characterised by disputes with the surrounding Gogango Divisional Board over road construction, and internal conflict between members of council, in which the Queensland Government was often requested to intervene. It did not have a reliable water supply and at the time of its amalgamation was still trying to raise funds for a dam. With the passage of the \"Local Authorities Act 1902\", Rockhampton became one of three former municipalities, alongside Brisbane and Townsville, to become a City on 31 March 1903, while North Rockhampton became the Town of North", "title": "Town of North Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19236261", "text": "loan, he considered it unfortunate that the government should be asked to finance two water schemes of considerable dimensions for the one city. The two local authorities were requested to work together for the one scheme. This was not easy as proposals for Greater Rockhampton had been turned down on two earlier occasions either through apathy or \"mere prejudice\" and it seemed that if Rockhampton wanted modern amenities these deterrent factors must be overcome. In the end it was government pressure rather than local agreement which brought amalgamation about and, in March 1919, there were thirty-two nominations for the first", "title": "North Rockhampton Borough Chambers" }, { "docid": "10646030", "text": "robin occurs in eastern and southeastern Australia, from Rockhampton east of the Great Dividing Range through eastern New South Wales and Victoria into southeastern South Australia. It does not occur in Tasmania. It is found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, where it inhabits gullies and valleys, dispersing to drier forest in cooler months. The rose robin is vulnerable to development and clearing of forested areas, which has led to it disappearing in these areas. Populations have been recorded in conservation areas, namely the Dandenong and Scotchmans and Gardiners Creek Corridors, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Found in ones or twos,", "title": "Rose robin" }, { "docid": "1854571", "text": "services are provided by Queensland Rail. Denison St, Rockhampton is one of the few places where the main line runs down the middle of the street. An Electric Tilt Train services connects it to Brisbane, and the Diesel Tilt Train services the station en route to Cairns. Rockhampton Airport is operated by Rockhampton Regional Council and is located (3.7 mi) west of Rockhampton City. It is Australia's twelfth busiest domestic airport. The airport handles flights to major Australian cities, tourist destinations, and regional destinations throughout Central Queensland. It is an important base for general aviation serving the Central Highlands and", "title": "Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "7516764", "text": "and 6 pence) (or 18 pence) per week. Thus a day a school was started, the population being only a few hundreds, principally men. By May 1860, it was found that the school building was not large enough, and it was resolved to petition the new Queensland Government for a site for a public school. This request was granted and the allotments at the corner of William and Denison Streets was granted-where the Rockhampton Special School now stands. Rockhampton National School The Rockhampton National School was a school in Rockhampton, Queensland. On February 15, 1859, there was a meeting of", "title": "Rockhampton National School" }, { "docid": "17573237", "text": "supplied Rockhampton as well as local lumber. As the mill prospered, the government extended the railway that linked North Bundaberg with Mount Perry eastward towards Waterview Mill. The sawmill closed in 1903 after being destroyed by flood. Samuel Johnston and Mr. Forshaw established the Waterview Distillery in November 11, 1892, immediately opposite the Millaquin Refinery. Waterview Distillery obtained molasses from the Waterview Sugar Refinery. The proximity of the distillery also made water carriage convenient, because the distillery was situated at a distance of not more than fifty yards from the river’s edge, where every facility for shipping was present. Waterview", "title": "Samuel Johnston (Waterview)" }, { "docid": "19230162", "text": "large mature trees. Entrance gates commemorating King George V were erected in 1953. Throughout the history of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, labour was sourced from unemployed and itinerant workers. At the turn of the century the labour bureau supplied men to work in the Gardens. During the 1930s, the Intermittent Relief Scheme provided the labour for the extensive stonework throughout the lower gardens, particularly providing culverts and drains for the water course through the centre of the park. In the 1990s the work for the dole scheme has seen many young unemployed people working alongside staff of the Gardens. The", "title": "Rockhampton Botanic Gardens" }, { "docid": "18137050", "text": "Bajool, Queensland Bajool is a town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Bajool had a population of 543 people. Bajool is located on the Bruce Highway, 35 km south of Rockhampton and 74 km north of Gladstone. Eight-Mile Creek flows to the east of the town. The town takes its name from the Aboriginal name for the lagoon on the Archer brother's property \"Gracemere\". It has been suggested that the meaning of the name was \"Big Fella water hole\" or \"stop here\". A provisional school opened on 12 March 1888 at Eight Mile Creek", "title": "Bajool, Queensland" }, { "docid": "7503854", "text": "and \"The Saddle Club\". She has appeared in numerous stage productions including, \"The Greening of Grace\", \"Henry IV\", \"The Memory of Water\", \"Travesties\" and the pulitzer prize winning production, \"Clybourne Park\". Strehlow is originally from the city of Rockhampton, Queensland. She took ballet lessons and joined Rockhampton Little Theatre at age 11, before studying drama at Flinders University in South Australia. She is married to a television sound technician. Her parents were both farmers who ran a bakery, and she is the mother of soap actress Sophie Hensser. Wendy Strehlow Wendy Strehlow (1 July, c. 1958) is an Australian actress,", "title": "Wendy Strehlow" }, { "docid": "10985798", "text": "\"Tyolet\" tells the story of a young man who lives in the forest with his widowed mother. Thanks to powers granted to him by a fairy when he was a child, he can summon animals only by whistling. This ability is very useful, as it enables him to put food on the table. One day out in the forest, Tyolet sees a stag and whistles so that it will approach. However, it does not come, so he follows it. They come to a river where Tyolet sees another deer. The stag crosses the water, so instead Tyolet summons the second", "title": "Tyolet" }, { "docid": "12845596", "text": "seawater. Other ice comes from glaciers, which come from compacted snow, and is thus fresh water ice. If salt water ice is made on top of fresh water ice, if it melts, it may rapidly perforate the lower layers of the ice sheet. (Salt water melts at a lower temperature than fresh water does.) Some have speculated that river water could be used to thicken fresh water ice if this problem is deemed important. Caldeira and Wood analysed the effect of climate engineering in the Arctic using stratospheric sulfate aerosols. This technique is not specific to the Arctic region. He", "title": "Arctic geoengineering" }, { "docid": "20060767", "text": "and dated two days after Griffin's execution. More than a week after Griffin's execution, the sexton reported that he believed Griffin's grave at the Rockhampton Cemetery had been disturbed, which led to a bizarre case of grave robbery being uncovered. A special meeting of the Rockhampton Cemetery Board was held at Rockhampton Customs House where the board was advised that they had received special permission from the Colonial Secretary the previous night to remove the body from Griffin's grave. A motion was carried to carry out an examination. The board also carried a motion to advise the sexton to obtain", "title": "Thomas Griffin (Australian gold commissioner)" }, { "docid": "19224167", "text": "Walter Reid & Co Walter Reid & Co was a retail business based in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Walter Reid settled in Rockhampton in 1862 to manage a southern-owned retail store in East Street which he subsequently bought in 1864, establishing Walter Reid & Co. He moved from his shop to new premises situated in Quay Street in 1868. It was in these new premises where Reid began to specialise as a wholesaler, trading in wine, spirits and general merchandise, supplying the hotels and stations in central Western Queensland. Since Rockhampton had been declared an official port in 1858, it had", "title": "Walter Reid & Co" }, { "docid": "19563138", "text": "Thomas Dunlop (Australian politician) Thomas Alberto Dunlop (6 April 1880 - 25 January 1956) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Dunlop was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, the son of John Johnson Dunlop and his wife Helen (née Fleming) and educated at the Central Boys' School in Rockhampton and later J.D. Gillespie's Commercial School. After finishing his education he was a clerk in the office of former member for Rockhampton, George Curtis from 1896 to 1898. He then joined the railways where, except for a short time in 1912, he worked for the rest of his career. In 1912", "title": "Thomas Dunlop (Australian politician)" }, { "docid": "19563136", "text": "Thomas Dunlop (Australian politician) Thomas Alberto Dunlop (6 April 1880 - 25 January 1956) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Dunlop was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, the son of John Johnson Dunlop and his wife Helen (née Fleming) and educated at the Central Boys' School in Rockhampton and later J.D. Gillespie's Commercial School. After finishing his education he was a clerk in the office of former member for Rockhampton, George Curtis from 1896 to 1898. He then joined the railways where, except for a short time in 1912, he worked for the rest of his career. In 1912", "title": "Thomas Dunlop (Australian politician)" }, { "docid": "17397500", "text": "in 2019. Club Tim Glasby Tim Glasby (born 27 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He formerly played for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he won the 2017 NRL premiership. His position is . Glasby was born in Townsville, Queensland but began his rugby league career while living in Rockhampton, where he played junior rugby league for local clubs, North Rockhampton Knights and Rockhampton Brothers. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers. From 2008 to 2009, Glasby played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team. He", "title": "Tim Glasby" }, { "docid": "17397496", "text": "Tim Glasby Tim Glasby (born 27 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He formerly played for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he won the 2017 NRL premiership. His position is . Glasby was born in Townsville, Queensland but began his rugby league career while living in Rockhampton, where he played junior rugby league for local clubs, North Rockhampton Knights and Rockhampton Brothers. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers. From 2008 to 2009, Glasby played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team. He later joined the", "title": "Tim Glasby" }, { "docid": "8901811", "text": "Paul Braddy Paul Joseph Braddy (born 20 January 1939) is an Australian state politician. He was a solicitor before entering politics and served as an alderman in the Rockhampton City Council for three years from 1979. He entered the Queensland Parliament at a by-election for Rockhampton in 1985. Braddy represented Rockhampton until 1995, when he changed to the seat of Kedron, where he remained the sitting member until his retirement. He was, at various times, Minister for Education, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Police and Corrective Services in the Goss Labor Government, and Minister for Employment,", "title": "Paul Braddy" }, { "docid": "17652104", "text": "was still isolated by flooding, a helicopter airdropped food to hundreds of stranded families, after the town experienced food and water shortages. Transportation to Rockhampton was not normalised until 20 January, when the airport and incoming roads were reopened. The city of Rockhampton later created a flood plain management policy as a result of the effects from Joy. The floods helped fill the drainage basin of the Peter Faust Dam within a few weeks, speeding up a process which would have otherwise taken several years. Months after the storm, the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service collected reports on environmental", "title": "Cyclone Joy" }, { "docid": "7654744", "text": "parents but moved with his family to Rockhampton, Queensland at the age of five. There, his father was the manager of a cinema centre and the family also water skied on weekends. The Cooper brothers all learned to swim early and joined the Rockhampton Swimming Club, but it was Brad who shone from the start, winning his first Central Queensland medals at age seven. After his parents divorced when he was twelve, Cooper lived with his father while his brothers stayed with their mother. For the next three years his father entered an unsettled phase, during which time he and", "title": "Brad Cooper" }, { "docid": "10853948", "text": "that even the tallest rider, with both hands up, would be unable to touch the structure; although if a rider exceeding the maximum height \"does\" board the coaster it could be potentially dangerous. Head choppers are most common on wooden roller coasters but are also found on many steel roller coasters. The inverted roller equivalent is to a foot chopper. Foot choppers are designed such that rider's legs appear to come close to the ride's support structure, water, or other ride surroundings. For example, Dragon Challenge at Islands of Adventure had many foot choppers, where the rider's feet come within", "title": "Roller coaster elements" }, { "docid": "15473490", "text": "jazz, world fusion, acoustic, ambient, and eclectic. He has said that staying confined to one music style does hurt the connection to an audience. But he feels making variations of one style would be like a painter painting sea shores for an entire career. The Property of Water. A View From The Plain is an aural painting of the land utilizing finger style guitar and all acoustic instruments such as Guitar, Dulcimer, Fiddle, Banjo and Dobro. In The Land Where I come From was a venting of lyric compositions bathed in pop, jazz, and poetic recitations. This Christmas, also focused", "title": "Paul Adams (musician)" }, { "docid": "13510199", "text": "interaction with water or any other solvent. Cotton and wood, for example, are completely insoluble in water and have considerable mechanical strength. Since cellulose does not have a helical structure like amylose, it does not bind to iodine to form a colored product. Manufactured cellulose fibers come from plants that are processed into a pulp and then extruded in the same ways that synthetic fibers like polyester or nylon are made. Rayon or viscose is one of the most common \"manufactured\" cellulose fibers, and it can be made from wood pulp. Natural fibers are composed by microfibrils of cellulose in", "title": "Cellulose fiber" }, { "docid": "19205576", "text": "area to serve the passing trade at the wharves. GS Curtis first arrived in Rockhampton in 1863 and returned in 1866 to enter Wormald's auctioneering firm which he acquired in 1872. As a prominent auctioneer, land holder and real estate speculator Curtis became one of the city's most vigorous and influential public figures. Curtis had campaigned through the Chamber of Commerce for railway extensions and a deep-water port for Rockhampton and from 1889 acted as the leading exponent of territorial separation in Queensland. Curtis was chairman of the Central Queensland Territorial Separation League when it formed in 1889. In late", "title": "GS Curtis Stores" }, { "docid": "12693815", "text": "cargo for Rockhampton from London including cast-iron screw piles for the Port Alma Wharf a church organ built to order in London for St. Pauls Church, this German barque ran onto Polmaise (Masthead?) Reef and eventually with plans underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 1883 broke her up became a total loss. The cargo was salvaged during the same year by a large number of vessels the salvaged cargo was sold at auction in Rockhampton The wreck has been found and lies in shallow water Waterwitch a brigantine of 165 tons built 1873 stuck on", "title": "Capricorn and Bunker Group" }, { "docid": "16721660", "text": "rain totals in excess of , although some of the rain was caused by a nearby upper-level low that was also over Queensland at the time. Other areas of Western Queensland recorded rain totals of up to , including in Augathella, Queensland, where rain peaked at . Runoff on the Fitzroy River caused by Cyclone Beni resulted in a moderate flood with an estimated return period of four years at Rockhampton. The cyclone's heavy rains helped ease drought problems in Queensland. Nine shires in Central Queensland were declared disaster areas. At the Kroombit Dam, the water level increased from 0.5%", "title": "Cyclone Beni" }, { "docid": "9945462", "text": "was first identified as a threat to the Great Barrier Reef in 1989. Thirty \"major rivers\" and hundreds of small streams comprise the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, which covers of land. Queensland has several major urban centers on the coast including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton and the industrial city of Gladstone. Dredging in the Port of Gladstone is raising concern after dead and diseased fish where found in the harbor. Cairns and Townsville are the largest of the coastal cities, with populations of approximately 150,000 each. There are many major water quality variables affecting coral reef health including water", "title": "Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef" }, { "docid": "3306822", "text": "been wide variations in population since 1801 until now. The first big variation was an increase of 61 people from 1821 to 1831 where the population reached 220. The population reached its highest point in 1951 when it reached 235. The next big variation was a decrease of 71 people from 1881 to 1891 where the population fell to 149. This fall in population was due to Rockhampton civil parish losing the village of Shepperdine to the Thornbury civil parish. Since then until 1961 there was not a lot of variation in population. However, from 1961 there was a big", "title": "Rockhampton, Gloucestershire" }, { "docid": "19221096", "text": "a prolific architect, responsible for the design of over eighty buildings in Rockhampton, in a career from the early 1860s until the early part of the twentieth century. Wilson was also responsible for the design of other residences in Rockhampton, such as Trustee Chambers. Rockhampton School of Arts Rockhampton School of Arts is a heritage-listed former school of arts at 230 Bolsover Street, Rockhampton City, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William (Walter) Cherry built in 1894 by Walter Adam Lawson. It is also known as Rockhampton Regional Library and Rockhampton Municipal Theatre. It was added to", "title": "Rockhampton School of Arts" }, { "docid": "18027812", "text": "the 1930s depression, when work was scarce, she was a postmistress at Raglan via Rockhampton from 1930-1936. In partnership with her father as A and E Mottram, she worked in Rockhampton in 1937 and later in Longreach 1938-1941, where she was foreman of works for her father for the first stage of construction of the Longreach Hospital (1940). She was employed as a draftswoman with the American Army Engineering Office in North Rockhampton in the Second World War. She later worked with the Queensland Railways and designed Eagle Junction railway station. Other residential commissions by Mottram, included a two-storeyed block", "title": "Monkton, Brisbane" }, { "docid": "12714471", "text": "George Halford (bishop) George Dowglas Halford (1865-27 August 1948) was the second Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton from 1909 until 1920. Halford was educated at Felsted and Keble College, Oxford. His first post was as a curate at St Peter's Jarrow, after which he was its vicar before emigrating to Australia to become the head of the St Andrew's Bush Brotherhood in 1897 and then Archdeacon of Mitchell, Queensland, where he remained until becoming the Bishop of Rockhampton in 1909. Halford resigned his bishopric in Rockhampton in 1920 to establish the Order of Witness, which was a radical experiment within the", "title": "George Halford (bishop)" }, { "docid": "19227513", "text": "which opened in 1901, and continued at this location until the end of 1912, after which these premises became known as the Parish Hall. This building was designed in 1899 by Louis Spier Robertson (b. c.1869; d. 1932). Robertson was a Sydney architect and surveyor (c.1890-96), who moved to Rockhampton where he married Elizabeth Frances Leighton on 26 April 1896. Robertson began a successful architectural practice in Rockhampton at East Street from January 1897 until 1905 when he returned to Sydney. Despite this move, Robertson continued to undertake Queensland work, including later in partnership with his son (Louis S. Robertson", "title": "St Paul's Anglican Cathedral Hall, Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "8876832", "text": "The Morning Bulletin The Morning Bulletin is a daily newspaper servicing the city of Rockhampton and the surrounding areas of Central Queensland, Australia. The first issue of \"The Bulletin\" was launched on 9 July 1861. It is the second oldest business in Rockhampton, the oldest being the Criterion Hotel which was established in October 1860. The founder and original owner, William Hitchcock Buzacott (1831–1880, brother of Charles Hardie Buzacott), brought the press and equipment from Sydney in 1861 where he operated a small weekly paper. At the time the paper was called the Rockhampton Bulletin and was eagerly read by", "title": "The Morning Bulletin" }, { "docid": "9409259", "text": "at some point and were not reintroduced until 1982, when the council was restructured with 10 divisions each electing one councillor, plus a mayor elected by the entire City. On 1 July 1984, the City grew northwards by annexing Parkhurst, where its water treatment facility was being constructed, from the Shire of Livingstone. The council tried on several occasions to expand further into the Livingstone and Fitzroy areas, but a referendum in Fitzroy on 9 February 1991 was opposed by 83% of valid votes cast. On 15 March 2008, under the \"Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007\" passed by the", "title": "City of Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "20292701", "text": "from England at a young age and settled at Pink Lily. Throughout his life he became known for being outspoken on various local issues and for his repeated attempts to enter local politics. Iredale had previously contested 13 local elections before finally being successful in becoming an alderman on Rockhampton City Council where he served just one term. Following this, he contested several more local elections, becoming successful in serving several terms with the neighbouring Fitzroy Shire Council. He launched an eleventh-hour bid to contest the by-election as an Independent Nationalist with an announcement at the Rockhampton School of Arts", "title": "1923 Rockhampton state by-election" }, { "docid": "4520754", "text": "benefits does come the risk of developing various wine faults, such as the development of acetic (or \"volatile\") acidity. Too much extraction can also increase the harshness of some tannins to where the wine is not very approachable to most wine drinkers. One classical method of maceration is grape stomping or \"pigeage\", where grapes are crushed in vats by barefoot workers. The process of cold maceration or cold soak is where temperatures of the fermenting must are kept low to encourage extraction by water and added sulfur dioxide rather than relying principally on heat and alcohol to act as a", "title": "Maceration (wine)" }, { "docid": "20139793", "text": "Rockhampton, Queensland. Despite moving to Rockhampton, he continued to submit poetry to \"The Maryborough Chronicle\". Crompton died in December 1911, at the age of 45 after suffering a brain hemorrhage following a workplace accident at Wilson, Hart & Co's Rockhampton timber yard where he was employed as a foreman. He is buried in the South Rockhampton Cemetery. Will Crompton William Charles Crompton (1865-1911) was an Australian poet. Crompton was born in Maryborough, Queensland in 1865. After growing up and being educated in his hometown, Crompton was elected as an alderman on the Maryborough Municipal Council in September 1893. Throughout the", "title": "Will Crompton" }, { "docid": "19221006", "text": "industry, particularly in the production of wool. Unlike Rockhampton, where the company would always lease its premises, a new Dalgety & Co. two-storey building was constructed in Townsville in 1923-24. The company's need for investment in a substantial building in Rockhampton may have been reduced by the financial strength of other mercantile companies. Their competition included GS Curtis, John M Headrick & Co., Goldsbrough Mort & Co and Walter Reid & Co, all of which constructed large stores or warehouses in Rockhampton between 1883 and 1902. At different times smaller companies also occupied sections of the former Cahill's Stores. These", "title": "Cahill's Stores, Rockhampton" }, { "docid": "19336966", "text": "grazier Alexander Stuart Somerville Laurie and his wife Margaret (née Stevenson). She attended Springsure State School. She was educated in a Rockhampton convent school and received some nursing training at Sydney Hospital after which she worked as a private nurse in Rockhampton. On 24 February 1896, she married Henry Gaudiano Wheeler of Cooroorah Station, near Blackwater, at St Paul's Cathedral in Rockhampton. Their daughter, Portia Jean, was born in 1897, but her husband died in 1903. Following his death, she returned to Rockhampton where she took over the Criterion Hotel. In March 1913, she went to England to visit relations", "title": "Annie Wheeler" } ]

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[ { "docid": "4580420", "text": "Christmas\", a sequel to the 1974 special, \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\", is also included. Released with \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\" Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph's Shiny New Year is a 1976 Christmas/New Year's stop motion animated television special and a sequel to the 1964 special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The special premiered on ABC on December 10, 1976. Three years later, it was also aired on TV Asahi in Japan on December 24, 1979 under the Japanese dub title 赤鼻のトナカイ ルドルフ物語 (\"Akahananotonakai Rudorufu Monogatari\"). A year after delivering Christmas presents, Santa Claus", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580411", "text": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph's Shiny New Year is a 1976 Christmas/New Year's stop motion animated television special and a sequel to the 1964 special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The special premiered on ABC on December 10, 1976. Three years later, it was also aired on TV Asahi in Japan on December 24, 1979 under the Japanese dub title 赤鼻のトナカイ ルドルフ物語 (\"Akahananotonakai Rudorufu Monogatari\"). A year after delivering Christmas presents, Santa Claus receives a letter from his friend Father Time asking for help to find Happy the Baby New Year before midnight on New Year's Eve,", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580420", "text": "Christmas\", a sequel to the 1974 special, \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\", is also included. Released with \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\" Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph's Shiny New Year is a 1976 Christmas/New Year's stop motion animated television special and a sequel to the 1964 special \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The special premiered on ABC on December 10, 1976. Three years later, it was also aired on TV Asahi in Japan on December 24, 1979 under the Japanese dub title 赤鼻のトナカイ ルドルフ物語 (\"Akahananotonakai Rudorufu Monogatari\"). A year after delivering Christmas presents, Santa Claus", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580418", "text": "Father Time's castle with Happy just in time for the beginning of the new year, which is designated \"Nineteen-Wonderful\". After the celebration, everyone wishes Happy a happy new year and Rudolph proclaims to the viewers that it may be shiny, too. Among the islands of the Archipelago of Last Years are: The special was filmed in 1975 (according to the copyright), but it was shown on ABC on December 10, 1976. \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\" was first released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1992. It is also re-released on VHS in 1999, and for the first time on", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "1375447", "text": "widely parodied and imitated in the decades since its original airing. The success of the special led to two sequels \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\" (premier air date December 10, 1976) which continued the reindeer's journeys, and the series was made into a trilogy with the 1979 feature-length film \"Christmas in July\", which integrated the \"Rudolph\" universe into that of Rankin/Bass's adaptation of \"Frosty the Snowman\". \"\" (1998) is an animated feature film. It received only a limited theatrical release before debuting on home video. Its inclusion of a villain, a love interest, a sidekick, and a strong protector are more", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" } ]

[ { "docid": "3016840", "text": "of Rudolph and Frosty in 1979's \"Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July,\" with the voice of Ethel Merman as the ringmistress of a seaside circus, and Rooney again returning as Santa. The special features cameos by characters from several other Rankin-Bass holiday specials, including Big Ben from \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\" and Jack Frost. Jack appeared in his own special later that year. \"Jack Frost\", narrated by Buddy Hackett, tells the story of the winter sprite's love for a mortal woman menaced by the evil Cossack king, Kubla Kraus (Paul Frees, in addition to Kubla, voiced Jack Frost's overlord, Father", "title": "Rankin/Bass Productions" }, { "docid": "4580416", "text": "on the group and trapping them inside giant snowballs. Managing to melt his way free using his nose, Rudolph climbs up to Eon's nest where he finds Happy, who refuses to leave. Rudolph shows Happy his nose and tells him his own story of being bullied because of his nonconformity before asking Happy to let him see his ears. Happy does so, and Rudolph, like everyone else before him, laughs at the sight. Happy once again gets upset, but Rudolph explains that the sight of Happy's ears had made him feel so wonderful that he had to laugh out loud,", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580412", "text": "or else it will be December 31 forever. Santa sends Rudolph out to find him. An evil vulture called Eon the Terrible is supposed to live for exactly one Eon after which he will turn into ice and snow and disintegrate. As his particular Eon will end January 1 of the New Year, he plans to kidnap Happy to keep the year from ending and stop time, thus preventing his predestined death. Father Time speculates that Happy, who ran away due to his big ears being laughed at, is hiding out in the \"Archipelago of Last Years\" where the Old", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580417", "text": "just like it had done with everyone else. With this declaration, Happy shouts out with joy, but causes Eon to awaken. Rudolph quickly tells Happy to take off his hat and leave it off for good. At the sight of Happy's large ears, Eon bursts into uncontrollable laughter which sends him tumbling down the side of the mountain and into the three remaining snowballs, freeing O.M., 1023, and Sev. Rudolph realizes that Eon is now so full of warmth and happiness that it would be impossible for him to turn to ice and snow. With Santa's help, they return to", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4580413", "text": "Years retire and rule over an island styled to resemble the year over which they ruled. Sent to assist in this journey are some agents of Father Time including General Ticker (a military clock), the great Quarter-Past-Five (a camel with a clock in his hump), and Big Ben (a whale with a clock attached to his tail). Upon arrival in the Archipelagos, Rudolph first travels to the island belonging to a caveman named One Million B.C. (\"O.M.\" for short). O.M. inhabits an island anachronistically inhabited with friendly dinosaurs and other prehistoric and long-extinct creatures. As Rudolph and his friends search", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "2993325", "text": "for the soundtrack to \"Private Lessons\", \"Shiny Day\" for a CD named \"Re-Import\" which was released in Japan, and the Chuck Berry song \"Run, Run Rudolph\" for a Christmas compilation called \"The Stars Come Out for Christmas Vol. III\". In 1997, Carnes wrote \"Just One Little Kiss\" with songwriter and friend Greg Barnhill, which was recorded by Lila McCann on her debut album, \"Lila\". In 1994, Carnes permanently relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville. Several of her songs, including \"Voyeur,\" \"I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is\" and \"Gypsy Honeymoon\" were hits for her in countries throughout Europe and South", "title": "Kim Carnes" }, { "docid": "4580414", "text": "for Happy (who left after his hat accidentally fell off and revealing his big ears, causing the dinosaurs to laugh), they repeatedly encounter Eon. After other off-screen visits to the islands of 4000 B.C., 1492, 1893, and 1965 have been completed without success, Rudolph and O.M. head for the island of 1023 (pronounced ten-two-three), belonging to a knight named Sir 1023 whose island is filled with medieval trappings along with several fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. Meanwhile, Happy managed to befriend the Three Bears, but becomes saddened when he removes his hat and exposing his big ears to them,", "title": "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" }, { "docid": "4184676", "text": "with a glowing red nose. When Santa arrives, he warns Donner that Rudolph will not make the sleigh team because of his nose. So, Donner decides to hide it by covering it with mud so Rudolph will fit in with the other reindeer. A year later, Rudolph goes out to the reindeer games, where the new fawns will be inspected by Santa to pull the sleigh when they grow up. During flight practice, Rudolph meets a beautiful doe named Clarice, who tells him he is cute, making Rudolph fly. However, while celebrating with the other bucks, Rudolph's fake nose pops", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)" }, { "docid": "10753655", "text": "included: \"Home Alone\", \"Elf\", \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\", \"Four Christmases\" (Freeform network premiere), \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\", \"\", \"Frosty's Winter Wonderland\", \"Jack Frost\", \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\", \"A Christmas Carol\", \"A Dennis the Menace Christmas\", \"Richie Rich's Christmas Wish\", \"Jack Frost\", \"Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July\", \"Arthur Christmas\", \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\", \"Eloise at Christmastime\", and \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". On May 15, 2018, Freeform announced that the \"Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas\" will be renamed as \"Kickoff to Christmas\" for November 2018. The 2018 \"Kickoff to Christmas\" schedule was released on October 10, 2018.", "title": "25 Days of Christmas" }, { "docid": "3437711", "text": "A New Day Has Come A New Day Has Come is the seventh English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 March 2002. It was her first new studio album since 1997's \"Let's Talk About Love\". Dion returned to the music scene after a two-year hiatus when she gave birth to her first child in 2001. She collaborated on \"A New Day Has Come\" with various producers, including Anders Bagge and Peer Åström for the first time. Dion's long-time producer and friend, David Foster, did not appear on this album. \"A New Day", "title": "A New Day Has Come" }, { "docid": "9265983", "text": "role as Santa Claus from \"Santa Claus is Comin' To Town\" and \"The Year Without A Santa Claus\". He would voice Santa again in Film Roman's \"The Happy Elf\" in 2005, but would not return as Santa for a Rankin-Bass special until \"A Miser Brothers' Christmas\" in 2008. Additional voices were provided by Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Alan Sues, Paul Frees, and Thurl Ravenscroft. Shelley Winters reprised her role as Frosty's wife Crystal from \"Frosty's Winter Wonderland\", and Hal Peary reprised his role as Big Ben the Clockwork Whale from \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\". Many years in the past, the", "title": "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" }, { "docid": "8511430", "text": "to directing, Rankin primarily created the script and sketched the character concepts, which would be made into the wooden puppets by Japanese artists, including head supervisor and partner, Tadahito Mochinaga. Maury Laws, a musical director for Rankin/Bass, stated that Rankin was inspired by the film \"King Kong\", and that Rankin \"wanted every detail right\" in creating these shorts. Some of the most famous features were the holiday-themed TV specials, such as \"Willy McBean and his Magic Machine\", \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", \"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town\", \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\", \"The Year Without a Santa Claus\", \"Frosty the Snowman\",", "title": "Arthur Rankin Jr." }, { "docid": "11760390", "text": "the crown himself, so that Prince Rudolph will step up to the throne as soon as he comes out from his state of unconsciousness. When Michael learns of this, he kidnapps the prince and takes him away to the Castle Zenda, where he intends to murder him. Antoinette and Rudolph come up with a plan to surprise Michael and his minions at Zenda and thus rescue the prince. When they defeat Michael, the young prince Rudolph becomes the king of Ruritania and takes his father's place at last. Prisoner of Zenda (1988 film) Prisoner of Zenda is an Australian 49-minute", "title": "Prisoner of Zenda (1988 film)" }, { "docid": "9990442", "text": "Anthem for the Year 2000 \"Anthem for the Year 2000\" is a song by Silverchair, which was released as the first single from their third album, \"Neon Ballroom\". The song reached number 3 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, but did not make #1 like the first singles from their previous albums, \"Frogstomp\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s \"Tomorrow\" and \"Freak Show\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s \"Freak\". This trend would continue with \"Diorama\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead single, \"The Greatest View\", but would end with \"Young Modern\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead, \"Straight Lines\". \"Anthem for the Year 2000\" is included on the MuchMusic's \"Big Shiny Tunes 4\". The music video was directed by Gavin Bowden,", "title": "Anthem for the Year 2000" }, { "docid": "12761617", "text": "budget from its theatrical release. One night, the Sprites of the Northern Lights - a group of singing sprites who fly around the North Pole - witness the birth of a baby reindeer named Rudolph, who has an unusual red, shiny nose. Later in the morning, Rudolph and his parents, Blitzen and Mitzi, meet up with Rudolph's three uncles - Dasher, Comet, and Cupid. Cupid tickles Rudolph and inadvertently triggers his glowing nose, which draws attention and causes Rudolph to become the center of scorn and mockery. Meanwhile, two of Santa Claus's elves, Doggle and Boone, cross the ice bridge", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "4672434", "text": "Shiny Happy People \"Shiny Happy People\" is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album \"Out of Time\", and was released as a single in the same year. The song features guest vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52's, who also appears in the song's music video. The song peaked at No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, the fourth and last R.E.M. single to reach the top 10 on the chart. It also peaked at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first R.E.M. song to reach the top 10 in the UK", "title": "Shiny Happy People" }, { "docid": "5408382", "text": "in the TV version of \"Fibber McGee and Molly\", Peary also made guest appearances in numerous sitcoms during the 1960s, including \"The Dick Van Dyke Show\", \"My Three Sons\", \"The Addams Family,\" \"My Mother the Car,\" \"Petticoat Junction,\" \"That Girl,\" \"The Brady Bunch\" and \"Love, American Style.\" In the 1960s and '70s, Peary was also featured in a series of popular television ads for Faygo soda. In the 1970s, Peary found work as a voice actor, most memorably as Big Ben, the whale with a clock in its tail, in two Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer productions, \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\"", "title": "Harold Peary" }, { "docid": "1502142", "text": "of the Year. They won two awards, Best Group Video and Best Art Direction. Pierson sang on Iggy Pop's song \"Candy\", which gave him a top 40 hit. In 1991, Schneider's solo record was repackaged and re-released, resulting in his first Hot 100 single when \"Monster\" climbed to No. 85, and Pierson again guest-starred on a popular track, R.E.M.'s \"Shiny Happy People\", which reached No. 10 in September 1991. Pierson also appeared on two other songs from R.E.M.'s chart-topping album \"Out of Time\", \"Near Wild Heaven\", and \"Me in Honey\", as well as the outtake \"Fretless\". In late 1990 Cindy", "title": "The B-52's" }, { "docid": "12421699", "text": "time to Magdalene (b. Oldenburg, 6 October 1585 – d. Coswig, 14 April 1657), heiress of Jever and daughter of John VII, Count of Oldenburg; only when Rudolph met her did he find a way out of his depression. They had two children: Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst (Harzgerode, 28 October 1576 – Zerbst, 30 July 1621), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified Principality of Anhalt. From 1603, he was ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. Rudolph was the fifth son of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, but third-born son", "title": "Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst" }, { "docid": "11496619", "text": "Florida Commuter Airlines Florida Commuter Airlines was a small U.S. regional airline based out of Palm Beach International Airport that evolved directly from Roberson Air, Inc. which did business as Red Baron Airlines. This happened when Dr. Rudolph P. Scheerer bought out Dr. Clive E. Roberson for a 100% stake in the airline on June 13, 1980. The management structure remained the same except for Dr. Clive E. Roberson. On July 24, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines received its carrier operating certificate as a commuter and charter operator. It was certified to fly 2 DC-3's and a Piper PA-31 Navajo. On", "title": "Florida Commuter Airlines" }, { "docid": "1375440", "text": "social rejection among his peers and his decision to run away from home. Rudolph is accompanied by a similarly outcast elf named Hermey, who skipped elf practice to become a dentist, along with a loud, boisterous, eager prospector named Yukon Cornelius who was in search of wealth. Additional original characters include Rudolph's love interest, Clarice; the antagonistic \"Abominable Snow Monster\"; and, as narrator, Sam the living Snowman, voiced by Burl Ives. In the 1964 stop-motion movie, Rudolph is born to Donner the Reindeer and Donner's wife. He is discovered by Santa to have a shiny, glowing red nose. Donner, regardless", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" }, { "docid": "11545270", "text": "releasing negative energy, cultivating gratitude, sitting with deceased persons, and \"double breathing\" for \"drawing in cosmic energy\". Albert Rudolph Albert Rudolph (Rudi) (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was an entrepreneur and spiritual teacher in New York City. Albert Rudolph was born January 24, 1928, to impoverished Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His father abandoned the family when he was young. According to his autobiography, Rudolph's first spiritual experience occurred at age 6 in a park. Two Tibetan Buddhist lamas appeared out of the air and", "title": "Albert Rudolph" }, { "docid": "11545258", "text": "Albert Rudolph Albert Rudolph (Rudi) (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was an entrepreneur and spiritual teacher in New York City. Albert Rudolph was born January 24, 1928, to impoverished Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His father abandoned the family when he was young. According to his autobiography, Rudolph's first spiritual experience occurred at age 6 in a park. Two Tibetan Buddhist lamas appeared out of the air and stood before him. They told him they represented the heads of the \"Red Hat\" and \"Yellow Hat\"", "title": "Albert Rudolph" }, { "docid": "5912019", "text": "a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown\". It was re-released as part of the box set Snoopy's Holiday Collection on October 1, 2013. When it was shown on the ABC network on December 30, 2008, paired with a repeat of \"Rudolph's Shiny New Year\", the program cuts out the following scenes to allow more commercials: Since 2010, it had been paired with \"She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown\". Franklin, the Little Red-Haired Girl, Patty, Pig-Pen, Rerun, and Violet appear but are silent. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! is the 30th prime-time animated TV special based upon", "title": "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!" }, { "docid": "7172979", "text": "less successful songs by well-known artists and songs by more obscure artists, released in the same year as the albums' publication. There are a combination of Canadian, British and American performers. One common feature among the selected artists is that they are attached to Universal Music, Warner Bros., EMI Music Canada, and/or MuchMusic, who come together to produce \"Big Shiny Tunes\" albums. The most frequently appearing band in the Big Shiny Tunes series is Nickelback, who appeared on 7 releases in the series (Big Shiny Tunes 5, 7-11, and 14.) Part of the appeal of the series is that those", "title": "Big Shiny Tunes" }, { "docid": "9756523", "text": "According to the Toledo Blade in 2014, \"Charlotte Lamb, the officer in charge at the Rudolph post office... estimates between 75,000 and 100,000 parcels come through the office every year.\" Rudolph is located at and is south of Bowling Green. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of , all land. Rudolph, Ohio Rudolph is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 458. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of", "title": "Rudolph, Ohio" }, { "docid": "9287926", "text": "their fief of Coevorden, but in 1229 their rights were restored, and Rudolph went to war again. Wilbrand's strength turned out to be superior, and the parties agreed upon a ceasefire. Rudolph van Coevorden was invited to come to Hardenberg for negotiations, but upon his arrival he was murdered. When Rudolphs's brothers continued the rebellion, Wilbrand called on the Frisians and the townspeople of Groningen to support him in suppressing the rebellious Drenths. The unknown chronicler of \"Quedam Narracio\" (an ancient manuscript with tales of Groningen, Drenthe and Coevorden) emphasized that the Frisians aided Wilbrand of their own free will.", "title": "Friso-Drentic War" }, { "docid": "1793861", "text": "sentence. He remains incarcerated at the ADX Florence Supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. Rudolph was born in Merritt Island, Florida. After his father, Robert, died in 1981, he moved with his mother and siblings to Nantahala, Macon County, in western North Carolina. He attended ninth grade at the Nantahala School but dropped out after that year and worked as a carpenter with his older brother Daniel. When Rudolph was 18, he spent time with his mother at a Christian Identity compound in Missouri known as the Church of Israel. After Rudolph received his GED, he enlisted in the U.S. Army,", "title": "Eric Rudolph" }, { "docid": "10328832", "text": "and funky organ.\" Editors at \"USA Today\" wrote, \"Walker sounds like a cowboy on some tracks, a crooner on others -- and he also displays rarely heard R&B and Mexican influences.\" \"The Denver Post\" printed, \"Simple, straightforward takes on 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 'Please Come Home for Christmas,' and 'Frosty the Snowman' stand out on a CD that also contains good versions of 'Go Tell It on the Mountain,' 'Mary Did You Know' and 'O Come All Ye Faithful.' Walker ends it with a bang- up, toe-tapping version of 'Feliz Navidad.'\" Bobby Reed of \"The Chicago Sun Times\" gave the", "title": "Christmas (Clay Walker album)" }, { "docid": "8687544", "text": "of more powerful H class 4-8-4 locomotives and additional S class locomotives did not come to fruition. The extra S class locomotives were never built and the line to Adelaide did not receive the necessary upgrades to take the weight of the H class. The A2's principal express passenger role continued into the postwar years as the VR, struggling with a backlog of repairs and limited capital expenditure, deferred new passenger locomotive construction. It was not until March 1946 when the first of the class, A2 878, was withdrawn from service. In 1951, when the first of 70 new R", "title": "Victorian Railways A2 class" }, { "docid": "5835676", "text": "of his performances in domestic cricket. Rudolph was named the South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year in 2003. In his debut Test match against Bangladesh he scored 222 not out, his best first class score. It is still the highest Test debut score by a left-handed batsman and a Test opener as of 2013, when Hamish Rutherford made 171 for New Zealand against England. He also broke the South African third-wicket partnership record, alongside Boeta Dippenaar, reaching 429* against Bangladesh at Chittagong. He saved a Test for South Africa in the Perth Test match in December 2005 after", "title": "Jacques Rudolph" }, { "docid": "7646277", "text": "strong glints and glares. \"They appear shiny or polished,\" said Albert Yen, science team member, during a press conference on February 19. He said: \"Data will hopefully help us figure out what's altering them.\" At the same press briefing, Dr. Squyres noted this as one of the main question: \"Where did those spherules come from, dropped from above or grown in place?\" Mission scientists reported on March 2 that they concluded a survey of the distribution of spherules in the bedrock. They found that they spread out evenly and randomly inside the rocks, and not in layers. This supports the", "title": "Scientific information from the Mars Exploration Rover mission" }, { "docid": "12761623", "text": "dear life. Rudolph and the others then save Stormella, and she gratefully offers to grant him a wish. Much to the Ice Queen's dismay, Rudolph wishes that Stormella would be nice. Though the wish takes full effect, Stormella is unable to stop the snowstorm that she created. Boone and Doggle later find and bring the entire group back to Santa's Village. Because of the blizzard, Santa is unable to carry out his flight this year, but when he sees Rudolph's glowing nose, Santa asks him to lead his team of Flyers. Rudolph guides Santa's sleigh through the storm, and receives", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" }, { "docid": "18281743", "text": "Oscar Rudolph Oscar Rudolph (April 2, 1911 – February 1, 1991) was an American film and television director, producer, and actor. Rudolph was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1924 moved to Southern California with his family. He started his Hollywood entertainment career as a bit actor at the age of 14. His first film was \"Little Annie Rooney\" (1925), which starred legendary silent film actress Mary Pickford. He would appear in a total of 36 films in mostly uncredited or bit roles from 1925–47, when he appeared in his last role in the film \"Easy Come, Easy Go\". Rudolph", "title": "Oscar Rudolph" }, { "docid": "3437750", "text": "Musical Performer, Echo Award for International Female Artist of the Year and MuchMoreMusic Award for \"A New Day Has Come\" music video. Adapted from AllMusic. A New Day Has Come A New Day Has Come is the seventh English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 March 2002. It was her first new studio album since 1997's \"Let's Talk About Love\". Dion returned to the music scene after a two-year hiatus when she gave birth to her first child in 2001. She collaborated on \"A New Day Has Come\" with various producers, including", "title": "A New Day Has Come" }, { "docid": "17253719", "text": "tall steel columns underneath this little seating area. The ground sloped away, precipitously, to Roosevelt Boulevard and the East River. The frightening thing about it was this thing was constructed all of metal grating. When you went out there, you could look down and see through. It was very unsubstantial. Rudolph loaned me that apartment once, when he was out of town and I was doing something in New York. I stayed there. I went out on this bird walk to the little seating area, and it was really scary. I mentioned this to Rudolph when he came back. He", "title": "23 Beekman Place" }, { "docid": "9635759", "text": "and quotes a 1971 comment by John Cutts that the film becomes more \"fascinating and beguiling\" as time goes by. \"Halliwell's Film Guide 2008\" calls it \"one of the most entertaining films to come out of Hollywood\". Twelve residents of Zenda, Ontario, were flown to New York for the premiere. The film earned a profit of $182,000. In 1947, Selznick announced he would make a sequel based on a play adaptation of \"Rupert of Hentzau\", starring Joseph Cotten as King Rudolph/Rudolph, Louis Jourdan and Alida Valli. The film was never made. Colman, Smith and Fairbanks reprised their roles for a", "title": "The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)" }, { "docid": "14382072", "text": "of promiscuity and threw her out—and confesses the truth of her life in San Diego. Rudolph says that he still loves her, and Anna agrees to marry him. As Anna is alone in the family home after the wedding, Danny arrives, responding to her letter asking him to come. She informs him that after sending the letter, she fell in love and got married. Danny protests, but Anna is insistent and he surrenders. As Danny is leaving, Joe comes home, declaring his intention to break up Anna's relationship with Rudolph. Anna begs Joe to allow her to begin a new", "title": "Anna Lucasta (1958 film)" }, { "docid": "13286550", "text": "child star in Malaysia teamed up and started filming their Chinese New Year album on 15 September. Both DVD and VCD issues come with a bonus CD. The album is called festive(年味). This album was released by Soundlife records (麗聲唱片制作). Angeline, Crystal and Queenzy and other Chinese Malaysian artists were in the Shining Dragon Shiny Year (龙飛鳳舞賀新年 ) TV2 programme in Malaysia to celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year of the Dragon. The three had not been in a Chinese New Year MV together since their 2010 CNY album. The M-Girls members also appeared in other television shows including Aunti", "title": "M-Girls" }, { "docid": "8321351", "text": "after developer Junichi Masuda. Additionally, an item introduced in \"Black 2\" and \"White 2\" called the Shiny Charm increases the probability of finding Shiny Pokémon. However, this item is only accessible long after completing the game, as the player must have completed the National Pokédex (excluding Mythical Pokémon). Beginning in \"Black\" and \"White\", certain Pokémon in each game are 'Shiny-locked', meaning the player cannot obtain a Shiny variant of these Pokémon in normal gameplay. Pokémon \"Sun\" and \"Moon\"'s SOS Battle mechanic created a new way to \"hunt\" for Shiny Pokemon. If a wild Pokemon calls allies to help (requiring the", "title": "Gameplay of Pokémon" }, { "docid": "1375026", "text": "and Anthony Maffetore. After the three were indicted, O'Dwyer learned from Special Prosecutor John Harlan Amen that Rudolph was reportedly offered a $5,000 bribe by another prisoner, on behalf of the syndicate, to \"put Reles and Goldstein on the street\". O'Dwyer stated that when Maffetore learned of the bribe offer to help clear Reles and Goldstein and after several talks with New York City Detective John Osnato, he decided to turn state's evidence. Detective Osnato talked with Maffetore even though he had worked with Rudolph previously and did not put much credibility in his story since Rudolph was paid for", "title": "Murder, Inc." }, { "docid": "4933287", "text": "croissant (again meaning \"crescent\") in that it is made from a plain, bread-like dough (thus being more akin to a roll than to pastry) and being both thinner and longer. They may also come in different sizes, some of them equalling in weight a small bread loaf. When they come out of the oven, the rolls can be left plain or given a water brushing to make them shiny, or can be given an egg wash and sprinkled with either poppy seeds or caraway fruits mixed with coarse salt. The latter variety is often made into a straight shape, instead", "title": "Kifli" }, { "docid": "10878424", "text": "period, when Rudolph returns to Vienna, and not knowing what has happened, he hopes to find Mizzi at the inn, to rekindle their love just as it had been so long ago, and to return to pre-war days. When he arrives at the inn, he sees that it looks just as he remembered it. He imagines that he has travelled back in time and embraces a woman who looks as Mizzi did in their youth. She turns out to be Mizzi's daughter, Gaby. Mizzi admits that she has arranged matters in this fashion so that Rudolph will accept reality; the", "title": "The Blue Paradise" }, { "docid": "12090439", "text": "as follows: “He got another chance. Look what he did with it. He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park… He became a furiously good storyteller this time.” One reviewer wrote: “Bottom line: If, despite the scandal, you loved \"A Million Little Pieces\", you might want to devour \"Bright Shiny Morning\". Like its author, it can be called many things, but never boring. Or timid.” \"The New York Observer\" called it a “page turner” but also stated that Frey “leads you into the hills high above Hollywood, shows you the most spectacular view of the", "title": "Bright Shiny Morning" }, { "docid": "3760067", "text": "feigns patriotism and suggests that the two engage in a statutory duel. He explains that they will hide cards up their sleeves, guaranteeing victory to Ludwig. When the plot unfolds, Ludwig will bear the brunt of it. The next day, when the Act authorizing statutory duels expires, Rudolph can come back to life unharmed. Although Rudolph is sceptical, he accepts Ludwig's proposal. Rudolph and Ludwig summon the city's inhabitants. They stage a mock quarrel and conduct the rigged statutory duel as planned: Rudolph's king is beaten by Ludwig's ace, making Ludwig the Grand Duke. Rudolph's subjects berate him with scorn,", "title": "The Grand Duke" }, { "docid": "8504703", "text": "the death of 31-year-old film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolf Nureyev). Thousands of fans mob the funeral home until order is restored, at which point the important women in Valentino's life come to mourn. Each remembers him via flashbacks. The first of these women Bianca de Saulles (Emily Bolton) who knew Valentino when he was a taxi dancer, and gigolo in New York City. He shares with her his dream of owning an orange grove in California. After mobsters rob him, he decides he must make the move west. Next is a young movie executive and screenwriter named June Mathis (Felicity", "title": "Valentino (1977 film)" }, { "docid": "4672437", "text": "named \"Shiny Happy People\" 1991's \"Song of the Summer\". By contrast, in 2006, the song received the No. 1 position on AOL Music's list of the \"111 Wussiest Songs of All Time\". \"Blender\" magazine also ranked the song No. 35 on its list of the \"50 Worst Songs Ever\", and \"Q\" magazine included it in a list of \"Ten Terrible Records by Great Artists\" in 2005. When Michael Stipe made an appearance on \"Space Ghost Coast to Coast\" in 1995, after Space Ghost asks him to sing the “Shiny Shiny People” song, he simply states \"I hate that song, Space", "title": "Shiny Happy People" }, { "docid": "9264999", "text": "Hermey, and they fall down. Before they can meet their demise, Rudolph and Clarice fly to save them. They head back into the blimp, with Yukon chasing after the Toy Taker, Hermey piloting the blimp, and Rudolph and Clarice doing their best to wake up the toys from their hypnosis once again. Yukon finally chases the Toy Taker up to the top of the blimp. When a boomerang who doesn't come back swoops by Yukon, he loses his balance and falls. Rudolph and Clarice confront the Toy Taker, with Rudolph's nose blinding him during the confrontation. The Toy Taker flees", "title": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" }, { "docid": "7108401", "text": "the Union Square Theater. She also played the main role of Blue, the female blue puppy in Nick Jr.'s \"Blue's Room\". Her original character Lolly Lardpop has a musical Comedy CD out called \"Sunkinsass\". Carrara-Rudolph portrayed the human kiddie-show star Miss Poppy in the satirical play \"Pigeon-Holed\", written by \"Sesame\" writer Annie Evans and Sesame puppeteer regulars. She does regular voice-over work, including characters in Zatch Bell, Ratchet & Clank, and The Simpsons. She has a BA degree from San Francisco State University in her major \"Child Development Through the Arts.\" When she is not performing, she illustrates children's books", "title": "Leslie Carrara-Rudolph" }, { "docid": "5649486", "text": "would simply be a \"cartoon-ish bomb with feet\". Otero's simple designs were expanded and fleshed out in detail by Gwyn, who was also responsible for creating Eldred's model. The artists' incorporation of humor in their work did not escape the video game industry's notice; many pointed out the quirky allusion of James, God of Earth, to Earthworm Jim, star of Shiny's previous games. By June, the major features of the game had been implemented, and Shiny proceeded to the next stage of development. It selected a thousand members of the public to participate in a beta test of \"Sacrifice\"s multiplayer", "title": "Sacrifice (video game)" }, { "docid": "18175241", "text": "one with blue body paint, will approach Trey. If the mirror was chosen. A woman in a black bikini will come out, the woman will slowly disappear in shadow. The third option is between a blue scarf and a diamond. If the scarf was chosen, a blond girl will come out and lip-sync the lyrics. If the diamond was chosen, a woman in a shiny diamond dress will come out. Nicki Minaj's part began with her sitting on a throne with a cane, and a few scene with Trey. The last option is between a withered tree with two snakes", "title": "Touchin, Lovin" }, { "docid": "14414126", "text": "the place and they find out that family is poorer than them. A day after, Rimzim is attracted to a new shiny pair of shoes that the same poor girl is wearing. She asks her about what she did with her previous pair of shoes and when she learns that the girl had thrown away her old pair of shoes, she is greatly disappointed. Temporarily, Khogiram, desperate for money, borrows some gardening equipment and heads off with Pinu to the rich suburbs of the town to find some gardening work. They try many mansions until a mansion belonging to a", "title": "Bumm Bumm Bole" }, { "docid": "9403693", "text": "\"I Care 4 U\" in the United States. It reached the top ten on \"Billboard\"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Ross Scarano from Complex Praised Aaliyah's Voice on the song saying \"Aaliyah's voice did longing so well. The lightness of her touch when stretching out and fluttering the final syllable of a word like \"over\" in \"Come Over\" is too pretty\". Scarano also felt that certain parts within the song such as the dying-cell-phone bit was amusing. Come Over (Aaliyah song) \"Come Over\" is a song by American recording artist Aaliyah. Written by Johntá Austin and produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, Jazze", "title": "Come Over (Aaliyah song)" }, { "docid": "459967", "text": "best. As such, she did not compete at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, saying, \"If I won two gold medals, there would be something lacking. I'll stick with the glory I've already won like Jesse Owens did in 1936.\" After retiring from competition, Rudolph continued her education at Tennessee State and earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1963. That year she also made a month-long trip to West Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the U.S State Department. Rudolph served as U.S. representative to the 1963 Friendship Games in Dakar, Senegal, and visited Ghana, Guinea,", "title": "Wilma Rudolph" }, { "docid": "2411931", "text": "are later separated, the inside surface is dull, and the outside surface is shiny. This difference in the finish has led to the perception that favouring a side has an effect when cooking. While many believe (wrongly) that the different properties keep heat out when wrapped with the shiny finish facing out, and keep heat in with the shiny finish facing inwards, the actual difference is imperceptible without instrumentation. Increased reflectivity decreases both absorption and emission of radiation. Foil may have a non-stick coating on only one side. The reflectivity of bright aluminium foil is 88% while dull embossed foil", "title": "Aluminium foil" }, { "docid": "7172981", "text": "the ordinary albums in the series, MuchMusic also released albums that compile the biggest hits across a span of years, such as \"Big Shiny 80s\" (2005) that included classics like Billy Idol's \"White Wedding.\" There have also been two volumes of \"Big Shiny 90s\" released. The album \"Big Shiny Tunes\" was released in 1996. A new edition was released every year after until 2009, with \"Big Shiny Tunes 2\" being particularly successful (the second and third albums alone account for over 2,000,000 of the albums sold under the brand). \"Big Shiny Tunes 2\" had been accompanied by heavy advertising. The", "title": "Big Shiny Tunes" }, { "docid": "7453544", "text": "when she cut into the inner lane and was disqualified while very much in front of the field during the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. She also cherishes the memory of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when she became the first woman to be the flag bearer for India at the Olympics. 'Her most memorable competition was the Asian Track & Field Meet at Delhi in 1989, despite being in the family way, she ran the 800;meters to come second behind Sun Sumei of China but Shiny was declared the winner as Sumei tested positive for doping. One of her greatest", "title": "Shiny Abraham" }, { "docid": "9484636", "text": "Gorman 1997 Simon J. Critchell 1998 Rudolph W. Giuliani 1999 Robert R. Douglass 2000 Robert M. Johnson 2001 Robert B. Catell, Charles J. Hamm 2002 Charles J. Urstadt 2003 Mark S. Sisk 2004 The New York Post 2005 Robert M. Morgenthau 2006 Raymond W. Kelly 2007 John C. Cushman III 2008 Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg 2009 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 2010 Ralph K. Smith 2011 The Crew of US Airways Flight 1549 2011 Dominick M. Servedio. P.E. The Hundred Year Association of New York The Hundred Year Association of New York, founded in 1927, is a non-profit", "title": "The Hundred Year Association of New York" }, { "docid": "10242752", "text": "communities as it did during the crack epidemic of the 90's, and the fires and riots of the 60's. It is imperative that we impart our skills to this problem now, as the older generation withers a gap is forming and the old organizations are dying swiftly. Lets invigorate the tree of liberty with the blood, sweat and tears of a new generation. Call out your fence sitting friends, bring them out and you come out, we need you now to re-build and re-vitalize your communities. Now that you are no longer a Probie, and you have a handle on", "title": "International Association of Black Professional Firefighters" }, { "docid": "4276797", "text": "poor critical reception, \"Enter the Matrix\" became a commercial success. Shiny created another game based on the same license, \"\", which was released in 2005. Again the critical reception was mediocre and it did not become as commercially successful as the previous game. Perry launched a new \"Earthworm Jim\" game for Sony's PlayStation Portable as well as a new fighting Game called \"Age of Elements\" at E3 2006, none of which were ever finished. Atari, Inc. announced their interest in selling off all their development studios, and Perry resigned. On October 2, 2006, Foundation 9 Entertainment acquired Shiny Entertainment. In", "title": "Shiny Entertainment" }, { "docid": "4510488", "text": "It was covered by Indie group Peace in the song, 1998 (Delicious). On 1 May 2006, they released a collection of 16 tracks written over their eight-year sabbatical under the general title \"The Lost Tracks\". This album is available only for download. Binary Finary are also featured in a Shiny Toy Guns song, \"When Did This Storm Begin?\". On New Year's Eve 2009/2010 at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne at Sensation, they launched the 'Binary Finary LIVE' show, using original material and re-makes of classic dance tracks. Binary Finary Binary Finary are a British trance act originally comprising Matt Laws, Ricky", "title": "Binary Finary" }, { "docid": "19299515", "text": "Sarcodon leucopus Sarcodon leucopus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Asia and Europe, it was described as new to science in 1825 by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Mycologists Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus and John Axel Nannfeldt transferred it to the genus \"Sarcodon\" in 1969. Fruit bodies of the fungus have flattened to slightly depressed caps up to in diameter. The surface texture, initially finely felt-like, later cracks to form shiny scales. Its color is pale purplish-brown to dark brown. The stipe measures long by thick. Spines on the cap underside are up to 15 mm", "title": "Sarcodon leucopus" }, { "docid": "10491096", "text": "along with Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin and producers Dr. Luke and Max Martin. Larry Rudolph Larry Rudolph (born July 24, 1963) is an American talent manager and former entertainment lawyer. He is best known as the manager of Britney Spears, having been with her from 1998 to 2004 and 2008 to present. Rudolph was born in The Bronx, New York. He began his career as an entertainment lawyer, and in 1992, formed a New York law firm, Rudolph & Beer. It closed in 2003, with Rudolph stating, \"Although I take great pride in my 15-year career as an attorney,", "title": "Larry Rudolph" }, { "docid": "10491094", "text": "Larry Rudolph Larry Rudolph (born July 24, 1963) is an American talent manager and former entertainment lawyer. He is best known as the manager of Britney Spears, having been with her from 1998 to 2004 and 2008 to present. Rudolph was born in The Bronx, New York. He began his career as an entertainment lawyer, and in 1992, formed a New York law firm, Rudolph & Beer. It closed in 2003, with Rudolph stating, \"Although I take great pride in my 15-year career as an attorney, I have found that my true passion lies in artist management.\" He is best", "title": "Larry Rudolph" }, { "docid": "510963", "text": "for the Dukes of Austria and Styria. The conjoint dukedom lasted only a year until the Treaty of Rheinfelden (\"Rheinfelder Hausordnung\") in 1283 established the Habsburg order of succession. Establishing primogeniture, then eleven-year-old Duke Rudolph II had to waive all his rights to the thrones of Austria and Styria to the benefit of his elder brother Albert I. While Rudolph was supposed to be compensated, this did not happen, dying in 1290, and his son John subsequently murdered his uncle Albert I in 1308. For a brief period, Albert I also shared the duchies with Rudolph III the Good (1298–1307),", "title": "History of Austria" }, { "docid": "11249254", "text": "tune as well as “Take a Little Trip”. At the end of production, there were eight completed songs; Wonder wanted one additional song to bring the album closer to the industry standard of a 40-minute run time. He asked Riperton and songwriter-husband Richard Rudolph to come up with a tune that they considered to be their “most embarrassing song”. With hesitation, Riperton did mention a lullaby she sang to her daughter Maya to put her to sleep at night so that she and Rudolph could spend “grown-up time”. With Rudolph’s help, Riperton eventually created \"Lovin’ You\" from that lullaby, and", "title": "Perfect Angel" }, { "docid": "6089955", "text": "\"\".In 1991, a collection of Fisher's short fiction, \"City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher\", was published by the University of Missouri Press. \"Miss Cynthie\" (1933) \"Miss Cynthie\" by Rudolph Fisher, is a short story, published in 1933 in Story Magazine. In the story, Miss Cynthie, arrives in New York city from Waxhaw, South Carolina. She has come to Harlem to meet her proudful grandson, Dave Tappen, whom she raised after his mother's death. Miss Cynthie thought that her grandson was successful, so she expected him to be a doctor,a dentist, or an undertaker. However, her grandson has", "title": "Rudolph Fisher" }, { "docid": "2480491", "text": "an army against the king of East Francia Henry the Fowler, who had made a pact with King Robert I at Jülich earlier in the year. After trying to annex Lotharingia Henry met Rudolph with a considerably-sized army and made peace again. However, in 925 Henry attacked Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and took over Lotharingia permanently, Rudolph being in no position to resist. In 924 Vikings made a fresh series of raids into West Francia. From the Loire Valley they threatened Hugh the Great, brother of Queen Emma, but Rudolph did nothing. Soon they attacked Burgundy, the domain of Rudolph's", "title": "Rudolph of France" }, { "docid": "5563733", "text": "stick and free throw system are perhaps the best mechanics we've seen in a basketball game to date), and it has all the depth and options we've come to expect from a veteran basketball series. If you're an optimist, \"NBA 2K6\" feels like a natural evolution of the franchise more than something that makes you want to rush out and buy it to show off your shiny new console. If you're a pessimist, well, the game isn't much more than a high-definition port of its excellent current-gen counterparts. Shouldn't we expect more out of a next-gen sports game?\" Matt Martin", "title": "NBA 2K6" }, { "docid": "3536456", "text": "remained in Europe, including his mother, later died in the Holocaust. Encouraged by a UFA colleague, Billy Wilder, to come to Hollywood, Cartier changed his surname and moved to the United States. However, unlike Wilder, Cartier did not find success in America, and in 1935 he moved again, to the United Kingdom. Little further is recorded of Cartier's career until after the Second World War, when he began writing storylines for several minor British films. He also worked as a film producer, overseeing a 1951 short film adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story \"The Man with the Twisted Lip\". Cartier", "title": "Rudolph Cartier" }, { "docid": "9747800", "text": "the Inspector General of Police in the new colony. The Native Police had even less checks and balances than it did previously in this new administration. Morisset appointed new officers such as A.M.G. Patrick, A.F. Matveieff, J.T. Baker as well as his own brother Rudolph S. Morisset. The Native Police Force that operated in Queensland was the longest operating force of its kind in colonial Australian history. It was arguably also the most controversial. Its mode of operation cannot by any standard be classified as \"law enforcement\". From the period 1859 onward to the 1890s there are no signs that", "title": "Australian native police" }, { "docid": "5930776", "text": "fact that we come from a studio, technical background. We just want to mix the old with the new. That's why, at the moment, I don't have a live drummer. The sound of the beats is what makes Nightmares.\" After \"Carboot Soul\", NoW did not release another album until 2002. In the meantime, Evelyn concentrated on establishing himself as a producer and musical consultant. In 2000, Evelyn worked with hip-hop trio De La Soul, when they appeared on the EP \"Sound of N.O.W.\". That same year, he contributed a mix album to Studio !K7's DJ-Kicks series. In 2005, Evelyn started", "title": "Nightmares on Wax" }, { "docid": "16188406", "text": "Steven Paul Rudolph Steven Paul Rudolph is an American educator, author and public speaker based in India. He is the proponent of a novel concept in education called Multiple Natures, which is a psychological framework that helps in understanding people’s natures and personality traits that result in particular behavioral patterns, specifically related to learning and work. Rudolph is the co-founder and Educational Director of Jiva Institute in Faridabad. He conducts life skills workshops and educational lectures for students, parents and educators and training sessions for academic counsellors. Rudolph did his schooling from Wayne Valley High School in Wayne, New Jersey", "title": "Steven Paul Rudolph" }, { "docid": "4444907", "text": "with real robots. Patrick uses his \"magic wishing shell\", believing it will make their wish come true the following morning. SpongeBob wakes to find that his house has been trashed by real robots. He receives a fax from Mr. Krabs, stating that he would give SpongeBob a Golden Spatula for every certain amount of Shiny Objects he collects for him. Shiny Objects must be collected to open or activate various tolls throughout the game. Outside, SpongeBob finds a disappointed Plankton, who lies and claims that the robots appeared suddenly and kicked him out. Fooled by the diminutive villain, SpongeBob promises", "title": "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom" }, { "docid": "7453543", "text": "her retirement, she has won the event every time she did the course on the national scene, A veteran of four Olympics and three Asian Games, Shiny has some great moments to cherish, particularly the experience in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, where she became the first woman from India to enter the semi-final of an Olympic event. And more importantly, she was part of the relay squad which set the Asian record there and again when it improved upon that mark during the World Championship in Rome in 1987. Shiny also has some bitter memories, of the day", "title": "Shiny Abraham" }, { "docid": "5383049", "text": "Richard Rudolph Richard James Rudolph (born October 27, 1946) is an American songwriter, musician, music publisher, and producer. Rudolph is the son of Muriel Eileen (Neufeld) and Sidney J. Rudolph. His grandfather, Julius, changed his surname from \"Rudashevsky\" to \"Rudolph,\" and was one of the founding members of Congregation Beth Shalom in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Rudolph started in the music business as a songwriter at Chicago’s legendary Chess Records in 1969. One of his first compositions to be recorded was the title song for Minnie Riperton’s debut solo album, \"Come to My Garden\". This began a multi-song", "title": "Richard Rudolph" }, { "docid": "13577195", "text": "but then Bugs recounts his experiences with Rudolph the monster in 1952's \"Water, Water Every Hare\", where Bugs impersonates a hairdresser to outsmart Rudolph. Bugs also recounts his encounter with Yosemite Sam in the Sahara Desert in 1955's \"Sahara Hare\", referring to Sam as \"the stupidest character of them all\", while recounting Sam's unsuccessful attempts to enter a desert fort. At this point, while Bugs is chuckling at Sam's misfortunes in the desert, the Sultan, who turns out to be none other than Yosemite Sam himself, tries to press the button to drop Bugs, only to find that Bugs has", "title": "Hare-Abian Nights" }, { "docid": "7902049", "text": "(such as 1964's \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", 1965's \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and 1969's \"Frosty the Snowman\") that have come to be regarded as classics. It received modestly positive reviews at the time it was released. Critic Rick Du Brow said it was \"probably as good as most of the other holiday cartoons.\" It has since been recognized as a classic, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 100% \"fresh\" rating on its website; the critical consensus reads, \"\"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" brings an impressive array of talent to bear on an adaptation that honors a classic holiday story –", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "docid": "5820708", "text": "Christina of Habsburg, whose marriage with Sigismund Báthory had been annulled. She and her mother were willing to accept the offer, but Rudolph I refuted it, saying that \"the daughter of the mayor of Kassa would be fine for wife to Bocskai\". Bocskai did not abandon the idea of a new marriage until his death. Even before his death, Bocskai's partisans regarded his uprising as a war for the independence of Hungary. The archivist János S. Debreceni described him as a new Gideon in December 1604. Most modern historians also regard him as the leader of a national movement which", "title": "Stephen Bocskai" }, { "docid": "1793869", "text": "National Forest near Transylvania County, North Carolina, by gathering acorns and salamanders, pilfering vegetables from gardens, stealing grain from a grain silo, and raiding dumpsters in a nearby town. Rudolph was arrested in Murphy, North Carolina, on May 31, 2003, by rookie police officer Jeffrey Scott Postell of the Murphy Police Department while Rudolph was looking through a dumpster behind a Save-A-Lot store at about 4 a.m.; Postell, on routine patrol, had initially suspected a burglary in progress. Rudolph was unarmed and did not resist arrest. When arrested, he was clean-shaven with a trimmed mustache, had dyed black hair and", "title": "Eric Rudolph" }, { "docid": "9371238", "text": "reviews. Internationally, the film did much better and broke into the top ten in box office receipts in Japan in 2003. The same year, Ballerini wrote, directed and starred in a short film about 1920's film icon Rudolph Valentino. The film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and was entered into the permanent archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. The film was also presented at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy in 2009 as part of a Valentino retrospective. Emily Leider, in her biography \"Dark Lover\" (Farrar, Strouss & Giroux,", "title": "Edoardo Ballerini" }, { "docid": "17595574", "text": "familiar producer: “When we did Invade, Josh was still learning,” tells Cocchi of the five weeks the band spent with Wickman working on Elite. “We were learning new ways and figuring things out that made the recording [of Invade] easier for us and made it come out better. So when we got to do Elite, we already had a system with Josh. We knew how we were going to do everything. We still experimented and tried out different shit. It just flowed. We had a better schedule. When we did Invade, we would track for six hours and then go", "title": "Elite (album)" }, { "docid": "18383076", "text": "\"sense of mystery\". \"Absolution\", narrated in the third person, focuses on a young boy named Rudolph Miller, who often fantasizes about a self-created alter ego called Blatchford Sarnemington. Rudolph, an 11-year-old Catholic, attends a confession with Father Schwartz. Rudolph describes what he believes is a terrible sin he committed. In a flashback, Rudolph lies to Father Schwartz in a previous confession. Rudolph also gets in trouble with his father when he attempts to avoid communion by drinking water before. After telling Father Schwartz about these two instances, Father Schwartz collapses and a startled Rudolph flees. Upon publication in \"All the", "title": "Absolution (short story)" }, { "docid": "19158033", "text": "that followed, Coldplay were on their way to a poppier place with 2011's \"Mylo Xyloto\". 'A Head Full of Dreams' gladly re-conjures those bright and shiny colours again, while also spinning a guitar line that could have fallen off U2's \"Joshua Tree\". It's the first sign that Martin is ready to move on, joyfully hatching a world where dreams come to life. Welcome back, Chris - we missed you.\" \"The Guardian\" Alexis Petridis said, \"The title track adds some pep to the tried-and-tested Coldplay formula – echoing guitars, bombastic piano, massed, stadium-rousing woah-oh vocals – by tying it to a", "title": "A Head Full of Dreams (song)" }, { "docid": "17074521", "text": "of the original material recorded in 1996. Commenting on unreleased songs from \"m b v\"s recording sessions Shields said \"there's probably about three more [songs] that will come out sometime.\" In 2007, describing the imminent release of a new record, Shields said \"It sounds like what we sounded like—different but not radically different\" and revealed the album was composed from \"[the] '96/'97 record half-finished record finished, and then a compilation of stuff we did before that in 1993–94, and a little bit of new stuff.\" My Bloody Valentine confirmed \"m b v\"s release through the band's Facebook page on 2", "title": "M b v (album)" }, { "docid": "14223273", "text": "made its money back, but they lied about America wanting G-rated films.\" Here Come the Tigers Here Come the Tigers is a 1978 American sports comedy film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. \"A wild team of misfits think that they can make it big. What's a coach to do with a chronic nose-picker, a flatulent fielder, an out of control pitcher, a juvenile delinquent and the prettiest girl in the state? Turn this bunch of losers into a winning team! When their new coach enlists an unusual new teammate, it's a whole new ballgame as they band together to win", "title": "Here Come the Tigers" }, { "docid": "14223271", "text": "Here Come the Tigers Here Come the Tigers is a 1978 American sports comedy film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. \"A wild team of misfits think that they can make it big. What's a coach to do with a chronic nose-picker, a flatulent fielder, an out of control pitcher, a juvenile delinquent and the prettiest girl in the state? Turn this bunch of losers into a winning team! When their new coach enlists an unusual new teammate, it's a whole new ballgame as they band together to win their first championship, determined to prove that losers can be winners, too.\"", "title": "Here Come the Tigers" }, { "docid": "3961872", "text": "destroyer , she did not come in contact with any enemy ships or submarines or the aftermath of their attacks. The only damage she took that year occurred 30 April 1943, while she was changing stations on formation, \"Milwaukee\" struck \"Omaha\"s starboard bow. The collision destroyed one of her paravanes and rupturing some plating, which caused some flooding. \"Omaha\"s damage control party shored up one hole with two mattresses and were able to stop the leak. One compartment was completely flooded with another compartment requiring pumping out every two hours. On \"Milwaukee\", the 6-inch guns and torpedo tubes on her", "title": "USS Omaha (CL-4)" }, { "docid": "12750727", "text": "The Cardinals The Cardinals were an American R&B group of the 1950s. Although overshadowed by the legendary Orioles, The Cardinals are still remembered as one of the best R&B ballad acts to come out of Baltimore. The Cardinals’ career began in 1946 (one year before The Orioles) when Leon Hardy and Meredith Brothers convinced Donald Johnson to join them in harmony on the corner of Gay Street and Forest. Johnson drafted his friend Ernie Warren to round out a quartet and the new group on the block became The Mellotones. They did the usual round of Baltimore bars and nightclubs", "title": "The Cardinals" }, { "docid": "8670217", "text": "flight. A year later, there was another fatality, as Flt Lt C S Raj died when his Mystère crashed during a low level sortie. No. 3 did not participate in operations in Goa or during the Sino-Indian War. It was left out on standby at Kalaikunda, but never really got called into action. No. 3 was put on standby when the initial skirmishes broke out in the Rann of Kutch, and remained on alert through August with the pilots flying on regular training and recce sorties. The unit had been assigned a new CO, Wg Cdr Paul Robey, in April.", "title": "No. 3 Squadron IAF" }, { "docid": "4442435", "text": "James Rudolph Garfield James Rudolph Garfield (October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950) was an American politician and lawyer. Garfield was a son of President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. He served as Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Garfield was born in Hiram, Ohio, the third of seven children born to James Abram and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. For a year prior to his father's presidency, he studied at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. On July 2, 1881, at the age of 15, he and his 17 year old brother Harry Augustus Garfield", "title": "James Rudolph Garfield" }, { "docid": "3326891", "text": "born and was exhibited at Tempelhof Aerodrome. While it was a technical success, the fuel costs were greater than the admissions received and performances were discontinued. Rudolph joined the Nazi Party in 1931, then later the SA. Rudolph first met Wernher von Braun when he visited a meeting of the \"Verein für Raumschiffahrt\" (VfR, the \"Spaceflight Society\"). In May 1932 Rudolph was laid off and looking for work when he encountered Pietsch. After forming a partnership Rudolph began design on a new engine, while Pietsch looked for a backer. Pietsch met with Walter Dornberger, who had been tasked by the", "title": "Arthur Rudolph" }, { "docid": "19556634", "text": "his own son when the son joined the Nazi party (the son was later executed by the Nazis in the last days of the war). Something of a father-son relationship developed between the two and Rudolph often fondly recalled the Mongolian language recordings Lessing thoughtfully made for him when he was recruited by the OSS during the Second World War for a mission to Mongolia which, instead of \"Hello,\" began with \"Call off your dogs, I come in peace\" (a major motion picture was later made of this mission). Perhaps wisely, he eventually accepted instead a position as head of", "title": "Richard C. Rudolph" }, { "docid": "17250374", "text": "becomes difficult when played on the Master difficulty. Gay and Chuang both agreed that the simple gameplay becomes appropriately difficult with the higher difficulties, while ASCII Media Works Lipton Kumada noted that the game becomes harder as variations such as simultaneous and long icons are added. The iOS version's improvements over the original PSP version were positively received. The website Famitsu App noted that the iOS version has shorter loading times and greater display resolution compared to the PSP version. Gay wrote that the iPhone 4's Retina Display made the game look \"a whole lot better than it did on", "title": "The Idolmaster Shiny Festa" }, { "docid": "12508253", "text": "of the grafts 'took' and new Fuerte trees grew out of the new seedlings. Mr. Caulkins re-grafted those three trees. Then he re-grafted the one tree that had rejected the second graft. Again it did not take. Hass was ready to give up and asked Mr. Caulkins to chop it down, but he told him it was a good strong tree, and advised Hass to \"just leave it alone and see what happens.\" So Hass did. Mr. Hass was not a botanist like Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926) who purposely cross pollinated plants to produce over 800 better varieties. The", "title": "Rudolph Hass" }, { "docid": "20322106", "text": "past and very new motifs into architectural interpretations uniquely his own [Architect & Engineer]\" \"The building's architect, Rudolph Herold, was born in San Francisco in 1870. At the age of 18, he took a job with McDougall & Sons, a building firm that evolved into an architectural firm. After several years with McDougall, Herold set out on his own as an independent architect and taught architecture at the Lincoln Evening School. Soon after, Herold went to Europe for a three year stay to study architecture [Architect & Engineer].\" \"After his return, Herold moved to Sacramento in 1901 and he soon", "title": "Rudolph A. Herold" } ]

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[ { "docid": "4253490", "text": "Middle age Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. According to the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" middle age is between 45 and 65: \"The period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65.\" The US Census lists the category middle age from 45 to 65. Merriam-Webster lists middle age from 45 to 64, while prominent psychologist Erik Erikson saw it starting a little earlier and defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65. The \"Collins English Dictionary\" lists it between the ages of", "title": "Middle age" }, { "docid": "4253490", "text": "Middle age Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. According to the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" middle age is between 45 and 65: \"The period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65.\" The US Census lists the category middle age from 45 to 65. Merriam-Webster lists middle age from 45 to 64, while prominent psychologist Erik Erikson saw it starting a little earlier and defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65. The \"Collins English Dictionary\" lists it between the ages of", "title": "Middle age" } ]

[ { "docid": "9861764", "text": "12 to 18. This is because people in this age group in the United States typically live at home with their parents, are undergoing pubertal changes, attend middle schools and high schools and are involved in a \"school-based peer culture\". All of these characteristics are no longer normative after the age of 18, and it is, therefore, considered inappropriate to call young adults \"adolescence\" or \"late adolescence\". Furthermore, in the United States, the age of 18 is the age at which people are able to legally vote and citizens are granted full rights upon turning 21 years of age. According", "title": "Emerging adulthood and early adulthood" }, { "docid": "20572194", "text": "response was needed. \"It is appointed to me in my old age to accomplish what I believe to be a great and glorious work,\" she wrote, \"and one that shall live long after my poor frail body has dropped into the dust whence it came.\" With her own money, a charter from the state of Georgia, and donations from the city's growing black middle class, she opened an orphanage for black children in Atlanta in 1889. It is considered the oldest such institution in the United States. By 1892, the orphanage had a new three-story building, to house and educate", "title": "Carrie Steele Logan" }, { "docid": "4111770", "text": "and contend that Muslim Americans have ties to terrorist organizations and want to institute Sharia law in the United States. In November 2016, the Project posted a 2010 speech given by U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, who is being considered to lead the Democratic National Committee, in which he said that United States foreign policy in the Middle East \"is governed by what is good or bad through a country of 7 million people. A region of 350 million all turns on a country of 7 million. Does that make sense? Is that logic?\" According to an article in the Middle", "title": "Steven Emerson" }, { "docid": "12287341", "text": "midwestern. The Midwestern accent (considered the \"standard accent\" in the United States, and analogous in some respects to the received pronunciation elsewhere in the English-speaking world) extends from what were once the \"Middle Colonies\" across the Midwest to the Pacific states. Historically, the United States' religious tradition has been dominated by Protestant Christianity. Today over three quarters of Americans identify as Christian with a slight majority identifying as Protestant (56%). Catholicism (27%) is the largest Christian denomination, as Protestants belong to a variety of denominations. Also practiced in the United States are many other religions, such as Judaism, Hinduism, Islam,", "title": "Society of the United States" }, { "docid": "2950294", "text": "with heart and soul in opposition to Hitler\". Using the \"cover\" of his job as chief of overseas sales at Bosch, between 1937 and 1938, Goerdeler often travelled abroad, mostly to France, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Balkans, the Middle East and Canada, to warn anyone who would listen about what he considered to be the aggressive and dangerous foreign policy of Nazi Germany. Though opposed to what he considered to be a reckless foreign policy, Goerdeler often demanded in his meetings with his foreign friends that the Great Powers back the cession of the Sudetenland, the Polish", "title": "Carl Friedrich Goerdeler" }, { "docid": "5363667", "text": "Primary education in the United States Primary education in the United States (also elementary education) refers to the first seven to nine years of formal education in most jurisdictions, often in elementary schools, including middle schools. Preschool programs, which are less formal and usually not mandated by law, are generally not considered part of primary education. The first year of primary education is commonly referred to as \"kindergarten\" and begins at or around age 5 or 6. Subsequent years are usually numbered being referred to as \"first grade\", \"second grade\", and so forth. Elementary schools normally continue through sixth grade,", "title": "Primary education in the United States" }, { "docid": "3196242", "text": "UK and France: the UK subsequently aligned its Middle East policy to that of the United States, whereas France distanced itself from what it considered to be unreliable allies and sought its own path. While occasional tensions surfaced between the governments, the French public, except for the Communists, generally had a good opinion of the United States throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. Despite some cultural friction, the United States was seen as a benevolent giant, the land of modernity, and French youth took a taste to American culture such as chewing gum, Coca-Cola, and rock and roll. In", "title": "France–United States relations" }, { "docid": "2771449", "text": "portions of coastal states, especially if they are rural. Alternately, the term is used to describe the central United States. Middle America is contrasted with the more culturally progressive urban areas of the country, particularly, those of the East and West Coasts. The conservative values considered typical of Middle America (often called \"family values\" in American politics) are often called \"Middle American values\". The idea of \"Middle America\" may exclude locations such as Chicago (the third largest city in the United States and one of the world's alpha cities) and very wealthy cities such as Aspen, Colorado. The coastal regions", "title": "Middle America (United States)" }, { "docid": "15073518", "text": "Praepapilio Praepapilio is an extinct genus of swallowtail butterfly from the middle Eocene deposits of Colorado, United States, comparable to the Lutetian epoch in age. The genus is considered to be the only representative of the fossil subfamily Praepapilioninae. \"Praepapilio\" is, so far, the only wholly extinct subtaxon known within the swallowtail family. Two species have been described, each from a single fossil find. The holotype of \"P. colorado\", the type species of the genus, is from the Middle Eocene-aged Green River Shale, Parachute Creek Member, near Raydome, Colorado. Durden and Rose, in their 1978 paper, compare \"P. colorado\" to", "title": "Praepapilio" }, { "docid": "1207457", "text": "Fell Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Fell Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,178 at the 2010 census. Fell Township's principal settlement is Simpson, which currently is home to 1,275 people, mostly middle age and elderly. Although not usually considered by the locals, the upper part of Carbondale's West Side is actually the southwestern corner of the township. This area is home a few hundred people, and is geographically separate from other settlement in Fell Township. The other two settlements in Fell Township are the middle and upper class housing community of Crystal Lake,", "title": "Fell Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "12935520", "text": "part of Sub-Saharan Africa and therefore are not associated with Africa for the foreign policy purposes of the United States. Instead they are considered to be part of the Near East (commonly referred to as the Middle East) when talking about United States foreign policy. Depending on the source, these countries may or may not be included when African foreign policy is mentioned. During the 2008 campaign, Obama outlined his priorities for developing an Africa policy including taking action to stop \"what U.S. officials have termed genocide in Darfur, fighting poverty, and expanding prosperity.\" Some analysts believed that Obama's appointment", "title": "Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration" }, { "docid": "1823817", "text": "it can be used to describe those in-between the extremes of wealth, disregarding considerable differences in income, culture, educational attainment, influence, and occupation. As with all social classes in the United States, there are no definite answers as to what is and what is not middle class. Sociologists such as Dennis Gilbert, James Henslin, William Thompson, and Joseph Hickey have brought forth class models in which the middle class is divided into two sections that combined constitute 47% to 49% of the population. The upper middle or professional class constitutes the upper end of the middle class which consists of", "title": "Social class in the United States" }, { "docid": "12018881", "text": "of Tang poetry may be divided into four parts: Early Tang, High Tang, Middle Tang, and Late Tang. In Early Tang (初唐), poets began to develop the foundation what is now considered to be the Tang style of poetry inherited a rich and deep literary and poetic tradition, or several traditions. Early Tang poetry is subdivided into early, middle and late phases. In High Tang (盛唐), sometimes known as \"Flourishing Tang\" or \"Golden Tang\", first appear the poets which would come to mind as Tang poets, at least in the United States and Europe. High Tang poetry had numerous schools", "title": "Tang poetry" }, { "docid": "18959379", "text": "were considered \"nomina dubia\" because their material was considered insufficiently diagnostic to generic or specific level. However, a 2015 paper describing archaeocetes from the Western Sahara described a new species, \"P. aithai\", and reiterated the diagnostic nature of the type species of \"Platyosphys\", suggesting that \"Basilotritus\" might be a synonym of \"Platyosphys\". Platyosphys Platyosphys is a genus of basilosaurine basilosaurid from Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of the eastern United States, Western Sahara, and Ukraine. The type species, \"Platyosphys paulsoni\", was originally described as \"Zeuglodon paulsoni\" in 1873 on the basis of several vertebrae from a Bartonian-age horizon in southern Ukraine. In", "title": "Platyosphys" }, { "docid": "18565557", "text": "which was published in 1984. Middle Branch Newport Creek was listed as an impaired stream in 2004. Its TMDL date is 2017. Middle Branch Newport Creek Middle Branch Newport Creek is a tributary of Newport Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Newport Township. The creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Nanticoke. It is considered to be impaired by abandoned mine drainage for . The creek was listed as an impaired stream in 2004. Middle Branch Newport Creek begins in Newport Township, on the border of Glen", "title": "Middle Branch Newport Creek" }, { "docid": "1899138", "text": "Delavan, Wisconsin Delavan is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,463 at the 2010 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Delavan but the two entities are politically independent. Delavan sits in the middle of what was at one time an inland sea. During the last Ice Age, many glaciers, the last of which was known as the Michigan tongue, covered this area. The Michigan tongue descended down what is now known as Lake Michigan. A large section of this glacier broke off, pushing southwest into the area now known as Walworth", "title": "Delavan, Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "16013019", "text": "of newspaper market has stopped in 2007 and decline since 2008. Comparing to the data of newspaper market in 2004, newspaper circulation declined 34% in 2009. Newspapers in United States earn profit from advertising. In 2009, 87% of profit of the newspapers market dependent on advertising. The U.S. population is aging, but media consumers’ speed of aging is faster than the overall population (Economist) and this also apply to newspaper readership. Middle-age consumers are considered as the potential consumers rather than younger people. Printed newspapers are abandoning by the young than any other age group. Cohort define people according to", "title": "Ageing of newspaper readership" }, { "docid": "5930075", "text": "in 1969 and then The Jefferson Dancers in 1976. She founded Northwest Academy to develop an arts-focused high school. The middle school was opened in 2002. The total school enrollment was over 200 students for the 2015-2016 school year. The Northwest Academy Northwest Academy is an independent, arts-focused middle and high school (grades 6–12) in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The school is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS). Teachers include former college instructors and professional artists, directors, dancers, musicians, and writers. Students are grouped by proficiency rather than age and advance based on demonstrating what they", "title": "The Northwest Academy" }, { "docid": "13283414", "text": "therapsids than are other pelycosaur-grade synapsids. Knoxosaurus Knoxosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids containing the species Knoxosaurus niteckii that existed approximately 279.5 to 268 million years ago. It was named by American paleontologist Everett C. Olson in 1962 on the basis of fragmentary fossils from Middle Permian-age deposits in the San Angelo Formation of Texas in the United States. Olson placed \"Knoxosaurus\" in a new infraorder called Eotheriodontia, which he considered a transitional group between the more reptile-like \"pelycosaurs\" and the more mammal-like therapsids. \"Knoxosaurus\" and Olson's other eotheriodonts were later considered to be undiagnostic remains of basal", "title": "Knoxosaurus" }, { "docid": "13283413", "text": "Knoxosaurus Knoxosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids containing the species Knoxosaurus niteckii that existed approximately 279.5 to 268 million years ago. It was named by American paleontologist Everett C. Olson in 1962 on the basis of fragmentary fossils from Middle Permian-age deposits in the San Angelo Formation of Texas in the United States. Olson placed \"Knoxosaurus\" in a new infraorder called Eotheriodontia, which he considered a transitional group between the more reptile-like \"pelycosaurs\" and the more mammal-like therapsids. \"Knoxosaurus\" and Olson's other eotheriodonts were later considered to be undiagnostic remains of basal synapsids, no more closely related to", "title": "Knoxosaurus" }, { "docid": "1211018", "text": "line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over. Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania Middle Smithfield Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,495 at the 2000 census. 2008 population estimates by the United States Census Bureau place the population at 14,900. The Cold Spring Farm Springhouse, John Michael Farm, Schoonover Mountain House, Capt. Jacob Shoemaker House, John Turn Farm, Zion Lutheran Church are located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According", "title": "Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "10332193", "text": "Ctenochasmatoidea Ctenochasmatoidea is a group of early pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Their remains are usually found in what were once coastal or lake environments. They generally had long wings, long necks, and highly specialized teeth. The earliest known ctenochasmatoid remains date to the Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian age. Previously, a fossil jaw recovered from the Middle Jurassic Stonesfield Slate formation in the United Kingdom, was considered the oldest known. This specimen supposedly represented a member of the family Ctenochasmatidae, though further examination suggested it belonged to a teleosaurid stem-crocodilian instead of a pterosaur. Most ctenochasmatoids were aquatic or semi-aquatic pterosaurs,", "title": "Ctenochasmatoidea" }, { "docid": "1203281", "text": "poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. Freedom, Pennsylvania Freedom is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River northwest of Pittsburgh. In the early years of the twentieth century, chief industries included the production of oil, caskets, and monuments. Today, Freedom is considered a northern suburb of Greater Pittsburgh. The population was 1,569 at the 2010 census. In 1824, the Harmony Society returned to Pennsylvania, from Indiana. The society settled in what is now Ambridge, Pennsylvania, five miles (8 km) up the Ohio River.", "title": "Freedom, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "18565553", "text": "Middle Branch Newport Creek Middle Branch Newport Creek is a tributary of Newport Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Newport Township. The creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Nanticoke. It is considered to be impaired by abandoned mine drainage for . The creek was listed as an impaired stream in 2004. Middle Branch Newport Creek begins in Newport Township, on the border of Glen Lyon. It flows east for several hundred feet before turning north-northeast for a few tenths of a mile, crossing West Kirmar Ave/East", "title": "Middle Branch Newport Creek" }, { "docid": "6955692", "text": "1820. Yale's website states that in 1861, Yale \"awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States\". First university in the United States First university in the United States is a status asserted by more than one U.S. university. Historically, when the Philippines was still a United States territory, the University of Santo Tomas (established in 1611) was considered as the oldest university under the American flag. Presently in the United States, there is no official definition of what entitles an institution to be considered a university versus a college, and the common understanding of \"university\" has evolved over time. The", "title": "First university in the United States" }, { "docid": "11885092", "text": "as main indicators. In the United States, the upper middle class is defined as consisting of white-collar professionals who have above-average personal incomes, advanced educational degrees and a high degree of autonomy in their work, leading to higher job satisfaction. The main occupational tasks of upper middle class individuals tend to center on conceptualizing, consulting, and instruction. Certain professions can be categorized as \"upper middle class,\" though any such measurement must be considered subjective because of people's differing perception of class. Most people in the upper-middle class strata are highly educated white collar professionals such as physicians, dentists, lawyers, accountants,", "title": "Upper middle class in the United States" }, { "docid": "6226968", "text": "considered safer. After completing junior high school in Jakarta, Tommy studied at the Civil Aviation Academy. He then went to the United States to study agriculture but did not complete his studies. He returned to Indonesia to start his business career. It has often been said that Tommy was his parents’ favorite son. Tien’s 1992 authorized biography states, “What sets Tommy apart from his elder brothers Sigit and Bambang, is that he has a more agile disposition. Tommy, who sports a mustache, is never without his RayBan sunglasses. At 28 years of age, he is the splitting [sic] image of", "title": "Tommy Suharto" }, { "docid": "3903385", "text": "secondary school. The Scottish equivalent is P7, which is the last year of primary school. The sixth grade is the sixth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually either 11 or 12, though could be younger or older, if they are promoted (skip grades) or held back for not reaching a standard. In the United States Sixth grade has been considered the last year of elementary school or the first year of middle school. In some school districts it's the last year of Intermediate School. This can be seen at the local level, where adjacent districts can differ on what", "title": "Sixth grade" }, { "docid": "1052246", "text": "of those age 65 or over. New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88 operates the primary and middle school for the community. The high school for students assigned to District 88 schools is Lincoln Community High School. Middletown, Illinois Middletown is a village in Logan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census, down from 434 in 2000. Middletown is located at (40.100685, -89.591448). According to the 2010 census, Middletown has a total area of , all land. Middletown, founded in 1832, is the oldest town in Logan County. At one time, Middletown was considered as a", "title": "Middletown, Illinois" }, { "docid": "1046098", "text": "none of those age 65 or over. The city of Hiram has two public schools named after it, Hiram High School and Hiram Elementary School. The nearest middle schools are Dobbins Middle School, P.B. Ritch Middle School and East Paulding Middle School. Hiram, Georgia Hiram is a city in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. As of 2016, the population is 3,898. The city was named after Hiram Baggett, the town's first postmaster. Hiram is located at (33.865575, -84.774593). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.66%) is", "title": "Hiram, Georgia" }, { "docid": "3546410", "text": "Operation Bootstrap Operation Bootstrap () is the name given to a series of projects which transformed the economy of Puerto Rico into an industrial and developed one. The federal government of the United States together with what is known today as the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company set forth a series of ambitious economical projects that evolved Puerto Rico into an industrial high-income territory. Bootstrap is still considered the economic model of Puerto Rico as the island has still not been able to evolve into a knowledge economy. The island's traditional economy was based around sugarcane plantations. By the middle", "title": "Operation Bootstrap" }, { "docid": "941576", "text": "brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. They also brought characteristic antebellum architecture and culture. The county was considered at the heart of what was called Little Dixie. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. At the time of the 2010 United States Census, there were 25,529 people, 9,844 households, and 6,762 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile (14/km²). There were", "title": "Audrain County, Missouri" }, { "docid": "6955674", "text": "First university in the United States First university in the United States is a status asserted by more than one U.S. university. Historically, when the Philippines was still a United States territory, the University of Santo Tomas (established in 1611) was considered as the oldest university under the American flag. Presently in the United States, there is no official definition of what entitles an institution to be considered a university versus a college, and the common understanding of \"university\" has evolved over time. The 1911 \"Encyclopædia Britannica\" tells the story of the gradual emergence of U.S. \"universities\" thus: The issue", "title": "First university in the United States" }, { "docid": "1474794", "text": "to the idea. American historian Hampton Sides wrote in \"Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier\": Many kinds of cultural artifacts fall within the definition of Americana: the things involved need not be old, but are usually associated with some quintessential element of the American experience. Each period of United States history is reflected by the advertising and marketing of the time, and the various types of antiques, collectibles, memorabilia and vintage items from these time periods are typical of what is popularly considered Americana. \"The Atlantic\" described the term as \"slang for the comforting, middle-class ephemera at your average antique", "title": "Americana" }, { "docid": "9469736", "text": "Lyndon B. Johnson considered old age health insurance to be a much higher priority than Kennedy. A shift in NCSC's strategy proved crucial in helping to build support for Medicare as well. NCSC began a major education campaign among middle-aged people, working to raise awareness of how burdensome hospital bills for the elderly could be. Medicare's passage in the U.S. Senate was very close, and NCSC's efforts were considered instrumental in its enactment. By the early 1970s, NCSC had grown to more than 2,000 state and local affiliates across the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s, NCSC funded its", "title": "Alliance for Retired Americans" }, { "docid": "13369977", "text": "additional examinations. In the UK, any child in key stage 2 (Year 3 – Year 6) is known as a junior, having developed from previously being infants. At the end of Year 6 (usually age 11), they leave primary school and go to secondary school — the transition from Junior to Senior (unless they live in an area with a middle school system). Junior (education) A junior is a student in their third year of study (generally referring to high school or college/university study) as coming immediately before their senior year. Juniors are considered upperclassmen. In the United States, the", "title": "Junior (education)" }, { "docid": "15073519", "text": "the extant \"Baronia brevicornis\", and suggest that \"P. gracilis\" may be the same species as \"P. colorado\", and that the differences between the two are possibly due to sexual dimorphism. As with \"P. colorado\", the holotype of \"P. gracilis\" was from the same site in Colorado. It differs from the type species in being smaller and more gracile in form, though anatomical differences may be due to sexual dimorphism. Praepapilio Praepapilio is an extinct genus of swallowtail butterfly from the middle Eocene deposits of Colorado, United States, comparable to the Lutetian epoch in age. The genus is considered to be", "title": "Praepapilio" }, { "docid": "3548834", "text": "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\", Stein muses over his \"disappearance.\" Caught in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, he was inspired to write the well received \"Life and Death of a Spanish Town\". Forced to flee Spain, he returned to Paris produced detective fiction featuring the amateur sleuth Homer Evans, as well as crafting what is considered as one of his best works, \"The Last Time I Saw Paris\". Back in the United States following the outbreak of World War II, Elliot Paul turned to screenwriting where in Hollywood, between 1941 and 1953, he participated in the writing of", "title": "Elliot Paul" }, { "docid": "4698842", "text": "been what would be considered core. These were the Asian, Indian and Middle Eastern empires in the ages up to the 16th century, prominently India and China were the richest regions in the world until the 15th century, when the European powers took the lead, although the major Asian powers such as China were still very influential in the region. Europe remained ahead of the pack until the 20th century, when the two World Wars turned disastrous for the European economies. It is then that the victorious United States and Soviet Union, up to late 1980s, became the two hegemons,", "title": "Core countries" }, { "docid": "16612230", "text": "United States obscenity law United States obscenity law deals with the regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity. In the United States, discussion of obscenity revolves around what constitutes pornography and of censorship, but also raises issues of freedom of speech and of the press, otherwise protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Issues of obscenity arise at federal and state levels. The States have a direct interest in public morality and have responsibility in relation to criminal law matters, including the punishment for the production and sale of obscene materials. State laws operate", "title": "United States obscenity law" }, { "docid": "1189572", "text": "the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Middle Point has a public library, a branch of the Brumback Library. Middle Point, Ohio Middle Point is a village in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The population was 576 at the 2010 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. Middle Point was laid out in 1851. The town's original name was Sykestown, after the Sykes family whom originally owned the land in the mid 19th century. The village was later renamed Middle Point for its", "title": "Middle Point, Ohio" }, { "docid": "3697105", "text": "the album had sold over 5 million copies in the United States and more than 2 million copies in Europe. Despite this, critical reception was less favorable than his previous albums, with most of the second half being criticized. Retrospectively, the album has faced more criticism, with critics and fans viewing the album's middle section's as lazy, and the album is often considered to be one of Eminem's low-points. Eminem himself stated that not only did he rush some of the album because of a leak, but also that; \"Encore... [is] not what I would consider one of my better", "title": "Encore (Eminem album)" }, { "docid": "19340815", "text": "United States’ vaudeville circuit, Forsyne brought it to the forefront. She stayed abroad until just before World War I in 1914. Langston Hughes considered her one of the dozen best dancers in Harlem. By the time she was back in the United States, she was in her thirties, her Russian dancing quickly went out of style. and Forsyne found it difficult to gain dance jobs. In addition to age, she believed her darker skintone was a barrier to employment, even in all-black shows, what she called \"Black prejudice.\" From 1920-1922, Forsyne worked as a personal maid, both onstage and off", "title": "Ida Forsyne" }, { "docid": "997678", "text": "United States Military Academy in 1842, the academy having waived its normal minimum age of sixteen. At West Point, he was an energetic and ambitious cadet, deeply interested in the teachings of Dennis Hart Mahan and the theoretical strategic principles of Antoine-Henri Jomini. His closest friends were aristocratic Southerners such as James Stuart, Dabney Maury, Cadmus Wilcox, and A. P. Hill. These associations gave McClellan what he considered to be an appreciation of the Southern mind and an understanding of the political and military implications of the sectional differences in the United States that led to the Civil War. He", "title": "George B. McClellan" }, { "docid": "12859841", "text": "close-in-age exemption for those within four years of age. However, sexual relations between people 18 or older and people under 18 are illegal if they are in a \"significant relationship\". According to the Code of the District of Columbia, a relationship is considered \"significant\" if one of the partners is: Each U.S. state has its own general age of consent. As of August 1, 2018, the age of consent in each state in the United States is either 16 years of age, 17 years of age, or 18 years of age. The most common age of consent is 16, which", "title": "Ages of consent in the United States" }, { "docid": "3493719", "text": "the Astor memorial bronze gates of Trinity Church and won, being but 21 years of age at the time. The work gave him sufficient capital to build and establish a small studio on 13th Street. Bitter modeled seated statues of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton to flank the entrance to the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio (1909–11). He portrayed the men in early middle age, as in the 1780s when they clashed over what kind of nation the United States should become. Missouri commissioned a copy of Jefferson (1913), and Bitter made minor alterations to portray Jefferson as he", "title": "Karl Bitter" }, { "docid": "3523405", "text": "committee who have brought the matter before usshall be considered as citizens of the United States ... If there are to be citizens of the United States entitled everywhere to the character of citizens of the United States, there should be some certain definition of what citizenship is, what has created the character of citizen as between himself and the United States, and the amendment says citizenship may depend upon birth, and I know of no better way to give rise to citizenship than the fact of birth within the territory of the United States, born of parents who at", "title": "Jacob M. Howard" }, { "docid": "2066665", "text": "as a gifted writer, Schwartz was considered a great conversationalist and spent much time entertaining friends at the White Horse Tavern in New York City. Much of Schwartz's work is notable for its philosophical and deeply meditative nature, and the literary critic, R.W. Flint, wrote that Schwartz's stories were \"the definitive portrait of the Jewish middle class in New York during the Depression.\" In particular, Schwartz emphasized the large divide that existed between his generation (which came of age during the Depression) and his parents' generation (who had often come to the United States as first-generation immigrants and whose idealistic", "title": "Delmore Schwartz" }, { "docid": "11979512", "text": "in the 1973 case \"Miller v. California\". It has three parts: Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, writing for the majority, included the following definitions of what may be \"patently offensive\": Patently offensive Patently offensive is a term used in United States law regarding obscenity under the First Amendment. The phrase \"patently offensive\" first appeared in \"Roth v. United States\", referring to any obscene acts or materials that are considered to be openly, plainly, or clearly visible as offensive to the viewing public. The \"Roth\" standard outlined what is to be considered obscene and thus not under First Amendment protection. The", "title": "Patently offensive" }, { "docid": "11855545", "text": "United States, Europe, The Middle East, Australia, Haïti, and exotic locations such as the North Pole and the jungles of East Timor. Nicolas Maranda is the second son of anthropologists Pierre Maranda and Elli Köngäs-Maranda. His first year was spent within the Rere tribe of Lau Lagoon in the Solomon Islands, of which he is still considered a member. His family then spent a year in Paris and settled in Vancouver, BC, where he started playing the piano at age four. The family eventually moved to Quebec City, where he took up the guitar. Mostly self-taught, he eventually added other", "title": "Nicolas Maranda" }, { "docid": "4253496", "text": "Morality may change and become more conscious. The perception that those in this stage of development or life undergo a \"mid-life\" crisis is largely false. This period in life is usually satisfying, tranquil. Personality characteristics remain stable throughout this period. The relationships in middle adulthood may continue to evolve into connections that are stable. Middle age Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. According to the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" middle age is between 45 and 65: \"The period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from", "title": "Middle age" }, { "docid": "13138589", "text": "the family construction business. Anthony (1919–2005), who was the middle son, took over the family business and quadrupled the size of Colonial Sand and Stone Company in less than four years. Generoso Pope, Jr. (1927–1988) graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology at age 19 and purchased what was to become the National Enquirer in 1952, two years after his father's death. Generoso Pope arrived in the United States as \"Generoso Papa\" at age fifteen as a steerage passenger on the S/S \"Madonna\" in May 1906; he settled in New York City and found work carrying water for construction crews for", "title": "Generoso Pope" }, { "docid": "678583", "text": "it colloquially as \"shed hunting\", or \"bone picking\". In the United States, the middle of December to the middle of February is considered shed hunting season, when deer, elk, and moose begin to shed. The North American Shed Hunting Club, founded in 1991, is an organization for those who take part in this activity. In the United States in 2017 sheds fetch around US$10 per pound, with larger specimens in good condition attracting higher prices. The most desirable antlers have been found soon after being shed. The value is reduced if they have been damaged by weathering or being gnawed", "title": "Antler" }, { "docid": "2595861", "text": "cuisine as the term is applied in the Western Hemisphere, is a misnomer. What is usually considered Hispanic cuisine in the United States is mostly Mexican and Central American cuisine. Mexican cuisine is composed of mainly indigenous—Aztec and Mayan—and Spanish influences. Mexican cuisine is considered intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO and can be found all over the United States. In the United States, with its growing Hispanic population, food staples from Mexican cuisine and the cuisine from other Hispanic countries have become widely available. Over the years, the blending of these cuisines has produced unique American forms such as Tex-Mex", "title": "Hispanic America" }, { "docid": "397657", "text": "Humanist Day (21 June), Darwin Day (12 February), Human Rights Day (10 December) and HumanLight (23 December) as official days of Humanist celebration, though none are yet a public holiday. In many countries, Humanist officiants (or celebrants) perform celebrancy services for weddings, funerals, child namings, coming of age ceremonies, and other rituals. The issue of whether and in what sense secular humanism might be considered a religion, and what the implications of this would be has become the subject of legal maneuvering and political debate in the United States. The first reference to \"secular humanism\" in a US legal context", "title": "Secular humanism" }, { "docid": "3703", "text": "split off from the other three before they underwent a series of characteristic changes. Micro-Altaic includes about 66 living languages, to which Macro-Altaic would add Korean, Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages, for a total of about 74 (depending on what is considered a language and what is considered a dialect). (The numbers do not include earlier states of languages, such as Middle Mongol, Old Korean or Old Japanese.) Roy Andrew Miller's 1971 book \"Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages\" convinced most Altaicists that Japanese also belonged to Altaic. Since then, the standard set of languages included in Macro-Altaic has been", "title": "Altaic languages" }, { "docid": "15318447", "text": "2010, the United States imported about of crude oil. Add to this about produced in the United States, and the total consumption in the United States is of crude for 2010. Imported oil accounted for 2/3 of the oil supply in the US, with about 42% of imported oil coming from OPEC countries. According to the British Petroleum Statistical Review, world oil reserves are considered to be . Of this, , or close to 60% of the world's oil supply, are located in the Middle East. The United States contains about 2.1% of the world's oil supply, about . About", "title": "United States biofuel policies" }, { "docid": "1225819", "text": "was $52,534, and the median income for a family was $57,596. Males had a median income of $39,802 versus $26,313 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,151. About 4.6% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over. Middle Valley has three schools: Middle Valley, Tennessee Middle Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 12,684 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Middle", "title": "Middle Valley, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "445695", "text": "Viking era in Norway is marked by the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. Although Olafr Haraldsson's (later known as Olav the Holy) army lost the battle, Christianity spread, partly on the strength of rumours of miraculous signs after his death. Norwegians would no longer be called Vikings. In Sweden, the reign of king Olov Skötkonung ( 995–1020) is considered to be the transition from the Viking age to the Middle Ages, because he was the first Christian king of the Swedes, and he is associated with a growing influence of the church in what is today southwestern and central Sweden.", "title": "Viking Age" }, { "docid": "5930074", "text": "The Northwest Academy Northwest Academy is an independent, arts-focused middle and high school (grades 6–12) in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The school is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS). Teachers include former college instructors and professional artists, directors, dancers, musicians, and writers. Students are grouped by proficiency rather than age and advance based on demonstrating what they have learned. The high school was founded in 1997 by Mary Vinton Folberg and had 26 students its first year. Folberg was an English and dance teacher in California before launching the Jefferson High School dance department in Portland", "title": "The Northwest Academy" }, { "docid": "530049", "text": "debut at an early age and it can be an opportunity for researchers to study what factors brought about the behavior. Though it is rare, the youngest felon on death row is in fact, a juvenile serial killer named Harvey Miguel Robinson. The racial demographics regarding serial killers are often subject to debate. In the United States, the majority of reported and investigated serial killers are white males, from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in their late 20s to early 30s. However, there are African American, Asian, and Hispanic (of any race) serial killers as well, and, according to the FBI,", "title": "Serial killer" }, { "docid": "12646871", "text": "to devise policies to aid the debt poor, who do not qualify for many government assistance programs that mainly go to households officially considered as poor. Pressman has published several papers using the Luxembourg Income Study to examine poverty, the middle class and government redistribution throughout the world. These papers argue that one main reason poverty rates are so high in the United States is that government tax and government spending policies do little to help those with low earned incomes. In addition, the United States middle class is very small compared to other developed countries mainly because government tax", "title": "Steven Pressman (economist)" }, { "docid": "18938005", "text": "States typically try juveniles under the age of 18 in a separate juvenile court, there is legal precedent of the age of majority being considered as 16 for some heinous crimes. For example, in Kentucky, the lowest age a juvenile may be tried as an adult, no matter how heinous the crime, is 14. The trial and subsequent conviction of a 12-year old in the United States is considered a rare (but not entirely unique) case. Curtis Jones (law) Curtis Jones is a minister of the Christian religion and is reported as known for being the youngest person to have", "title": "Curtis Jones (law)" }, { "docid": "11885098", "text": "social movements (such as with smoking and drinking) are based upon \"saving people from themselves.\" In the United States the term middle class and its subdivisions are an extremely vague concept as neither economists nor sociologists have precisely defined the term. There are several perceptions of the upper middle class and what the term means. In academic models the term applies to highly educated salaried professionals whose work is largely self-directed. Many have graduate degrees with educational attainment serving as the main distinguishing feature of this class. Household incomes commonly exceed $100,000, with some smaller one-income earners household having incomes", "title": "Upper middle class in the United States" }, { "docid": "10112570", "text": "an American \"security imperative to prevent the (re)emergence of a powerful regional rival\". The Red Line Agreement had been \"part of a network of agreements made in the 1920s to restrict supply of petroleum and ensure that the major [mostly American] companies … could control oil prices on world markets\". The Red Line agreement governed the development of Middle East oil for the next two decades. The Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement of 1944 was based on negotiations between the United States and Britain over the control of Middle Eastern oil. Below is shown what the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt had", "title": "United States foreign policy in the Middle East" }, { "docid": "13905483", "text": "prostitution or of being trafficked into the sex industry. Of the 1,682,900 children who were considered runaways for a period of time in 1999, 71% were considered at risk for prostitution. 1,700 of those reported actually engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money. David Finkelhor, a University of New Hampshire professor who is director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, said \"I wouldn't put any stock in these figures as indicators of what is going on today\". According to the United States Department of State an estimated 20,000 women and children are trafficked into the United States each", "title": "Human trafficking in the United States" }, { "docid": "14484042", "text": "the Senate and called Fenwick, who was 72, \"eccentric\" and \"erratic\" but denied that he was referring to her age. He did however point out that she would be almost 80 at the end of her first term and was therefore unlikely to gain much seniority in the Senate. Coincidentally, the age issue would be used against Lautenberg in his own re-election bid in 2008. Lautenberg won by 51% to 48%, in what was considered a major upset. Brady, who had just a few days left in his appointed term, resigned on December 27, 1982, allowing Lautenberg to take office", "title": "1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey" }, { "docid": "1180312", "text": "under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those sixty five or over. Streeter, North Dakota Streeter is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 170 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1905, Streeter celebrated its centennial in July 2005 with a weekend festival. The city is at one end of what is considered the straightest road in America, with the other end being Hickson, North Dakota. The road consists of Highway 30 in the west to Highway 46 in the east. The post office at present-day Streeter was established as \"Bloomenfield\" on February 28,", "title": "Streeter, North Dakota" }, { "docid": "13639277", "text": "in all circumstances, especially in a state of armed conflict. However, the United States Government has categorized a large number of people as unlawful combatants, a classification which denies the privileges of prisoner of war (POW) designation of the Geneva Conventions. Certain practices of the United States military and Central Intelligence Agency have been widely condemned domestically and internationally as torture. A fierce debate regarding non-standard interrogation techniques exists within the U.S. civilian and military intelligence community, with no general consensus as to what practices under what conditions are acceptable. Abuse of prisoners is considered a crime in the United", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "docid": "1257816", "text": "in the town was $32,054, and the median income for a family was $36,750. Males had a median income of $29,808 versus $17,969 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,082. About 6.1% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. Middle Inlet, Wisconsin Middle Inlet is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 831 at the 2000 census. The communities of Sweetheart City and Middle Inlet are located in the town. According to", "title": "Middle Inlet, Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "1194328", "text": "the age of eighteen and 26.1% of those sixty five or over. The Citizens State Bank and Dwight Mission are located in Marble City. Marble City, Oklahoma Marble City (often simply called Marble) is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 263 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.7 percent from 242 at the 2000 census, making it the seventh-largest town by population in Sequoyah County, after Gans and before Moffett. The area around what is now Marble City was considered part of Lovely", "title": "Marble City, Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "12893984", "text": "Regional Mexican Albums The Regional Mexican Albums is a genre-specific record chart published weekly by \"Billboard\" magazine in the United States. The chart was established in June 1985 and originally listed the top twenty-five best-selling albums of mariachi, tejano, norteño, banda and duranguense, which are frequently considered regional Mexican. The genre is considered by musicologist as being \"the biggest-selling Latin music genre in the United States\", and represented the fastest ever growing Latin genre in the United States after tejano music entered the mainstream market during its 1990s golden age. Originally, \"Billboard\" based their methodology on sales surveys it sent", "title": "Regional Mexican Albums" }, { "docid": "1116527", "text": "income of $30,625 versus $20,179 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,059. About 2.7% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over. Middle River, Minnesota Middle River is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, along the Middle River, from which the city took its name. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of", "title": "Middle River, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "1148647", "text": "families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over. People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Whitesboro-Burleigh include: Whitesboro-Burleigh, New Jersey Whitesboro-Burleigh was a census-designated place and unincorporated community located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 United States Census, the CDP's population was 1,836. In the 2010 United States Census, the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP was split into two new CDPs,", "title": "Whitesboro-Burleigh, New Jersey" }, { "docid": "17674146", "text": "economic recovery, because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia, and because they considered the Democrats as \"supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class.\" These public opinion factors contributed to Reagan's 1984 landslide victory, in Idaho and elsewhere. This election is the most recent in which every county in Idaho went for one candidate. 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho The 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election.", "title": "1984 United States presidential election in Idaho" }, { "docid": "4605493", "text": "21 from an infection contracted in a boating accident. Patrick and Sherwood each entered the priesthood. Patrick Francis Healy became a Jesuit, earned a PhD in Paris, and is now considered the first African American to have gained the degree. He was named a dean at Georgetown University in 1866. At the age of 39, in 1874, he assumed the presidency of what was then the largest Catholic college in the United States. Alexander Sherwood Healy was also ordained as a priest, and earned his doctorate degree at the Sulpician Academy in Paris; he became an expert in canon law", "title": "James Augustine Healy" }, { "docid": "12342345", "text": "works.) In the Internet age, unrestricted publication online may be considered publication in every sufficiently internet-connected jurisdiction in the world. It is not clear what this may mean for determining \"country of origin\". In \"Kernel v. Mosley\", a U.S. court \"concluded that a work created outside of the United States, uploaded in Australia and owned by a company registered in Finland was nonetheless a U.S. work by virtue of its being published online\". However other U.S. courts in similar situations have reached different conclusions, e.g. \"Håkan Moberg v. 33T LLC\". The matter of determining the country of origin for digital", "title": "Berne Convention" }, { "docid": "1109139", "text": "income for the township was $13,448. About 19.2% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 16.0% of those age 65 or over. Middle Branch Township, Michigan Middle Branch Township is a civil township of Osceola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 858 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.08%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 858 people, 344 households, and 250", "title": "Middle Branch Township, Michigan" }, { "docid": "2752195", "text": "of the party's control over governmental institutions. In the United States during the Gilded Age, patronage became a controversial issue. Tammany boss William M. Tweed was an American politician who ran what is considered now to have been one of the most corrupt political machines in the country's history. Tweed and his cronies ruled for a brief time with absolute power over the city and state of New York. At the height of his influence, Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City, a director of the Erie Railway, the Tenth National Bank, and the New-York Printing Company, as", "title": "Patronage" }, { "docid": "17184314", "text": "and oil. The National Security Council of the United States urged the United Kingdom to resolve the oil dispute before decisive actions were taken by the Iranians. Eventually, this conflict over oil revenues led to the full nationalization of oil by Prime Minister Mosaddeq in 1951. This resulted in the Iranian coupe of 1953 in which the American CIA and British MI6 performed a joint operation overthrowing the democratically elected Mosaddeq in what is known as Operation Ajax. Perhaps one of the most significant moments in American economic involvement in the Middle East came in 1933 with Ibn Saud, founder", "title": "History of United States–Middle East economic relations" }, { "docid": "14011575", "text": "in the United States are considered to be citizens and can have passports, children under age eighteen are legally considered to be minors and cannot vote or hold office. Upon the event of their eighteenth birthday, they are considered full citizens but there is no ceremony acknowledging this relation or any correspondence between the new citizen and the government to this effect. Citizenship is assumed to exist, and the relation is assumed to remain viable until death or until it is renounced or dissolved by some other legal process. Secondary schools teach the basics of citizenship and create \"informed and", "title": "Citizenship of the United States" }, { "docid": "6145244", "text": "alone to be an infamous sentence. The minority noted a statement made in Ex Parte Wilson: “‘What punishments shall be considered as infamous may be affected by the changes of public opinion from one age to another’.” Because the Constitution contains no mention of hard labor, and the Fifth Amendment only refers to infamous crimes, the minority contended the two could not be linked together, because “commitment to Occoquan for a short term for nonsupport of minor children is certainly not an infamous punishment.” However, this statement ignored another finding of Ex Parte Wilson mentioned by the majority: “… if", "title": "United States v. Moreland" }, { "docid": "13657014", "text": "Simulated child pornography Simulated child pornography is child pornography depicting what appear to be minors but which is produced without the direct involvement of children in the production process itself. Types of simulated child pornography include: modified photographs of real children, non-minor teenagers made to look younger (age regression), fully computer-generated imagery, and adults made to look like children. Drawings or animations that depict sexual acts involving children but are not intended to look like photographs may also be considered by some to be simulated child pornography. In the United States, the PROTECT Act of 2003 made significant changes to", "title": "Simulated child pornography" }, { "docid": "17304338", "text": "the top three again made the Olympic team. \"Track & Field News\" ranked him #6 in the United States that year. Archie San Romani Archie Joseph San Romani (17 September 1912 – 7 November 1994) was an American middle-distance runner. San Romani placed 4th in the 1500 meters at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and set a world record at 2000 meters the following year. San Romani was born in Frontenac, Kansas, on 17 September 1912. He was run over by a truck at age 8, and his right leg was mangled so badly that doctors considered amputating it;", "title": "Archie San Romani" }, { "docid": "14011574", "text": "person born in the former Panama Canal Zone whose father or mother (or both) are or were a citizen is a United States citizen by birth. Regardless of where they are born, children of U.S. citizens are U.S. citizens in most cases. Children born outside the United States with at least one U.S. citizen parent usually have birthright citizenship by parentage. A child of unknown parentage found in the US while under the age of 5 is considered a US citizen until proven, before reaching the age of 22, to have not been born in the US. While persons born", "title": "Citizenship of the United States" }, { "docid": "17592418", "text": "replace a /t/ include words like \"better\", \"city\", \"dirty\", \"football\", \"hitting\", and \"water\". Children in Scotland and Northern England soon learn that the use of the glottal stop is considered inferior to the use of /t/ and are taught to correct themselves from an early age. Variation between the glottal stop and /t/ is mostly seen within the middle class due to pressure from adults. This case study provides an illustration of what Labov has identified as a “principle of transmission” (Labov 2001:437). He explains that “at some stage of socialization...children learn that variants favored in informal speech are associated", "title": "Age-graded variation" }, { "docid": "1202461", "text": "those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. Mt. Lebanon is mostly Democratic. The district has seven elementary schools: Foster Elementary School, Hoover Elementary School, Howe Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Markham Elementary School, and Washington Elementary School. The two middle schools are Jefferson Middle School and Andrew W. Mellon Middle School. There is one high school: Mt. Lebanon High School. The district has won multiple National Blue Ribbon School awards. The high school was rated as one of the Top 500 high schools in the United States by \"Newsweek\" in 2000 and", "title": "Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania" }, { "docid": "3325716", "text": "B. Johnson. The \"hot line\" message arrived at the White House to seek communication between the United States and the Soviet Union. Alexei Kosygin gives a quick explanation of what the Soviet Union and United States should do in regards to the Middle Eastern Crisis. In the message Alexei Kosygin writes: Several days later the Soviet Union sent Premier Alexei Kosygin to New York City to deliver a speech on the then-ongoing Middle Eastern crisis at the United Nations headquarters. When the United States government was informed of this the Americans gladly welcomed Kosygin to a meeting between him and", "title": "Glassboro Summit Conference" }, { "docid": "1141867", "text": "age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over. Mantorville is located along the South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River, west of Rochester, Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Mantorville, Minnesota Mantorville is a city in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,197 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dodge County. Founded in 1854, the city is one of the oldest in Minnesota. Mantorville shares a school system with nearby Kasson, Minnesota", "title": "Mantorville, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "817577", "text": "an unusual partnership that links Israel with the United States trying to balance competing interests in the Middle East region. The United States has been considered Israel's most powerful and supportive ally and hosts the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City. From 1948 to 2012, the United States has provided Israel with $233.7 billion in aid (after adjusting for inflation). In addition, the US has provided Israel with $19 billion in loan guarantees. The United States is Israel's largest trading partner, accounting for 22.4 percent of Israel's $43.19 billion in imports, and 42.1 percent of Israel's $40.14", "title": "Foreign relations of Israel" }, { "docid": "14782498", "text": "as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, extended breastfeeding is a taboo act. It is difficult to obtain accurate information and statistics about extended breastfeeding in these countries because of the mother's embarrassment. Mothers who nurse longer than the social norm sometimes hide their practices from all but very close family members and friends. This is called \"closet nursing\". In the United States, breastfeeding beyond 1 year of age is considered \"extended breastfeeding\", and in contrast to WHO recommendations which recommend \"exclusive\" breastfeeding until six months, and \"continued breastfeeding up to 2 years of age or beyond\" [with", "title": "Extended breastfeeding" }, { "docid": "8279542", "text": "Middle Stone Age The Middle Stone Age (or MSA) was a period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Later Stone Age. It is generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50–25,000 years ago. The beginnings of particular MSA stone tools have their origins as far back as 550–500,000 years ago and as such some researchers consider this to be the beginnings of the MSA. The MSA is often mistakenly understood to be synonymous with the Middle Paleolithic of Europe, especially due to their roughly contemporaneous time span, however, the Middle Paleolithic", "title": "Middle Stone Age" }, { "docid": "2336132", "text": "as post-secondary) education. Schooling starts at age 5-6 and ends anywhere from 16-18 depending on the school system, state policy, and the students progress. Pre-School or Pre-Kindergarten accept as young as age 3 and is not required. From there education models differ as elementary school can last anywhere from to depending on the structure. Some states have middle schools which is part of secondary education and between elementary school and high school encompassing grades from 6 to 9, while others have no middle school and instead combined mixed high schools. High school is generally grades 9-12, with the exception of", "title": "Secondary education in the United States" }, { "docid": "20512254", "text": "Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States is limited to a small class of cases described in Article III, section 2, of the United States Constitution, and further delineated by statute. The relevant constitutional clause states: Certain cases that have not been considered by a lower court may be heard by the Supreme Court in the first instance under what is termed original jurisdiction. The Supreme Court's authority in this respect is also derived from Article III of the Constitution, which states that the Supreme Court", "title": "Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States" }, { "docid": "18321114", "text": "and the Foundation for Middle East Peace on the 5th September 2014, that the law of war states, that the harm of civilians getting hurt or killed has to be minimized and that only evident military objectives are legitimate targets. However civilians can be considered as collateral damage, which means that they are damage aside from what was intended. Store argues that in the case of the Israel- Gaza Conflict in 2014, investigations and interviews with surviving victims have shown, that in many cases the death of civilians could have been prevented. Moreover, Joe Stork referred to the attacks on", "title": "Speeches given at the United Nations regarding the Gaza Conflict (2014)" }, { "docid": "17707752", "text": "electorate, this promise to raise taxes badly eroded his chances in what had already begun as an uphill battle against the charismatic Ronald Reagan. Reagan also enjoyed high levels of bipartisan support during the 1984 presidential election, both in Virginia, and across the nation at large. Many registered Democrats who voted for Reagan (Reagan Democrats) stated that they had chosen to do so because they associated him with the economic recovery, because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia, and because they considered the Democrats as \"supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle", "title": "1984 United States presidential election in Virginia" }, { "docid": "17672404", "text": "eroded his chances in what had already begun as an uphill battle against the charismatic Ronald Reagan. Reagan also enjoyed high levels of bipartisan support during the 1984 presidential election, both in Utah, and across the nation at large. Many registered Democrats who voted for Reagan (Reagan Democrats) stated that they had chosen to do so because they associated him with the economic recovery, because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia, and because they considered the Democrats as \"supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class.\" These public opinion factors contributed to", "title": "1984 United States presidential election in Utah" }, { "docid": "17672441", "text": "because they considered the Democrats as \"supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class.\" These public opinion factors contributed to Reagan's 1984 landslide victory, in Arizona and elsewhere. 1984 United States presidential election in Arizona The 1984 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Arizona voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Arizona was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan", "title": "1984 United States presidential election in Arizona" }, { "docid": "1001085", "text": "$8,236. About 30.6% of families and 38.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 48.4% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over. Burnside is served by the Ganado Unified School District. The area is served by Ganado Primary School, Ganado Intermediate School, Ganado Middle School, and Ganado High School. Burnside, Arizona Burnside is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 537 at the 2010 census. Burnside is located at (35.755138, -109.630277). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of ,", "title": "Burnside, Arizona" } ]

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[ { "docid": "701288", "text": "the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards. In 1950 they commissioned Alabe Crafts to make a version in the form of a traditional black-and-white 8-ball. The Magic 8-Ball is a hollow plastic sphere resembling an oversized, black-and-white 8-ball. Inside, a cylindrical reservoir contains a white, plastic icosahedron floating in alcohol dyed dark blue. Each of the die's 20 faces has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed in raised letters. These messages are read through a window on the ball's bottom. To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After \"asking", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" }, { "docid": "701288", "text": "the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards. In 1950 they commissioned Alabe Crafts to make a version in the form of a traditional black-and-white 8-ball. The Magic 8-Ball is a hollow plastic sphere resembling an oversized, black-and-white 8-ball. Inside, a cylindrical reservoir contains a white, plastic icosahedron floating in alcohol dyed dark blue. Each of the die's 20 faces has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed in raised letters. These messages are read through a window on the ball's bottom. To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After \"asking", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" } ]

[ { "docid": "701289", "text": "the ball\" a yes–no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces up, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one face presses against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background. Although many users shake the ball before turning it upright, the instructions warn against doing so to avoid white bubbles, which interfere with the performance of the ball itself. The 20 answers inside a standard Magic 8-Ball are: Ten of the possible answers", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" }, { "docid": "701286", "text": "Magic 8-Ball The Magic 8-Ball is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel. The user asks a question to the large plastic ball, then turns it over to reveal a written answer which appears on the surface of the toy. An 8-ball was used as a fortune-telling device in the 1940 Three Stooges short, \"You Nazty Spy!\", and called a \"magic ball\". While Magic 8-Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, inspired by a spirit writing device used by", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" }, { "docid": "701290", "text": "are affirmative (●), while five are non-committal (●) and five are negative (●). Magic 8-Ball The Magic 8-Ball is a toy used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel. The user asks a question to the large plastic ball, then turns it over to reveal a written answer which appears on the surface of the toy. An 8-ball was used as a fortune-telling device in the 1940 Three Stooges short, \"You Nazty Spy!\", and called a \"magic ball\". While Magic 8-Ball did not exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" }, { "docid": "1815395", "text": "released in 1990, Gohan singing Piccolo praises and speculating on what species he is. Another song, \"Feeling of Whistling\", debuted on the 1991 album \"Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 6: BP∞ Battle Points Unlimited\". The 1991 album \"Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2\" features the song \"\"I•ke•na•i Oo-La-La Magic\", where Chi-Chi forces Gohan to sing a duet with her after she feels left out from his adventures with Goku, also intending to enter the local karaoke circuit with Gohan. Gohan has made appearances in non-\"Dragon Ball\" material. In the 2003 interactive feature , Gohan and", "title": "Gohan" }, { "docid": "3036083", "text": "ball has been patented and marketed under such names as Bobble Ball and Tag Ball. The 8 ball is frequently used iconically in Western, especially American, culture. It can often be found as an element of T-shirt designs, album covers and names, tattoos, household goods like paperweights and cigarette lighters, belt buckles, etc. A classic toy is the Magic 8-Ball \"oracle\". A wrestler, a rapper, and a rock band have all independently adopted the name. The term \"8 ball\" is also slang both for oz. of cocaine or crystal meth, and for a bottle of Olde English 800 malt liquor.", "title": "Billiard ball" }, { "docid": "11163411", "text": "re-creation of the \"What What\" video. In April 2008 Samwell appeared on the BBC television show \"Lily Allen and Friends\" for an interview and performed a live version of \"What What (In the Butt)\" with choreographed dancers. Samwell played Adonis in the 2009 feature film \"Modus Operandi\" and plays the Communications Officer in 2014's \"Hamlet A.D.D.\". In March 2010 Special Entertainment released an iPhone App called \"Shaky Advice from Samwell\" that functions much like a Magic 8 Ball, with video clips of Samwell giving advice. In June 2010 Samwell appeared on an episode of Comedy Central's \"Tosh.0\", a television show", "title": "Samwell (entertainer)" }, { "docid": "19984964", "text": "this delightful recording. Highly recommended\". All compositions by Ahmed Abdullah except where noted. Liquid Magic Liquid Magic is an album by trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah's Quartet featuring saxophonist Charles Brackeen, bassist Malachi Favors, and drummer Alvin Fielder which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. \"The Penguin Guide to Jazz\" states \"Tersely organised the six tunes on \"Liquid Magic\" reflect a Colemanesque feel which suits the folk-like melodies. But the trumpeter is, frankly, the least impressive player here: Brackeen's fierce yet lightly shaded solos make a more powerful impression, and Favors and Felder generate a loose but", "title": "Liquid Magic" }, { "docid": "6801555", "text": "Cordelia slowly descends some stairs and approaches with a raised knife. Before she can strike, the lights suddenly turn on, exposing Cordelia and Angel standing behind her. Cordy turns and finds Fred and Wesley are also there, both with guns pointed at her, and Lorne refers to a Magic 8-ball to find out if Cordy's been bad. Lorne then turns to read the Magic 8-ball, and it says \"definitely.\" Players (Angel) \"Players\" is episode 16 of season 4 in the television show \"Angel.\" Gwen Raiden returns to ask Gunn to help her rescue a little girl from a wealthy and", "title": "Players (Angel)" }, { "docid": "701287", "text": "his mother, Mary, a Cincinnati clairvoyant. When Carter approached store owner Max Levinson about stocking the device, Levinson called in his brother-in-law Abe Bookman, a graduate of Ohio Mechanics Institute. In 1944, Carter filed for a patent for the cylindrical device, assigning it in 1946 to Bookman, Levinson, and another partner in what came to be Alabe Crafts, Inc. (\"Al\"bert and \"Abe\"). Alabe marketed and sold the cylinder as The Syco-Slate. Carter died sometime before the patent was granted in 1948. Bookman made improvements to The Syco-Slate, and in 1948, it was encased in an iridescent crystal ball. Though unsuccessful,", "title": "Magic 8-Ball" }, { "docid": "19984962", "text": "Liquid Magic Liquid Magic is an album by trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah's Quartet featuring saxophonist Charles Brackeen, bassist Malachi Favors, and drummer Alvin Fielder which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. \"The Penguin Guide to Jazz\" states \"Tersely organised the six tunes on \"Liquid Magic\" reflect a Colemanesque feel which suits the folk-like melodies. But the trumpeter is, frankly, the least impressive player here: Brackeen's fierce yet lightly shaded solos make a more powerful impression, and Favors and Felder generate a loose but convincingly swinging pulse\" In his review on AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos states \"Ex-Sun", "title": "Liquid Magic" }, { "docid": "4728381", "text": "performing the first 4 shows, and Francis performing the final 3 solo in support of the singer.) On 24 April 2012 Magic Cat Records released a remixed and remastered version of Magic Eight Ball’s 2007 debut EP, 'A Peacock's Tale'. The next month would see Magic Eight Ball going on a national tour in May 2012, followed by Magic Cat Records re-releasing their 2009 ‘Stripped’ single in June. In October of the same year the band began work on what would become their debut album. The 'Russian Ballet' single was released digitally on 22 October 2013, accompanied by the Emil", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "20299688", "text": "was also she who took the form of Lewis’ mother to persuade him to summon Isaac. Isaac explains that his hidden clock will turn time back so that humanity never existed. Florence, Jonathan, and Lewis run from the house. Using the' Magic 8-Ball to learn the location of the clock under the boiler room, the three return, but Florence is sidelined, and the Izards transform Jonathan into a half baby-half adult. Lewis consults the Magic 8-Ball, which says \"Say goodbye.\" He realizes he has to let go of the pain of losing his parents to harness his true power. He", "title": "The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film)" }, { "docid": "20683619", "text": "what they were used to. Chong added electric guitar sound to their single, \"You are my first and last\" (Korean: 넌 나의 처음이자 마지막이야) producing a bigger and stronger impact on their R&B sound and filled the album with various genres like the second album, including hip hop, rave, funk, ballad covering wide range of music in hopes to reach broader audience. Some criticized the tracks were too similar to the ones from \"the Magic of 8 Ball\", but, critics, overall, agreed that this album even more strengthened their musical identity, sound, and styles of what only Solid could produce.", "title": "Solid (band)" }, { "docid": "12659128", "text": "Hongcheng Magic Liquid The Hongcheng Magic Liquid incident was a scam in China where Wang Hongcheng (), a bus driver from Harbin with no scientific education, claimed in 1983 that he could turn regular water into a fuel as flammable as petrol by simply dissolving a few drops of his liquid in it. He founded the Hongcheng Magic Liquid company with funds from Chinese governmental agencies and other supporters, raising a total of 300 million yuan (US$37 million), but no product was ever released. Around that time, in 1994, the Chinese Government, alarmed by an increase in pseudoscience and superstitions", "title": "Hongcheng Magic Liquid" }, { "docid": "11445893", "text": "produced by William Shatner. The film played in multiple film festivals and was distributed by Epix (Paramount Pictures/Lionsgate/MGM). That year they also released Frankie Latina's \"Modus Operandi\", an arthouse film distributed by Kino. The film played at the American Film Institute film festival in Los Angeles, CineVegas film festival, and the IFC Center in New York. In March 2009 Special Entertainment released an iPhone App called \"Shaky Advice from Samwell\" that functions much like a Magic 8 Ball with 31 video clips of \"What What (In the Butt)\"'s Samwell giving advice. In December 2010 a second iPhone App was released", "title": "Special Entertainment" }, { "docid": "18486327", "text": "Felix that he wants a new house to live with his parents. Santa now receives a new suit and a beard to look like Santa Claus and takes off to deliver the toys. Nicholas realized that Santa forgot the Magic ball, so Humphrey opens the portal to Santa's sleigh and Nicholas goes to the sleigh and delivers the magic ball to Santa as he forgot what child's name to deliver the toy to. Nicholas asks Santa to remember it with his heart so that he knows what name of a child and a present requested by a child. Santa and", "title": "Santa's Apprentice" }, { "docid": "6801560", "text": "when she talked to Angelus. Cordelia is surprised that she was almost able to end the world and it was two words that tipped him off. Angel demands to know where the real Cordelia is. Connor jumps down through the glass roof and Angel tries to convince him that Cordelia isn’t who he thinks she is, but he doesn’t listen. He fights off the gang, and runs off with Cordelia. In the confusion, Angel is accidentally hit with a tranquillizer dart intended for Connor. \"What are you?\" Angel manages to ask, before passing out, and Lorne's Magic 8-Ball rolls next", "title": "Inside Out (Angel)" }, { "docid": "4993547", "text": "Bungee ball Bungee balls are toys that are produced as a means of enhancing a person's hand–eye coordination. Traditionally, a bungee ball is made of plastic. At one end or an elastic cord a person slips his/her finger into a notch and at the other end is an elastic hollow ball containing synthetic liquid. Bungee balls were a fad in February 1991 and most bungee balls were sold during this time period. After March 2003, they started vanishing from stores partly due to controversy over what was contained inside them. They were also discontinued in many stores because often after", "title": "Bungee ball" }, { "docid": "4728379", "text": "Magic Eight Ball (band) Magic Eight Ball is a power pop band formed in Old Windsor, England. They are now based out of Egham, England. The first incarnation of the band came together under the name Cartoon Monsters in 2004. A week later, they took up the name Magic Eight Ball. The band initially began performing live as a duo in 2005, then as a trio from 2006. During these years Magic Eight Ball experienced several lineup changes. In May 2007, their debut EP 'A Peacock's Tale' was independently released. In early 2009 Magic Eight Ball are asked to record", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "14395173", "text": "Ball in its original form. The is an ominous phenomenon happening in the Happiness series. Jewelina explained the phenomenon happens when the moon starts to turn bright red and it'll cause unhappiness throughout Jewel Land. During the Red Moon, magic is greatly amplified, but people looking at it are hypnotized on doing something bad with no memory on what they did, like how Marie stole Ruby's Magic Gem in episode 10 and is blamed by Charlotte for it. The effects of the Red Moon can be dispelled through powerful magic but however, its magic become stronger and stronger for a", "title": "Jewelpet Universe" }, { "docid": "6477795", "text": "back until they managed to tie the game at 95-95 on a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar skyhook with 5:30 remaining. The Celtics responded on both ends of the court by going on an 8-0 run, helped by good defense which led to 2 fast-break lay-ups to take a 103-96 lead with 2 minutes left. Then the Lakers called time out. On the Celtics' next possession, Robert Parish lost the ball to Michael Cooper. Cooper passed the ball ahead to Magic Johnson, who started a break. Cooper spotted up in 3-point territory, while Magic drove, forcing Cooper's defender to help out. Magic then", "title": "1987 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "20734975", "text": "the distinct hip-hop sound of turntable scratches on all tracks of Solid's albums. Lee is considered to be the first hip-hop DJ in Korea introducing what American hip-hop sounds like to Korean audience. As the albums of Solid progressed, Lee expanded his musicianship. It wasn't unusual for him to write all the lyrics to his raps but he added himself as a lyricist for a full song on his credentials writing \"Dream\" (Korean: 꿈) on the second album of Solid, \"The Magic of 8 Ball\" (1995). Lee later revealed that the song was based on the lost dream with his", "title": "Joon Lee" }, { "docid": "12384072", "text": "Dog are captured by the queen, who imprisons them in magic bottles and leaves them to watch what happens to Jack in a crystal ball. When Jack rescues Allegra from the ice caves, the queen transports them back to the pit, where she battles them with a golden chain she uses as a whip. When Squeeker Mouse tries to cover up the crystal ball with his cape so no one can see what is happening to Jack he knocks the crystal ball to the ground and it cracks. This breaks the spell imprisoning the animals, and they realize that the", "title": "Jack and the Witch" }, { "docid": "15674905", "text": "might have stay in the valve's \"dead space\". For example, a ball valve commonly found in tap valves consists of a ball that control the flow of the liquid. Once the valve is closed, liquid stays in the ball and the next time the valve is opened, that liquid flows first. If a sample is taken using a ball valve, the valve has to be flushed before the sample is taken. This raises two additional problems: When sampling hazardous chemicals or deadly substances, it is extremely important that the operator is not exposed to toxic fumes or vapours. These can", "title": "Sampling valve" }, { "docid": "16488040", "text": "and often gets characters out of scrapes. The tree's sap is shown as a glowing orange magic liquid. At least twice in each episode, Tom has to call on \"the big world\" for magical help: breaking the fourth wall, As a host, he asks the audience to make magical moves and say magical words to assist the necessary magical actions. The magical power is shown as an orange glow that appears offscreen and flies towards at Tom, who collects it in his arms as a ball of energy, and uses it to complete the spell. The movements which the audience", "title": "Tree Fu Tom" }, { "docid": "122548", "text": "is ed). Even in the case of a scratch, this only results in . Regionally, there is a great deal of bar pool variation in the handling of fouls while shooting at and/or pocketing the 8 ball. In some cases any foul while shooting at but not pocketing the 8 is a loss of game, in others only a foul while otherwise successfully pocketing the 8, and in yet others only certain fouls, such as also sinking an opponent's ball and the 8 on the same shot, or hitting the 8 then cue-ball scratching, are game-losing. What is considered a", "title": "Eight-ball" }, { "docid": "4728387", "text": "trio formed the band V8. After releasing a live EP, V8 Live In Europe 2015 and the single Mrs Vandevelde with V8, Francis and Magic Eight Ball have returned to the studio to record their 3rd album with Dave Draper (The Wildhearts/Kerbdog). Magic Eight Ball (band) Magic Eight Ball is a power pop band formed in Old Windsor, England. They are now based out of Egham, England. The first incarnation of the band came together under the name Cartoon Monsters in 2004. A week later, they took up the name Magic Eight Ball. The band initially began performing live as", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "12938807", "text": "Magic Orbz Magic Orbz (previously named Magic Ball) is a game for the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console. It is based on the PC game, \"Magic Ball 3\". The game was released in January 2009 and was followed by two additional downloadable content packs. \"Magic Orbz\" is a 3D breakout style game with a stylised game design and physics simulation. The game's visual appearance follows two themes, Pirates and Knights. As in many similar games in this genre, random power-ups fall from pieces of the level that are broken up by the ball. The initial release of the game", "title": "Magic Orbz" }, { "docid": "9450071", "text": "nucleus according to an approach closer to what is now called mean field theory. Nowadays, it refers to a formalism analogous to the configuration interaction formalism used in quantum chemistry. We shall introduce the latter here. Systematic measurements of the binding energy of atomic nuclei show systematic deviations with respect to those estimated from the liquid drop model. In particular, some nuclei having certain values for the number of protons and/or neutrons are bound more tightly together than predicted by the liquid drop model. These nuclei are called singly/doubly magic. This observation led scientists to assume the existence of a", "title": "Nuclear structure" }, { "docid": "4856125", "text": "column touches the grid top edge. It mainly represents New York City with a Statue of Liberty depiction appearing on screen right side, but is taken from the intro of \"\", a NES game dating back to 1988. In addition there are clouds, stars, and the half-moon who repeatedly moves from bottom to top. The songs played on \"Magic Jewelry\" are 8-bit versions of some copyrighted third party old classic ones, along with their pitched alterations in Levels 8-15; Shinwei himself already used them on his other Famicom unlicensed games (except for \"Mí Hún Chē\"/\"BB Car\", \"Punch Sprite\", \"Wild Ball\",", "title": "Magic Jewelry" }, { "docid": "4402834", "text": "was first constructed in late 2004 by Mitsutoshi Nakamura. This cube is a combination Pantriagonal magic cube and Diagonal magic cube. Therefore, all main and broken triagonals sum correctly, and it contains 3\"m\" planar simple magic squares. In addition, all 6 oblique squares are pandiagonal magic squares. The only such cube constructed so far is order 8. It is not known what other orders are possible. See Pantriagdiag magic cube. Minimum correct summations required = 7\"m\" + 6\"m\" ALL 3\"m\" planar arrays must be pandiagonal magic squares. The 6 oblique squares are always magic (usually simple magic). Several of them", "title": "Magic cube classes" }, { "docid": "13264951", "text": "of well-known board games, including Clue, Scrabble, Monopoly (both for The Simpsons and for Treehouse of Horror), Operation, Chess, Checkers, Pictionary, Battle of the Sexes, Jeopardy, The Game of Life, Don't Panic, Magic 8 Ball, Othello, Scrabble, SORRY!, Poker, Darts, and Wheel of Fortune are all examples of games that have release \"Simpsons\"-related content, as well as the trivia games What Would Homer Do? and Simpsons Jeopardy!. Several card games such as Top Trumps cards and The Simpsons Trading Card Game have also been released. There have also been a few card games and board games unique to \"The Simpsons\".", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "18486329", "text": "Children, Little Beatrice and Rufus to an ornament size. Santa convinces the Police officers and Inspector Jeff Samson to prove he was real after his heart was restored and pointing to them that he delivered the toys to them when they were little. Inspector and his men understands and believes what Santa had said to them and they release Santa. After Nicholas and Grincroch battle for the Magic Ball, the Magic Ball fell and Santa retrieves it in the nick of time. Santa convinces Grincroch to stop making fun and picking on children and to learn to love the parents", "title": "Santa's Apprentice" }, { "docid": "6920225", "text": "Dispensing ball The dispensing ball is a special plastic ball used to dispense liquid fabric softener in clothes washing machines that lack built-in softener dispensers. Liquid fabric softener has to be added at the correct time to a load of laundry (the rinse cycle) in order to work effectively. In top-loading machines, the ball accomplishes this with no user input, other than the initial loading, and filling of the ball. In a top-loading washing machine, the ball floats on the surface of the water during the mild forces of the washing process, and remains sealed. The stronger forces of the", "title": "Dispensing ball" }, { "docid": "20487910", "text": "drop model, it is necessary to include shell effects. Vilen Strutinsky proposed such a method using \"shell correction\" and corrections for nuclear pairing to the liquid drop model. In this method, the total energy of the nucleus is taken as the sum of the liquid drop model energy, formula_34, the shell, formula_35, and pairing, formula_36, corrections to this energy as: The shell corrections, just like the liquid drop energy, are functions of the nuclear deformation. The shell corrections tend to lower the ground state masses of spherical nuclei with magic or near-magic numbers of neutrons and protons. They also tend", "title": "Fission barrier" }, { "docid": "6920226", "text": "later spin cycle causes the seal on the ball to be broken, releasing the liquid softener. These balls can not be used in tumbling washers, because the tumbling releases the fabric softener before the rinse cycle. They cannot be used at all in the dryer. The Downy Ball is a variant sold by Procter & Gamble specifically designed for use with traditional agitator-based top-loading washing machines which lack built-in fabric softener dispensers, and it won't work correctly on front-loading machines. Liquid fabric softener is poured into the Downy Ball through a hole on the top side. The ball is then", "title": "Dispensing ball" }, { "docid": "7241224", "text": "Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (; lit.: \"New Dragon Ball: Legend of Shenlong\"), also released as or Dragon Ball: Ultimate Edition, is an unofficial live-action remake of the first \"Dragon Ball\" animated film \"\", made in 1986. The plot revolves around a rag-tag group of heroes, led by Son Goku (\"Monkey Boy\" in the English dubbed version) trying to stop the antagonist named King Horn from using the wish-granting Dragon Balls to rule the world. It was produced by Taiwan and shot in Nantou forests, with some scenes shot in Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden,", "title": "Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins" }, { "docid": "5931253", "text": "in liquid ink. Gels also allow for the use of heavier pigments with metallic or glitter effects, or opaque pastel pigments that can be seen on dark surfaces. Liquid ink roller ball pens flow extremely consistently and skip less than gel ink pens do. The lower viscosity of liquid ink increases the likelihood of consistent inking of the ball, whereas the higher viscosity of gel ink produces \"skipping\", that is, occasional gaps in lines or letters. In comparison to ballpoint pens, There are a number of disadvantages inherent to roller ball pens: The International Organization for Standardization has published standards", "title": "Rollerball pen" }, { "docid": "6442877", "text": "with liquid ammonia (indicated to the user by a whistle), the device is turned around, placing the hot ball in the cool bath. As the hot ball cools, the pressure in the system falls, eventually dropping to the point where the liquid ammonia in the cold ball begins to evaporate (ammonia has a boiling point of at standard air pressure), and the cold ball begins to freeze. After several minutes it is cool enough for ice to form on its surface. It is then placed on the stabilizer inside the refrigeration cabinet. The stabilizer is filled with an antifreeze solution", "title": "Icyball" }, { "docid": "4201089", "text": "to either object. There's an audio game built into the Google Assistant on which tells the player to \"Ask a Yes or No Question\". The voice starts with an intro that says this line in a dramatic voice: \"Come closer. Closer. Closer. Ok Stop. Close your eyes and open your mind. The Crystal Ball shall reveal the truth. Now ask a Yes or No Question.\" Then after the user asks a question, the voice responds with \"The all knowing Crystal Ball says.\" and then gives a random answer. Also, if you ask it to play the Magic 8-ball the voice", "title": "Crystal ball" }, { "docid": "7241225", "text": "Thailand. In order to conquer mankind and rule the universe, King Horn sets out to find all seven of the Dragon Pearls. With two of the seven already in the evil king's possession, it is now up to the remaining five owners of the pearls — Son Goku (Son Gohan is the owner, Son Goku is his adopted grandson), Piggy, La Ping, Turtle Man and Seetoe — to destroy King Horn and his two powerful warriors, Zebrata and Maria, before it is too late. Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (; lit.: \"New Dragon Ball: Legend", "title": "Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins" }, { "docid": "12938809", "text": "to play\" while other reviews complained about the game's short playing time. Magic Orbz Magic Orbz (previously named Magic Ball) is a game for the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console. It is based on the PC game, \"Magic Ball 3\". The game was released in January 2009 and was followed by two additional downloadable content packs. \"Magic Orbz\" is a 3D breakout style game with a stylised game design and physics simulation. The game's visual appearance follows two themes, Pirates and Knights. As in many similar games in this genre, random power-ups fall from pieces of the level that", "title": "Magic Orbz" }, { "docid": "1453002", "text": "Harry to a mysterious saxophonist named Pablo, who appears to be the very opposite of what Harry considers a serious, thoughtful man. After attending a lavish masquerade ball, Pablo brings Harry to his metaphorical \"magic theatre\", where the concerns and notions that plagued his soul disintegrate as he interacts with the ethereal and phantasmal. The Magic Theatre is a place where he experiences the fantasies that exist in his mind. The Theater is described as a long horseshoe-shaped corridor with a mirror on one side and a great number of doors on the other. Harry enters five of these labeled", "title": "Steppenwolf (novel)" }, { "docid": "122545", "text": "the opponent of the fouling player wins. Most commonly of all in American – sometimes called straight eight by its aficionados, and usually played on coin-operated, smaller tables – a requirement may be that all shots be . This typically includes what balls and bank/kick cushions will be involved in the shot, and in what order. The shot considered a turn-ending (but not ball-in-hand) foul if not executed precisely as planned, but a loss of game if the \"foul\" shot pocketed the 8 ball. Contrariwise, some Americans hold that nothing other than the 8 ball has to be called in", "title": "Eight-ball" }, { "docid": "4728380", "text": "a cover of Depeche Mode's classic ‘Stripped’ for a website venture, and the band decides to release it as the A-Side to a new 2-song single featuring DJ Rex recording additional whispers for the lead track. Having formed their own music label, Magic Cat Records, Magic Eight Ball then release their second EP in June 2011, the 5-track ‘Mother Nature's Candy'. Jody Stephens of seminal US-band Big Star then expresses his enjoyment of the song named in his band’s honour. Magic Eight Ball and Baz Francis were selected as opening acts for Donnie Vie's inaugural UK Tour (Magic Eight Ball", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "6920227", "text": "tossed into the washing machine with the clothes and detergent, where it floats in a vertical position, with an internal rubber weight floating inside and trapping the softener inside. In the spin cycle, between the wash and rinse cycles, the internal rubber weight moves aside due to Newton's first law of motion, allowing the fabric softener to spill out onto the clothes, just in time for the rinse cycle. Dispensing ball The dispensing ball is a special plastic ball used to dispense liquid fabric softener in clothes washing machines that lack built-in softener dispensers. Liquid fabric softener has to be", "title": "Dispensing ball" }, { "docid": "9923658", "text": "in ships due to free surface effect; this can also affect trucks and aircraft. The effect of slosh is used to limit the bounce of a roller hockey ball. Water slosh can significantly reduce the rebound height of a ball but some amounts of liquid seem to lead to a resonance effect. Many of the balls for roller hockey commonly available contain water to reduce the bounce height. Slosh dynamics In fluid dynamics, slosh refers to the movement of liquid inside another object (which is, typically, also undergoing motion). Strictly speaking, the liquid must have a free surface to constitute", "title": "Slosh dynamics" }, { "docid": "3935490", "text": "layered components. These basic materials continue to be used in modern balls, with further advances in technology creating balls that can be customized to a player's strengths and weaknesses, and even allowing for the combination of characteristics that were formerly mutually-exclusive. Liquid cores were commonly used in golf balls as early as 1917. The liquid cores in many of the early balls contained a caustic liquid, typically an alkali, causing eye injuries to children who happened to dissect a golf ball out of curiosity. By the 1920s, golf ball manufacturers had stopped using caustic liquids, but into the 1970s and", "title": "Golf ball" }, { "docid": "17846883", "text": "Wesley) back. Caroline (Candice Accola), Bonnie (Kat Graham) and \"Elena\" are back to college and Caroline wants them to celebrate single life by going to the Bitter Ball. Elena agrees while Bonnie notices a girl next to her spinning her pen in a magic way before Caroline and Elena call her to answer if she is also going to the Ball. Stefan finds Aaron's (Shaun Sipos) body in their home driveway and demands from Damon (Ian Somerhalder) to explain what is going on. Damon says that he just wanted to get rid of the Whitemores for good and then Enzo", "title": "Total Eclipse of the Heart (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "20094245", "text": "Carter. Very grateful, Wanda starts to follow Kelly and tries to help her succeed. Brilliant performance by Andrea Ferreol, who really brings such a special touch of magic to this motion picture. A very special moment when Wanda knocks on the door of the great Salvitore and teaches him what to do to regain his talent, by doing a great ball in his residence. Wanda insists on telling Salvitore that everything that he needs is closer than he thinks. Helped by the mysterious Wanda, Kelly Carter gets a pair of magic shoes, that make her turn into a supermodel by", "title": "If the Shoe Fits (film)" }, { "docid": "6461364", "text": "was the fourth highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. While riding the bus to school, Milhouse shows Bart his new fortune-telling toy, a Magic 8 ball. Bart asks the ball whether he and Milhouse will still be friends by the end of the day, and the ball predicts they will not. Both are puzzled by how this could happen. A new girl from Phoenix, Samantha Stanky, starts at Springfield Elementary School the same day, and Milhouse instantly falls in love with her. To Bart's dismay and anger, Milhouse and Samantha start a relationship and, rather than", "title": "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" }, { "docid": "8445833", "text": "up at the ball asking for radishes. When Maelgrot first sees Toby, he starts, \"You remind me of the babe!\", to which his assistant responds, \"What babe?\" These are lines from \"Magic Dance,\" a song from the film. Toby refers to having read his sister's Choose Your Own Adventure books. Though he doesn't call them by name, he does mention Harlowe Thrombey. When Toby meets the Wiseman, he says that he doesn't know if being Goblin King is what he wants. The Wiseman responds with, \"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might", "title": "Return to Labyrinth" }, { "docid": "19389720", "text": "V8 (UK band) V8 is a power pop band formed in Wales by Donnie Vie of Enuff Z'nuff, Baz Francis of Magic Eight Ball and Lewis John. In late 2010, English singer Baz Francis and his band Magic Eight Ball were selected as opening acts for The Donnie Vie Band's inaugural UK Tour (Magic Eight Ball performing the first 4 shows, and Francis performing the final 3 solo). During the second half of this run, Baz was invited onstage twice to sing with The Donnie Vie Band on ‘Time To Let You Go’, the second time of which on 11", "title": "V8 (UK band)" }, { "docid": "19389728", "text": "band Candybag's 'EP Ending' that features both Donnie Vie and Baz Francis on the song 'Nun S' Po Fa Sta Vita' (and also narration from Vie on the song 'Piccolo Ingombrante') was released by Radio Entropia Factory. V8 (UK band) V8 is a power pop band formed in Wales by Donnie Vie of Enuff Z'nuff, Baz Francis of Magic Eight Ball and Lewis John. In late 2010, English singer Baz Francis and his band Magic Eight Ball were selected as opening acts for The Donnie Vie Band's inaugural UK Tour (Magic Eight Ball performing the first 4 shows, and Francis", "title": "V8 (UK band)" }, { "docid": "12938808", "text": "contains 48 normal levels + 2 bonus levels, providing 13 trophies. The \"Wicked Witches\" expansion includes an additional 24 Witch themed levels, 1 bonus level and 5 more trophies. The \"Winter Pack\" was released in January 2010 features 25 new levels. One more Level pack is listed as \"Coming Soon\" in the in game menu. \"Magic Orbz\" features single player, competitive multiplayer and co-operative multiplayer modes. Multiplayer has both local and online gameplays available. Magic Ball has received generally average reviews with an overall score of 66 on Metacritic. IGN said \"Magic Ball is a streamlined, simple game that's fun", "title": "Magic Orbz" }, { "docid": "14883130", "text": "Goossens as co-owner of Team Liquid, officially commencing the merge between former Team Curse Gaming under the Team Liquid banner. On September 27, 2016, Team Liquid sold its controlling interest to aXiomatic Gaming, an investment group including Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber, entrepreneur Ted Leonsis, basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, and AOL co-founder Steve Case. On December 16, 2017, Team Liquid dropped their roster. On October 7, 2018, Team Liquid Engagement Coordinator Ohan Ghazarian began collaborating with \"The First Podcast\" as a frequent guest host, promoting future tournaments and events on the show. aXiomatic is an entertainment and", "title": "Team Liquid" }, { "docid": "5764169", "text": "and full-face respirator are also recommended. Predictably, magic acid is highly toxic upon ingestion and inhalation, causes severe skin and eye burns, and is toxic to aquatic life. Magic acid Magic acid (FSOH·SbF) is a superacid consisting of a mixture, most commonly in a 1:1 molar ratio, of fluorosulfuric acid (HSOF) and antimony pentafluoride (SbF). This conjugate Brønsted–Lewis superacid system was developed in the 1960s by the George Olah lab at Case Western Reserve University, and has been used to stabilize carbocations and hypercoordinated carbonium ions in liquid media. Magic acid and other superacids are also used to catalyze isomerization", "title": "Magic acid" }, { "docid": "122529", "text": "recent Latino immigrants. This requirement has a profound effect upon game strategy – it is effectively 5 times harder to – and most North American (and British, etc.) players are completely unprepared for it, unless they are last-pocket players. Players must be very mindful what they do with their last few balls, and common failure to get that allows for the last object-ball shot to set the player up for an easy 8 ball shot into the same pocket leads to long games with many , and shots on the 8. In some parts of Latin America, especially South America,", "title": "Eight-ball" }, { "docid": "4728382", "text": "Kunda-directed video that was filmed in London in the March of that year. Through Magic Cat Records, Magic Eight Ball released their first album ' Sorry We're Late But We're Worth The Wait ' featuring guest appearances from Jason Bowld (Bullet for My Valentine) and Donnie Vie on 22 November 2013. They launched their new album by supporting Spunge at the O2 Academy2 in London on 15 November 2013 On 27 January 2014, Baz Francis and Dave Draper began work on the second Magic Eight Ball album, whilst Baz also simultaneously worked on other projects. Later the recording of the", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "7727465", "text": "and psychology, stating he wanted to prepare himself for his future career as a magician. Palmer started performing magic in the early 1970s, many times performing at churches and giving a Christian message with his magic. His mother, Ann Aanne, helped get him bookings and was one time asked what he could do that was really amazing to which she replied, \"He can pull an eight ball from a thimble.\" This was not a skill that Palmer had even tried but, because he was very creative, figured out a way to do it for the performance and has been one", "title": "Johnny Ace Palmer" }, { "docid": "8523143", "text": "Most Selected Cards Found from a Shuffled Deck in One Minute. He found 21 cards, a record that still stands. Joshua has done innovative research into what he has classified as \"Tragic Magic,\" tricks that have proved fatal to magicians, assistants, and even spectators. Joshua has delivered keynote addresses on the history of magic at museums across the country, and written an academic article on the subject for Gibiciere. Joshua appeared at the 2008 Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama, and has also delivered private performances for former President Clinton. In 2008, Joshua and best-friend Andi Gladwin founded Vanishing Inc.", "title": "Joshua Jay" }, { "docid": "7927766", "text": "a pioneering pinball simulation for early 1980s home computers. \"Midnight Magic\" features actual simulations of a pinball machine ball shooter, flippers, bumpers, and spinners, as well as improved simulation of the ball's actual physics. \"Midnight Magic\" was also the first home video game pinball simulation to feature four flippers instead of two (two sets of two). \"Midnight Magic\" utilized the Atari 2600 joystick for performing simulated pinball functions, such as activating the flippers and shooting the ball. Moving the joystick controller down pulls the pinball machine plunger back while pressing the joystick button shoots the ball into the playfield. The", "title": "Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)" }, { "docid": "2345113", "text": "been made into actual products, such as the 8-Bit Tie, the Personal Soundtrack T-shirt, the Tauntaun sleeping bag and the iCade. Most of ThinkGeek's merchandise is licensed from various science fiction and fantasy media franchises such as \"Star Wars\", \"Star Trek\", \"Firefly\", Marvel Comics, \"Doctor Who\", \"Minecraft\", and \"The Big Bang Theory\". Other products offered by the company include classic pop cultural icons like the Magic 8-Ball, or products inspired by science, such as a Schrödinger's Cat Executive Decision Maker. ThinkGeek ThinkGeek is an American retailer that caters to computer enthusiasts and \"geek culture\". Described as a \"Sharper Image for", "title": "ThinkGeek" }, { "docid": "2253134", "text": "He points to the vat and addresses the rain god. The liquid is protected by a reclining chacmool, who is speaking. What is being requested is pulque, indicated by a glyph indicating the mythical origin of the drink and a split image of the god of pulque above the scene. On the south central panel is depicting a scene after the sacrificed ball player has received the pulque with the same temple, glyphs and depiction of the pulque god. The differences are a depiction of the moon as a rabbit, the rain god in front of the temple and the", "title": "El Tajín" }, { "docid": "2859166", "text": "higher magic numbers, such as 184, 258, 350, and 462 , were predicted based on simple calculations that assumed spherical shapes: these are generated by the formula formula_1 (see binomial coefficient). It is now believed that the sequence of spherical magic numbers cannot be extended in this way. Further predicted magic numbers are 114, 122, 124, and 164 for protons as well as 184, 196, 236, and 318 for neutrons. According to Steven A. Moszkowski (a student of Maria Goeppert-Mayer), the term \"magic number\" was coined by Eugene Wigner: \"Wigner, too, believed in the liquid drop model, but he recognized,", "title": "Magic number (physics)" }, { "docid": "4918528", "text": "that control wetting are also responsible for other related effects, including capillary effects. There are two types of wetting: non-reactive wetting and active wetting. Adhesive forces between a liquid and solid cause a liquid drop to spread across the surface. Cohesive forces within the liquid cause the drop to ball up and avoid contact with the surface. The contact angle (θ), as seen in Figure 1, is the angle at which the liquid–vapor interface meets the solid-liquid interface. The contact angle is determined by the balance between adhesive and cohesive forces. As the tendency of a drop to spread out", "title": "Wetting" }, { "docid": "5118003", "text": "magic of Xanth. On his way to Queen Iris's masquerade ball in honor of Trent's accession to the throne one year before, Bink is attacked by a floating sword, which he deflects using his talent of protection against magical harm. At the ball, he is attacked again by an unseen enemy. Finally, Bink confides in King Trent, who decides to remove Bink from harm's way by sending him out on a mission to find the source of magic of Xanth. To help him, King Trent sends Chester the Centaur and the soldier Crombie. Crombie is turned into a griffin by", "title": "The Source of Magic" }, { "docid": "6477741", "text": "ball on the Lakers' final inbound pass. The Pistons had a 2-0 series lead, but knew it would be tough going in L.A. Magic Johnson tried to play, but the pain of his hamstring injury was just too great. He left Game 3 after just five minutes with the Lakers leading, 11-8. Without Magic, the Lakers made a heroic effort. James Worthy scored 26 points, and the 42-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found the fountain of youth, contributing 24 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Cooper, the last remaining backcourt veteran, had 13 assists and 15 points. But it wasn't enough. Dennis Rodman,", "title": "1989 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "6529157", "text": "win the ball, then earn a free kick by tackling them; such a practice is considered to be against the spirit of the game as a contest. Changes to the rule throughout history have generally been brought about by moving undesirably close to one of these extremes, but many observers have differing opinions on which is the less desirable outcome and what the optimum interpretation would be. The holding the ball rule has its origins in Rule 8 of the Melbourne rules, the rule which placed limitations on a player's freedom to run with the ball. By the early 1870s,", "title": "Holding the ball" }, { "docid": "1904716", "text": "about his admiration for Piccolo and wondering what his species is. In the 1991 album \"Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2\", the song \"The Feeling of Whistling Piccolo Edit\" features Piccolo complaining and begging for a whistler to stop exploiting his weakness before he departs. Piccolo is also mentioned in the song \"Goku\" by Soulja Boy, who brags about feeling like Piccolo and multiple other \"Dragon Ball\" characters, and in the song \"Break Bread\" by Bryson Tiller, with the verse \"Got green like Piccolo\". In the 2006 \"Dragon Ball\" and \"One Piece\" crossover manga \"Cross Epoch\",", "title": "Piccolo (Dragon Ball)" }, { "docid": "622144", "text": "The square of Varahamihira as given above has sum of 18. Here the numbers 1 to 8 appear twice in the square. It is a pan-diagonal magic square. It is also an instance of most perfect magic square. Four different magic squares can be obtained by adding 8 to one of the two sets of 1 to 8 sequence. The sequence is selected such that the number 8 is added exactly twice in each row, each column and each of the main diagonals. One of the possible magic squares shown in the right side. This magic square is remarkable in", "title": "Magic square" }, { "docid": "4852894", "text": "applications. Board games such as \"Dark Tower\", for instance, rely heavily upon electronics. Non-traditional electronic games such as \"Rubik's Revolution\" or electronic toys which blur the boundaries between games and toys such as the \"Electronic Magic 8 Ball Date Ball\" or the \"Electronic Ouija Board\" are often considered electronic games as well. These were types of arcade games similar to arcade video games but relying on electro-mechanical components to produce sounds or images rather than a cathode ray tube screen. These were popular during the 1960s and 1970s, but video games eventually overtook them in popularity during the golden age", "title": "Electronic game" }, { "docid": "4728383", "text": "new Magic Eight Ball album took an exciting turn with the narration of Baz’s poetry for the disc by comic legend, Rik Mayall in London on 7 May 2014. On 10 July the digital single ‘Monkey Bars, accompanied by an Oly Edkins-directed video and the exclusive b-side ‘Rose-Tinted Eyes’ was released for a limited time. Magic Eight Ball began a European tour on 11 July 2014 and played Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands for the first time. They then returned to England to play on the Main Stage at Weyfest in Surrey on 30 August 2014 on the same bill", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "18486330", "text": "once he is adopted. Santa and Nicholas use the Magic ball to restore Mrs. Poulmer, the children, Little Beatrice and Rufus back to normal size and Nicholas delivers the presents to the children. Little Beatrice then introduces to Nicholas as she likes Rufus and thought she said something silly about it as she feels something special. Santa adopts Nicholas and takes him back to the North Pole and explaining to Nicholas that once he retires, he will run the orphanage. Santa gives Nicholas a Magic ball so that he can use Christmas Magic. Little Beatrice was stowed in the bag", "title": "Santa's Apprentice" }, { "docid": "11658365", "text": "8 Ball Aitken 8 Ball Aitken (born 8 June 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and slide guitarist. 8 Ball plays country, blues, swamp & Americana music and he is notable for his fusion of country music with the genres of Australian blues and roots music. 8 Ball Aitken has released eight albums: Behind The 8 Ball (2004), Odd Ball In (2006), Rebel With A Cause (2008), The Tamworth Tapes (2011), Alive In Tamworth (2012), A Bluer Shade Of Blue (2013), Southern Hemisphere (2013) and The New Normal (2015). 8 Ball Aitken's 2013 album release titled Southern Hemisphere produced a", "title": "8 Ball Aitken" }, { "docid": "5147735", "text": "Magic angle spinning In nuclear magnetic resonance, magic-angle spinning (MAS) is a technique often used to perform experiments in solid-state NMR spectroscopy and, more recently, liquid Proton nuclear magnetic resonance. By spinning the sample (usually at a frequency of 1 to 130 kHz) at the magic angle θ (ca. 54.74°, where cosθ=1/3) with respect to the direction of the magnetic field, the normally broad lines become narrower, increasing the resolution for better identification and analysis of the spectrum. In any condensed phase, a nuclear spin experiences a great number of interactions. The main three interactions (dipolar, chemical shift anisotropy, quadrupolar)", "title": "Magic angle spinning" }, { "docid": "5764157", "text": "Magic acid Magic acid (FSOH·SbF) is a superacid consisting of a mixture, most commonly in a 1:1 molar ratio, of fluorosulfuric acid (HSOF) and antimony pentafluoride (SbF). This conjugate Brønsted–Lewis superacid system was developed in the 1960s by the George Olah lab at Case Western Reserve University, and has been used to stabilize carbocations and hypercoordinated carbonium ions in liquid media. Magic acid and other superacids are also used to catalyze isomerization of saturated hydrocarbons, and have been shown to protonate even weak bases, including methane, xenon, halogens, and molecular hydrogen. The term \"superacid\" was first used in 1927 when", "title": "Magic acid" }, { "docid": "5083563", "text": "in the December 8, 2006 issue of the journal \"Science\". Malin Systems published several documents which describe what they found: Before the December 2006 paper, some researchers were skeptical that liquid water was responsible for the surface features seen by the spacecraft. They said other materials such as sand or dust can flow like a liquid and produce similar results. At this stage, (late 2006) the flowing water hypothesis looks strong, however more evidence is needed. For more, see Life on Mars. The MSSS cameras on board the Mars Global Surveyor, produced high resolution images that were also processed by", "title": "Malin Space Science Systems" }, { "docid": "6920273", "text": "Trade-Net, sold a laundry ball product (the Blue Laundry Ball) in various US states. Trade-Net claimed that the blue liquid inside their balls was structured water \"that emits a negative charge through the walls of the container into your laundry water.\" \"This causes the water molecule cluster to disassociate, allowing much smaller individual water molecules to penetrate into the innermost part of the fabric.\" Dennis Barnum, a professor of inorganic chemistry at Portland State University, said that the liquid was just water with a blue dye and couldn't possibly have the effect claimed by the manufacturer. Barnum also said that", "title": "Laundry ball" }, { "docid": "17977679", "text": "made in promoting the charity initiative with various participants signing the balls or playing football or symbolically \"passing the ball\" to other participants who would sign in their turn. Magic System official website posted direct links to individual signed balls to help in bidding for them. The celebrities taking part included: \"Asalfo\" (Salif Traoré) of Magic System is an Ambassador of Goodwill for UNESCO's literacy programme. Magic in the Air (Magic System song) \"Magic in the Air\" is a 2014 single by Ivorian musical group Magic System, featuring Moroccan singer Chawki and produced by Moroccan producer RedOne. The track also", "title": "Magic in the Air (Magic System song)" }, { "docid": "4728385", "text": "and students. After completing a year’s worth of recording for their sophomore effort, Magic Eight Ball officially released their collaboration with Rik Mayall and their second album, ‘Last Of The Old Romantics' both on CD and also for download with bonus tracks on 10 November 2014. On 1 December 2014, Magic Eight Ball released their stand-alone two-song Christmas single ‘I Just Love You More At Christmas’. On the same day, Cargo Records released Donnie’s Vie’s double-record, The White Album, featuring vocals from Baz Francis on the tracks ‘For Your Pleasure’ and ‘Unforsaken’. Following mixing work done to a session recorded", "title": "Magic Eight Ball (band)" }, { "docid": "6245302", "text": "appear that the cloth is being pulled about by the ball, as opposed to being under the magician's control. Glorpy, the \"trick of the millennium\", is essentially the zombie ball without the ball. Zombie ball The zombie ball is a classic magic trick first introduced by Joe Karson in the 1940s. It remains a staple of many shows to this day. called it one of the most popular tricks in the world. The magician places a large metal ball on a small pedestal on a table. The ball is then covered with a large silk cloth which the magician holds", "title": "Zombie ball" }, { "docid": "5931252", "text": "There are two main types of roller ball pens: liquid ink pens and gel ink pens. The 'liquid-ink' type uses an ink and ink supply system similar to a fountain pen, and they are designed to combine the convenience of a ballpoint pen with the smooth \"wet ink\" effect of a fountain pen. Gel inks usually contain pigments, while liquid inks are limited to dyestuffs, as pigments will sink down in liquid ink (sedimentation). The thickness and suspending power of gels allows the use of pigments in gelled ink, which yields a greater variety of brighter colors than is possible", "title": "Rollerball pen" }, { "docid": "5933773", "text": "first time she definitely promises never to pull it away again. When Charlie Brown gets ill at a ball game, Lucy promises never to pull the ball away. She does not pull the ball away when Charlie Brown gets better, but he misses and kicks her arm, resulting in her arm being encased in a cast. Charlie Brown is mentioned as kicking it in the \"It's Magic, Charlie Brown\" special. It was the second (and last) episode for Kristen Fullerton as Lucy van Pelt, after when Sydney Penny voiced Lucy in \"It's Magic, Charlie Brown\", Penny decided she would let", "title": "A Charlie Brown Celebration" }, { "docid": "6332165", "text": "regular object ball and the 8 ball in the same shot. Scratching the cue ball into a pocket while shooting the 8 ball does not result in a loss of game if the 8 ball remains on the table; the cue ball is head-spotted, as described above, and the shot is treated as a major foul, with a one-pulled-ball penalty. This rule is sometimes dropped in informal play, with a scratch while attempting the 8 ball considered a loss of game. Another variant is to treat a player's third such scratch while attempting the 8 during the same game as", "title": "Chinese eight-ball" }, { "docid": "12659131", "text": "as combustible as petrol. Hongcheng called it \"the fifth greatest invention of China\", in a reference to the four Great Inventions of China, and his invention became more popular, finally reaching on 28 January 1993 the front pages of a major national newspaper. In the winter of 1985, Wang showed this technique in Beijing, Hebei, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The Chinese security and military departments started to look into his claims and funded his research. In 1992–1993 Hongcheng founded a company called \"Hongcheng Magic Liquid\" to manufacture his product and raised a total of 300 million yuan (US$37 million). No product,", "title": "Hongcheng Magic Liquid" }, { "docid": "11658369", "text": "and gigs across Australia, Canada, Japan and throughout Europe. Discography 8 Ball Aitken 8 Ball Aitken (born 8 June 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and slide guitarist. 8 Ball plays country, blues, swamp & Americana music and he is notable for his fusion of country music with the genres of Australian blues and roots music. 8 Ball Aitken has released eight albums: Behind The 8 Ball (2004), Odd Ball In (2006), Rebel With A Cause (2008), The Tamworth Tapes (2011), Alive In Tamworth (2012), A Bluer Shade Of Blue (2013), Southern Hemisphere (2013) and The New Normal (2015). 8", "title": "8 Ball Aitken" }, { "docid": "12659138", "text": "and the growth of pseudoscience and anti-science ideas, and then indicated that they would reinforce the public education about science. Most officials support the effort to root out pseudoscience in China, although the government still sends occasionally mixed signals, like one incident when a high-ranking official ordered the Guangming Daily to pull a letter critical of Hongcheng at the last minute. He Zuoxiu explains that corruption will also have to be fought at the same time as pseudoscience, since some officials and journalists may \"have a stake\" in these inventions, and would be harmed by their exposure. Hongcheng Magic Liquid", "title": "Hongcheng Magic Liquid" }, { "docid": "3202577", "text": "choice. There are many \"executive decision maker\" products available, such as the decision wheels and the Magic 8-Ball, which randomly produce yes/no or other \"decisions\" for someone who cannot make up their mind or just wants to delegate. According to the concept of fate psychology, a category such as “choice” is significant in one’s life not only in present, but it immensely defines his future. Leopold Sondi: A ouija board is also a delegated decision. As a moral principle, decisions should be made by those most affected by the decision, but this is not normally applied to persons in jail,", "title": "Choice" }, { "docid": "830178", "text": "Lee, it is about a high school boy who wakes up after an accident in the body of Yamcha in the \"Dragon Ball\" manga. Knowing what comes later in the story, he trains as Yamcha to make him the strongest warrior. A second chapter was released on May 8, 2017 and the final one on August 14, 2017. A \"tankōbon\" collecting all three chapters was published on November 2, 2017. Viz licensed the series for English publication and released the collected volume on November 6, 2018. \"Dragon Ball\" is one of the most popular manga series of all time. It", "title": "Dragon Ball (manga)" }, { "docid": "8659990", "text": "device. The quick-connector fittings which allow hoses to be easily attached and removed from the ports come in two mechanical varieties, namely pin lock and ball lock, which are not interchangeable. Historically, pin lock kegs were used primarily by the Coca-Cola company, while ball lock kegs were used primarily by Pepsi. On a pin lock keg, there are metal posts (pins) extending horizontally from around the port. When the connector is attached, these pins hold it in place. The \"gas in\" port has two pins, while the \"liquid out\" has three, making it impossible to accidentally switch the gas-versus-liquid hoses", "title": "Cornelius keg" }, { "docid": "7642478", "text": "Wonder Ball The Wonder Ball is a brand of chocolate manufactured in the United States by Nestlé and later by the Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company. The spherical candy, which weighs 3 grams, has an outer shell that is pure milk chocolate and a hollow interior containing candies. The wonder ball is wrapped in foil, placed in a small box, and packaged with a collectible sticker. The Wonder Ball was first introduced in the mid 1990s. The product's slogan was \"What's In the Wonder Ball?\" Originally called Nestlé Magic Ball, the product contained small figurines of Disney characters, similar to", "title": "Wonder Ball" }, { "docid": "16466034", "text": "Damian Lazarus, The Gaslamp Killer, Ryan Hemsworth, Cashmere Cat, Chet Faker, What So Not, TOKiMONSTA, Lee Burridge, Max Cooper, Break Science, Henry Saiz, Slow Magic, Kraddy, Echocell, Tourist, Blond:ish, J. Phlip, DJ Tennis, Ana Sia, Thomas Jack, Random Rab, Maxxi Soundsystem, Kraak & Smaak, Klartraum, Kayla Scintilla, Sweater Beats, Desert Dwellers, Russ Liquid, Thriftworks, Fabio Gianelli, Fort Knox Five, Sugarpill, Dirtwire, Pumpkin, Dimond Saints, The Human Experience, Tara Brooks, Jon Dadon, Natasha Kmeto Purity Ring, Nicolas Jaar, Rusko, Lucent Dossier Experience, Paper Diamond, PANTyRAiD, Tycho, Emancipator, Eskmo, GRiZ, Aaron Snapes, Acid Pauli, Andreilien, A.Skillz, Black 22s, Blackbird Blackbird, Blockhead, Cameron", "title": "Lightning in a Bottle" }, { "docid": "10598109", "text": "pubs), haggis and the Loch Ness monster. Princess Pumpalot (The Farting Princess) is a children's book published on 16 July 2012. Synopsis: On the occasion of her 13th birthday, Princess Pumpalot (The Farting Princess) is presented with the key to the cabinet. This is no ordinary key and this is no ordinary cabinet. The cabinet contains 32,141 tins of magic beans . . . beans that make you fart. Competing to take Princess Pumpalot to the Royal Birthday Ball are twin brothers Prince Niceavia and Prince Nastavia. Who will win this battle and what the heck is a low-flying gnome?", "title": "Robin Mitchell" }, { "docid": "3182750", "text": "too rough and the tears become too deep – this is why golf ball dimples are never below a certain depth, and so \"conventional\" swing weakens over time; the separation point moves toward the front of the ball on the rough side. When polishing the shiny side of the ball, numerous liquids are used, such as sweat, saliva, sunscreen, hair gel (which bowlers may apply to their hair before a game) and other illegal substances like Vaseline (applied to the clothing where the ball is polished). These liquids penetrate the porous surface of the leather ball. Over time the liquid", "title": "Swing bowling" }, { "docid": "4993548", "text": "about 4–7 hours of use, the Bungee Ball's bungee cord would snap, and the ball itself would break, releasing synthetic liquid. They were recalled in October 2003. By then, nearly all Bungee Balls had vanished from retail stores. Bungee Balls are now most available by online shopping. Bungee ball Bungee balls are toys that are produced as a means of enhancing a person's hand–eye coordination. Traditionally, a bungee ball is made of plastic. At one end or an elastic cord a person slips his/her finger into a notch and at the other end is an elastic hollow ball containing synthetic", "title": "Bungee ball" }, { "docid": "7927765", "text": "Midnight Magic (Atari 2600) Midnight Magic is a video game released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1986, although on-screen it displays a copyright of 1984. The game suffered from a delay. This is most likely due to the video game crash of 1983. As Atari's second attempt at a video game simulation of pinball, \"Midnight Magic\" features more realistic ball physics and graphics than the older \"Video Pinball\". The game was programmed by Glenn Axworthy. In spite of its similar name, the Atari version of \"Midnight Magic\" uses a completely different table design from \"David's Midnight Magic\",", "title": "Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)" }, { "docid": "18004576", "text": "a hasty retreat, Fred determines the Eshu is looking for the same autographed ball. The next day, they go to the alley where Scooby first encountered Eshu. Daphne finds a broken test tube that's labelled as belonging to Professor Eduardo Perez. When they go to the professor's research lab, they're stopped by an angry security guard but another scientist overhears what they found and brings them to the eccentric Professor Perez. They learn that the test tube was filled with an experimental liquid that modifies the quality of rubber (making it extra strong and bouncy) and it was stolen by", "title": "Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals" }, { "docid": "196783", "text": "Magic 8-Ball, various answers to yes-no questions are inscribed on a regular icosahedron. R. Buckminster Fuller and Japanese cartographer Shoji Sadao designed a world map in the form of an unfolded icosahedron, called the Fuller projection, whose maximum distortion is only 2%. The American electronic music duo ODESZA use a regular icosahedron as their logo. The skeleton of the icosahedron (the vertices and edges) forms a graph. It is one of 5 Platonic graphs, each a skeleton of its Platonic solid. The high degree of symmetry of the polygon is replicated in the properties of this graph, which is distance-transitive", "title": "Regular icosahedron" } ]

[ "Jermaine Stewart" ]

[ { "docid": "10094495", "text": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" (released in the UK as \"We Don't Have To...\") is American R&B vocalist Jermaine Stewart's first of three singles from 1986. The song was included on his second album \"Frantic Romantic\", released that same year. \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" remains Stewart's biggest commercial success in both America and Europe. The song acquired a great deal of success after being used on the hit 1980s television show \"Miami Vice\" and reached number 2 on the UK and Canadian charts, as well", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "10094495", "text": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" (released in the UK as \"We Don't Have To...\") is American R&B vocalist Jermaine Stewart's first of three singles from 1986. The song was included on his second album \"Frantic Romantic\", released that same year. \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" remains Stewart's biggest commercial success in both America and Europe. The song acquired a great deal of success after being used on the hit 1980s television show \"Miami Vice\" and reached number 2 on the UK and Canadian charts, as well", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "10094502", "text": "debut album, \"Trinity\". Pop singer Lil' Chris covered the song and released it as the only single from his second album, \"What's It All About?\", on 19 October 2007. It peaked at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart. This was his last single before his death in 2015. CD single 7\" vinyl We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" (released in the UK as \"We Don't Have To...\") is American R&B vocalist Jermaine Stewart's first of three singles from 1986. The song was included on his second album \"Frantic Romantic\",", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "10403688", "text": "Clothes Off!! \"Clothes Off!!\" is the fifth single from Gym Class Heroes' third album, \"As Cruel as School Children\". It features vocalist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. It was released in June 2007, and peaked at number forty six on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Outside the United States, \"Clothes Off\" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Finland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The original hook for the song is from Jermaine Stewart's 1986 single \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". A remix to the song was released in November 2008 featuring", "title": "Clothes Off!!" }, { "docid": "10094500", "text": "Word Is Out\" as the final track. \"Brilliance\" was written by Stewart and Julian Lindsay. Lindsay had previously performed piano on the 1983 Culture Club album \"Colour by Numbers\", which also featured Stewart on backing vocals. The American b-side was \"Give Your Love to Me\" which was used as the closing track on the album \"Frantic Romantic\". It was written by Jakko J. and Jermaine Stewart. For the single, various remixes of \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" were released. These remixes were created by Lewis A. Martineé, who would soon go on to success as svengali for", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "3493507", "text": "aired, known as 'Charity Shop' or 'Dancing Clothes', featuring dancing clothes at a charity shop to the tune of \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" by Jermaine Stewart. This exposed the song to a new generation who downloaded the track and returned the song to the UK Top 40 so far reaching no. 29. This ad also marks the return of the Glass and a Half Full title card. A new 'record label' was launched as part of the Glass and a Half Full Productions campaign. The first song released was \"Zingolo\" featuring Tinny, to promote Fairtrade Dairy", "title": "Cadbury Dairy Milk" }, { "docid": "14795775", "text": "entered the music program at Florida State University in 1980 at the age 17. While there he studied classical guitar under Bruce Holzman. After earning an Associate of Arts diploma from FSU, Amigo moved to Miami and actively performed in recording sessions and original and cover bands while attending music classes at University of Miami. His first recording session at age 17 was the top 40 Narada Michael Walden-produced \"We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off\" by Jermaine Stewart. He moved Los Angeles to pursue music and a university education and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political", "title": "Cristian Amigo" }, { "docid": "10365721", "text": "with Zack and Miri. Smith made a statement about featuring the song in the film: An original song by mc chris called \"Miri and Zack\" was made for the film. An older song by mc chris, \"Fett's Vette\", was also used in the film, as well as \"Sex and Candy\" by Marcy Playground and Jermaine Stewart's 1986 hit \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off.\" Although some copies of the February 2009 \"2-Disc Edition\" DVD were originally released under its full intended title in the United States, some DVDs were released under \"Zack and Miri\", the censored title used", "title": "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" }, { "docid": "7783202", "text": "drum machine, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizers and the band dabbling in many genres such as Electronica, Funk and Soul. Since its release, it has been certified gold by the RIAA. The name of the album is a lyric from \"Scandalous Scholastics\", which is a track on the album. The band re-released this album, which includes the new remix of \"Cupid's Chokehold\". A number of notable musicians appear on this album. \"Clothes Off!\" features Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump. The hook for the song is from Jermaine Stewart's 1986 song \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". \"Biter's Block\" features", "title": "As Cruel as School Children" }, { "docid": "105852", "text": "to direct spots for Levi's, Converse, Nike, Pepsi, Revlon, Sony, Coca-Cola, Chanel, and other companies, Fincher began to focus on music videos. He directed the video for 1986's \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\", which was the biggest commercial success for pop/R&B singer Jermaine Stewart, Michael Jackson's \"Who Is It\", and worked extensively with Madonna, directing videos for \"Express Yourself\", \"Oh Father\", \"Vogue\" and \"Bad Girl\". 20th Century Fox hired Fincher to replace Vincent Ward as the director of the science fiction horror film \"Alien 3\" (1992), his feature directorial debut. The third installment in the \"Alien\" franchise", "title": "David Fincher" }, { "docid": "18885083", "text": "semi-final on 29 May, Scott performed \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" by Jermaine Stewart. Walliams commented \"You really sound like a recording artist\", whilst Alesha Dixon suggested that he could have \"success around the world\". He won the semi final with 25.6% of the vote, sending him straight through to the final. In the final on 31 May, Scott performed \"Diamonds\" by Rihanna and finished sixth out of 12 contestants with 8.2% of the vote. After \"Britain's Got Talent\", Scott embarked on a series of shows around the United Kingdom, including Viking FM Future Star Awards, Flamingo", "title": "Calum Scott" }, { "docid": "4732199", "text": "in certain countries in Asia. In these regions, the band had seen some moderate interest; however, due to a lack of success, they were dropped from 1967 Records in late 2004. Clea were continued to be managed by Upside Management and released music independently through a specially created label. In September 2005, Clea collaborated with production group Da Playaz to release a single, named \"We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off\" a dance remake of the Narada Michael Walden song originally made famous by Jermaine Stewart. This single reached number 35 on the UK chart. \"Lucky Like That\", released", "title": "Clea (band)" }, { "docid": "6173047", "text": "Jermaine Stewart William Jermaine Stewart (September 7, 1957 – March 17, 1997) was an American male R&B singer best known for his 1986 hit single \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\", which reached number 2 in both the UK and Canada. It also reached number 5 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. William Jermaine Stewart was born in Columbus, Ohio in the United States of America, to Ethel and Eugene Stewart. In 1972, his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Stewart took his first steps toward a career in entertainment. Eventually he gained recognition as a dancer on", "title": "Jermaine Stewart" }, { "docid": "8656464", "text": "Trinity (Clea album) Trinity is an album by the British group Clea. It was the first release following the departure of member Chloe Staines. \"Trinity\", Clea's second album (their first and only album release in the UK) was released on 3 July 2006 on Upside Records. In September 2005, Clea collaborated with production group Da Playaz to release a single, \"We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off\". This was a dance remake of the Narada Michael Walden song made famous by Jermaine Stewart. The single reached number 35 on the UK charts. \"Lucky Like That\" was the band's second", "title": "Trinity (Clea album)" }, { "docid": "15718807", "text": "United Kingdom, excluding the 2011 re-entry of his best selling hit \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". A promotional video was filmed for the single. The B-Side for the single \"Holes in My Jeans\" was taken from \"What Becomes a Legend Most\". It was written by Stewart and Scher. The \"New-New Mix\" remix of \"Every Woman Wants To\" was created by the American producer Bryan \"Chuck\" New. Every Woman Wants To \"Every Woman Wants To\" is a song by American singer Jermaine Stewart, released as the second and final single in 1990 from his fourth studio album \"What", "title": "Every Woman Wants To" }, { "docid": "15720754", "text": "released as a hit single from his album of the same name. In 1987, Jermaine Stewart's version of \"Say It Again\" was released as the lead single from his third studio album \"Say It Again\". It was produced by Aaron Zigman and Jerry Knight. Continuing the commercial success of his 1986 hit \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\", \"Say It Again\" was a hit in the United States and Europe. It reached No. 27 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1988, while in the UK it peaked at No. 7 in 1987. It was also a Top 10", "title": "Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart song)" } ]

[ { "docid": "10094497", "text": "it made a lot of peoples' minds open up a little bit. We didn't only want to just talk about clothes, we wanted to extend that. We wanted to use the song as a theme to be able to say you don't have to do all the negative things that society forces on you. You don't have to drink and drive. You don't have to take drugs early. The girls don't have to get pregnant early. So the clothes bit of it was to get people's attention, which it did and I'm glad it was a positive message.\"\" The song", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "16414093", "text": "by Silk's \"Freak Me\" (1993). Cameron Adams of the \"Herald Sun\" musically compared the song to Prince. The theme of \"Sweet Love\" revolves around sex. It contains lyrics about Brown asking his lover to take off her clothes so that they can have sex. During the chorus, he harmonizes: \"Oooh baby let's get naked / Just so we can make sweet love / All these sensations got me going crazy for you / Inside on top of you / Grinding inside and out of you / Baby I know what to do / Let's just take our clothes off\". The", "title": "Sweet Love (Chris Brown song)" }, { "docid": "10094496", "text": "number 5 in the United States. \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\" was written by Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass. Walden is a well-known American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. Stewart recorded it during 1985 and it was released across the world the following summer, reaching the top 10 in both the USA and the UK. The single seemed to reflect more modesty when it came to sex in light of the AIDS pandemic at the time. In 1988, Stewart was interviewed by Donnie Simpson where Stewart spoke of the lyrical message within the song. \"\"I think", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "6173054", "text": "Me\". Although the album was not completed, the finished tracks were released on the 2005 compilation \"\", which was released under BFG Records (which is owned by Stewart's brother). The 2008 song \"Clothes Off\" by Gym Class Heroes sampled Stewart's signature song \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". On October 18, 2010, Cherry Red Records re-issued his album \"Frantic Romantic\" on CD for the first time since 1986. It includes bonus tracks, most notable of which are the 12\" mixes of \"Jody\" and \"Dance Floor\", making their CD debut. In 2011, the song \"We Don't Have to Take", "title": "Jermaine Stewart" }, { "docid": "15683590", "text": "a ton of spiritual take away here. I'm ok with that because Mat's been very open about his own spirituality and I'm one that believes we need just as many positive songs about relationships and love as we do about our relationship with Christ. After all, there's more to love in this life than God and He designed it that way. We have our significant others, our family members, our friends and that's life. Mat sings about life and places his lyrics against a musical landscape that continues to be refreshing, relevant, intricate and inventive. If you enjoy great music,", "title": "Young Love (Mat Kearney album)" }, { "docid": "12471847", "text": "finite population \"Z\", ..., \"Z\". We can represent our sample of size \"n\" in terms of the proportion of the sample \"n\" / \"n\" taking on each value in the population. Writing our estimator of θ as \"T\"(\"n\" / \"n\", ..., \"n\" / \"n\"), the population analogue of the estimator is \"T\"(\"p\", ..., \"p\"), where p = \"P\"(\"X\" = \"Z\"). Thus we have \"Fisher consistency\" if \"T\"(\"p\", ..., \"p\") = θ. Suppose the parameter of interest is the expected value μ and the estimator is the sample mean, which can be written where \"I\" is the indicator function. The population", "title": "Fisher consistency" }, { "docid": "20945549", "text": "increasingly use of the insight he had gained during his 1937 visit to the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne - and the relevant establishments in Paris - that \"our naked German girls are better looking than the French women.\" His conclusion for the Night of the Amazons was: \"All we have to do is take off the clothes of the girls right here at home, put them into the spotlight, and men with money to spend will forsake Paris for Munich.\" From 1938 onward the number of girls dressed only in skin-coloured panties increased. For", "title": "Night of the Amazons" }, { "docid": "12517852", "text": "Temple. It stated \"radical Trotskyite elements which defected from our organization when we refused to follow their violent course have been orchestrating a campaign against us.\" Moten's letter suggested that Soviet overtures to assist the Temple might embarrass the U.S.: \"[i]n fact, several overtures have been made from Russia, which sees our current harassment as a form of political persecution. We do not want to take assistance from any people nor do we want to become an international issue.\" On April 11, 1978, the Concerned Relatives distributed a packet of documents, including letters and affidavits that they titled an \"Accusation", "title": "Timothy Stoen" }, { "docid": "6230345", "text": "many people went on pilgrimages to local or regional sanctuaries. The term \"ee ja nai ka\" was a refrain in popular songs performed during these activities and was therefore later chosen as their title. The phrase's meaning is both defiant and fatalistic, and it translates as \"Who cares?\", \"Why not?\", or \"What the hell?\", along the lines of \"Who cares if we take our clothes off?\", \"Who cares if we have sex?\". The great diversity and rivalry of religious practice in premodern Japan helped shape the range of events. It has been suggested that religious activists, such as priests and", "title": "Ee ja nai ka" }, { "docid": "17458870", "text": "of \"M\" is primitive and if we take \"α\" = 1 we have \"M\" = {(\"t\",\"t\")|\"t\" ∈ \"T\"}, which includes Inn(\"T\") on Ω. In fact any automorphism of \"T\" will act on Ω. A primitive group of type HS is then any group \"G\" such that \"M\" ≅ \"T\".Inn(\"T\") ≤ \"G\" ≤ \"T\".Aut(\"T\"). All such groups have \"N\" and \"N\" as minimal normal subgroups. HC (holomorph of a compound group): Let \"T\" be a nonabelian simple group and let \"N\" ≅ \"N\" ≅ \"T\" for some integer \"k\" ≥ 2. Let Ω = \"T\". Then \"M\" = \"N\" × \"N\"", "title": "O'Nan–Scott theorem" }, { "docid": "10094499", "text": "track and returned it to the UK Top 40 reaching No. 29. The song also appeared in Kevin Smith's film \"Zack and Miri Make a Porno\", and the episode \"My Dirty Secret\" of the television show \"Scrubs\". The song has been covered a number of times and versions have been released by Clea, Lil' Chris, Maria José Samper and Ella Eyre, while it also provided the hook for Gym Class Heroes' fifth single \"Clothes Off!!\" and was sampled by rapper Mase on his album \"Welcome Back\". The B-side for the European single \"Brilliance\" appeared on Stewart's 1984 debut album \"The", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "606047", "text": "+ 1) was an inversion pair for σ) or more (in case (\"i\", \"i\" + 1) was not an inversion pair). Then apply the inverses of \"T*\", \"T*\", ..., \"T\"* in the same way, \"unraveling\" the permutation \"σ\". At the end we get the identity permutation, whose \"N\" (see above) is zero. This means that the original \"N\"(\"σ\") less \"k\"' is even and also \"N\"(\"σ\") less \"k\" is even (addition modulo two is independent of sign). We can do the same thing with the other decomposition, \"Q*\"...\"Q\"*, and it will turn out that the original \"N\"(\"σ\") less \"m\" is even.", "title": "Parity of a permutation" }, { "docid": "19100681", "text": "and blessings for his new relationship, \"Send my love to your new lover / Treat her better / We gotta let go of all our ghosts / We both know we ain't kids no more.\" Petrusich added that \"[t]here's unrequited love, but then there’s love that changes shape; [...] This is the love that Adele sings of, the kind where there’s nothing left to do but resign.\" During an interview with \"The Guardian\", Adele referred to the track as a \"fuck-you song\" to an ex-boyfriend, whom she dated between the guy who inspired her \"21\" album, and husband Simon Konecki.", "title": "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" }, { "docid": "3847155", "text": "Mirror\" in July 2008. The firm responded by discontinuing the relationship with highstreetmax.com and saying, 'Once our customers leave our site they are given an option to sign-up for a third-party cash back programme. When they sign up within the terms and conditions it is made clear that further payments will be taken. However we have had some feedback from customers who have inadvertently signed up. On this basis we feel that it is the right thing to do to take this off our site.' Lastminute.com lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer. The company was founded by Martha", "title": "Lastminute.com" }, { "docid": "14389148", "text": "Chinese tortured was terrifying, they beat us using their full strength. Sometimes they forced us to take off our clothes. We were locked up in a room with our arms and legs handcuffed and they beat us. The chain injured the surface but not the inside of the body. If they hit us with the electric baton, our entire body trembled and gradually we were unable to speak.\" Jamyang Samten was eventually released and fled to Kathmandu in Nepal. Director Jezza Neumann, who spent three months undercover in Tibet, said that \"There are spies everywhere,\" and that \"There are the", "title": "Human rights in Tibet" }, { "docid": "653218", "text": "we have to reword the problem so that the sequential version is in P. That is why this problem required \"T\" to be written in unary. If a number \"T\" is written as a binary number (a string of \"n\" ones and zeros, where \"n\" = log \"T\"), then the obvious sequential algorithm can take time 2. On the other hand, if \"T\" is written as a unary number (a string of \"n\" ones, where \"n\" = \"T\"), then it only takes time \"n\". By writing \"T\" in unary rather than binary, we have reduced the obvious sequential algorithm from", "title": "P-complete" }, { "docid": "18626944", "text": "the scene. This uncle comes clad in a diamond watch, mohair suit and accompanied by a girl wearing a leopard-skin hat. He wants to share his life story with Vivien, telling her all about her family’s past. Vivien’s parents do not take well to this intruder. But Vivien wants to know why. That is just the plot. Throughout the pages the readers learn about heroism, survival and betrayals and how our clothes define our personalities. Major themes in The Clothes on Their Back – set in 1970s London – are survival and betrayal, post-war, childhood and becoming the person we", "title": "The Clothes on Their Backs" }, { "docid": "16229594", "text": "and soul free and makes references to Hurricane Katrina. However, the refrain strikes a more optimistic (or ironic depending on listener interpretation) note that \"Wherever this flag is flown/We take care of our own.\" NPR's Ann Powers describes the song as \"a bitter anthem\" and states that on this song, as with \"Born in the U.S.A.,\" \"Glory Days\", and 2008's \"Girls in Their Summer Clothes,\" \"Springsteen brings out big emotions and then demands we drop the delusions that often accompany them.\" In the second official video, the first few repetitions of the lines, \"Wherever this flag's flown,\" do not appear", "title": "We Take Care of Our Own" }, { "docid": "5808885", "text": "all know why you have come here -- you want to pervert us from our ancient beliefs with your smooth-tongued flattery and damage and destroy our revered helper, but it is all in vain for you may take our heads but this we will not let you do.\" (Novitsky: 92-93) Novitsky describes the above-mentioned idol as follows: \"The idol was carved of wood, attired in green clothes, the evil looking face was covered with white iron, a black fox skin was placed on its head; the whole sanctuary, especially his site which was higher than anywhere else, was decorated with", "title": "Yugra" }, { "docid": "4235725", "text": "in which \"X\" = N and μ is counting measure on N. In this case any sequence {\"H\"} of separable Hilbert spaces can be considered as a measurable family. Moreover, In our running example, any bounded linear operator \"T\" on is given by an infinite matrix Let us consider operators that are \"block diagonal\", that is all entries off the diagonal are zero. We call these operators \"decomposable\". These operators can be characterized as those that commute with diagonal matrices: We now proceed to the general definition: A family of bounded operators {\"T\"} with \"T\" ∈ L(\"H\") is said to", "title": "Direct integral" }, { "docid": "3557925", "text": "they would have to give their services for nothing. Remarkably, most of the acts stayed on. Free were billed to play, but withdrew. Those who did appear included MC5, The Pretty Things, Kevin Ayers, Steve Peregrin Took's band Shagrat, Edgar Broughton Band, Mungo Jerry, Mighty Baby and Pink Fairies \"who were taking all their clothes off as they played\". The Beat generation poet William Burroughs also appeared. The Hells Angels - UK had been hired as the security force, but Farren said, \"It slowly dawned on us that although none of our original plans had come together, we were no", "title": "Phun City" }, { "docid": "5647153", "text": "hire Boston area multi-instrumentalist Jamie Edwards, who had formerly played with Blue Man Group and that Jeremy knew through a mutual friend, to augment their live shows. \"The turning point was when we decided to take off the table our usual constraint, which is that if we can't pull it off as a three-piece instrumental then we shouldn't be doing it,\" said Mike Turner. \"Now we're like, we'll get another guy, we'll do whatever we have to, let's just make a great record. So we indulged ourselves with a lot of textures, a lot of other sounds.\" Jamie provided extra", "title": "Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch" }, { "docid": "19780556", "text": "Classic Empire after the race, stating: \"I'm not going to dispute the fact that I brought in a fresh horse as part of our strategy. Classic Empire and Always Dreaming are two outstanding horses and our strategy was, if we were going to ever beat them, let's take them on two weeks' rest when we have six, and it worked.\" Casse also considered running him without blinkers in future races. \"If I could do it all over again, the only thing I would do differently is I would take the blinkers off him. I'm not sure how much he saw", "title": "Classic Empire (horse)" }, { "docid": "8656465", "text": "single from this album and was released in June 2006. The single placed at number 55 on the UK charts. In July 2006, Clea released \"We Don't Have to Take our Clothes Off\" in Hong Kong, under the label \"Ludavibe\". The song had a lot of airplay, peaking at number 1 on the week of 23 July on the RTHK 2 radio chart. The song did not make an appearance on any other international radio charts. The album \"Trinity\" was released in Hong Kong with a different packaging and a bonus CD including the videos for \"We Don't Have to", "title": "Trinity (Clea album)" }, { "docid": "17858330", "text": "be formed into a special reserve to take the place of guards who became sick or were removed for other reasons. A new blue-and-white regimental flag was issued, with \"Perryville\" and \"Murfreesboro\" written on it in large white letters, the original one having been virtually destroyed at those two engagements. In camp, soldiers of the regiment occupied themselves in various ways: \"we carried wood, water, cooked, washed our clothes, cleaned our guns, conversed, wrote letters to our people at home, tussled, ran foot races, jumped, boxed or jollied each other in friendly ways; some recruits loafed or layed around and", "title": "33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry" }, { "docid": "10094501", "text": "the Latin freestyle group, Exposé. A special UK/Australian 12\" single was released titled \"We Don't Have To...\" which featured different artwork. 7\" single (American release) 7\" single (Canadian release) 7\" single (European release) 7\" single (UK and Australian release) 12\" single (American and Canadian release) 12\" single (European release) 12\" single (UK release) Taken from the \"Frantic Romantic\" liner notes. The song was covered by Clea and was released as their third single. It was released in the UK in September 2005 and giving them their third Top 40 hit, charting at number 35. The song appears on their UK", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "10094498", "text": "reignited Stewart's popularity, as his previous single, \"I Like It\" had failed to make much impact as a follow-up to Stewart's moderately successful debut single, \"The Word Is Out\" (\"I Like It\" did not chart in either the UK or America). A popular promotional video, directed by David Fincher, was created for the single as well as numerous TV performances to promote the single, including stints on \"Soul Train\" and \"American Bandstand\". In 2011, the song was used in a Cadbury advert in the UK called \"The Charity Shop\". This exposed the song to a new generation who downloaded the", "title": "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" }, { "docid": "8245113", "text": "Float Up CP and Vic Godard, who were licensed from the British label Rough Trade. Upside Records Upside Records is an independent pop-dance record label run by the Upside Management company for their acts. The label has released records by girl group Clea such as the album, \"Trinity\", and the singles \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\", \"Lucky Like That\", \"Stuck in the Middle\"/\"I Surrender\", and most recently, \"LoveShy\". Upside Records and Management was also the name of a US based label from 1986-88. The label was home to artists such as Arthur Russell, The Wygals, Fats Comet,", "title": "Upside Records" }, { "docid": "14390620", "text": "we’ve got our influences. They’ll speak naturally, but what do we have to say on our own? What does it feel like to put on our own shoes and clothes? What do we sound like, and what's our story?’\" The album was released on June 15, 2010 on SideOneDummy Records. It is the band's second release for the label. The album opened at No. 16 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's highest charting album at the time. It sold over 26,000 copies in its first week of release. It also debuted at No. 18 and No. 12 on", "title": "American Slang" }, { "docid": "3953091", "text": "these within-cell numbers yet, although we have the row and column totals. With data organized this way, our task is to fill in the cells for tables headed \"t\" = 1 through say \"t\" = \"n\". Actually, from home interview travel survey data and attraction analysis we have the cell information for \"t\" = 1. The data are a sample, so we generalize the sample to the universe. The techniques used for zonal interchange analysis explore the empirical rule that fits the \"t\" = 1 data. That rule is then used to generate cell data for \"t\" = 2, \"t\"", "title": "Trip distribution" }, { "docid": "1052458", "text": "The grant came back with the name spelled S-t-a-u-n-t-o-n, which is the name of a town in the Appalachian region of Virginia. It would take time and effort to have the error corrected, and little attention seemed to be given to the discrepancy.. Staunton, Virginia was and still is pronounced \"Stanton\". And so it was in Staunton, Illinois for many years. Some say that the people here began saying Staunton as we do today only after their throats were so full of coal dirt that they could no longer say Stanton. (Source 1) The last coal mine in Staunton closed", "title": "Staunton, Illinois" }, { "docid": "5401190", "text": "denominator.\" Since Nielsen Media Research had not yet adapted its ratings system to measure audience levels on premium cable, Showtime relied on qualitative research rather than sheer statistical reports. \"We have research firms that do telephone interviews with our subscribers,\" explained Peter Chernin, a Showtime programming executive. \"They call people and ask them how much they like particular shows. We also take into account the opinions of our local affiliates. All of them rated \"Brothers\" very highly.\" Unlike the policies set at rival HBO, who had no intention of preparing any of their first forays into original series for syndication,", "title": "Brothers (1984 TV series)" }, { "docid": "3417850", "text": "to compare the iterated homologies formula_105 and formula_106. We will do this by filtering our double complex in two different ways. Here are our filtrations: To get a spectral sequence, we will reduce to the previous example. We define the \"total complex\" \"T\"(\"C\") to be the complex whose \"n\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>th term is formula_109 and whose differential is \"d \" + \"d \". This is a complex because \"d \" and \"d \" are anticommuting differentials. The two filtrations on \"C\" give two filtrations on the total complex: To show that these spectral sequences give information about the iterated homologies, we will", "title": "Spectral sequence" }, { "docid": "618772", "text": "fluid to be stirred, \"μ\" [M/(L · T)], as well as the size of the stirrer given by its diameter, \"D\" [L], and the angular speed of the stirrer, \"n\" [1/T]. Therefore, we have a total of \"n\" = 5 variables representing our example. Those \"n\" = 5 variables are built up from \"k\" = 3 fundamental dimensions, the length: L (SI units: m), time: T (s), and mass: M (kg). According to the -theorem, the \"n\" = 5 variables can be reduced by the \"k\" = 3 dimensions to form \"p\" = \"n\" − \"k\" = 5 − 3", "title": "Dimensionless quantity" }, { "docid": "1214968", "text": "in Vancouver. According to Sambora, \"This woman descended from the ceiling on a pole and proceeded to take all her clothes off. When she got in a shower and soaped herself up, we just about lost our tongues. We just sat there and said, ‘We will be here every day.’ That energized us through the whole project. Our testosterone was at a very high level back then.\" The cover consists of a wet black garbage bag with the words \"Slippery When Wet\" traced in the water (\"So simple,\" observed Sambora, \"and not very impressive\"). The album originally was to feature", "title": "Slippery When Wet" }, { "docid": "7637433", "text": "\"T\"(\"e\") = \"v\" extends uniquely to a linear transformation of V. Each such T can be considered as a group homomorphism from \"V\" to \"V\" (an endomorphism) and likewise any endomorphism of \"V\" can be considered as a linear transformation of \"V\" as a vector space. If we restrict our attention to automorphisms of \"V\" we have Aut(\"V\") = { \"T\" : \"V\" → \"V\" | ker \"T\" = 0 } = GL(\"F\"), the general linear group of \"n\" × \"n\" invertible matrices on F. The automorphism group GL(\"V\") = GL(\"F\") acts transitively on \"V \\ {0}\" (as is true", "title": "Elementary abelian group" }, { "docid": "7608855", "text": "define our PP machine to Then it is straightforward to compute that this machine accepts with probability formula_43 so this is a PP machine for the language \"L\", as needed. Suppose we have a PP machine with time complexity \"T:=T(n)\" on input \"x\" of length \"n := |x|\". Thus the machine flips a coin at most \"T\" times during the computation. We can thus view the machine as a deterministic function \"f\" (implemented, e.g. by a classical circuit) which takes two inputs (\"x, r\") where \"r\", a binary string of length \"T\", represents the results of the random coin flips", "title": "PostBQP" }, { "docid": "15420788", "text": "beginning of the episode, Homer sings about working at the power plant to the melody of The Police's song \"Walking on the Moon\". According to Chris Ledesma, music editor on \"The Simpsons\", the staff was \"very fortunate to have obtained the original master tracks from The Police without vocals. This is a rare instance. When we need to do our own lyrics to an established hit song, [composer Alf Clausen] usually arranges and records a 'sound-alike' that tries to capture all the spirit and nuance of the original so that the audience immediately identifies the track, but allows us to", "title": "The Falcon and the D'ohman" }, { "docid": "16285974", "text": "of Pussy Riot, who said \"Their surprise displays and protests against authoritarianism are similar to us, but we look at feminism differently, especially the form of speech. We wouldn't take our clothes off, and will not. Their latest action, the sawing of the cross, does not create a feeling of solidarity, unfortunately.\" In August, at the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. there was a protest and concert by punk bands. On August 19, two men and a woman dressed as Pussy Riot staged a protest during a service in Germany's Cologne Cathedral. The trio yelled slogans and held up", "title": "Pussy Riot" }, { "docid": "3484873", "text": "the other direction, note that by the above expression of \"t\", if 2 ≤ \"m\" ≤ \"n\", we have Fix \"m\", and let \"n\" approach infinity. We get (again, we must use liminf's because we don't yet know that \"t\" converges). Now, take the above inequality, let \"m\" approach infinity, and put it together with the other inequality. This becomes so that We can then extend this equivalence to the negative real numbers by noting formula_43 and taking the limit as n goes to infinity. The error term of this limit-expression is described by where the polynomial's degree (in \"x\")", "title": "Characterizations of the exponential function" }, { "docid": "7146560", "text": "vertical bundle, we consider first a point (m,n) in \"M\" × \"N\". Then the image of this point under pr is m. The preimage of m under this same pr is {m} × \"N\", so that T ({m} × \"N\") = {m} × T\"N\". The vertical bundle is then V\"B\" = \"M\" × T\"N\", which is a subbundle of T(\"M\" ×\"N\"). If we take the other projection pr : \"M\" × \"N\" → \"N\" : (\"x\", \"y\") → \"y\" to define the fiber bundle \"B\" := (\"M\" × \"N\", pr) then the vertical bundle will be V\"B\" = T\"M\" ×", "title": "Vertical and horizontal bundles" }, { "docid": "10553785", "text": "also talked about the sequel being more immersive and complex compared to the original, largely because of the possibilities of current-generation hardware, but as a result will take longer to develop. \"We'll conserve the spirit of the first game, but the form will change. For [\"BG&E\"], we wanted to create a more cinematographic game, but we didn't have the technical ability to do that. So we simplified. It was fun, because I remember we had to work for Sony to demonstrate how original our game was in order to get the development kit. We wrote \"BG&E\" like we were in", "title": "Beyond Good and Evil 2" }, { "docid": "19342932", "text": "talking about how strong they are, giving advice and lessons, saying that with them gossip does not stick, \"[... ] Our firm is strong, does not shake does not fall, does not have glass ceiling, our house does not fall, \"Aline sings. At the end of the song, the girls make a sign of silence, and at the end, a solo piano is heard, closing the song. Like music, the music video has a similar theme, full of paparazzi and all the media trying to take pictures of them. The video also brought the quartet with sexier clothes, showing a", "title": "Blá Blá Blá (song)" }, { "docid": "14536555", "text": "an individual must perform to impress. In everyday interactions, the body serves as a critical site of identity performance. In conveying who we are to other people, we use our bodies to project information about ourselves. This is done through movement, clothes, speech, and facial expressions. What we put forward is our best effort at what we want to say about who we are. Yet while we intend to convey one impression, our performance is not always interpreted as we might expect. Through learning to make sense of others’ responses to our behavior, we can assess how well we have", "title": "Identity Performance" }, { "docid": "8705130", "text": "theses: that we are no match for the perfection of our products; that we produce more than we can visualize and take responsibility for; and that we believe, that, what we can do, are allowed to do, no: should do, no: must do – these three basic theses, in light of the environmental threats emerging over the last quarter century, have become more prevailing and urgent than they were then.\" Changing the world \"It does not suffice to change the world. We do that anyway. And to a large extent that happens even without our involvement. In addition we have", "title": "Günther Anders" }, { "docid": "7330661", "text": "and so on to the end of the sum. Although we know the last digit of the result at once, we cannot know the first digit until we have gone through every digit in the calculation, passing the carry from each digit to the one on its left. Thus adding two \"n\"-digit numbers has to take a time proportional to \"n\", even if the machinery we are using would otherwise be capable of performing many calculations simultaneously. In electronic terms, using bits (binary digits), this means that even if we have \"n\" one-bit adders at our disposal, we still have", "title": "Carry-save adder" }, { "docid": "5466691", "text": "with Patricia Kutteles. Despite campaigning by the Kutteleses and LGBT activist groups, the Commanding General of Fort Campbell at the time of the murder, Major General Robert T. Clark, refused to take responsibility for the purported anti-gay climate at Fort Campbell under his command. In May 2003, he met with Patricia Kutteles, who opposed his promotion saying: \"He doesn't have the command authority or responsibility. The promotion would be another obstacle in the way of everything we have tried to do to honor our son.\" His promotion to lieutenant general was delayed in October 2002 and May 2003. After being", "title": "Murder of Barry Winchell" }, { "docid": "10250444", "text": "recently, the golf team won its ninth straight league title. The team qualified for the state championships for three straight years between 2004 and 2006. The tennis team captured its first SOC title in 2005 and won it again in 2007 and 2008. In addition, the soccer team has won two league title and three sectional titles. Clay High<br> Clay High<br> Three Cheers for old Clay High<br> Clay High<br> Clay High<br> For you we'll do or die!<br> Our hearts so true<br> We give to gold and blue<br> And so we pledge<br> The Best We Have to you<br> \"P-A-N-T-H-E-R-S\"<br> Panther, Panthers,", "title": "Clay Local School District" }, { "docid": "16080300", "text": "we have a sight of the original copy for our satisfaction, not to satisfy the world, for the which we do unjustly suffer a hard censure.\" \"Be it known, therefore, to all men, that we do utterly disclaim from any such writing. And whereas we have been hitherto tender and sparing of their reputations, now, finding that they have put this trick upon us, we do publish to the world no writing but the first to be true - to which we have only set our hands - and they have acknowledged to be true before Sir Horatio Vere and", "title": "Walter Devereux (died 1641)" }, { "docid": "2743315", "text": "that could be worn by either men or women. He said he wanted to create a \"utility principle\" that would \"take our mind off how we look and concentrate on really important matters.\" Fashion writer Marylou Luther, who became a good friend of Gernreich, wrote that he had two motives in his designs: one was to create modern fashion \"for the 20th century and beyond,\" and the other was as \"a social commentator, who just happened to work in the medium of clothes.\" Gernreich purposefully used his designs to advance his socio-political views. During his career, he was compared in", "title": "Rudi Gernreich" }, { "docid": "11221305", "text": "Adiabatic Evolution with running time T, consider: formula_20 and let formula_21, we have: formula_22, which is the adiabatic evolution Hamiltonian of our algorithm. According to the adiabatic theorem, we start from the ground state of Hamiltonian formula_11 at beginning, go through an adiabatic process, and at last ending in the ground state of problem Hamiltonian formula_16. Then we measure the z-component of each of the n spins in the final state, this will produce a string formula_25 which is highly likely to be the result of our satisfiability problem. Here the running time T must be sufficiently long to assure", "title": "Adiabatic quantum computation" }, { "docid": "10455062", "text": "bush\". The bramble bush may be an earlier version, possibly changed because of the difficulty of the alliteration, since mulberries do not grow on bushes. Halliwell said subsequent verses included: \"This is the way we wash our clothes\", \"This is the way we dry our clothes\", \"This is the way we mend our shoes\", \"This is the way the gentlemen walk\" and \"This is the way the ladies walk. The song and associated game is traditional, and has parallels in Scandinavia and in the Netherlands (the bush is a juniper in Scandinavia). Local historian R. S. Duncan suggests that the", "title": "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" }, { "docid": "9930267", "text": "Soon we suffered the great discomfort and humiliation of becoming lice-bound and having rats running over us. We were forced to take rest wherever we could, without even taking our clothes off. Normally we slept through sheer exhaustion. The Germans held all the advantages at the Salient [a bulge in the frontline]. They held the high ground around us, so we were under constant observation. Because we were inside the Salient, they could shell us not just from the front, but from both sides too. Whether we were in the frontlines, No Man's Land or collecting rations from the dump", "title": "Jack Davis (veteran)" }, { "docid": "15765311", "text": "Idolator, the song chronicles \"many sexy ways\" Scherzinger gets wet; sweating, a shower, a swim, and drowning. Scherzinger continues the whole \"drenched\" theme within the songs' chorus: \"Well Imma take my clothes off/Take a leap and surf through the crowd/Dripping down my neck/Soaking wet, sink or swim or you drown/Let's get a little wet.\" In the song, Scherzinger sings about running around naked, stating \"I feel like whatever I do tonight would be the talk of the town.\" \"Wet\" garnered generally positive reviews from critics. Awarding the song with three out of five stars, Robert Copsey of \"Digital Spy\" gave", "title": "Wet (Nicole Scherzinger song)" }, { "docid": "6488173", "text": "he talked about being a Christian and how his faith plays into his sports career. He said, \"God presented this opportunity to me,\" Eric says. \"I believe we all have desires and dreams about things we would like to do. I think wonderful things can be done with pursuing our dreams if we allow the Spirit to work within us. When we take the proper steps and do our best to make the right decisions, there’s a purpose behind what we’re doing. Our dreams are just one awesome way to do what we love and at the same time do", "title": "Eric Bernotas" }, { "docid": "16683086", "text": "camerawork is generally uninspiring, the same two or three movements played out over and over. But it manages to delight much more than it disappoints. It sings heartily, offering audiences a sense of joy and fun often missing from our cinema.\" A review from The New York Times gave the film a generally positive one. According to Jon Caramanica, \"Given that music drives the story here, it’s notable that color feels more prominent than sound[...]filmed in a hyperreal style in which the prints on the clothes of Rosie and her friends scream louder than they do. \"Everyone sings, but color", "title": "I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nAPO Sila!" }, { "docid": "11294397", "text": "body of knowledge without which we could not make sense of the world around us – a body of knowledge that Omi and Winant call \"racial common sense\". That describes the associations we make between individual characteristics, preferences, behaviors, and attitudes and a particular physical appearance or perceived group membership. Those expectations will guide all our daily interactions. Individuals that do not perform according to our racial expectations disrupt this micro-level process. Omi and Winant provide several illustrative examples of this disruption of expectations: The black banker harassed by police while walking in casual clothes through his own well-off neighborhood,", "title": "Racial formation theory" }, { "docid": "20997379", "text": "helmet. Over this, he wore whatever clothes might be required. This gave us a picture of the unsupported clothes, moving around on a dead black field. From this negative, we made a print, and a duplicate negative, which we intensified to serve as mattes for printing. Then, with an ordinary printer, we proceeded to make our composite: first we printed from the positive of the background and normal action, using the intensified, negative matte to mask off the area where our invisible man's clothing was to move. Then we printed again, using the positive matte to shield the already printed", "title": "Williams process" }, { "docid": "9537762", "text": "Lovitt was martyred in the Taiyuan Massacre, the \"Last Letters\" includes this letter: T AI-YUAX-FU, June 28, 1900. DEAR FRIEND We do not know whom you may be, but we thought it well to leave this letter in the hands of a trusty native to give to the first foreigner who might come along... We would like our dear home ones to know we are being marvellously sustained by the Lord. He is precious to each of us. The children seem to have no fear. We cannot but hope for deliverance (hope dies hard), and our God is well able", "title": "The Sheo Yang Mission" }, { "docid": "10226079", "text": "and gun ownership rights, guest starred in the episode as himself. His voice is heard during a phone call urging voters to vote no on a proposition that would make crossbows illegal in public schools. He adds: \"If we outlaw crossbows, who's gonna protect our children from charging elk?\" The title of this episode is take-off of the 1969 autobiography \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\" by Maya Angelou. Dwight's buggy eyes is a reference to his guest voice actor's Steve Buscemi's eyes. Homer reveals he works on a Superman novel. Agnes quotes that Dwight and his partner are", "title": "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" }, { "docid": "350007", "text": "forever, then \"t\" never gets to step (2), regardless of \"n\". Then clearly, \"t\" is a function for computing squares if and only if step (1) terminates. Since we've assumed that we can infallibly identify programs for computing squares, we can determine whether \"t\", which depends on \"a\" and \"i\", is such a program, and that for every \"a\" and \"i\"; thus we have obtained a program that decides whether program \"a\" halts on input \"i\". Note that our halting-decision algorithm never executes \"t\", but only passes its description to the squaring-identification program, which by assumption always terminates; since the", "title": "Rice's theorem" }, { "docid": "13506246", "text": "constraints, so \"T\" = \"T\"(q, dq/d\"t\", \"t\"). With these definitions we have the Euler–Lagrange equations, or Lagrange's equations of the second kind are mathematical results from the calculus of variations, which can also be used in mechanics. Substituting in the Lagrangian \"L\"(q, dq/d\"t\", \"t\"), gives the equations of motion of the system. The number of equations has decreased compared to Newtonian mechanics, from 3\"N\" to \"n\" = 3\"N\" − \"C\" coupled second order differential equations in the generalized coordinates. These equations do not include constraint forces at all, only non-constraint forces need to be accounted for. Although the equations of", "title": "Lagrangian mechanics" }, { "docid": "8656466", "text": "Take our Clothes Off\" and \"Lucky Like That\", as well as four remixes of each song. Interest of the band has spread all around the area, including China, Philippines, India, and Australia. \"Disc 1:\" \"Disc 2:\" Trinity (Clea album) Trinity is an album by the British group Clea. It was the first release following the departure of member Chloe Staines. \"Trinity\", Clea's second album (their first and only album release in the UK) was released on 3 July 2006 on Upside Records. In September 2005, Clea collaborated with production group Da Playaz to release a single, \"We Don't Have To", "title": "Trinity (Clea album)" }, { "docid": "10940084", "text": "dig it and it skidded in and out of the Top 20. But it was a classic mistake from our point of view. We were a rock 'n' roll band and what was a rock band doing with this corn-ball, schmaltz shit? We shouldn't have done that\". Unlike the \"Good Friday\" album, \"Vigil\" did receive an official release in the band's home country Australia. The Australian version would have the cover songs \"Can't Take My Eye's Off of You\", \"Hit The Road Jack\" and \"I Can't Stand It\" removed and \"Bring a Little Lovin'\" added. The track order would also", "title": "Vigil (album)" }, { "docid": "11241930", "text": "the City Plaza mall located fifteen minutes away from my house. When we were heading back, a car stopped right in front of his and two men carrying knives came out. I told him not to unlock the doors but he did, and I started screaming. They drove for a long time while we were forced to keep our heads down. When we arrived I noticed a lot of palm trees. They took me out to a dark area and forced me to take off my clothes. The first man with the knife raped me. He destroyed me. I thought", "title": "Qatif rape case" }, { "docid": "5206680", "text": "and not have any trouble with it, but a man's fondest hopes are sometimes broken with trouble. We would not have been arrested but one of our horses gave out and we could not leave him [the rider] alone. I do not know what to write. Do the best you can with everything. I want you to send me some clothes. Sell all the things you don't need. Have your picture taken and send it to me. Now, my dear wife, go and see Mr. Witzleben and Mr. Nyce and get the money. If a mob does not kill us", "title": "Henry Newton Brown" }, { "docid": "14399408", "text": "recorded at The Red Lips Room in Beverly Hills, California. The track was written by Aguilera, Kalenna Harper, John Hill and Switch. Hill and Switch also produced and provided musical instruments to \"Bionic\". \"Bionic\" is an electronic song and lasts for a duration of (three minutes and twenty-one seconds). It features \"twitchy space-ace\" rhythms, rapping verses and talks about an \"echo-laden\" invitation to \"jet off to the new millennium\". In the middle of the song, Aguilera spells out her name, \"X-x-x-t-t-t-i-i-i-n-n-n-n-n-a\". During the chorus, she sings, \"Bionic, so damn Bionic, gonna get you with my electronic supersonic rocket, ay\". Becky", "title": "Bionic (Christina Aguilera song)" }, { "docid": "16393581", "text": "specific to their word class (Pacheco, 1997). t-otupit uro “I am satisfied” (2001). PG-satiate I k-ineiJ-lt omro “I saw you” (2001). 1A20-ver-REC t-otupit-ket ugro “We are satisfied” (2001). PG-satiate-ADJZ nós:INC tJimna y-aginum-lt “We cry” (2001). nós:EXC 3-cry-REC atJina omro-IJmo “Where are you going?” (2001) To where you-COL ugun pe- wa “It's not him”' (Pacheco, 2001) He:DIST:ANIM EXIST-NEG e-woy-n tpe oren “He has clothes “ (Pacheco, 2001) 3-clothes-GEN EXIST him:PROX:ANIM Neyam kɨtpip “Those are pretty” (Pacheco, 2001) Those pretty In English, there exist separate verbs to express desire, like for instance ‘to want.’ By contrast, the Ikpeng language contains a morpheme", "title": "Ikpeng language" }, { "docid": "14896551", "text": "from their earliest days, we have often had girls 13, 14, and even 17 years under our care. They are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, geography, English history, a little of universal history, all kinds of useful needlework, and household work. They make their clothes and keep them in repair; they work in the kitchens, sculleries, wash-houses, and laundries; and, in a word, we aim at this, that, if any of them do not turn out well, temporally or spiritually, and do not become useful members of society, it shall not at least be \"our\" fault. The boys", "title": "New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol" }, { "docid": "10969258", "text": "then attend Columbia University next year. He gets out of his wet clothes and Em offers him an Adventureland T-shirt. They kiss and begin to take their clothes off. James asks, \"Are we doing this?\", and Em says, \"I think so.\" \"Adventureland\" was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from October 2007 to December 2007, or possibly until January 2008, with most scenes shot in Kennywood, a historic amusement park in nearby West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. The park was \"heavily\" altered to look run-down. The theme park from the film is based on the Farmingdale, New York amusement park Adventureland where Mottola once", "title": "Adventureland (film)" }, { "docid": "11164645", "text": "such an adult audience; we are looking for stories with a wider scope. That's what our whole purpose will be in making any change that people might think we're making...our ratings have jumped in the past two years and it's because we do new things.\" Without a boy in the cast as a principal character, producers reworked the show from a different angle. Several episodes which featured Lassie in the wilds such as \"The Odyssey\" and \"The Journey\" had proven popular with audiences. Jack Wrather and his associates decided to take Lassie off the farm and send her into the", "title": "Timmy Martin" }, { "docid": "604604", "text": "band. Cantrell explained the reunion saying, \"We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy. It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance", "title": "Alice in Chains" }, { "docid": "1910795", "text": "band's reunion saying, \"We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. We're not interested in stepping on [Staley's] rich legacy. It's a tough thing to go through. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance on it. It's", "title": "Jerry Cantrell" }, { "docid": "12337862", "text": "suggested by the proof that these diagrams give the same 3-manifold. First, do the surgery on \"K\", replacing a tubular neighborhood of \"K\" by another solid torus \"T\" according to the surgery coefficient \"n\". Since \"J\" is a meridian, it can be pushed, or \"slam dunked\", into \"T\". Since \"n\" is an integer, \"J\" intersects the meridian of \"T\" once, and so \"J\" must be isotopic to a longitude of \"T\". Thus when we now do surgery on \"J\", we can think of it as replacing \"T\" by another solid torus. This replacement, as shown by a simple calculation, is", "title": "Slam-dunk" }, { "docid": "6745265", "text": "that he'd definitely get the opportunity to choose Weaver. Bane told Baseball America about their scouting, \"We did our homework. We started when Jered first got to Long Beach. I watched him in intrasquad games back in January. All our guys had seen him. We didn't back off because of reports in the paper. We do our stuff privately. We were prepared if he was there at 12 to take him.\" However, negotiations did not proceed smoothly. Talks broke down multiple times. Boras and client Weaver held out until the last minutes before the May 2005 deadline, becoming the longest", "title": "Jered Weaver" }, { "docid": "989422", "text": "pleased when Ted produced a portable confessional and proceeded to talk about it. On one occasion at The Purty Loft in Dún Laoghaire, he sang \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". Later, Mathews and Woodfull included the character in \"The Starship Róisín\", a short-lived science fiction comedy radio series they wrote for \"The Ian Dempsey Show\" on RTÉ Radio. An Irish parody of \"Star Trek\", it followed the adventures of Captain Bono (played by Woodful, based on the singer Bono), his Vulcan sidekick Stephen \"Spock\" Roche (played by Mathews, based on cyclist Stephen Roche, with a \"cold, cycling", "title": "Father Ted Crilly" }, { "docid": "8245112", "text": "Upside Records Upside Records is an independent pop-dance record label run by the Upside Management company for their acts. The label has released records by girl group Clea such as the album, \"Trinity\", and the singles \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\", \"Lucky Like That\", \"Stuck in the Middle\"/\"I Surrender\", and most recently, \"LoveShy\". Upside Records and Management was also the name of a US based label from 1986-88. The label was home to artists such as Arthur Russell, The Wygals, Fats Comet, Charles Brown and Maurice Sinclair, as well as artists such as The Woodentops, Jonathan Richman,", "title": "Upside Records" }, { "docid": "17541336", "text": "April 25 in Croydon. Premik Russell Tubbs Premik Russell Tubbs is an American saxophonist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Since the 1970s he worked with a wide range of artists such as John McLaughlin, Narada Michael Walden, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Yoko Oginome, Cecil McBee, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, T.M. Stevens, Wayne Shorter and many more. His saxophone was featured on hits like \"How Will I Know\", \"Baby Come to Me and \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". In 1983, Premik joined Lonnie Liston Smith's band, along with bass player Cecil McBee. Until", "title": "Premik Russell Tubbs" }, { "docid": "17541333", "text": "Premik Russell Tubbs Premik Russell Tubbs is an American saxophonist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Since the 1970s he worked with a wide range of artists such as John McLaughlin, Narada Michael Walden, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Yoko Oginome, Cecil McBee, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, T.M. Stevens, Wayne Shorter and many more. His saxophone was featured on hits like \"How Will I Know\", \"Baby Come to Me and \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". In 1983, Premik joined Lonnie Liston Smith's band, along with bass player Cecil McBee. Until 1985 he played the", "title": "Premik Russell Tubbs" }, { "docid": "477942", "text": "entertaining that n----- will necessitate our killing a thousand n------ in the South before they will learn their place again.\" Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States who was visiting the White House on the same day, said he found a rabbit's foot in Washington's coat pocket when he mistakenly put on the coat. \"The Washington Post\" described it as \"the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit, killed in the dark of the moon\". The \"Detroit Journal\" quipped the next day, \"The Austrian ambassador may have made off with Booker T. Washington's coat at the", "title": "Booker T. Washington" }, { "docid": "1573886", "text": "to Dennett, belief in free will is a necessary condition for having free will. When we are planning for the future and thinking about possible actions to take in the future, we are utilizing considerable amounts of biologically expensive resources (brain power). Evolution has designed us to feel strongly that all of our effort of planning pays off, that we control what we do. If this connection between our brains' efforts to model reality and predict the future and so make possible good outcomes is disconnected from our sense of self and our will, then fatalism and self-destructive behaviors are", "title": "Elbow Room (book)" }, { "docid": "11379545", "text": "we had on the Canal were fast learners ... At daybreak, a couple of our kids, bearded, dirty, skinny from hunger, slightly wounded by bayonets, clothes worn and torn, wack off three Jap heads and jam them on poles facing the 'Jap side' of the river ... The colonel sees Jap heads on the poles and says, 'Jesus men, what are you doing? You're acting like animals.' A dirty, stinking young kid says, 'That's right Colonel, we are animals. We live like animals, we eat and are treated like animals–what the fuck do you expect?' On February 1, 1943, \"Life\"", "title": "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" }, { "docid": "3695870", "text": "those and...\" \"It's personas we take, Marty.\" \"Whatever. The Masters should've known we would gather enough of them one day to make our own decisions about our own future.\" In Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's 2006 continuation of the original series, \"Hunters of Dune\", the descendant Tleilaxu who have returned from The Scattering now called the Lost Tleilaxu have been infiltrated by their own new breed of enhanced Face Dancers who cannot be detected by even the Bene Gesserit. Led by the Face Dancer Khrone, they have eliminated and replaced the Lost Tleilaxu Elders, and have allied with the", "title": "Face Dancer" }, { "docid": "14427715", "text": "couldn't take the music serious anymore.\" The original concept for the video was Squier's. \"[It] was based on the ritual of going to a concert,\" Squier recalled in 2011. \"If we admit it, when we're getting ready to go out, we're checking our clothes and our hair.\" His idea was to show him doing that, paralleled by younger fans doing the same and then sneaking out to the show. He took it to Bob Giraldi, a director at the time much sought after in the wake of his highly successful video for Michael Jackson's \"Beat It\". According to Squier, he", "title": "Rock Me Tonite" }, { "docid": "6173050", "text": "chart, and number 30 on the US R&B Albums chart. Stewart's next album was 1986's \"Frantic Romantic\", which included the US top ten hit single \"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off\". The song also hit the top ten in the UK, Canada, and Ireland. A second single, \"Jody\", was released, the inspiration being his friend Jody Watley, which reached the US R&B top twenty. \"Frantic Romantic\" would be Stewart's most successful selling album, peaking at number 34 in the US. In 1987, he appeared in the video \"Never Say Never\" by Deniece Williams. Stewart's third album was entitled", "title": "Jermaine Stewart" } ]

[ "the League of Nations" ]

[ { "docid": "16302645", "text": "the Muslim and Christian population. The document was based on the principles contained in Article 22 of the draft Covenant of the League of Nations and the San Remo Resolution of 25 April 1920 by the principal Allied and associated powers after the First World War. The mandate formalised British rule in the southern part of Ottoman Syria from 1923–1948. Each of the principal Allied powers had a hand in drafting the proposed mandate—although some, including the United States, had not declared war on the Ottoman Empire and did not become members of the League of Nations. The United States", "title": "British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)" }, { "docid": "179909", "text": "The agreement gave Britain control over what parties would begin to call \"Palestine\". A Jewish Legion composed largely of Zionist volunteers organized by Jabotinsky and Trumpeldor participated in the British invasion. It also participated in the failed Gallipoli Campaign. A Zionist spy network provided the British with details of Ottoman troops. The British Mandate (in effect, British rule) of Palestine, including the Balfour Declaration, was confirmed by the League of Nations in 1922 and came into effect in 1923. The boundaries of Palestine initially included modern Jordan, which was removed from the territory by Churchill a few years later. Britain", "title": "History of Israel" }, { "docid": "7344107", "text": "many weeks. Simon Brod (1893-1962), a Jewish businessman from Istanbul, who during World War II helped to rescue an untold number of Jewish refugees who reached Turkey, arranged for Stoliar's meals during his two-month incarceration. Upon his release, Brod brought Stoliar home. He provided him with clothes and a suitcase, and a train ticket to Allepo USHMM after Britain gave him papers to go to Palestine. On 9 June 1942, Lord Wedgwood opened the debate in the British House of Lords by alleging that Britain had reneged on its commitments and urging that the League of Nations mandate over Palestine", "title": "Struma disaster" }, { "docid": "18371440", "text": "Charter conferred on Britain by the League of Nations explicitly denied its governing body the right to either interfere with the site or the administration of purely Muslim holy places. Jewish requests for access to their holy places during the period of British rule of Palestine were focused on the Western Wall, not on the Temple Mount, which was, in any case, off-limits according to the Jewish prohibition against entering the latter. The struggle between Muslims and Jews was concentrated on the latter's desire to secure regulated access to the wall on the mount's western side. As early as 1920,", "title": "Temple Mount entry restrictions" }, { "docid": "3806330", "text": "Britain authority over certain former Ottoman territories, including the Gaza Strip. What became known as the British Mandate for Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 24 July 1922 and which came into effect on 26 September 1923. After World War II, the British Mandate of Palestine came to an end. The surrounding Arab nations were also emerging from colonial rule. Egypt, while nominally independent, signed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 that included provisions by which Britain would maintain a garrison of troops on the Suez Canal. From 1945, Egypt attempted to renegotiate the", "title": "Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt" }, { "docid": "12877629", "text": "Under British military rule, the Zionist enterprise was renewed. In 1920, Britain established its authority under the Mandate for Palestine granted by the League of Nations, which was confirmed in the San Remo agreement of 1922. A High Commissioner was appointed with instructions to allow the Jews to build their national home. and spent 31 years in charge of British Mandate Palestine under a League of Nations mandate that originally extended to both sides of the Jordan River, although Transjordan was separated from Palestine by the British. In 1937, the Peel Commission presented a plan for a Jewish state and", "title": "Israel–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "1950548", "text": "future President) of the Zionist Organization, Nahum Sokolow, published a \"History of Zionism (1600–1918)\" He also represented the Zionist Organization at the Paris Peace Conference. He explained: Britain officially committed itself to the objective set out in the Balfour Declaration by insisting on its forming the basis of the Mandate of Palestine (which it could have avoided), which was formally approved by the League of Nations in June 1922, and which formalised British rule in Palestine which had started in 1917. The preamble of the Mandate declared: After a wave of pogroms in Russia, Joseph Chamberlain offered Theodor Herzl the", "title": "Homeland for the Jewish people" }, { "docid": "9039440", "text": "land was administered by the British for the remainder of the war. The United Kingdom was granted control of Palestine by the Versailles Peace Conference which established the League of Nations in 1919. Herbert Samuel, a former Postmaster General in the British cabinet who was instrumental in drafting the Balfour Declaration, was appointed the first High Commissioner in Palestine. In 1920 at the San Remo conference, in Italy, the League of Nations mandate over Palestine was assigned to Britain. In 1923 Britain transferred a part of the Golan Heights to the French Mandate of Syria, in exchange for the Metula", "title": "Partition of the Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "586116", "text": "all sides, the plan was dropped. World War II (1939–1945) gave a boost to the Jewish nationalism, as the Holocaust reaffirmed their call for a Jewish homeland. At the same time, many Arab leaders had even supported Nazi Germany, a fact which could not play well with the British. As a result, Britain pooled its energy into winning over Arab opinions by abandoning the Balfour Declaration and the terms of the League of Nations mandate which had been entrusted to it in order to create a \"Jewish National Home\". Britain did this by issuing the 1939 white paper which officially", "title": "History of the State of Palestine" }, { "docid": "52598", "text": "signing of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in 1936, under which it was agreed that the troops would withdraw but continue to occupy and defend the Suez Canal zone. In return, Egypt was assisted in joining the League of Nations. Iraq, a British mandate since 1920, also gained membership of the League in its own right after achieving independence from Britain in 1932. In Palestine, Britain was presented with the problem of mediating between the Arabs and increasing numbers of Jews. The 1917 Balfour Declaration, which had been incorporated into the terms of the mandate, stated that a national home for the", "title": "British Empire" }, { "docid": "10705135", "text": "Peace Conference which established the League of Nations in 1919 and appointed Herbert Samuel, a former Postmaster General in the British cabinet, who was instrumental in drafting the Balfour Declaration, as its first High Commissioner in Palestine. The British occupation of the region brought an end to hundreds of years of successive Muslim rule in the region of Palestine. The gradual increase in the number of Jews in Palestine led to the development of a proto-Arab-Palestinian national movement, influenced and inspired by Muslim leader and Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini. Zionism, the ideology advocating the creation of a Jewish", "title": "Islam in Palestine" } ]

[ { "docid": "17490086", "text": "The All-Palestine Government's credentials as a \"bona fide\" sovereign rule were questioned by many mainly due to the government's effective reliance upon not only Egyptian military support but also Egyptian political and economic power. Egypt, however, both formally and informally renounced any and all territorial claims to Palestine territory (in contrast to the government of Transjordan, which declared its annexation of the West Bank). At the end of World War I, Great Britain occupied the Ottoman territory of Palestine. The boundaries of the occupied land were not well defined. Britain and France, the main Allied Powers with a long-term interest", "title": "All-Palestine Government" }, { "docid": "9146380", "text": "in the war. McMahon promised that if the Arabs supported Britain in the war, the British government would support the establishment of an independent Arab state under Hashemite rule in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, including Palestine. The Arab revolt, led by T. E. Lawrence (\"Lawrence of Arabia\") and Husayn's son Faysal, was successful in defeating the Ottomans, and Britain took control over much of this area. In 1917, Palestine was conquered by the British forces (including the Jewish Legion). The British government issued the Balfour Declaration, which stated that the government viewed favorably \"the establishment in Palestine", "title": "Arab–Israeli conflict" }, { "docid": "9634671", "text": "Aliyah included socialist groups who established the \"kibbutz\" movement. During World War I, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, that stated that Britain intended for the creation of a Jewish \"national home\" within the Palestinian Mandate. In 1918, the Jewish Legion, a group primarily of Zionist volunteers, assisted in the British conquest of Palestine. Arab opposition to British rule and Jewish immigration led to the 1920 Palestine riots and the formation of a Jewish militia known as the Haganah (meaning", "title": "Israel" }, { "docid": "1815656", "text": "Jewish immigration and eventual sovereignty in Palestine. In 1918, Great Britain conquered the region and it fell under British military rule. Following the promulgation of the pro-Zionist Balfour Declaration of 1917, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the British Zionist Federation formed the Zionist Commission in March 1918 to go to Palestine and make recommendations to the British government. The Commission reached Palestine on 14 April 1918 and proceeded to study conditions and to report to the British government, and was active in promoting Zionist objectives in Palestine. Weizmann was instrumental in restructuring the ZO's Palestine office into departments for agriculture,", "title": "Jewish Agency for Israel" }, { "docid": "3388146", "text": "of Palestine\" (such as the post 1967 territory of the West Bank and Gaza) is \"prohibited by Islamic Law\". \"None of the Jews in Palestine who arrived after the destruction of the Ottoman Empire have the right to remain there. The Islamic legal rule requires that those of whom are capable of fighting be killed until none survive\". Later statements by HT spokespersons also emphasize the importance of Islamic control of every bit of Palestine (Taji Mustafa in 2008) and rejecting negotiation in favor of military Jihad (Imran Wahid, January 2009) Another source describes HT as supporting the \"destruction of", "title": "Hizb ut-Tahrir" }, { "docid": "11646780", "text": "dirty Nazi-British assassins suffocated this innocent victim with gas.\" Through a well-organized international propaganda campaign, Irgun and Lehi reached out to potential international supporters, particularly in the United States and especially among American Jews, who became increasingly sympathetic to the Zionist cause and hostile to Britain. Their propaganda claimed that: Britain's restrictions on Jewish immigration were a violation of international law, as it violated the terms of the mandate; British rule in Palestine was oppressive and had turned the country into a police state; British policies were Nazi-like and anti-Semitic; the insurgency was Jewish self-defence; and the insurgents were winning", "title": "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "3429589", "text": "those major supporters who had not turned against him, and he himself was assassinated. There are various interpretations that characterise the events in a way that supports a particular thesis without taking issue with the basic chronology. The historian Theodor Mommsen (\"Britain\", 1885) said that \"It was not Britain that gave up Rome, but Rome that gave up Britain ...\", arguing that Roman needs and priorities lay elsewhere. Michael Jones (\"The End of Roman Britain\", 1998) took the opposite view, saying that it was Britain that left Rome, arguing that numerous usurpers based in Britain combined with poor administration caused", "title": "End of Roman rule in Britain" }, { "docid": "1663879", "text": "doctors he consulted in London were unable to properly diagnose his condition. Gort ruled Palestine at the time that the Jewish insurgency was beginning. Despite his efforts, he was unable to stem the growing confrontation between the Yishuv (Jewish community) and British authorities. On 5 November 1945, he stepped down as High Commissioner and returned to Britain. Commenting on his departure, \"The Palestine Post\" wrote that \"No High Commissioner in the twenty-five years of British rule in Palestine enjoyed greater popular trust and none repaid it with greater personal kindness.\" After leaving Palestine, Gort was admitted to Guy's Hospital in", "title": "John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort" }, { "docid": "10553156", "text": "Zionism for twelve years ago, since he had met the Manchester Jews. Once more reiterating the blessings of a Jewish National Home for the whole world, the Jewish race and Great Britain: the inhabitants of Palestine would greatly depend on its auditors, the Jews of Palestine. By taking the right steps Palestine would transform into a paradise as foretold in the scriptures, \"a land flowing with milk and honey, in which sufferers of all races and religions will find a rest from their sufferings\". Lawrence concluded that Churchill had \"made straight all the tangle\" and that Britain had fulfilled \"our", "title": "Cairo Conference (1921)" }, { "docid": "3990633", "text": "conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but Egyptian rule was challenged in 1834 by a countrywide popular uprising against conscription and other measures considered intrusive by the population. Its suppression devastated many of Palestine's villages and major towns. In 1840, Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The death of Aqil Agha marked the last local challenge to Ottoman centralization in Palestine, and beginning in the 1860s, Palestine underwent an acceleration in its socio-economic development, due to its incorporation into the global, and particularly European, economic pattern of growth. The beneficiaries of", "title": "Palestine (region)" }, { "docid": "11646783", "text": "solution except a unified Palestine under Arab rule, and while the Zionists adamantly refused this proposal, instead suggesting partition. After realizing that the Arabs and the Jews were both unwilling to compromise, Bevin began considering turning the Palestine question over to the United Nations. Britain increasingly began to see its attempts to suppress the Jewish insurgency as a costly and futile exercise, and its resolve began to weaken. British security forces, which were constantly taking casualties, were unable to suppress the insurgents due to their hit-and-run tactics, poor intelligence, and a non-cooperative civilian population. The insurgents were also making the", "title": "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "12836008", "text": "to Egypt, and the population was largely disarmed. The latter measure effectively introduced a monopoly of violence in Palestine, as part of Egypt's centralization policies. Egyptian rule and the defeat of the powerful rural sheikhs of Jabal Nablus led to the political elevation of the Abd al-Hadi clan of Arraba. Its sheikh, Husayn Abd al-Hadi, supported Ibrahim Pasha during the revolt and was promoted as the Wali of Sidon, which included all of Palestine. His relatives and allies were appointed the \"mutasallims\" of Jerusalem, Nablus and Jaffa. Britain sent the navy to shell Beirut and an Anglo-Ottoman expeditionary force landed,", "title": "History of Palestine" }, { "docid": "17678488", "text": "and claimed that only a continuing struggle against them would lead eventually to an independent Jewish state and resolve the Jewish situation in the Diaspora. The British White Paper of 1939 allowed only 75,000 Jews to immigrate to Palestine over five years, and no more after that unless local Arabs gave their permission. But actually Stern’s opposition to British colonial rule in Palestine was not based on a particular policy; Stern defined the British Mandate as “foreign rule” regardless of their policies and took a radical position against such imperialism even if it were to be benevolent. Stern was unpopular", "title": "Avraham Stern" }, { "docid": "52599", "text": "Jewish people would be established in Palestine, and Jewish immigration allowed up to a limit that would be determined by the mandatory power. This led to increasing conflict with the Arab population, who openly revolted in 1936. As the threat of war with Germany increased during the 1930s, Britain judged the support of Arabs as more important than the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and shifted to a pro-Arab stance, limiting Jewish immigration and in turn triggering a Jewish insurgency. The right of the Dominions to set their own foreign policy, independent of Britain, was recognised at the 1923 Imperial", "title": "British Empire" }, { "docid": "16833917", "text": "world, and the netherworld(Jeoseung) all at the same time, and told the twins to try a contest between each other in order to aid him. The first contest was riddles. Daebyeol would ask two riddles to his brother, who would answer it. If Sobyeol gave the right answers, he would rule the mortal world and his brother would rule the netherworld. However, if Sobyeol gave the wrong answers, his brother would rule the mortal world and he would rule the netherworld. Daebyeol's first question was \"Why do the leaves of some trees fall, while the leaves of other trees do", "title": "Cheonjiwang Bonpuri" }, { "docid": "6646461", "text": "Palestine in 1922, when Jews made up 11% of the population. The land west of the Jordan River was under direct British administration until 1948, while the land east of the Jordan was a semi-autonomous region known as Transjordan Emirate, and gained independence in 1946. In 1936-39 there was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration into Palestine. In 1947, a United Nations General Assembly resolution provided for the creation of an \"Arab State\" and a \"Jewish State\" to exist within Palestine in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. This has been", "title": "Right to exist" }, { "docid": "2897271", "text": "establishment of a nation state for the Jewish people in Palestine, which would serve as a haven for the Jews of the world and in which they would have the right for self-determination. Zionists increasingly came to hold that this state should be in their historic homeland, which they referred to as the Land of Israel. The World Zionist Organization and the Jewish National Fund encouraged immigration and funded purchase of land, both under Ottoman rule and under British rule, in the region of Palestine while Arab nationalism, at least in an early form, and Syrian nationalism were the dominant", "title": "History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict" }, { "docid": "452737", "text": "the West Bank became an integral part of the British Mandate for Palestine. During the Mandate period Britain had no right of sovereignty, which was held by the people under the mandate. Nevertheless, Britain, as custodians of the land, implemented the land tenure laws in Palestine, which it had inherited from the Ottoman Turks (as defined in the Ottoman Land Code of 1858), applying these laws unto, both, Arab and Jewish legal tenants or otherwise. In 1947 the UN General Assembly recommended that the area that became the West Bank become part of a future Arab state, but this proposal", "title": "West Bank" }, { "docid": "20975811", "text": "the last three were state land, taking advantage of modifications enacted by the British Mandatory Authority, such as the \"Mawat Land Ordinance\" of 1921. The Jordanian government never considered the last three as state land, and only a very small proportion of the West Bank was registered as such under Jordanian rule. Palestine remains the only Arab land which has been denied Arab rule and independent statehood. In 1956, the Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion, who also recognized that year that for Arabs what Zionism undertook to do was seen as theft, stated that: \"Jordan has no right to exist.. The", "title": "Israeli occupation of the West Bank" }, { "docid": "17807679", "text": "which were scenes involving pro-European British citizens, and on the second scenes involving anti-European British citizens. These were derived from what Perry called his \"Brexit tour of Britain.\" In [[Daphne Du Maurier]]'s 1972 novel \"[[Rule Britannia (novel)|Rule Britannia]]\" the UK is brought to the brink of bankruptcy after withdrawal from the [[EEC]]. One of the first novels to engage with a post-Brexit Britain was \"Rabbitman\" by [[Michael Paraskos]] (published 9 March 2017). \"Rabbitman\" is a dark comic fantasy in which the events that lead to the election of a right-wing populist American president, who happens also to be a rabbit,", "title": "Brexit" }, { "docid": "2998748", "text": "during World War II, at least until 1944, Lehi continued guerrilla warfare against the British authorities. It considered the British rule of Mandatory Palestine to be an illegal occupation, and concentrated its attacks mainly against British targets (unlike the other underground movements, which were also involved in fighting against Arab paramilitary groups). In 1940, Lehi proposed intervening in the Second World War on the side of Nazi Germany to attain their help in expelling Britain from Mandate Palestine and to offer their assistance in \"evacuating\" the Jews of Europe. Late in 1940, Lehi representative Naftali Lubenchik was sent to Beirut", "title": "Revisionist Zionism" }, { "docid": "9634674", "text": "as Aliyah Bet was organized to bring Jews to Palestine. By the end of World War II, the Jewish population of Palestine had increased to 33% of the total population. After World War II, Britain found itself in intense conflict with the Jewish community over Jewish immigration limits, as well as continued conflict with the Arab community over limit levels. The Haganah joined Irgun and Lehi in an armed struggle against British rule. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Jewish Holocaust survivors and refugees sought a new life far from their destroyed communities in Europe. The Yishuv attempted", "title": "Israel" }, { "docid": "11428508", "text": "had equal rights. However Ben-Gurion expressed the belief that the Arabs would fare well by the Jews' renewal of the country, because it also meant the renewal of its Arab population. According to Teveth, \"the Arabs, themselves incapable of developing the country, had no right to stand in the way of the Jews. In 1918 [Ben-Gurion] determined that rights did not spring from the past but from the future, and in 1924 he declared: 'We do not recognize the right of Arabs to rule the country, since Palestine is undeveloped and still awaits its builders.'\" Ben-Gurion said that the Arabs", "title": "Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "11289610", "text": "to attack Turkey, but that operation was a disaster. Then the British decided they would invade the Turkish colonies and promise the Arabs home rule. Col. T. E. Lawrence played a key part and the British used Egypt as their base to invade Iraq, Syria and Palestine, Palestine being put in the trusted hands of General Edmund Allenby. Still the Americans were neutral. While in Russia, there had been a revolution that had removed the hated Czar and seen Lenin and his Bolsheviks take control. American opinion turned against Britain, and the Americans were even considering entering the war on", "title": "L. J. Greenberg" }, { "docid": "14799503", "text": "Egyptian Labour Corps The Egyptian Labour Corps (also known as the ELC or Labour Corps) was a group of Egyptian labourers who worked for the British Army in Egypt during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine Campaign. At the beginning of the First World War Britain set up the Protectorate of Egypt and imposed martial law, at the same time giving a solemn pledge to defend Egypt and not call on the Egyptian people to aid them in the conflict. The Egyptians had become subject to British rule in the 19th century when their country was invaded and occupied", "title": "Egyptian Labour Corps" }, { "docid": "5996400", "text": "homeland for the Jewish people, and its implementation under a League of Nations Mandate for Great Britain, Palestinians, both Muslim and Christian, from November 1918 onwards, began to organize in opposition to Zionism. By the end of Ottoman rule, the Jewish population of Palestine was 56,000 or one-sixth of the population. Hostility to Jewish immigration led to incidents, such as the riots of April 1920, the Jaffa riots of 1921, the 1929 Palestine riots, until a general Arab revolt broke out for three years, in 1936–1939, which was crushed, with the loss of 5,000 lives, by the British army. After", "title": "Palestinian political violence" }, { "docid": "11130433", "text": "the schism between Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Socialist Zionists formed youth movements that became influential organizations in their own right including Habonim Dror, Hashomer Hatzair, HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed and Machanot Halolim. During British rule the lack of available immigration permits to Palestine led the youth movements to operate training programs in Europe, which prepared Jews for migration to Palestine. As a Socialist-Zionist immigrants arrived already speaking Hebrew, trained in agriculture and prepared for life in Palestine. The Zionist movement never restricted female suffrage. In 1911, Zionist activist Hannah Meisel Shochat established Havat Ha'Almot (lit. \"the girls' farm\") to train Zionist", "title": "History of Zionism" }, { "docid": "4526450", "text": "A US newspaper also made reference to the Crusades, specifically the \"New York Herald\" (see picture), referring to the last time Jerusalem was under non-Muslim rule in 1244 AD when a Khwarezmian army under Al-Salih Ayyub, defeated the Franks. Britain would hold Jerusalem until the end of Mandatory Palestine in 1948. Battle of Jerusalem The Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's \"Jerusalem Operations\" against the Ottoman Empire, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and", "title": "Battle of Jerusalem" }, { "docid": "17490100", "text": "of UNRWA-run refugee camps in the Gaza Strip or anywhere else. After the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian support for Pan-Arabism and the Palestinian cause increased. However, the new rule increasingly acted to degrade the Palestinian self-rule. In 1952, All-Palestine being put by the Arab League under the official \"aegis\" of Egypt. In 1953, the All-Palestine Government was nominally dissolved, except the Prime Minister Hilmi position, who kept attending the Arab League meetings on behalf of All-Palestine. During the Suez War of 1956 Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and the Egyptian", "title": "All-Palestine Government" }, { "docid": "2441276", "text": "the whole of Palestine.\"\" (\"\"The New York Times\" \", 22 March 2003) \"\"All the land of Palestine is a part of the Islamic faith and the Caliph Omar bin al-Khattab declared it for all Muslims. Therefore, no individual or group has the right to sell it or give it up.\"\" \"\"If Israel was established in Britain, would you accept compromise?\"\", to British journalist Derek Brown, June 1993. Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Abdel Aziz Ali Abdul Majid al-Rantisi (; 23 October 1947 – 17 April 2004), nicknamed the \"Lion of Palestine\", was the co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas along with Sheikh", "title": "Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi" }, { "docid": "9295184", "text": "the leaders and historians of those countries. You should watch the one on Britain, because I think that gives you an idea of how far they have gone in telling their people this is what made Britain great. I was quite surprised. The theme was [doing away with] the Divine Right of Kings, a Britain that was challenged by the barons who brought the king down to Runnymede and then they had the Magna Charta, and suddenly your \"Divine Right\" is based on Parliament and [the barons] are in Parliament. That gave the space for the barons to grow and", "title": "The Rise of the Great Powers" }, { "docid": "11428523", "text": "[...] called into question any Arab presence in Palestine.\" Theodor Herzl supported the transfer idea. Land in Palestine was to be gently expropriated from the Palestinian Arabs and they were to be worked across the border \"unbemerkt\" (surreptitiously), e.g. by refusing them employment. Herzl's draft of a charter for a Jewish-Ottoman Land Company (JOLC) gave the JOLC the right to obtain land in Palestine by giving its owners comparable land elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire. According to Walid Khalidi this indicates Herzl's \"bland assumption of the transfer of the Palestinian to make way for the immigrant colonist.\" According to Nur", "title": "Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "12147577", "text": "Sociologist\", was the foundation of the militant Indian nationalist movement in Britain. After Krishna Varma's shift to Paris in 1907, the society gave way the secret nationalist society of Abhinav Bharat Mandal, founded by V.D. Savarkar. The society was founded amongst efforts and movements that arose to reverse the flow of authority and power from Britain to India. along with substantial help from Bhikaji Cama. Indian Home Rule Society The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. The organisation was founded by", "title": "Indian Home Rule Society" }, { "docid": "643969", "text": "the British. Partly as a result, within 50 years of his death, colonial rule was established in Africa, and white settlement was encouraged to extend further into the interior. However, what Livingstone envisaged for \"colonies\" was not what we now know as colonial rule, but rather settlements of dedicated Christian Europeans who would live among the people to help them work out ways of living that did not involve slavery. Livingstone was part of an evangelical and nonconformist movement in Britain which during the 19th century helped change the national mindset from the notion of a divine right to rule", "title": "David Livingstone" }, { "docid": "9149100", "text": "for himself, Salameh built two apartment houses on the square that was named for him. After the 1948 Palestine war many Arab residents of Talbiya including Salameh lost the right to their properties due to Israel's Absentee Property Law. Salameh sought to regain his property under a clause that distinguished between persons who left Israeli territory due to the conflict and those who were absent for other reasons, but after being convinced that the High Court would not rule in his favor for fear of creating a precedent he accepted a symbolic $700,000 in compensation for all of his multimillion-dollar", "title": "Talbiya" }, { "docid": "12835956", "text": "in 1187, after which most of Palestine was controlled by the Ayyubids. Shortly after Crusader rule was established in Palestine, Godfrey of Bouillon promised to turn over the rule of the region to the Papacy once the crusaders had captured Egypt. However, the invasion of Egypt did not occur as Godfrey died shortly thereafter and Baldwin was proclaimed the first King of Jerusalem after politically outmanoeuvering Dagobert of Pisa who had previously been appointed as the Latin Patriarch. At first the Crusader kingdom was little more than a loose collection of towns and cities captured during the first crusade. At", "title": "History of Palestine" }, { "docid": "525302", "text": "1948 Palestine War. The bulk of the Arab refugees from the former British Mandate of Palestine ended up in the Gaza Strip (under Egyptian rule between 1949 and 1967) and the West Bank (under Jordanian rule between 1949 and 1967), Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. During the 1948 Palestine war, the Haganah devised Plan Dalet, which some scholars interpret to have been primarily aimed at ensuring the expulsion of Palestinians, but that interpretation is disputed. Efraim Karsh states that most of the Arabs who fled left of their own accord or were pressured to leave by their fellow Arabs despite Israeli", "title": "Population transfer" }, { "docid": "7238441", "text": "late in his life. \"They call me in now because I’m the only one left who can connect things to the past, who knows why this rule was put in or why that one was thrown out.\" Gottlieb was behind the NBA's \"territorial draft\" rule, which gave teams the right to claim a local college or high school player in exchange for giving up their first-round draft pick. The rule was particularly advantageous for Philadelphia, which landed Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain in 1959 after his stints with the University of Kansas and the Harlem Globetrotters. Chamberlain furthered the franchise's", "title": "Eddie Gottlieb" }, { "docid": "6583138", "text": "Britons continued under John Henry Clarke, a homeopath who served as Chairman and Vice-President (with the Southern Rhodesia-based Beamish continuing as President) from the formation of the group until his death in 1931. Clarke helped the party to work with the right wing of the Conservative Party, and the Britons attracted such members as Arthur Kitson and Brigadier-General R.B.D. Blakeney. The group claimed that its only aim was to get rid of all the Jews in Britain by forcing them to emigrate to Palestine. Only those who could prove English blood up to grandparent level were allowed membership (despite the", "title": "The Britons" }, { "docid": "13605693", "text": "source for the claim it was popular in Palestine at that period. At that time, it is attested as a Lebanese Christian proverb in pro-Zionist Christian circles among the Maronite community, who read the Palestinian revolt against Great Britain and Jewish immigration as a foretaste of what they imagined might befall their community were Lebanese Muslims to gain ascendancy. On the eve of the publication of the White Paper of 1939, in which Great Britain decided on a restriction on Jewish immigration to Palestine the Palestine Post, founded by the Zionist newspaper man Gershon Agron, reported that the provisions of", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "docid": "12242391", "text": "Lebanon began in September 1918 when French forces landed on the Lebanese coast, and the British moved into Palestine, opening the way for the liberation of Syria and Lebanon from Turkish rule. At the San Remo Conference in Italy in April 1920, the Allies gave France a mandate over Greater Syria. France then appointed General Henri Gouraud to implement the mandate provisions. History of Lebanon under Ottoman rule The Ottoman Empire at least nominally ruled Lebanon from its conquest in 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman sultan, Salim II (1516–20), invaded Syria and Lebanon", "title": "History of Lebanon under Ottoman rule" }, { "docid": "12132077", "text": "only a few houses were inhabited. In the 19th century, Yanun was settled by some 50 Bushnaks (Bosniaks), Muslims from Bosnia, after their country was ceded to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Congress of Berlin. The sultan Abdul Hamid gave the immigrants a significant part of the village. According to Haaretz, these were soldiers sent to reinforce Ottoman rule in Palestine. Adopting a common surname, Bushnak, they later moved to nearby Nablus and leased their farmlands to villagers from Aqraba who gradually left their village to settle in Yanun themselves. The villagers are their partners and descendents. In 1870, Victor", "title": "Yanun" }, { "docid": "17882025", "text": "and received assurance from Great Britain through Arthur Balfour that Great Britain would recognise German rule in Shantung and not build a railway from Weihaiwei into Shantung province. The nickname British sailors gave to this port was \"Way High\"; it was also referred to as Port Edward in English. During British rule, residences, hospital, churches, tea houses, sports ground, post office, and naval cemetery were constructed. The Commissioner of Weihaiwei (Chinese: 威海卫专员) was the head of government for the British leased territory of Weihaiwei between 1898 and 1930. Until 1902, the first Commissioners of Weihaiwei were members of the British", "title": "Weihaiwei under British rule" }, { "docid": "2929953", "text": "Constans, claiming the purple. Constantius II prepared to move against the usurper, but needed a representative in the East, so he called Gallus at Sirmium, raised him to the rank of caesar (15 March 351), gave him the name \"Constantius\", and strengthened the bonds with his cousin by allowing Gallus to marry his sister Constantina. Gallus and Constantina, who probably shared her brother's aim of controlling the young Caesar, set up residence in Antioch. During his rule, Gallus had to deal with a Jewish rebellion in Judea/Palestine (see Jewish revolt against Gallus). The rebellion, possibly started before Gallus' elevation to", "title": "Constantius Gallus" }, { "docid": "7344101", "text": "tug's crew said they would not repair \"Struma\"s engine unless they were paid. The refugees had no money after buying their tickets and leaving Romania, so they gave all their wedding rings to the tugboatmen, who then repaired the engine. \"Struma\" then got under way but by 15 December her engine had failed again so she was towed into the port of Istanbul in Turkey. There she remained at anchor, while British diplomats and Turkish officials negotiated over the fate of the passengers. Because of Arab and Jewish unrest in Palestine, Britain was determined to apply the terms of the", "title": "Struma disaster" }, { "docid": "11927934", "text": "were interned in detention camps in Cyprus. British Mandate authorities gave up control of the Palestine region after Jews rebelled against policies that continued to prevent immigration by refugees or Holocaust survivors. In 1947, the United Nations adopted a Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states and an internationalized Jerusalem. The State of Israel was created in May 1948 and many Jews then immigrated into the new country. Jews escaping from German-occupied Europe to the United Kingdom After Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, Jews began to escape Nazi Europe and Britain", "title": "Jews escaping from German-occupied Europe to the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "12836060", "text": "of the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel in hopes of establishing a genuine peace. From 1987 to 1993, the First Palestinian Intifada against Israel took place. Attempts at the Israeli–Palestinian peace process were made at the Madrid Conference of 1991. As the process progressed, in 1993 the Israelis allowed Chairman and President of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat to return to the region. Following the historic 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinians and Israel (the \"Oslo Accords\"), which gave the Palestinian Arabs limited self-rule in some parts of the occupied territories through the Palestinian Authority,", "title": "History of Palestine" }, { "docid": "15170429", "text": "John Buxton (ornithologist) Edward John Mawby Buxton, (16 December 1912 – 11 December 1989) was a scholar, university teacher, poet and an ornithologist who played a significant part in the development of ornithology in Britain in the years immediately after World War II. John Buxton was born in Bramhall, Cheshire, and educated at Yarlet Hall, Malvern College, and New College, Oxford. Before the war he visited Norway several times and gave lectures on English Literature at Oslo University. He also went on digging expeditions to Palestine and Ireland. He was Warden at Skokholm Bird Observatory in 1939 with his wife,", "title": "John Buxton (ornithologist)" }, { "docid": "15170424", "text": "John Buxton (ornithologist) Edward John Mawby Buxton, (16 December 1912 – 11 December 1989) was a scholar, university teacher, poet and an ornithologist who played a significant part in the development of ornithology in Britain in the years immediately after World War II. John Buxton was born in Bramhall, Cheshire, and educated at Yarlet Hall, Malvern College, and New College, Oxford. Before the war he visited Norway several times and gave lectures on English Literature at Oslo University. He also went on digging expeditions to Palestine and Ireland. He was Warden at Skokholm Bird Observatory in 1939 with his wife,", "title": "John Buxton (ornithologist)" }, { "docid": "1534119", "text": "what occurred with the exception of Palestine. In February 1947, Britain announced its intent to terminate the Mandate for Palestine, referring the matter of the future of Palestine to the United Nations. The hope was that a binational state would ensue, which meant an unpartitioned Palestine. Ernest Bevin's policy was premised on the idea that an Arab majority would carry the day, which met difficulties with Harry Truman who, sensitive to Zionist electoral pressures in the United States, pressed for a British-Zionist compromise. In May, the UN formed a Special Committee (UNSCOP) to prepare a report on recommendations for Palestine.", "title": "United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine" }, { "docid": "17072173", "text": "who galloped into action on the infantry's right flank and gave valuable fire support. An infantry frontal attack covered by machine-gun fire drove the Ottoman defenders off the ridge, enabling Mesmiye esh Sherqiye to be occupied soon after. Subsequently they halted in darkness not far from Junction Station. On their right flank the Australian Mounted Division's 3rd and 4th Light Horse and 5th Mounted Brigades, reinforced by the 2nd Light Horse Brigade (Anzac Mounted Division), the 7th Mounted Brigade (Yeomanry Mounted Division) and two cars of the 12th Light Armoured Motor Battery, attacked in line advancing northwards towards Junction Station.", "title": "Southern Palestine Offensive" }, { "docid": "13202153", "text": "and the popularity of his father among the peasantry compelled the rural chiefs of Jabal Nablus to request from the government that Mahmud replace Sulaiman Abd al-Hadi as \"mutasallim\" of Nablus. Ottoman rule was subsequently reinstated in 1840 after Acre was recaptured with the critical support of the British Navy, However, the locals who were drafted into Muhammad Ali's army returned to their hometowns following the reassertion of Ottoman rule. Not long after the end of Egyptian rule, the intermittently recurring civil strife between the Qays and Yaman tribo-political factions resumed in parts of central Palestine. Throughout the 1840s until", "title": "Peasants' revolt in Palestine" }, { "docid": "19847755", "text": "assigned Rawh ibn Zinba', a chieftain of the Judham, as his replacement in Palestine, but Rawh was soon after expelled by his rival in Judham, Natil ibn Qays, who rebelled and gave allegiance to Ibn al-Zubayr. Meanwhile, the Umayyad general Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, arrived in Damascus from Iraq to uphold Umayyad rule. However, instead of Yazid's young children, Ubayd Allah turned to Marwan I, a non-Sufyanid member of the Umayyad clan; the latter had been on his way to Mecca to recognize Ibn al-Zubayr's caliphate, but Ubayd Allah persuaded him to return to Palmyra and claim the throne himself.", "title": "Ibn Bahdal" }, { "docid": "11927919", "text": "Final Solution). There were 10,000 Jewish refugees who \"managed to find their way into Britain\" throughout the war (1939–1945). Britain did not allow Jews to immigrate to Palestine, which was under British control at that time. Even so, there were some Jews who illegally immigrated (Aliyah Bet) to Palestine. The Government created a scheme whereby a Guarantor bought a Guarantee for £50 to ensure the person for whom the guarantee was given would not become a financial burden for the British Government. This was a practice of the Jewish community to help Jews escape and Quakers saved an estimated 6,000", "title": "Jews escaping from German-occupied Europe to the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "19052476", "text": "Europe and the Indian Ocean: important to Britain as a faster route to India and to other powers as way around the British-held choke point at Gibraltar. He had visited Jerusalem in 1864, spending ten months mapping the city with the help of local workers and even the Prussian consul. He mixed research in Biblical archaeology with military and civilian intelligence about water courses and lines of defense. In addition to grants from the Treasury, the detailed maps and photographs produced sold very well, earning a profit on the endeavor in their own right. He then joined the Palestine Exploration", "title": "Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt" }, { "docid": "11130418", "text": "movement's leader. The movement was democratic and women had the right to vote, which was still absent in Great Britain in 1914. The WZO's initial strategy was to obtain permission from the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II to allow systematic Jewish settlement in Palestine. The support of the German Emperor, Wilhelm II, was sought, but unsuccessfully. Instead, the WZO pursued a strategy of building a homeland through persistent small-scale immigration and the founding of such bodies as the Jewish National Fund (1901—a charity that bought land for Jewish settlement) and the Anglo-Palestine Bank (1903—provided loans for Jewish businesses and farmers).", "title": "History of Zionism" }, { "docid": "7095749", "text": "separation of religion and state. Intermarriage between Europeans and Burmese gave birth to an indigenous Eurasian community known as the Anglo-Burmese who would come to dominate the colonial society, hovering above the Burmese but below the British. After Britain took over all of Burma, they continued to send tribute to China to avoid offending them but this unknowingly lowered the status they held in Chinese minds. It was agreed at the Burmah convention in 1886 that China would recognise Britain's occupation of Upper Burmah while Britain continued the Burmese payment of tribute every ten years to Beijing. The British controlled", "title": "British rule in Burma" }, { "docid": "1534160", "text": "1948, the complete withdrawal by 1 August 1948, and Britain would not enforce the UN partition plan. On 11 December 1947, Britain announced the Mandate would end at midnight 14 May 1948 and its sole task would be to complete withdrawal by 1 August 1948. During the period in which the British withdrawal was completed, Britain refused to share the administration of Palestine with a proposed UN transition regime, to allow the UN Palestine Commission to establish a presence in Palestine earlier than a fortnight before the end of the Mandate, to allow the creation of official Jewish and Arab", "title": "United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine" }, { "docid": "11428496", "text": "Amin al-Husseini and other Arab leaders initiated the 1920 Jerusalem riots where 10 people were killed and 250 others wounded. Several women were raped and two synagogues burned. Jews were particularly shocked by these events and viewed the events as a pogrom. After the British had left Syria for the French, in July 1920, Faisal's rule in Syria collapsed and pan-Arab hopes in Palestine were dashed. Israel's Declaration of Independence states \"In [1897] the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country.\" and further on, \"we, [the signatories] by", "title": "Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "969606", "text": "the basic documents upon which the British Mandate for Palestine was constructed. Under the Balfour Declaration, the British government had undertaken to favour the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. Britain received the mandate for Palestine and Iraq; France gained control of Syria, including present-day Lebanon. Britain and France also signed the San Remo Oil Agreement, whereby Britain granted France a 25 percent share of the oil production from Mosul, with", "title": "San Remo conference" }, { "docid": "3819652", "text": "Islam, a contributory reason why Syria, Palestine and Egypt would remain overwhelmingly Christian for centuries to come.\" According to Atimal and Ellenblum the Islamization of Palestine had its beginnings in the early Islamic period (ca. 640–1099 C.E.), but had halted and apparently even been reversed during the time of Frankish rule (Kingdom of Jerusalem). In the aftermath of the Muslim reconquest, which began in 1187, and the advent of Ayyubid rule (1187–1260) in parts of Palestine and then the Mamluk rule, it appears that the process of religious conversion was accelerated. With the beginning of the Ottoman period in 1516,", "title": "Demographic history of Palestine (region)" }, { "docid": "16546358", "text": "Palestine Arab Congress The Palestine Arab Congress was a series of congresses held by the Palestinian Arab population, organized by a nationwide network of local Muslim-Christian Associations, in the British Mandate of Palestine. Between 1919 and 1928, seven congresses were held in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Nablus. Despite broad public support their executive committees were never officially recognised by the British, who claimed they were unrepresentative. After the British defeat of Ottoman forces in 1918, the British established military rule and (later) civil administration of Palestine. The Palestine Arab Congress and its organizers in the Muslim-Christian Associations were formed when", "title": "Palestine Arab Congress" }, { "docid": "10975749", "text": "of Palestine was directed to \"facilitate the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by Jews who take up their permanent residence in Palestine.\" Article 15 stated that \"No discrimination of any kind shall be made between the inhabitants of Palestine on the ground of race, religion or language. No person shall be excluded from Palestine on the sole ground of his religious belief.\" The Palestinian Citizenship Order, 1925 was enacted by Britain on 24 July 1925. It began by granting Palestinian citizenship to \"Turkish subjects habitually resident in the territory of Palestine upon the 1st day of August, 1925\". Transjordan was specifically", "title": "History of Palestinian nationality" }, { "docid": "13202117", "text": "Ottoman rule, the Bedouin were allowed to collect tribute payments from travelers and the inhabitants of the area in return for services to the state. Ibrahim Pasha saw the Bedouin as raiders who exceeded their privileges and abolished this practice. He also imposed additional conditions on the Bedouin, primarily the requirement of transporting grain for Egyptian troops in return for the right to graze livestock. In 1833, the Dura-based Amr tribe of the Hebron Hills, which was headed by Isa Amr and Abd al-Rahman Amr, were subject to a military campaign by Ibrahim Pasha. The Abu Ghosh, the Ras Karkar-based", "title": "Peasants' revolt in Palestine" }, { "docid": "4720209", "text": "Director after Howard Davies' resignation. The LSE Students' Union, and particularly its Palestine Society, has campaigned in solidarity with Palestine and Palestinian students. In 2007, the Union voted to twin with An-Najah National University Students' Council in Nablus, Palestine, and to affiliate to the Right to Education Campaign in support of the Palestinian Right to Education. In the same year LSE students elected as Honorary Vice President Khaled Al-Mudallal, a Bradford University student of Palestinian origin who was detained in Gaza. In January 2009, a 40-strong cccupation of LSE's Old Theatre by the Union's Palestine Society occurred in protest to", "title": "LSE Students' Union" }, { "docid": "6182379", "text": "left in Britain\". The rule for generators can be recalled by remembering that either the letters \"g\" and \"r\" is common to both \"right\" and \"generator\", or the phrase \"Jenny is always right\" (\"Genny\" being a common shortened version of Generator). When electrons, or any charged particles, flow in the same direction (for example, as an electric current in an electrical conductor, such as a metal wire) they generate a cylindrical magnetic field that wraps round the conductor (as discovered by Hans Christian Ørsted). The direction of the induced magnetic field is sometimes remembered by \"Maxwell's corkscrew rule\". That is,", "title": "Fleming's left-hand rule for motors" }, { "docid": "6779024", "text": "Necrom as Merlyn had planned. Roma told Excalibur that from now on, they would be free to determine their own destiny. Roma was captured and impersonated by the villain Mastermind, who planned on using the Sword of Might and the Amulet of Right to reshape the Omniverse. Mastermind was defeated by Captain Britain and his friends and Roma gave the throne of Otherworld to Captain Britain, who now wielded both the Sword and the Amulet. Roma would retain her function as Omniversal Guardian though. Roma briefly appeared in \"Fantastic Four\", when she sent Gatecrasher to kidnap Franklin Richards, thinking he", "title": "Roma (comics)" }, { "docid": "19674231", "text": "flags of Mexico and Britain, showing his love for both countries. A large dining room could hold 40 people. Rule gave the Casa Rule to the State of Hidalgo when he retired. During the revolution seven state governors stood on the balcony of the Casa Rule to call for independence. The municipal government moved to the house in 1923. After Rule's death in 1925 there were legal arguments over ownership of the Casa Rule, which his widow Cristina Cárdenas claimed for her six children. In 1944 Governor José Lugo Guerrero bought the house for 65,000 pesos as the seat of", "title": "Francis Rule" }, { "docid": "17782521", "text": "into the institutions of labor Zionism in Israel. By 1907, the party had 25,000 members in Russia. During World War I, Poale Zion was instrumental in recruiting members to the Jewish Legion. Poale Zion was active in Britain during the war, under the leadership of J Pomeranz and Morris Meyer, and influential on the British labour movement, including on the drafting (by Sidney Webb and Arthur Henderson) of the Labour Party’s War Aims Memorandum, recognising the 'right of return' of Jews to Palestine, a document which preceded the Balfour Declaration by three months. Poale Zion in Britain formally affiliated to", "title": "Poale Zion" }, { "docid": "3205780", "text": "gave them the right to use the post-nominal letters MRPharmS (Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society) and to practise as pharmacist in Great Britain. Fellowships (FRPharmS) were also awarded for pharmacists with long standing and outstanding commitment to the profession. The register of pharmacists is now held by the GPhC, and it is this body which now controls registration and fitness to practise. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society now provides members with the post-nominals 'MRPharmS' and those members who have been awarded fellowships with 'FRPharmS'. The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was founded on 15 April 1841 by William Allen FRS,", "title": "Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain" }, { "docid": "350220", "text": "outside of Egypt, first to Palestine and the Judean Desert and thence to Syria and North Africa. Saint Basil of Caesarea codified the precepts for these eastern monasteries in his Ascetic Rule, or \"Ascetica\", which is still used today in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the West in about the year 500, Benedict became so upset by the immorality of society in Rome that he gave up his studies there, at age fourteen, and chose the life of an ascetic monk in the pursuit of personal holiness, living as a hermit in a cave near the rugged region of Subiaco.", "title": "Rule of Saint Benedict" }, { "docid": "2662391", "text": "1918 and wished to incorporate all the sources of the river Jordan within the boundaries of British controlled Palestine. Due to the French inability to establish administrative control, the frontier between Syria and Palestine became 'fluid'. The international boundary between Palestine and Syria was finally set by joint agreement between Great Britain and France in 1923 in conjunction with the Treaty of Lausanne, after Britain had been given a League of Nations Mandate for Palestine in 1922; thus, al-Khisas came under British jurisdiction. In the 1931 census of Palestine the population of Khisas was 386, all Muslims, in a total", "title": "Al-Khisas" }, { "docid": "2523901", "text": "the United States. Those who remained in the Ottoman ruled Palestine faced hard economic times. There was disagreement whether to support the British or the Turks. A clandestine group, Nili, was established to pass information to the British in the hope of defeating the Ottomans and ending their rule over Palestine. The purpose and members of the Nili were discovered. All involved were executed by the Ottomans except its founder, Aaron Aaronsohn, who escaped to Egypt. During World War I, the Jewish population in Palestine diminished by a third due to deportations, immigration, economic trouble and disease. During World War", "title": "Yishuv" }, { "docid": "2765285", "text": "the rights for those who need assistance in ending their own lives, and lobbied parliament for a change in the law, on behalf of Tony Nicklinson and Paul Lamb, in their 'Right to Die' legal cases. In 2014, it intervened in a Supreme Court case in which the court stated it would rule again on a potential declaration of incompatibility between restrictions on the right to die and the Human Rights Act should Parliament fail to legislate decisively. Persistent campaigns include retaining the legality of abortion in Great Britain and securing its legalisation in Northern Ireland, defending embryonic stem cell", "title": "Humanists UK" }, { "docid": "13368621", "text": "Protectorate of the Holy See At the San Remo conference (19-26 April 1920), the Mandate for Palestine was allocated to Great Britain. France required the continuation of its religious protectorate in Palestine but Italy and Great Britain opposed it. France lost the religious protectorate, but, thanks to the Holy See, continued to enjoy liturgical honors in Mandatory Palestine until 1924, when the honors were abolished. The precise boundaries of all territories, including that of the British Mandate for Palestine, were left unspecified, to \"be determined by the Principal Allied Powers\". During that time, the British were in control of Palestine", "title": "Protectorate of the Holy See" }, { "docid": "11646788", "text": "Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was sent to investigate the problem. On August 31, 1947, UNSCOP recommended that Palestine be partitioned into Jewish and Arab states. On September 20, 1947, the British cabinet voted to evacuate Palestine. Although the insurgency played a major role in persuading the British to quit Palestine, other factors also influenced British policy. Britain, facing a deep economic crisis and heavily dependent on the United States, was facing a massive financial burden over its many colonies, military bases, and commitments abroad. At the same time, Britain had also lost the centerpiece of the rationale of its Middle", "title": "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "11646789", "text": "East policy after the end of the British Raj in Colonial India. Britain's Middle East policy had been centered around protecting the flanks of its sea lines of communication to India. After the British Raj ended, Britain no longer needed Palestine. Finally, Britain still had alternative locations such as Egypt, Libya, and Kenya to base its troops. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine recommended partition, and on 29 November 1947 the United Nations General Assembly voted to recommend partition of Palestine into two states – an Arab and a Jewish one. The partition resolution (181) intended administration of Palestine", "title": "Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "3819666", "text": "(i.e. Arab-Berber) tribes from Algeria and a small number of Kurds, while some 6,000 Arabs from the Beni Sakhr tribe immigrated to Palestine from what is now Jordan to settle in Tiberias. In addition, considerable numbers of Turks stationed in Palestine to garrison the land settled there. In 1878, following Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, many Bosnian Muslims, apprehensive of living under Christian rule, emigrated to the Ottoman Empire, and significant numbers went to Palestine, where most adopted the surname Bushnak. To this day, Bushnak remains a common surname among Palestinians of Bosnian origin. The number of Bedouins who", "title": "Demographic history of Palestine (region)" }, { "docid": "18822473", "text": "in 1937 with Trotskyist theoretician and activist Tony Cliff to found the Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin (the Revolutionary Communist League), a section of the Fourth International in Palestine. In the late 1940s he left Palestine for Britain where he became a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party writing a number of articles in its paper Socialist Appeal. When the RCP collapsed he became a member of the Socialist Review group led by Tony Cliff who had joined him in Britain. Under the byline \"S. Munir,\" he wrote several articles on the political and social situation in the Middle East in the", "title": "Gabriel Baer" }, { "docid": "12754808", "text": "Lam took place between the Templars and the Hospitallers, leaving Kafr Lam under Templar control. The village was captured by Muslim forces in 1265, but retaken by the Crusaders shortly thereafter. In 1291, it was taken by the Mamluks, who ruled over it from that time until the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Palestine in the early sixteenth century. During early Ottoman rule in Palestine, in 1596, a farm in Kafr Lam paid taxes to the ruling authorities. Pierre Jacotin named the village \"Kofour el An\" on his map from 1799. Descriptions of Kfar Lam under later Ottoman rule", "title": "Kafr Lam" }, { "docid": "19517070", "text": "fled to Iraq. The Jarrahids continued to dominate Palestine and sought to entrench their rule by appealing for support among the local Christians. To that end, Mufarrij contributed to the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which al-Hakim destroyed in prior years. Al-Hakim switched his approach to the Jarrahids from diplomacy to punitive military force in August 1013. Ali and Mahmud surrendered to the advancing Fatimid army, while Mufarrij died possibly as a result of poisoning on al-Hakim's orders. Hassan, whose ultimate ambition was to rule Palestine, fled but later gained a pardon from al-Hakim, who restored to", "title": "Jarrahids" }, { "docid": "11428548", "text": "the Arabs, no matter how difficult this might be. Although the establishment of a Jewish majority or a Jewish state in Palestine was fundamentally at odds with the aspirations of the Arab inhabitants of Palestine, Zionists did not doubt their right to establish a Jewish majority in Palestine. Zionists justified this by referring to the 'unique' historical bond of the Jewish nation with Palestine, while the Arabs of Palestine were part of the Arab nation and therefore had no special bond with Palestine. Many Zionists claimed a 'preemptive right' to Palestine, the Jews had a right as a Nation, the", "title": "Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine" }, { "docid": "17871096", "text": "Palestine: Sir John Chancellor. While Chancellor admired some Zionist leaders, his general attitude towards Jews was negative. Chancellor refused to approve the Maccabiah. The Maccabiah, could not take place without the approval of the British Palestine High Commissioner. In the fall of 1931, Great Britain appointed Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope as the new High Commissioner of Palestine. Wauchope, who showed great admiration to Zionist Palestine as well as the Jewish sports movement in general, approved the Maccabiah on the condition that it also host Arab and official British Mandate athletes in addition to Jewish sportsmen. The conditions were agreed on", "title": "History of the Maccabiah Games" }, { "docid": "12877627", "text": "Israel–United Kingdom relations Israel–United Kingdom relations, or Anglo-Israeli relations, are the diplomatic and commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Israel. The United Kingdom maintains an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate in Eilat; it also maintains a consulate-general in Jerusalem that represents Britain in that city and the Palestinian territories. Israel has an embassy and a consulate in London. Britain seized Palestine from the Ottoman Empire during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. Close cooperation between Britain and the Yishuv, the nascent pre-state Jewish community of Palestine, developed during this time when Britain received intelligence", "title": "Israel–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "17181949", "text": "mechanics made unsuccessful attempts to repair \"Struma\"s engine, there was a 10-week \"impasse\" between British diplomats and Turkish officials over the fate of the refugees. Because of Arab and Zionist unrest in Palestine, Britain was determined to minimise Jewish immigration to Palestine under the terms of the White Paper of 1939. Under pressure from Britain, Turkey denied the refugees permission to come ashore. One pregnant refugee who suffered a miscarriage was allowed to disembark and admitted to an Istanbul hospital. On 23 February 1942 Turkish authorities boarded \"Struma\". Her engine still did not work so they towed her back out", "title": "MV Struma" }, { "docid": "3253887", "text": "Ireland (1943) and Eastern Command (1944). He was knighted in 1941. After the war, Cunningham, who was promoted to general on 30 October 1945, returned to the Middle East as High Commissioner of Palestine; he served in the position from 1945 to 1948. As such, he was in charge of the confrontation with Hagana, Etzel and Lehi who in this period challenged its rule in Palestine. Cunningham had retired from the army in October 1946 when he relinquished the role of Commander-in-Chief Palestine, but retained the job of High Commissioner until 1948. As such he had the task of winding", "title": "Alan Cunningham" }, { "docid": "1748295", "text": "night. When the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933, Zweig was one of many Jews who immediately went into voluntary exile. Zweig went first to Czechoslovakia, then Switzerland and France. After spending some time with Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger, Anna Seghers and Bertolt Brecht in France, he set out for Palestine, then under British rule. In Haifa, Palestine, he published a German-language newspaper, the \"Orient\". In Palestine, Zweig became close to a group of German-speaking immigrants who felt distant from Zionism and viewed themselves as refugees or exiles from Europe, where they planned to return. This group included Max", "title": "Arnold Zweig" }, { "docid": "9977967", "text": "Hashomer Hatzair, which was also linked to the London Bureau. Later, in the 1940s, they were joined by Jabra Nicola, an Arab Communist who broke with the Palestine Communist Party over the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. The \"Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin\" published a newspaper, \"Kol Hama’amad\" (Voice of the Class). Tony Cliff was a member, before moving to Britain and joining the RCL's sister party in the Fourth International, the Revolutionary Communist Party (UK) and later leading the International Socialists. Revolutionary Communist League (Mandatory Palestine) The Revolutionary Communist League (RCL) or 'Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin' was a Trotskyist party in Mandatory Palestine in the", "title": "Revolutionary Communist League (Mandatory Palestine)" }, { "docid": "2523902", "text": "I, there were two British battalions of Jews, called the Zion Mule Corps, who were to fight on the front of Palestine. They helped in the British capture of Ottoman Syria (including Palestine), leading to the Turkish surrender. The members of the Zion Mule Corps later made up the Yishuv's defence groups that would fight against the British. World War I ended, along with the Ottoman Empire. Britain gained control of Palestine through the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which partitioned Ottoman Syria into French-ruled Syria and Lebanon and British-controlled Palestine and Transjordan. There was a hope that British control would allow the", "title": "Yishuv" }, { "docid": "12512293", "text": "King Ghazi of Iraq, King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Amir Abdullah of Transjordan appealed to the workers to end the strike because as they wrote in Palestinian newspapers, \"We rely on the good intentions of our friend Great Britain, who has declared that she will do justice.\" Arab general strike (Mandatory Palestine) The Arab general strike in Mandatory Palestine of 1936 was a general strike of all Arabs in Mandatory Palestine engaged in labour, transport and shopkeeping, which began on 19 April 1936 and lasted until October 1936; and which degenerated into violence and the 1936–39 Arab revolt", "title": "Arab general strike (Mandatory Palestine)" } ]

[ "Great Big Sea" ]

[ { "docid": "3002081", "text": "single off the bands' ninth studio recording, with a subsequent tour kicking off at the end of the summer 2010. The Canadian television series \"Republic of Doyle\" uses Great Big Sea's \"Oh Yeah\" as its theme song. Great Big Sea appeared on \"It's Friday\", a song by Dean Brody on his 2012 album \"Dirt\". Great Big Sea announced a 20th Anniversary tour that kicked off March 5, 2013 in Anaheim, CA and covered with a total of 18 dates in 16 cities. In 2013, McCann announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of the XX tour,", "title": "Great Big Sea" }, { "docid": "3002081", "text": "single off the bands' ninth studio recording, with a subsequent tour kicking off at the end of the summer 2010. The Canadian television series \"Republic of Doyle\" uses Great Big Sea's \"Oh Yeah\" as its theme song. Great Big Sea appeared on \"It's Friday\", a song by Dean Brody on his 2012 album \"Dirt\". Great Big Sea announced a 20th Anniversary tour that kicked off March 5, 2013 in Anaheim, CA and covered with a total of 18 dates in 16 cities. In 2013, McCann announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of the XX tour,", "title": "Great Big Sea" }, { "docid": "6823723", "text": "forth in the studio mixed with various songs by them and other artists. The Great Big Sea Song \"Oh Yeah\", written and performed by Doyle, McCann, Hallett, Hawsley Workman, and Jeen O'Brien, was featured in the opening credits of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation show \"Republic of Doyle\". Set and filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland, Republic of Doyle launched in 2010 as a new drama, with one of the largest budgets in CBC history. In 2016, Hallett successfully campaigned to halt Walmart sales of Saint Patrick's Day T-shirts that featured a racial slur considered offensive to native Newfoundlanders. Bob Hallett Robert", "title": "Bob Hallett" } ]

[ { "docid": "2548048", "text": "from Instant Star 3\": \"Just the Beginning\" and \"Darkness Round The Sun\". The song \"Say What You Will\" was featured in the \"\" episode \"The Bitterest Pill\", where the school held a memorial for a J.T. Yorke, who was fatally stabbed in the prior episode. She did a duet with Rex Goudie on his album \"Look Closer\", on the song \"Like I Was Dying\", which she also co-wrote. In 2008, Doyle lent her voice to the title sequence of \"\", but her version of the theme was only used for the eighth season. In 2009, Doyle, along with Blake Manning,", "title": "Damhnait Doyle" }, { "docid": "19700085", "text": "found the main challenge of the score to be composing a \"superhero theme\" for the titular character, and a second main theme representing Asgard, the latter of which Doyle wanted \"to come across as an old folk song from a Celtic world\". He noted that the Asgard theme develops throughout the film to also represent traveling, action, and fighting. Of the other themes he composed for the film, Doyle also noted a theme for Jotunheim, another world visited in the film. On specific instrumentation for the character of Thor, Doyle jokingly noted that a piccolo would be inappropriate, and that", "title": "Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" }, { "docid": "8297630", "text": "Jack Williams commands the Black Ball\"\" line it is sung \"\"For Captain Jack Sparrow commands the Black Pearl\"\" to make the song fit the album's theme better. Bill Murray's character sings a chorus from the shanty after his first successful sailing endeavor in the film \"What About BOB.\" The \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" theme song was inspired by the melody from \"Blow the Man Down.\" \"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Sponge Bob Square Pants!...\". Mr. Krabs also sings the melody to the tune while transitioning in several episodes. Also in the season one episode \"I Was a Teenage Gary\",", "title": "Blow the Man Down" }, { "docid": "8499565", "text": "Star Records which include ten tracks including the theme song entitled \"\"Argos\"\" which was composed and interpreted by the band, Bamboo. Other tracks include the love theme for the series, entitled \"\"Iniibig Kita\"\" sung by Kitchie Nadal and \"\"Tanging Ikaw\"\" performed by Shamrock. Also in the Rounin OST include 2006 Rockista grand prize grand winner, Bojo who sings \"“Walang Hangganan,\"\" Acel Bisa (former vocalist of Moonstar 88) sings \"“Sa Ngalan ng Pag-Ibig,”\" Rock icon Kevin Roy, of Razorback performs \"“Kailanpaman,”\" and the superband, Sandwich sings \"“Humanda Ka”\" plus up and coming rock bands Bliss, Side Crash and North Groove performing", "title": "Rounin (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6238933", "text": "film and television music\". Doyle was born on 6 April 1953 in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. He is a classically trained composer who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, of which he was made a Fellow in 2001. Doyle joined the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as composer and musical director composing for plays such as \"Hamlet\", \"As You Like It\", and \"Look Back in Anger\". The song \"Non Nobis, Domine\" from \"Henry V\" was subsequently awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme. He has since composed for eleven more Kenneth Branagh films including \"Dead", "title": "Patrick Doyle" }, { "docid": "16188462", "text": "sister theme to the original. Jason Paige Jason Paige (born January 6, 1969) is an American singer, writer, record producer, stage, film, and television actor. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" television series. He is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the Experimental Theatre Wing at New York University. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" anime. He also sings \"Viridian City\" and sings as a background vocalist for the \"Pokémon 2.B.A. Master\" soundtrack. In an", "title": "Jason Paige" }, { "docid": "3160433", "text": "composer. The initial request was that Doyle would be working with Williams' material, but eventually only \"Hedwig's Theme\", the leitmotif of the series, remained from the previous scores. Pulp lead singer Jarvis Cocker, who was even rumoured to score the film, was one of the musicians invited by Doyle, with whom he had worked in the \"Great Expectations\" soundtrack, to write a song for a wizard rock band. Once Doyle chose Cocker's composition, he and other British musicians such as Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead were picked to play the fictional band, both performing songs for the soundtrack", "title": "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)" }, { "docid": "14285936", "text": "singers Ryan Bingham (who also sings the theme song \"The Weary Kind\"), Buck Owens, The Louvin Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, and Sam Phillips. On January 17, 2010, the theme song \"The Weary Kind\", written by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett, was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards and a Grammy for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media at the 53rd Grammy Awards. The soundtrack also won a", "title": "Crazy Heart (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "12050699", "text": "on the soundtrack, by Willie Nelson (Uncle Jesse in the film). In the film \"\" (2007), country singer John Anderson sings the theme. Rock band Cage9, performed a cover version of the song was heard in the trailers from the same two films. Nike used the song in an advertising campaign featuring NFL star Randy Moss and NBA star Jason Williams, who were teammates in the same high school in rural Belle, West Virginia. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) The \"Theme from \"The Dukes of Hazzard\" (Good Ol' Boys)\" is a song written and recorded by", "title": "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" }, { "docid": "13968201", "text": "Joe Shaver, and Eddy Shaver The songs are performed by various artists including actors Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall, as well as singers Bingham (who sings the theme song \"The Weary Kind\" and plays Tony in the film), Buck Owens, The Louvin Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, and Sam Philips. At the 82nd Grammy Awards, the theme song \"The Weary Kind\" by Ryan Bingham won for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and the soundtrack also won for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. Review aggregator Rotten", "title": "Crazy Heart" }, { "docid": "16188454", "text": "Jason Paige Jason Paige (born January 6, 1969) is an American singer, writer, record producer, stage, film, and television actor. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" television series. He is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the Experimental Theatre Wing at New York University. Paige is best known for singing the first theme song for the English version of the \"Pokémon\" anime. He also sings \"Viridian City\" and sings as a background vocalist for the \"Pokémon 2.B.A. Master\" soundtrack. In an interview with the \"New York", "title": "Jason Paige" }, { "docid": "11618529", "text": "Skopje Fest with the song, \"Kaži Koj Si Ti\", losing to Karolina Gočeva, who went on to represent Republic of Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Adrian Gaxha was a runner-up in the 2006 Macedonian Eurovision qualifier, having performed the song \"Ljubov E\" with Esma Redžepova. Vrčak, Tamara and Adrian have also taken some promotional photos of their Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. \"Vo ime na ljubovta\" is an R&B-style song with several hip hop verses. Tamara sings about the person she loves, explaining that \"without you every second is killing me slowly\". She sings that \"I", "title": "Let Me Love You (Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrijan Gaxha song)" }, { "docid": "20943162", "text": "Go! (Noise International song) \"Go!\" is a song by Sydney based sound house group Noise International featuring vocals from Sharon Muscat of Sister2Sister fame. It was produced by member Bruce Heal specially as the original theme song for GO! along with many shorts riffs resembling the song. After many demands for who sings the song, TVCentral.com.au told Nine about it, who revealed info about the song along with a hint of the song coming to iTunes. He also stated that people were dancing to remixes of the short one-minute version played by DJs in nightclubs. The song was finally released", "title": "Go! (Noise International song)" }, { "docid": "2467347", "text": "Nelson\", and \"Ella Swings Gently with Nelson\", their first work together since 1959's \"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book\". The mid-1960s would also see Fitzgerald and Riddle collaborate on the last of Ella's \"Songbook\"s, devoted to the songs of Jerome Kern (\"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book\") and Johnny Mercer (\"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book\"). In 1963, Riddle joined Sinatra's newly established label Reprise Records, under the musical direction of Morris Stoloff. Much of his work in the 1960s and 1970s was for film and television, including his hit theme song", "title": "Nelson Riddle" }, { "docid": "11830308", "text": "and the first part of the second bridge. Daisy Evans sings the second verse. Hannah Richings sings a backing vocal during the second verse. Stacey McClean sings the second part of the second bridge and backing vocals during the final chorus. Rochelle Wiseman sings backing vocals in the final chorus. Aaron Renfree does not have any solos in this song. Recording was produced by Tim Lever and done at Hollywood's famed Radio Recorders by engineer Jordan Winsen. The song served as the theme song from the American reality television series \"American Juniors\" (2003). The video shows the band in a", "title": "One Step Closer (S Club Juniors song)" }, { "docid": "2991939", "text": "during the first three seasons. Dave Ogilvie and Anthony Valcic of Canadian industrial-pop group Jakalope reworked and performed the song with a heavier sound, reflecting the growing maturity of the characters in season four. For seasons six and seven, the theme—still performed by Jakalope—was remixed and stripped of vocals. A fourth version of the theme song, with lyrics sung by Damhnait Doyle, was introduced for the eighth season, and a fifth version of the theme, performed by the in-show band \"\" is used for the ninth and tenth seasons. For seasons eleven and twelve, a sixth version of the theme", "title": "Degrassi: The Next Generation" }, { "docid": "4655907", "text": "(2005), the song is introduced in Central Park Zoo, and Marty later sings the song in the midst of Alex the Lion's delirium. In 2013, the song was played at the funeral of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Theme from New York, New York \"Theme from \"New York, New York\"\" (or \"New York, New York\") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film \"New York, New York\" (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. It remains one of the best-known songs about", "title": "Theme from New York, New York" }, { "docid": "20472862", "text": "three months during the summer. Cornett took a relatively small crew on the road that included producer Victoria Shaffer, a camera operator, a sound tech and a PA. Murray performs the theme song for the show, \"The Thing About Baseball\", which he wrote alongside Doyle-Murray and Paul Shaffer. Murray reprised his role of Carl Spackler from the film \"Caddyshack\" in the show's premiere episode. Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings is an American reality web television series that premiered on November 20, 2017 on Facebook Watch. The show follows Bill Murray and", "title": "Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings" }, { "docid": "7430699", "text": "soundtrack of a show, as well. She sings the theme song of \"My Gym Partner's A Monkey\" in-character as Adam Lyon, Sandy of \"Bubble Guppies\" sang a song about coconut water several times in the episode she was featured in, Kip Ling of \"Histeria!\" usually only shows up in the songs on the show, the second title character of \"Fanboy & Chum Chum\" sings many times (Futterman is also often accompanied on lead vocals during the \"FB&CC\" songs by David Hornsby, who voices Fanboy), Stretch and Squeeze of \"Handy Manny\" sing two songs called \"We Work Together\" and \"Hop Up,", "title": "Nika Futterman" }, { "docid": "5567084", "text": "\"Tuesday\". The film tells the story of Wirral the Squirrel, who was almost killed by soldiers. Froggo helped him and took him to another place he would go. He couldn't go back there again! But then, he finds a tropical island. Bison is the chief of that island, and Wirral's new love crush is Wilhelmina. Then, all 3 of them (except Wilhelmina) get cleaned up and that night, they perform the theme song to the island. Bison sings the first part of the song. A parrot gets banged on the bass drum and is dizzy. Later, an alligator sings. Right", "title": "Tropic Island Hum" }, { "docid": "12331606", "text": "Happy (Michael Jackson song) \"Happy\" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1973. The song featured on Jackson's album \"Music & Me\". Its full title is \"Happy (Love Theme from \"Lady Sings the Blues\")\", although it was never featured in the film or the soundtrack for \"Lady Sings the Blues\". The song was first released as a single by Bobby Darin in November 23, 1972, peaking #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last single to hit the chart. Michael Jackson's single was first released in Australia, backed by \"In Our Small Way\". Jackson continued", "title": "Happy (Michael Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "10616845", "text": "of \"TV Guide\" magazine named \"Where Everybody Knows Your Name\" the greatest TV Theme of all time. In the episode \"Simon and Marcy\" in the animated series \"Adventure Time\", the Ice King sings the song to himself to maintain his sanity as he wears the crown responsible for his power. He also acted out scenes of the series of the theme song in the episode to cheer up his charge, Marceline. The web series \"How It Should Have Ended\" parodies the theme song in the intro to their \"Villain Pub series\". The song appears in a 2017 TV commercial for", "title": "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" }, { "docid": "7647260", "text": "\"death growl\"), with a middle eight of \"creepy crawly\" sung in falsetto. These discordant passages and the black comedy of the theme made the song a stage favourite. According to Pete Townshend in his song-by-song review of \"Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy\" for \"Rolling Stone\", it was Jimi Hendrix's favourite Who song. Subsequent to \"A Quick One\", the central riff appears again as an encore to The Who's rendition of Grieg's \"In the Hall of the Mountain King\" recorded during the sessions for \"The Who Sell Out\", but Entwistle sings \"Radio London\" instead. Although not released as part of the", "title": "Boris the Spider" }, { "docid": "3511746", "text": "One's \"Q\" on October 28 — and performing an impromptu duet of \"Baby, It's Cold Outside\" with host Jian Ghomeshi. O'Hara sings the theme song for Someone Knows Something, a true-crime podcast from the CBC. The song was written by Bob Wiseman. On Sunday, November 12, 2017 O'Hara performed a rare live show at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. O'Hara was invited by artist Perfume Genius who curated a program for the festival. O'Hara sang backup vocals for Morrissey on his song, \"November Spawned a Monster\". She also contributed to four albums by Bob Wiseman: \"In Her", "title": "Mary Margaret O'Hara" }, { "docid": "15794864", "text": "of dance-pop and R&B. The theme explored by the tracks are mostly about love relationships, both romantic and disastrous, precisely targeted to teens. Casual sex is again one of the themes discussed by the singer in the band as I am not so easy, where Kelly sings about girls who are pressured by their boyfriends for sex. There is also the song \"A Loirinha, o Playboy e o Negão\", which explores the theme of racial prejudice, by a white boy to a couple formed by a blonde girl and a black boy. According to Kelly that the song is also", "title": "Do Meu Jeito" }, { "docid": "20379102", "text": "The Weekend (SZA song) \"The Weekend\" is a song recorded by American singer SZA for her debut studio album, \"Ctrl\" (2017). Written by SZA and its producer ThankGod4Cody, the song samples \"Set the Mood (Prelude)\" from the 2006 album \"FutureSex/LoveSounds\", written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Danja, who also received writing credits for \"The Weekend\". A contemporary R&B and neo soul record, \"The Weekend\" uses a synth-line, hi-hats, drums, a high-pitched vocal sample and clocking key thumps. Its theme is polyamory; SZA sings about sharing a lover with other women from the perspective of one who only see her partner", "title": "The Weekend (SZA song)" }, { "docid": "16046600", "text": "first single in eight years, \"Departure!\", was used as the opening theme song for the 2011 \"Hunter × Hunter\" anime. \"Departure! -Second Version-\" was used as the series' second opening theme, with Galneryus' \"Hunting for Your Dream\" as the second ending theme. Ono sings \"Fight It Out!!\", the opening theme song for the international versions of the final arc of \"Dragon Ball Kai\". In 2010 he established his own vocal school \"Bese\". Masatoshi Ono , also known as Sho, is a Japanese rock/heavy metal singer-songwriter and vocal coach. Ono got his start in the 1980s as vocalist of the heavy", "title": "Masatoshi Ono" }, { "docid": "5923045", "text": "theme song for his Folksong Festival radio program on WNYC in New York City. It has been recorded by, among others, The Raftsmen and The Travellers. Something to Sing About \"Something to Sing About\" is a patriotic song written by folk singer Oscar Brand that sings the praises of the many different regions of Canada. It was used as a theme for Brand's television show \"Let's Sing Out\", which aired on CBC and CTV in the 1960s and was also the theme song for the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67. There was once a movement for it to chosen as", "title": "Something to Sing About" }, { "docid": "9654912", "text": "or 'Punch Line' before Jarvis sings \"I only went with her cos she looks like you\" it is currently available on the \"Hits\" DVD, and was previously included on the \"Sorted for Films and Vids\" VHS. Island Records had the band make another video to promote the Sisters EP, extracts from which have been used in the stage backdrops for Pulp's 2011/2012 reunion gigs. All tracks written and composed by Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks and Candida Doyle. 12\" vinyl CD single Babies (song) \"Babies\" is a song and single by British rock group Pulp. It was", "title": "Babies (song)" }, { "docid": "15862332", "text": "French soundtrack, HAL sings the French folk song \"Au clair de la lune\" while being disconnected. In the German version, HAL sings the children's song \"Hänschen klein\" (\"Little Johnny\"), and in the Italian version HAL sings \"Giro giro tondo\" (Ring a Ring o' Roses). A recording of British light music composer Sidney Torch's \"Off Beat Moods Part 1\" was chosen by Kubrick as the theme for the fictitious BBC news programme \"The World Tonight\" seen aboard the \"Discovery\". On June 25, 2010, a version of the film specially remastered by Warner Bros, without the music soundtrack, opened the three hundred", "title": "2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14059093", "text": "Republic of Doyle Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador which aired on CBC Television from January 6, 2010 to December 10, 2014. The show stars Allan Hawco as private investigator and former police officer Jake Doyle and Seán McGinley as his father, retired police officer Malachy Doyle. They partner as private investigators with Rose Doyle, Malachy's second wife, played by Lynda Boyd, in St. John's. Krystin Pellerin stars as Constable/Sergeant Leslie Bennett, with Mark O'Brien as Desmond \"Des\" Courtney, who works with the Doyles, and Marthe Bernard as Katrina \"Tinny\"", "title": "Republic of Doyle" }, { "docid": "316537", "text": "sal nie langer\" [I will no longer] sings that they will no longer apologize for apartheid, a theme echoed by many others, including Koos Kombuis in \"Hoe lank moet ons nog sorry sê\" [For how long do we still have to say sorry]. Piet Paraat sings in \"Toema Jacob Zuma\" [Never mind Jacob Zuma]: \"My whole life I'm punished for the sins of my father.\" There is also a distinct feeling that the Afrikaner is being marginalized by the ANC government: Fokofpolisiekar sings in \"Antibiotika\" [Antibiotics], \"I'm just a tourist in the country of my birth,\" Bok van Blerk sings", "title": "Protest song" }, { "docid": "12534180", "text": "sings the second verse, leads the chorus, adlibs on the final chorus and closes the song. Frankie Sandford sings the second bridge and small adlib between the final chorus and the end of the song. Rochelle Wiseman sings the third bridge and does adlibs in the final chorus. \"Work\" received generally positive reviews from pop music critics. Digital Spy Digital Spy said of the video: \"Adopting the classic girlband-in-a-warehouse theme, the ladies strut their stuff down a makeshift catwalk, tease the camera seductively and even attempt a few risqué dance moves. This video won't set the world alight with its", "title": "Work (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "18198319", "text": "End of Love (Anna Abreu song) \"End of Love\" is the debut single of Finnish singer Anna Abreu from her debut studio album, \"Anna Abreu\" (2007). Rauli Eskolin (known professionally as Rake) produced the song along with Teemu Brunila; the latter also wrote the song. It is a Pop song with R&B and Latin rhythms. The song was released on 30 July 2007 in Finland, as the album's lead single. Lyrically, \"End of Love\" revolves around the theme of lost love and reminiscence. Abreu sings about a 'boy' who she was once in a relationship, though the reason for the", "title": "End of Love (Anna Abreu song)" }, { "docid": "16798579", "text": "1970 and included on \"For the Good Times\". Sweetheart (Bee Gees song) \"Sweetheart\" is a song released by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of \"I.O.I.O.\" in March 1970. and released on the album \"Cucumber Castle\" in April 1970. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and featured Barry Gibb on lead vocal. Violins are featured in this song, but the musicians who played theme were not credited. The song was recorded on September 26, 1969. Barry Gibb only sings and play guitar on the song's demo. It was one of the tracks featuring Terry Cox on", "title": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "7668510", "text": "\"Jolina Sings The Masters'\". The album consisted a collection of songs from famous composers in the country whose works have become contemporary classics in the industry. Here, Magdangal explored adult emotions in the works of the Masters. Magdangal also released several movie soundtracks and has been the voice behind the classic theme songs of various movies, television programs and radio station, making her the \"Undisputed Movie Theme Song and Soundtrack Queen (or Theme Song Queen)\". Most of her theme song hits came from her own movie soundtracks such as \"T.L. Ako Sayo\" a duet with Marvin Agustin and \"May Masisilungan", "title": "Jolina Magdangal" }, { "docid": "13052377", "text": "replaced by Paul Spencer, who lasted a short time and was then replaced by John Doyle. Jackson later joined The Chameleons and Swing Out Sister. The single's B-side, \"Goldfinger\", is a cover of the James Bond theme of the same name. Both songs were featured as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of \"Real Life\". A promo video was released for the song. Side A Side B Touch and Go (Magazine song) \"Touch and Go\" is the second single by post-punk band Magazine, released on 14 April 1978. A non-album single, it did not appear on their debut album, \"Real", "title": "Touch and Go (Magazine song)" }, { "docid": "1294800", "text": "albums since 1984 and has performed vocals in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese and English. He often sings the theme songs of his films, which play over the closing credits. Chan's first musical recording was \"Kung Fu Fighting Man\", the theme song played over the closing credits of \"The Young Master\" (1980). At least 10 of these recordings have been released on soundtrack albums for the films. His Cantonese song \"Story of a Hero\" (英雄故事) (theme song of \"Police Story\") was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement in 1994. Chan voiced the character of", "title": "Jackie Chan" }, { "docid": "16749953", "text": "in New York City. The musical score of \"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit\" was composed by Patrick Doyle, who has collaborated on many of Kenneth Branagh's directorial efforts. Writing the score took Doyle up to seven months, which is more than usual. \"In \"Jack Ryan\", [Kenneth] wanted a piece of music for this scene and I had the theme the following day for it,\" said Doyle on his relationship with Branagh. \"I actually wrote the main theme of the movie, just sitting there watching it. This is the expectation of a person you're very close to. There's no pressure in that", "title": "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" }, { "docid": "9270804", "text": "is a theme of Dave Matthews' fear of asking his wife for marriage, as well as the life of Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus in his final days. In concert, especially at acoustic shows, Matthews has been known to interpolate Elvis Presley's \"Can't Help Falling in Love\" towards the end of the song as the crowd sings along. Late saxophonist LeRoi Moore plays the melody of the song on the album version. During live performances of the song, the band plays an outro not featured on the studio version. Toward the end of the song, after it decrescendos, the band", "title": "The Stone (Dave Matthews Band song)" }, { "docid": "11129682", "text": "video. The song received a \"thumbs up\" review from Engine 145 reviewer Matt C., who called it a \"successful 'slice of life' song\" because the writers \"confine[d] themselves to a manageble theme and paint[ed] a charming picture\". He also said that Morgan's Southern twang was a natural fit for the lyrical content, despite expressing uncertainty that listeners would be able to identify with the song's farmer character (as opposed to identifying with those stuck in traffic behind him). Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He says Morgan \"sings it with enthusiasm and", "title": "International Harvester (song)" }, { "docid": "16701459", "text": "Ivete Sangalo sings in Portuguese and Sanz in Spanish. The song was the theme of the couple Giovanna Antonelli and Alexandre Nero novel Brazilian \"Salve Jorge\" by Glória Perez writer. The music video was released on channel VEVO of Sanz on December 18, 2012. No Me Compares (song) \"No Me Compares\" () is a song recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released as the first single from his ninth studio album \"La Música No Se Toca\" (2012) and based on the opening theme song in the telenovela \"Amores verdaderos\". The song was released for digital download on", "title": "No Me Compares (song)" }, { "docid": "19298623", "text": "is a fine showcase of its theme — Stacy sings “\"rumah ini / hanya dipenuhi dengan bunyi / gema kasut\" Jimmy Choo \"kau beli, untuk hari jadi / yang bukan kau hantar pun sendiri\"“. Altimet retorts as her male counterpart, claiming that she’s the one who made it that way, using lines like “\"kalau berhijab ada skaf\" Cavalli” and “\"kalau\" not for sale \"kenapa masih di sini\"“. Stacy promoted the song through various media outlets and shows. Her first ever live performance of this song was in Zouk, Kuala Lumpur, during the launching of the album. She heavily promoted the", "title": "Not for Sale (Stacy song)" }, { "docid": "1842145", "text": "was Goku and Don Patch was Vegeta. Vegeta has made two contributions to music: in the eighth installment of \"Hit Song Collection series\" entitled \"\", Vegeta sings the song \"Vegeta-sama no Oryori Jigoku!!\". The song focuses of Vegeta cooking a special Okonomiyaki, and in \"Dragon Ball Kai: Song Collection\" he sings the song \"Saiyan Blood\", which he brags about how great he is. Other \"Dragon Ball\"-related songs that center around Vegeta are \"Koi no Nazonazo\" by Kuko and Tricky Shirai which focuses on his and Bulma's relationship and \"Ai wa Ballad no Yō ni~Vegeta no Theme~\" by Shin Oya which", "title": "Vegeta" }, { "docid": "2075066", "text": "up and coming screenwriter Chris Columbus to develop the show under his name. Walker was trying to develop a Saturday Morning schedule that resembled an old-fashioned Saturday movie matinee with a range of horror (\"Teen Wolf\"), science fiction (\"Galaxy High School)\", Comedy (\"Pee-wee's Playhouse\"), and Western (\"Wildfire\"). An alternate theme song exists showing clips from various episodes. The theme was changed to an instrumental one. At the end, Aimee speaks \"Here we are Doyle! The only two kids from Earth at a high school in outer space! How do you feel?\" Doyle responds \"A little spaced out Aimee!\" The show", "title": "Galaxy High" }, { "docid": "4035053", "text": "performed at the start of every soccer match in Russia. In 1938, Blanter began his long-lasting collaboration with the poet Mikhail Isakovsky. Their first song, undoubtedly the most famous of Blanter's works, was the world-renowned \"Katyusha\". In it, Blanter combined elements of the heroic, upbeat battle song and of a peasant song representing a woman's lamentation for an absent lover. Standing on a high riverbank, a young woman, Katyusha, sings of her beloved (compared to \"a gray eagle of the steppes\"), who is far away serving on the Soviet border. The theme of the song is that the soldier will", "title": "Matvey Blanter" }, { "docid": "10442716", "text": "delivers another involving tale in The Bubble.” Ivri Lider composed most of the soundtrack for the film, and sings the song \"Loving That Man of Mine\". He appears as himself singing the theme song of the movie, the Gershwin classic, \"The Man I Love\". The ending credits of the movie feature \"Song to a Siren\", a cover of \"Song to the Siren\" by Tim Buckley. The Bubble (2006 film) The Bubble (Hebrew: הבועה \"HaBuah\") is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian. The title", "title": "The Bubble (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "10062547", "text": "song for the main character - a science professor who becomes a baseball star under the pseudonym 'King Kelly'. In 1978's \"Ziegfeld: The Man & His Women\", Inga Swenson, as Nora Bayes, sings the song during the scene of the first \"Ziegfeld Follies\" in 1908. A verse from an adaptation of the song was featured in the film \"Catch Me If You Can\" on a broadcast of the 1960s television program \"Sing Along With Mitch\". The song was also referenced in a 1959 episode of television series \"Bachelor Father\" titled \"Bentley, the Hero\". The theme tune to Kelly Monteith's BBC", "title": "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" }, { "docid": "8736551", "text": "Israel) sings about the need to unite and overcome differences in order to progress as the human race. One verse appears to be delivered to a lover, leading some fans to speculate that the song is intended to be a love song to a woman who already has a family. The video continues the gospel theme, although it proved controversial with the inclusion of footage of Palestinian militants and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. As Israel had finished the 2005 Contest in fourth place, the song was pre-qualified for the final. Here, it was performed third (following Moldova's \"Arsenium\", Natalia Gordienko &", "title": "Together We Are One (song)" }, { "docid": "682836", "text": "their song \"Experimental Film\". The creators of \"Homestar Runner\" spent time with the band and wrote songs that have been released on the website as \"Puppet Jam\", a spin-off of \"Puppet Stuff\", where Puppet Homestar sings with TMBG. TMBG also wrote the music for Strong Bad Email #99, \"different town\", and the band wrote and vocalized the intro song of the 200th Strong Bad Email. Another group, The Skate Party, helped The Brothers Chaps create \"The Cheat Theme Song\". The band Y-O-U helped with the Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits CD, as well as songs on the strongbad_email.exe", "title": "Homestar Runner" }, { "docid": "18236661", "text": "RKO Radio Pictures. Bud Doyle is a jockey who has discovered the secret to get his favorite mount, Six-Shooter, to boost his performance. If he simply chants the phrase, \"Whoop-te-doo\", the horse responds with a burst of speed. There is a special bond between the jockey and his mount, but there is increasing tension between Doyle and the horse's owner, Pop Blake (who also raised Doyle), over Doyle's relationship with local singer Babe Ellis. Blake sees Ellis as a distraction prior to the upcoming big race, the Camden Stakes. The owner of the club where Babe sings, Wally Weber, has", "title": "Sweepstakes (film)" }, { "docid": "8187119", "text": "opening theme song for a video game called SkyGunner. Kazco Hamano Hamano Kazuko (born January 19, 1970) is a singer and member of the GREAT TOUR BAND. Hamano sings the chorus, supporting Van Tomiko. Her popularity, due to her lively and energetic live performances, has led her to release two solo CDs. She is also well known for her performance on The Black Mages' song Otherworld. She provides the main vocals for the theme song of the video game White Knight Chronicles, titled Travelers. It was performed live at the \"White Knight Chronicles Secret Party\" held by the game's developer,", "title": "Kazco Hamano" }, { "docid": "19230980", "text": "theme song of \"The Mermaid\" is titled \"Invincible\". The song was written and composed by Stephen Chow and performed by Deng Chao. Film score composer Raymond Wong (\"Shaolin Soccer,\" \"Kung Fu Hustle\", \"CJ7\" and \"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons\") made the arrangement, while the music producer Patrick Tsang (who produced records for Faye Wong, Eason Chan and more) mixed it. The song also has a music video in which Deng Chao sings in studio while Stephen Chow, Kris Wu and Lin Yun appear to sing the song too. Their vocals are never heard as there is only one", "title": "The Mermaid (2016 film)" }, { "docid": "10235513", "text": "horse. In the meantime, Aditi makes her way to the international airport for departure to USA. Bhaloo and Bhageere, who are Jai's rich cousins, use their influence to bail out Jai after which, Jai rides a horse, borrowed from his cousin, and heads direct towards the airport to stop Aditi from leaving, thus he fulfills all three conditions of rathore clan. He finds Aditi at the airport lounge and sings the song – \"Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na\" which is the film's theme song-for her, which is the same song that Jai had said in the beginning he'd sing for", "title": "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" }, { "docid": "6247760", "text": "in 2001. The corps sings in harmony before entering the field before each performance. All Crown alumni are welcomed to sing this with the corps. The adjusted lyrics are: \"In my mind I'm going to Carolina can't you see the sunshine, this feeling lasts for a lifetime, something that I have come to find, I'll never leave behind, yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind.\" Theme from \"Band of Brothers\" In addition to the corps song, the hornline also sings and performs the theme from the HBO miniseries \"Band of Brothers\" (composed by Michael Kamen; arranged by Michael Klesch)", "title": "Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "4667114", "text": "the Philippine release, Faith Cuneta sang an entirely different song (in contrast with her earlier work for the Philippine broadcast of \"Winter Sonata\"), titled \"Pangarap na Bituin\" (a remake of the original sung by the singer's aunt Sharon Cuneta as the theme song for her 1984 film \"Bukas Luluhod Ang Mga Tala\"). Shamrock sings a soundtrack title \"Alipin\" and Regine Velasquez also sings that soundtrack in another TV Release. In Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese version was sung by Anjalin Gunathilaka and written by Athula Ransirilal; it was titled \"Gaha kola mal gal gesee bala sitinawa\" (The trees and flowers are", "title": "Dae Jang Geum" }, { "docid": "4470788", "text": "or sunny. But who needs love? I've got my bunny.\" In the final scene of the final episode, this is the song Jack sings with Mr. Floppy, but with slightly modified lyrics. \"I married young, because of cupid. And had three kids, but you were stupid. I could've been rich, instead I'm a loser. But at least we're happy, 'cause you're a boozer. Now I'm alone, come rain or sunny. But who needs love? I've got my bunny.\" Beginning with the second season, the series' theme song was \"Hit the Road Jack\" by Ray Charles; the song is a reference", "title": "Unhappily Ever After" }, { "docid": "10026336", "text": "the song \"just about defined the territory he carved out as his own in the years ahead...the song, the production, and the performance came together in a statement of soon-to-be classic George Jones.\" Sings from the Heart Sings from the Heart is the 1962 country music studio album released by George Jones in June 1962. The album was his eleventh studio LP release, and was his last with Mercury, after switching to United Artists in late 1961. The album's theme was listing of songs about the heart, and contains his last #1 with Mercury Records from 1961, Tender Years. The", "title": "Sings from the Heart" }, { "docid": "11116247", "text": "music for the film is being composed by Yoshihiro Ike; the soundtrack score was released on June 18, 2014. Yoshiki of X Japan contributed the film's theme song \"Hero (Yoshiki Classical Version)\". Katie Fitzgerald, vocalist of Yoshiki's other band Violet UK, sings while Yoshiki performs on the piano. Originally, Toei had problems with the music production of the film and contacted Yoshiki to have him write the movie's theme song. Yoshiki watched the film before producing the song, remarking on its sense of amazing, grand scale; he ultimately decided to write a ballad after wondering what kind of song would", "title": "Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary" }, { "docid": "18748928", "text": "is by Japanese rock band Good Morning America. The second ending theme song for episodes 13 to 25 is by the group Key Talk. The singer for Funimation's English dub is Professor Shyguy. The third ending song for episodes 26 to 36 is by the band Lacco Tower. The fourth ending theme song for episodes 37 to 49 is \"Forever Dreaming\" by Czecho No Republic. The fifth ending theme song for episodes 50 to 59 is by idol group Batten Showjo Tai. The sixth ending theme song for episodes 60 to 72 is by Arukara. The seventh ending theme song", "title": "Dragon Ball Super" }, { "docid": "12115042", "text": "not vocal. However, Neal Hefti, the writer of the theme, stated that the chorus was made up of eight singers, one of whom jokingly wrote on his part, \"word and music by Neal Hefti\". \"TV's Biggest Hits\" by Jon Burlingame, published in 1996, focuses exclusively on TV theme songs, and includes an interview with Hefti about the creation of the Batman theme song. According to Burlingame, the song consisted of \"bass guitar, low brass and percussion to create a driving rhythm, while an eight-voice chorus sings 'Batman!' in harmony with the trumpets.\" In addition to Neal Hefti's original version, and", "title": "Batman Theme" }, { "docid": "16798577", "text": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song) \"Sweetheart\" is a song released by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of \"I.O.I.O.\" in March 1970. and released on the album \"Cucumber Castle\" in April 1970. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and featured Barry Gibb on lead vocal. Violins are featured in this song, but the musicians who played theme were not credited. The song was recorded on September 26, 1969. Barry Gibb only sings and play guitar on the song's demo. It was one of the tracks featuring Terry Cox on drums following the departure of Bee Gees' original", "title": "Sweetheart (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "2075061", "text": "Galaxy High Two Earth teenagers are accepted into the InterGalactic high school, Galaxy High School on the asteroid Flutor. The teenage boy, Doyle, was a skilled athlete and popular, while the teenage girl Aimee was shy and, as the theme song states, \"the smartest girl in school, not very popular, not very cool.\" But once in space their roles are somewhat reversed. The alien teenagers seem to accept the not so popular Aimee, while Doyle tends to rub the aliens the wrong way. Although Doyle finds himself an outcast and having difficulties adjusting, Aimee does not abandon him, and suggests", "title": "Galaxy High" }, { "docid": "9083009", "text": "Yozuca Yozuca* (born March 21 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese female singer. She performs songs mainly for games and anime and is known especially for her vocal contributions to the \"Da Capo\" series. Her debut was in 2002 with the song \"Da Capo: dai-2 botan no chikai\", used as the theme song for the adult PC game \"\". She works under Peak A Soul+, and most of her works are released by Lantis. Yozuca* has often worked alongside Rino of CooRie, who also sings for the \"Da Capo\" series. They have performed together under the name \"yozurino*\", and have been", "title": "Yozuca" }, { "docid": "10945244", "text": "was the B-side to the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song winner, \"All the Way\". On Ruby Braff's 1981 tribute album, \"Very Sinatra\" he does a medley called \"New York, New York/My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)\". On Barry Manilow's 1998 album \"Manilow Sings Sinatra\", he includes a 3:00 version of the song. Jack Jones, who won two Grammy Awards in the 1960s and charted dozens of songs including the theme from The Love Boat, recorded an album entitled \"My Kind of Town\" with a title track by the same name. Among the other artists who have recorded versions", "title": "My Kind of Town" }, { "docid": "13025434", "text": "then sing the show's theme song as they hop to Bob's front door. The theme song ends with a character making a random comment, such as Pa Grape commenting on Archibald's new sweater. Bob and Larry then wait for the mailman, Jimmy Gourd, to deliver a letter. When Jimmy comes, he happily sings his Mail Song, which Bob and Larry both find tedious. Similar to the opening counter-top sequence of the \"VeggieTales\" videos, Bob and Larry read the letter and the cast tries to decide how to solve the viewer's problem through one of three regular segments: Archibald reads a", "title": "VeggieTales" }, { "docid": "8879308", "text": "of over 500,000 records in the US. The song is about the callousness of TV news reporting as well as the tabloidization of all news. Henley sings from the standpoint of a news anchorman who \"could have been an actor, but I wound up here\", and thus is not a real journalist. The song's theme is that TV news coverage focuses too much on negative and sensationalist news; in particular, deaths, disasters, and scandals, with little regard to the consequences or for what is important (\"We all know that crap is king\"). The song was inspired by the intrusive press", "title": "Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)" }, { "docid": "3014244", "text": "film. Stephenson, who played both the Showroom announcer and the Minister, provided the voice of Mr. Slate from the animated series. Krakowski had been reluctant to play Betty, feeling she would be overshadowing O'Donnell, until she was congratulated by Rosie for getting the role with flowers and a card that said \"From Betty #1 to Betty #2, Now Yabba Dabba Do It!\" Ann-Margret, who guest-starred as \"Ann-Margrock\" in the cartoon show's season four episode \"Ann-Margrock Presents\", sings the theme song, which is a slightly rewritten version of the song from \"Viva Las Vegas\". \"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas\" opened", "title": "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" }, { "docid": "7770785", "text": "has also sung the title song of the \"Ekta Kapoor\" Zee TV serial \"Kasamh Se\" and the Radio City theme song with playback singer Shaan. Nihira is the only female singer in the entire album of \"Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love\" who sings two songs. \"Mera Dil\" is a sugar-coated love song sung by Nihira and Shaan. The track was composed for Ayesha Takia and Akshaye Khanna in the film. Nihira also croons the re-arranged [not remixed] version of the classic \"Babuji Dheere Chalna\" [Aar Paar] originally sung by Geeta Dutt. Nihira was a former winner on the Ghazal show,", "title": "Nihira Joshi" }, { "docid": "5548797", "text": "and anti-corporate stances, along with styling his hair in a ponytail, is a reference to comedian George Carlin who styled his hair the same way later in his career and often had anti-capitalism, anti-consumerism and anti-commercialism overtones in his performance. The \"Canyonero\" song and visual sequence was modeled after Ford commercials. The sequence is a parody of a commercial for a sport utility vehicle and Hank Williams Jr. sings a song about the Canyonero accompanied by country guitar music and whip cracks. The song \"Canyonero\" closely resembles the theme to the 1960s television series \"Rawhide\". This episode was the first", "title": "The Last Temptation of Krust" }, { "docid": "18897206", "text": "Help Me Understand (Hank Williams song) \"Help Me Understand\" is a song written by Hank Williams and released under the name \"Luke the Drifter\" on MGM Records in 1950. Williams' Luke the Drifter recordings were often characterized by bleak recitations and \"Help Me Understand\" is no exception, addressing the theme of divorce and specifically the effect it has on the children growing up in broken homes. \"One word led to another,\" Hank sings, \"and the last word led to divorce,\" a line that would be all too prescient for the singer, who would be divorced from his wife Audrey Williams", "title": "Help Me Understand (Hank Williams song)" }, { "docid": "3281977", "text": "that included previously unheard song \"Everybody Wants the Same Thing\". Several of Scissor Sister's songs have appeared in various television shows including \"The Skins\" in season five of \"Queer as Folk\" and \"Take Your Mama\" in the episode \"Six Months Ago\" of \"Heroes\". Their song \"Filthy/Gorgeous\" serves as the theme music to the US version of the sit-com \"Kath & Kim\" while the song \"I Can't Decide\" was used in the \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Last of the Time Lords\" where the Master sings along to it in a mocking fashion towards the enslaved human race. Subsequently, the song debuted at", "title": "Scissor Sisters" }, { "docid": "16393303", "text": "\"Entertainment Weekly\", the song has choruses that are thickly produced and the only physical instrument that you can pick is Levine's larynx. \"Lucky Strike\" is a funk song that features dubstep and soul rock influences and lyrically discovers the theme of sexual intercourse. The fifth track on the album, \"The Man Who Never Lied,\" produced by Brian West, is a pop and pop rock song that finds the protagonist in a relationship trouble where he is playing the role of a good person. According to Nate Chinen of \"The New York Times\", in the song, Levine sings \"about spoiling his", "title": "Overexposed (album)" }, { "docid": "8938797", "text": "is a single for the \"Clannad\" anime series by Kyoto Animation which was released on October 26, 2007 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number \"KSLA-0036\". The single contains the opening and ending themes from the anime version in full length, TV length, and off-vocal versions, along with a bonus remix track of the song \"Shōjo no Gensō\" from the earlier \"Sorarado\" image album released in 2003. The opening theme \"Mag Mell (cuckool mix 2007)\" is performed by Eufonius and sung by Riya, who also sings \"Shōjo no Gensō\". The ending theme \"Dango Daikazoku\" is sung by", "title": "Music of Clannad" }, { "docid": "15243202", "text": "the best pop – and then ribbons it with the inimitable quivery vocals of Ellie Goulding, sounding suitably celestial as she sings about \"the chosen one\" calling his name. And Tinie himself? Well, to his credit, he's still eking juice out of this well-squeezed theme – or maybe we're just suckers for a rapper who namechecks Kestral Lager and Benidorm in a song whose subject matter touches on the fatalistic, the supernatural and the biblical?\" Tempah and Goulding performed the track for the first time on live television at the 2011 BRIT Awards official launch ceremony in January 2011. Tempah", "title": "Wonderman (Tinie Tempah song)" }, { "docid": "15154124", "text": "where Mrs Brown sings Altered Images' \"Happy Birthday\", the entire cast singing The Proclaimers song, \"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)\" in episode 3, and a scene in episode 6 where Buster sings the theme tune to \"\". No changes have been made to the Series 2 episodes on their DVD release. A joke was made about being sued for singing a copyrighted song featured during the stage show \"Mrs Brown's Boys Live: Good Mourning Mrs Brown\". On 11 October 2012, Series 2 was released in Region 4 in both standard form and a limited edition. The limited edition version contained", "title": "Mrs. Brown's Boys" }, { "docid": "11430690", "text": "announced that Luhan would be singing the theme song for the film's release in China \"\", according to Chinese media outlet Sina. The movie, directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan, was originally released in 1996. Due to the political tension between Hong Kong and mainland China, however, it has taken 19 years for the film to be approved for release in China. A member of the production team explained, \"Peter Chan asked [Chinese musician] Dou Feng to arrange for the recording of a new version of the theme song, and requested that Luhan sings for the film’s soundtrack.\" Director", "title": "Tian mi mi" }, { "docid": "12607644", "text": "Sharda Sinha Sharda Sinha is a Maithili folk-singer from Begusarai,Bihar, India. She was born in Hulas, Raghopur, Supaul district in Mithila region of Bihar. She is the most celebrated and renowned singer of Bihar who sings in Maithili and other languages like Bhojpuri and Magahi. She is known for her maithili version of the Chhath Puja themed song \"Ho dinanath\". She got civilian award Padma Bhushan on the eve of Republic Day, 2018. Sharda Sinha started her career by singing Maithili folk songs. Sharda Sinha sings Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi songs, and has received the \"Padma Shri\" award for her", "title": "Sharda Sinha" }, { "docid": "2075072", "text": "negative actions towards Doyle in \"Pizza's Honor\". The complete Galaxy High School series is also currently available through video-on-demand services including Amazon Video and Crunchyroll. Galaxy High Two Earth teenagers are accepted into the InterGalactic high school, Galaxy High School on the asteroid Flutor. The teenage boy, Doyle, was a skilled athlete and popular, while the teenage girl Aimee was shy and, as the theme song states, \"the smartest girl in school, not very popular, not very cool.\" But once in space their roles are somewhat reversed. The alien teenagers seem to accept the not so popular Aimee, while Doyle", "title": "Galaxy High" }, { "docid": "1601139", "text": "\"Who Shot Ya?\" verse, with the same vocal take on the released version, is placed in the middle. Mos Def sings his own interpretation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers song \"Under the Bridge\". Mos Def was involved with two videos for \"Umi Says\". One was more traditional, while the second one came when Nike and Jordan Brand chose \"Umi Says\" as its theme song for its \"Much Respect\" series of commercials for the Air Jordan XVI. As a result, the second video features appearances from Michael Finley, Eddie Jones, Derek Jeter, Roy Jones Jr., Ray Allen and even Michael", "title": "Black on Both Sides" }, { "docid": "2006324", "text": "she sang on Rush's song \"Time Stand Still\" on the album \"Hold Your Fire\". The single is credited as \"Rush (featuring Aimee Mann)\". In 1995, she recorded a cover version of Harry Nilsson's \"One\" on the album \"For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson\" and in 1996, \"Baby Blue\" on the Badfinger tribute album \"Come and Get It\". In 1997, Mann recorded a cover of \"Nobody Does It Better\", the theme song of the James Bond film \"The Spy Who Loved Me\", on the album \"\". In 2001, Mann recorded covers of The Beatles' \"Two of Us\" with Michael", "title": "Aimee Mann" }, { "docid": "2478963", "text": "and voice appeared in an episode of HBO's Happily Ever After, which is an animated cartoon series of fairy tales for children. Buffy appeared in the episode about Snow White which was also titled as \"White Snow\". White Snow is a young Native American Princess who is saved by a young Native American Prince. Buffy wrote the theme song and also sings a song and is the voice of the mirror on the wall. The episode appeared in the first season of Happily Ever After but the episodes continue to be aired as reruns. In 1995, the Indigo Girls released", "title": "Buffy Sainte-Marie" }, { "docid": "10235336", "text": "hit song with the exception of episode 6, in which Aubrey sings along enthusiastically with a commercial for women's pantyliners much to the disgust of everyone else. Following the cold open is a short Carpoolers theme song. Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of \"Carpoolers\" on ABC: + Information is current as of March 7, 2008. Carpoolers Carpoolers is an American single-camera comedy series, that aired on ABC from October 2, 2007 to March 4, 2008. The show was created by Bruce McCulloch, who also executive produced alongside Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, David Miner, Marsh McCall, Joe", "title": "Carpoolers" }, { "docid": "17796502", "text": "19, both versions of the song were released as digital downloads. It would be the fourth single released from his sixth studio album \"X\". The overall theme of the song is about unfaithful women. It was reported that Brown makes references at ex-girlfriend Rihanna, whom he dated, in the song, as he sings about a girl not being loyal in a relationship, a theme that he also rapped about on DJ Khaled's \"I'm Still\", which was also thought to be aimed at Rihanna. Tyga makes a reference to the Jermaine Dupri/Jay-Z song \"Money Ain't a Thang\" during his verse on", "title": "Loyal (Chris Brown song)" }, { "docid": "5241864", "text": "War. The song was written in two days by lyricist Jacques Larue and composer Philippe-Gérard after Dassin turned down a proposal by Louiguy. Magali Noël was cast as Viviane, who sings the film's theme song. Noël would later act for Italian director Federico Fellini, appearing in three of his films. \"Rififi\" debuted in France on 13 April 1955. The film was banned in some countries due to its heist scene, referred to by the \"Los Angeles Times\" reviewer as a \"master class in breaking and entering as well as filmmaking\". The Mexican interior ministry banned the film because of a", "title": "Rififi" }, { "docid": "14029185", "text": "\"Hillbilly Bone\" is an up-tempo country song, backed primarily by electric guitar. It has a theme of rural pride, in which the narrators state that one does not have to be from the South or Appalachia to enjoy the same pastimes as someone who is (\"We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside\"). The song is set in the key of G major with a main chord pattern of G-C7-E7-C-G. An eight-bar electric guitar solo precedes each verse and the final chorus. Adkins sings vocal harmony on the entire song, and the last half of the second verse. Craig", "title": "Hillbilly Bone (song)" }, { "docid": "6197738", "text": "coming out behind the curtains jumping and dancing around to the theme song with the audience clapping to the tune. Barney sings \"Everyone Is Special\" as he tells the audience that everyone is special in their own way. As the show continues, Michael, Luci, Amy, Adam, Derek, and Tina come out and introduce themselves to the audience and begin by performing their rap. During the show, Barney introduces Baby Bop who comes to join in for the rest of the show. The show starts to end as they sing The Grand Old Flag and Barney's favorite song \"I Love You.\"", "title": "Barney in Concert" }, { "docid": "10289856", "text": "en Manhattan\", she sings the entrada as a duet with Siller. She also has recorded a theme song entitled \"Pecadora\" for \"Pecadora\". However, as recently aired, the telenovela is not using that song for its entrada, but (in part) as the closing theme. \"Amarte Asi\" has also been aired with a different title, \"Frijolito\". It is also notable that Litzy won a sort of acting-contest reality show run by Telemundo entitled \"Protagonistas de la Fama\". Apparently her winning of that contest landed her the starring role in \"Amarte Así\". She also was the star of \"Daniela,\" and went on to", "title": "Litzy" }, { "docid": "7378977", "text": "Michael Doyle (footballer, born 1981) Michael Paul Doyle (born 8 August 1981) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Coventry City. Born in Dublin, Doyle started his career at Celtic before a spell on loan in Denmark playing for AGF Aarhus. He subsequently spent the majority of his career at Coventry City and Sheffield United. Doyle has also been capped once by the Republic of Ireland. Doyle began his career as a trainee at Celtic turning full professional for them in August 1998. He and fellow Celtic teammate Liam Miller had a spell", "title": "Michael Doyle (footballer, born 1981)" }, { "docid": "1694332", "text": "Awards in 1967. The film's theme song, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Pierre Barouh, was also nominated for \"Best Original Song in a Motion Picture\" at the Golden Globe Awards. In Finland it has become one of the most easily recognizable TV advertisement themes, having been used for decades by the cruiseferry brand Silja Line. Pierre Barouh, who plays the deceased husband in the film, also sings the songs in the soundtrack. In a sequence of the film, he makes a brief reappearance singing \"Samba Saravah\", a French version with lyrics by Barouh himself of the Brazilian", "title": "A Man and a Woman" }, { "docid": "9157798", "text": "Feet\", and also when in the middle of the video her backup dancers are seen in tuxedos and wearing costume penguin masks as they all dance in an arctic scene. The song is about a confident girl who gets attention everywhere she goes. She sings to a guy telling him to \"hit me up\". \"To hit up\", a term popularized by users of the social networking website MySpace, refers to contacting a person via electronic means. In this case there is a romantic interest for the person being \"hit up\". \"Hit Me Up\" was used as the opening theme for", "title": "Hit Me Up (Gia Farrell song)" }, { "docid": "10175535", "text": "All songs were written by Pete Townshend. The track listing for the CD and video is as follows: N.B. \"Overture\" is not The Who Song from \"Tommy\", but a special medley for these concerts and subsequent tour, consisting of \"A Little Is Enough,\" \"Rough Boys,\" \"Sparks,\" \"Dr. Jimmy\" (\"Is It Me?\" section), \"Baba O'Riley,\" \"Who Are You,\" \"Quadrophenia\" (\"Helpless Dancer\" theme) and \"See Me, Feel Me,\" A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and a later live", "title": "A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who" }, { "docid": "9192503", "text": "music and everyone in the band come from different cultural backgrounds. Together, they have made one CD so far, entitled \"Flowers of Forgiveness\". In 2007, director Liz Marshall made a Bravo!FACT funded video for the Arabic lament \"Mawal Saba\". Maryem sung \"Mayya Mayya\" song for the 2007 Bollywood film, \"Guru\", composed by A. R. Rahman. She also sings the theme song used in the Canadian sitcom, \"Little Mosque on the Prairie\" (the press kit on her website misidentifies the show as \"Little Mosque on the \"Prairies\"\"). Maryem Tollar Maryem Tollar (born 1968 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Toronto-based singer who", "title": "Maryem Tollar" }, { "docid": "7077889", "text": "song with the theme of child abuse and incest. The singer declared that \"I got really angry that nobody was paying homage to those who were abused by Mom and Dad\". The line \"He jacked a little bitty baby\" was originally \"He raped a little bitty baby,\" but was changed for commercial purposes. Tyler often sings the original line when performing live. In addition, the line \"...and put a bullet in his brain\" was sometimes changed to \"...and left him in the pouring rain\" for the radio airplay version to make the song sound less graphic than it actually was.", "title": "Janie's Got a Gun" }, { "docid": "3774502", "text": "young Michael Jackson's singing style. Holloway also sings lead on the \"Josie and the Pussycats\" theme song, which was written by Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The theme itself is based on a recurring score cue from \"The Jetsons\" Other lead vocals were performed by Cherie Moor. Although she was cast as the singing voice of Josie, Kathleen Dougherty only sings partial lead vocals on \"If That Isn't Love\" and \"I'll Be There.\" Also present on the album are covers of Bobby Sherman's \"La, La, La (If I Had You)\", The Carpenters' \"(They Long To", "title": "Josie and the Pussycats (album)" }, { "docid": "1466377", "text": "first-time film composer Patrick Doyle. It was performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Simon Rattle. The soundtrack was released 8 November 1989 through EMI Classics and features fifteen tracks of score at a running time just under an hour. Patrick Doyle also appeared in \"Henry V\" as Court (credited as Pat Doyle), who is the first soldier to begin singing \"Non Nobis, Domine\" following the conflict at Agincourt. Doyle was later awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme for \"Non Nobis, Domine\". Online versions of the digitized script and storyboards from the", "title": "Henry V (1989 film)" }, { "docid": "5923044", "text": "Something to Sing About \"Something to Sing About\" is a patriotic song written by folk singer Oscar Brand that sings the praises of the many different regions of Canada. It was used as a theme for Brand's television show \"Let's Sing Out\", which aired on CBC and CTV in the 1960s and was also the theme song for the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67. There was once a movement for it to chosen as Canada's national anthem in 1965 though Parliament ultimately picked O Canada. Brand for some years used an Americanized lyric of \"Something to Sing About\" as a", "title": "Something to Sing About" }, { "docid": "843008", "text": "\"La Vida Tómbola\" was featured in the documentary film \"Maradona\" by Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The song \"La Trampa\", recorded with Tonino Carotone for the compilation album \"Fuerza!\" was used as the theme song for the short-lived improvisational comedy \"Drew Carey's Green Screen Show\". The songs \"Bongo Bong\" and \"Je ne t'aime plus\", which appear back-to-back on \"Clandestino\", were covered by British singers Robbie Williams and Lily Allen, who recorded them as a single track, \"Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'aime Plus\" and released it as a single from the album \"Rudebox\". Manu Chao sings in Spanish, French, English, Portuguese,", "title": "Manu Chao" } ]

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[ { "docid": "4553317", "text": "1915–1918. Thence, for the period of 1904–1940, Portuguese immigration became the main drive of immigration to Brazil, with 36.52% of the arrivals, compared to 14.99% of Italians. The Brazilian Censuses do not ask questions about \"ethnic origin\", so there are no systematically comparable data about the impact of immigration. Varied entities, mainly embassies of foreign countries in Brazil and commercial associations that promote bilateral commerce between Brazil and other countries, make claims about the figures of \"descendants of immigrants\" in Brazil, but none links to any actual survey. Also, if they are extrapolations of actual data on the number of", "title": "Immigration to Brazil" }, { "docid": "2580703", "text": "Amerindian females in Brazil. However, the Amerindian population was decimated by epidemics, wars and slavery. Since 1550, African slaves began to be brought to Brazil in large numbers. Miscegenation between Portuguese males and African females was common. European and Asiatic immigrants who came to Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries (Portuguese, Italians, Spaniards, Germans, Arab, Japanese, etc.) also participated in the process. Among many of the immigrant groups in Brazil, there was a large predominance of men. In all Brazilian regions European, African and Amerindian genetic markers are found in the local populations, even though the proportion of each", "title": "Pardo Brazilians" }, { "docid": "6878324", "text": "foreigners making their situation regular in Brazil. This wave differentiates from the two previous waves by the higher education level of the new Portuguese emigrants, which represents an effective brain drain since large numbers of highly qualified and experienced professionals and businessmen left their country. The typical Portuguese immigrant in Brazil was a single man. As an example, in the records of the community of Inhaúma, in the countryside of the state of Rio de Janeiro, from 1807 to 1841, the Portuguese-born population comprised approximately 15% of the population, of whom 90% were males. Inhaúma was not unique: this trend", "title": "Portuguese Brazilians" }, { "docid": "10481570", "text": "Jewish populations. Brazil is home to 240 immigrant or extoctone languages, most of them European languages. Standard German and German dialects make the second most spoken language in Brazil with around 4 million bilingual speakers or 2% of the population, other Caucasoid immigration languages are Italian, Venetian or Talian dialect, Polish, Castilian, Ukrainian, Russian, Dutch, Hebrew, Yidish, Lithuanian and Lettish, French, Norwegian, Swedish, English, Assorted German dialects (including the ancient East Pomeranian dialect, practically extinct in Europe) and Venetian or Talian share co-official status with Portuguese in several municipalities. Multiracials constitute the second largest group of Brazil, with around 84,7", "title": "Brazilians" }, { "docid": "38056", "text": "years ago (6000 BC). The pottery was found near Santarém and provides evidence that the tropical forest region supported a complex prehistoric culture. The Marajoara culture flourished on Marajó in the Amazon delta from 800 CE to 1400 CE, developing sophisticated pottery, social stratification, large populations, mound building, and complex social formations such as chiefdoms. Around the time of the Portuguese arrival, the territory of current day Brazil had an estimated indigenous population of 7 million people, mostly semi-nomadic who subsisted on hunting, fishing, gathering, and migrant agriculture. The indigenous population of Brazil comprised several large indigenous ethnic groups (e.g.", "title": "Brazil" }, { "docid": "5107166", "text": "since Brazil's independence (1822) some 750,000 Spaniards have entered Brazil. This figure represents between 12.5% and 14% of all foreigners entering Brazil since its independence and puts the Spaniards in the third place among immigrant nationalities in Brazil, but it possibly includes Portuguese emigrating on false Spanish passports, or Galicians who, while Spanish citizens, spoke a language similar to Portuguese; in fact, Portuguese immigrants in Rio de Janeiro are popularly known as \"galegos\" (Galicians). Spanish immigrants were among those who had a higher rate of permanent residence in Brazil, overtaken by the Japanese but above nationalities such as Portuguese, Italian", "title": "Spanish Brazilians" }, { "docid": "12361598", "text": "understand Portuguese, and it was not hard for them to adjust to Brazilian life. Those immigrant populations and their descendants still retain some of their original ethnic identity, however they are not closed communities and are rapidly integrating into mainstream Brazilian society: for instance, very few of the third generation can understand their grandparents' languages. The Amerindians make up 0.4% of Brazil's population, or about 700,000 people. Indigenous peoples are found in the entire territory of Brazil, although the majority of them live in Indian reservations in the North and Centre-Western part of the country. Over 60 million Brazilians possess", "title": "Demographics of Brazil" }, { "docid": "3727417", "text": "the country. However, even among the more recent influx of Portuguese immigrants at the turn of the 20th century, there were 319 men to each 100 women among them. The Portuguese were different from other immigrants in Brazil, like the Germans, or Italians who brought many women along with them (even though the proportion of men was higher in any immigrant community). Despite the small female proportion, Portuguese men married mainly Portuguese women. Female immigrants rarely married Brazilian men. In this context, the Portuguese had a rate of endogamy which was higher than any other European immigrant community, and behind", "title": "Portuguese people" }, { "docid": "9149838", "text": "each 100 women among them. The Portuguese were different from other immigrants in Brazil, like the Germans, or Italians who brought many women along with them (even though the proportion of men was higher in any immigrant community). Despite the smaller female proportion, Portuguese men married mainly Portuguese women. Female immigrants rarely married Brazilian men. In this context, the Portuguese had a rate of endogamy which was higher than any other European immigrant community, and behind only the Japanese among all immigrants. An additional figure of 1.2 million Portuguese arrived between 1951 and 1975 to settle mostly in the Southeast.", "title": "White Brazilians" }, { "docid": "18082383", "text": "immigrants and children of two immigrants). Children of Pakistani, Somali and Vietnamese parents made up the largest groups of all Norwegians born to immigrant parents. The European and Pakistani immigrants are mainly labor immigrants while many other immigrants from outside Europe have come as asylum seekers or family members to such. Portugal, long a country of emigration, that have created big Portuguese communities in France, USA and Brazil has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the former colonies; by the end of 2003, legal immigrants represented about 4% of the population, and the largest communities", "title": "Immigration by country" }, { "docid": "7883567", "text": "less organized ethnic schools and the cultural formation was centered in church, not in schools. Most of the children of Italians went to public schools, where Portuguese was spoken. Until World War II, some 1.5 million Italians had immigrated to Brazil, compared to only 250,000 Germans. However, the 1940 Census revealed that German was spoken as a home language by 644,458 people, compared to only 458,054 speakers of Italian. Spaniards, who formed the third largest immigrant group in Brazil (after the Portuguese and Italians) were also quickly assimilated into the Portuguese-speaking majority. Spanish is similar to Portuguese, which led to", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "15336380", "text": "Brazilians who were born to an immigrant father. Of those, 1,260,931 Brazilians were born to an Italian father. Italian was the main reported paternal immigrant origin, followed by Portuguese with 735,929 children, Spanish with 340,479 and German with 159,809 children. The Census also revealed that the 458,281 foreign mothers of 12 or more years who lived in Brazil had 2,852,427 children, of whom 2,657,974 were born alive. The Italian women had more children than any other female immigrant community in Brazil: 1,069,862 Brazilians were born to an Italian mother, followed by 524,940 who were born to a Portuguese mother, 436,305", "title": "Italian Brazilians" }, { "docid": "361950", "text": "sources, in Peru (44%). In Ecuador, Amerindians are a large minority that comprises two-fifths of the population. The native European population is also a significant element in most other former Portuguese colonies. People who identify as of primarily or totally European descent, or identify their phenotype as corresponding to such group, are more of a majority in Argentina, and Uruguay and more than half of the population of Chile (64.7%) and (48.4%) in Brazil. In Venezuela, according to the national census 42% of the population is primarily native Spanish, Italian and Portuguese descendants. In Colombia, people who identify as European", "title": "South America" }, { "docid": "14218697", "text": "(with European ancestry being dominant nationwide according to the vast majority of all autosomal studies undertaken covering the entire population, accounting for between 65% to 77%). Most Portuguese colonists as well as most Portuguese immigrants to Brazil came from Northern Portugal, which are its blondest regions. Colonial Brazil was also home to some Dutch invaders who were successful at staying in Brazil even after their territorial loss. The second most common non-Portuguese European group in Colonial Brazil were the French, with its cultural influence, represented by things such as the French artistic mission, that can be seen until this day,", "title": "Sarará" }, { "docid": "12361604", "text": "of Japanese and European ancestry. Recent research has suggested that Asians from the early Portuguese Eastern Empire, known as Luso-Asians first came to Brazil during the sixteenth century as seamen known as Lascars, or as servants, slaves and concubines accompanying the governors, merchants and clergy who has served in Portuguese Asia. This first presence of Asians was limited to Northeast Brazil, especially Bahia, but others were brought as cultivators, textile workers and miners to Pará and other parts of the Northeast. According to the 2010 census, there were more than 91 million European-Brazilians, comprising 47.73% of Brazil's population. European-Brazilians are", "title": "Demographics of Brazil" }, { "docid": "12057362", "text": "their first language. The other 1% of whites in South Africa (who don't speak Afrikaans or English) mostly speak Portuguese (from immigrant communities who come from Angola and Mozambique), or German, and Dutch (from European immigration). Equally, in Namibia, the remaining 1% of the white population speaks mostly Portuguese because of the immigration from Angola following independence of all Portuguese colonies in 1975. Only a small white population in Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia has the fluency of Italian, because it is no longer the official language there. Spanish is also spoken in some areas of Morocco, Western Sahara,", "title": "White Africans of European ancestry" }, { "docid": "7883569", "text": "southern Brazil where people speak both Portuguese and one or more of these languages. For example, it is reported that more than 90% of the residents of the small city of Presidente Lucena, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, speak Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, a Brazilian form of the Hunsrückisch dialect of German. Some immigrant communities in southern Brazil, chiefly the German and the Italian ones, have lasted long enough to develop distinctive dialects from their original European sources. For example, Brazilian German, also known as Riograndenser Hunsrückisch. In the Serra Gaúcha region, we can find Italian dialects such", "title": "Languages of Brazil" }, { "docid": "10481591", "text": "early Portuguese colonization process (involving directional mating), as well as the recent immigrant waves (from Europe) of the last century. According to a study in 2001, the vast majority of Y chromosomes (male lineages) in white Brazilian males, regardless of their regional source, is of European origin (>90% contribution), with a very low frequency of sub-Saharan African chromosomes and a complete absence of Amerindian contributions. These results configure a picture of strong directional mating in Brazil involving European males, on one side, and European, African and Amerindian females, on the other. In a study from 2016, the authors investigated a", "title": "Brazilians" } ]

[ { "docid": "9149806", "text": "the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to Judicael Clevelário, most studies about the impact of immigration have followed Giorgio Mortara's conclusions in the 40's and 50's. Mortara concluded that only about 19% of the demographic growth of Brazil, from 1840 and 1940 was due to immigration, and that the population of immigrant origin was of 16% of the total population of Brazil. However, according to Clevelário, Mortara failed to properly take into account the full endogenous growth of the population of immigrant origin, due to the predominantly rural settlement of the immigrants (rural regions tend to have higher", "title": "White Brazilians" }, { "docid": "13855078", "text": "Asia and non-EU countries grow up in areas high immigrant population. According to researcher Emma Neuman at Linnaeus University, segregation sets in at population share around 3-4% of non-European migrants in a district, while European immigration shows no such trend. The study comprised the 12 largest municipalities of Sweden for the period 1990-2007. High income earners and highly educated move out of non-European migrant districts first where ethnic segregation in turn leads to social segregation. A study at Örebro University concluded that while Swedish parents stated positive views towards the values of multiculturalism, in practice they still chose Swedish-majority schools", "title": "Immigration to Sweden" }, { "docid": "2075731", "text": "immigrant population is in decline. Those from the United Kingdom comprised 58 per cent of the total overseas-born population in 1901, compared to 27 per cent in 1996. An even greater decline has occurred for those born in Ireland. In 1901, those born in Ireland comprised 22 per cent of all immigrants, while in 1996 the Ireland-born represented just 1 per cent of the immigrant population. While those born in England have formed the largest component of the British immigrant population, Australia has also received significant numbers of immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Up until the First World War", "title": "Anglo-Celtic Australians" }, { "docid": "10466080", "text": "three decades. In 1872, the population of Brazil was 10 million, and 15% were slaves. As a result of widespread manumission (easier in Brazil than in North America), by this time approximately three quarters of blacks and mulattoes in Brazil were free. Slavery was not legally ended nationwide until 1888 by the \"Lei Áurea\" (\"Golden Act\"), a legal act promulgated on May 13 by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. In fact, it was an institution in decline by this time (since the 1880s the country began to attract European immigrant labor instead). Brazil was the last nation in the Western", "title": "Slavery in Brazil" }, { "docid": "11960836", "text": "23,255 immigrants accounting for 23 percent of the population. Omaha’s black population doubled between 1910 and 1920. By 1910 the city's population was 124,096 people, with 27,179 immigrants included. After 1910 the city's ethnic groups began to stabilize. In 1920 only 19 percent of the population was foreign-born. By 1930, when Omaha's population was 214,066, the federal government had curtailed European immigration. In that year's census the city's immigrant population comprised 14 percent of the total. What the United States Census did not show were estimates of 10,000 persons with Danish heritage and 7,000 Bohemians. There was a large community", "title": "Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "9749402", "text": "at Aracati Mirim Street on Sundays. The East European immigrants helped to develop Vila Zelina since their foundation on 27 / October / 1927 . Mr. Carlos Corkisko,a Russian immigrant, was one of the key people that helped Vila Zelina during their colonization by East European immigrants. October is Vila Zelina`s anniversary where have being commemorated in an open air party with typical east European food, folkloric dance and music shows and handcrafts. Vila Zelina East European neighborhood located in São Paulo, Brazil, best known for the great number of 14 countries of east European immigrants like Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Russian,", "title": "Vila Zelina" }, { "docid": "14749496", "text": "LGBT people in Brazil LGBT people in Brazil represent 8.35% of the Brazilians, or approximately 20,000,000 LGBT citizens. A 2009 survey conducted by University of São Paulo revealed 7.8% of Brazilian males identified as gay and 2.6% identified as bisexual, for a total of 10.4% of the male population. Lesbians comprised 4.9% of the population and bisexual women comprised 1.4%, for a total of 6.3% of the female population. The city of Rio de Janeiro has the highest percentage of non-heterosexual males, with 19.3% of its population being gay or bisexual men. The largest percentage of LGBT female population is", "title": "LGBT people in Brazil" }, { "docid": "11505735", "text": "percent of the country's population or 13.5 million people. The huge number of immigrants to Argentina, which had a much smaller population, had a much greater impact on the country's ethnic composition. By 1914, 30% of Argentina's population was foreign-born, with 12% of its population born in Italy, the largest immigrant group. Next was Canada: by 1881, 14% of Canada's population was foreign-born, and the proportion increased to 22% in 1921. In Brazil, the proportion of immigrants in the national population was much smaller, and immigrants tended to be concentrated in the central and Southern parts of the country. The", "title": "European emigration" }, { "docid": "15569996", "text": "14,125 immigrants born in the DRC were recorded, half (6,910) of whom arrived since 2001, and this latter group comprised 0.6% of Canada's immigrant intake over 2001–2006, while the DRC population in 2005, 59.1 m., represented 0.9% of the world population. The 3,854 DR Congolese immigrants settling in the province of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 ranked fourteenth highest, or 1.8% of immigrant intake from all countries. Of 285 immigrants from the DRC who had earned a degree there in a provincially regulated occupation in Canada such as medicine, engineering or law, only 21% were actually employed in that profession", "title": "Canada–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations" }, { "docid": "4553312", "text": "about the impact of immigration have followed Giorgio Mortara's conclusions in the 1940s and 1950s. Mortara concluded that only about 15% of the demographic growth of Brazil, from 1840 and 1940 was due to immigration, and that the population of immigrant origin was of 16% of the total population of Brazil. However, according to Clevelário, Mortara failed to properly take into account the full endogenous growth of the population of immigrant origin, due to the predominantly rural settlement of the immigrants (rural regions tend to have higher natal rates than cities). Clevelário, then, besides extending the calculations up to 1980,", "title": "Immigration to Brazil" }, { "docid": "15055899", "text": "the late 1990s and culminated on 21 October 2007 with their beatification held in Brazil. Daronch was made the co-patron for WYD 2013 and in 2012 was made the patron for the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen. Adílio Daronch was born in Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul on 25 October 1908 as the third of eight children born to the immigrants Pietro Daronch (d. 5.5.1923) and Giuditta Segabinazzi (2.2.1884-23.3.1932). His father was an immigrant from Agordo in the Belluno province who settled in Brazil in 1890. His mother was also an immigrant. In 1911 the Daronch's moved to Passo Fundo", "title": "Adílio Daronch" }, { "docid": "14218707", "text": "genotypes of individuals in a miscigenated population does not necessarily match their phenotype. In the 19th and 20th century Brazilian culture has promoted racial integration and miscegenation. Intermixing is common between Brazilians who come from more recent immigrant waves and those descendant of older, or different, immigrant communities. Interracial marriages comprised 22.6% of all marriages in 2000. There has never been a widespread taboo against racial or ethnic mixing in any Brazilian ethnic community, with the notable exceptions of German and latter Japanese immigrants, who nevertheless fully integrated in the second halves of the 19th and 20th centuries respectively. In", "title": "Sarará" }, { "docid": "1435305", "text": "the national population were either European immigrants, their children or grandchildren. Among the remaining 20 percent (those descended from the population residing locally before this immigrant wave took shape in the 1870s), around a third were white. European immigration continued to account for over half the nation's population growth during the 1920s, and was again significant (albeit in a smaller wave) following World War II. It is estimated that Argentina received a total amount of 6.6 million European and Middle-Eastern immigrants during the period 1857–1940. White Argentinians, therefore, likely peaked as a percentage of the national population at over 90%", "title": "White people" }, { "docid": "10286783", "text": "declining. In 1960, whites comprised 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they comprised 69.5%. According to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, approximately 78.9% of residents over the age of five spoke only English at home. Those who spoke Asian languages other than Indo-European languages made up 10.2% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of the population, speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9%, and speakers of other languages made up 2.5%. Seattle's foreign-born population grew 40% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. The Chinese population in the Seattle area has origins in mainland China, Hong", "title": "Seattle" }, { "docid": "105143", "text": "Dublin population was 1,273,069 and that of the Greater Dublin Area 1,904,806. The area's population is expanding rapidly, and it is estimated by the Central Statistics Office that it will reach 2.1 million by 2020. After World War Two, Italians were by far the largest immigrant group in both Dublin and Ireland and became synonymous with the catering and restaurant landscape. Since the late 1990s, Dublin has experienced a significant level of net immigration, with the greatest numbers coming from the European Union, especially the United Kingdom, Poland and Lithuania. There is also immigration from outside Europe, including from Brazil,", "title": "Dublin" }, { "docid": "3069693", "text": "Afonso Cláudio Afonso Cláudio is a municipality in east central Espírito Santo, Brazil, founded in 1963. The town, at a height of 610m above sea level, has a population of approximately 9,957 and an area of 361.7 km², and a population density of 32,53 inhabitants/km². Its borders include: (E) Domingos Martins, Santa Maria de Jetibá and Itarana (N) Laranja da Terra and the neighbouring state of Minas Gerais, (W) Brejetuba (S) Conceição do Castelo and Venda Nova do Imigrante. Afonso Cláudio first began to be populated in 1885, when Valentim Perozzini, an Italian immigrant, moved there. Now that place is", "title": "Afonso Cláudio" }, { "docid": "18292188", "text": "of 30, Amaral moved straight into the third level, where he appeared for Atlético Clube de Portugal and S.C. Olhanense. After retiring altogether in 2005, he began working as a coach. Amaral represented Portugal at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring the only goal in the semi-finals against Brazil to help the nation conquer the tournament. He had previously represented the under-16 at the 1986 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the under-18 at the 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, finishing runners-up in the latter. All categories comprised, he netted four times in 36 caps. Jorge Amaral Rodrigues He amassed", "title": "Jorge Amaral Rodrigues" }, { "docid": "11505704", "text": "its former colonies and other sources. By the end of 2003, legal immigrants represented about 4% of the population, and the largest communities were from Cape Verde, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, China and Ukraine. In 2014 the \"immigrant population\" in Sweden consisted of approximately 2.09 million people, including 1.60 million foreign-born and 489,000 born in Sweden to two immigrant parents. This corresponds to 21.5% of the total population. Of the major cities Malmö has the largest immigrant population, estimated to be 41.7% in 2014. However, the smaller municipalities Botkyrka (56.2%), Haparanda (55.5%) and Södertälje (49.4%) all", "title": "Immigration to Europe" }, { "docid": "1108540", "text": "was named as \"America's Fastest Growing City\". Its population increased sevenfold, from 5,000 to more than 36,000. Much of its population was second and third-generation children of European immigrants who had settled in Detroit in the early 20th century. These included many Jewish Americans descended from immigrant ancestors from the Russian Empire, including present-day Poland and Ukraine. Major civic improvements in this period included construction of an outdoor swimming pool and an ice rink in Major Park (now known as Shepherd Park, after former mayor David Shepherd, but long known informally as Oak Park Park). In 1995, Detroit-based window manufacturer", "title": "Oak Park, Michigan" }, { "docid": "577540", "text": "or sent them to the United States for internment. Brazil also restricted its Japanese Brazilian population. Although Japanese Americans in Hawaii comprised more than one third of the population, businessmen resisted their being interned or deported to mainland concentration camps, as they recognized their contributions to the economy. In the hysteria of the time, some mainland Congressmen (Hawaii was only a U.S. territory at the time, and did not have a voting representative or senator in Congress) promoted that all Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants should be removed from Hawaii but were unsuccessful. An estimated 1,200 to 1,800 Japanese nationals", "title": "Internment of Japanese Americans" }, { "docid": "3259650", "text": "probably the immigrant group that most rapidly achieved progress in Brazil. Due to the powerful Japanese economy and due to the rapid enrichment of the Nisei, in the last decades Brazilians of Japanese descent achieved a social prestige in Brazil that largely contrasts with the aggression with which the early immigrants were treated in the country. As of 2008, many Japanese Brazilians belong to the third generation (sansei), who make up 41.33% of the community. First generation (issei) are 12.51%, second generation (nisei) are 30.85% and fourth generation (yonsei) 12.95%. A more recent phenomenon in Brazil is intermarriages between Japanese", "title": "Japanese Brazilians" }, { "docid": "10466063", "text": "the 1850s, and the country then became dependent on an internal slave labor force as well as Spanish and Italian immigrant workers. Nonetheless, despite laws banning their importation, between 1808 and 1888 more than a million new slaves were forcibly shipped to Brazil. The slaves who were freed and returned to Africa, the Agudás, continued to be seen as slaves by the African indigenous population. As they had left Africa as slaves, when they returned although now as free people, they were not accepted in the local society who saw them as slaves. In Africa they also took part in", "title": "Slavery in Brazil" }, { "docid": "1757792", "text": "the Southeast macroregion and one of the smallest in Brazil. It is, however, the third most populous Brazilian state, with a population of 16 million of people in 2011 (making it the most densely populated state in Brazil) and has the third longest coastline in the country (after those of the states of Bahia and Maranhão). In the Brazilian flag, the state is represented by Mimosa, the beta star in the Southern Cross (β Cru). European presence in Rio de Janeiro is as old as Brazil itself, dating back to 1502. Rio de Janeiro originated from parts of the captainships", "title": "Rio de Janeiro (state)" }, { "docid": "14616580", "text": "paid an official visit to Japan. Japanese Emperor Akihito visited Brazil in 1997, his third visit to the country (his first and second visit were as Crown Prince in 1967 and 1978, respectively). In 1990, the Japanese government authorized the legal entry of Japanese and their descendants until the third generation in Japan. Since then, close to 300,000 Japanese-Brazilians have migrated to Japan and form the third-largest immigrant group in Japan, after Chinese and Koreans. In recent years, however, several have returned to Brazil after saving money in Japan to purchase property in Brazil and in 2016, the Brazilian-Japanese community", "title": "Brazil–Japan relations" }, { "docid": "2256495", "text": "for an interview than majority candidates. A 2014 meta-analysis found extensive evidence of racial and ethnic discrimination in the housing market of several European countries. There is extensive discrimination against immigrant groups in the French housing and labor markets, against Turkish immigrants in the German labor market, and against immigrants with non-Spanish names in the Spanish housing market. A 2017 experimental study found that the Dutch discriminate against non-Western immigrants in trust games. Clare Anyiam-Osigwe's romantic drama \"No Shade\" (2018) confronts the issue of colorism in the UK dating scene. Brazil has the world's largest population of African descendants living", "title": "Discrimination based on skin color" }, { "docid": "4553315", "text": "of the total population. Considering hypothesis 3 (based on Mortara, and considered most realistic), it would be of 22,088,829 people, or 18.56% of the total population. Considering hypothesis 4 (no return at all), the Population of Immigrant origin would be of 29,348,423 people, or 24.66% of the total population. Clevelário believes the most probable number to be close to 18%, higher than Mortara's previous estimate of 1947. According to the Census of 1872, there were 9,930,478 people in Brazil, of which 3,787,289 (38.14%) Whites, 3,380,172 (34.04%) Pardos, 1.954.452 (19.68%) Blacks, and 386,955 (3.90%) Caboclos. The White population grew faster than", "title": "Immigration to Brazil" }, { "docid": "1295559", "text": "available on the Education Resources Information Center, White female-Black male and White female-Asian male marriages are more prone to divorce than White-White pairings. Conversely, unions between White males and non-White females (and between Hispanics and non-Hispanic persons) have similar or lower risks of divorce than White-White marriages, unions between white male-black female last longer than white-white pairings or white-Asian pairings. Multiracial Brazilians make up 42.6% of Brazil's population, 79.782 million people, and they live in all regions of Brazil. Multiracial Brazilians are mainly people of mixed European, African, East Asian (mostly Japanese) and Amerindian ancestry. Interracial marriages comprised 22.6% of", "title": "Miscegenation" }, { "docid": "12895516", "text": "is the \"fastest growing city in Europe because of increased immigration\". In recent years, immigration has accounted for most of Norway's population growth. In 2010, the immigrant community grew by 57,000, which accounted for 90% of Norway's population growth; some 2% of newborn children were of immigrant background (two foreign parents). These statistics indicate that Norway's population is now 87.8% ethnic Norwegian, a figure that has steadily decreased since the late 20th century. Some 12.2% of the population is of solely immigrant background, while 5.7% of the population is of mixed Norwegian-foreign ancestry. People of other European ethnicity are 5.8%", "title": "Immigration to Norway" }, { "docid": "13286856", "text": "in the areas of trade; investments; agriculture; mining; energy; science and technology; education; sports and culture. There are also cooperation possibilities between Brazil' s agricultural research agency Embrapa and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), as well as between CNPq (technological and scientific development council) and Australian Research Council. Trade is sizable between the two nations. Two-way merchandise trade between Australia and Brazil was A$1.98 billion in 2007–08. Merchandise trade comprised exports of A$938 million to Brazil and imports of A$1,040 million from Brazil. Major exports to Brazil included coal, nickel ores and medicaments, as well as motor vehicles—the", "title": "Australia–Brazil relations" }, { "docid": "4584949", "text": "of the subscription-only system adopted by all other newspapers in Brazil before. As first, this new way of selling motivated many jokes and mockery, but ultimately all rivals adopted the same system. Today, newspapers in Brazil are sold in small street newspapers/magazines shops, and by single sellers located in main avenues of the biggest cities. Back in the 19th century, the Estadão was sold by only one man, a French immigrant, who carried his newspapers in a bag, while riding a horse, and announcing himself with a cornet. In the end of the 19th century, the \"Estado\" was already the", "title": "O Estado de S. Paulo" }, { "docid": "4231618", "text": "of the Northeast of Brazil compared to other regions of Brazil according to autosomal genetic studies focused on the Brazilian population (which has been found to be a complex melting pot of European, African and Native Americans components): A 2015 autosomal genetic study, which also analysed data of 25 studies of 38 different Brazilian populations concluded that: European ancestry accounts for 62% of the heritage of the population, followed by the African (21%) and the Native American (17%). The European contribution is highest in Southern Brazil (77%), the African highest in Northeast Brazil (27%) and the Native American is the", "title": "Northeast Region, Brazil" }, { "docid": "54821", "text": "the mid-1990s, ethnic Russians and other peoples of European descent (Ukrainians, Germans) comprised the majority of the city's population. According to the 1970 census, the ethnic Kyrgyz were only 12.3%, while Europeans comprised more than 80% of Frunze population. Now Bishkek is a predominantly Kyrgyz city, with around 66% of its residents Kyrgyz, while European peoples make up less than 20% of the population. Despite this fact, Russian is the main language while Kyrgyz continues losing ground especially among the younger generations Emissions of air pollutants in Bishkek amounted to 14,400 tons in 2010. Among all cities in Kyrgyzstan, the", "title": "Bishkek" }, { "docid": "3105220", "text": "of entry for immigrants into the United States; more than 12 million European immigrants were received at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. The term \"melting pot\" was first coined to describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods on the Lower East Side. By 1900, Germans constituted the largest immigrant group, followed by the Irish, Jews, and Italians. In 1940, whites represented 92% of the city's population. Approximately 37% of the city's population is foreign born and more than half of all children are born to mothers who are immigrants. In New York, no single country or region of origin dominates. The", "title": "New York City" }, { "docid": "3086819", "text": "Cayo District to the Belize District and Stann Creek District (Dangriga) on the Caribbean Sea. Belize City, on the Caribbean coast, is the center of West African culture in Belize, with its population being of mixed Black African, Maya, and European. About 8% of the population is of African descent or Mulatto (mix of European and black) who are called Afro-Costa Ricans, English-speaking descendants of 19th century black Jamaican immigrant workers. The indigenous population numbers around 2.5%. In the Guanacaste Province, a significant portion of the population descends from a mix of local Amerindians, Africans and Spaniards. Most Afro-Costa Ricans", "title": "Afro-Latin Americans" }, { "docid": "9471562", "text": "In Costa Rica about 8% of the population is of Black African descent or Mulatto (mix of European and black) who are called Afro-Costa Ricans, English-speaking descendants of 19th century black Jamaican immigrant workers. In Panama people of African descent were already present when the construction of an inter-oceanic channel saw the large arrival of immigrant afro-Caribbeans. Honduras has a small population of creole people, but the overwhelming majority of blacks are Garifuna. Afro-Guatemalans are concentrated in the Caribbean department of Izabal and consist of a mix of Garifunas and other Afro-Caribbeans. Although El Salvador is the only Central American", "title": "Ethnic groups in Central America" }, { "docid": "1310365", "text": "Brazilian cuisine Brazilian cuisine is the set of cooking practices and traditions of Brazil, and is characterized by African, Amerindian, Asian (mostly Japanese) and European influences. It varies greatly by region, reflecting the country's mix of native and immigrant populations, and its continental size as well. This has created a national cuisine marked by the preservation of regional differences. Ingredients first used by native peoples in Brazil include cashews, \"cassava\", \"guaraná\", \"açaí\", \"cumaru\" and \"tucupi\". From there, the many waves of immigrants brought some of their typical dishes, replacing missing ingredients with local equivalents. For instance, the European immigrants (primarily", "title": "Brazilian cuisine" }, { "docid": "3402086", "text": "intrapopulation level, all urban populations were highly admixed, and most of the variation in ancestry proportions was observed between individuals within each population rather than among population'. According to another autosomal DNA study from 2009, the Brazilian population, in all regions of the country, was also found out to be predominantly European: \"all the Brazilian samples (regions) lie more closely to the European group than to the African populations or to the Mestizos from Mexico\". According to it European ancestry was the main component in all regions of Brazil: Northeast of Brazil (\"66.7% European 23.3% African 10.0% Amerindian\") Northern Brazil", "title": "Afro-Brazilians" }, { "docid": "3402087", "text": "(\"60.6% European 21.3% African 18.1% Amerindian\") Central West (\"66,3% European 21.7% African 12.0% Amerindian\") Southeast Brazil (\"60.7% European 32.0% African 7.3% Amerindian\") Southern Brazil (\"81.5% European 9.3% African 9.2% Amerindian\"). According to it the total European, African and Native American contributions to the Brazilian population are: An autosomal study from 2011 (with nearly almost 1000 samples from all over the country, \"whites\", \"pardos\" and \"blacks\" included, according to their respective proportions) has also concluded that European ancestry is the predominant ancestry in Brazil, accounting for nearly 70% of the ancestry of the population: \"\"In all regions studied, the European ancestry", "title": "Afro-Brazilians" }, { "docid": "19948790", "text": "under the census suffrage (and weighted voting) law of July 1866, with a two-round system where simple majorities were not decided in one session. The First College comprised voters who owned more than 300 ducats in property, and the Second included those who declared 100–300 ducats; they each elected 33 deputies with direct elections. The Third College corresponded roughly to a \"third estate\", specifically designed for urban constituencies, directly electing 58 deputies in proportion to the respective town population. A Fourth College, representing taxpayers not comprised in the other categories, designated 33 of the total 157 deputies through electors. In", "title": "1867 Romanian general election" }, { "docid": "56393", "text": "they were racially mixed, up from 38.5%. In 2010, Elio Ferreira de Araujo, Brazil's minister for racial equality, attributed the increases to growing pride among his country's black and indigenous communities. The philosophy of the racial democracy in Brazil has drawn some criticism, based on economic issues. Brazil has one of the largest gaps in income distribution in the world. The richest 10% of the population earn 28 times the average income of the bottom 40%. The richest 10 percent is almost exclusively white or predominantly European in ancestry. One-third of the population lives under the poverty line, with blacks", "title": "Black people" }, { "docid": "13947999", "text": "residents in Buenos Aires were integrated into this colony by the language and cultural affinity in general. This neighbourhood was very attractive to new immigrants since it already had adequate infrastructure, as churches, cafes and bakeries in German families that had arisen due to the former colony. Argentina is, ethnographically, the Latin American country with the largest number of immigrants and descendants of Austrian immigrants (second ranks Brazil and Uruguay in the third) with Córdoba as home to the main Austrian community, which is the province with the largest immigrant population of both German and Austrian descent in the country.", "title": "Austrian Argentines" }, { "docid": "6477497", "text": "population growing by 4 percent per year. By the turn of the century, there were nearly 2,500 blacks in the city, representing about 7 percent of the population, which was about 35,000. The same level of growth had not been true for Springfield's European immigrant population in this period. The annual growth rate of the immigrant population was 0.15 percent, not growing beyond roughly 4,500 people. But after the turn of the century, immigrant settlement in Springfield increased rapidly. Around 1890, the migration of blacks to Springfield began to slow. In the early 20th century, blacks from the rural South", "title": "Springfield race riot of 1908" }, { "docid": "2163502", "text": "in and around North Battleford. The immigrant colony comprised 36 men and a few women from the town of Urmia in northwestern Persia. It was established in 1903 by Dr. Isaac Adams, an Assyrian Presbyterian missionary. In 1907, 40 more settlers arrived. Eventually, due to economic hardships, Dr. Isaac Adams and a few close relatives emigrated to Turlock, California. The descendents of the families who remained in North Battleford have names that are Assyrian in origin. Examples of Assyrian family names include Bakus, Essau, and Odishaw. Population growth stagnated until the 1940s and then grew to approximately 10,000 by the", "title": "North Battleford" }, { "docid": "3506373", "text": "is presently speculative in nature. Fish is the Brazilian merganser's main food, and they also eat molluscs, insects and their larvae. The birds, usually in pairs, capture fish by diving in river rapids and backwater. The total world population for Brazilian mergansers is believed to be less than 250 birds. Originally, the duck's geographical distribution comprised central-south Brazil and adjacent regions in Paraguay and Argentina. Currently, all confirmed populations are located in Brazil and a more recent population in Argentina and information on most populations is very scarce. The Brazilian merganser population in the Serra da Canastra region is the", "title": "Brazilian merganser" }, { "docid": "10110690", "text": "between ethnic minorities. The riots included extensive property damage and some deaths. South Omaha was where many different immigrant groups established their own neighborhoods. These ranged from Sheelytown for ethnic Irish to Polish and Czech. Little Italy and Little Bohemia closely bordered South Omaha at its north boundary as well. The immigrants comprised most of the workers at the stockyards and meatpacking plants, also located there. They started organizing different laborers and stopped work with strikes. The industry responded by hiring workers from other parts of the country who were also seeking work: both European immigrants and black migrants from", "title": "Racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska" }, { "docid": "3402079", "text": "contribution at 41% and the Native American 7%. According to another autosomal DNA study (see table), those who identified as Whites in Rio de Janeiro turned out to have 86.4% – and self identified pardos 68.1% – European ancestry on average (autosomal). \"Pretos\" were found out to have on average 41.8% European ancestry Another study (autosomal DNA study from 2010) found out that European ancestry predominates in the Brazilian population as a whole (\"whites\", \"pardos\" and \"blacks\" altogether). European ancestry is dominant throughout Brazil at nearly 80%, except for the Southern part of Brazil, where the European heritage reaches 90%.", "title": "Afro-Brazilians" }, { "docid": "7770502", "text": "The industry was dominated by immigrant workers, including prominently Yiddish-speaking Jews, about half of the total, and Italians, who comprised another one-third. About 70% of the workforce was female, about half of whom were under 20 years old. In the production of shirtwaists (blouses) in particular, the workforce was nearly all Jewish women. Some of them had belonged to labor unions in Europe before their immigration; many of the Jewish women in particular had been members of the Bund. Thus, they were no strangers to organized labor or to its tactics. Indeed, Jewish women who worked in the garment industry", "title": "New York shirtwaist strike of 1909" }, { "docid": "17547642", "text": "New Finn New Finns (Finnish: \"uussuomalainen\") are those people in Finland’s population who have a non-ethnic Finnish background and who reside permanently in the country. A new Finn may have various backgrounds; including immigrant, immigrant-origin, refugee and/or having come to Finland for family reasons. The term is especially used to emphasize those that have a Finnish citizenship and carry Finnish passports, to those foreigners who live permanently in Finland and intend to be naturalized in Finland at some point in the future. Finland has experienced large-scale, continuous non-European immigration only within the past couple of decades. The term \"uussuomalainen\" is", "title": "New Finn" }, { "docid": "1092064", "text": "by Christian Scientists as significant to the birth of their religion. Lynn experienced a wave of immigration during the late 1800s and early 1900s. During the 30 years between 1885 and 1915, Lynn's immigrant population increased from 9,800 to 29,500, representing nearly one-third of the city's total population. Polish and Russian Jews were the largest single group, numbering more than 6,000. The first Jewish settlers in Lynn, a group of twenty Hasidic European families, mostly from Russia, formed the Congregation Anshai Sfard, a Hasidic, conservative Jewish synagogue in 1888. Catholic churches catering to the needs of specific language and ethnic", "title": "Lynn, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "17082252", "text": "The overall probability that a person living in Norway would be convicted for a felony () was increased by about 0.5 percentage points for the immigrant compared to non-immigrant populations for felonies committed in the years 2001-2004. The incidence was especially high among immigrants from Kosovo, Morocco, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Chile, and reached more than 2% in all these groups. In comparison, the incidence in the non-immigrant population was about 0.7%. Incidence was lower than for the non-immigrant population among immigrants from among others, Western European countries, Eastern Europe except Poland, the Balkans and Russia, the Philippines, China and", "title": "Crime in Norway" }, { "docid": "17547645", "text": "women in today's Finland. For statistics, in 2017: New Finn New Finns (Finnish: \"uussuomalainen\") are those people in Finland’s population who have a non-ethnic Finnish background and who reside permanently in the country. A new Finn may have various backgrounds; including immigrant, immigrant-origin, refugee and/or having come to Finland for family reasons. The term is especially used to emphasize those that have a Finnish citizenship and carry Finnish passports, to those foreigners who live permanently in Finland and intend to be naturalized in Finland at some point in the future. Finland has experienced large-scale, continuous non-European immigration only within the", "title": "New Finn" }, { "docid": "11069315", "text": "many Chilean governors have been of Basque origin. During the 18th century, Chile saw a mass immigration coming from the Basque country. By the end of the 18th century, Chileans with Basque surnames comprised 27% of the Chilean population. Basques became the most important regional group in the population, displacing both the native population and descendants of those born in New Castile, Old Castile, and Andalucía. These immigrant families initially dedicated themselves to their preferred forms of business, and in successive years entered into many alliances with families of Castilian origin possessing lands and titles, giving birth to a new", "title": "Immigration to Chile" }, { "docid": "829887", "text": "Some of these immigrants moved to Norwich, which had accommodated an earlier settlement of Walloon weavers. The French added to the existing immigrant population, then comprising about a third of the population of the city. Some Huguenots settled in Bedfordshire, one of the main centres of the British lace industry at the time. Although 19th-century sources have asserted that some of these refugees were lacemakers and contributed to the East Midlands lace industry, this is contentious. The only reference to immigrant lacemakers in this period is of twenty-five widows who settled in Dover, and there is no contemporary documentation to", "title": "Huguenots" }, { "docid": "12390197", "text": "World diseases such as smallpox, measles and influenza. Over the centuries, the Europeans had developed high degrees of immunity to these diseases, while the indigenous peoples had no such immunity. During the European Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, the life expectancy of children increased dramatically. The percentage of the children born in London who died before the age of five decreased from 74.5% in 1730–1749 to 31.8% in 1810–1829. Between 1700 and 1900, Europe’s population increased from about 100 million to over 400 million. Altogether, the areas populated by people of European descent comprised 36% of the world's population in 1900.", "title": "World population" }, { "docid": "20776961", "text": "African immigration to Canada African immigration to Canada comprises citizens of countries in Africa who emigrated to Canada, as well as their descendants. According to Statistics Canada, African-born individuals comprised 13.4% of recent immigrants to Canada as of 2016. This was the second largest number of recent immigrants to the nation after Europe, and a four-fold increase from the number of African-born immigrants in 1971 (3.2%). As of 2016, the top five countries of birth of recent African-born immigrants to Canada were Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Cameroon. Among the population in Canada with an immigrant background, persons with ancestry", "title": "African immigration to Canada" }, { "docid": "1935040", "text": "collapsed and was abandoned. The failure was rooted in the large debts European settlers incurred in order to subsidize their travel and settlement expenses, leaving them as virtual slaves to their employers. Immigration suffered another decline during the Paraguayan War, which lasted from 1864 to 1870. Immigrant numbers soared during the 1870s in what came to be called the \"great immigration\". Up to that point, around 10,000 Europeans arrived in Brazil annually, but after 1872, their numbers increased dramatically. It is estimated by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics that 500,000 Europeans immigrated to Brazil between 1808 and 1883.", "title": "Empire of Brazil" }, { "docid": "11971073", "text": "Korean Brazilians Korean Brazilians () are Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Korean ancestry, or a Korean-born person residing in Brazil. The Korean population in Brazil, the largest in Latin America, is about 50,000. Korean immigration to South America began on a small scale in the mid-1950s but was only formalized in 1962, when, to encourage emigration to control population, reduce unemployment, and garner foreign exchange via immigrant remittances, the South Korean government passed its Overseas Emigration Law. In December 1962, the South Korean Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs, to which the emigration section was attached, sent 92", "title": "Korean Brazilians" }, { "docid": "15417265", "text": "Swedes, etc. 2) A radical change in its ethnic composition; the 1914 National Census revealed that around 80% of the national population were either European immigrants, their children or grandchildren. Among the remaining 20% (those descended from the population residing locally before this immigrant wave took shape), around a fifth were of mainly European descent. Put down to numbers, this means that about 84%, or 6,300,000 people (out of a total population of 7,903,662), residing in Argentina were of European descent. European immigration continued to account for over half the nation's population growth during the 1920s, and was again significant", "title": "Argentines of European descent" }, { "docid": "12505714", "text": "belonged to an immigrant generation, the Issei, and their US-born children to the Nisei Japanese American generation. The Issei comprised exclusively those who had immigrated before 1924. Because no new immigrants were permitted, all Japanese Americans born after 1924 were—by definition—born in the US. This generation, the Nisei, became a distinct cohort from the Issei generation in terms of age, citizenship, and English-language ability, in addition to the usual generational differences. Institutional and interpersonal racism led many of the Nisei to marry other Nisei, resulting in a third distinct generation of Japanese Americans, the Sansei. Significant Japanese immigration did not", "title": "Japanese Americans" }, { "docid": "13715050", "text": "stop illegal entrance to the country. Illegal immigration is an issue in Spanish politics, and also a big human rights problem, since many people die during the journey. Spain has been Europe's largest absorber of migrants for the past six years, with its immigrant population increasing fourfold as 2.8 million people have arrived, mostly from Latin America. Spectacular growth in Spain's immigrant population came as the country's economy created more than half of all the new jobs in the European Union between 2001 and 2006. The net migration rate for the EU in 2008 was 3.1 per 1,000 inhabitants; this", "title": "Demographics of the European Union" }, { "docid": "8162478", "text": "enslaved Africans constituted one-quarter of the population and were concentrated along the coast. In the late eighteenth century, the tide of immigration to North Carolina from Virginia and Pennsylvania began to swell. The Scots-Irish (Ulster Protestants) from what is today Northern Ireland were the largest immigrant group from the British Isles to the colonies before the Revolution. In total, English indentured servants, who arrived mostly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, comprised the majority of English settlers prior to the Revolution. On the eve of the American Revolution, North Carolina was the fastest-growing British colony in North America. The small", "title": "History of North Carolina" }, { "docid": "4260037", "text": "2009 found a similar profile \"all the Brazilian samples (regions) lie more closely to the European group than to the African populations or to the Mestizos from Mexico.\" According to another autosomal DNA study from 2008, by the University of Brasília (UnB), European ancestry dominates in the whole of Brazil (in all regions), accounting for 65.90% of heritage of the population, followed by the African contribution (24.80%) and the Native American (9.3%); the European ancestry being the dominant ancestry in all regions including the Northeast of Brazil. A study from 1965, \"Methods of Analysis of a Hybrid Population\" (\"Human Biology\",", "title": "Regions of Brazil" }, { "docid": "16217138", "text": "to resume the sticks and record the album \"Drowning in Blood\", released in September through Renegados Records. In 2013 they released The Man The Key The Beast and made their third European tour together with the band Nifelheim in the Thunder Metal tour followed by a Brazilian tour and established with Zhema (guitar), Luiz Louzada (vocals), Arthur Von Barbarian and Ivan Pellicciotti The Darkest (bass guitar, who has been also Vulcano´s producer since 2005). Vulcano (band) Vulcano is an extreme metal band from Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1981, it is one of the first Brazilian heavy metal bands", "title": "Vulcano (band)" }, { "docid": "8181757", "text": "Germany accounts for one-third of European Lutherans and one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population. Most of the remaining European Lutherans are confined to the Nordic countries and the Netherlands. United States accounts for one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population, but only around 4 million of them are members in the Lutheran World Federation. It has most Lutherans in North America. Ethiopia and Tanzania have the largest Lutheran populations in Africa, while Indonesia and India—in Asia. Papua New Guinea has most Lutherans in Oceania, and Brazil—in South America. Namibia has the highest proportion of Lutherans of any country in Africa, at", "title": "Lutheranism by region" }, { "docid": "2580706", "text": "different Brazilian populations concluded that: European ancestry accounts for 62% of the heritage of the population, followed by the African (21%) and the Native American (17%). The European contribution is highest in Southern Brazil (77%), the African highest in Northeast Brazil (27%) and the Native American is the highest in Northern Brazil (32%). Not all descendants of this mixture of peoples are included in the \"pardo\" category. Since racial classifications in Brazil are based on phenotype, rather than ancestry, a large part of the self-reported white population has African and Amerindian ancestors, as well as a great part of the", "title": "Pardo Brazilians" }, { "docid": "12895522", "text": "of nations on other continents increased from about 25,000 to about 127,000, of which 112,230 from Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America. If persons with two immigrant parents are counted, the total immigrant population has risen from 57,041 in 1970 to 710 465 in 2012, the non-European proportion rose from 20.1% to 46.1%. The proportion of women in the immigrant population shifted from 56.1% in 1970 to 48.0% in 2012. According to a book chapter published by Amsterdam University in 2008 and authored by Prof. Mete Feridun of University of Greenwich, immigration has a positive impact on economic growth", "title": "Immigration to Norway" }, { "docid": "16834464", "text": "Lloyd ships to Baltimore. Because of this, many Austrians were recorded as Germans in the census records. Many of these Austrians settled in the immigrant neighborhood of Locust Point. In 1940, 1,984 immigrants from Austria lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 3.3% of the city's foreign-born White population. In total, 2,972 people of Austrian birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 2.9% of the foreign-stock White population. In September 2014, immigrants from Austria were the ninety-eighth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore. Immigrants from Belarus established the Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church in 1963 in order to serve", "title": "Ethnic groups in Baltimore" }, { "docid": "8312052", "text": "obese and have diabetes. The Asian immigrant population encompasses many subgroups, though extensive information on any specific one is fairly limited. Contrary to findings on Hispanic immigrants, they generally tend to have household incomes similar to or higher than European immigrants. Their coverage rates vary, however, some Asian subgroups match European immigrants but others like Vietnamese and Koreans had rates of over 30% of uninsurance. Additional research indicates that compared to other ethnic groups, Asian children receive the poorest quality of primary care. Despite the tendency for less health care access than non-Hispanic white citizens, Asian ethnicity and immigrant status", "title": "Immigrant health care in the United States" }, { "docid": "2191126", "text": "to lack of pipeline capacity to and within California as well as due to electricity outages. While according to \"Le Monde\", Brazil and Argentina pay US$2 per thousand cubic meter of gas, which costs from $12 to $15 in California. In 1994, a contract with Brazil was passed, two years before 1996's privatization of the 70-year-old, state-owned \"Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales de Bolivia\" (YPFB). The construction of the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline cost US$2.2 billion. A consortium called Pacific LNG was formed to exploit the newly discovered reserves. The consortium comprised the British companies BG Group and BP, and Spain's Repsol YPF.", "title": "Bolivian gas conflict" }, { "docid": "2946474", "text": "the immigrant population will either need to take the position of a political elite or immigrate in significant numbers relative to the local population (i. e., the intrusion qualifies as an invasion or colonisation; an example would be the Roman Empire giving rise to Romance languages outside Italy, displacing Gaulish and many other Indo-European languages). The \"superstratum\" case refers to elite populations that eventually adopt the language of the lower classes. An example would be the Burgundians and Franks in France, who eventually abandoned their Germanic dialects in favor of other Indo-European languages of the Romance branch, profoundly influencing the", "title": "Stratum (linguistics)" }, { "docid": "4260258", "text": "Brazil, the main contribution was of Africans, with a smaller European and Amerindian influence. In Southeastern Brazil, the main contribution was of Europeans, with a smaller African and Amerindian influence. This does not separate the country by borders of states. The north of Minas Gerais, for example, is in the socio-geographic division of Nordeste, but its southern part is in Centro-Sul. The South of Brazil is the region with the largest percentage of Whites. According to the 2005 census, people of European ancestry account for 79.6% of the population. In colonial times, this region had a very small population. The", "title": "Brazil socio-geographic division" }, { "docid": "15417261", "text": "was a privilege almost exclusive for the upper sectors of society, who were predominantly of European descent. Including European residents and the 21,253 Argentine literates, around 47,402 people of mainly European descent resided in Buenos Aires in 1855; they would have comprised about 51.6% of a total population of 91,895 inhabitants. In February 1856, the municipal government of Baradero granted lands for the settlement of ten Swiss families in an agricultural colony near that town. Later that year, another colony was founded by Swiss immigrants in Esperanza, Santa Fe. These provincial initiatives remained isolated cases until differences between the Argentine", "title": "Argentines of European descent" }, { "docid": "7201908", "text": "Brazil Portugal - Switzerland Winner: Portugal Third place match: France 11-5 Switzerland Final: Belgium 8-4 Italy PSG Legends 4-3 FC Porto Legends France All Star 5-5 Dream Team Semifinals Third place match: Switzerland 7-6 Portugal [OT] Final: Brazil 13-10 France Semifinals Third place match Final Winner: Brazil Winner: Brazil Hungary 6-5 Switzerland Winner: Hungary Winner: France Third place match: Reunion 12-4 Madagascar Final: France 3-3 Italy [OT; 3-2 pen] Friendly match Oct 6 Brazil 7-6 World Selection Brazil 8-0 Mexico Brazil 9-2 Peru Brazil 9-2 France Winner:Brazil Brazil 5-4 European All-Stars Third place match: Austria 4-3 England Final: Switzerland 4-1", "title": "Pro Beach Soccer Tour" }, { "docid": "11672852", "text": "Germans (250,000), Japanese (170,000), Middle Easterns (100,000, mostly people from what are now Syria and Lebanon arriving on Turkish passports), and Eastern Europeans (mostly Poles and Ukrainians arriving on Russian passports) also immigrated. There are few reliable statistics on the Brazilian population before the 1872 census, which counted 9,930,478, of which 3,787,289 Whites, 1,954,452 blacks, and 4,188,737 pardos. These figures do not yet reflect the influx of the five million immigrants mentioned above, since up to 1872 only about 270,000 immigrants had arrived in Brazil. According to Judicael Clevelário's calculations, the total population of immigrant origin in 1872 would be", "title": "Race and ethnicity in Brazil" }, { "docid": "166494", "text": "Brazil and Cuba in particular. Fidel Castro was born in Cuba to a wealthy planter father who was an immigrant from Galicia; Castro's mother was of Galician descent. The two cities with the greatest number of people of Galician descent outside Galicia are Buenos Aires, Argentina, and nearby Montevideo, Uruguay. Immigration from Galicia was so significant in these areas that Argentines and Uruguayans now commonly refer to all Spaniards as \"gallegos\" (Galicians). During the Franco years, there was a new wave of emigration out of Galicia to other European countries, most notably to France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.", "title": "Galicia (Spain)" }, { "docid": "11672905", "text": "from Europe, 48% has at least one male ancestor who came from Africa and 1.6% has at least one male ancestor who was Native American. Analyzing their mitochondrial DNA, that comes from female ancestors though maternal line, 85% of them have at least a female ancestor who came from Africa, 12.5% have at least a female ancestor who was Native Brazilian and only 2.5% have at least a female ancestor who came from Europe. European and Middle Eastern lineages contributions to Y-haplogroup in the Brazilian population: European and Middle eastern lineages contributions to R1b1a-M269 sub-haplogroups in Brazilian population Sérgio Pena,", "title": "Race and ethnicity in Brazil" }, { "docid": "17223740", "text": "1871, the year of the Great Chicago Fire, Chicago's population was 300,000 people. Twenty years after the Great Chicago Fire in 1891, Chicago’s population was a little over a million people. By the 1910s Chicago's population had risen to over two million, and by the mid-1920s the population was three million. This growth was driven by European immigration resulting in over 70% of Chicago’s population being either foreign-born or first-generation immigrant. Because times were hard, parents were working overtime to scrape out a living, and children, who had to work to contribute to the family’s livelihood, were “ill-fed, ill-housed, ill-clothed,", "title": "Institute for Juvenile Research" }, { "docid": "13826739", "text": "areas. This idea is called the Strategic Plan which sets a cap on the amount of population that is allowed in certain cities. This is a prime example of what will happen to other countries due to the exceeding immigrant population growth they will soon start to experience. Caps will be placed on big cities and force those who are already living in the city to be moved to the rural areas. References Murphy, M. (2016). The Impact of Migration on Long-Term European Population Trends, 1950 to Present. Population And Development Review, 42(2), 225-244. Wilson, T. (2015). The Demographic Constraints", "title": "Natural population growth" }, { "docid": "36591", "text": "United States and the English-speaking West Indies. They are, however, common in Brazil and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. L3e, by example, is typical of !Kung speaking populations of the Kalahari, as well as of parts of Mozambique and Nigeria. The modern nation where it represents the highest percentage of the population is actually Brazil, where it represents 21% of mtDNA lineages. 31% of the mtDNA lineages of blacks in Bermuda are West Eurasian (European), with J1c being the most common. 1% were Native American. For NRY (paternal) haplogroups among black Bermudians, the study found about a third were", "title": "Bermuda" }, { "docid": "8312048", "text": "due to its high price or because it is not offered by their employer. Therefore, their offspring also do not have access to private insurance. Though no precise data on the undocumented immigrant population is available, estimates in 2009 suggest that 70% are from either Mexico or Central America. Because Hispanics comprise a major proportion of the U.S.'s immigrant and noncitizen population, a more extensive body of research has been collected about their status in obtaining and receiving health care services. In order to receive effective healthcare, it is important for individuals to understand the US healthcare system. A study", "title": "Immigrant health care in the United States" }, { "docid": "17262541", "text": "Kalt, working with her young acquaintance who calls her 'auntie'. Kalt then rescues her illegal immigrant friend Frida from the clutches of French immigration in Paris by hacking the immigration computers. Kalt meets a journalist named Chams. Escaping the situation there, which includes police raids on immigrant meetings, they flee back to Tunisia. In Tunisia Kalt resumes her pirate transmissions. Throughout the film we see various European TV broadcasts interrupted by her transmissions of the camel and messages of freedom and equality for North Africans: \"In the third millennium there are other epochs, other places, other lives. We are not", "title": "Bedwin Hacker" }, { "docid": "1376508", "text": "oath \"\". The only person who did not join was Joseph Martin-Dauch from Castelnaudary, who would only execute decisions made by the king. Before the Revolution, French society—aside from royalty—was divided into three estates. The First Estate comprised the clergy; the Second Estate was the nobility. The entire rest of France—some 98% of the population—was the Third Estate, which ranged from very wealthy city merchants to impoverished rural farmers. The three estates met from time to time in the Estates General, a legislative assembly. Although the Third Estate was the overwhelming majority of the French population, the makeup of the", "title": "Tennis Court Oath" }, { "docid": "14587556", "text": "disputes. It should be borne in mind that these displaced children are the main victims in such situations. Their prolonged removal has serious psychological repercussions which may dramatically affect their future lives. There are many unresolved cases involving European children who have been taken to third countries which are signatories to the convention (particularly Brazil) and whose return is being obstructed by poor application of the Convention. What measures does the Council intend to take to ensure that third countries, in particular Brazil, comply with the Convention, with a view to putting an end to these unacceptable situations and securing", "title": "International child abduction in Brazil" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2763028", "text": "Pulmonary artery A pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. The largest pulmonary artery is the \"main pulmonary artery.\" or \"pulmonary trunk\" from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli. In order of blood flow, the pulmonary arteries start as the pulmonary trunk or main pulmonary artery. The main pulmonary artery begins at the base of the right ventricle. It is short and wide—approximately in length and in diameter. The main pulmonary", "title": "Pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "7990975", "text": "blood. The foramen secundum and foramen ovale act as a shunt where blood bypasses the lungs and does not become oxygenated. To provide proper blood flow as a newborn, the foramen secundum and foramen ovale must close at birth. Since the lungs now require a significant amount of blood flow, the vessels going to and from the lungs undergo dilation. While the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins are dilating, the umbilical artery and umbilical vein are severed at the cutting of the umbilical cord, or the funiculus umbilicalis. This combination results in a reversal of pressure differences between the atria,", "title": "Foramen secundum" }, { "docid": "472789", "text": "away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation (usually veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart but the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood as well). There are two types of unique arteries. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs, where it receives oxygen. It is unique because the blood in it is not \"oxygenated\", as it has not yet passed through the lungs. The other unique artery is the umbilical artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from a fetus to its mother. Arteries have a blood", "title": "Artery" }, { "docid": "2763028", "text": "Pulmonary artery A pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. The largest pulmonary artery is the \"main pulmonary artery.\" or \"pulmonary trunk\" from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli. In order of blood flow, the pulmonary arteries start as the pulmonary trunk or main pulmonary artery. The main pulmonary artery begins at the base of the right ventricle. It is short and wide—approximately in length and in diameter. The main pulmonary", "title": "Pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "6360124", "text": "the placenta, where carbon dioxide and other waste products from the fetus are taken up and enter the maternal circulation. Some of the blood entering the right atrium does not pass directly to the left atrium through the \"foramen ovale\", but enters the right ventricle and is pumped into the pulmonary artery. In the fetus, there is a special connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta, called the \"ductus arteriosus\", which directs most of this blood away from the lungs (which are not being used for respiration at this point as the fetus is suspended in amniotic fluid). The", "title": "Fetal circulation" }, { "docid": "15724138", "text": "Pulmonary artery banding Pulmonary Artery Banding (PAB) was introduced by Muller and Danimann in 1951 as a surgical technique to reduce excessive pulmonary blood flow in infants suffering from congenital heart defects. PAB is a palliative operation as it does not correct the problems, but attempts to improve abnormal heart function, relieve symptoms and reduce high pressure in the lungs. The use of PAB has decreased over the years due to advancements in definitive surgical repairs, however PAB still has widespread clinical use. PAB is commonly used in patients when definitive surgical repair is not feasible. The technique was first", "title": "Pulmonary artery banding" }, { "docid": "15724140", "text": "(AVSD), there may be one or multiple holes in the walls separating adjacent chambers. This causes left-to-right shunting of blood as oxygenated blood can flow back to the right side of the heart, resulting in a mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. Increased amounts of blood on the right side of the heart cause an excess of blood flow into the lungs (pulmonary circulation) and increased pulmonary resistance due to the buildup of pressure. The goal of PAB is to reduce pulmonary artery pressure and excess pulmonary blood flow. PAB involves the insertion of a band around the pulmonary artery", "title": "Pulmonary artery banding" }, { "docid": "2763035", "text": "after a period of immobility. A pulmonary embolus is a common cause of death in patients with cancer and stroke. A large pulmonary embolus which becomes lodged in the bifurcation of the pulmonary trunk with extensions into both the left and right main pulmonary arteries is called a \"saddle embolus\". Pulmonary artery A pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. The largest pulmonary artery is the \"main pulmonary artery.\" or \"pulmonary trunk\" from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead", "title": "Pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "15724141", "text": "to reduce blood flow into the lungs. A variety of banding materials are used; one commonly used material is polytetrafluoroethylene. The band is wrapped around the main pulmonary artery and fixed into place. Once inserted, the band is tightened, narrowing the diameter of the pulmonary artery to reduce blood flow to the lungs and reduce pulmonary artery pressure. PAB followed by later repair is a common surgical alternative when early definitive repair is high-risk. One major difficulty with PAB is assessing the optimal tightness of band, as minimal changes to the diameter of the pulmonary artery can have drastic effects", "title": "Pulmonary artery banding" }, { "docid": "2981476", "text": "Human knowledge of pulmonary circulation grew gradually over centuries, and scientists Ibn al-Nafis, Michael Servetus, and William Harvey provided some of the first accurate descriptions of this process. Deoxygenated blood leaves the heart, goes to the lungs, and then re-enters the heart; Deoxygenated blood leaves through the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery. From the right atrium, the blood is pumped through the tricuspid valve (or right atrioventricular valve), into the right ventricle. Blood is then pumped from the right ventricle through the pulmonary valve and into the main pulmonary artery. The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs,", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "docid": "2763033", "text": "to the lungs themselves. The pulmonary artery pressure (PA pressure) is a measure of the blood pressure found in the main pulmonary artery. This is measured by inserting a catheter into the main pulmonary artery. The mean pressure is typically 9 - 18 mmHg, and the wedge pressure measured in the left atrium may be 6-12mmHg. The wedge pressure may be elevated in left heart failure, mitral valve stenosis, and other conditions, such as sickle cell disease. The pulmonary artery is relevant in a number of clinical states. Pulmonary hypertension is used to describe an increase in the pressure of", "title": "Pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "14451052", "text": "collects oxygen from the lungs and delivers carbon dioxide for exhalation. The systemic circuit transports oxygen to the body and returns relatively de-oxygenated blood and carbon dioxide to the pulmonary circuit. Blood flows through the heart in one direction, from the atria to the ventricles, and out through the pulmonary artery into the pulmonary circulation, and the aorta into the systemic circulation. The pulmonary artery (also trunk) branches into the left and right pulmonary arteries to supply each lung. Blood is prevented from flowing backwards (regurgitation) by the tricuspid, bicuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valves. The function of the \"right heart\",", "title": "Cardiac physiology" }, { "docid": "5612780", "text": "of life. Many children with pulmonary atresia will go on to lead normal lives, though complications such as endocarditis, stroke and seizures are possible. Pulmonary atresia Pulmonary atresia is a congenital malformation of the pulmonary valve in which the valve orifice fails to develop. The valve is completely closed thereby obstructing the outflow of blood from the heart to the lungs. The pulmonary valve is located on the right side of the heart between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery. In a normal functioning heart, the opening to the pulmonary valve has three flaps that open and close In congenital", "title": "Pulmonary atresia" }, { "docid": "2763032", "text": "and right ventricles. As a septum develops between the two ventricles of the heart, two bulges form on either side of the truncus arteriosus. These progressively enlarge until the trunk splits into the aorta and pulmonary arteries. During early development, the ductus arteriosis connects the pulmonary trunk and the aortic arch, allowing blood to bypass the lungs. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. The blood here passes through capillaries adjacent to alveoli and becomes oxygenated as part of the process of respiration. In contrast to the \"pulmonary arteries\", the bronchial arteries supply nutrition", "title": "Pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "5751041", "text": "branches of the pulmonary arteries, and together, they supply the visceral pleura of the lung in the process. Note that much of the oxygenated blood supplied by the bronchial arteries is returned via the pulmonary veins rather than the bronchial veins. As a consequence, blood returning to the left heart is slightly less oxygenated than blood found at the level of the pulmonary capillary beds. Each bronchial artery also has a branch that supplies the esophagus. It is easy to confuse the bronchial arteries with the pulmonary arteries, because they both supply the lungs with blood, but there are important", "title": "Bronchial artery" }, { "docid": "20478477", "text": "baby syndrome, the group of heart defects that result in insufficient blood flow to the lungs. They became intrigued by the idea of somehow connecting the body's largest artery (the aorta) - which sent blood to all of the body's tissues - to the nearby artery that sent blood to the lungs (the pulmonary artery). In 1946, Potts and Smith devised an operation for blue baby syndrome. The surgery involved making a tiny incision in the aorta and a tiny incision in the pulmonary artery and then sewing the two openings together. They performed the procedure successfully on 30 dogs", "title": "Willis J. Potts" }, { "docid": "14398124", "text": "Major aortopulmonary collateral artery Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (or MAPCAs) are arteries that develop to supply blood to the lungs when native pulmonary circulation is underdeveloped. Instead of coming from the pulmonary trunk, supply develops from the aorta and other systemic arteries. Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) develop early in embryonic life but regress as the normal pulmonary arteries (vessels that will supply deoxygenated blood to the lungs) develop. In certain heart conditions the pulmonary arteries do not develop. The collaterals continue to grow, and can become the main supply of blood to the lungs. Though it is usually associated", "title": "Major aortopulmonary collateral artery" }, { "docid": "19835112", "text": "veins before reaching the right heart. Thus completing the cycle of blood going to heart and then coming from it and going to all parts of the body. The tricuspid valve, right heart (right ventricle), pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins and right heart are the elements of the Pulmonary Circulation System. The process of gas exchange, that is, exchange of carbon dioxide with oxygen in the lungs is the main function of the pulmonary system. The de-oxygenated blood from the right ventricle is pumped to the lungs where the capillaries surrounding the alveole sacks exchange carbon dioxide for", "title": "Biofluid dynamics" }, { "docid": "3099254", "text": "and the ductus arteriosus. The foramen ovale is a hole in the atrial septum which allows blood from the right atrium to flow into the left atrium; after birth, the left atrium will be filled with blood returning from the lungs and the foramen ovale will close. The ductus arteriosus is a small, artery-like structure which allows blood to flow from the trunk of the pulmonary artery into the aorta; after birth, the blood in the pulmonary artery will flow into the lungs and the ductus arteriosus will close. Sometimes these shunts will fail to close after birth; these defects", "title": "Dextro-Transposition of the great arteries" }, { "docid": "3750151", "text": "Blalock–Taussig shunt The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt (commonly called the Blalock–Taussig shunt) is a surgical procedure used to increase pulmonary blood flow for palliation in duct dependent cyanotic heart defects like pulmonary atresia, which are common causes of blue baby syndrome. In modern surgery, this procedure is temporarily used to direct blood flow to the lungs and relieve cyanosis while the infant is waiting for corrective or definitive surgery. One branch of the subclavian artery or carotid artery is separated and connected with the pulmonary artery. The first area of application was tetralogy of Fallot. The Blalock–Thomas-Taussig shunt is used in the", "title": "Blalock–Taussig shunt" }, { "docid": "19914820", "text": "Bilharzial cor pulmonale Bilharzial cor pulmonale is the condition of right sided heart failure secondary to fibrosis and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery branches. It results from shifting of the \"Schistosoma haematobium\" ova from the pelvic and vescial plexus to the pulmonary artery branches where they settle and produce granuloma and fibrosis. Bilharzial cor pulmonale occurs in \"Schistosoma mansoni\", when the portal pressure rises more than the systemic pressure. So blood will pass from the portal circulation to the systemic circulation carrying \"Schistosoma mansoni\" ova to reach the lungs. This condition leads to Pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy and failure.", "title": "Bilharzial cor pulmonale" }, { "docid": "19914819", "text": "Bilharzial cor pulmonale Bilharzial cor pulmonale is the condition of right sided heart failure secondary to fibrosis and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery branches. It results from shifting of the \"Schistosoma haematobium\" ova from the pelvic and vescial plexus to the pulmonary artery branches where they settle and produce granuloma and fibrosis. Bilharzial cor pulmonale occurs in \"Schistosoma mansoni\", when the portal pressure rises more than the systemic pressure. So blood will pass from the portal circulation to the systemic circulation carrying \"Schistosoma mansoni\" ova to reach the lungs. This condition leads to Pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy and failure.", "title": "Bilharzial cor pulmonale" }, { "docid": "5837504", "text": "Foramen of Panizza The foramen of Panizza (named for anatomist Bartolomeo Panizza) is a hole that connects the left and right aorta as they leave the heart of all animals of the order Crocodilia. Crocodilians have a completely separated ventricle with deoxygenated blood from the body, or systemic circulation, in the right ventricle and oxygenated blood from the lungs, or pulmonary circulation, in the left ventricle, as in birds and mammals. Two vessels, the left aorta and the pulmonary artery, exit the right ventricle. Blood from the right ventricle goes to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, as in mammals", "title": "Foramen of Panizza" }, { "docid": "3750152", "text": "first step of the three stage palliation (The Norwood Procedure). The procedure is no longer in use in its original form. Now a length of artificial tubing, 3 to 4 millimeters in diameter, is sewn between either the subclavian or the carotid artery and the corresponding side branch of the pulmonary artery, thus obviating the need to cut off blood supply and making it easier to regulate the blood flow to the lungs. Some centers now use a shunt directly from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery, a Sano shunt. This is done to avoid the reduced diastolic blood", "title": "Blalock–Taussig shunt" }, { "docid": "14451053", "text": "is to collect de-oxygenated blood, in the right atrium, from the body via the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava and from the coronary sinus and pump it, through the tricuspid valve, via the right ventricle, through the semilunar pulmonary valve and into the pulmonary artery in the pulmonary circulation where carbon dioxide can be exchanged for oxygen in the lungs. This happens through the passive process of diffusion. In the \"left heart\" oxygenated blood is returned to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein. It is then pumped into the left ventricle through the bicuspid valve and into the", "title": "Cardiac physiology" }, { "docid": "14398125", "text": "with congenital heart diseases with decreased pulmonary blood flow like tetralogy of Fallot or pulmonary atresia it may be seen sometimes in isolation i.e. not associated with any congenital heart disease in that case it is termed as isolated aortopulmonary collateral artery. In these cases it may be one of the cause of congestive cardiac failure in neonates. Pulmonary arteries come from the right side of the heart, and usually carry deoxygenated blood from the body. These collateral arteries carry blood which has already been oxygenated by the lungs, so are of little use in helping the body to get", "title": "Major aortopulmonary collateral artery" }, { "docid": "5612777", "text": "apnea. Another example of preliminary treatment is heart catheterization to evaluate the defect or defects of the heart; this procedure is much more invasive. Ultimately, however, the individual will need to have a series of surgeries to improve the blood flow permanently. The first surgery will likely be performed shortly after birth. A shunt can be created between the aorta and the pulmonary artery to help increase blood flow to the lungs. As the child grows, so does the heart and the shunt may need to be revised in order to meet the body's requirements. The type of surgery recommended", "title": "Pulmonary atresia" }, { "docid": "11173362", "text": "septectomy was developed by Vivien Thomas in a canine model and performed in humans by Alfred Blalock. There are two types of this procedure: balloon atrial septostomy (also called endovascular atrial septostomy, Rashkind atrial balloon septostomy, or simply Rashkind's procedure) and blade atrial septostomy (also called static balloon atrial septostomy). In a normal heart, oxygen-depleted blood (\"blue\") is pumped from the right side of the heart, through the pulmonary artery, to the lungs where it is oxygenated. This is the pulmonary circulation part of blood flow. The oxygen-rich (\"red\") blood then returns to the left heart, via the pulmonary veins,", "title": "Atrial septostomy" }, { "docid": "3099250", "text": "including the heart muscle itself. With d-TGA, deoxygenated blood from the right heart is pumped immediately through the aorta and circulated to the body and the heart itself, bypassing the lungs altogether, while the left heart pumps oxygenated blood continuously back into the lungs through the pulmonary artery. In effect, two separate \"circular\" (parallel) circulatory systems are created, rather than the \"figure 8\" (in series) circulation of a normal cardio-pulmonary system. Differences in the shape of the atrial septum and/or ventricular outflow tracts affect the relative positions of the aorta and pulmonary artery. In the majority of d-TGA cases, the", "title": "Dextro-Transposition of the great arteries" }, { "docid": "677628", "text": "into two pumps. Amphibians have a three-chambered heart. In reptiles, the ventricular septum of the heart is incomplete and the pulmonary artery is equipped with a sphincter muscle. This allows a second possible route of blood flow. Instead of blood flowing through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, the sphincter may be contracted to divert this blood flow through the incomplete ventricular septum into the left ventricle and out through the aorta. This means the blood flows from the capillaries to the heart and back to the capillaries instead of to the lungs. This process is useful to ectothermic (cold-blooded)", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "docid": "8968824", "text": "Rasmussen's aneurysm Rasmussen's aneurysm is a pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with a cavitary lung lesion. It was originally described by Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen in association with cavitary lung lesions of tuberculosis, and was described in up to 5% of autopsies of those with chronic tuberculosis. As with any aneurysm, a Rasmussen's aneurysm is at increased risk of rupture and bleeding into the lungs. Pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare. Historically, pulmonary artery aneurysms were believed to be a common cause of hemoptysis (or coughing up blood) in tuberculosis. They may in fact have been more common prior to the use of", "title": "Rasmussen's aneurysm" }, { "docid": "588395", "text": "vessels function to transport blood. In general, arteries and arterioles transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body and its organs, and veins and venules transport deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs. Blood vessels also circulate blood throughout the circulatory system Oxygen (bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells) is the most critical nutrient carried by the blood. In all arteries apart from the pulmonary artery, hemoglobin is highly saturated (95–100%) with oxygen. In all veins apart from the pulmonary vein, the saturation of hemoglobin is about 75%. (The values are reversed in the pulmonary circulation.) In", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "docid": "5751042", "text": "differences: The bronchial arteries are typically enlarged and in chronic pulmonary thromboembolic hypertension. With modern surgical techniques, bronchial anastomoses heal well without bronchial artery reconnection. Largely for this reason, bronchial artery circulation is usually sacrificed during lung transplants, instead relying on the persistence of a microcirculation presumably arising from the deoxygenated pulmonary circulation to provide perfusion to the airways. Aneurysms of the bronchial artery may mimic aortic aneurysms. Vital volume is 4600ml Residual volume is 1200ml Bronchial artery In human anatomy, the bronchial arteries supply the lungs with nutrition and oxygenated blood. Although there is much variation, there are usually", "title": "Bronchial artery" }, { "docid": "67226", "text": "is a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and an overriding aorta. These two defects combined causes deoxygenated blood to bypass the lungs and going right back into the circulatory system. The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt is usually used to fix the circulation. This procedure is done by placing a graft between the subclavian artery and the ipsilateral pulmonary artery to restore the correct blood flow. Pulmonary Atresia happens in 7–8 per 100,000 births and is characterized by the aorta branching out of the right ventricle. This causes the deoxygenated blood to bypass the lungs and enter the circulatory system. Surgeries can fix", "title": "Cardiology" }, { "docid": "7259871", "text": "Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries, which supply blood to the lungs. Surgery is indicated in patients with pulmonary artery emboli that are surgically accessible. Thrombi are typically the result of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) (pulmonary hypertension induced by recurrent/chronic pulmonary emboli). Indeed, PTE is the only definitive treatment option currently available for CTEPH. Due to the nature of the procedure patients with significant hemodynamic or ventilation complications or impairments may be unable to undergo PTE. A PTE has significant risk; mortality for", "title": "Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy" }, { "docid": "677612", "text": "pulmonary vein. Oxygen deprived blood from the superior and inferior vena cava enters the right atrium of the heart and flows through the tricuspid valve (right atrioventricular valve) into the right ventricle, from which it is then pumped through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary artery to the lungs. Gas exchange occurs in the lungs, whereby is released from the blood, and oxygen is absorbed. The pulmonary vein returns the now oxygen-rich blood to the left atrium. A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung. Systemic circulation", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "docid": "2981478", "text": "systemic circulation before returning again to the pulmonary circulation. From the right ventricle, blood is pumped through the semilunar pulmonary valve into the left and right main pulmonary arteries (one for each lung), which branch into smaller pulmonary arteries that spread throughout the lungs. The pulmonary circulation loop is virtually bypassed in fetal circulation. The fetal lungs are collapsed, and blood passes from the right atrium directly into the left atrium through the foramen ovale: an open conduit between the paired atria, or through the ductus arteriosus: a shunt between the pulmonary artery and the aorta. When the lungs expand", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "docid": "6528042", "text": "Pulmonary valve stenosis Pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS) is a heart valve disorder in which outflow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart is obstructed at the level of the pulmonic valve. This type of pulmonic stenosis results in the reduction of flow of blood to the lungs. Valvular pulmonic stenosis accounts for 80% of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. While the most common cause of pulmonary valve stenosis is congenital heart disease, it may also be due to a malignant carcinoid tumor. Both stenosis of the pulmonary artery and pulmonary valve stenosis are forms of pulmonic stenosis (nonvalvular", "title": "Pulmonary valve stenosis" }, { "docid": "12661951", "text": "special connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta, called the \"ductus arteriosus\", which directs most of this blood away from the lungs (which aren't being used for respiration at this point as the fetus is suspended in amniotic fluid). With the first breath after birth, the system changes suddenly. Pulmonary resistance is reduced dramatically, prompting more blood to move into the pulmonary arteries from the right atrium and ventricle of the heart and less to flow through the \"foramen ovale\" into the left atrium. The blood from the lungs travels through the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, producing", "title": "Fetus" }, { "docid": "1819593", "text": "pulmonary artery, which divides twice to connect to each of the left and right lungs. In the left ventricle, the aortic valve opens into the aorta which divides and re-divides into the several branch arteries that connect to all body organs and systems except the lungs. By its contractions, right ventricular (RV) systole pulses oxygen-depleted blood through the pulmonary valve through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs, providing pulmonary circulation; simultaneously, left ventricular (LV) systole pumps blood through the aortic valve, the aorta, and all the arteries to provide systemic circulation of oxygenated blood to all body systems. The left", "title": "Systole" }, { "docid": "417308", "text": "although extrapulmonary TB may coexist with pulmonary TB. General signs and symptoms include fever, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue. Significant nail clubbing may also occur. If a tuberculosis infection does become active, it most commonly involves the lungs (in about 90% of cases). Symptoms may include chest pain and a prolonged cough producing sputum. About 25% of people may not have any symptoms (i.e. they remain \"asymptomatic\"). Occasionally, people may cough up blood in small amounts, and in very rare cases, the infection may erode into the pulmonary artery or a Rasmussen's aneurysm, resulting in", "title": "Tuberculosis" }, { "docid": "5767156", "text": "BC) and that the ventricle gets its energy from the blood flowing in the vessels running in the coronary vessels, not from blood deposited in the right ventricle. Based on his anatomical knowledge, Ibn al-Nafis stated: Blood from the right chamber of the heart must arrive at the left chamber, but there is no direct pathway between them. The thick septum of the heart is not perforated and does not have visible pores as some people thought or invisible pores as Galen thought. The blood from the right chamber must flow through the vena arteriosa (pulmonary artery) to the lungs,", "title": "Ibn al-Nafis" }, { "docid": "639686", "text": "the left chamber but there is no direct pathway between them. The thick septum of the heart is not perforated and does not have visible pores as some people thought or invisible pores as Galen thought. The blood from the right chamber must flow through the vena arteriosa (pulmonary artery) to the lungs, spread through its substances, be mingled there with air, pass through the arteria venosa (pulmonary vein) to reach the left chamber of the heart and there form the vital spirit...\" In addition, Ibn al-Nafis had an insight into what would become a larger theory of the capillary", "title": "Vein" }, { "docid": "677637", "text": "pathway between them. The thick septum of the heart is not perforated and does not have visible pores as some people thought or invisible pores as Galen thought. The blood from the right chamber must flow through the vena arteriosa (pulmonary artery) to the lungs, spread through its substances, be mingled there with air, pass through the arteria venosa (pulmonary vein) to reach the left chamber of the heart and there form the vital spirit...\" In addition, Ibn al-Nafis had an insight into what would become a larger theory of the capillary circulation. He stated that \"there must be small", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "docid": "6487233", "text": "accompanying defect(s). If a right-to-left or bidirectional shunt is present, the list of symptoms may include mild cyanosis. In a normal heart, oxygen-depleted (\"deoxygenated\") blood is pumped from the right atrium into the right ventricle, then through the pulmonary artery to the lungs where it is oxygenated. The oxygen-rich (\"oxygenated\") blood then returns, via the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium from which it is pumped into the left ventricle, then through the aorta to the rest of the body, including the heart muscle itself. With l-TGA, deoxygenated blood is pumped from the right atrium into the morphological left ventricle", "title": "Levo-Transposition of the great arteries" }, { "docid": "472785", "text": "Artery An artery (plural arteries) () is a blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart to all parts of the body (tissues, lungs, etc). Most arteries carry oxygenated blood; the two exceptions are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the organs that oxygenate it. The effective arterial blood volume is that extracellular fluid which fills the arterial system. The arteries are part of the circulatory system, which is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, the maintenance of", "title": "Artery" }, { "docid": "639684", "text": "passing from the left ventricle to the right by passing through 'pores' in the interventricular septum, air passed from the lungs via the pulmonary artery to the left side of the heart. As the arterial blood was created 'sooty' vapors were created and passed to the lungs also via the pulmonary artery to be exhaled. In 1025, \"The Canon of Medicine\" by the Persian physician, Avicenna, \"erroneously accepted the Greek notion regarding the existence of a hole in the ventricular septum by which the blood traveled between the ventricles.\" While also refining Galen's erroneous theory of the pulse, Avicenna provided", "title": "Vein" }, { "docid": "1661209", "text": "Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include shortness of breath, chest pain particularly upon breathing in, and coughing up blood. Symptoms of a blood clot in the leg may also be present such as a red, warm, swollen, and painful leg. Signs of a PE include low blood oxygen levels, rapid breathing, rapid heart rate, and sometimes a mild fever. Severe cases can lead to passing out, abnormally low blood pressure, and", "title": "Pulmonary embolism" }, { "docid": "2091294", "text": "ventilatory response in a vicious circle. Low oxygen levels lead to hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the tightening of small blood vessels in the lung to create an optimal distribution of blood through the lung. Persistently low oxygen levels causing chronic vasoconstriction leads to increased pressure on the pulmonary artery (pulmonary hypertension), which in turn puts strain on the right ventricle, the part of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs. The right ventricle undergoes remodeling, becomes distended and is less able to remove blood from the veins. When this is the case, raised hydrostatic pressure leads to accumulation of fluid", "title": "Obesity hypoventilation syndrome" }, { "docid": "9578597", "text": "of the person whose heart it is. There are four chambers in a heart: an atrium (upper) and a ventricle (lower) on both the left and right sides. In mammals and birds, blood from the body goes to the right side of the heart first. Blood enters the upper right atrium, is pumped down to the right ventricle and from there to the lungs via the pulmonary artery. Blood going to the lungs is called the pulmonary circulation. When the blood returns to the heart from the lungs via the pulmonary vein, it goes to the left side of the", "title": "Cardiac shunt" }, { "docid": "473074", "text": "and the blood is pumped into the pulmonary trunk through the pulmonary valve. The pulmonary trunk divides into pulmonary arteries and progressively smaller arteries throughout the lungs, until it reaches capillaries. As these pass by alveoli carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. This happens through the passive process of diffusion. In the left heart, oxygenated blood is returned to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins. It is then pumped into the left ventricle through the mitral valve and into the aorta through the aortic valve for systemic circulation. The aorta is a large artery that branches into many smaller", "title": "Heart" }, { "docid": "588394", "text": "prevent backflow as a result of a decrease in blood pressure as the blood passes through the circulatory system. There are various kinds of blood vessels: They are roughly grouped as \"arterial\" and \"venous\", determined by whether the blood in it is flowing \"away from\" (arterial) or \"toward\" (venous) the heart. The term \"arterial blood\" is nevertheless used to indicate blood high in oxygen, although the pulmonary artery carries \"venous blood\" and blood flowing in the pulmonary vein is rich in oxygen. This is because they are carrying the blood to and from the lungs, respectively, to be oxygenated. Blood", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "docid": "5336586", "text": "(dextro-TGA) deoxygenated blood from the right heart is pumped immediately through the aorta and circulated to the body and the heart itself, bypassing the lungs altogether, while the left heart pumps oxygenated blood continuously back into the lungs through the pulmonary artery. In effect, two separate \"circular\" (parallel) circulatory systems are created. It is called a cyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD) because the newborn infant turns blue from lack of oxygen. Levo-Transposition of the great arteries is an acyanotic heart defect in which the primary arteries are transposed, with the aorta anterior and to the left of the pulmonary artery,", "title": "Transposition of the great vessels" }, { "docid": "7130033", "text": "the blood flow from the pulmonary artery which is under a higher pressure. However, it is extremely likely that the major force driving flow in this artery is the markedly different arterial pressures in the pulmonary and systemic circulations due to the different arteriolar resistances. His showed that in the early embryo the right and left arches each gives a branch to the lungs, but that later both pulmonary arteries take origin from the left arch. Most defects of the great arteries arise as a result of persistence of aortic arches that normally should regress or regression of arches that", "title": "Aortic arches" }, { "docid": "2824654", "text": "Venous blood Venous blood is deoxygenated blood which travels from the peripheral vessels, through the venous system into the right atrium of the heart. Deoxygenated blood is then pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary artery which is divided in two branches, left and right to the left and right lungs respectively. Blood is oxygenated in the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Venous blood is typically colder than arterial blood, and has a lower oxygen content and pH. It also has lower concentrations of glucose and other nutrients, and has", "title": "Venous blood" }, { "docid": "6516536", "text": "renal function or renal failure. These symptoms may vary in duration since a blood clot can resolve itself, but precautions should be taken to prevent the migration of the clot to other parts of the body. The most severe complication of RVT is a pulmonary embolism, caused by a clot, also called a thrombus, that originates from the renal vein or any other vein in the body and migrates to the pulmonary artery. A pulmonary embolism is a serious condition because; it can damage the lungs due to pulmonary hypertension and cause low blood oxygen, damaging other organs in the", "title": "Renal vein thrombosis" }, { "docid": "677611", "text": "by two coronary arteries: the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery. After nourishing the heart muscle, blood returns through the coronary veins into the coronary sinus and from this one into the right atrium. Back flow of blood through its opening during atrial systole is prevented by the Thebesian valve. The smallest cardiac veins drain directly into the heart chambers. The circulatory system of the lungs is the portion of the cardiovascular system in which oxygen-depleted blood is pumped away from the heart, via the pulmonary artery, to the lungs and returned, oxygenated, to the heart via the", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "docid": "677634", "text": "originated in the heart. Blood flowed from both creating organs to all parts of the body where it was consumed and there was no return of blood to the heart or liver. The heart did not pump blood around, the heart's motion sucked blood in during diastole and the blood moved by the pulsation of the arteries themselves. Galen believed that the arterial blood was created by venous blood passing from the left ventricle to the right by passing through 'pores' in the interventricular septum, air passed from the lungs via the pulmonary artery to the left side of the", "title": "Circulatory system" } ]

[ { "docid": "6360128", "text": "where it is pumped through the aorta into the body. Some of the blood moves from the aorta through the internal iliac arteries to the umbilical arteries, and re-enters the placenta, where carbon dioxide and other waste products from the fetus are taken up and enter the woman's circulation. Some of the blood from the right atrium does not enter the left atrium, but enters the right ventricle and is pumped into the pulmonary artery. In the fetus, there is a special connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta, called the \"ductus arteriosus\", which directs most of this blood", "title": "Fetal circulation" }, { "docid": "15724144", "text": "controlled weeks or even months after the operation. Reports also show that the recovery period in patients that obtained the FloWatch device was faster and smoother in comparison to those that received the traditional PAB method. However FloWatch is only suitable for children with a body weight ranging from 3 kg to10kg. Pulmonary artery banding Pulmonary Artery Banding (PAB) was introduced by Muller and Danimann in 1951 as a surgical technique to reduce excessive pulmonary blood flow in infants suffering from congenital heart defects. PAB is a palliative operation as it does not correct the problems, but attempts to improve", "title": "Pulmonary artery banding" }, { "docid": "12661950", "text": "into the left atrium, thus bypassing pulmonary circulation. The majority of blood flow is into the left ventricle from where it is pumped through the aorta into the body. Some of the blood moves from the aorta through the internal iliac arteries to the umbilical arteries, and re-enters the placenta, where carbon dioxide and other waste products from the fetus are taken up and enter the woman's circulation. Some of the blood from the right atrium does not enter the left atrium, but enters the right ventricle and is pumped into the pulmonary artery. In the fetus, there is a", "title": "Fetus" }, { "docid": "8289494", "text": "from the bronchial circulation. Pulmonary capillary transmural pressure is determined by pulmonary capillary pressure and airway pressure. The horse has very high pulmonary vascular pressures during intense exercise, exceeding 100 mmHg in the pulmonary artery during intense exercise. During expiration the high positive pressures in the pulmonary blood vessels pushing out are opposed by high positive airway pressures pushing back and this does not place undue stress on the thin blood vessel walls. During inspiration, the high positive pressures in the pulmonary blood vessels pushing out are met by negative pressures distending the blood vessel and placing increased stress on", "title": "Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage" }, { "docid": "6669497", "text": "Taussig–Bing syndrome Taussig–Bing syndrome (after Helen B. Taussig and Richard Bing) is a cyanotic congenital heart defect in which the patient has both double outlet right ventricle (DORV) and subpulmonic ventricular septal defect (VSD). In DORV, instead of the normal situation where blood from the left ventricle (LV) flows out to the aorta and blood from the right ventricle (RV) flows out to the pulmonary artery, both aorta and pulmonary artery are connected to the RV, and the only path for blood from the LV is across the VSD. When the VSD is subpulmonic (sitting just below the pulmonary artery),", "title": "Taussig–Bing syndrome" }, { "docid": "10609896", "text": "include more muscle in order to push high quantities of blood throughout the body. Normal blood flow throughout the heart begins at the superior vena cava coming from the upper half of the body and the inferior vena cava coming from the lower half of the body. Next blood will be in the right atrium and will flow uninterrupted through the tricuspid valve through to the right ventricle. The blood from the right ventricle should go to the pulmonary artery via the pulmonary valve.The blood from the pulmonary vein enters the left atrium, then flows through the mitral valve to", "title": "Crisscross heart" }, { "docid": "12928791", "text": "left and right portions of the pulmonary artery and joined with the upper portion of the aorta.[7] The proximal pulmonary artery is connected to the aortic arch, while the narrowed segment of the pulmonary trunk is repaired. An aortopulmonary shunt is created to connect the aorta to the main pulmonary artery to provide pulmonary blood flow to the lungs.[7] The Glen procedure disconnects the superior vena cava from the heart and connects it to the right pulmonary artery so deoxygenated blood from the upper body goes directly to the lungs.[10] The Fontan procedure, done usually after the patient is two", "title": "Hypoplastic right heart syndrome" }, { "docid": "15724142", "text": "on resistance and blood flow. The pulmonary band can also migrate away from the original placement and lead to stenosis, in which the blood vessel becomes too narrow. There have also been reports of hardening of the vessels around the band due to buildup of calcium deposits and scarring of the pulmonary artery wall beneath the band, which can also inhibit blood flow. Additional surgeries to adjust band tightness occur in up to one-third of patients. Erosion of the band through the pulmonary artery has been reported, which can lead to the formation of blood clots. This is more evident", "title": "Pulmonary artery banding" }, { "docid": "12952407", "text": "Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA or Bland-White-Garland syndrome or White-Garland syndrome) is a rare congenital anomaly in which the left coronary artery (LCA) branches off the pulmonary artery instead of the aortic sinus. After birth, the pressure in other coronary arteries (namely the RCA) will have a pressure that exceeds the LCA and collateral circulation will increase. This, ultimately, can lead to blood flowing from the RCA into the LCA (retrograde) and into the pulmonary artery, thus forming a left-to-right shunt. The syndrome is named for Edward Franklin", "title": "Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "12952408", "text": "Bland, Paul Dudley White, and Joseph Garland. Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA or Bland-White-Garland syndrome or White-Garland syndrome) is a rare congenital anomaly in which the left coronary artery (LCA) branches off the pulmonary artery instead of the aortic sinus. After birth, the pressure in other coronary arteries (namely the RCA) will have a pressure that exceeds the LCA and collateral circulation will increase. This, ultimately, can lead to blood flowing from the RCA into the LCA (retrograde) and into the pulmonary artery, thus forming a left-to-right shunt.", "title": "Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "3170590", "text": "the cardiac output is measured in units of litres per minute (L/min). The pulmonary artery wedge pressure (also called pulmonary artery occlusion pressure or PAOP) is a measurement in which one of the pulmonary arteries is occluded, and the pressure downstream from the occlusion is measured in order to approximately sample the left atrial pressure. Therefore, the numerator of the above equation is the pressure difference between the input to the pulmonary blood circuit (where the heart's right ventricle connects to the pulmonary trunk) and the output of the circuit (which is the input to the left atrium of the", "title": "Vascular resistance" }, { "docid": "3274498", "text": "research laboratory, which he found both challenging and exciting. While at Vanderbilt, Blalock became interested and began studying the nature and treatment of hemorrhagic and traumatic shock. At Vanderbilt, in the year 1938, Blalock conducted an experiment where the left subclavian artery was connected to the left pulmonary artery. The experiment was meant to induce pulmonary hypertension, but it ended up failing. By conducting his research and mainly experimenting on dogs, Blalock discovered that surgical shock resulted from the loss of blood, which led him to encourage the use of blood plasma or whole blood products to prevent. Blalock's innovative", "title": "Alfred Blalock" }, { "docid": "4492064", "text": "pulmonary artery catheter from easiest to difficult is: right internal jugular > left subclavian > left internal jugular > right subclavian. From this entry site, it is threaded through the right atrium of the heart, the right ventricle, and subsequently into the pulmonary artery. The passage of the catheter may be monitored by dynamic pressure readings from the catheter tip or with the aid of fluoroscopy. The standard pulmonary artery catheter has two lumens (Swan-Ganz) and is equipped with an inflatable balloon at the tip, which facilitates its placement into the pulmonary artery through the flow of blood. The balloon,", "title": "Pulmonary artery catheter" }, { "docid": "14518504", "text": "Arterial embolism Arterial embolism is a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body part due to an embolus adhering to the wall of an artery blocking the flow of blood, the major type of embolus being a blood clot (thromboembolism). Sometimes, pulmonary embolism is classified as arterial embolism as well, in the sense that the clot follows the pulmonary artery carrying deoxygenated blood away from the heart. However, pulmonary embolism is generally classified as a form of venous embolism, because the embolus forms in veins. Arterial embolism is the major cause of infarction (which may also be", "title": "Arterial embolism" }, { "docid": "12894356", "text": "\"Normally, blood pressure falls during inspiration (equal or less than 10 mmHg), due to an increase in blood flow into the right ventricle with displacement of the interventricular septum to the left, decreasing left ventricular filling and cardiac output\". The pressure in the right ventricle tries to open the pulmonary valve. The pressure in the pulmonary artery tries to close the pulmonary valve. Remember that the higher pressure will \"win\". Hence, the closure of the pulmonary valve (P) will be delayed since the pressure in the right ventricle is increased in inspiration, opposing the pressure in the pulmonary artery and", "title": "Split S2" }, { "docid": "4492074", "text": "method of monitoring volume overload leading to pulmonary edema in an ICU setting. A feature of the pulmonary artery catheter that has been largely ignored in the clinical setting is its ability to monitor total body oxygen extraction by measuring the mixed venous oxygen saturation. Regardless of the value obtained by measurements of the cardiac output, the mixed venous oxygen saturation is an accurate parameter of total body blood flow and therefore cardiac output. The assumption that a low mixed venous oxygen saturation (normal = 60% except for the coronary sinus where it approximates 40% reflecting the high metabolic rate", "title": "Pulmonary artery catheter" }, { "docid": "14304997", "text": "the most common type of ventricular tachycardia in otherwise healthy individuals. This defect is due to an electrical node in the right ventricle just before the pulmonary artery. When the node is stimulated, the patient will go into ventricular tachycardia, which does not allow the heart to fill with blood before beating again. Long QT syndrome is another complex problem in the heart and has been labeled as an independent factor in mortality. There are multiple methods of treatment for these including cardiac ablations, medication treatment, or lifestyle changes to have less stress and exercise. Automaticity refers to a cardiac", "title": "Heart arrhythmia" }, { "docid": "2207323", "text": "are widespread. One method is described here: The pericardial sac is opened to view the heart. Blood for chemical analysis may be removed from the inferior vena cava or the pulmonary veins. Before removing the heart, the pulmonary artery is opened in order to search for a blood clot. The heart can then be removed by cutting the inferior vena cava, the pulmonary veins, the aorta and pulmonary artery, and the superior vena cava. This method leaves the aortic arch intact, which will make things easier for the embalmer. The left lung is then easily accessible and can be removed", "title": "Autopsy" }, { "docid": "67228", "text": "One way it can be cured is by a VSD closure and placing conduits to restart the blood flow between the left ventricle and the aorta and between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. Another way is systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt in cases associated with pulmonary stenosis. Also, a balloon atrial septostomy can be done to fix DORV with the Taussig-Bing anomaly. There are two different types of transposition of the great arteries, Dextro-transposition of the great arteries and Levo-transposition of the great arteries, depending on where the chambers and vessels connect. Dextro-transposition happens in about 1 in 4,000 newborns", "title": "Cardiology" }, { "docid": "6596792", "text": "Norwood procedure The Norwood procedure is the first surgery of three staged heart surgeries to create a new functional systemic circuit in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome or other complex heart defects with single ventricle physiology. The Norwood procedure (stage 1) involves atrial septectomy and transection and ligation of the distal main pulmonary artery. The proximal pulmonary artery is then connected to the hypoplastic aortic arch, while the coarcted segment of the aorta is repaired. An aortopulmonary shunt is created to connect the aorta to the main pulmonary artery to provide pulmonary blood flow. The second surgery (Stage 2)", "title": "Norwood procedure" }, { "docid": "12928876", "text": "with surgery. Stenosis of pulmonary artery Stenosis of the pulmonary artery is a condition where the pulmonary artery is subject to an abnormal constriction (or stenosis). Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis may occur as an isolated event or in association with Alagille syndrome, Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 1, Costello syndrome, Keutel syndrome, nasodigitoacoustic syndrome (Keipert syndrome), Noonan syndrome or Williams syndrome. It should not be confused with a pulmonary valve stenosis, which is in the heart, but can have similar hemodynamic effects. Both stenosis of the pulmonary artery and pulmonary valve stenosis are causes of pulmonic stenosis. In some cases it", "title": "Stenosis of pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "12928875", "text": "Stenosis of pulmonary artery Stenosis of the pulmonary artery is a condition where the pulmonary artery is subject to an abnormal constriction (or stenosis). Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis may occur as an isolated event or in association with Alagille syndrome, Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 1, Costello syndrome, Keutel syndrome, nasodigitoacoustic syndrome (Keipert syndrome), Noonan syndrome or Williams syndrome. It should not be confused with a pulmonary valve stenosis, which is in the heart, but can have similar hemodynamic effects. Both stenosis of the pulmonary artery and pulmonary valve stenosis are causes of pulmonic stenosis. In some cases it is treated", "title": "Stenosis of pulmonary artery" }, { "docid": "13935741", "text": "capillaries and their misplacement away from the alveolar surface result in poor oxygenation and retention of carbon dioxide in the blood and high pulmonary blood pressure. There is also evidence of direct connections between pulmonary arteries and systemic vessels, which would deliver deoxygenated blood to the body, also contributing to low blood oxygenation. Another characteristic histologic finding is the presence of a pulmonary vein located next to a pulmonary artery and bronchus in the same bronchovascular bundle. In a normal lung, the pulmonary vein courses with lymphatic vessels in the lung septa. The gold standard for ACD diagnosis is by", "title": "Alveolar capillary dysplasia" }, { "docid": "2992575", "text": "pulmonary vein lies in front of and a little below the pulmonary artery; the inferior is situated at the lowest part of the lung hilum. Behind the pulmonary artery is the bronchus. The right main pulmonary veins (contains oxygenated blood) pass behind the right atrium and superior vena cava; the left in front of the descending thoracic aorta. Occasionally the three lobar veins on the right side remain separate, and not infrequently the two left lobar veins end by a common opening into the left atrium. Therefore, the number of pulmonary veins opening into the left atrium can vary between", "title": "Pulmonary vein" }, { "docid": "17265201", "text": "FloWatch The FloWatch telemetric control system is a radio frequency system that is used to control medical implants. The radio signal not only sends commands to the implanted device but also the power required to adjust the device. At present the FloWatch technology is only used in the FloWatch-Pulmonary Artery Band. The FloWatch Pulmonary Artery Band (FloWatch-PAB) is an implantable device that clips around the pulmonary artery in infants (from 2.5kg to about 6.5kg) requiring pulmonary artery banding. The FloWatch-PAB size can be adjusted by wireless remote control using the FloWatch Control Unit. The band does not require a battery", "title": "FloWatch" }, { "docid": "1302842", "text": "left coronary artery and follows the coronary sulcus to the left. Eventually, it will fuse with the small branches of the right coronary artery. The larger anterior interventricular artery, also known as the left anterior descending artery (LAD), is the second major branch arising from the left coronary artery. It follows the anterior interventricular sulcus around the pulmonary trunk. Along the way it gives rise to numerous smaller branches that interconnect with the branches of the posterior interventricular artery, forming anastomoses. An anastomosis is an area where vessels unite to form interconnections that normally allow blood to circulate to a", "title": "Coronary circulation" }, { "docid": "15003148", "text": "artery and pulmonary artery wedge pressures were higher than in non-susceptible people. These pressures were reduced by sildenafil. SIPE may also be a cause of death during triathlons. Swimming-induced pulmonary edema Swimming induced pulmonary edema (SIPE), also known as immersion pulmonary edema, occurs when fluids from the blood leak abnormally from the small vessels of the lung (pulmonary capillaries) into the airspaces (alveoli). SIPE usually occurs during exertion in conditions of water immersion, such as swimming and diving. With the recent surge in popularity of triathlons and swimming in open water events there has been an increasing incidence of SIPE.", "title": "Swimming-induced pulmonary edema" }, { "docid": "14068986", "text": "a visa to the United States. He had relatives in Los Angeles, which allowed the family to move to the United States. Ganz gained a position at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he remained for the rest of his career. Ganz and Dr. Jeremy Swan first developed the idea for the pulmonary artery catheter in 1970. A balloon is placed at the end of a flexible catheter, which is inserted into the pulmonary artery. Additionally, Ganz had a role in the development of thrombolysis, in which enzymes breakdown blood clots. Ganz died of natural causes on November 11, 2009, at the", "title": "William Ganz" }, { "docid": "67225", "text": "these \"blue babies.\" They eventually figured out how to do just that by the anastomosis of the systemic artery to the pulmonary artery and called this the Blalock-Taussig Shunt. Tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, double outlet right ventricle, transposition of the great arteries, persistent truncus arteriosus, and Ebsteins anomaly are various congenital cyanotic heart diseases. Congenital cyanotic heart diseases is where something is wrong with the heart of a newborn and it is not oxygenating the blood efficiently. Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common congenital heart disease arising in 1–3 cases per 1,000 births. The cause of this defect", "title": "Cardiology" }, { "docid": "4046057", "text": "sampling of blood from the pulmonary artery (low oxygen content) and from the pulmonary vein (high oxygen content). In practice, sampling of peripheral arterial blood is a surrogate for pulmonary venous blood. Determination of the oxygen consumption of the peripheral tissues is more complex. The calculation of the arterial and venous oxygen concentration of the blood is a straightforward process. Almost all oxygen in the blood is bound to hemoglobin molecules in the red blood cells. Measuring the content of hemoglobin in the blood and the percentage of saturation of hemoglobin (the oxygen saturation of the blood) is a simple", "title": "Fick principle" }, { "docid": "10609895", "text": "and right ventricle are working together to supply blood to the pulmonary artery, similarly to how the left atrium and the left ventricle work simultaneously to supply blood to the aorta. During the process of the heart contracting and releasing the right atrium and left atrium contract at the same time, while the left ventricle and right ventricle relax. In opposition, when the left atrium and right atrium are relaxed the left ventricle and right ventricle contract pushing blood to either the aorta or pulmonary artery. In an anatomically correct heart the atria are smaller than the ventricles. The ventricles", "title": "Crisscross heart" }, { "docid": "1910983", "text": "relax very quickly after each contraction so as to quickly fill with the oxygenated blood flowing from the pulmonary veins. Likewise in the systolic phase, the left ventricle must contract rapidly and forcibly to pump this blood into the aorta, overcoming the much higher aortic pressure. The extra pressure exerted is also needed to stretch the aorta and other arteries to accommodate the increase in blood volume. The right ventricle receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve and pumps it into the pulmonary artery via the pulmonary valve, into the pulmonary circulation. The typical healthy adult", "title": "Ventricle (heart)" }, { "docid": "473051", "text": "pulmonary valve is located at the base of the pulmonary artery. This has three cusps which are not attached to any papillary muscles. When the ventricle relaxes blood flows back into the ventricle from the artery and this flow of blood fills the pocket-like valve, pressing against the cusps which close to seal the valve. The semilunar aortic valve is at the base of the aorta and also is not attached to papillary muscles. This too has three cusps which close with the pressure of the blood flowing back from the aorta. The right heart consists of two chambers, the", "title": "Heart" }, { "docid": "669986", "text": "8 mmHg in the left atrium. Variants of venous pressure include: Normally, the pressure in the pulmonary artery is about 15 mmHg at rest. Increased blood pressure in the capillaries of the lung causes pulmonary hypertension, leading to interstitial edema if the pressure increases to above 20 mmHg, and to pulmonary edema at pressures above 25 mmHg. Disorders of blood pressure control include high blood pressure, low blood pressure, and blood pressure that shows excessive or maladaptive fluctuation. Arterial hypertension can be an indicator of other problems and may have long-term adverse effects. Sometimes it can be an acute problem,", "title": "Blood pressure" }, { "docid": "2951769", "text": "has been linked with the development of pulmonary hypertension (increased pressure over the pulmonary artery); this, in turn, leads to episodes of syncope (fainting), chest pain, and progressive breathlessness. Pulmonary hypertension eventually causes right ventricular heart failure, the symptoms of which are peripheral edema (fluid accumulation in the skin of the legs) and ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity). They may be classified according to the means of hemolysis, being either intrinsic in cases where the cause is related to the red blood cell (RBC) itself, or extrinsic in cases where factors external to the RBC dominate. Intrinsic effects", "title": "Hemolytic anemia" }, { "docid": "2481886", "text": "of pulmonary circulation pressures. Recurrence of FPE is thought to be associated with hypertension and may signify renal artery stenosis. Prevention of recurrence is based on managing hypertension, coronary artery disease, renovascular hypertension, and heart failure. There is no one single test for confirming that breathlessness is caused by pulmonary edema; indeed, in many cases, the cause of shortness of breath is probably multifactorial. Low oxygen saturation and disturbed arterial blood gas readings support the proposed diagnosis by suggesting a pulmonary shunt. Chest X-ray will show fluid in the alveolar walls, Kerley B lines, increased vascular shadowing in a classical", "title": "Pulmonary edema" }, { "docid": "1450640", "text": "arterial embolism as well, in the sense that the clot follows the pulmonary artery carrying deoxygenated blood away from the heart. However, pulmonary embolism is generally classified as a form of venous embolism, because the embolus forms in veins, e.g. deep vein thrombosis. Arterial embolism can cause occlusion in any part of the body. It is a major cause of infarction, tissue death due to the blockage of blood supply. An embolus lodging in the brain from either the heart or a carotid artery will most likely be the cause of a stroke due to ischemia. An arterial embolus might", "title": "Embolism" }, { "docid": "670020", "text": "blood pressure, and inspired and expired concentrations for oxygen, carbon dioxide, and inhalational anesthetic agents. For more invasive surgery, monitoring may also include temperature, urine output, blood pressure, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, cardiac output, cerebral activity, and neuromuscular function. In addition, the operating room environment must be monitored for ambient temperature and humidity, as well as for accumulation of exhaled inhalational anesthetic agents, which might be deleterious to the health of operating room personnel. Sedation (also referred to as \"dissociative anesthesia\" or \"twilight anesthesia\") creates hypnotic, sedative, anxiolytic, amnesic, anticonvulsant, and centrally produced", "title": "Anesthesia" }, { "docid": "20864353", "text": "arteries are not mobilized adequately, they can become stretched, leading to pulmonic stenosis. Commonly, the maneuver is used during an arterial switch procedure (in which the pulmonary artery and aorta switch positions) or in surgery to correct absent pulmonary valve syndrome. It is also used in corrective surgeries for Tetralogy of Fallot where the pulmonary valve is anomalous, persistent truncus arteriosus with aortopulmonary window that affects the aortic arch, left-to-right shunts, anomalous right pulmonary artery, and ALCAPA (anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery). Other surgeries that regularly employ the LeCompte maneuver include the Yasui procedure, REV procedure, and", "title": "LeCompte maneuver" }, { "docid": "5364167", "text": "increased blood viscosity and decreased cardiac output and blood flow velocity which results in the reduction of peripheral oxygen delivery. For instance, an overdose of EPO can thicken blood into a highly viscous and artery-clogging sludge. This increases the chances of heart attack, stroke, phlebitis, and pulmonary embolism, which has been seen in cases where there is too much blood reintroduced into the blood stream. Because blood doping increases the volume of red blood cells, it effectively introduces a condition called polycythemia, a blood disorder that has known adverse outcomes such as heart attacks or strokes. Blood contamination during preparation", "title": "Blood doping" }, { "docid": "1795540", "text": "P especially during inspiration where a split of S can be heard. It is caused by the closure of the semilunar valves (the aortic valve and pulmonary valve) at the end of ventricular systole and the beginning of ventricular diastole. As the left ventricle empties, its pressure falls below the pressure in the aorta. Aortic blood flow quickly reverses back toward the left ventricle, catching the pocket-like cusps of the aortic valve, and is stopped by aortic valve closure. Similarly, as the pressure in the right ventricle falls below the pressure in the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary valve closes. The", "title": "Heart sounds" }, { "docid": "67227", "text": "this by redirecting the aorta and fixing the right ventricle and pulmonary artery connection. There are two types of pulmonary atresia, classified by whether or not the baby also has a ventricular septal defect. Double outlet right ventricle is when both great arteries, the pulmonary artery and the aorta, are connected to the right ventricle. There is usually a VSD in different particular places depending on the variations of DORV, typically 50% are subaortic and 30%. The surgeries that can be done to fix this defect can vary due to the different physiology and blood flow in the defected heart.", "title": "Cardiology" }, { "docid": "10609898", "text": "the mouth. Other symptoms include pallor, extreme dyspnea, pulmonary valve stenosis, cardiac murmurs and a deviated ventricular septum. Pallor can be described as a pale color of the skin, and dyspnea is difficulty breathing. Pulmonary valve stenosis is the narrowing of the pulmonary valve which leads to decreased blood flow to the pulmonary artery. Cardiac murmurs are sounds that can be heard when using a stethoscope that make a swooshing noise rather than a normal “lub-dup”. Lastly a deviated ventricular septum is when there is a hole between the ventricle walls resulting in blood between the ventricles flowing freely between", "title": "Crisscross heart" } ]

[ "Dogue de Bordeaux" ]

[ { "docid": "4896024", "text": "shows David around in the three days left before his transfer, meeting with long time friend Amos Reed for a final time. The two investigators are then called to the discovery of $8,000 found at the local beach - an unusual discovery for such a quiet community. That same evening, Amos is murdered by an affiliate of local seafood magnate Walter Boyett when Amos reveals his suspicions of Boyett's operations. Turner is alerted to the crime the following morning, ultimately resulting in Scott hesitantly taking in Hooch, Amos' pet Dogue de Bordeaux. Scott immediately takes Hooch to the new town", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896033", "text": "in audience. During the aftermath, Turner is made police chief while Sutton becomes leading investigator. Turner also marries Emily, with the couple now caring for Camille and her litter of puppies, one of whom looks and acts exactly like Hooch. Hooch's real name was Beasley, and he was a Dogue de Bordeaux (French mastiff), a French breed of work dog developed in the 15th century. Beasley was born on a dog kennel in Merrimac, Wisconsin owned by Peter Curley. Beasley was later purchased along with three other dogs for production of the film and were trained by Clint Rowe, who", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896024", "text": "shows David around in the three days left before his transfer, meeting with long time friend Amos Reed for a final time. The two investigators are then called to the discovery of $8,000 found at the local beach - an unusual discovery for such a quiet community. That same evening, Amos is murdered by an affiliate of local seafood magnate Walter Boyett when Amos reveals his suspicions of Boyett's operations. Turner is alerted to the crime the following morning, ultimately resulting in Scott hesitantly taking in Hooch, Amos' pet Dogue de Bordeaux. Scott immediately takes Hooch to the new town", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "5795096", "text": "and East Berlin, and the breed's numbers were on the decline. Much later, in 1989, the typical American family saw the Dogue de Bordeaux for the first time on the big screen in Touchstone's movie \"Turner & Hooch\" about a policeman and his canine partner, although many people did not know that the massive slobbering animal was a Dogue de Bordeaux. Since then, the Dogue de Bordeaux has taken hold in the United States and can be found in greatly increasing numbers across the country. The Dogue de Bordeaux has been supported by multiple breed clubs throughout the years, and", "title": "Dogue de Bordeaux" } ]

[ { "docid": "4896036", "text": "under the banner, \"Two Dog Night\". \"Turner & Hooch\" has been referred to in various films and television shows, including the NBC/ABC medical sitcom \"Scrubs\", in which main characters J.D. and Turk modify shift schedules so that Doctors Turner and Hooch are teamed up as a surgical team in the episode \"My Faith in Humanity\" (Doctor Turner was played by Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks' brother). They actually make a good team, and are disappointed when they have to disband. Another episode has Turk offended at JD's assumption that Turner and Hooch was an interracial buddy movie, an assumption made based", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896038", "text": "his comedic lengthy speech, he thanked Hooch. The 2014 Tamil film \"Naaigal Jaakirathai\" is based on this film. In April 2015, it was reported that Christine Turner Wagner, widow of producer Raymond Wagner, and Richard Dreyfuss have sued The Walt Disney Company over profits from \"Turner & Hooch\" and \"What About Bob?\" (1991), another Touchstone release which Dreyfuss starred in. The plaintiffs have claimed that Disney has refused to hire their chosen auditor, Robinson and Co. Turner & Hooch Turner & Hooch is a 1989 American buddy cop comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog as the eponymous", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896037", "text": "on the aforementioned Hooch. In the second season of \"Castle\", Beckett and Castle compare themselves to Turner and Hooch, with Castle being Hooch. This comparison returned in the Castle season 7 episode \"Kill Switch\". During an appearance on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\", O'Brien gave Tom Hanks a preserved dog skeleton, claiming it was his old friend Hooch. As one of O'Brien's first guests on \"The Tonight Show\", Hanks improvised a song from an alleged \"Turner & Hooch\" stage musical. During the 2006 Academy Awards, Tom Hanks played in a sketch about acceptance speeches that ran on too long. In", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896025", "text": "veterinarian Emily Carson. Scott pleads with Emily to take in Hooch as he has no experience of handling such an animal before. However, Emily insists that Hooch will be good for Scott, who lives alone. Immediately returning home however, Hooch's noisy, destructive nature clashes intensely with Scott's tightly tuned routine and lifestyle. Scott leaves Hooch alone one night to buy dog food, only to return to a home that has been completely ransacked by Hooch unintentionally. Furious, Scott kicks Hooch out, only for him to return later with Emily's female dog, Camille. Seeing an opportunity to get rid of Hooch,", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896022", "text": "Turner & Hooch Turner & Hooch is a 1989 American buddy cop comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog as the eponymous characters respectively. The film also co-stars Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson and Reginald VelJohnson. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode; the film was originally slated to be directed by Henry Winkler, but he was terminated because of his \"creative differences\". It was co-written and executive produced by Daniel Petrie Jr. of \"Beverly Hills Cop\" fame. The similarly plotted \"K-9\" (with James Belushi) was released three months earlier. A pilot for a \"Turner & Hooch\" television series,", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896023", "text": "starring Thomas F. Wilson and Beasley the Dog, was made and ran as a part of \"The Magical World of Disney\". Touchstone Pictures acquired the screenplay for \"Turner & Hooch\" for $1 million, which was the highest price ever paid by Touchstone for any script at the time. Scott Turner is a highly studious and obsessively well-ordered police investigator for the small northern California town of Cypress Beach. Bored with the lack of serious crime with his current work, Turner is set to transfer to a much better position in Sacramento, leaving fellow investigator David Sutton to replace him. Turner", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896035", "text": "on location in Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Moss Landing, California. \"Cypress Beach\" is fictional, using mostly Pacific Grove for shots such as the police department, the wedding foot chase, and the car chase down Ocean View Ave. \"Turner & Hooch\" gained a mixed response from critics, with a 52% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 27 reviews, but it was a box office success. No plans remain for a sequel despite its revived popularity following Hanks' rise to success. NBC did a television pilot based on the film in 1990. It aired in the summer with another dog pilot, \"Poochinski\"", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "3345093", "text": "a real world boy), the film's police department obligatorily assigned all cops a conflicting buddy to work with, even to the extreme of one officer being partnered with a cartoon cat. A subgenre of the buddy cop film is the buddy cop-dog movie, which teams a cop with a dog, but uses the same element of unlikely partnership to create comedic hijinks. Examples include \"Turner & Hooch\", \"Top Dog\" and \"K-9\". Akira Kurosawa's 1949 Japanese film \"Stray Dog\", starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, is considered a precursor to the buddy cop film genre. Other early pioneers of the buddy", "title": "Buddy cop film" }, { "docid": "4896032", "text": "other. Hooch is able to ambush Boyett from above, although Boyett shoots Hooch in the process. Confronting Hyde, Scott is initially coerced by the corrupt Police Chief to frame Boyett, who is subsequently killed by Hyde. However, Hyde knows that Scott is an entirely honest police officer, and calls his bluff. A wounded Hooch manages to get up, and briefly distract Hyde long enough for Scott to kill him. Realizing Hooch's wound, Scott races to Emily's clinic to save his life. However, Hooch, who lost a lot of blood, dies on the operating table, with a tearful Scott and Emily", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896034", "text": "makes a brief appearance in the film as an ASPCA officer. Beasley died in 1992, aged 14. Animal Makers created an exact replica of Hooch for the famous death scene. Beasley also had a stunt double by the name of Igor. Henry Winkler was the original director, Winker was fired thirteen days into production by studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, according to Winkler on the October 10, 2012 edition of \"The Howard Stern Show\". Winkler said of his firing from directing the film, \"Let's just say I got along better with Hooch than I did with Turner.\" Many scenes were filmed", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896026", "text": "Scott drives both Hooch and Camille back to the veterinary clinic, only to be caught by Emily as he leaves. Emily invites Scott inside, and the two proceed to continue painting the house that Emily earlier abandoned for the night. Scott leaves later on and although he expresses his lack of interest in taking things further with Emily, it becomes clear that the two are starting to like each other. Scott takes Hooch to the Police Precinct the next day, where a wedding occurs just across the street. Hooch identifies the wedding photographer as Amos' killer and gives chase, almost", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896028", "text": "about the noises he heard going on at Boyett Seafood, the company that has Zack registered as an employee. Celebrating the approval to search Boyett Seafood, Scott treats Hooch but notices his refusal to eat. Scott consideres this a consequence of Amos' death, the long term owner and presumably, only companion to Hooch. Scott and Hooch start to establish a closer bond. The next day, the police search Boyett Seafood but find no evidence of any illegal activity. With his transfer pending the following day, Scott is relieved of jurisdiction of the case, which is given to David by Police", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "17643550", "text": "Naaigal Jaakirathai Naaigal Jaakirathai () is a 2014 Indian Tamil comedy thriller film, written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan featuring Sibiraj and a Belgian Shepherd dog named Idoh in the lead. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as POLICE AUR TIGER. It is also inspired by the 1989 film \"Turner & Hooch\". The film was produced by Sibiraj's father Sathyaraj under the banner Nathambal Film Factory, which had earlier produced \"Lee\". While the music was composed by Dharan Kumar, cinematography was handled by Nizar Shifi and edited by Praveen K. L. \"Naaigal Jaakirathai\" received positive reviews from critics, and", "title": "Naaigal Jaakirathai" }, { "docid": "4896029", "text": "Chief Howard Hyde. Frustrated with reaching a dead end in the case, Scott meets with Emily, leading the two to spend the night together. In a eureka moment, Scott finally realises why the earlier search of Boyett Seafood turned up nothing - instead of searching for imports, Boyett Seafood was actually exporting goods. Armed with this new lead, Scott takes Hooch back to the factory to stake-out. The following morning, David arrives upon Scott's request with the earlier recovered $8,000 from the beach. On a hunch, Scott commands Hooch to trace the scent of the money to anything he can", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "18813477", "text": "Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog (1662) is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote; \"74. TWO FIGURES AND A DOG IN A BEDROOM. De G. 71. A woman stands at a window to the right ; a man sits to her left beckoning to a dog. On the left is visible another", "title": "Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog" }, { "docid": "11612540", "text": "featuring Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) entering a bar and asking for \"'ooch\" in his trademark Northern accent, with the bartender unable to understand what he means. Hooper's Hooch Hooper's Hooch (often simply referred to as Hooch) is an alcopop that was most popular during the mid-1990s. The name \"Hoopers\" refers to William Hooper (chemist), inventor of the hot water bottle and manufacturer of lemonade in the 1840s whose trademark was owned by Burton-on-Trent-based brewer Bass. Launched in Britain in 1995 by Bass as an alcoholic lemonade, it was initially very popular leading to the development of orange- and blackcurrant-flavoured versions.", "title": "Hooper's Hooch" }, { "docid": "9566347", "text": "to the shoot. \"Top Dog\" was released only 9 days after the Oklahoma City bombing. Because the film's plot deals with terrorism, the poor timing of the film's release was noted in multiple reviews and articles. The film debuted at number eight. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 0% of eight surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 1.8/10. The film was criticised for being too similar to \"K-9\" and \"Turner & Hooch\". Top Dog (1995 film) Top Dog is a 1995 buddy cop action comedy film directed by Aaron Norris and starring Chuck Norris. Written by", "title": "Top Dog (1995 film)" }, { "docid": "2947151", "text": "more complete list of paintings attributed to de Hooch, see the list of paintings by Pieter de Hooch: Pieter de Hooch Pieter de Hooch (, also spelled \"Hoogh\" or \"Hooghe\"; 20 December 1629 (baptized) – 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style. De Hooch was born in Rotterdam to Hendrick Hendricksz de Hooch, a bricklayer, and Annetge Pieters, a midwife. He was", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "6158778", "text": "double for him in scenes in \"Forrest Gump\". Owing to his vocal similarity, he often substitutes for his brother in the role of Sheriff Woody in various \"Toy Story\" video games and spin-offs. Hanks began providing the voice of Geoffrey the Giraffe in the Toys \"R\" Us commercials in 2001, and is the voice of Rudy from the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers commercials. He guest-starred in an episode of \"Scrubs\", appearing as a \"Dr. Turner\" partnered with a doctor called \"Hooch\" (in reference to his brother's film \"Turner & Hooch\"). In the 1998 film adaptation of O. Henry's \"The Ransom", "title": "Jim Hanks" }, { "docid": "15437832", "text": "p. 172,\" that he found a testament (dating 21 dec 1657) saying: \"“Henrick de Hoge, metselaer benoemt SIJN SOON Pieter de Hooch, schilder”.\" Which implies that not Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch, but Henrick de Hoge is Pieter’s father. Pieter de Hoogh lived in the same street as Hendrik de Hoogh during his marriage. A Hendrik de Hoogh was a witness during the baptism of Pieter’s daughter Anna. Pieter’s age coincides with the age on Hendrik’s son Pieter’s baptising. Charles Cornelisz de Hooch was possibly the brother of Dirck Cornelis de Hooch. Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch (c.1600", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "20526406", "text": "other drinks and food at the participating restaurant. Adweek reported that Hooch’s data trove from its user base enables the company to identify local drink purchasing trends in real time. Specifically, the report said that Hooch “was able to predict that the Moscow Mule would dominate California before the trend was recognized in popular culture.” In 2018 Hooch launched a subscription-only membership service under the \"Hooch Black\" label that includes discounts on hotel bookings purportedly at prices lower than Expedia and Travelocity. The Hooch Black network includes 100,000 hotels. In 2018 Hooch announced a $5 million funding round led by", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "2947141", "text": "Pieter de Hooch Pieter de Hooch (, also spelled \"Hoogh\" or \"Hooghe\"; 20 December 1629 (baptized) – 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style. De Hooch was born in Rotterdam to Hendrick Hendricksz de Hooch, a bricklayer, and Annetge Pieters, a midwife. He was the eldest of five children and outlived all of his siblings. Little is known of his early life", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "10947763", "text": "is related to the portrait painter Dirck Cornelis de Hooch, who was his father's brother. Gerrit's son Eliseus de Hooch was a painter, too (Mr Constrijkschilder) and an engraver in silver. Eliseus worked and lived in The Hague and Rotterdam. Gerrit's daughter Josyanna Maria de Hooch married the painter Frederick Bernaerts, who lived and worked in The Hague. It is likely that Gerrit is related to the engraver Cornelis de Hooghe, who claimed to be one of Emperor Charles V's bastard sons and was executed for conspiracy in 1583. One or two works by Gerrit the Hooch are known today,", "title": "Gerrit de Hooch" }, { "docid": "20526402", "text": "Hooch (application) Hooch is a location-based subscription drinks mobile app that provides users one alcoholic beverage per day redeemable at a number of bars and lounges based off the user’s location. The app is most commonly used as a marketing tool but has branched out to provide data and events services to the restaurant and nightlife industry, making it more of a general social media application. Hooch app allows user authentication through Facebook profiles. Hooch co-founder Aleksey Kernes conceived of the idea of Hooch while working as a doorman at Hotel Chantelle. Kernes wanted to reward loyal customers with drink", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "11612536", "text": "Hooper's Hooch Hooper's Hooch (often simply referred to as Hooch) is an alcopop that was most popular during the mid-1990s. The name \"Hoopers\" refers to William Hooper (chemist), inventor of the hot water bottle and manufacturer of lemonade in the 1840s whose trademark was owned by Burton-on-Trent-based brewer Bass. Launched in Britain in 1995 by Bass as an alcoholic lemonade, it was initially very popular leading to the development of orange- and blackcurrant-flavoured versions. At its peak, 2.5 million bottles of Hooper's Hooch were sold each week in Britain, and it was the market leader for alcopops with up to", "title": "Hooper's Hooch" }, { "docid": "4896030", "text": "find within the factory, ultimately returning with the exact type of bag the wad was discovered in. Scott travels to the Lazy Acres Motel, the false address at which Zack Gregory was listed as a tenant. Scott interrogates the Motel owner into revealing where Zack is, only to be held up at gunpoint by him moments later. Zack orders Scott into his car to drive away, but Scott crashes the Cadillac into a concrete barrier, propelling Zack through the windshield and pinning him down by the neck, while assistance is provided by Hooch. Scott interrogates Zack, who reveals that he", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "19677465", "text": "2016 Bihar hooch tragedy The 2016 Bihar hooch tragedy killed 16 people on 16 August 2016 in Gopalganj town of Bihar, India. The victims had consumed \"hooch\" (spurious liquor) and complained of nausea and stomach ache. Prohibition on country-made liquor was imposed in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar led state government on 01 April 2016. On the night of 15 August 2016, some people in Khajur Vani locality in Gopalganj town consumed country-made liquor \"(hooch)\" and began suffering from stomach pain and vomiting. After being rushed to hospital for treatment, five people died by late evening and overnight eight more", "title": "2016 Bihar hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "20122371", "text": "gained notice appearing in the made-for-television movie \"Vampire\". He got his big break in 1983, with a supporting role in the widely acclaimed space movie \"The Right Stuff\", for which he played astronaut Deke Slayton. He has since appeared in over 100 credits. Scott Paulin Scott Paulin (born February 13, 1950), is an American film and television actor and director. He is perhaps best known for playing Deke Slayton in the movie \"The Right Stuff\" (1983). He has also acted in movies like \"Cat People\" (1982), \"Teen Wolf\" (1985), \"The Accused\" (1988), \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), and \"I Am Sam\"", "title": "Scott Paulin" }, { "docid": "4896031", "text": "killed Amos, and also reveals that Walter Boyett is in on the illegal money trade going on at his factory, but is not in charge of it, to Scott's surprise. Scott returns with Hooch to the factory, and is unexpectedly joined by Chief Hyde. Already suspicious of Zack's earlier confession, Scott confronts Hyde, believing him to be in charge of the money laundering operation at the docks, using the gigantic ice cubes to cover the wads of cash being sent out of the country. A firefight soon occurs between Scott on the one hand and Hyde and Boyett on the", "title": "Turner & Hooch" }, { "docid": "18867053", "text": "character that Jed played is an alien disguised as a dog and some scenes required him to behave in an unsettling and unnatural way which he did to perfection. His next role was in \"The Journey of Natty Gann\", starring alongside Meredith Salenger and John Cusack. In 1991, Jed starred as the protagonist White Fang in the Walt Disney film of the same name, starring a young Ethan Hawke. Jed was owned and trained by Clint Rowe, who was involved in the films that Jed was cast in and was also associated with the film \"Turner and Hooch\". Jed (wolfdog)", "title": "Jed (wolfdog)" }, { "docid": "15004225", "text": "the Hooch is encouraged to hold a Row for the Cure fundraiser prior to the Hooch. Each team can raise money for the Komen for the Cure affiliate serving their local community in the fight against breast cancer. Fundraising also takes place during the regatta, with special women’s races labeled as Row for the Cure events. Tens of thousands of dollars are raised each year. Head of the Hooch The Head of the Hooch Regatta, previously known as the Head of the Chattahoochee Regatta, is a 2-day rowing regatta held annually on the first full (Saturday and Sunday in the", "title": "Head of the Hooch" }, { "docid": "19772266", "text": "Dennis Shryack Dennis Shryack (August 25, 1936 – September 14, 2016) was an American screenwriter whose credits included \"The Gauntlet\" in 1977, \"Code of Silence\" (1985), starring Chuck Norris, and \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), which stars Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog. Shryack also co-wrote the screenplay for \"Pale Rider\" in 1985, directed by Clint Eastwood, which became the highest grossing Western film of the 1980s, taking in the $41 million (the equivalent of nearly $92 million in 2016). Shryack often collaborated on screenplays with other writers, including penning seven films with Michael Butler, as well as partnerships with Michael", "title": "Dennis Shryack" }, { "docid": "10947765", "text": "presumably because he was in constant debt. Haagse Schilders in de Gouden Eeuw, , 1998 Uitgeverij Waanders, Zwolle. Van Vader op Zoon, Vijf Eeuwen Kunstschilders, by J. Gestman Geradts, 2006, La Serre Studio. Gerrit de Hooch Gerrit de Hooch was a 17th-century Dutch painter of italianate landscapes, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands). He was a member of the local guild of artists, the Confrerie Pictura since 1660. Born as a son of local bailiff Eliseus de Hoog (also de Hooch) and Josina van Platen, who married in 1629 in The Hague. Gerrit's wife, Anna van Eyck", "title": "Gerrit de Hooch" }, { "docid": "15437827", "text": "wooden dovecote build on three trees ; a man in a red shirt and blue pants is standing on a ladder which is placed to it. On the right is a ruin of a castle with a stork’s nest. In front of it there is a man accompanied by a dog. In the background there are trees surrounded by a clouded sky. This theme of a dovecote is also painted in a canvas painting in 1628, the year he moved to Utrecht , which de Hooch painted in Haarlem. At the bottom of the right is it signed “Chaerles dhooch”", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "2947143", "text": "Rotterdam. His service for the merchant required him to accompany him on his travels to The Hague, Leiden, and Delft, to which he moved in 1652. It is likely that de Hooch handed over most of his works to la Grange during this period in exchange for board and other benefits, as this was a common commercial arrangement for painters at the time, and a later inventory recorded that la Grange possessed eleven of his paintings. De Hooch was married in Delft in 1654 to Jannetje van der Burch, by whom he fathered seven children. While in Delft, de Hooch", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "18792256", "text": "is de-lousing her daughter's hair who kneels before her with her head in her lap. Behind her is an elevated, recessed bed with curtains; a child's chair stands in the right foreground. The door on the left, near which is a little dog, opens into a second room, through the door of which is seen a garden with slender trees. This is one of the finest pictures by De Hooch in Holland. [Compare 74.] Signed on the chair \" Pr d' hooch\"; canvas on panel, 21 inches by 24 inches. Wrongly attributed to E. Boursse in the 1887 catalogue of", "title": "A Mother's Duty" }, { "docid": "11037326", "text": "Dirck Cornelis de Hooch Dirk Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651) was a 17th-century Dutch portrait painter, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands). Born in 1613 at The Hague, he was a son of a Dutch bailiff, Cornelis de Hooch and his wife Jannetje Dirx van Doverschey. He was Gerrit de Hooch's uncle. He painted portraits and was a pupil of painter Pieter Quast. Dirk was a friend of Jan Jansz Buesem and Hans van Evelen (Ebeleyn), who both testified on his behalf in 1649. In 1645 he married Anna Heckselaer from Utrecht, widow of Pieter Hermensz Wolphes. Dirk", "title": "Dirck Cornelis de Hooch" }, { "docid": "16982022", "text": "Hooch maid A hooch maid was a South Vietnamese woman employed to clean the shelters and keep house for American servicemen during the Vietnam War. American soldiers in South Vietnam sometimes called the dwellings of Vietnamese civilians \"hooches\". Thus, the Vietnamese civilian women who maintained the dwellings were called \"hooch maids\". These women typically worked six days a week, cleaning and maintaining the rooms and belongings of the soldiers. If their work quality was deemed to be sufficient, they could be given goods from the base exchange, which could be turned into extra income on the black market. The military", "title": "Hooch maid" }, { "docid": "3680053", "text": "and Dreyfuss approaching the relationship of the road runner and the coyote.\" Maltin faulted the film only for its ending, which he found very abrupt and silly. However, the film received criticism from \"The Baltimore Sun\" film critic Lou Cedrone: \"It is too predictable and deals with a situation that is more irritating than amusing.\" In April 2015, it was reported that Richard Dreyfuss sued The Walt Disney Company over the film's profits. Dreyfuss has claimed that Disney refused to hire his chosen auditor, Robinson and Co. Christine Turner Wagner, widow of \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989) producer Raymond Wagner, is", "title": "What About Bob?" }, { "docid": "11037327", "text": "Cornelisz murdered a fish seller called Stouthart in The Hague. Presumably for this reason, he fled to Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad), but is mentioned again in The Hague in 1651 repeatedly harassing verbally a certain Magdaleentje Ariens Colijns. Dirck Cornelis de Hooch Dirk Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651) was a 17th-century Dutch portrait painter, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands). Born in 1613 at The Hague, he was a son of a Dutch bailiff, Cornelis de Hooch and his wife Jannetje Dirx van Doverschey. He was Gerrit de Hooch's uncle. He painted portraits and was a pupil of painter", "title": "Dirck Cornelis de Hooch" }, { "docid": "10947762", "text": "Gerrit de Hooch Gerrit de Hooch was a 17th-century Dutch painter of italianate landscapes, who lived and worked in The Hague (the Netherlands). He was a member of the local guild of artists, the Confrerie Pictura since 1660. Born as a son of local bailiff Eliseus de Hoog (also de Hooch) and Josina van Platen, who married in 1629 in The Hague. Gerrit's wife, Anna van Eyck (born The Hague 1629, married 1660 The Hague), is recorded widow in 1680. Anna's father was Hermanus van Eyck, who had the great philosopher Daniel Heinsius as an uncle and tutor. Gerrit himself", "title": "Gerrit de Hooch" }, { "docid": "15437821", "text": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch (c.1600 – 2 July 1638), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and etcher. He became known as \"Karel de Hooge\" from being listed in Samuel Ampzing's \"lof der Haerlem\" as a painter of ruins, along with Pieter Molyn, Jacob Pinas and Salomon de Bray, who was born in 1597. He is best known today for his so-called grotto paintings. Grotto painting as an independent genre was probably initiated by a group of followers of Cornelis van Poelenburch, which included De Hooch along with Abraham van Cuylenborch and Dirck Stoop. His contemporaries", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "16982024", "text": "described the maids as being \"...good Catholics who might flirt with you but would never date an American soldier.\" Nonetheless, some maids reportedly had sex with soldiers to earn extra income. Hooch maid A hooch maid was a South Vietnamese woman employed to clean the shelters and keep house for American servicemen during the Vietnam War. American soldiers in South Vietnam sometimes called the dwellings of Vietnamese civilians \"hooches\". Thus, the Vietnamese civilian women who maintained the dwellings were called \"hooch maids\". These women typically worked six days a week, cleaning and maintaining the rooms and belongings of the soldiers.", "title": "Hooch maid" }, { "docid": "17619345", "text": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy The 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy was an incident in the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in May 2008 in which 180 people reportedly died after consuming illicit liquor. This incident is considered to be the worst hooch tragedy in the country since at least 2000. On 18 May 2008, some people from the Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural and Kolar district in the state of Karnataka and neighbouring Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, consumed moonshine (illicit liquor) made with camphor and tobacco. This drink contained toxic methyl alcohol, which", "title": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "18841895", "text": "1929. It was described in later catalogues as \"a collaborative work by Weenix and de Hooch\", but there has never been any evidence the two painters worked together. Various provenance records mention a wounded man by De Hooch which were previously thought to pertain to another painting by De Hooch, but could also be this painting. A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable (c. 1655) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden", "title": "A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable" }, { "docid": "2947147", "text": "with a Woman Weighing a Gold Coin shows that De Hooch had tried another figure in the empty chair first so this points to his canvas being the more original model that Vermeer quoted. De Hooch also shared themes and compositions with Emanuel de Witte, though De Witte soon devoted himself mainly to painting church interior scenes after moving to Amsterdam in 1651. De Witte seems more preoccupied with the rooms themselves, filling his paintings with objects, and De Hooch is more interested in people and their relationships to each other, leaving his rooms empty of any extra objects that", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "20122369", "text": "Scott Paulin Scott Paulin (born February 13, 1950), is an American film and television actor and director. He is perhaps best known for playing Deke Slayton in the movie \"The Right Stuff\" (1983). He has also acted in movies like \"Cat People\" (1982), \"Teen Wolf\" (1985), \"The Accused\" (1988), \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), and \"I Am Sam\" (2001). He also portrayed Red Skull in \"Captain America\" (1990). Paulin was born on February 13, 1950 with the full name Robert Scott Paulin. His birth home was in Steubenville, Ohio. He attended Steubenville High School from 1964 to 1969. He studied theatre", "title": "Scott Paulin" }, { "docid": "5644170", "text": "Mare Winningham Mary Megan \"Mare\" Winningham (; born May 16, 1959) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. An eight-time Emmy Award nominee, she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for \"Amber Waves\" in 1980 and \"George Wallace\" in 1998. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film \"Georgia\". Winningham's other film and TV roles include \"St. Elmo's Fire\" (1985), \"Miracle Mile\" (1988), \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), \"The War\" (1994), \"Dandelion\" (2004), \"Swing Vote\" (2008), \"Brothers\" (2009), \"Mildred Pierce\" (2011), \"Hatfields & McCoys\" (2012) and four seasons of \"American Horror", "title": "Mare Winningham" }, { "docid": "16288088", "text": "2012 Odisha hooch tragedy The 2012 Odisha hooch tragedy (alliteratively Cuttack hooch tragedy) killed at least 29 people in the Indian state of Odisha in February 2012. 28 people died in Cuttack and one succumbed at the Capital hospital in Bhubaneswar. As many as 51 others are still battling for survival in SCB Medical College and Hospital. The victims, mostly poor men from Cuttack and Khordha districts and the local brew seller himself, had consumed spurious liquor from a joint in Mahidharpada area of Cuttack on 6 February 2012. The liquor contained medicines such as that used to treat cold,", "title": "2012 Odisha hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "20526405", "text": "its doorman. Actress Rosario Dawson joined Hooch’s list of celebrity investors in fall 2017. Hooch markets itself as a cost-saving lifestyle app for consumers and a predictive-analytics and revenue tool to its clients, which range from alcohol brands to restaurants. As of 2017 Hooch is available at over 500 bars and lounges in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Austin, San Diego, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. The company claims over 140,000 app users. In 2016 the New York Post reported that along with the redeemed drink through the Hooch app, the average user purchases $100 to $140 in", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "16288089", "text": "cough and to dress wounds. Later, 10 people were arrested. They include the powerful and influential liquor kingpin's relatives and officials of the pharmaceutical companies who provided the liquor makers with chemicals. Chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident. But, rejecting the government's decision of a judicial probe in the hooch tragedy, opposition Congress party accused the state excise minister A. U. Singhdeo of being responsible for the tragedy and alleged that the excise minister has direct links with the powerful liquor mafias of Odisha. 2012 Odisha hooch tragedy The 2012 Odisha hooch tragedy", "title": "2012 Odisha hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "9356926", "text": "signed with indie label Blackbird who funded the recording of the Super Natural album, and whose uplift venture with Sire/London eventually provided the radio and distribution muscle that got the breaking single \"Hooch\" to top radio stations around the world. Their peak of popularity came in 1998, when \"Hooch\" (from the \"Super Natural\" album) was featured in Adam Sandler's hit movie \"The Waterboy\". From 1998 to 2000, it charted in the top 10 on Billboard's Pop and Hot AC charts, as well as top 20 on the Modern Rock charts. The band reveled in their 'new-found' popularity, playing radio shows", "title": "Everything (band)" }, { "docid": "4075892", "text": "put Lyman behind bars but Dooley quickly learns Jerry Lee is a mischievous smart aleck who works only when and how he wants to. Many of the film's gags revolve around Jerry Lee's playfully destructive episodes. The film has two direct-to-video sequels, \"K-911\" (1999) and \"\" (2002). \"K-9\" was released exactly three months before \"Turner & Hooch\" (with Tom Hanks), which had a similar plot. There is also an unsold pilot for loosely related TV series \"K-9000\" (1991) available as TV movie. San Diego Police Detective Michael Dooley leaves his car to contact his girlfriend, Tracy, when a helicopter suddenly", "title": "K-9 (film)" }, { "docid": "11612538", "text": "Mike's Hard Lemonade are, depending on location, commonly found in pubs and bars today. The packaging for Hooper's Hooch was created by KLP Scotland, the marketing and packaging agency for the Bass Brewery. At the time, along with other alcopops, the drink received criticism for encouraging underage drinking by appealing to children due to its sweet taste and use of cartoon-like advertising. With an ABV of 5.0% it was actually stronger than most lagers. In 1996 an advertising campaign for Hooch was criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority for appealing to underage drinkers. In 1997 the drink was relaunched with", "title": "Hooper's Hooch" }, { "docid": "10947764", "text": "but their attribution is dubious. Relation to the famous painter Pieter de Hooch or to the engraver Romeyn de Hooghe are highly unlikely. Gerrit de Hooch was a friend of the painters Caspar Netscher and Melchior d'Hondecoeter. The first one attended the baptism of a daughter Margaretha in 1676, named after Caspar's wife Margaretha Godijn. The latter signed Gerrit's last will. Gerrit rented a house that was owned by the painter Nicolaas Willingh and he testified against the painter Pieter Plantijn, who had left his Irish wife. Gerrit owned some houses himself in The Hague but sold several of them,", "title": "Gerrit de Hooch" }, { "docid": "2947148", "text": "don't support the scene. In the 1660s, he began to paint for wealthier patrons in Amsterdam, and is known for merry company scenes and family portraits in opulent interiors with marble floors and high ceilings. During his time in Amsterdam, he continued to make his domestic scenes, but both the interiors and their occupants appear more opulent. De Hooch also depicted courting couples playing skittles. The highest quality version can be seen at Waddesdon Manor. It was produced shortly after de Hooch moved to Amsterdam and is a good example of his depictions of early country house gardens which replaced", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "18817096", "text": "25 inches by 18 inches. Formerly in the collection of Count von Fries, Vienna. Sales: This painting seems to have been a successful design for De Hooch as there are several variations on the subject of this little girl in the doorway: The Golf Players The Golf Players (1658) is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of Polesden Lacey. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote; \"305. The Game of Golf. In", "title": "The Golf Players" }, { "docid": "15004222", "text": "long and trailers were stacked up in the park and on both sides of the adjacent Azalea Drive for more than a half-mile. Clearly the regatta had outgrown the site. In November 1997, the regatta moved from Roswell to the 1996 Olympic rowing venue in Gainesville, Georgia. Following the move, the number of boats raced at the Hooch grew annually by 15-20%. While the Olympic Venue was and is an exceptional racecourse, by 2004 Hooch regatta attendance was overwhelming available hotel and restaurant facilities in the nearby town of Gainesville, GA. In 2004, over 1000 boats raced and the regatta", "title": "Head of the Hooch" }, { "docid": "17619347", "text": "awareness campaign to encourage people not to consume illicit liquor. In Karnataka, the opposition party blamed the then-ruling coalition for the tragedy and stated that decision to ban arrack was the reason for the incident. In Tamil Nadu, some political parties demanded reintroduction of prohibition in the state. The Tamil Nadu government suspended 21 policemen for the incident. Bangalore police arrested a kingpin of the illicit liquor network, but the prime supplier committed suicide. 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy The 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy was an incident in the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in May", "title": "2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "15437824", "text": "to Claesgen van Thiel (1629-07-11 - 1671-06-20) and they had one son Horatius (? - after 1686) who in turn married Wilhelmina van Swoll. After he donated a painting to the ‘St. Jobs Gasthuis’ in 1628, he was introduced into the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke in 1633. Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch is not the father of the famous painter of interiors Pieter de Hooch, as is often mentioned. C.H.C. Flugi van Aspermont argues that this is not true, though \"Het schildersregister\" by Jan Sysmus, doctor of the city of Amsterdam, which was published by Dr. Abraham Bredius in \"Oud", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "18275428", "text": "Moon Hooch Moon Hooch is an American band from Brooklyn, New York, known for their dance-oriented percussion- and saxophone-based music. The band is a trio consisting of drummer James Muschler and saxophonists Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen. The band members met while attending The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and got their start busking in New York City Subway stations. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2013 and peaked at number 9 on the \"Billboard\" Jazz Albums chart. Their second album \"This Is Cave Music\" was released on September 16, 2014. and reached number 5 on the", "title": "Moon Hooch" }, { "docid": "15437831", "text": "was a pupil of Nicolaes Berchem, it could be that these were Carel de Hooch’s paintings. Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch is not the father of the famous painter of interiors Pieter de Hooch, as is often mentioned. C.H.C. Flugi van Aspermont argues that this is not true, though \"Het schildersregister\" by Jan Sysmus, doctor of the city of Amsterdam, which was published by Dr. Abraham Bredius in \"Oud Holland VIII,\" mentions (p.222) ‘\"Karel de Hoogh, vader van Pieter’\" and on p. 307 ‘Pieter de Hoogh, landschap, utert, redelijk, syn vader hiet Carel’. P. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk writes in \"Oud-Holland X,", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "2919360", "text": "work the painting does bear strong similarities. However, Vermeer's work typically portrayed a woman working alone instead of a family scene as in \"A Woman Peeling Apples\". Most scholars also now believe that de Hooch was influenced by Vermeer instead of Vermeer by de Hooch. The painting is in oil on canvas (67 cm × 55 cm). It is also sometimes referred to as \"A Woman Peeling Apples, with a Small Child\". This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; \"33. WOMAN PEELING APPLES. de G. 55. In the right-hand corner of a room", "title": "A Woman Peeling Apples" }, { "docid": "15004224", "text": "instant success. The appeal and convenience of a regatta in the downtown area of a city like Chattanooga was undeniable. Rowers and spectators could walk from the venue to hotels and restaurants. In addition, the city offered many nearby attractions for non-rowing members and spectators. In 2015, the Hooch accepted over 2100 entries over the two-day regatta. The Hooch currently ranks as one of the largest head races (in number of boats raced) in North America, along with the Head of the Charles in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs, New York. Every team attending", "title": "Head of the Hooch" }, { "docid": "18790959", "text": "stone bridge and a sunlit house. Signed \"P. D. HOOCH \" ; oak panel, 14 1/2 inches by 16 1/2 inches. A replica is in the Stockholm Museum. Sales: Now in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam, No. 1252 in the 1903 catalogue (formerly No. 684).\" Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid (1665-1668) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. This painting was the second painting by Hooch documented", "title": "Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid" }, { "docid": "18797876", "text": "a London dealer about the year 1900. [Compare also the small picture in the Munro sale (86 and 84).]\" This painting seems to have been a successful design for De Hooch as there are several variations on the subject in addition to the picture in Karlsruhe: The Bedroom (Widener Collection) The Bedroom (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Art. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who", "title": "The Bedroom (Widener Collection)" }, { "docid": "15437829", "text": "to Utrecht in the mid-1620s, he continued to depict Italianate landscapes featuring ruins and grottos. De Hooch was most likely involved in initiating this subject matter as an independent genre, along with other followers of Poelenbergh. De Hooch’s Italianate landscapes can be clearly associated with those of Poelenburgh and Breenbergh, however it is not known whether he learned about Italianate motifs on a trip south or from Poelenburgh and Breenbergh after they returned to Holland from their own trips to south. De Hooch is known for his intriguing paintings of dramatically lit and spooky grottos which feature classical sculpture and", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "11612539", "text": "an 'unambiguously adult look' and a reduced sugar content to tackle that criticism, while Co-op supermarkets, Iceland, J D Wetherspoon and Whitbread stopped selling alcopops. Hooch was reintroduced to consumers in the UK in July 2012 following a nine-year absence, with the new marketing slogan \"refreshment with bite!\". Its bite, however had been reduced from its original nineties formulation with the new version having an ABV of 4.0%. It is sold in the UK by Global Brands Ltd and in Asia by Resolute International Marketing BV under licence from Hooch owner Molson Coors. In 2014, new adverts emerged on television", "title": "Hooper's Hooch" }, { "docid": "19677469", "text": "country-made liquor was being manufactured and consumed by people. He accused the administration of covering up the case and trying to prepare fake medical reports to show that deaths were not due to liquor consumption. Another senior BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav said, \"This government has completely failed in curbing the consumption of liquor, despite imposing tough laws. The incident proves that law is just a tool to harass innocents, while others are simply defying the law. The chief minister must take moral responsibility” 2016 Bihar hooch tragedy The 2016 Bihar hooch tragedy killed 16 people on 16 August 2016", "title": "2016 Bihar hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "15437825", "text": "Holland VIII,\" mentions (p. 222) ‘\"Karel de Hoogh, vader van Pieter’\" and on p. 307 ‘Pieter de Hoogh, landschap, utert, redelijk, syn vader hiet Carel’. P. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk writes in \"Oud-Holland X, p. 172,\" that he found a testament (dating 21 dec 1657) saying: \"“Henrick de Hoge, metselaer benoemt SIJN SOON Pieter de Hooch, schilder”.\" Which implies that not Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch, but Henrick de Hoge is Pieter’s father. Pieter de Hoogh lived in the same street as Hendrik de Hoogh during his marriage. A Hendrik de Hoogh was a witness during the baptism of Pieter’s daughter Anna.", "title": "Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch" }, { "docid": "20526403", "text": "tickets but found current systems burdensome and not scalable. Following an initial prototype of the Hooch app, Kernes recruited Lin Dai as CEO, who departed his post as Chief Marketing Officer at Keek, which had gone public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Jared Christopherson joined as Chief Revenue Officer and cofounder after leaving social-media marketing firm Yellowhammer. The three bootstrapped the app’s build out from Dai’s apartment at Caledonia in New York. In an interview with Forbes, Dai explained that he decided to cofound Hooch just before his wedding and broke the news to his wife on their honeymoon. In", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "18792257", "text": "the Rijksmuseum ; the signature is absolutely genuine, and is wrongly described as doubtful in the 1905 catalogue. This painting seems to have been a successful design for De Hooch as there are several variations on the subject of this bedroom and its doorway outside: A Mother's Duty A Mother's Duty (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Amsterdam Museum, on loan to the Rijksmuseum. This painting by Hooch showing a woman delousing a child's hair,", "title": "A Mother's Duty" }, { "docid": "20526407", "text": "Warner Music to build out blockchain technology, called Tap Coin, as its next product. Blockchain media publications reported that Tap Coin, a utility token used on the \"Tap Network,\" is a decentralized advertising network. Hooch (application) Hooch is a location-based subscription drinks mobile app that provides users one alcoholic beverage per day redeemable at a number of bars and lounges based off the user’s location. The app is most commonly used as a marketing tool but has branched out to provide data and events services to the restaurant and nightlife industry, making it more of a general social media application.", "title": "Hooch (application)" }, { "docid": "15004219", "text": "Head of the Hooch The Head of the Hooch Regatta, previously known as the Head of the Chattahoochee Regatta, is a 2-day rowing regatta held annually on the first full (Saturday and Sunday in the same month) weekend in November in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The head race is currently run downstream on a course on the Tennessee River. It presently ranks as one of the largest rowing regattas in the United States with over 10,000 rowers and over 2,100 boats entered for the 2014 event. 1,245 boats raced on one day in the 2012 competition, more than any other US regatta", "title": "Head of the Hooch" }, { "docid": "2947146", "text": "details of everyday life while also functioning as well-ordered morality tales. These paintings often exhibited a sophisticated and delicate treatment of light similar to those of Vermeer, who lived in Delft at the same time as de Hooch. The themes and compositions are also very similar between De Hooch and Vermeer. 19th-century art historians had assumed that Vermeer had been influenced by de Hooch's work and indeed PDH demonstrated first early on a special interest in combining the figure with interior geometry(see Interior with a Mother and Child and a Servant c. 1656 and others). An x-ray of the Interior", "title": "Pieter de Hooch" }, { "docid": "18275432", "text": "in an effort to promote a vegan diet, and have played as part of an exhibition titled, \"The Value of Food: Sustaining a Green Planet\". In 2017, they announced that the band would be carbon neutral. Along with environmental activism, the band is also united in their practice of meditation. They say that it helps to give them focus, something they value in their work. The band also believes that meditation has allowed them to become better people. Moon Hooch Moon Hooch is an American band from Brooklyn, New York, known for their dance-oriented percussion- and saxophone-based music. The band", "title": "Moon Hooch" }, { "docid": "15004220", "text": "on a single day. The event is currently co-hosted by the Atlanta Rowing Club and the Lookout Rowing Club. The St. Andrews Rowing Club is also a major partner providing assistance with the set up and operation of the regatta. The Hooch organization is 100% volunteers, with no paid staff. The Hooch has been recognized as one of the most laid back and hospitable regattas in the country by \"Rowing News Magazine\". Competitors each year come from over 30 states and several foreign countries. The athletes’ ages span from high school crews to adult masters rowers aged 80 and above.", "title": "Head of the Hooch" }, { "docid": "15121318", "text": "Jacob Ochtervelt Jacob Ochtervelt (1634 in Rotterdam – 1682 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Jacob Ochtervelt was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose contemporaries included Vermeer, Ter Borch, and De Hooch. Despite his prolific work, he was ignored by the three major 17th century art bibliographers, Andre Felibien, Jochaim Sandrart, and R. de Piles. He was first mentioned by Arnold Houbraken, a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters, who wrote that \"Jakob Ugtervelt was a pupil of N. Berchem during the same period as \"Pieter de Hooge\" (Hooch), who was famed for his interior conversation pieces", "title": "Jacob Ochtervelt" }, { "docid": "15121319", "text": "with lords and ladies, but without much perspective in his backgrounds, which takes a certain amount of mathematical insight and skill.\" The way this comment was written leaves the reader questioning whether Houbraken thought Hooch or Ochtervelt painted perspective poorly. According to Abraham Jacob van der Aa's later biography of him, his style was more in keeping with Gerard Terburg or Gabriel Metzu, and in addition to sharing Berchem's studio with Hooch, he had been a pupil of Frans van Mieris the Elder. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was active in Haarlem where he was a", "title": "Jacob Ochtervelt" }, { "docid": "15121320", "text": "student of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem and later he moved back to Rotterdam (1655–1672) where he was a pupil of Ludolf de Jongh (who also taught Pieter de Hooch). After the 1672 disaster year he moved to Amsterdam. Jacob Ochtervelt Jacob Ochtervelt (1634 in Rotterdam – 1682 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Jacob Ochtervelt was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose contemporaries included Vermeer, Ter Borch, and De Hooch. Despite his prolific work, he was ignored by the three major 17th century art bibliographers, Andre Felibien, Jochaim Sandrart, and R. de Piles. He was first mentioned by", "title": "Jacob Ochtervelt" }, { "docid": "16754008", "text": "in adjoining spaces, in this case through a series of indoor and outdoor spaces. Originally a girl reading a book sat in the doorway, but she was painted out in favour of the lady and the boy, whose stance echoes the verticality of the architecture and prompts the eye to travel upwards into the picture space. By paring down his composition De Hooch focuses the viewer’s attention and imbues the scene with intensified quietude. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote; \"34. THE BOY BRINGING ROLLS OR APPLES. Sm. Suppl. 45. ; de", "title": "A Boy Bringing Bread" }, { "docid": "18275431", "text": "same elements pioneered in \"This is Cave Music\". Moon Hooch has been influential in the “brass house” genre, as well as pushing the boundaries of jazz. The band's second EP, following 2017's \"The Joshua Tree\", was released on April 6, 2018, via Hornblow Recordings. The short three track EP was announced alongside the video for the first single of the album, \"Acid Mountain.\" The band believes deeply in environmental causes. They are strongly passionate about environmentalism and sustainable living, and use their influence to share this philosophy with others. As such, they run a cooking blog, \"Cooking in the Cave,\"", "title": "Moon Hooch" }, { "docid": "15875268", "text": "Hendrick van der Burgh Hendrick van der Burgh (1627 – after 1664), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter. According to the RKD he was born in Delft and is a member of the same \"school\" or artistic style as Pieter de Hooch, showing simple intimate scenes of daily life in towns. Though no evidence for such a school exists, the artists whose works fall into this category are considered by the RKD to be Esaias Boursse, Hendrick van der Burgh, Pieter de Hooch, Pieter Janssens Elinga, Cornelis de Man, Hendrick ten Oever, and Jacob Vrel. The year and place", "title": "Hendrick van der Burgh" }, { "docid": "19677467", "text": "Nagina and his brother Lal Babu Choudhary & six associates involved in the business of manufacturing illicit country made liquor were arrested on 20 August 2016. Soon after the incident, local police dug many parts of Khajur Vani locality and recovered about 1000 liters of illegal country made liquor which was hidden underground. The names of the victims are Parma Mahto, Mantu Giri, Shashikant Mahto, Dinesh Mahto, Umesh, Ramji Sharma, Manoj Shah, Ramu Ram, Anil Ram, Jhamindra Mahto, Munna Kumar and Nasir Alam. Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar denied the Gopalganj incident was a hooch tragedy saying, \"Till medical", "title": "2016 Bihar hooch tragedy" }, { "docid": "11612537", "text": "70% of the market. However, alcopops became less popular, and the drink was discontinued in the UK in 2003, being reintroduced in 2012 in a lower alcohol formulation. The drink continued to be sold in the US by United States Beverage in Hard Lemonade, Hard Orange, Hard Berry and ICE (citrus) flavours. Hooper's Hooch is mostly notable for being one of the first alcopops. Its success began an industry-wide trend of incorporating lighter, less calorific drinks with alcohol equal to the amount found in a standard beer or glass of wine. As a result products such as Bacardi Breezer and", "title": "Hooper's Hooch" }, { "docid": "15344670", "text": "to planting the drugs on her. However, when Rik kidnapped Darlene's younger brother Terence and sent one of his severed toes into Larkhall, Tanya quickly realised that she was in over her head. But Rik was the least of her worries, because of the luxury hamper that was delivered shortly after her arrival on the wing, Tanya was considered by the police to be the prime suspect in the mass oxalic poisonings that resulted in Al McKenzie's death. But then luckily, the discovery of a stash of rhubarb hooch in the servery put her in the clear. Tanya conspired with", "title": "Tanya Turner" }, { "docid": "18792255", "text": "A Mother's Duty A Mother's Duty (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Amsterdam Museum, on loan to the Rijksmuseum. This painting by Hooch showing a woman delousing a child's hair, was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote; \"71. MOTHER COMBING HER CHILD'S HAIR. Sm. 33, 4, 67 ; de G. 5. In a homely bedroom sits a woman in profile to the right. She wears a red blouse and blue skirt, and", "title": "A Mother's Duty" }, { "docid": "8154979", "text": "of revenge, has hidden Baxter's illegal moonshine in their cell, just after Holly informs them of a cell inspection. Knowing that being caught with it will cost them probation, and with the water tank full the two have no choice but to drink the hooch. As a result, both are drunk when Ackerman arrives for the inspection. When Baxter finds out, believing his hooch was stolen by Rimmer and Lister, he threatens to finish off the two, now in sickbay, sleeping off the stomach pump. The two decide they need to escape. Kryten and Kochanski pretend to be ill to", "title": "Only the Good..." }, { "docid": "18838572", "text": "Described by Descamps (vol. ii.). Sales. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 106. This scene is very similar to other paintings De Hooch made in this period: The Empty Glass The Empty Glass (c. 1652) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. This painting was documented as a work by Gabriel Metsu by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; \"204b. A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer.", "title": "The Empty Glass" }, { "docid": "9968147", "text": "\"Hero and the Terror\", that same year. His third novel, \"The White Raven\", was released in 1986 and was later adapted into a 1998 film starring Ron Silver. With his writing partner Dennis Shryack, Blodgett penned the screenplays for \"Rent-A-Cop\" (1987) starring Burt Reynolds, \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989) starring Tom Hanks, and \"Run\" (1991) starring Patrick Dempsey. Blodgett was married four times and had three daughters. His daughter is married to actor Miles Fisher. Blodgett died at his home in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack. Michael Blodgett Michael Blodgett (September 26, 1939 – November 14, 2007) was an", "title": "Michael Blodgett" }, { "docid": "18832939", "text": "A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden Woman with Basket of Beans in the Kitchen Garden (1651 or 1661) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the Kunstmuseum Basel. This painting was documented by Peter C. Sutton in 1980, who felt the date of 1651 was too early and that the \"5\" was written suspiciously heavily leading him to date it tentatively as 1661. He also compared the painting to other paintings of gardens that De Hooch made", "title": "A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden" }, { "docid": "18798469", "text": "in the collection of Joséphine de Beauharnais and it was documented in an inventory of pictures at Château de Malmaison in 1814. Courtyard with an Arbour Courtyard with an Arbour (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in a private collection. It was sold in 1992 for almost seven million dollars. This painting by Hooch was first documented by John Smith in 1833, who wrote; \"47. A View in the Back Court of a House, looking towards a building, which has", "title": "Courtyard with an Arbour" }, { "docid": "18275430", "text": "artwork is designed by Ari Michael Warner. After gaining a reputation from busking, Moon Hooch started to release albums, beginning with their self-titled debut on June 25, 2013. It was recorded in a 24-hour period at Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, and most of the copies were sold while the band was still busking. Their second album, \"This is Cave Music\", was released on September 16, 2014 and was the first to use synthesizers, post-production work, and vocals. It received positive reviews, and many reviewers commented on the band's unique style. Their next album, \"Red Sky\", would continue to use the", "title": "Moon Hooch" }, { "docid": "16982023", "text": "generally allowed most officers and non-commissioned men to have hooch maids, whenever these men wanted and requested their services. In Da Nang, military trucks picked up the maids at designated stops in the city every morning, and returned them in the evening. Issues often arose between the soldiers and the maids, due to cultural differences, including how to clean clothes properly, and how much soap to use when washing the clothes. Maids also cooked for the men when appropriate. The maids could earn as much as a captain in the South Vietnamese Army, although it was often less. One soldier", "title": "Hooch maid" }, { "docid": "19772269", "text": "Martin Sheen. Shryack successfully negotiated for $1 million for the script he co-wrote for \"Turner & Hooch\" (1989), which was the highest price ever paid for a screenplay by Touchstone Pictures at the time. He later became a literary agent and returned to his hometown of Duluth. Dennis Shryack died from congestive heart failure in Duluth, Minnesota, on September 14, 2016, at the age of 80. He was survived by his wife, Kathy, and children, daughter, Jennifer, and son, Chris. Dennis Shryack Dennis Shryack (August 25, 1936 – September 14, 2016) was an American screenwriter whose credits included \"The Gauntlet\"", "title": "Dennis Shryack" }, { "docid": "18799083", "text": "to see, and that is why he assigned the number \"306a\" to the sales catalog entry, in case it was a separate picture. According to the MET's museum website, the provenance of the painting is as follows: A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour (1657) is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; \"306.", "title": "A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour" }, { "docid": "13692172", "text": "Hooch has on him that he would even consider framing Becky, they use it to blackmail Hooch into calling a truce and drop the charges. Becky tells Steve that she is pregnant and he later discovers that Becky has already told Claire and Steve tells his mother, Liz. Unfortunately Becky miscarries twice, although she was unaware of her 2nd pregnancy, and medical tests reveal an abnormality of the womb, meaning she is unable to carry a child full-term, making Becky decide that she wants to adopt. During the process, Steve needs a reference from Amy's mother, Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford),", "title": "Becky McDonald" } ]